The Huron Expositor, 1892-06-10, Page 4THE HURON EXP
SITOR.
JUNE 10, 1892.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
sr The figure between the parenthesis after each
line denotes the page of the paper on which the
advertisement will be roma'.
Holstein Bull for Service—Wm. Bubolz. (6)
Public Notice—Charlet Wilson. (6)
Geed Farra for Sale—Philip Holt. (5)
Binder Twine--Johneon Brothers. (6)
Farm for Sale—John Agnew. (5)
Summer Clearing Sale—A. Wesloh. (5)
Paution—Tolton Brothers. (5)
Farm for Sale—R. Hicks. (5)
Excursion to -Port Huron. (ft)
Tomato Plante—D. 8. Faust. (8)
°verging—H. p. Edwards. (8)
Wind Mille—W. Elder. (8)
A Few Words to the Public—John Ward. (6)
straw Hats—Jackson Brothers. (1)
Boys' Clothing—Jackson Brothers. (5)
the fitron txpooitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, June 3, 1892.
Dr. Rainsfordts Scheme for the
Suppression of Intemperance.
As we have before intimated, Rev. Dr.
'Rainsford, a well-known New York divine
and philanthropist, a gentleman who has
done much for the poor and fallen, has pro-
pounded a new and novel scheme for the
suppression of intemperance. The following
is the scheme as promulgated by Dr. Rains-
ford himself in a recent discourse. He is
reported as follows :
" In a great and crowded city like this
drinking is a necessary evil. It must be ac-
cepted as one of the conditions of a densely
packed population, drawn from every quar-
ter of the globe, in the present age. Closing
aaloons will not stop drinking. It will
simply drive it to cover. If every saloon
were closed to -day, to -morrow they would
all be open again, but hidden away in tene-
ment houses where they would do vastly
more harm. What we must do to combat
intemperance is to provide public resorts
which are not tainted with vice and corrup-
tion. We can open saloons where beer and
light wines only may be had by those who
want them, and where the surroundings will
be clean, cheerful and moral. There may
be billiard tables and bowling -alleys and
tables where people mO3dsit and chat while
they drink their beer. There may also be a
impiety of newspapere and periodicals. Such
a saloon as this would offer attractions which
would enable it to compete effectively with
vicious resorts. It is not possible to suppress
saloons, but it is possible to elevate them to
a plane which they have never before 'occu-
pied. Then I would have these saloene open
on Sundays during proper hours, for the ac-
commodation of those who are in the habit
of having beer or wine every day,eand who
now have to encourage law -breaking by en-
tering side doors into dark and ill -smelling
places for their Sunday beverage. I would
have these places law-abiding. I would
have them close strictly at the expiration of
legal hours. Such ealoons would furoish
proper field for business enterprise, and I
sincerely hope that Christian business men
may be induced to enter the field. Bueiness
men connected with the chinch could run
such saloons, and could do it at a profit. I
only wish that I had the money with which
to demonatrate that this is the only way to
deal successfully with this evil."
In referring to this extraordinary proposi-
tion, the:Christian Union says that no man
in the country has earned a better right to
be heard upon any question which concerns
the well-being, moral and physical, of the
poorer people in our great cities than Dr.
Rainsford. It is, therefore, with great hesi-
tation that it dissents from hie conclusions
upon a subject on which he is a scientific ex-
pert. But, it asserts very correctly, that
one of the principal aids to the support of
the sateen is bad homes, and that the real
remedy is the cultivation of more decent and
reputable homes. In a large proportion of
the city tenement houses there is no true
home life. The husband and father comes
to hia over -crowded rooms, with the wearied,
worried, and naturally irritable wife and the ,
crying and quarreling children, and beats a
retreat to the more congenial atmosphere
and rnore agreeable companionship of the
saloon. Make the saloon better, or abolish
it altogether, and substitute even a temper-
ance coffee-house, and still there is no pro-
vision made for either the mother or the
children. Not a better club; but a better
home, is the true specific for. the saloon.
The men of wealth in the large cities, who
find it now a diffieult matter to secure eafe
and. profitable investments, could do more to
drain the saloon of its habitues than all the
prohibition laws and cold -water advocates
combined, by forming a syndicate with some
millions of capital, and putting up model
flats upon the pattern of those of Mr. White
and Mr. Pratt, in Brooklyn, of the Tene-
ment -House Improvement Association in
New York, and of the Waterloo Building
Society in London, in which self-respecting
families could secure decent homes at a.
reasonable rent, where husband, wife, and
children might pass the evening in decency
and comfort together. In connection with
such flats there might well be club -rooms
where the men could smoke their pipes and
discuss the masculine problems of life. And
it haa been proved, in London,- in New
York, and in Boston, that the churches need
not wait far such a syndicate ; that, with a
wise woman manager to collect the rents,
and in so doing to visit the tenants, a very
email capital is sufficient to hiee a house, put
it in order, and rent it at lower than market
rates, and 'still make a net income of from
four per cent upwards on the money ex-
pended. There must be poor men's °tube,
and until and unless they are provided in
some other way, the saloon will be patroniz-
ed. But decent homes are more imperative-
ly demanded than decent clubs ; and in our
judgment a Church Tenernent-House Society
would do far more toward grappling with
the saloon than a Church Reformed Saloon
Society,
THE London Free Press tries to explain
away the rank injustice of the gerrymender
of Middlesex and London, by claiming that
to leave the Fifth and Sixth Wards in the
city, instead of in East and Soath Middle-
sex respectively, the two latter ridings
would fall below the average in population:
The abeurdity of this plea is shown by the
Sarnia Observer when it says : The trouble
-with keeping the Middlesex constituencies
up to the standard is that the county has
mere than its fair share of representation.
Instead of four it is only entitled to three
members, and then its ridings would have
less population than either of the two ridings
of Lambton. Though-6Iiddlesex is padded
oat with stolen territory from Larnbton and
Huron, it has not the population to fairly en-
title it to four members according to the unit
of representation based on the present census.
