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HURON
1E1POSIirOR.
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JANUARY 21, 1887.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
or The figure between the parenthesis afte
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
he advertisement will be found.
Great Cheap Sale—Hoffman & Co. (1)
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Discount Sale—J. L. Smith. (6)
Bargain House—Jas. Pickard. (8)
Notice—John Daly. on
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Property for Sale—F. liolrnested. (6)
Notice—John Burgess. (6)
Estray Heifer—James Simpson. (5)
Farms for Sale—Jackson Bros. (5)
Good Farm for Sale—John Duffus.
Election Card --John Reith. (6)
Tenders Wanted—O. C. Willson. (6)
Harness Emporium—J. Ward. (8)
Aurora Watches—M. R. Counter. (8)
Card of Thanks—Captain Eaton. (8)
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ttron txprioiter.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Jan. 21, 18g6.
The Scripture Selections.
A correspondent, in another column,
desires to have our opinion oftheScrip-
ture Selections which have been authdr-
ized for use in the High and Publie
Schools of Ontario, and to say whether
or not we think Archbishop Lynch has
had too mud' to say in reference to the
Selections. We cheerfully comply with
the request, more especially as the sub-
ject has been much dismissed- both be-
fore 'and after the recent Provincial
elections. The subject, also, can now
be discussed without fear of our being ac-
cused of an endeavor to make political
capital, as anything that may now be
said either pro or con will not affect
either _political party. We may here
state, however, that several School
Boards throughout the country have de-
cided to quit the use of the Selections in
their Schools and use instead the whole
Bible. While they undoubtedly have a
perfect right. to do this if they see fit-,
we think they are acting foolishly, and
that when the present fever wears off
they will see the absurdity of their
course and quietly replacethe selectienie
In order to arrive at a proper under-
sta.nding ofthe matter, it may be neces-
sary to bring up in review the circum-
stances which led to the preparation and
adoption by the Educational Depart-
ment of these Scriptural Readings or
Selections. For many years the ques-
tion of Scriptural reading or Scrip-
tural instruction in the Public Schools
was left: optional with the Trus-
tees. In some of the schools the
Stripturee were regularly read, but in
the vast majority this duty was not re-
quired by the trustees and was conse-
quently neglected by the teachers. As
a rule, the clergymen of all denomi-
nations were mueh in favor of having the
Bible regularly read, but many laymen
were equally opposed to it and • many
1 others were indifferent. It was held on
I one side that the schools being non-
meetarian and supported by the State
should exist solely for secular education
mid that to.introduce religious instruc-
tion wo.utdc reate discord and strife and
ultimately result in the destruction of
our non-sectarian school system. On
the other side it was equally strongly
contended that the Bible being the basis
of our civilization, no system of educa-
tion could be perfect unless founded up-
on the principles of religion and that
consequently the Bible should be recog-
nized in our Pablic Schools, and the
reading of it, if not instruction in its
truths, should be made -.compulsory and
not permissive in every Public School.
This side Of the question was agitated
I
very strongly for years by the clergy and
was ultimately taken up by the several
church courts, and deputations were ap-
pointed from time to fime to wait upon
the Minister of Education and press up-
on his attention this view of the ques-
tioa. When Mr. ROSS, the present
Minister o Education, came into office
he coincided,with those who contended
for the compulsory reading of the Scrip-
tures in. the schools. But he was con-
fronted by this difficulty : He knew
that hunc*ds Of different people take
as many different meanings from the
_
same passage of Scripture, and that in a
promiscuous school, attended by chil-
dren belonging to the various different
denominations, it would not be wise to
permit the teachers to make. their own
selections and pat upon these selections
their own interpretations. For instance,
a Baptist teacher would give quite a
different exposition of certain passages
t foam that which a Presbyterian or
Methodist teacher would give. This it
was correcty foreseen, would give trou-
ble at onces It was also foreseen that
.to read many passages without explain-
ing them would be useless, as the chil-
dren would not understand their mean-
ing. It was thought, therefore, that if
, selections could be judiciously madeof
passages op which there could be no
doctrinal difference, and which at the
,
same time would be sufficiently simple
to meet the comprehension of the chil-
iren without lengthened explanation;
the difficalty would be overcome and
children would have at thesame time
instruction: in the vital truths of the
.i Gospel. This view was approved of by.
the several religious denothinations
withont oue single exception. Prior to
this, however, a gentleman narned Kerr,
Ihad compiled selections •on his own re-.
1 apensibility with the view of meeting
this long felt want, and placing his
book upon the market es a private
enterprise. When the vario religious
denominations, '. through the r hurch
courts, had come to agree upon
selec-
tions of this nature, Mr. Ker s bmit-
ted his work to the Minister of duca-
1
tion and offered it to him ah one that
would supply the want. This proposi-
tion met with the approval oi the Min
L I
ister, and he again conferrete with th
religious bodies. Ultimate a joint
committee, consisting of repr sentetives.
from all the religious deno inations,
was appointed to arrange tho matter
with the Minister of Education. Mr.
