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SEAFOIITH, FRIDAY, Feb. 15, 1889:
Pririgle's Letters.
We p bliah on the 6th page Of this
• .issue another letter from • Mr. -James
Pringle n the subject of the Annexation
of Cana este the United St:steep:of which.
he is in aver.- Mr.. Pringle 'Wields 1 a
powerfu1 pen and writes an interesting
letter, and from his paint of view makes
out:a strong case. .But, while we act.
, mit the truth. of mucili of what he says,
we do net agree with the conclusions at
which he arrives. We do not think
that Amtexationwould be moat beneficial
either to _Canada or to the United
States, cor that it is new desired by any
- Considerable portionThf the people of
either 'country. It is . quite true that
the Annexation feeling is tepidly spread-
ing in. bath atm:tries, and. -more especi-
• ally indent/eta.' Mr. Pringle himself
is a hiring example of this truth. As
will be 'remembered by niany of Our
readers Mr. Pringle was once as ardent an
advocatet of the NetionarPolicy as hikis
now orlInnexation. 4ome ten yew
ago, when thispolicyWas first put _for.
ward by;the Conservative party, some
of the ehiest contributions on the sub-
money ,withethe Same freedom and confi-
dence as if it were annexed - to _their
own. There is not much -in this, how-
ever.. . The Americans are shrewd
enengh to invest their money 'any where
that they are reasonably sure of getting
a good return for it There There are hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars Of Ameri-
can money inyested in this country new,
and it is English money that has helped
to build up many of the American cities;
develop many of the richest American
mins', and i stock many Of the largest
Am ricaa irenches. Capitalists are
nev r very particular whether they in-
vest their money in their own or in a
foreign country so long as they can get.
the desired security 'end.' can make `a
profitable investment - A Canadian
cana
et American money as cheaply as
; - , _.
nati e born yankee if he can ',-only
give . the required security... The
reef* that Atneries.n surplus capital
isnot now more extensively used in the
development of Canada's natural advan-
tages is, that owing to our retotrieted
territory there is .no inarket for these
products when they are prepared. :But
- had ice free access to the American mar-
kets this objection would be removed
and he capital could then be 'profitably
used. . No mat, how rich and abun-
dant our mineral resources are unless
th.ey are developed, they are ' profitless.
They will not he developed without cap-
ital, and capital can not be got unless
there lea market for the developed pro--
• duct. Let the market once be found
and there will be no lack of capital -no
matter what Term Of Government we
have. That market would!: be opened
. just as wide by Commercial -Union as by
Annexation, and the one would censereilyoffer as Safe an investment for
capitel as the other.
''.. There are many . other • reasons that
could, be urged, showing that Commer-
cid lUnion •would lae . equally bone -
MEd to both countries and very much
less objectionable than Annexation, but
space forbids further- reference to them
at title time. It is Abundantly* evident
.1,
that a ohangeof some kind isrequire_d and
must soon take plaee. We cannot fight
succesefullyagainstnature. We havebeen
trying this unequal 'battle for the last
twenty years and' we are well nigh van-
quished. Nature has designed that the
several different sections of this :Country
should trade :freely with adjoining sea
tions : of the American Republic, be-‘,
tiveen whichthere is only an imaginary
dividing line. As Mr. :Pringle _says, if
Providence intended that Canadians
should have free .intercourseonly with '
themselves and none ' with their neigh-
:bora,.the natural barriers thatnow e_xist
between the several Provinces would
have been turned the other Way and
inade to do duty as a dividing line be-
.
tWeen Canada and the States. We
have spent many year and many mil..
lions of the hard earnings of our people'
. . .
in a vain effort to -overcome thesenateral
barriers and to establish artificial one
where nature failed-. to provide any, and,
,
the present wide spread discontent and,
•ject ba eat day appeared in these col -
mime from Ms pen. They were widely
_read ancteictensivety quoted front by the,
-then tidieleates of that policy. Mr.
Pringle advocated this policy not from
any pure y selfish. =titres er because he
had any , personal axesto grind, but
aolelk as beneficial nation4i eeforin.
An expe knee of ten yea s having
proved thatthe National Pdliey has not
realized Ote expectations of its twoinot-
era; but at on the centraryunforese en
grievances have grown up under it, they •
' now lookifor another _ solution of the
difficulty' Although the National Policy
has net ccomplished for the country
what itst .dieltiterested supporters ex-
pected itItiould;ithas shown them. that
with our' present. -restricted inarkets
Canada tie'Ver can prosper AS it should
ancrthatiowing to natural•barriers it is
impossible to develop. a profitable in-
ternal trade, and consequently • they
'naturallii look to Annexation to do for
kthe country whit the National Policy
• failed .toFilo. That it would do thie we ' de not fiat- a moment doubt. But, we
think tit 're are other means of securing
all the . enefits that would accrulfrom
Annexat on without any of its disadvan-
tages. *early every argument that Mr.
