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Sraingarrivek-Glhoy & Weerean (se
Everybodeet e4)pret-Greig Macdonald. (1)
Cheap goods -McKinnon Co. (5)
Remnants cheap -W. W.. Hoffman (5)
Winter visa -Prot Dorenwend (e)
For sale-Wns. Pickard & Co. (5)
Apt:logy-4. e. Jones (e)
Auctioneer's:mei-1e Common (5)
Cent of thanks -e. T. le Meyer (6)
Wigs, toupees, &c. -i roe Doreowend (8)
&Ukase of reosipts-J. C. Mention (5)
Farmers' Institute -A. Billop (5),
Shareholders' meeting -John Budge (8)
Cedar pests -for sale --Estate T. Coleman (8)
Chop corn -Cook Brea (e)
Bolts wanted-Sdate T. T. CodennIn 03)
Ice cutting -W. W._ Cooper (8)
Cleuing sale -11. Willis (6)
Betray steue-Wm. Brigham (6)
Cara of thanks--itre B. Murray (5)
Pare pea umale-Oatmeal Mille (6)
Bertioultural Boctiety meeteng-B. B. Gunn (6)
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SEAFORTH, illtIDAY, Feb. 19th, 1897
' A Six Months Record.
-Now that the IAurier Government has
completed the first six months of its exist-
ence, it may not be ont of place to take
stock and to see what has been aecomplisn-
ed during thah time.. In the first place,
that much vexed question, the Manitoba
school difficulty, has been settled, and that,
too, in a manner which seems to give satis-
faction to a large majority of the people.
There have also been perfected arrangements
for a complete chain of cold storage from
Canadian railway stations through the ship-
ping porta to the English markets. In a
speech recently delivered, Hon. Sidney Fish-
er, Dominion Minister of Agriculture, de-
clared thatthree hundred creameries would
have cold storage chambers ; that the rail-
way companiea will provide refrigerator
cars to the ce,ntres where cold storage ware-
houses are built or will be built; and at the
• greatia shipping points arrangements have
been made to provide cold storage until the
producta are put on the steamships. Mr.
Fisher has also arranged weekly steamship
services to the principal ports in England.
He believes that all these arrangements
will result, not only in a large increase in
exports, but also in a substantial advance in
prices. Canadian food pioducts are equal
- to, if not better, than anything on the Eng -
EA market, but the great difficulty in the
past has been to get them delivered in good
shape.. Under this cold storage system, it
is expected that the difficulty will be over-
come. Prospects for a good trade in farm
products of every description in the old
country were never better than at the pres-
ent time.% This is especially the case with
dairy products, pork and horses, so that
with the improved 'facilities for shipping,
our farmers may fairly count upon a good
trade in all these articles as soon as spring
opens. The Government have also succeed-
ed in making such arrangements with the
United States as will enable the passe* of
live dock between the two countries with-
out any delay in quarantine. As a result of
this arrangement, Canadian stock can be
shipped from. American ports, thus affording
additional competition in freight rates ;
stock steers, also, wtll find a ready -market
in the United States, and this trade, which
has been stopped for several years, has been
again' reamed. Thoroughbred. stock, also,
will now find a more ready market in the
United States. On the whole, this new ar-
rangeinent will have a deeidedly stimulating
influence on the cattle trade . in all its
branches. In addition to all these
changes and ' improvements, a large
number of contracts in coimen
-nen with vaaioas departments of the
public service which had neen let to parti-
zan friends of members of the late Govern-
meht at high prices, have been cancelled,
and the contracts have been awarded to
others at greatly reduced prices. Several
hundreds of thousands of dollars have al-
ready been saved to the country in this
_way,aud. aa yet the good work has barely
begun. There are several other items which
might be mentioned, but we have already
said enough to show that_ the ministers have
not -been idle since assuming office, and that
already they have done good service for the
country, and have made a record which in
greatly to their credit. If they continue in
well -doing we should have a different state
of affairs in this country long before the ex-
piration of thie parliamentary term.
Unnecessary Censure.
At a recent meeting of the West Middle-
sex Division Grange the following resolution
was adopted :
" That the members of West Middlesex
Division Grange cannot indorse the action
of the newly elected county council of Mid-
dlesex in raising their allowance from $2
per day and mileage, as was formerly, to $3
per day and mileage. As the law was in-
troduced for the purpose of curtailing ex-
penses we fail to see that thie action is in
accord with the intention of the law."
en passing a resolution of this kind the
West Middlesex Grangers did not act with
the good sense ann judgment which almost
invariably influence organizations of this
kind. In is quite true that the object of
the new county council law is to reduce
expenses, but it was not designed to starve
those who are elected to work under it.
Three dollars per day is not an unreason-
able remuneracion for tint services of any
man who is fit to be a county councillor.
And twenty times the amount which the in-
crease in the indemnit-y of the Middlesex'
councillors amounts to might be absolutely
,wasted in an hour by incompetent repre-
sentatives. A poor workm an is often dear
at any cost, while a good workman .is cheap
at the very highest wages going. So it is
with representatives. Any man who is fit
to be a county councillor can not afford to
terve his countY for less than three dollars
,per day. There is no man so patriotic and
self sacrificing as to serve his country or
his county at a pecuniary loss to himself,
and if he is not sufficiently indemnified
against loss, he wnl ma,ker it up in, some
ether way, perhaps not so honest. We be-
lieve in paying oor representatihee of all
kinds a fair, even a liberal, allowance for '
their services, and then holding them to a
strict accouut for the faithful, honest a,n.d
efficient discharge of their duties. This is
the way to get the boat services from theta,
and to get the best representatives also.
The West Middlesex Grime should recind
thetr adtised resolution.
Editorial Notes and Comments.
The recount of the ballots east in the late
election in North Ontario took place on
Monday before Judge Dartnell, and reedited
in the confirmation of the seat for Mr.
