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The Huron Expositor, 1892-11-10, Page 4THE HURON EXPOSITOR. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. ay The figure between the parenthesis after each Ilnla% denotes the page of the paper on which the alvertisement will be fouud. To Pig Breeders --James Mann. (6) Thoroughbred Berkshire Boar—W. McAllister. (5) Strayed Heifer—James Scott sr. (5) Butter and Hide—E. Cash. (8) Thanksgiving Week—E. Maim'. (8) Waterproof Cletbing---Jackson Bros. (1) Good Butter Wanted --Duncan St -Duncan. (8) Dressy Dress Goodc—Duncan & Duncan. (8) A Snap—Duncan & Duncan—(8) Underwear—Duncan-& Duncan. (8) Notice—John C. Morrison. (5) Ulsten—jackson Bros. (5) Christmas Coming—John Fairley. (5) The topular Guessing --I. V. Fear. (8) Dy&Works—R. H. Barr. (8) Immense Stock—J. R. Gregory, (8) Out if Two—J. R Gregory. (8) Liquidation Sale—J. R. Gregory. (8) tilt *won txpooitor. SEAFORTH, Thursday, Nov. 10th, 1892. Canadian Cattle in Engla ,- An order has been issued by the sies of Great Britain, forbidding the ation into that country of live cattl Canada. A similar order has against,the United States for several but until now Canadian cattle have h access into all Britielimarkets. Thi takea effect after the 21st inst., so will not affect any cattle now in tram willdt have any material influence a export trade for this year. The ca the issuing cif such an order is, that i leged on the other side that Canadia have been discovered tie be affected w disease known as pleuro-pneumenia, we intimated last week, some 1,200 were ordered to be slaughtered on t count. A thorough investigation' ha made by the Canadian authorities, a perts have examined the stock-- in the Mee from whfch the cattle came tha _saidl to be diaeased, and they are a emplietic in their declarations that a cattle were healthy when they left C and that no symptoms of the disease found in this country, The strong presentations have also been made British authorities in favor of Cana our High Commiesioner, and by Mesar bent and Foster, two members of the dien Cabinet now in England,but all in : i The order has been issuet, and it is wa.y likely it will be allowed to g force, although it may be repealed when the !mitred ones cool off. In the time, the order has created no Hail sternation on this eide of the Atlantic. The result of the order will be th Canadian cattle will have to be Balogh on the dos es soon fee they arrive i old _ country. Hitherto Canadian could be ehipped into any part of t terior. As a result of this privilege, one-third of the cattle sent from this try . were etookers.. These were purch by old country farmers, teken to farms and fatted for the market, -the order will stop this trade and Cauadians hereafter, have to fatten their own atoc and make them ready for the British i ket. It frequently occurred, also, butchers and dealers, taking advantage favorable market, purchased more large Canadian animals than for preaent req meate, and a pertain of the animate w be leant te pesture to be used as requi This fregeently aided the demand for adieu Cattle. This sort of business will ,be stopped by the order. Otherwiee the ` theae two directions we do not think it aneterially affect the Canadian trade. cattle will be in as good a demana and a good prices as formerly. It will, howe onterially affect the price of stockers. Is held by eome that this will be an acl' tage instead of.a detriment to Canada, a will cause the Canadian cattle to be fed home, time retaining the profit of feedin this country. This, no doubt, is true t certain extent. Bat, it is also true that can grow more catele in this country t we can properly feed. ' Many of our farm - cannot afford to -fatten all the cattle t can raise. They.have not the facilities the feed for doing so. Thee° found growing of stockers a °lima and easeemet of getting a little ready money,and altho perhaps they did not make as much out the animate as they could have done they fattened them, yet they did fairly w for the time and money invested. Th will now be put ta a dieadvantage by t new rule. They have not the means to er - stock profitable, and they' have not the Is ik the buildings required to ma -e fatten to grow the necessary feed,and they will n have but the local market for their stocke whereas they formerly had both the lo and. foreign rnardrees. This is the class , stock raisers that will be injured by this der, and unfortunately they are the on who can least afford a loss. The wealt farmers who have extensive stablen---, w have large farms and [abundance of whit feed, and) who buy instead of raise th eteckerso will be benefitted by the cha-ng as they will still receive fully as good a Pri for their finished animals, and will get the stockers cheaper than before. , The issuing of this order is rather a severe blow to the " olcl flag " wavers. It shows that in bueiness matters John Bull has no sentimental considerations. - When his own interests are to be protected, he makes no difference between a Canadian and a Yan- kee. He is just as walelmafraid of pleuro- pneumonia. in a Canadian cow as - be a Yankee bullock, and; he takes precisely the same means in each case to promet himself from injury. Of course, every Bowline Can- adian will say he is right to protect his own interests first, and take mire of his zieighbors afterwards, and if he is tifraid that the im- portation of live Canadian steers will be the means of communicaeing a deadly di. - ease ease to his own herds, he would be a foot if he did not stop the business. Bat, some of our super -loyal Tories used to try to make us believe that this privilege of ahipping lint cattle to England was accorded to us bagel'', because we are Canadians and al t f 7 , rest an 8 o a British dependency. This order will &low the -people the falsity of such a preteasion. If, therefort, it has the result of opening the eyes of thotie who have been deluded by this loyalty noniense, and leading, them to Fel they will not receive any special favors