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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS .-
Seed Wheat—Andrew G-ovenlock.
By-Law—Town of Seaforth.
Bullfor Sale—W. S. Mundell.
Estray Steer—Joh/a Govenlock.
Servant Wanted—Rev. R. McCosh.
Bank of Commerce—A. 11. Ireland.
Abstract—Wm. McConnell.
"Wellington "—J. H. Carter.
Agricultural Grounds to Rent. -
Spring Show—G. E. Creswell.
Kinburn Cheese Factory—J. McMillan.
Belmore Cheese Factory—J. Johnson.
Auction Sale—Thomas Miller.
Auctioneers—Delgetty & Barrows.
Cottage for Sale—Edward Cash.
liven txporiitor.
SEAFORTH, MARCH 5, 1880.:
THE Ontario Legislature is expected
to be prorogued to -day, Friday.
SENATOR Campbell stated in the
Senate, the other night, that the Gov-
ernment had received no informatio-n
from Senator Fa,bre, now: in France,
to the effect that he had been success-
ful in having the duty (bia. Canadian
ships sold to the Frenchgreatly re-
duced. There is a hitch` somewhere,
for notwithstanding the Ministerial as-
surance, the Conservative papers have
for weeks ,been claiming that Senator
Fabre had been successful.
THE new constitutional work of,
Mr. Todd, Parliamentary Libraria,n at
Ottawa, a recognized authority on con-
stitutional questions, has been issued.
It is a volume of 600 pages and is dedi-
cated to the Earl of Dufferin. Arafang
the subjects dealt with at length is- the
dismissal of Lieut.:Governor Letellier.
Mr. Todd contends that the Governor
in Council has the right to dismiss a
Lieut. -Governor, but the power ,should
nob be exercised without grave cause
and never on party grounds. The
Government should have taken the
initiative in the dismissal, and not the
House of Commons and the Senate, the
resolutions passed by Nahich he declares
to be vague. The dismissal is also held
to be an interference with provincial
rights.
A FEW days ago, when Mr. Me wat
announced in the Ontario Legislature
that the G-overnment intended giving a
grant of $20,000 in aid of the _Irish
sufferers, Mr. Miller, the member for
Muskoka, renaarkedthat we had thou-
sands of poor at home who were in
need of aid, and. he thought it would be
well if the Government would com-
mence their charity at - hoMe. The
Mail, always ready to make political
capital, even if to do so it has to drag
in the poor Irish sufferers, -seizes upon
Mr. Miller's remarks and. Comments as
follows: "Ontario, with a large surplus
"amounting to millions in this treasury, ;
"a Reform member—and. these grum-
"biers are always Reformers—can be
"found, who objeats to a grant which
"will take just one cent from every
"head. of the population.'' What we
wish to direct attention to is the fact,
that when it snits its purpose,the Mail
unhesitatingly admits that Ontario has
"a large surpkus amounting to naillions.!"
Not long ago this same- Mail tried its
a, no _surplus ; that the extrava-
gantlevel bes to convince its readers that
there w
G -rt Government had squandered
it, and that as a consequence the Pro-
vince was on the verge of direct taxa-
tion. For their own satisfaction, some
of the organ's admirers should obtain
- from it an explanation.' If it was right
in June last, it must be wrong nclw. It
is impossible that "a surplus t2f mil-
lions" can have accunaulated in the
short space of six months.
Mn. BISHOP M. P. P., has hadcarried
through the Legislature a bill incor-
porating the Bayfield and South Huron
Railway Companywith power to build
a railway from Bayfield to Clinton or
any other point on the Grand Trunk -
Railway. The Provisional Directors of
the Company are Messrs. Robert Mor- -
rison, Tudor J. Marks, Robert Barker,
John Morgan, Paul Cleve, Richard
Stanbary, Wm. W. Connor, Andrew
Rutledge, Jame S- Thompson; John Es -
son, of Bayfield, and Malcolm, C.
Cameron, of Goderich. The capital -of
the, Company is to be one hundred
thousand dollars, divided into shares of
$50 each. So soon as twenty thousand
dollars of the capital stock has been
subscribed and twenty per cent. paid
thereon, the Company can be fornaally
organized _ and the permanent officers
and directors appointed. What the
prospects are for the successful carrying
out of the project we do not know.
