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Plows -0. C. Willson.
New Goods—T. Kidd.
Fall Goods—Hoffman Bros.
White Lead—W. Robertson & Co.
Teas—Ault & McClean.
Sale of Farm Property—J. P. Brine.
Farm to Rent—Thos. Mills.
Farm for Sale—Thos. Mills.
Estray—Geo. Walker.
Reward—R. Thompson.
Card—Dr. O'Shea.
Red Mill—Slater & Dolphin.
Farm to Rent—Catherine Mitchell.
Annual Sale—M. Y. McLean.
ptron expooiter.
SE A FORTH, FRIDAY, Aug. 19,1881
A Conflict in England.
The English House of Commons and
the Lords have come into a collision
upon the Irish Land Bill. The Bill was
passed in the popular chamber by a
very large majority. It was submitted
to the Lords for their approval, and
they amended so as to be almost unre-
cognisable by its promoters. The Com-
mons refuse most positively to accept
these amendments, and the Lords, thus
far at least, stand upon their dignity
and decline to permit the Bill to be-
come law in its original shape. What
the result Will be it is difficult at pres-
ent to say. The Government under the
leadership of Mr. Gladstone, have de-
termined to stand firm let the conse-
quences be what they may, and they
are supported not only by an over-
whelming -majority of the House of
Commons, but by public sentiment
outside, and it will be somewhat strange
if the Lords will hold out and persist
in their attempt to bull -dose, not only
the representatives of the people, but
the people themselves. But, if contrary
to general expectation, the House of
Lords adheres to the foolish and un-
warrantable position it has assumed,
there will be a dissolution or else the
rnes.sure will lie over until the autumn,
when, after agitating the country, there
will be another session of the Commons
and the battle will have to be fought
over again. This latter course is, de-
cidedly the most probable. By what-
ever course it will be done, the Land
Bill must now be passed. The mass of
the people are determined to have it,
and while the Lords may impede its
progress, that is, as far as they dare go
in opposition to the popular will. They,
no donbt, like the Dominion Senate—
that poor imitation we have in this
country of the English Upper House,
think more of their existence than they
do even of their own dignity. It may
be hard on their dignity to shut their
mouths and back down after
having shown their teeth so savagely,
but it is better to suffer humiliation
than utter extinction. No doubt the
English Lords will ultimately take this
view of the matter and quietly submit
to the inevitable, and the Commons,
wth the nation at their back, will have
their own way after all.
This collision will do good, however.
It will assist to show the English
people not only the worthlessness of a
second legislative chamber, but the loss
and injury they sustain in tolerating an
irresponsible body to rule over them.
By this act the Lords have driven
honae another nail into their political
coffin. The English people are slow
to learn and slower still to move, but
o nee they have begun to move, they are
• n ot easily stoppeN There is even now
a very strong mideip current of feeling
among the middle Classes there in favor
of the abolition of the House of Lords.
This contest will strengthen that feel-
ing, and will add to the ranks of those
who hold it. So that although these
exhibitions of temper on the part of the
Lords, and their attempts to muzzle
public opinion and trample upon the
rights of the people may be unpleasant
to be borne and may do temporary in-
jury they will ultimately result in great
good, in as much as, the day of irre-
sp onsible rule will be shortened, and
the people will all the sooner get the
. legislative control and political power
into their own halides We should not
wonder but the day is not far distant,
when the people of England will be
vieing with those of Canada as to which
will get rid first of this incubus of an
irresponsible second legislative chamber.
May this day soon come. The sooner
the better for both these parts of the
British Empire.
—Since the above was in type the
intelligence has been received by cable
that the Lords have yielded, and have
passed the Land Bill with the amend-
ments made by the Commons. The
Bill will immediately receive the
Royal assent by commission, and will
be enforeed in Ireland_ on Saturday.
REpoRas from the various counties of
Scotland which ,refer in detail to the
crop prospects go to show that the
corning harvest is to be a late one, and
that as regards the different cereals the
yield, in coraparison with that of last
year, will be light ---probably, taken all
over, about a, fifth less. Barley will
More nearly approach the yield of 1880
than either wheat or oats; so far u
can at present be ascertained, it appears
to be the crop of the season. The gen-
eral impression among farmers and
others seems to be that there is not
this year so large an acreage of wheat
as there was last year
crop has, unfort
partial or comp
every county of
the fields in so
re -sown more th
able if there wil
thirds of the usu
turnips. This is
now impossible
great miefortu
The thrill
nate y, turned mit
ete fail re in, netarl
otland and althciug
e insta °es 1 ave bee
n once, it is LueStlon
be ma h ab ve twol-
1 crop f Sw des an4
a disas er w Lich it ie
o rem dy, and ils
e in stoclt-feedin
counties. Happi y eneup, the potat
crop is likely to trove a gcood one, an
in all probability a greater bre dth iha
this year been p anted nous° uent o
the 80006138 whic attended tis aro
last season. Ha is, however, rathe
scanty crop this's ason ad will involv
considerable outl
who require to pu
material. Harve
eral till Septembe
y on the part
chase it as
t cannot no
is well begu
SIR HECTOR ANGEVIN
Public Works, is ow eng
ing a tour of insp ction to
public works in t ie Dom
to visit Kincard ne, do
and other points i this w
shortly. Some pa ers see
censure Mr. Lang vin Ifo
and insinuate that his o
and if possible, ain
among the peopli of
may all be so, but still i
of those
feedlin
be gen-1
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Minter of
aged in mak-
the varieue
nion. He is
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stern Section
inc ned to
this comae,
et is • seek,
ollitica favor
tario This
snot or os
to judge his motive . Tieact i
a proper one. M . La g yin's
are many. We ne d sea, sa
we do not admire lira ei her as a
cian or as a man, btw d beli
giving even His Mani • ajes
due, and conseque tly e woul
like to treat the H n. K *g,satteavn
fairly or cavalierl.
