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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-05-16, Page 4MM. -o , Lt. A.1 ' , • 4 EW ADVERTISEMENT 9. ntrance Examination -C. Clarks_on brayed 'Colt -Henry Dobson. - 1 reat Auction Sale -James McPhail heap Pants -William Campbell. ---." reat Sale Continued -John Rogers ational Policy Sale -Wm. Allen. Photography -Andrew Calder. . Agrioultural Implements -O. C.Will on. ourt of Revision -.-Wm. McConnell. arm for Sale -A. Strong. are for Sale -A. Strong. - o Cheesemen-j, C. Hegler. ew Goode -A. G. McDougall. formation Wanted -C. Pike. nron txpoiitpr. , SEAFORTH, MAY 16, 1879. • .Dta *iiE-a.ic-; Parliament. i , The session of the Dominion Perlis- ent closed yesterdaY, the House hex - lig been prorogued at 3 o'clock. The rincipal &vents of, the week were the etoing by the Senate of the bill repeal- • • g the Ins lvency Acts and the Vassaifie f the reso utions embodying the poliey, f the Go ernment in respect to the aCifie Railway. These resolutions ill be fou d in full, as will also a re- • ort of the disgraceful discussion which t ok place n the aortse on Sidurday ight. The Insolvency Act, in eonse- uence of the action of the Senate, re - alias in force without amendment. side froni the National Policy and the eel& Railway sehemes, the session, 1 ngthy as it waselsae been the most arren that has been held for years.' here has been endlese talking, but very . 1 ttle usefullegislation. It will be no- t ced with egret that the Government aye failed this session to introduce a ill eOlifi ing the Ontario boundary ward. What. object they can have m efusing to do this it is difficult to cou- j tureamirs it be to embarrass the Chi - trio Government. oo 1Vincia Pay. It will b remembered that diiri9g t e recent ominion- election's one of t e rincipal cies against' Mr. Mackenzim's overnment was, that in view of the -ard times he did net reduce the sal- • , *es of Ministers and the indemnity to • embers. lIt was said that before he a:stuned p wer, Mr. Mackenzie made eat professions of, economy and that h promised to reduce the public ex- enaiture, end it wes said that should t e Conservative party regain power, t ese salaries would !be reduced and t ere wouldi be a general reduction in • t e public expenditure. Well, the Con- s rvative party did regainpow,er. They h ve now ben in office eight months, a 1,11 d one session Of Parlianient has an to a elose. ifave the promised ✓ dilations been made? Not a bit of it. nisters still receive the SaM9 salaries, wJi ile the indemnity to members re- ainS at thr old figure. During the p esent session a pfivate member did oduce a measure for the, reduction o these eal ries, but instead of it being j fully hall w s scou•te fo ced by th 00 a ed by `those in ,power, # , and i the member wap ,Government to withdraw s bill. Not only this, but the ex - rises of legislation have been largel$, creased t1 'is sessien.. By a return rei- tly brang t downi to Parliament, i s shown at thcost of Sessiona. erks and Pages is early double thi i n ssion •whM it wa!' last, while ther as actually less work done. It wa 03 ce se also Stated Ou the loor of Parliaraen that many df those who had been enr ga ed in thee capacities had not done a u11 day's : work during the session' I while each1 drew hill full pay • the some of them were walking the street1 of Ottawaoing nothing; that otherEit were ertgag d as correspondents for, t. M Material. Ijournals, and that other 1 sti had. beeu acting as private score ta ies for MiUisterial supporters. Thi eh rge was made openly on the floor o P rliament, p.nd it was not denied. In vi:w of th 9 profesaioes of ecOnomy w -ch are now being made in Ontario by these same spendthrifts, it would be w for the electors to ear these mat- ter in Mind.While 0 position orators art howling 0o1 -t the- cost of Aegisla- tio in Ontario, the ' are as Mum as naiee about the expenditure, of their n ciau e he didrnet re- _ fei 'nds at Ottawa. I lie they con - data Mr. M wat be du e the s4aries of his Minieters to ) $4,111 per annum and the indemnity of ra mbers to $450, theyi have not one wo d to say about Sir John and his col - lea nes, who draw salaries of $7,000 per an a um and. who refuse to reduce the in malty of menibers below $1,000. Th y also abuse Mowat because he re- _ fus d to red* the salaries of his Civil Ser ants, but they have not one weird of 4ondernnation of Sir John for not ma ng reductions in; the salaries of his em loyees, although while they are not s rep 'red to do any inorework, they re- economical professions at the Dominion election , are they not as likely to prove false to the professions they are now making should they attain power in Ontario?