The Huron Expositor, 1897-11-19, Page 4•
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Progressive Retailing—W. Pickard & Co. (S)
Clothing—MoKinnon &Co (6)
Chilly November—Hodgens Bros. (8)
Canada Business College—B. McLachlan (16)
Fut Capes—W. W. Hoffman (8)
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Tenders for Supplies—R. Christie (5)
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MENTS. I his thrilling experieneea" in the Arctic
regions. DaNansen is described as a young
man of Eabout thirty-seven years of age,
athletic and courageous. He is a good
speaker.
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tEitt fon xpettitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Nov. 19th, 1897
The Mission to Washington.
During the [past steek,Sir Wilfred Laurier
and his colleague, Sir Louis Davis, have
been on a vistt to Washington. The oaten-
sibleebject of the visit of these prominent
Canadians to the American capital was to
attend a conference previously arranged, to
discuss the Behring Sea Seal question, a
neater that has been in process of negotia-
Utile between Canada, the Uoited States and
Great Britain for a long time. Sir Wilfred
and Sir Louis, however, (ltd not take any
active part in this conference, as the ques-
tions involved must be discussed and decided
by the experts appointed by the several
countries interested add who are still in
conference. It is no setret, however, that
Sir Wilfrid took advantage of the occasion
to consult the American authorities on
other questions 'in dispute between the two
countries, and which have been, for a long
time, a cause of greater irritation than the
seal question. Among these troublesome
problems to be solved and settled by the
two, countries are the alien labor law; the
great lakes fisheries; the bonding privileges;
canal tolls, and last, but by no means least,
the United States tariff; as it specially
effects Canadian interests. Sr Wilfri d
makes no secret of the fact that he is en-
deavoring to secure with the United States
such a tariff arrangement as will, at least, Pe T-
ina of the free exchange of coal,lumber,fish,
hay,potatoes, barley,eggs itird other such 'ar-
ticles. What the prospects are of success
in this respect it is difficult to say. There
is one thing evident at any rate,Sir Wilfred
was well received by President McKinley
and other prominent American statesmen
whom he met and conferred with. Here, as
well as 'elsewhere, his sunny ways" seem
to have left a most favorable impression
and the American authorities, as indicated
by the utterances of the leading papers, are,
evidently, more disposed to make a favor-
able trade arrangement with this country
than they ever were before.In fact, Thelt
Of the leading American papers, both east,
find west, are quite out -spoken, not only in
their praises of the Canadian Premier, but
in the belief that it would be alike in the
interests of both countries to have such
tariff arrangements as would permit the
people of 'Canada and the United States to -
'trade on the freest and most friendly terms.
These are all indications of how the political
wind is blowing on that side �f the line.
There is a. very great change in the tone of
the American papers and politicians in favor
of Canada and freer trade within the past
year.
This trade question' is, beyond all others,
the meet important one for the people of
this country, and especially those of On-
tario. A liberal reciprocity treaty between
the two countries would be a boon to both
countries, and Sir Wilfred Laurier could
not do his country a greater service than by
-seeuring such an arrangement. It is tree
we can live without an interchange- in trade
with the United States. We are not nearly
so dependent upon them now as we were a
few years ago, before our products had se-
cured so good a foot -hold in the markets of
Great Britain. But, a free entrance. into
the American/ markets would not destroy
our hold upon the British market. It would
give its, as Sir John Macdonald used to say,
two strings to our bow instead of one. That
.ie what we want. We have had this year
an object lesson as to the advantages of the
American market to our farmers. Hundreds
of thousands of dollars of American money
have been spread through this Province
this year for the putchase of cattle and
sheep, as the result of the removal of the
quarantine regulation t preventing the pass-
ing of these animals from one country to the
other, and but. for the removal of these
regulations we would not have seen any of
this money, and as Mr. Ironsides says, beef
would have been selling for a cent a pound
in Montreal. As it haa been with cattle
and sheep, so it,would be with almost every
other product of the farm if the tariff wall
between the two countries was laid down.