by containing to hang on to their mother's apron etringt, and that by heiping them- atthori- export- e from existed years, adefree er that it • nor pon the use for t is al - n cattle ith the and as Cattle hia ac- s been nd ex- vicin- t were 11 very 11 the anada, can be est re. to the da by s. Ab- Cana - vain. every o into figain, mean - e con - at all tared n the cattle he in - fully CORO • ased their new kers that of a ly of uire- ould red. Can- als() te in will Fat t as ver, It van - s it at g in o a we han ers hey nor the hoe ugh of had ell ese his egt hog nd Ow rs, cal of or - 08 hy ho er eir 0, ce ir selves they are helpirg the mother and win- ning her reelect:tat will not have been passed in vein. The good whieli it will do in this way, may cempensete,to some extent,for the lois and iojury it Inv occasion the cettai trade. A, House of Refuge for Huron. At the June meetiog of the County council ,,a resolution was passed asking each municipal council in the county to make provision for the taking of & vote of the ratepayers at the .forth -coming municiipil electien,in Order to ascertain whether or not it is the desire of a majority of the electors that a House of Refuge should be establish. ed in this County. We presume that all the municipal councils will comply with thts request. It is. most desirable, at any Fate, - that they should do so. Althoughthis question has been before the County icouncil in various forms for many years, the electors have never had an opp3rtunity of expressing a definite opinion upon it at the pone. Many County councilors who persis- tently vote against the establishment] of a• Howie of Refuge, thy they are personally in favor of it,,but that their eonetituents are opposed to it and that consequently they dare not support it. But, be this se it may, it would be a guide to the councillors to know just what the people think aboot it and for this reason the vote in January next should be as representative as possible. In order to vote intelligently, however, the people must haye the necessary information. With the view of aiding them in this respeot we present Val week copious extracts from an exhaustive report submitted to the, county council by a special committee, a couple of years ago. This is the last, re- port of the kind that has been laid before the council. It contains nearly all the in- formation that can be given on the subject, and it puts this informetion eo plainly thet it. can scarcely be misunderstood. The. committee that compiled this report was composed of members of council who have always °mimed the esteblishment of a' House of Refuge as well as of members who have favored it. And although it is now some time since this information was gathered,the circumstances have not changed any since, and the information is as applicable to the conditions tetdey as it was three -years ago. If any change there be, that'change would show more :in favor of the House of Refuge scheme. We ask for this report a careful perusal by our readers. They will find in it just the information:, they tequire to enable them to give an in- . telligent vote on this importent question. We venture also to say thet in view of the, information here given, many will be sur- prised that the county cauncil have betitat- , ed se long in the carrying oat of the scheme. Now, let us analyza- some of the /WO which that rep3rt disci:ogee. It must be ).•e - membered that we always have had and always will haeethe poor and unfortunat withus. They must be provided for and it but remains to determine which is the most humane and eootomical , way to carry out this object. At proseatthey are Main- tained principally in two ways, viz; First, by being incarcerated in the Commoe jail as vagrants, and secondly they are Main- tained, or partially maintained, by grants from the treasureis cf the locel municipal. ities. The first expedient named is so heartless and extravagant that none will at- tempt to justify it. Poverty is not a eiime, and it is a shame for a civilized, tb ray nothing of a christian community, to force those who by reason of poverty and mis- fortune are unable to take care of them- selves, to bear the brand of crime ;by in- car—cerating them as criminals and forcing e0 them to herd with the criminal classes. This is so apparent that it is noteneceseary to enlarge upon this feature. But, the practise haanot even eilonomy to justify it. On the contrary, it is almost criminally ex- travagant. As is shown by the reports, it costs about $4 per week to maintein each pauper in the jail, whereas the average cost in a house of refuge is $1.10 per week. The. practice, therefore, of incarcerating in- digents in the jail should be abandoned, on the ecore of economY a§ well as that of humanity. The second method is the care of the in- digent by the local municipalities. lEven supposing these people are as well cared for in this way as they would be in a honse of refuge, which we do not admit, the systein, as we shall proven's' enormously extravagant. There are three Cla1888 of indigents now be- ing supported. under the present system. First, there are the county Wards. These are indigent insane persons,who are not able to provide for or take care of themselves, bet who are harmless and are not fit subjects for an insane asylum. These, the Legis- lature provides,must be cared for at the cost of the county. They are no.w kept -by privatenndividuals and the county pays so newt per week or month as the case may be. This year the county pays $1,574 for the support of these people, and the list of applicants" is rapidly growling. All these are fit subjects for a house 'of refuge.I .The second class is composed of the unforttinates who are sant to the County jail. No Person will own thein or take them In, and, conse- quently, they are sent to jail to herd with criminals. The support of these cost ti on an average $1,600 a year. The third class is composed of those who receive local munici- pal aid. As shown by the report the amount 0 expended