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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1893-03-31, Page 1247 1893. NO )penin !tiara 29th, 6reh 30th, MIL 1st, we eommelaceil usual. exhibit of eely by day the vd forward, until )uches are being k you will ham& 'Neeinn• the work of au uurivalled 1,et productions, k.ty-third opening purpose is to - id best of theta fashions will be terest you anct • gorgeous dis. ats and Bonnets, ems, Silks,. and a putar trimmings ving a freshness iful spring. We ,,Dest for you, and vitation and I I ue branch of our r we give special 1.1is season of the ong list of other portant which will are of admiration French Del:lime:it ilk stripes on levelly he price of comma velties, aooreet rs of ChaIlies aid Die , bargain ; and -will hs it the thing for cheep fine French Lawns, -very fine in texture, s yon once bay st them egain. They , Drees Goode—latest liney; 25e., 30e., 350, 00. Trimmings cheap, Bieck Dress, Goods r are likely to have is it is very complete alt 'ail wool double width , Navy, Grey, Myrtle the best value shoWn ;-1- the store that keeps lks—if trete are ; come 'keep you busy for en einge. . ; assortmisnt of Mir triels for the span- & at them. Das by the hundked— de ones—you will be . tow price wel ask for lugs k enough for a town. of Seaforth in the or- ig—but they're goisg found them out. 'cotes, we're like tke sbard and her Shoe," eves and stockings ere io—but they're Burrito on as the weather gett peeka,ge upon package Children's underwear its really funny to tell hundred dozen of New eesented in our stock, ibe ours thii seasion—if lw prices are any argte yerds of hantleome for all purchasers who fade in the washing, :of ehowing them, or qf ed. eualities. orf Shaker Flannel.— pate get a good many : of Lace Curtains—as more so,than ever ive pair a fall leugth and best value crowded can have them in m—cut to fit any room. else and you are cartels prices. stet nice_Oil Cloth for the rocen or kitchea! erns very neat and suite t in the different widthe we we said about OE 'Slething, Tweeds anei will speak for thole them., The assortment rieeit a,linost everythisg king line, rariety of our stook the beautiful sake- rery departinent, wit CV' Bauch cannot lee We want you to kur attractions, anil that we deserve ir patronage. Oonie aylicy GT at any titles Rtestoecl_ to render yos McFaut, . immes;omis met procurable, lit!. oie 15e e,cre farm,,siler adeome brick madden? a retiring to that eus friends will join itet niay have health see he comforts and ease to 3 and frugal Iife now's* s In the evening e vicinity, accepting °se terous hospitality, 1:0141 ke night svas pleasautle lancing, aud it ie uselese eyed themselves to thl" — • BeIlantyne & SOIly F.:n.4 Brad to Mr. Gore e two Berkshire foal' of St, Maryiebas herd of Shorthorns, smrs " Bonnie Prince, e, from the above nam :f ' TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR. / WHOLE NUMBER, 1,320. YOU W!LL. BE STRUCK ''.As you enter our store with the gran- deur and richness of our Hat and Oap stock. No house in this section carries the assortment we do no one gives you such value as we offer. We will show you the latest English and Am9rican Novelties from the well- ) known makers—Ohristy, Woodson, Wilkinson, Sims, Battersby, Dunlap and others. There is no difficulty in selling our goods, for the demand is peremptory. Somebody has got to supply the head- gear for men, and who can do it better than we t This week we make a special display, and to prof° our state- ment, that we are leaders, we ask you to call and inspect. Crush Hats, ilack Stiff Hats, Fedora Hats, Colored Stiff Hats, Boys' Fancy Caps, Girls' Fancy Caps. Our matchless line is the envy of all. Our prices astonish the oldest buyer. JACKSON BROS., THE FAMOUS HATTERS, SEAFORTH. . RAMBLES ABOUT OLD LONDON. HO iff rEOFLE LINTE,—WHAT THEY EAT AND HOW TREY ARE HOURED. LOsoos, Exerame march loth, 1893. All London is not known by all London- ers. " I have passed thits corner, walking and driving, almost every day for thirty years, yet I canna tell you whose house that is, was the reply to the interrogation : Whose house is that next to Hyde Perk corner gate ? But the loquacious 'bus driver, having overheard the query, supplied the interrogator Wee the information, " That is tepsiey House Iingbon used t where thh old Duke of Wel- live." There is nothing at- tractive in th appearance of Apsley House. It is a gloomee deserted -looking structure, the centre portion of which'presents in some respect a front not unlike the St: Lasverence Hell. There are Borne very in'oeresting relies of the hero of Waterloo, which vieitors are permitted to view, but in order to do so, a permit, signed by the present Duke of Wellington, must be obtained. The old buff coat which the old Duke wore at the battle et Waterloo is shown to visitors as one of the most interesting relics, A few houses east of Apsley House, on Piccadilly, stands the mansion of one of England's Jay Gould* Baron Rothchild, far different in its appearance from the Deke's, for it has a bright cheery look, and its yellowish white painted front, and the bright red blinds on the windows make it conspicuous along side the dark and gloomy looking buildings which stand to its right and left. As the omnibus turns up park lane a glimpse of the Duke of Cambridge's house a few doors away on Piccadilly can be had, and the next building note that is pointed out is the Duchess of Man- chester's. The blinds are closely drawn on all the windows, which is a sign to society that the Duchess has not yet returned to town, The next house the writer's attention was drawn to as the omnibus drove along South Audley street, is one in which a Canadian would for the moment be more interested than those previously mentioned, for the reason that it is the residence of one whose name has lately been connected with the highest position in Canada, that of the Governor Generalship, for the house re- ferred to is the Earl of Aberdeen's. It is an unpretentious sort of looking house, but one that looks as if solid comfort could be had within. LEADERs IN DOMESTIC SERVICE. Clustered