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THE F-1 LaION tXPOSITOR
FEBRUARY ii 1 4).47.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Itta The figure between the parenthesis alte
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
he advertisement will be found.
Dry Goods,.&q.—Durican & Duncan. (6
Cash for Clover Seed—O. C. Willson. (5
Pratt's Astral Oil—Reid & Wilson. (5)
Winter Goods—D. Weismiller. (8)
Cheap Silverware, &c—Frank Metcalf.
Estray Larab-:-John G. Rykrnan. (5)
House for Sale—Thomas Hodgins. (5)
Farm for Sale—If enry Yeo. (6)
Farm to Rent --Thomas Pope. (5) 't
Farm (Or Sale—Adam Morrow. (5),
Rallis for Sale—David Milne. (5) I
Horses for Sale—James Dorrance. (5)
Distemper Cure—I. V. Rear. (5)
Note Lost—Frank Guttridge. (6)
Good Flour—A. W. Ogilvie &,Co. (8)
Fresh Sea Ire-rring—Wilson &Toting. (8)
Timothy' Seed Wanted—Wilson & Young. (8)
ittron txpo5itor.
gEAFORTII, FRIDAY, Feb. 11, 1887.
The Dominion Finances.
A. few feats and figures taken from
the, Public Accounts of the Dominion
may not cote amiss to our readers at
,
the present I time. It is said. by some
that the National Policy has not increas-
ed the taxes of the people. Well, the
Public Accounts tell a different story.
The revenuefrom Customs receipts for
the , year ending !Jame, 1878, amounted
to $12,782,824; for the year ending
June, 1885, these collections had swollen
to $1a,935,428, being an annual increase
in: reterme from Customs collections of
$6,152,604. The people of this Dorn
-
inion have thus been required to pay
into the public treasury on account of
the National Policy.= annual tax of six
millions of dollars. It remains for the
farmers of Huron, Perth and Middlesex
to say whether or not they have receiv-
ed from that Policy benefits to compen-
sate them for this enormous tax. But
this is not all: It is estimated that for
every dollar that goes into the treasury,
50 cents goes into the pockets of the
manufacturers. If this be the case tIA
people of this Dominion have to con-'
tribute annually the sum of nine millions
of dollars on accoant of the National
Policy. Is iaworth it?
During the year 1877-78 the Govern-
ment of Mr. AlcKeuzie collected in
taxes by way of Customs and Excise
duties, $17,841,938, while during the
year ending 1885, the Government of
Sir John collected $25,384,529. The
Government of Sit John Macdonald in
that year, the last of which we have any
official record; colleted in taxes from
the People over •,$7,500,000 more thap.
the ! G overnnient of Mr. Mackenzie
collected during the last year. of their
rule, ;and still; notwithstanding this fact
the Government of Sir John had that
year la deficit of $5,885,554.! Some at-
tempt to excuse this evident misappro-
priation Of the people's money by saying
that the deficit is caused by the appro-
priations paid to aid the Canadian Pa-
cific Railway. This, however, is a mis-
take, as the Money for this purpose was
aot taken from the revenue, but was
borrowed, and goes to swell the public
debt! The difference, however; can b -e
accounted for in this way: The ordin-
ary eapeoditare of the G-overnment has
been increased, from, in round nutithers
six atel a half !million dollars to twelve
and at half, having been nearly doubled.
in meien years. It will thus be seen that
Ieariv the whole of the increased tax-
`rationhas been sWallowed up by in.
creased rannieg expenditure;' -while the
ition0 required for the larger public im-
•provements has been borrowed. In this
way the taxes of the people have been
frittered away, while thd debt of the
Dominion • ha e been increased, or, in
tether words, money has been -borrowed
to carry out the necessary Public im-
provements. If any person can give
any other' eolution of the position dis-
closed by the ;above figures we would
like to aee it.
Now, as to the public debt. It is
somewhat diffieult to ascertain what the
'eidetic debt really is. Mr.. Blake places
:it at 220 millione, while the Mail says it
225 millions. Bat we will take the
igures as they are given in the Public
Accounts for 1885. The net debt, after
deductiag the • asset e is there given at
$1a6,407,692, this being an increase of
$63,172,379 since 1878, Mr. MacKenzie's
last year, or an average annual increase
of $9,924,625. The assets of the Domin-
f
ion are given t $68,295,915, being an
increase in the same period , of $26,855-
200, or an average annual increase of
$1,836,484. thus be seen that the
take; or liabilities, have increased near-
' ly three times as rapidly as the assets.
If a. business man or farmer was con-
ductieg his affairs in this way, he would
soon come to the end of his credit. It
is time that a halt should be called in
Dominion expenditures. These figures
ithould be carefully considered by our
readers. They are taken from the of -
documents of the Dominion. On
the fleets they disclose it should hot be
difficult for any elector to decide how he
will vote on the 22nd of this month.
Fatttesttotaltmerai
High Toned Literature.
The following is a sampleof the rarit
badulged in lie- the Toronto Standard,
the new C'onservative organ. We cull
this item from the editorial columns of its
Saturilay- issue. The mail in its worst
days could never equal this : •
The reason why the hired men of The
Globe otlice do not respond to The Stan-
dard's challenges to come on with their .
latest slander is because they dare not.
