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THE HURON EXPOSITOR
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NOVEMBER 6. 1896.
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NEW ADV.11,RTISE1ENTS.
The figu-e betwee 1 the parenthesis, aftcr each
one. denotes the pgo f the paper on which the
advertisement will be to nd.
Oetcber is Past—tlilray Wiseman. (5)
Seasonable Bargams—M Kinnon & Co. (5)
G. P. R. Telegraph--WJ. Macdonald. (8)
Ilona Powsr for Salo— . C Wi1Io. (S)
House to Rah—R. Lsg n (8)
Our Great Sale—Greig j Macdonrild ( )
Housekeeper Wanted— xpoiitor Office. (8)
Coat Lest— Expositor 0 ce. (S)
Dental Notica—F. W. T eddle. (5)
Situation Wanted—Expdsitor Office (8)
Timber and Wood for saie—F. Coleman (5)
Plows for SAle—T. Mellis (8)
Legal Card -41. J. D. Cocks (5)
Furniture Renovated—Wm M. Walker (8)
Central 13u8ine88 ColIege;-W. J. Ellictt (8)
DOrCiti011 Steamship Line—W. SJMerville (8)
Special Bargains—R. Willis (6)
Business Change—F. A. Edwards (8)
Sale of Farmeand Stock—A. Gevsnleck (6)
Conundrum Tea—W. A. S. Thomas Courch (8)
House to Rent—C. W. Papat (8)
Great Discount Sale—C. W. Papst (8)
Auction Sale—Mrs. M. Jacobi (5)
Auction Sale—Win. Roes (5)
Got to Go—George Baldwin (8)
•gitt Nitro Cxpooitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Nov. fith, 1896
IT
The Presidential Election.
The great political campaign in the United
States practically closed, on. Tuesday last,
and resulted in a sweePTing victory for the
Republican party. Mr. McKialey, the
straight Reputli4 candidate, has been
elected by an over-What/n[4 majority over
M. Bryan, the Democratic end free silver
champion. McKinley will have a clear
majority in the Electoral Council of 148,
the largest majority recorded ' for a Presi-
i
dential candidate since the defeat of Horace
Grease The Republicans, ilso, will not
only hace the Presidency, but will have an
easy majority in both branches of Congress.
The fell returns are net yet in, but enough
is known officially to show that McKinley
las carried large majorities in at lea. t 27
states. Our American neighbors will1 now
likely be able to settle down to busbies and
'sake things bane
II I I I di II • • IR 1.___C=0111!IIMIIOMN7
"Talking Through • His Ha
Mr. 'Whitney, the new leader of the on-
servative party, seems to hays: been talking
through his hat, as the boys say, at he
Conservative gatheringe ire Toronto last
week. Mr. Whitney -eponsplaiuecl that in
times past the Provincialil Conservati •-es
have not, received from the Conservative in
the Dominion Parliament and the Senate,
the assistance they should receive to ensure
them success, and henIrged a: union of forces
on _the part of the Dominion and Provincial
wings of the patty. He also compleined of
_the inferior quality of the material sent to
the Legislature by the Conservative party,
and urged very strongly that hereafter in
any constituency which is represented by a
Reformer, or where a Conservative retires,
only the very best men in the party be
brought out. This is all right enough. No
doubt there is some: truth in what Mr.
Whitney says. At any rate, every person
knows that there is room for improvement
in the material which. the Conservatives
send to the Legislature, so that we do not
quarrel with Mr. Whitney's statements thus
Inc. But, when he , deals with the other
; side, he is not quite so accurate. He is re-
ported in. the Toronto Mail as having said :
We aIl know the misdeeds of the Pro-
vincial Goverranent, which call for their
dismissal by the honest lovers of their coun-
try, and we alt know that .at present the
party which sepports that Government is,
if not disorganized,in a state of uncertainty,
and what may perhaps be called flutter. I
shall not, however, attempt to discuss the
reasons why the preisent Ontario Govern-
ment should be turned out of office, or con-
sider any matters of policy of our own."
Now, we have no doubtbut when the
leader of the Opposition was making this
'statement he indulged in an inward smile.
It was just as well, however, that he did
not go into details either as to the misdeeds
of the Government or as to his own policy,*
as if he had, he would most likely have
spoiled the whole thing, So long as he an
keep his fallowers in doubt and suspense he
is all right, but so seen as he would enter
into particulars to prove his accusation
against the Government or to propound his
own policy, the paucity of his material
would be made manifest and the disappoint-
ment, of his followers would be the inevit-
able result. Mn. Whitney has been in the
Legislature a good many years, and we do
not recollect that either himself or any of
his predecessors orany other member of his
party filth° Legislature, ever even accused
the Government of such misdeeds.as should
ca.use honest lovers of their country to
ask for their dismisav.I." At any rate,. such
accusations have never been_ made, much
less proven, on the floors of Parliament. Mr.
