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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
'The figure between the parenthesis after
each line denotes the page of the paper on which
the advertisement will be found.
Insect Powder—Lumsden & Wilson. (6)
Canadian Pacific Railway—A. Strong. (6)
Jnhn R. Clarke's Lecture -on Gough. (8)
Wanted Immediately—Mrs. Cameron. (8)
Magnetic Specialist—Miss McLeod. (8)
Dress Goods—H. F. Edwards. (8)
Candidates' Agents—J.Hannah. (5)
In Darkest Africa." (8)
Plow Points—James Stewart. (8)
Bull for Service—James A. Smith. (6)
Executors' Ilotice—F. Holmested. (5)
New Made Dairy Butter—E. Cash. (8)
Allan Line—Bethune and Strong. (6)
Caledonians, Attention—A. Dewar. (8)
Pea Harvester—F. L. Hamilton. (5)
Wool, Wool—R. Graham (8)
Window Screens—D. S. Faust. (8)
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, May 30, 1890
Our Supplement.
We present to our readers this week
in supplement form a. report of a mon-
ger Reform mass meeting held in the
Pavilion in Toronto.a few evenings ago.
At this meeting, Hon. S. H. Blake, the
ev ell- known philanthropist and Sabbath
School workendelivered his first speech
in this campaign. A full report of this
speech will be found in the supplement.
He deals concisely but conclusively with
the several charges being preferred
against the Mowat Government, and we
leave it to our readers to judge for them-
selves whether or not he makes out a
good case. It is a great speech, and we
ask for it from every reader who wants
to get at the truth a careful perusal.
A Few Last Words.
Before another issue of THE Exrosi-
T011. reaches its readers the result of the
present political campaign will be known
to the public. What that result will be,
we cannot, of course, predict with ac-
curacy. All we can say is that the
prospectfor the success of the Reform
party never looked better. The moat
encouraging reports come from all
quarters. The people seem to have be-
come thoroughliy. aroused and the danger
which at one time threatened the Re-
form cause—that indifference caused by
over confidence would prevent a full
vote being recorded—seems to have
been removed. Appearances now in-
dicate, that while changes may be made
in a few constituencies, the Mowat
Government will be eustained by a ma-
jority fully as large as it had in the
last Legislature.
In this district the prospects are very
encouraging for the Reform party. The
three Hurons will remain as they were
before, at least nothing but criminal
negligence and over -confidence on the
part of Reformers can permit of defeat
of either of the three Reform candidates.
It ia plain, however, by the lively in-
terest taken by the people in the ques-
tions discussed, as evidenced by the
large attendance at all the meetings,
the people are becoming aroused to a
sense of the situation. We want. to
say to the Reformers of Huron, all
three ridings, that they have victory
within their reach, if they like to avail
themselves of it. But they must be
alert and active. Their opponents are
ceaselessly at work, and although ap-
parently working in the face of defeat,
they show an energy and determination
which Reformers would do well to emu-
late. A personal canvass is being
made in all three ridings. All man-
ner of stories calculated to injure the
Reform mime, and the Reform candi-
dates are being circulated privately, and
personal and private persuasion is be-
ing pushed to the uttermost limit in
everyfiquarter. The Reform candidates
cannot counteract these. This work
mug be done by the rank and file of the
party. If they attend to it and see that
every available vote is brought in and
recorded on election day, victory ia as-
sured. If they neglect these necessary
duties defeat is possible in either of the
three Ridings: We give the word of
warning in time, and we expect every
friend of the Mowat Government in
Huron to act accordingly. If they do,
they will have the. satisfaction of cele-
brating a victory on the evening of the
fifth of June, and if they do not they
may have to face the reproach of defeat.
In the neigboring county of Perth we
may say that Mr. Ballantyne's election
in the South Riding by al large mojerity
is assured. The result in the North
Riding is not so certain. This Riding
was eecresented in the :last Parliament
by Mr. Hui, a Conservative, who is
again a candidate. His opponent is Dr.
Ahrens, of Stratford, who is said to be
perEronally very popular and backed up
by so good a Caine, the Refeliaers are
hopeful of securing his eleotion.
competition, and profit by the inability
of traders who are afrsid to venture out.
side of their own pasture? It is the
United States against the world.; with
Canada doing the encore act."
• liNIENOMMINWIIMMOINIIIIMINNIII•
Canada's Disgrace.
