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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1889-01-02, Page 4r • • The Huron News -Record $um a Yea -$I.25 In Advance. Wednesday, : Jan. 2nd, 1889 TIME PASSES 1888-9 December closes on the scene, And what appear the months gone past Fragments of tune which once have; been, Succeeding slowly, fled too last— Their minutes, hours and days appear Viewless in thatemall pout a year. The wicked editor of the Mimi'. ton Spectator seems to be jealous of the rural editor whose conscience is void of guilt and who consequently can look back over the year justexpir- ed or expiring, with the feelings of a truly good man. We extend our deepest commisolation to the Spec; tator and hope it will so shape its course during the coming year that at the end of 1889 its editor will ho able to exclaim, "I have fought a good fight during the past year and will now enter upon another one. with holy thoughts that dwell in the soul's. most retired and eacred cells." Why should we not -have serious - thoughts awakened by the expiring efforts and echoes of the closing year ? The event is typical of the fate uf the must lusty of humans. Tho Psalmist says : "We spend our years as a tale that 18 teld." Shakespeare refers to 'The inaudible and noiseless foot of time." But upon how many hearts and hopes has he trampled all the sante during the past year.? Chaucer saYs : "For though we sleep or wake, roam or ride, Aye tleeth time, it will no man bide." Time passes, and who can look back and say that he might not have done better? Who that 'looks back upon the past year but will find that many of his fondest anticipa- tions have "melted into air, into thin air, and like an insubstantial pageant faded, leaving not a rack behind." -And yet hope -s the humat Otofnal in ast, and nerves us to are endeavor: Next year we will do so and so. We are living in tliu to -morrow, though just passed from the unsatisfactory yesterday. And yet wo can make all the better use of our to -morrows from the failures of our .yesterdays. Cowley • says, " Our.yesterday's to -morrow now is gone, And still a new to.morrow does come on, We by to -morrows draw out all our Lore '1111 Till the exhausted well can yield no more." • And Shakeapeare, Todnorrow, and tomorrow, and to, morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from daylto day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted •'fools The way to dusty death." • Tho profoundest thinkers of all ages; as well as the rural editors, have philosophised Over the .years that have ended, the time that has gone by. Theyears are real foot- prints in the sands of time,. which it is well to take cognisance of, their "shape and form and whither they are tending. ordswortb regrets at the years leave behind 11t1f' than what they take away , " Thus fare it still in our decay, And yet the wiser mind Mourns less for what years take away Than what they leave behind." Dryden cunsulea hitusoll for • the lapse of years after this fashion, "Be fair or foul, or rain or shine, The joys I have possesa'd, in spite of fate are mine ; Not heaven itself upon the past hath power, What has been, has been, and I have had my hour." Good old Isaac Wattwas not much of A "plIShet" abou1 the future when he wrote, " I am not concerned to know What tomorrow fate will do ; "rim enough that I can say I've possessed myself to -day." While Horace remarks, " How much better is it to submit with patience to whatever may happen 1 Whether thou art to en• jay tunny .winters or this be the ▪ last, which is now weakening the fury of the Tuscan waves by being dashed on the resisting rocks. 13e wise, filtrate thy wines, and curtail distant schemes which the brief span of life may never enable thee to realize. While we are talking envi• one time will he gone. Seize the present.ntownt, trusting as little as poasible to the morrow." Popo indulges in a somewhat pessimistic view when he says, ‘.1)11 blindness to the fliture I kindly given That each ti.ay fill the circle made by heaven." Then tbe immortal William in "As You Like It43 woraiizes ou time. "Time travels in divers daces with divers Persons. go, wales with a priest that lacks Latin and a rich mall that bath not the gout, for the one sleeps easily because be cannot etudy, and the other lives merrily because he .hath no pain ; the one laciking the burden of lean and pain- ful learning, the other knowing no burden of heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles withal. He trots hard with a young maid, between the contract of her marriage and the day it is solemnized ; if the interim be but a pe'night. Time's pace is so bard it seems the length of seven years. He gallops with a thief to the gallows; tor though he goes as slowly as foot can fall, he thinks himself too soon there. He stays still with lawyers in vacation ; for they sleep betwen term and term, and then they perceive not bow Time moves. It may be,well in commencing a new year to take a retrospect of the past as well as to promise for the future. \Vhother we have injured others or been injured we should ask pardon and forgive and