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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-07-23, Page 44 Si , - •••7 T H E HURON EX.POSITOR., auLT 23, 1886. •N W ADVERTISEMENTS Sr The figure between the parenthisis after each -line denotes the page of the paper on which the advertisement will be fodnd. Tiles—J. Sproat. (8) Farm for Sale—Win. scott. (5) To Threshers --Jas. McDowell. (6) Estray Cattle—A. Archibald. (5) Servant Wanted—Mrs. D. Johnson. (8) Lawn Scala' 'Mrs. Dr, Smith. (8) Money bestjEXPoSrrOa Office. (8) Fruit Jars weismiller. (8) Cedar Posts -kr Sale. (5) Farm for Sabi—D. Patton. (0 Dental Card—H. Kinsman. (6) Heifer Lost—Thos. Sherritt. (5) Wanted—John Payne. (8) sale—s. efalcomson. (6) Headquarters for Everything—S. S. Cole. (5) Teas, sugars &c.—(a)—vnison &Young, (8) Binding Twine—Johnson Bros. (5)- Sugars—George Good, (8) pitron txpositer. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, July 23, 1886. The Hived ConstituendeS. Srra,—It seems to me that the most urgent need af the Reform party just now is a good, practical, business or- ganization: We havea good ceuse, able leaders, plenty of zeal and nembers -wilting to work—a first -rete case to lay before the people—but there is a lack of that sort of definite organization which can only be got by aid of a few active officials, regularly employed, ta do the necessa.ry routine work. These have been found to be needful in all other countries, and especially in England and the United States, and we cannot do without them. Pernait me to offer oue or two- suggestions as to the way in which our leaders' hands may be strengthened and the necessary funds obtained. Thanks to the Gerrynaaiader Act the Reform party now hold eight "-hived" constituencies in which they have majorities ranging from 800 to 1,000-. Now, I progese that so long as these hived constituencies remain they should be systematically turned to ac- count for the benefit of the whole party So that thereby the Reform party may, as far as possible, profit by the very means by which their dishonest oppon- ents have seught to injure theme This is an object which I am sure all true Reformers in those Ridings will desire to attain, and my first suggestion is that the several conventions representing our friends in these eight constituencies should agree to place half the seats at the disposal of Mr. Blake, so that as far as they can they may lighten his labor by securing him good assistants. This, a course, is only a temporary expedient Mr. Blake has a very hard battle to fight and needs ail the help we can give him, bat if the Reform party wina takeit one of their first duties will be to redress this monstrous inequality and secure an honest representation. Still, until this is done, we must turn the situation to profit as best we can, and this is one way. My other suggestion is that, inasmuch as the expense of organizing and keep- ing voter's lists carefully looked after is very great in any ordinary constituency, especially since the introeinction pf the Franchise Bill, and as these expendi- tures are very light in the hived con- stituencies, it is only fair that the pax - ties representing these should. contribute handsomely ta the general funds, and I prapose that before nominating any can- didate the conventions of the hived dis- tricts should expressly stipulate that the party who receives the nomination should a.gree to contribute say one-half of his indemnity each year to the gen- eral fund. This'would form a respectable nucleus for such a fund, and it will be much easier to raise the balance from ontside supporters. It seems to me that this is fair aud reesonable, and if acted upon that it would go a long way to neutral- ize the mischief which has been inflicted upon our party by those two most in- famous acts—the Franchise and Gerry- ma,nder Acts. The matter rests entire- ly with the Referm Conventions in the hived censtituencies, and. I most respect- fully submit it foa their consideration. One thing is clear: Let our cause be as good as a Cause can be, we cannot win without proper arga,nization, andene can- not make sure of proper organization without funds. It is ell right to put your trust in Providence, but you must keep your powder dry alSO. OLD REFORMER. The above letter appeared_ in the Globe of Wednesday. It so aceurately sets forth our views that we reproduce it in full. We have not the least idea of who " Ohl Reformer " is, but ii4may or may not be considered a coincidence that we had an article in the course of preparation on the same subject in which we made precisely the same pro- posals as made by Old _Reformer." In addition, however, we would suggest that Mr. Blake, the leader of the Re- form party, make a proposition. such as that delineated above to the Reform Associations of the several hived con- stituencies. This communication could be considered and acted upon at the first meetings which the Associations holds. If this be done, we believe that every one of the eight constituencies could be made available in. this way to ma- terially aid the Reform party. South Huron has already set the exam- ple. Four years ago the constituency was placed at the disposal of Mr. Make by unanimous resolution of the cOnven- tion, and ae a result of that action the Reform party and the country have had the benefit of the able services of Sir Richard Cartwright in Parliament dur- ing the past three years. What this constituency may do on a future occa- sion, we can not, of course say. It will not do for South Huron to samifice local interests every time when similar sacri- fices are not made by other constituen- cies similarly aituated. We know enough of the Reformers of South Huron, hewever, to give the assurance that they will not be behind any of their fellow Reformers elsewhere in party patriotism. They have proved this already by their actions on former oecasions. If, there- fore, the other liberal