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The Huron Expositor, 1873-02-14, Page 1_et FEB. 7 1873. e sum te did these was a cas to do se eveu s pro- ecom- ed 11 the ssien, War- Com- Assed n ad - by recommending that the County not assume that road. Considerable discussion took place on this motion, which was -1.keia part in b Messrs. Benson, Cresswell, Walker an Brown, on theme side, aud Aleasrs. Per. kins, Gibson, Leckie, Patton and others' in opposition to elm recammendatioa,of the report. The arguments used, however, were all given when the same subject was under discussion at the December meet. jugend were reperted by us at the time. Upon a vote being taken, the motion was declared carried by a Majority of 10, and the report was accordingly amended.. Several other ainendments weremoved to the report, but none were carried._ The report as amended was. accordingly read and passed. - THE REGISTRY OFFICE BUSINESS. Moved by Mr. Creswell. seconded by .Mr. Yoanc. that a special committee consieting of Messrs. Leckie, (eile-ton* _ and Ydung be appointed to proceed to r‘ Toronto; to press upon the Goverment the t ; the et necessity of re -annexing the North ana &Men Ridings for regiaration purposes. Moved in amerultneat by .Mr. Simpson. g (Vtf- seconded, by Mr.. A.reastrong, that aa - this Council have on different occasions chool petitioned the Government in regard to "Ite- the North Riding ltegistry Office,- that el sec- t, no farther actiou be taken in thematten, - hip of except to request our M. P. P:thi to bring hat ae- I in a bill to re -annex the ridings. -1-nted, I Upau a division being taken, the *I the amendment was declaredd carried by -4 n'td majority of 20. ata of REPORT OF Tan SPECIAL ComeTTEE. ehool The following report of the Special n the Comniittee on the Assessment, Munici? pal andSchool acts was read : " The id the cemanittee bee- to recommend the follow, 'PPonta ing changes tie of the - %MUNICIPAL ACT ecorrt" t1tThan the teeveshio shall be th. LIijnf vided int() four wards, Than& Councilor ePtede shall be elected in each ward. That the (itis of Reeve be elected, by a popular vote of Znhern wilt& township, and, that the Deputy- ers Reeve or Reeves be elected by the Board on the same basis of population as at the : present. kmded 2d. That a clause be edder to the int. I Municipal Act pravidiug : That any pert, erse of son or perSORS WhO Shall drive his team, Ir or team or vehicle into snaw drifts on being I the publie highways, and thereby ret ceive injurytto such team or vehicle, or delay in his journey, shall not . be enti. tled, to receive .or ,recover damages for the satae, ad, That the wordiug of Section :398e of the Municipal Act be so changed, as to better define what roads and bridnes, etc., shall be Maintained by the County- , Councils. ravet 4th. That the section relating thereto rea be so amendel that on the application of • t/Ie any village for- incorporation, Comity:, roads Cannons shall have the power of appoint- Aher, mg an assessor or valuator to make ei Lilties voter? list to be used at the first election .011. in such car- AF.SESI-MENT ACT. ,.now Your committee would recommend that ecom- baine was thout AND t hem Section No. 50, of the Assessment Act ellsert be extended as follows : • That the Clerk of eaeli municipalityshall annually, nue LL reediately after the revision of the Ase i-"1111- sessment Toll, prepare an alphabetical itIrm` Hat of all '. etera, Parliamentary and Mit, OIi1.nicipal, rn such municipalities, and de- sicroate the respectaere properties upon which voters qualify. Such: a hat to be posted up for the spate of one month, in the Town. Hall or some other central place in the munieipality, and that upon • the objection of any ratepae er being: handed to the clerk in writing, that cer, tain persona have been placed upon or omitted Irene such hst wrongfully, it shall be the duty of such Clerk to en- quire into such case er cases, and for such purpose shall have free accent° the records of the Camay, and shall have pOM er to examine Witnesses au oath u to the validity of the vote of such person or versans so complained of, and that an such 'Clerk for neglect of such duty, - and for wrongfully manipulating any such list„ shall be liable to tine and. inn prisorement. senoeTt AnT, • la the School Aot the committee re- commend the fallowing changes, viz. 1st. That township Detects of Schott Trustees be made compulsory- instead o permissive as at present. t 2d. That in the event of townships he. tug dayided into wards, one Trustee be dand ni eaelt ward, that the chair - Man af such Board shall be elected by the whole township'and that the Demi- nation &ed. electton be held at the 'tame time and place as that for Councilors. 3d. That the property qualifications rectaired for & Trustee be the same as that at present required forCouncilers. 