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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-01-13, Page 541 fr. -t" 4 5 NEW A DVERTISEMENTS 1 Clearing Sale—T. Kidd. Annual Sale- Duncau & Duncalt. Ruptured and Deformed—O. Cluthe. (Ocular Saw—W. Roberton & Co. Illtissolutiori of Partuership—J. Abell. Teat—Ault & McClean. illotel for Sale -2-G. Swarts. otice—N. J. Clarke. arm for Sale by Auction --7- C. T. Scott. For Sale—Wade Bros. eaeher Wanted—John McRae. House & Lot for Sale—J. Leatherland. uctiort Sale of Salt Well- J. Gratenek. oface—Peter Adamson. . or Sale ---A. Taylor. Notice to Creditors—Jas. H. Benson. *tiro xpooitor. EAFORTII, FRIDAY, Jan 13, 1882 but he is very far from being strong or heart for all your kindness.' (Lola 1 cheers.) Mr. Mackenzie has, since delivering the above, accepted the nomination tendered by the Reformers of East York, and will, consequently, contest that constituency at the next- election. As Mr. Mackenzie bee uow taken up hi ti permanent residetice in Toronto, East York will be much more conven- , lent to him, and being a small; compact constituency, the laborentailed in cone testing it will be ranch ` less than in - , Lambton. The main cause, however, i which nduces Mr. Mackenzie to aban- don Lembton will be a -subject for great regret to every one: It was hoped that his recent visit to the old country had thoroughly restored. his healtu. After his return he was very much .better, The Ontario Legislature. The Ontario Legislature met yester- day. The only business .trausacted was the formal openiug of the Houpe and the deliiery of the "Speech from the ' 'Throne," as it is called, aud which is generally taken as a, prugramme of the Sessionti worik. The principal subjects ailuded to in this -docarneut are fore. shactotved in. our Torouto letter which 403 -ars in another coiumn. If the stOssien's wcak is to be gauged by this piogearcirae the bueiness to be transact - eft is not of a very heavy or startliug nature. It is to be hoped, therefore Oat the Governmeut and members Will devote themselves assiduously to 14isiness, and get through with what therads to do speedily, and thus make the session as short and inexpeu- . sive as possible. Farewell Address. ' A large meeting of , the Reforrnera of Lariebton was field at Watford on Thursday of last week.. Amenother leading men present was Him'. Alex- = ander Mackenzie, the rep r eee t at i v it of that constituency iu the Domiiiiou Parliament. Au address, thaaiking 14r. Melierizie for his long and faithful ptditical services to the comity, and etpressive et the hope that he would continue to be their representative, was read and preeented to him, to which he .rnatirs a „somewhat lengthy aid very able reply. On the queistion„ of. his lea,Arig the constituency and se,- clpting the nomination tendered him Irene the &forwent of East York, Mr. Mackenzie said: ."It is rat) that I have received a. very hearey and unanimourt call from the. ridiug of East Yolk; and that, not oitly was the call from the Reformer who assembled in conveutaou u. amain - Mous one, but the in vitatiou has been pressed upon me.by all parties coucern- ed in the political affairs of that riding, and I have had under consideration the question to %thee extent my duty to the paople,of Larobton would ieterfere with My acceptence et that in vitetion. As you are aware, physically I ain not at the preeeut time du it condition to undertake ,a vast amount of political labor, thotigh much better than I was, and I confese I rather shrink from the serious task of cantraesing the ,seven tOwnshipe or eighteen ,thuideipahlies, which compose the co u uty of La in bton. It Would be to myself a matter of the greatest pessible pain to sever a cou- nOction whieh will have existed by the tine this parliaineut ends for Ready a qUarter oft ceutury. It is now nearly 34 years same 1 first took a stare in an election contesten the °parity of Lamb ou the =lesion when John 'Hilli- ard Cerueren aud Malcolm Cameron contested the cauuty. • From that time to! the preeent I have endeavored to do my share of ell the heavy labor connected with the organizetiun , and the perfection of that organization, in the county of Lainbtoe, and nothing wPuld give rue greeter pleasure than to wark as usual with my conapatriets in this county, but I think the personal circumstances which I have ineutioned, and the unanimity of the invitation keen- East York, are -matters which I -cannot negleot altogether. - At present tile bout of my raiud is hi the direction of acceptiug that iuvitatiou, because of the reasons I have 'mentioned, coupled Oh the smallness of that constituency, the largeness of thie, and -my ptesent coMparative incapacity to uudertake the vest iienoutit of labor involved in canvassing this county. At the same time I say this, that if I dreamt for an inataat that there Was the slightest dangee of my leaving the county caus- ing the loss of the constituency to the Ltberal party, I would never think of setting ray foot iu another county. (Cheers.) I know, however, the material of which the electorate of Lanabtan is ccimposed, -- I know that, finer set of werkers never aided ,.hurnen beings than those who have aided the various Liberal candidates in this county Once I tame to live in it. I know there is sulfficient political strength in this room WI insure the carrying of both ridings of Lambton if there sheuld be a division,. ail presume- there