constituencies agree to carry out the propositions above referred to, we knoW South Huron will not be behind. She is prepared to make as great sacrifices, if so it may be called, as any other conhtituency,but it is almost too much to expect that she should be the only one to make such sacrifices. For, after all, no matter how talented or eminent a foreign representative may be, it is a sacrifice for a constituency to give up competent local men that -the party leaders may gain seats in Parliament. But, under our system of Government it is requisite that these sacrifices be made by both parties, and there are no con- stituencies so justly entitled to make them as the hived. constituencies. We hope, therefore, that the leaders of the Reform party will take this matter in hand at once, and prefer the request we have named upon the Reform associa- tions of the several hived constituencies. If they will do so, we venture the pre- diction they will not be met with one single refusal. Passing Him On." The member for South Huron is just no* a source of very great solicitude to our good, generoukhearted contem- porary, the Toronto Mail. In fact, it seems to take a much deeper interest in the doings of Sir Richard than it does in the future welfare of the whole Tory party. Scarcely a day passes that this favored statesman does not receive some special attention from the organ of the great Conservative party, and we are sure the object of all this anxiety must be truly grateful to the Mail for the painful solicitude it displays in his in- terests. We give the following, which appeared in Wednesday's Mail under the caption which we use, as illustrative of the daily ebullitions of that journal : " According to the latest returns Sir Richard Cartwright is fishing for a nomination in West Hastings. If this is true the gallant knight has his trolling line out now in four constituencies, West Northumberland, Centre Welling- ton, East Hastings and. West -Hastings. Sir Richard has also been taking a look over the ground. in Prince Edward County, but Dr. Platt, the Reforna re- presentatiVe of the constituency, has skilfully turned him off. The doctor did the business very adroitly,for not only did he lead the knight out of his owe county, but he conducted him into West Northumberland and helped - to advertise Sir Richard's numerous merits at the meetings there. Mr. Kerr is the local candidate far the Reform nomina- tion. in West Northumberland, and a very good candidate he makes owing to 'his wide experience in that line. He -naturally looks for the next nomination, and it is easy to understand that he views Sir Richard's invasion of his ter- ritory with no very great favor. It is -Mr. Kerr who has suggested thet the gallant knight look for a nomination in West Hastings. What the local aspir- ant for the nomination in West Hast- ings will say remains to be seen ; but it is hardly possible that he will quietly stibinit to the intrusion against which Mr. Kerr protests. Sir Richard, how- ever, still has West Northumberland on his list. Centre Wellington will decide in a few days upon Sir Richard's claims -there. . The gallant knight, however, must not be too certain of a .nomination in that quarter, as there is a strong feel- ing in favor of a local man. It is more than probarble that Centre Wellington will hlso pass him long." The object of the Mail is quite ap- parent to every one. It has set its heart upon securing Sir Richard as an aid for the Conservative party, officials connected with. the Provincial Penitentiary joinihg in the Orange par- ades and celebrations on the 12th of July. If, however, the Government never committed a greater offence than this, they would have a very clean record. It is net often THE EXPOSITOR can approve of the' actions of the Do- minion Government, but in this instance we think they took the proper and sen- sible course ; not because the officials happen to be Orangemen, but because it is undesirable for prison officials to be mixed up with partizan associations of any kind, and has a tendency to inter- fere with the discipline of the institu- tions over which they have charge. The same course should- be pursued towards all officials of this kind, no matter to what organizations or societies they may belong, and if the officials do not like to exercise this meed of self-denial for the good of the institutions over which they preside, they should secure other em- ployment. In this respect the Govern- ment have laid down one general rule, applying alike to both Orangemen and Catholics and all secret societies or p lic displays, and it is a proper rule, and they do right to adhere to it strictly. THE Toronto Mail is very anxious that the Provincial Government thould take the pro -per steps to have the Scott Act rigidly enforced -in the counties which have adopted it, and has come to the conclusion that if the Government fail to do this it will be very remiss in its duty. The Mail, however, fails to in- form its readers that the Dominion Gov- ernment have taken from the Provincial Governments the means that should be at their disposal for the enforcement of the Act. A considerable proportion of the funds necessary for the enforcement of the Act are procured from the fines collected for infractiona of it. At the last session of Parliament the Dominion Government had an Act passed appro- priating these moneys to themselves, and consequently depriving the Local Governments of _them, and since the pas- sage of that ActjalI the fines so collected have been handed over to the Dominion Government and the Provincial Govern- ments ahe left without means to enforce °the Act. Of course the Mail forgot this little piece of political history when it was railing against the Ontario Govern- ment for not properly enforcing the Act. • and failing in this it desires to drive' hirn from the Reform ranks. It hOpes by continually taunting him in this way to disgust