Pringle-iises and nearly every fact he
. produce could be used:with equal force
•in favor f Unrestricted. Reciprocity or
Counter iai Union; We know he says
• thatthes, &mini:practicable anclean never
. be attaiited, because the farmers of the
United 1Statei would - not assent to it
policy that would bring the -products of.
this country into free competition with
• similar produete - produced by -them-
_ selves. ihis-, however, is just where a
great m ny Make a mistake. Very few-
.— -
of the roducts that we aend to the
v
. United tates come into direct compe-
tition with the products of that coulitry.,,
•
Take, forinstance, the article of horses.
Thelim Hoene can and do breed horses
,
as well as we do, but still the bulk -of
- our horses find a ready and profitable
market n that Country. But, owing to
our dim te and soiI we can rage certain
breeds -co horses better and cheaper than
• they Oast, and. vice' -versa. Consequent-
ly We send them our large, heavy' -boned.
-Clydesdale and Shire horses, while they
.' send us, although in much less numbers)
the fine red blooded animals for which
certain sections of that country are fern:
• ous. They - require our heavy horses,
which they cannot -raise to advantage,
while we require their lighter, hories
which . We can not -raise so° profitably as
t
they ceirk. The . exchange is mutually
beneficiet and the animals of either
- country do not come intoaetual compe-
tition a4th those of .the other. TWith
Commerial Union the conditions Would
remainhe same„while the -ditties- new
paid and which go into the treasury of
either Country would then go into the
pockets' of the „producers onboth side,
and would be mutually beneficial As
it is with hOrses, so it is with almost
all other animals and, articles. For
instance, they would buy and *our
oats while we would buy and use their
corn.' The -exchange would be mutually
beneficial and the product! of .one coun-
try weitIcl not come into competition
• with those of the other. - •
It is also said in favor of Annexation
- ,
as against Commercial. Union, that with
• the 1st* the Americans would not take
the sanieinterest in the *development of
this conntry and would not invest their
. .
I
• unrest prove how miserably We have
failed. The people have well nigh de.
cided to quit the uneven strife and to
recognize the euperiority of nature over
art. When this determination • is fully'
formed, it willbe either commercial or.
political union 'with the United- States.
We believe it to be the duty of every
true banadian to seek first the former,
if it is attained the tatter will never he
desired. :That it is attainable is the
firm belief of very many leading men on
both-siaes of the line. It is well worth
our while, at any rate vs to make a very
determined, as well as sit very unani-
mous effort.
OUR TORONTO LETTER.
(By our own Correspondent.)
TORONTO, February 9, 1889.
The most interesting • proceedings in
connection with the local Legislature
during the past two weeks, .are un-
doubtedly those of eyesterday, so I will
work from the end to the beginning in
my letter, instead of from the begin-
ning to. the end. 1 refer 'particularly
to the tremendous deputation - that
waited on the Governmentin favOr of
• Woman Suffrage. Mr. Waters, the
Liberal member for North Middlesex,
who has long championed this measure,
introducing it session after seifsion with
the persistency born of conviction and
hope, was in his glory. The deputa-
tion included about 100 ladies, mast of
them Well-known in the city for their
excellent practical lousiness e qualities
and for the proofs they have exhibited
of interest in, and 'knowledge of, public
affairs. 'Dr. Emily Stowe, Toronto's
best known female physician, and Mts.
Macdonnell, of Parkdale'were 'the
• chief speakers, and really they acquit-
ted themselves of their tasks far better
• than the average man would or °mild
have done. But then it is doubtful if
any other two ladies in the city 'amid
have equalled them, They made an
evident impression, however, on the
legislators present, for, the House hav-
ing adjourned, nearly all the members
• had followed, the ladies and the Gov-
ernment into the room in which the
Government received the deputation.
Mr. Mowat, in his reply to. the ladies,
delivered another of those admirably
judicious speeches for which he is
noted, and which none of his colleagues
can rival him in. He -.has often de-
clared himself as being a strong sympa-
thizer with the advocates of women's
rights, at least to the extent of giving
them the ballot at elections. On this
occasion he declared himself once again,
but then continued, with a good-humor-
ect.smile. "I cannot say, however, as
a practical politician, that you will
• What you want this year or next year ;
,:but"—and here the .worthy Attorney;
:General became delightfully ambiguous
—"I do say this—that I hope' I may
remain in office long enough to become
the_humble instrument of carrying out
your wishes." Of course it was natural
that - Mr. , Waters should be thank-
ed' by the ladies for ' his ' _efforts On
their _ behalf,and it was - natural
that he . should make a : nioclest
little response thereto, Which brought t;
a close this interesting interview with
the Government. Of, course no one
knows just What will. be the outcome of
this interview, but it is generally be!
lieved to be by no means Unlikely that
Mr. Mowat will Make the question of
Women Suffrage one of practical poll -
tics during, not the next Session, but
the net Legislature. - And while
• is, no doubt, smile truth . in/the-piea
that women arenaturally inclined. to
Coneervatism, it is, no doubt; also true
that the *omen who became enfranchised
at the hands of ,Mr. Mowat would natur-
ally feel grateful to the Statesman Who
had -conferred the honor upon them, and
would act accordingly in the matter of
voting, . • :. • :
There was another occasion .4during
the past few days when women were, to
some extent, under discussion in, the
Rouse. It arose out of a Bill introduced
by Mr. French, to-- amend the present
law relativa to slander,.. so is to -Odd
the necessity in an action for 'slander
against It woman, of showing that any
specific damage Was done by the -alleged
slander, The Bill was one in which the
lawyers of the House concerned them-
selves almost exclusively, and it had.
