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- THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
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FEBRUARY 13, 1880.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. at 50 cents a clay, and cannot obtain,
Spring Goods—Duncan & Duncau:
Notice' of Removal—W. N. Watson.
Watch Lost—Expositor Office.
Meeting—West End. Cheese Factory.
Seed. Barley—M. McQuade.
Iiippen Grain-Market—D., McLennan.
Sale of Furniture—J. Chambers.
Cautiona-Michael Murphy.
•House and Lot for Sale in Seaforth.
Note Los -James Duncan.
Faun for pale--Triomas Laidlaw.
For_ Salet-McCaughey & Holmested.
Carriage Factory -Hess & Haberer.
nron txproitor.
employment,even at this nominal fig-
ahem- ,
ing the
ts were
rd to at
should
ur labor
and to
ng the
ure ? It is high time that this
inaltle, pauperising system of pay
board and passages of immigran
stopped. Any that cannot affo
n
least pay their owway here,
not be encouraged to .come. 0
market is already overstocked,
increase the labor supply is dol
gauntry. an injury instead of a benefit.
It is great pity that the Legislature
not refuse to grant t e $8,000 asked
by the Governmenb. forj this purpose.
The early settlers in his Province,
. those who made the country wh
did not have their passage mone
I In fact, they were of a class who
I spurn such pauper aid. Had t
1 been so, they never would have
pe -red as they have. at is, no d
fact, as 'Me. hardy hints, th
policy of the Dominion Governor
this matter is more at faiiit t
should be. But if the Dominic)
eminent see fit to -encourage the
1 gration of paupers to this count
is no reason why the Local G -over
should maintain them after they
Let the local authorities refuse t
their fares from Quebec to Onto,
to maintain them after they arriv
and the Dominion Government, a
as the steamship companies, will
be forcea to cease inflicting thern
the country.
The class of immigrants we do
here, and Which will be a benefit
country, are those who are able
willing to pay their own way. E
such there is ample room and a
chance for them speedily making t
selves comfortable homes. To
before all such the advantages the
vince affords,and to offer thetn re
able encouragement and induceme
the duty of the Government, and money
thus expended will produce a, good re-
turn. But Money invested in paying
passages and board. is worse than west_
ed. It would be well if our legislators,
both Dominion and Provincial, could be
got to recognize this fact.
SEAFORTH, FEBRUARY 13, 1880.
The Biddulph Tragedy.
The Biddulph tragedy has been the
all -absorbing- topic during the past
week. The excitement occasioned
throughout the country by this horrible
affair has been touch stimulated by the
columns of sensational "swash" which
has appeared from day to day in the
city press. Lucan and vicinity seenis
to have been literally swarming with
newspaper correspondents, and the re-
ports they sent forth indicate that they
have been vieing with each other as to
which could best pander to e the dm
praved tastes of humanity by forging -
the most horrible but at the same time
the most unlikely stories. -It would be
difficult to decide, however, which of
the many has succeeded best in this
line. All have 'done well, and several
have eclipsed even the most brilliant
achievements of that weeld-renowned
sensationalist; -the Neev York Herald.
But, as the theme is now becoming
threadbare, and the imaginative facul-
, ties of the sensation purveyors are evi-
; dently about exhausted, the reading
1 public may congratulate themselves on
' the prospect of a respite for a time. Hav-
ing now got down to publishing villain-
ously executed portraits of the princi-
pal actors, we may fairly conclude that
in so far as our city contemporaries are
concerned, the end, for the presentat
least, is near at hand.
Notwithstanding all that his been
saidOr written, there are po new de-
velopments since our last issue, except
that some thirteen of the leading mem-
bers of the vigilance committee have
been arrested on suspicion, and are now
in London jail awaiting trial. But, so
far as is known, there is as yet no direct
or conclusive. evidence of guilt. They
all stoutly maintain their innocence,
and, althou. gh some or all of them may
be guilty, it will be very difficult to es-
tablish the fact unless some of them 1 th
confess, which is not at all probable. i th
1
-The prisoners will be brought before 1 t°
the Police Magistrate ' of London for tit
at itis,
y paid.
would
hey not
forethought and strict integrity of the
Government, the Statute book On the
one hand, is tolerably welI supplied with
all leeislatioet neoeseary ftir the well-
being of the 'people, and on the other
hand, there are no scandals or rascati-
ties to be unearthed or exposed. It
being the case, therefore, that we have
now nearly all the legislation we re-
quire for our present wants, and that
we have in pOwer a' competent and
honest Government, we at present see
nothing in- the way of adopting the
biential session system. In several
States in the neighboring RemiliO the
system has been adopted and is working
satisfactorily. It has resulted in a
great saving,and although there has been
loss legislatiou,it is of a better character
pros- and likely to be of a more permanent
oubt, a nature. With the Senate abolished;
at the biennialsessions of our Local Legisla-
ent in
Ilan_ it
n Gov-
immi-
y, that
nment
arrive.
