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T E HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
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each line denotes the page of the paper on which
he advertisement will be found.
Spring Arrivals—Duncan & Duncan. (5)
To Our Readers—Jackson Bros. (5)
'Rooms to Let—F. Holmested. (5)
Executor's Notice—F. Holmested. (6)
Tenders Wanted—Samuel Wallace. (5)
F& Sale or to Rent—Thomas Nixon. (5)
Jersey Bull for Service—George Trott. (b)
Driving Horse Wanted—Wm. Copp. (6)
Mortgage Sale—F. tiolmested. (5)
Dry Goods Report—Jas. Pickard. (8)
Dyspepsia Cured—L V. Fear. (5)
Baby Carriages—C. W. Papst. (5)
Removed—Mrs. MuIheron. (6)
Seeds, Seeds—Edward Cash. (8)
Combines—R. Adams. (5)
Tenders Wanted—D. Johnson. (5)
Durham Bulls for Sale—Jas. Broadfoot. (5)
Musical—MissfWilson. (8)
Sale of Clydesdale Stallions—J. Dalziel& Son. (5)
Mrs. Scott•Siddons' Engagement. (5)
Exeeutor'a Notice—W. J. Paisley. (5)
A Big Chance—A. Strong. (5)
Land for Sale—Hugh Grieve. (6)
Girl Wanted—St. Julien Restaurant. (8)
wissMacphersoles Home, Stratford. (8)
Spring Stock—D. S. Faust. (8)
lsiotice—Eliza, J. Coulter. (5)
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HUH xpositor.
SEAFORTEf, FRIDAY, April 6, 1888.
A Railway Meeting.
A meeting of representative men fro
Goderich, Clinton, Seaforth and a
jacent municipalities was held at Olin
ton on Wednesday last for the purpo
of considering the propriety of sendin
delegates to Ottawa to urge upon th
Government the granting of a bonus t
the proposed extension of the 'leaned
Pacific Railway from Guelph to Gode
ich. It will be remembered that laa
session of Parliament a charter wa
granted permitting the extension of th
• Guelph tiranch of the Canada Pecifi
Railway from that city to some point o
Lake Baron at or near Goderich. Th
promoters of this extension now desk
to secure a goverment bonus to assist ha
its construction. At the meeting o
Wednesday a series of resolutions wer
passed affirming the desirability of th
construction of such a road, recommend
ing the route via Seaforth, Clinton an
Goderich and sanctioning the sending a
delegates to urge upon the Governmen
• the granting of a bonus. These delegate
will be appointed by the several muni
cipalities interested and will likely pro
ceed to Ottawa within the next ten
days. They will also be accompanied
by.a delegation from Guelph, that place
.being also interested in the scheme. It
is said that the Canada Pacific Company
are desirous of procuring a terminus on
Lake Huron and this is their favorite
route, and if sufficient aid in the shape
of bonuses can be got they will con-
, struct and run the road. It is fair to
say, however, that they have not as yet
in. any way definitely committed them-
selves to the scheme, nor is the route the
fi road, will take, if built, defined. But
the Company's engineers are now engag-
ed in making a trial line and have reach-
ed a point in the township of Morning-,
• ton, called Poole, which is about twelve;
miles north of Stratford, but what
course they will take from that point is
not yet known. In fact, the whole
scheme, so far, is enshroaded in indefin-
,
itenesa,and its merits or demerits can
scarcely be discussed.
On the question of Government
aid, we may say we have always held
and still hold, that the system adopted
ra
by the Dogion Government of bonus-
ing local and competing railways, is a
most pernicious and objectionable one
and is prejudicial to the best interests
of the country. It was I conceived in sin
:•and shapen in iniquity and has not one
single redeeming feature to recommend
it„ and as it is now being used is simply
a device to buy the support of the
people for the Government with the
people's own money. It would be a
good 'thing if it were discontinued at
once, even though this and other roads
should never be built. But, if the
Government are determined to con-
tinue their scheme, this section of the
country being one of the richest,: if not
the richest in Canada, it will have to
furnish a large proportion of the bonuses
granted under it and it is consequently
butright, just and fir that it should be
allowed to ; participate in the general
distribution. It is on this ground and
this alone, that our delegates and parlia-
mentary representatives should present
their claim.
As to the feasibility of the proposed
railway project, it is almost too soon to
speak definitely. If the Canada Pacific
Company have determined to have such
a road the route outlined by the meet-
ing is certainly the best and most profita-
ble that can be selected, as any person
acquainted with the country kho-ws.
And as a competing road it would be of
very great benefit to the country through
which it will pass, and if reasonable
assurances are given that it will remain
a competing rc-ad it receive liberal
support from the municipalities im-
mediately interested.'
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Is the Scott Act a Failure or
a Success?