aroand the vicinity of Hyde Park stand many mansions the dwellers in which are amongst the first of England's aristocracy, Even thomi " below stairs " in such houses make claim to be the leaders of society in the domestic service. On rolls the omnibus on its way to the Marble Arch, and suddenly the noise of the traffic is hushed, for the sound is deadened by the straw which litters the roadway for nearly a block. A noble looking mansion situated in the centre of the block is the. residence of the Countess of Dudley, one of England's noted beauties, and the Coentess, soon to be a mother, needs quietneis, Changing the floods cityward to the neighborhood of the Temple, the visitor in search ofhistoric buildings can find them in plenty. The house at the corner of Middle Temple lane was at one time the residence of Dr. Samuel Johnson. A short distance away is Brick court, at No. 2 of which the author of "The Vicar of ihrakefield " lived during the last few years of his life. Away to the north of the temple and n short distance off Holborh lies Bloomsbury, but though this was the abiding plaoe of the arietocrats of a hundred Years ago, that sec - ion of Loudon is not considered as being he dvrelling place of the erietocracy of to- day. Russel square and 13edford square still retain their aristocratic appearance, but fa- irest any one requiring apartments can find accommodation in that locality. Still the neighhorhood has -not been quite deserted by famous people, for there remain ten at least of promieence in the literary world, Mr. Buckle of the Times, and the euthoreso of " Little Lord Fatintleroy,b behtg inhabitants of Bloornebury. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, I893. to have during their summer months, the many little ornamental gardens to be fouud on the embankment are, always well .patro• nized, and espeeially solare the gardens op- posite one of London's swell hotels. CLEOPATRA'S NEEDLE, which Sir Erasmus Wilson spent so much of his good money to bring all the way from Egypt, is about the only thing on the em- bankment that attracts strangere visiting London. As one approaches Westminster Bridge, a splendid view of the Houses of Parliament, with the Abbey in the distance, clan be had, end looking east one can see the immense railroed bridges which span the river at Charing Cross, Waterloo and Black- friars.' Where there is one person passing over the surface of the embankment there are five hundred peeing under it, for the un- derground railway goes underneath a consid• erable length of it. PRINTERS' INK. " English people are very slow in adopting any innovation on old time methods or habits, bat they evidently have cometo the conclusion that to succeed in trade printers' ink mint be freely used in the wey of adver- tising, for, as a prominent man connected with - one of London's Wig? advertising agencies said, " Many people might insinu- ate I,was stretching the truth when I say that over one million pounds per week is ex- pended in London in advertising, but never- theless it is a fact." sHOULD BE ADOPTED IN CANADA. There are always so many disputes -be tween cabmen and their fares that anything to prevent such annoyances would be hailed with delight by the travelling public, bat a device such as theewriter saw in a Lanca- shire town precludes any possibility of dis- pute. On the inside of the vehicle there is placed an indicator of fares. When the pas- senger enters, and has informed " cabby " where he wishes to be driven to, cabby is bound to place the index' opposite the amount due him at the end of the journey ; consequently, the passenger known just ex- actly what the drive will cost. ABOUT HOTELS AND RESTAURAMS. The many Canadians who do London the honour of paying it a visit generally select the hiitel at which they intend to reside dur- ing itheir stay from amongst the numbet which rank as first-class. It sounds more swell to may in reply to the query : " Where are you stopping ?" " Ole I'm at the 'Met' "Tic or the Avenue,' " vrhichever the case may be. In almost every instance alter be- ing seperated from their good °awn:lien dollars at some first-olass hotel —which would be more appropriately named hash foundry—by exorbitant ohargee and paying for attention they never had received, the vigorous kick the departing Canadian guest mikes would make the kick of the mule, withl all four shoes on one hind foot, feel like a fly -tap, but it is rare for the kiok to be made to the clerk of the hotel. Oh, no The vials of the guest's wrath are bottled up until he meets with some fellow-sufferer,then notes ere compared, and " exorbitant," " scandalous," " horrible " and 6 6 ONE AND SIXPENCE FOR ATTENDANCE," are words that interlard the conversation during the session of the " turn over " club. There are some Canadians who, as soon as they land on Albion's shores, become almost instantaneously Anglified, eo much so that when the subject of conversation turns on the comparison of Canadian and English hoteis, the former is classed seteind. The Canadian visitor who gives English hotels the first nounoes Manitoba, There eire some things that Toronto might copy frotn London, but there is one thing out of the many that London should copy from Toronto and that is moderate prices combined with cleanliness in its restaurants. A London gentleman whose experience of London restaurants extends over half a cen- tury reluctantly acknowledged to the writer that to find a restaurant where moderate prices, good service, and cleanliness could be obtained was very difficult. Only the very lowest priced restaurants make any proton - tions to serve breakfasts, and even those which do will often exhibit annoyance on being required to serve ie meal at even 9 o'clock in the morning. All the cleaning up is left until the morning, so that in almost any restaurant about a.m., the visitor will have to eat his lace, is generally one who pro- anitoba as if its orthography were° Id, butter Id, a glass of beer 2d, or cup of coffee 2d, and if one is so fastidious as to use a napkin, a penny more is added to the bill; then Id to the whiter for being so