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1 ItIDAY, JANUARY 24, 1890
The
Natural Channels
of Trade.
One of the pretences upon which
the N. P. was adopted by the
...people ton years ago was that it
would stop the importation of
',American and English-manufac-
lured goods, which would, conse-
quentiy,be manufactured at home.
Tho Trade and havigation returns
Show that it has not done this.
'They show that our importations
have beenl arger than evor,especial-
''�`ly from;the States,and of goods that
• uld all he manufactured here.
Those- who cherished the delusion
that the N. P. would retain for us
the home market, need do Eso nomore, because, the stern logic of
fact is against them.
There are those who will say
'that "if" this, or "if " that had
only happened, it would be differ-
ent, but there is no use in enter-
taining any such itnprobabilities.
for i n.spite of "if 's and an's," it re-
mains that our import trade is in-
creasing yearly in the face of bur-
dens that are becoming hard to
bear.
But there is another fact that is
worthy of consideration, and it is
the fact that in spite of restrictions
our trade with the republic to the
South of as us becoming more and
more. It would almost seem that
the greater the restriction the
greater the trade. The result,
- h°owayer, is onLy another illustra-
tion of the axiom that trade must
follow its natural, channels. The
United States is the natural mar-
ket of Canada. Sentiment might
desire to alter this fact, but trade
or commerce is not governed by
sentiment. If it is disloyal to
Britain to trade with the States
in preference, they Canadians
are disloyal to the extent of several
millions annually.
The Liquor License Policy.
Mr Meredith's proposition to
restore the licensing power to the
municipal councils does not moot
with mnch favor anywhere.—Tor-
onto Mail.
The assertion that Mr.,Meredith
proposes to "restore the Licensing
power to the municipal councils''
is_ wholly. untrue. In the first
place, Mr Meredith proposes to
sweep away the present iniquitous
and abominable system by which
.the license -holders are squeezed
for money and votes so that they
dare not call their souls their own.
—Empire.
Over and over again this asser-
tion bas been ehallenged,but none
of the organs supporting Mr Mere-
. dith has oared to meet it. Surely,
if the statement of the Empire be
true that "license holders are
squeezed for money and votes so
that they dare not call their souls
their own" there should be some
evidence of it. Where is the
evidence of sash a state of affairs
in the County of Iluron. The
majority of license holders are
Conservative. They invariably sup-
port the Conservative candidates.
If any pressure were brought to
bear upon them to support with
"money and votes" the other side,
s they would likely let it be known.
Now,withont the slightest reserve
we brand the Empire's statement
as being malicious and false, so
far as it relates to this county,and
we believe that what applies here,
applies equally will over the Pro-
vince. If we are wrong there is a
splendid chance for the papers
supporting Mr Meredith to "put
us in a box."
The fact that not a Conservative
paper in this county has hitherto
dared to stand with the Empire
in its reckless sta',ements concern-
ing the license adtninistration,is an
evidence that they have no found-
ation.
man before be was born and a
Conservative equally as long."
The Stratford Herald, published
by a son-in-law of Mr McDonagh
denies that he ever claimed to be
a Rerormer,and has the expression
reversed; it admits that about him
being an Orangeman before he
was born was true, but the other
was not. All we can say is that
we have heard the Rev gentleman
use the expression himself, and
since it was published others
who were well acquainted with
him have said "that's just Mc-
Donagh exactly."
In 1889 Canadians imported from the
United States $1,391,900 worth of
grain of various kinds, being $150,000
worth more than in the previous year.
What's that we Used to hear about the
N. P. retaining the home market for
the farmer ?
VVesb 1 err of lIt1Yo>n..
The regular Meetilig of the l'''reitlly. .
tery of flare)) wa8held in the Preaby-
doubly.
So to, you.although wf ltn OW that
she has gone to abetter laxed in the noon-
day of liar usefulness. We carnoatly
prat that the Most High may heep you
terlan Church, Seatortb, on Tuesday Iwo sl your faintly under Ills cars.
Canada exported coal athe value Of
$2,428,921, last year. Of the coal ex-
ports 585,111 tons valued at $2,113,878
went to the United States. Still fur-
ther evidence that the American mar-
ket is of no use to our producers.
House of Commons Sketches
last, the 21st lost, Mr Acheson, of signed en .howl of :the bretltrott of
$ippen,was elected Moderator for the the court,
ensuing six months. The .report of
the committee on theState of Religion
was presented by Ur Musgrove, re-
commending that a conierenee on the
state of religion be held at.aa eventing
sederunt of the Presbytery • at its next
m.Qeting, at which the following re,
comm€ndationa of t#e Aasewbiy'5
committee be made the subjects of
conference:
1. That Sessions meetna frequently
as possible for seasons of epeeist pray-
er and conference touching the spirit-
ual condition of the people.