hisiewith his political friends by showing him that they do not value his' services. It has struck the wrong man, however, as Sir Richaxd understands his position too well to be influenced or even annoyed by the con- temptible tactics of the Tory argan. To try and allay the solicitude of the organ we may tell it what it evidently does nor know. Sir Richard is not seeking -a seat, and has no need to do so, as •he is still the representative of South Huron, and the Refarmers of this Riding are proud to claim him as such. Should it be necessary in the future to secure an- other constituency for him, and it will be due entirely to himself if such a ne- cessity arise, there will be no difficulty experienced more than there has been in the past to procure constituencies for Sir John and other leading Conserva- tives who are similarly situated to Sir Richard. It will then not be necessary for bird to seek a constituency, but the constituency will seek him, as the Re- formers know their 'man too we'l and value his services too highly to make it necessary for him to exercise any Con- cern on this point. And, we believe Sir Richard is quite well aware of this fact and is' not nearly so anxious concern- ing his future whereabouts as the Mail and the leading lights of the Conserva- tive party are. In the meantime we are glad to notice 'that the object of all this mis-placed sympathy is pursuing the even tenor of his ways, apperently undisturbed, and is using his spare time enlightening the people of the country upon the political misdeeds of the Conservative party, and is pointing out to them the 1i:serious consequences to this country if that party is longer permitted to pursue the profligate coarse of the past seven years. During the past two weeks he has ad- dressed several large meetings in the eastern pert of this Province, and the result of his labors will be seen at the approaching elections. SOME of the papers are very severe on the Dominion Government because they refused to permit the guards and other A SHORT time ago the people of At- lanta, Georgia, voted largely in favor of a prohibitory liquor law, and the enact- ment came.- into force, recently. The Constitution, one of the leading papers of that city says : " The friends of prohibition need have no fears about the enforcement of the law. Mayor Hillyer says the law shall. be enforced, Judge Anderson,. of the police court, says the -law shall be en- foreed, and the city council will sustain them. Yesterday at noon, and last night at midnight Chief Connolly read the ordinances to the police department, and instructed the members to enforce' it rigidly. He informed tleem that selling liquor in Atlanta now was as much a violation of a city law as a stale law and gave them. to understand that neglecting to enforce it would result in a disthissal from the force." - Under the circumstances we agree -with our contemporary that the people — need have no fear about the enforcement of the law, and if they continue as they have begun the la* will remain and be a power for good. If the people of this meaty and other counties where the Scott Act has been adopted would take a leaf from our Southern friends and re - 1 quire their officials to pursue ' a similar course, the law would he enforced here toe. A prohibitory law to be efficient must be treated the same as other laws, and unless it is, it will naturally become obsolete. If any of the criminal laws were treated in the exceptional maimer in which the Scott Act is, they would be equally valueless. For instance, there is a law providing for the punishment of theft, but it'. the law officers, from the county jedge do ai to the lowest official, ; not only winke at violations of that law, but actually openly violated the law themselves, it would not be safe for persons to leave their . goods or premises without being protected by locks and bars. But, every offieer who refuses to recognize the requirements of this law is instantly dismissed, and as a result the law is respected, and so it would be with a prohibitory law if the course pursued by the Atlanta athorities were adopted. THE Grand Old Man has yielded up the seals of office. Taking the electors at their word, as shown by their vote, the Gladstone Government tendered their resigaations to Her Majesty. The tender was promptly eccepted, and Lord Salisbury has been called upon to form a Government. The composition of the new Government is not yet known, but it is now the general suppo- sition it will be formed on strict party lines. Some predict, however', that it will be short lived, as the Tories, inde- pendently of the Liberal Unionists, will not have a majority in the new house, end on their general policy these latter will 'lot support them. It may be, therefore, that Mr. Gladstone may come to the front -once more before very long. THE WELCOME RAIN.—There was a general and most welcome rainfall throughout Kansas Sunday night, the first in three week. Rains were also falling in Kansas and Central Missouri Monday night. In Colorado there had been no rain for three months. The rivers were drying up. Ranchmen, stock and crops, as well as many fami- lies suffered greatly for want of water. It rained in the:mountains, as well as east and south, on Frtday, and it is be- lieved the drouth is at an end. • News of the Week. CIRCUS TRAIN WRECKED. — Fore- paugh's circus -train was wrecked Mon- day in Maine, and several employees were killed. TERRIBLE HEAT.—Saturday the ther- mometer registered 100 to 120 degrees in the shade in Northern Texas. ROSEBERY PROTESTING.—Lord Rose- bery, Britieh Foieign 'Secretary, has sent to Russia an emphatic protest against the closing of Batoum. DISSIPATED MEMBERS.—Several mem- bers of the Missouri House of Delegates have been indicted for bribery and drunk- enness, in office. DESTRUCTIVE HAIL STORM.— Large , areas of corn, oats and fruit in Winches- ter, Virginia, were destroyed by a great hailstorm Sunday afternoon. - FISH DESTROYED.