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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Record, 1881-04-22, Page 4HURON RECORD. aore, without any rebate to actual set- . �4 >!tiers; and the railway lands in the hands +'L1NTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22N1.), 1881. of companies are sold at •a very much higher price. This principle of rebate BEATH' OF LORD BEACONS- to encourage actual settlement and ,cul - F. LD. -- tivation, wen first adopted by the present owners of the St. Paul,. Minneapolis ,k After an illness of some few weeks, Manitoba Railway. They soil theirLord Beaconsfield expired on Tuesday lands at fire dollara-an acre, giving a re - morning last about &3Q. He had bate of one-half so that their present re- solution isa very decided inducement days but -on Monday. night had a re- to settlers to go into the Canadiap lapse whish resulted in sudden death. Northwest in preference to Minnesota, The deceased earl was in every respect inasmuch as the lands are sold to them a remarkable man, and as a statesman at ono half the price. We are sure was equalled by few, and excelled by that the company will be prepared to none. • make contracts for lands required for He was first elected to Parliament cattle raising and other purposes, not in 1837, the year of Fier,Majesty's ac- involving immediate cultivatioe, on very cession to the Throne, .He was junior reasonable terms. Altogether it is evi- member for the constituency of Maid- dent from this circular that the alarm Maid- stone. Some time after this he was which was felt in quarters that the com- married to the widow of Mr. Wyndham pang would hold their lands in order to Lewis, who had been the •onion repro• obtain' the advantage of a rise in price, :mutative ofthis constituency. In 1841 as the result of the settlement of 'th.e he was returned for Shrewsbury,. and government lands, was eutiry without was elected for Bucks in 1847, which warrant The gsntlemen wh have en - he continued to represent until his ele- vation tared into this contract with the Gov- ernment to the peerage. In 1852 be be- are shrewd business nien. eameOhancellorof the Exchequer under, They realise that an acre of land under cultivation,w ithin their traflio.reservion is a far more direct pecuniary' advantage to them; .titan an acre of land at almost any price.that within reason could, be looked for from it within the next fifteen or twenty years. They have'adopted a reasonable policy, 'and we are quite cer- tain that it will result in the very rapid. settlement of the country.: • The offices of the Company in' this country have:been formally Opened, and taken possessionof.' . Mr. Drinkwater, the secetary, -is duly installed, . and ev- erything is in readiness for. the active prosecution of the work of construction,. The Pacific Railway Company, we as -well as for.the- proper .fnanagitnent are informed,ehavc completedtheir ar-: of the railway itself.- : The first tariff of • rangements in'England,, and the leading .oiiarges has'beeii agreed :upon, and has • members n£.the.:Company.will be: back' received tlie:as.fient..ot lte.Go:verner;%en. • in Canada in a -few. days.:! `Mr:--312-cInr.--eral'Win-gouneil-.•--Weare-in •-a•-position- tyre, we. understand, sailer[ last Thurs to say that it is•a large reduction` upon . day. Messrs. Stephen And Angus will the &o113 which :the.: Government. ,save• sail on Thursday next, That'the Coni- been charging up to this'time; and we • pany purpose to earnestly niter upon aro satisfied that - it will prove eminent• their work may be inferred from •the ly satisfactory to .the busmecs coinmu 7. following circular Which:has been issued nity. '• The ani1ounoment.whioh we were in England under the heading d'Erni- 'able to make: the other .day :of a very gration to Manitoba and the Canadian •material reduction not only upon:'tile• 'Northwest Territory; the future. wheat Canadian PacificRatlway.inthehandsof field of America :' theoompaaiy, but•also• upon the St. Paul,. •" The Canadian • Pacific Railway` �1IniiienpolisandllanitobaRailwavmait• Company, subsided by the . Domin aged by the same gentlemen, has, . we ion Government for 'the . 