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FRIDAY, MAY 30, 1890.
Mowat or Meredith
. Before another issue of the NEW ERA
appears, the eleotors of Ontario will
have decided who shall administer, its
affairs for the uext parliamentary ses-
sion.
That we shall be glad to see Mr Mo-
wat returned to power again, goes with-
out Baying. We have upheld his ad.
Ministration because we have believed
it tobe in the beat interest of the Pro-
;'vince: Even his opponents admit that
there is little or no fault to be found
with his general. policy and record.
'r The chief groand upon which they
ask for a withdrawal of the confidence
that has been extended to him for near-
ly twenty years is that he has pander-
ed to the Roman Catholics more than
be should do. To oar mind this charge
has been repeatedly shown to be with-
out foundation. The existence of the
Separate Schools is regretted as much
by Liberals as by any one else, but as
they are pati of the constitution there
is no possible way in which they can
be abolished, except by amendment to
the oonstitiution, which can only be ob.
tained by consent of tiff the Provinces.
Mr Meredith pretends that he will
deal With the Separate School question
'better than Mr Mowat has done. We
not only doubt his ability to do so, but
we doubt also his intentions, for we
have not sufficient faith in 11r Meredith,
based upon his own record, to believe
that if a power, he would do one par-
;'; title different to what Mr Mowat has
done or is doing. Hie attitude on the
the School question, to our mind at any
rate, is for party purposes, pure and
simple.
It is for the people to say who shall
hold power. If they are Satisfied that
Mr Mowat's course has been honorable
'' and straightforward throughout, then
they should oast their ballots for him
.on the 5th of June. He is certainly
.entitled to a renewal of confidence and
• we shall be disappointed if,on the even-
rr' •ing of the 5th of June, it is found the.;
'is he has not a majority of the representa-
tives elected.
i.. to the Hon. A. M. Ross, in West Huron.
See that your ballot is marked for Mr
. Darrow on Thursday next.
Let every friend of honest govern-
ment feel it a duty togo to the polls to
S. Thursday next, and cast his ballot fcr
SIT, the •the government of Hon. Oliver Mowat.
Garrow will make a worthy successor
Mr Roberts claims to be "no talker
but a good thinker " Mr Garrow bas
the advantage of being both a good talk-
er and good thinker, and will therefore
make the best representative of the two.
"I wonld regard it as a national mis- I
fortune" says John Charlton, M. P.,
"if Mr Mowat were defeated." The
way to prevent such a misfortune is to
-.mark your ballot for candidates sup.
Porting Mr Mowat.
—sass—
The South Riding, which has the
opportunity of being represented by a
young Toronto lawyer, is hardly likely
to avail itself thereof, and the proba-
bilities are that the sturdy old farmer,
Archie Bishop,will go in by a sweeping
majority.
Mr Roberts poses as an Equal Rights
candidate,..,though brought out by the
straight Conservatives and having that
out and out Conservative, Robt. Porter,
pM. P., stumping for him. We don't
think any one will be misled as to Mr
Roberts' true position.
People who are misled by the attach;
on the Separate School question should
bear this fact in mind. The township
of Ashfield, in this country, is settled
largely by Roman Catholics, yet there
is not a Separate School within its
'!borders, nor one nearer to it than the
Town of Ooderich._ .
The two Leaders.
We understand that as in 1883 an ar,
rangement has been entered into be-
tween the Liberal and Conservative
leaders whereby the respective chiefs
are to be nnoppoaed. Mr Mowat and
Mr Meredith will therefore be elected
by acclamation. The Liberals of Lon -
i don have consented to this compromise
•ae upon the whole wise under the dr-
' While Mr Mowat, in
ease of opposition, would be certain of
a majority of considerably over 1,000,
;., and there wasa good fighting chance
of success for the Liberals of London,
it was deemed prudent to save the
Liberal leader the annoyance of a con-
test. This arrangement was entered
' into some two weeks since, a the
ii-,; candidate announced by the Clog Va-
,`.'Eivee as in the field in North Qz ord
)'has been withdrawn.—London ;Advis-
tiler.