Respecting neither the age, nor the
years, nor the women folks of other
people, they ear f�
people are sa red s
eerned, unless the 1
When I mech.
taliation will
The dastards
they dare no
rov
be
do
their own.1 Their
st line i@ nrossed.
arises the rie-
Ilat to Igarr
ne on becau
far as wEi
are cop -
ea on
ro n c
0 CO
En he
The ill -Inn whlic
tended the Salisbu
it assunied office
spicuous thari in
Goschen, the newl
just on the ove of h
ment. ! The position
cellor, of the 1xeh
and perilous o e.
own party and .ent -r
his enemies in a
was, therefore, the in
he should secure sun
ment o hi aetion
ents refused to ace
defeated by a Ziibe
is a public man o
executive ability, th
somewhat cold in ei
custom -ad to take 18
things. He woul
mira.ble Chancello
given the Toriee
need, an effective 11 ad
Comincnits. But Mr
at Liverpool, even
jority of seven, greatt
pects, and is nothing
to the Ministry into
come. , is probab e
will be Provided for I
be several weeks later
time th eJ disastrous e
t.
olitiCS.
seems to have at -
y Ministry ever since
a never More con -
he defeat of Mr.
,
ppointed Minister,
opning of Parli
of the -new' Cha
ler ivasal peculiar
e had for aken his
d the hou ehold f
ffici 1 calla ity ; it
re important that
e kied of indors -
hit his 'constitt -
hiiii, and e was
home Rule . H
•!
rea bustin ss and
roughly t ained,
per ment; nd ae-
. n ad-
ass1 onate v ews of
ave made
andl woIuld have
hat they so much
er in the House of
1
Golchen't defeat
clinds his pros-,
y tie small ma -
ho t of a' disaster
hie he his. lately
tha anoth r sea/
un, but tha must
in the mean-,
of the Liver -
their hill ex-
! ,
in the . Reuse of'
. W. H. Smith, the
will be hardly able
make even a Te-
a ched against such
stone, Mr: Morley,
urt.
NV
1
pool defeat will be fel
tent by the Ministry
Co-mmots, where M.
Conservative leader,
to both his own or t
spectable showit g, n
debaters as Mr. Gla
and Sir William Ha,
!Mr. Goschen' def
the meeting of 1 erlr
from the Thron w
corn rnonplaces a d, g
rather to concea th
mation regarding t
Ministry. The Qu
clare by her Mi ist
of England with for
friendly, and tl a s
hend any distu ban
Europe. She d pi
Prince Alexand r
pedient to interrere
of the 'eleation f
stage. There ha be
va.nce in taenqu lit
Burma.h ; geave grit
in1Ireland than lae
lations between the
piers of lahd are seri
some districts b
the tenants to c
fitment hf their ega,
for the d1 proven mit
ment of Engle d
shortly be introd cc
followed by a in asu
same subject in Irel
ures to ,be ietrod iced
their objects thle remo
7 -which exist to the
transfer of land, tel
'vision of afloat ent
holders, and to rov
side Of 'glebe 1asds.
given of: the inteiti
merit tointroduce
further reform ef t
mentary proceduie.
an
ect
t to
a
I
s followed by
cli,
ent. The Speech
s full of the usual
teralities, intended
11 to cohvey infer-
,
purposes of the
1 is1made to de -
hat! the relations
n 'powers are all
le does. not a.ppre-
e of the iteace of
es the retirement of
ul thinks it inex-
im the the pro ieedings
is su cesso at this
n a el batattial ad-
aypt land in
less frequent
but the re-
mit] rs and occu-
tsly disturbed in
ie
4 ize atte pts of
ne a insthe ful-
lig Ltions , Bill
the local govermi-
ad will
, rid these will be
e dee Mg With the
ltd. Other m eas-
1 ter will have for
al s f hindrances
chea , and rapid
facili tate the pro -
tor mall house -
de" f r the readier
No tee was ,also
n of j the overti-
me sure for the
rul s of parlia-
The ohly feet( re of interest of the
opening alight in the uSe of Commons
was the speech of ILordl Randolph
Churchill explain ne 1 iii retlirement from
the Ministry. la re 'lied the pledges
of -retrenchment ive when the Minis-
try went into po ver rid showed how .
these pledge S ha b e violated by a
consiclera,ble incr ase 1 0th in the army
and navy estimat s. I en irnertited the
!
scandals which hm ve e ent y been in the
air with alegard o e rtain departnients
1. .
I
of the service. Ie ttomm4nted onl the
II
failure of; the commisaa iat in E' pt; he
described the b AU
I wo rd ,. the bent
bayonet,1 and tI el -med cartai ges
I
with which the n 4 ers have alr ady
made the public tam t tar he Ala 'god
upon the ' great s lets s ent by the Ad-
miralty in 1885 with u the kni:w1 dge'
of the Treasury ; ee lar�d tha'a three
of the mos exensiw ships recetty
built for, the na .'y a .9 troved! e tire
lI
a
failures ;1he spoke of he recentt bt rst-
ing of guns whicl th Gove'rnnu,ut, has
I
been making at a g at ost, uel he
closed with hint 'of err ption W lich
amo!unted practic fly: an udictine t of
the :Ministry. n he questi'on of
foreign policy he ook tro g gr�uncl in
favor of non -inter ent on.' i
feel quite
certain,'' he saa , ' ionic
'otir for igo
pottier at the pres mit t
leto
anot
peaceful policy. do in anutghla'.ttt ilnliel
of peace vhich is he atter ug pbram e of
l
platform orations, .bit ge Mee, e ec-
tive,' peaceful f reige p licy,1 which
i J
should be marked by e al sence, Of un-
necalisary initiatie e, b an ndisposition
I -
to interfere too romp ly n European
affairs ; in facaa olic ,- f t at character
which should app each mo eally the
domain of lion -in eri- ntio ." tin this
roma as on sever lot] ers, Lord ddiutch-
hill carried the Li )era's with him. The
immediate effect 4f V is speech itis not
easy at this distan to lescribe,so diverse
are the impressinns repoted ly Ithe
different correspokents. It ia elar,
however, that t e difference between
Lord Salisbury nd Lord Churchill is
hot iiimply a diffe ence as to the amount
Money fo be pent by the Govern-
ment ; it is fundaa entelly the difference
between the old a d new Conservatism,
beti4een the genu ne Tories who havein-
,
erited what is known as a vigorous
orogn policy am the Tory Democracy,
'hoe only poli sy is to get into office
and o keep in. t looks very much as
if Lord Churchill, either by foresight or,
by good luck, hi d separated himself
from, a Ministry t oorned, by ill fortute
and liter general in ompetence and inabili-
ty to know its ow mind,to speedy ruin.