other fatilts may e, nine can
that he is a clever 1 ian a deg
partithental head; and wha ver he
takes he is sure. to mas :r4 He
oughly understands ever ntxic
the important dep tnse t whi
controls, and in Par iame t he is a
prepared and able to give u h inf
tion as is required ol him This
good deal more than ca, e sa
some of his colleagues, at inste
being censured for 1is pie nt
he should be coreme ded; and we
his example will b folioed b
successors. It is but right that a
net Minister should liecom as mu
possible personally afquai ted wit • th
public works which re un ler his direc-
tion and control. 9 his i what Mr.
Langevin is now tryi ig to lo, and he is
right. Besides, his onta t with I the
people and the acqua ntai e he may
form among them wil do b t1 him and
them good, and will .lso n rease his
knowledge of the con try a Ld its w its.
If Cabinet Ministers iwoul ix ore
with the people thanithey
u
tomed to do, we would be to eavs.
e
better and more beneficial 1 v s tha we
now have. There is one ti ng,
ever, in connection with, tI ese t
that eleptild be discontinued We
to the public recep4ons lhioh
given to the Minister as he tra
around. These, among other evil
tots, prevent the person in w
honor they are gotten up from se
the people+ in their every day garb,
valuable time is wasted in bombs
speech -making and [gtizZl. ng w
might be profitably emloyol in as
taining the resources and re 1tireme
of the country. They also ie col
to the suspicion that after al the Mi
ter only desires to cultivate pOpu1
and make political capital. It, is a
that good intentions should b thwar
and that a course which sh uld • pr e
immensely beneficial, Shoal be 8 -
judged and rendered inffecti al by t is
evil and useless practice.
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Christianity can be taught. If t‘,
teather has the love of God in is
heart, and strives after a virtuous li
he cannot help exercising a powerf
influence on the children over whom
is placed. It is npt by formal routine
or coercive measures that the statutes
of God are to be instilled into the youth-
ful mind. The teacher has, to a great
extent, the faShioning of his pupil, not
only in mentai. culture, but in naorality,
chastity, truthfulness, manly sincerit
and where the godly teacher presid
there will be no system of godless ed
cation, even though religion has o
formal place in the curriculum. And
eqaally true it is that there may be
praying and reading of Scripture, and
inetrection in dogmas, and yet no go
liness, because the teacher is himse f
deficient."
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THE Toronto World :—The Mail'
reckless abuse of Mr. Blake is overleap
ing itself. The Belleville Intelligence
thus snubs the new editor : "Th
" Conservative party is not stupi
"enough to believe even a tenth part o
what the Mail says about Mr. Blak
" and other prominent members of th
" Reform party. The Mail is injurin
"its reputation, even among its own,
" friends."
FROM A recent report of Sir J. P.
Hennessy, Governor of Hong Kong,•it
appears that the Chinese of that Bettie.'
ment are not only holding their own,
but are reducing the Caucasian element
to a subordinate position. In commerce,
native merchants, tradesmen and
money changers are fast increasing,while
there are fifty-five Chinese bankers now
:in the colony, where five years ago there
Iwas not one. Education, too, shows a
great advance, there being now a hun-
dred and. seventy-one schoolmasters,
Ian; d two thousand five hundred and
Sixty-two students, the numbers five
years ago being one hundred and four-
teen, and three hundred and forty-one
respectively. The doctors have in-
Oremed from one hundred and ninety- ,
eight to ithree hundred and thirty-three,
and are sealously engaged in vaccinating
the peeple.; The Governor's view of the
future of Hong Ke4ig is very hopeful,
his opinion being that China is an emin-
ently progressive nation, and that the
Chinese merchants are distinguished by
great commercial probity.
News of the Week.
GREA.T DROUGHT.— Switzerland suf-
fers from drought. Whole herds have
perished in some places.
Ssosae—A violent storm in Phila-
delphia on Saturday unroofed fifty
dwellings and a number of factories.
Loss considerable.
SCURVY ON BOARD.—The British ship
Erin's Isle has arrived at San Fran-
cisco with sixteen ceses of scurvy out
of a crew of 'eighteen.
