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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY,, . April 17th,: 1896
The Dominion 'Parliament.
At twelve o'clock on last Saturday night,
the Dominion Parliament closed the longest
continuous session of any similar body in
the known world. In this respect it has
gained some distinction, although, perhaps,
not of an ectvieble kind. The House went
into comnmitteeof the whole at threeto'clock
on Monday afternoon, and the committee
eontinued in session, without intermission,
until half -past eleven . Saturday night. The
subject of discussion was therem.edial bill -
During all that time only some twelve
clauses out -of 120, were passed. At twelve
o'clock Saturday nights the House adjourned
until three o'cloek on Monday. On that
day the remedial billwasagain taken up in
committee of the whole, and at the time of
writing, Wednesday afternoon, the commit-
Itee is still in session, repeating the pro-
gramme of last week. It is said, however,
that the Government intend to withdraw
the bill. on Thursday, when the House will
proceed with other business, until the close.
of the session, which cannot coatinuei
longer than Saturday of next week. tIf .this
programme be carried out, the remedial bill -
will not be passed,. and it will be left as an
ugly bone to be fought over at the elections.
The principal opponents of the bill, and the
leading spokesmen during the protracted
sitting, were former supporters of the Gov-
ernment, and consequently, the affair wa6,
largely, a family quarrel, and the majority
of .the members of the Oppositionseemed to
-take but a languid interest in the struggle,
although they took sufficient'.part in the
discussions to show that. they protested
against the bull -dozing policy of the Govern
ment,under the guidance of the new leader,
Sir Charles flapper, who stated their deter-
mination to force the bill through the House
in spite of the opposition to it. The results
show that they have been foiled, but there
Is a strong and'no doubt well founded sus-
picion, that they are a deal better pleased
with matters as they are than if the bill had
govt through and become law. It is still the
prevailing opinion that dissolation will fol-
low closely upon prorogation, and that the
elections will be held during the • first or
second week in June.
-Since the. above was in type we learn
that at 12 o'clock Wednesday night, Sir
Charles Tupper moved that the committee
rise, and the committee rose accordingly,
after having been in session steadily since
Monday afternoon. This means that . the
remedial bill has been buried for this ses-
sion and this Parliament. It is now poli--
tively stated that Parliament will proro e
on Thursday next, .and that the dissolutio
will follow immediately.
The New County Judge.
Mr. James Masson, of Owen Sound, an
who represented North Grey in the Domi
fon Parliament, has been appointedto t e
position of Judge for the county of Hero
We do not know mush about Mr. Ma
son's qualifications for the office, but t e
presume he is all right in that respect.
There are, however, some peculiarities con.
fleeted with Ms appointment which.: it may
not be amiss.- to point out. I`the first
place, it is no great compliment to the local
Bar that a second rate lewvyer should be
imported from the county of Grey to fill the
position ; in the second place, there is no
special need for two judges in this county,
and had Junior Judge Doyle been promoted
to the senior judgeship ie would have been
more in accordance with the fitness of
things than. to import a stranger and place
hill over the head of one who is at least his
equal in ability and legal knowledge, and
who is his senior in years and experience.
However, there is a reason for this, al-
though, perhaps not a. justi-fiable one. It is
a peculiarity of the constitution that while
the control of the courts rests with the Pro
v-inoial Legislature the Dominion Govern
meat has the`appoiattnent of the judges. Of
late years, the Dominion Governmett, evi
dently pressed for positions for its friends,
has been multiplying junior county judges"
at a much greater rate than the necessities
of the counties required. In order to put a
stop to these unnecessary appointments, the
Ontario Legislature, in 1895, passed a law
forbidding the appointment of_ a junior
judge in a county having a smaller pop:ula-
• tion -than 80,000. This, of course, would ..
preclude the appointment of a junior judge
in the county of Huron. Hence, :upon the
death of Judge Toms, had the Dominion
Gew-ernmerat promoted Junior fudge Doyle
to the judgeship, they would not be able to
make the appointment of a junior judge,and
would -thus lose that much `patronage, and
rather than clo this, they leave Judge Doyle
in his old place and appoint Mr. Masson to
the judgeship. But why they should se-
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HURON XPOSITOR.
lect Mr. Masson in preference to one of the
local.barristers, is a matter which has yet to
be explained. I .
