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NEW ADv.thRTISENCENT
Guelph Central Exhibitione-Getlu
The Victor Wheat --R. Log' & Co.
Auctioneer's Card—D. A. cLeod.
Teacher Wanted—Alex. J netou.
Electors of North Huron— Vm. Slo n.
tttiou txpoit
SEAFORTH, AUGUST 16, 18 8.
RefOrmers of South 'taro
• We have been requested- by the Itres-
idea of the Reform Aesociatimi of
South Huron to announc that t ere
ill be a meeting of Refo ers bela at
may's hotel, Heusall, 1 Thur ay,
• tigust 22. at 1,0 o'clock A M. A aege
• tteedance of Reformers i particu erly
esired, as bueiness of the greatest im-
ortauce will be broug t before the
•eeting for eonsideration.
• The Dorni Ilion. El otions .1
The anhouncenaent is er ado that the
leetions will be held on the 19ta of
epternber. There has, a yet, bee 'n no
,
facial annouticement, bu there is no
onlit but this is the date fixed 0 by
e Governmena, A. mo e convel ient
season. could not hone been se* ted.
Harvest and fall seeding will be, by that
time anished, the show season evil not
ha,ve commenced, and the general pub -
110 e
will have leisure to devote thei et-
tention to politics for a short se son.
In one month, therefore, we may f irly
anticipate that the agony will be ver.
i - In Ontario, it is easy to foretell th re-
sult. In Bir John's palrniest dares -hen
I
he had the entire patroaa.ge and w alth
of the nation at his disposal with hich
to influence.and corrupt the elect° •ate,
and with laws so framed as to fol. i no
barrier in his way, Ise too d never i et a
1.1
&jollity to back him*: Yee t at now nen
i
e is :n the cold shades o Opposition,
withcut favois to besto , and with
• naught save empty and contradi tau
promises to recommend him to the peo-
ple, and bound down by a most trin-
gent election law, his chances are naAl
indeed. Of the other Provinces,w can-
not sPeak so confidently, oathotigh role
• the Most reliable accounts the Go em-
inent is likely to gain instead of lose
strength. We cannot conceive wh
sible persons should hesit te a mo
in making choice. The i sue is so
plasin On the one side w have a
to gra,s
•
•
•10,!,
P 0
sen -
very
arty
endeavoring 04100 more the
reins .of power, the. leader of -% hich
Was, . five years tip, driven rom
Power for perpetrating one of the. grave
est palitiewl crimes ever even attempted
by a. publie ' man, end a, taiust w
since his expulsion, the reost ' gra
. regal:lefties have been , proven,
:prove a upon sworn testimony. 0-
etaer hand' we , hi:A% a party wi
leader who has cenducted. the tiff&
Stateevith marked success 'and lability
e . past fiee ewes, and against
chardotert either public or peiv-
against *hose ao s, either pub -
even the taint
.nch oiteum-
oti wifely and
Oa -Sir John
-stify his res -
self and his
II
hope„ le t be
-
lea,. H has•
-er sine,' but
om,
e ir-
.yee
the
h
e of
for. t
Whos
ate,
lic or private, their is not
• of mispicion. .• Under
stences, may the latter
surely look for victory.
one tangible reason to j
toration tc:0 power. hi
• friends might 'have .SOM
08.14110t justify one siugle
not *pouted. of his fo
ratheel glories anthem t6l tries to justi-
fy them, , and were he lilt ower would,
no dotibt, repeat them.l. ne, rom-
i - •
ises te. aim° a Protection ' and to o hers
a " reiLadjustraet#' of 'taxi ;" mid t Oth-
ers almost :a.rtythin they e to
ask, but we b.a,ve shown ver and over
again that these promises are baseless,
empty, and are only ma •e to deceive.
Noneihowever,will be de eived. by hem.
The Promises and the maker ot hem
are ell understood, as the electio s to
take place on the 19thof Septembe will
surely show. • "
IMP .
'Who Pays the Duty P
• Quoting ono of the examples we gave
. te, couple of weeks ago,—that of the pur-
chaee of au American reaper by %Cana-
• dian faemer—the Termite Mail sarts
"The rule is this : If we prodtico that w14th our
neighbor:4 have not and wl.iith they mut buy
THE
HURON EX.00SITOR.
•4.1ly raised 4to the fisherman of
ot a,. fee the benefit of the far -
°uteri°, it would both be un -
impolitic to do it; unjust, be -
much,
more for them. If the duty were artraci
removed, the Canadian producer would I -attva 8
not get one cent more, bat the Amer-
can buyet eruld buy for less, and the i 010.11Be t le armer is so much richer than
American. seller Would have to sell for the fisherman .; impolitic, because such
interference with the natural laws of
less. In other words, the Aneerican , a. n -
erade won d create a great deal of dis-
roduct would be deprived of its ficti- satisfaction_ And what would this
tious value given it ay Proteetion, and. boasted benefit to the farmer amount
the American seller as . well as the to? At present 120,000 barrels of Amer-
ican flour are annually consumed in
buyer would be put on au equal footing Nova Scotia, a quantity which bears a,
with his Canadian corepetiya. The • very areal proportion to the whole pro-
A.merictin producer_ wonld lose, but the duction o
coneumer-would gain. If theAmerieten 1 •
one of the
duty were teinovedt the cost of proauc- ineludine
tion Wouldinot be any greater to the tives live°.