2That the Assembly would earnestly
recommend ministers and elders to
call the attention of their people to
the importance of family worship, and
to use their best endeavors to secure
its regular observance, at least on the
part of all beads of families in full
communion with the church.
3. That inasmuch as it is evident
that the memorizing of Scripture and
of the Shorter Catechism is not so
general as could be desired, Sessions
be asked to bring the subject to the.
attention of parents, superintendents
and Sabbath School teachers.
4. That guilds, or societies for
young men and women, be formed in
our congregations when found advan-
tageous, for maintaining and promot-
ing intelligent attachment to the
church, and for strengthening the
chrietian life.
That such recommendations be
spoken to by Dr Ure, and Messrs
Ramsay, Simpson and Henderson.
NOTES FROM OTTAWA.
Hon. Edward Blake was in his place
at the opening.
Mr. Bow'bll is apparently ageing more
than any of his colleagues.
Sir John Macdonald shows the marks
of age with increasing plainness.
The Postmaster - General's report
shows the defict last year to have been
8761,000.
Sir Richard Cartwright seems to be
in fine health and in splendid trim for
a vigorous session.
It is rumored that -Parliament will be
asked to increase the duty on American
flour from 50 to 75 cents per barrel to
satisify the demands of Canadian mill-
ers.
It is not unlikely that She matter of
imposition of duty on fruit removed a
few years ago will be brought up in the
House this session. It isldesired chiefly
by the fruit -growers of the Niagara pen-
insula.
The Liberal leader was in his place
at the opening, and was everywhere
warmly greeted by his supporters. Mr
Laurier has the almost affectionate re-
gard of his Parliamentary followers,
and long ago they learned to hold his
judgment in profound respect.
Hon. Alex. Mackenzie took a fainting
spell just after being driven to the Com-
mons building Monday •afternoon, and
fell in the main corridor,but quickly re-
covered and was able to walk away.
Mr Mackenzie in the evening was seem-
ingly ,little the worse of the mishap.
MrMcCarthy onWenesday introduced
his bill to abolish the official use of the
French language in the Northwest Ter-
ritories. Departing from the usual
custom, he made quite a lengthy speech
on introducing the measure, and his
speech was of a nature to cause consider-
able feeling among the French Canadian
members.
Haggart's remarkable postal provis-
ions of last session, after festering all
summer in the minds of his supporters
and all business men who use postal
service to the greatest degree are now,
it is said, likely to be repeated. They
have borne outrageously on the public
for a year and now the new Postmaster -
General has begun to see that his 'pren-
tice attempt at raising a picayune reven-
ue was not a success.
The total number of postoffices is now
7,838. The annual travel amounts, to
25,756,578 miles. The railway mail ser•
vice covers 11,510 miles of railway in
Canada. There were 19,355,000 post
cards posted in Canada during the year,
of which 12,671,000 are credited to Ont-
ario. Of the total letters posted(92,668,-
000)Ontario is credited with 49,887,000.
There were altogether 3,649,000 register-
ed letters, of which 243 were either lost
or stolen. There were in Canada 3,882,-
000 free and 396,298 dead letters. The
revenue for the year was $2,984,000, an
increase of $27,000 over 1888 the expen-
diture was 83,746,600 leaving a deficit of
8761,000. There is on deposit in the
463 saving banks $7,926,000, an increase
of $204,000. The average amount of each
deposit is $47.
During the recent flood in japan
2,419 persons were killed, and 155 were
wounded, 90,000 were deprived of the
necessaries of life; 50,000 houses were
swept away or rendered uninhabitable;
150,000 acres of agriculture land, with
their crops, were laid .waste; 6,000
bridges were carried away, and hund-
reds 6f miles of roads were de stroyed.
The Morrisbnrg Courier(Tory) has
candidly admitted that if "a Grit par-
liament were in power there would be
unrestricted reciprocity with the United
States without any donbt". In conse-
quence, we learn from the Kingston
Whig, the heelers of the Conservative
party are angry at the greenness of the
Courier in thus pointing out to the farm-
ers what they should do at the coming
elections. Yes, the famers who wish
to improve their position by the agency
of a policy of thorough going reciprocity
have nothing to hope for from the Tory
leaders. They have sold out to the com-
bines.
Ever and anon the Empire has
a telegram showing that the Greenway
Government is falling to pieces, and
there is continual friction among its
members. The last story it had being
to the effect that Premier Greenway
and Attorney—General Martin had
disagreed so badly that they came, to
#Bowe. As Mr Martin denies emphst-
ically the statement, the public are
likely to believe him rather than the
E spire.
LIW. Hlw>a. drwormsoop, P. . S.
JnlpertuTs P. Q. R.
Rent.
Clinton, All. 21st, 1899
To the Chief Ranger, officerq and bre.
thren of Court 1klaple Leaf No. 16,
C.O.F., Clinton.