Graham the Liberal, by a majority of
seventet:n.
The '1 Powers who have been powerless
to prevent the massacres of the Armenians
by the Turks, have been aroused to surpris-
ing vigilance and energy by the threatened
transference of the island of Crete from
Turkish rule to that of Greece. The Greeks,
although the weakest of all the powers, hem
been the first to take definite aotion against
the Turks. They are undoubtedly prompted
by a desire to have Creto aus their own, but
it can plainly be seen that they are also
desirous of putting a stop to TurluA
atrocities. This new vigilance on the Part
of the greater powers also shows that they
are more concerned about matters which
may effect the territorial interests of &
nation than they are about the lives of
human beings.
Smarting under their defeat at the late
election in South Brant, the Conservatives
of Brantford issued warranta for the arrest
of three London young men on a charge of
impersonation, and the Mail and EmPire'
immediately heralded from the house- tope
this bold, bid scheme which won for the
Liberals the victory. 'When the cases came
up the other day for hearing, they were not
only dropped on account of their absurdity,
but the lawyers for the plaintiff &pelogized
to the, accused for having them brought up
when there was not the least jot of evidence
against them.The Mail has become so accus-
tomed to the rottenness in the Conservative
camp that it is unable to see save through
its own besmeared &mete Now that these
young men have been so honorably acquitted
will it have the decency to -retract the
statements it has made.
Hon. Peter Mitchell, wh,o has ,for years
taken a prominent part in both Provincial
. e
anok ederal politics, in an interview, has
the f lleiving to say of the Laurier cabinet :
" I can only min". he replied, " that look-
ing at the formation of the Cabinet, their
supporters returned by very large majori-
ties, with a very considerable majority in
Parliament, I can see no neason to doubt
their continuance in office and their suc-
cessful government of Canada. With re-
gard to the character.of the Administration,
it is composed of very able men perhaps as
able a Cabinet as has ever existed in Can-
ada, and possessing, in my mind, the confi-
dence of the country, and" I can see no
reason to hope for other than success in
their administration of its affairs. We
have in the person of our Premier a member
of the minority race in the country,
who have for the first time had a Preinier
of their people, and one who poeseases the
entire confidence of the English-speaking
people of the Dominion."
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Newspaper men apparently take a lead-
ing role in Premier Hardfs play in the
Legislative halls of Ontario. A newspaper
man moved, and nnewspaper man seconded,
the address in reply to the ppeech from the
throne last week. Furthermore, the burden
of many of the speeches delivered on the
occasion was a tribute to the memory of
another newspaper man, 'ex-npealter Bal.
four, who, after serving his country faith-
fully and well, has gone to his reward. It
might also be added that the ' new Speaker
is a newspaper man and that -the motion for
his election .was eloquently seconded by -a
newspaper man. i _
.
pespite the fact that the fire at the Par-
liament buildings at Ottawa last week will
eost the country a small penny to have
them rebuilt, the papern seem to be getting
considerablenimusement out of the occur-
- rence. TherToronto Star has the following
jokeu to crack : Even the hose the late
Government left behind in the departmental
buildings was worthless. * * - A short
time ago strong liquors were abolished from
the buildings at Ottawa and last night
even water could not be had. This is carry-
ing it too far. * il * All good house-
wives will be glad to know that though the
oven was so hot the Tarte was not burnt.
And the Globe says the fire in the western
block seems to have been handled in that
leisurely and gentlemanly fashion which
tradition ascribes to the civil service, with
suitabke intermissions for sleep and meals. .
THE ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
(From our own Correspondent.)
The Ontario Legislature was duly and
ceremoniously opened on Wednesday of last
week. There were several new features to
interest the public on this occasion. In the
first placenhere was a new Premier; second-
ly, there was a new leader of the Opposi-
tion, and thirdly, there was to be a new
speaker selected. The new Premier and
the new leader of the Opposition are already
known to our readers. The new Speaker is
Mr. Alfred Evanturen who has represented
the conatitueney of Prescotain the Legisla-
ture for ten or twelve years. He is very
popular in his own constituency, having re-
deemed it from Conservatives when he first
entered the Legislature, and at the last
general election was returned by over six
hundred of a majority, although he only
spent nomination day in hie own consti-
tuency during the campaign, being away in -
other_ constituencies helping those who
needed his help. He is a French-Canadia.n
by nationality, a Roman Catholic in relig-
ion, ,and a barrister by profession. He 'is a;
fluent and powerful speaker, both in Eng-
lish and French,. and is well up in .parlia-
mentary procedure, and the fact that his
appointment was received with 'approbial
and in terms of commendation by the lead-
ers of all political parties, shows that his
'appointment is a good one and acceptable to
the country.
Opening, day was also rendered somewhat
attractive from the fact that - the opening
proceedingsovere conducted by Sir Cassimer
Czouski, in the absence pf the Lieutenant -
Governor. But whatever the attraction
was there was an immense crowd present,
emb,racing ell classes and conditions of
men and women, from -those in the gor-
geous, although, perhaps, somewhat scanty
full dress, as it is termed, to thee modest
maiden in her faded cloak and last year's
hat or bonnet. The floor of the House, the
galleries, the lobbie8 and passageways, and
every foot of available room any place near
the Legislative chamber was occupien, and
there were thousands who could not get
.within even shouting reach.- After the
usual ceremonies were_performed a pleasant
incident took ,place. That was the unveil-,
ing of a full sized oil painting of Hon.