The Bayfield people, however, seem to -
be very sanguine, but we fear the pro-
vision contained iia Mr. Mowat's tax bill
requiring the votes of a majority of those
qualified to vote on a bonus by-law, to
be recerded, will have a, prejudicial
effeet upou the scheme, as it will be
very difficult, if not impo4sible, to fget
out a majority of the 'Voters in most of
the municipalities from which it is ex-
pected bonuses can be got. T But, al-
though this provision may be hard on
our Bayfield friends, it is a good one,
and one which will work advantage-
ously to the country. Hitherto it has
been entirely too easy a matter to carry
by-laws entailing enormous burdens
upon the munieipalities. The promot-
ers of these scherneaare always active
ar7orking men, while it is too often the
case that the opponents are indifferent
and lack organization. As a result,
votes of all those favorable to the incur-
rii g- of the debt are usually polled,'
w ile 94 majority of those opposecl to it,
th ou)gh lack of organization, are left
u polled. Of course, we only speak of
railway bonuses generally. We do not
intend oar remarks to refer particularly
to the Bayfield scheme, as we . do not
know the feeling of the people in the
m inicipalities interested towards it.
TlIiey may sufficiently recognize the im
pojrtance to them of this particular
scheme, to come forward voluntarily
a d proffer it aid, but even under the
m st favorable circumstances the
a endment spoken of will tend to in.
er ase the work of the promoters, and
wi I render the expected municipal aid
m ch less certain; and, consequently,
if hey wish to carry their work to a
su cessful issue, it will be necessary for
th m to exercise greater vigilance and
pu forth increased effort on account of
th change in the law referred to.
IF A POLITICIAN'S usefulness and pop-
ularity can be judged from the abuse
I which his opponents heap upon him,
Mr. D. D. Hay, the clever representa-
tiv of North .Perth in the Local
Le islature, may justly claim to be the
mot popular and useful man in Cana-
da. The Conservative papers of his
Co nty, and notably those of Stratford,
weekly pelt at him the most disgraceful
and foul-mouthed epithets, such as no
paper professing respectability would
deign to use even to the most abandon-
ed of the land. Mr. Hay can well af-
ford to laugh at the impotent rage of
his detractors, so long as his constit-
uents appreciate his services and
abilities. That they do, was made
amply manifest at the last election
when he beat the strongest man his
opp nents could bring against him, and
thatlin al -constituency which is admit-
,
ted y all to be strongly Conservative;
and whAt he did last June he could do
agaib next week should the opportunity
offei. It is a knowledge of this fact
that -So enrages the Stratford organs.
THE -ONTARIO Government have de-
cided to discontinue the granting of aid
to railways, at least for this session.
In this respect the Government have
come to a wise and prudent decision.
Ontario has done nobly in bhe way of
aid to railways, and as a result this
Province has now a greater mileage of
railways in proportion to its extent,
than any other country in the world.
and she has as many roads as -she can
furnish work for. Of course there are
many sections and many people still,
who think they want more railway lac-
commoclation, but this would- be the
case if we had double. the number we
now have. The Provincial aid to rail-
ways has been distributed very fairly
and equally over the Province, and as
a stop must be made soon, the present
is as opportune a time as any. The
revenue of /the Province is fixed. For
the past two year, owing to the large,
amounts the Government have return-
ed to the people in the war of railway
and other aid, the expenditure has out-
run the income. This is a state - of
things that cannot be permitted to con-
tinue, and the Government are forced
to hold up somewhere.; They have
evidently selected railway grants as
the first to cut,off, and we think their
selection a judicious one. Money can
now be much more advantageously
spent in aiding municipalities to drain
and reclaim their waste lands and to
naaintain their insane and otherwise
-unfortunate, than in bonusing ,. ad-
ditional railways 'except for coloniza-
tion purposes./ The action of the -
Government, although it may be dis-
tasteful to -railway promote-rs and
speculators, will be approved of by
the people of the Province eefierally.
Mi_LE=___Inmemminommel
FOR SOME unexplained reason our
Ottawa letter has not reached us in
time for this issue. There is not much
to write about, however, in this con-
nection. Vinisters and members alike
seem to be ?enjoying life, and dinner
parties and balls are the order of the
day. The financial statement has not
been made yet, and there is no definite
opinion when it will be. The Govern-
ment have not yet submitted any of
their ire portant bills, and as a conse-
quence members are trying hard to make
some show for their money by moving
for returns and provoking discussions
thereon. Mr. Colby's bill for the repeal
of the Insolvency Act has "reached its
third reading and the general opinion is
that it will become law, and that a
substitute for thapresent law will. not
be attempted. According to explana-
tions recently made in the House:by the
first Minister, the Government are
waiting upon the clerks, members are
waiting upon the Government, and. last
but not least, especially in the way of
expense, the Senate is waiting upon:the
Commons, and none of them seem par-
ticularly impatient. It is more than
suspected that the G-overnment are
holding off so they can have an excuse
for rushing their measures through on
the plea that the session is getting too
lengthy. This is a too common prac-
tise with all Governments, but the
resent Dominion. Government seem
etermined to take the lead as procras-
tinators. The Finance Minister gave a
dinner party the 'other night, and a
newspaper correspondent has since sug-
gested that it would have been better
had he been preparing hisi financial
statement and that it would have been
in the interests of the country had the
dinner part z been left over uutil this
work was cotnpleted.' The correspond-
ent was about right. Finance Minis-
ters, as well as common people, would
do well toefollow the good old adage
" Work First and Play Afterwards."