Dear brethren --I desire to express my
appreciation of the kind words of sym-
pathy addressed to me in this arty hour
of sore bereavement. God, who doeth
all things well, has in His providence
taken to himself the dearest companion
of these many years, leaving me keenly
I sensible of the loss I have sustained, but
I thank our Father in heaven that He
has enabled me to say "Thy will be
done," and I thank you, dear brethren,
for these kind words so nobly spoken,(as
also for the more tangible expression of
your sympathy. May we all so live,
here and now, that our partings may be
but for a little while, to be followed by
a grand reunion which will never be
broken, and a joy that will know no
sorrow. May we all spend eternity in
that home at whose door the hand of
death will never knock.
Your afflicted brother,
That the Session of the congrega-
tion where the next meeting shall be
held, be asked to secure the services
of the choir to furnish suitable music
for the occasion. The report was re-
ceived and adopted.
Representatives were asked to pay
the rates due by congregations to the
Presbytery fund. The congregations
of Egmoudville and Bayfield and Be-
thany were granted leave to seek mo-
deration in a call to a settled pastor,
and for the time being to be at liberty
to find their own supply.
A circular letter from the Presby-
tery of Ottawa, referring to certain
suggested amendments to the Ontario
License Act, adopted by that Presby-
tery, requesting co-operation in se-
curing such amendments, was read,
and copies of the amendments referred
to laid beforePresbytery. On motion
the matter was referred to the com-
mittee on temperance, with Rev. Mr.
Anderson, and Messrs D. D. Wilson,
Ballantyne and J Scott to report at a
subsequent meeting.
The annual report of Sabbath
Schools for 1889 was presented by Mr
Scott, who reported that out of 33
schools returns had been received
from 26, and that the returns were
fuller and more satisfactory than
those of the year previous.
We give a comparative statement
of returns for 1888 and 1889, illustrat-
ing the progress made during the
past year: in -
1888 1889 crease
No. teachers and
officers on roll, 283
Scholars on roll, 2762
Avg. attendance
scholars, 1883
No. scholars who
became members
of church, 98
Total amt. raised
in S.Schools $959,07 81126.81$'167.74
Total amt. con-
tributed by
schools -for
schornes of
church $371.90 $116.40 $44 50
The Committee recommended that
Presbytery would recommend all of-
ficers and teachers to take a lively
interest in the County and Local
Sabbath School Associations, with a
view of keeping themselves informed
in Sabbath School matters, and in
touch with Sabbath School workers
generally.
An interesting and profitable con-
ference on Sabbath School work was
held in the evening, commencing at
7.30. Mr Jas Mitchell, of Goderich,
spoke upon the subject "The congre-
gation and the Sabbath School, and
the Rev. Mr Henderson, of Hernial],
upon the subject of "The Sabbath
School in relation to missions." Both
addresses were full of vigorous
thought, sound advice and wise in-
struction. The choir of the congre-
gation rendered choice music.
The next meeting will be held on
the second Tuesday of March, in
Willis Church, Clinton.
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wo arc not, directly or indirectly.,, to -
op onsible,
o.oponsiblo,. for any - opinions ottpres>igd
under this bead.]
DANIEL 0OMR TO TUPOMEI1T.
News Notes Around The County.
The Choicest Stealings from
our County Exehauges
Mrs Doig of Gorrie,died last week.
Mrs. John McIntosh, Grey, who has
been ill for Borne time with diabetes and
latterly troubled with pleurisy, died
on Tuesday of last week.
Mr Boyd, formerly of Gorrie, who
taught in school section No. 18, 1888,
has secured the position of principal
in the Fordwich school for this year.
Messrs Verity & Sons, (Exeter, have
manufactured and in their store room
ready for shipment to the north-west
upwards of two hundred tone of !plows.
Strachan Bros., merchants, Brussels,
are intending to dissolve partnership,
the elder brother going out. The busi-
ness will be continued by A. Strachan.
No sadder affliction has been recorded
in the history of Goderich than has
fallen to the lot of Mr and Mrs Neil
Campbell,' who have Jost their entire
family of four children through diphth-
eria.
Mr Alex. Dow, Harriaton, has in his
possession a walking cane made out 01
an oak plank which was part of the
British flagship Detroit, which was cap-
tured by ComrnodoroPerry in the naval
battle en Lake Erie, fought en the 10th
ot Sept., 1813.
Mr J. W. Smith, of Goderich, escaped
on Tuesday last, what might have been
a most serious accident. A large kettle
of boiling lard exploded and contents
went over his arm, and found a resting
place on the wall; and miraculously
his face escaped.
Mr John F. Dale, who works 200
acres of land on the Huron Road,Tnck-
ersmith, last week sold to Mr J H
McDougall, of Seaforth,labout 45 lambs,
for which he received the sum of $304.
These lambs were all raised on Mr
Dale's own farm.