Charles Rykert was re-elected for the
constituency of Lincoln on Friday last
by a majority of 37. Mr. Rykert is the
man who, during the kite session of the
Dominion Parliament, resigned his seat
to escape expulsion for practices which
Parliament afterwards'unanimously de-
clared to be "discreditable, corrupt and
scandalous." It is a disgrace to Canada
that it contains a constituency that
would elect auch a man. It is equally a
disgrace to the Conservative party that
theyi have in their ranks such a sup.
porter. The Conservative party could,
and should have avoided this disgrace.
They did put a candidate in the field in
opposition to Rykert, but they with-
drew him again. They did this for fear
that a Reformer would slip in between
the two donservatives. They showed
in this way that they preferred as h
representative a convicted boodler to an
honest Reformer. This is, certainly,
carrying party feeling to a dangerous
length. The leaders of the party are
not blameless either. Had they entirely
washed their hande of Rykert, and given
their friends in Lincoln to understand
that they did not desire his election,
and that they would rather have even a
Reformer elected than their former dis-
honest and disgraced supporter, they
would have secured his defeat beyond a
doubt. But, instead of this, they pre-
ferred party to honor, and Rykert was
elected.
What the upshot of this -Scandalous
affair will be it is impossible to say. It
is scarcely probable that the honest mem-
bers of Parliament of either party will
sit in the Rouse with Rykert, and it is
probable that steps will be taken at the
next session of Parliament to purge the
House of his offensive presence. If this
be not done, and members quietly sub-
mit to sit and associate on a level with
him, the public will be very apt to con-
clude that they are, themselves, not as
careful of their reputations as they
should be. Men of the Rykert stamp
must be got rid of, and if their constitu-
ents are so lost to all sense of shanie as
to inflict them upon Parliament, mem-
bers owe it to themselves and the coun-
try to adopt such means as will fully
protect the country from the disgrace of
having as one of its law makers, a con-
victed boodler of the, meanest and most
impudent stamp.
THE CHICAGO Canadian American
pate the caae very nicely when it says:
The War of tariffs still goes on. Mc-
Kinley in Washington a,nd Poster in
Ottawa are at it hammer and tongs,each
holding the reins of the protectionist nag
with a firra hand. Both say they are
teking the road selected for them by the
people and both declare they are con-
tested to abide by the decision of their
masters. That is all the excuse they
offer, tbough it is enspected that they
Isekhave they are acting a truty patriotic
part in making enemies among foreign
na6tons. But then, who expects a
thoneaglo oneed Protectionist to make
friends among the ignorant foreignem
who kuovr no better than to thrive on
French Schools.
One ef the burning queitions in On-
tario politics for some time, and which
has been made an important issue in the
present contest, is the condition of the
Public Schools in the counties Of Pres-
cott and Russel. These counties, as is
well-known, are largely, in fact almost
exclusively, settled by French Canadian
Ro man Catholics. The people have
clung tenaciously to their language and
religion, and in many districts French is
the principal, if not tbe only language
spoken. This French "invasion," how-
ever, is not by any means of indent date
as the French were, in most instances,
the original settlers, and the people of
to -day are their direct descendants, and
in fact so mixed up have the few Eng-
lish speaking people become with the
French that thereare many with such
Scotch names as McKenzie, McIntosh,
&c., who can scarcely speak any langui
age but the French language. Thislees
ing the case, it is not to bewondered at
that the schools are conducted for the
most part in the French language; that
French is the language of instruction
and that the tenets of the Roman Catho-
lic religion have been more or less
taught in the Public Schools. The Op-
position in the Ontario Legislature now
claim that Ontario, being an English
speaking province, English should be
the language and the only language
taught in the Public Schools in these
counties; and they charge the Govern-
ment of Mr. Mowat with remiesness of
duty because they have permitted this
state of things. They go farther than
this, and boldly accuse the Government
of having encouraged the continuance of '
French iostruotion in these Public)
Schools and of having endeavored to per-
petuate the French language in this
Province of Ontario. Our object now is
to ehow whether or not the Government
of iMr. Mowat' is amenable to this
charge, or whether they are beidg
wrongfally and feAsely accused. In do-
ing this we shall qu'ote only from al -
dial doouments and correspondence in
the Edemational Department which have
been published by authority of Parlia-
ment.
In the firat place, them under the
authority of Dr. Ryerson, the honored
chief for many years of the Educational
Department and the founder of onr
present educational system, and as far
back as 1851 the follewing order was
passed by the Gounc,i1 of Putlic Instruc-
tion and ratified by Parliament, vt :
"Ordered, That there be added to the
progranaine the following: In regard
to teachers of French ekr German, that a
knoieledge of French or German Gram-
mar be substituted for a knowledge of
English grammar, and that the eertit-
cate to the teacher be expressly limited
accordingly."