Th re is; . however, yet anode wh
within a wheel. Mr. Masson was = till n
Dominion politics at the time of : is ai
pointnilent, and was takingan active art in.
the bt siness of the present session of t e
Demi : 'on Parliament. Now, the 'q esti n
will ' turally arise, why was he so ''s dde -
ly sna shed from the political arena, taw n
from tie e very midst of his Parlia enta'
duties in the middle of a inlay, exalt •g a i d
impor ant session, and made t judge f t
count The vacancy has existed f • r ov;r
a yea • Why all this haste now :? Wh n
the v: saucy; was allowed to cont' ue :o
long, ' • by not allow it to remain fo a fe v
weeks longer `until the elose of. the ssio:,
when Ir. Masson could have conch' ; ed hs
Paella entary labors and retired fro
litical iife gracefully ? • W ell, perha s t
reason tiny be found in this fact : t t
last s:asion of the 'Provincial Les abut
the Co . my Court's bill, which was arse
contai = ed .& clause to the effect that her
after e Surrogate court fees shall of
to the county judges.These fees
count • amount to about $1,200 , a ye
augree e t th a judge's salary to that a ou
el
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r, a
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is
d
This a t was finally passed by the Leg s-
lature on Thursday, but, of eeurse, i' it d d
not be oma law until it received- the asse = t
of the Gieutenant-Governor on the fellowi g
Tuesda
(ttaw
on Mo
the Dc,
came t
day, j
finally
of the
Masse
court
had hi
a. few
counts for Judge Masson's hurried a
ment, rid , his speedy and - uneere
depart re from the heated arena of p
Thew ole proceedinge.from first to I
anythi . g but creditable to . the Do
Gove ment, and bear too much th
blauce of juggling with are itnportan
.eial po
posed
the pe
monn
and ju
in the oot prints of his predecesso , t
people will. soon forget the clouds whi
suriiou d his appoint n ent, and will hon
the m n for what he 11-s, and not heri
agaiust hint what he has been. We h pe t
appoi tram* will prey e to have -been isel
if eun ingly, made, and that the ositi
will b . honored by the man. as -well as t
inan h,nored •by the position. ;
y. Mr. ;Masson and his fri
must have .got wind of this b
nday his appointment was m
minion Government, and he
ends Rt
ill, for
de )py
hast'; y
o Toronto and got sworn in on Tues-
st a few hours before the Ontario act
-beeame law by receivingthe
ieutenant-Governor. So that,
?will have the benefit of tin
Suassept
Ju dge
•rogate
ees, which he would not hay e had,
appointment as Judge been elayed
ours longer. This, no dou t, Bee=
poi �t-
oniohs •
li tics.
st are
.n
se i-
. pe
ition. . However, we do not f:el d
o judge the new judge in the l ght f
uliarities connected with his a ppoin
Should he -pro e an honest, a opal) e
t judge, and 4t these respects follow
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Government Mistak
•
The other day a member introdue d in o
the Le cal House, a resolution to th:. effect
that , . member of the House should be a
point=el to any office, either while he was a
memb r or the House, or of which i e h d
been : member a.' year before. The reso
tion ave rise to a warm :diseussi'= n, a d
was oted down by.. a majority of eig t.
We a e sorry- to say that the Gove nine •t
• not o ly opposed the resolution, bu Ha .
Mr.' toss spoke in opposition to i:. it r.
Garro to his credit be it said, wee one jof
the th ee Liberals who veted for the resold -.
tion. Of course, it wail difficult to d • anly-
thing •lse than vote clown the res lotion,
when ntroduced ase vote of want +f con-
ence, u.t any one at all familiar with pubic
life - k . otos perfectly well that th.: ,thing.
compl incl of isa growing evil iber Is
have tine after time condemned it in D -
minio politics. It has been deme -un ed,a d
prope ly so, as a 'system.' of rewar th t
should have no place in public affairs exce t
in ver rare instances, and notwiths : ndi g
the as: ertion of Hon. Mr. Ross "the the e
is no e 'il to remedy," the 'history of .even a
proves the contrary. , The 'gover-nme' t w=I1
find it s trifling with an important iesu
and so e . day will receive .a lesson fr m the
electo ate it will .not soon forget • and
should also take warning before it rnee s
disaste . Liberals are willing to c rice e
the hoesty and integrity of the zener 1
admiral tration- of the Ontario Go
ernme, t, but they cannot =shut .they
eyes to certain facts which the ele 6 tora
openly denounce.. Even our friend , f Ta
EXPOS: OR, who has opposed the ver • thin
allude a to, swallon ed his conviction:, an
voted rith the majority: .