SWINDLERS' BOOTY.— A V68801 with
a3O,00� worth of merchandise secured
aa, by swindlers from it Boston merchant,
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THA.T PRESIDENT GARFIEL Will
cover is now extremely doubtf
Nearly a week ago he took an xeeedi
ly unfavorOble turn, asa mo t of
physicians even, according to latest
telligence, almost despair of his nl
mate recovery. In this, as ie eth
cases, when: the doctors lgive Man
the non-medical portio of he co
munity ca.n scarcely en rtai yen
faint hope. Nothing bu grea hysic
and mental strength, a in r th
ordinarily powerful co stitut o 00
bined with exceedingly empe an
regular habits of life c uld a e e
abled the distinguished atien o hol
out so long. To all ap ear c 8 th
pistol -shot of the assassi • Git
Boon have its full effect Th Pres
for at any moment.
dent's demise may, there ore, b oolte
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AT THE ONTARIO TEAC ERB' SOCIA
TION held in Toronto last wee , severe
"live" educational topics -ere d's usse
—one of which was "R ligion th
Public Schools." The p per n thi
subject was prepared by Prof. Wilson,
of Toronto University,
absence, was read by r.
High School Inspector. The
Advertiser thereupon appropria e re-
marks ,; "Moral and religions tr
says Dr. Wilson, "must go hand and.
" with intellectual culture in the edu-
" cation of our youths if they are to be
"fitted for the citizenship of a free
"country." "But he does not congider
it necessary to this end that there
should be any formal instruction 'n the
Christian creeds. It is by the in o mal
teaching which goes on in the daily in-
struction of teacher and pupil, that true
and in his
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is believed to have been taken to Africa.
/ATTACKED BY INDIANS.—BeCtiOLL men
on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway have been fired at by the In-
diOne. Armed men, have been sent to
the rescue. I,
A TRAGEDY AT A BULL FIGHT.—Dur-
ing a bull fight in Marseilles on Mon-
day, several tiers of seats collapsed.
Twelve persons were killed and 150,
Two heartless wretches
near White Pigeonsoakeda dog in
kerosene and then s t fire to him. The
illumination cost thcira $30 in the way
of fines, etc.
IED.—Alexander Burns, a grand-
nephew of the poet, died in Louisville
last week. He was one of the oldest
an most capable , engineers of the
W stern waters.
HE HUDSON Tuarme.--Thirty feet
DI e Hudson River Tunnel fell in on
h rsday last in consequence of the
t drawal of compressed air. The
os will be $5,000.
rex STANLEY'S SUCCESSOR. — The
Rev. Frederic W. Farrar,one of the Can-
ons of Westminster Abbey, and the
uthor of the well known "Life of
hrist," will probably succeed the late
Dean Stanley.
Tara PRESIDENT.—Dr. Blackbane of
entucky, an eminent physician, in an
ilnterview, says he believes that Presi-
dent Garfield will undoubtedly die.
He says the symptoms indicate that the
hall deflected and struck the spinal
col ran, affecting the great nerves.'
C NTROLLING THE GRAIN MERCHANTS.
The Russian Minister of the Interior is
°red ted with the intention of establish-
ing fficial control over all the Russian
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grai markets, so as to prevent specula-
tOrs aining unduly from the produc-
tpe ower of the people.
ILi /MATING CETEWAYO. — Mr. Glad-
e ne has intimated to the Governor
o th Cape of Good Hope that it would
d sirable to give Cetewayo a greater
mho nt of personal liberty. The only
oblig tion that the Government thinks
itIne eesary to impose is a pledge that
Cote ayo shall 'not return to Zululand.
A NEWSPAPER SUSPENDED. — The
y Kurier, a newspaper published
scow, Russia, has been suspended
r months for the publication of
pondence concerning political
ts, calculated th irritate ubl.
atij Mc
for: fo
core
convi
opinion, and unfavorobly commenting
upen the local authorities generally and
en:state and.social order.
PiDiAN MASSACRE OF MEXICANS.—The
other day the Apache Indians sur-
rounded a small Mexican village 18
miles from Rio Pure°, and murdered
27 of the 29 inhabitantS. Two Mexi-
cans ei3caped. and were nearly exhausted
when they reached the railroad. They
had thOir horses shot under them be-
fore getting out of the reach of the In-
idians,
NTIIIUSIASM FOR GLIDSTONE.—Glad-
stone was loudly cheered on Menday
;afternoon by a large crowd at the en-
trance • the Commons. The galleries
of the ouse of Commons were crowd-
ed and large number of peers were
pros nt Various petitions were pre-
sentisd mid cheers from the Liberals
evillest the House yielding to the
amendments of the Lords, impairing
the protection afforded tbe tenants ay
the Land Bill.
THE REVISED VERSION.—About twen-
ty of the Presbyterian clergymen in
New York city have begun to use the
revised version of the New Testament
n their pulpit services. An impression
exists in certain quarters that this is
ecclesiastically ; but this is a
mistake. The Presbyterian Assembly
never officially designated the .King
Janes version as the only one to be
used in the churches. Presbyterian
churches are at liberty to use any re-
spectable version they can find, or to
make a new one for themselves if they
so trefer.