annually for this purpose averages operation, including salaries, etc., is $4,065, if or we will say ,000. We have here for maintenance a d interest a total cost of $5,600 to plum against the present expendie tare of $7,174. Or, we would make an an- nual miring of $1,574 by having a county House of Refugt. This is simply the result in dollars and cents; to say nothing of the additional comfort and care these people would receive in a Rouse of Refuge besides what could poesibly be given them 'in the jail or in private homes. We summarize the case in to, more understandable form, thus: piRESENT COST OF POOR. County Wards, -' $1,574 Grants by Local Municipalities ' 4,000 Indigents in Jail Total Copt Per annum COST OF 4.HOUSE .OF REFUGE. Interest on Capital Annual Cost of M ▪ 1,600 $7,174 intenance Present Cost of Poor Cost in a House of Refuge, 87,174 5,600 Amount Sa.vell $1,574 The above figeres clearly show, that by having a House Of Refuge in this couetyma saying in hard cash of $1,574 would te ef- fected. It is Fund however by some, that even with a Haase of Refuge the municipal treasuries wouldl not be relieved, but that they 'would have t3 contribute nearly as much QS now. Well, they certainly , would be relieved of I the county wards; they would also be relieved of the expense of jail indigents, and the experience in other coun- i 'ties in which Hooses of Refuge have been eatablished showthen the aid from loeal _municipalities wOuld be largely decreased. For instance, in the county of Middlesex the average for three years given by all the local municipalities was only $640, as com- pared with Huron's $4,000. In Wellingtoo, the average has teen only $375 per year, as compared with Huron's $4,000. This shows that the House of Refuge dues away very indigents tf any kind. Looking at it from largela with the need for municipal aid to every coneeivable point of view, therefore, same have done, it is plain the county and the poor would be largely the sheers ' by haying _a House of Refuge. V7hy, then, should we net hayo one? We ask puree. dors' to carefully consider the facts and fi ures we have get before them, and, whetthe time comes, to vote accordingla. If ny person can confuto our statemente, or ell w that we are in any way in error, we ehal , moat cheerfully, 'Marc] them reasonable spice to do se. Or, if any ''person wishes t D ventilate the subjdet on :either side, we sh ill be pleased to hear from therm It is an iinportant subject, and the more it is diecus3ed the better, as the more, diecuision there is on it, the More quickly will the people be brought to see the neces- sity for a House f Refuge, as well as the ecanomy of havin sueh an bustitution. $ so� eedoo $5,600 A CONTEimBOEA Y remarks: The Toronto Empire makes wlabored effort to answer the question What' wrong with Toronto ?" Its solution is th t the pity has grown ea rapidly that the natural and inevitable reaction has set in. A more truthful explana- tion would be that the city has grown more rapidly than the country as a whole! Thet it has prospered greatly because of an unnatural trade policy, while the sources of its existence have remaiued sta- tionery, if y are not actually receded. The urba papulation cannot permanently lamellae nless the rural population is also grawing, and this tact the exaonents of the N. P. seem not to have taken into account. Give us a policy that will benefit the greet natural industries Of the country , and keep our young men at home, and the cities wall grow as rapidly ail 'it is healthy for them fo- do. Mr. Mercier Again. Count Mercier, ex -Premier of tae Province of Qtiebec, seems to be emerging from the cloud which has overshadowed him for Rev- eral months, and to be. taking his place in the front rank of Provincial polities once more. The criminal action preferred against him by the Provincial Government, for de- frauding the Province, was tried in Quebec last week. Had he been found guilty be would have been incarcerated in prison: But; after an exhaustive enquiry, extending over several days, the jury returned a Ver- dict of "not guilty." It took the jury lees thap six minutes to decide on this verdict, As soon as Mr. Mercier emerged from the court he was met by a crowd of over ten thousand people, who cheered . him to the echo. Two stalwarts picked him up, and, followed bY the immense throng, carried him on their shoulders in trioraph through the streets of the city to the residence of the lawyer who defended him. Here he was presented with a complimentary address, and speeches were delivered by .himself a,nd other Mende. On the same evening he came to Montreal. Here he was met at the sta- tion by another immenec crowd of people. He was placed in an easy chair and carried through the streets to the largest hall in the city, where a great demonstration of wel- dome to the re -vamped hero Was held. Here, also, speeches were made, and Mr. Mercier outlined hie plans for the futare amidst 1 the cheers of the immense throng: He is going to take his seat in the Legislature and he is gang to make it extremely hot for his op- ptnents who caused his expulsion from office and his downfall. He says his first step will be -to bring an action for heavy damages against the members of the Quebec Governmeat for false 'prosecution. Indeed, it need not surprise any person if, before an- ther year passes °around, Mr. Mercier should agein be at the head of a powerful arty in the Quebec Legislature,and he will ot stop until be wine back his old positicn t the head of the Government. Ia this lie would only be following the example of there who have gone before him, except hat, as he *rent down further, he will go p more quickly. Mr. Chapleau, who, in any respects is a good match for Mr: Mere ier, was expelled from office by tbe people r crookedness of a similar nature to that hich brought Mr. Mercier's downfall. But is transgressions were soon forgiven, if not rgotten, and he was: (elven a seat in the ()minion Cabinet, and 'became the leader of coraiderable portion of the French Can - Ian Conservatives. Sir Adolphe ...Ceron, his recent investigation, confessed to ansactions similar in nature to those which oured Mr. Mercier's expulsion from offioe, d, had he been subjected to as rigid about 85,000 a year. Some years it is more and eome less. Last year the amtuht, as n shown by the auditor's reports of the vari- ous municipalities, was only $3,230.36. We may, therefore, fairly put it at $4,000 and ,. 