Whitney knows very well, and no person
kuows better, that dur ing the twenty-four
years the present Liberal Government has
been in power in this Province, nothing
betsring the semblance of a scandal, has ever
even been mooted against the Government
or any individual member of it on the floors
of the Legislature ; more than this, it has
never been charged that as much as one sin-
gle cent of money has been corruptly misap-
propriated. Why then should Mr. Whitney
say that their misdeeds .call for their dis-
missal by the honest lovers of their country?
If such is the case why has not he or his
colleagues ehown it to be so, long before
this ? It resolves itself into this : either the
leader of the Opposition was " talking
through his hat" for effect upon his audi-
ence, or he has been sadly neglectful of his
duties. Whichever may he the real state of
affairs, neither is calculated to inspire the
people of the Province with confidence in
,hirri, or will incline them to remove power
from the bands of those who have held it so
lonsaand hand it over to those who have been
are neglectful of their duties as Mr. Whitney
1 and his friends have been, by their own con-
. fession. Had Mr. Whitney propounded his
own policy and proven it superior to. that
which has been 'followed by the Government
in the past, then he might have had some
claim for his contention that every true
lover of his country should unite with him
in trying to turn the Government from
power, but the -people of Ontario are too
sensible and level headed to pay much at-
tention to charges made out side of Parlia-
ment, that have never been, hi ted at and
which no one dare make, on the floors of
the Legislatur. . Mr. Whitney is a decent
fellow, and he has hosts of frie ds even in
the ranks of t e Opposition Wh would like
him to succeed, aethe leader of the Opposi-
tion in the Legislature, and make as large a
mark for himself as his illustrious predeces-
sor, Sir William Meredith, but he won't
reach that goal by preferring wild charges
against his opponents, which even the best°
informed in his calhi ranks will laugh It. '
essmesessmammes.
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The. Brussels Postmastership.
EDITOR EXPOSITOR. -,--PEAR SIR.—I have-
not noticed that you have had "anythingto
say Omit the Brussels Postmastership. You
are not usually backward in expressing, an
opinion about matters of public interest
such as this is. No doubt you are aware
that there has been a great deal of talk an 1
some writing in the papers about the affair,
and there seems to be a division in opinion
as to whether the services of the present
postmaster at Brussels should be retained or
dispensed with by the present Government
Some urge that his conduct has been of so
partizan a nature that he should be Juiced
to withdraw,from the service of his country
in that capacity and make .room for some
one else who could keep his political predil-
ections better in Check, and I understand
that at a meeting of Reformers held in'
Brussels a short time ago it was unanim-
ously decided that he shCiuld. go. - I also
learn, however, that some members of the
party outside Of the village are not disposed
to ask for such radical action. I have voted
ou the Reform Side for over forty years and
have been 'a constant reader of THE EXPOS-
ITOR for more than half that, time, and my-
self and neighbors have been in the habit of
depending largely upon your excellent piper
for inspiration and instruction in matters .
of public importance, and as Many of us
are ih somewhatof a quandary on which
side to cast our say on this matter, we
would be obliged to you if you would give
us your views in yonensual plain and frank
manner.—A GREY REFORMER. .
•
We have not alluded to this eubject, be-
cause we looked upon it largely as a dom-
estic affair and one whieh concerned the
people of Brussels and the immediate vicin-
ity .more than the general public, and we
.would very much rather not refer to it now,
but as our esteemed correspondent has so
courteously asked is for an opinion, we
know of no reason why. we should..not ,com-
ply with his request. For the information
of those dour readers who do not- under-
stand the position, we may say that the
postmastec at Brussels is Mr. Thomas
Farrow, the gentleman who: for Many
years represented East Huron in the Dom-.
inion Perliaments Shortly after his defeat
by Dr. McDonald, the present representa-
tive of that constituency, the Brussels
postmastership became vacant, and Mr.
Ferrow was appointed to the position. -So
far as we know he has been a most efficient
and obliging official, and has discharged. the
dtities of the office:to the general satisfac-
ticm of all concerned. There is no doubt,
however, but that he has meddled more or
lees with polities,- but whether - to suc-h an
extent as to justify his dismissal from office
we are not prepared to say. This is a mat-
ter for the department Under which Mr.
Farrow is employed, to deal with. We
understend a complaint has been sent in
against him and that his defence has also
been placed before the department; and We
haven° doubt both will be -fairly considered
in due course, and should his dismissal
follow, it will be for a just cause.
The position which the Gov,ernm nt takes
in rnatters of this kind, as laid dow by the
'Premier at the recent session of Pa liatpen t,
is this : Any civil servant is ills' ified in
exereising his franchise and in voting for
whichever party he. sees fit, while, any
private expression of opinion i not denied'
him, but when pUblicofficials become part-
izan' s, attend political conventions, organ-
ization meetings, work forparty candidates,
or appear on public platforms and address
publierineetings, and such like, they will be
relieved from their positions in the -service
of the country and in this Way be given.
aniple, scope to exercise their political in-
clinations in the manner they- deem best.