Sitce the °pent g of the House noth-
ing of special i terest has occurred.
The first trial of trength between the
parties will likel take place on an
amendment to tit Queen's speech to be
made by Mr. Parnell, which, although
it does not direct y enunciate the prin-
ciple,of Ho inc Ru Ic, deprecates increated
-string' ency in cri nine]. procedure as a
remedy for agra iau disturbance, and
'demands such a re orm in the system of
Govel-nment as wi I secure the confidence
of tAe Irish. As Mr. Gladstone has
ptorreised his supp rt to this amendment,
it 41 irb doub secure that of the
Liberal party. The result will be watch-
ed With great interest a,s a test of the
strength of the Government.
A Sens ble Move.
It wduld seem hat the new Premier
'
of the' Province o Quebec is going to
!
make, a good be inning. A "Montreal
despatch says :
Mr, Mercier is going to have the
courage of his rinciples, and he is
fully 'determined o inaugurate an era
,
of mere democratic simplicity inall
matters connected with theGovernment
of - 'the Province, beginning straight off
at the fountain head.. It is said that the
Lieutenant-Governorwill come don.,
wten: Parliament re -assembles; to the.
Perliement buildings without arty of the
show or state which has been the costly
accorripanimeet of every past appea,ranee
of representatives of the Crown on like
ocitasions in this ! Province. The new
Premier is a great dmirer of the simple
enti unaffected man 'enn which the same
dutiea are perform d by the Governors
in 'the, Stateaof th neighboring
'an_ , moreover, beli ves that, in its pres-
en ensatisfa„ctory financial cotdition,
th Province -of Qu bee can conveniently
di pense with much of the former expen-
sive show. ,
Mercier will show, hie. good sense
by strictly. carrying out his good resolu-
tio IC Mach of th existing pecuniosity
of his Provinee is due to foolish show
and :parades of this kind. Although
th 're has not bee nearly so mach of
thi rfonsense indulged in in Ontario,
ye .eten in this rovince greater situ -
ph i it might with profit prevail. The
sa uedanalsobe sad of! the Dominion,
Th re1is a great dee of useless 'show and
pal aide in connectim with parliamentary'
aft' irs, there which costs large sums of
mo ley and which does no good except to
gra ify a morbid c esire for display on
the partof some of he -aristocrats about
the Capital. ' !
News of
HE QUEEN:—Th
matic perforrna
the first time
1.
xeis,amear THE
'of lice authoritie
ts with a view t
ierinany by tele
0 ECILOPEANe
dr
for
die
pee
Inc
-Of (
he Week.
- Queen :attended a
ice the other night
since Prince Albert
TELE') 'IONE. — The
are making experi-
-connect the whole
hone.
ANTED. —Ras ,A1 ula,
and the Arabs have agreed to tolerate,
.'no l europeans in the Soudan. 1
FEMALE Oil ICIAL. —M 188 Ada
Krt. tz has been r appointed deputy
I slie ifff Franklin c unty, Pennsylvania,
! hay ng eerved one t rm with credit.
•' I ES LUNATION A CEPTE D. --PreSidCIlt
I-Cle 'eland ha e acce ted the resignation
I of C overnor Pierce, f Dakota. 11
ISiadferz OFF. —I r.' Henry M. Stan -
!ley inlbarked in th steamer Na,varino
at , eat, on the 6th inst., for Zanzibar
! dir ct.!
1. !
GREAT REVIVAL. A great revival is
an. trOgress in Dr Talmage's church,
• Bro kl ,n. So far ,000 persons have
beet c nverted. I I
Bc SEIZURE. The police of Ber-
lin! av,e seized 400,090 copies of social-
ist lectoral manife to. The pcdice of
Bru eels have also seized a new secialist
pap w ealled the Co sent.
- '
A Pii.OPRIATION ILL PASSED.—The
bill appropriating 21,000,000 for the
pur hese of moderu ordnance and the
con traction of coast fortifications have
bee pessecl by the nited States Senate.
D A.VITT AND BR DE XV ELCOMED.—
Mic Devitt and his wife arrived in
Du he Thursday ev ning and were en -
the iastically recei ed. They were
esco ted to- their hotel by a torchlight
pro estion and bands of music.