It has barely sufficient to entitle it to three,
if reduced to the municipalities within the
borders of the county." The Observer might
also have added as an additional proof of the
rascality of this so-called re -distribution
measure, especielly as it applies to Middle-
sex, that although atthe last eleotion there
were 1,100 more Liberal votes polled in that
county than there were Conservative votes,
yet the Liberals of that county have but on6
representative while the Conservatives have
three, and thatinstead of remedying thie
grces wrong the present bill greatly aggra-
vates it.
Cool, Very !
For unadulterated cheek and cool, delib-
erate falsifying, the following from the To-
ronto Empire of Monday on the redistribu-
tion bill, beateetnything that has appeared
in print for a long time. It says :
The Government might, with its large
majority, have followed the Mowat example,
or the avowed determination of the Grits
last year, who registered a solemn vow that
if they got into power before the decennial
census was acted upon they would iso gerry-
mender the Dominion that a Coneervative
victory would be impossible. But, avoiding
these sinister examples, a measure has been
framed so equitable that it can be supported
with self respect by every Conservative.
The man who Writes snob- stuff as the
above must surely get a very lai.ge salary,
for no man would debase the gifts with
which nature has bestowed him I in such a
manner for a trifling consideration. It is
hardly possible, however, that expects
any reader to believe what he says. Why,
even the more disinterested supporters of
the Governmnnt are so ashamed of it that
Mr. McCarthy heti moved the following
amendment :
",That the bill be not now read the sec-
ond time, but theit it be resolved that the
distribution of seats of members of this
House should, so far as practicable, be based
on equality of population, due regard being
bad to the community of interests existing
in localities, a full and fair expression of
public opinion, and the permanence rind
stability of constituencies ; that the most
effective way of accomplishing these ends is
to assume county and city boundaries as the
natural limits of electoral districts, with
equitable divisions thereof, constituted with
compactness ea regards geographical position
and based on well-known existing areas
where the population' entitles the city or
county to two or more representatives ; that
the system now prevailing and proposed to
he continued by this bill, fails to secure
equality of population, ignores community
of interests, disregards geographical com-
pactness, renders stability impossible, and is
liable to grost abuse in affording oppor-
tunities in the arrangement of electoral dis-
tricts for promoting party aims and obtain-
ing party advantages, regardless of the con-
siderations which ought to determine the
settlement of the representation of the
people in this House."
This bill must be pretty bad when it
draws from Mr. McCarthy, who never does
anything to injure the Government if he
can help it, such an amendment as this.
A COUPLE of weeks ago we referred to
the discussion in Parliament over the grants
being made by the Government for the erec-
tion of new post offices and other public
buildings. It will be remembered that one
example was given to show the absurdity or
dishonesty of these grants. That example
was Laprairie, where a grant of $16,000
was given to erect a post office building,
while the gross revenue of the post office
only amounted to $433. Appended will be
found a statement of the gross postal
revenue at some of the village post offices in
this county :
Bayfield $ 487.65
Bluevale 473.03
Blyth 1,515 04
Brussels 2,459569..2541
Dungannon
Exeter 2,250.65
Fordwich 607.51
Gorrie
Wroxeter 917.67
672.96
Each of the above places has 7a77;e3v6enue
Zurich
much. larger than has the village of La-
--prairie, in the Province of Quebec, and does
a larger volume of business, and yet we are
sure there is not a sane man, be he Grit or
Tory, but would say that it would be a
shameful waste of money to erect a $16,000
post offioe building at any one of these
places. Take, for instance, the villa,ges of
Kippen, Varna, Auburn or Walton, and
many other similar ones we might name.
The post offices at these places have a
revenue almost as large as Laprairie has,
and we would like to ask, would any sensible
person think of erecting a $16,000 building
at such places for post office purposes. Yet
thia is the way that the money of the Do-
minion is being squandered, and a large ma-
jority of the people's representatives in
Parliament say by their votes that it is all
right. If this money was raised directly
from the people, is any person so foolish as
to believe that they would allow such waste-
ful and indefensible extravagance, and yet
the people have to provide it just as cer-
tainly as if it were taken directly out of
their pockets. -Is it any wonder that we
complain of poverty ?
As A rule the Toronto Telegram don't
punch the Dominion Government unless it
richly deserves it, and this is what it has to
say about the so-called re -distribution bill :
" What the Government calls re -distribution
is in truth a cold-blooded gerrymander.
The measure lacks the daring meanness of
the late Sir. John's achievements in the same
direction. It is more cunningly contrived and
is a more dangerous because likely to be a
more effective piece of villainy. Low as the
country has fallen politically, North Perth
proves that a palpably outrageous gerry-
-mender will not pay. The Government has
aimed, not at justice, but at a gerrymander
that will pay. The measure is neither less
cowardly nor leas infamous because it re-
tains the shadow and lacks the substance of
j ustice."
Le a recent speech in Parliament Dr. Mc-
Donald, M. P., showed by figures what the
N. P. exacts from -the peolple of Canada on
the one item of coal oil, and the amount
they would save in the event of Free Trade.
He showed that in 1890-1 more than five
million gallons were imported into Canada,
and the duty collected a,moun tecl to $365,000.
The cost of inspection and the duty on the
barrel bring the tax up to $466,000. The
wholesalere and retailers both make a profit
on the amount paid for duty as well as on
the original cost, and these extra profits
make the total tax upon the consumer $783,-
639. The quantity et oil consumed in Can-
ada is fifteen million gallons, of which about
ten millions come from the Canadien refin-
ers. If the duty were removed the cost of
this oil would be reduced to the level of the
cost of the Amerioan oil, and in this way
$700,000 would be saved to the consumer.
If this amount be added to the $783,639 it
will be seen that Canadian consumers pay
$1,483,639 to keep up the oil industry,
which employs only 270 men and pays them
$120,1190 a year. Dr. Macdonald thinks
it would pay the country to supersInnuate
these men.