Mr John Thornton, who at otle time
carried on the tannery in Wingham
operated by Messrs Hyman & Co, was
accidentally killed by the street cars,
in Denver, Colorado, on Friday last.
The deceased was an uncle of Mr W . J.
:Chapman, of the Wingham tannery.
The most seriousdamage done by the
wind last week ws at St. Stephen's
'church, Huron roadGodericli-township,
the entire balding being moved about
five feet off its foundation. The inside
is badly wrecked, and it will cost quite
a sum to put the building in repair again
The annual meeting of the Loyal
Orange Association Turnberry District,
was held in Wingham on Tuesday,
when the following officers co -ere duly in-
stalled for the ensuing year: District
Master, Geo. Pettypiece; D Deputy
Master, Jos. Wilkinson; D. Chaplain,
Robt. Bloomfield; D. Rec. Sec., John
Kerr; D. Fin. Secy. J Brydges; D.
Treasurer, Thos Abraham; D Lecturer,
Joseph Curtis; D D C, John Davidson
The following are the officers and.
directors of Colborne township Agric-
ultural Society, for the 1890, viz;
Andw Young, piesident; Isaac Fisher,
vice-president; John Varcoe, secretary;
Wm. Young, treasures:; directors,
Messrs. John Var-Joe, Gorden Young,
Robert Medd, Win. Young, Samuel
Bissett, Jas. Glen, Thomas Sallows,
W. C. Pater and Jno. Tiffin; auditors,
Messrs Chas. McHardy and Wm.Tindall
Some of the members were in favor of
doing away with the fall show, but the
matter was left to a future meeting to
decide.
Presbyter. ial Womau'sForeig n
Mission Society
The Huron Presbyterial Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society met in
the Presbyterian Church, Seaforth,
on Tuesday, Jan. the 21st. Notwith-
standing the inclemency of the wea-
ther, there was a large attendance of
delegates. After devotional exercises
conducted by the President, the Sec-
retary read the minutes of former
meeting. An address of welcome was
presented by Mrs Robb, of Seaforth,
which was very graciously responded
to by Mrs Simpson, Brucefield. The
President's annual address followed
after which a very interesting ani
suggestive paper was read by Mrs C.
Fletcher, Thames Road, entitled,
"Reaction." The young ladies of the
choir rendered efficient aid in making
the meeting a success.
This Society has now 13 auxiliaries
and 5 mission bands, has raised over
81000 during the last ten months, and
sent a large amount of clothing to the
Northwest Indians. The Secretary's
reports and the financial statement of
the treasurer, showed that the Society
was making progress along all the
lines.
The officers are Mrs T. Fair, Clin-
ton, President; Mrs Chas. Fletcher,
Thames Road, 1st vice president; Mrs
A Duff, Goderich, 2nd vice president;
Mrs M. Y. McLean, Seaforth, Trees;
Mrs J Lyons, Seaforth, Sec.
A sensation was caused at Smith's
Falls on Saturday evening last by the
appearance of a woman, well advanced
in years, at the foundry of Masers.
Froat & Wood,bearing a little bundle of
humanity in the shape of a girl infant
which she threw down beside the anvil
of one of our local blacksmiths. The
man, who is also well advanced in years
and the father of legitimate children,
looked more scared than did Macbeth
at the ghost of Banque, and piteously
begged the woman to take away the un-
fortunate infant and he would do some-
thing for them. The woman at first
demurred, as she had, she said, carried
the child about long enough, and it was
now his turn to rook the cradle; but the
chief of police was more successful, and
moved the woman and child away. The
man has disappeared, some say across
the border, but it is rumored likewise
that he is only in hiding. The names
are withheld for the present, as further
developments are expected.
CONDOLENCE.
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ARkte rr`r Tk4r, aA$!r,A88
Father West and Aruiotrong
Will be the burthen of my sang;
Who is right and who is wrong
I will judge;
Although my judgment may seem
Don't you budge. [long,
You can ace by a hasty glance .
The falsehoods Armstrong advance,
To give color to his romance,
And Powder Plot.
No liar of hell or France,
There is not.
To Ma AaMsraose, Goderich.—
Sus,—You misrepresent Milner, when
you say that he has given the number
of persons put to death for religion, in
Elizabeth's reign, as two hundred.—
Milner has said nothing of the kind.
Here are his words, as given on page
329, "I have aleo shown, from authentic
sources, that above two hundred Catho-
lics were hanged, drawn and quartered
during her reign, for the mere profes-
sion -of the religion of their ancestors."
Milner does not state that this is the
whole number of Catholics who were
put to death, but he has shown, from
authentic sources, that that number
was put to death. He says nothing of
the number of Catholics who may have
been put to death for other causes than
religion. Nor does he include in the
number he has given, the Protestants
who were put to death for their religion.
So, Mr Armstrong, you are not only a
romancer, but also an insiduous fabri-
cator. -
Armstrong, your fabrication
Will lead your soul to desolation.