But, if they desire to continue their service
under the Government, they must decide
between their employment or their political
activity. This seems a very reasonable
proposition and any public servant w o has
transgressed these conditions or wli does •
not desire to abide by them, had etter
leave the public service and take some Other
position where he can have more fre dotn,
Of course, it is: not supposed that thi rule
will apply to dollar a year postmasterand
officials of this kind: But the Brussels post
office does not conic within this class. It is
a very respectable position and carries with
it emoluments which are worthy of consid-
eration and sufficiently large to justify the
expectation that the incumbent would have
sense enough to leave politics alone.
Whether or not the postmaster at Brussels
collies within the ocategory as :laid down by
the Premier, our correspondent • and his
friends have, perhaps, better opportunities
of knowing than we have. If he does,then,
of course he shoald.go, and there should. be
no squealing 'sheet it. If he has not inter.,
fered in the ways indicated, then his posi-
tion is assured. to him, as we ,know the
department will not go beyond the public
policy as laid down by the Premier, but it
may be suppose.c1 to walk -up pretty closely
to it. •
We know that Conservatives who are
likely to be affected by this ruling, endeavor
to excuse their conduct by referring to sim-
ilar conduct On the part. of Ontario officials
under the Liberal Government of Ontario.
They refer especially tojMessrs. Preston and
Ryan, the former of Whom ran - as a candi-
date in the recent Dominion elections, and
the latter took an active part on the stump:
This isallquite true, but it is equally true
that if the Conservatives were to come into
power in. the Province, Mr. Preston, Mr -
Ryan and all the other Ontario civil servants
who have acted as they have clone, would
be treated with very little ceremony and
would be bounced as fast as theyeould walk
put of their offices. Ther fully expect this
and they would not squeal 'about it.
No Liberal would be so foolish as to whine
about it as some of the Conservatives are
now whining about dismissals that ar being
ehade at Ottawa. They would c nsider
this sort of thing as the legitimate fruits of
the fortunes ot war. In must be eaid,how-
eveep in favor of Messrs. Ryan and Preston
and other Ontario officials who may come
within their class, that their Interference
was inDeminion elections, and t
not in any sense responsible to o
control of the Dominion Gov
at they are
under the
rnment or
Parliament. They have never been accused
of interfering objectionably in Provincial
elections and consequently they should not
come under the ban of Ptovincial politicians
as if they had. But, all the same, they
will. If Mr. Farrow and the other Domin-
ion officials'egainst whom complaint is being
made°, had interfered in Provincial elections
only, and had remained neutral in Dominion
elections, it is not at all likely that they
would be interfered with now. But
it is hardly reasonable to suppose that men,
who' while in the service of the Dominion,
did all in their power to defeat Liberal can-
didates, can expect to be treated with very
great leniency by the government which is
supported by the same men who were thus
bitterly opposed. The same rule that has
been adopted by this government was ob-
served by the late government, except that
it was only enfcrced against those who op-
posed the governnient and not against those
who aided it, We hope our Grey township
friend will have gained from what we have
said the information he desires. We have a
very great personal sympathy for Mr.
Farrow and we should be very sorry if he
were in any way treated unjnstly or unfair-
ly, but if he has acted indisereetly or
offensively in a political way he should not
try to shirk the responsibility of his actions.
No persons have a divine right to public
offices and those who are fortunate. enough
to get goOd ones should have sense enough
to leave Politics alone, and if they cannot do
this, then they should bear the consequences
Of their foolishness like men, and net cry
like children.
The New .County Councils' Act.
, -
Theparkhill Gazette, In discussing the
new county councils' aft, makes the follow -
in d sensible comments. It says :
A:stnall body is likely to do more effect-
ive viork than a large one. When it somes
to pt acticalenunicipal.work there is apt to
be more confusion than wisdom in a multi-
tude of counsellors. As each representative.
will represent several municipalities . we
ma,yreasonahly expect a, broader view of
questions and 1 ss of that small icical feeling
winch under th present system' is continu-
ally cropping u and interfering very much
with the promp and jut disposal of county
business. In to many cases representatives
have thought, not of the i interest of the
county as a whole, but of heir own respec-
L
tive municipalities, and of gaining some aid -
vantage which- would reco mend them for
re-election. With the enlarged constitu-
ency given.by the new ect we will no doubt
find less localism, less of. the village, town
or. township feeling and More regard for the
interests of the whole couuty. - For in
stance, a representative w,hose place of resi-
denbe is Parkhill, will look after the inter:
ests of Ailsa Craig, East and - West. Wil-
liams just as much as after the interests of
Ins own town, and will learn to look on
county matters from a better standpoint
than the narrow contracted one of a small
municipality. As representatives of the
county council n ill be elected for a term of
two years, and as their responsibilities will
be increased by the reduction made in the
number, the electors should be careful to
select the very best men available. Now
that the position is made morehonorable
and a nember will be free from the. drudgery
of the local 'council, there is reason to hope
that a large nurober of our best men will
come forw-ardand place their services at, the
comtnand of the electors.