Car:Indian roduaer, and, he could sell to becom
for exactleethe same price be now does, of Canada
thet the s
and his An erican neighbor not haviug
the duty to
to bring do
and the co
tage of the
temporary
Tile Ex
same exam
its tidier that it " idle" to discuss this
devotes a column and a
in endeavor to refute our
protect him would-be forced
nettle price of his product,
'sumer. Would get the ed van -
red u ction . Surely our con -
an see tbis if it will. -
.ter Tame also quotes. the
plii,and althodgh it:confesses
quefstiont
half in a, v
Cenadian wheat.• •
11faCtUrCS are to be fostered,
r first wants is raw material,
the food On which the opera -
If the production of iron is
one of the future industries
, it is reasonable to suppose
eat of that industry will be
where the iroipand °eel are found side
by side as in Nova Scotie. :The ele-
ments ne
clustry :
We have
tal which
°smelly enter into this in -
&pita. labor, raw material.
iot the Auperabundant capi-
is found iu England, and the
conseque ce is that the manufacturer
in Nova Scotia, or in any other pert of
Canada. ust use a dearer capital than •
his Engli• h rival. This is one disad.-
vantage h has to contend with. He
must trot the la,bor, which in England
is found i that perfection which a long
period of time can give. This is the
ergument. It concludes that on retell. , •
Becalm sadvautage. Why adl a
purchaties title consumer pays the deity, i third in the shape of taxed bread?
but on wb. lesale tran.sactions the pro- t The Eng 'sh artisan. it must not be
decer has eats untaxed bread; To tax
idea, a,nd
whether o
wbuld advi.
to enquire
merchants
and linens
ascertain
duty, and
the duty h.
to his cust
There is
Exeter con
with it tha
question at
further, an
at ell the ,
question u
It inicile t
any questi
which axe
This is a new • forgotten,
fork out.
I raw mate .ials would. be a left-handed
we are uot going to say ',way of fosteriug domestic manufactures ;
not; it is correct. We ' -and it is evident tine this indiscrim-
e our contemporary,however, iniatiug kind of protection is, self-cle-
sttactive. •
f wine one.of its dry goods e •
ie
who imports his cottons told that,
row: the United States, and wheat an
.coinpeasa
hether Or not he pays the
bore inlai
hether or not he charges .
rected a
pays on the goods he Bells peed tar fely on steam power. The
Tova Scotia -members were
if they voted for a duty on
flour, they might get, as a
ion, a duty on coal. But
, another blow would be di-
inst manufacturers who de -
mere.
• ne.point on which we aud, our •
emporery agree. We a,gree
it is idle to disease this
the present time. • We go
say that it is idle to discuss
ree Ti•a,de and Protection
der existing circianstances.
engage in the discussion of
n of policy, the ad.vocates of
sincere and inconsistent in
their ad-vocecv of Will our coutem-,
say that the leatlers-.of the
ports are eincereepi they ad-
vocacy of rotectioe ?- The leaders of
that party are •simply. . using Proted-
.1
tion " aett, cry to aesist them in deceiv-
ing the people of ()aerie • into givilig
them 'a majoeitt • at the polls. a and. dur
contemporary mid. those who write for
it know this to be fact, if they were
only hones enough to acknowledge it.
dependent View.
mg article, which we copy
oronto Monetary Times we
the cereful perusal of every
e Times is one of the most
journtas in Canada, it is de-
iv:61y tocommercial mitters
ely 'without politioal bias.
therefore, even leaving out
tiou the merits of the argu-
, which seem to _us una,n-
re especially vaaua.ble and
epeaking of Agricultural
it says:
ocates of Protection for the
farmer are divisible into tine classes:
. .
one of evliCh argues that d_uties on'
our -would benefit the farm-
ri that until we close our door
free admission of American
IA
„porery der
party it'sti
rAfl
The folio
from the
commend t
reader. T
ably edited
voted exclu
and is enti
Its opiuion
of COD sidert
ments use
• severable,
reliable. I
• Protec tion,
"The ad
from eau put our own priice on it an( leave
them to pay the duty imposed by their (. overn-
ment In that case—the case eferred to )4, the
EXPC511.011--the consumer pa33 the duty. The
Canadian consumer: paid the $13 duty on the
reaper., But in- all cabes whei Canada end the
United States prOduce similar, commodities, and
Our producers not having a home market, .have to
compete 'with their producer:4, we have to pay the'
duty, having to paaS the American. Custom House
to get to the American inarket. The Ex osrion
must know that American horse and produ e buy-
.rs clock our farmers of the duty."
WO aro glad that we have in uced
e
our c.itemporary to admit that there
are inaportea a,rtieles ,upon Whic the
consuuiar has to. pay the duty We
ha,vo gotatt about half Way, and if t will
• but follote: the dictates of its I °nest
convictiouse it will yet admit the 'hole
truth. Aduleitting, for the sake f ar-
gum.ent. that 'alio reaper is . an xcep-
tional, article, ad that it does onse-
. quently come under the rule of o r atm-
teiropcirary, what• tette it to say ab t the
clothing upon whacii the -American citi-
zen had to pay 05 ? The Ame Cans
produce clothing well, as the Cana-
dians; and can't:lug axles not there-
fore coma 'miler the rule o ex-
• ception hie ao-e-a by olin.• conte pea-
vey. As it in with clothing tso it 'is
with horses( cattle and. sheep. The
Anierioan epiirchaser pay e the C: adieu
producer the market value for th: ani-
mals{ haalbuys ; he adds the du -, and
;tequila(/' his purchaser to pay. 30- so
grains and
er, the oth
against the
produce, tbe. United States will have no
motive to nter into any arrangements
for the rem irbcal exchange of produce
on equal t r s.
"There i a certain amount of agricul-
tural prod
each count
from local
called tr
well ha,ppe
frontier w
the States
port Amer
one poiu ,
way ma ,f
at other '.p
stride this
be a, mut
the necess
supplies • f
and at n
QO every -year shipped from
,
y into the other. This arises
ireumatences, and has been
de of convenience. It may
that on the long line of
ich separates Canada from
't May be • convenient to im-
Can flour for consumption, at
nd that shipments the other
r the same reason take place
ints. Anything Which re-
tread.° of convenience would
disadvantage;twi implying
ty of reciprocally obtaining
am inconveuieut distances;
edless cost far carriage. Both.