—Cne hundred and twenty tons of fish was destroyed at B lin gs (sate Mark et, London, England, last mogth as unfit for human food. .Possmee PREMIER.—The Edinburgh Scotsman says the Duke of Argyle may be Premier in the new British Govern- ment. Salisbury and Hartington serv- ing under him. ROBBED AND MURDERED. — Henry Search, a wealthy farmer, 76 years old, and bis wife, living- a mile and a half west of Jamesville, Wisconsin, were Murdered Sunday night for their money. RETURNING TO THE FRAY.—The Mar- quis of Salisbury, who has been in France, and Lord Randolph Churchill, who has been salmon fishing in Norway, are -both returning to England. BEECHER IN LONDON.—Rev. Henry -Ward Beecher delivered. the first of his lectures last Monday night in Exeter hall, London. He impaired his popu. laxity with the -party by disparaging the mental capacity of Conservatives. DROUTH IN TEXAS.—The cattle inter- ests of Western Texas are in a desperate condition, owing to the drouth. In many localities there is neither grass nor water, 'and the cattle 'are dying at the rate of 100 1)er day. POOR CROPS.—Crop reports from Da- kota are mostly of a discouraging nature. Froth FargO as far west as Casselton and the Fargo & Southwestern branch, crops - still continue' in need of rain, but west of these points the yield will be below the average. - AN INS.A.NE ACT.—Captain Weir, coms mending Battery M, 5th United States. artillery, shot and killed hiniself in a fit of temporary insanity, at Fort Hamilton, New York, on Sunday night. The Cap- tain had an excellent record. FATAL QUARREL.—In the course of a quarrel about the ownership of some wheat on a farm -near Grand Rapids, Michigan, betweeh James Royce and a neighbor naMed Secor, an onlooker by the name of David Purdy was shot in the stomach and killed. Royce gave himself up. , - LARGE TRANSPORT OF TEA.—The first train of 80 carloads- of tea, bound from japan to Europe, passed Omaha on Saturday, a contest taking place to de- termine whether tea can be shipped from China and Japan to Europe quicker by the American route than by the Suez canal. SLAUGHTER OF RACERS.—A occurred the other day on a bridge at Lanark Junction between freight trains on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway, wrong signals having been given. A .cgir containing jockeys and horses for the Freeport races was thrown into the creek. Two -jockeys were badly hnrt and a horse named "Flora," valued at $7,500, owned by Mr. Taylor, of West Union, Iowa, eves killed. "Bella," another valuable trotter, was also killed. A horse owned by Otto Kickbush, of Wausau, was badly injured. MINNEsOTA AND DAKOTA CROPS.— Special crop reports from St Paul, on the 17th inst., says : Wheat harvesting has commenced in Southern Minnesota, and Dekota, will be well under way in the entire southern tier of the counties n ex t week. In Northern iVlinnesota and Dakota harvesting will not begin much before August. The reports show little ceange in the condition. 'There has been little or no rain in the Northwest, and there is -now a general expectation that Minnesota and Dakota will not produce more tha,n three-quarters as much wheat as last year. The hot weather of the fast ten days has been very favorable to corn in the Northwest Clinch bugs axe reported active at several places. THE XENV EXTRADITION TREATY.—A Washington special says the Extradition Treaty between the United States and Great Britain is supplementary to that of.1842. It centinues in force the pro- visions of article ten of that treaty, which deals. entirely with the question of the extradition of criminals, and in- cludes among the crimes made extradit- able murder, assault with intent to commit murder, piracy, arson, robbery, forgery, and utterance of forged paper. To these crimes the new treaty adds manslaughter, burglary, embezzlement, or Weeny involving the amount of $50 or upward, and finally malicious destruc- tion -af ,property which endangers the life of others, and which in either country is made a crime by law. The last provision is meant to cover the crimes of which dynamiters and social- ists have been guilty. Huron Notes. In two of the hotels in Wingliam on the 12th of July, over two thousand pounds of beef were consumed. - —Mr. James Anderson, of Hullett, recently pulled a stalk of timothy from his hay field which measured six feet in length, and the head or seed part was eleven inches long. —Nearly thirty girls and boys were engaged on Attrill's farm, near Goderich, last week, hand weeding the growing cropi. That's the way to keep a clean farm. —Thos. Elliott, who has been in pos- session of the general store at Benmiller for the last nine mOnths, has disposed of his stock and interest to Thomas Gled- hill, who has taken possession. --Mr. Thos. Heritage, of Grey, has an old_book, the Songs of David, printed in Oki English style, bearing the date 1648. It has been in the family for over 200 years and is a valued heir -loom. —At the celebration at Neepawa, Manitoba, on Deminion, Day, George Currie, son of A..Currie, Brussels, tbok first prizes in three standing jumps, run-• ning hop, step and jump,- standing hop, step and jump, standing high jump, running high jump and 100 -yard foot race. He also got- second in standing long jump, running jump and vaulting. —A man named Irving, working in Thompson's saw -mill in Turnberry, had two of his fingers taken off by the cir- cular saw and the third finger badly lac- erated one day last week. He is doing well. —Mr. A. Leech, manager of the Wal- ton cheese factory, sold his gray roadster horse last week for a good. round sum. The beast trotted a mile on the Brussels course inside of three minutes the morn- ing it was taken away. —On Wednesday of last week as Jas. Brown, of Morris, was going to Wing - ham, on a load- of tan bark, his seat slipped off and the wheels passed over his left leg, breaking it at the ankle and