Ross had -proof sheets of Ir. Kerr's
work submitted to this cortmittea of
clergymen, and the selection and the
system were unanimously a proved of
and endorsed by this committee, and
they not only expressed thei satisfac-
tion with the Selections, bu also ap-
proved of the scheme whieh w s, in fact,
in accordance with their o4in recom-
mendation, and they furtherm re passed
a resolution thanking Mr. Rdss for th,e
;
very satisfactory manner in which he
had met their views and carried out
their desires.. , It will thus be seen that
these Seripture Selections did , not
emanate from the Minister f Educe -
.tion at all, although they di4 h ve his
I
approval. The , suggestion, inj tiie first
place, came from . the rcl presenta-
fives of the verious ehurches,
they were prepared by an int
party, and after being care
thoraughly revised by a .com
clergymen appointed from th
'different religious denominatio
Province, were approved of by
ependent
ul:y and
ittee of
several•
s in the
hem1 and
recommended for us' in the Public and
High Schools.-
Now, as to the part that Atchbishep
Lynch played in the matter.' The proofs
of the work were submitted to the Arch-
bishop the !same as they weise to the
clergymen' of the other denorninatio s,
and he expressed his entire eatisfaet n
with • them and the only change he
gested was that thewTord
should be substituted for "whieh" in t
, .
be considered an .undue interferen
Lord's Prayer. This can not, certain
Some, however, maintain that the •s r
co
bishop should not have been ns 1
.2
in the matter at all.. They pay that t
i
Catholic ,have their Separate Scho
and tha, consequently they have
right to be consulted as to what slim
be taught in the sPliblic Schools, ., Tho e
who put forward this objection evidertt-
ly forget thatthere are fifty thouaa, 'd
Catholic 'children attending the Publ c
Schools Of this Province and hat 1 e
parents of these children have to ply for
the supp!ort of these schools just t e
same as Protestant parents have. Hen e
it would t have been a gross outrage n t
f I
to consult the recognized head of t e
Catholic church on a subjedt ale!) t
other elm biles were being •cons4lted.
which the representatives of all ti e
,
The Archbishop, it eill e
noticed was satisfied with t e
Selections, and was a,greeabie that th
children of his church should be teugh
in the ma -i ner proposed. All tlie rep1e-
sentative1of the other de•non ination
were also satisfied. It was thals hope
that a long vexed question had : bee
settled alike satisfactorily to all. Thi
would haye been the result, had it no
been for al few meddlesome pestple evh
;
hated th 'Government of .Mr Mowat
more than they loved either the Bibl
or the sehools, and they hoped to i
jure ther'n with their Protestant' eu
porters. 1 How miserably they hav
felled was °abundantly proved dn th
28th, of la,st month. And Utley!! leo i
1
h aave the, s tisfaction of knowina that
. , ee ,
while they have not injured the ohjects
of their hatred one iota, they hate /liaise
an element of discord andstrifU in ou
Public Schools which it will take ears
1
to allay. . t
As to the merits of the Book cf elec-
tions, we Will not express an opinion.
We will sitoply place before our, readers
the opinions of others much more corn-
petent to judge. We have . o ly roorh
for two or three quotations. \T0 could
give dozens of the same did sp ee per-
mit. Rev. Dr. Cochrane, of 13r n feed,
says; 1 ,
-Unless we give up our national and
non-sectarian system of education, an
erect denominational schools, sirbsidize
by Government, where each , churc
may teach its own creed, and pet it
own interpretation upon script s:, II se
L
no better way than that w-hich as 'beeii
adopted. To name such a retrograde
movement is to doom it. No reesonabl
man would, for a moment seriously co
sider such, i proposal. • .
" Rev. Dr.,Nellis, Principal of Victori
College, says:
As a matter of personal opinion
(whatever that may be worth) I hol
and appropriate selections to b bette
the frequent reading of these 1peautifu
for the children of any school tharli th
reading of a wider range of less suitable'
passages, aid far better than any hast
or chance selections that might be inacle
by the teacher, especially a young an
inexperienced teacher, and I May add
that I havelfor some time used the book
1
in my own i family 'devotions, and have
found it very convenient and ueeft 1 for
1
that purpoae. 1
I 1
And lasts, but not least, the i o onto
Mail, which was thb principasele uent
in raising all this r w, on the 2lth of
1 i
December, 1884, said as. follews
"The Minister of Education s to be
congratulated upon having adopted for
use in the Common Schools a sitries of
readings frclm the Old and Nev Testa-
e -rents, together with a brief form of
prayer. The objections to the intro-
duction of the Bible in the t schools
raised by Many laymen, and by not a
few ministers, were
great weight. To hay
book in the hands of a
little expert in Biblic
to have epermitted hi
doubtful and dispu
meaning most in con
own religious beliefs,
have led to endless st
tracts adopted in this
such as Christians of ev
have ever agreed to ac
word of God. * *
Mr. Kerr has done
-love, and done it w
only those parts upon
have split, but also all
it would be easy to st
troversy. * * *
"The work has bee
the greatest cere, an
commend itself to par
object to religious tr
have siinply to write
the school requesting
the case of their childr
ture to think that the
suoceeded so well in p
ligious curiculum that
be withdrawn from it,
vast majority it will
nourishment of trause
them through life."
undoubtedly of
placed the steered
teacher, perhaps
1 exposition, and
to draw from
d passagee the
onance with his
would certainly
ife. But the ex -
compilation are
ry denomination
ept as the plain
* * * * *
his work out of.
