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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1885-11-06, Page 4it L BUTTERICK & 00,8 Reliable Paper Patterns for all kinds �f Ladies', Misses', Boys' and Children's Garments, for sale by Hoene -en Boos., Seaforth. 1131■1111=111.1.011111111.111111M11811 - NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. tlir The figure between the 'parenthesis after each line denotes the page of the paper on whioh the advertisement will be fou d. Genuine Clearing Sale -W. K mpthorne & Co.(1) Montreal House-Duntan & punean. (5) Anti -Cough Syrup -1. V. Fear. (6) Creditors'. Notice -John McMillan. (5) /Tales of Assignment -A. Armitage. (5) Astray Cattle and Sheep -J. Johnston. (6) Assistant Teacher Wanted-tL Cook. (5) 114ranted-Wm. W. Scott. (5) F4tray Heifer -John Swan. (5) Estray Steer -Duncan 'McLean. (5) Meeting of Creditors -A. Armitage. (5) Note Lost -James Govenloek, (5) Notice to Debtors -A, Armitage. (5) Woollen Mills -A. G. VanEgmond's Sons. (5) Farmto Rent -W. Shipley. (6) Strayed or Stolen -T. Woodly. (5) Sale Notes -T. Kelly. (5) Money 'Wanted --Expositor Office. (5) Judicial Sale -S. Malcomson. (5) For Sale Cheap -Dr. Hohnes. (5) Oyster Supper -Methodist Church. (8) The Popular Grocery -H. Robb. (&) Bargains -A Taylor. (8) Pro essional Visit -Dr. Rosebrugh. (8) Readymade Clothing -A. R. Smith. (8) Jewelry -M. R. Counter. (8)- , Pouttry-A. Hendry. (8) • Bargams-Duncan & puncan.[ (8) McDowell Comedy Company(5) I) 'iron exitisitori I SEAFORTH, FRIDAY Nov. 6, 188.i. The School Book Question. 1 On account of the recent change of readers in the Public Schools,and the in- troduction of a new series,the managel- ment of educationalaffairs in Ontario has received more than usual attention. It is charged by some that education costs too much ; that there is a too fre- quent change of school books; that the books are published by a monopoly and are too dear, and so on. In a recent speech delivered in the town'of Lindsay, Hon. a W. Ross deals very exhaustive- ly and plainly - with each of these charges, and to our mind, atleast,makes it very clear that all these -charges are utterly and entirely foundationless. In the first plane be deals with the cost of education, and shows that while- the cost of oor municipal institutions, Which is regulated entirely by the people them- eelves, increased 20 per cent. -during the past ten years the test of education aa administered by the department only in- creased three per cent., thus showing, as he puts it, that "The department are not driving the people as fast WI they are willing to go themselves." On thepther subjects we quote his remark in full, 16 and they will well repay carefel perusal: THE READERS. - iThe Government was also attacked lecause it made changes in the text books. He would deal first with the question of the readers. When he went to school in 1846 the Irish Series of Readers was in use. They were retained until 1867, a period of 21 years. In 1867 a new series was introduced, and in over four thousand sehools there had been no change in the readers until to- day -a period of eighteen years. In Some schools Gage's or the Royal Read- ers were introduced in 1883, and this . made another change. Surely no man would take the ground that there should be no thanges in the text books at all! - Was there no difference between the ploughs, the harvesters, self -binders used to -day and the fann implements of twenty years ago' (Applause.) Every sensible man would say, "Give us the best books that can be had, Jet US change as seldom as possible, but let us change when it is necessary." It was impossible to do good work without good implements, and school -books were the implements of the teacher. Then some people said the readers were too dear. The new set cost 11.35; the old set cost $1.30. So that the five new readers were five cents dearer than the .old ones, or a cent a book. Suppose a man had five children and bought a set of newreaders for each, he would have to pay twenty-five cents more than he would have paid for the old boeks. That was what all this noise was about It was fair to suppose that the educa- tion of these five children would- extend over about twentt years. And in that - time the new readers would have cost oti an average ' • ' A CENT AND e QUARTER A YEAR ' more than the old; 'ones. Was not that the old story about much cry and little 1 wool t. (Applause and laughter) Again, the average cost of sets of readers pre-; viously used was $1.54, or 18 cents a set xilore than the new readers. The new readers contained more matter, were better illustrated, and printed on better' paper, and coat far more to prepare than the old ones. The reader they sold for ten cents to -day was equal to readers soid in the United States for 16 or 1/ cents. He had compare11 the set with a large number of sets soldtire the Unitell States, and be was a,ble o say that the, Canadian readers were the cheapest ever published on the continent of America, looking at the quality of the work, and the quantity of the matter. With the old series there was a first part of the first book, which cost five cents, a second part of the same, which cost ten cents, and a second book; 25 cents. BY the time the child had got through the second part of the first book he ,hael made butlittle progress i in learning to read, and as the second book was a large one, it took a scholar about two years to go through it, and in that time he would probably use two books. So that - it cost 65e to buy readers Up to the end of the second book. Now take the heiv readers :-The ist part of the first book cost 10 