AN Ottawa correspondent of a oronto
paper makes the following remarks concern-
ing the advantages of vooal volubili.y, He
says : The most remarkable chars teristio
of the French members is their or: torical
ability. In their own language they are all
apt and forceful speakers. The volatile
French Canadian will elect a man w o can
liven him up with a howling, gip erbeery
speech, in preference to a solid, clear headed
chap who speaks but haltingly. Of course
you know that we in Ontario are rat er sus-
picious of the political pyroteohnis He
suits the Frenchman admirably. f Tor-
onto's John G. Holmes or James L. Hughes
had been born Frenchmen they wo Id both
have been members of Parliament 1 rig ago.
The capability of making a good ffhand
speech is the surest key a French an can
use to unlock the doors of political elation.
THE fact is DOW becoming more g nerally
recognized that life insurance on al ost any
approved plan is a good investm nt. It
not only ensures a safe provision for old age
and immunity from suffering on th part of
dependents in the event of the sudde or un-
expected taking off of the insured, b t, even
aside from this, a fair return is ensu ed for
the money irevested as years roll on. It is,
no doubt, due to a realization of this fact by
the people, as well as to improved ethods
in insurance, that there bas within la e years
been so large an increase in the life insur-
ance business, The figures for Ca ada, to
lay nothing of those for the United States,
show that here the increase in life in uranoe
has been,many times greater than he in-
crease in population. Taking the short
period of seventeen years, from 1875 o 1891
inclusive, we find, upon reference to the in-
surance department reports, that in amide
alone the aggregate premium income as in-
creased from $2,882,387 in 1875 to $ ,507,-
655 in 1891, the new insurance issue from
$15,074,258 to $37,866,287, and the insur-
ance in foree from $85,009,264 to $26 ,645,-
627. Thus the premium receipts have
trebled, the new issues increased abo t two
and a half times, and the insurance in force
considerably more than trebled. The rowth
of the business of the Canadian co panies
has been more marked naturally tha that
shown by the above totals for the entire
busineas. Thus, their premiums hay grown
from $707,256 in 1875 to $4,347,543 i 1891,
tbe new insurances from $5,077,601 o $21,-
901,302, and the insurances in fore from
$21,957,226 to $143,368,817.
THE cotton combine recently fo mod is
already commencing to get in its fit e work
on the consumer. The Montreal Trade
Bulletin, a non-political journal, say :
" The combine in colored cottons being
absolute, manufacturers have a vanced
prices Iso per yard in some lines, or 20 per
cent., wed this in the face of the he vy re-
duction in the price of the raw rticle.
What an abominable shame that, tide com-
bine should squeeze the public in thie mad-
ner, said a prominent dealer in thel whole-
sale trade a day or two ago."
Oa course it is a shame, but w o is to
blame ? The company is incorpor ted by
authority of the Government, and t e laws
of the land are so framed as to permit, if
oot to encourage, this " squeezing of the
public." The " public " also havel voted
time and again by overwhelming majorities
to sustain this Government and this Ipolicy.
Cousequently it must be the public end not
the combine that is to blame. If the pub-
lic are fools enough, as they evidentily are,
to vote money out of their own pockets into
the pockets of the combine, who is it that
is to blame for the fooliehness? It is human
nature to take from the public all that the
public will give, and cotton cotnbillies or
combinations of any other kind are ?eat to
blame if the public, through the medium of
the laws, empty their own pocketi into
those of the combines,
1
THE Republican National Cony ntion
opened at Minneapolis on Wednesday last.
It is an immense assemblage, there being
over ten thousand delegates pr sent.
The object of this Convention is
selecting of a candidate for the Presi
of the Unite& States, and the adoptio
policy for the approaching electoral
the
dency
of a
Cern-
paign. The leading candidates before the
Convention are likely to be the p esent
Preeident, Mr. Flarrison, and the late e ecre-
tary of Staae, Mr. J. G. Blaine. I the
event of the et:revelation being una le to
agree on either of these gentlemen, it ie said
the most likely " dark horse " to etep in is
Major McKinley, who e4ma to have a good
many admirers. Preeen t a ppea ea ces,
however, seem to indicate that Mr. Blaine
will be the Man.
THE Dominion Experimental farms may
be a very good thing and may be of great
advantage to the Agricultural interest of
Canada, but they are no better than they
ought to be, considering what they
cost. A return was brought down
in the House a few days ago showing
the amount expended on each of the Gov-
ernment's experimental farms since their
establishment. The Central Experi ental
has so far cost $416,393, the Nappan f rm in
Nova Scotia $79,794, Brandon farm in Man-
itoba $83,288, Indian Head farm in the
North-West Territories $90,607, and gassiz
farm in British Columbia $57,390. The
totel cost of all five has been $727,7c2, of
which $356,535 is. set down to capi al ac•
count and $371,237 to maintenance.
THE DOMINION PARLIAM NT
(By our special Correspondent.)
OTTAWA, June 6th, 1892.
The debate on the Re-Distributioe Bill
f the
d for
sed by
nment
econd
Mc;
night
which
was brilliantly opened by the leader
Opposition and effectively sustain
three days, when an' amendment prop
Mr. Laurier was rejected by a G-ove
majority of 51, but the motion for the
reading was not carried as Mr. Dalto
Carthy interposed and on Thursda
moved the adjournment of the debate
will be resumed to -morrow.
Mr. Laurier's a,mendment was t
Bill be not now read the second time,
referred to, a conference of member
both sides of the House to agree upo
lines or principles on which a re-distri
bill should be drawn. In taking this
the Opposition was following a dieting
British precedent, when Mr. Gladsto
1884, conferred with the leaders of th
position, _Lord Salisbury and Sir St
Northcote, the latter of whom was lea
the Oppesition in the House of Comm
at the
ut be
from
the
ution
'curse
ished
e, in
Op-
fford
er ot
ns at
the time, Mr. Gladstone being i power.
