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itron txporiitor.
at intervals, when
spirit, he would be
but a powerful man
party; and he Wou
soon become an h
leader. He would
scope for his talents
certainly earn fro
which he note recei
which, in a party
least, he is not dose
oved by his fitful
not only 1),. useful,
in the ranks of his
Id, ao. doubt, very
nored and popular
theu have ample
and would almost
all the homage.
es from some, but
point of view, at
ving of:
The .Zulu Cae paign and the
Death of the P ince -Imperial.
n is still being car-
uccess. The diffi-
campaign in so far
are concerned are
character. They
h a savage, brutal
s enemy on their
most difficult and
t is. The natives
minted with every
r, while the !British
rangers. The na-
dvantage of being
The Zulu campat
ried on with varied
_
culties attending th
as the British forces
of the most appallin
have to contend wi
and most treachero
own ground, and, a
dangerous gronn d
are thoroughly acq
sectiau of the count
.commanders are B
tiveslave also the
on the defeneive, w ich is, in such a
country, an advanta, re of no ordinary
character. Althoug the British forces
have already met wi h several reverses
and with serioue los es, their success,
under the circumsta ces, has been such
as to inspire the hop of future victory.
On every occasion w , ere they have had
fair field, the bravary and skill of the i
British soldiery has been fully mani-
ested, and on all such occasions they
eve succeeded in v&nqnishirig their 13
nemies. The iesouices of the Zulus p
re not, however, be. any means, ex -
ended, and they sem determined to
b
esist as long as possi le. They are not n
aaily frightened eith r. The manage-
ment of the forces has been severely
censured by some of the British States-
men in the House of Par1iament. But
it is one thing for tho e remaining quiet- .
ly at home to find fa t . and to point
out errors , after they have been com-
mitted, and another alad quite a differ-
ent thing to come faceito face with the
difficultiesthere pursue the cou 'se which is ex-
actly right and proper It was at first
thought that all that Iwas necessary to
subdue these savage tijibes was to send
araongst them the B -tish troops, and
that as soon as they a peered in their
midst -they would be ome docile and.
tractable. But instead of this the Zu-
lus have shown that t ey are not so
easily subdued. The*have proven a
stubborn, crafty ands lful enemy, and
seem determined to resist to the .bitter
end. That the Britis troops will ul-
timately conquer tiler is little doubt,
but the victory, as h s already been.
shown, will not be ea aly achieved or
cheaply won. Those i
men, therefore, who h
SEAFORTH, JULY 18, 1879.
Honour to Whom Honour is
Due.
Hon. Edward Blake has reoently de-
livered is couple of very 'able political
speeehes. In these speeches he has re-
• vived severalof the, theories propound-
ed by him in his now celebrated Aurora
a9Adress. He again advoeates compel -
Kay voting; the representation of mi-
snorities, and Imperial Federation -.or
the representation of the colonies in
the British Parliament. He also de-
precates the establishment of class dis-
tinctions in Canada, and thinks that
the attempt aO create a,. Canadian aris-
tocracy by knighting a [number of our a
TH
ing ground for the army—which result-
ed in his death, -Without a sufficient
escort, and he paid the penalty of his
daring with his life. It may be, as
stated, that the mission was too im-
portant to be undertaken by;'one so
young in years'and so new to the ser-
vice, but it was given him at his own
urgent request and as a rctark of aona-
deuce in him by his superior officer.
Had he'evaited for the escort being pre-
pared for him,. all would have been
well, but instead of doing so he started
on his Mission with an (escort of only
one offieer and nine troopers, and these
were inadequately equipped. As a con-
sequenee, when surprised by the enemy,
his little band was vastly outnumbered,
• and being utterly unprepared. for re-
- sistu,nce, the only thing left for them
was flight. The Prince, being unable
to control or mount his horse, was left
behind, overtaken by, the enemy, and
killed. The event was, certainly, a very
sad andunfortunate one, but in so far
as the intelligence yet. received goes,
there were eone to blame for the mis-
fortune but himself. _
News of the Week.
RATS.—A plague of rats is causing
wide -spread distress in India. •
TALMAGE.—Rev. Dr. Talmage is still
in London. He preached and lectured
ten times during last week.
STATUE TO THE PRINCE.—It has been
decided to place a marble statue of the
ate Prince Imperial in Westminster
Abbey.
A STEAyZR LOST. — The Egyptian
teamer Sumanoot has been lost at sea.
Twenty-three natives and three Euro-
eans perished.
SUICIDE.—It is stated that Ahmed
Kenealey, sou of Dr. Kenealey, mem-
er of Parliament blew out his brains
ear NeWeastle-upon,Tyne.
SYMPATHY. -L The -Ex-Einpress- Eu-
genie received 4,000 despatches and 700
letters on the day after the anival of
the news of the death of her son. •
Comma—The Rev. James A. Spur-
geon, brother of the famous London
reachenlis to pay a two months' visit -
Ameriea, arriving the middle of Au-
gust.