'd by nee or 'snow ratty; atieu, agree- trtain n' the ental„ t for-. ci for ons ted to 7o -ads, would -groat [e the eway, travel taif of were them, tea it noald efore ides, oads, roads f the t tance 4th, That the law be so framed, that their ! the township Councils interested in Union This School Sections shall be compelled to ed iii raise an equivalent sum, according to 'ettite1. equalized assessment in each part Of eaper such Union 8e6tion for all such purposen iuclading the erection of school housese tom- 5the Th&t in Union School Sectione, pted, the management of such school shall be The controlled by the Trustee Board of that naty township in which the school is situated. Y The committee further recommend, „form- that the Warden and Clerk petition the tante' Ontario Legislature it as early a day aff, keel) posaihle in accordance with the forego" teet ing reeerernendations. riot Jou'. LECKLE„ Chairtnanes Gr . Moved bv Mr. Brown, of Hay, second-. .iteettt ed. by Mr. Castle, that the clause in the; ,-"te above report referriug to ''.,chool Trustee teitrtt be atnended by makiug the appoietmenf - 'et-Igu of tawnship Boards permissive as at, - c'Pen . present. the , Mr, Brown said be thought the syst t'eas tem meetly in practice now, of Section t,.f!' Trustees -worked:. very -well, and. via& 'ten much less expensi-ve than, the system of - township Boards would be. He thought', t.'°" the taxes of the peeple wera high eneugli: , now, and he could uot approve of a syg'i tem that weal materially increase tha or en burdea of the people without iucreasing Vast' the efficiency of Oar Dr esent school man - &patent_ : -trpen a Vote beine taken the motio waa delared lost, and the report sastaiin ed„ by a majority/of five. , men The report was fleetly read. and past' Withata amend in e 'rhe Council theui adjoui flea. tY.mourraugemext.....= The NOTICE. punearatenened, on bc half of the llytist eintrat•r al- Seaforth, will offer f AuctioF 1/,2 ttt the- etlice of Mr. J( it „twat- the I9t1 day of February, A. D. 1;47::, at the holt of 2. o'clock in the aftEmmon, tilat ec :•taili parcel el trt land, being N Magi- lot No. 92, of r it LYN lA SLITVVY. a Ott Intrt of the said vith.4,- -. Ib efernIS""! per cent. of the porclul-e naqe.y to be paid biv.. purchaser on the day of :kilt-, tald tho balance Of I' the said purchase :then y opon being furuishei with s valid conveyance Of the saK prenUses, sni%_ couveyauce to be pre -Pared at the &xpense of the. rchaser, by the So -Hi -Rom. for th-' ai.i Trustees - Dated January 13, 1373. ROT. X. BRETT, ) SAMUEL TROTT, • Trustees. A. McDOCUALL, BENSON' !Si: MEYER) Solicitors for Trustees. .ti port uded 237 etmenetweethreihitemmti SIXT111lEF4ltir SVIWILo/K. NO. 71.1, - SEAPOliTH :FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1873. Wat to4te tor ofzttt: FARN VOR SALE. -Fog SALE, on reasonable terms„ i farm of 125 acres, beinteoraposedof perfof Lots 81 and 32, in the Wk,.00*Ipritsilar_,-A Of -.11eltillop. There are abontA5 - acres edeared, well lauded and in a geed stateof cultivation; shoitt 28 acnaeof thiaia tmed- ed with pees; the remainder is fall plowed' arid ready for spring crop; the uncleared portion is well timbered with hardlrood; tliere to no west's or awerany; land on -the feral; there ie a good log Iiouue and ether oat ' buildinge • Also, h . splendid kotiiig orchard of fiat trees, This farralli within one mile and a quarter of a leading gravel road, and of a store and poSt-office; mid is 'but six miles from the village- of Serforth. For further per -- tinkers apply o the proprietor on the premises, Or to Winthrop 0. ' 1. 27044 •MICHAEL HOGAN. FA= FOR SALE IN MORRIS. 'VCR SALE, lot 80, Con; 8, Morris, consisting of -I: 40 acres, .27 clear, remainder good beech and maple hardwood; einitted otr the'Ses.forth Gravel Bead, Ill milee from: Se pith, 84 from Brussels; good leg house ;:searer: well of water. For further partienjarikapply to -TECOMA3 GRIEVE!, /itoKillop, Seaforth P. 0. 270*4 FOR:ALE etHEAP AN) ON TI a . Let 19, 11th oonces. parnberry. Apply ,0A4i & G400W, Bititinters, 265-8 ,Goderich. FOR. SALE. _ T Ohs Nos. 10 and 11, Coil. 18, Grey, containing -1-a 200 acree,100 acres e°axed ; balance well dul- 1 bered ; good 'frame honse and log barn and stable, a never -failing siningl of water -runs through the property; the fences are all good; . a young oi- ehard • of 260 trees. The . above properly is =lei from a leading rave1 read and 4 miles from Brussels, (late*AinleyvAllieti) where a station of the id Wellington, Orey and ce Railway will be °Von- edthis coming apring. The above lots will be sold either together or Finely. For further •partionlare address FRANCIS BItYDON or C. It. COOPER, Brussels P. 0.,,(late Dingle.) - . I 267c4 1 • BRICE YARD TO • RENT. - TTn O RENT, the Biick Yard (al thAationd (fences. sion of ekersmith, at Egraondville, the pro- perty of Mr. Thomas Govenlock,McKillop. Tbis is a large yard, with four large Mills, and a bank of splendid clay eight feet thick, a never -failing supply -.of „water the yard is fur- nished With every convenience, and 'sanity for manufacturing. HOUSE and 81ABLE on the iyard will bo sold, also, to be sold the carts, bar- -mows, and other implements usedheretefore in the 1yard, and about 5,000 feet of good, luniber. Rent of yard $160 a year. The housie and itable *III be sold 'for A-100 cash, the other artieles will also be disposed of very low. This is an excellent chalice for any one wishing to engage in the Thiekrnaking business, as bricks are notv selling at from $6 to $7 50 per 1,000, and wood tobtainable at $2 50 a cord. For further particulars apply to 265426 . :TWIN BOWDEN, Egniondeille P. 0 STEM SAW MILL AND TIEING Let 84, Con. 7i -1-' scree, 41 eleared, with two good orchards in full ing spriags which supply, Con. 9; containing 48 acre is situated 6 miles Croon gravel road thereto. For ikirther on the premises. If by post, SON, Constance P. 0., Kinburn, —.