If you'd eschew endless evil,
Write the truth, and shame the devil.
Before I proceed to review your "Ro-
mance of the Gunpowder Piot," allow
me to notice briefly the introduction to
your letter dated December 14, in which
you stated that Father West has said
that " Elizabeth passed penal laws
eleven years before the Pope excom-
municated her, and that after the pass-
ing of these tyrannical laws it was up-
wards of twenty years when the Semi-
nary priests, and twenty-two years
when the Jesuits tirat appeared in Eng-
land." "I presume," you say, "that he
thinks the. alleged tyrannical laws un-
called for." When you say "alleged
tyrannica ws," you wish to leave the
impressio that these laws were not
tyrannic , and you do so in your usual
dogm t' manner, without a single
The Expositor says:—Mr. McIntyre,
a horse buyer from Michigan, shipped
from Seaforth station. on Tuesday last
four fine two-year-old Canadian bred
stallions and two breeding mares. One
of these stallions was purchased from
Mr. James Horton, Usborne; one from
Mr. Anthony Allen, near Goderich;
One from Mrs. Black, McKillop, and
one from Mr Thomas McMichael,
Hullett. One of the mares was pur-
chased from Mr Alex. Davidson, Sea -
forth, and the other from Mr Wm.
McMichael, of Hullett. They made up
a particularly fine lot. It is worthy of
mention here that the dam of the colt
purchased from Mr McMichael has bred
him five colts, and these have netted
him the snug sum of $1,490, and she is
carrying a foal now and may have five
more yet. A. mare like this is almost
as good for a man as a small gold mine.
CLINTON, January 20th, 1890.
To BRO. JOHN STEEP:
Dear Sir and Brother, — We, the
officers and members of Court Maple
Leaf No. 16, C. O. F., Clinton: In-
asmuch as it has pleased the Supreme
,Chief Ranger in His all -wise providence
to take to himself your beloved wife, beg
to tender to you, in this your hour of
trial and bereavement, our heartfelt
sympathy, and may the Lord give yon
strength to bear up under your great loss
and we can assure you, dear brother,
while deeply mournful to tie it must be
given. BotltweU'doee flet deny the frig#
that Gateaby and the other conA liege•La.C4rippa:ta 4011 at work kaaw. Ira
tore
ivcu ? authorities ;you have Ate
hear of #ceeases a1 daily, oducd, were connected with, th •
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The regular ,west#legg of tilty.l''.
' i ttoa vlrRa'iteld oft° Tgletl;
?Glue has proved, fronreliabla author tics
that Isord Cecil was chief conspirator
in too pint, and you have not proved
that he was not. You. mention othere
connected with that plot, so could Both-
well,and youendeavor to blindfold your
unfortunate readers by doing this, oare-
fully omitting the name of the chief
conspirator.
If there wan even each a thing as
romance, your version of the Gunpow-
der Plot, as a refutation of Bothwell, is
certainly such a groduotion. You have
not the mind. or inteleot to understand
or grasp the main objeot of IBothwell's
version of it, but you run away to some
little+bide issue, to mislead, if possible,
your unsuspecting readers. Father
West gave his version of it, and quoted
several historians, both Catholic and
Protestant, in support of what he said.
Why do you not attack Father West'e
version of the Gunpowder Plot, as well
as Bothwell's. No doubt your attempt
in doing so would be in keeping with
your present fictitious narrative of it.
Your unintelligible story, Rev Mr Tay-
lor, Father Molean and Mr McLeod, is
no doubt another fiotitious narrative.
You certainly believe, Armstrong, that
the end justifies the means, at least,
when you speak about Catholics and
Catholic subjects. You give what you
call "a nice case of conscience," solved
by a Jesuit Garnet. Your readers
must believe then in your own or some
other equally unreliable and fictitious
authority. You delight in writing a
great deal; scribbling is your hobby,
and in all your writing there is only
one thing in which you are successful,
and that is, you are sure to steer clear
of the truth.
The following is the "case of con-
science" which was given to Garnet to
solve, and not as yon have alleged :—
Catesby had obtained a captain's com-
mission in a regiment of horse, which
the king had ordered Charles Percy to
raise. Catesby came to Garnet and
said that he was going to engage in a
just war, but he feared that the inno-
.oent world necessarily perish with the
guilty, could he in conscience obey?
Garnet replied that according to divines
of every communion, obedience in such
cases was lawful, otherwise it would at
all times be in the power of the aggress-
or to prevent the party aggrieved from
pursuing hie just right. This is the
case briefly told, Lingard, vol. ix, page
39. That the bull of Pope Pius V was
revived, as yon say, against James I, is
e. falsehood pure and simple. Qn the
contrary, Pope Clement VIII deter-
mined to cultivate the friendship of the
r whatyou say;without daring new king, and by two briefs, directed
proof . to the arch -priest and provincial of the
to dispute or investigate your infleble Jesuits, he commanded that they should
ipse dixit. discourage by all means in their power
Don't yon see again you're wrong, every attempt to disturb the trauquility
For scribbling begat Armstrong. of the realm, Lingard, vol. ix, page 27.
