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CL.UNTO , FRIDAY, MARC$ 18T1t, 1881,
TO .OUR PATRONS,
As we mentioned in last week's
issue, and as our readers will no.doubt
notice, we have made a very important
change in our paper this week, by
printing it all at home and doing
away with the patent " inside." For
some time past—in fact, since we open-
ed out in Clinton—we had not room
for our news and were compelled to
issue supplements every week, but
having made the change mentioned, we
shall be hereafter able to issue aomuch
neater and more interesting paper than
we have done heretofore.
.Having Correspondents in all parts
of the County, we shall spare no pains
to make Tui RECORD the leading local
newspaper, and we ask the .co -opera-
tion of our friends in the work. Let
each subscriber send us in one or two
names if possible. Our subscription
price is supposed to be payable in ad-
vane, yet only a few are paid 'up.
Send in your subscription, and also a
dollar and a quarter fol, your neighbor.
It isa, small matter,, no daubs, but
four or five hundred will sooncount
up, and will greatly:. aid us in, our.
work. .
In our Jobbing Department, we bavo
every facility for doing good • work,
at close rates. -
AMENI HEST OF. THE SCOTT .
ACT: .
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•Senator Almon last week introduced
an amendment_to the Scott Act,' which
will no doubt-ruuso-con-siderable-oppe-,
sition from thetemperance advocates of
Canada. The amendment provides that.
ale, porter, lager beer, and light wines,.
-containing not more than ten per. cent.
of alcohol, be •excempted fhom the op=
orations of the ScottAct. •Theaniehd-
went has beetearried.in tie senate;
and will likely pass. in- the • CoIninoas.
No doubt at,first thought, a gee ttaiar ;y
will'offer opposition to:this atiiendnent,
but we consider it a practical stop in the
right direction. .
If the Scott .Act were in existence in
any county, it would be utterly -im-
possible to immediately prohibit •the.
use of liquor front all' in ;the
habit of using it; some means would
be devised, by vvhicb it could be -sup.-
plied, and in this •way the Jaw 'would
become, in all • probability a failure.;
Now.,if the light and moderate drinks
were excepted from the act, as • propos-
ed by this amendment, tiiose .persons
in the habit. of using liquors would not
be so strongly tempted to smuggle the
liquors prohibited, but would resort to
and Ilse the lighter beverages not pre-
hibited, and in this way, would •soon
break themselves off the ]rabic of using
the stronger drinks, and triton ,theni-
selves in time on total • prohibitation,'
which must be done before the country
will submit, We think that after care
ful consideration the temperance people.
of this Dominion -aught to .feel:•satisfiod'
with the amendment .-of Senator. Al,
mon.
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.Facer recentaccountsgiven by some
of the western papers, and especially in disc.haiging cargoes,.and other speer
that well conducted. paper,;tlre London : a1 , facilities •iii both countries. The
1',ee Press, it appears that the Indians drreet tracbe of Oanaclu ,with Pirted
a
of the Sarnia Reserve, are • in 'a most "1879'vas;••-1 l pertkY.vah s $1, 6,817)
ahplorable condition,:. at tli'o :present exports;•$4,24,2,112,. • TheIntc'rcolonial.
time. The agitation has called •for au and Proud 'i'utinit 'leave agreed to give
investigation, and we hope the -Govern- .
21 PASA'**:14, Y QaF+C.I+MF • - + • nd
SIR Charles 'Tupper,on account of
ill health, has gone for a three months
sojourn in France.
.cm•
Mas.clroater,
'ng on the,
Grit ticket in Ett Northumberland
vice Mr; McCallum, resigned. The
Brighton Etitsipn says that " he is a
Christian man."' That he is a man can-,
not he very well denied. That he is a
Christian is very probable, as Nrrth-
utnberlaud county is inhabited by
Christians, tinct- it would_ hardly be, po-
lite to run a hethen for Parliament
down there. There can be no objection
to the gentleman's religion, but. his
politics are not sound.
THE Nominations for the vacant
seat in the Dominion House for Pari
boo were held on Saturday last. There
are four Candidates, all Conservative,
the election being a personal issue—
not a political one. Voting is on the
1st of April.