The result of this conference betwee both of
the English parties resulted in the aubmis-
sion of a bill upon a fair and equita le basis
the party in power taking no undu advan-
tage over the minority. In supper of this
proposition Mr. Laurier made forcible
speech. The present bill he deno nced as
an odious gerrymander and an inf mous at-
tempt to stab the minority. In a roup of
constituencies in Quebec Province t would'
have the effect of converting a Li eral ma-
jority of one into a Conservative m jority of
five, and so he was justified in des ribing it
as an unmanlyecheme to obtain by le ielation,
House, they could not obtain in a airinfigthhtis.
efor the Conservative party, OAS
The honorable gentleman showed t e sinister
object of the bill by referring to th opinion
of the independent press. He deal red that
the duty of re -distributing the seat was one
imposed by the Constitution and w s, there-
fore, something higher than a matt r of mere
administration or ministerial pol cy. The
Government, he said, professed to e strong
and to repreaent the country, but if they
were sincere why should they fea to meet
their opponents in a fair field. Th voice of
the majority must rule, but that vo oe should
be heard at the polls, unfettered b any de-
vices calculated to drown it. Th se lofty
sentiments were cheered to the ec o by the
Opposition and seemed to impress he mode-
rate Conservatives in the House.
It became evident that the Government
did not wish for a full discutsion of this
measure, for, in moving the second reading,
Sir John Thompson said not a word in sup-
port of the bill. Mr. Ouimet replied to some
of Mr. Laurier's criticisms of certain clauses•
in the bill, and, in the course of hie speech,
_tacitly admitted that its object was to se -
pure what is termed " the rights of the Con-
servatives " in Quebec. He pretended to
say that the Government would consider any
fair amendments and declared that they only ,
desired to do justice all roond. The generall
tone of hie speech, however, went to show
that he considered it a purely party measure.
He dragged in Mr. Mercier, as if the sins of
the ex -Premier, of Quebec formed a justifica- I
tion for a wrong course by this Government,
and wandered off into Ontario to discuss the
re -distribution of seats in that Province
which was made, he said, by "that great
and pious man " Sir Oliver Mowat. After
this the Government programme indicated a
desire to shut off discuesioe, a general sort
of " that -will do " from Sir John Thompson
having apparently been issued to the Minis-
terial supporters. As Mr. Perry put it, the
mis-shapen child was*so deformed that its
parents were ashamed of it. Broadside after
broadside were poured into the Ministerial
ranke from the Opposition benches, but no
reply was voucheafed that day.
On the second day some of the government
supporters from Quebec,who were benefitted
by the bill,attempted a defence,but their argu-
ments were so interested that they fell upon
the House as the special pleading of those
who, without this bill, could not be re-elect-
ed to Parliament. Several of the Opposition
members from Quebec, eepecially Messra.
Brodeur and Choquette, made rattling
speechee fully exposing that iniquities of the
gerrymander as it affected their Province_
In fact the Opposition seemed to be reserv-
ing all criticism of the bill as it affected On-
tario until a future occasion. There was
just one speech on the Onterio portion of the
bill, and that was the transparent gerry-
mander by which the township of Clarence
was transferred from the cpunty of Russell
to the county of Prescote, which deprives
Mr. Edwards, the Liberal member for Rus-
sell, of the votee of even hie own employes.
It seems to be ,a crime in the eyes of the
Government that a man should employ four
or %Te.. hundred men and treat them so well
as to receive their votes. In fact this bare-
faced action would deprive even the member
for the county of a vote in that county. It
.
is well-known that Mr. Edwards remains in
the House at a great sacrifice to hie business
interests, but he told the Government that
he would now be a candidate again and al-
low the people of that county to pronounce
judgment upon this bill. This plucky de-
claration was cheered to the echo by the
Opposition, and shows of what material the
Liberals are made.
Then Ron. L. H. Davies raised the cone
stitutional point that the British North
American Act gave no power to that Parlia-
ment to alter the boundaries of the conatktu-
encies, but provided for a reference of this
question to a Commission which should,
however, be instructed by the House of
Commons as to the lines upon which the re-
adjustment should proceed. Suppose, fcr
instance, the Commission should be instruct-
ed not to disturb the county boundaries.
They would then proceed to map out the
constituencies on the basis of representation
bp population, and there would be no oppor-
tunity of gerrymaedering.
Sir John Thompson admitted that Section
51 of our Constitution, which Mr. Davies
IN.
quoted, authorized the a, pointment of a
Ciommission to so act, but laimed that un-
der certain general po ers possessed by
Parliament they had the nticessary authority
to do this themselves. Hen. David Mills
pointed out that the Minister of Justice -
could not rely on any general powers to dis-
charge this duty in the face of an expressed
provision enacting that it should be done by
a commission. The beet that Sir John
Thompson could say in reply was that it was
strange this point had never been raised be-
fore, and in relying on this argument he
practically admitted Mr. Davies' contention.
The reeolution of Mr. Armstrong on the
dual language and education questions caus-
ed quite a contentious discussion. It gave
to the Northweet Assembly power to deal
with both these questione, provided that no
school seCtion as at present constituted
should be interfered with, without the con-
sent of the ratepayers of the 'section. Mr.
Clarke Wallace believed that the time had
come when the Northwest Assembly should
be given all the powers of a Provincial
Legislature. He held that to limit the power
of the Territories to regulate education, now
that they were building up a system for,
themselves, was moat unwise, and he moved
in amendment that the Northwest Assembly i
should be empowered to deal with all mat-
ters relating to education. Neither the mo-
tion nor the amendment suited Mr. Dalton
McCarthy and he moved in amendment to
the amendment, a resolution which in effect
bestowed complete home rule in regard both
to education and language upon the North-
west Assembly. He entirely opposed the
state of the law which compelled the North-
west Assembly to esta,blish Separate Schools,
and he thought that, both as regards educa-
tion and the French language, we could
trust the Northwest people to do no injus-'
tice to their Roman Catholic and Frenchl
fellow citizens. The Hon. David Mills op-
posed the view taken by Mr. McCarthy,,
giving his reasons in an elaborate speech. It
was not finished at six d'clock, and after
dinner the order of business changed so
that the debate may not be again resumed
this session.