Edward Blake;by Mr. Wyly Grier, present-
ed to the Legislature by the Toronto Gen-
eral Trusts Company. Mr. Blake was tire
first, and for fourteen years continuously,
the President of the Company, and in the --
formation of which, he took a prothinent
part.' The directors wishing to shim theie
esteem for him and to mark their upprecia:
tion of his servioe in some lasting Wab
thlt portrait prepared, And presented i
the Legislature, to ,oecupy a place in
corridors of the Parliailient House besi
those of other prominent men. The
was accepted by the Speaker in a brief
graceful apeech, in which he paid an
quent tribute to the subject of it.
Hon. G. W. Ross also spoke on the, part
the Government, and as he alwacs •d
spoke well. The portrait represents
Blake standing at his desk in the Legisla
chamber, apparently addressing the Ho
He was a good deal younger looking w
the portrait WAS taken than now, but - i
a magnificent painting, and a very fait
likeness of him. Beside him can be 0
the faces of the Hon. Alex. McKenzie
the Hon. ,, Archibald McKellar, both
whom were colleagues of Mr. Blake in
Government ofthe Province at that ti
This part of the prodeedings over, the ono
dispersed, and the chamber, halls and I
ties were soon deserted, save by a
legislators, the most of whom had to tak
back seat during the afternoon, and give
their reviler places to fairer mew
Many of the ladies' and gentlemen were
1 full dress " on the occasion, and
dienoe embraced many of the lead
prefessional, military, financial, politi
and business men tif the Province, It w
indeed, a most brilliant affainand is said
have been the gayest and mostlargely atte
ed function of the kind that has ever ta
plans, being. even more so than that wh
occurred at the opening of the first sees
in the new Parliament buildings. The n
Premier cannot, at any rate, find fault w
the grind reception given him by the p
lie on he occardon of his first meeting wi
the Le 'slature as its head.
- The essional pyogramme, or ,speech fr
the Th one as it is termed, was, as usu
not a try formidable, exciting, or weigh
docent nt In these respects it wad mn
the same as those documents usually a
Of.course it congratulated the country
the good harvest of the past season and t
prospectsof returning prosperity, as e
deuced by the great activity in the mine
districts -of the Province. It also referr
to this being the jubilee of the sixtieth ye
of.the coronation of Her Majesty, Que
Victoria, and _the hundredth year of t
establishment of responeible government
Canada. Bills are also pkomised to ame
the mining lases and to make changes neces-
sary to meet the new and existing condition
of things in these newer agriseiltural and
mineral districts ; to provide for the reduc-
tion of the number of councillors in small
towmoto regulate the immigration of pauper
children, and some other matters. \This
address, however, does not by eny means
indicate the legislation, or length or impor-
tance of the session. This is regulated
largely by the members themselves. Some
of the most exciting and most importaet
sessione have been thoce in which there ' was
the least said in the address from the throne,
and it may possibly be the same this year.
I had almost forgotten to state that On-
tario's Grand Old Man, as . we used to call
him, Sir Oliver Mowat, came up from
Ottawa to be present at the _opening cere-
monies of the Legislature.' ' Sir Olieer was
greeted by many of his old friends and sup-
porters, all of whom were delighted to see
him looking so well. No deubt this open-
ing ceremony, being the first in neaely
twenty-five years in which he/ acted as a
spectator and in which he did not take tart
as an active participant, would bring im
many pleasurable, as well as melancholy re-
flections. However, he had the opportunity
of listening to many kindly and complimen-
tary utterances regerding himself person-
ally, as well as te his services as the
Premier of the Peovince of the Confederacy.
In fact, all bad a geed word to say for Sir ,
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bed' edneattonal system will be ene of the main
t "to objects of &Oa& by-hoth parties; -although
the it is ditfictilt t000neeive what grotinds they
de can heve for an effective attack upon the
gift, Government aleng these line& Indefinite
but and wild 'Charge. against the department
elo- and its head, may do well enough in *the
The columns of a newspaper over an anonymous
of signature, but on the floor of the Elouse
oes, where all parties are face to face, something
Mr. more substantial will be required for an
tive effective attaek; However, we shall see
use. what we shall see. If the Opposition or the
hen Patrons can submit any improvements to
t is the present eye/writ or point out any vriengs
hful or abuses which intuit under itt they will do
een good, but aerping criticism, simply for the
and • purpoae of finding fault, will soon be expos -
of *ed and will not result creditably to those
the engaged in it. ,
me. As an index of the work being done in
wd some of the numerous departments under
• Government control, a few items from the
few reperts of some of the institutions may be
e a of interest.
up The twenty-first annual report of the
tie working of the Tavern and Shop Licenses
in Acts has been issued, and shows that for
the the per 1805-6, 2,731 ordina annual
ing tavern Hemmen were issued, 48 beer
cala and wine licenses. 44 ordinary sixononth
as, licenses were issued, 'and 15 six-month beer
to and wine licensee. Three hundred and ,
nd- twenty-seven shop licenses, and 26 whole- "
ken sale licenses were issued, making a grand
ich total -of 3,191. This is 126 lees than were
ion lamed in 1893-4, and 14 less -than in 1894-5.