The : bove is from the Clinton New $'ra 1
last w ek. THE EXPOSITOR has Tway
held th =:t while a representative shou d. no
use his position as a lever to .secu a fo
himself an office in the gift of the G: vern-
meat o which he is,a supporter, the f et of
his bein• a member of the`Legislatur: or 4
Parka o ent, should not be a bar to is ael-
ceptitig of such .a position, providing ho ik
in all other respects entitled to:it. : T isbe;
ing the case, " our friend; of THE E -post
TOR" h s not "opposed the very thi g al
luded t ," and he did not " swallow hi
own co victions" when he " voted wit th-
mejorit
'Now, we oppose this measure. of ' hie
our con emporary is so much.enaniore ' tha
to secu , e its enactment it would eve, vet:
out! of • ower a Government which t. ad.
mita i honest and economical, . an
of whi h it has . al wa ' s been a war
.supporter, because, in he .first pla e, i
is not needed and in the second place eve
if .need d, it would not . ecomplish t e o
jests fo which it is desi sed._ Of the hu.
dreds f appointments hich the - 0' ' taxi
!Govern: ent have made ve can now reca 1
to minc only five or e . members ,r e
membe •s of the ,Legislat re who have r
ceived appointments fro the .Gower.menfr,
and ea h one of these ca.: be justifie upon
its me its. Surely this is not a ecord
which should • subject t e Governor nt to
such s vere criticism as our contem ;: orrery
indulges in. To. prove the necessi y far
such a Measure it must 1 e shown th = t the.
power :f the Governmen has been .. bussed
and th t the independence of Pari amet
has ben interfered with.. This, none of the
advoca es of -the'measur have yet at emp-
ed to o. That so few a pointmeats ,1 thjs
kind h ve been made, a,n hat in no singe
install a have the peep e inimediat::ly iii-
tereste in any way sh wn their disap-
proval f the appointmen s, but on t. a co
trary have, in every case manifested thei
approv 1 of them, prove conclusive y, w
think, hat the Governme t have not : buse
their ewers • in this di action, but .tha
they h ve e•
xercised th m in aeeo • anee
with, th wishes of the - eople inter stet/
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Neither has it been shown that any .o
members or ex -members who have been
pointed to positions have varied oneio
from their fixed principle' in their condo
an representatives not one has ever be
accused of - voting for or promoting
measure contrary to his previotus profe io
or in antagonism with the wishes an in-
terests of his constituents to : secure such
promise. More than this, it has never been
hinted, mail leas openly affirmed, tha the
Government, during *he twenty-three .ears
of their existence, have ever; bribed o at-
tempted to bribe a member ,by . preen e of
o:ce; and during all that time no me iber
has ever been accused either in the Le isla-
ttkre or. out of it, of having varied one i iota -
his support of the Government on account
o$ such a position. - Indeed it has ever
been charged, -much less proven, tat a
promise of office was ever - made to a em-
ber of the Legislature while he was a em-
ber,
m-
b r, by the Government. Why then s ould
an act of Parliament be passed to rem dy a
supposed grievance that does net exis and
that has never had an existence ? Neiw, ii
o r contemporary will make mit a easels; i
if will show that a praoticewhich hasxist-
e since..Coafederation- and before it�pp has
ben so abused that an . act of ''Parliainent
sh uld be passed to prohibit it, or than the
p blit have suffered, then We shall.. join it in
de Bending such a law. But we su irtit
that no such case has been "made out, e ther
by our contemporary or by,any who aye
advocated the passing of such a law. Nor.
has public opinion manifested itself i its
favor in any way. - No 'petitions ave
asked for it ; no conventions have p sed
resolutions favoring ,it, and is fact, fu tker
than this bill which came before the L gis-
lature this last session, no pretest or owl -
plaint has ever been made against the rac-
tire; and this bill would kaye been voted
down in thelLegislatttre by an overw ielm-
ing majority, instead of by onlyeightt }cut
for special circumstances, well understood at
the. time, which we need net were mention.