IN,TriE House of Commons the other
day Mr. Farrow, M. P. for North Hu-
ron, *complained that the salary of the
Postmaster at Blyth was only $180,
while the receipts of the office were
$1,120, and that the salary at Boboa-
geon was $404 and receipts only $1.090, „
so that it would be seen a great injustice
was being done the official referred to.
He also directed attention to the fact that
Ontario post offices paid ninety per
cent. of the expenditures occurred in
that Department in the Proviisice, while
Quebec paid only sixty per cent., and
New Bruuswick but fifty-three per
cent.. He advocated a change in the
,Legislative Section of the Department,
and thought that the Government
should take hold of the expressage of
small parcels by which he believed
that the revenue and expenditure , of
the Department would be balanced.
We heartily agree with the menaber for
North Huron that the Government
should assume control of the express
business.. As now conducted it is
nothing -short of a base imposition upon
the public, and no adequate service is
rendered by the companies for the ex-
orbitant fees tIley impose. It is a
\monopoly of the , vorst ' kind, and the
railway companie's,seem to combine to
keep it So. If the Government had
charge of this service, and conducted it
as the Postal service is conducted the
public would have all the advantages
they now enjoy, and at one half the
cost, and in addition the Country could
receive from it a considerable revenue.
We hope that Mr. Farrow will not look.,
back now. that he has placed his hand
to the plow, but that he will persevere
until he accomplished this much desir-
ed reform. Should he prove successful
we would feel almost inclined. to sup-
port him at his next election, Tory and
all as he is.
The Ontario Legislature—Note
From the Gallery.
(From Our Special Correspondent.)
A GOVERNMENT BLUNDER.
One of the Ministerial mistakes of thi
session—and there have been severa
of them—is the refusal of the Govern
ment to allow the bill constituting th
municipality of Neebiiig to pass.
few words of explanation will mak
this clear. Around Thunder Bay an
along the Kaministiqua lie several so
called townships, all of which are fo
the present grouped into one large, bu
not populous, municipality under th
name of Shemiah. Everyone wh
knows anything about Thunder Ba
knows that there is a deadly -rivalry be
tween 'the people of Prince Arthur's
Landing and those of Fort William on
the river. It is only natural, therefore,
that the inhabitants of the latter
should seek separation and a. municipal
organization of their own, and the
request for a special act appears so
reasonable that it is difficult to -Under-
stand why it was refused. The bill on
the subject, which proposed to create
the Kaministiqua townships into the
municipality of Neebing, was rejected
by the Private Bills Committee on the
ground that it had not been sufficiently
advertised in the locality, but when
satisfactory proof of its sufficient ad-
vertisement was afterwards produced,
and when the House was asked to pass
the preamble of the bill, it was thrown
out at the instance of Mr. Fraser, who
acts as Chairman of the Private Bills
Committee. That a mistake has been
committed will easily be understood by
all who know how the Landing influ-
ence has been used to injure both the
town plot of Fort William and the
Mowat Administration. Those who
were seeking separation were asking for
a simple, legitimate privilege. They
had complied with every required con-
dition, and simply because proof that
they had done so was accidentally de-
layed by irregularity in mail carriage,
they are left for another year at the
mercy of a hostile majority, whose in-
terest lies in developing the lauding' at
the expense of the Kaministiqua and
making other _people pay the piper. A
few such blunders will make Algoma a
more thoroughly Tory constituency.
than it now is.
been so completely taken up with
"corkscrews" and "Apollinaris water"
that they have not only to a great
extent lost sight of the most serious
objections to the trip, but have diverted -
public attention by treating the whole
affair as a huge joke. His Honor
having sent down hiseheque to pay for
the "luxuries" out of his own pocket,
there remained little to do but pass the
item. This was done on Friday last by
a majority of 54 to 25, and subsequent-
ly a motion of Mr. Meredith's con-
demning the trip was voted down by 53
to 27. It is just as well for the Gov-
ernment that the affair has received so
much ventilation, for long before
another general election comes round,
what might have proved a dangerous
Attie scandal willeE.. numbered amongst
the dead issues.
It is astonishing to see the interest
-taken on this subject in the House.
The bills for the protection of game
have caused more discussion - this
session than any other measure except
the Division Courts Bill, which, by the
way, is not yet read a third time. The
chief question in dispute in connection
with game was whether hunting deer
with dogs should be allowed during the
whole shooting season or during only a
part of it. Those who favored still
hunting described the dog hunters as
wanting in _sportsmanlike instinct,
while the dog hunters retaliated by de-
scribing still hunting as inhuman and
brutal. Ultimately the bill was
passed with a provision allowing deer
to be hunted with dogs only during the
first six weeks of the season.