MILITARY ESCORT.—The Queen has
directed 4 'guard of the Royal Artillery
to meet the body of the Prince Imperial
at WoolWich and escort it to Chisel-
hurst. •
FUNERAL SERMON.— Cardinal Man.
ng preaehed a funeral sermon for the
te Prince Imperial at Cbiselh urst on
uncles', in presence of the Imperial
mily and a lard congregation.
prominent politicians, is not a "desirable
thing and will not be attended with i
beneficial. results. In so far as kr. h
I
is concerned, we heartily agree with a
Blake's advocacy of cOmpulsory voting e
him, and hope that leis advocacy -in h
that direction may be seccessful. he r
,
'scheme is feasible, and if carried out 1 0
would be attended with the most bene-
ficial results. We also agree with him
that the climate of Canada -is 'not con-
;
i genial for the culture of titled aristo-
crats, and- that the fewer "Sirs" we
. have iti our country the better. But
with his other ideas we have not much
sympathy. Minority iepresentation
Beams tO us impracticable, and linperial
Federation entirely unnecessary. It is
. not our purpose just now, however, to
:disease Mr. Blake's peculiar theories
or ideas, but rather to nqticis the Mall-
ner in which they are receivdd by the
'course, being afraid that Mr.B Bakemay
Press. The Conservative ' ress, of
. i .
yet be elevated to the leadership of the
Reform party, while -they cannot avoid
discussing his utterances, class !him as a
theorist only, and endeavor to _discredit
it
his sincerity, and affect to beli ve that
he would not carry out his chemes,
even did he have an Opportunity. One.
. seotian of the I-teform Press always
treat Mr. Blake and his utterances with
respect, and evidently appreciate his
great ability, but decline to _eworship
him as an infallible being; while an-
other section of the Referm Piress al-
most invariably go into ecstasies Over
. his most trivial utterances. They laud
- hire as the greatest statesman, the • one
pillar" which supports the great ,Reform
,. edifice. To read these papers one
e ;
El
, would be led almost to believe that Mr.
BIa,ke is a real live oracle, that it is by
, grace of liim the Reform party is per-
mitted to exist, and that but for .him
the Reform party of this country would
speedily die of imbecility. ' We are told
in serious earnestness that the glorious
Reform victory of the 5thi of juhe WIS
due to Mr. Blake's iit
,effo s. This re-
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minds us of another hid ent cif more
local interest. 'Mr. Cameron, M. P.,
delivered one speech in South Huron,
and a very a.ble one it was, an
,
one night he the riding, aa the
ich. Signal ascribed the ele tion
- . Bishop wholly to his exer ions
--
finence. Mr. Blake, towaede. th
of the campaign, delivereid thi
,
• dresses on local politics, and hi
shippers give him the entire cr
the succese which atteuded Mr.
Governmerit at tho polls. This
thing is not only very foolish, bu
•gross injustice, if not an inselt, t
.
. . _ who really are entitled. to credit.
t-
scarcely necessary t6 say I that
success of .-afx, Mowat's Government, at
!. the late election, depended upon Mr.
Blake's exertions in its behalf, itstead
spent
Goder-
f Mr.
d in
e ea-
visor-
dit of
owat's
Sort of
is a
those
It is
if the
of being sustained by tlie people, it
would have met with ignominioas de --
feat. We are free to admit that Mr.
Blake is a good, man, and wo admire
his tasleats. Re has gifts, if he likes' to
use them, but thus far, at least, he has
only exercised.his powers in the inter-
.
ests of the party to whiCh he professes
to belong, when they were least re-
quired*. It is no disrespect to Mr.
Blake to say that there are many men
in the Reform ranks who are,from their
past services and sacrifices, immeasur-
ably better entitled to adoration frem
the press of that party than he is. It is,
therefore, an injustice to these men,
veho have been no spasmodic support-
ers of their party, to forget their long,
- constant and faithful services, and. fall
down and worship one who, at best,
_ has sacrificed himself only sparingly.
As we have already said, we admire
• e Mr. Blake's talents, but we do nob de-
;
4 sire him to receive credit which should
be given to others. If he would permit
• himself to descend to tlee level of can-
_ MOH humanity, buckle on the political
harness and remain constant and true
to his work, instead of soaring in the
- - third heaven and only deigning to de-
, .