ew The revenue derived by the province from
ith licenses and fines for the past three years
ub- was, respectively, $289,821, $277,478, and
th and $273,212. The amounts collected on
account of Heeling and fines imposed 'by
om municipal by-laws, for the three years was
$64p, 178, $62.1,717, and $615.290. Pay- ,
ev. meats to municipalities in the same periods
re.Ch were, respectively, $282,473,: $272,101, and
$267,072. Fines collected f' during °
on last year were $16,979, compared with $17, -
be 243 the previous year. Commitments to w,
ye county gaols for drunkenness during 1890
ea were 1,907, or 330 less than in 1895. The 1
ed average yearly 'commitments , for each
oe period of five years, from 1876 • to 1895, in -
en elusive, were :-From 1876 to 1880, indus- b
he ive, 3,812 ; 1881 to 1885, inclusive,. 4,016 ;
in 1886 to 1890, inclusive, 4,311 ; 1891 so 1895, 0
• inelusive, 2.702
iiiiPrragiatire bid
oompromise reconciled a good
clergy and laymen to the Laurier -G
way settlement. Is% one outside of
Tory part', 'Wants to d.estroy Conf
tion, and, te tell the truth, very
Tories go as fir as Le MortiLle. The
beg is 'grovving that inst of attac
Mr. Laurier it would be better for A
biehop Leagevin to see if he eanno
further concessions from Mr. Green
At the same time deep down in
1).ench-Canadian heart there is so
thing approaching to a conviction
the B. N. A. Act has not &billed
obvious -intention of the foundere of
Dominion which was, as stated by
Carnarvon, the Colonial Secretary at the
time, that there should be Separate
schools in every province, for the Pro-
testants where they happened to be the
minority, for the Catholics where they
were the minority. It is unfortunate that
events should have given rise to the
belief that there has been a,miscarriage
of justice and fair play towards Roman
Catholics'. But Mr. Laurier is not respon-
sible. There is a want of logic in assail-
ing him for the faults of others. He had
no hand or part in abolishing Separate
schools in Manitoba or New.Brunswick,
nor is it within his power to restore
hem by Federal enactment. All that re-
mains apparently is for the Catholics of
Manitoba to follow the example of the
Catholics of New Brunswick and get
what they can out of the Provincial Gov-
enment by agitation or friendly megotia-
ton or both.
This, I say, is the feeling among. rea-
eonable French Catholics on the Tory
ide. The unreasonable ones, like Le
Monde, talk of putting an end_ to Con-
edera,tion, but would be quite satisfied'
with the recent settlement if they could
nly get back to power. In the rural
parishes extremists among the clergy are
arning.the people against reading Le
ultivateur, but their action seems to be
nspired by,nothing more lofty than a
desire to hurt Mr. Tarte, who owns the
paper. They certainly cannoi hope to
eneflt the Manitoba Catholics by such
eons. If the Tory party were back tn
face to -morrow it could do nothing in
many
men-
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the real business of the session commenc-
ed on Thursday, the day after the formal
opening. In response to a question by the
leader of the Opposition, Hon. Mr. Hardy
said the Government have no intention or
desire to dissolve parliament before the
regular statutory tnine, and that in se far
as he could state there will be another ses-
sion after the present one, when the legisla-
tive term will expire by the effluxion Of
time, and that all statements to the con-
trary are entirely unauthorized by the Gov-
ernment. The duty of moving the resolu
tion in reply to the.speech from the throne,
devolved this year on Mr. Andrew Pattullo,
the recently elected member for .North
Oxford, and Mr: Jaihn Auld, who' succeeds
the late Mr. Balfour as the representative
of South Essex, Seconded the motion. A
coincidence worthy of mention in this con-
nection is the fact that it each of the three
sessions of this present Legislature a news-
paier man has been selected to move the
address. At the first session the honor was
conferred upon Mr. John Craig, of the
Fergus News Record, who represents the
east riding of Wellington. Last session Mr.
M. Y. McLean, of THE 1117RON Exerosrroo,
who represents South Huron, was selected.
This session the Government went one
better and selected a newspaper map to
both move and second the address. Mr
Pattullo is a fluent, forcible and accomplish-
ed speaker, and on this occasion he did him-
self full justice, and fully maintained the
high reputation he has attained as a public
speaker. Mr. Auld is not so fluent or
oratorical as Mr. Pattullo, but he strikes the
mark without any pretense or oratdrical
flourish, or circumlocution, _ and says in a
plain and business like way what he wants
to. Both gentlemen bid fair to be useful
Members of the House, and are sure to take
a prominent part in its deliberations. The
remarks of the leader of the Opposition, as
well as the leader of the Patrons, were of a
somewhat complimentary nature, while the
Premier replied in his softest and most win-
ning terms. In fact the whole proceedings
bore somewhat the nature of a mutual ad-
miration society, but it is possible that this
exraordinary calm is only the precursor of a
itainn which may break forth later on. The
members on the Government aide at any
rate are hoping that this will be the ease, as
a good many of them areepoiling for a, good
old-fashioned fight of the Donnybrook
order. Thus far this parliament the Op-
position have been so conciliatory and
docile that the proceedings have been bor-
dering on the monotonous,and a row once in
w
hile would liven up , the spirits of all
considerably. Business commenced in
earnest on Tuesday last, and in a few days
more every person will have as much to do
0.8 they can attend to. In addition -to the
measures hinted at above, it is likely that
the Government will make provision this
session for the appointment of a Proyincial
Auditor, whose duty it will be to eiamine
the books of municipal treasurers, and see
that they are properly and accurately kept.
This official is supposed to be necessary, on
accoant of the frequency of defalcations on
the part of municipal treasurers, resulting,
not so much from dishonesty, as from a
careless and imperfect manner of bookikeep-
ing mei auditing by municipal auditors.
Additional provision will also likely be made
for the providing for the youth of,the
province proper technical educati nee but
the particular form- which this mat n
take has not yet been made known.
The general expectation is that thit ses-
sion, will be of longer duration thane ant
that has yet been held this Parliarrfente as
it is supposed the Opposition will try to
make a reputation for themselves under'
their new leader. It is also expected that
-the Patrons will be desirous of making some
showing this session on their own acceunt,
so as to justify as far as,possibie, their con -
Untied existence as a distinct party, and to
show that they are a factoi which must ' be
counted upon in Provincial politics. niidg-
tog from theremarks of the leaders of the
respective parties when the address Was
being considered, as as from oatsidt
indications, we may fairly expect that our
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1 According to the annual report of the
Hornet for the Blind at Brantford, the at-
; tenclance of penile for the past year was
somewhat leas than in previous years, ow-
ing, it is thought, to the decrease in the
blind population.- Total admissions during
the year were 141, being 9 less than for the
year ending Septen'ber 30th, 1895. -Of this
number 67 were males and 64 females. At
the present time there are 120 pupils -62
males and 58 females: The colt per pupil
during the year has been $267.