forget. "Forgiveness, to the injured does belong; Too °Pt they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. EDITORIAL NOTES., The London correspondent of the New York Tribune considers that the action of the British Govern merit in not appointing a successor to Lord Sackville at Washington is a direct insult to the American bird of freedom, and that the American Government should suspend all diplomatic relations with the blawr- god Britiehers. Chief Justice Armour of the Queen's Bench Di vision has decided that goods sold by a firm to a trader who makes. an assignment while the goods are yet iu the possesaion of a railway company or other common carrier, cannot be taken possession of by the assignee against the wishes of the vendors, whose property ',the good a are, if stopped before they pass into theconsignee's possession. Philanthropi-sti-lowland ex. mayor of Toronto and W. Gooderham were liquidators of the broken -Central Bank of Toronto, and. Mr. Lye was the accountant or third liquidator. These Three gentlemen claimed $56,000 Tor casual work during a period of eleven months. The Court awarded them about $6,000 each, about ono -third the amount they Claimed. Country editors may not think this too much, but the shareholders will be inclined to think that the reduced amount is very good pay. The Scott Act is supposed to in forme in Oxfurd Couuty, Wood. stock is part of that county, but is not in favor of the Act. 'Warrants for the arrest of convicted violators of the Act have been in the hands of the Wpodstock Chief of Police for nottAy' two year's and have oat heeu executed though the persons wanted aro seen ou the street daily. The County Temperance alliance wants to know from the Mayor and Poiiee Magistrate why this is thus, These officers reply that ne applica. tion has been made to them for the execution of the warrants. And 11118 the matter rests. There is ft great hurrah and cock - a -doodle crowing in the Opposition press over the decision of the Privy Council- that the timber and miner- als on and in the, land comprised in the recent disputed territory, now within the limits of Ontario, belong to Ontario, The Dominion Govern- ment clait1i;4 the titnber and min- erals to recoup it for the large ox - 11 had incurred in extinguish- ing the Indian title to the territory in queetion. This it is estimated will amount to between $500,000 and $1,000,000, and by the judg- ment of the Privy Council will have to he recouped to the Dominion GOVOY11111611t, which will have all it ever contended fat, while the Province will no doubt have fair value fur what it will have to pay. The Hamilton Spectator has re- cently had a number of elitorials pointing out the inequality of the Protestants of Ontario under the ex isting school law. A good Roman Catholic asks the Spectator why it attacks Catholics. The Spec. very trnly replied that it does not attack Catholics. It attacks bad laws only, which it has not only a right to do, but which it is its duty to do. If it attacks any class of people it is the Protestant majority in the Provin- dial Assembly which will not amend the bad laws which compel Protes- tants to support separate or Roman Catholics schools, while Catholics are not compelled to support Prot- estant schools. 'rile spectator seeks to perpetrate no injustice upon Cath- olics but demands justice for Prot- estants.? The Catholics aro by the constitution guaranteed their separ- ate schools. The Asesiubly cannot deprive thet'iu of them if they are willing to support them. No ono wants to. By the inequality of the law Protestants are compelled• to support Catholics schools, and Cath- olics if they want to support the publics achools cannot do so. nit Spec. hats the right end of the ques- tiou—equal rights to all. The unseating of Dr. Montague Oil account of a technical irregular- ity that in no way affected the re- sult of the election, will CAUSE) many to think that there is room for reform in .the law relatiVti to the election of memberof Parlia• ment. Though Dr. Montague is a Conservative and his care affords food for thought, we have for some time back been noting tho cause of the unseating of Reform members and we also find among them a number whose only fault was some trifling indiscretion that they were in no way connected with and which had no earthly bearing on the result of the election. It does seem preposterous that the country and the candidates should ho put to great expense-swhen no intentional wrong duiug can be shown and when such wrong doing does not affect the result. Now,the case of Dr. Montague is one of peculiar hard- ship, though according to law. Wo may again state it. A voter wished to vote for Dr. Montague. When put upon the roll he was a //OHCOG/8 farmers' son. Since that time his father died and he became owner. Dr. Montague's agent told him to take th ofttLaasessfairrai7-70.