• the effect of splitting the vote - of the
a0USe in a rather unusual -manner:- :It
turned Mr. Meredith against his . col-
league, Mr. French, and brought to the
assistance of the latter the -Attorney.
.,
General and Mr. Harcourt, and: a few
other lawyers.on the Government side
of the House, only to bring out a. little
later opposing arguments from Mr,
Hardy, the new Commissioner of. Crown
Lands. The Bill passed a sedorod read-
ing, however, and Went to a Special
Committee.
There was another ireportent depu-
tation yesterday, also, in regard'. to the
'Liquor question: It represented the
Ontario Temperance Alliance, and want,-
ednumerous amendments: to the -likens!)
law. Mr. F. S. Spence, the editor of
the Canada Citizen, and the well-known
advocate of Temperance principles,.
headed the deputation, •- and: acted as
spokesman. The amendments asked
-
ler were many, and of varying impor-
tance, as for instance, the trifling change
of -law that ,would close all liquor shops
on all public holidays instead of only
on Sundays and election' ;days, and the
all important change that would compel
a vote every year on the license question
on a ballot -marked virtually, " License -
or no License." TO One and all of these.
deputation's Mr. Mowat returned the
seine .courteous reply, viz: That the
facts set forth shall receive the condo:I!.
eration o.f hirnself .a7,A colleagues ; - and
nonan knoweth what may be the result
thereof.. - - -
Of actual legislation, so far,there has
been ofnecessity very little. The 4A1l.
to amend the Compensation for Injuries•
Act has been teed a second time, and
will be. ponsidered in. cerninittee. Mr.
'Fraser, -Commissioner of Public Werke,
in Whose charge the bill was, made an
exhaustive speech, explanatory of the
changes made in the Act; which showed.
that benCeforWardit will be more
searching in its provisions, and wilt af-
ford even greater facilities for wotkroee,
while in discharge of ,their -duties,.get-:
ting compensation- therefor in the courts.
Mr. Fraser also steered ;through the,
House lastweeka bill of amendments
to the Ontario Factories' • Act. It is safe
to say that the bill- teed a iecondtime
last week.was one calculated to consid;
erably improve the original act. , Its
provisions are made now to -apply to flye.
or more persons, instead' of twenty, as
originally, it being considered - that
those engaged in small factories have as
muchright to legislative .protection as
those in larger ones. • There- are ether
_changes that all tend in the same direc-
tion of improvement. The petitions of
the Sessions are 'fully Up to the average
number at this date. The largest
number received are these in favor
of abolishing tax exemptions, there be
ing ,no, fewer than 55 of *foie. Aside
froth this _there is no . remarkable run
upon any particular reform or principle:
Of things that are in the wind, per'.
Wipe the meet inipottant is the motion
by Mr. Awretr, in favor of the . with-
drawal of the Government Igrant to. the: -
Provincial fair. There are some people
who say that Me. Awry had dome idea
of-- becoming Agricultural Minister he -
fore . that position was taken by Mr;
Drury. He Was not fortunate enough,
however, and has to -content -himself
with the presidency of the Central Far-
mers' Institute,- which by the way by
vote at their annual contention the
other day, declared their apprdvatofthe
idea of withdrawing the aforesaid Gov-
ernmental grant.;_ The motion - has been
on the order paper - for some time,. and
when it conies on will make an inter-
esting.' discussion. Mr. Drury will
no doubt- oppose. it,thoughthe with-
drawal of the grant is generally' suppos-
ed. to be the matter Of but a year or two.
Mr. Meredith is down to a Move for e-
special committee to investigate the
Matter of river, pollution by _sewerage,
the matter being suggested to him,
without doubt, by the home case' of the.
pollution of the river Thames by the
sewerage of London. .
Then it is tinderstoodthat somebody
on the opposition side of the house will
bring in the License question iii a very
vigorously worded resolution, and make
it the - occasion for an onslaught on the
Government. But this is net on -the
order paper yet, and as the session will
he a E( hort one, it May dose before it
gets there. •
• GALLERY.
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(By Our, Own Correspondent.) • . _
OTTAWA, February lith, ;SSD,: -
' The progress of affairs in Parlialent
, ',has been very quiet . since the opeeing,.
but all the forms- throngh'which bills
and motions have to pass have been ,oni-
: pliii
ed with n thecase of enough propos-
ed. . • .
measures to :furnish Material for de-
.
. bate . for some time to . come::_. The
Parliamentary Mill has now fairly start-.
.ed and the hands Who work it will haVe
• to pit in filli. time from this time:Out' .
' 't • . - TAB TRANQIIISE BILL:, ,.: :` -
-.Contrary to general expectation the
Bill to liniend the Franohide Acthas
come down early, being already in print-
ed form in the hands of the inernbere.
It is, in substance, the Bill of last year.
That section of it which will attract most
attention is the last which provides that
for still another, year there Shell be no.