otherwise injuring him. —One day last week Mr. James. Mc- Cully, of Stanley, left his team, attach- ed to a mower, to get a drink ; while he was away they started off, ran around the field and smashed the mower, com- pletely destroying it. --Robt. King and Wm. Montgomery, of Brussels, killed two garter snakes that measured five feet and four feet respectively. They contained 43 and 41 little snakes. That was quite a consid- erable snake harvest. —One day last week a young lad named Atkinson, employed in Brawn's furniture factory, in Exeter, had his forehead severely lacerated by a splinter from a board, which was being sawed with a circular saw, striking him. —Word has been received from Park River, Dakota, that a severe hail storm has passed over that part of the country, doing immense daniege to the crops. Messrs. John Robb and August Wenkel, of Tuckersmith, and other Huron boys are 'among the sufferers. --It is reported that J. & J. Living- ston the flax men, have purchase& the land' belonging to Wm. Vanstone, on the east side of the river in Brussels. The price is stated at $6aper acre. The 'land will prove a valuable acquisition to the flax mill in that village. —On the morning of the 12th of July as the son of Hugh Elliott, 7th conces- sion, Morris, was leaving home with the milk wagon for the Walton cheese fac- tory, the horseS ran away, throwing the driver off and injuring his head severely and otherwise bruising him. — The ratepayers of Exeter in public meeting assembled have resolved to ask the council to submit a by-law to the property -holders for the purpose of em- powering them to raise a sum of money sufficient to build a town hall. The vil- lage is badly in need of a good public ha—ll.Mr., John Barracks, a young man of Blyth, met with a painful accident last Thursday. He was enoaged in putting up a rack lifter in the arn of Mr. J. Mc- Vettie, of Nile, when the scaffolding .upon which he was standing gave way and he fell upon some lumber, breaking three of hiehribs. —The teachers and scholars of the Exeter Presbyterian church Sabbath school held their annual picnic in Mr. Peter Moir's grove on Thursday of last week. The ground being wet, the schol- ars di'd not enjoy themselves to as full an extent as they otherwise would have done. However, a good time was spent. — Samuel Wake, who has worked at the Enterprise Salt Works, at Brussels, for some years, is reported to 80011 come into possession of a large fortune through the death of a relative in Eng- land. The whole property to be di- vided is rated at $175,000. We hope Mr. Wake's claim will prove valid. —The Goderich Star of last week says : Upwards of 2,000 good-looking and well-behaved excursionists visited this town on. Tuesday last, consisting principally of Methodist Sunday Schools, and friends from Clinton, Londesboro and Holmesville. About 1,700 tickets were sold at Clinton and some 300 at Holmesville. —The Orange celebration in Wing - ham on the 12th of July, was one of the most successful demorOrations of the kind ever held in the cdunty. The town ) was tastefully decora ed with flags, banners, streamers an arches. It is estimated that there !ere about 12,000 visitors present. EverYthing passed off 'very satisfactorily. —ehlr. Michael Murray, who has been. teacher in Section No. $, McKillop, for the past three and a half years, bas re- signed his position in that school for the purpose of studying Medicine. He is an excellent young man, and is highly respected by the people of the section, both old and young. - — Some days ago as Mr. John Hew- ett, of Walton, was driving the mowing machine he fell off, and the large driv- ing wheel passed over him breaking three ribs and otherwise injuring him. As he is getting well up in years, the old gentleman will.probably be laid up for some time. He lay out in the field for some -time before he was discovered by some of the mill men. — Last Saturday, while Mr. G. Turn- bull, of Usborne, brother of Mr. James Turnbull, Clinton, was driving to Exeter, his horse took fright near the Mansion house in that village and turnine sud- denly around upset the buggy ancr made off. Mr. Turnbull wes pretty badly shaken up, though not seriously injured. The buggy was completely wrecked. —Mr. Geo. Whitney who has' acted as organist at the Presivterian church, Wingham, for some ti ne past, and is town, was made ress and presen- Tuesday even- isted of a very now about leaving that the recipient of an ad tation at the church o ing. The present con handsome water pitcher and two gob- lets, all silver, and sta ding on a silver base. —A few days since while workmen were engaged in cleani g out an old well on the farm of Mr. D. . Forrester, they came across an old il icit whisky still, that had evidently bee thrown.in some time since. It was all n working order, but when it was plac d there, and by whom, is not known. he well had not been cleaned out for years, and it may have been there for a long tinie. —We clip. the following particulars of the sudden death of Miss McFadden, niece of Uriah McFadden, of Grey, from the Neepawa, Manitoba, Regieter of July 2nd : The death of Mies Ida Mc- Fadden by lightning has caused a pro- found sensation. She attended the cel- ebration here on Dominion Day, and with several other young people entered fully into the enjoyment of the occasion. In the evening she w4nt to Osprey to spend the night with Mrs. Barr, and it was there the accident occurred. She was in the act of putting a sheet over the window when the lightning came down from above. It struck her on the - head and passed down her body, tear- ing one of her boots to pieces. Deith was instantaneous. The young lady had been teaching Oberon school and was off on a two days' vacation. —The adjourned case of Yates vs. Fisher, for violation of the Scott Act, came up at Londesboro, before magis- trates Braithwaite and . Kerninghan, Monday last. The evidence was very conflicting, but