• What guarantee have we that they veil be any more economical with the Ontario finances than the yI are with those o the Dominion? The feet is, as we hav frequently shown in hese col- umns, t e Government of this Province is now eing conducted as economically as it cah be consistent with efficiency. The cryi for econoiny which, has been gotten. up by the Opposition is simply for use at the elections. They know well that they coal not conduct the busi- ness of the Province more economically than it is now being conducted, and they have no intention of trying, even were the opportunity offered them. Let Messrs. Meredith, Scott and Lauder at- tain power in Ontario, and it will be with them as it was with Sir John, Dr. Tupper and Mr. Tilley; they will for- get all about their professions of econ- omy, and their friends and. supporters will take very good care not tO remind them of them. The electors of Ontario should not allow themselves- to be de- ceived twice in one year. Legislation in :Ontario and its Cost,. We frequently hear the remark made that there are too niany members of Parliainent in Ontario, and that the cost of legislation is burdensome. We are not going to argue the question just now. We have oa former occasions given our views on this subject. Our object now is to poiet out that in Ontario we are not nearly so heavily burdened, either in respect of numbers or cost, as are the people Of the United States, or Oen those of the other Provinces of our own Dominion. The following is 9ompiled from Lippencott's Gazateer, 1878! edition, and shows how this Province compares with several of the principal States of • the Union, in respect of legislative re- presentatives. The comparison is in- structive: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connectieut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia,, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas Kentucky, Louisana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, . Minnesota, Mississippi, Xisoon, , Nebraska, I New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania ONTARIO, one member for 7,270 people It It 4,844 " 14 It 4,666 II 44 It 227I7 " 44 It 44 44 it 44 it • 44 44 it tt it 46 04 44 It. 44 It It 44 44 44 ft 44 44 44 di 41 44 44. it 44 3,182 " 6,690 " 25,398 " 11,204 " 1306 " 3,640 " 9,572 " , 5,633 " • 8,444 " 8,134 " 3,680 " 12,082 " 1978, " 6,676 " 25,690 " 2,363 " 1,068 " 44 " 27,392 " " "19,742 " tt it 26,480 " " " 18,418 " It will be seen from the above that there are only five States in the Am- erican Union that have a smaller legis- lative rePresentation than the Province of Ontario. Ontario has also, in pro- portion to population, a much smaller number bf legislators than the other Province e of the Dominion. The fol lowing are the figures: Quebec,, one logisiator for 13,387 population Nova Scotia, " “ " 6,803 " New Erunsi,Vick " ' " - " 5,193 " P. E. Island, " " " 2,680 " it 600 it British Columbia 914 It 600 IC ONTARIO, " "18,418 " In the 'matter of cost, also, Ontario oomparesI favorably with that of several States in the Union. In 1878 the cost of legislation was $126,463, or equal to 7 4-5 cents per head. of the populatinn. Taking e Massaohti Manitoba, ght States, viz.: New York, setts, Michigan, Illinois, Penn- sylvania,. onnecticut, Maine and Wis- consin, the average cost of legislation was 12ic per head, while Ontario was only a little over 7 cents with l the in- demnity Ei,t $800, and. now with the re- duced indemnity itis only 6 cents, or half of what it is in the States named. Let us note see how.we stand with our sister Provinces. In. .1877 the cost of legislation in the Province of Qaebe/ was 14 cents per head, In tho other Provinces 16 cents per head, In OITARIO 7 cents per head. Or less thall, one-half of what it was in the i 1 other Pro inces of the Dominion. ; These figures s eak for themselves.! They should tend, at least, to allay any feel- ing that may exist as to Ontario being burdened Iwith over many legislators, and shou d also convince the public that in th matter of working expenses we are much more economical than. our neighbers. \ • Npws of the Week. _ . - Cnoaana.-The cholera is decreasing in India. BURMA11.-A despatch from Calcutta says further murders of princes are re- ported at Mandalay. Divoace.-The Rev. Newman Hall, a celebrated English divine, is making application for a divorce. SURRENDEBED.2-1,fe.gnezu, brother of King Cetewa,yo, with a few followers, has surrendered to the British. ! BANISHED. -Nine thousand political prisoners are to be sent to Siberia by the Russian autherities during the uramer. • Orsaa-i- ake Superior is now open or navigation. Duluth has been clear 1 ice for scane time. Boats are coming aei• salaries very rau. h larger than f tho e in Toronto. NOVirt we would ask any person to say why there_ should be one rule for Sir John and another for t Mr. Mowat. This questione also, is all b the more pertinent when We consider d and going. A Fonautre.-:•The vicissitudes pf for- uue have seldorn been shown so ' forci- le as in the case of W. S. O'Brien, who ied in. California, a few days ago. His that in d kept Ord to di -wor If the Dominion is annually running 1 c bt, and w the machine has to be , going by borrowed money, while in ; a `o we have a large annual surphis 1 t tribute 'among the people after all b g expenses are paid in full. •B hese parties proved false to thek $20,000,000. ase was °need pure luck, if there ever as one. A poor Irish lad,uneducated, with no higher occupation than that of bar -tender in San Francisco, he earned a few secrets, made a few yen- ures in purchasing mining stock, and ecarne one of the owners of the Big onanza mine: He died worth atleast .1, a NOTES PROMTHE CAPIT WEE DISOTJSSION 01' THE PACIFIC