It s to be sincerely hoped, therefore, that
Sir Wilfred will be successful in his efforts
• to get this measure of relief for Canadian
farmers. But supposing we had reciprocity
with the United States to -morrow, that
should not and would not prevent us put-
ting forth every effort, as we ardnow doing,
to increase our trade with Greet Britain,
and ta cheapen and imptove the carrying
facilities between the two eountries. Can-
ada has great sources of production, which -
are only commencing to be developed, and
no person need fear that we will hare too
many or too profitable outlets for our pro-
ducts. The more markets we have the
better it will be for us. We do not want
any narrow, sectional, cramped -up policy
in this country. . We want to trade with
every country in the world that will trade
with us, and we must remove, as far as
;possible, any barriers that exist and that
:stand in the Way of that extended trade.
This seems to be the policy of the present
Government, and it is the only policy that
Will make a country, situated aa 'Canada is,
great and prosperous.
Dr. Nansen, the great Arctic explorer,
delivered a lecture in Massey Hall, Toronto,
on Saturday evening last, to an audience of
over three thousand people, in which he
electrified his audience by the relation of
Has the Surplus been –Dis-
sipated?
One of the leading complaints which Mr.
Tat mHURON
mmismiumisa
men of the:partY seem o be -yearning for
the honor. Centre To onto has, until the
last election, been strongly Conservative.
It was won from its former allegiance at the
last election by Mr. Lount, who has resign-
! ed. The Liberals, therefore will make a
I big push to keep it, while the Conservatives
will mike equally as strong an effort to win
it back. The election takes place on the
30th Nevember.
Whitney and his colleagues make agsinst -
the administration of the Liberal Govern-
ment in Ontario is, that the surplus left in
the Provincial treasury by the late Sandfield
Macdonald Government has been "dissipat-
ed." This is not a new complaint by any
means. It has been made at every election
for the past fifteen years, but notwithstand-
ing this fact, and the additional fact that
its incerrectness has been proven as fre-
quently as it has been made, it has once
mere been resurrected and is being put
forth with as much zeal and earnestness as
if it had been made during the present cam-
paign for the first time. But although
it has been refuted frequently through
the press, on the 'platform and in the Legis-
lature, it is necessary as it is again brought
up, to refer to it once more. The meaning
of the word" dissipate," is to destroy by
wasteful extravagance, to squander, to be
extravagant, wasteful or dissolute. Now,
let us see how far the Government are open
to this charge, in so far as the alleged sur-
plus of the Sandfield Government is con-
cerned: That Government left in the
treasury when they vacated office a surplus
of about three million dollars. It is claim-
ed by the opponents of the present Govern-
ment that this surplus has been "dissipa-
ted." Well, the Government, in connection
with the Municipal Loan Fund distribution,
paid direetly to the municipalities in cash
over three millions and a half of dollars.
Every municipality in this county got its
ahare of that distribution,. Without going
any further, therefore, more than the sur-
plus the Sandfield Government a Said to
have left in the treasury is accounted for.
Surely no one will say that it is " dissipa-
ting " a surplus to distribute it among the
municipalities for their own use. Indeed,
we venture to say that the People of On-
tario, irrespective of political distinctions,
would not only approve of, but -would be
most willing to participate in another sur -
plea distribution of a like nature, if it could
be made. We are sure it would come very
acceptable at the present time. Well, that
is the way the Sandfield. surplus was
"dissipated," and that is one of the acts
that Mr. Whitney and his colleagues are
condemning. But, that is not all. Since
Sandfield's time the Goveinment have given
over nine millions of dollars to assist in the
construction of railways. .It is due to this
assistance that nearly every farmer in the
Province has a railway station almost al
his door. Before this assistance was given,
many farmers in this Province had to travel
between twenty and forty miles with their
produce to market, while now these same
farmers can get to market in a couple of
hours, thus saving time, money and much
inconvenience and hardship. These are
only two instances of how the surplus rev-
enues of the Province have been administer-
ed. We could give numerous other, instan-
ces showing where additional surplus
revenues, to the amount of many millions,
have been expended and which were equally
beneficial to the people with those we have
mentioned. It is not necessary to , do so,
as,no doubt, many will occur to our readers.