A otirER 'NATIO.. A LIST ELECTED. —
Ed % ard Kennedy, f Dublin, was on
Moi datr elected by tl e Irish Nationalists
of , ontli Sligo,' without opposition, to
the o'use of Commo s. 1 I
H Nita LEGISLATI N WANTED. —The'
!Parr ellites will oppo e in:Parliament all
'proj 'cls relative to he liquor traffic in
Ireir nd i on the georine that the qiiestion
!she id be reserved fpr an Irish parlia-
1
I
HARACTER. —Harry
utin, the Cleve and, Ohio, Lr rob -
tier, wlio was rescue by a band ef cut-
Ithro ts at Ravenna turns out to be
Edd e a notorious Chicago 'mud
dere and thief. No trace of the iseoun-
drat has yet been fo nd. I I •
H DING OFF THE BO Ys. View of
erbr William's esire 'for rest, on
acco in of his old ag , Prince Bismarek
las milted a notice repeating the people
o abstitin from noisly ovations on the
erer's birthday.
enent. .
1 A Notoriaots
Um
It
from
Heads! fear that the
hip are numbered.
hy-sician's advice, h
ecreit his health aft
the c_
A
-nite
edelp
be c
!
L. ,PARNELL DECLINING IN HEALTH.
is said that Mr. "emelt is suffering
pulmonary co sumption, and his
days of his leader -
Acting by his
will go abroad to
r the conclusion of
rem
ISER,—The ;dyne -
building in Phila-
cted that she will
on ths. Her !armee
ebate on the ad
DYNAMITE CR
cruiser is alread
da, and it is exp
mpleted in five
ment will be guns designed to throw
shells containing 400 pounds of dyna-
mite each.
FAMOUS SWIMMERS. —Wm. Beckwith
and his sister, the famous English pro-
fessional natators, wila arrive in New
Yprk within a few weeks. During the
summer Miss Beckwith will make an-
other attempt to swim from Sandy
Hook to Rockaway Beach.
CELESTIAL DYNAMITE. —During a tre-
mendous hail storm at Oliver, Indiana,
on Tuesday last week, an xrolite de-
scended and exploded pear the ground_
The earth was torn, windows shattered
and a large tree demolished. The ex-
plosion was heard six Miles away.
EFFECTS OF A HARD WINTER. —In
some sections of Montepa there is a seri-
ous fuel famine, and petple are using ! up
their fences and out 1 houses for fire-
wood. The recent blizzarde in the far
West have prOved disastrous to the oat-
tie'and many have perished for want of
food and water. "1
MYSTERIOUS Citembd. —Great alarm
has been caused in Madrid by frequent
murderous attacks upoe pedestrians in
the streets at night. 1 Seven persons
have been killed or badly wounded in
lees than a month. The victim is al-
ways attacked from heeind with a knife
and never recognizes the assassin. The
police reject thetheory of robbery as a
motive, and attribute the deeds to _some
homicidal maniac.
MR. MOODY IN CHICAGO. —Mr. Moody
continues his labors oni the West Side
Chicago, with roil reoults. He feels
however, that his gospel work is greet
ly hindered by the work of the saloons
and is planning a grand !temperance rail
as necessary before a treat revival o
religion can occur. He.says that intem-
perance is 'ten times worse in Chicago
than when he was ther ten years ago. ,
Seea on Go. --The 'ay -car of the
Baltimore & Ohie 'told, last week
brought $50,000 to Newark, Ohio. Ac-
companying the pay -master was, a man
who gave the total abstinence pledge to
every employee as the condition of being
retained in the employ of that road
The late terrible aecideat, said to be due
to drinking by an employee, probably
accounts for this action.'
STORMS IN THE WEST. —A special
from Fargo, Dakota, . on Friday last
says: Each blizzard seems more severe
and terrible than its piedecessor. The
storm between Jaanestpen and Fargo
has been worse than any in the history
y
of the country. Th thermometer
ranged between 25 and 30 degrees below
zero. all day Thursda, and east end
_ west ,of this point terrible blizzards are
raging. . The train fro'i the east with
four engine e was unable to make its way
through the snow -drift , and numerous
settlers ate reported to have been lost. ,
on the praitie.. . 1
Huron Nhtes.
George Drew had One of his arms .
badly injured one day last week by the
Machinery at the big Mill at Goderich. !
A piece of flesh was pulled off his arm.
—Mr. George Baird, Sr., of Stanley,
is one of the oldest and best teachers in
Ontario. He has been :teaching in the
game school for 27 years
—Miss Emma Skinner, an amiable
young lady of Usborne passed away to
her long home en Monday of last week,
after a prociacted illness, aged 25 years.
—The contract for the erection of the
new town hall in Exeter has been award-
ed to Meesrs. Ross & Taylor, of that
village, for $3,806 for the completion of
the work. ', !
—Mr. Wm. Lambkin, of the 2nd Can -
cession of Howicksdeft -on Tuesday of
last- week for Oregon, followed by the
good wishes of his friends. '
—Mr. Thos. Ballantyhe and family,
formerly of .Wroxeter,
been living in Michigan
years, have -returned to
-a-One day recently a yorg son
but who have
or the !last two
tay.
of Mr. John T. Westcotp o Exeter, got
his leg broken while' attempting to get
off a sleigh 'upon which he had' been I
hanging. •
—Mr. Thomas Ellis, of, the 3rd con- I
cession of- Morris, has related his farm 1
to James Upshall at a g od rental, and
$s the watee s
ald Isle. b
ing December'. I a
31st 1886, there were registered with c
bourne, Goderich, D. of C. ; A. M.