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1 o.I,ITJCpx1C, l4El Tl1 G. Ness Notes irooml The Comity.
at tbe meeting bell i4 tbe Town Hall
Clinton, on Tuesday evening, in the
interests of Me J. M. Roberta, the
Conservative nominee for West Hur-
on, a large portion of the audience
being made up of Reformers, Mr
Doherty occupied tbe chair. The
first epeaker called upon was Mr
Roberts, and in a few words—very
few—he tried to announce bis posi-
tion. That he is not a public speak-
er was plain from the outset, and it
was with an evident feeling of relief
to his own eupportere that he eat
down after virtually saying nothing
Dr. Holmes, County Treasurer, was
the next speaker, They say that the
doctor is a candidate for Mr Porter's
shoes, and expects the next nomina•
tioh for the Dominion House. He
dealt chiefly with the financial ad-
ministration of the Mowat Govern-
ment, and tried to make out that
there were irregularities in various
branches of the public service, inti-
mating that the public accounts were
c•o)ked, though in the next breath he
repudiated the idea of charging offi-
cial wrongdoing against the members j
of the administration.
Mr A. H. Manning, on behalf of
Mr Garrow, was accorded forty five
minutes, and he made good use of
every minut r. Regarding the state-
ment of the Opposition that there
was no surplus. he quoted from the
Dominion Public accounts, showing
that Sir John's government is paying
Ontario a large sum annually for
interest nn funds held in trust; that
the Conservatives, and not the Lib-
erals, were responsible for Separate
Schools; quoting from a pamphlet
issued by Dr. Ryerson in 1858, he
showed that the late Superintendent
of Education was an ardent advocate
of Separate Schools ; and further,
that the party 1rd by Meredith, at the
last election, lisd claimed that they
were the true friends of the Roman
Catholics. Mr Manning devoted
considerable time to the school ques-
tion, and was frequently applauded
during the delivery of his speech.
Mr Larke, of Oshawa, was the next
speaker, and we suppose that from a
q"nservative standpoint, it will be
said that he made a good speech. He
expressed his desire for the utmost
freedom and fairness in discussion,
tfut had not proceeded far before he
hail cent radicted himself en this very
poio'. He alluded to the achool
question, making out that the priests
controlled them, to the school books,
alleging that the people had been
charged exorbitant prices, to the
French question, and other phases of
the opposition policy, trying to make
out that the Reformers had been un-
true to their professions and princi-
p tis, and that no confidence could be
placed in them. His speech was a
very plausible one, but instead of
telling the whole truth in his argu-
ments, he would tell only part, plac-
ingthus an entirelydifferent con-
struction upon what the actual cir
cumstances were. He was frequently
applauded by his sympathisers, and
sat down amid loud applause.
The meeting was, on the whole a
good one, very orderly,. and closed
with cheers for the queen and candi-
date.
W H Cooper closes his report in the
Empire with these words—those who
were present can judge of their truth:—
"Mr Manning got the worst dressing
down any public speaker ever received
on a platform in this town. He was
left without a leg to stand upon."
There was a very good attet.ance
The Protestants of Ontario are not
cadth ing a wrong under theoons tution
which allows Roman Cats to
establish and maintain eepara hoots
.They are not suffering an injustice.
ey are being denied no rights. But
let thll constitution be altered so de to
give the 'Legislatures of Ontario and
Quebec power to abolish sectarian or
dissentient schools, and what is likely
to happen ? 1f Ontario vfill abolish
$ parate sohoc13, Qnsbel will abolish
dissentient schools ; and then, children
of Roman Catholic parents will be
i lipe11od to attend the non-sectarian
' ' Vella school- in Ontario, while o'hildrah
ot Protestant parents will be compelled
tbintend the Roman Catholic pnbllfo
ile/a001sof Qnebec.