, ino•••••••••
Grain and Gold. •
Grain and gold, both very essential corn-
mcdities for the well being of mankind,have
been on a genuine boom for some time. We
used to think a few years ago that fortune
used us' rather harshly when wheat got down
as tow -in price as one dollar per bushel, but
during the Past week or two the Nvhole.
speculative world has been up on end be,
cause it had reached as high a, figtire as
eleventy-eight cents. Thete is this, how-
ever;'wheat can now be produced a good
deal more cheaply than it could ten years
ago. With improved machinery and that
sort of thing, wheat is now about as profit-
able to the producer at eighty cents as it
was, ten years ago, at a dollar. This, of
course, may account in some measure for
the excitement which i raise in prices to
eighty cents occasioned. Last week, wheat
reached in Chicago th highest -figure for
two years, and there w s great excitement
and much speculation, 1 ut it soon receded,
and as a result speculat rs there and else-
where, Alio had mad thousands, not to
say millions, by the ra ie, lost their piles
again, and some droppe a good deal more
than, they bed Made. • rices, however, now
seem more settledeand the prospects are
thakinost of the wheat n the country will
be marketed at from sev nty to eighty cents
bushei._Tiis, Mullet -tell not very high, is.
better than Odin forty-fi -e to fifty, aStit had
been. Andes wheat goes up, every other
kin& of grainseems to move in sympathy
with it, so that our farmers may very fairly
C'onclude that prices have touched bottom,
and that with the strong upward tendency
in prices times 'will, revive. In Manitoba,
especially, thisraise in prices will have a
most hen icial influence on the condition of
the farm r, and, will greatly improve trade.
Most of he wheat in the Northwest this
year will grade No. 1 herd, and will be mar-
keted at .emUnerative if not at boom prices,
and. we in Ontario may fairly expect to
profit by their . good- fortune as well as by
our own, •
The gold lever seems to be of a more per-
manent nature than the grain boom. New
discoveries are continually being made at
the Rossland camp in British Columbia, and
immense sums of 'money are being invested
there. But itis not in British Columbia
alonethat there seems to be lots of the
precious metal. Important discoveries have
been made in the Rainey River and other
districts in Ontario, and these promise to
become in the near future as attractive as
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those in British Columbia. In lumber, also,
which has been so dull of sale for a couple
of years, a boom has started, and within
the. last few days large sales have been
ma4e by Ottawa and other lumbermen.
On he whole, prospects are Idecidedly more
bright than they have been fdr several years,
and although the revival may be somewhat
slower than some would like, and many naay
be disappointed, yet there seems to be no
doubt that we have reached the bottom of -
the hill, and are on the up.grade again; and
if We have the sense to go cautiously, we
will come out all right in the near future,
and hard. tiMes, such as we have been suf-
fering from during the past f w years, will
only be a memory, and we wijll have anoth-
er era of . prosperity: Pro perity and de-
preseion appear to come in dyclea, and ap-
pearances indicate that we have now
reached the prosperous period.
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Editorial Notes and Comments.
The Provincial Game Warden for Ontario
ha disposed of 2,500 deer shooting permits.
TI is affords some idea of the number of men
wi o find time to exploit the' woods of Algoma
an 1 Muskoka for game, and as each permit
co te two dollars,it will augment the Ontario
tr asury by ebout $5,000. It would be a
go d thing if the Government would devote
thile money towards increasing the grants
to Mechanics' Institutes and public libraries.
The Hamilton Templar says "Th On-
tario Legislature can place every groc r in
the provice on an equal footing,by ref sing
to grant a shop license to any grocer. Will
it do it ?" The council of every municip lity
can do precisely the same thing, and a good
many ha,Ve done so already. And whei ever
the peopl of a municipality desire to have
this done all that is necessary for them is
to bring a little pressure to bear on their
municipa councils: If they do not do this,
it is fair lo assume they do not desire the
change, aid if ,they do not desire it the Leg-
islature las no right to force it on them.