CROW DOG AND SPOTTED TAIL.—
Agent Leman, of Rosebud Agency, re-
ports from Deadwood that Crew Dog is
not a chief, but anxious to become one,
and was so jealous of Spotted Tail that
he called a Council of his friends to test
the feelings of the Indians. Crow Dog
made a speech, pointing out that favors
were shown Spotted Tail by the Gov-
ernment, which ought to be shown to
all Indians alike. If he were made
chief things would be different. Spot-
ted Tail came in and denounced Crow
Dog as a snake in the grass, and called
him to come out like a man. Baring
his breast he called on Crow Dog to
empty his revolver in hie heart, and
called him a squaw and a coward.
Crow Dog responded he was not ready
to do that, but would do it when least
expected. Spotted Tail's three sons
tried unsuccessfully to get the old man
home, and guarded him with their
rifles. Spotted Tail was unarmed
when murdered soon afterward.
Huron ,Notes.
Mr. Edward Dunford succeed e Mr.
Robert Nott, in Brussels, as tailor and
clothier.
—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Vanstone and
Mr. J. R. Grant, of Brussels, started
last week for Manitoba.
—Vanstone Bros., of Brussels, sold
75 pigs to Hugh Robb, Seaforth, for 6lic
per lb,. live weight, last week.
—The West Riding Fall Show will
be held at Goderich on Wednesday and
Thursday, Sept. 14th and 15th.
—The rate of taxation in the town-
ship of Grey this year is 11 mills on the
dollar for township rate and / mill
for railroad rate.
—A fisherman in God-erich tlse other
day brought in a sturgeon which, when
dressed, weighed upwards of fifty
pounds.
—The Union Fall Show of East
Huron and G-rey Branch Agricultural
Societies will be held in Brussels, on
Thursday and Friday, the 6th and 7th
of October.
—Mr. Charters, of Hensall, shipped a
car load of new wheat from Exeter
station on Wednesday of last week. It
was the first new wheat shipment from
that station this season.
—The work on the enlargement of
the Bible Christian Church, Exeter, is
being pushed forward with every posei-
ble haste. When finished this will be
•ne of the largest churches in the
,
ounty., ,
—Mr. William Colcleugh, who re -
ides on the llth concession of Goderich
• wnship, near Holmesville, recently
eaped 19 acres of oats in one day with
ne tea of horses.
nd $890 sinking fend and interest,
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—Go erich pays this year as current
xpendi ure for school purposes $6,459,
eking $7,340 per annum, or nearly
ne third of the gross revenue for edu-
ational ;purposes.
—Mr. 'Robert Moffatt, of Tnrnberry,
ho went to Manitoba last spring,
°turned home last week. He says the
ops look well in all parts of the
orth-west this season, and the people
ill reap an unusually large harvest.
—Sive the Signal :—Goderich Conn -
0:1 pays about $1,000 annually for reli
I has to support a number of perm
s nt from Clinton, which is said to
o e of the meanest towns in Canada
s treatment of the poor.
—Mr. Neil Campbell, of Go4ric
as -stricken with an epileptic fit
rantford on Wednesday of last wee
hile attending to his duties as de
te to the Grand Lodge of Indepen
t Order of Oddfellows. He
covering.
—A spring colt 'belonging to Mr.
nston, of Wroxeter, was badly cut by
e knives of a reaper one day last week,
e cord and the smaller bone of one of
hind legs being severed and the
go bone fractured. c
1---A cow created some excitement in
Xeter the other day by getting her
a,d stuck in a barrel and "scatterin
cl'
self around town to tho eminent dan-
of shop windows and such like. The
ops had to be removed from the bar -
before the animal could be liberated.
Mr. L. Hardy, Reeve of Exeter, ac-
panied by Messre. E. Drew and W.
Verity, councillors, left a few days
for the Northwest. They purpose
king an extended tour through the
irie province, and investing in real
at e heavily.
e1 -The London Advertiser of Wednes•
says : —Mr. Wm. Watson, of Wing -
m, is In the city representing three
g,e cheese factoriee near Wingbam.
talks of placing 2,000 cheeses on the
don Market next Saturday.
The rate of ,taxation in Goderich
his year hag been fixed at 11. Dents
he dollar. This will raise the sum
3,604, only about $8,000 of which
'be expended in improvements and
,ic works, the balance being re-
d for fixed expenditure such as
ort of schools, debenture fund,
est, &e,
'Mr. W. T. Morphy has got the ap-
tment of mathematical master for
ton High School. The Clinton
rd of Education are to be congratu-
,:ton their good fortune in securing
, t -class man. Mr. Morphy is a
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villagers. Next day he drove to Wing -
ham in company with two young men
of the village. Sinoe that the *fable
business has leaked out, and the would-
be commercial traveller lam% turned out
to be one of the female sex, who prior
to this time resided in Brussels.
—While practiaing at the butt in
Clinton one day last week, Mr. N. Rob
son made some remarkably good shoot-
ing. At 500 yards he made the follow-
ing score: 5, 4, $, 4, 4, 5, 4-29 out of
a possible 35, while he did remarkably
well at 600 yards scoring 5, 4, 5, 5, 5,
5, 5-34 out of a possible 35, or a total
of 63 points at both ranges, out of a
possible 70, which is very unusual
shooting. Mr. Robson may expect to
go to Wimbledon next year, if he keeps
up such a record.