HE IS MISLEADING.
To the Editor of the Clinton New Era.
DEAR Sm.—Last Friday night at
Kintail, Mr Porter, M.P.,West Huron,
made the following statement. That
Mowat's partizan License Commission-
ers and Inspectors were not accounting
for the moneys received by them, and
gave the following figures for 1889.
WEST HURON.
Amount received $7153 75
Paid to municipalities $2873 07
Paid to Province.... 3597 76
Salaries and expenses 563 89 7031 72
Balance unaccounted for $ 119 03
In the same manner the charged that
East Huron officials have not accounted
for $160 in 1889 and South Huron $36 -
Please insert the above so that the
proper officers may give an explanation.
I remain, yours truly, Wu. SLOAN.
Blyth, May 26, 1890.
The explanation of this is simple
enough. The "balance unaccounted
for" is paid to the municipalities as, a
second payment, but is not distributed
until after the report is issued, conse-
quently it does not appear in the report
for that particular year, but in the
year following. In other words, it is
like a ledger balance that is carried
forward from time to time, but is,
nevertheless, accounted for every time.
-Ed NEW ERA.
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The Ottawa Free Press says: "Since
1873 the surplus to the credit of the
Ontario Government has been increased
from $4,332,'294 to $6,427, 252. In the
same period the debt of the Dominion
has increased from $130,778,098 to
$287,722,092, as disclosed by the public
accounts." Mowat is careful managdr
and an honest man, and any change
world only be for the worse.
John Charlton, M. P., concludes a
private letter as follows:—I venture to
say without hesitation that not a State
or a Province in America has so fully
enjoyed the blessing of a prudent, econ-
omiciaL, progressive and thoroughly
honest Government as has Ontario
since Mr Mowat became its Premier;
then why make a change and incur the
disgrace of rewarding faithful, con-
scientious servants with condemnation
and ingratitude?
W. R. Callaway, District Passenger
Agent, Toronto:
Winnipeg, May27.—Reports just in
from emotions of country to Regina,
Moosomin, Glenboro, Plum Creek,
Doloraine and Brandon showing an in-
crease of about twenty per cent. in
acreage under crop. Farmers in good
spirits over prospects for large yield.
Grain well rooted and promises for
good crop could not babetter.
L. A. HAMILTON.
The Choicest Stealiugs from
Our County Exchanges.
Mr James Miller, on Tuesday, while
lishi ,g between Winghom and Tees -
water, caught 80 speolled beauties,
some of them upwards of a foot in
length.
R. T. Hingston, after a residence in
Belgrave of about two years, removed
to Brussels on Monday last, where he
will engage in the tinware business as
formerly.
At the meeting of the Official Board
of the James Street Methodist church,
Exeter, the Pastor, Rev. B. Clement,
was cordially invited to return to the
charge for the third year.
Peter Cantelon, of the 8th, of Morris,
who has been indisposed for some days,
is rather worse, it being reported that
he now has an attack of inflammation
of the lungs. He never wholly recover-
ed from the effeots of the la grippe.
Arrangements have been made to
have Joe Hess lecture in Seaforth for a
week in the interests of Temperance.
He will begin on Sunday the 15th of
June and continue during the following
week up tq and including Friday even-
ing.
We regret to have to chronicle the
demise of Mr Nicholas Hogan, of the
Second concession of the township of
West Wawanosh, which took place at
his residence on Saturday last. He has
been very ill for a number of years, was
a very quiet, harmless and inoffensive
resident.
Mr Wm. Dynes, of the 10th con., of
McKillop, has a sow of the Suffolk
breed which has given birth to 127 pigs,
and has had as many as 17 atone litter,
and she was four years old this spring.
This beats all past records we have
ever heard of,
Mrs Brown, sr., mother of Councilor
Brown, of Grey, died on Friday morn•
ing, 9th inst., at the house of her son-
in-law, having reached the ripe old age
Df 80 years. For several years she has
been failing in health, but about two
months ago she slipped on the door
step so injuring herself as to be there-
after unable to walk.