Now, supposing the Government had not
given this three and a half million dollars to
the people, and this nine millions of dollars
to assist. railway construction, they ceuld
have at least that amount now in the treas-
ury to add toithe present surplus. In short,
had the Government kept in the treasury
the moneys we heve already mentioned and
that which they have expended, more
than was being expended by the
Sandfield Government, in erecting and
maintaining public institutions, such as
our Insane Asylums, Deaf and Dumb Insti-
tutes, and_such like, the Government would
now have to their credit a surplus of fifteen
or twenty millions of dollars. According
to Mr. Whitney's . argument, this is what
they should have done. But would such a
polio' have been best in the interests of the
;r
Prov'nce ? If instead of giving this money
to assist the people and relieve their bur-
dens, as it has done,the Government had al-
lowed it to accumulate in the banks,yielding
only perhaps three per tent, interest, would
their course have been commendable? We
claim that it would not. They would have
acted the part of the unprofitable servant
who tied up his money in the napkin, and
would have rendered themselves justly liable
to the censure of the people. Ins tead of al-
lowing the banks and loan companies to pro-
fit by the surplus revenues of the Province,
they have expended them for the benefit of
the whole people, and in this way have not
only lightened the burdens of the people
but have enhanced and aided in the pros-
perity of the Province. And, although
their cenduct in this respect may subject
them to the adverse criticisms of Mr.
Whitney and his _associates, we are sure it
will receive the hearty approval of a large
majority of the people of the Province. It
has been approved of by them before, and
we are sure it will be again. Indeed, if the
Government could only be prevailed on to
reduce the surplus -which the still have on
hand, by.distributing a couple of -Millions of
dollars among the municipalities as they did
before, it would be one of the most popular
cards they could play. ..
Editorial Notes and Comments.
Preparations are being made for a fierce
political battle in Centre Toronto, the con-
atitueney rendered vacant by the retirement
of Mr. Loma Both parties are donning
their war paint, and fur is sere to fly before
election day. The Liberals have won the
first round as they have already placed
their candidate in the field, whereas the
Conservatives do not hold their convention
for the selection of a candidate until Satur-
day night. The Liberals had a convention
on Monday night, and unanimously selected
Mr. George Bertram as their candidate. Mr.
Bertram is a prominent manufacturer in the
city and is likely to prove a strong candi-
di&te. lion. Mr. Tarte was at the con-
vention. by invitation of the 'Young Liberal
Club, and delivered a stirring address. It
is not yet known who the Conservative
candidate will be, as none of the strong
Three Dominion bye-electioes have been
held within the last week in_the Province of
Quebec. In two constituencies, the Con-
servatives did not put up a candidate, and
supporters of the Laurier Administration
were returned by acclamation. In the
third, Drummond and Arthabaska'a con-
test took place, the voting being held on
Saturday. The Conservatives put up a big
fight, but Mr. Lavergne, the Liberal nomi-
nee, witeelected by about 1,300 majority.
This does not look as if the Laurier Govern-
ment are losing ground in Quebec) at any
rate.
I Mr. Robert Ironsides, who handles the
bulk of the Manitoba and Northwest cattle
that comes east, says that the Northwest
trade this year has been unprofitable and
disapflointing. Poor quality he gives as the
principal reason for the failure. Flies and
rain injured the stock and the cattle failed
to fatten up well on the long grass. He says
that there were an enormous number of cat-
tle raised in the Northwest, and the fad
. that thoupands were- taken across the
line for 'feeding purposes prevented
a glut. Otherwise beef might have
sold on the Montreal market at a cent
a pound. Shipment to the British market
did not turn out well. This is the opinion
of a practical ,man who knows what he is
talking about. It seems, therefore, that
the opening up of the American market for
Canadian stockers has been a benefit to
Canadian farmers, although some papers,
who evidently do not know much about the
business, insist that it was a fatal mistake
on the part of the Canadian Government
when they arranged for the abrogation of
the quarantine regulations, which permitted
the exportation of these cattle to the United
States. As it is with cattle, so would it be
with ever ei other article, could we have a
fair treaty, of reciprocity with the United
States, and- no Government could do a great-
er service for the farmers of this country
than to secure such a treaty.
A contemporary remarks: The chief bur-
den of Mr. Whitneyand his colleagues
seems to be the cry
ministration of the 0
brought Ontario to t
hat the wasteful ad-
tario Government has
e verge of direct tax-
ation, and that the I boasted surplus is a -
myth, and that the liabilities of the Province
have been concealed from the people. Is it
not a strikingly powerful testimony to the
'good government of this Province that not
a single charge of corruption is made against
the Government or any member of it? Just
think of it. Not a single charge of using -
the public funds for private ends, net a
'single Minister enriched out of the public
funds, all the Ministers working for their
living, not one of them what you would call
a man of means. One would not have to go
far afield in Conservative administrations to
find men who have grown rich in politics.