11, avoiding not
which the sects
hose upon which
rt a raging con-
* * * * *
'prepared with
cannot fail to
nts. Those who
ining in schools
o the master of
im to omit it in
n. But we ven-
Department has
eparing this re-
ew children will
and that to the
afford spiritual
ndent benefit to
The Dominion
The announcement
officially made that th
liament has been dis
writs have been issued
tion. The nomination
Tuesday, 15th Februar
flows on the followin
22nd. This is just one
was stated in DIE Exro
lections.
has now heen
Dominion Par-
olvecl and the
for a new elec-
take place on
and the elec-
Tuesday, the
week later than
ITOR two weeks
ago. The writs were all dispatched on
•
Saturday last. The ti e is short and
the battle will be share while it lasts.
Both parties, however, were expecting
an immediate election nd are pretty
well prepared for ,it. f one. can trust
anything to appearance. there will cer-
tainly be a change of Go ernment. The
Gnvernment seem to re y mainly upon
the National Policy to arry them into
office once more. But it has lost its
charm. The people hay learned by ex-
perience that no Govern ent can make
good times prevent or ha d times; neither
ca,n they make a comme cial boom non
prevent a commercial de ression. Aside
from this the Gover ment have a
shockingly badi record. While they
have doubled the truce of the people
• they have, as well, large y increased the
.public debt, and in addit on to this they
have a hilge deficit of ove six millions of
dollars staring them in th face. The only
thing they have to sho v for this enor-
mous debt and expendit re is the Cana-
da Pacific Railway, and ot one foot of
that belongs to the count y. While the
country has paid for its
property. belongs to a pri
and those who bore the c
voice nor say in its cpntr
ly, is not a matter of whi
merit can boast.1 '
.Ini Huron the Refor
in a better shape. .In S
probabilities are ithat Mr.
be elected by acclamation
Riding any opplosition th
up against Mr. Cameron
futile. Mr. Cameron is
tion by a very large m
thing can be, itVe are
from North Huron also,
pecte are good. This is
ful constituency of th,e
the friends • of Reform c
Dr. McDonald as they
candidate in the. rece
elections they will have t
of having him as their re
the night of the 22nd of
cording to the vote ca
election by the same
which compose the Eas
McDonald should have
onstruction the
7tate company,
st have neither
1. This, sure -
h the Govern-
rs were never
th Huron the
McMillan will
In. the West
t may he put
ill be utterly
s sure of elec-
ajority as any -
glad to learn
hat the pros-
- .
e only doubt-
three,but if
o as well for
did for their
t Provincial
a satisfaction
resentative on
ebruary. Ac-
t- at the last
unicipalities,.
Riding, Dr.
majority of
over two hendred. Let the electers of
East! 11Pron net go back pon their re-
cord: They must know, and they do
know, that it is in the i i terests of this
country that there shoe d be a change
,of Government. Let th m, therefore,
do their part towards ringing about
,
that : needed change, by oiling in their
vote e for' Dr. McDonald as d Mr. Blake.
Sir john has failed, mi erahly failed,
Is
to g vern this country ei her economi-
cally or well. Give Mr. lake a chance,
he cannot possibly do wor e and if, after
giving him a fair trial, e does not do
bett r, turn him out and try someone
else ho will. I We beli ve, however,
that e will do better. II will act hon-
estly ,at any rate, and h nest Govern -
men il
s something worth trying to se-
cure.
,-
- ince the above w
have received c card fr
Reit of Blake, annou
a cendislate for South
•Reith is a new man in
arena. It is very doubtfu
his eandidature will ex
nominatiOn day. His ad
found on the 5th page of
speaks for itself.
in type we
m Mr. John
cing himself
Huron. Mr.
the political
, however, if
tend beyond
ress will be
his issue. It
THE Canada Presbyter an remarks:
et those Canadians who complain
about the coldness of ou • climate read
the heartrending accoun $ that come
Over the wires daily abo t evictions in
Ireland. Families are t rned out in
midwinter, and their hous s burned be-
hind them tor make•their eturn impos-
sible: One such case w uld convulse
Ontario. Yes, our winte is cold at
times; but, thanks to a kind Provi-
dence, nearly all Canadians have enough
to eat, drink and wear, and Very few
are without a roof over their heads.