Mr Jacob Willson, one of the pioneer
settlers of the township of Colborne,
and father of Mr O. C. Willson and
Mrs Jas. Scott, of Seaforth, died at his
home in Crosswell, Michigan, on
Wednesday. Mr Willson was widely
known among the older residents of the
county and was everywhere universally
respected, He was 74 years of age.
The many friends of Mr J. Maoarthur,
banker, of Hensall, will learn with deep
regret of the very sudden death of his
mother at her home in Ailsa Craig on
Friday, May 16th. She retired at
night in her usual health, and in the
morning was found a corpse. Mr Mac-
arthur has thus been deprived of both
father and mother by death within the
past years.
On Saturday last Mr John Hamilton,
cattle dealer, shipped from Wroxeter, a
carload of very fine fat cattle intended
for the old country market. The total
weight of twentyanimals was 26,370
g
lbs, some of the more noticable beasts
being as follows: Three-year-old steer
fed by James Clark, Belmore, 1690 lbs;
3 -year-old steer fed by John Pritchard,
Howick, 1640 lbs; 3 -year-old heifer fed
by Sam Johnson, Howick, 1475 lbs.
The price paid for these cattle was 5.kc
per lb.
The annual District meeting of the
Methodist church, Wingham District;'
was held in Teeswater on Tuesday and
Wednesday of last week. The chair-
man, ltev. John Scott, M. A., presided.
Rev. A. E. Smith, of Wroxeter, was
appointed Secretary. Rev. Arch. Mc•
Kibbin was recommended for another
year at Cobourg University. The sup-
erannuated ministers whose names are
attached to the District are Revds. J.
L. Kerr, Richd. Paul and S. Swann.
of Brussels, and Wm. Mills, Blyth,
On Wednesday morning the financial
and statistical returns were presented
from the various stations and circuits
and on the whole they were very satis-
factory and an improvement on last
year. Rev. S. Sellery was elected to
the Stationing Committee; Rev. W.
Torrance and N. H. Young to the Sun-
day School Committee;Dr.Towler repre-
sentative of the Missionary Board. The
following lay representatives were chos-
en to attend the Guelph Conference:
—Wingham, W. B. Towler and Geo.
Thompson; Teeswater, Geo. Yeo; Wrox-
eter, W. C. Hazlewood; Bluevale, W. J.
Johnston; Belgrave, B. Bengough; Brus-
sels, Dr. Holmes, T. Fletcher and W.
H. Kerr; Walton. Wm. Pollard; Blyth,
N. H. Young and Jno. Wilford; Auburn,
Jno. Murdock; Londesboro, Jas. Braith-
waite. A doctor's bill of $15.50 in con•
nection with the family of Rev. J. R.
Isaac was referred to the Contingent
Fund, and a $S0 claim to the Sustenta-
tive Fund from Belgrave circuit. New
churches have been built during the
year at Blyth and Westfield, an addi-
tion put to the brick church in Wa-
wanosh, and a lot purchased for a new
church at Bluevale,(for which the con-
tract is now let.) The following changes
in the bounds of circuits were recom-
mended;—Ebenezer appointment from
Belgrave to Bluevale; Sunshine from
Blyth to Belgrave; and Jackson's ap-
pointment from Walton to Blyth. If
the above is approved of at Conference
Jackson's appointment will have re-
gular afternoon service each Sabbath
by the Blyth pastor. Resolutions
were passed on the Federation question,
on the extension of the pastoral term,
and the election of lay representatives
to Conference. The Fall District
meeting will be held at Londesboro.
ARMY NOTES.—A statement was
read at the army meeting last Thurs-
day, which showed that the officers
here, after paying ordinary running
expenses, have the munificent salary
ot $2.20 each per week, and out of
this they have to provide their own
board. Some of the Stanley soldiers
show considerable zeal, going four
miles to Bayfield every night and
bick, in order to attend theservice
there. has been
promoted to the pceition of Captain
here.