o pay
rio, or
e here
s well'
80011
upon
want
to the
and
or all
good
hem -
place
Pro-
ason-
nt, is
IN A DISCUSSION which took 'place in
the Ontario Legislature, the other day,
on a motion by Mr. Ross, of West Hur-
on, for a return showing the amount of
debenture indebtedness of each county.
city, town, township and village muni-
cipality in the Province, Mr. Miller, of
Mu‘koka, one of the most practical and
useful members of th,e House, made the
following pertinent remarks :
"One of the causes for the increase in '
e taxation of the people was the fact
at we had too many Parliaments, and,
o many governing and taxing bodies. 1
There were the Dominion Parliament,
e Local Legislature, the County Ooun-
cil,r, the Township Council, and the I i
School Board—all with power to twit'
All taxed as much as they wanted, and
all showed that the right of taxation
had extended to too many bodies. In
his opinion some of these taxing bodies 1 e
had to he wiped out ; as the County 1 f
Councils seemed to . him to be the I
least useful, they should be abolished,
and their functions assumed partly b
by the Legislature and partly by the 0
townships."
T
d
T ISNOT OFTEN we can agree with the
rento .111ail. In its issue of Monday jiw
t, however, it had a tolerably sensible c a,
ice. It referred to the short sittings I t
the Local Legislature since the open- I 8
of the present session, and the con- a
uent small amount of work done H
the heavy expense entailed upon lit
Province for this scant service. As a ti
edy for this it hints at the advi-
they of introducing. the system of
nig instead of annual sessions.
only objection to this system
hat it might tend to the ultimate
lition of the Local Legislature, are- an
which it professes not to desire. In be
respect the chief organ is .naneh- th
e sensible than some of the smaller evh
lese gifted organs on'the same side
clamour for the abolition of th
al Legislature simply because i
not, and there is no i
mznediate
pect that it will,hring grist to their
That the people of Ontariowouldsta
ent to go back to th old
preliminary trial some day next week,
when new light may be expecteds
—Since the above was in type the
Coronei's inmtest has held an adjourned
sitting, end the boy Gantlets who was
in the house of the old man Donnelly
at the time of the tragedy gave his
evidence; He swore to having recognised
• three of the men who are now ;under
_ arrest, as among those who'committed
the murder. It is said, however, that at
least one of these said to be identified
To
-can prove an alibi. The inquest was
adjourned tillWednesday next. I las
saleemattet_ameteeatt„.,,„ I art
Trnmigration. ' I of
We knoti-Oi no department of the f ing
public service in connection with which ilseq
so little value is received for the money I and
°expended, as in that Of inernigration.
the
It seems to matter little what party is 1 rem
sab
ture, mad the County Councils reduced
to five or at most nine members, our
legislative machinery would be much
simplified and the cost correspondingly
direinishedS
Hoei-R. D. Wm -mom having resigned
the position of Speaker of the Senate,
has been appointelle Liehtenant-Gover-
nor of New Brunswick, in room of
Lieuteriant-Goveenor Chandler, deceas-
ed. Hon. D. L. Macpherson has been
made Speaker of the Senate with a seat
in the Dominion Ca,binet. This "non-
partizan Senator" from Saugeen, this
“Baldwin Reformer," as he used to de-
light to call himself, now receives his
reward for the labor and. expense he .
inctfrred- in compiling and circulating
his celebrated pamphlets, misrepresent-
ing the financial position of the Domin-
ion and of the Province of Ontario.
The Ontario Legislature—NOtes
From the Gallery.
(From Our Special Correspondent.
MUNICIPAL AMENDMENTS.
The Special Committee to wh
ich the
various bills amending the Municipal
Act have been referred, has commenced
business in earnest. The chairman,
Mr: Ross, of West Huron, is one of the
tem in all its ramifications which few
most competent men in the House for
the position. His experience of over 20
ears . as County Treasurer has given
im a minute, practical acquaintance
with the working of the municipal sys-
men ever attain to, and this coupled
with great natural ability and incisive
force of expression, qualify him in a
eculiar manner for drafting bills as
ell as perceiving which amendments
re and which are not in the public in-
erest. A good many of these proposed
mendments are injudicious, some of
hem unworkable, some positively in-
rious, and a few worthy of being en-
cted into law. The municipal bill
hen it comes in will be of the “omni -
us" kind, the clauses having little' or
o logical connection with each other,
t being the result of so much sifting
will be virtually perfect in form, and
ay be expected to pass without amend-
ent in the House. In connection with
t is subject it may not be amiss to call
tention to a circumstance which
ows the danger of hasty tinkering, or
that matter tinkering of any sort,
th so complicated a statute as the
unicipal law. Last year Mr. Scott
ought in a bill altering the obligation
municipalities iu the matter of im- ( ma
ming a rate to meet payteents in liqui- : nus
ttion of debenture indebtedness. By I Ertl
I: law as it then stood, the rate to be last
a posed was fixed, and his proposal cou
s to alter the statute so as to fix the. to cl
'bunt to be paid each year and allow tion
e municipal council to levy a rate far
fficient to meet it. - The change was to e
•roper one, and met with the appro... Mee'
1 of Municipal Committee and the from
use, but it passed into law with so larg
le warning that several municipali- the
s have, since the amendment was on t
ad pted, passed by-laws in accordance sion
wi h the law as it formerly stood, which year
by laws, though all right in every other.stat
respect, are, in consequence of this over- dem
sight invalid. The committee of this othe
year is considering some means of re- soon.
lie ing the municipalities thus situated, all.
every instance of the kind should -
t t once forwarded to Mr. Ross, or
representative of the constituency in
ch the matter has occurred. -----,
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS COMMITTEE.