Buts even if there were a grievance to
remed and the bill avers law, ie would not
be elle five. It. provided- that no such ap-
point ent shall be made until the lapse of
one year after thepersonhad ceased toll be a
member of the Legislature. Now, a ; Iyear
is not a very long - time to wait andi�this
would be no serious bar, ner would it pre-
vent the carrying out of a corrupt batigain
if the parties interested were disposed to
make such. Besides this, even were a em-
ber entirely precluded from accepting suck
positions either while a member or d ring
his natural life thereafter, he -eou as
easily be corrupted and bought 'by o cels
for. his relatives and friends from-whic he
could profit just as much as if the $ice
were given to himself... The long ,and hort
of the matter is, this is one of the things
that can not be regulated,by act of perils-
ment. It must be left to the honesty of the
parties concerned and the good sense and
judgment of the people interested.
• We are free- to admit that as a mat er of
policy, it is not wise for a Governme t to
make a practice of appointing their sup-
porters in . parliament to positions w�jthin
their gift. It has a tendency to create (s=us-
picion and to discourage honest workeris in
the party ranks who are worthy of recogni-
tion. But there- are occasions when such
appointments are_ right, just and in the *de-
l* interests, and are from every poi t of
view unobjectionable, and it is simply on -
sense to say anything to the contrary.
the` "orityof-.the members.-1,iberal, Conserve-
ap. ive and Patron -are mea not only of in►teg-
to ity but of ability and experience, and
hose one desire is to conscientiously dis-
et harge -the duties they etre called upon . to
en erform. The work of law -making in this
a rovince is is safe, hands. ",
How they Love Each Other
If we tare to judge from the proceedin. s in
Perna!) lent during the present session the
pieces. ' A few Weeks ago we hadethe pec -
tack . 4 six Cabinet ministers reel ning
their portfolios because they refused 1 nger
to follow Mr. Bewell, as they consi ered
him ineapable. Accordingly Sir Ch rles
Tupper was called in, and. the r rec-
tory ministers returned to werk der
his guidance. Now; considerable de ach-
ment ofthe rank and Vie are dropping out
of the party ranks, because of dissat. fac-
tion witili Sir *Charles Tupper, and the con-
tending factions abuse - each other wi h as
much warmth and vindictiveness as in lden
times they were accustomed. to indul e in
towards, the loathsome Grits.• The fo low -
nig passage at arms which took place few
days ago between Sin:Charles. Tuppe and
Mr. McNeill is a sample of :what is goi g on
almost daily. Sir Charles Tupper said ' •
"I have not read the holt. membe for.
North Bruce out of the party, but he im-
self heel succeeded in accomplishing tha „and
to my e tire satisfaction. I am willin to
meet a open foe in a fair field and fight a
manly fight.- But I do not want traitors in
my cenilp to interfere with our work of car-
rying eht a' policy for the benefit of the
it
'county., . I would like to ask the hon. gen-
tlemen what is the motive that has led him
to this violent obstruction, that could in-
duce hi , as,the himself has assertedA to
sacrifice the' Government he support d so
long and bring down a great ,party of w ich
he was an honored member ?'
To this Mr. McNeill replied, in the fol -
again, that I do not intend to read myself
out of the Conservative party, neither do I
intend that anyone else shall read me oet of
the Cormervative perty. Sir, when the hon.
gentleman says, as he did say, that I have
Iteen endeavoring to break up the Conserva-
tive panty, I give the statement a Ilahcon-
tradiction, and I say that the coursel the
hon. gentlemen has pursued since he unhap-
pily became leader of this House has had a
direct tendency to breake up the Conserva-
tive party. I say that the course the hon.
gentleman has pursued since he came ere,
in my hamble judgment, goes to show that
he is utterly unfit to be the leader of.: any
try. I say utterly unfit to be the leader of
any party which has any respect for itself,
or the leader of any House that has any re-
spect fot . itself. Any hon. gentleman iwho
has no Imore consideration for the Icon-
s *entioils differences of mentbers of his !own
a ty than the hon. gentleMan has shown,
18, ' say, unfit to be the leader of a partiy."