-1 FARM FOR SALZ Mekillop, containing 109 good barns and stables' bearing; two never -fail the mill. • Also,lot 85 of bash. The property Seliforth, with a good partienlare apply to JOHN TROMP Ont. -260 STORE AND Dynamo A STORE AND DWELLING 4 -IL Village of Walton miles north of Seaford:, situated for doing a Store sea Dwelling are able. Apply to the mule 269 . • STORE TO RENT THAT . old and favo -4- CHESTER HOU JOHN LOGAN will able terms, Apply -at 270 , — o to go o co ,. : ROUSE To RENT. HOUSEi'n the the Gravel Road; 10 rent. The store is well I country trade. Both =adjoin. Rent reason- igued, Waltwn P. 0. i AMES CAMPBELL. :4 IN SEAPORTH. bly, NO 0 'L known stand; the MAN- tely occupied by Mr. d, or rented on reason. Ude of _ GAN & JAMIESON. prepared o .1 printend , ued. aid ARC:0 dndersigned is Specifications, &c, Buildings; and also to the same. Carpente work measnreoLand v . 262 Se TITRE. ' - : to furnish Plans, Publie. and, Private the erection of lesterersr. and. Masons' - ADAM GRAY, Concession, MeEillop. . W • A N energetic man t -4--"..in Tinton and. Per the Agricultural Man London. The 'nest o business. Apply, eta ment, With references 266 ' NTEDe ett , 1 Assurance pular ng past to HiltLES ' ' VISS certain townships s Assistant Agent for Association of farm company ding and present eranley- T. DOYLE, • '' Agent, Clinton,. ENTIRE COLT T410P. S.I.LE, ott:.,rensonable -I" entire Colt, three yeerS C-olt was aired by Fishers land's Glom" and bred of bay color and has g furtherparticnlars ap ,ly mietor, Lot 29, Cone ter% Post -office. 269-4 lESTRA (11ME into the peen N-• 16, Coneession 8, 20th of December, a r• old. The owner is re pay charges and take ler 27044 from , 'action tO sahin FOR SALE . terms, a first -ohms old this Spring. This telebrated horse "Eng- a good are. He is and is quiet. 'For the undersigned pro; 7, llibbert, Or to Sea- JOIEDI McIVER. — .sof iteketimith„ 1 aUd nested away. HEWER. - ' the undersigned, lot on ex about the white heifer,one year 19 proye paoperty, - JOHN MCGREGOR. ' ESTRA (NAME into the prenimee Rodgeufile, about 1872,11 roan STEER,1 is requested to prose. 'Jake it away. 268*4 ' ith wo pr $i. of tbe undersigned, at middle of .nroternber, :ears old. The owner perne PtiY etarges and THOMAS tatEnn. ' NOT 10E TO A nn benne ashes' oi*ainst 4 1" Mrs. EAI, -of Fargo Osborne, are reqtreste4-to [lot later than the Istellay ' 'lc .11. EDiTCORM the estate Of the late ,in ie Township of medal their accounts Of, Marcia next. . CLARIC. Flve,nri l,. t. '1 Tarqnhar, elm. 28,1873- 20 rpHE Tublic are herelb3- eantiieried against par- tehtising pr negotiating e NOTE of H -AND for th.e -sure of.$100, payable 12 months after date, drawn, by HUGH 110PST 11 an f v f T RICHARDS, dated Junatjy24, 1873, as,valne ha& not hem' received. for the 116-1E McINTOSH. IliAlett, Feb. 4, 1873. 2704 W. T. It NTER, BRUSS LS, Horts.,*hoer and Co Blaebonith, Manafaettner of Iron Ha4w. Special attention te.Lob d work anorse Shoeing. TERMS REASONABLE. Shop latelpeccapied by 0 X. BAILEY, in rear o Wynns Waon S 'g - 270c13 C1-1EA.13 .1;'ASKETS. 1-4 OF EXETER, JJAS FOR SALE handsome and excellent Da skets &f el) sizes and of the best quality. They tire made by himself and a.re varranted to give excel- lent sutisfaztion. CALL AND SE.E THEM; Next hope w...8.1; of the .s4-bne.vi House, Exeter. .270-5 E. TAYLOR.° MR. MILLER'S REPORT.. Below will be found a synoptis of the report of Mr. J. R. Mtller, Inspector of Public Schools in the Weeterri District of the Caunti of Huron. The Western. District embraces, the townships of Ash- field, Colborne, Genlerich, Hay, Stanley, Stephen, Usborne, and West Ws, wan osh. This report was present to the County Council at its' last session. It is.very full, and contains nntich valitable infor- mation of the working of the System and the condition and.nrogress of the schools in tlie' The portion of the report which we pithlish will be foiled, of intereet net only to our readers in the Division, but also them inother Divi - Ons. The report tays : .- GENERAL REMARKS. The whole:number of .Sehool Sections in theDistrict is 80, viz : Ashtield, 13; Colb' erne; 7 • Goderich, 10 ; Hay, I; Stanley, 11; Stephen 12.; Usborne, 9 ;. Weet-Wiwanosh, 7. 'There are 17 Union Schoo1s,2 Roman Catholic Separ- ate Schools and -1 Protestant Separate School. The whole number of School homes is 83, of which 22 are brick, 1 stone, Tr frame, and 23 VV. re The titles t9 Se' hoolliouses, are, freehold. 78, rented 5. - The number of School houses proper- ly enclosed is 55,. a very large *crease during the' past, year. I have every rea- son to believe that almost, ifefot all; will be enclosed dietingthe preterit year. During. 1872 there have been built 9 new School houses, and one removed and fitted -up in such a *ay as' will cease an expenditure almost eqlial to a ,new one', [The township of lley has . done well in F erecting kAre .Sctool libuies, the one at IZerialt, being probebly, t'ne best rural section School house in the County. Of th:ose hum during the year 3 are brick, 5. are fealnn and 1 log During- the present year I expect, from. prothises made by Trustees, that not lest than .16 new &hoot houses . will be built. • . The total number of School -lectures was 55.. In =thy places meetings. were announced, but from stormy weather and.other causes -the attenipt proved a failure. The above number refers to ehening meethign -During the winter evenings , the house Was generally well filled, indeed; ineny dines crowded to excess, thus showing the interest taken by the people in. the welfare of, their children. 