At the meeting of the Provincial Women's
Christian Temperance Union in Pembroke
last weelteamong other changes recommend-
ed to be rna.de in the Provincial licensing act
is one thet willsecure "The element.of local
greed elin inated by devaing all license
revenue ex Insively to the Provincial Gov-
ernment." If the ladies desire this change
they must iret use their enchanting smiles
on the) ovincial .Conservatives, so as to
win them ver to their Side, as they are con-
tinually abusing the Provincial Government
or taking as much as they do of the rev -
1
'nue front the municipalities, as they say
the municipalities are being robbed' and
-should havea1ft the license money. -
The ToLnt .Mail .which is ceaselessly
whining a:bout the dismissals from the pub-
lic servic' b the Dominion Government,
moralises thus : The Ottawa Liberal Gov-
ernment llias dismissed Mr. Venasse, ship-
ping mas
candidate
Liberal
R. Presto
become a
then re -a,
This is
e
theMl'
by any m
tario, th
fore hew
and the
either. I
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Anothe
Canadian
gathered
eron, Q.0
aged 64
in his p
Victoria
er at Montreal, because he was a
at the last election. The Ontario
overnment permitted Mr. W. T.
, librarian to the Legislature, to
candidate in West Toronto, and
pointed him after he wasdefeated.
en -handed justice." Yea, andif
political friends should happen,
schance, to get into power in On
-
y would bounce Mr. Preston be-
uld have time to. get his coat on,
berate would not whine about it
of those who were prominent in
politics in days gone by has been
o his fathers. Mr. Hector Cam-
, died at Cobourg on Sunday last,
ears... Mr:- Cameron stood high'
ofession and represented South
n the Dominion Parliament for
nuiny yea s. He retired from politics some
six or eight years ago. He was a Conserva-
tive and ' most ardent supporter of the late
Sir Alin Macdonald. One by one they
drop off.
It is nob often that one prominent politic-
ian will publicly entertain another who is
directly oPposed to him in politics. In this
respect Mr. Hugh John McDonald, the
popular meniber for Winnipeg in the Dom-
inion Par iament, and the son of the Old
Chieftain ias set a good example. During
the visit f Hon. Mr. Tarte to Winnipeg,
Mr. McDenald laid aside his partizanship
for the oceasion and invited the Grit politic-
ian to dine with him. The 'invitation, it is
needless to.say, was as heartily accepted as
it was given, and the t wo opposing gladia-
tors and their personal and political friends
dined together and had a good time. This
is the sort of thing that does much to allay
the bitterness of political strife.
—Mr. Charles Seeger, Police Magistrate,
of Goderich, was engaged in Cobourg last
week holding an investigation into some ir-
regularities in connection with the post
office in that town. It seems °that the post-
master, who was a very old man, was in-
duced to resign, and Mr. Garnett, a brother
to the member of the constituency, was
appointed postmaster by the late Govern-
ment. 1 The daughter of the etiring post-
master attended to the business of the
office. The Guilletts and other friends dis-
coun ed a note in the bank for one thousand
dolla s and gave the proceeds to the daugh-
ter, nd it is now claimed that this was the
price paid by the member and his friends to
secui e the retirement of the old man so that
the 1 ember could secure the appointment
for his brother. At any rate the old man
made the vacancy, the m ney was paid
and -the brother got the office The question
now is, can he hold it.?
The people of Toronto are tkreatiy excited
over what is supposed to be the discovery
of an immense bed of anthracite coal at or
near Sudbury, in the Algoma district. The
government have sent an analyist there to
examine into the matter and the exciteme
will not be relieved until he returns
reports. If the discovery should proist
genuine it will be a most important 'one for
the county and one in which there will be
more wealth than inthe Rossland gold camp.
It would net only result in reducing the
price of coal to every consumer in Ontario
by at least cone -half the present price, but
immediat 13), aside where the coal is sup-
posed to e; there are known to be immense
deposits o iron, anthracite, lead and other
minerals hich only lack convenience and
cheap fue to develop them. if this coal
find Stiek.., all these mineralcan bedevel-
oped to th
e utmost, and the resuit will be
such a bodm to this Province as has never
been witnessed in its history.
Sir Charles Tupper never opens his month
in public, but he complains bitterly of what
he calls the adoption of the spoils system
by the Liberal party. The Conservative pa-
pers do likewise. With but two or three
exception there have not been any idismis-
sals, so fai, for partizanship. All who have
been dism ssed were not required in the
• ublic ser ice. But before our Conserve-
ive frien s find fault with their opponents
or, as the say, introducing the spoils sys-
tem, they should recall the record of their
own party. When in 1883, - Sir Charles
Ttipper was Minister of Railways and
Canals, he summarily dismissed a young
man in receipt of a moderate income upon
the Intercolonial, because he had taken part
in an election. Some months afterwards
-Sir Charles wrote to the boy's father, Mr.