Canada an 1 the United States ordinarily
produce w eitt, for et:Ample, in -excess of
their own , vents, and both look to Eurt
ope for a market for theie surplus. In
that common market, they must at last
stand on cbmmon grontid. But there
ma.y be reasons why tainted:), should -con-
sume American wheat, -and why the Un-
ited States should lam Canadia,u. As a
pretectiol of an industry that needs no
protectio is the destruction of indus-
tries - thht do, in their infancy,
require some .nursing. The Nova, Sco,
tams tire
their min
taxed; bt
tax on
There caa
tia shota
but that
transport
sylvania
Ontario,
get chea-p
The rea,s
iner
.forest su
do not se
cannot -m
syl veni a ;
:Brunswi k ought to be able to supply
-Quebec, Then English coal, n� longer
comae/ a ballast, is not sold ot a, very
low rale.
Indir n corn is largely used in the
manufac
11
ot willing taat the
rs and fishermen sl
t they would. rejoice
oal, in their owe
be no reason why N
not supplyOntario
arising out of clis
The cbal miners
e nearer to the con
read of
ould be
see a,
interest.
va Sco-
ith coal,
ance of
f Penn -
timer in
• nd it is a great adta tone to
coal in a climate like ours
ns for using pAmeri4an coal
ase with the lessening of our
plies of fuel. For -the rest, we
the reason -wby Nova Scotia
ne coal as cheaply as Penn -
and that Province and New
grow to
.perhaps i
greater v
than in
Corn is
States.
ference t
pose, ma
the ehea
suited fo
had to u
ba,ve to
the price
eerily be
pora ng
Indian c
Canada,
mers wh.
Mg ch
ley, a m
The At
trt-fe ; b
• should t
for distil
"To 1
areof whiskey; it does not
tdeantage in Canada, except
1 the couuty of Essex; where a
riety of crops can lin grown
y Other pert of the 1 countrY.-
th refore importod from `the
.th fact that it is.use in pee-
s iy _other grain, for his. per-
i
;b taken as proof that it is
es or in some . way the best
distillation. If our distillers
e some other grain, they would
se some dearer raw Material;
of the product wou d times -
higher, and the cha,n e of ex -
at a profit would be ressened.
an is also fed to attle, in
o some extent; and the far -
use it are intereste in get,
ap. In return, -we s4inct bar -
ch dearer crop, to th� States.•
dimes tax OUT barley, it is
t is that a reason why we
x their corn, when we want it
ation and to feed cattle? .
vy duties for _ politica reasons
z
—3,5 a mans of forcing the A aericens
into re iprocity—is. anotherl' matter:
The use f Such a weapon is atlowable,
if there e a probability that its uee
will be s ecessful, but in no other case.
. Such a olicy,* unless it accoMplished.
its objec , • would be injurious to -this
country, by putting a needles e restric-
tion upo i foreign commerce. '
"To t x raw materials is to pursue a
;policy s bversive of the manufacturing
interest; and when it is attempted to
be done, inthe Mime, ana as if for the
benefit o that interest, there is an at-
tempt, u iconscious though it may be,
to practi ea delusion from which no
good cou d come."
1
a period of 25 years. All the old, manage-
ers who were in the field when Mr. Ford
'began his career are either deed or are
financially ruined.
RESULT Di .1 KIND ACTION.- little
girl Of Bangor. Me., some year ago be-
friended a British deserter, who hap-
pened. to pass her father's doer. •Last
-week the a deserter" died in p ngland
and left her $1,000,000.
Dunne TO rrEADE.—Tlie Cuban mer-
chants and Planters are about to ad-
dress King Sing Alfonso, protesting against
the injury done to Cuban trade by
the high duties on angar imported into
Spain. e
PRIZE-TAICERS AT THE EareerrioN.—
A. Geneva despatch says the Swiss
makers of fine watches have been
awarded grand diplomas of honor at
i
the Paris I xposition, and :that the
American ni ker had received the gold
medal.
atemeenc."—A fever. epidemi ; similar
in nature and virulence to that which
carried off so many laborers during tbe
construction of the Panama Railroad,
is raging among the American laborers
on the Madeira and Mamore Railway
in Peru.
NEW BILL FABBED.—The woman -
suffragists have gained an important
victory in New Hampshire, the bill al-
lowing women to vote in school meet-
ings haying passed the Houselof Repre-
sentatives, After previously passing in
• the Senate. i
LAY FREACIIBIp CONDE3INED.— The
Presbyterian Charch of the Southern
States expresses its disapproval of Mr.
Moody and other un.ordained preachers,
by adopting a report strongly condemn -
ilia lay preachine''' as contrart to the
Word of God..
MINE ExpeosioN.An explosion oc-
curred a few days ago in the Seremers-
ton mine, near Berwick-upon-Tweed.
All the men who were at work at the
time, thirty-five in number, were res-
cued. Several of them were severely
burned, but only one dangerously.
DEATH OF A SAN FRANCISCO MIL-
LIONAIRE.—Michael Reese, the news of
whose death at Wallenstein, Genitally,
was received at San Francisco the other
day, leavesanestate estimated at $10,-
000,000 or more, and with the excep-
tion of Senator Sharon, was the largest
real ettate owner in that city. Some
years ago he made a will leaving the
great bulk of his estate to benevolent
institutions. ,
A. STRANGE ACCIDENT.—A strange and
doubtless unprecedented accident' hap -
p. - ed to a horse in Jackson ' township,
1 ethane: While grazing the animal at-
tempted to lick its foot, as is supposed,
and stepped upon his tongue, literally
tearing that member out by the roots.
The tongue has been preservedi in alco-
hol as a curiosity. The horse is still
alive, Limd apparently intends to live out stitute his
his regular period of years. are encase
1
illetaleismeelatem
YELL°
still pre
cases ar
Blues
toric to
by fire,
mines.
ews of the Week.