Hon. Oliver Mowat was elected a
Vice•President of the Upper Cenada
BibleeSociety Friday night. Were he not
an honest, upright Christian gentle-
man, he would not have such an honor
thrust upon him.
Dr Emmett was asked to become the
Equal Rights candidate for Monck, but
declined. He declared that the whole
fabric, so far as Ontario is concerned,is
simply a political decoy set by Mr
Meredith to catch Reform votes, and
he(truste Reformers will not allow them-
selves to be deluded by such political
chaff. The doctor is right.
The report of the Committee ttee on
Dietetics at the American Medical As-
soci3tion, Nashville, nn., concluded
than the American p ple were being
rained by the too fr use of liquid
foods, and that children were the great.
est sufferers from this pause. The use
of liquid food caused defective jaws and
teeth, which was the first step down-
ward, and unless stopped, would ulti-
mately end in oblivion.
At the Port Lambton Quarterly
Board meeting of the Methodist Church
held recently, it was resolved, on motion
of P. W. Merritt, seconded by Stephen
Lane, "That we ask the C1*tlbsrit Dis-
trict Meeting to urge utfOp else ebnfer-
ence to demand a just It1-t all of the
Government grant to Inslittil &shoole, or
to refuse to aocept the mitserable allow.
ance to the Methodist Indian school,
viz , $253 per school, when the Roman
Catholic Indian schools are granted
$2,582 eaoh on an average."
`East Baron Teao►i era' Association.
The members of the aboveAasooiation
met in the assembly room of the Col-
legiate Institute, Seaforth, oa the 22nd
and 23rd of May, for the transaction of
busineas and dieoussion of matters per-
taining to the teaching profession.
P gloom was cast over the convention
owing to the death of our beloved In-
spector, Mr Mallooh, many of the teach-
ers only hearing of it upon their arrival
at the convention.
FIRST SESSION.
The first session opened at about 10
a. m. of the first day, the President,
W H Stewart. of Blyth, in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes, (the
following committees were appointed,
and an adjournment made until the
following afternoon : business commit-
tee, Messrs J. King, D. Johnson and A.
Scott ; committee on resolutions, Messrs
Clarkson and McFaul, and Mrs Kirk-
man and Miss Simpson ; reporting
committee, Messrs Hamilton, Black-
well and Dewar ; entertainment com-
mittee, Messrs McFaul, Scott and Pren•
dergast.
SECOND SESSION.
On the reassembling of the inembers
at 1.30 p. m., Mr Lough, Principal of
Clinton Model School, illustrated, with
a class, his method of teaching vulgar
fractions and decimals, by means of
easy problems, followed by questions
more difficult and complex. He led
the pupils to sco that in all the oases
presented the division was changed to
multiplication, and that this result was
produced by inverting the divisor,
from which the pupils were able to de-
duce the rule. In division of decimals
he emphasized the importance of the
pupils being thoroughly acquainted
with the numeration and notation. He
based the teaching of division of deci-
mals on their knowledge of compound
division. He broke the dividend into
tenths, hundred hi, thousandths,&o ,re-
ducing the remainder to the next lower
denomination and dividing again till
the operation was completed. From
this he proceeded to the conversion of
vulgar fractions into decimals and the
division of one decimal fraction by
another. Both the pupils of the class
and the audience of teachers'were much
interested in the lesson, and at its close
Mr Lough was heartily applauded.
The second subject on the program
was a kindergarten song by Miss Kil
loran's class, after which Mr Dearness,
Llspector of schools for Eaet Middlesex,
piscussed the subject. of -composition.