Gra
the
the
beh
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Uni
kno
Yor
me
nee
itude, and not discontent, should be
trongest feeling in our hearts.
News of the Week.
Econoreve-tRuesia's revenue for
sit year came out over £5,000,000
nd her expenditure.
ATH OF AN AMERICAN OFFICIAL.—
ral Wm. B. Hazen, chief of the
d States Signal Service is dead. -
AD.—Henry B. Stanton, a well -
n writer, died on Friday in New
, aged 82.
EPARATIONS.—The British Govern -
is buying 40,000 horses and 500,000
repeating rifles.
ASLES IN NEW YORK.'—There•iS an
rnic of measles raging in New York
Within a week 7f, persons died
f 700 cases.
GROWING TOWN.—Nearly half a
n dollars' worth of new buildings
een erected in Victoria, British Co-
ia, during the'past year.
IFT TO THE POPE. —The Archbishop
aris has presented to the Pope an
raph letter and a gift of diamonds
the Sultan of Turkey,
OOD INDICATIONS—The Delaware
. has risen 25 feet a few miles
Trenton, New Jersey. There are
of a serious freshet.
'TRUCTIONS FROM ROME.—The Irish
• pacy has been instructed from
to act with strict legality in deal-
ith the Agrarian tro ble.
CEL EVICTIONS.—Evi tions are con -
1 in Kerry, with crue treatmentof
nants, and the peopl4 are growing
rete. ,
GRATULATED. —Bism rck and Von
e both received cablegrams from
ans in Utah Territory congratulat-
hem upon their speeches in the
stag in favor of the Army Bill.
E NEW REICHSTAG. An imperial
e of the German Government has
Issued, fixing February 21 for the
ig of the general elections for the
iers of the New Reichstag.
'HONEST CLERK.—Th chief clerk
.
Paris, France, Posto ice, has stol
0, 000, in money ordes and fled.
i-
ase DisEAsE. —A peceliar disease,
o be. pinkeye, has beer' raging for
st few weeks among hesof
ransverse railway Pittsburg,
a. The complaint 1 as rendered
rses unfit for service and a n'urn-
ave died. ,
GENT REQUEST.—Mr. Gladstone
• nt to his Parliamenta y followers
ars urgently requesting them to be
nt at the opening of Pi.rliament.
ECKED.—The British gunboat
was wrecked, on Tuesday, on the
umberland coast. .N. eteen of her
were saved by the lifel saving see -
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OLERA IN SOUTH AMERICA.—A let-
om Montevideo states that cholora
idemic in that city and the towns
the River Platte, both in Uruguay
the Argentine Republ c, and hun-
ci.
of persons are dying aily. .
STARVED LANDLORD. Mr. Rae,
'I' of land the yearly rental of which
nts to $3,000, has been compelled
ek admission to the Killarney work -
e, having been unable to get his
from either trustees or tenants. -
TRIGUING FOR Russresi—The Gov -
✓ of Herat has been semmoned to
I to ,answer to charge of secretl
mg Russia and of fome ting hatre
st England among the fghans. I
s. found guilty of thes charges he:
be sentenced to death. .
1GHTER PROSPECTS. --i The •Lord
tenant of Ireland say the out -
3
is far brighter than t was a few
hs ago, and he is confident the
ts of the Government will attain a
ng success.
SS OF THE MONARCH. e -The M011 -
line steamship Celtic Manarch was
doned at sea in a sinking -condition
e on her ' voyage from l Cardiff to
delphia. The passengers and crew
rescued by the stean ship Lake
rior and taken to Liver ool.
RE LOSSES IN IRON W RKS.—The
eland Iron Trade Revies publishes
fire losses iu iron worlks in 1886.
hundred and twenty est blishments
ifferent parts of the c entry were
ged by fire during theta., involv-
loss of $3,400,000, on hich there
insurances of $t,350,00
ANSFERRING THE SEALS QF OFFICE.
the 'Ministerial Council held at the
n's residence at Osborne on Friday,
inst., the seals of office were trans -
d to the new 'members of the Cabi-
nd-to those who had changed office,
the ministers kissed the Queen's
as she formally notified them of
appointments.
ING FOR DIVORCE. —Eliza Draper
s, of Bay City, has filed a bill for
ce from her husband, jarnes Mit- ,
'Dykes, the well-knovtn checker
r, on the grounds of ineompatibili-
temper: The case willeome up at
April term of the Supreme Court
troit. Mr. Dykes has filed a coun-
ill in the State of Indiana, and pe -
s the court foe a writ of habeas
s to secure the custody of his child.
EATRE ACCIDENT. —A - frightful ac-
t happened at London. England,
day night. The Hebre-vt Drarnatic
gave an entertainment of a threatre
inces street, Spitalfields, which was
ded by about 500 persons, mostly
. Some one in the gallery, doubt -
or a joke shouted "Fire." The
as immediately turned off at the
✓ and a terrible panic ensued. The
e rushed in a solid- mess for the
and numbers Were trodden under
When the panic had eubsided it
ound that twelve womei and five
s had been trampled to death and
others injured.