FEvEn.—The yellitw fever is
alent in the South, and new
daily occurring.
• Ur.—A great pea cif the ble-
u of Kars has been destroyed.
&used by an exadosioia in the
ACCIDI:NT.—Fifty-five persons were
killed and thirty-one injured by the ex-
plosion in the Russian magazine at
matter of fact, we- believe, a good deal Fratesh
i.
QUER_ .CHR I STIN A ThH condition . -of
of Americen wheat is used in our lumber-
iug districtnancl it is used there because Qieeu.0 hristina of Spain. is regarded as
it- is of a r atively low (polity a,ud price. hopeles.. She has receivedlthe fast
Alltani, the
goes into consumption in the Mari- -U.e-reee Fouces.—Mlle.
time Pro ces is that ch ap quality Canadi prinaa dolma, was Married. on
is in .den. and there.- A duty which Tuesdae .1tIr. Gye, the w 11-kn.owu
should cot pel the substitution of Can- English operatic manager.
adieriaor tmerican wheat in the 'UM- DEATI OF A VALUABLE, STALLION .—
Vering dis 'tete and the Maritime Prov- The sta lion American Boy, valued at
inces wot cl compel .both these classes 53,000; belonging to Harry Robbins,
azette says that the financial
sacramentto tsh.1
One of th reasons why Amatidan wheat
I
t has overtaken air
of Gansu a to use a clearer quality of of Woo stown, died a few days ago.
er, of Chicago, leaves arr. John
T. Ford e of Baltimore, the only solvent
legitimate manufacturer who has ran an
nninte , pted course in this country for
4
1.111DSUNEMER REVERIES. '
1
wiNTER TR A:VELLUM IN THE NORTH—
' THE DRESS FOR FORTY DRGREES BE-
LOW ZERO= -DOGS WHO KNOW NOT
• MR. BERpH OR THE S. P. C. A.—CAMP-
LNG IN HE SNOW. -
W qlarEG, Manitoba, July 15, 1878.
-hen lig t showers of snow fell in.
minute pa; 'des, as it were frozen dew,
from a sky' vithout a cloud, and. the sun
shines brig lily, the winter traveller on
the norther ,plains knows just -what de-
gree of cold he may ex.pect. He lmows
1
that DaLLSee of ice, the size of a manis
fists will fo on his beard. and 132011, -
tache, from the moisture of his breath
freezing as t passes through the hair;
that his ey lashes will have to be keit
in rapid. m tion to ,prevent them frone
becoming ermanently closed.; that his
hands can carcely be exposed for a mo-,
ment, exce t when close to the fire ;
that his ba e finger laid upon a gun -bar-
rel will stic c to it as if glued, from the
instantane us freezing of its moisture;
that the s ow will only melt close to
the fire, wh'ch forme a trench:for itself,
in which it shake slowly to the level of
the ground that a crust of ice will
form on th tea in his tea -cup as he sits
within a ya d of the fire; that the snow
light a,ncl owaery, will not melt be-
neath the a arnith of his foot, and his
moccasins 11 ae as dry on the journeye
as if hetwa, ed through sawdust; that
he -will hav a ravenous appetite for fat
—unmould a tallow candles—and can
swallow er at 'lumps of herd grease
without bbr d or anything to modify it.
So he dress -s accordingly; that is, the
white &lave ler. .
A RAVELLING DRESS.
He first uts on three or four flannel
•shirts, one of duffel, and over all a
leathern on', beaded and fringed,,to suit
the taste; his hands are encased in
" reittaines " or large ewes of moose -
skin, made without fringes andeextencl-
Mg. well. u toward the elbow, loose
enough to dmit of being easily drop-
ped upon o casion, and carried slung by
a band abo t the neck to prevent their
being lost; bis feet are swathed in duf-
fel!, and co ered by enormous mecca,
saes ; his le s are encased in thick duf-
fel leaains ntil they resemble an aggra-
vated case of elephantiasis 4 his ears
and neck a e protected by a thick cur-
tain of fur, and yet, with it all, he is
scarcely ab e to keep warna with the
most active exercise.
With his ndia,n or half-breed coin -
ion it i different. 'Mired to the
mate an accustomed to winter
vel, he i comfortable under a meagre
weight of clothing. He relies upoa
vigorous ex rcise for the development of
ca oric, and is constantly in motion. A
pair of cor uroy trousers, a cotton shirt,
a eapote, m ccasins and a fur cap colt -
inter costume. His hands
in. mittaines, but in lieu Of
g he tie e his trousers tight -
ankles, and the sleeves f
• PolitiOal Notes. • , . hie coat clo ely about the wrists. Thi,
In "Political Points and , Pencil- with the g udy sash always wrapped
tightly aro nd his waist, divides his
ings " the artist of Grip has got up a tightly aro
a to two air -tight compart-
ments, as i were. If he becomes cold
ways has the other in which
e; or, he can loosen his
ming on a supply of caloric
zes the temperature in both
ts. Lightly clad, he is an
m for running, and seems
onafortable, while his more
arelled companion shakes
on the slightest halt.
el
tr
a
; mederclothi
lyi a,bout hi
splendid campaign pamphlet.
illustrated edition of Mr. *a
speech at Termite, and roan
illustrations are decidedly co
is published at t1ie Grip office, at 1,5 per
hundred copies,
—When Sir J4mlin was in.' office the
public d.epartments were paying for
white oak 160 per 1,000 feet; it now
costs 529. Ii Sir John's time they
paid a4.31 for ordinary bar irou ; it now
costs $1.80. For some blankorms of
printed matter 'they paid to Ifferent
.parties in'air John's time $5,, $7, $8 aud
a10 ;` the same forms are n�W got for
$1.15. These and a great many more
facts of a similar nature can be gleaned
from the public documents. l
—The Opposition are, it is Patent to
eveeybocly, hopelessly mixed and mud-
dled on the Protection question. What
suits one section or interest does not
suit another, as Mr. Laurier _illustrated
with such admirable force and clear-
ness when at Lindsay. The policy Sir
John is Advocating for Ontario, Mr.