James Ryan, of Moncton, the following let-
ter: "My dear sir,—In reply to your let-
ters of the 17th November and the 9th
February on the subject of the dismissal of
your son rom the service of the Intercol-
onial aai way, I have to state that the rea-
son for h. dismissal was tha heopenly took
a very no ive part in opposi on to !the G,ov-
ernment t the last general election, .This,
as you w 11 readily understand, no ' Govern-
ment offi ers could be permitted to do, and
your son' urn
opassed over."t' be s
action WaS so conspicuous that it
I
, Sir Maekenzie Bowell, who is usually very
car ful in his public utterances made a bad
bre4.k at the Conservative gathering at To-
ronto last week. Inispeaking of the prae-
bili t y of the present Dominion votera' list
act 1 eing repealed by the present govern-
ment, he said: "It is unnecessary for me
to point out the iniquities which have been
perpetrated in the past- by those having
I ,
control of the voters' lists of the province.
There irnot a man- here who does not knew
of soinri flagrant violation of the law coin -
mated by those who hitherto have had the
manipulation of the voters' lists in Our own
province. I Hence it becomes the 'duty of
all lovers of their country to look well after
that, which is essential to the success of our
party." In making this very wild state-
ment, Sir Mackenzie must have forgotten
Mr the moment who it is that makes out the
Provincial lists. They are made out by the
municipal clerks and are revised by the
county judges. The Provincial authorities
have no say in them whatever. The muni-
cipal clerks belong to both shades of politics
and the ju ges are not supposed to have any
political leanings, so that Sir Mackenzie's
statements concerning the Provincial lists
are entirelyj unfounded, and are unjust to
the munici al authorities. On the other
band, the Dominion lists, which Sir Mac-
kenzie favors, are compiled and revised by
paitizans appointed by the Government,and
inkhis way the Government of the day
have complete control over. them. '
Elensall.
DWI° forget to call on ELLIS, the photo-
grapher, when in Mensal!. He is now in his new
studio and is prepared to do ail kindsof photographic
work at reasonable prices and on short notice.
' I 15011.4
LOCAL BRIEFS. —We are still being fa-
vored with . most beautiful weather, which
at this season of the year is a great boon,
particularly to farmers and contractors.—
We mentioned in. last , week's issue tha-t a
fine stretch of granolithic sidewalk had been
Jaid in front of Mr. Rannie's new brick
block, and this week we are pleased to
state that it has been extended past Miss
Carlisle's :block.— This is certainly very
creditable to the property owners mention-
ed, showing_ the interest they take. iii our
village, and we hope that in the spring, if
not before, their example will be followed
by many others of our villagers.—Mrs. J.
Sutherland is visiting relatives in Mitchell
and Oxford county.—Mr. John McKay, of
Tuckeremith, nephew of Mr. William Mc -
Keyed this village, passed through here
with -his bride, Miss Elizabeth Lane, of
Kippene to catch the evening express, on
Friday last, on his wedding trip. They
were accompanied to the station by a num-
ber of friendsovith whom we join in *wish-
ing thenelong and continued happiness.—
Mr. Peter Triggersou has got his peat new
dwelling on Mill street:, Gil hrist's survey,
all nicely enclosed, and intends having it
rapidly .pushed forward to completion.—
Mr. James Petty and niece, Miss Croysdale,
were in London this week.—Mr. H. Cook
has proved one of our best and most enter-
prising pathmasters and has encoura ed the
laying of grenolithic walks, by offe ing to
put on the I top dressing, if the p opert3
owners supplied the stone for the f unda-
tion, wbich equires to be of a conek11erabte
depth. -He has been ably helped lin thl
work by Mr. C. Eacrett, of Victoria- Park
near Sexsmith, who is - an expert ire the
business.—The shipment of apples still
keeps on with no let up, at our station.—
Quite a number of our villagers drove out
on Monday evening to the home of Mr.
Isaac Moore, of Tuckersinith, where they
spent. a very pleasant evening.—Miss Al-
cock, of Exeter, was in the village this
week visiting friends.—Miss Middleton is
the guest Of her sunt, Mrs. G. S. Thomp-
son, of this village.—Mr. Frederick Smalla-
combe, familiarly known as the "Onion
King," shipped a car load of Onions from
here this Week for Toronto.—Miss V. Case,
of the London road, is in Dungannon visit-
ing her brother, Dr. Case.—Mr. John Scott
has been spending the past week with
friends in Iona.—Mrs. Sheffer was in Lon-
don last week, and among other friends
called to see Mrs. DeLion, formerly of this
village.—Mr. G. Ingrain,' of Tuckersmith,
intends offering by public auction sale on
Saturday, November 7th, his village prop-
,erty here, consisting of five parcels, and
which are well situated.—Mr. J. E. Tom,
public echo 1 inspector, visited our schools
this week. Mr.. David Millar, V. S., of
Exeter, an
village this
R. Paters°
Ballentine
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iWith facts, nteresting facts too, about our goods and prices, but the EXPOSITOR
has other things to print as well as advertisements, so we are compelled. to keep
our remarks inside of t is.column. • The important thing just now in our busi-
nesse is provi ing the p oplt with Suitable goods against the coming cold weather
li,
l
All the ght rm
, thinner materials have to give place to the more substantial and
heavier kind, so that we 9LaY be at least comfortable during the long winter
season aheaol of us. This means a plentiful supply of good, warm
Underclothing and DreSies,
Fur Jackets and Fur Capes,
Mantles and Shawls,
1-
' Gloves and -Hosiery,
Overcoats and Suits,
,
pap Sox, Mitts,
i
of everything
Cur assOtm
Blankets'
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3
3
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-for you
I
it 'of theee
to select
Etc.