The report ot the Deaf and Dumb Institu-
tion at Belleville for the year ending Sep-
tember 30th last shows it to have been most
successful in results obtained. It is noted
that many of the pepils have become pro-
ficient enough in various trades and indus-
tries to obtain situations and enter into
business on their own account. At the
close of the year there were some 264 child-
ren in attendance. The per capita cost was
$169, as compared with $171 for the year
1894-5. The per capita cost of seven sim-
ilar institutions in New York State is said
to be from $249 to $331. The relationship
of parents of the pupils is interesting to
note. It is as follows :-First cousins 57,
second cousins 24, third cousins 19, distant-
ly related 25. not related 933, unknown 27.
The annual record of the lunatic and
idiot asylums shows the daily averege pop-
ulation for the year past to have been 4,-
709, an increase of 152 over each of the two
preaeeding years. In support of the value
of the system of treatment it id stated that
the percentage of days' -work done last
year by patients in proportion to the num-
ber in residence was 72.69, compared with
69.83 the preceding year. The percentage
of recoveries maintained for °the past ten
years, has bCen 37.97. British institutions
show an average of 37 per cent., and the
average of eight American institutions -was
24.3. The maintenance expenditure for
1895, the last year given, was $595,843, arid
the per capita eipenditure $134.55. Rev-
enue from paying patients for 1896 was
$97,898, a substantial increase over the
previous years.
OUR OTTAWA LETTER.
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Ottawa, Feb. 16. -The other day a
British Columbia delegation. was here
asking a modest bonus of $12,000,000 for
a railroad from Lethbridge through the
Crow's Nest Pass to Rossland, and on
• its heels came another asking the Govern-
ment to extend the road from Rossland
thrnugh to the coast at a cost of $13,000,-
000. They were the "nerviest" set of
boomsters we have seen for soine time.
One of them suggested that the promoters
of all the schemes^ now before the public
should meet and "prepare a programme
of saction;" in- other wOrds, he wanted a
boomsters' convention. It would be an
interesting gathering. The principal pro-
jects seekling Government aid are :-
Hudsoks Bay Railway.
Lethbridge to the Coast.
Extension nf Intercolonial to Montreal.
Dry-dock at Montreal.
Tunnel to P. E. Island.
Canal from Georgian Bay to Ottawa.
St. Lawrence bridge, Quebec to Levis.
- Fast Atlantic line, $750,000 ft year.
The second of these, as justs. said, calls
on the Governmeunt for $259000,000, the
others might perhaps be satiefled with
$4.0,000,000 more. If Tapper, were in the
ciountry he would make a srplendid pre-
siding officer for a convention. of promo-
ters; that is the soet of business for
which native intendel him, either that
or auctioneering.
But the present Government is pledged
to economy. Times are hard and the
clamor for bonuses and appropriations
proportionately noisy, nevertheless Minis-
ters are resolved to keep tight hold of the
purse strings. They believe in spending
money where there is a reasonable pros-
pect of increasing trade and promoting
settlement, but their first duty is td.
maintain the public credit abroad and
have mercy upon the taxpayer at home.
Have we not already contracted a Fed-
eral debt of $260,000,000, with prisvincial
and municipal debts amounting to over
$f00,000,000, in the development of this
country, only to find that after a hundred
years of effort the population scarcely
reaches five millions? Is there to be no
let up to borrowing and squandering till
we land in national bankruptcy?
The Manitoba Ouestion:
Le Monde, of Montreal, declares that
nothing remains for French-Canadians, in
view of what has happened in Manitoba,
but to smash Confederation. This does
not mean. that there is going to be
- bloody work for Col. Denison and the
Deily Guard to do in Quebec. It simply
means that Le Moncle's friends are out of
office and disgusted with the outlook.
Mr. Blake's opinion that remedial legis-
lation by the Federal Parliament was
the light of .Mr. Blake's opinion and of
the notorious hostility of its Ontario
wing to Separate schools in general and
remedial legisletion in particular to re-
store the status quo ante in Manitoba.
The Ontario Legislature.
Mr. Whitney, the new Tory leader at
Toronto, seems disposed to drop the agi-
tation against Separate schools and to
raise the cry that Mr. Ross is, too auto-
cratic in his management of the Public
schools. He may rely on it that dropping
the anti-Separato school agitation will
not suit the robust Tories of the 'orange
lodges. Politics has no, charms for them
unless it enables them to ponnd the Ro-
man .Catholie Church for something. Mr.
Hardy has not had noch opportunity yet
tip .show wilat he can'do as leader of the
House, but there is no doubt he is the
right.inan in.' the right place. A lighter
from "way ,baok" when drinen tO it,. ho
Whores that more can be a,ccomplished
by the art. of conciliation, and is always
rite and generous to the other side. He
surrounded by strong colleagues, while
Mr. Whitney is Jamentably weak in that
sespeet. If the Opposition wants to cut a
figure at the next election it must get
new blood. It was thought that Mr.
Oliver Howland would strengthen •15, but
politics not his forte. When addreising
the ladies on the ethical and testhetical
beauty of five o'elook teas he is a truly
superb spectacle, but does not shine en.
the House; he requires a loftier theme
• than ditchese and watercourses. Martial
says in one of- his epigrams: "Thou
wishest, Cotta, to appear a pretty and a
great man at -the same time, but he who-
le a pretty man is usually a little man.
The Patrons still maintain themselves
as a third party in'the House. They ha
a room of their own where they do the
caueusing. It is not likely that they wi
say much this session, except perhaps o
the stook topic's' of railway passes
Government House. The big square
land occupied by Government House be
ngs to the province only so long 'its
devoted to its present use; if, for in.