—Mr. James Watson, an old and es-
teemed resident of Goderich, died on
Thursday of last Week after an illness
of about two months. )eir. Watson
came to Goderich, nearly forty years
ago, from Roxbore'shire, Scotland, and
during that period, occupied many posi-
tions of trust and esteem at the hands
of his fellow residents. He was one of
the oldest, if not the oldest merchant in
town, and atone time was considered
the most enterprising business man in
this section. He teas 70 years of age.
His wife and one gen and three daugh-
ters mourn his lose, and have the sym-
mpaetnhty. of the publie in their bereave-
-Another Huron pioneer has passed
away. :Mr. John Churchill; died at his
residence in Hullett, near Clinton, on
Thursday of last week, in the seventieth
year of his age. Deceased was born in
ths County of TiPperary, Ireland, and
emigrated to this country in 1837.
After residing a few years, he removed
to the townsdip of Goderich, in which
whicn township he resided 33 years.
He was for many years a member of
the council board, ,school trustee and
Justice of Peace. Some few years ago
he sold out his preperty in Goderich
Township and removed to Hullett,
death. he continued tip reside until his
Perth Items.
for in Stratford.
Drop letter boxes; are urgently called
—At the Donegal factory, cheese
July.
—The
Ric per lb. for the prst half of
—The contract for lighting the street
lamps in St. Marys has been given to S.
Fraleigle for $280 a year.
—The Roman Catholics of Mitehell
are preparing for a grand bazaar to be
held about Christmas.
—Mayor Robb, of Stratford, left last
view of rec.uperating his healt L.
week for a trip to , Manitoba, with a.
—A correspondent of th Mitchell
Advocate etrongly recom ends the
town.
establishment of plulslic bat s in that
—About 50 applications w re receiv-
ed in reply to an advertiseme t for two !
assistant teachers for, the gh bchool
in Listowel.
—Mr. Cameron, who for the peat
three years has been teacher f modern
languages in the Collegiate I stitute at
St. Marys has resigned.
—The excursion got up for the bene-
fit of the Presbyterian Ch;rch, Mit-
chell, a short time ago, nett id $70 for
that institution.
—The Listowel High School grounds
are being made perfectly level and
fenced, preparatory te being laid out
and planted with shrubs and trees.
—A. McIntosh and Patrick Dwyer, of
the Gore of Downie, the other day,
bound four acres of heevy fall wheat in
three hours- A pretty good isplay of
Inil—scAlew• ant badly felt by the eople of
Dublin and vicinity hes rece tly been
supplied by the settlement M that
place of a promisingyonngphys cian,Dr.
ef. I I. F. O'Shea,.
ers 1 —The interior of Knox Church,
be I Stratford, is to be re -modelled and
in improved. The alterations will greatly
enlarge the seating accommodation,
h, which was urgently needed. 1
at —A great deal of flaX has been grown
k, in the vicinity of Listowel this season.
lee It has turned out a good crop, and sells
d- for $12 a ton at Livingston's mill,
is where it is mostly being disposed of.
—At a match recently played be-
tween the qu.oiters of Listowel and
Mornington, the former club made 197
shots and the latter 183, leaving a
majority for Listowel of 14 shote.
:—Last week a little boy, son of Mr.
James Parish, of Logan, fell head -first
into a well. He was ,taken out for
dead, but he soon rallied, and escaped
with only a few oats anH bruise.
—At a late meeting of the Mitchell
High School Board. a resolution was
passed to reduce the ealaries of the
teachers after this year to $700 and
$600, the present salaries being $900and
$700.
—At a late meeting of the Directors
of the Elma and Wallace Agriciiltural
Society it was agreed to make the
prizes for all the different daises of
horses and cattle more than doulole the
amount of any former yeer. '
—Work in the "big drain" in Logan
ia being pushed forward very Elowly.
Mr. Kirk, the contractor finds diffi-
culty in getting men, and as a onse-
quence he will not get hie job fi-shed
in anything like the time agreed pon.
—A man named Thomas Connelly
was brought before the court in St.
Marys, the other day, cherged with ne-
glecting to provide for his family. He
was told he must give security that he
will support his family, or else put in
two years in the penitentiary. He has
claisAentteoamsupbpeoirotnhgiinsgfantitolym. r. oeorge
Rrown, of Molesworth, ran away • in
Listowel a few days ago. Mr. Brown
being unable to bold them, with great
c haess kept them in the middle of the
st• eet, and finally brought them to a
sf nd still without any serious damage
h ,t_.ix[ngiebeerienettanxte.arty,
of Mitchell, aged
15ayears, has just passed the Matri ula-
-At the recent exanamation of the
i
tion Examination at Torotto U iver-
sity, carrying off first-claes hono s in
German and second in Matherniftics.
This is very creditable to the ypung
lady as well as to her instructors. '
public schools in Buffalo, Miss Bertha
Langenbach, daughter of Mr. F. Langen-
baoh, formerly of Sebringville land
the best scholar in the elemen ary
Stratford, carried off the gold moll as
schools of the city. Miss Rosin& L
enback et the same time obtain
silver medal in the third class.
—Two fine lots of cattle were
ped at Stratford the other day. he
p -
first of these were from the farm of .