This order, which plainly substitutes
a knowledge of French or German for
English as a qualification in the exami,
nations for Public School teachers was
re-enaged by the Council of:Public In-
struction and approved of by Parliament
in the years:1858, 1871, 1874 and 1883,
and remained in force until 1885, when
Mr. Ross, the present Minister of Edu-
cation, came into power. In August,
1885, the following regulation was
adopted and enforced:
"10 addition to the examination con-
ducted in the French or the German
language, every candidate for a teach-
er's certificate shall be required to pass
such examinations in English grammar
and in translation from French or Ger-
man into English, as may be prescribed
by the Board of Examiners."
It will be seen from the above order
that Mr. Ross was the first to require a
knowledge of English as a qualification
for all teachers, French as well as Eng-
lish. Previous to that, as we have
shown, a knowledge of French or Ger-
man without any knowledge of English
grammar was sufficient qualification.
Now, then, as to text -books. In
1856 Mr. D Mills, Local School Super-
intendent fbr Kent, sent the following
com-munication to the Chief,Superintend-
ent of Education:
CLRARYILLE, 26th of September, 1856.
REV. SIR, —In thelTownships of Dover
East and West are two French schools,
which use a series of French books,
recommended_by the Archbishop of
Paris and other French dignitaries of
the Church of Rome, and which are ex-
clusively devoted to the teaching of the
peculiar dogmas of that church. I
write you to know whether any common
school can be made sectarian when all
the inhabitants of the section are agreed
to its being such? Also, when it is
necessary to use books in the French
language, what series of books would
you recommend? I have, etc.,
D. Melon,
Local Supt. Co. of Kent.
To this letter Rev. Dr. Ryerson re-
plied as follows:
To UNTO, 8th October, 1858.
SIR, —I have the honor to state in re-
ply to your letter of the 25th ult. that
as there is no list of books prescribed or
recommended for French schools, and as
it may be presumed that the pupils at-
tending them are for the most part or
altogether Roman Catholics, I do not
see that we can do anything in regard to
the kind of books which are used in ithe
few schools of French people in Upper
Canada. I have, etc.,
E. RYERSON.
It will be seen from the above that in
1856 French and Roman Catholic text-
books were used in the schools and that
the practice had Dr. Ilyerson's direct
assent and approval. This was also
continued until Mr. Ross came into
office,when he set to work to have these
books removed and others more suitable
to the times and to the use of Public
Schools put in their places as the follow-
ing letter addressed by him to the In-
spectors will show :
TORONTO, 5th July, 1887.
MY DEAR would like to revise
the list of the authorised books for use
in those Public Schools where both
French and English are taught. You
are aware that the only authorised books
in such schOols now are, in English, the
authorised English books; in French,
the books accepted by the Protestant
and Roman Catholic sections of the
Council of Public Instruction of Quebec.
As -these lists are very old, and as it is
desirable to keep up with the improve-
ments that have been made since 1868,
I would like to get such suggestions in
regard to books in the French language
in the subjects of the Public School cur-
riculum as yon might think would be
useful. Yours truly,
GEO. W. Ross.
As a result of this circular and confer-
ence with the Inspectors, samples of bi-
lingual text -books were received from
New Bfunswick where they had been
used for several years with the idea, if
found suitable, of having similar books
authorised and prepared for use in the
French Schools in Ontario. It will thus
be seen that all along from 1851 until
Mr. Ross, the present Minister, came
into office in 1885.teachers were allowed
to be qualified in French instead of
English; French text -books were al-
lowed to be used, and the instruction in
these schools was largely, if not exclus-
ively, in French, and this with the con-
sent and approval of Dr. Ryerson and
his Council of Public Instruction as well
as with the approval of Parliament.
But, we have already shown that Mr.
Ross was the first to move for a change
of text -books, and he was the first to
mons to make a change in the mode of
instruction and to secure in these schools
a recognition.of English as well as of.
French, This is shown by the follow-
ing regulation passed by his department
in 1885
"The programme of attidies prescribed
shall be followed by the teacher as far ass
the circumstances of his school permit.
Any modifications deemed necessary
should be made only with the concur-
rence of the Inspector and the trustees.
In Frenck and German sehools the
authorized readers shall be used in addi-
tion to any text -books in either of the
ktnguages aforesaid."
Now, let us see the result of Mr. Roes'
efforts to have English instruction given
in these schools. In response to requests
made the Inspector replied aa follows:
Scd1001. iNSPROTOR'S OIFFICR,
Resew 23rd February, i::.
Last year I had to report that we had
six schooki in which Englieh was not
taught. Mr. Dufort has made a verbal
report to me that these six fell into line
during 1888, so that we can now say
that Englieh is taught in every public
eehool in the counties.