RAIL WAY RESOLUTIONS - ANOTHER DIS GRACEFUL SCENE IN THE HOUSE THE SECRETARY OF THE U. E. CLU DISGRACES MAISELF. OrrAwA, May 13, 1879. It is a pity for the sake of the con try that a veil cannot be drawn over THE DISGRA.CEFUL PROCEEDINGS which took place in the House on Sa urday last. To hear such words a ' liar," "cheat," "swindler," "robber and "blackguard," hurled • across th floor, says very little for the good bree ing of numbers of our public men, an leads the looker-on to ask himself if h has not dropped into a Five -Points bar room rather than into the Collodi& House of Commons. Members of bot parties will doubtless cry out, "It your fault, and you commenced it but neither can present very clea skirts. The _discussion of the Pacifi Railway resolutions commenced with clear sky. Dr. Tupper made one of th most gentlemanly and. corteous speeche ever delivered in the House. Mr. M kenzie's speech was free from persona ities, but Sir John Macdonald was pe haps the chief offender, as be not onl charged Mr. Mackenzie with trying t destroy Canadian credit, but also e pressed the belief that it would be we for the country when he ceased to b one of its leading statesmen. Suc language as this is altogether withou excuse. When the Hon. Mr. Hunting ton rose and raked up the Pacific Scan dal ghost,pandemonium began in ear nest. It APPEARS IMPOSSIBLE TO PROROGUE PARMA. MENT of late years without some disgracefu • exhibition. For instance, in 1877 ther were the scenes which ensued over th presentation of the report of the Com mittee on Privileges and Elections, an the Anglin matter ; in 1878 the Donal A. Smith row, and equal to any o them in violence comes 1879 with th copper -mining fracas. Her Royal High ness the Princess Louise occupied seat on the floor of the House durin the afternoon, and it was fortunate tha she did not return after recess. Th Hon. Dr. Tupper introduced his Pacifi Railway resolutionscin a speech of .a,bou an hour's duration. He confined him self entirely to the question, and in stead of attacking the policy of his op poneuts, gave them credit for doin what they believed to be to the best in terests of the country. He reviewe the schemes Of the two governments pointed • out the difference, and said that intending to coMplete the road th Government had determined. on th resolutions now before Parliament The Tamount already expended and necessary to complete the works al ready being constructed. was $25,396, 000. He warned the British Colum bians that they must not look at the matter frpm the standpoint of a few years arbea when ,everything was pros- perous,but must be content with the exhibition OF AN EARNEST DESIRE on the part of the Government to com- plete the road as fast as possible. The changes in the route were two, namely, the line south of Lake Mouitoba, and asking for further time to examine the the country in the vicinity of the Pine and Peace River passes. He admitted that for the . purposes of the railway Burrard. Inlet possessed advantages over Bute Inlet, but that there were serious objections to the former on ac- count of its proximity to the American frontier. The Canadian route would make the distance 650 miles shorter from New York, and 1,000 miles short- er from England to China and Japan than the American route. By the utilization of cne hupdred millions of acres of land in the North-West and Imperial aid they expected to build the road, and in view of the distress exist- ing in England the desirability of the emigration from that country being at- tracted to British soil, he believed that they would have a good case to take be- fore the British Government and ask assistance. The Hon. Mr. Mackenzie took particular objection to the power which the Government desired to have of being allowed to build 250 miles of road in British Columbia, costing about $70,000 per mile, without being able to tell where the line would begin or where it woilld end, and. also to the clause censuring the late Go-vernment for having adopted the Burrard Inlet route. He complained of the manner in which his administration had been hampered by the Opposition in dealing with this question, and said that they had done their best to fulfil the obliga- tion entered into with British Columbia and at the same time not place too grievous burdens on the people of Can- ada. Their great object had been to first construct the, line from Lake Su- perior to the prairie country, so as to promote colonization. Itt considera- tion of the fiscal policy which the Gov- ernment had recently adopted, he did not think that the Government could expect to receive assistance in England. He entered into the engineering ques- tion, and STRONGLY SUPPORTED THE ADOPTION f the Burrard Inlet route. He was repared to support any reasouable cheme which had for its. object the ompletion of the road, but did not hink the present scheme was a proper ne. He gave the House to understand at before the debate closed he would ut his views on this question on re- ord. Sir John Macdonald, as stated efore, made a bitter speech, in the urse of Which he laid the failure of O scheme of the Government in 1873. n the opposition of that day, and at- tacked the ex -Premier whom he said I was pursui g the