will be during the approaching session, and whatever ma.y bei our future relations, I hope I shall be always able to render such assist- ance as may be in my power whoever may be the candidate for whom your seiffrages will be oast. It is with feel- ings of the greatest personel pain that I tefer to these things at the present Moment. I wish much I oould have gone on to address you at greater length cm the political topics of the day, but I fidd it impossible to proceed, and I shall_ leave it to my friends, Mr. Cheri - ten and Mr. Ross, who will supply you abtuadvaitly with the information on pablto affairs which I should have been glad to spend some hours in communi- cating. I thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your kindly expressions; I thank all the electors present for past :kindness kerne, and I leave you with full con- fidence that whoever is to be my sue- - OeStior in the 0ounty will receive the sane generous, unsellish support which I have always received at your hands I thank you from the bottom of my robust yet, and is uuable to perform the work of former years.. • • SOME men are boru poor, others achieve poverty, and more start a newspaper and live ou cordwood and promises. The above, which we take from a local contemporary,,is, or should be, a Lase libel upon the newspaper pro- fession. Thereis no good reason why the local newspaper publisher should live oa "cordwood and promiees," any more than there is that the grocer, the doctor or the blacksmith should do so. That some have to do so we do not doubt, but it is their own Nutt. It 'ts because they either lack the ability, the means or the will to make their journals what they should be, and the sooner ell such are starved out of the business the better for all concerned. A propealy conducted local newspaper i. as much a necessity iir a household as tea, coffee or sugar, and if eewspaper publishers are any leietindependent or more poorly paid than representatives of other occupations it is their owu•fault and not the fault of the public. The above quotation, therefore, is a libel upon the public, as weli as upon the newspaper profession. 1•1111111111111 THE Guittean trial is not ended yet. The witnesses have ail been examined and the counsel on each side are now addressing- the jury and argniug the various legal po)nts raised. This,it is • expected, caill take about a week yet. The prisoner is to address the jury in his own beha,lf, and says hi ti address will occupy about three hours. If the reports give a correct index of the court proceedings, a good deal of latitude is allowed to all con- cern -ed, especially to the prisoner, who is continually interrupting the Court with all manner af absurd and frequent- ly offensive remarks. Tile proceedings do not seem to be conducted with the dignity and decorum which character- ize our courts, but, on tbe contrary, the usual monotony is frequently varied by unseemly wranglings, between the con- tending counsel and the prisoner, pro- ceedings which would uot be tolerated in Canadian or English Courts. It is evident,. however, that the chancOs of escape fer the prisoner are contiuus-l- ly dirninishing, and the feeling against him bOth in and outside of court circles is gradually becoming more intense. This is due in a great measure to the condeet of the prisoner himself. The plea of insanity is likely to fell through, _and there is now every prospect that Guitteau Will very shortly expiate his crime 911 the gallows, if heds not dealt with more summarily by an enraged people before the close of the present legatiproceedings. AFFAIRS in Ireland. Still continue in a very unsettled and unsatisfactory con- dition. Parnell, Dillon and their as- sociates are yet in prison, and there is no prospect of their beiug released. The breach between the laudlords and their tenants does not seem to be any nciore nearly healed than it was six months ago, and although public agita- tion is n.ot rife, secret...Meetings are still being held_all over the country and a feeling of great disconteut still prevails, and Outrages of various kinds are per petratect, while evictions go on as be- fore. It was hoped that the coercive nmasures taken by the Government would have a salutory effect, but that hope is likely to be disappointed. The peasantry are very stubborn and deter - milled, while tire leedlords ere equally obstinate and oppreesive. They have, undonbtedly, much to account for, and. are really about its blame -worthy as the tenants, who receive the 'greater censure. OUR TORONTO LETTER. (Front Our Own Correspondent.) Before this meets the eye of the readers of THE EXPOSITOR, the dirty redpile of briek on Front street west which does duty as Parliament build- ings will present a much more ani- t mated aerpearance thau it doea at present. A detachment from the Queen's Owh or Tenth Grenadiers will be marchea through the muddy streets t to receive in long drawn lines and with martial salutethe Lieutenant Gov- °d ernor as he dashes tip to the door in his carriage; the peaceable citizens of Toronto will receive their annual in the shape of a salute of big guns; there will be the customany filling of the members' benches by the gaily at- tired beauty of the Provincial capital, H and His Honor, seated on the Throne will, as the official records have it, be pleased to opeu the third session the fourth Legislature of Outario wit a gracious speeoh, duly prepared