1, toek as. my subject, the new School bill had Regulations, ex- plained the several duties of teachers, children; and parents with respect to them, and dwelt • most particularly on the necessity; according to law, of each pareneseading his children to school at least four months in tdm year; end also • the benefit of following the programme Of stadies,preseribed for the Phblic choo1s. I believe these meetings have done much. to reprieve many of the prejudiees enter- tained against the present School law and at the same time awakening many to a sense of duty with respect to School titatters. . There are reported 75 Sunday Scheele. 509 teed:mist-and 4,788 Sunday Schdol scholars. • The ScherrIPopalatien, that te• all the children between the ages of 5 and 16, is u,156, of these 8,744 were In. attendance du ringemme time of the yea'—number of. pupils -:of other- ages 403, making in all the number entered upon `register during 1872 equal to 9,147. Boys, 4;876 t girls, , had previously notified. teachers that the slate and, blackboard vest. be ,.used more extensively, and finding a certain -amount of carelessness in this reapect I deter- mined to pet all schools to a tett in a practical way. I hail sets oft qpestions printed, taking only the most important subjects at first, Viz.: Spelling and Ety- mology, Granimer, Geograohy, Arith- metic and Composition, to these, of course, were added Reading and Writ- ing. The questions prepared were ex- ceedingly 'simple, but at the same time practical, and were submitted -to? the pipits of every school. After a thorough written.examination, I am coMpelled t� hay that on the .whole I 'found the schools much below my ex- pectations. Some schools did very well, others did fair work. but thegteat inat jorityi are not doing the work that slioulcl be dope. Why is this? Teachers have not been therough enough inlaying the foundatipns while pupils are in the first book. It hasbe-en hurry on, quantity, not quality; considered. No wonder that *e meet With those who coniolain of the want of :knowledge of .practical things possemed by too many boys and girls graduating from our schools. Need it be wondered at, when pupils who are studying proportion cannot Work correct- -ly a simple queetion in. einiple addition in eight cases out of ten, as was really ,my experience. go long at conch sys- tem of te-aching prevails, so tang astmere timeservers are in 'Ithe iprofession, just sb long will the pupils of such go eut from the sehool room hot -prepared to en- -ter properly into the duties Of life. ' I sincerely trust that ' ethe difficulties spoken of Will soon disappear Mider the present system. While r epeak." thus, in justice to a very large number of teach- ers, I 'alp bound to beer very willing tes- .timony to thevern great ability and per- severance shown in.' th'e performance of .their work. Many of the teachere are young aid are only toe anxious to do all they can, as is evinced' by the eniehy questions askedby them -respecting mate ters tpertainhag to sehool work when passing from' school to school. READING. 1 found fah, prohmiciation, but in very few cases was • there that .expression necessary to make it interesting. There was too much of the humdrum Mono- tony, but the subject ie one in' which the pupils were most proficient. • \ SPELLING AND ETYMOLOGY-. t, 'Those aua were well taught in • • . The whole number of children Of all ages not attending aey 'school is 402, of these 155- are children between the ages of 7 and 12. From this it will Pe seen that too large a numher are not taking advantage cf the means of education so generously put within the reach of all. The school aceom,inodation in the eight municipalitiesis adequate for only 7,009. I find. that all but 12 have the neces- sary °tildes connected with play ground. The number of site.sof pro er size is 64 properly fenced 55; and t e 'numIter of sections that can beast of full accomi. rnodateth for the pipits of section is 49. -The aveiage, attendance of the 9,147 pupils whose names were entered in the register et Public Schools is as follows : Less than. 20.days, 1,011 ; between 20 and 50 days, 1,881; between 50 -and 100 days; 2,450 ; between 100 and. 150 days, 1.972 ; between 150 and 200 days, 1,484 • between WO.clays and thenYvhole year, 349. ' The whele number of teachnrs ezn.ploy- ed dunng the year ter a longer or short- er period is 104. The wholet number ern- ployed, on 31st Decem.ber, 1872, is 92." The religioits persuasion of the teachers 1 is thus eeported : Presbyterians, 37 ; Methodists, 31; Episcopalians, 1,7.: Roe man Catholici, 4; Baptists, .2; Quak- er,11 : Only -19- teitchera have ever attended a Normal Sehool, 5 hold .first-class Nonind School certificates; 14 have seeondeclass Provincial certificates ; 13 with first- cla,se. old County Board certificatee ; 1 with second-class, 52 with third-claes new County Board certificates, and 6 with interim ceetifieates. The highest salary paid to a male teacher is $500. the lowest $120. Average by townships $347 25. The highest salary \paid to a female teacher is $300. The average by town- ships $182 50. Averaae salary of teachers in the sev- eral townehips as follows: • . « Fn/ale. Ashfield $324 $e54 Colborne._ t. . .. . . 