Yours truly,
W. J. SUMMMREY.
The Deputy Inspector also reported :
CURRAN, 25th February, 1889.
The Hon. the Minister of Education,
Toronto :
SIR, —Last year according as I made
my first visits I insisted on all the teach-
ers that they had to teach English, and
also explained to trustees and parents
the necessity of having it taught. The
result is that I now have the pleasure of
stating that English is taught in all the
schools more or less.
Your obedient servant,
0. DUFORT,
Assistant I.P.S.
It will be seen from the reports of
these Inspectors ;that rapid progress
has been made in t way of Englishing
;a
the schools. In sc oois where:three years
previously the instruction was entirely
in French and from unauthorised and
Sectarian text books, now English is
taught in every case, and the author:
ised text -books are used in every school.
in the session of 1888-9, when this
Freach School question was brought up
in the -Legislature for the first time,
Mr. Ross made a statement in accord-
ance with the information given him as
above by the Inspectors, but his state-
ment was discredited by the Opposition
and he was boldly accused by the Oppo-
sition press of .having given utterance to
falsehoods. In order to ascertain more
definitely the condition of these schools
and to determine, if possible, which of
the contentions concerning them were
correct the Government appointed a
commission composed of three eminent
gentlemen who personally visited 'every
school and gave a lengthy detailed re-
port. These commissioners corrobor-
ated the reports of the Inspectors for-
merly' given and the statements of Mr.
Ross made in Parliament. The follow-
ing extracts from this report will bear
out this statement. The commissioners
say:
With reference to the instructions con-
tained in your circular just quoted (re-
specting the study of English) we find:
I. That some English is taught in
every school.
IL That the Ontario Readers have
been introduced into every school.
III. That the pupils are usually well
supplied with English reading books.
IV. That in at least twelve schools
the work done in English is much be-
yond the amount prescribed.
V. That in 24 schools more time is
given to English than that prescribed in
the circular ; in 0 the time prescribed is
given and in 28 less than the time pre-
scribed is given. -
VL That in very few schools has suf-
ficient attention been given to colloquial
exercises.
'
In reference to text -books the commis-
sioners said :
"Of the 97 schools inspected by us,
"24 are supplied with,a full set of the
"authorised English text -books, 43 have
"the full set of Ontario Readers, or have
"the I., II. and III. books with other
"authorised English text -books, as
"shown in the schedule ; 19 have I. and
"11. books, and 11 have the I. book
''only." .
The commissioners also made the fol-
lowing recommendations:
(1.) The establiehment of a Training
School for French. teachers.
(2.) A special Institute for young and
and inexperienced teachera. .
(3.) The necessity of using English
orally to a greater extent than prevail-
ed usually in these schools. ,
(4,) The authorisation of ' Bi -lingual
Reeders.
(5.) The discontinuance of the use of
unauthorised text -books.
All these recommendations were
adopted by the Department and special
instructions sent to each school with re-
gard to them. .
Algthese recommendations were adopt-
ed by the Department, and special in-
structions sent to each school with re-
gard to them. In order to ascertain
how they are being carried out Mr.
Ross addressed the following letter to
the various Inspectors :
TORONTO, 10th February, 1890.
MY DEAR, SPR,—On the 22nd October
last I transmitted to you "instructions"
for teachers and trustees of French
schools, with a request that you would
report in detail at your next visit as to
every matter to which attention was
called in these Instructions, but more
particulary as to the exbent to which
English was studied and the regulations
observed with respect to unauthorised
text -books and religious exercises.
As you will probably by this time
have visited a number, if not all of the
schools in which the regulations of the
Department in the particulars above re-
ferred to were not faithfally carried out,
you would, no doubt, be able to report
their present condition in these respects
as compared with their ootolition at the
time they were visited by yourself and
the Commissioners.
I should like your statement to con-
tain a report on each sehool by name or
number.
Yours truly,
(Signed) Geo. W. ROSS.