Tilley. and Dr. Tupper dare not urge
upon the people of the Maritime Pro-
vinces. Their "national policy" is a
patent humbug, as most intelligent peo-
ple have long perceived.
, - —Mr. Tilley, in his speech at St.
John, says he did not receive his ap-
It is an
keneiers
of the
ical. l It
graiii alai the t desite to purchase. In 1 . TWIN DO IN CONNECTICUT.—Of the vie -
New Yoe toed other large cities, the time of ;he recent tornado at Wailing -
superior q iality of our wheat may well ford, Co uecticut; 27 are uow aead, an%
ore are dangerously wounded.
n or THE Tnoors.—Despatches
rus state that, notwithstaud-
fever' epidemic, the _general
f the British troops is satistac-
- RAINS AND', Feoeus.—A Cal-
espatcb. say: — Heavy rains
used. a uuiversal flood throagh-
ia,. Much • damage . has been
1.1
E NoMINE.—Some of the
ster Radicals - propose to nam-
es Ilea= Turner for Parliameat
ext general election, and thus
y raise the queetion 1 of 'wo-
ghts. ,
OLID MA.NUFACTERER.—The Bale
cause it t
tion. By
purchaser
one is the
the Name • injured by this exchange? In health
both case • he gets the best cu-stomers, tory.
because ti ese customers get what they HEAN
cutta,
aaitime Provinees had some- have c
d. on theta which they did not otut In
would justly eomplain, and done.
ere of the farmeretheir pur- FE3I
wer would be crippled. to the Manch
lie injury they suffered in be- inate M
'to buy a dearer article than at the
re. • With the farmer it would practic
on of where to sell. The Bur- man's
t of the country would, in any Otie
o go to Eugland. But, it is timore
disaster
McVick
be in demand for consump- several
this exchange both classes of HEAL
• get what they want, tied. no from C
worse for it. In what way is ing the
want.
"-Ifthe
thing fore
walla the
as .custo
chasing p
exteat of
ing oblige
they req
be a quest
plus whe
case have
argusidtf _nu keep out American wheat,
the Coma ian farmer will get a better
hat he has to sell. If this be
it could only be true:of what
Cana-da—if the price could be
price for
true,—an
he sells in
.11.
pointment as LieuteGoverner in 1
until Sir John had announced that
Government had resigned. Tinfort
ately for Mr. Tilley's reputation for ver-
acity, the ofti6a1 records show that his
appointment was approved of by the
Government of which he was a member
by an Order -in -Council on the 21st of
October, 1873, and he continued te sit
in the House until the Goverment re-
signed. on the 5th of Novembet, 1873.
—Deficits, according to Dr. Tupper
and other wiseacres, are clear evidences
of the incompetency of -a Finance
ister. The Conservative _Faience Min-
ister of England, Sir Stafford. Northcote,
reports a deficit this year of 421,500,000
—very near as much as the entire an-
nual expenditure of Canada. A Can-
adian Conservative also had a Ideficit in
873
his
un -
comparatively prosperous tan
years in succession. Our 0
friends can't make much capi
score of deficits, take it as the
in one he a
to: take refu
belt, thus t
which equa,
compartme
excellent tr
warm and
heavily ap
and shivers
Next in i
ing is traits
however„ to
walks on s
sions. As t
to travel, t
maining is
oily reguir
be an elabd
or birchwo
with deers
Norwegt
11
•
nportance to personal cloth-
tit:Cation ; not for himself,
the winter traveller always
ow shoes, but for bis provi-
e snow is too deep for horses
e only available vehicle re,
ke dog -sledge; and as it is
d for freighting, it need not
ate affair. Two thin oak
• d. boards, lashed together
in thongs and turned up hae
• snow -shoe, form a sledge
which runs over hard snow or ice with
great ease. Let its length be about
nine feet, ts width about sixtetha or
eighteen in hes • alone its outer edges
run a leath
of! which p
down tight
luggage ma,
front, close
tach the tr
sledge is re
to the smo,
blankets ai
in -which a
can, suffici
sunaption,
tea, a gun
axe.
Tents ar
as the hug
and even s
available.
to make a
tents are
traveller
ately his
weeds, an
Mg at his
isj generall
dinary ten
in the nai
r lashing, through the loops
les a long leather line to tie
y upon the board whatever
be placed upon it. In the
to the turned -up portion, at-
ces for draught, and the dog
y. Its lading is reduced
est possible compass—a few
d robes folded lengthwise,
e placed a lump of pemmi-
nt for five or six days' con -
little salt, a, good. deal of
and anneunition, and an
not used for winter travel,
fires uecessary for comfort
fety could not then be made
In fa,ct, unless it is desirable
ong halt in any one tocality,
illy an incumbrance- to the
ithout increasing proportione
omfort. Well sheltered by
with an enormous fire blaa-
eet, sleeping in the open air
feasible enough. In the or -
or lodge, the fire is made
die of the floor, the smoke
-(.
lurid profanity which would have curl-
ed the hair of a bronze idol. Far mere
drese-parade the yellow dog may do
very -well, but he is not to be relied
n on as a, eteacly, and persistent. hauler.