S UPERANNUATION OF CIVIL SERVANTS.
An interesting discussion took place in
connection with the supplementary
estimates on the item for gratuities to
retiring public servants. The sense of
the House was not taken on the matter'
but there was a strong and somewhat
widespread feeling that the utility of
the retiring allowance system was very
questionablen and that if allowances are
to be made, they should be confined to
very old civil servants.
UPPER CANADA COLLEGE.
Quite a breeze sprang up this after-
noon on the floor of the House in con-
nection with a resolation introduced by
Mr. Crooks for the ratification of an
Order in Council appropriating $30,000
from the capital of the Upper Canada
College endowment fund for the erec-
tion of new boarding houses as appen-
dages to the College. Supporter after
supporter of the Government rose and
earnestly protested against the proposed
expenditure; the members of the Op-
position saying nothing. Mr. Crooks,
after a time, undertook to reply to the
attacks made on the College, and it
was very easy to see that he was con-
siderably "riled." The debate was ad-:
journed, but at present the Minieter of
Education seems disposed to press the
s vote, and a large proportion of his
followers seem disposed to vote against
the Order in Council. The quarrel is
.unfortunate, but it is clearly due to
mismanagement. The Order ie. Council
is ill-advised, because Upper Canada
College is doomed to extinction, and
- this expenditure is intended to act as a
o means of keeping it alive, and the reso-
lution springing the order on the House
'7. with very insufficient notice is doubly
e ill-advised, for members had no chance
dto state their objections privately, but
were compelled either to swallow the
bitter pill in silence or rise and rebuke
r the minister. A few more scenes of
t this sort and we may bid adieu to all
e discipline and healthy morale on the
Government side.
Toronto, March 2.
NEW PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS.
The Government scheme for the
erection of new Parliament buildings
was so carefully elaborated and so cap-
tivating that the Opposition had no
chance to pick flaws in it, much less at-
tempt to defeat it. Briefly the plan is
to erect the new buildings in the
Queen's Park, at a cost of half a million
of dollars, to sell or lease the old site,
which is valued. at $25,000, and also to
dispose of 80 acres of land held by the
Government in the west end of the city,
valued at $2,000 an acre. This Wifl
leave a comparatively Small sum to be
made up ,by the Province out of the
supplieSrand will furnish excellent new
buildings at a cost which will never be
felt. Mr. Meredith, instead of merely
protesting against the expenditure and
throwing on his opponents the respon-
sibility of incurring it, divided the
House on an amendment which was
perfectly silly, his proposal being to
keep the present site and add a fire
proof building, which would cost a
considerable sum of Money. As matters
now stand, the Government have not
only got safely out of a situation that
might easily have been made embar-
rassing, but have won an easy and
-useful victory.
THE GOVERNOR 'S TRIP.
The strategy shown by the Opposi-
tion leader in connection with this un-
fortunate expedition has been quite as I
disappointing as the tactics just referred
to. The attention of the critics has
The Biddulph Tragedy.
The examination of the Biddulph
prisoners was continued at the Court
House, London, before a bench of
of magistrates or Saturday and
Monday last. On Saturday Wm. Don-
nelly appeared in the witness box, and
his appearance created the most intense
excitement. He was the principal
witness examined and his evidence was
of the most important character, and
fully displays his great tact and iron
will. He says he was awakened by his
brother John going to the, kitchen door
about two o'clock. He heard Martin
.111cLauchlin's and James Ryder's voices
calling, "Fire I Fire! Open the door
Will." Immediately the door was open-
ed he heard two rapid reports in quick
succession, and John fell back saying,
"Will, I am shot. May the Lord have
mercy upon my soul." There is a door
with glass upper panels in William's
bed -room. He turned back the corner
of the blind, and on peeping , out saw
John Kennedy, his brother-in-law,
standing about two feet from the win-
dow and heard him remark to James
Carrol and James Ryder, who were
standing about six feet from lain, _that
"Brother-in-law will rest easy now."
Saw other men standing near the fence
and think they were Patrick Ryder,Jr.,
Wm. Carrell, and Richard Heenan, but
is not positive. At the close of Wm.
Donnelly's evidence James Maher, Sr.,
James Maher, Mrs. Maher, James
O'Shea, and Pat Jr.,yder, Sr., were dis-
charged,and bail was accepted for Wm.
Carroll and Pat Ryder, Jr. The court
adjourned until Thursday, yesterday.
The inquest was resumed on Tuesday
but no new developments were elicited
at this enquiry. The jury returned
verdicts to the effect that deceased
came to their deaths at the hands of
some persons unknown.
News of the Week.
BISMARCK IN BED.—Bismarck is still
indisposed and confined to bed.
IRELAND.—Fresh accounts of greatly
increased distress from famine comes f
from Ireland.