Todd, Clinton and L. Elliott, Goderich
township, lecturers. The next county
procession is to be held at Goderich and
t1h8e88.nes,rt county annual meeting at
Exetet on the first Tuesday February,
—Mr. laugh Moore of Clinton, has
sold the foam on the'2nd coricestion of
East Wawanosh, near Manchester, -to
Mr. Thomas Nicholson, who lives- across
the road, for $4,100. The, land in good,
and there is a good barn on -the place,
with 48 acres in fall wheat, and at the
price the place is very cheap indeed.
—The anniversary services in Cavan
church, Exeter, were held on &Miley of
last week. Two very able sermons were
preached by Rev. J. L., Murray,of Kin-
cardine. The anniversary tea meeting
on the following Monday evening _was
also very successful. The receipts of -
this meeting, together witb the Sabbath
collection, amounted to about $150.
—Mr. John Drew, of Exeter, who has
been declining in health for some time,
passed beyond the bourne on Tnesday
evening of last week.' Deceased had
attained the age of 23 years, and was
universally respected.. His demiee had
been looked for during the, fall, but be-
ing possessed of a good' constitution he
rallied until the above date.
—A few evenings. ago while two' ladies
of Devon were returning home: from
Centralia at a late hour the animal
-which they were driving became frac-
tious, upsetting both into the ,snow,
slightly injuring one of the Mies and
breaking the shaft of the cutter. For-
tunately they arrived heme without any
further damage being done. .
—Mr. Hamilton Smellie, the efficient
head clerk in Mr: T. Mills stare in
Wingham,, is about to remove to 'Myth,
where he 'expects to open a general store
on his own account about the lst of
March. The Times says Mr. Smellie is
an energetic and deserving young man,
and with his. thorough knowledge of
business his new undertaking caimpt but
prove a success. t
—A sleigh load of young folks; from
the vicinity of Wingham came to the
residence of Mr. George Forrest, 14th
concession of Grey, on Friday eVening
of last week, where they and a namber
of the yonug folks of the vicinity 'spent
a very enjoyable time until almost day-
light. It, is needless to say that they
were most hospitably entertained by
Mr. and Mrs: Forrest, who are the right
kind of folks for an eVening's amuse -
r. Walker, Of Clintolit met
amuse-
ment.
with what might have been a much'
worse accident the other 'day. While
attending to his horse, a colt in the yard
made a t'bolt for the stable door, ad to
prevent it entering he held out a pitch-
fork he ljad in this hand, pointing the
handle at the colt, which striking it with
its breast, knocked the tines of the.; fork
into Walker's face, and shoulder. For-
tunately the wounds were not very se-
vere ones.
—On Wednesday of last week Wm.
Doig, the popular jeweler of Ethel, and
Miss Lizzie Elliot were' united in ! mar-
riage at the residence of the bride'S par-
ents, hear Molesworth, by Rev.,- Mr.
Steven:son. There were '80 or 100 guests
present. The bride' was waited on by
Mies Iiizzie Wilson, of Brussels, and Mr.
McDouald performed similar duties for
the gloom. The wedding gifts were
numereus, handsome and useful.
—Ma John McDougalr, a former re-
sident of the township of Grey, a,nd who
is now located in York, Colony, North
West Teritory, and who has 'charger of a
large gang of men engaged in- erecting a
telegraph line for the Canadian Pacific
Railway, Was recently presented bt the
men under his charge with a harniaome
gold watch on which his name was en-
graved, as b mark of the esteem in which
he is held by them.
—A Varna correspondent Saye : A
pleasant evening was spent at Phe
tepee of Jacob Diehl, Esq., on _Tueeday
at week, it being the occesioie of the
narriage of his eldest daughter to! Mr.
tichard Peck, of the Goshen Linei A
arge number of . friends were present
vho seemed determined to enjoy them -
elves. The ceremony was performed
y Rev. A. E. Smith.. The _bride! was
ttired in dark garnet velvet, and laok-
d very pretty. A number of 'minable
resents were made. May lents lifel and
iappinees attend them. Mies Diehl has
njoyed a very warm place in the hearts
f the Varna, people, and it is heped
hat she will still reckon- hetsel4 one of
—On Friday evening last the. family of
Mr. .Tames Young, of - Clinton, had an
experience which they do not, care to re-
peat. The family had beenlattending
the special services in the -Itlethcidist
church, and at about half -past nine they
sat down around the coal1stove, when at
suddenly tumbled over, almost burying
the youngest child amon'g the burning
coals. In an instant the cierpet and
straw beneath it were on' fire; and the
room filled with flame and snioke. Mr.
Young was not at home at the time, but
his wife ran out and dipping stme weter
from the cistern threw it on the flames,
and thus subdued. them. 'It ie supposed
that in shaking down the fire occasion-
ally one of the feet worked out, thus' al-
lowing the stove to fall.
—The annual meeting pt Melville
church, Brussels, was held op. Monday
afternoon of last week, with a large
attendance. Reports of a very satiefac-
tory character were submitted. by the
session, managers, missionary ; associa-
tion and Sabbath School. The follotting
were elected managers for :1887 a P.
Ritthie,A. Stewart, WM. Taylor,
Dr. Graham D. Stewart, Jas. Grieve,
Robt. Malcolm, Thos.- McLaughlin, J.
M. Martin, J. R. Smith and W. Rich-
ardson. Alex. Stewart, Brussels, Was
appointed Treasurer and Roderick Riess,
Assistant Treasurer, with W. R. 'Wil-
son and W. Innes as auditors. The: re-
port showed that the membership Iwas
202 and that $1,450.36 had been paid in
for ordinary purposes and $501.64 ; for
the missionary and other schemes of 1the
church, making a total in 11386 of
952.00.