cents, the 2nd part 15 cents,, and the second book 25 ce ts. But the e was this difference, that the two pails of the first book were so rranged that a _ child who had mastere1 them would have made much better; progress, than with the same books of the old series, so that he would get throtigh the second book in ono year instead of two, and there would be onlyeone copy of - the book to buy instead of two.. Therefore the cost of the new readers would be only 50 cents instead of 05 centre, or that at the end of the second i book 15 cents would be saved, and the child would i have enjoyed the advantage of better books. . THE CHARGE or MONOPOLY. Again, the Department was charged With handing the readers over to a onopoly. When he became Minister of Education he 'found that two new series of readers' had been authorized, d a third was about to be. One pub - 1 sher had invested $35,000, another $33,000, and another $25,000. He WM anxious to get back to the old system of One text hook. In order to de so he had to deal with those three publishers. He accordingly arranged' with them to pub- lish the new readers at a fixed price for ten years. He had a °careful estimate made of the cost; and to -day these books were sold just as cheap as if they had been published by fifty or sixty publishers. Under Dr. Ryerson the old series were for two years published by one firm; for the next seven years by two firms. The publication must neces- Carily be confined to a few firms -1 every- body could not publish them; the plates were expensive, and there were other things which prevented a general com- petition. This was not a monopoly in the true sense of the term. Was it not the essence of a monopoly that it should charge what prices it pleated? But ere, both the price and the quality of , the work were fixed by the Department. And from what 'did these charges of monopoly come? Why, from organs sapporting the Government which created the greatest monopoly which the world ever saw -the Canada Pacific Railway Company. (Applause.) Again, if at the end of five years it was found that the price of the readers was too , high, -there would be an arbitration, and , tae price would be reduced. Mr. Ross also entered at some length into the question of changes in other text books. Ile pointed out that no text book could be changed without the written appro- val of the trustees and the inspector,and that tif a teacher used unauthorized latoks he was liable to a penalty, so that if changes had been made, the trustees were responsible. - What' Will be Done With Riel? , If Riel's object in starting the second xi:hellion in the Northwest was to gain notoriety for himself, as some aver it vireos, he ie certainly succeeding. beyond 1- what his most sanguine expectations _ , could possibly have been. There' is not a man in Canada whose fate is more epadopsly speculated ' about, and his name is in alntost every person's *nth. The all important question, not only in Canada) - but in the United' States, in - Britain and in France it, "What will. be done Witli Riel ?" And. the only man in the world who can give a solution of -this problem at the present time is sir Jelm Macdonald. The fate of the rebel: leader rests entirely in his hands, andt there is no denying the fact, it is a ter- rible responsibility to have, and it is equally safe to say that the "old man" does not rest- very easily, under it. What that decision will be is, as yet, . . only a matter of eonjectute. - It is sup- posed, however, that a sanity commis- . sion will be appointed, and that Riel will be reprieved until that commission reports. At least this is what is de- manded by the French, and when they 1 xeake a demand they usually stick toit and it is obeyed, and it is not likely that the present will be any exception. In i order to let our readers see what 00 -- siders and independent and disinterested I people think about -the whole matter we 1 gnote the following article from the New ttork Sun of a recent date. It says: , ' The existence of the Canadian Do- minion may,hang 1 Upon so small a thing as the decision of , its Government with regard to one man's life. The exeeution of Riel will inevitably stimulate the dia. - ruptive tendencies winch ,already make the maintenance of union, between the _French and English sections of Canada extremely- difficult. - The French ele- ent of the population will look on Riel as a martyr, and -so in one. SbIlSe. he - would be, for there would have been no second rebellion for him to head but for the administrative maltreatment of the French-speaking half-breeds in the Northwest That from this point .ef view Riel may befairly regarded as a victim of the Government's own wrong- doing, will- be clear by and by even to the Orangemen of Outario, who just now are clamoring for his death. It win be clear, for they will see the prei- ent Ministry virtually admit responsi- bility for the late outbreak by proposing legislative remedies for the grievances of which the half-breeds Complained and which Riel strove to redress. When the hour comes for 'confessing the provoca- tion given to the. revolt, the present Premier will be lucky if he does not find himself attence deserted by the English and detested by the French. We be- lieve that Sir john Macdonald will be. lucky in this 'instance, because we be- lieve he will be wise, and ' that -his wis- dom will be proved by the commutation .of Riel's death sentence into imprison- ment for. life. i - mosonommuminm . 