SHEEP DISEASE.—An epidemic among
sheep in the west of England is proving
very destructive.
EARTHQUARE.—A telegram from 3-apan
states that a severe earthquake was felt 0
at ,Yeddo on the 25th inst. a
BAD WORE.— Further evidence has
been brought out as to the rottenness
and inefficiency in the work of the Tay t
Bridge.
LOSS OF S TOCK. —The recent severe ri
storm has resulted in the loss of $20,000 t
head of stock in the winter ranges of t
I,daho, and in Eastern Oregon the losses s
still continue.
A GREAT CANAL .—The German Gov- w
ernment is about to -revive the scheme t
of cutting a canal navigable for war
vessels between the Baltic Sea Enid the a,
Ger an.
WHOLESALE DESTRUCTION .—The vil- t
lage of Bergen, Genessee county, New _hi
York State, has been nearly destroyed w
by fire set b i
trains of powder. Nearly the whole
business portion of the village has been
swept away, entailing a loss of $100,000.
CHINESE COMING EAST. — Owing to
the bitter anti -Chinese feeling in San
Francisco, the Celestials are leaviRg
that city for the Atlantic Coast cities
in large numbers.
THE CZAR'S ANNIVERSARY CELEBRA-
TION —The celebration of the twenty-
fifth 'anniversary of Czar Alexander's
accession to the throne passed off
peacefully at St.Petergburg on Tuesday.
IMMIGRA.NTS FROM IRELAND. — Otter
eighteen hundred immigrants arrived
at New York on seven European
steamers on Thursday last week. Most
of the better class of refugees are from
famine stricken Ireland.
STARVATION IN BRAZIL. —It is stated
that in one of the drought -stricken
provinces of Brazi1200,000 persons have
died from starvation, and 300,000 from
pestilence, and that a quarter of a
million are now being fed by the
Government.
GENERAL GRANT IN MEXIC0.—On the
night of the 21st ult. General Grant
and party arrived in Mexico City.
10,000 citizens were present. The main
street was blocked with Vehicles for a
mile. The streets were lined with
double files of troops, each bearing a
torch, through which General Grant
passed.
A FORTUNE FROM PILLS. — The late
Dr. Brandreth, of New York, who
realized an immense fortune from pa-
tent medicines, bequeathed his home-
stead to his wife • Brandreth House, on
Broadway, valued at $400,000, to -his
seven daughters, and the remainder of
his estate and trade marks to his six
sons, on condition that they should pay
his widow $1,000 a month.
VMS
The Tuckersinith School
Question.
MR. EDITOR, —Sif I admit it is not
easy to answer "Parent's" last letter,
it is such a curious compound of ignor-
ance and error. I did not say the state-
ment laid before the County Council by
Mr. Dewar was fallacious. What I did
say was that I had obtained from Mr.
Dewar the cost per pupil in Brussels
and Tuckersmith; the cost per pupil in
the other townships will show the op-
pression we suffer under the school
board, as well as the truth of "Parent's"
statement, that we pay $2 to $4 more
per pupil than any other township un-
der Mr. Dewar's inspectorate. Aver-
age attendance—Howick, per pupil,$11.91 ; Hullett, $11.33; Turiaberry,
$10.57; Grey, $10.56 ; Brusselsi $10.28;
Tuckersmith, $9.69 ; East Wawanosh,
$9.41; Morris, $8.71. "Parent" says
with truth on his side he can laugh at
Satan's rage. Now, the trouble is, he
has not got truth 0/1 hi 5 side, and. need
not fear his displeasure, although the
old gentleman who has been looked up
to so long as the father of lies, may feel
a little hurt at the likelihood of losing
his reputation, owing to the improve-
ments made upon him by his disciple
esvho claims a residence in Tuckersmith,
and signs himself "A Parent ;" yet
the alienation will be only temporary.
Gnid frien s never jar
WP ane anither.
his full mark baith keel and tar,
If not a brither.
Wm. MCCONNELL.
Glea-ni-ngs from Grip.
IMPROBABILITIES.
That the Mail will ever see anything
witty in the Globe, or anything but a
dreamer in Mr. Blake, or anything but
utter beauty of conduct lin Sir John,
anything but eloquence in its own
columns or anything but humor in its
little gram /II atical errors.
That the Globe will ever believe tha
it is opposed -by any but" base hounds,'
that it will ever be a liberal newspaper
that it will ever forgive Senator Mc
Pherson, that it will ever support
Goldwin Smith's claim to be the
greatest of prophetic writers.
THE RIVALS.