obliging as to terve the meal, and what has cost 2s. 6d, or 2s. 9d. here in London can be had at anee one of the market hotels in Toronto " for one Englit shilling. To call for a sec- ond helping o anyfmeats, or what is called in London 'follow ' half the price is charged and HALF THE QUANTITY IS GIVEN, , THE THAMES EMBANKstENT. le From Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster Bridge is known as the " V toria " and from the latter bridge on to Vahxhall is called the " Albert." There are fe* if any fine build- ings. Among the few is the immense struc- ture known as Scotland Yard, the head• quarters of the Metropolitan police, and it is not saying a great deal in calling it fine, as it could have been improved upon vastly to the benefit of the appearance of the em- bankment. so that the Toronto dinner referred to above is very much the cheapest. In all of the grill rooms in the city . the cook ex- pects a tip, if not from the customer, he expects the waiter to de so, but as a city man said to the writer—" I know it is an ex- tortion, but complaining does not do any good, so in order to get a choice cut now and then, I tip the cook at the grill. " Meals sent to rooms charged extra" is a notice which any one who has studied the rules of a Toronto hotel. will be familiar with, although it is a rule that is not strict- ly observed, but in London hotels and. in one in the vicinity of Charing Cross it is strictly adhered to, for if a meal is ordered to one's room it cannot be obtained withoue an order -from the housekeeper. The price of mob a meal eaten in the public dining room is just doubled when sent to a person's bedroom or private parlour. The only eat- ables served in bedrooths at dining room prices are eggs and bread ; if it is coffee, tea or stronger drinks prime are doubled, so a dinner costing 7s 6d in the dining room would cost 15s if sent to a bedroom. " Why is the price of a meal sent to a guest'e (+anther increased to double the usual `• charges," asked the writer of the manager of ens of Loudon's prineipal hotele, " There are no class of business people in London who have to watch their customers so closely as proprietore of hotels. We have all kinds of TRICKS PLAYED UPON US and the ordering of meals to rooms is one of them. Now take for example Where there are two people occupying the same apartment, a meal is ordered for one, and then it is made to do the two, so that if we did not charge double the price to people occupying different apartments could man- age, ware their appetites not abnormally large, to subsist fairly well on a divided BREAKFAST AMIDST THE DUST and dirt of the cleaning up operation. A prominent restaurant proprietor's re* eon for the lack of business in the morning is that the Engliah people do not like to face the morning air before they have partaken of their matutinal meal, so they have it at their homes. 11 Well," said the Toronto bon - vivant mentioned in the forepert of this letter, to the writer, " 1 dined thie evening at a restaurant which I am told ranks amongst the best in London, and I had an excellent meal, but the cost made quite a hole in a sovereign and when I compere my dinner of to -day with a Queen's or Raisin one, I find that half the money would pay for a much better dinner at either of the Torento hotels. I looked over the table d' hote menu, and finding the variety not worth the 51, with 3d for attendance charg- ed, I concluded to dine at la carte. Injust give you the LAYOUT FROM SOUP TO NUTS. The Judge on Gore. - In ourreport lastweek of the Huron Spring Assizes it, was set forth that the man R. J. K. Gore had pleaded guilty to two indict- ments for perjury, he having sworn falsely on two occasions, that Mr. M. C. Cameron, had been guilty of improper conduct with an orphan girl named Ellen Lomas. The fol- lowing its the official report of the remarks of the Judge in sentencing Gore : I do not suppose it is neoessary to address you formally, asking you what you have to say as to why the sentence of the court should not be pronounced upon you, for you have already communicated with me, ex- pressing your regret, and asking for leni- ency. I do not know when I have been more exercised as to the proper course to take with reference to anyone whom I have been called upon to eentence, You have made statements which, if untrue—and you have sworn that they are untrue—were not only tnalicious, but were vile. I must as. sume that they were without foundation— creatures of a very vile imagination. That being eo, so far as you are concerned, one is not moved in the slightest degree by sym- pathy, nor is one assisted in coming to a conclusion to exercise any clemency by reason of any suggeetion that one can make to one's self as to anything which palliates yeur offence. In the first place, it appears to me from the material before me that this was a matter of deliberation • it was not a statement made on the spur tithe moment, under the intinence of sudden temptation ; it was previOusly thought over. Then, it was a matter of detail. Yba went into par- ticulars, and, if these wen; all imagination, I can hardly conceive of a man who is less governed by feelings and motives of pro- priety. And in addition to that, you 6' I cut a starter with turtle soup at 2s ed a plate, then boiled turbot, caper sauce and plain potatoes, la ; next half a chicken and a slice of ham; 203 6d ; mashed potatoes, 3d ; cauliflower and bntter sauce 4d ; apple tart 4d, cheese 3d, bread 2d, 'butter 2d, a pint of ale 4d, attendance marked on bill of fare 2d, tip to waiter 3d, and theee youleve eight shillings and *inept:sacs for one meal in London, when in Canada you could get three excellent male and lodging for the night at a fine hotel for the same amount.' At all the leading' hotels in London seven and sixpence is the price charged the table d'hote dinner, and the guest is expected to order wine as beer or ale is not served during th'e dinner hour, so that with the wine—the cheapest which can be had in half bottles is 2s—and the tip to the waiter, a half sovereign vaniehes. The variety of dishes to choose from at these seven