T. Ballantyne, M. P. P. There
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culantpf London, Englard, Uni-
ty, his second year standing in -To -
University, and is an honor man
ssics, mathematics and English.
"ir ector Langevm, commissioner
of Pnblic Works, is to visit Goderich
in hie official capacity on the 25th inst.
He remains over night and then goes
to Sarnia. The Goderich town council
intend giving him a public receptian of
some kind. The Goderich folks are
wise in their day and generation. They
want some harbor improvements made,
whic no doubt accounts for their
anxie y to "set it up lively" for Sir
Heck. ,
few days ago a man visited the
villag of Blnevale and professed to be
a co mercial traveller, representing a
boot d shoe firm in Toronto. The
mann r and speech of this peculiar ob-
ject gave vent to suspicion amongst the
g -
a
ere
in all 29 rteers, three -year-olds, and
though not very large in frame they
were all plump end fat and averaged
nearly 1,400 lbs. apiece. The next lot
comprised 15 steers, purchased from
Mr. Alexander Brown, the ' well-known
auctioneer and stock broker of Downie.
They turned the ' scale at about 1,300
pounds.
—Mrs. Henry Widenhammer, of Lie -
towel, died rather unexpectedly at
Elmira last week) where she was on a
visit. She succumbed to intense moth-
erly devotion, having nursed her two
children incessantly while they were
down with the fever, thus saving their
lives at the expense of her own.
—Last Saturday a valuable horse
just imported from the old country and
being taken west, by an Illinois dealer,
was taken off the train at Stratford
sick, being badly affected with a disease
known as "water )is the chest." Not-
withstanding the efforts of veterinary
surgeons, Forbes' and Poett, the animal
died. It was valned at $1,000.
—New railway offiaes will be erected
M Stratford by the Grand Trunk Com-
pany for the accommodation of the
Superintendents of the Western divi-
sion of the Grand Trunk and of the
Georgian Bay and Lake Erie Division,
and other officials.; The new buildings
will be of brick handsomely faced,
di'
two stories in heig t, and will be erect-
ed on the west si e of Downie etreet,
near the Shipman House. They will
be the most commOdious and complete
railway offices in Ontario.
—The Advocate says: Mr. Frank
Olver, ex -councillor of Hibbert, has
for the fourth time crossed the bridge
of raatrimony. It is not known when
the last knot was tied, but it is xeneral-
ly believed the ceremony was perform-
ed some time ago inSToronto. The lady in
question was Mrs. Elizabeth Balkwell,
and the happycouple only started away on
their wedding trip on Wednesday of
last week, intending to spend their
honeymoon in the romantic city of
Brantford, where the waters of the
Grand River flow ;majesties along,
which will remind them. of raany appy
days spent near the Thames Old
England.
—Four Listowel gentlemen, Mssrg.
B. Brook, J. M. Clitnie, W. Climies and
J. Green returned arfew days ago from
their pleasant voyage to the islanas of
Lake Huron, where they hada g1o4o
time. They saw great quantities\ of
water, were nearly frightened out of
their wits by seeing the track of a bear,
caught some black bass, and, during a
squall on the way hcime, lost three boats
on the beach, and barely escaped with
their lives. One of them says
he will never go within 500
miles of the water again, if he
can help it. But they had a good time,
all the same.
---At the recent matriculation of the
University of Toronto, the St. Marys
collegiate institute ,passed the highly
creditable number of 11, every one of
whom was awarded honors in some de-
partment. The following is the list in
alphabetical order: Mr. Bain, Mr.
Donald, Miss Gordon, Mr. Holnaes, Miss
Knox, Mr. Ma.rtin, 1Wr. Morphy, Mr.
Ross, Mr. Thompson; Mr. Webster, Mr.
Wilson. The two lady matriculants,
Miss Gordon, daughter of Rev. Mr.
Gordon, Harrington, and Miss Knox,
daughter of Mr. A. Knox, St. Marys,
deserve much praise ' for their energy.
Mr. B. Ross captured the first place in
English besides getting first-class
honors in mathematics, history and ge-
ography. Mr. Allan Thompson carried
off the mathematical echolarship, $120.
Up the Lakes Fishing.