I he only other special committee
e me .ting this year is one .investigating
t the best means of avoiding railway ac -
cid nts of various kinds. Whether any-
thi g practical will come of their deli b -
era ions remains to be seen, for the ob-
les in the way are certainly most
for 81 idable, but at alf events a great
amount of information will be elicited,
whi h cannot fail to be useful some day,
An, number of patent brakes and patent
cou lers have been and will yet be sub- ity is
mit ed for consideration, some of them conti
isp eying great ingenuity and apparent' remu
capacity for practical use. Experts of I block
all sorts are being examined with 1 1
view to ascertaining just what can be horses
done to make the brakeman's and yard- 1,800
man et vocation less perilous, without any u
referenee to whether the Legislature made.
has jurisdiction in the premises or to teepee
the extent to which it would be wise to will[p
exercise the jurisdiction if it has it. be ree
That is to say .there is no restriction on for ii,
the effort to bring out all the inf horses
tion on the subject which can be got at, 1 shire,
leaving the question of competency to I relled
deal with the matter for future consid- ' '
.
ion. he chairman of this com-
mittee is Mr. James Young, whose ex-
perience in another sphere stand li. Gloucs
in good stead iit such an inquiry. Kelso,
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE. large a
This important committee has hardly sheep.
done anything this session, and most of
the meetings are very poorly attended.
There is very little in the shape of pos-
sible scandals to line the Opposition
into the work of investigation and th
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the employees in Normal School Square,
and if some of them are summoned to
answer questions others will be still
more alarmed. There is a 'feeling that
if the truth were known about the de-
pository and its working, the institution
would be abolished by the Minister, and
as no investigation can reflect on him, I
imagine that Mr. Gibson will feel like
pressing the matter.
THE NEW DIVISION COURT_LAW.
Mr. Hardy, Provincial Sedretary, has
introduced the bill for the amendment
of the Division Court Act. The amend.-
ing bill provides for the extension of the
jurisdiction of the Court so that where
the amount or balance does not exceed
$200, and the amount or original
amount of the claim is ascertained by
thesignature of the defendant, Snit can
be brought in the Division Court.
Where, however, the amount in dispute
exceeds $100, there shall be an appeal
as heretofore iu the County Court. On
the suits coming to trial, the clerk shall
place all actions for sums over $100 at
the foot of the list. In suits for more
than $100, the Judge may, in his dis-
cretion, direct a fee to. be paid to the
attorney on the successful side of not
less than $5 or more than $10. Clerks
and bailiffs will be called upon to give
security commensuratemeriathppet.ahles willin-
crease in jurisdiction.
e prosecuted in the same manner as
those from judgments 'in the County
Courts. In personal actions, it is propos-
ed to extend the jurisdiction from $40 to
$60. Thebillalso makes provision for
continuation of the Inspector of Division
Courts,. and defines his duties with more
clearness: than heretofore. Another
improvement is the provision which
vests iu the LieutaGovernor the a -
pointment of clerks and bailiffs in Di-
vision Courts which embrace within .
their limits a city, town or incorporated
village, or a part thereof. These
appointments have heretofore been
vested in the County Judges,. and
it has been found that abuses
have sprung up -which can only be
remedied by the provision now made.
The bill further makes peovisiops for
the payment of jurors ($1 per day) out
of the taxed costs on each suit brought
to court ; and also provides for a very
desirable reform in the manner Of sum-
oning jurors. It has been found that
in some districts almost the same jurors
have been summoned year after year,
but the bill obviates this by providing b
that the clerk Shall not summon all the 0
persons entitled to besummoned in one 8
year, but shall certify at the end. of each e
year the names of those who have been h
called, and begin in the following year t
at the number where he left off, and so 6
on -until the roll is exhausted. The t
bill is likely to pass, although it may be h
slightly amended 'in committee.
and generally paid all that was asked
f o te.
in South Huron have everything
to encourage us to make a speciality of
the draught -horse. A good reputation
to begin with—a soil which requires his
weight to do it justice in its cultivation
—a soil also eminently welll calculated
to grow the food he thrives on, viz.:
hay, oats, carrots and all kinds of coarse
grains, and- then a sure market for
many years to come for all the surplus
we may have to dispose of. What' is -
wanted now is a general belief in the
correctness and truth of th ef grounds 1
assume, united action, andthnfaltering
perseverance. The correctness and
utility of my propositions being admit-
ted, the next question is, what are the
the best means to attain the object in
view ? All will admit that the success
we have achieved, so far, is directly
traceable to the importation of pure
blooded heavy draught sires. Well,_
can we successfully continue to trust to
private enterprise, as we have hitherto
done, for those importations? I am
afraid not, and am prepared to give me;
reasons for my fears; but the length of
this corn-munication already warns me
to desist for the present, and at a fu-
ture time may take the subje
- where I now stop. Yours truly,
}Icon Lovr,
Hum GREEN, Feb. 2, 1880.