1 - / Guileless Sir John. I The publication of the list of Revising Berristers appointed for Ontario - occa- sioned some surprise. , It was generally believed., both by Reformers and Con- servatives that Sir John would appoint tri those offices unscrupelous partizans who would be prepared to go almost • any length in order to gerymander the Voters' Lists, and when it was ascer- tkined that__ in most instances judges, Whoho are in the main respectable and honorable, were appointed, many were disposed to conclude that the "Old Lan" had determined to do . the square thing by his opponents for once. This hope, however, must nowebe dispelled. b Sr John knew what he was about. He ki ew that the gerymander of 1880- had SO -aroused the people of Ontario and had . so disgusted many of his old friends that it would not be safe to, repeat the dose , , so soon. Consequently the • appoint- nients made for Ontario are, upon the whole, unobjectionable, although there are two or theee black sheep, -such as in Muskoka, for instance, -in close con - 4 NOVEMBER 6, 11885 _ stituencies where they may be requ e . But, Sir John is not going to _throw away all the advantages attainable from the Franchise Bill, and it is now evident he did not keep Parliatnent sitting three months in! Order to get it made law, for nothing.' it matters not to him whether himself and 'his party are kept in Power by Ontario or 'Quebec votes, and consequently while he has adopted the system of appointing County Judges in Ontario, he has entirely abandoned that system in 'making his appointments for Quebec. In the Province of Quebec out of the sixty-eight officers appointed only seven are judges, and these are ab- solutely the most disreputable members of the Bench, judges of recent appoint- ment, and men who before their eleva- tion to the Bench were partizans of the deepest dye and , most Unscrupulous character. The ether appointments are even worse. All of them are said to be active partizans, some of them prospec- tive candidates, and several of them • have been at different times reproved by the courts for illegal and discreditable practices at elections. These are the characters Sir John has appointed to make electors in the Province of Quebec, and it is by their work, and not by anyr thing that may be done in Ontario that he hopes to make profit out of the Fran- chise Act. The "Old Man" knew whet he was doing when making his Ontario appointments; and he was equally wide- awake when making his Quebec appoint- ments. Will the Toronto Mail please copy this article for the benefit of its readers 7 it did our last on this subject. ALDERMAN Stringer, Chairman of the Hospital Committee, London, .says "The other day a girl only 17, years of age came down from the other side .of Clinton and applied for admission. She had no order from the county authorities of Huron, and of course it 'was not strictly correct -to admit her. Her story, however, was so pitiful that the rules were stretched and she was allowed admission. She had been. working for a farmer near Cliaton, and had become engaged to a neighbor's son. He betray:. ed her under a promise of marriage, and then left the country. She came down here having nowhere else to go, and at the time she applied for admission to the hospital had only $2 in the world." -The alderman further states that cases such as this are of common occurrence, and gives instances of two others which have come under his notice within the past few days. The -same an also be said of every other district, and yet the laws of our 'country permit these villains to escape scot-free, while their poor ,victims are made outcasts and paupers. The miserable, • worthless wretch from this county who is above alluded to, has left the country in the meantime, but in a few months he will no doubt return, and probably look out for another vic- tim, and we have no law on our statute book undere which he can be punished. This is a reproach to our country. Had Mr. Marlton's' Seduction Bill been per- mitted to becorrie law, these villains could now be fittingly -punished for their crimes. But, aithough twice" adopted by the people's representatives, it has been smothered Iby the irrespontiblo Senate, who it seems are a law unto themselves and are not responsible to any person for their acts. This is what the people suffer by tolerating an irre- sponsible legislative body. We hope Mr, Charlton ,will persevere with his Bill, and that he will keep it before Parlia- ment seseion after session until public sentiment becomes so aroused, and .the people become so determined to wipe out the reproach now resting_upon theni in this matter, thet even the irresponsi- ble Senate dare in}t longer ge counter to the popular will. , WE noticed last week that Sir Leon- ard Tilley had resigned his 'position of Finande Minister. We have to record this week that he has been appointed Lieutenant -Governor of New Brunswick. In Sir Leonard's retirement from the Government Sir John loses one of his most honest and upright, colleagues, if not his most able one. Whatever Sir Leopard's errors of judgment or faults • may have' been, :intentional wrong doing or personal dishonesty never was nor never could be imputed to him. As a result he haft never Profited pecuniarily by polities. He was poor when ,he entered public life, and he is said to be only moderately well off now, and as he is an old man whose health is shattered by his devotion to the public gervice, none will begrudge him the comfortable and honorable pogition to which he re- tires. On the contrary, an will wish that his health nlay be restored and that he may be long spared to enjoy the 1 i honors, emoluments and pleasures of his new position, and any otheri to which he may hereafter be appointed. His successor ias not yet been appointed, and