0 we will be under the mark. This, then, t makes the municipal expenditure for the u poor $7,174 per year. This; it will te seen, m does not include the charity given bel socie- ties, churches and privateindividualei. Now, re lei is see how this will compare with the w cost of esta'blishing -and maintaioitg a 11 county House of Refuge. -The average coat tee of the institutioas already established is : D 16,000, of thio amount the Government a pays $4,000, leaving the actuai cost of the ad ground, bhildioge, furnishings, ne., at $12,- at 000. The iatereat on this amount at 5 per tr cent. would be $600. The average annual se cost of mainteining the institutions now in an examination as Mr. Merciendt is the general opinion that he would have been painted even blacker than he. But, Sir Adolphe still holds his position in the Dominion Cabinet and is recognized as the leader of another section of the Quebec Conserva- tives. In view of these and Other examples which could be given, why should not Mr. Mercier come to the front again, even to the extent of re3uming his former high pod. tion? He is a man of much greater ability and force of character than either Mr. Chapleau or Sir Adolphe Caron, and he is as unscrupulous as either. The Globe well says: In the conduct of public affairs Can- adians are lenient to everybody but the tax- payers. ONINIIMMIIIMINMEmonammimm-ml MR. H. A. Kissel', the well-known- im- plement manufacturer, of Toronto, recentiy gave $40,000 to Vidaria College,- He is about to give a similar amount to aid in the ei erection of a lodging house in Toronto for the benefit of the poor. On account of these gifts Mr, Massey is being greatItt eulogised for his generosity. ' His acts are, certainly, commendable and tho money he feels dis- posed to bestow in this way will, no doubt, do much good. Mr. Massey, however, is an immensely weathy man. Forty thousand dollars from him would not be more than forty dollars frona many others. A few years ago, however, be was a comparatively poor man. He has made the7 ost of his immense fortune under the beni n and fos- tering influence of the N. Pe, which enabled him to exact combine prices for the imple- ments which he manufactured. This money, therefore, which he is now distributing so generously, is not, strictly speaking, all his own, but has come largely out of the pockets of the farmers who were forced to pay him• combine prices for his implentents. It ia but just, therefore, that those who were forced by law t3 aid so largely in con- tributing to Mr. Messey's immense wealth, should not be forgotten when it is being distributed. The same might be said of a good many others who are being commended for their princely generosity. They are simply giving back to the public a small por- tion of the gains which the limo of the land wrongfully permitted them to extract from the public. as••••mmmlmrnOlimemms THE Brantford Expositor remarks : Juries do some, funny things. Take the case of Proper v. Brantford, by way of illustration. 'Ten of the jurymen were in favor of award- ing damages to the tune of but 850, while two stood out stubbornly for $210, and an- nounced their intention of fighting it out on that line if it took all winter. Finally a compromise ot $205 watt arrived at. It is not to be presumed that the judgment of two was worth more tii'an that of the ten, merely that their staying power was greater. Hence another case of minority rule. Such incidents afford powerful arguments to thoee who favor doing away with the use of juries altogether in civil cases. THE Dundee Banner thinks there is great deal more attention paid to the sub- ject of Canada's future than there is to Canada's present. Bread and butter is of a great deal more Pressing importance in this world than mere eentiment, however beautiful the eentiment may be. What is the use of talking sentiment to a farmer who is only getting 40 cents a bushel for his barley and 65 for his wheat? THE death of Mr. N. Gordon Bigelow, M. P. P., causes a vacancy inahe representation of one of the Toronto constituencies in the local Legislature. Mr. Bigelow was elected a few months ago to fili the vacancy caused' by the death of the late Mr. Clarke. Mr. Bigelow was a Liberal and a supporter of Mr. Mowat, and his election was a great • eurprisei to every one, as the constituency was supposed to be hopelessly Conservative. But, he did not live long to enjoy his hon- ors, and was net even permitted to take his seat in the Legislature, He was a gentle- man of exceptional ability atal popularity, and it is extremely doubtful if any other Reformer can be got who will win the seat. The election will likely soon be held, and candidates are popping up like mushrooms after a summer shower, especially on the Conservative side, as the constituency is still considered a soft place for a good mall of that political persuasion. No selection has yet been made,however,by either party. THE DOMINION CAPITAL. (By Our Special Correspondent.) °wawa, November 7th, 1892. The members of the Cabinet delegated to meet the delegates from Newfoundland, Sir John Thompsou, Mr. Bowell and Mr, Chapleau, are now in Halifax attending the conference. There was a trouble originat- ing with the attempt of the eastern colony to secure an independent treaty ,of reciaro- citeawith the United States, which develop- ed into a commercial war between Canada, and Newfoundland. The Ottawa Govern- ment imposed a duty on Newfoundland fish and in retaliation they increased the duties on flour and other products supplied by us to them. Them, there was a matter