In the evening Mr, Charlton attempted to i
secure the passage of his hill for the Better,
Observance of the Lord's Day, but fouind
the House so much against
little or no progress, and,
John Thompson, the matte
which means, practically,
dead for this session.
him that he made!
n motion of Sir4
was postponed,!
that the bill is!
Sir John Thompson has been appointed4
arbitrator for the British government in the,
eettlement of the dispute over Behring's Sea
with the United States. I on. C. H. Tup-!
per has been appointed ag nt for the advo-;
cate who has charge of get ing uP the case
1
for the British Governmen and sailed from
New York on Saturday for England.
The resolution to be moved by Mr. Dev-
lin, advocating Home Rule for Ireland, -will
come up this afternoon, when there is likely
to be a pretty hot discussiop, but it is pretty
certain that no vete will be reached until
next weekr
News of the Week.
EPIDEMIC.—There are 10,000 cases of in -
finalize. in Buenos Ayres.
Goer) EXPORTS.—The exports of ggold from
New York during last week amdeinted to
$1,750,000. let
_WHEAT IN DANGER.—Black rust has ap-
peared in some of the finest wheat fields of
Illinois, and serious damage is feared.
ROYAL BETROTHAL—Princess Marie Old-
est daughter of the Duke of Edi.nburgi:, has
been betrothed to the Crown Prince of
Roumania.
MIDDY MORGAN DEAD.—Maria Morgan,
known as the foremost woman writer on
horses and ca,ttle in the United States, died
the other morning in Jersey City.
ANOTHER COMBINE.—It is said the um-
brella manufacturers of the United States
have combined with a capital of $8,000,000.
A. RUST OF THE QDEEN.—Princess Louise
is chiselling a bust of her royal mother for
the World's Fair.
EMIGRATING TO Areaca.„—Fourteen Ger-
man families have just -lett to stab a farm-
ing colony in South-west Africa. -
ASSIGNMENT• OF A PRIVATE BANKER.—
Fred Roeher, private banker at Pueblo,
Colorado, has assigned. The cash in the
vaults is only $1,300. Banks throutghout the
state are thought to have lost heavily.
TENTH ANNIVERSA.RY.—The tenth anni-
versary of the death of Giuseppe 'Garibaldi
was appropriately celebrated the Other day
on the island of Caprera, the old general's
home.
WALL PAPER COMBINE.—The all paper
manufacturers of the United States have
formed a combine with a capital 4814,000,-
000. The head office will be in New York
city. •
MISS WILLARD RIDES A BICYCLE. —1VIiss
Frances E. Willard, president of the National
Woman's Christian Temperance !Union, is
learning to ride a bicycle. Her mother's
advancmg age makes impossible the usual
trip to a summer resort, and ate exercise
must be obtained, the idol of a multitude of
women will take her daily conetit tional
a pneumatic wheel.
DREADFUL CYOLONE.—The town of Mc-
Cook, Nebraska, was deyastated by a
cyclone on Saturday. The Congtegational
church was wrecked to the 'foundation and
about 60 children, who were reheabing for
an entertainment, were buried in the rains.
None were killed, but many had -lege and
arms broken and it is feared some will din.
,Nearly 200 other children had just gone
home,
FLOODS AND CYCLONES IN THE STATES. --7
The total loss by the floods in the Southern
States is estimated at $29,300,000, and the
end is not yet.' Fiftoen residences were
demolished at Waco, Texas, by Tuesday'a
cyclone. Four persons were killed and ten
hurt. Seven persons were injured, one
fatally, by a wreck on the Delaware and
Hudson Canal railroad, Monday, near Hyde-
ville, Vermont. Titusville and Oil City,
Pennsylvania, were visited by cloudburstf3
Sunday morning. Several oil refineries were
struck by lightning, and the bl zing oil
floated on the surface of the wat r, setting
fire to hundreds of houses. Over 200 livee
were lost. A cyclone in Texas on Thursday
caused injury to a, number of p,sople and
great destruction of crops. A cyclone
passed over Moorfield, Harmony and Sprin •
field townships, Ohio, Friday afternoon, an
the damage to crops, forests, farm buildings
and orchards will run up into the tens of
thousands of dollars.
Huron Notes.
—Mr. W. M. Sinclair has pure ased the
cottage in Brussels, belonging to r. D. q.
Ross, paying therefor the sum of ,800. -
—Mr. John Hewitt, of Walton, has a hen
on his farm that should certain' be we4
fed. She lays eggs 6e by 8 inches
—The mumps are still on the r mpage in
Wingharn. The little ones have Ow nearly
all had them, but their parents' turn has
now come.
—Mr. R. W. Ross, of East Wawanosh,
has juat had the degree of Master of Arts
conferred on him by Toronto Uuiversity.
t—Mr. James Cascaden, of Hentryn, had
the misfortune to lose a valuable horse on
Tuesday, last week. Inflamiration was the
cause of death.
—As Mr., Robert Wightman, of West-
field was going down hill with a load of wood
the other day the horses ran away throwing
him off and hurting him severely.
— On the 14th of April Mr. S. Phipps, of
Goderich township, sowed his spriug wheat,
and on Monday last he pulled it handful
promiscuously, and found that it measured
16—inAchehey.
-law has been passed by the Mori-
rie township council, prohibiting the run-
ning at large of cattle, horses, pigs, &c.
Cows giving milk, however,are allowed their
liberty.
—Mr. George. Fothergill, of East Wa-
wanosh, while attending a sick horse at a.
neighbor's barn, was seriously hurt by the
horse rearing up and striking him'. with its
fore -legs on the hip.
—One evening last week as ev. Mr.