'nee, Government House were abolish
Mr. Haycock proposes the land woul
vert to the Dominion, i. e., the pro
ce would lose more than it would gain
th the Liberals in. power at Ottawa
'ght to be possible for Mr. Hardy to ge
e land transferred to the province un
raditionally. Then he can sell it whe
d valuer; in Toronto improve and wit
proceeds build a smaller establish
nt for the Lieutenant -Governor in th
k. The Patron demand, however,
I
ve
ir
11
of
it
ed
v -
from an interview, he was followed by
e the striker's agents and dissuaded from
is joining. He could not get any one at all
from the Maritime Provinces to agree to
serve. The whole box and dice had been
got at by the strikers and filled- up with
noses of what Tupper would do ter
M. when he came in. ilut certain
unbars and persons who were not
eMbers from Ontario were decoyed from
office door to the camp of the strikers
the manner described. Tupper mean -
He remained indoors, declaring to the
porters that he knew nothing of what
s going On, that he had been invited
come from London to discuss the fast
so project and had no other business
hand; when in, reality he had invited
self to- Ottawa and had timed his
hag so as to be on the ground when
the crisis arrived. -
This, I have reason. to believe, is Mr.
Bowell's version of the affair. It Was
probably the first time in the history of
pealiamentary. government that the
methods of a labor strike were introduced
in the reconstruction of a Ca.bipet, and
lo
is
sta
as
re
in
Wi
th
co
Ian
the
me
Par
that the Lieutenant -Governor should re-
ceive his salary of $10,000. a year and
"find himself" in house and grounds or
go boarding if he likes. That would not „,re
be a bad idea if it did not entail the loss
of the valuable property now in use. We re
could hardly ask Mr. Laurier to transfer
the property to Ontario if the intention hie
were merely to sell it and not to erect a
Government Houisa elsewhere. The pass wh
question is in a fair way of being settled re
to the satisfaction, of the Patrons.
wa
cost of Government. tO
Some of these days there will be an ' een
agitation, and a formidable one for a re- en
duction of the cost of government all um
through the Dominion. We have about eees
/00 paid lawmakers in the Federal and
Provineial parliaments, including sixty
Ministers of the Crown; there are eight
lieutenant -governors besides the Governer-
Generalt aid *even thousand members a
the numisinal parliaments, township and
unty, to ear nothing of the- vast array
Pediemilltopeovinclai and munieipal tee
FEBRUARY 19 1897.
to reVillife among orinpeprir,--
not as Many ae there are in Pennsylvithia
and, not as nming by a noillioh aa
nareln the State of New Aix e
eyes Of the office -holding and ofilesetelit-
beg -awes, , who cemstituta a fair pleattit-
age of the total population, it is teams
to suggest a general outting-down. All
the same, there is (*attain to be a move-
ment in that direction before long. It
would have arisen long iisto but for the
fact that here in Onta,rio provincial affairs
have been managed with exemplary hon-
esty and economy,
The Vein to washiregton.
_The Tory papers have bmn pitching
into Sir Richard Cartwright and Mr.
Davies for going to Washington. "What,"
they ask, "have we to do with the Yon
keee? 'Why not draw closer to Britain?"
We have a good deal to do with the Yan-
kees. Providence in its wisdom has placed
us alongside them with nothing but a
surveyor's line distinguishing rather than
dividing the two countries for four
thousand miles. We can't by Act of Par-
liament or otherwise reconstruct - geo-
graphy and get • away from them as
neighbors. Our children and our chil-
dren's children will be equally bound to
take account of the United States as a
community of their own race and span&
lying at their door. Then, notwithstand-
ing the proteptionist folly on both sides
of the line, we do a large trade with
hem. La 1894-5 our trade with them
exceeded in value our trade. with Britain
and constituted no less, than 48 per cent.
f all our trade with the world outside.
Here surely,. without going ftuther, is
ustification enough for the visit of Min-
isterssto Washington.
They found, as might have been ex-
pected, a considerable soreness a.gainst
Canada growing out of the Tory perform-
nces in 1891 when the Old Man sent Sir
ulian Pauncefote to Mr. Blaine- with
n offer of reciprocity designed merely to
elp him at the elections, and broke the
seal of secrecy that had been placed upon
he matter. The Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs in England . would not
ike it if the Belgian Government were
to make use of him for election purposes
nd do a lot of lying about it to boot.
ur Ministers also found.. that Congress
s not interested in Canada, Indeed 'is
holly indifferent and densely ignorant
withal of our status, people, trade, re-
ources and form Of government. The
otion that the American nation goes to
bed at night not to sleep but to lie
wake and plot leiw to get hold of this
euntry is a fiction which only, those
anadians who have never travelled In
he States are capable of swallOwing.
here are a million native-born Cana -
fans over there and probably well on to
elf a million persons of European birth
ho after -emigrating to Canada and liv-
ng here a while moved across the line.
ranting these, it is surprising how few
mericans know anything or care any -
king at all about us. Most of them be -
eve that, being colonists, vre have to
pay a yearly tribute to Britain and to
admit Britiih goods free of day; henA0
they will tell you that reciprocity with
Canada is clean out of the question.
Ministers had their hands, full in. try-
ing to dispel this profound apathy and
want of knowledge within the halls -of
Congress. They had also po encounter the
hostility of the protectionists in the bor-
der States to freer trade with Canada,
which his its counterpart in the hostility
of our proteetionists to freer trade with
the States. All they could.clo, seeing that
the RepUblicane will not asSurne Ofdee
till Monk 4, whis • to. uege the leading
men of that party to agree - to the ap-
pointment of international commissioners
to negotiate for closer trade relations
some tirae after that date. Where was•
the harm in thisP Why, -it :would have
been next door to criratnal if Ministers
had neglected so plain a dutY.