after a patient hearing and a couple of hours consultation after- ward, the court concluded that the offence had been committed and fined the defendant $50 and some $22 costs. The case will be appealed. —Mr. Thos. Notterfield, a resident of lower Wingham, and aged 76 years, last week left Wingham and walked to Clinton in a day, a dis'tance of 23 miles, staid there a day, and walked back again the next day. When he got home he said he was sorry he had not gone on to Stratford. We venture to say there are not many men in Huron of that age who would undertake to do the same thing. —A few days since a small boy, son of Mr. H. W. Cook, of Clinton, was. playing about the steam engine used by Mr. Jacob Miller for pumping water, when he turned one of the taps and the scalding water poured down his sleeve. The little fellow, knowing that he had done. something he should not have done, said nothing about his injury, until somewhat later, when his mother went to remove his clothing she found his arm scalded from the wrist to the elbow. —While engaged putting up a rafter at the barn raising of Mr. Robt. McVety, on the 3rd concession of Tuckersmith, recently, Mr. Wm. Elcoat lost his bal- ance, and fell nearly. 30 feet to the ground, but although he fell among stones and lumber, we are glad to be able to state that he escaped with only a broken bone in his ankle and a sprain- ed wrist. Those who saw the place where Mr. Elcoat fell, could not help wondering how he escaped. without be- ing dashed to pieces. —A case of alleged violation of the Scott Act came up before Messrs. J. Braithwaite and J. Kernighan, J. P.'s, at Londesboro on Wednesday last week. Mr. J. P. Fish'er, of Auburn, is the de- fendant, and Mr. Yates, inspector, the prosecutor, Mr. F. Powell, of Clinton, appearing for the defence. A, large number of witnesses had been summon- ed, and the examination of these were continued until about eight o'clock, when, seeing that it was impossible to conclude the case that evening an ad- journment was made until the following Monday. --The Secretary of the Wingham rail- way committee received a letter from the Canada Pacific railway. authorities to the effect that Mr. Lumsden, C. E., will go over the ground from the Wing - ham siding to where the station of the C. P. R. is to be built in Wingham, with a viewof ascertaining the cost of con- structing the road. When that is done the matter will be considered by the board of directors:- Mr. Lumsden ex- pects to be in Wingham inside of two weeks, but owing to the absence of the whole Of the directors in Europe, it will be a short time before arrangements can be completed for commencing work, —The Lucknow Sentinel sayi : The report current in the village on Wednes- day evening that Mrs. Thomas Woods, of West Wawanosh, had fallen from a buggy near Belfast, and was killed, is entirely false. It appears that while Mrs. Woods and ber son were riding home from the village they met a lady from the village of Arthur who was on her way to visit friends in 3Ashfield. The woman got into the rig with the Woods folk and took her seat upon a butter tub that was in the wagon, but while passing the farm of Mr. Thomeon the horses gave a quick start, and, losing her balance, sbe fell to the ground upon her head. She was rendered uncon- scions at the time, but we believeshe has sufficiently recovered to warrant her speedy recovery. —The Sabbath School excursionists from Clinton, Londesboro and Holmes - vine, who went to Goderich last week for a pleasant pic-nic outing, had a some what unpleasant experience. The New Era says : Nearly 1,200 tickets were, sold at Clinton and 250 'at Londesboro, and as all children under five (and there are some large children under this age when free), the crowdwas enormous. It required two trains to take them all to Goderich, where a pleasant time was spent until about five o'clock, -when the rain that threatened all day commenced to fall. All the passengers were crowd- ed into fourteen cars, for the return trip, and the train started from Gode- rich ; before going half a -mile it was stuck, and had to leave off five carloads, and it was then with difficulty that the train got along. After depositing ite load at Clinton, the train returned for the ballance of the excursionists, and it was 10 p. m. before they got here. The Londesboro people who had expected to get home by the seven o'clock train, had to be sent out by special train, after the arrival of the last train from Goderich. They bore their misfortune. with good humor, although many of them were put to considerable inconvenience, as they lived a good distance from Londesboro station. in ISS I IN 111 IS 10 —The Mitchell Recorder of last week says : " We are pleased to know that Dr. Hooper, of Exeter, who has been dangerously ill with uleer on the brain for the past two weeks, is recovering. Dr. Hooper was a companion of Dr. Hodge in his trip to Germany, and when the former took ill on the lst of July, Dr. Hodge was telegraphed for to at- tend him. Dr. Hodge made several trips to Exeter, and on one occasion watched his patient and friend through a long anxious night, and was rewarded for his skill and watchfulness by seeing a change for the better before leaving. - --About twelve o'clock Saturday last as the Prince Albert mail was proceed- ing north about 25 miles from South Humboldt a man armed with a double- barrelled shot gun emerged from the bush and behind tim stage called to the driver to halt. He then tied the driver's hands, also Mr. Betts, one ofthe passen- gers, and commanded another passenger named riddler to hold" the horses. Re then cut several mail bags open before reaching the registered parcels, which he took and allowed the mail to proceed. Although only one man appeared it is supposed he had several accomplices hid in the bushes. The mail coming east on Sunday found thirteen registered letters containing cheques aind official