Just put your -finger on that positive fact—
the Conservative Opposition leaders in On-
tario have no charge of corruption to make
against any Minister of Ontario. Think it
over. Then look elsewhere.
The Brantford Expositor says "A few
of the Tupper organs, led by the Mail and
Empire as bellwether, are now talking of the
Crow's Nest -Pees subsidy as excessive.
They allege that three million dollars will
be paid under the legislation of last session
for the construCtion of the near line by the
Canadian Pacific Railway. This is a pal-
pable falsehood. A large proportionof this
subsidy is payment of the Canadian Pacific
Company for surrendering monopoly priv-
ileges which were conferred on it by Sir
John Macdonald's Government and the Par.
liament it controlled sixteen years ago. Of
those privileges Sir Charles Tupper and his
present organs have always been strenuous
defenders and apologists, while they have'
always been condemded by Liberals." It
may be added that Sir Charles Tapper and
his followers accepted the bargain made by
the Liberal Government for the construction
of the Crow's Nest Railway, and that no
member of the House, Tory, Patron or Lib-
eral, called for a division on. the question.
Under these circumstances it may fairly be
assured that the bargain is not as bad as
some would now like to make it appear.
Huron Notes.
—A flourishing literary society has been
organized at St. Helens. -,-
-The Auburn public library will be
opened on December 1st. i
— J. T. Powell has been engaged to teach
in school No. 9, Goderich township.
— The Orangemen of Amberley had a very
successful tea -meeting on Guy Fawkes day.
They realized $20.
—Mr. A. Green has purchased the store
of Mr. A. C. Tudor, at Carlow, and Mr..
Tudor has moved to Thedford.
— Mr. James Colclough, of the base line,
Goderich township, is having a new house
erected for himself.
- -Miss Maggie McLeod, of Sault Ste.
Marie, is at her home in Leeburn, where
she will spend the winter.
—Miss Kennedy, of Clinton, has been en-
gaged to teach inthejunior department of
the Ethel school.
— Reginald Elliot, son of Mr. B.V. Elliot,
of Exeter, has been appointed manager of.
the Molson's Bank, at Norwich.
—Mr. A. D. McDonald, of St. Thomas,
and father of Mrs. Whitfield Crich,of Tuck-
ersmith, dropped dead recently while going
to catch a train in Aylmer.
—Mr. James Wilkie, of Amberley, is
erecting a stable on the site of his barn,
burned last summer. He purposes erecting
-
a barn in the spring.
—Mr. R. Smith has been appointed col-
lector of taxes for Hullett, to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of the late
Thomas Neilans.
—In the football match between London
and Toronto Vaisity recently, H. Ransford,
son of J. Ransford, of Clinton, played, and
had the misfortune to get two of his ribs
broken.
—Mr. Buchanan, who got his hand so
badly hurt by one of the saws in Mr.Todd's
mill, at St. Helens, is getting along nicely,
but it will be some time before 'he will be
able to work.
—Andrew McDonald, who was recently
in the employ of Alex. Ross, Wingham, has
been appointed station agent at West Fort
William, on the C. P. R.
—Mr. Robert Walden, of Begot, Mani-
toba, a fernier resident 'of Blyth, was one
of the sufferers by the recent prairie fires
in Manitoba. He lost everything he had.
— Campbell Bros., former residents of
Huron, but who have recently been engaged
in the hardware business in Winnipeg, met
with a heavy loss recently, their store being
gutted by fire.
—Mount Pleasant, in 6oderich township,
the residence of Mr. George Middleton, was
on- Wednesday, 10th inst., the scene of the
nuptials of his daughter, Miss Maud Mid-
dleton, to Mr. Charles C. Lee, of Goderich.
Owing to recent bereavements in both
families only the immediate relatives- and
one or two old friends were present. The
house was gracefully decorated with ferns
and chrysanthemums, and with a back-
X.POSITOR
ground of these the ceremony was perforin -
ed by Rev. Mr. Turnbull. The bride was
given away by her father, and assisted by
her cousin, Miss Marion"Shappard,as brides-
maid, while Rev. C. A. Seger acted as befit
man to the bridegroom. : The happy couple
left for the east, and after a short honey-
moon will return to reside in their new
home in Goderich,
; —Mr. Robert McCord, of the Thames
: Road, took part in the Fenian raid of 1866,
and is an applicant for the Medal which is
, to be awarded to;those who took part in
repelling the raid.