mod sixpenny table d'hote is very limited such a thing ,as half a dozen entrees is never to be seen on the menu, and roasts or boiled Meats are generally limited to two. Dessert is inmost cases poor in quality and equally Do in quantity, A walk along the Strand, one of London's busiest thoroughfares, and a Andy of the names of the many restaurants to be found there, will show that the SONS OF SUNNY ITALY no intermit in your further punishment, and it might be hoped that he would not desire to see you much more severely punished than you have been. But there may be ele- ments in human nature, however, which cannot lead one to soon forgive a man for minemitting such a wrong as you have done, and if forgiveness does not come readily or easily, and he is unable to exercise that spirit, perhaps he is not mnoh to blame. BO you have others dependent upon you, I am told, who are suffering, and, whatever your other faults have been, I am told that you have been an industrious man, and have provided for those who are dependent upon you. The counsel for the mown, Mr. Rid- dell, who has had much experience, before leaving, asked me, if poesible, to be lenient towards you thinking that, as far as the public interests were concerned, the ends of justice had been served by the punishment which you have already undergone. You go out from the oourtroom BRANDED AS A FELON', as a man, by his own confession, utterly un- worthy of credence and belief, and no state- ment you hereafter make upon oath can you hope to .have your fellows place any trust in, whether you swear one way or the other. The history of your life will show that your statements are such as will make it utterly impoesible to believe you. The punishment that you have brought upon yourself is a severe one. I hope that yon feel it, and I cannot hope that you will soon forget, or that it will become lighter with the years. If it has only the effect of keeping you in the streight path hereafter, or causing you to seek it, certainly, se far as you are con- cerned, that nauch good will be acComplish- ed. judge from what I read that your conduct in the past, apart from this, has not been such that would merit approval, It may be hoped that the leniency I am about to show you will affect you serious- ly—will cause you to look over the past and survey the future, and form such resolutions as, with such assistance as you may have, you may be able to carry out. I propose not to sentence you, and, if you behave yourself, you will not be called upon for sentence. But if it appears from your conduct in the future that you are unworthy of trust or confidenoe. you will be brought before the court, and then• such sentence will be pronounced upon you as, if I am alive, under My suggestion and within my discretion, I think ought to be inflicted. In the meantinie. I propose to take your own recognizance to appear for sentence when called upon. A LETTER TO THE JUDGE. The following letter was sent by Mr. Cameron before the above sentence was de- livered : GODERICH, ONT, March 15th, 1893. W. R. RIDDELL, Esq., Crown Counsel, Godericli, Denn understand the man Gore has pleaded guilty to the two indictments found against him arising out of the out- rageous scandals published ageinst me by him. I also understand that efforts are be- ing made to have his punishment or sen- tence lightened. If so, I solemnly protest against it. This man did me the greatest injury one man can possibly do to another. He placed my family before the public in a terrible position for eighteen months. He oirculat- ed the story all through the Riding dur- ing last election that I had seduced Ellen Lomas. He had it published in the " Toronto World." He pleads guilty, and now it is supposed he will escape with a nominal punishment. I protest against any such trifling with the administration of jus- tice. I ask you to hand His Lordship the papers in your possession so that he can soe how shamefully I have 'been used, and on him will Oen rest the responsibiliby. When be is done with the papers kindly hand them, to me. I am, Yours Truly, M. C. CAMEEnN SUPPLIED THESE STATEMENTS TO THE POLI- TICAL ENEMIES OF MR. OSMIUM, that they might be us'ed for the purpose of affecting him in his constituency. If you are telling the truth, and brie does not know when to believe you from your own confessions, there are other mon quite as vile as you ; for he who will go around and plc& up stories, either true or false, with reference to the personal conduct of a canal - ,date for the purpose of affecting hint in his candidature, unless such are necessary to be known to the_ public to protect them agaiset a hypocrite or against one who is endeavoring to e'en under false colon, is actuated by no proper motive, and deserves the severest condemnation of his fellows. If we are to have men in public offices who are men of sensitiveness and propriety of feeling, we must protect them from charges made which will go to destroy the happiness of life and the comfort of home. I know of no charge which can affect a man so grievously, even ff untrue, as inconstancy and unfeithfulnese with reference to his home. EACH MAN SHOuLD MAYE A HOME inside of which he can go, and where the tongue of shinder cannot reach him. You have done your best to make that impossible for the man you thus slandered. And with suoh thoughts it is very difficult to approach the case so calmly and considerately as to feel that you are not deserving of the most severe punishment. Had I to consider you, and you only, I' should not stay my hand, but should visit you with severity, and leave it to the Executive, if it thought best to interfere. But I find, in the firet place, that those who were with you in this vile conduot have apparently escaped ; that you, as you might have expected, have been used to do the dirty work of others, and left to fight and defend yourself as best you may. That you have got yourself into difficulty is not a Matter of surprise. That those who are ' PARTICIPATORS.IN YOUR WRONG are the proprietors Of the majority of them. The English restaurant is clean when com- pared to one kept by a