&TER SUPPLY. —The Legislature will
ked in a few days to grant a char -
a company which proposes to
water to New York and Brooklyn
the Adirondacks, a distance of
225 miles'by means of a canal 18
deep and 60 feet wide, running
the Hudson, with a eapacity of
800,000,000 -to 1,000,000,000 gallons
. Cities along the Hudson will
e supplied. The estimated cost is
60,000, and the time td , complete
enrk, two years. The only water
that compare in magnitude with
re those that supply Vienna. The
la aqueduct is 300 milesllong.
;ID AT HER POST.—A deapatch from
ria, British Columbia, days : The
ner Maggie Palling, a email craft
g in the interests of the Alaska
ercial Company, and Minting seals
the Pebaloof Islands, went ashore
hring Sea, on the night of the 10th
She was. eommanded. by. Calm,
nald, the pretty eighteen -year-old
ter of Captain McDonald, who
-ix months ago, and had a crew of
en. One of the men was washed
oard before the schooner struck,
;
and the remaining sailor, after a hard
struggle, reached land. In the Morning
a relief party put out for the wreck, to
find the form of Calm McDonald, hang-
ing over the wheel, where she had been
gushed nearly to death by a falling spar.
A PRAIRIE SNOW BOAT. AlGran
Forks, Dakota, despatch says; A part
of pleasure seekers left the city for
trip over the prairie in a snow boat,
vented by Dr. H. W. Wheeler. Th
.boat will accommodate twenty persons
and is comfortably fitted out and we
derfully constructed. They started out
from North Thirt street, and in less
than one hour had reached a village
twenty-one miles out. They claim that
in good wind it will make thirty miles
per .hour.
THE COURSE FOR THE JUBILEE ;YAGER
RACE. —The course for the jubilee yach
race for boats of all nations, will be saile
around the - United Kingdom. Th
yachts will start from the Thames an
be required to keep Great Britain an
Ireland one port hand The fiaishin
point will be at Dover. British yachts
men approve of the selection of thi
course, believing it will give all yachts,
whether home or foreign, a fair chancel.
The race will take place early in June!,
TERRIBLE SUFFERING Amat4o. Tier
CREES.—A despatch from Fort Shaw
Montana, . state e that there is terribl
suffering and privation among the Cre
Indians in the South Fork Sun river
They are entirely destitute of food an
clothing. These Indians subsist almos
entirely by hunting and fishing, and th
low temperature, combined with heav
snow, has renderered it almost irnpossi
ble to secure food of any description,
This band of Crees are in reality.British
subjects, They were engaged in the
Riel rebellion and came across the line
last summer. They then numbered 400,
but many of them have since died.
Huron Notes.
Mr. Jas. Crich, of Tucketsmith,
recently sold a three year'old gelding to
Mr. John McMann, of Seaforth, for
$23 •
he good folks of . the PresbYterian
church Thames Road, Usborne, have
agree to hold their anniversary services
on February 6th and 7th, a good treat,
may, be looked for.
Alex. Nicol, of the 8th con-
cession of Tuckersmith, has sold his
farm, nontaining 52 acres, to Mr. Charles
cpshall, for the sum of $3,4,50. It is
good land and the buildings are fair.:
---The anniversary services hf .Cavent
Presbyterian church, Exeter, will bei
held on Sunday and Monday, January'
30 and 31. Also Sabbath school, social
will be held on Tuesday evening Feb-
ruary 1st.
—1V1r. Christopher Tebutt, of the 1.4th
concession of Goderich Township, died
on Wednesday morning of la.st, week
after a long illness. He was 44 years of
age and was highly respected. He leaves
a wife and four children.
— Messrs. Shell Bros., of Exeter,
have purchased the store and residence
of Mr, Chas. Southeott, paying there-
for, a, reasonable sum. Mr. Soetheott
will shortly leave for Toronto, and take
up his abode there.
—Wm. Newton and son, of Glenallan,
were butchering a beef cow. The:father
was holding the beast while the son felled
it with the blow of an axe, but unfertu-
nately the axe fell upon his father's leg
breaking it just above thelankle.
—Mr. R. G. Hagan,- who, for the past
five years taught school so acceptably in
section No. 1 Usborne, left lasti Mon-
day for south Algoma, where he intends
to open out a general store. , We wish
him great success.
— Mr. Alex. Connor has rented from
Mr. M. Cardiff his splendid 125 acre
farm, part of lots 2,4 and 25, conCession
5, Morris, for a term of 3 years, I with
the privilege of making it 5. Hel takes
possession April lst.
—Last Monday a span of horses be-
longing to Donald McLauchlin, conces-
sion 7. Grey, was weighed on the 1 Brus-
sels market. One of the animals is a 2
year oldafilly and the other: five': years
old. They brought the beam hp at
3,100 pounds.