Armstrong, your object in writing is
not only to compose a romance, but to
see how many lies you can crowd into
a column.
Armstrong, your head is hot,
The editor of the News -Record assert-
ed that Elizabeth was instigated to
pass retaliatory laws, by which Catho-
lics were punished, owing to the fact
that the Pope hadexcommunicated her,
and also on account of the preaching of Raving 'bout gunpowder plot.
the Jesuits and Seminary priests. Rev • Liars will ip hell be roaring;
Father West produced indisputable his• I pity you. DANIEL MORAN.
toric facts to show that Elizabeth had Seaforth, Dec. 25, 1889.
already passed penal laws for the pun -1_ ,
isbrnent of Catholics, before any of
these circumstances took place. This' NEWS NOTES
was the question in dispute. Yon wish --
now to throw dust in the eyes of your Judge Livingstone, County Judge of
readers, by diverting their attention to Norfolk,died at Simcoe on Friday.
the year of 1558, when Elizabeth came Dr. H. McKay, of Woodstock, a
to the throne, and when the Pope re- member of Provincial.Boar3-of Health.
fused to acknowledge her as the lawful died on Friday.
Queen of England, as she had been de- A Toronto paper makes the statement
clared illegitimate. This declaration, that one person out of every thirty-two
however, if we are to believe anything in that city is a recipient of charity.
you say, was certainly not the reason Thomas H Purdom, barrister,London
that induced Elizabeth to pass her has been selected as the Liberal stand-
penal laws, for you have already told and bearer for East Middlesex for the -
us that the Pope was must friendly to local election.
her; that he addressed her in the most
endearing terms, calling her his beloved There were 28,787 names of school
children on the rolls of the Toronto
daughter in Christ. If what you say
means anything, it is evident that if Public schools last year against 25,00')
the Pope could not, for the reasons al- the year before.
ready stated, constitutionally acknow- A Mrs Melo-yell, who had visited
lodge her as the illegitimate heir, he Brampton to do some marketing on
had at least done nothing to merit her Monday No -bile walking home on the
vengeance, as he had thus far remained . Grand Trunk track, was struck by an
passive. engine and instantly killed.
It was only in the 12th year of her Kunze, one of the Cronin suspects,
reign that Pope Pius V resolved to use has been released on bail bonds furnish -
his authority in an official manner, ed bya dime museum manager, and re -
when it was evident that Elizabeth had t
no intention to relax her oppressive huris to go on exhibition. The rest
penal laws. It is nonsense to assert ave entered on their life sentences.
that the Pope's passion conduct in re- Mrs William Miller, living near Ham -
fusing to acknowledge her as the lawful burg, Iowa, has just given birth to two
heir to the crown had determined her girls and a boy, their combined weight
to pass her penal laws. the chief of being 21 pounds. Less than two years
which were enacted in 1559. She actu- ago Mrs Miller produced twins. All
ally began her persecution of Catholics concerned are doing well.
before ,1ary, her predecessor, was in Patrick Barrett, contractor, London
her grave, while the Bishop of Win- west, was instantly killed Saturday as
cheater was imprisoned for his sermon a result of the breaking of a breaking of
at the funeral of Queen Mary, and Bon- i an axle of his waggon which threw him
ner, Bishop cf London, was called upon from the top of his load of straw that
to account for the different fines which he was bringing to the city.
had been levied in his courts, in Mary's William H. Webb, of Philadelphia,
Armstrong, you might make a writer '
reign. died on a Grand Trunk train between
of fiction, but you are a complete failure Strathroy and London yesterday morn -
as a recorder of the facts of actual life. I morn -
in A cheque for$700, cash 5200 and a
Never did a bigger fool draft for $5,000 were found in pockets.
Teach a b c or handle rule, The remains were forwarded to Phila-
Or try to run a third-rate school, delphia.
Than Armstrong. An action e,t the Toronto Civil Assizes
Deserves nothing but ridicule; py D. B. E. Bell of Toronto, against the
His head is wrong. ' London and LancashirelnsuranceCom-
Yes, Tommy, you would be blest, 1 pany for $3,000, was settled by the com-
If you hal brain like Father West. pany paying the plaintiff $2,800. The
On reading the News -Recorder. I defense was that the plaintiff had obtain -
All can see your mind disorder. , ed subsequent insurance without notify-
ing the company.
M.IS e
4s..4 a
day °fetting,when the atteieleepe•
tau large, and the entertainment,
which • tools the shape of& geunlo,
program, was excellent.