AUGUST ide li478
:rh,s, thrialesftbethortoldee.x;oprebnaIintnteahniaet. Ifinradvaseeligilleitrilt1
.Ite::ellianngd loneliness so oppressive este
be Unbearable. Be often iourneyeee
The experienced traveller generally senexpanee where no tree- or avast
clines to a large, raw-boned canine, of a break a the monotony of the saelttta
grizzly -gray color, and possessing many t only the unending vision of eneibM
of the characteristics ,of the wolf. This ally, he vague, distant and ever shift.-
fellow is herd to manage, treacherous,
and a fierce #ghter. When near the
settlements, the safety of young calves
tied.. but he is a steady, strong and un -
and pigs necessitates his being securely
tiring hauler, _ and his temper can
be -beg, aaalelotheng even that to fj, sh*
kept uuder control by the lash:.
The dogs, usually four in number, are. tral opaque gray ;. of morning,
. .
ing orizPn thelong 21101V aidgas that
seem to be rolled. one upon anotho is
imeeeteeee- torpor, or, in a storini Lea,.
ing like the swells of the ecea9; The
wield effect of sunrise and mean, el
night limitingthe visioe.to almost te
attached to the sled.ge tandem fashion,
the best doe being placed in front sa
fore -goer, and -the next best in the tear
as steer dog. It is the business_ of -the
fore -goer, to keep the track, however
faint it may be on the plain. The steer -
dog guides the sledge, and prevents it
from striking or catching on obstruc,
tions. To assist his own locomotion
the traveller ties on bis largest pair of
suow-,shoes—say five, feet long and ' fif-
teen inches wide. A man can walk
much faster on snow -shoes, with a feir
track, than on the best plied without
them • but when the trail is frozen per-
fectly 'hard, the traveller casts theta off,
and runs behind the dogs, who are able
to gallop at great speed along the slip-
pery path; and in thisenanner the most
extraordinary journeystare made. With
a crack of his whip, and a harsh com-
mand to his dogs, the train moves off.
After that a perpetual shouting, varied.
cursing, cracking of, whips, and howling
a dogs, seem necessary to keep the
cavalcade in motion.
The unerring fidelity with which the
half breed or Indian follows a straight
line in one direction over the bare plain,
where no landnaarks can be seen, on
days when the sun is not visible, nor a
breath of air stirring, seems al -most in-
comprehensible. Indeed, from the fact
that none is ever encountered. who is
able to explain the power he possesses,
at may be considered. as quite a, natural
faculty. The inexperienced traveller
finds it quite impossible to preserve a
straight course, and invariably begins
to describe a circle, by bearing contin-
ually toward. the left; and. yet their
weakness is incomprehensible to the
half-breed, who looks upon it as the
most arrant stupidity. It is scarcely to
be wondered at, however, when one
coines to consider the •conduct of the
dogs at the very beginning of the jour-
aey. The start is generally made at a
very early hour in the morning, for the
travellers invariably accomplish a good
portion of the day's tranap before break-
fast. It is, say, two long hours before
daybreak when the clogs are put in har-
ness. It is a morning of bitter cold; a
faint old. moon hangs low down in the
east; above the dreary sketch of snow-
coveind plain a, shadowy aurora flickers
across the stars; it is all as wild. and
cheertess a spectacle as the eye can look
upOn.; and the work of getting the un-
willing dogs into the harness is done by
11.
the alf-breeds in no very anattible
moo . In the haste and darkness of
the, t me but scant attention is paid to
getti g the cowering brutes into their
accustomed places in the traces. an
consequence, when the traveller assumes
charge of his sledge an ominous ten-
dency to growl and fight tells him that
something is -wrong in his train. It is
too dark to see plainly, but a touch of
the cold nese of the leader warns him
that the right dog is in the -wrong place
in the train.- It is too late, however, to
rectify the mistake; the half-breeds are
already off, and the sound. of their an-
athemas grows fainter and fainter on the
ear. So the whip is mercilessly ap-
plied, and amid the yells of the unhappy
brutes the sledge -grinds off through the
frozen snow.
S
s fee six ,
whi is popularly supposed to
al on the fertibcma,pe t ug ahole the apex o t
position
h•
cone -like s ucture. As a matter of fact,
will.
the smoke seldom. seems to consider it-
, self under any restraint inside the tent,
and refue s to take advantage of the
• spape so libera,lly provided
e consequences are that the
unhappy occupant are in a,
te of .iutla,menation, Alla he
t frequent intervals to betake
the open air to empty his
le pungent carbon. •
THE "TRAM DOGS. • '
gs for his sledge the traveller
custom of the country and
est he can find. Every dog
la 'without regard to sex, age
s condition of servitude, hauls
winter; so that he has an
opportenity-of selection, oily
y take being only the choice
r or less evil. Be is alwaee
wever, not to select too many
gs for service in the same
e fact is, that in hauling the
to a service from which his
tire revolts; that is to say the
-allow dog; the result being
one imagines everything to
n swimmingly, and after he
tipped. and. robed and fairly
the sledge, the four yelliow
nt of him suddenly stop, face
arness, seat themselves calin-
th tears in their da-sk-blue
forth into howls of regret at
ility to proceed further. There
mendistinguished. for kind-
• urnanity toward their fellows,
n placed in circumstances like
way to a sublimated and.
• The Allan steamship Moira
narrow escape from destrunti
in mid -ocean, on her last trip
bec. Two of the boat hands
smoke issuing from the fore h
chief officer, being on watclr
work at once and got the tarpaul-
ing taken off, when. the volu e of fire lungs of t
and smoke presented itself. The fire -
was -discovered between three and four As to d.
o'clOck Lean., but it is thought it had follows th
been smouldering from the time the takes the
ship left port, on the Thuredan pre- in the No
niously. It originated, in one of the or previot
compartments in the lower hold, among a sledge ii
the woollen goods, which mast have unlimited
contained large quantity of til, as the one he in
smell emitted was friehtfully offensive. of a great
it is stated that had the flatae8 not been
discovered at.the moment they were,
tentfic explosion might have occurred,
as the -partition of the oil room where a
large quantity of oil was kept was
nearly burned through. lithis had act,
curred, notbing could have saved the
ship from absolate destruction. A large
quantity of the burning bales were
;thrown overboard, and the fire hold
deluged to such, an. extent with water
that Ocon.siderable portion of the cargo
will be seriously damaged. The passen- ly, and
gees on board the Moravia a are of opine eyes brea
ion the fire was the work of some fiend, theirina
who deliberatelypla,ced conabustibles in have bee
the bales of goods for some infamous ! ness and
purpose. An investigation is now pro- whol wh
ceeding. these, g
'an had a,
n while
to Que-
erceived
ld. The
, set to
means of
for it. T
eyes of th
chronic st
is obliged.