THE Government's effortsto secure
emigration from Ireland to Canada
are attracting attention, and appear in
a fair way to bring forth good fruit.
Advices from . the land of trouble state
that during the present year there can
scarcely be a doubt the emigration of
Irish families to Canada will probably
be, greater than it ever has been. Our
correspondent asserts that the report
of the tenant farmers who visited 'Can-
ada in •1879 and 1880, which have been
widely circulated, are doing much good,
and creating considerable interest among
the class with whom they are likely.to•
have tt.e most iitfiuence. -
Mr, Blake's mad career in the House
-of`-Commons, and his continual abuse
of the Government is not even approv-
ed by ,his own foliewers. Hear . what
the Montreal WVitness •.(Grit) says
Mr. Blake took' a very' geestionable
position the other day when, ho re-
proached the Government with having'
mussed. the Irish, relief grant, by per
witting itto. go into funds for the tom
plonion.of ,public works. ' 'O•f all the
Ways of administering relief, perhaps
the most mischievous acid .humbling to
the recipients is that of direst aims -
giving. ..Vastly better for the 'man.iiiy.
toiler that he should be enable to .earn,
tvhat he tteecls Shan'that he should 'be
fed with a poor house spoon.: • What if
we did contribute'to the building Of
harbors ether public works' Is it
not better • for Ireland to leave them
tlian'not W'lhave ;them t. Rather ought -
we to be thankful -if by the wise ad-
ministration of this'fund we have been
enabled to confera double benefit :on
the island' dear to so many of us; first,.
'tosave ht..r;people•£rom starvation, and
second, to leave her in possession of.
the means. of future.prosperity reared
by the hands of her own hardy.. sone:
Of course the' jVitnsss 'is ;a. good author-
ity, being as tt. is the principal. religious'
daily,' in the Grit interest,. in Canada.
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Tnn Canadian and l3razrlian Direct'
11Iail Steamship Company,. which has
been formed with a capital,of $1,400,000
lrss for its Dirtietpr y -Sir ; Charles 1...
Young, Vice -President of the Grand
Trunk Railway of Canada, W. N. Hey
gate, Director of the Canada Company
and of the Grand Trunk Railway,
Geo..Moflatt, Director of the Life Asso•.
tiiation of: Scotland, T. G. Gillespie, late
of Montreal; • and J. C. Fraser, Chair-
man of the Liverpool Board of the.
Thames and Mersey Insurance. Coni
gamy: The netw cornpany is formed toes-
tablish and work.a litre of steamers he,
. tweed 'Canada and, brazil.. The Cana-'
•dian suuinner port. will be Montreal,
and the: winter .port Halifax. ' The
steamers will call at St...Thomas, in the
West Indies, and at Para,, Iaranham,
Gears; Pernambucd,'Baitia,,ani Rio 'de
Janeiro, in. Brazil. Tlie Conipaby will
receive the joint subsidy. of $100,000
voted by the Canadian and Braiilian
Parliaments, In addiion to • this the
steamers are to be accorded freedom
from 'anchorage and light dues, priority
special facilities for• througli.traflieover
mem may a •e fit to bring forward such their lines. Four steamers, of 2;'300 tons•'
enactments as may be beneficial to the burden each, will ruin every nioitth be-:
the two cot
iidiaus. Their means. of stFliport in.tween litries,• The eoutract
the: way of; hunting has; now become with the Canadian (Governwent•hy the
exJiaustecl, and it is propesod that the' (jotnpanv'; or tho Trarisit'Associatioii as
be taught fanning in all its branches, it was originally sestets i t forthree years,;
RIO they be s,@eaclily trained to this pot• dating from May 1st,' 1'851, and there -
cation, so that in st few yetis they after unless terminated by six months
,nay be alalo to support themselves., netiee, The contract with Brazilian
The idea is a good one, and no doubt Government is for tea years, with `pre.,
will be favourably eutextained by the visions for suspension in the event of
fti e.ve>s;n std , „kite Ciuradiau:c xt;ract beim t rw,iii ted,„
The Winnipeg Free Press,demands bet-
ter terms for Manitoba. It says:—" We
believe we should receive a subsidy. of
$60,000 per annum, a per capita allow-
ance of eighty cents until the census re-
turns 400,000, five per cent. on our cap-
ital account of $293,00Q and five per
cent. interest for the commutation of
the available land within the Province -
estimated at $1 per ache. These de-
mands are by no means ' excessive and'
their concession would only place
Manitoba'upoii a footing of some de-
gree of equality with the other Pro-
viucesof the Dominion.