-revisien Of -the' lists: This is held ' to .
indicate that the .Government has tee,
intention to bring on a general election -
this year, as was at one time suspected,
and as is still .believed by some who
:have the best means of judging: This
. eeteeeee is • by no .-aneans conclusive,
however, as the -claim referred to .MI ht
easily be.. dropped in the Senate at a
Moment's notice. • This would be se V ty ..
effective- Way'. ofquieting the expe ta;
tions of an --election which have ben
raised and would help the Government -
in Making that election a surpriseet us
securing it " very great advantage; In
general -. the -effect . of the Bill is to. ro-
tide for the work of 'printing being d ne
by the -new Government printing offloe
• Which has . just been establielipd-
'fled for which an expensive' new liu Id-
ing is now being.constructect The -
orteie to have set up in type—as has. al-
ready been donee -the Hite' tor the w ole
country: and . afterwards make ,s. ch
'chi:Ogee, es may be found necessary Iby
reason Of the revision. ' The retleing of-
flcer, without the advice of anybody, 18
is:
:to make snch changes in the old lists as
may besuggeeted by the asseestnent r 11,
:his own knowledge of i the locelit or
suchi
' other nformation as he may .epm
it ad isable,to avail himself ot; theirsts
now in type will he . changed according
to the directions oVthe, revising 'affider, ,
and thelists thus changed will be,s nt-
np fot Open and fotnaalreviSiorein court,
wheee..iiill the pieties . can be head.
• When reprinted after this revision : he
list is to stand as'authentice. ' The M gl-
isterof.' Justice, in intreducing.,- he
,Bur; figa that one purpose of it WAS IQ
reduce- theeast --of ' .revising the lists.
Nadi zig. Of 'the- Lind. can be , found in::
the Bill, -except the very doubtful lay ng
to be effected by giving- the printing ' to
one •central Offiee,,ipstead of to the ' a-
-riots Conservative newspapers throu: h -
out the country .: 's-
, - - - THE .JESUIT ESTATES' BILL.. ,
• .The -Feed, Particularly in Ontario As
growing Much- exercised over the e-
-.fusai 'of the .'Derninion: Government to
dipallew the, Bili passed by the : Qtae seo
Legislature to make restitution " to e
Jespifel for the estates at onetime, tek n
:Over by the 'British Government from
.that -prder. - Theexcitement petal 0
(lees eot -show tine+ reflex here,. bitt it ,
is, adeaitted.that thesituation is fell of
the gravest ': possibilities . not , ale e
. to ... he country, - but to bo, h
politi al parties . as , _ such. : - The
feeling.outside has not yet had time to
manifest itself _here in the form Of 'pe-
titions and 'deputations .,to the Govern-
ment. The '• Government 'having - een-
nouneed thatrit would not disallow the
Bill- beeauee Ofiti Consideration for pro-
"vinci41 Rights is net likely . to be feitnd.
fault With by the Opposition,- - which has'
always. championed •' the principle of •
Home Rule, in provincial Whir!. Any
pressure that is tobe bteught t� beer.
against the Government must be orgae-
iied:Witheutthe help of • the machinery
' of . either party.. This Will Melte it 'Al -
&lilt to organize at all, but -if the "sub;
jot is great enough to stir the heart of
the per:pie,the very energy-- necessary
to overcome An Mal difficulties 'Will be
One of the most important, factore. Which
parties in. future Must take into con-
sideration. However - pure may be the
motives ofthose who heed thie:agite-
tion, it is inevitable - that °tie result
must be to fed .into a. flame. prejudieee
'Which _have long been dormant or par-
tially,;- inactive. These prejudices will
not em ere ..of one political party, end
manifest themselvesonlyameng the
m
Will, not have ,tery keen regard far any
view ff as to the line at which Provincial
•Rtghts shouldbegin or mid. For;this
'reason not the Government alotetbUt
the ,nposition as well have reason to
t
dreadany such movement. -It is tree
that the Government 4is in the worst
position for the reason that it has ha*
this Stamped,Upon Provincial .Rights to
terve party ends, thus making mauffeet
7that there is more or less hypocrisy in
its pretence that ' itis moved .now only
:by consideration of the rights of the
'People.; Thereis., a - good deal of speeii-
lation-: in a. quiet way as to what will
come of the - ]preient • agitation- and the
Current of events is being watched very
closely to see 'Whether it. will - set in the
direction of a -streug demand for the
disallowance of the -Bill...
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—Miss Dimsdale, evangel*, addtess-
ed a meeting to young men one evening
last week, an Stratford. She took her
text from Genesis : " Lot pitched his
tent towards Sodom," She spoke .of
young men taking the first step in sin,
which led up to greater consequences;
warned them of the danger of taking
the first step in any vice, which was
certain -to lead on to their destruction,
and showed them the necessity of giving
their hearts to God in their youth.