same policy now. He I ridiculed th policy in this matter which ' had been ursued by the late Govern- ment, declared that nothing had been done within the last five years, and -painted a glowing picture of the results to follow froth the adoption of the scheme of the present Government. The Hon. Mr. Cartwright expressed surprise at the course pursued. by the first Minister, and thought for very shame he would have remembered the ignominy which he and his colleagues had cast upon the country. He would. like to see this stain wiped out, but was afraid it would meet the present Government it any negotiation they might undertake. He dwelt at some length upon the financial aspect of the question, holding that with THE UNCERTAIN REVENUE UNDER A NEW FISCAL POLICY the country should not be asked to in - our obligations of which ,no one could tell the extent. Mr. Dawson, of Algo- ma, gave some very interesting techni- 1 11 E HURON EXPOSITOR. .al information, and was followed by Mr. McLennan, who supported the es- olutions. 'The Hon. Mr. Mills ohar ed that the :present scheme had been in- troduced at this late stage of the seas on for the purposeof , choking off discus- sion, considered it very improbable that the proposal -to secure Imperial aid would prove successful, and protested against taking up all the lands of the North-West for the purpose of the Pa- cific Railway, when large portior s might be required. to assist iu the construction of colonization roads. Mr. Bunetar spoke of a man by the name of Bltake, who had deceived and insulted British Columbia, charged. that there was a 1. general disposition on the part of . he late Government to thus deal ith them, an4 expressed implicit faith,in the sincerity of the professions of the present Government. Mr. Huntington followed, and after defending Mr. Blake and telling the British Colura- bians that there were ether interests to be considered than those of that pro- vince, he stated that when after the present Premier had surrounded himself with the men with whom he had been associated in 1873 he could expect to go to England, and not be asked. if he was the Premier who had sold the char- ter of the Pacific Railway to a gr at merchant for the purpose of carr ng the elections. This speech, as rai ht be expected, caused quite a commoti n, and before Mr. Huntington finished ir- John was observed to nod to Mr. T ps. White, who gave a knowing shak of his head, as much as to say that he was prepared to attend to the mat fir, and so he did, leaving Mr. Huntington in the Phade SO FAR AS THE USE OF ABUSIVE LANGUAGE wasnoncerued. He charged that the member for Shefford dared not. goito England, and that there were people there who were most anxious to see him, and ascertain what had. become, of the money of which he had robbed the people. Until the hon. gentleman clear- ed his own skirts he was not in a pos- ition to hurl those invectives in which he had delighted_so much this session. While Mr. White was speaking MR. .701IN A. MiDONELL, 01' THE UNITED EMPIRE CLUB, ' sitting on the floor of the House near Mr. Huntington, called that gentleman a cheat1 and swindler. The attention of the Speaker was directed to the fact and the visitor sitting in this honored position -was ordered to leave. Mr. McDonell afterwards returned, and as attention was called td his presence he had. again to leave. The adjournment of the House was moved in order to give Mr Huntington an opportunity.of replyin . _ He charged that since 1873 been followed by a species of ion, entered at length into the of the copper -mining transac- rder to clear himself from the made, and attacked the Mail he had history Con in charge and Gckeue for the course pursued by them., At one point he said he had been allnwed to use the name of Sir Hugh 4llanin support of his statement, and wh n Sir John Macdonald. turned. around jo Mr. Bowen and laughed, he said he iad never blamed Sir Hugh for purchas ng a commodity which was in the market. He supposed that the Mail and Gazette would come out aid say that what he said was all a lie, aitd when ir John a.uswered that he had. no dou t it was, Mr. Huntington re- torted t at inside the House the lead- er of th Government might be a British statesm la but outside he was a black- ' I guard. This provoked quite a sense - tion, an some of the members wanted ' the Sp aker to interfere. This was followe by a little learned discussion across be floor as to whether it was worse t call a man a blackguard than ' to call im a robber, the latter being the effe t of the expression by the mem- ber for ardwell. The Speaker decid- ed that nparliamentary language had 1 been us d, and Mr. Huntington said he ; would ithdraw any such expression. He then continued his speech, charging i Mr. Wh te with being only Sir John's : henchm n in the matter, and as bei g ' as with g to call him an angel as a demon his leader only said so. M. White r plied, and expressed a desire to have a opportunity afforded of prov- ing in a ourt of law the allegations he had me e, and read a number of letters ' from M . Huntington's co -directors and others t show that he was right itt his content]. n. Mr. Cockburn again came to the rescue and tried te stop this personal matter. The