This is the title of a fly sheet bearing
the signature of J. K. Baillie, of Wood-
lands,which is being extensively circulat-
ed in this county. In view of the Scott
Act repeal contest now in progress, the
statements it contains are of great im-
portance and interest to the people of
this county. Much has been said and
written about the Scott Act being a
failure and we have heard that some
who voted for it before, affirm they will
vete against it this time, because as
they say it has not done any 'good. If
there are any such among our readers
we would ask them not to come to, a -de-
termination too hastily. They mut not
expect that the Scott Act or any other
ct, no matter how good or stringent
or effieint it may be, will revolutionize
the habilts which have beep growing and
-
perpetutaing under the Sanction of law
for centuries, in the short space of less
than three years. They must give it
time and a fair trial. This, the ;Scott
Act has not yet had, and we thikik it
would be very unwise torepeal it before it
has had this. If,however,the Act ha not
done more tha is ilet orth in thisfly 'sheet
eat :drat, enough to
athy and support
of Christian peoPle. Thee statements
we give, its they appear in this fly sheet,
and we ask our readers to carefully per-
use and ponder over thern. They tell a
wonderful tale :
1. Ten Counties, viz.,
in, Dundas,Stormont, Glen
Norfolk, Oxford, Renfrew
have had the Scott Act i
years. Commitments in
counties were -as follows :
In 180, under license
In J886, under Scott
2. The following fourt
Durham, Northumberland,
Lambton, Lanark, Lennox
Leeds, Grenvillle, Ontario,
Victoria and Wellington, h
Scott Act in operation one
commitments for drunken
fourteen Counties were as f
it has done a rery g
entitle it to the sym
rice, Duffer-
garry,Huron,
and Simcoe,
ii force two
those ten
211
ct... 81
en counties,
glgin, Kent,
!Addington,
eterboroUgh,
ave had the
year. The
e,ss in those
'flows :---
In 1884, under license. 1....501
In 1886, under Scott At. .200
There are fourteen co unities in On-
tario still under license. Ii those, com-
mitments for drunkenness laye increas-
mak-
' t .2;248
runk-
1, 2,314
ed :—
In 1884, commitments for
enness
In 1886, commitments for
. enness
Increase
3. Has the Scott Act re -
crimes ? Yes. In twenty -
and two cities under the S
n86, there were 1,940 corn
all crimes. In 1884, the in
the same twenty-four coun
Cities under license had 2,
ments for all crimes—a red
under the Scott Act.
4. In the Province of 0
are about one million peop
cense and about the same
Scott Act. The million p
license in 1886, conunifted 7
The million people under th
committed, in 1886, 1,94
difference in number of 5,9
facts speak for themselves.
5. Is there more liquor
consumed now than ,uad
Whisky men sey, Yes. W
facts?
1,342,989 gallons of whisk
taken out of bond for cons
1886 than the average taken out for the
five preceding yeers. The onsumption
of beer and ale, acoording t the Blue
Book, was twenty-one perc nt less for
1886 than the average for t'ei preceding
years.
We have net lead an o rtunity of
66
aced other
our counties,
ott Act, in(
itments for!
abitants of
les and two,
06 commitd
ction of 866'
tario there
e under ii -
under the
ople under
923 ;crimes.
Sebtt Act
crimes—a
3. These
made and
✓ License?
at ate the
less were
mption in
personally verifying the, co rectness of
these statements, but they have been
before the public in vat -ions shapes for
several weeks, ;and as yet we have seen
no attempts made to distal. te or dis-
prove them. nit being th
are justified in concluding th
correct. We may well say, "
we repeal a law that has
drunkenness and conSequen
and crime ?"
ismsttsmottamelan
The Way it Wo
In a letter to the Toronto
Ambrose Zettel, of Bruce Co
some good, solid, sound reas
belief, in Commercial Union.
tel is a practical farmer, an
case we
t they are
hy ishothld
detreased
ly poverty
1
ks.
Mail Mr.
inty, gives
ns for his
Mr. Zet-
is Secre-
tary of the Formosa Butter end Cheese
Company. His opinions; thCrefore, are
based upon practical expe ience, and
are consequently more valuab e than the
windy theorising of those wh have no
practical knowldege of the s bject they
are treating. Mr. Zettel se rs that at
the end of last season his co ipany had
20,000 pounds of very fine butter on
hand for sale. The Engli h market,
hoarever, was so overcrowde that the
buyers would not give a s tisfa,ctor
price, and the Company were forced to
look to the United States. It r. Zettel's
brothers, who own a creamer3 in Minne-
sota, informed him that his bi tter would
bring from 25 to 26 cents a ound any
day in St. Paul, and the san e plass of
butter was quoted in the Buff lo whole-
sale market at from 28 to 30 c nts. The
duty, however, was in the w y, and the
company were forced to keep heir stoCk
in the hope of getting a m rket else-
where. They kept it until th holidays
when the patrons of the facto y, becom-
ing anxious to receive their oney, in-
sisted on a sale at whatever 'rice could
be obtained. The priee obt ined was
20t cents, and the butter was hipped to
British Columbia. The pat ons thus
lost about $1,200 on their stock by be-
ing kept out of the 'Buffalq market.