Notes and Comments.
The Orange Sentinel has this appreci
reference to the Ontario Legislature :
one can spend any considerable time in
committee rooms of the Ontario Legisla
-and it is in the committee rooms that
real work of legislation is done -wit
baize impressed with the idea that
province has a legislature to be prou
There are a few schemers, bu the great
tive
No
the
ure
the
out
his
of.
News of the 'Week.
around in East. Liverpeol,Ohio, in carriages, .
and got out 2,400 fe nale votes. All the
members of the school boerd who had voted
to discharge teachers *ho read the Bible in
shhool were 'defeated.
BANQUETED IN BURPALQ.-COUllt YOnla.:
g an Field Marshal oftfantan, who is on his
N ay to St. Petersburg tol Attend the eaten-
akon of the Czar, arrived at Buffalo het
sischeap in some parts of !New York State
POTATOES TOQ PLENTIUL.-POtntoes are
t at farmers are throwing them eway. One
an is throwingt them in his stove, and
s ys they make a very hot and steady fire.
Pine's PEAK. TO BE TUNNELLED. -A. COM -
p ny has Undertaken to de forty-eigha miles
o tunnelling under Pikels Peak, Colorado,
mad the territory near by, giving to that
State the credit of -havin4 the longest rail-
way tunnel in the world. ‘ It is to be in
. operation by March 1st, 1906.
! ELECTRIC RAILWAYS IN! JAPAN. -An elec-
t0c trolley road has been' built at Itioto,
Japan. Tokio, Yokohama, and Osaka have'
decided on adapting similar lines.
sels, is nursing her , mother, Mrs. John
Gardiner, who we are ,glad to hear, is im-
'word last week saying that his son James,
Who went to Manitoba a few weeks ago was
very ill with pneuinonial, at the houee of
his -sister Mrs. Wyatt, near Boissevain. He
Was in charge of a good doctor And a nurse
friom Winnipeg. On. Monday, he received a
t legram inforating htm that his son was
o t of clanger. ---Miss Maggie Hartley re-
t rued to her school, near Varna last week,
after spending the holidaya at the manse. -
Sara Lord Bailey, the elocutionist will
le r. Thomas Coultes has moved the small
b rn that was on the aouth end of his farm
u beside the big barn to be used as an im-
p ement house,. He is, also burning up the
✓ bbish in the old mill Yard a,nd will soon
h ve it a nicely cultivated field. -Mr. Fred.
g.ve a mechanical .production of the Ober -
d struction of jerusaletn, in the Foresters'
F azer died in Morris on Tuesday, April
h 11 on Friday evenin , April 17th. -Mrs.
C rnell, sr., is very evil -Mrs. William
1 th.-People should remember thet the
the sidewalk ler pedestrians. Bluevale
sidewalks are notoriously bad and they are
ntade worse by horses earing up the mud.
Between the station an the top of the hill
there is a piece of fairl geed. gravel walk,
which two ladies of t is tillage collected
Mohey enough to make wd years ago. On
this walk horses have paced up and down
many times . the last ew: -days. Aeyone
having a private wal extending to the
public one soon had it srarished by a heavy
wheel. The farmers ar more to blame for
this than the village s. It its sincerely
hoped that, when the oad work is being
done in the summer so e better sidewalks
will be built.. Some a eak of petitioning
the Morris couneil to i pose a fine on those
who do not keep their orses on the wagon
IBRIEFS.-On Moeda evening Mrs. D.
Denman went out to the well for a pail of
water, and while there he heard her four
year old daughter sere m, end on going to
find the cause, she foun the child's clothing
in flames, and before sh ut the clothing
(mit the child was so b d y burned that no
hopes of receivery were held out by the doc-
tor, and about 10 p. m. death put an end to
the child's sufferings. It is not known how
the clothing caught fire, -On Tuesday, one
of the emliest settle s of • Grey passed be-
ydnd the great divide,i the person of James
MieKelvy, of Ethel. He -settled in the
early days on a farm (see half mile east of
Etheband resided thern until, Ms family had
al/ grown up and gone to do for themselves.