of charging Canadianaveeels a fee When they put in to purchase bait. Therm are the questions to be discueeed, but certain jour- nals in Canada are anxioas that the entry of Newfoundland into Confederation should also be dismissed and -if ptasible consummat- ed, It is strange how, in the Imperial, jingo spirit Canadians can be so blind to the interest of their own country. It is true that it would be a great convenience for Great Britain if Newfoundland, with her petty little troubles intruding themselves on the attention of British ttateemen, were made a part of the Dominion and bribed into silence. How would it be for Canada, Is the important consideration, however. Has she not enough poverty and debt and taxation and trouble as it is? Why propose to add to these evils? Newfoundland has a sparse population, a rugged coast, poor soil, a growiug public debt and a scarcely per. growth. Some people who do not see that Canada has already as much on her hand s as she can manage, and rnore than our present rulers appear to know how to manage, may say these assertions are not true. I will prove every one of them. The last official Year Book of the Canadian Government states that- by a census taken in 1892 the population of this oldest British Colony was found to be 202 000 onl •NOVEMBER 10, 1892, neetesameerseeeenemeemeenosoon rinalumenei Roman 'Catholics have theirs, the Metho- perjury in connection with the administra- land the sttunps are all taken out, which diets have theirs and so on. There it a very tion of testamentary eststee and sentenced accounts for the heavy cost. bitter religious feeling aiming the peopleto 18 months' imprieonmentThe pardon New Westminster is eituated on the . The inhabitants are neerly all engaged in is granted on condition that Ryder leave Fraser river, and is said to have a population fithing, and while they, like the fishermen of 8,000. The Provincial Penitenti ry and . of tbe Maritime Provinces would be allowed DeFrimmicasri,EL.Fire, Saturday morning, at San an asyluni for the insane are situate , there. to import 'their fishing appliances and pale BeenardimeCalifornitadestroyed the Stewart It has large saw mills. 1 visited one Of free of duty, the Oatsrio farmer would conhotel block, the finest in the city, including _these and the manager kindly took zne out tinue to pay duties en his raw material as at San Bernardino National Bank. The losses on to a raft of timber, which bad just come present. In the whole Island the number of aggregate $200,000, partly insured. —An at down the river. The first log I stepped on eultivated acres only amount to 46,996. Of tempt was made Saturday night to burn the was 120 feet long and 22 inches through on the total exports of $6,122,000 in 1889, $4,- Allan county court house, at Fort Wayne, the top end. The logs ranged all the way 037,000 represented codfish. Of fish, Can Indiana. The fire was evidently the work from 12 to 70 feet long, and some of them ada has already plenty and it was at the of an incendiary, ant had it not been for 50 feet long would square three and a half instance of rival and jealous fishermen of its timely discovery the valuable county and four feet at the top end. Vancouver the Maritime Provinces that the Ottawa records would lave been destroyed. The eeems to be drawing the trade away from Government imposed a auty on Newfound- Gazette of that place has published discom New Westminster,. After spending one day land fish. They have only a couple of eriee of forgeries, illegal fees and mutilated at New Westminster, I returned in the hundred miles of railway, and if we took records in tne various offices, until the en- mevieinieinr,gwtboeViaenecnoguavgeerd, winheenupIpmiyeituMmaiIncsa.st; the colony into confederation we would soon pulpit in the Metropolitan TabernHae.le,SLpounr:i tdeerirrfearcotpryleasant sail of tire county is now in a ferment. SETTLED AT LAST. —The occupancy of the pacties in Vancouver. i then took a Stem - trouble with France, which has certain gem! founded and 'made famous, has been Provincial subsidy. Then there is the big be voting money for railways, harbors, bridges, dm,. in addition to a handsome don, England, which the late C. aVcrsonses°ttihvearstrtaoitNneafnaGirneo°r'gwiaehiLhdliaef9- three hours and a rights on the coast and thin:spectacle is seen settled at lest by the appointment of Drhalf we landed at Nanaimo, on Vaneouver of,British men of war enforcing that treaty Person, late of New ' York. The Rev. Island, This is entirely a mining station. by landing marines and .clettroying the Thomas Spurgeon, who was at one time There are four or five coal mluee here. lobster factories of the native Newfound- thought likely to occuay the place of his There were five or six:vessels taking on coal hinders.. Thoodelied was threatened a few distinguished father, is 36 years of age. He for San Francisco. I met Mr. Gordon, M. years ago when some 3,000 French marines has now returned to Agetralia, where he has P., who lives here. The prdeperity of this lantlen end destroyed the nets of Newfound- had many yesrs' experience as an evangelist place depends entirely on the saccess of tbe land frehermen. Yet some are ready to and temperance lecturer. In Australia, in mining interests, and all the people with burden Canada with all these troubles' and drawbacks. , Spurgeon bas a large number of friends andt New Zealand, and London, Mr. Thomas believe IthcaottreferreseedirMadr; Gvir jetrbdotnbeexcuellpitteedd, It is ramored that Premier Abbott is try- admirere, and is very popular in religious a States would rapidly develop that part of ing to induce Sir Charles Tupper to take the circles. , the country. They say they feel little in - mantle of leadership which is I falling from terest in the East, that is from a trading his ehouldere, on the understanding that Sir point of view; that their whole interests lie joha Thompson is to take the obief tto the south with the United States - They stice- ship! of the Supreme Court. I do n t be- NORTHWEST. Bey, " What