Speaker, how- ever, co ld not interfere, as the debate was tak g place on a motion for the adjoumn4tenfi of the House, and Mr. White w s allowed. to finish. -Mr. Hunt- ington b efly replied, and at ten min- utes fronli Sabbath morning one of the most dis aceful discussions which has ever -tako n place in the House of Com- mons wa brought to a close. artada Pacific Railway: owing resolutions which have itted for the approval of the Parliament, by the Commis - Public Works, set forth the the new Government respect - da Pacifie Railway: lved, That engagements have ered into with British Colum - condition of Union with Can- a line of railway to connect the ith the Pacific shall be con- ith all practical speed; lved, That the Pacific Ball- a form a great Imperial high - ss the continent of America n British soil, and would pro - th CO th The The fo been sub Domini° sioner o policy of the Can 1. Res been en bia as oda that Atlantic structed .2. Res way wo way acr entirely vide a ne England all the d in the Japan; 3. Res Mother dented st working a scheme found in titution ; 4. _Reso the Pac mediate workmen tracts of thus wo over pop ated districts of Great Britain and othe European countries. 5. Reso ved, That it is obvious that it of general advantage to find or the redundant population her Country within the Em- hus build up flourishing colo- itish soil instead of directing f immigration from England countries. ed, That in view of the im- of keeping good. faith with 'ambles and completing the a 111 and important route from o Australia, to India, and to pendencies of Great Britain acific, as also to China and. lved, That reports from • the. ountry set forth an unprece- o te of enforced idleness of the lasses, and the possibility of of relief on a large scale being spensable to alleviate the clea- ved, That the construction of c Railway would afford im- employment to numbers of and would open up vast ertile land for occupation, and. d form a ready outlet for the would be an outlet of the Mo ipire, and Inies Oil B a stream Ito foreign 6. Reso rtance British C TIGHT BINDING consolidation of _ the Confederation of the Provinces in British North Ameri- ca, and for the purpose of extending re- lief to the unemployed working classes of Great Britain and affording them permanent homes on British soil, and in view of the national character a the - undertaking, the Government of Can- ada is authorized and directed. to use its beet efforts to secure the co-opera- tion of the Imperial Government in this great undertaking, and obtain fur- ther aid by guarantee or otherwise in the construction of this great national work. 7. Resolved, That it is further expedi- ent,to provide (1) that one hundred. million acres of land and all the miner- als they contain be -appropriated. for the purpose of coustructing the Canadian Pacific Railway. (2) That the land be vested in Commissioners to be specially appointed, and that the Imperial Gov- ernment be represented on the Com- mission. (3) That all the ungranted land within twenty miles of the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway belong - ilia to the Dominion be vested in such Commission; and that when the lands along the line of the Canadian Pod& Railway are not of fair average quality for settlement, a corresponding quanti- ty of lands of fair average quality shall be appropriated. in • other parts of the country, to the extent in all of 100,000,- 000 acres. (4) That said Commission- ers be authorized to sell from time to time any portions of such land at a priceto be fixed by the Governor in Council on their recommendation, at the rate of not less than $2 per acre; and that they be required. to invest the proceeds of such sales in Canadian Gov- ernment securities, to be held exclusive- ly for the purpose of defraying the cost of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway. 8. Resolved, That the withdrawal for sale and settlement of lands for twenty miles on each side of the located line of the Pacific Railway has in part had the effect of throwing settlements south and. west of Lake Manitoba. 9.,Resolved, That in. the existing state of thillgs it is desirable to combine the • promoapii of colonization With railway constru6tion on the Canada Pacific Re -ill? west of Bed River. 10. esolved, That the Government be authorized. and directed to locate a a portion of the railway system of the country from the Red River westerly, running to the south of LakeManitoba, with a branch to Winnipeg; and. if they deem it advisable, to enter into a contract for expending a sum not ex- ceeding 411,000,000 in constructing the said railway without previously sub- mitting the contracts to Parliament. 11. Resolved, That it is expedient to make further explorations fn the Peace and Pine River districts and other sec- tions of the country not yet examined, in order to ascertain the feasibility of a line through the largest extent of fertile territory, before beginning the work of constructiou in British Columbia. 12. Resolved, That in the opinion of the House the selection of the Burrard Inlet terminus was premature. 13. Resolved, That it is necessary to keep good faith with British Columbia and commence the construction of the railway iD. that Province as early as is practicable. 