Fair's horse was standing at th Hensatl
station it became frightened and breaking
loose ran away. The buggy w e badly
broken but no further damage was one.
—Mr. Wm. Clark, of Turnberr , is on a
visit to the American " Soo," where he pur-
ehased a large tract of timber land some few
years ago. He expecte to make a kood
" spec " out of it in the near future.
—A natural curiosity is on exhibition at
the Post Publishing House, Brusaels, in the
shape of a basswood stick, en whieh a good
sized limb is attached securely at both ends.
The tree grew on the farm of Mr. James
Turnbull, Grey township. ,
—Mr. George B. Roe, of Wingham, has
purchased from Mr. R. Campbell, of Turn -
berry, a filly eleven months ol , paying
therefor the sum of $150. The fill is a full
sister of Miss Garfield, the propert of Mr.
A. Roe, and is a natural pacer.
—On Saturday, 28th ult., Mr, Richard
Farmer, of,Exeter, met with a bad accident.
While walking across the cellar floor to the
butter apartment he tripped over iome loose
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boxes, and falling with his face into othera,
lacerated his cheeks and nose badl .
—Mr. Charles Hudson's dwelling house,
on concession 6, Grey, had a narrow escape
from fire on Friday last, a large hole being
burned in the roof, together with all hie
son William's clothes, except what be was
we_arTinhge.
following are among t ose who
have just passed the Ontario Medical Col-
lege and are eligible to practice rusidicine: --,
Al. Williams, Brampton ; H. R. Hyndmae,
Exeter; Mr. A. V. Armstrong, Bayfield; W.
L. Holmes, Wingham; and J. McAsh;
Varna.
— A large number of export cattle—about
100—were delivered at Clinton fin' Messrs
Hearn and Smith, on Wednesday. of last
week. There were some very good animals
among firm, a couple of steers belonging to
Mr. White, of Tuckersmith, going 'over 1500
pounds each.
—Mr. Wm. Shipley, of Clintott, had the
niisfortune to inflict a severe cut in his leg,
a few days ago, and although it was stitch-
ed up at the time, at had to be opened again.
He is now getting along as well ai could be
expected.
--According to a diary kept by Rev. A.
L. Russell, 13. A.,of Exeter, of the wet days
in May, during the past number of
years, the past _May month has been found
to contain vastly more wet weather than
any other during the period of which note
has been kept.
—The lack of harmony which has charac-
terized the brotherly relations of VV. F. and
James Young, of Colborne, culmintated in a
fight on Sunday afternoon, 29th ult., in
which a young son of the latter reCeived, at
the hands of three sons of the former, so it
is claimed, a gash on the head which re-
quired the skill of a doctor to stitch up, and
with a possibility of very grave resulte. The
case will be ventilated at the Polise Court
as soon as the injured boy is able to be out,
each brother having laid an information
against the other for assault.
—On Sunday evening, 29th ult., Mr. Wm.
Sharp, sr., of Ethel, met with an accident
which will probably make him a cripple for
the rest of bis life. As he was approaching
his door he made misstep on a weak
ankle, it gave way, and falling heavily
on his thigh he fractured it near the hip
joint. As the old gentleman ie ninety-two
years old it is not expected that he will
recover.
—The following summary taken from the
aesessment roll of West Wawanosh may be
Of interest:—No. of acres &messed, 41,706 ;
acres clear, 26,778 ; value of real property,
$1,136,575 ; doge, 212 ; bitchee, 3 ;
number of persons, 2,166; cattle, 3,650 ;
oshf eepw'oold'79l3an;dh,og48,766023;;shwoarnisesp, lk,c1.8,5_, ;9 as7r e0s;
sotercahmardenagnindesr 9r.den, 415; fall wheat, 2,638;
—On Saturday evening 28th ult., Mr. and
Mrs. A. H. Manning of Clinton returned
from Florida, and were welcomed home by a
intimate friends who knew of their corn -
Mr. Manning has improved consider-
ably during his absence, being able to move
about with great deal of freedom, and
feele much better also, but is yet far from
being fully restored to health. He is, how-
ever, in excellent spirits.
— While on their way- home from Holmes-
ville one evening last week, Misses Esther
and Emily Proctor met with what might
have been a serious accident. They had
gone but a short distance when they were
thrown out of the rig, and in falling Emily
W69 entangled in the reins and dragged
some distance. Before she could disengage
herself from the reins the horse had stepped
upon her, causing several bruises and a
sprained wrist. Esther remained unhurt.
—While Mr, Richard Davis, jr., of Exe-
ter, was driving a number of cattle through
the streets of that village on Monday, last
week, one of them being of a timid nature
became frightened and turned cross. In its
wild career it leaped fences and committed
other depredations but fortunately no one
was hurt. After several hours chase the
animal was captured and lodged in a stable,
where it was kept until the following morn-
ing. Having become reconciled it was
taken to a farm a short distance from town
to remain in a pasture field.
—During the furious storm on Tues-
day night, last week, lightning struck the
cupola, on the jail in Goderich, and made
the boards and splinters fly both outside
and inside the building. A part of the cor-
nice was ripped off, a scantling along side
the window torn out, and plaster and gless
shattered, but fortunately no fire followed,
doubtless owing to the drenching rain which
was falling. In the hail storm which pass-
ed over Goderich a couple of weeks ago
over 40 panes of glees were broken in the
building, and now Governor Dickson and
Turnkey Henderson are wondering what the
next visitetion will be.
—Mr. David TipIady, of Hullett, has
bought from Mr. Alexander Watt, his prop-
erty on the base line, just north of Clinton,
consisting of 18 acres, with house and out-
buildings, for the sum of $2,500. This ie an
excellent property, and the price paid is
quite reasonable. Its sale means that Mr.
Watt, who has resided on it for years, will
not return, but will reside in Tuckersmith.