—Charles Snell, jr., of Exeter, picked
from his garden on Monday of last week, a
raspberry sprig, which was covered with
wellethaped berries. The majority of the
berries were ripe.
—The wife of W. jaekson, of Hullett,
died on Saturday, 6th inst., after a lingering
illness. She was a woman highly esteemed,
and Mr. Jackson has the sympathy of the
entire COIntnenitY. The remains were in
in Ball's cemetery;
—On the evening of Wednesday, Novem-
ber 4th, a pleasant time was spent at the
, home of James Horton, Leeburn, the occas-
ion being the marriage of his daughter
Maggie to William Cook. The pastor, Rev
James Hamilten, tied the nuptial, knot.
--Michael Finnigan, a native of West
Wawanosh township, while at work -on a
building in Michigan iceidentally slipped
and fell to the ground; and WU almost in
stantly killed. The remains were taken
home and interred in St. Augustine come
tery.
— Hugh Davidson, manager of the Canned
Salmon Factory, of Vancouver, British
Columbia, and Wm. Nioklin, merchant, also
of Vancouver, were the guests of -their old
school mote, John J. Rutherford, in Gorrie,
last week. _
• —At the annual plowing match at the
Model Farm, Guelph, which was held last
week, Mr. Robert Wilson, of the 9th eon
cession, Howick, who is attending the col
lege there for a while, secured the prize for
being the best plowman out of the 38. con
testants who entered.
—Mrs. Frank Wheeler, of Belgrave, re-
ceived word a few days ago conveying the
sad intelligence of the death of her mother
in British -Columbia. She had not been in
good -health for some time. She went from
Belgrave to British Columbia about a month
ago.
—Thomas Edward Pierce .soiref the late
Nathaniel Pierce Ashfield; died Sunday
morning, 7th inst., and Was interred in Port
Albert cemetery on Monday, at the age of
19 years. He was ill for two tteeks, the
cause 'of' death being inflammation of the
lungs, from the effect of measles.
— Miss MeMath, teacher at Union school,
Goderich township, for the past eight years,
has tendered her resignation, and Aliso Me•
Clusky, now attending school at Goderich,
has been engaged for .1898, at a salary of
$300. Miss McClusky has a first class cer-
tificate, and will doubtless give the best rd
satisfaction.
—On Saturday night; 6th inst., some
persons made an effort to burglarize R.
Knight's tailor shop, in Exeter. One of the
windows in the rear of the store was broken
and otherwise considerably damaged in
their efforts to open it, but for some reason
the would-be thieves left -without any booty.
=Mr. Wm. Cunningham, who for some
years has lived retired in Goderich, died on
Wednesday night of !set week, after an ill-
ness of but two weeks, though for some
time his health has shown signs of giving
way. Deceased was an old resident of Col-
borne township, and much esteemed by
those Who knew him.
— G. Layton has bought the farm of John
McKenzie, Lendon road, Tuckersmith, the
consideration being $6,100. This is a good
farm, has good buildings and is well fenced,
i
and being pleasantly located, the price is
thought reasonable. Mr. McKenzie will
remain on the farm until spring and will
then remove to Brucefield.
—Mrs. Stewart, wife of Wm. Stewart, of
the 12th concession of Hullett, passed away
en Friday, 5th inst., after a week's illness
from brain trouble. She 'was a young wo-
man, only about 40 years of age, and was
formerly a Miss • Trewin. She was very
highly respected, and leaves five children
and a husband, who have the sincere sym-
pathy of their friends. The remains were
interred in Burns' cemetery.
—Elizabeth' Margaret Emmerton passed
away on:Wednesday of last week, at her
home on?the Huron road; Goderich, at the
age of 60 years. Mr. Etrimerton went over
to England lait year and was married to de-
ceased on June 2nd, 1896, at Cowley., near
Uxbridge, Middlesex county. They arrived -
in Goderich on July 1st, and airs.Eminerton
enjoyed good health until two days before
her death. The cause of death was' appo-
plexy.