14. Resolved, That the Government be authorized and directed to make such further explorations as they may deem necessary for the said purpose, and so soon as they have fmally select- ed and located the line, to enter into contracts for constructing a portion of the same'not exceeding 125 miles, without the further sanction of Parlia- ment, so that the work of construction may at latest be commenced during the present season, and thereafter be vigor- ously:prosecuted. Fine Stock. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. SIR, -I paid a short visit to Mr. Humphrey Snell, of the township of • Hullett, on Friday, the 96h. inst., and with his usual kindness he showed me his thoroughbred short -horn Durhams: His imported bull, "Prince Seahaue " of the Bates blood, bred by Col. Town- ley, England, which took second. prize at the Toronto Exhibition last fall, showing against the Bow Park Com- pany's $12,000 and $10,000 bulls, is a splendid auinaal. Mr. Snell has also a heifer calf six months old on. the 10th of this month, the first by "Prince Seahaue," which at my request he weighed. She turned the scale at 607 pounds, or a trifle over 101 pounds per month. We also weighed a heifer calf a little more than. 11 months old, and. she brought down the scales at 830 pounds. She is by a bull owned by the late Mr. Manning, near Londesbetro. Now, I have seen at various times in your paper heavy weights of animals mentioned, but I think the weight of these two calves will be hard to beat, at the same a=ie, in this part of Ontario. 1 say Mr. Snell deserves great credit for his sterling British pluck in showing against the Bow Park Company last fall, in Toronto, thereby adding honor to our noble County of Huron. I had nearly forgotten to mention that Mr. Snell's son William brought up from Messrs. Snell & Sons, of Edmonton, a very fine Berkshire sow, one of three they put up for the Dominion Exhibi- tion 1879. This sow has a litter of four by the imported "Dan O'Connell," a rare.breed.-Visiaon. A Stanleyite in Dakota. DEAR Eraron-Will you allow me space in your columns to let my Stan- ley friends know what I think of this territory. I came here MI the 29th of March last. The farmers were then busy sowing. There would be no use of saying what the sprinif was like when I left Stanley. The w other has been fine for work since then, sunshine most every day. A man can work one hun- dred acres easier here than fifty in Stanley. The land is very easily work- ed, and very rich. There is land here that has grown wheat ten years itt suc- cession and the last crop was as good as the first. Where I am located, at the Elm River, is a Canadian settle- ment, and they all are doing well and. like the winter better than in Canada. They don't be snowed in for weeks.: The weather is clear and sunshiny, but cold, freezing all day. The land is settling very fast; but there is plenty of Government land by going back. A man wants to have sorae money, then - he need never find out what hardships are. Railroad land is selling at five dollars per acre. There is plenty of timber on the Red River, selling at ten dollars per acre, mostly oak, ash and elm. Lumber is cheap here. Planed siding, $27 per thousand; rough lim- ber, 14;$shingles, $3.50 per thousand. A man can build a _comfortable louse for little money here A good span of horses are worth $400, but oxen are the best here, as it costs nothing to feed th-em; they are worth $125 to $150. It takes two teams of oxen te break the prairie, and. with a sixteen inch break- ing plow they break two acres a day. The breaking is done in spring, and in the fall it has to be backset, then it is ready for sowing. Wheat is worth about as much in Fargo, thirty miles from Elm River, as in Sea.forth, with other things in proportion. Potatoes are equal in quality to anything I have seen at home; they are selling at 75c per bushel. There are very good. wages here as there are a great many -large farms. The Grandins, four miles from here, have sown 7,000 acres of wheat; they have 68,000 acres altogether, and there are a' great many other large farina: A man coming from Canada will do well to hire a car and bring hor- ses, wagons, t ows, sheep and anything he might want here. Yours truly, PETER WILD. ELM Ilvvun, April 5th, 1879. Huron Note-. -Mr. W. G. Miller, of Belgrave, has gone to Bruce Mines, Algoma. He in- tends settling there. -Mr. W. Craig, of the BayfieldRoad, near Clinton, lost a fine =are a few days ago from inflammation. -One of Clinton's lawyers, Mr. Geo. Watson, of the firm of Malcomson & Watson, proposes removing to Brus- sels. -The official arbitrators have award- ed to J. S. McEwen $4,950 in settle- ment of his claim in the Bayfield har- bor Matter. -Wingham printers have challenged the tinsmiths of that town to play a friendly game of base ball on the dia- mond field, shortly.. -Courts of Revision and Appeal will be held as follows Turnberry, May 27th; East Wawanosh, May 27th; Wingham, June 2nd, -Master Tommy Foster, of Clinton, owns a couple of Aylesbury ducks that haVe laid eggs naeasuring 8/x6i• inches, and weighing* ounces each. -The drawing of the milk for the People's Cheese and Butter Factory, in