before hand by Mr. Mowat. • In a word, o Thursday next the Local Legislatur assembles for the despatch of bushetes. The coming sentiou in likely to b one of average importance arid lengt The Attorney -General in the Speec from the 'Iteroui,ls8L year put forth cautious feeler in the way °I a recom- mendation to couftue legisla. ion to a termite aessioue of the Hous, but th proposal was not received with an great amount of favor, and it is doub fat whether any action in tbi directio is likely to be taken for sum tune ye It is perhaps a little hazard as to a temptho foreshadow the le uslation the approaching session, es eciatly your res.ders will have the S eech tro- the Throne, coutaming th Gover ment's programine, tu their hands b fore this sees the light. here at' however, a few queetiOne of public 1 pOrttaliCe which canuot but force the seivethupon the atteution of the Go N - erlinient, and whic,u will no doubt be dealt with by teem. The encroac • - went on Provincial rights bi the Fe era' Government in so many uid varie ways illtist surely eall forth 4u earne t arid vigorous protest from tibe Lein lature of Ontario. The Local Guyer. menu °amen recede from their positio 10 the matter of the bounda y awar aud I would not be at ed 811 'prised eteiei are taken in the directi u of a sertaug the rights ot ()outdo, in part leatit, over the disputed terri ury. Th Dominion Goveruineut have beguu t treat this territory as if tiler were n duubt. whatever as to their() uership it, aud are asSinning Shell roprietur rights withiu it as ahegiautiug f licenses to cut timber, &e. Whethe such a course cau best be inet by cm responding action en tee pa t of th °uteri° Governmeut Is bard o say, but at any rate the latter OWe t to tLI Province to take a firm an decide stand on this question. Auo her porn ot conflict with the Federal authurit is the oitaliowantei of the r vers an streams bill. It is intole ble tha legislation upon matters tjdui ittedi within the juriediction of th Legisi tuntehoule be set aside at the mer ua,price of the wen forming fo the mo- ment the Ottawa Ministry, r at di instance of a political • surorter, a wash t the case With bile and th Lonal Government are bound to maiu- 1 1 it Gala the rights of the P.oriu kespect. I unaerstand it is !awl of the Governineut to re jt iu thi iuten- autroduc the Rivers alio Streams Act, this se SiOu eubritantially, if out p ecisely, 1 the same terms as those ot he disal lowed bill. This will throw the Lion at again vetoiug the Act upon the Ot ta.Wie Government, aud it re.. Etill13tob eeeir'svnether they Win be WIL ing to as burnt) that respousibility. 'The railway legislation of t e Hous has always been one of the oet iin portant items of its business and th great activity which has be u maul feettug itself of iate in railw y chines makes it safe to predict Ghat the win ing session eitlhave its fuil share o work iu this respect. The la pe is en tertained in home quarters that th Legislature tuay be able to do some thiug to check the rage fu railwa liagaigdanatiou, whith bids far to lay the whole of the -Province, 1Le comuno with the rest of Canada, au the feet o oue or two huge mouupoilee. Liu after line, bunused by the G verumen aud by tha municipalities it fwas sup posed to serve, has been swal ewed u by suwe larger corporation, dnril no there remains iudepeudeutl scarCel one of the nunaerous roads thati Wer started for the purposes ef co petition _and which would never bave bee built but fur the aid granted them b the people through the G vernmen and the municipalities. 0 e of th latest lines to suceumb is thel Toronto Grey and Bruce, which, ha ing bee in parley with the Grand T uuk and the Northern, is now, togethe with ehe Credit Valley aud the Ou ario and Quebec, about to be arnalga ated wit the Great Western. Simla a twig would iutlict very serious rujury upo the people along these lines, Ms:Audio the inhabitants* of that action o Huron through which the wester brauch of the Toronto, Grey ancl Bruc ruue, as it .wauld throw a complet monepoly of tragic int° the health' u the Great Western. To cart.3f out sac ainalgamatiou, applicatiou is being made to the Don:anion- Parli rnent to an Act abolishing the right of Muni cipaiities to representation ipon th board of directors, auct decl ring th Turouto, Grey and Bruce to Ibe worke for the advantage of Canada generally? and not fur the Province meliely. The effect ot these provisions wo ld be t reunuve the line entirely from the con troe which the Legislaturel th muuicipalities exercise over it by vir tue of the bonuses granted y them and considering that only by a sever stretch of the imagivatiou ea the To routo, Grey and Bruce be saij to be work of Dominion importanc , it woul certainly be vety peculiar legislation o the part of the ,Dominion lariiumen to pass an Act of this kind. It woul seem that this i another casein whic the Legislature of Outario may be called upon to assert its dignity and t resist Federal encroachment. Some mentiou in the Speech from the Throne will doubtless be made of the very successful sale o tinabe limits recently held by the Commis sioner of Crown Lands. At this sale the right to cut pine timber tpon abou 1,400 square miles of territ ry in th Muskoka and Parry Sound Districts was sold for something like $750.0001 an aveiage price per square Mile neve before reached at any large . Sale of similar kind in Canada. It ile net ina probable that