384 245 Goderich. 33% Hay.. . .. . 329 Stanley. 359 171 ........ 336 207t i tsitorne 156. very many schools. but in some, .words correctly spelled were the exeeption, eot the rule. neertren. The subject should be taken up when pupils areheading in the Third Reader; junier class. The method too frequently adopted is to place a. text book in the hands of pupil and. require hint to pre- pare a task. - Such a plan with. young pupils is merely -h waste of time. The following ref:sults show too elperly that proper attention has not been.- given to this important, but too reueli neglected subject. I may state that in very few schoels did I end -the subject ignored in the proPer classes. As a general rule thesubject was much better taughtin the Senior titantTunior classes. :GEOGRAPHY. ' The Geography, as a, ride, was wretch-, edly bad in Junior classes, and even in Senior classes the most aboard defiaitions were given and apparently with the consent of teacher, who thotnaht all was right when the fllowing definition of the Equa- tor was written : "The Equater is a line R'assing through the centre of the earth." The following questions were given to boys and girls in the Junior Third Read- ing class : 1. Wiite down the mime ofbe Town - 'ship and Connty in vehieh yotitlive. 2. 'Which point of the compass is op- positethe East. . . • S. Name three of the natural divisions of. the lancl. • • 4 Name three of the natural divisione of the water. . ' 5. In what township is the • pounty Tpwn situated. in answer to the first question 1 re- ceived a great variety of answers, fully. fifty per cent. oi the pupils did not an- swer the question fully, and sometimes not a single ,scholar in the class could. tell in *hat township he lived. Some said they ' lived in Atriea, a very laege number eaideeAmerica. but wbethertin North or South Ai -libelee they could not tell, many saying South. 'It has been of too frequent occurrence that pupils are taught a knowledge if all other countries before learning the geography of that country in which they propose to spend all their -days. • ,t • . AltrrIIMETIO. If mathematics ure to be of any use it is abselotely necessary Una. pupils be r trained to work eorrectly. -Unless this is the case, the knowledge gamed is a positive injury instead a a benefit. In order to acquire correctness in working, more einie Should, be devoted to teaching Addition and Subtraction. With these well grounded, geed mathernaeical seine - art' may be made, but not without. In many schools this work is very imperfect- ly Performed. I think that I can safely assert that fully N per cent. of our pu- pils have not thorougbly learned the rules k West Wewanosh 519 , The total number of libraries in Public Schoolt. is 38 ; number of volumes 2,816. 1,977 volumes Were taken out by 705 separate applicants. The 'nent.ber of Sunday School .Libraries is 46 with 4.498 volumes. On my second tour in 1872, I intro- claced. a system of examination new to a Large majority -of the schools, I mean -a written examination in all classes. I above named. COMPOSITION. Commisifton, so far 'as at subject to be taught in schools is concerned, was ale mes t entirely ignored: Very many pupils. • could write nothing when the cow" wet given for subject. One of my ques- tions to scholars -in the Senior third class was " write four seutences about. the cow." Very Often 1 received such as the following : The cow kicks. The cow jumps. The cow eats-. • The cow gives milk. "The cow kicks 't was a favorite an- swer and .given by a very large number,. probably many -of them - had practical il- lnstrations of the truth of . their state- , ment. There is no subject that really 1 requires more attention_ on the part of .7. IlicLEAN IIIIOT1LEItta31 Pabliraters. 1 Int 50* Tear, Ina advance. the teacher, as *there is no more import- , ant branch- of a Public Schoolteducationt WRITING. On account Of the.desks being in very bad. ree Air in many of the schools, and also owing to their crowded condition, it is useless to -expect good writing. In too many cases because of the carelessness of parents, pupils are not properly sup- plied with suitable copy books, indeed in one school 1 found only one copy book. In many- instances 1 found that teachers paid no attention to writing, allowed pupils to write or not to write as they pleased. . , SCHOOL ACCOMMODATION. The law declare* that every child has a right to Attend school. • The law de- clares,' too, that every child between the ages of 7 and 12 shall sttend during four months of the year. The law &lso de- clares that every section must provide adequate school accommodation for all pipits in -the section. The want of pro- per remit is much felt in several sections. The Honorable the Attorney -General has given as his opinion that the Chief Superintendent of Education must en- force thetaw: 1 am called upon to do it by him, hat while I shall regret exceed- ingly if I am compellecl to with -hold the grant trent any school, still it is my duty se to do where the law is openly set at defiance and however disagreea- ble it may be, I Mist do it. 1 am hip- py. to state that very few cases exist where trustees, are not willing to comply within reasonable time. However, I have been vety lenient hitherto, not hay - ng with -held a single grant ' • 'now, how- ever, no grant will he oaid.without a promise from trustees that needed. im- provements will be made`within it satis- factory time. . 