Mr. Tiplady has sold his farm of 65 acres,
on the base line, to Mr. W. Tiplady and
sons, for the sum of $5,000. This is a
seemingly good pi -ice, but there are not
many farms anywhere that are in better
condition, everything being literally in first-
class condition.
— The folly of leaving teams untied was
well exemplified in Wingharn on Thursday
morning, last week. In front of T. A.
Mills' and D. SutherIand's places of busi-
ness, in that town, were two teams facing
each other, one attached to a democrat the
other to a lumber wagon. The 'latter was
not tied, and took it into their heads to
move on, and in doing so the lumber wagon
caught in the wheel of the democrat, turned
it over, broke the hind spring into little
pieces, and had it not been that Ulu! team
was securely tied there would have been
another runaway. The horses whiCh caused
the trouble were scared at the unusual noise
caused by their own bad actions, and were
stopped just as they were on the point of
running. The owner of the outfit which
caused the damage to be done the other rig
ordered it to be taken to a shop and re-
paired at his expense.
Exeter.
BRIEFS.—A mass meeting of the rate-
payers of the village was held in the town
hall, last week, for the purpose of retaining
the Verity Plow Works in this place.
The village could not pass any by-law for a
bonus to aid the works, and a private sub-
scription list was passed around and the sum
of $10,000 was subscribed in a few hours,
and a switch or spur would be run into the
foundry from the Grand Trunk Railway
station for their use free. Such energy and
push in so many of our villagers contributing
such large sums to aid in retaining the Plow
Works here should be accepted and apprech
ated by the firm. We trust they will re-
main in the village and not remove to Brant-
ford or any other city.—MaLancelot Hardy,
ex reeve of this village, has secured the con-
tracts for building the Crediton, and Lake
Road bridges,also the bridge west of Centre-
lia,on the town line betweenStephenand Mc-
Gillivray townships, Mr. Hardy will com-
mence operations at once. We congratu-
late him on being successful in getting the
contracts for building these three bridges,
and the townships may rely on getting a first
class job.—Reeve Bawden and Deputy -
Reeve Spackman left on Tuesday morning
last to 'attend the June sessions of the
County Council.—Mr. John Itrawkshaw has
leased the Agricultural Grounds for the
summer, paying $80.—Movement is on foot
for the purpose of celebrating Canada's
National holiday, Dominion Day, here, by
giving $400 in prizes for horse races, foot
ball and bicycle races. Bills will be out in
a few days announcing the great event.—
Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Elliott and family,
of Toronto, are visiting relatives here.—Mr.
Miller and wife, of Detreit, who have been
spending their honey moon here with Mrs.
Miller's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. George
Sanders, of this place, left for their home in
Detroit on Saturday last.—Mr. D. Johns,
post master, who has been at the London
hospital,under treatment for thepaat month,
has returned home and is improved in health.
—W. Folland, of the firm of Cobblediek &
Folland, hardware merchants, went to
Colembus, Ohio, on Saturday last, for the
purpose of purchasing several car loads of
coal . —Bissett Brothers, hardware mer-
chants, sold over sixty creamery cans
during the past week. This shows that the
creamery business is increasing in this vicin-
ity.—R. H. Collins is makiug preparations
for building a beautiful verandah around his
fine dwelling—Mr. Wm. Creech and Mr.
James Beer left on Tuesday last for Grand
Bend, where they will build a few more
summer residences for Mr. John Spackman,
for the accommodation of his summer via-
tors.—The proceeds of the tea in the roller
rink, by the Guild of the Trivitt Memorial
church, which was held on Thursday even-
ing last, amounted to $60, apd the five cent
social, which was held on Friday evening,
amounted to 85. This will pay the balance
on their beautiful organ and have a surp11,8
on band. The ladies of the Guild should be
congratulated for getting up such a success-
ful tea meeting. The singing of the child-
ren, and the broom drill, composed of 24
young ladies, under the able management of
Mr. T. A. Brown, principal of our public
schoel, was highly appreciated. Mr. Brown
deserves much credit for having these young
ladies so ekilfully drilled.—The hay crop
will be very heavy in this section, and the
iheld a meeting on the Agricultural Ground'
price of old bay has been reduced to la$J88.tpie,iinr.
ton.—Our village fathers met in the town
thernoeurgalh bwuietihn.e—seThoef ntihreeetovirlissogfethweasstetz:
and Ueborne J3ranch Agricultural Soeiety
hall on Saturdey evening last, when the
Satuorfdanyenasfatirnsopoenntlassts.t—urMdarys.
tPheitstyPlace, visiting her cousin, Mrs. T.
Westcota—Miss Bella Weetcott is visiting
relatives at Kippen and Remelt this week.
--Mr. Bert Webster has been engaged as
hostler at the Central Hotel.—Mr. Robert
Richardson intends starting a flour and feed
store in this place. We wish Robert sue-
cesc—Our village presented a very lively
appearance on Saturday, and several --of our
merchants did a large trade.—The cricket
match, which was to have come off here, on
the Recreation Grounds, on Friday last, be.
tpwo setepno nt he de uEnxt ei it et ro daanyd, (CFI ri dt os ny ) t oe na se,e wu st
of the very wet weather.—Mr. John Mc-
Innes and wife attended the funeral of Mrs.
George Campbell, Mr. McInnes' sister, who
died at Walton on Friday last and was bur-
ied on Sunday.—Mrs. Fanny Lucitnore, of
Alvinston who has been spendiog the past
two monthe visiting at her uncle's, Reeve
Bawden's, left for her home this week.—
Mrs. Thomas Newton and family, of Wind-
sor, moved to this place on Thursday last.
Mr. Newton is working with Mr, A. J.
Snell, merchant tenon—Mr. Samuel Cor-
nish, wife and daughter intend leaving here
next week for England, where they intend
residing in the future.—Our salt well is run-
ning at full blast. Large loads of salt leave
the well daily.—Mr. Vir. H. Cann, who
drives the mail stage between this place and
St. Marys, was taken with fainting spells on
Saturday morning last, and was unable to
attend to his duties. Under skilful medical
treatment he has fully recovered. --The offi-
cers of the R.oyal Templars of Temperance
were nominated on Monday evening last.