the township of Howick, amounts to only 8 mills per gallon this season. -A graduate of the Star printing of- fice, Goderich, has been gaining re- nown by coming out -best in a sculling race at Toronto. His name is S. D. Garside. -Mrs. S. X. B. Hale, for fifty years editor of Godey's Lady Book, Phila- delphia, died. there last week. She was the mother of II. Hale, Esq., of Clinton. -Twenty-seven Highland -Scotch em- igrants, on their way to the vicinity of Kincardine stopped in Clinton the other night. They had a car load of baggage with them. -According to the last assessment, the total assessed value of Clinton is $538,990, and -the population 2,457. The figures itt both cases are a slight decrease compared arith last year. -The asseesed value of Clinton this year is $538,990, population 2,457. Ac- cording to this showing the town has decreased during the year both in value and population. -On Saturday morning, 3rd inst., Mr. Wm. Frazer, head sawyer at Fowler & Anderson's saw mill, at Wingham, had the first finger of his right hand taken off by the stave Ma- chine. -Mr. W. Burton, of Dungannon, dug 18 rods 4 feet in length, 2 feetin depth, and ordinary width of draining, in 11 hours, on the farm of Arr. D. Smylie, 3rd concession, West Wawanosh. Who can beat this? -We understand that the petitions circulated through the county. in refer- ence to submitting the Scott Act to the people, have been very generally signed, and steps will soon be taken to further advance the matter. -A son of Mr. Jas. Snell, of Devon, sustained a severe fracture of one of his legs, in jumping from a wagon drawn by a runaway team, on Tuesday of last week. Under proper medical care, his speedy recovery is expected. -The other day a section min on the Great Western Railway, na-med. John Henderson, had two of hie fmgers badly smashed at the "y" at the Wing - ham Junction, whilelelping to unload gravel from a lorry. One of the fingers will have to be amputated. -Mr. R. Bissett, of the Lake Road, near Exeter, who has been seriously ill, is recovering, and contemplates re- moving to his farm on the Sauble Line. We trust that the change may be bene- ficial,- and that he will enjoy better health than during the past few months. -A young man in Goderich, named Videan, riding on a wagon with a Wood rack, tried to stop the Wagon by fixing his feet on the rack and. putting his head between the spokes of the wheel. His efforts had the desired effect, but it is not likely he will voluntarily repeat the procedure, although not seriously injured. -On the evening of Tuesday of last week the family of Mr. Brown, of Crediton, were startled. by the arrival of a thunderbolt on the scene. The electric fluid struck the chimney,which it injured considerably, and descended the stovepipes, passed out of the stove and down through the lloor. The damage done was only slight. -It is rumored that negotiations are in progress between the Exeter Muni - pal Council and a certain silk manufac- turer, with a view to the establishment of a branch of that industry in the vil- lage. We hear it is proposed to grant him a bonus of $15,000, he agreeing to employ a stated number of men during the year. The matter is as yet too vague to express any opinion upon. -Prior to leaving for Manitoba, Mr. and Mrs. John Hicks and family were made the recipients of two beautiful sets of glassware and other presents, by their neighbors at Devon Corners. A complimentary address, read. by Geo. W. Holman, accompanied the presenta- tion, 'which was made -by Mrs. Thos. May, on behalf of the people of the neighborhood. -The other day in Clinton, a woman who had been going around town so- liciting aim, was taken before the Mayor, charged with vagraney. She professed to be French, and could or would not understand very little Eng- lish. Among her effects was a deposit check for over $200, which she had in- vested in a Stratford bank. On prom- MAY 16, 1879. ising to leave town she was dismiss* A few days previously she "beat" ler way from Goderich by getting oe s train and locking herself in the el pursuing the same COMBO betWeell ci ton and Wingham. -It has been proven beyond a doeli that hens can live for a month after ing buried alive. A -gentleman in ter has a. hen which was buried under* large load of straw for about four weeae at the end of which time she eame apparently none the worse for her -ase,;, finement. The hen could. not poosibly have had anything to eat (luting this time she was under the straw. -On Wednesday night of lest w the solitude of the night was distur by about a dozen dogs making a visit Mr.Wm.13rown's hen roost,at Exeter,* killing thirty-eight hens and two duck,. The dogs went into the stable and trek the fowl -off the roost, where they eseei perched. for the night. The same aogi went to Mr. D. Wanless' hen -house, 4 ter having had enough "fowl plays around Mr. Brown's premises, eee created, so much noise that a hot* which was in the stable Itard by gee_ SO badly frightened that itbroke loose. got out of the stable, started off at break -neck pace and never stopped,ti it reached a barn yard in the 2nd es34, cession of Hay. =Two , more Wingham merchanla have gone 4' where the woodbine neth." Both were well known in this