Mn. EDITOR,—DEAR SIR,—Having
had the pleasure of a trip up the lakes
with a lot of jolly, fuie fellows, whose
main object was enjoyment, I thought
a brief outline of what we saw and a
little of what we did might prove inter-
esting to some of the readers of your
valuable paper. I may say right here,
that I am one of those who belie-ve
that there is no medicine so well calcu-
lated to give health and elasticity to
the human mind and body as such
a trip, when he, who takes it, can throw
to the winds the cares of business, and
launch out with a full determination to
enjoy himself and add to the enjoy-
ment of his companions. I think each
one on this occasion did his beat to
make the tour a pleasant one, and suc-
ceeded admirably. Weill, to begin my
narrative, we made Goderich the port
from which to embark. Having arriv-
ed at that beautiful little town from
various points of the aoriapass on the
23rd July, armed to the teeth with
fishing tackle and having a good supply
Of the necessaries of life, with us, we got
aboard of the noble craft;the Josephine
Kidd, which had been placed. at our
command during the entire trip by her
enterprising owner, Mr, Joseph Kidd,
and set sail on the waters of old Huron
amidst the joyous shonts of those on
shore. A few hours sail and we can no
longer see the fertile and peopled land
on our right. Night now soon throws
her sable mantle over the scene, and
ere long each one is busy preparing a
place on which he can comfortably
dream of the girl or the wife he left be-
hind him. The cabha floor is utilized
for the purpose, and, anon six snoozers
and two snorers, the latter being Com-
modore Sharp and Rear' Admiral Por-
ter, are stretched on the floor, whilst
six more occupied the berths, and our
friend Sandy was suspended between
heaven and the human fteight below in
his vibrating hammock. At dawn
next ;morning the first to roll out was
the indefatigable Alister McAlister, from
Durham, followed shortly after by one
of the dominies on board, who washed
himself and returned to the cabin and
peeped in at one of the windows to see
how the remaining Sleepers were get-
ting along when just at that moment
down came the hammock, and its living
contents bunap on to the floor. The
fall of our friend being followed by the
shouts and laughter of the pitiless wa-
llets of the unique scene, whom Sandy,
I think, still believes to have been the
cause of his sudden down -fall, notwith-
standing the earnest protestations of
his innocence, In a short time the
Ducks, a group of small islands, near
the Great Monitor:1in, appear in the
distance, and in a few hours more we
are sailing through the Strait of Mae-
sisaga, between Manitoulin and Cock-
burn. As we go 'up the lake we sue-
ce,ssively pass the large islands, Drum-
mond aria St. Joseph. Soon we get In
arnong the islands, which forni the
most picturesque and charming scenery
we met with skiing the trip. It is the
thousand islands of the St. Lawrence
magnified. Oii Lake St. George we
AUGUST 19, 188i.
passed the smoked Asia, belonging ea
the avaricious Beatty & Co. She Ina
poTatrahrety°,kale7etryinstoanpdpg:aftto raibayt Zwliasiarger.itehBeTe hb°°neCrttfiret.
Mines, and I do not much wonder m
msoimnemo ketotiznrgvisOfillrigttaAhriteigoenreelfarma viarsenthey
,Brueeseao
guontderth re and wheeling , around
make for home disgusted, because aye.
talline r)c k is not a very good thing to
raise Wh at and potatoes on. It it here
those roks that were in process of for.
mation Millions of years before Adara
was dreamt of, and which lino the
whole northern shores of Lake Superi
in suolvonfusion and boldness, begirtor
to put tn an appearance. Again ere
?team at, the Sault St. Marie through
scenery Very pleasing to the eye, but
tcaamneaair ta,r.snatiwiht aiat repaerohceed
eadeaboitt Josh:,
where we stay all night. While be
t wonotedmen met ineognittallarkTwaia
and the writer. Mark is San and mill -a
dling tall, with whiskey cheeks and a
quick intnlligent eye. • As to his frontal
developnients I cannot say, as it, m
well as the rest of his head, WRS e,overea
with an uncouth looking hat Liao
every live Yankee he was full of .queo„
tions, said lost no time in asking them.
The next morning we sailed across the
river te the American Sault
Sault—a much more active and busi-
ness like plane than the Canadian.
Here the canals are, I say canals, for
the new eine is almost completed, and
will be open soon, when any sized ves-
sel will be able to pass up and AlOWIL
A finer piece of masonery is ransly
e. ain motion, and after a
seen than;hat of the new canal. Soon
we are in
short sail among some beautiful islands
we find ourselves out on that grand,
blue expanse, cold, and somewhat
dangerous body of water, Lake Superior.
I forgot te mention an exploit, worthy
of notice, perfornaed by Messrs. Coun-
ter, Cameron, Reid, Thompson and
another fellow while stopping at the
American 1 Sault. It consisted in a
canoe ride down the rapids in the
river, whieh is quite a romantic and
soiriewhatt perilous undertaking, lie
traveller c n say he has done the S
anit
unless he has sailed down the rapids.,
So this heroic band resolved to do it or ,
die, and placed themselves in the hands
of two stalwart 80118 of the forest who
rowed them up to the head of the
rapids and began the descent, when a
liveiy altereation began about the part
of the rapids they should go down, be-
tween the indian.s and the other fellow
011 0110 side, and the remaining tourists
on the other. The latter wishing to go
down the Most dangerous plaee, while
the former ' contended that the p
was showing quite heroism enough in
going downi the less dangerous course,
and went in spite of a shower of de-
nunciation, and when just in the
worst place, in the rapids one of them
would be heroes, because a little water
dashed into the boat and wet the part
of it on which he was kneeling, for he
was really :in (for him) that unusual
attitude, roSe to his feet and very near-
ly capsized he boat. Wel1,I was up in
Lake Superior and came back to tell
you about the story, and will now re-
turn and tell you that we passed very
near White` Fish Point, and that the
lake got very rough making some of the
party very ; siek, especially the Rear
Admiral, for shortly after partaking a
big breakfast I saw him in an -ominous
attittide at the side of the vessel. On
Tuesday, 26th, we arrived in Nipegon
Bay, the scenery of which is extraordi-
nary for its ' bold and lofty grandeur.