-n, ich he did. This the court de- clared to be a false oath andpro- cured by an agent of Dr. Montague and consequently the Doctor was unseated. No cor,rupt intention was apparent or shown on the part of agent or voter. Both believed that someone had a right to vote on the property. The fatherwas dead, the eon voted.. If the former had been living there would have been two votes on the property. Ile being dead there could only lie ono vote, and that was all that was sought. Why the son should be disfranchised does not appear clear except that the sins of the father might bo visited upon tho sou. And the sin of the father consisted in his dying. There is groat T00111 for improvement in our election laws, which, while retaining every- thing possible for the purity of elec- tions, might be made to lesson expense to candidates and the country: Mr. P. Kelly, the popular reeve of Illyth, has been elected president of the East Huron Conservative Association. Mr. Kelly is, aa the Brussels Post says, "as out and out a Roman Catholic as any man in Huron." This, the Pod takes it should prevent him from being a COnseivative. The Post' refers to Conservatives finding fault with Mr. Mowat for pandering to Rein°. Well, suppose they did. Conser- tiatives oppose the pandering by a government to any hierarchy, Cath- olic, Methodist, Presbyterian or Anglican. The Conservative party believes and acts upon the policy of equal rights to all. If a party has pandered to any sect it is au injus- tice to others. If the Grit party has matie undue concessions to Roman Catholics to serve partisan purposes, they are doing violence to other sects, and when the oppor- tunity presents itself would do viO7 lenco to Roman Catholics for tho same purpose. Mr. Kelly or any other good Roman Catholic must boliove, and does believe, in the soundness of the ethical principles involved in "equal rights to all." If a party or a man will do vio- lence. to justice and equality in favorof:another at a special time, tbey will act equally unjust at another time at the expense of .their one-time favorites, As to the reading of the Scriptures in the ' Public schools no good Catholic should object to it, though the version used bo a Protestant one. And no goad Protestant should object to the Dottay used in Separate Conservative party version being schools. The ROBERTSON J. the only party in Canada that favors equal rights to all. Many good Catholics knovi 1,ffil we are glad to find *ham decided, owing to the unpreeederited sums as Of his GREAT CAGAN. Mr. P. Kelly among them. A ud TIC GIFT kiALE, 10 wove to 111e. je.(11,14. bis appreciation or thrix patron. as we say elsewhere, Conservatives are and liberality, by holding durieg the month of JANUARY, Trepans. do not find fault with Catholics tory to 8'1'00K TA h ING, a for the inequality of Protestants before the law. They fiuds fault with Protestant panderers fur creat- ing such a state of things which may cause a tendency to retalhte when the Protestant majority gete from under the lash of their time- serving pautishn heLdws +dm have committed so many grave offences against political propriety decency. THE CRAFT. Not all the honors of elaborate Christmas numbers belielg to the metropolitan prees. That of the Montreal Star was ',reliably Lite beat issued in Canada. and the Globe and London Free Presm were excellent specimens of Cauadiau journalistic and artistic euturprise. But the „N apai:Lee Express Chriettnas D limbo is, relatively considored, entitled to "the cake." Eighteenpages of pro. fusely illustrated loca.liwatter. View of the town, cuts of churches, schools, business houses, etc., aro brought ont in a clear manner both as to descriptive matter and press work. This number is a marvel of whet can be done in a properly con- ducted country printing office, with the advertising support of the busi- ness men. We are delighted to again welcome to our table Harper's Ala gazine, a publication which in its earlier days so delighted ns in our youth and "wIriela for about twenty•five years formed a very important part of our readiug matter. Fur several years past we have had only occasional glimpses of it As becomes its maturer years it now presents an appearance of obesity, so to speak, plutoper, rounder and fuller of even better digested matter than before it had attained the present virile stage of its existence. It is only $4.00 a year. 'rho January number 'is very interesting. Harper's Yonne People is published weekly at $2.00 a year,. and is just what it..›441,tem-Lit"Sei to he. The TolVelirily Empire of last inesday was a colossal sheet worthy of the principles it upholds. and the party which it is nobly in accord with. It consisted of 20 well filled pages.. Tho weekly Emvire has much improved the last few months, owing no doubt to the plans of the managers hitvingliad time to mature. The publishing of a paper like the Empire is a gigantic enterprise, but it has now passed the first milestone and bas,given ample evidence of its staying powers. • EAST HURON CONSERVA- TIVES.. - East Huron Liberal Conserva- tives assembled iu Brussels on Thursday of last week in the TOWD Hall, id annual convention, to the number of out) hundred and tweuty. On motion of Mr. Weir, seconded by Mr. Black, a hearty vote of thanks was teudored the veteran retiring president, Mr. Leech. The following officers were elected for the onsuine•byear :—President, 1'. Kelly, Blyth ; Vice -President, Geo, Broker, Brussels ; Secretary, J, Denman, Brussels; Treasurer; E. L. Dickenson' Wingham. The vice-presidents ofall the municipali• ties ware re-elected. Moved by Thomas Farrow, ex.M. P., seconded by I'. Kelly and re- solved," That wo strongly deprecate the course of Dr. Macdonald, the present representative of East Huron, in advocating Commercial Union, or, in plain terms, annexa- tion with the United States, and we emphatically express our ap- proval of the Government's. policy on this vital questian. Every ef- fort has boon made to bring about reciprocity of trade in natural pro- ducts with the United States, but all overtures have been spurned by the Americans." Moved by 3, K. Boody, seconded by 8. 