The fellowing reply from the Assist-
ant Inspector of Prescott and Russell is
a fair temple of tfltose furnished by the
others. He says
MAY 30, 1890,
department, and we ask our readers, ir-
respective of creed, nationality or poli-
tics if they can candidly say that the
Government are deserving of the blame
that is being laid upon them by their
opponents, or if they are guilty, as
charged, of endeavoring to perpetuate
the French language and Roman Cath-
olic religion to the detriment of English
and Protestantism. On the contrary,
it will be seen that, for thirty Years the
system now complained of had been
continued; that complaint or objection
had not been made either in Parliament
or out of it, and that kr. Ross, the
present Minister of Education was the
first to move in the way of reform, and
that he commenced proceedings two
years before the Opposition in Parlia-
ment made a move at all. . It will fur-
ther be seen,that by his judicious course
he has won the sympathy and co-opera-
tion of the French people themselves,
and that remarkable progress, for so
short a time; has. been made. That
English is now taught, in every school;
that authorized text books are used in
every school; that sectarian instruction
has been banished from every school;
that a training institute for teachers
has been established, and that in all
this the hearty co-operation of both
teachers and people has been secured,
and that the county council, as a mark
of their approval and desire to help,have
given a grant of $800 to aid in the good
work. This, we think, is a record of
which the Minister of Education has
just reason to be proud, and that in-
stead of being censured, he and the
Government of which he is a member,
should be highly commended.
As it is with this French School ques-
tion, so is it with regard to every other
complaint made by the Opposition, and
every cry raised by them against the
Government. When thoroughly and
candidly investigated they are, each and
all, found to be equally baseless.
"I desire to state'also tat the bi-lin•
gual text -books are being introduced as
fast as poseible, and within a year they
will' entirely supersede the Montpeedt
series.
"The regulations with regard to reli-
gious instruction are being carried out;
in every school section which I have
visited these regulations came into
force, and I have no doubt that they
will be faithfully obeerved everywhene.
"The altars:in the two aohools men-
tioned in the Commissioners' Report
have been removed and will not be re-
, plaoed.
"Our training &shoot has been opened
with twenty-three students, is -well re-
ceived by the pen0e everywhere, and
liberaily aseinted by the i3ounty and
Township Councils
litepectfully you,
0. DUBORIV, Assist. L P. S.
Cusnali, Fabreav 16th, 1800.
We have now given a clotailed his-
tory of the wAloie cue, based as we have
said en tbe official doeuments in the
A CONTEMPORARY remarks: "Gene-
ral Middleton is most strongly attacked
in the Ministerial press. It therefore
looks as if the Government would like
to receive his resignation. Two curious
coincidences have presented themselves
in connection with the adverse report
of which Sir Fred was the victim. It
was passed by the Commons on the an-
niversary of the battle of Batoche.
That is one. While the Commons were
discussing the report the Grenadier°
were playing under the General's patron-
age a comedy entitled 'Turn Him Out.'
That is the other."
IMENIIIINNO111111111
provides for the constitution of the Com-
mittee on Revision and concludes as fol-
lows: Resolved, that the Committee
on Revision be and hereby are instructed
that they shall not propose any in any
or amendmeys that will m any
way impair the intgrity of the Reformed
or Calvinistic system of doctrine taught
in the Confeesion of Faith.
BEATS THE RECORD.—George Francis
Train arrived at Tacoma, Washington
Territory, at 6-45 Saturday evening,
completing the fastest trip ever made
around the world. He was gone 67
days, 13 hours and 3 minutes, but his
actual travelling time was over 36 hours
better—he having stopped that length of
time in New York. He was in a great
rage because some one robbed him in
Huntington,i0regon, Friday morning,of
$600, and because the Tacoma people
did not furnish a special train from New
York to Tacoma. Nellie Bly's time
was 71 days, 6 hours.
News of the Week.
RAINS IN KANsAs.-11eavy rains fell
throughout Kansas last week, and
materially benefited the crops.
CANAL B anAlt.—The loss by the Erie
canal break near Utica is estimated at
$300,000.
BROKE JAIL. --All the criminals in the
county jail at Belmont, Ohio, escaped on
Sunday.
PIANO FACTORY BURNED. —The Weber
piano factory in New York was gutted
by fire last Monday night. Loss $125,-
000.
A BANKRUPT PRINCE.- -Prince William
of Saxe -Weimar has been declared a
bankrupt. His debts, chiefly due to
gambling, amount to 243,000 marks.
EPID EMIC. —An epidemic of hydropho-
bia prevails in the village of Breeds,
Iowa, and neighborhood, and live stock
has suffered largely.
WHAT THEY DESERVED. —The Tur-
kish officer and five students who insult-
ed two Russian ladies in Constantinople
have been sentenced to six months' im-
prisonment with perpetual banishment to
Tripoli.o
sBy
A MANIAC.—Rev. Father
Stephen M. Barrett, of Chicago, who
was shot on the steps of his church on
Friday evening by • a maniac named
Patrick Keady, died on Saturday morn-
ing.
INUNDATION.—The town of Sefron,
near Fez, Morocco, is inundated, and
the whole place is in ruins. Fiftythree
Jews and many Moors have perished.