Me himself by contact with politics
0
petuous states -
ped to conquer
in a day, should now iestrain their ar-
dour, and instead of fi • ding fault with
those in the brunt of the battle, and
who areelno doubt, con ending with the
naany difficulties whic surround them
with the best of their a ility and judg-
ment, should give their energies t6 de-
vising th best means to send them
abundant nd speedy sueplies and assist-
ance. It ra st now be evident to every one
that the f rces in Zululand are not
sufficienta strong to ruccessfully ac-
complish
every eng
place the
largely o tnumbered. This fact was
particular y remarkabl in those
gagements which result d favorably
the nativ s. It is little short of wan-
ton cruelt to allow thisi state of things
to contain . England lias the wealth
and the aerial, and be should use
them uns aringly to 'accomplish the
task she aite undertaken. Reinforce-
ments should be forwarded at once,
that there may not be. any mere re-
verses; for every victory gained by the
enemy makes the final result the more
difficult of accomplishment. If there
have beeu mistakes committe_d, and re-
verses suffered, those mistakes were
committed. by the Imperial Goverur
ment, and the reverses were due more
to their nig,gardliness,than to the lack of
proper management on the part of the
commandei of the British troops or
skill blaprowess of the British soldiery.
If the Zulus are to be subdued and
conquered, the events of the past few
months show clearly that this result
can not be accomplished by a mere
handful of men scattered over a
treacherous and inhospitable country,
but that a more liberal policy must be
adopted, and an enlarged army placed.
in the field.
Lord Chelmsford, commander of the
British forces,has &so been severely cen-
sured by portions of the British press
for permitting the Prince Imperial to
rush into the danger which resulted in
his death. ,Tudgiug from the several
accounts of the sad event which have
thus far reached this country, we caul -
not see that he is at all entitled to
blame in this matter. From these ac-
counts it would seem that the Prince
was a reckless, dariug young man, who
'was desirous of distinguishing himself
athong his comrades, 'and that his thirst
for distinction overcame his judgment.
Scorning all proffered adVice, he need-
lessly rushed into dangers which older
and wiser heads would have evaded.
Contrary to Cie express instructions of
his superior officer, he undertook- the
fatal mission—the selection of a camp -
to
.ni
la
fa
TERROR REIGNING.—A Constantino-
ple despatch represents that the Cheap-
sians are terrorizing the district of Od-
amzbar, on the east coast, of the Sea of
Marmora, by murdering, plundering
and blackmailing the inhabitants.
EXTREME HEAT.—On 12th July in
Atlanta, Georgia, the thermometer wa.s
higher than for ten years, reaching 03.
Fearful drought prevails over two-thirds
of Georgia. Yellow fever refugees
from Alemphii reach Atlanta daily.
RECOVERED.—Mr. Plimsoll, who has
recently undergone an operation for re-
moving one of his eyes, has re -appeared
in the House. of CM:lemons looking re-
markably well. The pain from which
he suffered so long and so acutely is
completely gone. ,
YELLOW FEYER IN Niw-YORK.—Thos.
Hernandeson died at the quarantine
hospital, New York, of yellow fever on
Thursday. He was a seaman on a
bark from Havana. The President of
the Board of Health says there is not
the slightest cause for alarm.
THE LAST OF A FORTI71,.7E.—A ten dol-
lar bill with the following words written
across the face was passed. over the
nter of a shop at Ithaca, N. Y., last
nday : This is the last of a fortune
$100,000 left me by my uncle, Jasper
uld. Beware of women and wine."
xreosMie.—A dreadful boiler ex-
sion took place in San Francisco On
10th inst. Eight persons were
ed and over forty wounded. The
iteraent was dreadful, women and
ldree searching for the remains of
ed (ales, p.ossibly blown into the, air
their remains Reattered broadcast.
Ifeemee IN NEW YORK.—The grea
Canadian oarsman was warmly we
corned on his arrival in New York
Thalcha,mpionship cup was examine
by a great number of person. It is
most beautiful and' grand. affair, Qs -re
feet in height,the lower six inches bein
a massive block of polished ebony in
laid aith silver. The great cup is sur
mounted by Old Neptune with hi
famous trident. The broad, full bow
of highly wrought _silver is graced -o
either side by a ylouth in boating cos
...ume; holding his sweep eep erect and look
ug oatto the sea. I
Nsws ritom ZULULAND. — A Cap
Town dispatch dated June 23rd say
that General Sir Garnet Wolseley ar
rived and - immediately 13tarted for Na
tal. The British forces are within 2
miles of Cetevsayo's kraal.. A Cap
Town despatch, June 24, says tha,
General Wolseley has summoned a
meeting of the native chiefs at Merits
burg, for the 30th of June, to devise
meansoftransportation by native car
riages. General Wolseley will start for
the front by thei 1st of July. The Zulu
prisoners state that King Cetewayo will
allow our troops to advance near Ulun-
di, and then make an attack.
DEATH OF A FENIELN.—Edward O'Kel-
Ily, the last of the Fenian "prisoners 1'e,
leased from confinement at Spike Te -
land, Cork Harbor, died at Newark on
Saturday night. He arrived in New tongu
York on February 27, the conditions of to thi
his pardon being that he should' stay show
out of Ireland. O'Kelly came to that haps c
city penniless, having refused the gra- equate
tuity such as the other released Fenia,ns sion
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he task given them to do. In
gement which has yet taken c't
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British troops have been
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HURON EXPOSITOR.
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las year on August 13, and within 24
ho rs 1,206 people had left the city.