Starting out right in life, good results
were sure to follow. ' At the close of
Miss Dimsdale's earnest discourse, at
her request, a Mr. Jones, a converted
railway conductor, of St. Thomas, gave
his experience, telling of his conversion
in(' of the evil influences of follrand
gr.itte
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I UNRESTRICTED incaenooriv,
It is quite evident that the Opposition
itend to carry ' on as strong a fight as
everiin the direction of . Unrestricted
ReciProeity.1 Looking to thetithe when
the arrangement of al treaty, will be a
practical problem for the dipleonatists to
settle; they intend to renew With greet;
-,er• vigor thaniever the 'demand for the
right on the tart of Canada to make her
rown commercial treaties. Sir Richard
Cartwright hasgiven notice of a motion
to that effect: which . will come , upfor
,discussion at an early ' day, This is t e
'same proposition as was brought 45 ry
Mr; Blake a lew years ago. It was o
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posed by the : Government at that time
and will be opposed by them again; f r
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the simple reason that that -positi u
gives them, some excuse for howli g disloyalty ° and far, declaring with
crocodile tears, their allegiance to the
"old flag," and in these cries lies the
pnlyi.vestige of argument, if such it mey
be called, in opposition to the proposal:
Sir Richard's resolution -will not carry,
but it Will win the Support of some who
'are nominally Government supporters'
and among many of those , who oppose
will be many wheire moved merely- y
party . - considerations, and wh ,
but . for these Considerations, WQU d
be „` enthusiastically in .favor, �f
'it :By the way, there is every day
more and more manifest a feeling of i
tense dissatisfaction with the existhig
state of affairs. A prominent Govern;
merit supporter—one of the few men a
• i • - -
Ithat side who are in a position finan-
cially to disre ard any threats that may
be wade aga nst him—has stated to
several people. that if steps : are not
takewimmediately and with fair pros -
peat of suedes to secure a trade treaty
with Great Br tain by. which Canadians
will gain advantage, he will , vote foil'
Unrestricted _Reciprocity with' the
'United States.: It is very well fpr busi-
ness men or lend owners in such cities
as Toronto to.alk .about the great pros-
'perity. of the country because they see
signs of.progtess around them, but men
of business iii many small towns ' are
brought facetd face with Such evils as
stagnant trade, stationary or decreasing
. population and falling land, values. The
Government ill maintain its. present
attitude as lo g* as it dares, but the
_weakening process is going onand it
only requires that the Liberals should
actively and persistently persue ,their
present course to bring shout the reform
which is so much to be desired—free
trade with the Unite(' States.
THE FIRST SET TO.
' The first stand-up. fight on this ques-
tion took place to -day. Mr. Mulock,
of North York who, though a lawyer
by profession, has a large and successful
farm in his -constituency, proposed that
the twenty per cent: duty . on artificial
-fertilizera should be removed . and these
articles .placed upon the free list.
Mr. Mulock ..is an .able and polished
speaker, and in a ten . minutes speech he
laid before the ilouse in forcible style
the urgent necessity Which existed' for
the step he proposed. Theis no duty
on the majoritr of _Agricultural ferti-
lizers in the If ited States, and sulphur -
ie acid, which s extensively:used in the
manufacture of superphosphates is also
free. As the country grows older, the
necessity for t e use of artificialfertil-
izers grows greater, and yet the•Govern-
ment which; pr tends such an interestdn
the farmers ilia te upon keeping On this
. duty for the all ged - benefit of a lot :of
manufacturers. Moreover, the phos-
phates, of which Canada 'possesses the
finest beds in t e world, is being Shipped
• out to the United States, to Britain and
to Germany, tir be'manufactured cheap,
,
ly in those con tries, and it must be re-
imported by - he Canadian farmers if
they wish to use it. The answer to
Mr. Mulock'ia gument was attempted
. ,
by.Mr. Hall, • f Sherbrooke,' Quebec,
and it Was thoroughly character -Ude.
Mr. Hall .spokd of the Canadian phod-
phates as the best in the world; and told
of -beds of copper in his own county,
which American -capitalists . are now
working, and where sulphuric acid -can
be procured so heaply that it can be
sold to advantage in, the New England
market. - ,The same capitalists .have
'bought a big -phosphate nitne andjriteod
'to go into the . anufacture . of euper-
phosphates. These facts, he triumph-
antly said, • wo Id.' entirely refute ,Mr.
Mulock's mere '.'theory. But Mr. Hall
got badly used up in. the -COUree of the
debate which fol owed. And to practi
cal men who can not only observe fact
as Mr. -Hall does, but can reason upon
them as he seem to be inoapable of do-
ing, it will occurl that if the phosphates
can he mined here cheaper than in e,nir
other country, a d the sulpheripacid,
can ba,made to advantage, the combine -
lion of the two and sthe manufacture of -
superphosphates should not require a
-duty upon the acid . and then upon the
Manufactured a perphoiphates. The .
. debate was a lively one; and was partici:
pated in by }Io. David Mills, Messrs.
Armstrong, McMillan, roster, Haggart.,.
Ferguson (Wells, d;) Casey and I others,
Dr. McDonald` will.continue the debate
-when ' it is resumed again, as it *oho,'
bly will be on Wednesday and Thurs-
day next. ,
Hur n- otes.
W. Doig, of thel, has removed his
jewelry business o Gerrit). • .
James • lien, of WhitechurCh;
had his shoulder dislocated by a fall at,
the station a few aays ago. e
—Between fift and sixty. members
joined the; Rift nbury - street Malice
dist church,Clint n last Sunday.
—John and Da id Wilson, of Brussels,
-started for Dakot last Monday. They
,took a car load of stook, etc,, with them.