—A horse belonging to Mr. James
Willis, of Exeter, ran away the other
morning. Mr. Willis was driving
leisurely along, when the animal made a
sudden jump, jerking the driver from
the rig, thus freeing itself from his
grasp. It was captured before running
far.
— Mr. Sam. J. Latta, former teacher
of School No. 3, Stephen and who has
been attending the Normal Schhol at
Ottawa during the past term, isi again
teaching in his old school. He hes been
engaged for 1887 at a yearly salary of
$400.
—The debentures of the torn of
Wingham, issued in aid of the Canada
Pacific Railway and the salt works to
the amount of $11,000, have been: pur-
chased by the Canada Life Insurance
Company. The debentures bear'5 per
cent. interest and were purchased at
par with the accrued interest.
—Friday evening last, after the ad-
journment of the Goderich council, the
retiring Mayor, Horace Horton, enter-
tained the council of 1886 to an oyster
supper, at Bingham's hotel. A : good
time seas ;Tent, and all present were
loud in praise of the hospitality of his
worship.
-
--Richard Vanstone, formerly e law
clerk in Cameron, Halt & Cameron's
Office in Goderich, has opened Mit an
office for the practice of his profession in
,Kincardine. Mr. Vanstone, while in
Goderich, was regarded as a painetaking
and reliable clerk, and a decent fellow
generally.
— Mr. Joshua Bateman of the 6th
concession of Grey, has taken unta him-
self a wife in the person of Miss .iJulia
Hughes, of Wingham. This pleasant
event took place on Tuesday, the1 llth
inst., at the residence of the bride's
father, George Hughes, cattle exporter,
Wingham, in the presence of quite a
number of friends.
— John Brohman, who formerly kept
the Maitland hotel, Goderich, sand who
more recently was proprietor of a"hotel
at the Sault, was killed on New Year's
day, while driving to St. Ignace, by
being thrown from his conveyance while
making a sharp turn on the road. :1 His
skull was fractured, and he died almost
immediately.
—On Sunday. before last the frame
house of Mr. Peter Brennan', on the .5th
concession of Hullett, wae entirely de-
stroyed by fire. All the members of the
family were at church but as young Man,
when the fire broke out, ! presumably
from a defective chimney,' and he did
his best to subdue,it ; failing in i this,
he ran across to a neighbor's and, got
him to come over and help, but the fire
had worked its way into the roof, and
was beyond their control. Some of the
furniture was saved, but it was in such
a damaged condition that it will not be
worth much. There was, an insurance
for $200. Mr. -Brennan hits moved into
the house of Mr. W. Haines, which has
been placed at his disposal until he can
build a new one in the spring, for which
Mr. Wm. Cooper, of Clinton, already
has the contract.
—Some time last fall it was reported
that a young man named Jefferson, of
the 2nd concession of Hallett, had fallen
heir to some property in England, and
he left for the purpose of securing the
same. He returned to Ontario about
two weeks since,, aud report says his
trip was a successful one. He is to be
Congratulated on his good fortune.
—At the recent entrance examination
to the High School, held at Listowel,
among the successful pupils from Grey
were -Lizzie Wallace who took 439 marks,
and Josiah McKee, who secured 381.
The pass mark was 375. They are
pupils of school section No. 6 and are
under the careful instruction of George
Thompson who is doing excellent work
in the school.
—A few days ago Mr. Findlay Mc -
Ewan, of Stanley, weighed a colt at
Clinton, that turned the scales at 1550
porn:ids. It was much admired by all
who saw it, for its symmetrical propor-
tions and beauty. It was one he had a
short time since bought of Mr. iJohn
Stewart, and sold at a good figure to
Mr. Sharp, of Seaforth.
• —The newly elected cauncilof Clinton
is composed as follows: Liberals 7;
Conservatives 4. Religiously, 8 are
Methodists: 2 Presbyterians and one
Church of England. All are married
men. Professionally, 1 is a doctor;"1 a
manufacturer; 1 a lawyer; 1 a photo-
grapher; 1 a grocer ; 3 are carpenters;
1 a gentleman of leisure; 1. a butcher;
and one a dealer in musicallinstruments.
—Miss Jennie Madge, Whose parents
reside in Usborne, and who has shown
signs of deliriousness during the past
two months, was taken to the asylum
last week. Everything possible was
done to check the mania, but to no
purpose; she became worse until her
case Was considered a severe one, and
would require proper treatment. The
cause of derangement is said to be con-
sequent of the death of her sister, which
sad event occurred some time ago, •
—Tenders are to be let for the build-
ings of five new bridges in Huron county
at the next meeting of the council, one
at MOrrisbank, one over the 18 mile
river near Arnberly, one on the gravel
road between Dungannon and Luck -
now, one on the boundary between lEfay
and Stephen over the Sauble river, and
a contract for the masonry work over
the Bayfield river south of Clinton.