a bill dealing ;with th vexed question of market fee ti may als be introduced this session. The quee ion of new Parlianaent buil ings wilt i no doubt come up. Tenders for thei onstruction are now being dvertise or. These will probably Lie opene while the House is in sessi n, and i he result is the commencement of th work, no one who knows the conditio f the present buildiugs will ay that eciaion has been arrived at to soon. rg NOTES. A petition for an increase o for the applfcation of the Civi Apt pissed afew years ago, h circulation among the Civi here and either has been, or ly be, presented to the General.. It is not thought pay, 0 Servi 8 been i Semite -ill short ttorney- that the a • - HURON EXPOSITOR. attempt will be more suiocessful than the one lately made by the Govern- ment employees et Ottawa. • An enlargement has been, made in the gallery of the library and addi tional shelving put in, affording much needed room for a number of volumes. now cumberingthe floor or lying in boxes in the corridors. An edditiou has also been made to the space occu pied by the Parliamentary Post Office. G. ToneNT9, Jan. 10, 1882 News of the wk. DECEASED.—The death is azinonriced of E. W. Houghton, formerly United States Minister to Russia. PARNELL AND DILLON.— It is gener- ally believed that the Government will uot at present release Parnell and Dillon. PREMATURE OFFER.—A medical gen- tleman has made an offer of $1,000 for the body of Guitteau, probably with a view to scientific research. BEHEADED FOR LOVE. — A Chinese student, recalled home last May from New Haven. Count; has been beheaded for persisting in his devotion to a young American lady. FATAL MISTAKE.—ReV. James Cam- eron, pastor of the second Presbyterian , Church, of Oakland, California, died a , few days ago from the, effects of car- bolic acid given by his wife in mistake. VOLUNTARY STARVATION. — A young women at Alexandria, Va., acting. under an inspiration that she was to die by fasting, deprived herself of Moth After abstaiuing for forty-three days, death put an end to her sufferirgs. GRAND BARLEY TRANSACTION. — The largest single barley transaction be- lieved to have ever taken -place was consummated at Briffalo on the 6th Hist., in the sale of,15O,000 bushels ,)f bright Canada. forwhich a check for $83 501 was given. EARL DERBY AT 'LIVERPOOL.— Speak- ing at Liverpeol on Tuesday, Earl Derby announced himself to be a thorough Liberal. He trusted there wonld be no further attempt made to restrain- Bradlaugh from taking the Parliameneary Oath. DIED. -Dr. John; W. Draper, the entiuent scientist and author, died on the r Morning of the .4th hist , at Hastings, on the Hudson, New York. His age WaS 71. John Wm. Draper, M. D, LL.D., was born at St. Helens, near Liverpool, May 15th, 1811. THE GUINEAS OF HIS FATHERS.— Adolphus pitzenburg, grocer. in New Yi Irk, found a copper box in his back yard coutainiug 678 guineas. The box 9ontained a document stating that the money was buried by his auceetors in 1777 so it would not fall into the hands of the British troops. FALL OF FIRE RUINS.— In Syracuse, New Yerk. ou MoAay, the brick 'walls of a recently burned building 'fell in, burying fifteen to twenty teen and wo- men. Three dead bodies have been taken out of the ruins, and more to Come. Several had limbs broken and were badly injured. THE MASSACRED MAIDENS. — Intelli- gence has beeu received from Accra confirming the report received in, No- ; veinber last of the massacre of two hundred girls by order of tbe King of Ashautee. The girls were prisoners captured for the massacre in raids on neighboring tribes. MALIGNANT D/PEITHERIA, — In the town of Norfolk, St. Lawrence county, New York State, malignaut diphtheria prevails to an „alarming extent. In oce family of seven children three have already died and two more' are consid- ered past recovery. / Oue of the two physicians is also sick with the disease. - DAMAGE HI: A GALE. — A gale has been causing great damage throughout the British Isles for the four days end - leg January 8th. Numerous fishing craft have been wrecked, with toes of life. The Clyde shipyards are flooded, and the Bowling lighthouse has been swept away. DR. HAMMOND'S OPINIONS.—Dr. Wm. A. Hammond, lecturing in New York a few days ago, expressed the opinion that while Guitteau was a lunatic he knewefully the natere of his act and its consequence, and the knowledge was sufficient to make him perfectly responsible before the law. A NEW MEAsuRE.—A bill is to. be introduced before Congress defining tile law of insanity.io criminal cases. The bill is said to have been drawn by . DavideDudley Field, aud provides that no person shall be acquitted on the ground ofttusanity, except on proof that at the. time of committing the offence he was laboring under such a defect of reason as riot to know the nature and consequences of the act. The bill, of course, is en outcome of the Guitteau Iiusit NOTES.—The arrest of Connell has led to. the apprehension of the en- tire band of midnight raiders in the Millstreet district, of which he was leaden—A large party of police in the north side of the city discovered a case, six feet under the ground, con- tainiug a large number of Snider rifles and a quantity of dynamite, gun cot- ton and emmunition.—Tbere have been exteusive seizures of arms and amuni- tion at Tralee and Cloemel.—The gross total of outrages committed in Ireland in December is 574. The largest num- ber of cases occurred in Munster.