'purpose have reason to :believe, been received of completing.a continuous line of rail, with the liveliest, satisfaction by per-. way •through..British cerritoiy,from the :• sons interested is the Manitoba, trade. present Canadian system of.railways•to:. .. the Pacific Ocean, have'a;grant oftwen-' Tho,ofhcial..tinuouncement;of the trans- ty-five million acres of • the best; farming . • fey 'of the property. to the new company lands, situtated b 1ween thea Red >appeared in the Cantt%Ia'OAzette on Sat- of the North andR;ocky.Mouutains, iu'urdaylast. • An inventory is-iioiv. •be-. what is known as the Eertile Belt of• :. • • North America, and contiguous. to the }ng . made of 4ite rolling stock and' main line o3 the projected railtivay and other property :of the Canadian Gor•- its branches. The • company purposes ernment, which Will. be taken `over; by to complete•,anrl have&iii operation 250 the company, and by the twenty-fifth miles of the railway.•west of 'Winnipeg of this month, the 'Whole system will be by the close of the present year, and to ;• in the hands of the C4neda Paei6.e Rail-. carry it to the•foot of the Rocky Moun•• - tains, 650 Miles further,:•by the end of way Company and from thence will, be 1884. The work of, construction will, operated by them. We, congratulate during the •next . •ten years; afford . the Government upon the promptitude • employment to it large force of nien and ;With which the business of transferring boys. To encourage .the' rapid settle- • ment of the country, the Canadian Pa- , the railway to the company, has.•been cific Railway.' Company will be prepay=- conducted; ancl we have no doubt what - ed, until further•neticet to sell its lands ever,' that the. experience under. its at the low price $2,50, or:ten shillings maijagement will remove the last 'es - sterling, an acre, payable in instalments, tine of. opposition' to the policy , of. the awl will further'maks an allowance by '' way of rebate from this price, of $1.2.51. Government; and'will amply .vindicate or• live shillings sterling for every acre .the wisdom: and • patriotism. •of that def said lands brought under cultivation policy. -Montreal• Gazette. within three -to five years following the . data of purchase, according to the• na • • . • EDI1'OIIIAI:.-NOTE& titre and extent of the other improve- nients made thereon. Contracts• at - - : special' rates will be made for lands re- T4E:population of Clinton is 218 quired for cattle raising and ether pix- • more than last year. How doss this poses' not involving, immediate cultiva- • "exodus" Mon. Intending -_settlers and: their of .agree with the se much talked fe ts, on reaching: the• Company's rail- about:.. . way, will be forweitad thereon, to their • plats of destinations, on. Very liberal Tn:E Bev. William Morley. Punsinon . tonna." • the distinguished •Wesleyan .minister This. is the first 'official intination we died at Brixton, England,: on'Thursday have had of the intentions of the Com-.'nnerning,• 14th inst,, from Bronchitis llo�r in relation to ththr land poll:Oran& aged •57'•. years. He was born in Don - "e sure that the decision which caster, England in 1824, .and became a' • they have an. ',led at, will be eminently local preacher in the. Wesleyan body heople 'of •Canada, at the early age,of 18.. Before many satisffetc}ny to the - . 'United States .years he became 'a Successful preacher T1•s compared With 4r..:L. ffered and drew crowds from all .parts. to hear Lord Derby, whish post lie - continued during three administrations. In 1868 he was made Prime Minister.. In 1874 he filled the position again and contin- ued to do so for six: years, during which time he took part in the Conferences at Berlin and succeeded in. bringing about peace without trouble. He was ere- ated earl of Beaconsfield in 1876. Dis- raeli wrote a number of works, among them being "Endymion." Truly it may be said that "a great man has passed away." • T i.E PACIFIC RAILWAY HON'. JAMES PATTolt bas been ap- pointed to the vacant collectorship of, Customs at Toronto. At a ix -Meting of the Reformers oi` the North Riding of Ontario, held at Can- nington, on Tuesday last,. Mr. Joseph Bigelow, of Port Perry, was chosen as the standard-bearer of the party in the coming election to the Local House; ON Tuesday last voting took place on the Scott Act in the. County of Hal- ton resulting in the Act being carried by the handsome majority of 87. Oa. the same day they Canada Temperance Act was carried in Annapolis County, N. S. by a majority of 1200. OTTAWA Citizet :—We have yet to read in the columns of a grit journal a single sentence in condemnation of the Globe's brutal treatment