In his young days he said they did not
teach composition, but prescribed a
subject to write on while the correction
consisted in pointing out errors in spell-
ing and syntax. Now, composition is
taught to even the youngest pupils, then
only the higher classes were expected to
write composition. In correcting com-
positions the attention should be di-
rected [chiefly to improving the con-
struction and arrangement of the sen-
tences and paragraphs. For several
reasons he considered composition the
moat important subject on the curricul-
um. A person's language was often
taken as an index of his intellectual
character. Language was the greatest
instrutnent of intellectual culture. It
was time to begin written composition
as soon as
heP Pu i
l was able to read
script. There compositions should, of
course, be very simple, such as describ-
ing the position of an object or stating
one of its qualities. He pointed out
that pupils who can easily give oral ex-
pression to a statement may be unable
to dictate it, a word at a time, for
another person to write it. Practice in
this should be given frequently. Ar-
ranging the words of two or three short
statements on the board promiscuously
and having the pupils re -arrange on their
slates was a useful exercise. Writing
synopses of reading lessons was often
abused by giving too much and not
properly examining the work. Having
pupils frame questions based upon the
sentences of the reading lessons, and
then writing the sentence as the answers
was a valuable exercise. Insist on care
in transcriptions of reading lessons.
At the close of Mr Dearness' address
Miss Killoran's class again favored the
Association with a song, in a manner
which reflected great credit upon the
pupils and their instructress.
Mr Dearness, being again called upon,
took up the subject of temperance and
hygiene. He thought it should have
read hygiene and temperance. He
quoted Spencer and others, to show
the importance which scientists accord
to a knowledge of hygiene. It was one
thing to say a subject should be taught;
it was quite a different thing to teach
it. Purely text book teaching was
worthless, as shown by the answers
given to questions set by the Br. Asso-
ciation. Instead of commencing the
teaching of hygiene by a study of ana-
tomy, ho would perhaps begin with.the
subject of digestion. To teach the sub-
ject properly, charts were necessary.
After dealing with the question of di-
gestion, he would take respiration, and
then go on to ventilation, teaching it
by appealing to the experience of the
pupils. In dealing with temperance
he performed a number of experiments,
to show to the teachers how they could
easily illustrate to their pupils the ef-
fects of alcohol upon the tissues and
the different articles of diet. He urged
the teachers to not be sparing in their
condemnation of the use of tobacco.
Thursday evening a public entertain-
ment was held in Cardno's hall, parti-
cipated in by pupils and teachers of
the Seaforth schools, assisted by other
friends in the town. The leading fea-
tures of the entertainment were the
singing of the Quartette Club, the per-
formance of fancy drill and calisthenic
exercises by a class of young ladies,
pupils of the Collegiate, in charge of
their teacher, Mr Allan, and an address
on music by Mr Dearness. In his ad-
dress, Mr Dearness said the schools of
Great Britain were ahead of ours in the
study of music. We do not cultivate
the emotions enough. The study of
music would remedy this to some ex-
tent. It should be taught so as to give
it an intellectual value. When well
taught it had a reflex effect on articula-
tion. It may be made an effective aid
to discipline. It is a relaxer and cheer-
fulizer. Better for the instructor to
not sing with the pupils. Many fail to
teach music successfully on account of
their unpedagogical metiods.
THIRD BRss1ON
The program of Friday morningopen•
ed with a music lesson with cease. by
Miss Hilyar, of Clinton, that very fully
illustrated her method of teaching the
subject, and which, as was shown by
the results, is a very effective one.
Mr Duff, a former member of the As.
sedation, being present, was called up-
on, and in a few brief remarks referred
to his past relations with the teachers
of East Huron, and paid a feeling tri.
bute to the memory of Mr Malloch,
voicing the sentiments of the teaohtirs
of the inspectorate when he refefre$ ib
the tact that Mr Malloch was a man
that, while honoring him as a citizen,
he could love him as a friend.
The Seo-Treas., Mr Plummer, read
his report, together with that of the au•
ditors, which showed the receipts for
the year to be $145.34, expenditure,
$92.79; leaving a balance on hand of
$52 55.