it is aid Sir John is e -periencing considerable' difficulty in g tting one. Several names are mentioned but none "of them are at all likely. The most probable man who has been spoken of in connection with the position is Senator Plumb, the , " sweetesinger from Ni- agara," as he is familiarly called. It is not at all likely, however, that he will !desert his life billet in Canada's great !political arum to again brate the un- , certaintie on the ripen political sea, and in the in rests of the couatrY it is to be , , 1 fervently hoped he "fill not. From Sir Leonard Tilley to ISenator Plumb is a mighty long. step downwards.' . amemememamee`mewei THE frightful ravages of the stnallpox in -Montreal may be judged from the followingextracts iwhich we make from the Montreal Witness. It says "We have now had jiist six months of the smallpox. The mertality has increased at a fairly isteitlY ratio, each month showing about three times as many deaths as the nicinth before. This, of course, cannot continue. Were it to do so the present rnonth would record be- tween four and five thousand deaths, and before the end of February there would not be a living man left in the city or sur- rounding country. There is no com- fort to be got frem'a 'comparison of the returns of deaths last week, as compared with those of the previous week. There has been an active increase -in both the city and the suburbs. The deaths of Roman Catholics last week numbered • 273 for the city,. against 253 for the pre- ceding week, an increase of 20. The number of deaths in the suburban vil- lages last week vtas 81 against 70 for the preceding week, an increase of 11. Thus thittotaleincrease was 31, the total' number of deaths of Roman Catholics being 354 for last week. The Protes- tant returnsshoW six deaths for the week." News of 'the Week. "IMPENDING Stritith4.-4 strike of Eng- lish colliers involting from 174,000 to 200,000 is anticipated. GREAT EASTERN SOLD. -The Great Eastern, the largest steamship in the ;world, was sold the other day at public auction in London for £26,200. DEATH OF -GENERAL MCCLELLAN.-,- General Geo. B. MOClellan died sudden- ly at his - residence on Orange Moun- tain, near Newark, New Jersey, on the 29th ult. FORTIFYING Moaocco. -The Spaniards are strengthening the point_in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar. t ' FAILURE AND Loss. --Copper mining in North Carolina has proved a failure after $750,000 expenditure on one mine. . DIRECT COMMUNICATION. -All for- tresses of Havana have been connected by telegraph with the palace of the Government. , Ma. Go.4eseonE.-1-Mr. Gladstone paid a flying visit to London the other day to consult a throat specialist: He is •still a little hoarse.1 MED. -James , Hamilton, Duke of Abercorn, died t 10 o'clock Saturday evening. He was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1866-681 and 1874-76. De- ceased was father of Lady Lansdowne, SPURGEON ON.DISESTABLISHMENT.- Rev. Mr. Spurgeon; speaking on the disestablishment question, says he con- siders the union df Church and State unscriptural, fraught with countless evils and an injustice towards dissenter,. IN IoreHEeeoritt-King Alfonso of Spain has been ordered to take complete rest for a month. CHOLERA Cests.--LNutnerous cases of cholera. are reported from Bilboa. and LareRd0OF.. pHum, Esietteemea-Prof. Huxley has resigned the presidency of the Royal Society, London, England, on account of ill -health. Be will be suc- ceeded by Prof. Stokes. • e NEWENTERPRISEi -The Danube Steam Navigation' Company proposes to com- mence in spring the importation on a large scale of petroleum from Batomn, with a central depot at Pesth. VALUABLE PRESENTATION. -Baron Ed- mond de Rothschild has presented a collection of orchids, valued at $5,000, to Princess Marie, Wife of Prince 'Walde- mar of Denmark. REV. CANON FARRAR IN NEW YORK. -The other day Canon Farrar addressed 300 students of the Union Theological Seminary, New York, upon "Manhood." RA.NDOLFTI'S OPINIONS. -Lord Ran dolph-Churchill, in 6 speech at Birming- ham warned Conservatives that the Lib:rals intended te wreck the Church. He twitted the L'beral leaders on the apathy displayed br them in regard to. Indian affairs,' and on their opposition to Imperial Federat on. THE LATEST EQU at -Bova -The German War Department istengaged in the work of improving the military establishment, and is making arrangements to furnish the army with the latest improved rifles, It has also ordered km increased supply of forage and rations, which, with other changes, will render necessary an extra expenditure of 30,000,000 marks. 1 A CONSIDERATE A.m.-The St. Peters- burg S14v Commitliee of Charity, have sent 8 winter *moats to the Bult- garian tops engaged iu the uprising against urkey. 7 ELOPEMENT IN HILIC LIFE. -A brilliant barrister of Munstei has eloped with the wife of A wealthy Member of the British House of Commons. She is the daugh- ter of a Tory peer and the mother of four children.- 1 ,,-, I STAGE ROBBERY IN AEXAS.-The stage from Abeline, 'Nag, ' was robbed by masked .1iiighwaymeh on Monday night. The mails and exPress packages were carried off, but the Passengers were not , molested, A DI43 LOCK.