—.iiug's County has been proclaimed.— The seizure of arms in Cork is but the beginning of More eXteitQive captures. 11111111111111=11=11111111.118 The Nesbitt Affair unee More. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. DEAR SIR,—Ill yourissue of the 23rd December I noticed something intended as a reply to my letter, written by some- oue calline6himself "Methodist." I wish he hit,1 not been ashamed tt, sign his own name; it would have been so much nicer you know; but when I read it I was not at all surprised that - he was ashamed. for such a mixed up lot of trash I never read in the columns of the Hunee EXPOSITOR. As there is nothing in Methodist's reply touching the point at issue, there is nothing to answer, but there are some false state- ments madelby Methodist which I think it is my duty\ to correot. Methodisrfirst says that, I did not state what the false runior was, and that I wish to naake people believe that tbe Methodists and their Minister help- ed Nesbitt away. Now in reply to this I beg to say that the rumcir referred to was plainly stated in my letter, and needs no further explanation to any man of common sense. r did not 'say that any of the Methodists or their Minister helped Nisbett away; neither is there anything in my letter to that ' 1 JANUARY 13, 18R1 effect. deny it and pronounce i 1 t lands bae been unprecedentedly active false. Methodistnext says that I can not name one Mae knew that Nesbi was going away. I say that I ea 'name one who to d me sinceNeshitt le that he kuew th4t Nesbitt was goin slid that Nesbitt anted him to go wit him ; and this party belongs to th same church too 1 Methodist then Says something abou my beiug securityfor others who le - this year. As an evidence of this fact, it tftt it may be stated that the Eind,Son's ?az Bay Company have sold during the h e settlers., but .during thf! fall m.nths speculators purchased largely in the t expectation of disposing of the lands to ft immigrants in the spring. The sales up to Novem.ber last average per acre, but during the present month the average price obtained for larmin lands has been $6 50 per acre. In th past two and a half years the Hudson' Bay Company has disposed of property in the Northwest to the amount o $2,500,000, the bulk of the sales occur ring within the year now closed.- With specttlation so rampant and general as it is at present iu the Northwest, some caution must necessarily be exereised in the purchase of lands. _One danger which seems to exist, and which was experienced in Ontario in 1856-7, is found in the location of so many small villages in close proximity to one an- other. A considerable number of these villages doubtless exist as yet only on paper, it being ascertained that land marked out in town lots sells better than when offered for agricultural pur- poses; buyers ought, therefore, to ex- ercise prudence in their operations. There are, of course, centres like Win- nipeg. Emerson, Portage la. Prairie, Brandon and other points which: are bound to progress, and iu which prop- erty can be handled to mtimate advan- tage, and in the Northwest, that is be- yond the Provitice of Manitoba, here will be room for two or three imp° tent centres of population. The laird specu- lators have great faith 10 the future of tbe couutry, as their operations abun- dantly prove. This year the specula- tors have remained in 'Winnipeg, buy- ing and selling as the opportunity arises, up to tho preseut time, while in former years operations in real estate have never continued to any extent be- yond November. As a consequence of the activity' last year, Winnipeg is quite as cowled in December as at any time during the summer. Whilst it is- dcubted whether the emigration move- ment front' Great Britain to the North- west has been prosecuted with as much vigor as is desirable, considerable ex- pectation of a law iutlux of population is grounded upon the operations of land companies recently form d in, Eng- land(8 and Scotland, whos success is wholly dependent upon the ettlement of the country, aud it is iteticipated that these organizetious will largely supplement the efforts of the Govern- ment and the Pacific Railway Com- pany. The Hudson's Bay Company possess, as definitely as can be ascer- tained, 7,000,000 acres of land in the Northwest, the demand for which steadily increases from month to month. The Do'miuion land surveys are being prosecuted with satisfactory expedition, and if a complaint exists at all it is of the delay at Ottawa in regis- ering the results of the work of the urvey. The free grant lands within he Province of Manitoba are now al- most entirely taken up by settlees, and immigrants seeking free grant( lands next spring will be compelled to locate west of the Province as squatters, the surveys not yet having been completed ' in this vast territory. The land regu- lations are entirely satisfactory, and a spirit of contentment with the country, its resources, climate, and prospects pervades the whole body of inhabitsnts. past half year an average of 20, 000 per month. These sales were in earlier part of the season main) ores the to the couutry last Pring, and that others stated that they Were security for me, and that I did n t publish to the world 1 that all the epos l'es helped Peter and John to cheat m ,and publiith a false report. Now what is the meaning of all this uOnseuse : I cannot touch bot- tom here; there es