—The Clinton New Era of last week
has • the following: A few evenings
since a young woman, who resides with
her father in a township. near by, aot
more than a mile from town, was wash-
ing up the supper dishes, when 'she
heard a rap on the door. Being alone,
in het stocking feet, and thinking it was
tome of the neighbors she said come
in," and in response thereto a Inirly fel-
low walked in and sat down! by the
stove. He asked where somn one re-
sided, and the girl answered :that she
did not know, and not wishing to let
him see that she was afraid of him, the
kept on with her work. He then made
an insulting proposal to her, and the
contemplates going acr
once more to see the Eine
• —During the year en
the village clerk, of Exeter, 53 births,
20 marriages and 27 deaths. The aver-
age age l at death was 29 years.
—The farm of 68 acres, belonging. to.
the estate of the late Johri Lawson, being
in the !Maitland Block, Hullett, near
Manchester,1 was bought by Mr. ,John
Knox, at $3,025, which is considered
a very fair *ice.
—Ma S. 13. Webb, of Wingham, has
sold his, 200 acre farm, on the 14th con-
cession of East Wawanosh, a short dis-
tance west of Wingham, to George
Thomson, Deputy Reeve of Turnberry,
for the handeome sum of $9,000.
—Mr. Chas. Mason, of Brucefield, has
sold to Mr: John- Modeland, of Tucker -
smith, near Eginondville, the heavy
draught fray he recently purchased from
Mr. R. LT. Turner, for $275. it is a large
price, but a good animal. 1
- Robert Martin, of the London
road, near Clinton, weighed a young
team the other day, and they turned the
scales respectively at 1,850 Its, and 1,660
,
Its., or 3,480 lbs. for the team, which is
unusually good weight.
—Last week Mr. John Oughton, lot
22, connessidn 5, Grey, purchased the
well bred Canadian stallion, "'Young
'Prince of Wales," from Duncan Mc-
Lauchlin. Mr. Oughton intends taking.
the animal to the Northwest in the
spring. I
— Mr. Christopher Dale, sr., of the
, Huron Road Hullett, reeently sold an
entire colt coming two years old, for
$400. Mr. A. Lawson, of Hullett, also
sold a two-year-old filly for 8240, and
Mr. Win. Rynn, of the seme township,
sold a heavy draught team for $400.
—Mr. PJ. Aylesworth, who residee
a short distance south of Gorrie, on
going to the gtable on Tuesday morning
last found one of his horses with its leg
broken. It is supposed that the other
horse must, have kicked it. It had ,to
be shot.
—On Wednesday of last week Mr.
'Thomas Sample and :Miss Isabella
Robertson, both of Morris entered into
a life contract, the necessery prelimin-
aries being filially arranged at the Manse
by Rev.AMeLean. Mr and Mrs. Sample
have the best, wishee of a Ilarge circle of
friends and adeuaintances.!
—The Smith Huron Ctunty Orange
lodge motet Exeter, on Tuesday of last
week, when the following officers were
elected : John Dagg, Bidclulph, Master;
E. Floddy, Clinton, Delany Master;
John Beacom, Goderich toWnship, Trees-
arer ; Secretary, Wm. Satders, Exeter;
George Hanley, Chaplain; R. Tich-
threatened to brain him with a poker,
but he made a grab for her, when •sae
ran out of the house and , plunged
through the snow in her stocking feet,
to a neighbor's house, some dietanee
away. She told what had happened,
and thdneighbor went over to the house,
and found the ruffian just leeving the
premises, but; very unwisely, the neigh-
bor allowed the rascal to' escape on his
saying that he was simply looking for
something to eat, and intended no harm.
---Lest week a couple of females of
very unsavory reputation, accompanied
by a male escoit, made their appearance
in Wingham and created considerable
stir for several days and nights by their
unseemly conduct. It is repotted that
one night they entered the store of a
prominent merchant, where one of the
elerks was posting up the books, and,
getting on the good side of the clerk,
they induced him to take a drink with
them. The liquor was evidently drug-
ged, as the clerk soon fell into, a stupor
from which he never awoke trail the
following morning. It was then dis-
covered thatabout $130 in cash and some
goods were missing. A search was at
once instituted for the suspected par-
ties, who had left town by the early
train. They were traced to London,
from there to Mitchell and from there to
St. Marys, where they were arrested,
and taken to Stratford for examination.
The names of the parties arrested are
John Armour, of Clinton, and Katie Mc-
Kay-, of Goderich, the other female not
being with the party. Part of the
stolen goods were found and identified.
The precious pair were examined before
the Police Magistrate at Stratford, who
committed them for trial.
!
1
I The Political Campaign in
South Huron.
DEAR EXPOSITOR, —I have made up
my mind, as have also a good many
others, to stay at home this election, and
for the following reasons: I do not
consider that Mr. John McMillen's con-
duct in urging his c aims to the nomina-
tion in South Huron was either right or
_proper. 2. When that, convention met
Ido not consider that Mr. McMillan had
a right to sit in the contiention instead
of retiring from the rooin when his name
was before the meeting. Did that not
look like intimidation? 3. I have 'no
doubt if it was not for the manner in
which John McMillan pushed himself
that South Huron would be represented
in the next Parliament by a Cabinet
Minister in the person of Sir Richard
Cartwright, who, no doubt, will be the
Finance Minister in the Government of
Hon: Edward Blake. 4. Both- candi-
dates in the field are Reformers, and
each will support the Reform party, 80
I consider it does not matter which one
is elected. They can both vote,, and if
elected one woutl, as far as Lean see;
be just as useful a member as the other,
For these reasons I have given I have
made up my mind not to vote at all at
the coming elections, for„ I think one
man's claim is just as strong as the others
I am sorry to say that I have to go
against THE EXPOSITOR thiS time, for if
I vote I shall certainly vote for Da
Campbell. But I guess I wont vote at
all. Yours truly,
REFORMER.