.The Tupper ConspirseY•
Sir Maekenzie Bowell has returned to
journalisna after eighteen years of a Min-
ister's life and evety one wishes him suc-
cess and a long life. lie is fond of giving
his opinion in private of the individuals
composing the "nest of traitors" who
"threw him down" and out. It is a pity
he does not write an accotmt of that epi
sodesfor the benefit of the historian of the
future. ",Bowell on 13olts" would be a
book worth reading. It appears that the
Tupper conspirators seduced all the men
who agreed. to enter the Cabinet in their
place. Mr. Bowell's office as' Premier
was, in faet, picketed and when a mem-
ber suspected of being willing to join a
reoonstructed Administration came out
I address, while counoillor Ruskin made the
presentation. The address gave expression
to the efficient, painstaking and leveed -ad
manner in which Mr. flohnan had.. pee.
formed his duties as clerk, and to hie genial
and obliging manner as a citizen, and one
who was ever reedy to promote the beet
interests of the community., kr. Holman
made a brief and feeling reply, thanking tile
donators in suitable terms for this meg.
nificent tokennf their regard. A splendin
programme of‘peeches and sowgs was then
the carried out, all responding to . the call_
of the chairman promptly and ably. The
whole affair was a splendid success and re-
flects much credit on the reeve and those
who assisted him in getting it up. Amnia
the large number present and who also took
part besides those mentioned above, were
county conneillore Dr. Rollins and D. nle-
Innis ; Messrs.N. Dyer Hurdon, manager
of Molson'e Bank, C. H. Sanders, editor of
Advocate, T. W., He,wkshaw, and E.
Christie,' all of Exeter ; Councillor Reddy,
Treasurer Coates, Messrs. R. Delbridge, J.,
A. Gregory, H.- Brown, H. Borland, S.
Pym , and S. Andrews, all of lisborne.
After singing " He's a jolly good fellow,"
and " God save the Queen," the meeting
broke up with a general handsha.king at
midnight.' This affair was alike creditable
to Mr. Holman, and those who toqk part in
it, ehowing as it did, their appreciation of
his worth and ability, and the high place he
holds in the confidence of a people arecing
whom he had lived for so long and whom he
had so faithfully serVed.
weneleemiammenease
eoriNcm.-Council met in Jones' • hotel,
Leadbury, on Monday, February -15th. The
bonds of the treasurer were receieed and
accepted. The auditors' report was re -
°dyed frona the auditors', and. aceepted as
correct, showing a balance from general
funda of $1,223.83, and inyested on mort-
gages, $12,700 ; balance of municipal funds
on hand to invest on first mortgages; $1,8827,
liabilities to township of Grey for outlet,
$290. The clerk was instructed to have
abstract of anditers' report printed.' A
number of aceounts -were passed and paid,
treasurer's salary, charity, enguienes
expenses etc., to the amount of $142.42.
Council :djourned to meet in Jones' hotel,
Leadbury, on Monday March 15th, at 2
o'clock p. m.
BOARD OF HEALTH. -The Board of Health'
met in the Royal hotel, Seaforth, on Mon- '
day, February 1st. There was only Lone -
case of death during the year from infectious
diseaee, that was a case of diphtheria, and
no other cases were reported. The femme
tary was authorized to call the attention er.
medical men to repert all infectious dis-
eases, and have the residene,es where such
cases are, placarded in accordance with the
law and notify all school boardi to clean
closets by the 1st of May, and wells during
the summer vacation.
Tuckersmith.
COUNCIL.—A meeting of council was held.
at Daly's hotel, On Saturday, February
13th. From the auditor's report, which was
accepted, 'we find the following, which may
be interesting to the ratepayers : Total re-
ceipts for the year 1896, $14,340; total
payments, roads and bridges', $1,624 ; coun-
ty rate, $2,412 ; salaries, $570 ; stationery,
postage and printing, 887.30 ; nuscellaneous,
$58.65 ; board of health, $30 ; charities,
$16.50 ; invested in mortgages, $2,700 ;
schools, $5,644 ; total assets, $19,350, of
which $1,666 is (mush on hand ann arrears of
interest ; liabilities unpeid areounts, $153.
The tender -of John 'McNevin wee accepted
for the supply of timber for culverts. The
seder to be at $13 per thousand, and the
elm at $11. to be delivered as directed by
the council. Mr. Ebenezer North, manu-
facturer Of Portland cement, eoncrite stone,
culvert and sewer pipes, of London, was •
present at the meeting, and gave the coun-
cil prices fully 25 per cent. better than they
have been paying in the past. The council
deferred ordering a car load until some
future meeting. The next meeting will be
held at Kyle s _hotel, on Saturday, March
13th, at 10 o'clock a. ne The board of _
health met on the same day, at the same
place. Mr. D. McIntosh was appointed
chiirman of the board for the current year.
A specimen of meat obtained from an ani-
nka1 upon which a tumor had grown, Was
forwarded to the secretary of the Provinciell
Board of Health for scientific examinationS
- An interesting report is expected in a feW
days upon the .matter. The board also de-
cided to cloeely examine all slaughter houses
the municipahty during the coming BUM -
mer, to see that all slaughtering, disposal of
the offal, etc., etc., be carried on in accord-
ance with the public health act, and to
prosecute parties who viblate the act, after
due.notice has been given them.
this reason if for no other he should
lish thit story. Where he showed him -
weak was in not advising his Excel-
cy to dissolve Parliament and send it
*adds. (Naha= of lasignane-and pub
illietteitasat elligaptiaaalaindesirrimueboo"9. Zkunlisebec°f
I carman, the most expensively gov-
mined community of its die anywhere.