—Mr. James Tabb, of Auburn' has pur-
chased from Mr. W.J. Biggins, ofElmhurst
stock farm, the red bull, " Royal Mariner,"
a first prize winner at the central show ; his
dam is Ryebeck Rose by (Imported) Gener-
al Booth (54,353). Corwen,of Goder-
kb, has secured for Mr. Henry'Biggins, "Rufus,"
a red ; dam (Imported) Red Rose, by Per-
fection (37,185). Mr. Michael Schwanz, of
Benmiller, a short time ago bought the roan
matchless calf, "Monaco."
. —Miss H. M. Hill, of Toronto'formerly
of Clinton, having returned from her eighth
attractive tour through Europe,. is visiting
friends at Mount Pleasant farm, Goderich
township, and interesting them all in the
relation of her pleasant wanderings in
Europe with from ten to twelve ladies in
her charge. A ninth voyage is in prospect
e
fo ' ext June. Already some sixty" Cam-
dian tidies have profited by the able chap-
eronage of the above lady.
—A wedding of unusual interest was cele-
brated on Tuesday of last week,st the house
of Wm. Gibbons, 10th 'concession of East
Wawanosh, when his niece, Miss Gibbons,
• was united in marriage to Patrick McGlynn,
of Turnberry, the bridal knot being tied by
Rev. Father McEwen,at the St. Augustine
church. -Miss Bryan supported the bride,
and John McGlynn did a like duty for his
brOther,the groom. The ceremony was per-
formed at 9:30 a. m.
—A very interesting meeting of the' Bible
Society was held at Constance on Wednes-
day evening of last Week, ' when Rev. Mr.
Hall, of Belgrave, delivered a very instruc-
tive address upon the work of the society.
Too much could not be said in praise of his
live words on this important subject. Ap-
propriate songs were rendered by the choir,
reports given by the different officers, and
election of officers for the ensuing year duly
attended to.
—The regular meeting of the Quarterly
Official Board of the Ontario street Metho-
dist church, Clinton, was held on Tuesday
evening of last week. The financial claims
of the quarter were paid in full. The ste-
wards elected for the ensuing year were
Messrs. John Gibbings, Henry Plumsteed,
Wm. Tiplady. sr., George Shipley, Jacob
Taylor, JameteCornish, and Wm. March.
Messrs -J. Gibbings, J. Briekenden and ft.
Welsh were appointed to the Sunday school
committee. It was decided to hold the
church anniversary on Sunday, December
12th, when Rev. Dr. Pascoe, of Wingham,
will preach the sermons.
—Theieleath of Edward Jones occurred
on Wednesday, 100 inst., at six o'clock, at
his residence in Exeter. Deceased was born
in the township of March, -Ottawa district,
in the year 1833. At the age of 15 years,
with his parents and other members of the
family, he came west to Tile township of
McGillivray, then part Of ' a dense forest,
where his father took up a claim on the
town line of McGillivray and Stephen.
With stint and hard labor they soon hewed
out a comfortable home for the family, and
throughout life he was especially fortunate
in his undertakings. In the year 1855 de-
ceased married Jane Lampert, of the town-
ship of Stephen, Mr. Jones, after his mar
-
rive, lived. in McGillivray for a time, then
they moved to Fairfield,- and returned to
McGillivray againewhere they remained un,
til December, 1893, when., after getting
their eon's nieely settled in life, they retired
from farming and • with ;their only
daughter came to Exeter. During his
years of agricultural life, Mr. Jones assisted
in clearing three 100 acre farms, and to his
industry and arduous toil is, in a Measure,
due the early breaking down of his consti-
tution.
—Ensign Wakefield, of the Salvation
Army, the present commander of the forces
in Clinton, has hit upon a very happy plan
to solve a a knotty question, viz'the
heating of the Salvation Army barracks. He
invites all those people in the town who
have " knotty ' sticks of wood, which the
owners cannot split and which at the same
time have the tendency to snake the, split-
ters indulge in "naughty " words, to let
'him know or any of the Salvation, Army
workers and the Army patrol wagon will
take the f' knotty " wood in charge and
have it "Iconverted " into ashea in the bar -
rack's etre.'