himself t
careful, li
yellow d
train. T
dog is pu
wb.ole na
ordinary
that whe
be going
is -well
seated in
dogs in fr
about in
But the memory of that mistake
rankles in the breast •of the fore -goer,
and just when a, steady pace is attained,
and peace seems returned to the train,
he suddenly countermarches in the har-
ness, and prostrates the unoffending
steer -dog at his post. The attack, too,
is made with so . much sudaenuess arid
-vigor that the -wondering victim—who
is perfectly contented -with the change,
having thereby won the easiest place 141
the train—instantly capitulates and.
" turns a turtle " in leis traces. The
trouble might end here but for the fact
that the unlooked. for ;assault is gener-
ally.accompanied by a flank movement
on the part of the two middle dogs,who
when there is any_fighting lying round,
are pretty sure to have a tooth in on
their own account. And having no par-
ticular grudge to take out, and only
mad -on general 'principles, they. are head and all, and alseing his feet as
equally indifferent in attacking the head near the fire as he dare. All huddle
of the rear dog or the tail of the one in togethee as closely - as „possible, , and,
- when silence reigns, the dogs creep: soft -
front. This condition of thines nater -
e ' wards the fire and lie doetai at
tper's feet. Then begins the,
t has been inexpressibly bold all
the darkness creeps on tbewind
d the frost comes- out of the
ay sky -with still, naerciless rigor.
rcury in the thermometer sinks
own, till it -disappears in the
bulb, and may be used as a ballet ;' the
twenties and thirties b.elew have been
passed just when a faint tinge of com-
ing, dawn steals over thei eastern hori-
zon it will not untrequently be in the
forties below. - The -traveller is tired
" mouth and mumble " each other in a,
very perplexing manner. The rapid ap- with his forty miles' onarch of saow- ,
shoes. Lying down with blistered feet
plication of the whip only seams to
make matters worse—conaeying the and stiffeued limbs, sleep' has come to
idea to each infuriated dog that he is him bat the sheer force of fatigne; but
an_ the dim consciousness of that frightful
being badly bitten by an unknown.
cold ne- for an tinstana leaves his
tagonist. , The traveller, having tried
everything else, and with patience en- waking brain, andt as h-ellies -a hud-
dled heap beneath thee:robes, he wel-
tirely, gone, at last in sheer despair, ant
comes the short-haireatshivering dog,
•
'unwillingly, follows the example of the
who, forced. from hie, 'cold lair in the
poet of Perth, who " stoode in ta middle
snow, seeks warmth 'upon the (Adel e
of ta roade and swoore at large ;" having
his master's blankets.
of
e faint idea, however, that he is in no
way capable of doing justice to the sub- Strange as it may appear to those
ject. The effect, nevertheless, is magi- who, living in warm houses and sleep
-
cal; the confused. train straightens oat ing in cosey rooms froth whieh ali
und.er illimitable imprecation with a draughts are zealouely excluded, deem
celerity clearly illustrating the manner takirig one's rest in a poplar thicket at
of its early training. As for the be- such a, temperature next to an irepossi-
wildered driver, he has unwittingly (Hs_ may, it is quite the raverse. The meta
covered the true secret of dog driving. who brave Buell dangers are made d
By the time the mistake is rectified, sterner stuff, and do not perish so
however, and. the dogs are tugging at easily. On the other hand, it frequent
-
their moose skin collars in peaceful ly occurs that when, before dawn, the
equanimity, the traveller's half-breed lire again glows =daily and the nig) ef
compazdons have disappeared in the tea is drunk hot and strong, the whole
diatance. Extreme cold has a,tendency disco ort of the night is forgotten --
the elements it is each rnamfor himself,
to make men unsocial; in a fight with forgot n,perhaps,in the dread anticipa-
tion ot a cold still more trying in the
and the traveller knows he will be left day's journey to come. •
alone until the camping -1)18,6e is gained For days the same routine of travel
—possibly until night. purSued. To rise at 3 o'clock of the ,
expanding it to a hopeless elitiaelea
blank ; the sigh and sough of theeeeen
less wind', that seems -an echo in u -nisos.
with the immeasurable solitude of wake
it is the sole voice; and over 4 the
constantly growing sense of lonely,neyst
ending distance, which deepens/amine
tra,veller as morning after reo
dawns upon its onward prograssuedee
the same fantastic, ever-ahiftingho
of snow and sky. i -
All this becomes doubly- intensified to
the traveller left alone to shape his
course for the day. But the realitrof
the stoma, drift and desolation has the
excitement of the very pain which they
produce. To be lost in the blinding
haze of a "poudre " day; to have aver
of icy keenness urging.hien on to re.
peeved effort ; to have the dead weight
of that dreaa inertia which alwa.ya ee_
companies the traveller on northern
plains, keeping him down with an iron
grasp; to have despaie constantly me.
gesting the futility of further exertion;
to seek with dazed eyes and sickening
fears, hour after hour; for the faint ,
print of snow -shoe or moecasin upon
the snow; to see night a.pproaching,
and not a thing of life or shape of .shel-
- ter within the scope of vision; to urge
the tired, dogs with whip and voice to
fresh exertions to greater efforts in
gaining aome far off aspen bleff or wil-
low coped ere night shall wrap the
dreary scene in darkness—all thiaisbut
the reiterated recital of the traveller's
daily misery. In the face of a. cold the
intensit31 of which it is difficult to im-
agine )* must keep on. Right in. his
teeth blows the bitter blast; the ,aoga, ,
with boa -bent heads, often face about
in the traces, and can. only be inauaea
to proceed. by repeated thrashings ; the
half-breeds, with blankets wrapped
tightly about their heads, bend forward
as they Ivalk aeainst the wina. Torun
is instantly to °freeze ; to lie upon the
.sledge eVen for a moment, is to chill
the body through to the very marrow.