Hullett, Feb 8th, 1887.
[NOTE.—Mr. McMillan has the very
strongest claims upon Reformers oii act
count of past services, and in view of
the fact that after having been elected
he was only allowed to serve one se sion
of the Parliamentary term, while w are
not aware that his opponent h'adl any
such claims.—E». EXP.] '
Dr. Campbell's Address.
DEAR EXPOSITOR,—Will you Dow
me space in your excellent pape to
make a few -observations on thead ress
of J. Campbell, M. D., to the electots of
South Huron. In the first place I wpuld
ask Mr. J. Campbell, M. D., if it wpuld
not be better for him todrop out rather
than drop his $200, for I can assure Ihirri
be, must certainly do either. Again,
Mt. Campbell says he is requested by
mahly Reformers to cothe forwaxxl its al
candidate in the coming elections. Now,
sir, I have not been able thus far to find
one man in the Reform ranks who has
made such request. 14 he is coming out
on a requisition, let hiin publish such
requisiti n, with names attaehed. Mr.
Campbel says that he has always been a
consisten Reformer. He should have
added, "up to the present," for I aub-
mit that it does not look very consietent
on his part to oppose the gentleman
who was brought out by the convention.
But, again he says, that every citizen
should be allowed to win:ship Goa as his
conscience dictates. Now, I -want to
know if there is any danger front 'either,
party in that direction, and thattit will
require Mr. Campbell to chametion the
cause of liberty of consoience. In con-
clusion, allow me to ask Mr. Campbell,
M. D., if he would not be as useful in
making every effort to alleviate the euf-
ferings of our poor humanity at home as
he could be at Ottawa acting, or trying
to act, the legislator. Yours Truly,
A LIIWRA
Hensail, February 8, 1887.
South Huron Farmers
Tnstitute,
The postponed meeting of the, Fa m-
er's. Institute for South Huron veil,
held in Sanweell's hall, Exeter, on:
Tuesday and Wednesday last week.'
The weather on the first day of Meeting
was all that could be desired. Althoegh
the second day was somewhat stormy it i
did not interfere with the enthusiasm'
manifested by the farmers and others
who attended, many traveling 'a con, !
siderable distance, who assisted gre tly
by their experience in making the1
meeting a success. The hall was !fi led1
during both days. The interest m nit 1;
fested by the farmers in the viciaity isr
certainly creditable to them. From the,
opening to the close e continuous inteeest
was kept up by the iquestions and
criticisms, as.eaeh speaker delivered his
papers, by which a great deal of useful
information was elicited, The chair
Was taken by Mr. S. Smi lie the Presi-
dent, who delivered a very able address,
urging upon farmers a More extended
knowledge of -the scientific principles of
agriculture and pointing out the benefits
to be derived from meetings of this kind
and the information gamed by hearing
the experiences ;of other. He was
followed by a paper by Mr. McQuade
on the advantages of under draining, and
its effect on the soil, which gave 'ample
evidence that the speaker was thoroughly
conversant with his subject.
AFTERNOON SESSION. ,
The President called upon Mr. :Shaw,
editor of the Live Stock Journal, Hamil-
ton, who.read a paper On permanent
pastures. He approved Of the natural
I
grasses with A small mixture if others
as being the best adapted for the pro-
duction of beef as well as for dairy 'pur-
poses. This was followed by a paper
by W. F. Clark, Agrictatural editor of
the Rural Canadian and Montreal Wit-
ness, on the renovation of the shit, urg-
ing the necessity of taking care ef the
manure, also to sow c:over. This paper
occupied about half -aa -hour and was
listened to with marked attention by
the audience. Mr. J. Ketchen,i of Stan-
ley, then read a paper on'sheep breed-
ing, and how to make this 'branch
farming profitable. This was followed
by a paper by Mr. Shaw on dairy barns,
which was ably written and elieted a
good deal of diecaesion. lIeshowed the
advantage derived front the proper con-
struction of barns in the econemizing of
time and labor in feeding, also the large
saving effected in the quantity di food
consumed. The meeting adjourned to
half -past seven.
THE EVENING.
In the evenine an entertainment was
given in Drew's Hall, where e social en-
tertainment had been arranged for the
evening. This hall is fitted up and fur-
nished so that .it can be used as a
theatre and will seat about six hundred
people, and is b credit to the town.
About seven o'clock the people began to
tale their seats, and by eight, every
available space was occupied liwa large
and orderly audience, a large portion of
which was composed of lefties. The
proceedings were opened by the Presi-
dent calling on the band for a piece of
music. This was followed by vecal and
inetrumental Music and recitations by
others, interspereed by short epeeches
by Mr, W. F. Clark, Mr. T. Shaw and
Mr. A. Al c D. Allantof G °deride. This
gentleman having been appointed by the
Fruit Growers' Association to represent
them at the Colonial Exhibition, at Lon-
don, gave a very interesting account of
the position Canada occupied in the
fruit exhibit of that Exhibitioe. The
proceedings were brought to I a close
about ten o'clock, all being apparently
well pleased with the evening'sentettain-
ment.