town, and the news that theyhadelesa, ea out caused. general surprise. ari. John Sylvester, who has carried Qui fruit store on Victoria street for semi time, left about the middle of lait week and has not since been heard ot. amount of his defalcation is not pee itively known, but it is somewhere it the neighborhood of $300. Sometime during the beginning of last week jf George Kennedy, -who bonght hides on the market for his father in Ingersoll, also decamped. His father carries en an extensive tannery in Ingersoll, and George drew on him at the bank to pay for the hides he bought. It has beeu ascertained that he did his father on of neatly $4,000. No traee of either the men has been found. -The following are the /18.1151,6S ci those who formed. the Greenway Mani- toba party, on Tuesday of last week - W. K.- Walper, J. Hewitt, D. Ellen. bauni, Mrs. Ellenbaum, and four chil- dren, Wm: Cave, R P. Marshall, lira Cave, Mrs. Heyroek, F. Cave, H. Het arth, S. Hogarth, Mre. Brow, senior, Mrs. Brown, junior, and four childnaa McClenchy, R. Sanders, A. White- ford, 3. Allison, 3. Lang, 3. Moir, it Lang, W. S. Parr, MrS. Parr, Miss Parr, Master Parr, Mrs. Ring, R. Elliott; R. Verity, Miss 13, Hicks, Miss. Hicks, Mr. and Mrs. 3. Hicks, and four children, Mrs. Oke and three children„ A. Cave, W. Clifford, R. Sweet, Theta Mitchell, T. Young, senior, Margate; Young, W. Dancey, T. Young, junior Z. Anderson, T. Hue,ston, 3. Sweet, fl McKay, T. Young, W. Clifford, seniori A. McNamee, W. Lewis, C. Fraser, 1).; Thompson, J. Rogers, J. Caldwell,J.F4 Reicbeil and Mrs. Reicbeil. These per sons left Centralia, station- at 9.30p. m4 and were loudly cheered_ on their /mature by about 400 friends endure quaintances who had assembled at the station to bid them good-bye. -The Wingham Times of last wee/ chronicles the following :-Betweesi two and four o'clock Sunday mornin a number of the young inert -we not say gentlemen -of this town took it into their heads to ha-vesoine"sport.1 They first went to Lane's auctionroom4 and took away the red ilag. Hea40 by a man carrying this, they went to house, which has a very bad reputei and acted. in a shameful manner,, The house was battered with sticks and stones, and daubed with mud. They 'yelled and shrieked, sq that the whole neighborhood VMS EUX31% wakened up. Several revolver she* were fired, after which the roughs* turned to Josephine street, by way of Patrick street, taking off gates:an4 doing as much damage as possible on the way. Three signs belonging to 3f7. John Hanna, were taken away fmmtb front of his store and demolishedOne - was also taken from Seeger, Wade 4'4 Morton's law office. Several ether ds - predations were committed., after whiek the mob disbanded. The manner it which they tarried on was dis- graceful itt the extreme, and it is to -be ho pt that those who had a hand ill the affth will be caught andpunished. Perth. Items. Mitchell's Court of Revision fg.tS OA; the 27th inst. -Mr. Wm. Abbott, one ef Mitchell's! oldest established business men, has: gone into insolvency. -On Saturday of last week Mrs R. Babb, of Mitchell, was standing on se ohair on the outside of the house are "ranging a window, when one of the legs' of the chair sank in the ground, which caused her to fall, breaking onri of the bones of her left arm near thei wrist. / -A literary elub has been formednt Dublin the less. The following are thf. officers of the institution: Luke King, President, Dr. Rourke, lst Vice, Jag McLaren, 2nd Vice; Cornelius Frisk 3rd. Vice; Patrick Stapelton, Corm! ponding Secretary; Michael Gambutis Recording 'Secretary; William Roan. Treasurer. 4 -The spring meetbig of the Mitehelf! Driving Park Association will be hem on the 24th inst. The following race will take place: Rimning rare, puns $50, open to general business horses; trotting, purse 60, open to hack and 'I driving horses that have not beaten three minutes, open running race, purge -$75; trot, 2;40, purse $100 ; pacing race4 i purse 1#40. -In Stratford, on Saturday'Bigilk 3rd inst., about 10 o'clock, a fire wag discovered in a stable in rear of llfr; josoph Rankba's confectionery on Mar. i ket street. It was put out in a few : minutes, and the damage' was light. ! Ver; shortly after the alarm soundea again, and a bright light was seen in the vicinity of the park, which proved : to be the house of Mr. John The firemen were on the spot, but 1;03 late to save the building which was to destroyed, Insured. $600,whi0h will about cover the loss. -Chief Constable Herrington, of Bt. Marys, made a cleverarrest of a hero thief. A man, giving his name as Jobs. Haywood, drove into town about 7 pan. with a team of horses and carriage, Mr. Herrington noticing that the horses were completely used up, and the eisn. acted rather suspiciously, arrested hi% on suspicion of having -stolen the horseS. Asils tLe fee th aersir Bt. 11)1 nuS, • iS• te" Initted Ong" stoe 108 '1) *ea - rung of ijo 43001:1- W040 where gctneit. sou 4 00131- consta baa %en& Listow Gonda -jnlhi fonte StePhe Seg it Remy they d loaded ever, h qnieta taker stsblr for be• fore Reeve, Stenhe comsni lore the t Tux man w must b: have a time have th market 13tockb of light French arrived. 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