The lieutonant-governor ($10,000 a year)
iapaid more than the vernor of Maine
to t
stri
and
Vermont, Rhode Islanr and New Hemp- any
- place
shire all put together. The Legialative Nor
Council, a toeless body as the example of /nee
Ontario shows, costs about $50,000 a the
year; last year the indemnity to the plead
menibers,-salary to the Speaker and con- - paeay
tingencies amounted to $36,000, which
does not include printing and. other
secvices. The province builds court-
houses, jells and bridges for the munici-
palities and under the guise of "coloniza-
tion roads" votes large sums to them for
eirdinary municipal work. If these serv-
ices were done at the expense Of the local
ratepayer as in Ontario they would cost
ever- so much less. The bonusing of rail -
Ways has been carried to h prepesterous
length and a pot of money thrown away
en beet -sugar • bountiet, horge-breeding
establishments maintained by the pro -
'One"' and what not. The futded debt
exceeds $80,000,000, or more than the
Combined debti of all the New England
States with New York ,and New Jersey
thrown in. Last year the interest and
charges on- the debt amounted to, $1,497,-
000, or $260,000 raore than the province
.received from the Federal treasury for
subsidy; more, in fact, by $280,00(1 than
the province was able to raise from tavern
and. shop licenses, the direet taxes on
commercial corporations, etc.,; the- trans-
fer of property tax, the succession duties
_ and , the manufacturing and trading
licenses.
If Quebec suffers most, the reet of the
country suffers not a little _from the ex-
ceeelveeeneeeent lin-intern
he people when he found that the
kers had succeeded in boycotting him
preventing him from filling their
s with others. He should not under
circumstances have taken them back.
should he after such treatment have
lely turned over the Premiership to
arch -conspirator Tupper. If it is
ed that he "wanted to save the
" the answer is that party consider-
ations are not the be-aIl and end-all of
life; he owed it to the representative of
the Crown no less than to public moral-
ity to defeat so base and sordid a inane
euvre, whereas he allowed it to triumph.
GATINEAU.
Usborne.
PRESENTATION. -The many friends of
Mr. G. nti; Holman, in this township and
the village of Exeter, performed a very
graceful eat on Thursday evening last, when
a large number of them assembled in the
town hall at Elimville, and presented him
with a beautiful gold watch and chain as a
token of tneir. esteein and appreciation of
his services as clerk of the township during
the past eleven years. Previous' to the
presentation ceremony, about forty guests
sat down to a sumptuous oyster supper,
prepared by mine host of the Elimville
hotel. .After doing ample justice to the bi-
valves, all repaired to the town hall, where
. a large mitnber asaembled. Reeve Delbridge
.
ve o e chair, and inn few well
: chosen remarks explained the (inject of the
' gathering to be to do honor to Mr. Holman,
who had lately resigned his position ea i
clerk andnias taken up his residence in the
town of Seaforth. Mr. Wm. Miners as- r
sessor was then called upon to: read the s
Klippen, ' e
Ica ,Cuaniee.-This work at the Kippen
tints shall hescontinued through a period of some 2
weeks yet. Those in quest of ice should at onee
notify the undersigned. , Hugh Jamison Altbc281e.er
and W. W. Carver.
NOTES.—On Tuesday evening next, the
Kippen court of Foresters will hold an
oyster supper in the hall, which will be of a
private character, being only for the mein,
bers of the home court with their good
wives. The young gentlemen of course
will be expected to bring their best girl. . It
ie needlees to say they are anticipating &
good thfin-The ice harvest is 'lbw in full
sway at oho mill pond, large quantities go-
ing out every day. Messrs. Cooper and
Acheson, who have eharge of the pond, are
filling large contracts. ---We ,- are sorry to
note the serious illness,of Mr. Peter Day -
mon of Tuckersmith, who is nery ill, and
has teen confined to his bed fon some three
weeke, with very little imprevement. His
many friends hope soon to heaa of his tak-
ing a change for the bettern-Mr. Robert
Wilson, of- Seaforth, was in the village dur-
ing the week looking up tradn-A number .
from this district attended th anniversary ,
services at Hills Green on Sab ath and on
Monday evening, and _pronoun e it one of
the besa-The season has gain rolled
round for getting home the gravel for
statute labor, and many are now engaged.
performing that duty. -A number in our
vicinity are at present not in very good
health,' suffering from colds and other
causes, among them being Mrs. Andrew
Bell, who has been poorly for some time,
her trouble being neuralgia. Mr. R. B.
McLean is also not enjoying his wonted
health. -Mr. m. Doig, who has for the
ing the bairns. He left on Monday last for
Vtrif
past twelve yea been successfully engaged
in schoolteachi , has given up that pro-
fession, and is turning his attention to the
practice of law, Mr. Doig thinks there is
more money in that profession than in teacb-
Detroit to pursue his studies in his new
profeseion.-Mr. Ricker was at Goderich on
Saturday last, transacting business.--Tlie
large number and cluality of tbe logs that
are being delivered this eeason, shows that
our forests are still possessed of lame of tbe
finest 'quality of tim*r.----Mr. William
Chesney, of Egmondville, whe isenow per-
forming his duty as assessor for' Tucker -
smith, was in the village (luring the week
in that capacity. -Mr. Ricker, our village
carriage maker, is new getting ready for -
the spring tradn-Grain of all kinds being
on the decline in price, has the effect of
making our grain market not so brisk the
past few days. -Mr. Wm, Kyle, jr., is now
filling'a large contract for sand, to be de-
livered at Heneall, for building purposes,
for Mr. George C. Petty. The business
peop e of Herisall know where to get a good
article, Mr. Kyle's sand being of the
best fon building purposes .-Messrs. James
Cooper and Son purpose in a few days mak-
nit another shipment of sheep to Manitoba.
These gentlemen are establishing a wide
eputation for being breeders of good
heel).
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