4-i,, Neelon. " That this meet- ing 'expresses its approval of the Empire newspaper and recognizes it as the leading organ of the great Liberal -Conservative party. Its editorial and .other departments are creditable not only to the party but to Canada, and wo strongly urge all the loyal Conservatives to exert themselves in its interest, feeling saltisfied that it is the most reliable exponent of the, policy and principles of Conservatism." Moved by 13. Gerry, seconded by F. C. Rogers "That this meeting views with pleasure the develop- ment of the Northwest, which de- monstrates the wisdom of our Chief- tain and his Cabinet in the face of bitter opposition, carrying out an active part and progressive policy to induce the settlement of this vast granary of our noble Dominion. The principal fader in this direc- tion has been the C, P. 11., which hart proven to bo' of immense and incalculable benefit to this country. Canada can now boast the best tisnscontmnontal rail way in America, and, next to Confederation, it is the crowning triumph of tho state- manship of our loader, the Bight IT o n orabl e Sir John Mamie!) aid." Moved by T hos. E. frays, second - Tremendous Slaughter Sale. \V, will sell our Good. waliouT RESERVE. ()lir ohjeet is to get them out and 111115 'mike room fiethe iiew stuff in the Spring. ticeOUR PRICES will be (.'UT t'LlilAR To TI1E I30.NE. We are eoutitt they 1 not :nand in the way of close buyers. NOTE CAREFULLY THE PRICES : %%ith diet Magnificent GREY COTTON at 5 cuts. TOWELS A ND 'POWELLINUS at 5 cents. ALL -WOOL TWEEDS from 35c. A big stock of REMNANTS will be run off at 11 A LP their orieinal value. The balaece of our DRESS GOODS AT COST. MANTLES at $2 awl $3, wort $7 and $10. MANTLE GOODS CHEAP. Eery• thing AWAY DOWN. gar The Goods at these pi ices must he seen to be eppreniated. Call awl eee ue early. Rohertsoll'8 Great Cash Store 411••••=1111•291•1=.11112•M • ed by 'rhos. Kelly "That this con- vention views with suspicion the increasing centralization of Power by the Ontario Legislature, and be- lieve that all of the minor proviu- cial officials, such as•liconse iuspec- tors, bailiffs, &c., should be appoint- ed by the county councils or the people, ns the present system fosters an immense amount of undue influ- ence is evidenced by the . as ent votes cast in the same munici- tpalities in the federal and provincial elections." The resolutions were all carried unanimously. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. We wish it to be distinctly understood that we do not luild ourvilves responsible for the opittitnis zpressed by corresPondents.— ED. • NeWei-lIts. CORD. • - Editor News -Record. DEAR NEWS -RECORD. -1 was ex+ ceediug glad to notice the practical suggestions in your paper a fow weeks back about 'self preservation.' -You referred to the keeping of • the Organ factory here as an act of self preservation. I, like yourself, have no -direct interest in that busiuess or its proprietor. They might both be in Jericho or any other blessed coun- try for what I care, did I not believe their presence Imre of prime impor• .tance to the trade of our towu. I am not a very heavy tax -payer, probably an average one. 1 would heartily support any reasonable scheme to retain the factory. It is worth something to the towu. Let SOLile- one figure out what that would be and let Mr. Doherty know about what the town would do to retain the factory and increase the number of employeee. It is positively suicidal to stand icily hy while efforts are being made to remove this factory. I am assured that without something is clone by our citizens we a busiuess the success of which has passed the experimental stage. It has been a success hose under present management. It can bo made a still greater success, aud it remains with our people to say whether we or some other locality shall have the benefit of its increased success. We all know the folly of waiting till the horse is stolen before we lock the stable door. Let us be wise in time. Mien the Doherty factory is removed we would most likely be willing to aid a business that could not be worked up to that of tire Doherty in ten years if eyer. Let the tax -.payors who' have a right to vote 011 80020 scheme to retain the factory have a chance? to express themselves by their votes. The quostiou involves a probable loss of at least one hun- dred families-ortisone, hoarding bonne Iteepere, merchants etc., and a depreciatiou iu real