The following is the paragrap
ferred to above :
TIM DEMAND FOR HEAVY HORSE
During the past. fifteen years
has beer? a great change m the de
for horses in this country. For
nearly every one bred in relati
speed and endurance: Now a
proportion of farmers breed with a
of increasing size and strength.
change is not the result of ca
There has been a stealthy inereasin
wand for heavy horses, and a co
ponding falling off in the den
light ones. Fashion has had lit
do in this matter. Heavy horses
a post office with a weekly mail, and
we have a very good prospect of a rail-
road in aevery short time, as the charter
is granted, accepted, and a company
made the necessary deposit to start
operations in the spring from Winnipeg
to Rock .Lake. Another line is under
contemplation from Emerson to Turtle
Mountain. These things with our most
desirable location, has advanced the
price of claims here wonderfully ;
already claims are held at from $500 to
2,000; of course, the lowest price
would be for unimproved claims which
cost $10 last spring—a good investment
in my opinion. I believe coal has been
found in abundance west of us, and, at
present a company are outthere milling
it to ship to Winnipeg in the spring by
boats. We have a saw mill six miles
from us, and are going to have another
in the spring three miles off, also I a
a flouring mill next fall; at you will see
by this that we are progressing fast in
this country—much faster in cne year
than the early settlers of Ontario did in
ten. For instance, there are lots of
settlers who came here last spring who
expect to put in"50 acres of crops next
spring.I expect myself to put in 40 to 50
acres. This, with other advantages,
ct up will put us as far ahead in one Year, as
, Ontario went the first -ten or 15 years.
sn. Among other advantages we have • a
member of Parliament from amongst
us, which I hope will not do us any
harm in the way of retarding. progress.
Fishing in Rock Lake is excellent; we
fish with hook and line through a hole
h re-
s.
there
mead cutin the ice. A couple of men will
merly catch a sleigh load in two or three dayS.
elaargeee pTohueildveseight, sums from three to 20
—generally eight to 12 pounds -
view and the flavor of them beats La e
This Huron salmon all hollow. Some call
price° them jack fish., some neaskalounge,some
g de- pike,
rres- but I call them a genuine first-class
fish for food, and they suit me to a
die for knock -down when fried in butter.
NOIMili/M=Iiiimil
are
sting Reflections on the Biddulph
Tragedy.
wlsaynitd•ielit.f. -1 tragedy is the all absorbing topic of
Ma. Eomoix.—Sir : The Biddulph
newspaper comment -just now. 1 have
per_ read the descriptions-- of the variant;
to a parties brought prominently forward in
s at connection with this affair and have
low, noticed the feeling of the press in re -
e to gard to the matter. They all seem to.
size 1 agree in the desire to have the guilty
parties brought tetejustice. There is one
vaerrYiy 11 point that I have not noticed any corn-
arge ments upon in this affair which is : How
ern I is it that in a land where -a civilized
ban 1 Government exists; matters have been
and allowed to go on as they have been doing
arge I therefor years past? great astonish-
eott ment seems to be manifested that such
re- a thing could have taken place in Cana-
da ; this is generally coupled with the
I remark that had it taken place in Texas
or California, it would. not., have. been
wanted because they supply au exi
want. From present appearance
will be many years before the sup
heavy horses will equal the dem
The country is now well supplied
horses. At no time in its history,
haps, were'there as many horses
given number of inhabitants a
prese t. Small work horses are
but eavy draught horses continu
e hi h. In this city the average
f the horses appears to increase e
eason, and the like is true in ne
very city in the entire country. L
orses are less liable to injuries
from
he swinging of the poles of wagons t
mall ones. Their bones are firmer,
hey are commonly more hardy.
orses aro more economical as resp
arness, stall room, feed and work
lured to take care of them. A large
roportion of the teaming now done is
im-
TAX EXEMPTIONS. ! q
Mr._ Mowat has introduced his Bill P
ver short distances, and it is more
ortant to draw a large load than
respecting Municipal Taxation and
Exemptions. It is comprehensive, and P
judging from a cursory glance at its
provisions, it is likely to remedy many
existing grievances, and will, no doubt,
te
be acceptable to the people. One of ft
the most important sections of the Bill. °
is a clause rendering a majority of thel 811
ratepayers named in the voters' list of a se
muncipalty—ot a mere majority of
those voting—necessary to the adoption I sr
of a railway aid by-laVe. This seems 1 :
like a death:knell to bonuses, for it has . ht
rarely happened that the majority of the
those who :have voted upon by-laws h
which have Carried has been equal to a jee
majority of all the taxpayers on the
voters' list. Mr. Mowat's bill will ex- 1
cite a good deal of attention before it is
disposed of. see
ake the trip quickly. Before the
roduction of heavy draught horses
aming in the hilly and timbered p
one of the country was chiefly p
rmed by oxen. Now oxen are be
perseded by heavy horses in all these ,
ctions: Persons travelling for busi-
ess or pleasure now ride in cars in-
ead of stages. There is still a large
mand for horses of moderate. size for 1
iving street cars, but breeding stage
rses is a business of the past. In all
e countries of eastern Europe heavy I
rses are taking the place of light ones
general farming operations. That
merican farmers will soon generally
ptoy heavy horses in field work
ms certan.