have we in common with East- , lieve thisrfor the reason that the Minieter ern Canada?" Before the vessel landed, a of JUstice cannot back out of the Manitoba LETTER IIL Dr. Prague came on board and made a very schoel struggle at this juncture. He isf WRITTEFOR. TIIE EXPO/01012.1 .rigid examination of all the peseengers as to N ' pledged to a consideration of the case lof the smallpox, and all that could not prove that Ronan Catholics of that Province and The line again came back to the Colum- they had been vaccinated within seven years urgpd to it by the French CanadiansThe bia River, which is crossed by a bridge had to submit to be vaccinated or go into chanees are that if they can induce Sir John about half a mile long, near a station called quarantine. After I landed I met Wm. Abbett to risk his life by holding on to Revelstoke, before going through Eagle Sloan, formerly of Seaforth, who is in come office for six months longer they will do so, pass into what is called the ,gold range. We pally with a Mr. Scott, in the dry goods and and whether he CID or will consent carinot now pass a succession of lakes, sotne of the grocery bueiness. They have & large stock bo known until: he decides, with the aid of valleys being covered with a dense growth and seem to be doing a good bushman Mr. Sir -Andrew Clarke, the eminent London of immense trees. The principal varieties Counter, from Seaforth, is in the jewelry physician, whether his poor health would are Douglas fir, spruce, cedar and hemlockbusiness, and onyx he is doing well. Coal ie stand the strain. The uncerteinty is doing Such timber 1 never saw in all my experi- sold for $5 per ton, and when taken to Via tbe taxation party much harm. The Con- I ence before. We now come to Kamloope, toria, a distance of 70 miles, it is sold at $10 servative members from:Ontario, who have, which isaituated on the Thompson Riven per ton. The miners, in times pa,at, get $1 been here recently, are all emphatic in their There are a number of cattle ranches around per ton for mining, but are now reduced to declarations that there must be no interfer- Kamloops, Sore• time after leaving the 60 cants per ton. After remaining one night ance with the Manitoba School Act under town, we came to the Fraser River, where at Nanaimo I took the train for Victoria, any circumstance and for no reason. Messrs. We frequently saw Indians encamped on the and paid $3—or nearly 4 cents per mile—for McKay, of Hamilton ; Taylor, of Leeds; banks of the stream busy catching salmon my ticket. Madill, of North Ontario, -Guinea of West with nets; spears and lines. They have Northumberland, Ryckman, of Hamilton • erected small, temporary sheds covered with (TO BE CONTgINCIR0MILLAN UNEDM. brush and bark, where they hang their fish 1 Corby, of West Hastings; Northrup, . lei Beet Hastings, and others, includiug Mr. to dry. Along the banks of the Fraser the Delton McCarthy, all express the same road passes through a succession of tunnels opinion; and how, in the face of his Parlia- and over bridges of great height,which span 0 ravines of great depth. What is called the eetary supporters Sit John Thompson is oing to carry out his' pledges to the hier- Fraser Canyou ie reethed. The railway rchy and provide a remedy so as to re- crosses the river ou a steel cantilever tore Separate Schools in a Province where bridge, high above the water. After cross - hey are not compulsory under the Conga ing.the river the line follows the right hand utionae a problem. side of the Canyon. Here an old Govern - The Supreme Court has confirmed the ment road attracta atteution on the opposite iberal member, Mr. Bruneau, in his seat bank. Sometimes the road is close to the r Richilieu, Quebec,. The unseated Con- river, while at other times it is high up, ervative member for Vaudreuil is going to arnorig the rocks, nearly 1,000 feet above the ppcal his case to the same Court in the water, and sometimes, to all appearance, cut ope of reversing the judgment against him. out of the solid rock, at other times the he new Minister of the Interior, Mr. Daly, track seems pinned with a slender frame t�t as been re-elected in Selkirk, Manitobee the rocks. This road was built by the Gov- ithout opposition. erntnent of British Columbia to the Cariboo The date of the meetiug of Parliament for gold mines, at a cost of nearly $2,000,000, is despatch of business will probably be As we go doe n the river we come upon anuery 26th. The last formel prorogation large piles of cord wood on the side of the till December 19th, by which date it will :track, that has been cut op on the moun- know» to a certainty when the House is'''' tain sides and rolled down to the traok, be erellecl together. Already there are where it is split and piled.by Chinese. It is ospects of a lively Session. Mr. Edgar impossible to give any idea of the grandeur ill probably move the expulsion of Sir of the scenery along the line of the Canadian dolphe Caron from the House and the On- Pacific Railway, but I think the most diffi- rimmembers may then make their votes cult part of the road to construct is along ainst this motion conditional on Sir John the banks of the Fraser River. ompson abandoning his Opposition to the anitoba School Ant If he refuses the inistry nifty be wrecked. The Reciprocity in Wrecking Act is a ad letter, owing to a difference of opinion th the Washington Government. An - her international munition for our masters settle, if they can. On the 10th inst., Thanksgiving Day, Sir hn Thompson will Oomplete his 484h year, d the day before will be Mr. Chapleau's nel birthday. tateanateTis_ __,'Ntisteafae_ m., News of the Week. RELIEF FUND.—The Milwaukee fire re- f fund amounts to $120,000. 'HE ROYAL OAK LAUNCHED.