Oa Tuesday Mr` Fred rpgrepi er
Vancouver, B.O.,and Miss C. tte
daughter of Mr .Tohn Short, of ley
Tw., were united for better or for
worse by the Rev Cook The `
ceremony was witnessed by ClOtIger
number of the friends of the. contras-
ting parties. The presents -were box#
valuable and numerous. The limes
ERs. extends its congratulations: to
the happy couple.
The South Huron Farmers' Inst;•
tute held here on Mondtry arta. _ -.
Tuesday, was a success, though, the
roads were rough and the weather
stormy, the attendance was targe.
The various papers read were interest-
ing and instructive, and the animated
discussions which followed showed
the interest taken i4 it by those '
present. The evening session Wae•
taken up by a general progragicon,
silting of songs, addresses and quar—
tettes. , Prot. James, of the Ontario
Agricultural College, Wm, Conan, U.
S., of Toronto, and G. C. Gaston, of
Simcoe, were present and added,
much to the interest of the meeting,
by their excellent papers. These
meetings $of farmers, where subjects
of common interest are discussed,
cannot fail to be of great profit to
those attending.
VICE'S FLORAL GIIIDE.—We have re-
ceived from James Vick, Rochester,N.Y
his Floral Guide, which in beauty of ap-
pearance and convenience of arrange-
ment surpasses anything in this line
which we have ever had the privilege of
seeing before. It is a pamphlet eight by
ten inches in size, and with the covers,
which are by no means the least im-
portant part of it, contains an even one
hundred pages. Although called a
"floral guide" it is devoted to vegetables
as well, includes as full a list and de-
scription both of flowers,vegetablea and
else small fruits as could be brought
within the compass of abook of this size.
In all that the Vicks have undertaken
their aim seems to have been to attain
as near to absolute perfection as possible
and brobably no one ever did so much•
towards bringing the cultivation of
flowers to the high standard which it has
now attained as did the head of this firm
The firm takes the same pride in
raising choice vegetables as in develop.
ing attractive varieties of flowers, and
after using their seeds for a number of
years we are able to recommend them
in the highest terms.
We advise all our readers to send 10
cents for the Guide (which can be de•
ducted from first order); and if there
are any of our lady friends who can
succeed in growing a natural rose which
will compare in beauty with the New
Striped Rose shown in the illustration
we should like to receive an invitation
to call and see it.
Tom Armstrong, in a controversy you
should not be so reckless in your state-
ments. No one should accept what
you say without "rigorous search and
verification." What the bigoted and
prejudiced Littledale says of Catholic
controvertialists applies to you in a
most remarkable manner. You assert
that Father McKean is a Jesuit, which,
I am obliged to tell you in plain Eng-
lish, is a falsehood. What do yon gain
by telling falsehoods ? Yon set the
commandments of God at defiance by
bearing false witness against your neigh-
bor, and shedding them broadcast on
the wings of a secular press You say
that Father McKean, and not Bothwell,
is the author of the version of the Gun
Powder Plot, in one of the issues of the
News -Record. Yon have given no proof
to show that it is Father McKean.—
You wish, as usual, Armstrong to have
your unsupported statements tbelieved
by a too -credulous public. Father West
had no reason to suppose that it was
Father McKean, as Bothwell was given
as the author of it. If Father West
had given some name, other than that
whieh he gave with the information,
he would have done what no prudent
man, who wished to be considered reli-
able, would have done. After all, what
:ha,d the name to do with the question
of the Gunpowder Plot, as Rev Father
West asked the editor of the News -Re-
cord, not to prove whether the man
was Bothwell or McKean, but to refute,
if he could, Bothwell's version of the
Gunpowder Plot.
You, Mr Armstrong, wilfully misre-
present Father West, when you leave
the impression that the history of the
Gunpowder Plot, as given by Bothwell,
is Father West's version of it.
Oh, Armstrong, cease your lying,
Or, with Peter, you'll be 'crying.
Father West made special mention of
the fact that it waa•Bothwell's version,
which neither you nor the editor has
sueoeasfully proved to be false. Both -
well's authorities are as reliable at ny
Bayfield.
Mr Chas Symons has retired front
active work on his farm in the Gode-
rich township and has moved into
town. We are the more pleased as
Mr Symons visited all the surround-
ing towns before deciding to take up
his abode here. Charles evidently
appreciates a healthy atmosphere.
Mr Alfred Erwin has a nice team
of bay colts, which he takes great
pleasure in exercising, up the front
road on Monday mornings.
Dr. Elliott, of Lucknow, and Mr
Joseph Elliott, ot Toronto, were
home last week attending the funeral
of their mother.
The funeral of Mr Frank Bolton,
son of Mrs Struthers, Clinton, took
place in the cemetery herejon Tuesday
although it was very disagreeable
weather a number of Foresters drove
to Nlinton and followed the body to
the burial ground.