of SIR Cn.0 u,Es TUPPER. On the contrary, several of the organs, taking their cue from the Globe, have endeavoured- to .emulate it in its policy of slander and scurrility. The generous treatment. accorded to MR. MAcnENzut by the Conservative press, presents a striking contrast to .the ruffianly attacks of the Globe .and its fellow journalistic. bloodhounds, COMMUNICATIONS. We We wish It to bo distinctly understood that wo do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our•correspondents. Editor Huron'Record. - "• • Silt,—I noticed in your last week's issue an article relating to the sitwing bee at Mr. East's:at which Messrs. J. Shanahan and W. H. Cook were claimed to be champions. We the .un- dersigned wit! Wage them from .$10 to $50 to saw a l.alf hour or as . much longer - asthey chose.. They are request- ed to put-up or shut 'up; ... • Bl!:;TJ. , C1IuRo4 iLL; . , W. T. FARotni4 t.. M ...Parents and Children., • Editor .,1 i rcn. Record - Mit . En11roa —Permit me throuuoh • ' your columns to -say a few words• re specting °the.. above subject. • The. love' which•parents bear .towards their child 'ren is manifested 'in a number of:ways. •Proninent among these isathe Provid— ing • for . their comfort:: If we look around• us, we see. the old residents, • who have struggled - through_•the clis- advantages 6 a new country, ar.d now -have sufficient to•.make them *conifer: table the-. rethainder of -their day's,: toil-, nig. day • after- day, in order, that their sons • may escape the hardships ,.,they have•' undergone. - For them'comfor- table houses are built .; a mother's hand. carefully decks out each room with'• many things calculated to inake borne attractive . Eaen room did _• I say? Alas 1.'i of always, '.There is one roam sometimes left uncared for, 'with clingy sinek-y•walis, shaky ugly' seats,' with no ' ientilation,:;, except, the many„chinks • through which the wind whistles.• .Now after Making every other room uarm comfortable:and attractive, those `loving careful parents .send their dear lit'tl'e ones.:ofi early in the morning ter this' wretched room, there' `to sit • for. ,greater part of, the clay,. - alit that • - too after having walked perhaps a m•ile or two through the: cold and wet: There isnot ono•of those people, who provide such a room for their, Children, but 'Would feel it far beneath ...them.' to live in a like dwelling.. But then this isthe. school-room,'and I have heard, the expression, "These olcl �"'1c esks are good enough fora inch rough 'boys." Parents, these are your boys,'; and if your would not have themdesignated '"rough boys," you most put them .into a better school room, for boys are apt to. grow like their surroundings: • It is not at all likely, that a; boy; who leaves a neat and tidy home' in the morning • to sit in a school -room like . the 'one I have described; -(and I. ani sorry' •.there are a•great• many like ]t)' can have •any. respect for; or care very.much how .he' abuse -sit. I am. sure . that if parents would •take a reasonable' view' of the matter, if they would think, - not only of- the present sufferings , of their chit clren in such :sehool=rooms, but also of the evil •results. both to their mind. and body that aro. sive to follow from being confined to suet rooms while young, we wonl'd see no more of those miserable school -houses„ but on the contrary we would` see comfortable ones in keeping •.i-,• V K S O N' eve are qu the price at which ]antis �Ilollld induce a very largo iii}Uij rt►u: was live times President of the Can - ;'lie lowest price at whip!' lands isrit,>nirt Methodist Conference, He was.the railway belt aro so'd' by the Govern„ I atria, . several literary works. 'Un - ' 'Aunt of the ited. States is $2 5(). an, I taui;i,or ek , . 'en. him, In 1868 he came to Canada and with the fine dwellings that surround them,. &men ts. Garfield, April, 14th, 1881. . , oar Just received at Harlaati•cl' Bros, a large stock of American coaboil. "The Doherty organ received the highest 'award' at the Toronto industrial exhibition, 1880, over 'AIL competing, . and don't you. forget it, Victoria Block, NT ARID• ons is: the -time to teles Your Measure; or rourSprinq Suit . adis�n, The-: Clothier, the' Largest- flange fiotubng Tweeds 'rr the : County.. ,•...tea SCOTCH TWEED STJITINGS • IRISH TWEED SUITINGS, : BLUE & BLACK SEEM SUITINGS, CAN.DTLAN TWEED Suitings,, WORSTED, SUITINGS.. JACKSON The Clothier, Clinton.