—A large number of the young people
from Sunshine and the surrounding
country assembled .at the residence of
Mr. Wm. Clark, in Morris, on Monday
evening of last week, to show their re-
spect and esteem for his son, Mr. Henry
Clark, who has recently given up his
profession as school teacher Section No.
3, Morris, and is taking his departure
for Chicago, where he intends pursuing
other branches of study. A very pleas-
ant time was spent by all, and M. II.
Clark takes with hirn the good Wishes
of all his friends and acquaintances.
"--Two Court House officials at Ood -
rich agreed to pair off Monday after-
noon, 3rd inst., in the municipal -con-
test, then eachswent round amongst his
friends and told how he had sold the
other, for he had already voted during
the morning. Just like them: Old
Nick will always find some mischief for
idle hands to do.
—The Wingham Caledonian Society
has chosen the following officers for
1887: Chief, J. I. Anderson; 1st Chief-
tain Jas. Henderson; 2nd Chieftain, C.
Dallas ; 3rd Chieftain George McKay.;
4th Chieftain, John Hardy; Secretary,
Wm. Robertson; Assistant Secretary,
Jas. Loutit ; Treasurer, J. A. Morton;
Standard bearers, John McLean and
Sa mu el Leggett; Marshal, Walter
Scott ; Deputy Marshal, D. Mc:Grim-
111013.
—The Loyal Orange District Lodge
of Turnberry.held their annual meeting,
in the Orange hall in the town of Wing -
ham on Tuesday last when the follo-wing
office bearers were elected for the en-
suing year: Andrew McManus, D. M.;
Thos. Stewart, D. D. M.; Robt. Bloom-
field, Chaplain; Robt. Cornyn, Record-
ing Secretary; Richard Bbomfield,-
Financial Secretaty ; Joseph Wilkinson,
Treasurer; John Davidson D. of C.;
Geo. Calbeck, Lecturer. Although the
day as very stormy, there was a large
attendance of the brethren from the
different lodges in the district.
—The Clinton New Era, of last week,
says: The other day, as Mr. W. Gib-
bings, of Hullett, was driving his steam
engine along the road, be had the mis-
fortune to upset, and it was with con-
siderable difficulty that the sleigh and
engine were righted. A Hullettfarmer,
living less then three miles from town,
started for here with a load of hay one
day last week; on the way the load up-
set. He loaded up half of it and brought
it to town. Next day he upset with.
the other half, but finally managed to
land it in town, and the farmer has. been
puzzling his bead ever since over this
problem :—If it took two days to bring
in two loads of hay, weighing 1200 lbs„
how long would it take hirn to bring in
a ton.
e --The members of Grey District Loyal
Orange Lodge met in the _Orange Shall,
Brussels, on Tuesday of last week -When
the following officers were elected for
the current year :—John Mooney, Dis-
trict Master: R. II. Ferguson, Deputy
Master; M. Morrison, Ch4lain ; Joseph
Whelpton, Treasurer; J. H. Young,
_
Reeording Secretary; E. . Tompkins,
Inancial-Secretary; WrIel Beirnes, Di-
ector of. Ceremonies; John A. Max -
ell, Lecturer; J. A. McCrae, Lodge
uditor ; A. Morrison, Members' And -
tor. There was a large representation
resent from Walton, Ethel, and Brits -
els. County Lodge will: meet inthe
range hall, Wingham, on Tuesday,
'webruary 1st for the election of officers
nd transaction of other business.
—A dog case which excited a gIreat
leal of interest was before the Stratford
olice Magistrate on Tuesday last iveek
nd occupied the attention of the Court
early all day. Mr. John Davis, betch-
r, of Sebriegville, owned a fine pair of
ounds, and one day lately, while re-
urning from a hunt, one of them fol -
wed the cutter of a inaneaarned Jacob
h, and. went with him into his place.
sh shot the dog and imtnediately the
wner went and demandedta settlement,
• hich was refused with. Rome pretty
troug language. Davis laid informa-
Lion against Ash and the latter was
erdered to pay $62.50 as the value of the
dog, although the weight of evidence
went to show that the dog was worth
$100. He was also fined $5 and costs,
which brought his expenses in the neigh-
borhood of $100. Some 15 witnesses
were examined in the ease.
A Woman "Knight of Labor.'
By F. E. Willard, President National Women's
Christian Temperance Union.)
When the Knights of Labor held their
great convention at Richmond, Virginia,
in October last, a score of women appear-
ed and were heartily received as dele-
gates. Chief among these was Mrs.
Elizabeth Rodgers, Master Workman 'of
District No,. 24, Chicago. Always de-
sirous of meeting remarkable women, I
ascertained her address, and, having
asked an interview, received the follow-
ing cordial reply:
-
" CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 21, 1886.