sentething too deep - laid, too cunningl 1 give it up. In regard to Nesbittts indebtedness in the. banks,Ietill say t $1,700 or $1 800 Methodist saya that Nesbitt told Met hod is t come says. I say that a dollarti worth nf security for me when I wag away in Mituitoba or any other place, and I defybim or any one dee to say so. Next Methodist says that I stated that it was well known' that Nesbitt was a faleiller. So it was, and why was I such il, companion of his ? Why was the iniiiister aud many other good moral 'me 'companions of his? Because they we e deceived in Nesbitt the same as my If ; and if they knew as much about N sbitt's rascality as I kuow now, they dist for his troub him. But I ha Nesbitt and do personal in my -says he hopes I panion iu iuture. is much need. - seys that I went with Nesbitt for he says what is beeu mouths at go to town with the blame of fu Nesbitt's sale. Smith, the hotel beer and whiskey hitt paid for 1 capacity of "grog first time that I 011ie amount is about _ a far as .1 can learn. that he understands whits. Why does not o facts and not hear- esbitt never furnished ould net thank Metho- e in trying to defeud e had my say about not wish to become remarks. Methodiet ill have a better com- I hope so too, there But when Methodist to town .every week the last year or two, utrue, for there have time that I did not lin ; aud that I took niShing whiskey for This I deny. Mr. keeper, furnished the for the sale and Nes- . I did act in the boss," this being the filled the honorable position, I felt pl ased that I gave such good satistaction,1 but I hope I did no injury to any p rsun. In conclusion, • Methodiet aCellifeli me of indirectly saying sumethiu Isgainst the Methodist Church. This • deny. I should be very sorry to say anythina disrespectful against auy chur h, and especially the Methodist Cuurch, for I was brought up to the elethodiet Church, and I hope I am a better Methodist now than sorne hypocrites who Make, it cloak of re i- giun. I thiuk that if the minister or members of the Wulton Church thought I said anything rong, they are quite able,— better th.0 any outsider, e-- to defend themselyee. When Mr. Baugh saw my letter helcame forward like a gentlelnall, and s id that he had made use of these stet merits : thee Nesbit had made these tabeinentes to himeand he gave them for what they were worth or words to tbat effeet, and then the matter dropped. But this very zealous Methodist cannot mind his own busitiess and leave other people atone; and 1 houe if he has an thiug to say in future he will drop his isguiae and sign his name like a man Hoping I shall not have to trouble ou any more in this matter, Mr. Edit r, add that:king you for so much Valuable space, I remain, yours, CHARLES DiAvIS, Lea.dbury. imma............... t 8 , t What Mr. C. J. Brydges Has ,to Say About Northwest Affairs. ' In course of conversation with Mr. C J. Brydgee, Chief Land Commis- siouer of the Hudson's Bay Coropauy, who returned from Winnipeg ou Fri- day morning lasti a representative of the Gazette leare d that the impres- r sion prevails atnengst the peopie of Winnipeg that the “boom" in real estate, which - has carried prices of land to extraordinarily high figures, will continue, at least, during anether year, if the tide of immigration into the Northwest proves to set in ' as strongly as anticipated. There exists, however, an implession that the efforts put forth to promote emigration from Geoid Britain to Canada have not beeu commensurate with the importance of such a movemene, and that the influx may cousequently be leas large than ed The steamshi ew York have al - the transport of um Europe to that d it is confidently might be elated linee running to ready contracted 500,000 people f port next year, a predicted that tlie immigration at New York will coesiderably exceed that figure, but, so far as the Nolthwest is ' concerned, there pxists a fear that too Much dependenc for an increruent of population is bei g placed upon a mere chance, and that i no such systematic organization for the promotion of im- migration exists aq the importance of the subject demands. At Winnipeg preparations are hieing made for an active prosecution of building opera- tions duriug next year. In the year now closing the value of building oper- ations reached $2,q00,000, but already the contracts hatelbeen let next tions prepared for new ug season, the value of whichoeill far ex- ceed that of those erected during the past year. There prevails an opinion that the Thunder Bay branch of the Pacific Railway,lby, which a connection with the Northwest through Canadian territory -is obtained during the season of navigation, must be completed be- fore active work( for the promotion of immigration is undertaken, experience showing that emigrants from the old world bound for the Northwest are, in too many cases, indnced to alter their purpose and make their residence in the United' Shttes while travelling through that country. However, there promises .to be a very large exodusof farmers from Ontario, the Eastern Townships and the Province of New Brunswick into 1 the Northwest next spring, the largeinumber of letters re- ceivedi from residents in these localities indicating a desiee to seek their for- tunes in the new Canadisai El Dorado. Railway construption has been prose- cuted with satisfactory activity during the past season, the Canadian Pacific, Railway carryin the operation