• —Thomas Inglis'a: well-known and re-
spected resident of Stanley, died last week,
at the age of 46 years. He wee unmarried,
and during his residence in Canada of nearly
25 years, had worked for a number of farm-
ers in Stanley,4recently, being manager of -
the late Donald Ross' farm on the 2nd, and
giving the very best of Ilatiefte4on ; in fact,
no one could have been more thorough 'and
efficient in management than he was. He
was born at Roseberry, Midlothian county,
Edinburgh, and won the lit scholarship and
several prizes at Edinburgh school. As an
expert book-keeper he served five years
with Brown & Hutchinson, wholesale mer-
chants, Edinburgh. He, also had full man-
agement of the Stobel estates, for Sir
Graham Montgomery.
' —On iWednetutay evening of last week,
the honie of Donald Scott, of Jamestown,
.was the scene of an unusual activity, as
guests from l far and near came to attend 'the
wedding festivities. The principals were
B. C. Stokes, son of Thomas Stokes, a well-
known resident of Grey township, and Miss
Isabella Scott, the estimable daughter of the
host. Rev. John Ross, BA., of Brussels,
performed the ceremony. The bride was
attended by her sister, Miss. Maggie, and
Alex. Thompson, of •Turnberry; stood by
the groom. Wedding presents of a useful
and valuable character bespoke the popu-
larity of the contractinglparties. A sump-
tuous supper was spread, to which ample
justice was done by all. The evening was
most happily spent in vocal and instrumen-
tal Music, emits' chat and dancing. Mr. and
Mrs: Stokes begin married life with the hest
wishes of a large circle of friends. They
will reside in Grey.
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Belnaore.
•BRIEFS. --Mise Emma Mulvey is visiting
friends in Mildmay.—Mr. and Mrs. James
Flemming,ot Glensaman,spent Sunday in our
village.—The Belmore literary and ethics-
tional society rendered its first programme
of the season on Wednesday evening last.
The debate was on "Resolved that modern
machinery is an injury to the laboring man."
The debate Was won by the negative. —A
lodge of the Royal Template of Temperance
was organized here on Friday evening last,
with a membership of twenty-five. The fol-
lowing officers were elected : Councillor, J.
Stewart; Past Ceuncillor, J. Abram ; Vice
Councillor, Miss M. Fleming; Chaplain,
Miss J. Bremner; Recording Secretary,
Miss A. Yougill ; Finance Secretary, A.
Darling; Treasurer,. J. Mulvey; Herald, F.
Millhouse ; puard, J: Neill; Sentinel, -H.
Merklay ;Deputy Herald, Miss' Ft Bremner;
Assistant Secretary, A. Terriff.—An enter-
tainment will be held in the school -room of
union wheel section No. 13 Howick and
Ternberry on the 26th inst. The programme
will consist pi vote' and instrumental music,
recitations, dialogues and tableaux. Mr.
Herb Wightman, of Wingham, will be pre-
sent and give an exhibition in alight of hand
work, with clubs, balls and knives.
Drysdale.
DEAR EXpOSITOR,—Would you allow
me- a short space in your valuable
paper to say a few words in reply
to the letter published last week. As
quite a number have "cast up "to me about
the •" rub I got in the paper, I felt it my
duty to respond to it and show them their
mistake. I am generally accused for all
letters sent to your office from this place,
and for that keason I wish to make the cor-
rection. I can honestly say that during the
past year and a half I have written two
(and only two) letters to your paper, and if
by -them I have lowered the reputation of
any one I will willingly repay the loss. I
might also say that if any further notice
has to be sent to the Editor to not publish
letters sent from lying or senseless corre-
spondents letit be done in the plural form,
as there are no less than five or six of that
kind of people around here. -If I have been
the means of disturbing tha"fellowship of
peace and harmony " sppken of, I must con -
less it eves done unintentionally, for to the
best of my knowledge I put nothing in
either of my two lecters to harm fsnyone,not
even a critic, and if the other correspond-
e,ntet have been guilty of the like, let them
come forward to have themselves excused
from the unpardonable wrong, and also to
take their shate of the blame.
Yours r espectfully,
G. HOWARD.
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Varna.