41,041s. Dr. Sloan on 11,841N:cal Matters Po the Editor °fate Huron Expositon DEAR wish, with your permis- sion, to make a few more remarks on railroad matters, and on your ancount shall be brief, as my last article has pro- voked two columns of eriticisin and. if I were lengthy, your critics might require a page -next time. . • Mr. Cromwell oincludes that the road cannot be built, and quotes in proof Mr. Wood's report on the Municipal Loan Fund. He Might as well have quoted Dr Ryerson's last report on education. Surely if the extension. through 'Brus- sels, 37 miles, can be bruit on a bonus of $4,000 per mile, without any Govern- ment aid, there ought to be no difficulty in -constructing the London road; with as much bonus, and $2.000 Per muleof Government money in addition. If Mr. WootIn report is at all relevant in this matter, it is to warn us to take every precaution that our moneys 'are not nits - applied. We have done so, and think Menses. Cresswell and " Stanley " might easily enough do the same. If the town- ship vote u bonus on condition of the road being . built, and that the township shall "payetothing till it is built, where is the danger? But says Mr. tiresswell, in his gentlemenly manner, that's all " besle" these " evtindlers," as he politely •calla the promoters of the Loradon road, will claim your debentures in six weeks, and at once cash them. What township have they swindled? You :would infer to read Mr. Cresswell's effUsion, thatthoee swirdlers. had Sold the debentures' voted by Hay, Usborne, Hullett, and others, more than a year ago, endbeen living on the proceeds ever since. Mr. Cress- well will be surprised to hear" that not one debenture has ever been cashed, not one issued, net one demanded by the London Company. Where has been the swindle then? And what right has Mr. Cresswell to accuse men of swindline, who are, Perhaps, jutt as high-minded as he can possibly be? - Your statement, Mr. Editor, that 700 car loads of produce are detained at Sea - forth, Mr. Creswell thinks may be "partly true," had it' been mine, 1 pre- sume, it would have been wholly un- true. But -Mr. Cresswell points to the jean of loaded cars at London, ami asks what better are they ? That proves the wisdom of the men who built the Canada, Southern, which will -relieve the Gteat Western of a great deal of through freight, aud allow it more opportunity to cultivate -subsidiary lines. Also, the. jaths ate of different character. The London one is temporary, caused by the aeouteitlatiop .of trains from the west faster than they can .be forwarded on ac - collet of the inclement seasOn. Our jam is a chrnnic disease, getting worse every year, not caused by the abundance of cars, but by the want a them. The rolling steck of the Grand Trunk is in- adequate, and with no prospect of being any better. But Mr. Cresswell sees re- lief -coming, he says in effect, these fool- ish fellows up north have voted large bonuses to get a railroad through Brus- sels. Button up your pockets and wait a year, and we'll derive great benefit froni their:exentions, and it Won't cost us a dollar. And this be calls relieving our commercial mitt manufaetuting interests, I fancy the I f salt wistfully speculating as to how they are to ship on a road which only comes -within 16 miles of them. I would ask a question of the ratepayers here. If a branch of the Great Western, coming witt in 20 to . . inues, is o rnauce suc atierce com- petitioe, and give Stanley and Tucker- smithihe great advantages which Mr. Cresswell indicates, how much keener ' would be the competition., and how much greater the advantages, if the branch . ran -through your own district, and corn- ; peted at your own door ? But Mr. , Uresswell thinks the grain would be no higher if we had the road, which he proves by the markets of Strathroy, etc. Pricts fluctuate froni local and other causes but that is no absolute test of the value of a market. Wheat in Wingham and Lucknow has been foi weeks at the sante price as Clinton and Seaforth, and if Mr. Cresswell should light on their . market report, he would say, what are thee fellows building a railroad fen it won't do them any good, their irark-et is 1 as high now as it will be then ? That ex parte style of logic may go down in Tuckersmith, but it would steed a rea- minable chance of being called "bosh" in. Wingham and Luckno.w. Every business man knows 'thet the prices in Huron have ranged this fait and winter, from 14 to 20 cents on Wheat- ahd barley less than Toronto prices, and about half of that margin has been a loss to the producer through inatlequate railway ae- commodation. I have not access to the railway freight tables. The statement as to the freight from Chicago, etc., was made at a railway meeting, by Mr. Fisher, of Clinton, who ought to know, and attheugh it may vary a cent or two, so theft a general denial Can be given, yet I am satisfied it is in the uthin correct, Finally, sir, Mr. Cresswell has proved, eo his own satisfaction, that the road can't be built, thatit would be of