Island upon ieland occursin endless va-
riety,soraesniallandSOMeverylarge,some
a few feet above the water and some
,i,e hundred feet, covered in most cases
with spruce and balsam. At laet we
reach Red Riack, a Hudson Bayfactory
at the mouth of the river Nipegoa.
From Red ROck we had to get the In-
dians to roVe us up to the fishing
grounds, a distance of 12 miles, to
Camp Alexander. This part of the trip
was full of iincident. About a mile
from Red ROck is Lake Helen, seven
trifles by Ionia whieh is an expansion
of the rivers This is a lovely little
lake. The boys were wishing it was
near Seaforth. At the foot of this lake
we put ourselves and traps in a big
boat, excepting Means. Cameron, Reid,
Bleasdell, and Meyers, who started in
two canoes. We had only got fairly
going up the lake when the boat began
to fill with water, and nearly every-
thing in the boat got wet and we barely
escaped being swamped. The live
stock and eaerything else had to be
carried to shore on the backs of the In-
dians. The Same operation having to
be repeated, W,hen a bigger boat was
procured. While on shore here the
contents of the satchels were inspected
and found to be in a deplorable condi-
tion, and many a blessing Bill the
.
guide, got fr
Now we are o
fears of ship
comfortable f
are not going
m his white brethren.
ton Lake Helen with no
eck, but having an un -
ling about us that we
get to the camping
grounds on account of the extreme
slowness of '• our motion. Although our
bark was steered with great precision
by M. R. Counter, and the rauscles of
Metiers. Horton, Slemnaon, Morehouse,
Bleasdell, Hicks, Meyers, Porter and
Sharp were utilized, our proeress was
very slow, and it was after a long strug-
gle we got up Lake Helen and again en-
tered the river, where we found our
adyenturous coinpanions, Cameron and
Reid, anxiously} awaiting our arrival;
the occupants Of the other canoe not
being far from is when we were wreck-
ed came to our rescue and staid with
us. Here we relieved the canoe of
the Indian in I order to increase our
strength, and left the two adventurous
spirits to paddle their own canoe, which
they undertook, ,with the full assurance
they were masters of the situation.
Just here there was a brisk current, and
their rowing ability was at once put to
test, and proved a complete failure, for
all they could de was to row round and
round. What one did to move the boat
ahead the other undid, the consequence
was a cross fire of strong adjectives,
each declaring he was rowing in the
Iranian style, Jim, the cook, went to
the rescue, and sent one of the crest
fallen heroes into our boat.
With a right good will we sailed up
the river deternamed to reach canap, but
no, we were doomed to be disappointed,
for coming to a' stiff current with our
strength used up and rowlock broken,
bet ween eleven and twelve at night, we
were obliged to tie up and camp for the
night in one of ! the most outlandish
places tinder the sun. However, we
managed to worry in the time until
dawn. Having taken some refresh -
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Sientay
a .0
beealtifl
river
sapid in
eta the
little he
its Pik
tunable
rocky
Gien-
Toserabl
fishing
the 431wa
being
-Vesers•
alert ds.3
Caraeroi
ton, Ma
Allister
pool, a
0Yeugeet
eth1
tance of
But to a
pacts th:
lamwh
the gram
fury of
coroes bc
in the la
inile,
fusion
anYthing
The r
with a vi
with the
having a
a tale df
was spen
to a elost
Baia and
weighing
*aught le
z
across th
Lord is A
vants.
On the
started fo
the Wen'
the best
world, on
restrictioi
there is
weather
Bed Rocl
Bay Com
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way horn(
back to
the lake 1
and were
wood had
On this i
is being .•
pane, Ai
we met w
men, who
tioha Y ti
their trip
While o
we passed
or, rather
reading,
Nap, the
this part
Lee, and
for a num
forget to al
dent, the/
pipe to Mt
eur legal f.4
of the hei
naanageme
got back si
the 5th At
Kidd and
with her.
La
—NearIN,
steam in N
—Two
motive an
crossing th
ville.
—Mr. Cl
on Sunda.
through ti
wife and el
—In Ott
lish compa,
Moore 430(
situated on
eine RailV71
—H. Alb
Departmen
ber over
Toiler was
fallen heir
relatives it
--Sevent
the ahariva
the old ma
been arrest
and all albs
—Robert
died. at Wel
of Bright's
iff Billee 18
by all who
JAL
lath comes
had his bar
sinned by
morning.
insurance o
the barn.
—Lindsa
Vanetone,
lation exai
teeded in c
first-class
classics, G-1
French, hit
—James
daughter of
ton grocer,
on the baa
boat was re
gerian. W
Davidson av
condition.
—The Or
Norton, of
bert and Ja
and Robert
doctors of n
bull, of Mom
and for the
—The he
Ltican, was
tore out one
during a th
hag of theist
ing in the a
with bruise
hurt,,
graa„
ton was he
eounty, 011
grand rally
workers., an
G. E. Fos
Yeomans, o
of St. Catha.
—The pu
tion and ea
ootuat of a rs
Spartan an.41
St. La -wren
collision ens
every 0110 of