estate of fully twenty five per cent. I would like to see others give their views. Yours, INDIRECTLY INTERESTED. Our Weekly Round Up —Conterfeit bills of the Ontario Bank are in circulation. — Fire at Deloraine, Man., on the 27th causing a loss of $75,000. —W. II. Webb was banged at Brandon, Thuraday,for tile murder of bis wife. — Sir Richard Cartwright has been elected President of the Kingston Woman's Medical College. —D. Spence, the Toronto ex• postoffice clerk, was sent to gaol for four years for letter stealing. —Diphtheria is said to be on the increase among the wealthier classes of English-speaking people in Mon- treal —The Supreme Court has decided in favor Of Manitoba in the crossings dispute case. It will be appealed to the Privy Council. —Word has been received by the Provincial Board of Health authori- ties that cases of smallpox had been disooverod in Chatham. . —The people of Parry Sound Dis- trict are in a state bordering on panic in consequence of the terrible ravages of diphtheria. —The people of Rat Portage are petitioning the Ontario Government to have the Dominion timber licenes continued for this winter. —The latest phase of the Jeffery trouble is that charges have been for- mulated against the pastor by some of the trustees of the church. —Mr, '1'. Yates, ox -Justice of the Peacel perished in the snow storm Christmas night in his buggy while driving to his home near Seneca, Kansas. —Dr Mallory has been appointed registrar of East Narthurnberland, Mr. James II. Coyne registrar of Elgin, and Mr. James Smith sheriff of Wel land. —Mr. C. W. Colter has been again nominated by the Reformers to con- test lItildimand. Presumably Dr. Montague will 'again be the Csnserva- five standard bearer. —Mr. W. P. Maclean, of the Toronto World, lies been committed for trial on a charge of criminal libel on Mr. H .A. Massey, connecting inni with hay fork-whindles. —Leon Deane of Old Mines, Maine, went to Desoto on Tuesday, and on returning late at night found Dervil Boyer asleep in his room with his wife. Deane secured an axe and killed Boyer. The murderer gave himself up. —The Thorold gas well is now down about 2,500 feet. By a rough estimate the present supply is about 30,000 cubic feet per day, which could be increased three or four. Hines, probably, by torpedoing. —W. J. Borer of Dlindas, aged 22, while grinding a shaft On an emery wheel in his father's saw -mill, slipps ed and fell across a circular saw and his body was cnt almost in two. He died shortly after. This occurred last Thursday. —The Conservative majority in Cumberland is 1,037. The election was held one day last week. Dickey must have proved that he was not one of Mr. Blake's national policy abbreviated shirts, else they would not have given him so rousing a majority. ',—The Denver, Cot, gas company had 100 men excavating a ditch six e•t-deep alon,gside-of and under- neath the track of the cable car line, when suddenly the track for an entire block fell, imprisoning the men underneath. Work was im- mediately begun to remove the fallen track, and four dead and two badly wounded men were taken out. —One of the oldest physicians in Escanaba, Mich., Dr. Alulliken, stands charged with debauching and ruining nearly 401ittle girls. In fact, he is not only charged with the hideous crime and the charge sub- stantiated by the person• who makes the complaint against him, by the most circumstantial and repulsive details, but he has been arrested, has given bail and has jumped the same. Life is too short to. try all 'the remedies now in the market, but when a reliable and trustworthy medicine is wanted use Powell's Extract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock. Those who have used it say it is the best and most powerful blood purr •ifier in the market, and have reccorriended it to their friends. For biliousness, dyspepsia, liver com- plaint and as a blood purifier it has no equal. A bottle or two taken at this season of the year will prevent many a serious sickness Price, 90c, a bottle. Ask for Powell's Extract of Sarsaparilla and Burdock, manul factured only by Powel St Davis,Chat- ham, and sold in Dresden by all druggists and by all druggists and medicine dealers everywhere. 487 clew. 111.1.111111AGES. Ortv.Es—NlAsNmss.—On the 19th inst., in Teeswater, hy Rev. W. 'V. Sailing, Ntr. James Green, of Culrost,, to Caro- . line Manners, of Teeswater. Dimit,—Fosreit.—At the residenee of the bride's brother, front rend, Stanley, by Rev. .1. W. Hodgins. Mr. Harry to Miss Maggie Foster. Wil,s0N—WEinta•—On Friday, Dec. 12, at the residence of the Inide's father, Parr Line, Stanley, hy Rev. J. W. lloilgins, Mr. John Wilson to MiSS Etta Week,. JO NS —LAWSON. —In Tnekersrnith on the 2fith inst, by the Rev. J. Edge, at the residence of the bride's mother, Robt Lawson of•Iiiillett, to Miss A. M. Johns; daughter of 31ts. 1011113. SPARLINe-••SNEATIL—On the 21111 inst., at the residence of the hride's parents, 205, University street, Toronto, by the Rev. W. W. ;tailing, of Teeswater, Mr. J. .1. ;tailing of the Ontario Business i College. and brother or thc officiating minister, to Minnie, VI •t1 irgltter Cloy 8111`.101, re:s•-• .