do,go," for one can tell what he is eating in the former, but in the latter it is impossible. In the city the majority of the restaurants do only a day trade, and the dinner served at noon is the meal they have most customers for. A dinner at any respectable restaurant cannot he had for less than half a crown. A plate of soup 6d a plate of least beef ls, or if chicken Is, In what fine weather Londoners happen 3d, some pie or pudding 3d, cheese 2d, bread sold to the catae,he might have got $400 for jail and has asked for an immediate trial 1 the cattle, thus making $100 on his cattle before His Honor Judge Mahaffy. Detec- and oats. He tells us Mr. Gray, his neigh- tive iRogers has been absent about five bor, sold over 1,000 bushels of oats. There months in the business of tracing up and is nothing to prevent them from doing the same if we had free corn. They believe they can fatten stock on straw, salt and water, and so long as they attempt to do so oats will be cheap, corn or no corn, and their cattle won't amount to mach. Mr. Simmons told us at the Seaforth meeting of the South Huron Farmers' Institute,that he and Mr. McMillan clear from $18 to $20 on every steer they fatten, which might juit as well be in the pockets of the farmers who raise the stook, if they would do their own feeding. The only way to convince the farmers is to make grain so cheap that they will be oompelled to feed it and by feeding grain at home they feed their land and raise more grain and cattle and consequently make more money. If our cattle are kept scheduled by England we must keep our stockers at home. As it is, our wise Cana- dian farmers are sending their steers to the old country and then sending hay and grain after them to feed them with; paying heavy freight charges on all,. and the Scotch farm- ers, buying the animals at the increased price, can afford to feed them the stuff we send over, with all the expenses of shipment added to its prioe, and still make money on the finished animals, and yet we sit grumb- ling about hard times. They tell us corn takes more the place of peas for feeding than of oats, and a bushel of corn is nearly equal to a bushel of peas. Now if we could get two bushehi of corn for the price of one of peas and retain -England as oar market for peas, would it not pay us to have free corn ? We should have hundreds of Popes and McMillan' instead of two. Yours Truly, JOHN U. MORRISON*. MoHniuor, March tAth, DM. Canada. There are 107 inmates in the Home for Incurables in Toronto, — Dr. Ryall, Medical Health Officer, Hamilton, is preparing a scheme to ward off cholera. —At St. John's, New Brunswick, Friday, a 14 year-old girl was given two months for drunkenness. —The fiag-pole of the new Parliament buildings, Toronto, will be seventy-five feet high. — 3. M. Hunter, M. A., Principal of the Collegiate Institute at Barrie, is in a dying condition. —It is reported that a movement is on foot to combine the principal Woollen mills of the Dominion. —The returns of the Canadian Nei& railway traffic for the week ending March 21st, amounts to $354,000. —Miss Jessie Alexander is much better and expects to be able to resume her recitals next month. —Rev. John Gray, of Windsor, has ac- cepted the call to the First Presbyterian church of Kalamazoo, Michigan. —A .1srge party of well-to.do farmers from Dakota arrived in Winnipeg with their effects last week. They will settle in Mani- toba and the Northwest. —The town of Paris wants to extend its borders by eamexing a portion of the town- ship of Dumfries. Brantford also is anxious to abeorb some of the suburbs. —There were 30 business failures reported from Canada last week, against 38 the pre- vious week, 42 in the week one year ago, and 41 two years ago. —Mr..Walter B. Gillett, manager of the London & Ontnio Investment Company in Winnipeg, dropped dead the other morniag. He was well known in Ontario. —The Salvation Army have opened a new food and shelter depot for homeless men at the corner of Wilton avenue and Victoria streets, Toronto. —The Ayr Advocate has ceased publica- tion for lack of support, the pstronage re- ceived not being sufficient to pay running •expenses. This has been the fate of every newspaper yet retorted in Ayr. The Corn Question. Mats EXPOSITOR.—After reading care- fully Mr. Irvine's letter on the oorn ques- tion, whioh lappeared in your issue of last week, I fail to see anything he has shown in favor of a duty on corn. He merely at. tempts to stab Mr. McMillan on free or dead head tickets', and it would be more manly to head an article that way and ask why mem- bers are so mum about receiving twenty-five dollar trunks every year and thousands of dollars' worth of other mad' articles. No wonder members cannot conscientiously oppose the Governor General's extrava- gance. My object in writing is to let your readers know that all Conservatives do not think ai Mr. Irvine does. The first public debate on Protection, was between Horace Greeley and Joseph Blunt, for proteetion, and Samuel J Tilden and Park Godwin, for free trade, in 1843. The planks laid down by the protectionists were: 1st. A nation which would be prosperous must mascots various branches of industry, Amy supply its vital wants mainly by the labor of its own hands ; 2nd. There is a natural tendency in a comparatively new country to because and continue an exporter of grain and other rude staples, and an importer of manufao- tares ; 3rd. It is injurious to a new country to continue dependent for it. supplies of clothing and manufactured fabrics on the old ; 4th. Equilibrium between Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce, which we need, can only be maintained -by means of Protective duties ; 5th: Protection is nec- essary and proper to sustain, as well as to create, a benefioient adjustment of our na- tional industry. It is needless to tell you that Greeley and Blunt gained the day and the United States has been governed by that policy ever since. have left you alone, is not a matter of eur- prise. Their meanness in that respect is only -equalled by their vilenese in suggesting or in taking advantage of your misconduct. You