CEMETERY CREMATED. —The burial
ground of the Indians of North British
Columbia, that is the forest where they
hang up the bodies of their dead, has
been destroyed by fire, and the natives
are terribly incensed against the
WhitO6S8T.
BONLANS HONORING THE QUEEN.—
The Queen's birthday was celebrated in
Boston, Massachusette, laat Monday
evening by the British Charitalble Insti-
tutions with a banquet and speech -mak-
ing. Over 100 werein attendance.
AOCIDEXT. —The German emperor, in
jumping from his carriage Saturday,
sprained his right foot. Hia injuries are
severe enough to confine him to his
apartments.
TAIREE COUPE AT A BIRTIL—At Mar-
shall, Missouri, on Tuesday, a fine broo.d
mare dropped three oolta. They are
small, but all alive anddoing n ioely, be-
ing perfectly formed and as lively as
oriANoketo5ro.
RIPEN CRIMINA4 ARRESTED.—
Manofield King, the self-confessed mur-
derer, home thief, and alt -round crimi-
nal in jail at Clayton, Missouri, has
been identified as the man Wells, who
foreed Cashier Moffatt of the First
National Bank of Denver to hand over
$21,000 in eash in March, 1889, at
the point of 'a revolver. King has
confessed that he robbed Moffatt.
SAW -FLY INS1107.—An insect called
the saw-fly.is reported to be ruining the
wheat in various parts of Centred Illinois,
notably in Logan eonnty, where the
ly ea of wheat planted is unusually
rge
aen.—Ex-Senstor Jones, of F'loricia,
atone time a brilliant and a.ble consti-
tutional lawyer, has been committed to
the asylum at Dearborn, Michigan.
PRItsErsirmiN thump litervionone —
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
whioh met at Sazatoga, Kew York State,
last week, took np for coneideration on
Saturday the report of the Committee on
the Method of Revision. After brief
diacussion the report was adopted, by a
*Bing vote, unanimously. The report
Huron Notes.
Mr. John MeBurnie, of Glenfarrow,
lost a valuable mare and foal on Friday
of last week.
—Mr. B. H. Taylor, of East Wawan-
osh, lost a valuable mare one day last
week. It dropped dead while at work.
—While working at the buzz planer
in the Union factory, Wingham, the
other day, Mr. John McColl had one
finger cut off.
—A couple of weeks ago a mare be-
longing to Henry Robb, concession 1,
Morris, gave birth to two colts,, both
are doing well.
— Mr. George A. Thompson, of Inger-
soll, formerly of Clinton, and who re-
sided for years in Goderich township,
will leave shortly for California on ac-
count of ill health.
—It is not often that a team of horses
lives to be over. 30 years of age, but a
matched team that had reached the age
of 32 years, has just ended their days
of usefulness on the farm of Mr. Robert
Ferris' Hullett.
— Ayoung man named Abraham
Gingrich met with an accident at the
Union furniture factory, Wingham, one
day last week. He was running a
" shaper " when his left hand was
caught and a portion of one of the fin-
gers taken off.
—The population of Wingham, ac-
cording to the assessor's returns'slight-
ly decreased during the year. The fol-
lowing statistics are gleaned from fhe as-
sessment roll :—Total value of real
property; $436,030; personal property,
$58,800; income, $6,000;
830 ; total population, 1,996.
—Miss Philips, grand -daughter of
MrePhillips, of Clinton, left on Tues-
day morning of last week on a visit
to friends in Kansas. She was accomi
paniedfrom Seaforth by Mrs. Broadi
foot, sr., of Tuckersmith, who also goes
on a visit.
—The Tindall farms, near Ethel,
have both been disposed of. James
Lindsay purchased the homestead for
$6,000. It is a nerY desirable property,
with comfortable brick house, etc. The
other 100 acres was bought by H. F.
McAllister. , The price is said to be
$2,550.
—Mrs. Robert Crawford, of the 13th
concession of Hullett, was called away
to Toronto, a couple of weeks ago, to
wait upon her second eldest daughter,
Mrs. J. R. Atkinson, who had recently
been confined. The daughter did not
rally as anticipated, and on the .12th
inst. her spirit took its flight. She had
only been married about fifteen months.
—Mr. Edwin Gaunt, of West Wa-
wanosh, sold to Mr. Wm. McLean,
lately, a very fine fat heifer. The ani-
mal is a little over two years old, and
weighed 1,500 pounds. It has been
shipped to the old country, and the
price paid for her was the handsome sum
of $100. It pays to raise good stock at
61- cents per pound, live weight.