—The flut- es battle -ship Royal Oak was launched Saturday at Birkenhead, England. She I cost £750,000. AN M.P.'S TRAV.ELS IN THE a fo a 41 is be to pr A ta ag Th de wi ot to Jo an '52 Iie 1 ale on wil STARVATION IN MEXICO. —Terrible dis- tress prevails in the City of Mexico, and thoueauds are on the verge of starvation. THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION. — Thurs- day, November 24, bas boon proclaimed as thankegiving day in the United States. COMMEMORATING MEDAL. —Emperor Wil- liam has ordered that a bronze medal be struck to commemorate the rededication of the Luther church in Wittenberg. Doo DISEASE. —A peculiar disease,. re- eemblbsg cholera, is killing off the dogs about Marysville, Ohio. OPIUM SmUGGLING. --At Detroit, On Tues- day, 300 pounds of smuggled opium, worth $6,000, were seized. The smugglers have been arrested. ORANGES FOR ENGLAND. —A cargo of 15,000 boxes of,1ori4 oranges is advertised to leave Ferna dina on,November 15th, for' market in En and. MONO. IMET. emeene-The advocates of mono-nietajljsM are iu a majority in the del- egates to the corning Monetary Conference to be beld in Brueselai FEWER MEMBERS. —It is said that Mr. Gladstone's new Home Rule bill will reduce the number of Irish members entitled to vote in Westmineter on Imperial questions from 103 to 78. DECAPITATED.—A Steamer from Alaska, brings the news that four men were found in a camp at Point Berry, Cuprenoff,with their heada cut off. Indianeare supposed to have Committed the murder. ABSCONDED. —Herman Waldeck, book- keeper fot a San Francisco firm of tobacco merchants, has absconded with $15,000 of his employer' money. _ .FAILEa. —The W. T. Mereerenu Company, manufacturers of brass furnishings, brass bedsteads, eta., in New York, has failed with liabilities' of $120,000, and assets of $90,000. FRANK 'DE WITT TALMAGE MARRIED.— Mr. Frank De Witt Talmage, the only Bur- viviug son of Rev, T. De Witt Talmage of Brooklyn, was married at 4:30 o'clock' on Thursday, 4th inst. to Miss Gertrude Bar- low, daughter of air. Win. H. Barlow, of New York. PeusstaN -SHIP PRISONS.—It is Stated' that ships are beiog built on the Clyde for the Russian Government which are filled with iron cages, in which to tramport political prisonera to Siberia by way of the Lena river and the Arctic ocean. - FIRE. —There was a fire in BrooklyneNew York, on Saturday evening that for a. long time defied the efforts of the fire brigade, and was not extinguished until it had de- stroyed $600,000 worth of property. No CONTAGIOUs. —Principal Williams. of Edinburgh, who fuse made a microscopical examination of lungs of some of the Can- adian cattle alleged to be suffering from contagious pleuro -pneumonia, declares that the disease is bronchopneumonia, which is not contagious at all, CYCLONE IN THE CARRIBBEAN.—NeWS has eceived of a terrible cyclone in the bean Sea, on October 9th. Houses and cocoanut plantations were prostrated coast. Loss,$100,000 . ER es PARDONED. —The King of Den - bas granted a pardon to Henry B. the ex -American consul who was con - a few days ago of theft, fraud and . been r creaee of 2-36 per cent, in the last seven Carrib years. In other words Canada, which whole showed so poorly in our census as to almost , on the make her citizens deep ir, grew in popula- I RYD tion five times as fas as :Newfoundland. I mask Their system of educt on is denominational. I Ryder, The Anglicans' have their schools, the victed At length Vancouver, the terminus of the railway, is reached about noon on the 254h of August. Before reaching the place I met Mr. William Hill, at one time a dry goods merchant in Seaforth, but now a traveller selling goods for some compeny. The first person whom I met,that I knew, in Vancou- ver, was a Mr. Janes, at one time a butcher in Seaforth. The next was Mr. Robert Sperling, son of Mr. Eddie Spading, of Mc- Killop, whoas head teacher in the largest school in British Columbia, salary $1,200 a year. Mr. Sperling has seven or eight - teachers under him. He is highly thought tof as a teacher and is likely to be appointed Inspector of schools in a short time, Then met Mr. Grasaie son-in-law of Mr. Win. Fowler, of the Huron Road. He keeps a jewelry store. I also met a Mr. Lambert, another son-in-law of -Mr. Fowler's, aleo Mr. James McGregor. He has an office and is in the employ of the Dominion Publishing Company. I also saw a Mr. McLaggan, the managerofa paper celled the Vancouver World. He was in • Clinton with a Mr. Laycock in the New Era office over 30 years ago. They all seem to be doing well' and say they like the country. Vancouver is situated on Coal Harbor, a part of Burrard Inlet. The situation is beautiful and con- venient, with every opportunity for drain age. Its progress has been rapid, Up to May 1886 its site was covered with a dense forest of Douglas firs, and _there are now many fine buildings and many --more being erected this summer. There is a regular steam ship service to both China and Japan. A large vessel, the Empress of Japan, land- ed the day I arrived 'iivith it large cargo of tea. The situation all around is charming, ---the Cascade Mountains to the north, with their tops capped with snow, and Mount Baker seen to the south east. Altogether it is a wohderful piece. The improvement has been rapid, but mo has the accumulation of debt, as I was informed there is a city debt of $1,800,000, which, with a population of 15,000, is $100 per 'head, man, woman and child. On arriving at Vancouver on the train we were met by a doctor and his assistant, who examined us all in regard to smallpox, but as I had been vaccinated four years ago on the St. Lawrence, I was allowed to pass. I visited the market place, where vegetables of all kinds are told by both white men and Chinamen. They arecempelled to remain on the market until ten o'clock a. m., then they are allowed to peddle through the city. Jt is an ardueing sight to see John Chinaman the moment ten o'clock arrives trot off with a yoke across his shoulders and two enor- mous bundles of vegetables, as fast as he can run, in order to beat his white competitors, which, I am told, he generally manages te; do, supplying his section before the white man arrives. It is said the Chinese have the city all laid out in routes, and each man has his own locality