to such a cause of wonder. But I think
in_ I Mr. Editor, so far as that portion of
the Biddulph is concerned all the advan-
or- ! tages it has enjoyed from being in
er- Canada have been very small indeed.
in, ! For any protection to life and pro ert
Heavy Draught Horss.
countrytt is winter, the trouble they for a
have in pAing a. suitable animal and ' and
'the pri be they pay, taken in con-
sideratin withatite sentiments of this
America,n jobreal, prove conclusively,
I thinkethat the end is not yet, and
that th supplyefor many years t
t c F
MR. EDITOR,—Sir: The allusions
de, and prominence given, in the an- ; ue
1 report of the Directors of the South ! wr
ron Agricultural Socety, at their • der
meeting, to the high standing the
,
rity of Huron now occupies in regard ad
raught horses; and also converse, • thi
s I had with some of my brother Sou
mers at the said meeting, induce me ' hon
nclose to you, and ask you to insert find
our next -issue, a short article taken nei
I
tlie St. Louis Globe Denwerat, a the
O and influential paper published in 1 mos
large city of Sp. Louis, in Illinois, i ima
he Mississippi River. In discus- ; ma
s with my felloW farmers iubygone No
s I have often: been met With the , the
entent that there was a limit to the mem
andlor this cllias of horpies • kit. the i for t
r side scouring this section of the • men
iii
r si e, and thet the One tvould 1 cam
be when weecOuld not sell them at ber,
i;
T fact of purchasers from the The
rom Crystal City, Manitob
Mr. J. Rollins, a former resident
ntralia, in the township of Stephe
ites from Crystal City, Manitoba, u
the date of January 19, as follow
I avail myself of the opportunity
dressing your widely circulitted pap
nking, no doubt, that some of o
th Huron friends would be glad
r from the great North-West.
from letters received from yo
ghborhood and other places, th
re is in circulation an amount of th
t erroneous statemepts one coul
ine, which no ' doubt, will hay
de you very uneasy about our safety
w the fact of the matter is, that, for
last thiity-four years I never re
ber seeing such satisfactory weathe
he wh-ole season round. Since I
e back from Ontario last Septem-
I never enjoyed myself better.
fall was delightful. It corn-
ced to get cold in November
few days, then it got fine again
we had it grand for a couple o
weeks. December was pretty cold o
at least you will think so when I tel
you that the thermometor. registered
61 0 below zero on the 24th of Decem
On the same day a number of thy
hors passed my place going to
Lake to fish, a distance of 10 miles.
said they did. not feel the -cold
s thou 9 A. M., and 550 below
They returned at 9 o'clock that
, when it was 61 0 below zero,
no mishaps except one mau get -
his nose slightly frozen. These
s were from Exeter, Messrs. Cud-
, Sraallacomb, Finlay, Downie,
Smith, and others in this county. The
winter weather is just delightful ,,ewhen
the therniometor registers 20 to 300
below zero. I left home last Monday
and drove to Mountain City, a distance
of 50 miles, with the thermometer 320
degrees bel • , an only got out of
my sleigh once, and that was to get my
dinner and feed my team, and I felt hot
the slightest bit of cold; it wag a calm,
clear, sunny day, and I wear -the same
clothes I used to wear in Ontario wheu
I was keepingsto
m power, whathet. Grit or Tory, there
is the same heavy expenditure and tiib
same barren results. We do not deny
but that a vast number of imenigrants
have been brought to this country abo
through the efforts pat forth, but we do suit
say that the country would be a deal I this
better off to -day had our authorities i Moe
been:morechoice in their selection, and 1 atncl
had the volume beeh, very much small who
er. If ;ot a majority, at least a very I Loc
large nuraber of those who came here, does
have been a burden upon the country 1 pros
instead of a benefit -to it ; and it is r naill.
these that cost the most money. Far 1 cons
some time the Ontario Goverument havi
have been making an effort to be more renre
choice their selection. Theyhave have
• ;
given encouragement only 'to certain ethere
cla.sses which they thought were requir- Fede
ed. le. the country, but results show that
that they have not been select enough. parti
When the grant for irmangeation was t tertai
being -discus-4d in the Legislature the rthere
•
other day, Mr. Hardy, the head of the sense
department, said: ; altho
"One prominent cause of increade heart
the immigration expen.se was the bring- positi
ing of immigrants from Quebec to Tor- Local
onto, and sending them thence to differ-
ent parts of the Province. In addition
to assisting in paying their railway it hay
fares, the Province hadtoprovide them fear..