W* hin the next 27 days, 1,200 people
die from the disease, out of a remain -
in population of 15,000—a proportion
of OBS VirhiCh is scarcely ever equalled
in •ven great battlee. Since that time
th city has been well drained, and the
pr spects are more hopeful. The latest
ac ounts say that people who left
Me phis on account of the appearance
of the yellow fever are returning, as
th e are no fresh. cases reported, and
it i thought that the disease will not
spr ad.
UNERAL OP THE PRINCE IMPERIAL.—
Th funeral of the Prince Imperial took
pia e on Saturday. The Prince of
W les, the Duke of Edinburgh, the
Du e of Connaught, and' the Crown
Pri ce of Sweden acted as pall -bearers.
An immense wreath from Queen Vic-
tor a was carried on the coffin, which
wa invisible because of the mass of
flo ere. Prince Jerome Bonaparte and
his sous followed the doffin. The Brit-
ish inistry was represented. The pro-
ces ion was three-quarters of a mile
Ion . A' deputation of French military
0
stu ents was present. In addition the
felt wing royal personages arrived to
att nd the funeral: Priucess Beatrice,
the Princess of Wales, Prince Christian,
and Prince Edward of Saxe -Weimar;
Mac Russian, German and Danish Am -
bas adore were also- present. It is.
stat:d that there is much ill -
feel ng France at the great dem-
ons ration of mourning in England.
Wh n the coffin was opened the features
of he Prince were found, to be much
dis faired, but recognizable by the teeth.
Uhlii an, the Prince Lnperial's valet,
fain ed twice at the sight of the re -
mai s.
Educational Examinations.
For the Huron Expoeitor.
A 1 the world is divided into two
grea classes, those who have ,passed
exa inations, and these who haVe not.
A gr at many of the latter class are re -
spec able people in spite of their dis-
adv: tages. As a class, however, they
are erowing beautifully less by degrees,
and he time seems near at hand when
near y everybody will be able to talk
abou "passing my examinations." As
reg de examinations themselves, one
obvi.us distinction is that between oral
and ritten. Formerly oral testis were
chie y reliedon, as some names like
wrav ler, etc., still remind us. In these
lattei days written tests are all but
universal. There is a noticeable differ-
ence in the style of answering by pupils
in (me sehools directly traceable to this
difference of the test for which they
speci Ily trained. The oral test is
more superficial; but it is far
show
ing, f
train
0
venture that not one in twenty can fair-
ly be so claimed. It is the same with
Mac intermediate, the first-class, the
matriculation and higher college ex-
aminations. The great result aineed at
and we believe largely achieved is to
compel teachers and fupils to digest
and assimilate their knowledge, to mar-
shal and. orgaaize their knowledge for
themselves. The consequence is that
while the progress made seems slower,
it is far more real, permanent and valu-
able than the progress made under the
'old system of training children to go
through a hollow show before an in-
coMpeteut tribunal of trustees and par- •
ents. As a matter of course, we may
expect the usual per centage of croak-
ers and professional grumblers who
long for the flesh pots of Egypt, and.
stoutly affirm that the former times
were better than these. Y. D. X.
SEAroRnr, July 15, 1879.
Algoma. -
Conclusion of Mr. Harris' Letter.
Saturday morning, June 21.—Wet,
foggy morning. The sun did not .ap-
pear. We started out eastward, and
came to the river that runs from Bass-
woed Lake into Mud Lake. The lakes
are about hell a mile apart. There tee
a fall of 40 feet in 40 rods, with plenty
of water to drive four or five turbine
wheels. Some of the land near the
river ie low and appears to be swan:Ty.
The land towards the upper lake is
high and stoney, and covered with pine,
maple, oak, hemlock and. birch. The
oak is very straight and smooth for
bout 50 feet, and from 12 inches to 20
in size. We crossed the creek twice,
and saw some pike of large size. The
creeks and lakes are full of fish, such
as bass, pike, pickerel, speckled trout,
salmon trout and white fish. We wan-
dered around, trying the quality of the
soil, and it being very foggy, we lost our
bearings. We had two compasses with
US, but had not noticed which was the
north end. of the needle, therefore we
could not tell whether we were going,
north or south. So we travelled on for
an hour and a half, going north, as we
supposed, until we came to an old
" blaze," and my companion got into a
great "twist,' and declared we were
lost. • We held. a council, and guide
Murphy went one way, and friend Arm-
strong followed the blaze to the top of
the hill, where he expected to be ‘‘ able
to see the north-west corner of the
county of Bruce." After a few minutes
both came back to where I was waiting.