THE SECOND DAY. '
The Farmers' Institute was continued
i•: Samwall's hall the second day. The
I cesident occupied the chair. Mr. A.
MeD. Allen read a paper on fruit grow -
which was followed by remarks on
the same subject by Mr. Clarke and
others. Mr. Cobbledick, of Middlesex-
'
read a paper o'n the feeding of store cat -
tie I- This paper was ably written and
contained a great deal of useful infor-
mation. This was followed by a paper
from Mr. Simmons on preparing cattle
for market. He showed that by jud-
icious feeding and careful management,
even at present low prices, the fatten-
ing, of cattle can be made profitable.
Also a paper by Mr. Clarke on. butter
malting followed by a paper by Mr.
Hannah on Creameries and the manage-
ment of cows. From the reasoning ad-
duced by Mr. Hannah it is eviiient that
ere long this branch of husbandry will
become one of our leading industries. A
vote of thanks was passed to Mr..Sam-
well for the free use of the hail, also to
the Speakers and President, time bring-
ing to a close the most successful meet-
ing it has ever been (ter privilege to at-
tend. The Committee left othing 'un-
done which would tend to its success,
and wish publicly to express their
thanks to Mr. Samwell upon whom a
large portion of the work devolved for
taking so active an interest in aesisting
to make arrangements, and also to those
ladies and gentlemen who vocally and
instrumentally contributed to the even-
ing's enjoyment. We understand it is
the intention of the Committee to _hold
a meeting in Dixon's hall, Brueefield, on
the 8th and 9th of March next, of which
further notice will be given.
Awful Railway Disaster,
A despatch from kradford, Vermont,
says: The night express'which left
White River Junction, Vermont, early
Saturday morning, bound for Montreal,
filled with passengers from Boston and
New York for the carnival, was wrecked
at the first crossing of White River.
The accident is thought to have occur-
red about 2:15 a. in. A broken rail was
discovered some 200 feet this side of the
bridge, but whethenthis caused the ac-
cident or what first broke the rail is in
doubt. The locomotive„ baggage and
_mail cars crossed the bridge safely. Two
'passenger coaches and two sleeping
coaches went off the bridge ot the end
on the right band side, and apparently
turned bottom side up in the fall. There
was no fire except in the forwardepas-
senger car, but the flames soon spread to
the other cars and then to the bridge.
All were consumed. The two passenger
coaches were well filled, and every berth
in the Bpston sleeping car was ()dimpled
and twelve in the ene from Springfield,
making the total number of paseengers
in the wrecked cars about 80. This will
probably make the number of dead be-
tween 50 and 60. The bridge was be-
tween 30 and 40 feet above the - water,
which was tovered with thick ice, mak-
ing it probable that death resulted from
crushing and burning rather than from
drowning. Several were penned ,in the
wreck who Might have been 'reneged
alive but for the flames,
Survivors describe the scene efter the
accident as horrible beyond description.
The wpunded, most of whom were suf-
fering from horrible burns, were writh-
ing and twisting upon their haetily im pro-
vised beds, while shriek after shriek
would be given out by what seemed but
a bundle of half burned tags. !Every
few moments some tortured victim while
being assisted up the bank would break
away from the helpers and rush seream-
ing, half naked, across the frozen snow.
One , young woman, scarcely 1.8, who
lives near Quebec, and who was gold by
a trainman to have entered the train
wearing a magnificent fur robe to keel)
her warm, stood crying on the ice with.
nothing on but a pair of stockings and a
chemise. Slic refused to budge. when
assistance was offered, and she had to be
carried by force to a farmer's house. The
smokime ruins of the burnt cars gave
forth a sickening oder of burnt flesh,
which made the emelt band of helper
ill and faint. It was a reinerkable fea-
ture of the accident that not one of the
passengers who went Over the bridge
("Reaped scot free. All were injured,
and, to ehow how fast the flames spread,
only those survive who were got nut of
the ears ten minutes after the first crash
came. Among the killed are Henry
Tuxbury, of West Randolph, Vermont,
a well-known lecturer, and Edward F.
Dillon, of Springfield, Vermont, who
was a member of the Sophomore ideas at
Dartmouth, trid pitcher for the Universi-
ty niee.
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have net -or t
the book it
some ex phi
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full account:
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held by the
Now, bet orel
schools, it NI
to:a Protest 1!
approval. it
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and again ti
the corn pi kr
if he had tab
first paragra
have seen tin
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BRIEVs.
Ingersoll.
Montreal_ to a
Wm. Messer
week.--eFrani
ing a sore tim
bite on the le
of Mr. Win. I
ill with spin
covering.
Una better. -
the whey for t
factory cow
township of ii,
has taken the
cheese factor),
hardwood at:'
-cords of two
cord.—The
going at full
Ross has beer
farm in Turn!
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has carried tit'
groceries
is selling
and expeets 4
Oorrite when
bakery busint
Zimmerman.
integrity and)
friends in tha
be much reg
him marked!
business and
of seeing him
On Saturilaet
Williams sot
acres, to Mr.'
some sum of,
record the 414
departed the-
death- was 'tin
of typhoid: 'f
and family IE.
of this iioinit
charter mon
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lately organi
receive in a
from the On
learn that Na
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village and
business in et
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there last Me
brought homl
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the Roman C
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daughters to
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ter of i--;a.utn.31
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years and a
mains were ,
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disposition„ a
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and was rem
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