ROYAL LEMPLERS OF TEMPERANCE Es-
TERTAINMENT.—The Royal and Select
Templars of Temperance will hold a musical
and literary 'entertainment on Tuesday
evening, November 23rd. The programme
will consist of readings, music, speeches,ete,
principally by foreign. talent. A small ad-
,
mission fee will/ be charged. Everybody
come. -
DEATR ANOTHER PIONEER. —Scarcely a
week passes but weread of a death of some
early settler. This week it is our painful
duty to record the death of Mr. •John Gray
Reid, of the Parr Line, at the age of 72
years. Mr. Reid had been a resident of the
township of Stanley for over 50 years. He
had always been a strong hearty man until
about a year age when he was afflicted with
some heart tronble and_ passed' peacefully
away on Monday evening last. , He leaves a
family of eight children, three girls and five
boys. Deceased, was a staunch Liberal in
politics and a consistent member of the
Presbyterian church. The' remains were in-
terred in Baird's cemetery on Wednesday
last.
GATHERINGS. --Mr. W. J. Smith, formerly
in the employ of Mr. J. T. Cairns, is visit-
ing old acquaintances here. Will is looking
hale and hearty and jolly as ever.—Mrs.
McDonald, of IDetroit, - daughter of Mr.
John MeAsh, is visiting under the parental
roof.—Two of ourlargest benedicts in the
vicinity, Messrs. A.B. Stephenson and Wm.
Makins, received a -simnitaneous surprise
last week by beieg presented •with a pair of
charming daughters. It is currently report-
ed on reliable authority that friend Stephen-
son solemnly inquired if any'of them got
away.—Mr. J. T. Cairns has improved the
appearance of biz, residence by erecting a
substantial and tasty wire 'fence.—Mr.
J. Harnwell has emoved to Mrs. Sword's
residence and Mr. James Armstrong has re-
moved back to his old home again, vacated
by Mr. Harnvrell.—Mrs. James Armstrong
has had a severe attack of quinsy. We are
pleased to say she is on the way to recovery.
—Mr.- John Ward has been seriously ill for
the past two weeks with inflammation. We
are sorry to say he is not improving much
yet.
NOVEMBER 19,1897.
The People
STORE
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Dress Goods
;You could not hit upon a better time to puzchase a first-class dress at a lo
figure than now. We have sorae exceptionally good values to offer you t is
month, in Blacks, Browns,'Navys, Greens, Cardinals, Greys, Plaids and 84k
Mixtures. The prices for the best qualities will range all the way from 25c
75c per yard.; along with these you will find a good assortment of the bet
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Linings and Trimmings, which will be sold at correspondingly low prices. '
Jacket Cloths
Now is the time-! The stock is large and splendidly as3orted. The m
popular selling kinds •are, the < Naps, .Ourls, Freizes,*Beavers and Beacatell
which come in medium and heavy weights; here are some of the colorings
Brown, Green, Blue, Heather, grey, Cream, Black, etc. Some of these do
are worth considerably more moiney than we are asking for them, but we h
laid out to make a speedy sale of them, and have fixed the prices at from 75
$1.75 per yard.
Millinery, Silks and. Velves
There is a very coniplete range of Trimmed and Untrimmed Hats land
Bonnets. Also Ohildren's Cap; Toques, Tams, Hoods, etc. We want to make
a good clearing of these within the next few weeks. We have too many of spine
lines, so we have put the prices down to run them out along with the che per
kinds. There are also somebargains in Silks, Velvets and Velveteens, dd
lengths and prices.
Cloth jackets and Wraps.
Between one and two hundredgarments are with us yet, awaiting the
advent of colder weather, when the demand of course will be greater. T ere
are some pretty nice Jackets and Wraps in the lot, good fitting, and' Stylis in
their make-up; but aethe season is advancing, we want these goods to g out
with the season. We don't want any 1897 Jackets in 1898, so we are preSred
to offer extra inducements in the way of price to close out the balance oflou r
Jackets and Wraps.
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Fur jackets and Capes
-Here's where the stock runs into money, and where large sales must be ijnade
in a short space of time. Over thirty feet of space has been given to 4.
Jackets, Fur Capes, Caperines, Storm Collars, Muffs, Ruffs, Gauntlets, etc.
have laid in a large supply of ladies' Fur Goods, all of which have been iele d
with great care, so that we- know just -what we are offering to the public If ,
you are in need of a good Fur Jacket or Cape, or any other good. thing in Furs ,
we will give you a good deal.
•
A few more weeks business will close this
year, and we want to crowd as large sales as
possible into these few weeks. Come then !
And let us know your wants, and we will meet
you with the closest possible figures.
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