---, Joseph, son o Jos.Whelpton,Ethel,
fell the other day ndbroke his leg. To,
make the matter ' worse he has been
poorly for several months.
— The East Hu on license commission-
ers are Thomas Gibson, "Fordwielt ;
George Fortune, -Wroxeter; George
Murdie, Seaforth
—The license c mrnissioners for West
Huron for 1889 re,: - Myfes Young,
Myth; Samuel Si an,'Goderibh ; James
Stevens, Clinton.
=Dr. W. K. R ss is gazetted as 'as-
sistant surgeon of the 33rd Huron Bat-
talion, vice Willi ni J. Young, left the
limits. -
—Huron Spri g Assizes will com-
mence, before J dge Street, - in the
Court House, G derich; on Tuesday,
March 195h.
—Herbert Fole while skating on•the
rink at Bayfield, ne day last week, had
the misfortune; to fall, breaking: one of,
the small bones of his ankle.
— The work of reparing the stone for
the new Govern ental buildings at,
Goderich is pro ressing, and a..• large
quantityis already- on the ground.
—John • McInt sh of the 12th con-
cession itt. Grey, is around again. - He
was laid up for a few clays on account of
a fall he received in the barnyard.
—At a recent ekaniinationat the To-
ronto Business CoUege, M r. Robert Me-
Quarrie of Blyth took 363 marks out of
a possible 400, standing 3rd in a large
class.
— Messrs..And rson & Sons, of Wing -
hat,, have purchs, ed a busiziess in.Galt,
Ontario, and have removed to that lively
and prosperousto •.
—Messrs. John Bennett and Living,.
ston, intend staring a brick yard on
Mr. Bennett's far Westfield, in the
spring. ' The elaa is said to be -of the
,best quality.
Tufts) of Clinton, his been,
fined by justice Whitehead and Me-
Garva ,$20 and c sts for selling , liquor
iPerimarets.e17quan,titi s than a _;_Lhotel license
p
— While stand ng On a chair in the
hotel the Other . ay -pulling down the
blind, Mr. T. W. • awkshaw, of Exeter
owing to the AM upsetting, fell heavily
on its back injuri g his side severely. .
;—Mr. Samuel Walters, of Kansas,
with his family, i visiting his brother,
R. J. Walters, f Colborne, and his
father, Mr. Ches. Walters, of 'Goderich
township. alters has been living
for over twenty years in southeastern
Kansas and likes he country well. His
market town is Kansas City. The
,catt e shipments -from which . are
enormous, during oertain awns
averaging over 1,000 head per day.
Corn and cattle are the staples Of
his portion of the state though wheat
and fruit are largely grown.
—One day last week, Mr. Jas. Lucas,
of the 6th concession of Howick, while
working in the bush, inflicted a severe
-cut in his foot with an axe, which will
lay him up for some time,
—The SaultSte. Marie Express says
M. McFadcle (son of Uriah McFadden,
of Grey township,) has been chosen
solicitor of that town at a salary of $500
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per annum. —Jas. Role Joe. Ballantyne and
• and
Alex. Strachan, of Brussels, captured 10
rabbits one afternoon- lately, in Grey
township. Three- Mitchellites are said
to have neared 23 a few days previously
in the same locality.
-- —4:it!. Brownlee, formerly of Gorrie,
has returned from ' the old' country,
where he 'hate- been spending , several
the old,wOrld, perfecting himself in his
monsinthe hospitals and col,leges -of
—.On Tuesday of last week a son of
Mr.' Charles Armstrong, of the 12th con-
cession of. East Wawenosh, while on his
way from school had his thigh - bone
broken by falling off a sleigh. He _also
received internal injuriek,
.=-Mr, John; White, .• familiarly called
1' jedinny " • White, died in Goderich -
township near Benmiller a few days ago.
He was one of the first settlers in the
township, in 1832 or 1833. His wife,
who died a few weeks previously, Was a
sisteref Mr.- geCeble. .
' —The other evening an unfortunate
lunatic was brought to Clinton who had
been living for the -.,past two weeks in
the bush on a farm enear Clinton, with
only boughs and brushwood for a
-shelter. .7 He Was sent to Goderich gaol
for safe keeping. v
--The building of a basement at Knox
1 church Brussels was considered at the
annuallineeting; but it Was decided to
postpone this work for the present and
have sheds erected inthe- church yard
- for the accommodation of *horses belong-
hig to the, members and adherents. -°
- •--On- Saturday January 26th, .Mr.
George Wade, residing, .near Wingham
tapped '.some elk' 61 seven maple trees
and on Monday converted the run into
elicious maple - syrup.. The - run was
. very ' good'. for most of the day. Who
can instance a similar experience;
, —The Methodist -congregation of
- Westfield have let the contract for the
. erection of a-. new church. The base-
ment is to be of stone, and the audience
room of: brick, With a dome for the or-
-gen and "choir at thereat end. -. •
•-lituncen McLauchlin, • of Grey, has
add -a7three-Year-Old Rankin Bay heavy
draught mare to John Wilson,for which
-he receivedthebandsome price of $300.