of their road thirty five nii1es west of Brandon, from Rat Portage in the east, while the Southwestern Railway Company have already graded flifty.miles of their road, and next year Nolt complete and oper- ate at least one h ndred miles running southwest from Winnipeg to the borne- dary line. The demand for farming • How Ontario People Are “Taken in" by Manitoba Land. Sharks. A correspondent from West Lynne, Manitoba, writes as follows: What surprises us up here is how easy it is to gull the Toronto people aud the folks of Hamilton and other towns in Ontario. Not long ago two enterprising Emerson sharpers bought a quarter section of laud about two miles and a half from here, bad it sur- veyed into town lots by Vaughan, Dennis &.Co., of Winnipeg, and. started iuto the business of advertising West Lynne lots for sale- They have been operating in London and along the line. West Lynne has a very good name abroad as a solid town. It was surveyed iu July 1879 -by the Hudson Bay Company. The surveyor being John S. Dinnis, Jr., son of Colonel Dennis, lately Deputy Minister of the Interior. The object of the speculators was to sell lots under the preteuce t14at they were in West Lynne. Part es seeing the name of Dennis & Vaughn, surveyors, were apt to suppose that it was West Lynne 6roper, but their d s - appointment will be keen when they find that there lots are away out on the boundless two or three miles from town. 'The trick has been so mean that it deserves to be laid bare. The Hudson's Bay survey comprises West Lynne proper. Red River lots one and three having a river frontage of about a quarter of a mile on the Red River, and running. westwardly on the prairie for a distance of two miles were the lots, which were sub -divided into town tote by the company, and on which West Lynne was started. By some means ori other Ex -attorney General Clark managed to secure Red River lot No. 5 next to the Hudson Bay Company's lot. Mr. Clark had sur- veyed into town lots, aud made his survey correspond with that of the company. Red River lots 7 and 9 have been in chancery some time, but it is now stated that the Hudson Bay Com- pany have established their claim to them and that they are to form part of the town which is doubtless the case. All thedie lots run out west two miles. Purchasers at the recent sales in On- tario of West Lynn lots will form some idea of the location of their lots, and that it win be necessary to drive out to them in order to make an inspection or to walk five miles to accomplish that necessary duty. The town has not depended upon "booms" for its advance- ment. None of the lots have been sold at auction, nor have they been raffled for as the fashion goes. The town of West Lynne has now two hundred and fifty buildings, in- cluding a $25,000 flour mill built by the Hudson Bay Company, several large stores, including an Hudson Bay trad- ing store, a newspaper office, ten or twelve feed stables, several hotels and other evidences of progress. It is the largest wheat market . in Manitoba. Upwards of 300,000 bushels of grain have been purchased here so far this season with a prospect of at least 200,- 000 additional bushels being marketed before spring. The place is growing solidly. 'Purchasers. are required to _ build within six months after pure ing, restriction which is good w-bOierhimnea. week a halt dozen paper towns have been added. - latest is Moberly, which may be clueside with Cartwright, another Valley Eden dodge. However, these to are legalized. by the registration pr erson has lately had boom, though upon my word there is no viej,. hie reason for it save it is that it is sae pthaahtythhesCveaupardema, iPerdifitoc hRuialidlwattyfifteeneena mile branch iuto Emerson from nest _ Srn uggler's Point branch, meted - Emerson gives 1)75,000 of a bonus, it iC8o8maipdanthiLituttehnedCabldiladiEnageittiheisRbarilaW anyway, but the Emerson people weal esoffeera.gwerhtiochg;etef iteetuhraete. tthheey eematinvite . accepted as a mere windfall. We have been enjoying remarkably fine weather. It has been thawin` g through the raid -day hours. Thursday,. last gave us a genuine blizzard. but -the weather has got mild again. There a a great tendency on the part of the wind to come from the seuthweet Excepting the winters of 1877 8, thet has been the mildest I have seen fee - eight years. East Huron Reformers. A meeting of the Reformers of East Huron was held at the Tecumseh House, Brussels on Tuesday last. The - meeting was one of the most largely attended and most enthusiastic of the kind that has been held in the Riclatig for years, and if the spirit displayed ea Tuesday is:kept up until after the neXt election the municipalitiee composing - the Electorial District of East Huron will give a good account of thernselven - The chair was taken by the President, Mr. Thomas Strachan, _and the fine business of the meeting was the election of officers for the ensuing year. The followiug gentlemen were elected 6. animously : President, Thos. Strachset Reeve of Grey; Vice Preaideet, joint _ McMillan. Reeve of ullett ; Secretary, J. W. Kerr, Brussels; Treasurer. Peter Thompson. The following gentlemen - I were appointed chairmen of the muni- cipal associations: Ilowick, Charles - McLaughlin ; Turnberry, George For- tune ; WroxetereTames Paulin; Morris, - G-eorge Hood, Hullett, George Watt; McKillop, Richard Pollard; Grey, Edward Garrow ; Brussele, John It Smith ; Blyth, D. B. McKinnon. It will be the duty of these local their. men to organize working committees in each p 11 b divisiun, and keep a- general supervision over the organize - tion of their respective townships. After stirring addresses from Messrs. 