We started off again, and in a short
tirae we came to a stake, newly set, and
Mr. Murphy knew the spot at once It
turned out we had been 'walking south
are instead of north. We turned around,
the and in about. an hour and a half we
more
. In the simple matter of spell -
r exanaple, sthools were formerly
d to spell almost wholly by word
of m uth ; at present- they are scarcely
ever eked to spell the words orally, but
almo t -.entirely in writing. At the
vario s public examirations the effect
of c angirig the mode of testing our
educe ional products is specially no-
ticea,b e. Now -a -days we aim less at
Mac emoiy—perhaps too little—and-
princi allyat the understanding. The
conse nonce is our results are not so
well c lculated to make a show be-
fore a public audience, but more like-
ly to ecure the benefits of sound tr
ing.
For instance, the prevailing fash
of con ucting the public examinat
in goo Canadian schools twenty ye
ago, 'N as to exhibit large results of v
bad m mory and very little work
rnandi g consecative thought and.
tellect force. The exercises brou
forwa d. air the inspection of fond p
ents d uncritical trustees were gen-
erally the simplest examples of pure
memory, such as spelling matches,
which were often a principal feature,
repetition of endless strings of useless_
dates, long lists of geographical names.
and definitions, pages on pages of his-
tory verbatim et literatim, questions in
arithmetic solved mechanically by rule
and sentences parsed mechanically by
rule without any real insight into the
construction of the language. The par-
ents of those days often 'went home
highly Igrared at the clever answers
Edith and Agustus gave-, and also at
Mac talen0. they displayed. in another
prominent feature of the programme;
we refer to the recitations, dialogues,
amateur theatricals, etc., which were
wont to fill up the happy hours of the
t evening. These entertainments were
1_ always immensely popular,- in fact, un-
• rivalled by anything but the circus and
d the negro minstrels. They frequently
a had a strong dash of the minstrel ele-
e neent in them. Proud mammas went
home delighted with the way in which
- little Gustavus Adolphus recited the
song of the Dying Swan. Johnny as-
s tonished the natives with his represen-
1 tation of. Deacon Homespun, and Torn
• won laurels as a magnificent judge with
his grandmother's spectacles and a horse
- tail wig.
The glory has departed. Now -a -
e days a public examination is tame and
s 'dry. When the question is Why in-
- stead of How; and the reason in greater
,demand than the blind rule, pupils do
5 not come forward with the confidence
e their parents used to show in repeating
t .glibly by rote, what they never under-
stood, and what they forget completely
- in a very few years. In the best schools
of to -clay, no such stuffing of the mem-
ory is even aimed at, though, of course,
in a.li education worth the name, mem-
ory must treasure up the results of our
investigations. The consequence is
that where the best teaching is done,
there the greatest amount cf real train-
--nig of the thinking power is accomplish-
ed, the "show business " is generally a
failure. Ready-made answers cost lit-
tle, and ca be tripped fluently off the
e; butthe pupil who is compelled
nk before answering will probably
sorne slight hesitation, and per-
lothe the answer in very inad
expressions, giving the impres
to the uninitiated parent tha
hild. is not as well trained
dren were "when I want to
and spelled down the whole
11
came back to the spot we had left in
Mao morning. We explored several lots
on account of having been lost. We
then went back to Mr. McDougalPs
shanty, and. after dinner retraced our
steps to Thessalon Mills, it being 8 p.m.
when we arrived. " This closed the first
week of our travels.
Sunday, June 22.—We put in a lone-
some day, there being no religious ser-
vices of any kind here to -day. Rev. Mr.
Kenny, late ot Wingham, will preach
here on Su nday, June 29th.
Monday, Jame 23.—My friend Arm-
strong sailed. up the Thessalon River
this morning with - Chancy King, and
athe travelled. through Rose and Pluramer,
ion to visit some old acquaintance, after
which he went to Sault Ste. Marie, and
ion then returned home, so that we did not
ars . meet again in the " Promised Lind." I
er- had determined to secure that fine mill
de- site and. the lands adjacent thereto, so.I
i,n-
had to take two men with axes to chop
grit out a straight line, that I could run a
ar- line with pickets, and. also measure out
the lots hall a mile square. We ac-
cordingly went back and surveyed, as
near as possible, the lots I wanted, and
I left a man ab.opping a small piece on
each lot, which is the way in which
about thirty men have done in that
part, in order to hold their claims un-
til after harvest, when they will chop
more and ereCt shanties. I have the
land between the' two small lakes.
Part of it is as good clay' land as any
in Ontario; portion is low land, and.
a portion highland. with stone. -I have
about 80 acres of bird -eye maple in one
piece, on. very good adjoining the
corner' of Thessalcin, five miles from
Lake Huron and 20 miles from Bruce
Mines. The country is better than I
expected. The water is excellent. I
would as soon have a few acres of high
rocky land.covered with heavy timber,
as I would some of the raiserable
swamps in Morris and. Grey. There is
no difficulty in getting lots of 160 acres
with at least over 100 acres of good
land thereon. The rocks and rough
places around ,Bruce Mines have fright-
ened many milk and water (and whis-
key) men, who wander around a few
days, afraid to lose sight of the lake,
and then return home sick. I think
the lands to the east of Bruce Mines in
the Mississagna River territory, is
about the best part tf Algoma. I am
certain there is plenty of land lit for
settlement, no matter what any one
may say to the contrary. There are
many privileges that are not to be
found in Manitoba, snail as good. water,
good timber, and. a great variety of
good soil that will grow excellent crops
of grain and. grass. There are, how-
ever, many high hills and rocky bluffs,
with. heavy timber growing thereon;
but I did not see any bad boggy swamps
or gravel hills, such as are in the town-
ship oa Morris. Algoma is a large dis-
trict. It contains all the land between
French River and the Thunder Bay
district, the Grand Manitoulin Island,
Cockburn Island and St. Joseph's Is-
land. The islands contain some good
lands and fine timber, and the climate
mild, according to reports I received.