He lost his wife shortly after coming here,
back in the early sixtiee. ,Sinee leaving the
farm he resided with- his daughter in Ethel
village. He leaves three sons, William and
Robert, residing in Grey, and Dr. MoKel-
vy, of this place, and two dauehtere, both
married. His remains were interred in
Cranbrook cemetery on Thursday. --The
finis weather of this week has pet every
one in good spiritaand spring has come. It
appears in earn.eet, and. if this weather
keepe up far a few' more days, the price of
feed will take a drep, and those partieeex-
pectieg the old $20 a toe for hay will have
to welt and get less than ;half. -The horse
men have commenced driving on the track,
it being in first class shape lor work .-Jas.
Rosa shot a very fine bird, at the dam on
Monday. It is known as the northern diver
and is a very fine specimen.' He is having it
mounted.-Farmere are busy plowing and
seeding will commence eext week. -Walter
Youill'e team went a rather hurried clip up
the street the other day, but were stopped -
at the Reiere House, ne damage being
done. This is the second time they have
run away, and both times were stopped aft
the same place,-Bieyclists have made the*
appearance oa the streets this week. -Sara
Lord Bailey gives an entertainment here on,
the 21st inst.-Mrs. Sarah. Lee, one of the
old ladies sent to the Huron House of
Refuge, died there on Monday night, o
pneumonia. She was a sister of the la
William Alcock, at one time bailiff of Mt
4th division court.
NOTES. -Mr. J. K. Edwards has returial
ed from Owen Sound business eollege.-Mr4
Walter Coultes has gone to Michigan where
he intends residing for some time. fie wil/
be greatly missed in this vicinity, as he had
made for himself many warm friends, the
best wishes of whom will folio* him in his
new home. -Mr. Isaac Wilson has moved
from ,the Ruddy farm to Belgraye.-Mr.
Joseph Ruddy, latelyof Belgrave, has moved
on to his farm, on the 10th concession. -The
dressmaking fever has struck this part. No
fewer than three of our young ladies left for
Wingham last week to learn the art, name-
ly, Miss Jane Walsh, Miss Grace Delgarno
and Miss Maggie Taylor. May success be
theirse-eMisses Leslie Morton and Phoebe
Densmore of Goderich Collegiate Institute,,
who have'been spending the Easter vatation
at their respective homes, on the 6th, con-
cession, left to resume their studies on
Scott spent the Easter vacation wi,th friend
laid up with gangrene in one of his feet.
Mr. George VanCarnp, si. is very low a
present. We hope soon tei be able to repor
his recovery. -Mr. J. E. Fells is having
Woodstock windmill erected on his barn.
Nones.-Plowing hattnow got fairly well
started, Mr. Thomas Dinsdale beingthe first
to break the way in our vicinity, on the
10th. -Messrs. Winter & Dick made an-
other of their big shipments of lames from
our station on Friday lest. Buyers shipping
front here speak highly of our station agent,
Mr. .Clegg, as beteg one of the most accom-
modating agents along the line. -Mr. John
McMurtrie, who has been poorly for a week
or mere, nursing la grippe, is now improv-
ing. -Mr. Robert Menordie, 'of -London,
spent a weekat the parental home and with
ethet friends. -Syrup making is nearly
wound up for this season. The seasee has
not been one of the best. -Mr.- Win. Blair,
son of Mr. B. Blair, lefe here on 'Teesday
morning for Algoma districa-Mr. , George
McLeod, of the House of Deluge, called on
friends in our village during the week.
George speaks highly of his - new home. -
Mr. John Jarrott's sale, on Saturday last,
was well attended and fair prices realized.
-Cleaning up, gardens and back yards is
keeping many of our would be tidy eitizene
engaged in leisure moments. -Miss Mary .1.
McClymotit's many warm friends will be
sorry to hear of her being very poorly for
solne time and under medical treatment.
However, she is no* on the mend. -Mr.