- he Earl of Kenmare refusesmakn a r duction in the rents T of hold'Igs on his eistate in Ireland, his tenants efuse to pay the rents without a reduction, and it is believed any at- tempt to put the law into 'eftect will result in riots and 11oodshed. A GItANTIC FR UD. -H. R. Pinclat ney, cha ged with aiding the Arkansas Valley Land and 1Cattle Company, an English organizati n, to defraud the GovernMent out of the largest part of 640,000 acres of the public domain in the best county of olorado, was attest- ed at St. Louis on ]?iday. He will be taken back to Colorado. Pinckney was formerly clerk in the Pueblo land Office. HANDSOME END3WMENT. -- Senator Stanford has given orders to deed in trust his three immense ranches for en- dowment of the university and schools about to be erected. at Palo Alto, Cali- ifornia. j The three, ranches are worth $3,50ct,0. Senator Stanford's inten- tion is tq make this institution the best in this comntry or Europe. • , - PERSIbIOUS LIARATITRE DID IT. - Jesse Wi Jones, the 16 -year-old stage robber, was on Friday sentenced at Graken, Texas, to 10 years in the peni- tentiary. Jones had read the Life of Jesse Jathes. He ran away from home , and robbed two stages. When captured he told the offieers he had intended_ or- ganizing a band that would surpass the James gang _and give him celebrity equal to Claud Duval's,' TERRIBLE DISTRESS IN LABRADOR. - Late intelligence from the Labrador coast -states -that the extent of the dis- aster caused by the recent gales is much more seriousthan was -at first reported. About seventy fishing Vessels have Veen wrecked or sunk, and probably three hundred lives are lost To make matters worse numbers of the fishermen's houses on shore have been levelled to the ground or washed away. The homeless people are in terrible suffering, having been de- prived of every means of support Huron Notes, The Brussels School Board has en- gaged Miss Sayers, of Blyth, as teacher of the 2nd department of the School for 1886. The salary is fixed at $325. -Mr. C. Crabb, of Goderich, is a good farmer as well as a sucaessful merchant. He has this year turnips some of which weigh nearly 24 pounds each._ -Tenders are asked for by the council of the township of Turnberry for the erection of a bridge over, the river maitland, known as Jobb's bridge. , --Mrs. Longman, living in the north of the township of Grey, broke her left • last Monday, while climbing over a fence. Under the care of a physician she is doing well. -Mr. Watt Scott,- of Blyth, and Mrs. Rumball, of Clinton, were united in the., holy bonds of matrimony on Monday evening of last week at the residence of the bridegroom. -Wm. Hunter, who wag recently sen- tenced to the Central Prison for attempt to commit rape, was taken to that place on Tuesday di last :week by Provincial iliff English. -Messrs. Morgan and Marks of Bay - 11 ld, are going into grain buying exten- si ely in that place this season. Both a e popular men, and should attract a 1 rge trade. -On Monday evening of last week r. John Long's team ran away, on the 1 th concession of Grey, and Mr. Long w s thrown out and had his leg broken and was othertvise damaged. -Messrs. George McKibben Walter Scott and John Anderson, of Ainnham, have been appointed Justices of the Peace in place of Messrs P. Fisher and John Dickson, of the same place, Who have resigned. - Jacob Kreuter, living east of Cran- brook, in the' township of Grey, has pur- chased theproperty of George Heather, of Cranbrook, it is supposed with the intention of retiring from farming some time. - On Saturday last a partridge was shot on the verandah of Mr. Wt. W. Ferran, in Clin top, where it had been. observed for a couple of days; it is a very rare thing for these birds to wander into towna -A few_ days since while Mr. Alf. Goodwin, of the Maitland concession, Goderich township, was getting up on a load of apple barrels, he slipped and wrenched his ankle, breaking one of the cords. -Wm. Babb, hotelkeeper, of Goder- ich, has leen appointed captain of the life saving station in that town, and in- structions have been given Mr. Marlton to hand the life boat over to him. The salary is .eply $75 a year. - At an auction sale on the farm of Mr. P. Quiely, Hallett, last week, calves went to $17.50, sheep, $15 per pair, small Yearlings $20, and • the total of young stock sold amounted to over $600. -At a meeting of the board of license commissioners, for this county, held in Wingharn, lest week,. Mr. H. Perkins, of Gerrie, County Orange Master, was appointed secretary treasurer and chief inspector for Huron under the Scott Act. -The township council of Grey have let the job of raising and widening the approaches to the bridge known as Calder's- bridge, on the 12th concession of that township, which is an improve- ment very much needed, as the ap- proaches were too narrow and steep. -Many of our readers will be sorry to learn -that Mr. Archibald Kennedy, of Kennedy's Hotel, Clinton, has been compelled to to take to his bed, and is gradually becoming weaker, a cancer in his throat not allowing him to take suitable nourishment. -Mr. David Burns, of the 16th con- cession of Goderich township, who died on Friday last, has been a resident of the township for about 30 years. He was of a quiet, unobtrusive disposition, -and esteemed as a good neighbor and friend. In politics he was a Conger- yatite- -mr. S. McCurdy, of Morris has a cnriosity in the shape of a potato, or rather a bunch of potatoes all growing together. The centre portion is of the Beauty of Hebron species, whilst the four parts attached to it are Early Rose. The whole potato weighs nearly. three pounds. . - • -Mr. Wm. Johnston 'has disposed of his interest in the flouring mill of John- ston.