Other factories. lost even m re in the
same way, as!they were oblig d to sell
at even' lower, prices. Mr. Zettel states
also that the fact that, even in the face
of the duty, large numbers of our fine
stall -fed cattle are shipped to the United
States is a very, good answer t the ar-
gument that the Camad'a,n far, er could
find no market in that count ,y b' cause th
it has a surplus of eve ything t at he to
produces. If the buyers had no duty to UP
pay they would not oniY buy mor cat- SO
011
le, but would pay our farmers j st so les
much more for them, for we heve etter th
facilities for raising and breedi g attle,-
to
and are nearer the Eastern makei I, than tie
the Western farmer is. Mr. Zett I ad_ Go
vises Canadian farmers to study this
question carefully,aside from party poli-
tics, and he feels convinced that if they
do so they will be almost to a man in
favor of Commercial Union.
OUR OT AWA LETTER.
(From Our Special Correspondent.) .
°wawa, April 2nd, 1888.
Last week, so far as Parliamentary
sittings were concerned, was cut in two,
and half of it thrown away on the East-
er holidays. The House of Commons
rose at six o'clock on Wednesday to re-
sume at eight o'clock to -morrow. The
Senate, it may be m ntioned merely to
make the statement look official, not be-
cause the information is of value to any-
body, rose on Wednesday and will re-
sume on Wednesday. At present the
Parliament buildings look like the re-
discovered relics of a dead civilization.
The buildings are here, but there is
hardly any person to be seen in them.
A few members of Parliament from the
far east and a few from the far west re-
main, simply because they cannot go
home and back in a week, but even
these seem to spend most of their time
elsewhere than in the buildings, for
their desks are unoccupied and they -are
not often seen in the library or about
the lobbies. The sense of loneliness
inspired by this sudden quiet in a place so
lately overflowing with the most active
life, must be felt to be appreciated. On
Good Friday even the public offices were
closed and the Departmental buildings
which flank the central or Parliamentary
buildings on either side, were deserted
and then the desolation !seemed com-
plete.'
GREENWAY taaroniout.
But even though Parliament has n t
been sitting, the capital has not bee
without its political excitement. One
of the greatest events in Canadian his-
tory reached practically its final stage
during the Easter recess. It will be re
membered by those who have read these
letters or have otherwise followed the
current of affairs here, that Premier
Greenway and Attorney -General Mar-
tin, of the new Reform Government in
Manitoba have been here for some time
past, trying to make some amicable
agreement with the Dominion Govern-
ment for getting Manitoba out of the
clutches of the Canadian, P.acific Rail-
way monopoly. Their'''(t \ contention'
was that the Railway ' Company
never had a monopoly under the charter
so far as Manitoba was concerned and
that the Dominion Goverment in nul-
lifying the charters passed by the Man-
itoba Legislature was violating the con-
stitution and setting at defiance the
rights of the people. They demanded,
therefore, that the dissallowance policy
should be abandoned. The Govern-
ment here wriggled every way to en-
trap Mr. Greenway into accepting less
than he demanded or into negotiating
with the Canadian Pacific for a com-
promise, them leaving the Government
out of the `account. But Greenway
stuck to his point and declared that he
would go home with a plain declaration
that the Manitoba -people should be free
or he wolild go home without it and
would call upon the people to show that
they were free anyhow. In either case
the road to the American boundarY to
compete with the Canadian Pacific
would be built and the monopoly which
the government, at the bidding of the
Company, has so carefully guarded,
would not be worth a dollar. This of
course could not be allowed, for the
Canadian Pacific can at any time throw
the Gwernment into disgrace and the
country into a panic by abandoning the
great main line from Callender to the
Pacific coast. As it became evident
after the first few days that Greenway
meant business, Sir John Macdonald
set about negotiating with the Canadian
Pacific for permission to allow Manitoba
to enjoy her rights. At the same time
he had to carry on arrangements with
-some of his followers whotwere likely to
object, to make sure that they would
permit him to buy permission from the
Canadian Pacific to permit the Manitoba
peole to build the road. It was a kind
of "House that Jack built" business,
but it was only a question of terms, for
Greenway was determined to have his
way and Sir John was determined to
to grant anything rather than alienate
the goodwill of his masters the Canadian
Pacific or his servants the Tory mem-
bers of the Houle. By Thursday the
negotiations had proceeded so well that
Greenway packed up his goods ready to
go home expecting to receive from Sir
John Macdonald that day a letter of un-
conditional surrender. But at the
last moment there was some hitch
which compelled a delay of twenty-four
hours. One of the parties to the div-
ision of the spoils had got dissatisfied.
e evidently got what he wanted, how-
ever, for the next day at three o'clock a
messenger came down from Earnscliffe,
Sir John Macdonald's private residence,
bearing a letter promising that the whole
monopoly policy would be reversed.
With this justification of everything
they had done, Messrs. Greenway and
Martin started for home the same even-
ing. Tim Manitoba Legislature is to
meet on the 12th of April and when it
does meet, it is expected, the full text
of the letter will be made public.
HOW THE CANADIAN PACIFIC WAS "FIXED"
In the meantime the important ques-
tion is being very generally discussed:
What did the Canadian Pacific get for
its worthless monopoly? The Govern-
ment is guarding the secret much better
than it is usually able to do for in these
matters there are so many Lake, But,
of course, there are the other parties to
the bargain—the Canadian Pacific—and
there are good reasons ,for trusting in-
formation that evidently comes from
that quarter. As for this side of the
Atlantic, their highnesses Sir George
Stephen and Sir Donald Smith and his
majesty Mr. Van Horne can keep the
facts pretty well to themselves. But
even these great magnates, who slit as
they please in Canada, must be very
'umble in the presence of the Barnigs or
Rothschilds or other great capitalists in
Europe to whom they go for occasional
loans on the strength of property given
by the people of Canada, and, no doubt
e facts of the settlement were cabled
London as soon as they were agreed
on. These great menuld not be
careful to guard the secr as those
this side of the Atlantic, a d doubt -
A
s what the English newspapers say on
e question may be taken as fairly ae-
rate. It is a case of going from home
learn home news. The best authori-
s in England seem to agree that the
vernment has not given any money
e e e e aiTei'i-2 tie e 'e
direct, nor has it gone through the farce
of buying the Company's lands as
it did on the refunding of the last
loan. But it has guaranteed the
interest of $14,000,000 of the Cana-
dian Pacific Company's bonds, It
does not appear that the Government is
to get a mortgage on any property of the
company in order to secure in any way
the fulfilment of the agreement by the
company to pay the interest on these
bonds. If this is not done, the arrange-
ment simply means that an addition of
fourteen millions to the already immense
public debt, for the company would be
simply foolish to pay interest they were
not obliged to pay, especially when they
contend that this guarWtee ia given
them to make up for the abandonment
of their monopoly. The other parties
to the all-round bargain seem to have
been comparatively easily satisfied.
Mr. Chapleau, who claims the Montreal
district as his special domain, has secured
from the Government the promise that
they will assume the Montreal Harbor
debt, thus making that hatbor practi-
cally ,free. This of itself ! is a good
thing and a boon to Ontario as well as
Montreal—in the opinion of many west-
ern people—and has, been urged upon
the Govern!ment for a long time on
grounds of public policy. It might have
been urged uPon him on those grounds
for years to come without having any
effect. It is not conceded now because
it is a good thing for anybody, but
merely as the price of Mr. Chapleau's
continued support. It is another lesson
to the people of Canada that the way to
get justice from a Tory Government is
not to petition and request and plead as
Norquay., the Conservative Premier of
Manitoba, did so long and so unsuccess-
fully, but get into the position that
Greenwty held and that Chapleau now
holds—the position to make a demand
and enforce it. The Maritime Province
Conservatives gave evidence of a deter-
mination to kick, but when the Canadian
Pacific people gave signs of Weakening
in the building of the Short Line
through the State of Maine to New
Brunswick and Nova Scotia, they cooled
down a good deal. Just before the
Easter holidays Sir John Macdonald
announced in the House with a bland
smile that the Intercolonial Railway
of which the Dominion is proprietor)
vould give passes home and back to any
laritime Province members desiring to
o home during the recess. This offer
was made quite irrespective of party
ines. It is not to be expected
that such whole -smiled good fellows as
he Conservatives of the Maritime Pro-
inces can oppose so fine an old man as
ir John Macdonald on a mere question
f fourteen millions more or less of pub-
ic debt. There were one or two On-
ario Tories who threatened to make
rouble if they were not consulted in
aucus before the matter was settled.
at there are no men in the House so
tterly insignificant; so far as influenee
• concerned, as the Ontario Tories.
hat is to say on a question of this
ind, when it comes to getting promises
f post offices for th( ir county towns and
o on, they are a power in the land.
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WHAT TIER. SETTLEMENT MEANS.
From the sweeping statement just
made in the foregoing paragraph, may
be excepted the Government supporters
from Manitoba. It is an open secret
that "Bob" Watson, of Marquette,Mani-
toba, the sole Grit from the .Prairie
Province—and it may be remarked in
passing, that he a stalwart party man
— was the means of bringing about the
visit of Premier Greenway to' Ottawa.
He was, moreover, Greenway's friend
and unofficial adviser in the negotia-
tions. So far as anything could be
known outside of the Council Chamber,
he knew it add he exercised no little in-
fluence in bringing about the splendid
result achieved. On the other side of
the House are four Manitobans. It was
taken for granted that these people had
secured their seats by false promises of
influencing the Government which they
could not carry out and throughout the
whole business they were conspicuously
ignored. Less tough -hided people,rather
than stand about like a lot of children,
would go into opposition or resign, but
that is not the Manitoba Tory M. P.'s
little game. Some day they may find
Sir John Macdonald in good humor
with them and his gracious approval
will make themy
rhappy. There is, more-
over'a public office for every member
who is a good boy and does exactly what
the Chieftain tells him. So far as these
people are concerned, the settlement
shows that Sir John Macdonald does not
regard his followers as representatives
of the people and pays no attention
to the rights which other people in their
position would claim. Up to a few
days ago the Tories have justified the
continuance of the monopoly on the
ground that it would be ruin to the
older Provinces to allow the Canadian
Pacific to be tapped and traffic drawn
off through the United States. Now
the great road is to be tapped at the
will of any person who has the money
to do it, and not only that but the
Dominion is to pay for the privilege.
The present arrangement is a reversal
of the Government's policy. If ,they
have changed their minds on the 'sub-
ject they thereby admit that the Liber-
als were right all along. If they are
of the same mind as they were, but
none have yielded to the pressure from
Manitoba, it means that on this point
that Greenway is Premier not only of
Manitoba but the whole of Canada.
There can be but little doubt,bowever,
that not disaster but great prosperity
will flow from the abandonment of the
monopoly. Enterprise will have a
chance in Manitoba and if only they
will keep clear of another boom the peo-
ple will grow wealthy.
IMPERIAL FEDERATION.
Though the importance of the sub-
ject has demanded that nearly this
whole letter should be given up to a
discussion of the ransoming of Canada
from the monopoly this is not the only
great subject which came to the front
last week. It will be remembered that
Mr. Dalton McCarthy lel the great
representative in the House of the Im-
perial Federation idea. There was a
meeting of Federationists in Toronto
about a week ago,. and there Mr. Mc-
Carthy promised to bring up a resolu-
tion on the subject before the House.
He has given notice of what he will
move. It is evidently a set-off against
Unrestricted Reciprocity with the
United States, for it proposes that
Great Britain should be asked to dis.
criminate against imports from foreiga
nations and in favor of those from the
colonies. This will hardly be satisfac.
tory to the Imperial Federationiets here
some of whom are good Free Traders and
it will be scoffed at in England where
even Lord Salisbury was forced to sa
that Britain must have cheap bread an
therefore must have free trade. It wil
be a decided advantage to the Reform
era in Canada to have this impossibl
fad of discriminating tariffs in the Brit
ish Empire got up as the only opposin
scheme to unrestricted reciprocity wit
the United ,States. Whatever may b
said in favor of Imperial Federation, i
cannot be defended for a moment if i
means a tariff on bread even -for th
benefit of the colonies.
BRIEF MENTION.
For lack of space to give lengthened
accounts of other important matters, th
other subjects to be dealt with can only
be briefly mentioned:
Opinions are divided as to whether
Sir Charles Tupper will take a hand in
the Reciprocity debate. There is good
reason to believe that he does not wholly
agree with his colleagues on this sub-
ject.
Though it was expected at first that
the session would last only ten weeks or
so, it is now pretty certain that it will
occupy almost a month longer than that.
The bills to amend the Franchise Act
and the Controverted Elections Act are
promised to the House soon after East-
er. The Premier has as good as prom-
ised that they shall contain nothing im-
portant. Some members of the House
regard this as an indication of what the
measures are likely to be.
The Combines Committee still wres-
tles with the sugar question. It seems
to be admitted that there will be no
legislation against the Combines this
year.
The Reciprocity debate will probably
last for at least a week after Easter.
The election in Misaissquoi, Quebec,
was run on the Reciprocity question
and the Liberals improved their position
by -156 votes as compared with the gen-
eral election won by 216 majority.
sameenameaet.
y now stands and hauled here. I w
d married in the spring of 1853 a
1 moved here in June of that year.
.
our worldly effects consisted of t
e
clothing we had on, a barrel of pork a
g. a feather bed, but no money. We liv
over the tannery for two years----ni
he place, wasn't it—but we had go
health, plenty of hard work and pluc
t and so managed to get along."
et —Mr. Jas. Menzies who has been
resident of Ethel for about 15 years h
purchased a saw mill in Muskoka a
he left last week to take charge of h
e will remain in Ethel for a few month
new business. Mrs. Menzies and hued
—Rev. D. McGillivray, M. A., w
has just completed his course at Kt
College, has been engaged for the su
mer months as assistant in Knox churc
Goderich, and enters upon his duties
Sabbath, April 8th.
—A couple of weeks ago a ewe owne
by Mr. James Connell gave birth to tw
lambs, which lived, just twenty-fo
hours.. Two weeks later the same ew
gave birth to two more, which, real
singularly, only lived twenty-four hon
also.
—Mr. James Cartwright, of Hullet
being badly troubled by rats around h
pig pemscattered strychnine about so
to poison them. A pig valued at $2
broke out of the pen, and finding som
pofortkheers.trychnine, was soon a very sic
—Mr. Andrew Turnbull, of Gill
while on a visit to friends in Turnberr
recently,purchased a $400 span of horse
to takeeliorne' with him. This is th
second high priced team Mr. Turnbu
has taken from this county. He evident
ly knows where to come when he want
good horseflesh. .
—Mr. W.Baker, of the Maitland con
cession, Goderich township, died las
w6ek at the good age of 75 years. H
was one of the pioneer residents of th
township, having emigrated from Kil
kenny, Ireland; in the year 1851, an
settled on the farm- where he continue
to reside until his death.
—Mr. Charles Essery, of Centralia, in
the township of Stephen, purchased las
week, from Mr. Henry Stewart,. o
Adare, an imported Clydesdale stallion
coming three years old, for the hand
some sum of $1,350. The animal is
first-class one, and he will he travelled
through this section during the coming
season.
—The Clinton New Era of last week
says: On Thursday last, while in town
here, Mr. R. Manning, of Exeter, re
ceived a telegram from Snowflake, Man-
itoba, announcing the serious illness of
his son, Mr. A. F. Manning, whose
three year old child had died two weeks
before. The son died next day, aged
28 years and. 9 months.
—A meeting of residents of the 2nd
and 3rd concessions of Stapley was held
in No. 1 school house on Tuesday even-
ing of last week, to consider the advis-
ability of organizing a grange in that
section. Mr. Robert McMordie,of Kip -
pen, was present, and in a neat address
explained the origin and objects of the
order, after which a committee was ap-
pointed to make arrangements for or-
ganizing a lodge on the 10th of April.
—Mr. Edwin Gaunt, of West Wawa -
nosh, lately purchased from Messrs. T.
and A. B. Snider of Berlin, one of the
finest shorthorn cows that has ever been
taken to that section, and the price
paid was a good one. She is a beauti-
ful roan, and het calf, which was only
a few days old when bought, is from
the celebrated Strathallan strain of
Durhams. ,
—One of the "beauties" of the Gerry-
mander and Dominion Franchise Acte
is shown in the fact that in the coming
repeal vote in the county of Huron the
voter's' lists of three counties will be re-
quired. The votetto be taken will be
under the Dominion Franchise Act.
Now, for electoral purposes the town-
ship of Stephen is situated in the
county of Middlesex, and the township
of Usborne in the county of Perth, and
it will therefore be necessary to use the
voters' lists of these municipalities in
order that the electors in Huron may
vote on a matter concerning their own
county.
—On the weekly excursion which left
Wingham on Tuesday of last week by
the Canadian Pa.cific Railway, a crowd
ed coach of passengers and four or five
freight cars were sent. Among those
who left were : Mr. Martin Farrow, son
of Mr. T. Farr w, ex -M. P., Morris ;
McLauchlin Morris ; Mr. John Robert-
son, East 1i -rat, anosh ; Mr. John Bur-
gess, jr., -and wife, and Messrs. R.
Bluevale ; Mr. Wm. Nixon, Mitchell;
Miss Donnelly; Gorrie • Miss Maggie
Ridley, East Wawanosia The passen-
gers had for destination various pointsin
Manitoba, the Northwest and British
Columbia.
—John McPherson, of Kintail, the
well-known shot-putter, who recently
had his arm broken in a wrestling match
at Daysville, Wisconsin, with Jack Car-
keek, the champion Cornish wrestler of
the world, is all right again, and is
travelling with a troup called "Parson
Davies' Athletic Company." W. M.
Muldoon and Evan Lewis (the Strangler)
are in the troop, and also Carkeek and
D. A. McMillan (who was present at
Goderich Caledonian games last year).
McPherson and the Strangler wrestled
at the Adelphi Theatre, Buffalo, on
Saturday, March 10th, and are reported
to have given a fine exhibition. Mc-
Pherson will go into training shortly for
the season's out -door games, and says
his arm will be just as good as new.
—Mrs. W. Colclough died at the resi-
dence of her son William, in Goderich
township, on the 27th ult., at the age of
75 years. She was born in Tipperary,
Ireland, and came to the county in the
year 1833, being, therefore, one of the
earliestsettlers of the township of Goder-
ich. She was 'married shortly after to
her late husband. She had 12 children,
ten of whom are still living — five sone
and five daughters — the latter being
Mrs. Wm. Farquhar and Mrs. George
Brown, Hullett • Mrs. J. Steep,Illinois;
Mrs. James Baker and Mr. John Shep-
pard, Hamilton, Dakota. She was a
member of the Methodist church, gener-
ally enjoyed good health, had a wide
field of acquaintances and will be missed
in the locality where she has so long re-
sided. s
—On Tuesday evening, 28th ult. an i
entertainment was held in school house
No. 10, Stanley. Althoughthe weather
and roads were unfavorable, the build- o
ing was well filled. The recitations and
dialogues, given by the pepils, were a
rendered in such a manner as to reflect s
much credit upon themselves, as well as Sr
upen their pains -taking teacher, Mr,
James Grant. The vocal musk for the Ig
News of the Week.
RAILWAY STRIKES.— There seems to
be a striking epidemic among railway
employes in the Western States. Traffic
on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
hat been in a state of derangement for a
couple of weeks past. Now there is
trouble on the Chicago, Milwaukee &
St. Paul road with numerous threaten-
ings elsewhere.
RELIEF STEAMER.—The steamer New
Haven, laden with potatoes, and accom-
panied by two gun -boats, has started for
the Arran Isles to relieve the famishing
peasantry.
EMPEROR FREDERICK. --- Emperor
Frederick has ordered the rebuilding of
the Berlin cathedral on a scale more
worthy of the empire. Despite the
semblance of health and the Emperor's
increased power, German expert opinion
is that the disease will soon end fatally.
The Emperor during his sleep is vigi-
lantly watched by either Dr._ Stovel or
Dr. Mackenzie.
DIED.—The death is announced of M.
Richard, who gale France her first sys-
tem of telegrapElc wires.'
CALIFORNIA'S PROMISING CROP OUT-
BOOK.—Rain has fallen throughout Cal-
ifornia, and reports received from all
the grain producing counties show that
both wheat and barley fields are looking
exceptionally fine.
FATALITY AMONG BRAKESMEN. —It is
stated- that in Michigan alone during
1887 no fewer than 160 brakesmen were
killed or mutilated in the execution of
their railroad duties.
DR. W. 131asees.--Dr. W. Bessels,the
Arctic explorer, who acted as physician
"on the American ship Polaris in 1871,
has died at Stuttgart of apoplexy.
THE DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT.—Fire in
the New York Tribune building Sunday
morning destroyed many valuable man-
uscripts, files, etc. Loss, $6,000.
THE RAGING MISSOURI.—A despatch
from Sioux City, Iowa, says the gorge
in the Missouri above Elk Point has
given way, and the Milwaukee & St.
Paul tracks are submerged for miles.
Families had to leave everything in their
homes and fly to the higher ground.
BISMARCK'S 73RD BIRTHDAY.— Last
Sabbath was the 73rd anniversary
of Prince Bismarck's birth. By noon
the Chancellor had received fully
500 congratulatory telegrams and notes
of congratulation, and gifts of flowers
poured into the palace the whole day.
Loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. — The
floods in Germany and Hungary are
causing great loss of life and destruction
of property, and as the snow lies on an
average four feet deep in the forest
lands it is feared that the worst of the
inundations have yet to come.
MEETINGS IN PROCLAIMED DISTRICTS.
—The Parnellites have decided to bold
six meetings next Sunday in proclaimed
districts in order to test Mr. J3alfour's
assertion that in . those districts the
National League is a thing of the past.
Wm. O'Brien will speak at Loughrea,
Michael Devitt and John O'Connor at
Ennis, J. Redmond at Kilrush, I. M.
Healey at Kanturk and W. Redmond at
Ramsgange.
CARELESS OFFICIALS.— The coroner's
jury in the case of the steamer boiler
explosion at South Vallejo, California,
last month, by which seventeen lives
were lost, find the Government boiler
inspector guilty of carelessness and neg-
ligence in not properly examining the
vessel's boilers, which were not strong
enough to stand the required pressure.
Huron Notes.
—Mr. Allan Spring, of the Base line,
Hullett, has a ewe which gave birth to
five lambs one day last week.
—Mr. Jas. Doherty, of Clinton, has
a nineteen months old mastiff which
weighs 131 lbs. and for which he was
recently offered $50.
—Mr. D. McLauchlin, of Grey town-
ship, sold a heavy draught brood mare
to Mr. Geo. Steel, of Glenbury, Mani-
toba, for $250. The mare was shipped
at Wingham on Tuesday.
—The North-Western Fall Exhibition
Will be held in Goderich on the 2nd, 3rd,
4th and 5th of October next, under the
auspices of the West Riding of Huron
Agricultural Society,
—The Fenton farm on the Huron road,
Goderich Township, . a short distance
west of Clinton, was sold last week at
auction to Mr. Jas. Lindsay for $3,030.
It contains about 75 acres.
—Mr. Alexander Robinson, who has
occupied Turner's hotel in Brucefield for
two or three years,has purchased a farm
in Michigan and intends removing there
in a few weeks.
- —Mr. 0. 8. Doan has been a contin-
uous resident of Clinton since 1853.
He passed through the town in 1844,
but did not settle there till the year
mentioned. Speaking of those early
days Mr. Doan says: 'The timber for
the tannery was all cut where Hensall
APRIL 6, 1888.
aimssamssinannesowsmetemessissa
evening was provided by the Jamieeon
family, of Brucefield, in their usual
good style, while Miss Fotheringhata
presided at the organ. Mr. Thomas
Kennard played a number of selections
upon the mouth organ, which were
heartily applauded. An address svas
given by the Rev. J. H. Simpson in
which he showed forth the benefite of a
good education and encouraged notonly
the young, but the old, to take a much
son—aliterh ed followingn
deeper interest in itretshoakiatitohneywahsadpapsseerd-
at the last meeting of Maitland. Presby-
tery : "That inasmuch as the West-
minster Confession of faith has been
solemnly accepted by every minister
and elder of this church, numbering
fully 6,000, without reservation or equi-
vocation as founded on and agreeable to
the word of God, this Presbytery strong-
ly disapproves of the action of last As-
sembly in entertaining the proposal to
strike out the lest sentences of the th
Section of 24th!Chapter, of the said con-
fession, though' no proof has ever been
produced to show that it is not founded
on, and agreeable to, the word of God,
and resolve to abide by the confession
of faith in its integrity, should that
necessitate separation from the major-
ity, who may by vote in the Assembly
carry out the purposes of the remit.
The Section referred to forbids marriage
with a deceased wife's sister.
—The -announcement of the death of
Dr. Gairdner, of Bayfield, which appear-
ed in our last istue, will have been
noticed by many tvith feelings of deep
regret. He died On the 22nd ult. at the
age of 63 years. Dr. R. H. Gairdner
was the youngest son of the late Thomas
Gairdner, Esquire, Lanark, Scotland,
who owned an estate there. He was
educated at the Universities of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow, but he preferved
Glasgow, -owing to its greater hospital
practice: Being a close student he ob-
tained the Edinburgh degree in 1846,
when only 21 years of age, and that of
St. Andrews in August of the same
year, where he obtained the degree of
doctor of medicine --.the two highest
diplomas in the United Kingdom. He
ea ne to Canada and located at Newcas-
tle to follow his profession, and obtain -
:n April, 1847, a Provincial license.
B bad a very large practice and was
higtly eticeessful as a physician. After
a 1- ember of years he removed to Bay-
field, where he turned his mind to other
matters as well as that of a physician.
He was a gentleman of warm and sym-
pathetic feelings, and kindly natured,
and was highly respected.
Information Wanted.
DEAR EXPOSITOR. —As I cannot Bee as
others do-, is it Parliamentary, or is it
ignorance or good breeding that causes
so many newspapers and speakers, and
Sir Richard Cartwright and your Ottawa
correspondent among the rest, to refer to
Sir John Macdonald attending Meth-
odist meetings, and that on this account
heshould be more honest? Should:not a
Roman Catholic, Episcopalian, Presby-
terian Baptist or any other religious
body, 'be as honest as the Methodist, or
is all the sneering done because the
Methodists are the best?
Are Reformers honest in wanting free
trade with the States, or is it to be in
opposition to the Conservatives that
they are advocating it so much ? Not-
withstanding John McMillan's speech at
Ottawa, but a year ago, and.a Reform
Majority in this county, and a Reform
Premier and John McMillan there &km
the first act passed was to compel ped-
lars to pay a license of $25. Now this is
making the farmer pay .8611 more for what
be buyslas the pedlar will have to charge
that much more for his goods; or is it
.the Reform platform to let the Yankees
d'u free to sell, and make the people at
home pay a license for liberty to sell?
I could give names of many,poor men who
were making a living in this county,that
had to qiiit,and may have to get aid from
the various municipalities to support
their families.
Are the Reformers in the South Riding
pledged to go for the repeal of the Scott
Act, as thehotelkeepers say they are?
as the hotel keepers all supported Mow-
at the last election on that understanding.
As I am in the dark on these questions,
and a tonstant reader of THE EXPOSITOR
since the first number of the first vol-
ume, some one will pleate give light.
PROTEG'TION.
We shall endeavor to enlighten our
correspondent in so far as we understand
his several queries: lst,—Sir John Mac-
donald's looseness in reference to moral
and religious matters in the past has be-
come proverbial, and he was wont to
boast of it himself. Consequently, now
that he has turned over a new leaf, and,
by his'conduct,at least, has manifested a
desire for change in these respects, it is not
surprising that the change should draw
forth comment both from public speak-
ers and newspaper correspondents, and
we do not think that fitting reference to
the'matter is either unparliamentary,or a
mark of ignorance, or lack of good
breeding. Nor have we noticed that Sir
John or any of his friends have objected
to the various comments made. tt so
happens that Sir John, contrary toThis
usual custom, had been attending the
revival meetings in the Methodist
church, and in that way this particular
church has been more prominently men-
tioned in connection with his Supposed
conversion than any of the others. But,
had this apparent conversion occurred in
connection with any of the other churches
named, it would have brought them out
just as prominently as the Methodist
church is now brought out. 2nd, —The
honesty of Reformers in advocating free _
trade with the States can only be judged
by their past record, coupled with their
present professions, and the arguments
and reasons they now put forth in favor
of this principle, and we are not aware
that there is anything in connection
with either of these to .show that they
are not perfectly honest in their pres-
ent advocacy of it. We believe that
many Reformers and Conservatives out
of Parliament are alike desirous of free
trade relations with the United States.
In Parliament the Reformers were the
first to place themselves on record in
favor of unrestricted reciprocity, and
the Conservatives at once declared them -
elves against it, so it would seem that
nstead of the Reformers supporting it
because the Conservatives oppose it, as
ur correspondent supposes, the Conser-
vatives oppose it because the Reformers
dvocate it. But we believe the Con-
ervatives in Parlisaitent in opposing un-
estricted reciprocity with the United
tates do not represent the Views of the
reat mass of Conservatives out of Par-
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