If half of the people who took the
" prairie fever" so bad. last spring had
come to Algoma, it would have been.
well for them and good for the district.
All new hulas. countries want a class
- of settlers that are not afeaid to work,
such as came into Huron twenty-five
years wee).
After'3I got through with my work, I
came back to Thessalon Mills. Mr.
Dymont owns the saw mill here, whieh
has a powerful engine, which drives
two large circular saws and. shingle and
lath saws, giving work to about forty
men.
I sailed to Bruce Mines on the 27th
of June, and waited there for the Asia,
to return home. I visited the old
mines on the 28th. There is a large
quantity of old materials, buildings and
machinery going to decay. Several
years ago the Company, not being satis-
fied with the old plan of separating the
ore from the stone, spent $300,000 for a
acceptedfrom the British Government. the c
He got work in a factory at Newark,but as chil
prison life had broken down his health, school
hemorrhage of the lungs. sent him to school
his death -bed. By his request his body The
to the
foster
quite f
will be left at Newark until it can be
transferred to free Irish soil. He was
34 years of age, and leaves a wife and
large family.
is now
re has been something said lately
effect that these written tests
"cram," but we believe this to be
alse, and are confident that there
far less " cram " in schools and
colleges that there was a generation ago.
Let any reasonable person take the low-
est of our public written tests—the en-
trance examination to High Schools—
which is just over, and examine the
anestions proposed, one by one, and
point out those that could certainly
have been "crammed," and we will
YELLOW FEVER.—This dreadful fever
has again broken out in Memphis.
Some three or four deaths have occur-
red. The inhabitants are terror-striCk-
en, and are fleeing in thousands. This
year the disease has appeared earlier
than in previous years. The first case
of the fever in Memphis was discovered
1-
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JULY 18 1879,
new process, and it proved a failure. I
examined one of the largest engines in
America, which is shut up in a darken-
ed. room. The dimensions are as fol-
lows, as near. as I could get then:
60 -inch cylinclere9 feet stroke; walking
beam 30 feet in length (about 15 tons) ;
two fly wheels, each with a diameter of
about 25 feet, and a 'weight of nine tone;
with rods and. cranks of immense
strength. Many of the miners have
left here for other parts, while many re-
main in neat cottages, surrounded with
good gardens (between large rocks),
Waving money in the bank at interest,
on which they live comfortably. There
is a Methodist church, an English
church and -a Roman Catholic Church
in Bruce Mines, also two stores, one
blacksmith shop, post office, a grist
and saw mill belonging to Mr. Marks,
two hotels, a boarding house and a
bakery.
At 8 p. m. on the 28th I got on board
of the Asia, belonging to the Beatty
Line, 350 tons, ceramanded by Captain
Moore, a very fine man. All the other
officers and seamen were also oblig-
ing and of good behaviour. The beds
and a rub"aon board were excellent.
Sunday morning, the 29th, called at
Providence Island. After breakfast I
tried to play (on a piano very much out
of tune) " Sweet -by -end -bye and
"Sweet Home." The steward, how-
ever, told me it was Sunday, and that
the captain did not want any music on
the Sabbath Day. Poor man I pity
him. Called at Michael's Bay. at 10_45
a. m. The water is shallow, two boats
pushed off from the shore to meet the
Asia. Off again at 11 a. m., and arrived
at Southampton at 8 p. m. June 30th
—G-ot on board. of the morning train,
and arrived safe at Brussels, after a
pleasant trip of two weeks. Wmeesier
HARRIS.
The Cow Nuisance.
. Mn. Mamie—Dear Sir: Visiting the
village of Ilarriston the other day, I
learned that the Municipal Council of
that place had passed a by-law pro-
hibiting cows from wandering on the
streets at night. The cov,e is an ani-
mal, as inanv of our Seaforth garden
avners well know—myself among the
number—which is sorriewhat like the
bad men mentioned in the New Testa-
ment, who "chose darkness rather than
light, because their deeds were -evil."
A judicious restraint like what is rigidly
enforced in the village before mentioned„
would be hailed with rapturous delight
by lawn and garden owners in this
town. No doubt the "poor man" would-
be put to a little inconvenience. But
the benefits which poor and rich alike
would enjoy therefrom, I am inclined
to believe, would more than counter-
balance the injury supposed to be in-
flicted. on the poor naan. A Vieenr.