&Turner, in Wingham, to .Thos. Agnew, of East Wawanosh. The price of the half interest in the mill is fixed at 58,500, and Mr. Johnston receives Mr. Agnew's been in East Wawanosh as $8,250, and the balance of $250 will be paid! in cash s Fair,the obliging and efficient postmaster, oClinton'says the New Era of last week, spent Saturday and Sunday, visiting Mende in Hamil- ton when we. state that this is the first actuid holiday that he has taken in fifteen years, some idea of his close ap- plication to the duties of his office may be formed. - I -It is understood that it is the inten- tion �f the Gra d Trunk Railway authora ities to place a other train on the Lon- don, Huron aa Bruae when the winter time, card col es into force on the 16th of this months nd to so change the min- ning larrangeni nts as to better meet the requirernents f commercial travellers and the genera public. -no far ove 2,000 signatures have been obtained the petitions for the appointment of Mr. John Beattie, as Police Magistrate, and these have been fomented to Mr. Mowat. Quite a numner of the petitions have not yet beenreturned, and when they are in the number of signatures will likely re- present a fair proportion of the elector- ate. ; -On Saturday Mr. Oliver Johnston, blacksmith, of Clinton, met with an ac- cident that will incapacitatehim for some time,, While 'another party was using a sledge -hammer with him, a piece flew off the head of the hammer and cut an artery in his left arm. The blood spurted twenty feet, and. he found it necessary to go to a doctor and have it bOund up. -The team that got the plea for be- ing, best groomed, at the Grey plowing. match, belonged to Robt. McLauehlin, 1.0th conaeseion of that township. They were admired by all during the day as being a splendid plow team, and the fact that they have taken several prizes at the Fall Shows this year goes to prove that they are a splendid team, and Mr. McLauchlin, knows exactly how, to keep them. -Daniel Zimmer, the well-known farmer of Grey, has taken five jobs already for next year and he wants to let his 'customers keow that he will do the raising himself. He has constructed a machine which, with his own help and that of the person he. has the job from, he can raise any barn. This is a great improvement for it will dispense with all this bee work and danger at raisings. -At the meeting of Directors of the Giey Plowman's Association held Mon- day, 26th ult., the. Directors held that H. White 'broke the rules of the -Society by having assistance to finish on the day of the match, and therefore forfeits his right to the medal. The medal is about the size of a silver dollar and bears on its face g plow, with the words " Grey Plowman's Association" on the margin. It has to be won two years in succession to become the property of the plowman. - On Saturday last, while Conrad Staubus, of Dashwood, was operating a' planing machine in Coca's planing mill, he accidentally got his hand caught in the machine and had all the fingers cut off. He is an elderly man and has a wife and family to support. Much sympathy is expressed in his behalf, as the hand -will be of little help to him for a long time, and never as useful as here- tofore. • -As an evidence of the pluck and perseverance of the pioneer settlers of this county, we notice that the late Mrs. Archibald Taylor, of Morris, who died on the 20th ult., on one occasion made. the journey from Brussels to St. Thomas and back on foot. How many of the girls of the present day are there who. could_accomplish such an undertaking?_ Many of them think that if they walk a couple of miles it is quite_ an achieve- ment. -On Tuesday night of last week, the derriek, heading factory, and black- smith shop at Stapleton, were consumed by fire, ..1I their contents being destroy- ed. There had been no fire in the derrick for some time, but the black- smith shop had been used, and it is thought the fire Must have originated. here. The buildings, being frame, were consumed before anything could be re- moved from them. The loss will be . about $2,000; no insurance. -A case against Robert King, of • Wroxeter, for violation of the Scott Act came up for trial, in that village, on Tuesday of last week, Mr. James Scott, of Clinton, appearing for the prosecution, and Mr. Wade, of Brussels, for the defence. Messrs. R. Miller and Sanderson were the magistrates before whom the investigation took place. Five witnesses were examined, but none of them could give any evidence showing there had been a violation of the Act, and consequently the charges were dismeised. -The Goderich Signal of last week says: During the discussion on "Teach- ing Reading" at the recent meeting of the "West Huron Assoeiation, several teachers bore testimony to the fact ,that the best readers among their pupils be- longed, as a rule, to families that took newspapers; and that the children of parents- who tin* no newspapers appear- ed to disadvantage when compared with their more privileged companions. One of the speakers, however, remarked that the political articles of the average Cana- dian -newspaper had rather too much ornamentation to be used as a substitute for the authorized "Readers." - -Last week Mr. W. 0. Winters, of the Central betel, Blyth, nets' upon in- formation laid LN Jiun Davie, $50 and $6 for coils violation of the Scott Acts on October Joel- Mr. Wade, of Brussels, appeared for the defence, and Mr. Scott, of Clinton, for the prose- cution. The evidence was very complete and strong, two of the witnesses swear- ing positively to getting intoxicating liquor. Mr. Winters' priucipal defence was that he had BO control of, or interest in the hotel that day. That it was lea.sed to one Herbert. It was proven, how- ever, that he, the defendant, dealt out the Heuer personally. , -On Saturday evening, the 24th ult., while John Burges, of Bluevale,was re- turning home from lifildmay, and -When a short distance north of Wroxeter, the horse he was driving became frightened and ran away. Mr. Burgess