docu- ments, evidently of no use to the •rob- bers. Mr. Swanson and party were like- wise held upkduLariknge:tiarlii :boa snadyss wtewroe rat eeda tivo hulks being shot through their tent night Previous, and the party commanded to came out of the marauders. It is said that the ,icce ioahepuoeduelalhndt, r yitooe oanade btayerteehlgeweihoibioywaibno-gutdliatiy.x::mbh:a:aih:feaseisthi nin differ nt directions in search d Poise parties are scouting fele ount of having a wildhorse. rObbers got about $3 , out of the mails. MEDPIT. CRalzboseillo's ,Respily tai 2/assail. o R — re you I did not intend to trouble you os your readers on this subject, and would gladly have left Mr. Smith in the hands of your correspondent, " T. B.," who, I think, is perfectly ca,pable to deal with him, but Mr. Smith makes some state. ments, which, to say the least, astonish me. He proceeds to give what he calk the " facts of the case." Beginning at the picnic he says, " Mr. Esson and Me Campbell being ill the crowd, felt called upon to take up the cudgels." Now, if it will not horrify Mr. Smith Ican in- form him that Mr. Esson and myself were on the programme for speeches just the same as he, and that we did not take the platform because we "felt called upon, ' but because we were invited by the chairman in the regular -way. ese to. myself, I feel sure that my name was - only placed there but of good feelingaed courtesy on the part of those who made up the programme, as it is well knesen that I am not a public speaker. Aln Smith says that I took the ground that " that was not the place to 4,401183 the question." I did more. I /challenged Mr. Smith or any other person to meet me at a proper time and place to discuss my action at the county council with reference to the appointment of a Police Magietrate. Mr. Smith accepted my challenge, and the chairman announced that a meeting would be held in Varna, on a certain date, at which the question would be discussed. Mrs Smith shook bands with me, and said that "although we were going to diseuss the question, I I hoped we would be none the worse tends afterwards." And yet hasays -.eat I was so non -committal there was nething special to reply to, and on this gl ound he excuses himself for not send- ing me word. Was there ever anything more comical. After the challenge was given and accepted and thediy set, he discovers that there is nothing special in what I said requiring a reply, then according to him the vote I gave was of no consequence after all, and yet it is on that vote that the whole dispute hangs. Next, Mr. Sinith denies expressing himself as satisfied with my action. Well, " T. B.'s" statement may not be correct to the very ktter, but it is sub- stantially correct. When I explained to him that the action of the council did not quash what had been done in De- cember, but simply left what was done at that meeting untouched, and when I showed him my motion, which exactly embodied the action the council did take, he said. he never saw it in that light before, or words to that effect, and that he was sure one-half of the people in the toWnship did not understand it in that way, and that he -was sorry my motion. had not been pressed, as it would have put things in a better light. I hope Mr. Smith may yet have a chance to give me that little fatherly advice although I am bound to confess that I don't think it will have as much effect as it would. have had at the time of the VaIrnViathmreeegtainrdg.to my little joke on the ministers of the Methodist Conference I have only to say, that it was as innocent a joke as was ever perpetrated, and ifMr. Smith cannot take a joke I am sorry. For the person of any minister I do not profess to have any more respect than what their daily walk and conversation inspire ; but for the sacred office which they fill I have a great respect, nay more, a reverence instilled into me in my boyhood, and which mature years have only served to intensify, but when ministers step down from that office and mingle in the affairs of state, they must expect to be treated the same as others who take part in the same affairs. When they la.y aside, so to speak, their in- signia of office and don the uniform of the world, they must expect to be sub- ject to the rules of the army in which they fight—pardon the digression. Mr. Smith's insinuation abou t my tem- perance principles, are -beneath my no- tice. I am not afraid to have my tem- perance principles arraigned before the bar of the public opinion of this town- ship, before those who have known me from my childhood, before those who have grown up with me, before my own conscience, and before heaven. Armed with a shield of conscious innocence, cau defy the poisoned darts of wee whose stay amongst us is bounded by the nar- row circle of three years, who appeared and will disappear, I was going to say, like a comet, but the ignis fatm would be a more correct simile, sudden in ap- pearance, of short duration, and landing those who follow its light -in hopelas quagmires. Now, to sum. up and put the whole thing in a nut shell : At the picnic Mr. Smith attacked my vote ; I refused to discuss it there, but challenged him to discuss it at a proper time and plaCe, and he accepted the challenge. The place and time were fixed, the news was spread far and wide, the hall was crowd- ed, the arrangements as to the order Of speaking, &c., were made. Mr. Smith spoke, and to my utter astonishment, and, I think, to the aStonishment of all present, he never once mentioned the subject which was the cause of both of us being on the platform. NC/TH.—Since reeeivingAtheAafl;oCveAMwen1:1;Le're: eeived a long letter from " T. B.," but we cannot possibly insert it this week. —The Mitchell Recorder of last week says : Edward Gamb'e, who has been working lately with Thomas Pullman, Hibbert, attended the Kirktcm celebra- tion on Monday, and returned to this town the same evening in a drunken con- dition. Ile was noticed about the Col- lison house, hut soon disappeared with- out getting any more to drink. 