Wm. Thompson has engaged with Mr.
Georgn Logan foe the season, in the fram-
ing business, and started work on Monday
last. -Mr. James Smillie, of Lambton, paid
a visit to friends here last week, returning
home on Monday, taking back with him. the
fine stock horse " General Gordon." -The
suckee fishing seaeon is again on hand, and
those who have the knack of catching them
are now getting their spears scoured up. -
Those from thie part, who take an active in-
terest in fancy stock raising, attended the
sale of Mr. John McKay and sons - on Fri-
day last, and report .the stock good, and
good prices paid, considering the times. -
Mr. James.Dick, of Seaforth, visited Mr.
Shaffer on Monday last. -Mr. Kidd, mason,
of Hensall, has been in our village for some
days, assisting the ladies of our burg to
beautify the appearance of the interior of
their dwellings. Mr. Kidd is a good work-
man and a special favorite with the fair sex,
and they know when they have got the right
ma,n.-Miss Esther Corbett, who has been
in Detroit for some months, has returned.
Shcastill- prefers country life. -Word has
been received from Mr. Taylor. He landed
safely in Liverpool, with his cattle in good
shape, but had not sold them at time of
ing a visit to her sister, Mrs. James .Moore.
e -Straw hats and bonnets are taking the
place of furs and hoods. -Business is im-
proving in our little hamlet, and business
men are beginning to look with brighter
faces:
Exeter.
LOCAL BRIEFS. -Mr. Alex. Dow has pur-
chased the noted German coach horse,
" Pasha," which -he previously owned some
two years sinee. His colts have been on
the market since Mr. Dow first owned him,
and have commanded good prices some two
year old colts bringing as high' as $130.
:He will be travelled on the same' route he
travelled two and three years ago., -On
_Monday afternoon last, Mr. W. J. Carling;
merchant, was burning some rubbish at the
rear of the store which accidentally blew in
the direction oethe dog -house, which swas
close by, setting it on fire and burnieg the
interior of the building. 'Had the fire not
been noticed in time, the whole block of.
stores on Main street might have been con-
sumed, as the wind was blowing very
strongly•from the west at the tithe, scatter-
ing the sparks in every -direction. By the
timely aid of a few citizens with buckets,
the fire was soon under control. -Mr. Chas.
Fritz, of Zurich, paid the town a flying
visit on Friday last. -Mr. Willia,m Grigg,
jr., of London, spent Friday and Saterday
last in town, the guest of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Grigg. -The social held
under the auspices of the Young People's
Society of Christian Endeavor of the Caven
Presbyterian church, on Friday evening
last, was a decided °success. The proceeds
amounted to nearly eight dollarrine-Mr.
Clarin, of Toronto, spent Sunday. last in
torn. -Mrs. M. Ellwood, Of Hensall, spent
Monday and Tuesday in town, the guest of
her grandmother, Mrs. Allen. -Mrs. John
Brawn is at present very ill with an attsek
of la grippe. -Miss Lottie Handfeed, el
Centralia, spent Saturday last in town. --
Mabel Batt, who has been the guest of her
cousin, Miss Olive Westcott, for some time
past, returned home on Sunday last. -Mr.
Fritz, of Zurich, paid. the town a flying
visit on Saturday last. -Mr. W. McMillan,
of Huron College, London, occupied the pul-
pit of the Trivitt Memorial church on Sun-
day last. -Mr. J. Grigg is at present away
on a business trip north. -Mr. R' . P. Ross,
who has been visiting at Boston, returned
home on Friday last. -Rev. E. W. Hunt
will preach his farewell sermon 'in the
Trivitt Memorial church, on Sunday even-
ing next. -Mr. Hodgins, of Crediton,
paid the town a flyirig visit on Wednesday.
-Rev. W. H. Butt occupied the pulpit in
the Main street Methodisi eller& on Sun-
day morning last. -Mr. J. Zinger, who has
been visiting his father at the Metropolitan
house, returned home ori Monday. -Mr.
Percy Cann, who hes been. in Berlin for
some time past, returned home on Tuesday.