Under these circumstances the travel-
ler is apt to. wonder if the glum it
worth the eandleJ He compares him -i
self with all -the -other lunatics who have
gone on fooPs errands. since the . world
began and finds the result very much -to '
'his own. disadvantage. Like Muck
-
stone, he i$ sorry he came. i
" Ros.—Well, this is the Forest ;01
lArden.",
" Touch.—Ay, now am I in Arden.;
the more fool I, When I -was at home
t Was m' a better place; but travelleas -
mist be . content.
Small Wonder, when after such a day
of toil awl hardship the traveller sees
through the gloom the haven he so long -
. has sought—it may be only the camp
-fire in the aspen dump, or the dallglow
of a chip fire in a snow-deift—he hails
with intense joy the gleam that tells
him of a resting -place. And yet, as he
stretchea. his weary limbs in the Snow.
or on t •'e soft broom, he laughs at the
fatigues and fears which an hour before
were sic ening enough., Yet so it is.
CAMPING OUT.
Whe the,light begins to fade (;ver
the sileat plain, and the grayish, opaque
• pall set es down upon the froeen land-
scape, the traveller looks about hiM for
a good l camping place. A poplar
-thicket Or a pine bluff supplies all the
requirements—a, few dead trees for fuel,
a level Space for hi a fire and his bleak-
ets and aoom for his bed, Every one
sets to I work as quickly as poseible.
One taberhesses the dogs anal un-
packs tae sledges; another collects1 dry
logs; a third cuts fine -chips and. startle
the fire' while a fourth shovels away -
the snoW in front of the ate ewith a
snow-sb,oe, and strews the lelearea
ground with the pate brush. Thee au
squat down, smoking and supetintend-
ing the cooking of sapper, the' hilligtY
dogs seated round waiting fee their
share. A. pipe and smoke follow, then
the bla, -et and robes are epread down
for the ed. The operation of undress-
ing is r versed, and the traveller - liter-
ally sses for the night ; eovering his
ally leads to fearful eonfusion in the , ly in to
train, 'tangle their traces and backbends' and the sl
they a
jrnp on one another, i they -..
cold.
collar straps into inextricable knots Y.
.,
and interlacings, which baffle the. stif-. -3,-11titt al
(1a ; a
feried fingers of the angry travellclear ger to
unravel. Frequently they roll them The m
selves into one huge ball, presenting th dO,
appeara.1100 of a hydre-headed dog,with
nailtitudinoes legs - and innumerable
tails. Ernulatieg the example of the
lady in Tennyson's "Princess," but
from a totally different cause, they
WINTER DESOLATION.
Travelling day after day through the
intense silence of the snow -clad plain,
without meeting a sign of man, and
rarely seeing a living creature, strikes
Tcry strangely upon the mind. at first.
bitterly cold mornings, -at start at anna
plod on till dark, halting twice for alt
hour during the day, is the dull historl
of each day's toil. No literary skill ie
able to enliven the areary monotony ef
the joutney. In front goes the train of
•
nd
(1°1 lan:g r.°BePwpi t. swag: r eEli: 1:110:al 1:r wytnPf r oebl
preservati
ness seerea
•titute alik
atilapeleYtra:gael
et4in .te
:risw,,rouifineaveeltryee:;as;rtiwoylnoetue
Igisce311
About 1.5'
lawn and 331
to Port Stai
—The -e
burned by
of Xiugsto
of the Orem
--the by,
to $50,.000 a
ford and M.,
on Tuesday
ansailiST and,
votes. ^ ;
--On the
excursion t
Hamilton, 1
Georgetowr
the exeursi
a bricklip
aecidentall]
run -over, tn
--1-A you
Virilliehn 33
ing from -IA
found of I
-days since I
and has lid
may have b
he lia.it to t
---A. yonii
who resial
driving a tt
means slq
which he*
caught betl.
bun pinion;
leg was teri
necessary '.
knee, whil
. Una the yoi
as could. *
—Severe
Monday
- at Ottawa,
(-)rangemei
tion of "ti
evening a'
with.the 11
tors, and. i
out a-pott
Foot Gua
Even! tali
, have been
trouble, W
Ancing th-
the June
and there
—Arth
Member..
dro
wek w
in.
ret ning
1,14y I
been to
friends,
-8 o'Cloe -
son Of A
stock, an
Wes the -
face in t
was oni
wounds,
brother -
body has,
--A ser
Loop Li
way abo
As No. 2
proaehin
mile wes
2, ear ga
kept safc.
was pas:
passing,
gram; tio
.cipitatta'
ditch, a,
were eha
titles of
most e
the eliaa
TOW ese
injured.
blocked
until ab
were no
-cant and
gers ti:aui
VCfliOIiCC
—Soni
the Oro
of Peteu.
Apsley,
borougla
bag- witl
money t
Governr1
the even
w4is UOiL
rough
from a
minnen
presel
head,"a
tol inis0
=ant wl
fill. Ti
1..y attetir
lanmu ati
known 1
•along'ti
-anent in
tallied 1
Are tbe
vie*to
there is
that ,vi(
reaping
held'on
wart, Wi
off, owl
of that
ready • •
Mr. a
vidual
-cut. li
strated
persons
neeesaij
eion, to
laid in.
directo
"%Vat *'
betOre 1
Inenea•
to be e