—The following from Winnipeg, has
a special interest for Clintonians, the
plaintiff in the case having only moved
from Clinton last fall: "The case
against Thomas Redmond for deserting
his wife in Clinton, Ontario, seven. years
ago, was amicably settled the other day
in the Police Court, and the couple
walked out reconciled after their long
separation."
Tuesdaytion.''of last week Mr. Sam-
uel Westaway, of Exeter, met with an
accident which might have cost him his
life. He was engaged in placing ma-
chinery in the Exeter grist mill, and
was jacking up a large wheel which
weighed about two thousand pounds,
when the jacks slipped, the wheel
striking Mr. Westaway on the head
and leaving him almost lifeless. ,
— The Atwood Bee of last week says :
"The Methodist church in the Atwood
charge has had a year of unprecedented
prosperity in every department under
the zealous pastorate of Rev. Mr.
ROgers." Mr. Rogers was, for some
years pastor of the Londesboro circuit,
and his many friends in this county will
be pleased to learn of his continued
success in the good work.
— A shipment of splendid cattle took
place from Clinton last week, the buyer
being Mr. Smith, and the animals were
from the following persons: Jae Fair,
21 head, weighing 30,285 lbs. ; of this
lot 20 averaged 1,465 pounds each; 22
head, 27,015 pounds; D. A. Forrester,
12 head, 15,370 pounds; Mr. Wilaon,
'Julien, sold three head tp Messrs.
Couch and Hearn that weighed 3,510
pounds.
—The Methodists of Varna. circuit are
certainly to be congratulated on their
financial standing for the past year, as
everyone knows the Year has been a
trying and severe one, yet the pastor,
Rev. J. Hart, has the satisfaction of
knowing that the contributions, froin all
sources are considerable in advance of
previous years. The following figures
speak for themselves :—Contributed to
sonnexional funds $166.76; to salary,
$700 ; to all oilier purposes, $543 ;
making a total of $1,403.84.
—A youeg man named P. W. Curry
was dlriving his tearn along the Huron
Road in Clinton, awl as they approached
Mr. Henry Cook's henee a dog bounded
• out and scared *e herring so badly that
they ran away. They ran into a tele-
graph post and smashed it to smither-
eens, leaving only about three feet hang-
ing on the wire above. The harness
and wagon were badly broken up. Mr.
Cusry was thrown ont on the hard road
hurting him, though not seriously.
—The Clinton New Era says: Mr.
Thomas Willie, collector of the township
of Sennley, one of the most popular Merl
in this Yaws neighborhood, is a peropn
of no smell dimensions, as those who
have seen him know, and he is as whole-
souled and good-natured as he is big.
- Being in Fitzsimons' feed store the other
day, he was jocularly asked to stand on
the scales, and it turned at a net three
hundred pounds. It would never do to
have a man like him " sit down" on &
fellow.
—Once more we are called upon to
chronicle the death of an esteemed
pioneer, in the person of Mrs. Christie,
wife of the late John Christie, (who died
previous to hehiremoval to this country),
of Hay township, which sad event took
place at the residence of Mr. Wm. Mc-
Ewen, on Thursday, May 15th, after a
short illness of four days, of congestion
of the lungs, at the ripe age of 69 years
and 6 months. The deceased was a
native of Perthshire, Scotland,- from
which place she aod five children came
to Canade, in the year 1859. The sur-
viving children are E. Christie, Exeter;
John Christie Killarney; and Mrs. Win,
McEwen, -Hay; the • other two
William and Catherine, having died
some time ago. Deceased was a ceAm-
sistent member of the Presbyterian
church. The funeral took place on the
following Saturday to the Rodgeryille
cemetery.
—The case of Williams vs. Down was
recently tried in the Courts at Toronto.
The defendant, Mr. Down, resides in
Exeter. The action was brought by
Mary Ann Williams, of Philadelphia, to
set aside the will of the late John H.
Tynon, who died in Exeter, in March,
1888. The plaintiff is a sister of the
deceased and the defendant is his wife's
son and executor of his last will. In
the last will the property was left to the
*deceased's second wife, and she dying al-
most immediately left the property to
her son, the defendant. The plaintiff
held that the deceased was not of sound
mind, and that undue influence was
brought to bear upon him when the will
produced was made. The former wills
were shown by the plaintiff by which
she was to obtain more or less import-
ant life interests in the estate. The
plaintiff's witnesses gave their testi-
mony, which being of an adverse com-
plexion, the Judge suggested that the
counsel hold a conference. The con-
ference was held and the parties agreed
to compromise the suit by dividing the
estate. In this case Mr. Down has
shown himself to be a perfect gentle-
man, for had the case gone on, it would
surely have been decided in favor of the
defendant, as His Lordship had inti-
mated that the evidence in behalf of
the plaintiff was poor indeed.