Pion the revenue statistics it would
appear that in ten years from 1870 to
1880 the consumption of cigarettes in
the United Statesincreased nearly
thirty -fold. In 1870 tales were paid
•on 13,881,417, while last year revenue
was?eceived on 408,708,3'65. Physi-
cians declare that the cigarrttes is the
worst , form in which tobacco • can, be
used.: That being the case, the enor-
mous increase • shown here is greatly to
'be regretted. 'Perhaps an additional
cluty;on cigarrottes and the paper used
in . their manufacture would have a
, wholesome effect..
The Port... Hope Z%'eivs warns young
women against' accepting offers of situ-.
. ations i>i the United 'States without a
full kiowleage of the circumstances o£
'.the case, such offers aretoo often merely
Maks'for pit 'zlug`fo `the lent- of the
unwary. It declares that the nefarious
trade is being plied in Toronto and Pert
Hope as well as in Montreal; Were it '
not for the revelations recently made in:
the courts•ef the latter city it would be
impossible•tobelieve. human being's .cap-
• able c'fsuclr depravity: No'punishment
could. bo too :severe :for •the, promoters
of such a traff`i. , . .
• Mi. KEStgEDY has ,entered tho sloe
',tion contest of East . Northumberlancl.
with energy.. On Saturday. eveniit ,
last, . he addressed a large number of
.electors 'al Wooler; and -met witha
most;.;eicttlinsiastie reception: `Ile was
follow.ed,by Mr bee:irane in an able'. .
speech,- and at' the: close Cheers were
giver for 'the: Government and ;their
candidate. Mr: Kennedy's pros]. vis
for election are good,' and his frieiials
•
i l oul.d spare no pains to place ]rim at'
the :head. Of the polls with a large ma-
jority, , Then -test certain ,elections are
sometimes• lost through over -confidence.
Thorough: organization , i always neces-
nary:
A v interesting note. ou the structure
of the : malleable metals when viewed
under the: microscope: isp'uelished by
Mr. J. Vincent,•Elsden.. He reduced
the samples so that they were examined
by tranamitted.liglit; 'The metals - fell
into two classes—one grenular, of
which:tin• might be regarded as -the
type, and the,other fibrous,, like•silver
and, gold. Tho granular metals had
but little cohcsien,• end they seemed to
consist of very suiall 'grants, , each fee -
1 lattl' front .its; neighbors. But the•
fibrous metals look like halt matted
anal interlaced.,' and belia:ved like plastic
bodies.. '
WAiR;TED)
A. ClOOn Oonerat Sravvant. Apply at once at tho-
1 i tieetory, to • nrli , iltA t i l;ws
µ W
CARD; Of•
Tti enhmM9her hogs to return itis stnenre theme,
to tin, molly friends who willingly rendered as.
sistanee le reuwvleg his goods /rote his store, on the
liwt,iing of the lata etre. ' .
fi. A..5.VAXS.• .
eilleoa, Atnrsli 1P, 1651.
FCR• SALE.
?11*U' ltfottotot, Personage, a commodious hrtelt
tuildlue, It. offered for salt/, Price muderateaud
ems of payment easy. Enquire on the prenildod, or
of Messrs.John Jackson and A. 8..k'isher.
I . C,lint tat March 1t11 1.841,.
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GRAIB, MA�
Have received ilus. week.
hie Cases New Cambrio Prints
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The Most Beautiful Lot of Prints ever Shawn by them
in the Tounn of Clinton. '
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Opened Out This tray.,
ET':. We are perparecl to makeup to order, .Gen -
demo's, and.
Youth's: Clothing, AT CLOSE PRICES:
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