There is a probability that in the not
remote future the boots of the vener-
able Premier of the Dominion will be
left vacant. In view of this contin-
gency, the question of a successor is
being more or less talked over. The
Bystander, in his latest manifesto, in-
timates that Sir John can have no
successor; that the Conservative party
does not contain the material for
another leader. Mr. Grin> is obliged to
dissent from this. The very opposite
appears to be the fact, and that is where
the trouble is going to come- in. Un-
fortunately there is material for two
leaders, and although neither of them
could worthily fill both of the Chief-
tain's boots,each of them can adequate-
ly fill one, and is determined to do so.
The rivalry of these two worthy
Knights is already plainly manifest to
spectators in the House of Commons,
and a seat in the gallery commanding
a view of the ministerial benches, dur-
ing any temporary absence of Sir John
from his place, is one of the most in-
teresting things that Ottawa can offer
to the student of human nature.
ONTARIO SELFISECNESS
There is no limit to the selfishness
of Ontario. Why, only last year the th
Province got all e taxation that it
asked for and now it wants more ter-
ritory. Its inhabitants have had the
privilege of paying for their own railways
one which Quebec is ready to surrender
o the General Government. Ontario
people have had the honor of contribut-
ing more per head to the general
treasury than :the inhabitants of any
other Province, and they don't seem
to think that they should surrender any-
thing in return for this distinction. It
s said that the Dominion is bound by
the award. But the interests of the
uture inhabitants of the territory
added to Ontario should be considered.
The General Government wants to give
better terms" to them at some future
period, and more representatives in the
Dominion Parliament than they would
therwise have. The Ministry must
iso consider the interests of Ontario
which are neglected by its Grit Govern-
ment. If the award. is not recognized
here will be no excuse for costly
Gubernatorial picnics to the new ter -
tory. Moreover Ontario will be
empted to spend money in developing
hat new country, and all temptations
hould be removed. Again, the timber,
he minerals and the agricultural lands
ill add a handsome sum to the general
reasury, a sum which Ontario is better
without, especially as the province has
surplus. It would be wrongto en
ourage the Local Legislature in ex-
ravagance by adding to their available
nds. Of course the circumstances
ould be very different if Ontario were
onservative, because then its Govern-
ment could be trusted to de what is
right. It is said that good faith should
be kept by both parties to an arbitra-
tion. Pshaw—is not the Government
of a great country above the rules of
mora.li by.
CANADA'S rem.
Nil desparanduml Let all the pro-
moters of Canadian nationality take
heart 1 Their cause is not yet dead.
The Globe may frown, and Goldwin
Smith may grow cool, and Messrs. Fos-
ter and Howland may cease to nurture
.the tender plant, but no matter, so
long as Canadian nationality is recog-
nized by the world it large. From the
neighboring Republio such arecognition
has lately come, which gives \occasion
for the foregoing remarks. In a pro-
minent American paper we find the fol-
lowing flattering statement:
"The smokers of Canada—true lovers of the
pipe—are the best judges of smoking tobacco in the
world."
There, now! who will dare say we
are not one of the great powers after
that ? Other nations may outshine us
in literary brilliancy, others may sur -
past, us in wealth; others may boast of
greater achievements in arts and manu-
factures, but Canada—this Canada of
ours—notwithstanding that our powers
are as yet by no means developed,
already leads the van of modern civil-
ization—as judges of smoking tobacco !
Fellow Canadians,put that in your pipes
and smoke it!
Friendly Advice.
MR. EDITOR,—Sir : I feel just a trifle
bashful in essaying to suggest any mat-.
ter, even in seeming, which would ap-
pear to imply an improvement on the
management of your very well and.
thoughtfully arranged paper;but having
been for many years a constant reader,
perhaps I may give a hint or two, the
adopting which or otherwise must rest
with you. For many, many years past
Tuckersrdith school questions, in one
form or other, have been so frequently
and largely ventilated by you, that to
suspect any special party of carrying on
the correspondence requires a -very great
stretch of imagination. One might ire-
.
aginethat a whole club had been or-
ganized, say a debating club, on Tucker -
smith school questions, and attached
thereto a secretary umpire, who has
your ear to report- to. Another, but
doubtless a base and baseless sugges-
tion, has been ventilated in my hearing,
namely, that the EXPOSITOR man made
up the Tuckersmith school questions as
filling stuff. Now, not noticing the
latter, and being quite unwilling to
smother public exposures and explana-
tions, I would not recommend any sup-
pression of the articles referred to, even
though the Tuckersmith, assume to be
the only vexed scheol questions in the
County of Huron, albeit, in one shape
or other, they have gradually attained
to their majority, and, being of mature
age, are -deserving of respectful atten-
tion. I now suggest for the benefit of
those questions and your host of readers,
that you appropriate one special column,
and not more, in any one issue, headed
as usual "Tuckersmith School Ques-
tion," following which, whether that
column be full or not; might as a whole-
some change appear all and sundry
items of large public inteiest, such as
long straws, a large egg, or potato or
carrot, a mink killed, a quilt of thous-
ands of pieces, a weighty -lamb, big
threshing, lightning chopping, the thin-
nest man, (not the Era one), the fattest
woman, the largest baby, the biggest
brood, and as a caution to the public, the
unissued one dollar bills of banks
which cannot issue one dollar bills, in-
geniously forged to represent fours,
mayhap of the Dominion issue, of
t which no fours exist. All and sundry
, following quick, tlaick and heavy like a
thunder shower, would. probably so daz-
zle your readers as in effect to largely
y ncendiaries, by means of C
increase your already plethoric subscrip-
tion list, and, as a special favor to some
crusty ones, would. indicate a space in
your paper which they might skip in
accordance with their questionable
tastes. SMALL POTATOES.