44Thonaas Gibson, M. P. P., Thomas - Strahan, N.Y. McLean, J. W. Kerr and others, a resolution was passed expressing coufidence in the Mowatt - administration and approval of the. omrse pursued by Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the Dominion Parlia- ment under the leadership of Mr. Blake, the meeting adjourned to re- assemble upon the cs.11 of the President. IIMMIIIIMISBNINMEmomo Huron Notes. Mr. T. Cudmore. of the township of TJsborne, nas been offered $125 for a Lord Haddo colt; six months old. —An old gentleman who died in God.- . with lad week. named 111cCutcheon, had attained the great age of 104 years. ; ' —The sale of postage stamps at the Exeter post office during the year end- e - ing the 31st December, 1881, amounted.. to $21181. —Mr D. Ferguson, of Goderich, is the happy proprietor of a Thomas cat which weighs over ten and a half pounds. —Mr. Adam Angus, of Morris, lost a horse worth $150 while returning home from Goderich last week. In- flammation was the cause of =teeth,. —Master Alex. Galbraith,. of Wing - ham, took the behest nutnber of marks at the late High School entrance ex- amination at Clinton. —Mrs. R. Lug, of Ethel, was pre- sehted with it very handsome crystal tea set by her Sabbath School class on Christmas eve. —The following persons left .Clinton last week for Manitoba : Captain Shep- pard, James Sheppard, C. Spooner, Jas. Hearn, Jas. Jordan an&G. Bowers. —Mr. Th.imas • Powell, of the 7th concession of Turnberry, last week sold a span of two year old colts, sired by Prince Royal, for the handsome sum of $300 cash. —At the last regular monthly meet- ing of the Directors of the Howbeit Mu- tual Fire Insurance Company risks were accepted covering property to the ernotint of 827,650. —Mr. M. Wild, of Dashwood, met with a painful accident a few days ago. He was cutting , wood when the axe he was tieing glanced and out both his feet pretty severely. —The Rev. Joseph Williamson, of Selkirk, Manitoba, having received and accepted a cell from the Baptist con- gregation of Winghana entered upon his pastoral duties on Sabbath last, —Mr. Nelson Murdoch, who has been public school teacher in Moles- worth for the last two years, has de- cided to change his field of labor. He is going to teaeh in the township of Ashfield the ensuing year. --Avery successful tea -meeting was held in the Presbyterian Church, Dun- gannon, on the evening of Monday, 2nd inst. A large number was present, and a moat agreeable time was spent, for everything was all that could be de- sired. —The members of Melville Church, Brussels, presented their pastor. Rev. , Mr. ROSS with anouple of very suit- able New Year's presents in the shape • of a revolving book -case and study chair. They also presented Mrs. Ross with a very handsome photograph album. —Mr. 3. M. Sturdy, of Auburn, has returned from the Parry Sound dis- trict, where he has been all summer. He says times have been better there last sunamee than usual. The crops were not much injured_ by summer frosts. —The Brussels Post of last week makes the following Pertinent reraarke upon the baneful practice of running municipal elections on political issues. Its remarks have immediate reference to Brussels, but will apply with equal force to many other places. It pays: Now that the municipal election is we take this opportunity of oon- Oenaning this miserable style of Con- ducting them on political grounds. What we want is the very best men to , t 11 1. JAN1 ameumem IiTinnige an aeaVer to 4 QUInbraTIC4 It is ell8ent of a conuti manatteme kept free f breeds dee the ratepa all interes fare of the empleasent --Clue d AH, cif Ili] -find one of self, tome -43n8, whion ses.son of tl --to try anal ing by fei indoors. f ] —At the 'frownsbip, ;Mae Weir.; carded, tie co -operatic in requestit allow the Railway ti but the GT —Mr. A ling his fae 'inlay, 4t1 compesed 4 concession acres. It ' venient to retiring Ira pose of his the same ll —Mr. R preseeted 1 lege with 4 played for, member ol best avers with two b .engraved e The doeor .be held tie it becontee —An aci nature be Wingliant, standing re engaged ' the room 1 from the I door into 12 foot. escaped 1 enedicel es 1 one of th workers it -salted by Temperae cane and 1 of Tempe and a the of those of the de. -and dese by his fell ---Tia f , ted for M , ship of Jas. Cuth 0.: Alex; Speirate 1 Geo. Full gart, T.; 1 Hartwell Jane Aver Shiels, Fl sistant St Grange, Speirau a —Mr. Exeter or ful aecide pear % tha into the frightene -around ti t,O one sill finger, to tached, e kinson w finger ha It is feare --Wint well. A deeen-heli has heel sinkiug it is $2_500 energetic -ed to wo half the scribed. prietor o in ardvoc Hanna h Mr. C. 1 first to s —The 4:d Melvi last weei from the Missions, and Lat with the folloteith ber of far number I year, 24 year, 10 ent, 1,i * Church itry pui i 3230.25 ; —Al week at is knowt and a he a fennel ick, was present but it is the trot he was frighten the load hire Id ceased v MILD, an months --A v the vine night of Mr. Whe strayed, scales, ..11 tallow v the buil of hides cool eni tunatele aged. at 1800i Enranee intends one tim stable. - fire, are wooden as Sand but by part of W55 siv4 unknov caused in the E •