have, upon the publication of those slanderous statements, signed a future state- ment withdrawing it, confessing the falsity of your statements, and thus as far as pots - 'tibia you have atoned, pleaded guilty, and have not put the country to the expense of a trial, thus saving the public investigation of details which are not pleasant. In ad- dition to that, as far as Mr. Cameron is con- cerned, everything has been accomplished that could be desired. You have retracted the statements, you have pleaded guilty to perjury, and have been incarcerated for a period of some six months. -STATEMENTS WITHDRAWN. As far as Mr. Cameron is connerned, these statements, therefore, are withdrawn in the fullest possible manner, and Ineed not consider him further, or his interests, g further, with reference to you, and he has Now if he had fed $100 worth of the oats he ed the prosecution. Godolphin is now m In our own land, the first debate on the question was between John A. McDonald and his followers and Alexander McKenzie And his followers in 1878, and it has held good ever since. As far as these five pro- positions aro complied with, I am a Protec- tionist, but when we cannot produce an article ourselves,such as corn, sugar, tea and coffee, nr derive a tariff from it, I am a free trader. I am also opposed to putting duty on goods from. England, who has been a good friend, as if we were trying to quarrel with her, and crying for free trade with the United States, which is a contrary neighbor and not willing to be friendly. Now we do not grow corn except for feed- ing as ensilage and derive no tariff from it, therefore a duty is a prohibition of trnde in the commodity. Where corn is raised it does not affect tiie price of oats any more than, the price of wheat affects the price of bran. Oats are principally used for feed for horses and by oatmeal Killion, and corn would not "se used for these purposes to any extend. Mr. Irvine says people cannot fatten their own cattle except the few who are rioh. The majority. of firmers feed cattle now in the winter and those who do, make money at it. He tells us he sold over $300 worth of oats and a couple of weeks o he said he meld POO worth of cattle. —Oa June 22nd next a monster fareser's picnic *ill he held Strathroy, which will be addressed by Premiers Thompson and Mowat, with their Ministers of Agriculture and others. —Rev. Jeffery Hill has riisigned his parish of Tilsonburg, to which place he was recent- ly appointed, owing to many of the congre- gation havieg objected to an iminediate ap- pointment. —Near Gananoque two families commenc- ed to quarrel over the possession of some property, and the quarrel ended last Fri- day in the shooting of one member of one of the families. John Fitzsimmons was the victim and he was instantly killed. TAfter the 1st of July next any person found with firearms or weapons on his per- son and not having a certificate from a Jus- tice of the Peace, permittiog him to carry them, will be liable to imprieonment with- out the option of a fine. —During 1892, 1,376 persons were pro- ceeded against in London Police Court, 1,262 males and 114 femalee, a total increase of 146 over 1891. Of these 513 males and 56 females were convicted. Drunkenness headed the list with 127 convictions. —Mr. 3. Mitchell, a Grand Trunk rail- way brakeman, has invented a belloord splicer. It is of brass, easily adjusted, and will fill a long -felt want. It is claimed that it will save railway companies thousands of dollars. —Derward Reid, a four-year-old son of J. S. Reid, Hamilton, was killed by a wagon loaded with hay on Friday last. He tried to pull a handful of hay from the passing load, fell under the wagon and his skull was crushed. —The General Assembly of the Presby• terian church for the Dominion meets in Brantford in June when some 400 commis- sioners from the di'fferent Presbyteries of the church will constitute the highest court of the- denomination. —The War Cry tells of a Salvation Army lassie who walked into a Berlin siloon, and in answer to a request agreed totske a glass of beer if the loafer who made the offer would buy a War Cry. She took the glass and emptied its contents into a spittoon. bringing home the defaulting treasurer, whom he found in Mexieo. He had many difficulties and obstacles to contend with, but, with -indefatigable perseverance and de- termination he came out victorious, end souf erusetdiceed. in placing Godolphin in the bands - —Messrs. Hunter and Croashiy have been meeting with great success at their evangel- istic meetings in Toronto. The nightly meetings in the Metropolitan church have been crowded, the lowest estimate placing the congregations at 2,300 persons, compris- ing ell stations in life. —Mr. Kenneth Murray Mason, of Har- rington, met with a serious &cadent the other evening. While driving home from Embro his horse ran away, throwing him out, partially severiog his windpipe and otherwise injuring him. His case is very serious, and be is not expected to recover. —John Schuster, who was buried at Ber- lin the other afternoon, died from erysipelas in the fsce, and his death was the direct re- sult of being thrown from a rig and dragged some distance in a runaway. / His face was so badly injured that the dread disease set in and death soon followed. _ —Dr. J. E. White, an old Upper Canada College boy, lectured to the boys of Upper Canada College, Toronto, on Friday last, on field botany, urging them to take up the study of Canadian wild flowers as a training of the faculty, of observation, and as the most healthful of all pleiteures and pastimes. —Three Presbyterian minieters from the British Isles Dr. Hubert Bruce and Dr. Inword, of kenwick, England, and Dr. McGregor, of Aberdeen, Scotland, are ex- pected to visit Canada in April, spending a few days in each of the following places : Montreal, Toronto, Gnelph, Stratford,Ham- lton and London. —Oa Wednesday afternoon of last week, Mr. George Parker, a cooper by trade, aged about 60 years, dropped dead in his convey- ance while passing along the street in Lucas. His medical adviser stated that heart dis- ease was the cense of