"Miss FRANCES WILLARD :
"My DEAR FRIEND, —Yours of the
17th'to hand, and was pleased to hear
from you. I have not received ail the
document e you speak of, but I received
'some from your secret Irv, and was much
pleased with them. I will be at home
Wednesday or Thursday of this week;
so'if you come, please drop me a card
and let me know. Yours truly,
"Ms. ELIZABETH RODGERS,
"386 West Taylor Street."
"So I went; and in an unfamiliar
but reputable part of the city, where the
street car patrons are evidently wage -
workers, I was welcomed to a small but
comfortable modern house by a woman
who cruise to the door with sleeves rolled
up and babe in arms. She was the pre-
siding officer oter all the Knights of
Labor in Chicano and the suburbs, ex-
cept the stockyards division. Her
orders come directly from " Brother
Pow-derly " (as she calls him), and are
by her promulgated to the local societies,
including fifty thousand or more working
men and women. She presides, once a
fortnight, over a meeting of three hun-
dred, who represent the mass; and
v :len I asked her "if she studied Cush -
's Manual," she replied: " Indeed I
it; for these men are ve y wide awake,,
and on the watch to se if I make mis-
t:thee."
, Probably no parallel instance of leader-
ship in a woman's hands, conferred by
such peers, can be cited in this country,
if indeed in any other. It was hardly
to have been expected of workingmen
that they would manifest an apprecia-
tion of woman's worth far beyond that
Manifested by those of far greater op-
portunity. This is largely. due to the
broad, wise spirit of General Master
Workman Powderly, and the leaders
with whom he is in council. Mrs. Rod-
gers is just forty years of age; height
medium ; figure neither estout nor fra-
iile ; -iomplexion fair, clear and health-
ul ; eye an honest gray; mouth sweet
wed smiling, nose a handsome, masterful
Roman; head square and full; profile
strong and. benignant. I was giad to
note her fair, unpunctured ear—a proof
of wholesome instincts. She is a native
of Woodford, County Galway, Ireland,
and came with her father's family to •
New York When only seven years old.
They settled in LondemOntario,Canada,
and she was educated in Catholic
Schools until about fourteen years of age
When she learned the trade of tailoress,
and at seventeen was married to George
Rodgers, a Welshman and iron -moulder,
whom she had known from childhood.
They then moved to Toronto, then to
Detroit, and -thence to Chicago, where
they have lived eleven years. -Mrs
Rodgers has been the mother of twelve
children, ten of whom -are now living.
The youngest was but twelve days old
when her mother started for the Rich-
mond Convention, where the baby was
made "Delegate No. 800," and present-
ed by the Knights with a silver tup and
spoon, and the mother with a handsome
"Knights of Labor" gold watch. .
"My husband alwaye" believed that
women should do anything they liked.
that was good and which they could do
well," said Mrs. Rodgers, proudly:
"but for him I never could have got on
so well as a Master Workman. I was
the first woman in Chicago to join the
Knights. They offered us the chance,
and I said to myself, 'There must be a,
first one, and so I'll go forward.'"
`"How do you speak to them?" I ask-
ed.
"Oh, just as I do here to my chlidrens
at home," she answered, simply. " I
have no time to get anything ready to
say, for I do allmY own work, and al-
ways have, but I Just talk as well as .1
can at the time."
And that is well enough, for Mrs.
Rodgers is ready of utterance, with a
round, clear voice, gentle and 'womanly,
and that concise and pointed method of
expression which shows her "mental
faculties to be thoroughly well in hand.
She showed us in her photograph
album the faces of Powderly, Carlton,
feitchman, and other K. of L. chiefs—
men of strong, fine countenance, worthy
of the Senate.
"Our leaders are all in favor of tem-
perance and the Woman's ballot, and
every other thing that's good," she said,
g‘ and will bring the rank and file up to
these things as soon as they can."
"Some people object to you because
,
Of your secrets," I said.
1 " Oh, we are not a regular secret so-
eiety," she answered; " we have no
inch ways as the Masons:; no oath . in ,
Such a sense as they have. We are '
like the Good Templars, with a 'grip,'
that we may know each other, :and a
password, that etrangers may riot get
in, and that's about all," ! _
`.` Thenyour only secret is that you
aven't any?" - I inquired.
"That's about it," she smillingly re-
turned. • ,
Mrs. Rodgers got her training as the
ehief officer of a local board of the
knights of Labor, which office she held
four years, and by the death of the Dis-
trict Master Workman became the chief
for our great city.
" We take no saloon -keepers," she -.
said, "not even a saloon -keeper's wife.
We will have nothing to do with men
,Who have capital invested in a business
Which is the greatest curse the poor
have ever known; but wage -workers
Connected with the liquor business are
isot forbidden to join us," I told her I
hoped the pledge of total abstinence
1 light be made a test for membership,
nd she heartily acquiesced in the plan.
spoke of the White Cross movement,
mi. -my desire to enlist the Knights in
its favor, leaving with heiditome of the
literature and the petitions for the pro-
tection of women and the prohibition of
the liquor traffic. She seemed to me a
sincere Quistian, and warmly secondsil
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