allotted to him. There is a sugar refinery at Vancouver, which I visited. Mr. Rogers, the manager, told me that they refined 6,500 tous last year, and that on account of the duty the machinery cost 50 per .cent. more than it ought to, which prevents them from refining as cheaply as the United States or China can. Granulated sugar was selling' at 5t cents per pound. He said they could dot afford to sell eugar as cheap as they did in the East. I went from Vancouver to New Westminster, a distance of about twelve miles, by electrie railway. On the car I met Mr. Jamee Reith, from and he says he likes the country well. At New- Weatmineter I met Mr. James Black, sou of Mrs. Black, McKillop. He is manager of the C. P. R. and has a good yalary. I also met my old friend John Campbell, who used to keep the Commercial hotel in Seaforth. He keeps a clothing store, and seems to be doing a good bueiness. Mr. Campbell is a good en -round than, and is ready to take hold of almost anything that comes in the way. To show what it coats to clear land, Mr. Campbell told me he bought five acres of timbered land. He advertised ° for ten- ders to get it cleared, and the lowest tender was 8200 per acre. A large quantity of the timber was Douglas fir. In clearing the Algoma for Sheep, DEAR EXPOSITOR.—YOU Will pardon Me for asking space for another short article in your valuable paper, with regard to sheep ;raising in Algoma. It is better than any other part of Canada. I have never heard of a sick sheep here. They do well and get fat easily. We have no wet weather in winter and any person that knows anytbing about sheep raising knows that dry, clear winter weather is what sheep re- quire. You can get land chea,p and easily cleared, and you can grow better root crops in Algoma than 1- have ever seen in Huron county,, and I spent 20 yearn in Huron. Farmers are doing well and there 18 lots of I room for thousands yet. Then, Mr. Farm- er, why do you pay high tent or high in - !tercet on a big mortgage. Way not come to Algoma and live happilyana out of debt, and give your boys a chanhe. Think over this, and if you want further instructions write to me and I will be only too glad to render any assistance, I can, Yours truly, W. J. MILLER, Thessalon, Ont. Township Clerks. DEAR EXPOSITOR. --A8 most of the Muni- cipal clerks in this county read TiE EXPOSI- TOR, and as I see by the Municipal World that township clerks in other counties are holding meetings, the principal object of which seems to be to devise eome means whereby they can get higher salaries, and there is likely to be a Provincial meeting in Toronto this winter, I have had one clerk's opinion and he agrees with myself that a meeting of the reeves and clerks of this county would be advantageouee Also, that thie or next month would be -a suitable time to hold such meeting; that Clinton would be a imitable place in which to hold it, and that the County Clerk is the proper person to call it./ I do not mean that this meeting should ae held to discuss salaries, for I think the people and the councils are always will- ing to Pay teachers and clerks in proportion to the way in which they discharge their duties. But, I think, such a meeting would be of great advantage and profit as a means for the discussion of by-laws, with the view •of adoption of uniform by-laws for tbe whole county, aleo, uniformity in the methods of transacting business. I think it would also be adviiable to have two sets of assessment rolls prepared, one set for towns and` vil- lages where personal property is asseesed, and another for townehips where personal property is not amino]. It would also be advisable th -consider the propriety of' taking united action to induce the Provincial Gov erntnent to pay clerks for preparing the voters' lists for Provincial election, and ser- vices rendered in putsuance with instruc- tions from the Bureau of Industries. I would like to hear what other clerks and reeves think of such a meetingtes I propose. I think we could all learn something, - JOHN C. Mosearioet, Clerk of Mellillop. Huron County Union of' Christian Endeavor. The first annual convention of the Huron County Union of Christian Endeavor was heldiin the Presbyterian Church, Witighain, on Wednesday of last week. There was a good attendance of delegates,- though not as many outsiders as had been expected. Nevertheless, the convention wets a success and it is safe to say then good will be the outcome of it. The election of officers retrulted in the choice of Rev. J. S. Hendenson, of Ilensalle as President, Rev. S. Sellery, Wingham, and A. M. McKay, Brussels, Vice Presi- dents; 3. Gregg, Exeter, Secretary; Miss Bessie McGregor, Brucefieid. Treasurer. In the absence of the President, Rev.' J, 11. Simpson, of Brumfield, was chosen to preside. Reports were given on behalf of the differ- ent Endeavor Societies, shewing a large and active memberehip, with growing interest. There are about 500 active members in the county and in the neighborhood of 509 more associete members. The hearing of these reports occupied considerable time and were quite interesting. Miss Tufford, of Sea - forth, read an admirable paper on the duties of the "Lookout Committee," which gave rise to a short discuseion. The evening session was also held in the Presbyterian Church, which COMMO4i0118 building was filled by an appreciative audi- ence interested in ehristian work. After the opening exercises Miss McIntosh read an excellent paper on " Our Pledgee" which covered very ably and fully the different portions of the pledge. Rev. Mr. Watson delivered an address of welcome, which was briefly reeponded to by the chairman, Rev. J. H. Simpeon. Mr. D. D. Wilson delivered an address on "The Christian Endeavor Society, its constitution and its work." He said that the society had grand objects in view, and while it wall in a sense separate from the church it was still a part thereof and under the direoteguidance of the officers of the church. 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