his death, and had in- formed the deceased that he was liable to drop at any time within the last six months. —At the Barrie Assizes last week, true bills were found by the Grand Jury against Jennie Wench, of Collingwood, for the mur- der of her aged mother, Mary Wonch, and the child. The accused was arraigned on both charges and she pleaded not guilty. Bail was refused. On account of the illness of one of the crown witnesses the trial will not take place until the fall maize& —The Chicago Canadian American , of a meet date says : J. Oberheltzer, in nager for an Elkhart, Indiana, publishing house, and Robert Matheson, the well-known British -American, met in the Canadian - American office on Thursday. Thirty-one years ago they were master and pupil at Berlin, Ontario. Mr. Matheson was the teacher. —The death it announced on the Onon- daga reserve of Skanawati,an important In- dian chief, vihose English name was John Buck. He was fire keeper of _the council, and his ancestors took part id the formation of the Iroquois League over 50 year. ago. Ho was of commanding presence, nearly six feet high, as straight as an arrow, and with an abundance of him+ hair. He was 73 years of age. —WC learn from the Berlin Telegraph that on Saturday last, S. N. Moyer, of Seb- ringville, presiding elder for the South Dis- trict of tbe Evangelical Associetion, who is well known in Waterloo countie while con- ducting quarterly services in Morriston, was taken suddenly ill in the pulPit. He was greatly prostrated, but is gradually regain- ing strength, and now hopes tte. resume hie pastoral duties in a month or t*o. —Mr. Alex. Congalton, one 'of Guelph's most enthishustio curlers, met Vvith a pain- ful accident the other day. He was just finishing sprinkling some of the places which were not level, when he fell on his back and broke one of the small bones of kis shoulder blade. It will be some weeks before Mr. Congalton will be able to use hie arm. The break, in a medics' point of view, in the re- gion where it occurred, is most fertunate for the use of the 11mb in future. —Wm. Boyes, a mill hand of Staples, Essex county, was held up by a gang of maeked men the other night, near his home and robbed of $90 mid a gold watch. He had been to Detroit during the day and drew $100, and while on his way kerne was delayed at Comber. He walked home after nightfell, and was within the village limits when he was met by the gang, who tied his hands and fastened him to a fence post. Hie cries brought neighbors to the rescue and he was released. —Mr. RObert Clark, dairyman, of Bland- ford, was almost gored to death by a cow Wednesday night. He went into the stables to let a cow out, when he was caught on her horns and thrown down in front of her manger. The cow became enragedi and for several minutes gored Mr. Clark until he became untionsolowe His collar bone was broken, several rib. were fractured, and one ear completely severed from his heed. His injuries were so severe that death remitted on Saturday night. —On Tuesday afternoon of last week Mr. Wm. Hersee, of Blandford, missed his hired man. On making search $70 in bills were found to be missing also. Search for the missing youth was made in different direc- tions, and it wan learned that he had pur- chased a ticket for Chicago at Innerkip. The chief of police at -Windeor was wired to stop him at that place. The name of the young man is Evans, and his relatives in England are persons of note sad high stand- ing. His behisvfor while weidng for the train created susteion. have shipped to Winnipeg, as a boldness speculation, & car load of Oried applee, com- prising 152 barrels. As each barrel aver- ages a little over 170 pounds, the total weight amounts to about 26,000 pounds. It is to be hoped the venture may prove so successful as to encourage a large trade in thie article. Fruit of all kinds slicerld be in Food demand in the Prairie Province,'es it le not grown to any great extent as yet in that comparatively new country. —Mrs. Rev. Dean Wade, of Woof:IS:took, narrowly escaped being shot the °thee day. Mit, was in the kitchen with her ,ymingest child and the servants,busily engaged in cut- ting up oranges, when a bullet wale shot through the window, only Milising het by a few inches. As it was Mrs, Wade was struck under the eye with a piece of broken glass. The shot was fired by a lad -freineen upstair window in the neighborhood and, coming in contact with the glass, waa for- tunately diverted downward. The yonsg man who fired the shot says he was aiming ! at —licaAtOurions suit will come up at thn next assizes held in Hamilton. S. F. Washing- ton, of that city, has issued a writ against Fulford & Co., of Brookville proprietors of for raising money by lotterieie and o er 1 Nelson, Nalton county, claiming $5,000 against encouraging or permittingParcen Pink Pills, on behalf of hielvin Long, of doubtful devices, and advised damages for libel. Plaintiff was advertised playing in their hems. —Six hundred women are expected in London on April 17th and 18th, when the annual convention of the Women's - Foreign Missionary Societies of the Presbyterian church in Ontazio will be held" in St. An- drew's church. —John Weir, bookkeeper for the Wind- sor Truck Company, has been missing from March 10th, and is thought to have suicid- ed. His employers highly esteemed him. He wee an Englishman, cousin of Lord Lonsdale. —Detective Joseph Rogers arrived in Braciebridge on the 22ad inst., by the Pacific express, in charge of Be W. Godolphin, the defaulting Huntsville treasurer, who was on nfornaation laid by Detective Rogers, brought before Justice of the Peace Jamee Boyer for trial. He made a statement to the Justice, admitting hie guilt to the charges of forgery in uttering and embezzlement, and was committed for trial. Thomas Johnston, Crown ettornete conduct- • McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1,50 a Year in Advance. in a number of newspapers as the " Halton miracle " to the extent of a column and * half, in which a detailed account of his suf- ferings and subsequent -cure by means of Pink Pills was given. Plaintiff objects to