SAAPORTH, July 7, 1879
Presb ery of Huron.
The Presbyt ry met at Godarich, on
Tuesday, 8th enst. Mr. Lochead was
appointed. Moderator for the_ ensuing
six months. Extract of minute of as-
sembly was read, setting forth that a
new presbytery was formed, called. the
Presbytery of Maitland, embracing a
number of pastoral charges formerly
within the bounds of this Presbytery.
It was agreed to hold a Presbyterian
Sabbath School Couvention in Goder-
ich, in the menth of February next. A
- basis of union as agreed on by the con-
gregations of Merfillop and Tucker -
smith and that of Seaforth, was ap-
proved of, and said union was eanction-
ed to take effect on the 21th of this
month, the pastors of the congregations
to give due notice of the same. By this
union Mr. Barr ceases from the active
duties of the ministry, thee Presbytery
agreeing to recommend to the General
Assembly to put him on the fund for
the aged and infirm ministers, the united
congregation to give him a rethling al-
lowance of $160 Annually. The follow-
ing minute was put on record by the
.Presbytery respecting his retirement,
viz.; the Presbytery, in sanctioning the
retirement of Mr. BRIT from the active
duties of the miniatry because of ad-
vaneing years and growhig infirmities, -
and iu order to an amalgamation of his
$
charge with that of Seaforth, desire to le
express their sympathy with their J-
brot ex in his retirement from the ac-
tive duties of Ins office as pastor. They
recognize with thankfulness to the great
Head of the Church Isis abundant la-
bors, not only in connection with his
own immediate charge, but throughout
the bounds of the Presbytery during
the last 26 years: and it is their prayer
that Ins declining years may be cheered a.g
by the tokens of his Master's presence,
and that _according to the strength given
him, he may still find fopportimities of
doing effective service in the vineyard.
Mr. Hartley asked that the session of
Rodgerville be appointed assessors with
the elder at Exeter, to forfa a session
in the latter placb. The request was
granted. Dr. Ure and Mr. Sieveright
tendered the resignations of their pas-
toral charge, giving as their reason for ba
so doing financial pressure ai. the con- fo
gregation. The resignations lie on the Mx
ta,ble till next regular meethag, to be (sale
held at Brucefield., on the second Tues- an
day of October. A circular from the
Assembly's Home Mission Committee lae
was read, and arrangements made in plo
terms of said circular to visit the sup- ga
plemented congregations, &c. Mr. en
Leask gave a report on laome missions.
A complamt of Mr. John Anderson, of
Exeter, -was taken up, and arrange- Mi
meats made to,dispose of it at next re-
gular meeting ot Brucefield. The fol-
lowing minute was placed 071 record
nen r. Ferguson's resignation: he,
"That the Presbytery, in recording the nh
resignation of his charge in Brussels of
Rev. John Ferguson, would place on re- pas
cord. their sertee of his efficiency as a the
pastor, and of the value of his counsels the
as a member of this Presbytery during lig
Mao many years of his connection with eva
it. And. in parting Ni'ith him as a co- the
presbyter, they pray that he DULY be of a
long spared to labor in the portion of tity
Mac field to which he has been called,
and that his labors eata,y be abundantly bitt
blessed by the great Head of the tow
Church." It was agreed to hold an ad- the
journed meeting at Clinton, on the 2nd left
Tuesday of September, at 11 a. m. Mr the
Stewartwas appointed. convener of the
Home Mission Committee. The next
regular meeting of Presbytery is to be
held in Union church, Brucefield, on
Mac second Tuesday of October, at 11
a. m.
he was soon carried. beyond bis detain -
his desperate struggles to save his life,
together with the current of the river,
landed hien on the bank considerably
down stream. He felt so _grateful for
his deliverance, that he immediately
knelt down and thanked Goa for it.
eoigt:.twenty-two
son of David Mellwain, a farmer Ji'
at the village of Nile, was drowned an
5th inst., in the Red River, off the ywaaniese
oanityheemsigrteaatineedrMtotalineitPorbaairie 'Province
iwijaisa t. bet lAoe uPSrbiaol'sakaridhad
ethheeNNsIatileaYrtakelle'erlit:cif :labaar
tha
accident, declared that be had a pre.
sentiment that something was going to
happeu to McIlwain, and tried to
Pete
SUS. e Jami to leave the ateamer. The
deceased recently took part in a 48-hour
walk at Winnipeg, and succeeded.
securing third prize, with a score of 137
nines 9 laps.