.
things never was better. There is an abundance
from, with the prices entirely in your favor.
UNDE
The Undercloth
siderable amo
LADIES' UN
IN
ALL SIZES s
nt Of
ERWEAR
Nti
CLOTH:EN-P.--
ng we have
comfort
QUALI
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to sell is righteup to themarkin every way, and a con]
can be yours for Very little money.
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12c 15c 20c 25c CHEAf'
35 43 50 68 GOOD
IES 75 83 90 $1.00 FINE
Misses'Unerivear
at veryLowPrices.
MEN
LIGHT,
AND
S UND,6R,WEAR,
MEDIUM
HEAVY.VVEIGHT
220 30c 35c 40e CHEAP
45 50 60 68 GOOD
. 75 90 $1 $1.25 - PINE
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Poo'
Underw
ar all sizes and very cheap.
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D ESSEEt.
Our assortlmenti of Dress Goods contains thousands of yards of choice things, in plain
colors, plaids, fancy mixtures, tweed effects, &c., among which are many heavy substantial
°wearing materials at 20c, 20c, 30c, 400 and 50c per yard.
-
ostume lengths at $1 50, 1.90, 3, 3.75 a dress
FURS.
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The stock of Fur Jackets and Capes is large and the assortgent is made up of
different kindle,. Our prices for FUR JACKETS in a good quality, full lengh, large
sleeves, well lined, are $25, $30, $35 and $40 each.
FUR CAPES at $5, $7.50, $10, $15, $20 and$25,
Full stock of Muffs Ruffs Collars 6- Gauntlets
MANTLE Si
A couple of hnndred choice garments yet to pick from. Prices $2.50,$3.50, :35, $6,50,
$7.50 and $9 each. SHAWLS, $1, $1.25, $1,50, $2, $3 and $4 each.
week visiting his daunghter,Mrs. Positively the lowest figures for Gloves, Hosiery
formerly of Hensel!, is ithe
, jr., and friends.—Miss Ettie ,
nd Miss Kate Chapman' return-
ed this wee
c, after a pleasant visit at the
home of Mt. John Ballentine,of Cranbrook, OVERCO TS.
uncle of Mies Ettie, They also visited the
Rev. Mr. Walker and family, of Ethel, Two hundred good, he vy cloth Overcoats at the clOSest prices on record; Men's
formerly of Hensel', and friends in Brus- sizes at $4, $5, $6 and $8 ch.
sels.—Mx. Joseph Ellis and daughter, Miss e.
Mattie, were in Goderich, their. old home,
last week.—Mrs. Dark, of London, eent, villageThe Misses Hender
has -,... 5
bvisng her sister-in-law, Mrs. R: Boys stzes, $1.50, $2, $2.50, $3, $4, $5 each
Hunof this .—-
son, of Tuckersmith, near Seaforth, were in
the village this week, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Samuel Smillie. —Mr. James Bell, son QUICK
of Mr. Robert Bell, of the London road, re- -
turned home on Saturday last from the old SE_ LLI NG PRICES_
country, where he had been with a shipment
TINT -
of fine stock. He reports the passage on
the way home, particularly for a couple of
days, a,s being very rough.—Miss O'Neil, of
Men's an
—The'members of Hensall Lodge No. 223,
London, is the guest of the Misses Hodgins. Boys' Suits, Caps, Mitts,
,
Independent_ Order of Oddiellows, have
been invited to give the initiatory degree
at the district meeting to be held in Clin-
ton next montli.—Quite a number of some-
what innocent pranks were practised by the
boys on Hallowe'eil.--Miss Jennie Murray,
Upon examination .!3if our goods you will fincl that the above prices are
of Wingham, was home part of last week
and this,visiting her parents and sister,Mrs. largly in your favor. We realize that now is the time to E.,ell Winter Goads,
Alex. Smillie.—The Messrs. Cook Brothers, and -we-Want to close out everything we can while the Sellino•0 Time is on.
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jr., are fitting up their bicycle shop in the .
west end of Buchanan's block,—Miss Wat-
son, of Walkerton, is visiting the Misses --""m111111l lallow'
Moore.—Mr. Maurice Walker was in Ethel
recently, visiting his parents. He was in
Oran brook and Brussels on a visit.—Messrs.