have been advertised as a miracle freak, and accordingly seeks $5,000 damages from the Pink Pills owners. Mr. Long's lawyer has under consideration the question of suing in the newspapers in which the artiele sppeared. Perth Items. The Spring Show be held in Mit- chell on Thursday, April 6th. —Mr. J. J. McKenna is preparing to move into the large briek store formerly oc- cupied by Mr. joseph Kidd, in Dublin. —Diphtheria is very prevalent in school section No. 1, Elms and Wallace, just east of Listowel. —According to the accepted plan of the new Presbyterian church to be erected in Mitchell, the cost will be $14,000. — Dr. McTavish has been spending a few days among his friends in Dublin. The doctor is now cajoying splendid hesith. — Fullerton Methodist -church is to under- go extensive repairs. Work will be com- menced at an early date. —Mr. Samuel Stewart, of the 17th con- cession of Elms, lost a valuable tour year old driver recently from distemper. —There was a great rash of Patrons to one day lately, af ter salt. They -had got one or two carloads from Kincar- dine and were in after it. —Rev. A. F. Tully, of Mitchell, preached in Knox church, Galt, on Sunday, 19th hist Dr. jackson, of Galt, preached Ward- versary services at Mitchell. —Mr. John Hickey is about to move from Dublin to Adjals county of Simms, where he has got a 'farm for The one he owned in Ribbed. —A boxing club has been organized among the pupils attending Mitchell High &hoot Rev. Mr. Tully records his pro- test against it. —Mr. and Mrs. James Hodge, of Mit- chell, oelebrated the 25th anniversary of their marriage on Tuesday evening, 2lati instant. — Mr. D. C. Chalmers, of Honey Grove, Poole, has shipped some honey and bees wax to Chicago, for the Columbian Ex- hibition. —Mr. A. Bothwell, of Fullerton, had 35 cords ef wood out at a bee, the other doer. The customery dancing party came oE in the evening. —Timber for a shed ninety feet long at Mount Pleasant church, Fullerton town- ship, hes been got out and most of it is already on the ground. —The grist mill at Milverton is doing a grand businese. No fewer than 65 temns were waiting to unload their grist at one time a few dap ago. —Mrs. Heaney, of the 5th concession of Downie, near Sebringville, who has bear confined to her bed for the past eighteen months, is reported to be very low at pres- ent with no hope of recovery. —The Sebringville Flax Company has sold its tow to the Perth Flax Mill Com- pany, for a fair prica The Company has every reason to be satisfied with its ,first year's operations. —A man thought to be P. Toban, foriner- ly of St. Marys, but lately foreman in the Thedford ffax mill, Was killed by a train, five miles west of Parkhill, on Wednesday morning, last week. —Mr. Birt Hutchison, who is leaving Listowel for Manitoba, was presented with a beautiful Bible and nicely worded ad- dress by the teachers and others el the Methodist church Sunday school, in which he has been a very active worker. —Mr. John Rowland, of the 14th conces- sion of Elma hail a freak of nature on his farm in the form of a lamb with no eyes. The lamb is perfectly healthy and well form- , ed in every respect, even to its eyelids, but lacking the organs of sight. —Mr. C. W. Thompson, son of Mr. Jh Thompson of St. Marys, who is attending Toronto liniversity, met with a painful so- cident recently. A lead pencil was driven into his hand and broken off. The piece was extraeted with difficulty and blood poisoning resulted. —One day lately the Orphan's Home au- thorities at Stratford, sent a messenger -to Mrs. Henry, at Fish Creek, for Flora Knight, whose peoldier sickness had baffled medical skill. She was taken to the Hos- pital, at Loudon, in order that all possible+ means may be used for her recovery. . —Mr. James Janes conducted one of the best sales of the mason for Mr, Robert A. McLagan, of Logan, on Wednesday, last week. The live stock sold readily at very big figures, cows running as high as $67, and all other gook in proportion. The aide brought over $1,500. —Mr. Edward Morphy, son of Mrs. Dr. Hall, of At. Marys is lying seriously ill in the hospital at Liike City, Colorado. appears that Mr. Morphy, while in the mountains, had his feet frozen, ana though efforts were made to. save them, the doc- tors found it neoeuarf to amputate both of them. —Mr. Peter Kutner, of &briny'''. has decided to remove with his blindly to ilia- toba. It will cause a deorease of fourteen in the population of. Ellice. Mr. "Kutner has spent his -whole life on the old homestead, having been born there about forty-six years ago. The family are held in the high- est respect and will carry with them the best wishes of their old neighbon. —Miss Christine McDougal, who has been with her brother in Manitoba for nears ly three years, returned a few days ago to her home in Fullerton. Her many friends were glad to see her. One thing that wilt mar the pleasure of her return home is the very severe illness of bar father, who is saffering under the growth of two cancers neer his throat At times Mr. McDougal suffers intense pain. —In the ease of Clark vs. Clark, tried at Stratford last week, Abe suit was won for Mrs. Clark by Messrs. Dent & Thompson, of Mitchell, who had charge of it, The suit was for $1,200 given to Mrs. Clark by her husband when he married her a few years ago to pay off some °Wins against her elitists) prior to the marriage. When her husband died a few months ago his executors wanted the money back again. They did not get it. —On Sunday exerting, 19th inst., Rev. Mr. Dewdney, of Trinity church, Mitchell, preached a powerful sermon on the subject of " Gambling." He condemned in strong terms gambling of every kind, includiug buying stooks on margin, playing witk greasy cards in back rooms, where bad whisky and bad tobacco were used, and blasphemous language indulged in, which. led young men to ruin. Lust, drunkenness and gambling, in the speaker's opinion, were the three greateet evils of the present generation, aod he warned his hearers against encouraging or participsting in any one of them. He blamed religious bodies —Mears. Dun e & Co., Berlin grocers, • •