--The citizens of Hensall were
'aroused from their slumbers 071 Wed-
nesda,y of last week, about 1.30 O'clock,
by the alarming cry of e fire.,, On ex_
ainination the cause was found to pro-
ceedsfrom a lease il
ot wood, sine
800 cords, belonging to the railway
company. The cause is supposed to be
from a spark from the engine of a -saw-
ing machine of the company, w ich
had been working there for the previous
ten days. 13y the Marc the scene was
reached by the villagers, the flames had _
made considerable headway, being
cated near the centre of the pile. The
Company's fire engine was at once -tele-
'graphed for to London, but did not ar-
rive till about half -past five, during
which interval the citizens made stren-
110118 exertionsito subdue the flanieseind.
by well directed efforts succeeded in
keeping it well under subjection, not al-
lowing it to spread, and thus' saved for
the Company this vast pile, which if
left to the arrival of the fire engine, it
would. have been impossible to save a
single
s
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r.
Aerespondent -writing from.
Lochalsh, Ashaeld township, says:
"Mr. John Robb, of Ulla vicinity, met
with a very serious accident on the
morning of the 3rd inst, by having one
of his feet badly hurt with lightniag.
Mr. Robb Was sitting down in thehouse
at the time, when all at once he heard
Mao sound- of the lightning which, it -
seems, came down through the stove-
pipe, through which it made several
large holes, after which it made its way
through the oven, after leaving which
it seems to have taken its course towards
Mr. Robb. It tore the heel off his boot
and took all the skin -with SomO fiesti
off his heel. Mrs. Robb, who was
sitting on the opposite Bide of the
room, has several marks 'which show
that she also had a very naeaow- escape.
Most of the old settlers in this neigh-
borhood say that the rain 071 ThUrSday,
3d inst., was the heaviest they had ever
witnessed in this part. It has greatly
damaged the fall 'wheat in this vicinity..
It also carried away several culverts 'on
Mac different roads, which it took a iot
cf trouble to repair.".
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faraing the character of Dr. Borth-
iml—faMirr,Tshos. McDonald, Deputy
agricultural implements on the streets
a writ, claiming $5,000 damages for de-
gu—steA.dt waithpthreesbcyozirtiareet; pic_nio near
Reeve of Mitchell, has been served with
Cromarty, on Dominion Day, $20, in
taken steps to prevent the exhibition of
aid of the Sabbath School,wererealized.
dr_owainirn.gT)haosst.wmetterkt.in, of Binao,
turned from Manitoba, thoroughly dis-
aursion to the Model Farm, Guelph, ,
th
Mitchell, h.ad a narrow -escape from
—The Town Council of Listowel have
8th,
Athiittle son of Mr. W. R. Davis,
—The Grangers of ElMs. made an ex-
kOn Wednesday of last week Mn
hen Lowry, of Mornington, had his
Perth Items.
has re -
above the ankle, at Mr.
ohm Stevensoa's _barn g, y a
piece of timber falling upon it.
—Mr. W. G. Ray, of Listowel, has
lately reterneil from a visit to Georgian
Bay district: Ile will shortly give to
Mac public his impression of the people
said. country in that locality.
—Mr. Walter Thompson, of Mitchell,
has recoveredthe full value of his I -
ni
must the Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany for the machinery destroyed by
fire -while omthe way to Chicago a few
w
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k
As
aligttoie child of Mr. Thos. G-reen,
Logan, pulled over a tub of boiling
water from where it wae resting on two
chairs, Mao greater part of the Water
pouring on the child. She died on the
foiowing Gorunnilnot, St.
Marys, was
dly hurt on the race course at Strat-
rd on Do/Millen Day. While hoaling
:Stafford's horse he was struck by
of the horses in the xunning race
&badly cut about the head:
--A man named Cliristian Firk -was
t week charged with leaving the ern-
yraent of Mr. Josiah Murphy, Lo-
n, before the time for which he had
gaged expired. He was fined and
50 costs, or ten days in
—Mrs. B. Hill died. very suddenly in
tchell a few days ago. She lay down
on a lounge during the afternoon, being
in her usual health. In a few minutes
Mac vital spark had fled. The deceased
d been a resident of Mitchell for
eteen years and was much respected.
—During the thunderstorm which
sed over the township of Wallace on
21th ult., the barn of Peter Erb, of
3rd concession, _was striack with
htning and totally destroyed. Thera
s a valuable threshing machine in
barn, also a considerable amount
griculturaa implements and a
of harness. All were destroyed.
Mitchell teamster named Nes-
was driving a load of stones into
11. Feeling d.rovesys he lay down en
load and fell asleep. The horses,
to their own guidance, turned off
road, -upsetting the load. A large
stone Id 1 on the teamster's foot, badly
bruising it and keeping him a prisoner
for half an hour before he could be ex-
tricated.
—Milnes planing factory at Listowel
was burned to the ground on the morn-
ing of the 17th ult. The valuable mea
chinery ill the factory was destroyed;
together with all the tools heloneng tra
th s workmen. A considerable quantity
of door frames, window sash, and other
manufaztured material, along with Bev-
--Thetther day a youth in Clinton,
ten or twelve years of age, went down
to the river to bathe; a heavy rain of
that morning had much swollen the
stream, a fact he seemed to forget, and
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