Grigg and Rivers, our enterprising meat
and provision merchants, resemble each
other so much that they are constantly be-
ing taken for each other, and an amusing
incident occurred in this connection only
very recently. It appears that Me. Shep-
herd, the worthy reeve of Tackersmith, had
been so frequently mistaken in thine gentle-
men, that finding them both in the shop one
day, he concluded to ask them to step on
the scales, and see which of them weighed
the heaviest, thinking he could for the fu-
ture tell them apart in the matter of weight
if not otherwise. But here he was doomed
to disappointment, for strange as it may ap-
pear there was not a single ounce difference
in their weights.—Mrs. Alex. McEwen, of
the township of Hay, had the misfortune to
fall last week off the house steps,badly injur-
ing her arm, and fracturing the bone.
Top Shirts, &c.
DwARP 1/CFATJL
Dry
Gods Company,
Seaforth's Greatest Cash
Dry
cods Store.
<9.
owi
ivrirox SrAvxs.
here are taking
et 'chopping mills 4
get their ehops for
erai took place at
there were beid
LUieelanghter of
Mt Harvey, a
Arad father and mo
of the whole eone
tion.—Mostef thel
their turnips in,
and naanyehave u
Dads. The cattle
• as the turnips
ornas Higgins, of Fo
nOW on his annual re
ion for this tow
Irrlday„—Mrs 3,
r41, visits the Albi
ursdays. He is
't takee a beast to I
not restore to natut
hear some ti
idwielt, going to I
age Berne distance
ots to start in
at a we ago 18.st S
'Aer of tramps visited
' tention of brealcio
,jJiis, however, was
aftfible and a number o
until they lost sight
„should be chased out
serer allowed to rem
ing when they will do
day evening was Hallo
sot many tricks were
_It is -much better for t
Jhouse than have peep'
Agates for probably s,
:they can get them.—
paper in Fordwieh.
,Satne of "Record."
Anuch success, and tha
;subscribers,
KIP
• pesows.—Varmers
4plaws tor little raopey
'tuadereigned still havivg
4333en Estate Flows which
-the best of talisfacti--n giv
;band plows for sod or stub
Alt& hasgain. JI plow
Doti -cc T. Mollie, Kippen.
• LITERARY NOTES.
=meeting, on Friday e
;largely attended, was
-.as far as the program
debaters for so un
„defaulted. Our youn
;future guard agains
who take the trou
tames to hear them.
the next -meeting will
--whith the principal
trial, acted by fiN
Iadfies-- The plaintiff
-„sues-the defendant fo
This Will, no -doubt,
and all should avail
portunity of heating
A StCCESSFUL
friends of Mr. David
Algoma, will be pia
cess. Mr. Blair was
lion. No. 2, Toth
laSt examination for
third Class eertificate
was publiebed his na-
euccessfal ones. His
had. More confidence
matter drop, and a
the educational de
,and eloser examine
ly investigated it w
had been euecessful.
his energyand abilit
other spoke to th
teacher, Mr Foreyti
NoTEs.--Hallowe'
ly in our village end
exception of the ren
the juveniles, who
leave off their frock
The yoang men of
atthe wise conclueio
refitahiy spent.—i1
as been spending
est City, is now sta.
roof.—Mr, James B
in the village durin
week, attending to
-ing hands with old
are all bn.sy, oonseq
brisk in our village.
ter, isvisiting at th
'1The lite fine weath
to put new life into
the eraek of the git
and the prey of the
snit.—A large nun
our st,ation, Waal'
are corning freely t
in price is what tna
JOTTI'SGS.--As
year, the devotees
.are off to the wilds
the party comprise
• James Ball and Jo
the venerable prop
ry of the town and
years old.—Mr. K
• eral agent of the
-nompany, was in to
week.—Our obligi
scurrying to and fr
whole earth, on Se
enquiry as to the -
-while he had been
key in his office th
riage was pereenb
the Maitland, nra
Halloween in thei
gates were dislodg
the rascals slam].
when fine grounds
be overt= by the
kine running at
Quarterly Meetin
here.—Thoma.s B
largely attended,
brought goodpr
have been immen
green paint.—T
store in the and
by W. C. Haele
• thus obliterating
NOTES.
ave it magie Ian
...tunes street ele
under the anspie -
of that church,
Tuesday evening
in connection wi
Triyitt Memorial
Mr. Bray filled.
°manner. The
Messrs. Martin,
addressed the a-
progranurte wae
home talent. T
to the door. Af
pensed tea at
present.—Mr.
publie schbols fo
this week, vial
Hallowe'en nigh
Saturday night 1
boys doing seve
several of onr vi
labor, on Alon
found and pus-.
funeral of Ertun
Henry Sweitzer
ike Exeter ceme
attended. She
had not been m
her usual good
ing, and on Thu
she was it corn
sincerest symp
friends in this
v..eased was a da