McKil I op.
PERSONAL.—We regret to learr that
Mr. Archibald Ferguson-, of the 7th
concession, has been suffering from se-
vere illness for some time. He first
took a bad cold, and he has been con-
fined to the house for several weeks,
and does not seem to improve much.
It is to be hoped he may soon take a
change.
WHEAT STOLE:N.—OH Thursday night
of last week some vagabonds entered
the barn of Mr. James Nichol, on the
4th concession, and carried off a quan-
tity of wheat and other grain. They
pried. open the outer door, unlocked the
granary door, took out the wheat, and
locked the door again. Unfortunately,
however, they did not wait to shut the
barn doors, but left them open, and a
number of fine steers got in and gorged
themselves with oats, which were on
the floor. Mr. Nichol has not the least
suspicion of who the guilty parties are.
They must be pretty daring, however,
as the night was beautiful and clear
and they could easily have been dis-
tinguished had they been seen. A
good, faithful watch -dog is a serviceable
animal around a place, and every far-
mer should have one.
Scnoon Rnronrs.—The following re-
port, based on proficiency and good
conduct, shows the correct standing of
the pupils in the Roxboro school for
the month of February: Fifth- class -
1st Jas. Hays, 2d W. Story, 3d Betsy_ v
Dodds, 4th Ellen T. Hays. Fourth 1
class -1st G. Brown, 2d T. Dodds, 3c1
Jas. DoddS, 4th W. Gray. Third class
—ist Jeannie Dickson, 2d J. Scott, 3d.
J. Dorrance and J. McClure, 4th Mary
Sparling. Third. class —1st Annie a
Dodds, 2c1 Alex., Cuthill, 3d Geo. Dick-
son, 4th R. Dodds. Second class—lst 8
J. L. Brown. 2d J. _Dorrance, 3d J. si
Walker, 4th Bella Dickson and P.
liDodds. First class -1st Adeline Spar -
ng, 2d A. Sparling, 3d W. McClure, v
4th C. Dodds.
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---The followine is the standing of the t
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pupils of Union School Section No. 1, displayed
McKillop, for the month of February :
Senior 4th—lst Katie Nash, 2d Henri-
etta Kale, 3d Lewis Nigh. Juniorfourth—lst Ellen McNamara, 2d Mary
Ellen Devereaux, 3d Joseph Dorsey.
Senior third—lst Mary Jane Dorsey,
2d. Jas. Purcell, 3d Nicholas Kehoe.
Junior third—lst Thos. Kehoe, 2d
Sarah Nash, 3d Lizzie Devereaux.
Second class—lst Katie Devereaux, 2d
John Moore, 3d Lizzie Donovan.
COUNCIL.—Pursuant to adjournment
the Council met at Beamish's Hotel,
members all present, minutes read, &c.c.
The auditors report being presented,
read, and examined carefully. Moved
by Alex. Kerr, seconded by Wm. Evans
that the Auditors Report be received
and considered as Correct, the Auditerg
be paid $9 each, and the cletk author-
ized to have 50 copies of the abstract
printed and circulated Carried.
Solomon Shannon ,was reappointed
Treasurer, and instructed . to furnish
• proper security. The followmg accounts
were ordered to be paid, viz.: $7.5 te
Solomon Shannon, Treasurer, 180 to
John C. Morrison, Collector. Charities.
$15 to Widow McDenald, $5 each to
Amos Robinson, Widows Toole ana
Cahill, and $10 to Joseph Stoary.
$2.25 for stone hammers, 83 to J.
Morrison, uncollected dog tax from
Christina Booth, Edward Durrant and
Joseph Storry ; $14.40 for gravel to
Wro. Horan ; $31.70 to the Clerk for
registration of births, marriages and
deaths, electien expenses, express Char.
ges, &c., and $2 for use of School House
School Section No. 6 for the nomination
of councillors. Moved by Geo. Hot:
land, seconded by Wm. Grieve that
Peter Ross be appointed fenceviewer
in place of Alex. Gordon,resigned--Car.
ried. Moved by Wm. Evans, seconded
by Wm. Grieve that the next meeting
of couneil will be held at Leyden'a
Hotel on Wednesday the 17th of March
next, at 11 o'clock A. AL for the purpose
of opening the tenders for the erection
of Roxboro Bridge and other business
transactions. -
Hay.