-Mr.. Wilson takes her to Dakota. It
pays to raise geed horses -and Mr. Mc-
Lauchlin knows it as well s anybody;
- •=—Mr: Charles Calton, of Hullett, has
- bought the property of 14-. ThomasTleming, on the- 15th concession, 90d-
erieh township, consisting of house and
lot and one acre, and also an acre , of
land,adjoinieg, from Mr. Butler. ,He
pays, in the neighborhood of nearly ma
for the entire lot:' .. • -
',The members of Cole'sappointment,
Goderich township, droveover to Bay-
field, one night last week, and presented
the pastor, Rev. Mr. Hill, with a loaded
oats, in recognition of his services. The
present was accompanied by an address,
to which Mr. .Hill made - a suitable
. reply. ''' . • - - -
- -e-John - Sample; of Morris, intends_
trying his fortune in the Northwest;
He - has leased ;his 'faxen to Bowman
Brothers and. has. 'an auction sale of
stock, etc, onFriday, 15th February.
Metiers. Bowman. have now needy -400
acres under. their control, and if they
keep ' oit they:will' be ' the bonanza.
farmers. - •-
—Some days-agaMr. Couch, butcher,
,
of Clinton, left a ltotse and sleigh stand-
ing at his shop doer and When he -came
out again thearhOle rig had disappeared.
. Hespent all the night and part of the
next Morning SCQUrlDg the country in•
of it without success.* -However
it turned, up - net day at Mr. Mc-
-•Taggert's farm on the London read near
Clinton,o.., but how
i. , got not
kilw
' —Mr. John- Mason, of Hullett, Its
traded his well-knewn_ stallion,Boreland
Chief, with A Erivin,.of Blyth, giving
the horse and other .conaiderations, for
Erwin's hotel. ' Mr. Mason has not yet
decided how he will manage his 'busi-
ness, but it is probable he -will give the
management of .his 'firm ' over to his
•son, and take ' 'charge of the hotel
b. Psiliesos'day-of Isist
-tsfn. Week the Directors
of the Morris and Grey Cheese Factory
met and let four Of the milk 'routes. 3rd
and 4th concessions 'of Grey are in charge
of Robert Carr; 7th and 8th concessions
of Grey, to Angus Lamont; 3rdline of
Morris . to . ;John :Budd ;• 4th line of
Morris to Abel: Bradshaw. The re-
maining routes will be let on Saturday,
2364in
—JohnI'D -evine,.. of Clintoft, Was up on
Monday before john McGisicia; -J. P.
charged with burglary at Thomas Jack-
son's' store, on the 3rd of February. The
geode were 'found in his possession,
amounting to about $100 worth, consist-
ing of tweeds, dress goods,- cottons, un-
-derclothinge, kid gloves,. etc. - He was
committed to stand his trial at Goderich,
at the next mutt.-
-e--The trustees of .School Section No.
6, .Turnherry, have decided to take the
library of the defunct Cedar Vale Lit-
erary Society, and -establish a free
library for the section. The trustees in-
tend, with. the help of the people of
the section, to get up an entertainment
to raise money to . merease the size of
the library: This is a trieVe that ether
rural sections and communities would do
well to follow. • ' ,
. —Mr. 'James Miller, an old and highly
respected. resident of. Lacknow, passed
over to the great majority on Sunday,
.3rd inst., in; the !,69th year of his age.
Deceased was one of the :oldest settlers-
of.the township of West Waveanosh,and
for many 'years liyea in the vicinity - of
St, Helens. His aged partner survives
hirteend We are Berry to learn that she is
at present in a very low condition.
—The County Orange Lodge of South
Huron met at Exeter, on Tuesday of
last week, there being a full representa-
tion present from all parts of the county.
Exeter Was chosen as the place for hold-
ing the -coming 12th of July celebration.
The next annualmeeting will be held in
Exeter. The following officers were
elected for the current year :AV. C. M.,
E. Floody, Clinton; - W. D. M., W.
*liners, Eliinville; 'Chaplain, Geo. Han-
ley, sr., Clinton; Recording Secretary,
W. Sanders, editor Advocate, Exeter;
FEBAUARYi,. 1889,
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Financial Secretary, M. Pitpee, Bay-
field; Treasurer, john Beacom, Clin
toe; D. of C., Richard Ticlibourne,
Goderich; Lecturer, F. Davis, jr., Cen-
tralia Deputy Lecturers, Geo. Hanley
and J:Cousil. -
—Mr. Robert Richardson, of the 16th
concession, Goderioh township, has -
bought the north half of lot 23, 9th con-
cession, Hullett, owned by Mr. John
McCaughey, There are 50 acres in the
lot, frame house, barn, etc. The price
paid.is $2,500, and Mr. Richardson has
rented it to Mr. Joseph Colciough for
five years. The place occupied by Mr.
Richardson has been rented to lihs son-
in-law, Mr. John J. Smith.
—At the meeting Of the Quarterly
Board of the Hohnesville Circuit, Meth-
odist church, held last week, two minis-
ters, viz.: Rev. " W. F. Campbell, of
Dungannon, and Rev. W. *S. Jamieson,
of Simcoe County, Niagara Conference,
were voted onforthe pastorate of the
circuit for the incoming term. Mr.