with food on their tourny, and for some
days at the various immigration sheds there
-until they found employment. -Last nual s
year for sending immigrants to different ing 011
parts of Ontario §1,000 was voted, and very
8,952 actually expended and this year
$8,000 was asked for the same purpose. ing th
be our
This expenditure was largely beyond
the control of the Provincial Govern- . system
ment, so long as the present policy of well w
the Dominion Governnaent was continu- not eaf
e , andso long as the agents of that
Government and the steamship agents , legi
sent people out here." their I
Now, we would ask, why should we declare
expend. raeney micouraging impecuui- cornrno
ous irernigrants to conie to this coun- we mu
try? Why pay 88,000 a year, to swell hear, t
the ranks of our =employed thoueands overly
bion
Its
is t,
its settlers have enjoyed, it might as
well have been located in Texas cc any
where else4 is surely a disgrace toi
the "Powers that be" that it was
found necessary to organize a vigilance I
committee in that district at all. These
organizations are only called into ex-
istence in places where there is practi
cally speaking no law or where it is so
weakly administered as to have entirely
lost the confidence of the community.
The authorities have been ,in my opinion
most culpably negligent in allowing a
1 reign of terror to exist there so long.
am not posted as to whose duty it was
a. to take the first steps in a movement
for the better protection of life and pre -
(If perty in that district, but I notice since
1 this affair has happened that those who
have taken the matter up do not seem
to be much trammelled by red tape,but
of have arrested men on suspicion as it
er were by evholesale. After reading what
ur has appeared in the public prints, one
to need not be surprised that this affair or
I ; something approaching to it should have
ur happened. The wonder is that some
at, sanguinary collision did not take place
e = years age. G.
B. Faust and Thos. Yearly. The foi
lowing statement shows -the receipt%
and expenditure of the company during
the past year:
Bamtryrs. — Iteeeive,d from last account*
$28.41; received percentage -5 cents on the $106,
at the time a taking applications, $85.26; assess-
ment on Premium notes, $715-44. Total,
$809.11.
Ex.Vtunrruas.—Paid -.Tames Campbell for lose
by fire, $490 ; paid Wilson 1.1eSherry for loss of 2
calves and damage to barn post by lightning,
$8.67; paid Patrick O'Brien for damage to roof of
barn by lightning, $4.00; paid Board of Directors
$32, inspection of losses $7 ; revising riles
and bpla•sys, $6.50; borrowed money and interest
thereon ,$ 60.78 ; printing and advertising, $2740;
Secretary making out assessznent and collecting it,
$74 40 ; postage, bill stamps, stationary, ,die,„
$48.97 ; by balance on band, $48.39. $809 1L
At a meeting of the Directors held
subsequent to the s.manal meeting Thig
Love, Sr., Esq., was elected Presided
in the stead of John B. Geiger, Esq ,-w •
had preferred to give TOOra to 801110 One
else, as he had served. the company in
that capacity for the last 5 years. Mr„, -
Lewis was re-elected Vice -President
and H. V. Dirstein Manager, when the •
meeting adjoined.
Tuckersnaith School Board.
MB. EDITOB,--S1T: As 1 asked for i -
formation about the school board s,yst
tem in raising the taxes eighty per cent.
higher than under the section system,
"Junius" flies to the rescue and admits
that I cannot expect to run a school
hoard as cheap as the section system,
and he denies about the special tax.
Let him- ask the collector, who had
trouble in_ collecting the said tax, as the
parties wa,nted to know what it was for,
as it was contrary to what the movers
of the school board stated. He also
states another falsehood in -denying
that it was voted on for eight years. _
•
•
Now, Junius, it w7 voted on for how
long, nobody knevi until one year after,
when it was discovered that it was
voted on for eight years. Our remedy
then was to apply to Parlianient by pe-
tition to get it changed from eight down
to five years, which we did. Then he
talks about towns and villags. Stick
to Tuckersimth Junius and give facts,
but he has referred to towns. I wiil
take one and compare it with Tucker -
smith. Brussels school has 485 schol-
ars and five teachers; average per
teacher, 96 scholars; teachrs' salaries,
$1,900, cost per head, $1. We have
four teachers teaching 240 scholars
nine and a half months, average- per
teacher, 60 scholars.; teachrs' saltines,
$2,000, cost per head, over $8. We
have two more teachers, one teaeh.
43 scholars, the other 33, for nine and. •
a half months. The combined number
would be 76 scholars; teachers' salar-
ies, $760,, cost per schola, $10- Now,
Junius, you will see that we pay moils
for teaching our scholars than any town
you have mentioned, and to get the
sante number taught in Tuckersmith
as there are in Brussels, it would cost
in teachers' salaries nearlet $3,600,
against $1,900; therefore leaving $1,700
in favor of the section system, and
capable of building in truckersmith
school board system has been voted on.
three new school housesincespiAnRcEeNTt.he
I- 3r -
Goole „Timm—Mr. Win. Campbell, of
the 3rd concession, had 40 bushels of
clover seed from 12 acres. This is a
good yield, but 141;r. Calmpbell Seidclit
has poor crops.