no use if if were builethetthe townships whieh have voted bonnsee- have -given their money away to a set of swindlers, and that the best thieg we can do is to trust in the tender In ercies of the Grand -Trunk for all tnne coming. If Mr. Cresswell and • 'the deluded beings who have followed him," (to use his -own language) consider such reasoning assound logic, it would be a pity to waste words inxin them, but in the eyes of the business men of this county such reasoning hardly rises to the dignity of ." bosh." - To my Stanley friend 1 would say a 'a ord. or two1 think he will vote for .the bonus. His rethark about the Great Western ought to relieve Mr. Cresswell's mind considerably. If the Great.West- ern have given a written guarantee to pay $20,000 on account of the London road, it lookas if they were a good deal interested in its construction. His remark a,bretit freight from -Ilarrieton .to Toronto covers the whole ground. Why is it so high h Because there is, no com- petition. The Toronto, Grey and Bruce are now building a statical at Harriston, and ywhen that is opened it the freight on wheat to Toronto -be not reduced. I will adrpit that arguments for railway bonuses are -unsound, and that our interests would be no better pettned if we had a competingline. He seems to -forget in his. remark that the Great Western oply. competes to T.orouto, that the Canada Central is being rapidity- pushed to connect with the Great Western, so that a connection with that line would give us two competing lines to Alone teal. I be leave . now to follow Mr. Cresswell's example and retire to give those who may be more able an op- portanity to express their views on this matter. Personallyaccept tny thanks for inserting these hurried linen and ben lieve me, yours truly, . • WILLIAM SLOAN. BLYTH,' Feb. 10, 1873. • op. *Canada. An artesian well is an undertaking to be commenced at Phtantford early in the spring, the object being to obtain =tiered water for public baths. — The congregation of the Canada Presbyterian Church, of Walkerton, pro. pose erecting a new brick ,church next summer; et n cost of $8,000. A coneid- erable amount has alr inly been subscrib- ed, one member putting down his name for $400, —The new brick school house, in sec- tion No. 2, Hibbert,' Was destroyed by fire on Tuesday morning' of last week. Loss 81500. Insurance $800. The. build- ing its supposed to have been maliciously set on fire. —E. H. Hardman, manager of the Grand.Trunk Workshops at Brantford; who was mixed up with personalities during the late Parliamentaty election in the County of Perth, has been &mimed.. — The. Presbyterians. in. Winnipeg, Manitoba, seem a go-ahead people. They have this year takerta leaf out of Beech= er's book and put it the- peWa of their cluirch at auction. • • — Mr. George Rock, of Logah, has purchased that beautiful farm, contain- ing 100 acre, situatedeboet midway be- . tween Mitchell and Carronbrook, owned by Mr. James °tighten. Price; $6,0011 —It is stated ipon good authority that the farm of F. W. Stone, Guelph, has been selected as the site for the Agricul- tural College and Model Farm, though the Government have not made any of- ficial statement of the fact.* The Manitoba Legialature opened on Wednesday last. The speech of the LieutenantGovernorsaid So give very genera satasfaenwe to all patties. Amtmg the measures to be introduced by the Government during the -present session is one foithe estabhshment of a municie pal system in the Peovince. ' --A joint stock -.xnnpany is being formed _itt Beeintford for the purpose of establiahing in that town a large paper mill: Another good manufactory of this descriptidn is greatly needed in this Pro- vince. At present there is so .little com- petition in ,that paper making business that it has almost become a monopoly, and manufacturers charge just what they please and fill orders when it suits them. • • —The Woodstock Sentinel 428 responti- ble for the following : /air -haired, love-sick youth in town .presented his love with a pair of those new fangled metallic garters on Christmas. He thought they were the latest thing in bracelets, and he • only discovered his mistake upon requesting her to try thein on. —the James Walsb, of Seaforth, has received the contract for the erection of the new Commercial Hotel building ha 'Mitchell. Mr. Walsh's tender was the lowest, being $20,000 for the completion of the entire building. It is estimated t, that the furnishing of this hotel when completed, will cost at least $20,000 .1 more, thus mak :lig $40,000. The hotel business in Mitchell Must be profitable. A $40,000hoterwou1dftpay in beaforth. —That notorious individual, known, as whiskey Detective Mason. who has recently been liberated from the Penitent tiary, after serving a term for perjury, . has again taken -aphis abode in Toronto; • and it is said, is making preparations to resume his old occupation of whiskey in - • former. Ile intends coming to .the wes- tern towns, where he wilhoperate foiaa while in the interests ot the temperance cause and his own pocket. Hotel keep- ers who are in the habinof selling liquor on Sundays now better hew -are. . —It seems that the Geatid Trunk is not the only railway ef which complaints - are being mule on account of lack of cars to remove freight. Many stations on the main line of the Great Western are