Mrs Elliott, wife of the late Thos.
Elliott. who died about two years ago,
passed off quietly on Thursday, the •
15th inst., at the age,of 59 years. She
leaves a persevering and energetic
family of five sons and two daughters
to mourn her loss.
NEWS NOTES.
A man who helped Judge Longneoker
in the Cronin trial is in a hospital in
Antonio, Texas, crazy from fear that. -
the Clan -aft -Gael are after him.
Cattlemen iu Wyoming are gathering
their cattle for the purpose of shipping
them into Kansas and Nebraska be-
cause of the deep snow and short feed.
The influenza is among the indians
near West Selkirk, Manitoba, and al
though there are only S00 of them, the
funerals are taking place at the rate of
four or five a week.
The Brantford police have been asked
to 'look out for three burglars, who
whilst masked, entered the residence of
Mr Stalker, Oneida township, and stole
$250 in motley and a silver English lever
watch, No. 692.
The village of Lucknow on Monday
had a, test of the new water works, and
now claims the beet fire -fighting facilit-
ies of any village in the Dceininion.
The works were built by McQuillan & .
Co.,of Toronto.
On Monday morning, Messrs. R. &T.
Hepeurn, Port Stanley, discovered that
2.4 out of a drove of 32 hogs had died
during the night, from what cause is a
mystery, though veterinaries incline to
the opinion that it was from inflamm-
ation. Theloss to the Messrs. Hepburn
is between $$300 and $400.
A telegram from Tacoma, W. T.
says:—At least ten human beings and
thousands of cattle and sheep perished
in the blizzard which began with the
year and raged over Washington for a
week. On the Colville reservation cat'- -
tie are dying by hundreds from starva-
tion and thirst. The ground is covered
with over two feet of snow on the level,
and in some places mountain high.
Tne keeper of the stage station twelve
miles from Alma started td walk to
town last week, and Sunday his body.
was found on the prairie only a mile
from his home frozen stiff. The mail
carrier at Wild Goose Creek perished on
the same day, and eight cattlemen are
known to have lost their lives. Cattle-
men estimate that they will 1 ose one-
half of their herds this season.
A family moved into a vacant house
at Marthaville the other day, and found
half a bag of oat meal left behind by a
farmer tenant. The oatmeal looked all
right, and it was cooked and eaten.
Shortly after the family were taken
with convulsions, and a medical man
discovered that they had eaten rat poi-
son. - No serious results followed.
Rev. Dr. Douglass, President of the
Wesleyan Methodist College at Montreal
has given society in that city and
throughout the Dominion generally, a
terrible shaking in an address delivered
by him before the White Cross Society.
The speaker arraigned and denounced
in the most scathing language the stage
of the present time, such vivid novelists
and poets as "the Braddons, the infam-
ous Onidas and the Swinburnea," some
of the representative public men in par-
liament, and especially the gilded
debauches of society, who, thou h
known to be " fast" and unscrupulous
in tberir relations with women, are ad-
mitted and even courted in the society
and homes of respectable people
A daring highway robbery was com-
mitted on a lady, widow of the late
Leonard Odell, of Westminster, who
had been to London on business on
Saturday, and was returning to her
home. When opposite the house of Mrs
Franks, 100 yards south of Clarke's
bridge, she was overtaken by a man
who grasped her and violently threw
her to the ground. She pluckily held
on to the rascal's clothes, and in the
souffle tore part of hie shirt to pieces.
She held in her hand a satchel, con-
taining a number of articles which she
had•pnrohased in the pity. This the
man secured after the struggle and made
off running towards the London and
Port Stanley railway track. The sat•
ohel has been pinked up since, but the
city detectives have not yet discovered
any olue to the man's identity.
Aim lduertiotmentS•
BOARDERS WANTED -000D ACCOM-
D MODATION. Apply to MRS READ, Hur-
on Street.
APPLICATIONS for OFFICE
Applications for the position of Assessor,
at a salary of 360 per annum, and for the
position of Chief Constable, Collector, etc.,
at a salary of 0900 per annum, with the ne-
cessary.securities, nameing the suretles,will
be received by the Clerk up to 10 o'clock on
SATURDAY, the25th init.
Information as to the duties of the Chief
Constable, etc., and as to the amount of
security necessary can be obtained on appli-
cation to the Clerk
WILLIAM COATS, Clerk,
CREAMERY
A meeting of all parties favorable to the
establishment of a
.TOINT STOCK CREAMERY
In the Town of Clinton, will be held on
Saturday, Jan. 25, itt 2 p. m.,
—IN TnE—
Conncil Chamber, CLINTON.
All parties interested are invited to,sxtend.
A. II. Manning, Convener
G. T. R, TICKET OFFICE
If you are Travelling North, South,
East or West, call on the undersigned,
for all information.
W. J AOKSON,
G. T. R. AGENT,
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