Jamieson receiving a slight majority, the
minority concluded to fall in line and
thus gave him a unanimous _call. Sub-
ject of course to the action of the
powers that be, -
—Mr. John -Wilson, of Dakota, and
formerlyof Briissels, is home_ on a visit
to old friends. He has a'large farm in
Dakota, and is running a repair and
blacksmith shop in connection with it.
He has bought a stallion and six mares,
for hie own farm, all of which We
thoroughbreds and the best he could
find. His youngest brother is going
back with him. He apeaks in glowing
terms of that country, and says he has
done Very well.
—A very large meeting- of the Orange-
men of West Huronwas held at Auburn_
on Tuesday of last week, when it was -
decided to hold the next 12th of Julystit -
Brussels, and Wingham be the next'
place for the annual meeting. The fol-
lowing officers were elected for the en-
suing year: W. M., J. H.Young, Brus-
sels; D. M. W. Clegg, Gerrie; Secre-
tary, W. - Blyth; Financial
Secretary, Dr. Holmes, Blyth; Treas-
urer, W. McGill, Belgrave ; D. of C.,
R. Morrow;Nile. *
—On Sunday evening last the infant
child of Mr. and Mrs. John Swallow, of
Exeter, met with what might have been
a serious case of poisoning. It appears
that Mrs. Swallow was about to write a
letter, getting a bottle of ink and set-
ting it on the table, then proceeding to
got some paper; in the meantime .the
yo ingster, who was --close by, got hold
o : the bottle and drank the contents. .
i. s. Swallow on returningnoticedwhat
hail happened, and at ones summoned
m-Idical aid. The child is out of danger -
and is doing as well as can be expected.
—A few days- ago the friends and
neighbors of Mr, John Hutton, of the ,
10th concession of Turnberry,assembled
at his residence and presented him with
-a handsome fur overcoat, accompanied
by a neatly worded address, expressive
of the esteem in which he is held 10 the
community. 'Mr. Hutton is an active
member of the ,Presbyterian church, is
superintendent of Eadie's Sunday
School and takes a leading pert in the
cottage and 'church prayer meetings, in
fact the most of his leisure hours are de-
-Voted to religious work.
—The Claremont Gazette, published
in Brown county, Daketaenakesthe fol-
lowing -reference to an old Huron boy:
K. McKenzie, formerly of the well-
known firm of Erwin, Agnew &McKen-
zie, holds forth at the roomed the bank
building. He is a bright and -active
young jawyer, who by his -constant at- -
tendon to business and sterling integrity
has established- a large and, increasing
practice. He handles real estate, loans,
insurance, etc., and makes a specialty of
collection. His brother, L. G, iS now
with him, and both are kept busy all
the time.
—An amusing incident occurred a i
short time ago, n Turnbury. A forlorn
looking individual presented himself be-
fore the door of one of our well to do
farmers and requested -a night's lodging.'
The mistress of the house demurred at
first remarking that people often got
More than tramps to keep by lodging
them. With a look Of Injured innocence
he straightened hinself to his full height
and offered to denude hinaself of his gar-
ments and stand inspection, it she im-
agined he had any -intention of smug-
gling in any specimens of natural history
with him. cif course that was enough
anal he obtained quarters for the night.
Hemlock. I
PBasENTATI0N.-011 Monday evening
of last week, the pupils and ex -pupils of
our school, with a few of the parents to
the number of about forty-five, met at
the residence of their teacher, Mr. G.
A. .Newton, and after seeuring.order
Mr. and Mrs. Newton were summoned
and a -complimentary address was read
by Ernest . Best and Mr. Newton was
presented with a .beautiful plush sofa
and Mrs. Newton with a fine tett=
rocking chair. Tho former was present- •
ed on -behalf of the school by R. Watt
and W. H. Knox, and the latter by
Miss Bide MeSurgess. Mr. Newton
Very a,ppropriatelyreplied, thankingthe
donors* for. himself and also in Mrs.
Newton's behalf, and said he Should
Value the articles because of their real
worth, but more especially because of
the 'source from which they came. - Mr.
Newton in further replying said that in
every profession there was a "certain
amount of unpleasantness and that the ,
teaching profession was no exception to
the rule, as there were many things to
cause anxiety, but on the other hand it
. has its bright sides, and one of these is
to know that the work is a useful one
and one in which the teacher's capacity
for_ doing good is not second to the
minister', for the teacher has the
moulding of young minds and the shap-
ing of young twigs under his care, and,
"Aa the twig is bent the tree inclines.
But what is of the greatest satisfaction .
to the teacher is to lealize that he has
the love and 'confidence of his pupils.
Without this co operation between pupil
and teacher the work would be mere'
drudgery. Mr. Newton then_wished all
to enjoy themselves, after which 'a good
programme- of songs, readings and
instrumental .music was made °A and
Mr. H. W. Allen added a very interest-
ing and amusing sketch -td his early
school life. Cake anl candy were liber-
ally distributed and all seemed to enjoy
themselves. The fact that Mr. Newton
has been in the section for seven years,
coupled with these expressions. of the
people's liberality and good,will towards
him, are in themselves suffiaient to show
that the teacher has the people's -confi-
dence and that his work is appreciated.
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