A large number of members were in attend-
ance.—The green house of Mr. A. Allen has
been visited by a large number of people
during the past few weeks.—Some of our
villagers adorned their coats with a rose and
mapleeleaf-on Monday last, as a memorial of
the death of Canada's chieftain, the Right
Hon. Sir John A. McDonald.—The mem-
bers of the Orange Lodge met on Friday
evening laet and appointed delegates to at-
tend the Biddulph District meeting, which
will be held to -day, Friday, at Crediton.—
The Salvatioa Army held an open air meet-
ing on Saturday evening, and a special meet-
ing was held in their barracks on Sabbath
aftereoon last, at which there were a num-
ber of soldiers from Seaforth present. The
saved hotel keeper, from Seaforth, took part
in the meeting. --Why cannot the Exeter
Band reorganize, as we have the instruments
and plenty of musieal talent ?—Mr, A. Q.
Bobier, our egg merchant, did a verydarge
business on Saturday last.—A large ship-
ment of Birch Beer e.ame to this place by
express on Saturday evening last, from Mr
J. Dodds, of the Seaforth Pop Worka—Mr.
George Cudmore, who was ill with erysipe-
las last week, has, we are glad to learn, fully
recodered. --Messrs. Bawden Broth ere, brick-
layers, of this- place, are busy this week
putting up ehe brick and stone work of a
large bank barn for Mr. George Sealee of
Lucan crossing.—The lathers are Iley
lathing at Deputy -Reeve Spackman's house.
—Mrs. Dr. Rollins left last week for Killer-
-ney and Crystal City, Manitoba, where she
will spend a few weeks visiting relatives.—
Mrs. Henry Collins left last week for Mani-
toba, where she will join her husband.—The
Exeter gun chile holds weekly shooting
matches on the agricultural grounds every
Thursday evening. Great excitement pre -
hails each week as to who shall be the win-
ners of the gold and silvenmedals.—Potatoes
can be purchased here as low as ten cents -
per bushel.—Mr, Moses Kestle, who has
been working at his trade as harness -maker,
at Watford, returned to this place last
week.—Mr. Henry Baker, who has been
working at Sand Lake, Michigan, is visiting
his parents in this place.—Mr. R. S. Lang
has disposed of over 25 Massey -Harris bind-
ers this season, besides other farm imple-
ments.—Mr. H. K. Hyndinan, of this vil-
lage, passed a very creditable examination
at the University, Toronto, last week, and
is now a full fledged M. D.—Mr. Christopher
Smith and Mr. Alfred Bowie, who are en-
gaged with Mr. John Copp, contractor of
Seaforth, spent last Sunday here with their
respective familiese—A large number from
here intend attending the camp meeting ha
R. Kettle's grove, Kipper), on Sabbath next,
to hearConductor Snyder, the evangelist,
preach.—Mise Lizzie Prier is ill with ery-
sipelas this weela—Mr. William Snell is
busy digging out the cellar for a
fine brick residence on William street.
Messrs. Bawden brothers have the contract
of the mason work.—Our cemetery presents
a very handsome appearance at present.—
Through the efforts of reeve Bawden the di-
rectors of the agricultural gronnds have de-
cided to put up turn -stiles near the gates
and give the use of the grounds free to those
who wish to play games of any kind during
the summer months, Other years those
who wanted the grounds for adnueements
would have to pay for them—On Monday
last there were more cattle and hogs shipped
from the old market grounds, and weikhed
there, than any one day previous. Messrs.
Ballantyne, Somers, Slack & Sperling, and
many others being the ehippers.—The mer-
chants and other business men on Main
street close their respective places of busi-
ness every evening at 7 o'clock, except Sat-
urday eveningsa-Mrs. Bawden, wife of reeve
Bawden, spent last week in Clinton visiting
relatives,—Mr. Theodore Sweet, who has
been running a drug store at Douglas, Mani-
toba, is at present visitieg relatives here.
He will return to Calgary, Northweet Terri-
tory, in about two weeks. —Mr. Henry
Harris has the cleanest garden in the vil-
lage. It contains one acre of land and re-
flects much credit on Mr. Harris as a gar-
dener.—Mr. George Heaman, contractor,
has completed the Meyer block at Wing-
ham—Some of our villagers pic nicked at
Grand Bend on Wednesday last, this being
the first of the season.—Mrs. T. A. Brown
and Miss Clara Vesper attended the teach-
er's convention at Goderich on Friday and
Saturday last.—There is some talk of organ-
izing a drill corps in connection with the
Royal Temperance society here.
Reply to Morris Laborer.
LANonoN, North Dakota, t
June 2nd, 1892. j
DEAR EXPOSITOR.—III your jeelle Of May
20th, I noticed a reply to my former letter
by your correspondent from Morris. Now,
sir, one would almost think by hie letter
that Ontario had got to be what it is in a
few years. No, my friend, it took our
fathers years to make it what it ie to -day,
and it is no disgrace to their gray heads,
neither will it be any disgrace to me or my
fellow -laborers out here if it does take us a
long time to make this country equal to On-
tario. He asks why Dakota is not eettIed
with farmere and other classes, if it is such
a fine country, and also what the people are
waiting for it to do. Now, my friend, do
you imagine that there is only one settler on
every ten thousand acres ; if you do you
are very much mistaken. Let me inform
you there is very little vacant land left now,
the country is rapidly becomihg settled by
young and well-to-do men, and not a few of
them are from old Huron, not that that
casts a slur on them or the old county, for
there are no better sons of toil to be found.
They are not waiting for the country to
grow up into trees to make timber any
more than the settlers in Ontario waited for
the timber to rot off the land when they
first came there, but they are going ahead
making the country what it is to be in the
future. He also asks if there are as fine
towns and villages, schools and churches
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