was thrown out of the buggy, and becomingin some way entangled about the rig, was dragged quite a distance alongthe road. We understand that his injuries are of quite a serious nature, one of his ears having been scraped completely off, besides which his nose and face were terribly lacerated. He was carried to a farmer's near by where he remained several days before he was able to be taken home. -The new iron bridge, known as Ball's bridge, in the township of Col- borne, being erected by the county, is now completed. It was tested on Mon- day last week in the presence of the road commissioners, several other reeves, and the county clerk, all of whom expressed themselves as delighted - with it. The iron work was very satisfactory,and re- flects much credit upon the amilton Bridge Company, who built it. The stone abutineittamade from stones taken from the river bed at the spot, were pronounced first-class, and agreeably surprised all. The whole work was 'per- formed under the supervision of Com- missioner Elliott, Reeve of Goderich township. -The Wingliam Times says : Mrs. Herdman, who had her right arm brok- en near the wrist a week ago Sunday, has been able to be about the store all this week and attend to business' as usual. The urm is mending nicely and gives but little pain. -John McCannell, who had his collar bone broken about the same time is also rapidly recovering, and expects ti; be able to attend to busi- ness in the course of a few days. -Win. Haugh, the young man in Turnberry who had a terrible gash cut in his knee with a draw -knife, is mending nicely. It was feared at first that be might lose his leg, but all danger in that direction is past, and a stiff leg will probably be the worst result of the accident. -The sale of Shorthorn stock of John Washington, Esq., on his farm, lot 25, eoncession 3, West Wawanosh, on Thurs- day, October 22nd, was a very success- ful one, The following is a list of the principal buyers: John Marquis, Col- borne, cow, Dufferin Bess $131, nos.; Ross, Wawanosh, calf, Bess, 80;$ w", Wellwood, Weat Wawanosh, tow, stio burn Lass, $105; Wm. MeGragan, West Wawanosh, cow, Huron Maid, $100; tte Eicoat, Tuckersmith, cow, Rose lst, $110 ; John Thoitipson, West Wawa - nosh, cow, Primrose 2nd, $95, George Stewart, East Wawanosh, cow and cart, White Rose, $115; henry Hoover, Ease Wavtanosb, bull, Butterfly Duke, $150; Jas. Higin bottom, West Wawanosh, t cow and cal , Kitty, $140; Thos. Welsh Belgrave, ni_ Wand Maid, $9a-, -The Wingham Times Says: James Simmie, a young man who i$ well knowit in Wingliam, and who several years ago was employed in the Lower Wingham saw mill as engine driver, met with a horrible death at Harriet= on Tuesday morning. Mr. Simmie has for some time been employed as fireman in Gail:tic's flax mill there, and shortly after starting the machinery on Tuesday morning he attempted. to put on the pump belt when his clothes caught on the shafting. He was immediately made fast to the revolving shaft, and during. the - revolutions his head was brought' against the floor with such force as to break the floor into splinters: It was some time before the other em- ployees of the mill became aware of the accident, and when the discevery was made Simple was quite dead. His head was terribly mangled and it is supposed. that everytmne in his body was broken. Deceased leaves a wife and one child. -We regret to learn of a very aggra- vating loss recently suffered by our old friend, Mit William' Mellis, now of Luclenow, but formerly of Kippen. The Lueknow Sentinel of last week says I Some low -lived fiend, unworthy the name of human, administered poison on Wednesday morning last to two - valu- able mastiff dogs belonging to Mr. W. Mellis, one of which, "Nellie," , value,d at $75, has since died. " Jumbo," the other victim, is still alive, but it is hardly likely he will ever fully recover fromtbe effects of the doseot He is one - of the best known mastiffs in the Do- minion, having carried off prizes at nearly all the leading dog shows held in the United States and Canada during the past five or six years. We believe Mr. Mellis valued him at 5300. The poisoned bait was given to the animals in Mr. Mellis' own garden, for lying on his front door step was fund a piece of fresh beef on which could be plainly seen the glistening particles of the strychnine. No clue cau be found to the perpetrators of the dastardly act. . -In referring to the appointment of Mr. J. T. Garrow, of Gederich, as a Queen's Counsel the Sinai says: James Thompson Garrow is abont 43 years of age, and was born in Chippewa. He studied law with haat F. Toms (now Senior County Judge), and was called to to the bar in 1869. He inune'dititely formed a partnership with M. C. Came -4 ron, which lasted about five years, when he retired, and became head of a legal firm which had various partners dining the first six years of its existence, but which has been known as Garrow & Proudfoot for the past five years. Mr, Garrow has for about tur years been re- garded as one of the ableet lawyers in the comity. He is hard-working and conscientious, and although still a young man has won the 'respect of the bench and the bar for his ability, straightfor- wardness and industry-. We hope that Mr. Garrow may long be spared to wear the silk gown and carry the red bag, and when his hair begins to whiten may he take a seat upon the bencla a place for which his rare sense of honesty, equity and justice, and wide knowledge of tile law, eminently fit him. In politics Mr. Garrow is a sound Liberal, and it one time was warden of the county. He has been sometimes spoken of as an avail- able parliamentary