NARROW Escep.---While Mr. Wm.
Russell was feeding horses on
day last, he was kicked in the face' hy
one of them, receiving a bad cut. He
narrowly escaped severe injury, for he
was stunned, and had he fallen among
the horses' feet he might have been
killed. Ile is recovering.
BIG THRESHING. -0111 Saturday aftr-
noon Messrs. Parnell and McGlotichlin
threshed 41 bushels of &over seed, and
on Monday 61 bushels more, making a
total of 102 bushes, on the farm. of MrjTames .
Loadman, 2nd concesssion This
is the biggest threshing we have heard
of yet. The machine is a Vibrator,
Sawyer make, with clover attachment,
driven by a Waterous Co.. steam
engines The yield of the clover was
good,it been grown on 45 acres. Mr.
goo rops, whih.
speaks well for his farming Skill.
system of
ng their affairs managed by the
sentatives of other Provinces who
no interest in, or sympathy with
,as would be the case under a
ral union is a ro 't. so absurd
nothing but the blindness of blind
zanship could i o be en-
nedebyt any one. We are glad
foresthat tire Arciil has the good
to oppose any such scheme, even
ugh it does it in a sort 6f h lf-
ed . way: Respecting the ro-
on for biennial sdssions ur
Legislature it is one well Wo y
sideration. There is no dange of
ing the result the Mail seems to
if there is not work enough, nd'
now seems not to be, for an n-
ession, we seeno reason for ho
e. The expense of a session i a
onsiderable item, and if it cotild
tailed one hell without impair -
e efficiency of our representative
the saving would be an item
orth trying for. Although it is
e to judge the amount of work
stators do, and the usefulness of
egislation, by the a•mount of
ation indulged in, which is the
n cause of lengthy sittings, • yet
st confess from all we can see or
batour local legislators are not
worked this session. This is not
ult. Thanks to the progressive i
of whom are now offering their services their fa
Bluevale.
.
• BIBLE SOCIETY Meaenece—Rev. T.
Murray,agent of the British andForei
• Bible Society, held the aianual zneetin
of the Bluevale Branch in the Presb
teriau church on the evening of the 5t
inst. Rev. Mr. Walleer, of Belgrave an
Mr. McKaerriielre present. The ager
gave a very teresting and _ powerf
address on the subject of missions i
foreign lands. A collection was take
Loadmin always has d
ALMOST thmaer—Whie the family •
of Mr. Hugh Oke, of the lst concession,
gn were at supper on Friday evening last,
his little son, Andrew, accidentally
Yh" swallowed a large" piece of beef bone,
which fastened his throat. Seeing
d the little fellow in trouble, Mr Oke
tried to remove it, but his efforts
ul proving futile he immediately hitched
up at the close.
TEA -MEETING.— The tea -meeting in
the Presbyterian church here was a very
pleasant and successful affair. The
speakers were Rev. I. Baikie, of Harris -
ton ; Rev. Wm. A. McKay,ofWoodstock
and Rev. jas. Pritchard, of Manchester.
i After the assemblage had done ample
justice to the good things provided, the
chair was taken by the pastor Rev. D. G-
I McKay. An excellent choir under th
! leadership of Mr. Efabkirle, of Wingharn
i was in attendance, and Miss Ross pre
sided at the organ. The speeches were
1 lively and original and occasioned/teeny
a hearty laugh. The proceeds amount
ed to $84; which will be applied to
wards liquidating the -debt on the
manse.
ome,.w 11 not be equal to the demand. neigh
It Lippe* to me, then, that it is the Rock
obvious duty, as it le to the interest of They
every farmer iu South Huron, to go in it we
and occupy the laud. We have won a zero.
reputation, and have made a ; g
et us extend it and improve upon if. with
Don't be afraid of quantityif th
qua1- ting
right, and American buyers will partie
nue c • g rig t here and pay us
nerative prices for all the sound,
y, good' mhscled, large limbed
'airedhorses we can raise. The
should Weigh from 1,200 to
pound. For complete success in
ndertaking, a speciality must be
A glance at the experience of
rs in sections of the old country
rove this. Amongst others naight
ntioned Lincolnshire ia -England,
certain class of heavy draught
and for Lincoln h
p.