011 Tuesday morning he was found in an unconscious state on the bottom floor of the Collison hotel stables. It is suppos- ed he had been climbing to the loft sometime during the night previous and had missed his hold and fell to the bot- tom, a distance of about 23 feet. He.. over 60 years of age, and as his skull is badly fractured, there is scarcely anY hope of his recovery. Islie sister from Seaforth hasarrived and his twosonsfrom Buffalo are expected to day. oisfr. )ipm.sown iriet a rsel usni a 1:riesill Idaee.utot ir °bur, ":gluehleible eSeNsree 43 srt eeaa 1:510tenieWe:ditsijdar tt8: 31.1s rislurtaStlwtn7ibtittIvi lochaglitdajecieCeth'il nttel: Pen seNrfiaPb estvPhs1 :Pet igh,e°heirssndelacainaoiendslfehnfdEeets.sc°: 3:8 aste n aBturt n9an°B:43elflid;:lenul liePTahtt:sttfh:ertsott ahh he s ih:01 leti :set: 4:11s431te e°1:1800:61 ot, he wefneciaariat snit hee oa tnnwsaetequ'awuarrbpeer,eYone.arenelai ntedoi\soN nttna:hhsgi ator;ootgibo :8 aiii3:eiter.,170 eathevTeehill. lur(.irgyess!lwtatghhrheueoncitesiNreorththr Art:eer: Tea in crops on new land, or land ,cvmqffuecebenteero.noftlFitifehteeereownphstoo The forests were a part of the Orib if r n imee foal; fesottar. lig r dliceouriurreetdivIcige o:111 licovuet 13, too, pfainnindioaEy.ah -when there were large pa.tclsit:Triopf,,,, • 10 per cent. of the land in real solid Uveslinidt:cleiPlersainhoerureldluir‘be kept undimin Let rae add to this a etatement by Pte et4v7 elf9e nrwwe ehtsydeltfiateftv Lfrar liaelfe ipee. inct ro°°N‘ihaso ar°;:yf 0-g rnt LI' eapital of our farms in Ohio. There - ties. If we had -cleared only 60 o by sunnner winds dest7otysof niterefieoltd:UouwintwOhris: dr eti f th eat nro e inofieofetkei sef onnr 0 t)tuie aisehm:es to prevent drouths, floods and tO ed. So far as fall wheat and clove merly were fertile, owe their pre irike°ulipt:vinoilydeigurrePthl°ta -the Woods receive and hold in 'Li land has been cleared of its forests. farmer ought in some way to do his amfo :yr; btrheueasntt ..t" This, however, is a Wily of land (that is, new- or slier, ago, this part of Oneacelribieee, saweeehesntrruei_nelgoo than ifty yea,rs ago. I remember lwonbegehr• ehseidsepde,aleins mf oyr over thirty yee- fuse-inof proarinon. ibterdisems uatoffaitch:in ,7ery nation cropped), we often have very poor cr in rotation with wheat and clover, since the thorough clearing, more been reckless waste, and too nnich peaches grew yearly in abundane the comparative s‘ecaTthricemittypiotahfineteinisctabpberl,sii or never, except in a few favored le ter, and left at least -30 per cent. ha e forest, we should have been far over Ohio, while now they grow sel per cent. of the land, and tilled it the older parts of Ohio we have seaer viviineeartstaealtedekheripsnauroit:eoelikhellins an climate is more severe in heat and e ilood and. drouth, wind and. hur both in cash and climate to -day. est, and it becomes us to study how may regain some of the climatic hen We eau gain the climatic effects, together help to break -the fierce wi. lost with the destruction of the for Old IOSS of the use of the land. absorb rain -fall, retard excessive era - Won, equalize temperature, invite: sonable precipitation of rain, and 1 chards, sugar camps, roadside trees editivated crops like corn and pota matic effects of the forests that have destroyed. I know that the owner) be has a perfect right to eut down ev prime a course that would be harr evidene,e to support it, that a coM does. " I have always -.felt that e. share toward restoring the valuable of land is considered absolute in, tree, and not replant. But I eould feel it to be right for eaeh or an, °revel]. ruinous if pursued by aU ; have regulated my eondnct according servers of nature, and I have found na wood will grow more than one all el think the land is not as fertile as reedy, when it simply needs only s fisetiouttabdeteaczb:e .athienits3tualee, e, as where tr, steanetteuseco,nndaitinioeninatImh-aotstthine vianrhiaabbliat- 'United States, and each farmer teohneeteoronerdap, itdhedlrayeikn.ogf shelter freane muses the loss of half the crop. T feet of the fertilizing showers, and three-fourths ckared and one-foure ter to beeom dry the wheat, and there will be than ever ()centred before. As has repeatedly stated by the leading th tahraosewheeo thnatrvieesenoonswidberaerd bad eat down the woods. The ma inofuvsattofagwaaiten rinwshhicohwreirsse, finromshsov14 ,ht°0) just when vegetation needs th 'cut the woeoels flowed over the land at once in a tor not too frequently be impressed en' !duds that a proper proportion of k en. But for the woods it would tare which carries all plant food from the air;eningles both, eon] to the next river bed, and carried roots of plants, raises it to their leA exPoses it there to the air, draws 3 ZIerftoorntihtehire saamppeoi;iede pal; caiens Which there is xio fertility plant, and passes off into the air i uke movement of moisture througl It has been calculated by keen haleirn:satasqbueieten, tilesaornelde,yt dnis°trfibaucto"rnotfrYthiast so.dowItnS,V aane df 0 rieMt etrhl ye eStaitOrellOP:nt 13' ea rif r ebsi vtsktel twenty years usd oNeveaithns.it, rent,hwe hsinehbi tthheegogoroil b r°13:er nt; etil litaarbai ngrr eansrni Iraf arrWrel nieid°:1 L:dhQkhnri ivei nannirYet. bdi aet. t nek-cebeNseha;earaillai'c '1 1:1;1 13elt( trei t er t,slt ea, nirtlesai edt htethareetrteachsv:e tgie xe a ,yPiaetileelyeokiii 11100A, S. -OP ORESTRY T1113 'MA, -Neat aziasinionfp. unt._ proprietor there, in one seasa it afrards sonZilTeitlowniagement eeatee of or stry 'to observe, f_otoyhdheweti Ina earth, which principally assist :7tdihstr;iiitfjuirsteogtrhuoei fa taiodtrsi asocufel.paptthi fvios, riaennsottr v ittolice they thought their deep rich 1 (ieflieient for everything in agrical __e g eat lids, they are now busily platil Over all the prairies, -Qv° to give this .st: