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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
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Barbed Wire—Reid & Wilson (6)
Popular Stallions. (6 and 1)
New Millinery Goods—Hoffman & Co. (1)
Suits—Jackson Brothers. (5)
Milk Business for Sale—R. Gray. (5)
A Card—W. J. Fear. (6)
Important Notice—G. L. Ball. (8)
For Sale—A. W. Ogilvie. (8)
Horse and Cattle Fair- John Aird. (5
Notice to Creditors—John Beattie. (6)
Dental Card—Dr. Belden. (5)
• Wanted -H. Eichert. (5)
A Cordial Invitation—H. F. Edwards. (8)
Girl Wanted—Kennedy's Hotel. (8
Rooms to Rent—W. N. Watson. (8)
Notice to Farmers—Scott & Crich. (8)
ifinan expositor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, April 25, 1890
Retirement of the Provincial
Treasurer. .
Our readers generally will regret to
learn of the contemplated retirement
from public life of Hon. A. M. Ross,
Provincial Treasurer. In the Globe of
Tuesday last the_announcernent is made
that Mr. Ross will not be a candidate
. for West Huron at - the approaching
general election. This, of course, means
his retirement from the Government
also. The reasons which induce this
action are not stated. Mr. Ross' retire-
ment, however, will' not only be a loss
to the Government, but tothe Province,
as he has proved himself a most capable,
honest and judicious administrator of
the Provincial finances. We heartily
endorse every word of the following
reference to Mr. Ross by the Globe,
which says :
" Mr. Ross has borne an important
part: in Provincial affairs. For the last
three Parliaments his has been one of -
the most familiar, and one of the most
influential voices in the Assembly. He
has been a wise and prudent and able
guardian of the finances of the Province.
No job passed through his hands. No
extravagance can be charged against
him. No faults mark his administration
of the Treasury Department. And as
Minister of Agriculture, notwithstand-
ing his want of practical knowledge of
the science. of agriculture, he gave to the
Province many wise and useful measure&
of legislation, of sound advantage to the
farming community. He brought the
Agricultural College: more directly under
the control of practical farmers, encour-
aged the formation of Farmers' Insti-
tutes, unproved the laws and perfected
the machinery for the preservation of
the public health, and enlarged the use-
fulness of the Bureau of Statisties. On-
tario has had no more faithful servant,
and West Huron will not• readily find a
representative who will speak with
equal authority in. the Legislature, or
who will command in such large meas-
ure the esteem and confidence of the
whole people."
A convention for the selection of a
successor to Mr. Ross as the Reform
standard bearer for West Huron will be
held at Goderich on Monday the 5th of
May. The names of Messrs. A. H.
Manning, Clinton ; and J. T. Garrow
and D. McGillicuddy, Goderich, are
mentioned as probable aspirants.
A Slaughter Market.
One of the strongest, or at least ene
of the most commonly used arguments
of the restrictionists against Reciprocity
between this country and the Uuited
States is, that if the customs duties were
removed the Americans would make of
Canada a slaughter market for their sur-
plus products, and would in this way
injure, if not ruin, our local industries.
Thisargument might have some force if
the wall were taken down on the Cana-
dian aide and remained up on the Ameri-
can. But, with both walls removed and
free access into both countries secured,
t he Canadians would have as good _ a
chance to slaughter their surplus pro-
ducts in the American market as the
Americans would have to use the Cana-
dian markets for slaughtering purposes.
It will be seen that this is a game at
which both could play very convenient-
ly. More than this, the Canadians
could purchase these slaughtered goods
and send them back to the American
market, and in this way undersell the
Americans in their own markets and
with their own goods. Thus the Cana-
dian 'manufacturers or producers would
not be injured in the slightest degree,
but on the contrary they would have an
opportunity of making a little at Jona-
than's expense. The truly loyal surely
could not object to this. Our restric-
tionist friends will have to get up some
better excuse than this for opposing
Unrestricted Reciprocity. They are, in
fact, falling back on the loyalty howl
again, as is manifest by the nonsense
which has daily appeared in their chief
organ, the Empire, since its leaders at
Ottawa have declared against Reciproc-
ity in any shape, even in natural pro-
ducts, although they have had for years,
and still have, an offer on the Statute
book for free exchange of these latter.
The movement in favor of increasing
the sessional indemnity of senators and
members is spreading. There is, how-
ever, some divergence of opinion as to
the extent of the ..increase to be asked.
The senators are said to be desirous of
the amount being made $2,000, and that
it should be given in the shape of an
annual salary with no deductions for
non-attendance. The members of the
Commons are, however, said to be con-
tent to ask for $1,500. '
The above, coming as it does from the
Ottawa correspondent of the Empire is,
no doubt, reliable. It will be seen that
there is nothing small orpenurious about
:the senators—when dealing with them-
selves. Whatever excuse there may be
for increasing the indemnity of the mem.
here of the House of Commons, there
certainly ie no good reason for raising
the pay of eeriators. It' would be little
short of an outrage to further add to the
burdens of the people in order to put
more money into the pockets of the worn
out inoapableb who compose that body.
Instead of giving them more pay, Parlia-
ment should at once take steps tq`abol-
eish the institution altogether, as on ac-
count of its utter imbecility and' worth-
lessness it has become a reproach to the
country and a laughing stock in it. We
do not see that there is any crying ne-
cessity either for an increase in the in-
demnity of the members of the Com-
mons. Notwithstanding any disadvan-
tages which may result to them from oc-
cupying their present positions they are
all glad enough, from the highest to the
lowest, to accept them. And while the
present indemnity may not be sufficient
to remunerate someof the members for
their loss of time and absence from busi-
ness, it is more than sufficient to place
the great majority beyond danger of loss,
and is more than they could earn had
they been at home.. ` At any rate, the
present is not a propitious time to in-
crease salaries when the country is
groaning under its load of debt and tax-
ation, and every department of bisiness
is in the most distressingly depk essed
condition, We shall see how the pro-
position is treated when it comes;' to be
considered by Parliament.
THE Ontario Government have not
delayed in making the appointment of a
successor to the late .Mex. Marling,
Deputy Minister of Education, whose
death was annonnced last week. Mr.
John Millar, B. A., Principal of St.
Thomas Collegiate Institute,: has been.
appointed Deputy Minister. Mr. Mil-
lar is, no doubt, well qualified for the
position, and one favorable feature of
the appointment is that he is taken from
the profession and is being elevajted from
the ranks. Of his qualifications the
Globe of Monday last says :
" Mr. Millar holds agfirst-class certifi-
cate, Grade A, from the Normal School,
Torontoa certificate as County Public
Inspector, nspector, and is a graduate in
Arts of the University, Toronto. His
experience in the profession began in the
rural schools in the County of Ontario,
and he was subsequently a teacher in
London Central School. In St. Thomas
where he has taught twenty years he be-
gan as head of the Public Schools, then
as assistant in the High School, and
since 1877 he has been Principal of all
the schools of that city. The Collegiate
Institute has, under his management.
attained a front rank for progress and
efficiency. The High School Inspec
tors have repeatedly given it a high
place in their official reports, and its
students have year after year won great
success at the University and depart-
me,ntal examinations. Mr. Millar was
several : years a member of the Elgin
County Board of Examiners, and last
year one of the Examiners (tithe Train-
ing Institutes. He was twice elected
Chairman of the High School Masters'
Section of the Ontario Teachers' Asso-
ciation, and was four years a representa-
tive of the High School teachers on. the
University Senate. This success and
varied experience in educational matters
should well fit him for discharging the
important duties of the . responsible
position tcewhich be has been appointed.
Mr. Millar will enter upon his new
duties on May ht."
WREN Tory M. P's.• fall out then
people begin to reach the truth. It
same out in the recent debate ron North-
west scandals that both Minister Dewd-
ney and Mr. Davin, M. P;, travel on
free passes, yet collect mileage of 10
cents a mile from the public exchequer.
It would not be a bad idea to ask Gen-
eral Laurie how much he saved out of
the $600 he drew as mileage between
his alleged home in England and Ottawa.
This M. P. business seems to be a
money -making concern when one knows
how to work the ropes. But what about
the independence of themen who work
them, ?
So says the London Advertiser, and
what it says ie perfeotly correot. And
still our M. P's, it would seem, are not
satisfied with their " swag but are
naw considering the advisability of vot-
ing themselves an increase of indemnity.
Our.contereporary may well ask " what
about the independence " of these men.
Members of Government and Parlia-
ment who accept of these bribes` from
the railway and steamboat companies
can not consistently be very independ-
ent when their patrons come before
Parliament soliciting favors But for
these bribes McCarthy's Bill, for the
appointment of a railway commission,
would not have been treated so cold-
ly in Parliament and afterwards be bur-
ied beyondthe hope of resurrection.
The :railway companies practically rule
this.: country, and they do it through the
pockets of the peole's representatives.
Now that the Advertiser so plainly sees
the clanger will it not join THE EXPOSI-
TOR in its agitation for a law making it
a violation of the independence of Parli-
ment for any member to accept such
favors from a railway or steamboat com-
pany ?
suimmommimimme
GENERAL elections in three' of the
Provinces are to take place during the
coming summer. These dre in Ontario,
Quebec and Nova Scotia. It is said
that all of ;them will take place in June,
Ontario about the 12th, Quebec on the
17th and Nova Scotia on the 19th.
There has, however, 7 no definite or
official announcement been made' as yet
on behalf of either. But from the activ-
ity displayed among the politicians in
all these Provinces it is likely that the
dates named will not be far astray.
FROM THE CAPITAL.
' (From Our Own Correspondent.)
- OTTAWA, April net, Mo.
The Tariff debate is practically aon-
-eluded, and the principal barrier be-
tweenthe House and prorogation re-
moved. There is no reason now why
the House should not close in the second
week in May at the latest, and if it does
not it will be because the Government
has something not yet propounded to
lay before the House. Mr. Chapleau
has had himself interviewed about- a
great scheme of national insurance for
working men which he claims to have
prepared with a view of presenting it to
the House for action this session. But
it is hardly to be supposed that the
Government will take from one of its
number so much discredited as Mr.
Chapleau, a socialistic scheme of ` this
kind and put it through at this late
period of the session. The working men
themselves would hardly listen to it,
for Mr. Chapleau has not shown himself
particularly the friend of labor in rela-
tion to the great National Printing Bur-
eau, of which he is pie official head.
Except this there is nothing more to
come down, so far as can be judged, and
the work to be done is all before the
House.
The Tariff debate was one of the beat
sustained that the Huse has seen for
years. Unimportant items were allowed
to pass s soon as the proper explana-
tions of them were given by the Govern-
ment. But where an item came up, such
as the duty on nursery stock or the in- '
creased duty on pork, involving clearly
the question of policy between the two,
parties, the debate became warm. The
opposing principles of restriction and
freedom formed the standards for which
the respective parties struggled, and the
enthusiasm of the conflict, drew good
speeches even from the Conservatives,
who, as a rule, remain dumb on general
questions. No more satisfactory debate
has taken place in the House since before
the Mackenzie Government was turned
out of power.
The Government's idea evidently.is
that the tariff burdens are telling on the
farmer, and that something r must be
done to convince that exceedingly useful
voter that he is to be a prize winner in
the next distribution of favors. Every-
thing that even such men as Semple,
Rowand, McMillan and Fisher said
against any of the duties on agricultural
products was eagerly seized upon as
proving that the Liberals were opposed
to the farmer's interests and wanted to
see him left helpless under ,,the fearful
competition from the Visited States.
This will probably have its effect with
some people, but too many farmers know
the value of the American market to
permit of their favoring any policy
which will strengthen the hands of the
men in the United States; who want to
shut off trade with Canada.
rhe Northwest Territories Act amend-
ment bill is now before the Sena e. It
is of considerable importance in itself,
and would in any case cause co sider-
able discussion. a But it becornes a
measure of surpassing interest now in
view of the fact that Mr. Dalton Mc-
Carthy is expected to revive the race
question which was debated so fiercely
in the early part of the session by mov-
ing the abolition of the existing provis-
ion for. Separate Schools in the North-
west Mr. Charltcn has publicly an-
nounced that if Mr. McCarthy does not
bring this matter forward, he (Mr.
Charlton) will. There is fear on the
part of some members that this question
"'will take up a great deal of time and
delay prorogation. But, on the other
: .hand, the House has had experience of
one case of this . kind, and surely all
hands will have sense enough not to
oblige Mr. Charlton and Mr. McCarthy
by getting into such a useless and injur-
ious wrangle. Mr. McCarthy and his
friends are engaged in the task of
"downing" the Roman Catholic Church
and the French Canadian people during
the intervals of business, which inter-
vals,
ntervals, SQ far as Mr. McCarthy is concern-
ed, are few and far between. The result
can only be to unite and exasperate both
these forces and to bring to the front in
each of them those leaders who favor
reprisals and continued warfare. No
people are going to get any benefit from
this kind of thing, except perhaps Mr.
McCarthy and "faders" like him on
either side. .
'The Rykert scandal was bad enough
before, but it is ten times worse since
Mr. Dalton McCarthy showed a desire
to take a part in the investigation. It
will be remembered that when Mr.
Rykert was carrying on this still hunt
for his timber limit, his first difficulty;
was in the fact that the territory he
want\e,d was claimed by Mr. McCarthy
on behalf of Messrs. Shortreed and Laid-
law, friends and constituents of his own.
An arrangement was come to nominally,
by which Messrs. Shortreed and Laid-
law were to have first choice of the ter-
ritory. Mr. Rykert on behalf of "My
Dear Adams" was to take whatever he
pleased of what was left. • The Depart-
ment was a party to this arrangement,
and it looked for a time as if matters
would go on without further troubles.
But there were delays in the issue of the
license to Mr. Adams, and Mr. Rykert
learned that his rivals actually charged
fraud as a reason why there should at
least be delay in issuing, the license.
He wrote therefore that he hoped no at-
tention would be paid to "Laidlaw's
nonsense" as he "only wants to level
blackmail." It was to this letter especi-
ally that Mr. McCarthy took exception.
When he asked that Mr. Laidlaw and
himself be heard,the opportunity was at
once accorded to them. In the course
of their testimony some startling facts
were brought out. It appeared that
while the agreement was made that Mr.
Laidlaw should get a certain defined
territory, the permit issued to him was
for ass wholly different territory, the
boundaries running south from the base
instead of north, and including not a
wooded district, but an open prairie,
while the limit granted to Adams was
almost wholly within the territory which
Mr. Laidlaw had first claimed. In fact
the charge was directly made by Mr.,
Laidlaw that the documents in the case
had been tampered with in their course
through the Department. But more
than that, and worse than that, if pos-
sible, letters were produced which tend
to show that the Government hada good
policy of retaining the public domain in
their own hands, but that they changed
that policy suddenly and apparently
with a view to satisfying Mr. Rykert
and the boodle brigade. Mr. Rykert as
usual contended that he had letters
which would exonerate him,•and an ad-
journment was allowed for a week that
he might produce them . This is an act
of great kindness to Mr. Rykert; the
more so as it will run the investigation
very close to the end of the session and
will probably prevent the full discussion
of the matter, which should take place
in the House of Commons.
The Middleton scandal is about where
it was. The General's confession that
he "confiscated" Bremner's furs and that
he ordered some of them to be sent to
him still stands. It is true that he said
that he never got the furs, but he has not
pretended that this was any fault of his.
There was evidently a desire at the last
meeting of the Committee to delay mat-
ters, and it is said that the Conservative
members of the Committee are divided
on the question whether it would be
well to hold the verdict over to next
session. Some of them see very clearly
that such a•course would raise a storm
which would do the Government an im-
mense deal of .harm. The Canadian
public may be ready to forgive an ordi-
nary boodler belonging to the country
and ready to "stand in with the boys,"
but when it comes down to allowing an
imported English officer, not too popular
on his merits, to capture the property of
an inoffensive man and simply lose it,
that is another matter. The General is
supposed to be an English gentleman.
But when the fact is considered that he
took these furs from Brenner and then
remained silent for five years while the
person robbed was appealing to . the
Government for redress, it will be seen
how completely lacking he is in .a spirit
of fair, play. Mr. Lister, who has. had
the courage to insist upon this matter
being investigated is not the man to al-
low any shirking in the verdict. It may
be put down as settled that there will
be a square verdict on this matter or a
fight in the House of Commons about it.
Huron Notes.
— Wingham will have its streets light-
ed with electric light shortly.
—The Blyth council have decided to
send all tramps to Goderich jail.
—Thos. Kirkconnel and James Sharp,
of Morris, went to Toledo, Ohio, last
week.
—Mr. H. Brandon, of Belgrave, has
rented his farm to Mr. Arthur Brooks
for a term of years.
—The farm of the late M. Brandon,
East Wawanosh, containing 98 acres,
was sold recently to.Mr. J.Scandrett for
the sum of $3,810. •
—Word has:. been received that a
daughter of Mrs. Wilson', of Londesboro,
died in Dakota a short time ago, and
what makes it all the more sad, she was
only eight days married.
—A by-law was voted on at Exeter
last week to establish a butter and egg
market at the Town Hall, Exeter. The
bylaw was carried by a-majority'of 82.
— The other morning while Mrs. A.
Cottle, of Exeter, was descending a fe
steps from the front part of her dwellin
to the kitchen she had the misfortune t
fall`and dislocate her ankle.
—Mr. T. S. Brandon has purchased
50 acres from Mr. A. Brydges, in Mor-
ris, for $1,800, and Mr. Brandon, has
purchased the farm of Mr. Charles John•
ston in East Wawanoeh, 100 acres, for
the sum of $4,200..
-Mr. T. A. Mills, of Winghamone
day last week, purchased the residence
in that town at present occupied by Mr.
E. R. Talbot and two lots in connection,
as a site for the proposed new Episcopal
church.
—Mr. George Scales, of the 9th con-
cession of Huilett, when crossing the
river in a boat Wednesday of last week
was upset. Had it not been that
some men were close by he most likely
would have been drowned.
—There were 4,440 registered letters
passed through Brussels post office, out-
ward, during the past year. In six
months 1,100 money orders were issued.
Very few post offices, outside of the
cities, do a much larger business than
Brussels.
—The Misses Hall, evangelists, were
presented, previous to - leaving. Blyth,
with a purse of $50 and their tickets for
Guelph, as a slight remuneration for the
work accomplished through their instru-
mentality. •
— A boy named Morrison, son of J. F.
Morrison, shoemaker, Wingham, was
out shooting the other day when his gun
burst and he had a narrow escape from
being seriously injured. As it was he
only suffered a little from the powder
flying into his face.
—At a recent meeting of the Clinton
Driving Park Association, the following
officers were elected for 1890 : Presi-
dent, T. C. Doherty ; Vice -President,
L. Kennedy ; Directors—J. E. Blackall,
0. Johnston, J. Copp, D. B. Kennedy,
I. Rattenbury, R. S. Doan ; N. Robson,
Secretary and Treasurer.
—Albert Goldthorpe, of Usborne,
township, has a yearling filly, sired by
Fisher's Sir Walter Scott I1I, which
weighs 1340 pounds, and Wm. Manning,
of the same . township, has a yearling
colt from the same horse, which weighs
1450 lbs. Both are promising animals,
and do credit to their sire.
-One day last week Mr. Robert Lea -
thorn purchased from Mr. William
Brimsacombe the Mansion House in Exe.
ter, paying therefor the sum of $3,200.
We understand that it will be run by
Mr. John .Leathorn, who, no doubt, will
make an efficient and obliging land-
lord.
—R. B. Smith.& Co., who have car-
ried on an extensive dry goods trade at
Goderich for thirty-five years, have as•
signed to Henry Barber & Co., of To-
ronto. The liabilities are between $12,-
000 and $15,000, owing almost entirely
to Montreal houses, the creditors in
Toronto being hardly worth mentioning.
The assets nominally equal the lia-
bilities.
—There is still no trace of the three
Matheson brothers of Goderich,drowned
in the recent gale, although the beach
has been carefully watched for miles
down the lake. A subscription is being
taken up on behalf of the parents who
have by this sad event • been deprived
not only of t eir sons but of the means
of obtaining heir daily bread ; the hat
has met wit a generous response so
far.
—A horse belonging to Mr. Jas. 'Web-
ster, of Hullett, has been seriously ill
for some time from a peculiar cause, but
is now recovering. It appears that J.
Walker, of Blyth, had been attending
another horse of Mr. Webster's, during
which time this one also appeared un-
well, and Mr; Walker ordered a dose of
raw oil, which Mr. Webster accordingly
went for, and in mistake was given some
machine oil instead, which, unfortunate-
ly Mr. Webster did not notice until
after he had given sone to 'the horse,
the result of whiph almost proved
fatal.
—One day recently'three colts owned
by David Milne, of Ethel, got on the
railway track below the station a short
time before the noon train Was due.
When the train came along one of them
ran ahead of it and jumped over both
cattle guards at Lake's crossing and
kept ahead to the next sideroad. That
colt must be a thoroughbred and should
bring a fortune to its owner as a hurdle
jumper and hunter.
2—The directors of the Huron Central
Exbibition, Clinton, have decided on
holding the fair on September 23, 24 an
25. Every effort to make the exhibitio
a success will be put forth by the officers
• of the society, there being several nevr
attractions and features. It is intended
to offer special prizes for entire horsee
to be exhibited on the second day of the
show, and to make this feature Of the
exhibition one of the very beet. e
—The report of Customs Officer Far-
row for the quarter ending trlarch 31st,
shows that the exports enterea at the
port at Godericlt reached $57,720.
Amongst leading litems are : Horses',
158, valued at $17$64 ; cheese, 139,850
oats, 706 bushels, $185 ; peas, 24,260
bushels, $13,339. The imports reached
$10,681 dutiable goods, and free $43,-
410 ; the duty collected was $3,39‘1.80.
—In Rattenbury Street Methodist
Church, Clinton, last Sunday evening,
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Livingstone, took
as the subject of his sermon, "Do the
Methodists drink half of the whiskey
consumed in Clinton ?" In elosing his
remarks he asked that all those who do
not drink liquor stand up, and
almost the entire congregation -rose to
its feet. Then asking for those who did
_drink to stand up, there was no re-
-The annual meeting of the Clinton
Gun Club was held at the Queen's
Hotel on Wednesday evening of last
week when the following officers were
elected :- Honorary President, Joseph
Whitehead ; President, John McMur-
Secretary-Treasurer, C. Milne. Com-
mittee of managenrient : Joseph Ryder,
Auditors, Jos. Ryder and T. M. Carling.
Regular practice day will be Monday of
each week during the summer.
--The annual Meeting of the Woman's
Guild in connection with Trinity church,
Blyth, was held in the Rectory on Wed-
nesday afternoon of last week. A good
attendance of members was present.
The following officers were re-elected
for another term, viz : President, Mrs.
Tanner, senior ; Vice -President, Mrs.
Raeey; Secretary, Miss Tanner ; Assis-
tant -Secretary, Mrs. Belfry ; Treasurer,
Mrs. Metcalf. The society has only
been organized a shaft time and is in-
creasing in membership and doing a good
—During the past few days quite a
number of residents of Wingham and
vicinity have left for Western points.
Among them we noticed no fewer than
sixteen persons for the Pacific Coast,
consisting of Fred Wright and Frank
Billingsley, of Wingham, who go on a
prospecting tour to Victoria, British
Columbia ; Mr. A. Warwick, and his
newly wedded wife, who take up farm-
ing in Nanaimo, British Columbia ; the
Misses Storen, of Wingham, who are
making Sen Jose, California, their fut-
ure home, and a couple of families from
—On Saturday night of last week
about eleven o clock the fire alarm
sounded which caused the citizens of
Exeter to arouse from their slumbers and
ascertain where the destroying element
existed. It ws not long before it. was
discovered to be the old greenhouse on
the station road, owned by Mr. Isaac
Carling, which has been vacant for a
sonsiderable time. The fire engine was
only taken as far as the market as its
service was not needed. It is supposed
to be the work of an incendiary. Loss
—Last month the Doherty Organ
Company, of Clinton, sent over to their
English agent, Mr. Clairy, a shipment
of their splendid Doherty Organ Books,
and have received a letter from Mr.
Clairy, stating that they had been confis-
cated and publicly burned in the market
at Liverpool. The reaeon of this was
that eight of tbe pieces of music in the
Doherty method were copyrighted in
England, and had been inserted in the
book withoat this fact being known,and
so the books were seized and burned by
the custome officers. Messrs. Doherty
were madeaware that if they made an-
other shipment, with those copyright
pieces in the book, they would be heav-
ily fined.
—The fOlowirtg have signed contracts
to play in the Brussels base ball club for
1890 : Pitcher, W. Grewar • 1st base
and change pitcher, D. C. noss ; 2nd
base. J. Ross ; catcher, R. Ross' and D.
Wilson, late of St. George's club, Michi-
gan ; 3rd base, A. Currie ; short stop,1
J. Stretton ; centre field, N. Gerry ;
right field, J. McBain and George Halli-
day ; left field, Tom. Ross and R.
Thompson. The Manager is in com-
munication with three or four first-class
men, but so far none have accepted the
advance cheek, but before the season
opens the battery will be second to none
in Western Ontario.
--One day last week a wood bee was
in progress on the farm of Mr, James
Cartwright in Hullett. The riier run-
ning through the farm is pretty high,
being swollen by the spring rains. For
convenience a rope had been stretched .
across the river, by means of which a
scow was worked backwards and for-
wards. While Mr. Geo. Scales was
crossing in this way he lost his balance
and was thrown into the water, which,
being cold, quickly chilled him, and as it
was some minutes before he was rescued
he had nearly lost consciousness. It
was intended to wind up the bee in the
evening by a jovial party, but the acci-
dent was such a dampener that the idea
was abandoned.
—The village of Lucknow• has just
had completed a complete system of
waterworks for flre protection. On
Sunday night it had a pretty eevere test.
Flames were noticed to suddenly burst
from a building in a large frame block.
Within five minutes from the time the
first alarm was sounded steam was up
ready to pump, and shortly after three
streams of water from adjoining hydrants
were being poured upon the flames.
Although one part of the building was
all in flames before the fire was noticed,
the -fire was quickly drowned out and
the loss only amounted to abont a thous-
and dollen. But for the waterworks
the whole block, the lergest in the vil-
lage, would certainly have been destroy-
ed. The waterworks cost $10,000, and
the citizens are satisfied they saved
mime property than that on Sunday
night, and consecinently paid for them-
selves at the first fire.
—The Goderich Star says : Don't be
a loafer. If you have no business of
your own, don't loaf around the place of
another. Nothing gives a business man
a poorer opinion of a place than to see
half a dozen loafers sitting or lounging
around every time he goes in. The
owner or proprietor may be too polite or
forhearing to order you away, but in-
wardly he will wish you at the bottom of
the sea. If he hires hands he expects
them to work in business hours, and the
man who hangs around a place of busi-
ness hour after hour talking to the work-
men, is never a welcome visitor to the
proprietor. In this busy world there is
work enough for all, and the man or boy
who is content to lie around and loaf
had better go off and die.
—The following note from Mr. Hugh
McCharles, now of Sault Ste. Marie, is
worthy of the man, and will be read
with interest by many of our readers_ in
this county. He says : It was with a
sudden pang of real sorrow that I read
the announcement of the death of Mrs.
Malcolm McLennan,aesPort Finlay, last
Friday. She was my first teacher in Can-
ada over thirty years ago in the old log
school house on the boundary line be-
tween the counties of Huron and Bruce,
in what is called the Lochalsh settle-
ment, She was a woman of superior
natural intelligence, and a painstaking
effective teacher, with a special faculty
for interesting children in their studies.
Only the fundamentals were taught 'in
those days, but they were taught in a
thorough common sense way, and
though I attended various schools and
colleges after that, all I have ever learnt
that has been of any practical benefit to
me, I learnt in that old log school house.
She taught the school and took care of a
growing young family at the sametime ;
a kind, true, noble -hearted, self-sacrific-
ing teacher, wife and mother, who has
fulfilled her destiny in this world_ in a
silently heroic manner, worthy of all
praise. 1 wish we had more women
like her. She has left a husband, son,
and several daughters to mourn her loss,
and a large circle of friends all over the
country. Her eldest son, -Finlay, who
died some years ago, was one of the
brightest graduates of Queen's Univers-
ity, and a young man of great promise,
but he studied too hard and now rests
in an early but honored grave, near the
beautiful spot named after him, on the
rtorth shore of the Georgian Bay, and
where, I presume, the mother has also
been laid, with her beloved son beside
her.
Irishtown.
A HANDSOME PRESENT.—On behalf
of the parishioners of Rev. Father Mc-
Cabe, of Irishtown, a number of gentle-
men waited on him on the 16th inst.,
and presented him with a handsome
gold watch, chain and cross, accompan-
ied by a raOst appreciative and compli-
mentary address. The watch bore a
handsomely execnted inscription, and
tl* entire gift cost $129. The following
is the address :
REVEREND AND VERY DEAR FATIIER,—The
parishioners of Irishtown and Mitchell, with dis-
criminating minds and appreciating hearts, dis-
covering your worth and valueing it, take the
liberty to approach you respectfully and with
that deference which is due to one in the high
vo ation of the Priesthood, for in the language
of -St. Paul " neither doth any man take the
honor to himself, but he that is called by God as
Aaron was," and the Redeemer said pointedly to
his Apostles " you have not selected me, but I
have selected 3 ou," wherefore we behold in you
the envoy of Heaven by Divine selection, and
nobly are you discharging the duties of your
high commission. Your power as a preacher
has been the subject of most favorablecomment,
your eloquent, clear and terse exposition of the
Gospel has inspired in the minds of the people a
fervour that we hope will be permanent. Your
well directed care and atiention to the ?eligious
instruction of the rising generation, and your
efforts to remove from the path of youth the
numerous snares with which it is beset, will, no
doubt, bear good fruit and secure to all who
hearken to and treasure up your words of wisdom
an old age of virtuees tranquility. Your great
zeal in attending to the spiritual welfare of the
sick (unusually numerous this season) admirably
diaplayed your self-denial and singleness of pur-
pose, for in the darkest night when nature
throws its mantle of gloom over the plain, you
despised all personal danger and promptly hur-
ried to the bedside of the dying to seal:their
eyes in holy unction and illume their dreary
path in the glow of your benediction, and in all
cases you preceded the alacrity of death.
Though yottare still yo'ung, and but a few short
months in the ministry and in our midst, yet we
have found you truly religious, but not fanati-
cal ; severe in discipline, but not stern ; firm,
but not obstinate, and of dignified manner blend-
ed with sweetness. The parishioners recogniz-
ing so many services and good qualities you
have unconsciously ingratiated yourself with the
mass of the people who have always acute per-
ception and clear discernment of what is for
their good, they desire to express their gratitude
in a way more tangible than words and solicit
your acceptance of this gold watch, chain and
cross, and we feel assured that you will prize it
more as the free gift ef 3 our admiring friends
than on account of its material value. Hoping
that you may live long to enjoy it, and may that
grace, or habitual justice, which is the fulness
of Jesus Christ, ever abide in thee and perpetu-
ate thy worthiness to perform the duties of thy
sacred calling.
The addres4 was read by Mr. Bernard O'Con-
nell, and the presentation made by Mr. John
Broderick. The reverend gentleman replied
verbally. He seemed affected, but not em-
barraeled, and was not only equal to the _occas-
ion, but rose superior to it, and with that mod-
esty which is so characteristic of real merit
spoke appropriately and with great ease at con-
siderable length, and in so happy a strain as to
captivate the understanding and charm the
hearts of the numerous gentlemen present.
LOCAL BRI S.—Mr. James R. Mc-
Donald, son of Dr. McDonald, M.P.,
took first class honor s at Trinity Medi-
cal College, Toronto, at his final exam -
and the silver medal for general pro-
ficiency.—Mr. F. Paterson sold 13 hens
and one rooster of the White Leghorn
breed to a gentleman in Teeswater at a
good figure. It always pays to keep the
vety best stock.—A little over a year
ago there were only 48 workmen em-
ployed in the Union Furniture Factory
in this town, and now there are over 90.
—Mr. William Mooney died at Lower
Wingliam on the 9th inst., aged 84
years.—Mr. William Sanderson, of this
place, died on the llth inst.,in the fifty-
third year of hie age.—Mrs. Dr. Mc-
Donald returned home from Ottawa last
week, where she had been spending a
few weeks with her husband.—Owing to
ill health, Mr. R. W. Robinson has been
forced to resign his seat at the Council
board.—The Queen's birthday is to be
celebrated in grand style in Wingham
this year.—Mr. William Clegg shipped
ten cars of peas last week to Liverpool,
via Portland.—Mr. D. Sutherland is not
in good health at present.—Mr. W. F.
Dulmage has gone to Regina, Northwest
Territory.—After this all the stores will
be closed each evening, except Saturday,
at 7 o'clock.—It is said that a Mr.Brotvn
from Toronto is going to oppose Mr. A.
APRIL 251 1890.
M. Ross in West Huron at -the approach.
ing elections. If he does be will be
4 g doze up brown " before he gets through
the contest.—Mesers. Alex. ROSE and
Thomas Agnew each lost good oow
this week from milk fever.—lese
Hardy, of Exeter, hes completed the
erection of, the new bridge here in geed
tolook out a new show ground. The
prospects are that Mr. B. Willisensi
field on the Bluevale road will be select:
ed. It is intended to have a half mile
track on it.—Mr. Wm. Clegg has re-
ceived a lot of the Government's two.
rowed barley for seed. A good many of
the leading farmers in the vicinity are
going to give it a trial. —Work has cow
menced on the new Town Hull building.
Mrs -Fred. Hughes is busily engaged
taking out the foundation.—Division
Court will be held here on the 29th
inst.—Mr. Robert Orr arrived home this
week from his Southern trip greatly im-
proved in health.
WINGHAY SPRING SHOW.—The Wing -
ham si,pring show was held on Wednes-
day list There was a large exhibit of
horset, especially in the heavy draught
class,l and other classes were fairly well
represented. Some very fine bulls were
shown, there being reptesentatives of
these breeds on the ground—Durham,
Holstein and Hereford. The following
is the prize list: Honsss, -- Heavy
Draught Stallion,—Ist, Wm. Well -wood's
"Edmond -" 2nd, James Ritchie -a
" Granite 'Rock." General Purpose
" King of the Ring ;" 21KI,Allan Spier's
"Earl Breadalbane," Roadster Stale
Carriage Stallion,—Ist, D. A. Ferrier's
" W. F. Lambert." Sweepstakes for
best Stallion —Wm. Wellwood's "Ed-
mond." Jtidges, — Joseph Walker,
Brussels ; James Rogers, Gorrie, and.
James Duncan, Newry. BULL8,—Dar.
ham. over two years,—Ist, Richard Cor -
son's " Waterloo lenightlev.", Holstein,
Lad." Hereford,— S. D. Wellwood's
" Romping," Sweepstakes, —Richard
Anderson, Lucknow, and W. J. Johns-
ton, Morris.
The above was received too late for last week.)
Mr. Walter Scott, now foreman in the
Central Prison, Toronte, was calling on
a few Mende last week. He looks well.
—Charles 3. Reading was at Toronto on
business Tuesday,—John Neilans, Geo.
Gree, tnd Simnel Youhill were nomin-
ated es councillors to fill the vacancy in
No. 1 ward.—James R, MeDonald arri-
ved heme on Saturdey with M. D. C. M.
attached to his name.—Harry Day has
sold out his livery business to &Beattie
of Clinton.—The foundation of the hall
is nearly all dug and the stone work
will soon be commenced. ---John H. Da-
mage shipped some fine game fowls to
The Brussels Spring Show.
The spring show of Entire Stock nn -
der the auspices of the East Huron Ag-
ricultural Society was held at Brus-
eels on Friday last. The attendance of
spectators was not very large. Indeed
the weather was too fine for a large at-
tendance, as most farmers preferred
staying in the fields preparing for and
putting in the seed to coming out to see
the show. There Wall, however, a splen-
did turn out of horses, some thirty-five
in all having been entered. ln the aged
imported heavy draught class there were
ten very fine animals, and it tooi the
judges a. long time to pick out the fa-
vored three. There was also a very fine
show of three year olds, Mr. Thos. Mc-
•Lauchlin, of Grey, and the Messrs.
Spiers, of Morris, filling up the class
with their very promising young ani-
mals, the former having three and the
latter two. There was very little com-
petition among the light horses. There
were just three bulls shown, but these
were good. The following are the sue -
Galloway ;" 3rd, Duncan McLaughlin,
land." Blood,—Kydd Brothers, " Ten
Bri3eaueLki; —Aged.
3rd, Allan Spiers, " Earl of Breadal-
Patrick." Under Three,--lst Thomas
McLauchlin " Ayrshire Stamp ;" 2nd,
" What's Wanted." Shire,—John Gray,
" Waverley."
IMPORTED HEAVY DRAXTEHT. — Over
CARRIAGE.—George Whiteley," Mait-
"ADIAN DRAUCHT. —0 ver Three,—
Mitchell, ‘` Black Galloway."
Durham, —1st,Richard
Corby, " Lord Elcho :" 2nd, David
Milne, " Perfection ;" 3rd,JamesSpiers,
" Baron Craig."
T. Agnew, Wingbam : Wm. Forest,
Elma.
LECTURE "AND DIA.—The Rev. Mr.
Murray, of Kincardine, will deliver •••
lecture in the Walton Presbyterian
church on the evening of Thursday,
May let, under the auspices of the Wo-
men's Foreign Missionary Association.
Tea will be served from 6.30 to 7.30.
A cordial invitation is extended to all.
CHURCH -OPFICERS.--At a recent meet-
ing in St. George's church, the follow-
ing officers were elected: Minister's
Warden, R. H. Ferguson ; People's
Warden, W. NI. Smith ; Sidemen,
John Hewitt and Adam Sholdice. Dele-
gate to Synod, R. H. Ferguson. The
meeting was presided over by the pop-
ular pastor, the Rev. W. T. Cluff.
ALDREES AND PRESENTATION. -- 00
Friday evening, April 18th, the mem- ,
hers of St George's Church, Walton, ass
ssembled at the residence of Mr. John
Hewitt and, in recognition of the valu-
ahle and faithful services of Miss Alice
Hewitt, as organist for some time past,
presented her with a complete dinner
set and a valuable .silver tea set, The
following address accompanied the
present : Dear Miss Hewitt, —Ever since
you were obliged through illness to re-
sign the position of organist in St.
George's church, the members have been.
awaiting a- favorable opportunity for
making known to you their appreciation
of your services as organist and leader.
It was with deep regret we learned
that oWing to illness you woutkbe com-
pelled to relinquish those duties which
you had so faithfully performed and
whiah no personal ends could lead yen
to neglect. We are happy now in be-
ing able to rejoice with you over synsp-
toms of returning vigor and we trust be-
toe long
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