York -
for the small -boned !round -bar -
Leicester sheep, than whichth have a
is no more profitable sheep in the the th
world. The south of England for someti
shorthorns and the Cotswold Nill ;
stershire for Cotswold sheep.
and the south of Scotland for a
nd, they say, improved Leicester
Gallowa f e far-famed, here,
hardy and good quality of the flesh. of or fenc
the black 1 muley. Ay-rshire, Lanark much
and Renfrew, in Scotlnd, for the cele- The ai
brated Clydesdale horse; and. Ireland, than. i
ahnost supplies. the three King- you ca
witb an active, sinewy, light- quite p
orse, most suitable for drivers occasio
d omnibuses. In every case a Turtle
ty was made and systenaafically house
red in — every known means seen at
o maintain, inaprove and per- will gie
the certain form, style or color, the air.
ess crowned the effort and re- the co
tion came in abundance, for the have a,
ide knew exactly where to find
more
course, we
n occasional blow, when it blows 1
ermometer rises up to zero and
mes 200 above. •There is no
auger of a man except he gets lost, and
there will be no dapger after the :
country is fened. I have seen storms
in Ontario far worse th I have- seen •
nd if there were no land -marks
e there,peop e would get lost
easier than they would here. 1
r is much clearer in this country
n Ontario; for of a clear morning
n see the trees at the Pembina
lain, a distance of 20 miles, and
natty we can see the timber at
Mountain, 44 miles off, and one
at Badger Creek can be easily
a distance of 17 miles; this
•e you an idea of the pureness of
In a word I am delighted with
untry and its prospects. We
town sury d several
arge buildings up and completed, a 1
hurch, school house and store to be in
eadiness by the 1st of March; we have
up his team and took the boy to
Exeter, when Dr. Cowan skillfully
re-
lieved
the sufferer, much to the joy of
the almost distracted family. The
little lad soon recovered his gayety and
is now as lively as ever.
CONNUBIAL. -011 Thursday, 29th tlt.,
Mr. Ebenezer Johnston Rumball, of
Clinton, and Miss Christhia McGregor,
of Hay, were, for better or for worse,
joined together in the bonds a Jaca
c ony. Me ceremony was performed
e by the Rev. N. Smith, of Kippen, at the
' of the inner man the party indulged in
rresidence of the bride's father, third
concession of Hay. In the afternoon
the company went for a drive, and re-
turned to find the table set and the tea,
prepared, and after satisfying the wants
dancing and other sports until all were
satisfied. May the newly -wedded
pair have a happy and prosperous
Hay Fire Insurance Corn an
y.
The fifth annual Meeting a the Hay
Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Com-
pany, was held according to notice in
the town Hall, Zurich, on the 2nd inst.
The meeting was called to order by the
1 manager, Wm. Lewis, Esq. was elect
ed chairman and Hugh Love, Esq.,
was elected Secretary, Pro. Tem.' The
Annual Report then being read was
unanimously adopted. The company
has now been in operation for the last
five years. Du ing the year 3 losses
were to pay, one by fire and two by
lightian• ag,amoun ing in the aggregate to
502.67. Numb r of policies in. force,
866; having taken -141 new ones during
the year; representing a total value of
property insured amounting to$87,100.
Aniount of premium. notes in force
19,563: Only two assessments were
required and made in the last five years
together making a little less than $3
on $1,000 irsurance. The Directors
safely recommend this company to those
who desire to insure farm and isolated
property. After nomination the ballot-
ing was proceeded with for directors,
which resulted in the election f
the
following gentlemen, viz.: 11. V. Dirs-
tein, Daniel Surerus, J. B. Geiger,
Hugh Love, Sr., Henry Heyrock, Wm
Lewis,Wm. Grahana,(Reeve of Staailey,)-
.
misterial menebersseem to be really doms
more eager to obtain information than boned h
their opponents are. Mr. Gibson, of cabs an
East Huron, has called for papers cal- speciali
ciliated to throw some light on the perseve
working of the educational depository, used t
and should he persist in unmasking petuate
the "true inwardness" of that famous till succ
institution, he will have earned the munera
thanks of every well-wisher of the world' w
schools. Already, I am informed there w_w ani
g d ea f
o trepidation amongst find the
1
ma wanted—knew where to c
animal in its purity and pride, r
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ti tire.
OBITUARY. --It becomes our pairtful
duty to announce the death, from
phthysic, of Mr. Robt, Willis, which
took place on. the 31st ult. at the res
dence of Mrs. Murray. lir. WilliS was
well known in this couttty as a com-
mercial traveller. He began his mer-
cantile career with Mr. Bontron of
Rodgerville when quite young, and
went from thence, with a good repute,
Con, into the etriploy of Mr. G. Be
Smith, of St. Marys, who, on going to
Toronto to engage in the -wholesale
business, tcok Mr. Willis with him, and
retained him in Ins employ until his
illness forcedliim to retire frona busi-
nes. Ile was just in the prime of life,
being about 30 years of age. He was
much respected, and his pleasant face
will be missed by the reereantile co-
munity.
CAPTURED AevE.—r. Editor. --ire
In looking over your issue of January
30, 1 noticed a piece entitled "A Woe-
ul Mistake." Let not you, Mr. Editor,
nor even one of your many subscribers,
for one instant imagine the ease was in
reality as it reads, or it would truly
have been a woeful mistake to the poor
dog. Though he may have head a shot
or two that day, much more likely he
heard one the evening previous. Cer-
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