completely blocked with grain and other produce, and the Wellington; Grey and .13ruce is in as bad a .position. AG Walkerton there are over 300 car loads of wheat -stored and not a car load can be got away. The .grain dealers of that place llst. week tetitioned the County Ceencil to take some steps to Compel the railway Company to. ,send reuief The Warden, accordingly, transmitted a pretty sharp message to the manager of the road, ;who, in reply, said he 'WAS do- june'the best he could, as he had. /10 eal's tosena: ' —Stratford, Nicholson 6isholm, of Brantford and Hamilton, railroa,d- con- tractors, have brought a Isuit ih chancery against the Great Western Railway C.cmpany for upwards one hundred thousand dollars. for -extra WOrk on the Air Line' Railway. The Company deny. .the claim in tart. . . —It is said that Alt's. Jerry Blaisdell, of Omernee Coenty of Victoria. re- cently spin. a lot of wool- rolls, dyed and wove them into stout cloth, and. cut and made thereof a pair of pants for her husband, all of which she acconapEshed, unaided, hi thirty-six hours. 'The Governor -General seems to have taken quite a fumy to the "roaring game." - He has -visited several of the curEng rinks in Ottawaand taken part i in the game: It is also stated that he is having a- rink erected at Rideau Hall, for his 'owii private use, and that he has purchased a very handsonie set of 'curling blocks; to be used thereon. —At the -late meeting of the Perth County Couneil , a committee was op - pointed to tender to.Me. D. D. Hay,tea- Reeve of Listowel, a dinner at the June lifeetillgt as a mark of the high esteem in Iwhich he is universallet held,. a,nd in to - ken of the very valuable. services render- ed. -by him to the county during the many years he held a seat at the Council board. The honor is well deserved. - -An' old horsoleft tied to a post in Guelph, during thebrecent cold snap, was found frozen dead .when its (Yeller re- turned. t . • ' - - —A. few daps ago an order was issued by* Mr. Spicer, locaL. superintendent of the•Grand trunk, to the different agents to use every means in their- power to prevent the necessity of despatching trains on Sunday, and to endeavor to diminish Sunday labor at the various statins as niach as ossible, with the view of -finally abolishing a altogether. —A, woman went into a shop in Hule, on Monday, tarrying a basket, which she asked, perzeiasion to leave for &moment while she proceeded elsewhere. A good xnany moments elapsed without the own- er returning. The shop keeper's attention was attracted to the basketby. a _human cry, and looking there he. foetid a health -looking child five months old, and bawling lustily. —A horse was frightened to death Guelph, on Thursday, under the follow- ing eircumstances. A teamster with a, load of flour, heving crossed below the railroad bridge, was driving along leisure- ly when a train came thundering over the bridge. The horse grew alarmed at the unusual wand, and reared up on its hind legs. A general convulsion ensued, and the animal trembled while the engine continued puffing and snorting. In a moment the horse drop- ped on its fore feet, and rolled over, dad —literally frightened to death. —All. the braltesmen on the Great Western Reitway hat -e struck for higher wages. They demand $1 50 per day, or a regular salary of not less than $45 per month. .Considering the dangerous nature of their employment, the demand cannot be con sid ered oxhorbitant. —Notice is given in the lest Canada , Gazette of application to. be made at the next session of the ominion Parlia- ment for an, act to incorporate a Company to construct a railway from some point on the Ontario and Quebec Railway in or near the township -of Man- vers, through or near to Port 'Perry, Newmarket, Orangeville and Arthur, to Goderich. --Dining the late very severe weather it beaver was tound frozen in -the ice of the Conestoga River, in thh townehip of Peel. The wihnal was chopped out of its icy surroundings with an axe, and - the skin, which weighed four and a half pounds, was sold in Elora market. —A meeting of the directors of the Pt. Dov.nn and, Lake Huron Railway Com- pany* was !recently held in Woodstock, when it was agreed, among other things, to employ an engineer to run a trial line between ,titratford and Woodetock, and report at once. —A. joint -Stock companywith a ash capital ,ot $15,000, has been organized in Berlin, for the purpose of establishing there a factory for the menufaeture of tobacao. -- Sir George E. Cartier is expected home in time to b,. in attendance at the opening of the next session of the Domi- nion k'arliamente '-lis many political friend e will be glad to hear of this. His services will, no doubt, be required to assist- in preventing the present gov- ernmental la,brie front falling to pieces. —A. publie meeting was held in St. Marys, a few evenings ago, et which the propriety of taking steps to secure an extension of the Credit Valley Railway, from Woodstock to that town, was fa- vorably considered. Mr. George Laid- law, the promoter of the Credit :Valley scheme, had beepinterviewed, and had expressed hitneelf very favorably im- pressed with the St. Marys extension. The proposition is, we believe, to *earry the extension from Woodstock to St.. Marys, and from thence to Lake Huron, to touch that point either at Bayfield or Go lerich.