— Mr. James Oke, cattle buyer of
.Exeter, shipped last Monday eleven car-
loads nf first-class fat cattle for the Eng-
lish m rket, for which he paid over $14,-
000 te he farmers of that vicinity.
—N. r. Thomas Russel, of Usborne has
eold hie 2 -year-old bull, Riversideikero
to Mr. James McArthur, of Princeton,
near Paris, for the handsome sum of
over $700. Mr. Russell is one of the
most successful breeders of Short Horns
in Ontario, and he has done much to im-
prove the stock of this county and to
keep up its name before the public, and
all will rejoice at his success and heartily
wish him more of it.
— A young man about 22 years of age,
named James Ileale, a West Toronto
Junction grocer, whose parents reside itt
Goderich, was struck Saturday morning
by a train and instantly killed. The
accident happened between High Park
and the rolling mills. The body was
sent to Goderieli for burial.
— The Blyth firemen took &fit prize
at the firemen's tournament at Wing -
ham on Queen's Birthday.
_ --Messrs Hamilton & McLean, hard-
ware merchants in Blyth, intend ehort-
ly to open a branch shop in Belgrave,
which is to be under the charge of Mr.
J. A. Brownlee.
- —In Goderich Saturday evening, Mr.
F. A. Pridham sent up a fire haloon from
the roof of McLeaa's block. Mr. Prid-
ham notified tha people present that
whoever returned the flyer -would re-
ceive a new hat, which feat was per-
formed by. W. Price. This gentleman
accordingly received the tile.
—Another of the pioneer settlers of
the neighborhood of Clinton passed
quietly away on Friday morning, Ifith
inst., in the person of Mrs. Fitzsimons,
sr., relict of the late Samuel Fitzsimons.
Deceased, who had passed her allotted
three snore and tee years, had been in
declining health for several months, but
was never seriously sick until about two
weeks before her death, when she sus-
tained a paralytic stroke. She came to
this country in the year 1836, with her
father, Robert Beacom, afterwards 'set-
tling on the 14th concession of Hullett,
where she endured all the hard-
ships incident to pioneer life. She was
married 45 yearn the result of the union
being four sons and two daughters all
of whom survive her, the daughters be-
ing Mrs. E. Watson, Blyth, and Mrs.
DdB. Kennedy, Clinton, The sons are
H. Fitzsimons, Duluth, R. Fitzsimons,
S. Fitzsimons, and T, Fitzsimons, Clin-
ton, Mr. J. Beacom, of Clinton, and
H. C. Beacom'of Summerhill, were her
brothers, and Mrs. John Ford, of ihe
2nd concession of Hullett, and Mrs.John
Biggino of the same line, her sisters.
Another sister resides in the United
States. Her husband died exactly 13
menthe before her. It is a notable fide
that out of a family of seven, Mrs. FAT,'
simons' is the &at death. - She was ib
member of the Episcopal church, and
although her nature was not always de-
monstrative, there was always the evi-
dence of her devotion to the teachings
thereof.
—The other day -at Ottawa Hugh.
Mix, 19 years of age, had a terrible ex-
perience. Ile is a carpenter and was &t'
wOrk putting up a dwelling on Cliff
street. For this purpose an old dwel-
ling on the brink of the cliff is being
pulled down. Mix was standing on a
plank taking down some boards, whfie
he lost his balance and went over the
cliff. About 50 feet down the board,
which went with him, struck against a
protruding rook, and broke the remain-
der ofthe fall. He fell altogether
tame of 90 feet. Mix was unconscious
when picked up, but it was found that
not a single bone was broken, He re-
coyered consciousness in five minutes.
—According to the statistical report
just issued by the Minister of Agricul-
ture the ratio of total convictions to
popolation was 1 to every 132, the same
as the year previous. The ratio to
1,000 of population in cities and totems
was as follows : Montreal, 33,13; To-
ronto, 33.83; Quebec, 21.88; Hamilton,
45.60; Winnipeg, 4215; Kingetpn,
2'7.18; Ottawa, 29.27; London, 31.49;
Brantford, 42.18; Belleville, 30,17; St.
Thomas, 30.72; Guelph, 11.69; St.
Catharines, 14.46; Windsor, 33.20;
-Berlin, 15.40; Galt, 6,98 ; Port Hope,
35.07; Cobourg, 37,76. The total con-
victions were in Ontario 22,527, and in
Quebeo 9,421, and in all cenada, 38,341,
against 37,649 the previous year.
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