candidate, but he has no great liking for active political life just now. _ Useful Efints on Butter Making. MR. EnrroR,-Prof. S. M. Barrie, of the Ontario Agricultural College, re- cently visited Mr. Hannah's Creamery in Seaforth,s.s well as othersinthe county, and found this promising iamtituthin in a flourishing condition. We are glad to hear that nearly all the creamettes of the province will this year pay dM- dends to their pa,trotsBut, says Mr. Barrie, a great deal of educational work l'emains to be done in order to bring the creameries up to, the proper standard. The returns to patrons could be increased by at least 20 per cent. The mode of cream separation generally followed in connection with the creameries of the province leaves from one-fifth to one- third of the butter product in the skim milk., Althou .gh much.sfiperior to that of the average dairy products,the quality of the creamery butter is yet much im- paired by the improper care of the milk and cream. Some errors have been made in the construction and equipment of creameries, but they can be easily remedied. These difficulties are to be obviated in the following manner : Plenty of ice must be used in connection - with cream raisingltfilk should be set inuilediately after milking, and cooled down short , of the freezing point 32° Farenheit. At the end of the milking period in October, November, etc.," deep setting should be discarded. Milk should be spread to the depth of 3 or 4 inches in the deep cans or shallow Pa124 and kept at least 24 hours at a tempera- ture not below 550 Farenheit. 2na. Cleanliness should be scrupulously ola served by all parties connected with the creamery. Neither science nor skill at the creamery will remedy the creain. tainted on the farm. 'Unclean milk pails, strainers, milk cans and tanks are too frequently the cause of bad butter. No wooden pails should be used for milking. The milk tank should stand away from the barnyard, and all stroll smells, in a cool, dry, and well ventilate" place. It should also be will sheltered from thelsun, rain and heat. The Creamery is the only means through which butter making _can be improved to any extent. It is the great factor whieh wilit'enable us to compete with European producers in the British market. Canadian farmers should 110 longer look for high prices in the sale of dairy products, because high prices mean a keener cdmpetition from -coun- tries less naturally favored than ours. They should rather aim at reducing the -cost of production, and underselling their competitors. How is this to be done? (1.) By a careful selection ofthe herds; (2.) By the improvement of pastures • (3.) By using co-operation the and sale of butter a cnt wItieli came ael /iced a letter si tienalist," whie time the paper w Sir, set ine thinl dent advoc.ates and points ou rived therefrom i In his cornparisce the United State: as this tountry very great diea.hi to the opinion th to -derive from h. what visionary. to show in what would produce ti says that indepo desire at present' -458.1213 for annexat I differ from yom lieve it would Inc desire -would le stone to annexed and thousands of welcome it. Tht annexation now sentimentaliSM the connection be Mother Country.' broken 'and antu States would only timeAllndepende tie,- oh more prt sentimental preitt would take the pe she., is designed the principal an in the American I , Let us look at t without prejudie What have we have we to 1 We would gain ,market for our pi tires; we would erease Of capital a latent mineral -an *eloped. We wm Call think of A we were eeffering ptession, and our and our merehm bankruptcy, we bad a eon -anemia] close ourselves in out we would very and plenty again. National Policy, from our markets of the American was the result 1 markets Were glut factures and ne beaan ends and I country was We want, sir, an our products,--wi elucers and 'too have too large a c< it, and as 44f4 mints out, despiti crease our popul emigrants only tat pass tlurimgh ou where better adv- . is not due, as yo Doses, to prejudicl emigrants, buf have greater zoo the neighboring , we cannot keep eau* we ' expeet Now, what are thl • filled wall eit734 thousands in Mit Whole settlement Kansas populated nothinz of those a States, and the the several citiet. know of Canaar farmers, -who, nf effects here couii more than 4lvc o as the fruits of tl of a century, and dence of not more the United States to sixty thousam majority of these, with their it in tl are prosperous, an Canada if they -co tor, I would I* reader s` to name m of the many hur from the comity ted. States during ' who have retrirne to return. I ask many Americans tie? I am safe in' American who C011 settle, there are who go the Unit0 be ,some reason it? Their landig- productive as oi not so healthful,: institutions are A What then can th4 &an give the soh ago I was in COI1V4 a ian gentleman ettj gaged m the sal* ness not many Canadian border. found businessworks were kept. and that although and prices close tieslly unlimiti;(1 found ready sale f Here is the mass tically unlimited.] half the works in t all of them had h which they could because they are sl limited market by the home market i nish a demand f what could be pro salt, so is it with produce. Let us that unlimited an prosperity at on would secure for would not. The V nature intended f< our reach by the laws framed and the instance of pre I would again I do we derive -from Britain. Did any Canadian going t Oh, but some on England take ou what would we do cattle, were Britain takes nothi does not require., tam products fro oust the same as sb she would contina just the same we United States. V