-Mr. T. Allen, of the F. F. Daley Com-
pany, Hamilton spent Tuesday in town. --
Mr. J. T. Westeott and wife spent Tuesday
and Wednesday in SeafOrth, the guests of
m. Westoott.-
by the Sabbath
thodist church,
grand success.
le, a large at -
r. J. G. Jones,
n a flying visit
Brown, who
t, is able to be
the former's brother, Mr.
The, anniversary tea held
school of the Mein street
on Monday evening, was
The weather being favora
tendance was the result --
of Winchelsea, paid the to
on Wedresday.-Mr. Jam
has been ill for some time p
around again.
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The most prominent advertisement in
Appears on the 4th pagO, the page you are, -
looking at now, We haVe been led to sei-
ect this place on account of its being
conspicuous, that scarcely any one c
fail to see that it is an advertisement, an
read what we have to sOy.
Advertisements as a yule, are all jumbled up together, and frequently
filled with uninteresting matter, that many readers pass them by without even, -
giving them a passing notice. What you read in', this column from week tui
week will be plain business facto, facts eakulated to,make you better acquainte
with ibusiness and. business methods, facts that will lead you to a bette-
knoWledge of what is going on in the stores, especially in our own store. .There.
was\ time when an advertisement after the following fashion was all that
Mears. So and So
'wish to inform their many friends
and acquaintancee, that they have reeeived their -
Spring Importations of Dry Goods, &e.,
and they would be plea.secl to have them call
and inspect the same.
That was thd style of advertising in. the good old times, when the merohant
and his customers were better acqnaihted with each: other than. they are to -day ---
when every family had their particolar trading plaile and never m-ent anywhere
else. All that is changed now. Th,e present day purchasers of Dry Goods
more i dependent, more critical in their taste, buyi4 only where they get sui
ed the best ; and I& merchant who is up to date Must give both an interesting
and ac urate account of what he has to sell. • And pow right here, let us interest
you what we have to sell.
30 Fi
in wool
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ere are two oolumnse Read theft.
e Dresses for ladies, no two alike,
silk and wool,- and Sicilian effects,
50 in h finest WOol Serge, extra, qeality,
n Na and. Black, special price 90c
45 in
40 inc
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n Dress Goods rich
Fancy Black Mohair, choice pat -
dresses, price 50c..
38 in h plain Black Mohair for dresses,
rice 25
Blous Silks, cheap linesin various shades,
Blous Silks, better quality, lancet pat -
54
hades,
h Colored. Cape Cloths, popular
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54 in fine Black Cape Cloths, $L5O.
Paras Is, large size, extra quality, $L
A TABLE FULL
of Sat ns, `Prints, Muslins, • Chambrays,
to go at 190. per yard.
Gingha s and other washing materials.1 All
500 or more New Hats, trimmed and un-
trimmed, al. the leading shapes, becomin
too, and ranging in. price from 75o. up
several dairies each.
Swiss Sp4t Muslim and Victoria La
extra quality and wide, at 15c per yard.
and choicest patterns welave ever -sold at
the price, $1 each.
Carpets very pretty ground shadeee.
choice patteeite, at 50a per yard.
Fine Parlor Carpets, perfect beauties, at
950 per yarfl.
Floor on Ioths and Linoleums in choice
patterns.
Fine assmitment of Chenille Curtains and
Table Covet*
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An extra uality of Linen Tabling at ft0d
per yard.
Good wea ing Tweeds for boy's wear,
per yard.
Boy's Suitk in great variety start as
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as $1.150 each.
BOXES FULL
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of Embroideries, -Lace Ribbons, Gloves,
Hosiery, Ifiendkerchiefs, at a little over
half their reitular value.
Is there -anythIng mentioned in these columns that you need ? IA there
anyt g that strikes you as being- the thing yoa vtant I If there is, hy
means,- 031E. If there is 110t, 0031E just the same, tqr there is a big store full
of tlain not mentioned here. Core anyway 1 we !are not above asking for
your tr de forwe want it.. Come as early in the s 'ason as you can. Think
well ah ad ol what is likely to be required. The ass rtment never was greater
than it s -to -day, and there are manY Bargains just nOw upon onr counter that
cannot e repeated a month later.
Seaforth's Greatest Gash
Dry Goods Store.
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