DISAPPOINTED .—Air. Charles T. Shaw,
who engaged. to teach the school in sec-
' tien No. 2, Hay, with the expectation of
receiving a certificate, was chagrined,
after two months' teaching, to findhim-
self unqualified. He accordingly re-
signed, and the board. of trustees adver-
tised in the daily and weekly Globe, one
insertion, with the result of 35 applica-
tions. The application of Mr. Andrew
Morton, of Toronto, at a salary of $400,
wits received, and he was telegraphed
for and is now on hand.
Soctars.--A social was held in Sex -
smith church, on Monday evening, in
order to consume the provisions left
over at the tea meeting. `A. good reps.st
was partaken of, and a splendid literary -
and musical entertainment was render-
ed by local talent, assisted. by Mr. C.
Diehl. The proceeds of the tea and
social, which amounted to $24, are to
assist in defraying expenses of addition
to the Kippen parsonage. Rev. Mr.
Smith occupied the chair in. an efficient
manner during the rendition of -the prO-
gramme.
DASTARDLY.—It is usually considered
a ripe joke for boys and girls to send.
presents and caricatures to each other
during the valentine season, leaving to
the recipient the task of finding the
sender's name from the nature of the
anonymous token or the handwriting of
the address, but when one young man
sends another his anonymous and per-
nicious compositions, it shows his lack
of self-respect, and is a cowardly way of
showing dislike or disapproval. Now,
if the recipients of certain infamous
communications and illustrations dis-
cover the names of the offenders, they
will be legally heard from unless an
th
ample apology is forcoming. They
have strong suspicions as to who the
persons are, and as these actions have
now reached. a climax it is time they
were discontinued.
TEA MEETING.—On Friday night last
one of the many successful tea meet-
ingsklield at Sexsmith, took place in the
Canada Methodist church. At 7 p.
a bountifctl repast was served up, to
which the visitors did ample justice,
and after the table was cleared a good.
literary and musical entertainment was
b
sfiven. A choir composed of Misses
Marion and Bella Whiteford and Jane
Chapman, and Messrs. 131air and Brown
did good service in promoting the pleas-
ures of the evening, Mr. Simon Days
was elected chairman, and after a few
introductory remarks he called on the
choir, which sang "Sing it out with a
shout." The Rev.Matthew Smith then
addressed the audience on various sub-
jects. The choir then sang "The city
of jasper walls." Mr. Peter Henderson
recited. "The self righteous man with
good effect. The juvenile Misses Carrie,
Chapman and Tina, Shirray gave a duet
"The poor_ old slave," and elicited a.
well deserved applause. The Rev. A-
Y. Hartley was then called upon, and.
for a short time dwelt upon the bene-
fits of tea meetings, both in a social and
pecuniary sense. Then, turning his at-
tention to the -youth, he advised. them
to sow early the seed.s of righteousness,
and adnaonished them to rIVS piously
and shun evil society and influences.
The choir then sang "The prodigal
son.' Mr. Harry Marshall recited
"Curfew shall not ring to -night" withith
good effect. The customary votes of
thanks were tendered, and the choir
sang "Ten thousand times ten thous_
and. ' The benedicticn was pronounam
and the crowd dispersed, after having
spent_ an enjoyable evening.
Bluevale.
—
'SocIAL.The social held on Wellies -
day evening in Farrow's Hall for the
benefit of the Canada Methodist Church
came off with the usual grandeur and.
display, having a larger attendance
than usual on such occasiceas. The
proceeds foot up beyond the expecta-
tions of the promoters, and will be ap-
plied to the support of the minister.
FIRE.—About half -past twelve on
Wednesday morning the usually quiet
illagers were startled by the cry of
fire. On turning out, the flames were
s
een escaping through the roof of Mr.
Wm. 31cIntosh's new franae dwelling.
With much difficulty the most of the -
furniture was saved, and some of the
oars and windows. There is a sm.all
surance on the building, which will
ase the loss to Mr. McIntosh coil-
derably.
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it a robbery in Goderich, and but for
he unusual self-possession and courage
by a lady, a burglary might
have been effected. It appears that
late in the evening of the day in ques-
tion a man called at the house of Maa
Wm. Mitchell, and said he had been.
sent by that gentleman for the funds of
the Odd Fellow's Lodge, of which he is
Treasurer. Mrs. Mitchell had heard.
someperson walking around the house
previously and thinking that something
might be wrong she went up stairs and
took a revolver, which she held in her
hand when she went to the street door.
There she found the man who wanted
the funds, but Mrs. Mitchell said she
would not give them up unless Mr.
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