The election of officers resulted as
follows: --President, S. Y. Taylor,Wrox•
eter; Vico-Pres., Miss A. Cowan, Sea -
forth; swami. fr„ 4,.1i.P1tup1R1er,Blytb,
re-elected; lxeoutive comntittee,Measrs
Scott, Prendergast, andBlaokwelI, and
Misses Hiller and Govenlock; delegate
to Provincial Association, Mr McFaul,
Seaforkath.
At la juncture a telegram was re-
ceived from the West Bruce Teachers,
in convention assembled at Kincardine,
--expressing their aympath with the
teachers of East Huron, in the loss they
had received through the death of In•
spector Malloch.
Miss 8Struthers, of Clinton, favored
the audience with a reading, which was
very pleasingly rendered.
Mr D. McFadyen read an instructive
paper on Time -Saving Methods. He
said the teacher should always endea-
vor to take advantage of existing cir-
cumstances, and gave a number of .ex
amples showing bow this might be ac-
complished, as for instance to teach the
definition of a watershed, take the class
into the school yard, after a rain, and
show them the numerous small streams,
etc. In fine weather send classes to
study in the open air, under the direc-
tion of one of their number. Have
pupils keep notes of lessons, for future
reference. Make use of diagrams, es-
peoially in case of geography and his
tory. He gave a number of short
methods in arithmetic. The teacher
should not spend time in working long
mechanical problems, Do not repeat I Our BARGAIN? Counter
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FOURTH SESSION.
The last session opened at 1.30 p.m.,
with an address by Mr Dearness, on
attention and memory. In the outset
he said his experience went to show
that pupils from ungraded schools took
the highest marks at Entrance Exami-
nations. He thought the reason for
this might be found in the fact that
pupils from ungraded schools were com-
pelled to do more independent work.
We must endeavor to develop in the
pupils the power of concentration.—
Will power should be developed, that
it may give direction to the attention.
Spencer says, "The object of all discip-
line is the direction of the attention by
the will." Sir W. Hamilton lays down
a good rule, when she says, "Make the
performance of the effort more pleasur-
able than the omission." We must
awaken interest. The character of the
teacher is reflected in the general char-
acter of the pupils. Examine your pu-
pils, and see if you can discover defects
in yourself. In all your efforts to hold
the attention of your pupils keep their
will power in sight. Give systematic
concentration exercises. After giving
a very interesting description of the
operation of memory, Mr Dearness
went on to say that in teaching many
subjects there should be an effort made
to organize the memory. Many child-
ren, who make rapid progress in their
earlier days, often, in a short time, be-
gin to lose ground, and often drop be-
hind others to whom they at first ap-
peared snperior. This was often owing
to memory being abnormally developed
at the expense of other faculties. Do
not keep one portion of the brain too
long occupied. The chief evils of over
pressure are largely due not to multi•
plicity of subjects, but to lack of varie•
t . The ability retain, record and
recall an impression depends much on
the physical condition of the person,
and is assisted by association of ideas.
The subject was discussed for a short
time by Mr Lough, wholtook exception
to the remark that pupils from un-
graded schools were superior to those
from graded schools, claiming that in
most leases pupils from ungraded
schools were considerably older. The
hour for closing being near it was nec-
essary to draw the program to an end.
The following resolutions and motions
were then adopted. Resolved that
this Association place on record its
deep sense of the great loss sustained by
the death of D. M. Malloch, Esq.,
our late inspector, who had endeared
himself to every member by bis kind-
ness, his broad sympathies and hie
untiring and sincere devotion to
the highest interests of our schools;
whose mature counsel ,'land) friendly
hand were a blessing to each of us in
our work as teachers. That we desire
to offer to the bereaved family our
heartfelt sympathy in the painful afflic-
tion it has pleased God tb lay upon
them. That we earnestly pray that
they may be sustained and comforted
by Him who alone can give consolation
to the sorrowing heart; and that a copy
of this resolulicn be sent to Mrs
Malloch with tender regards of the
East Huron Teachers Association. The
laid over resolution in reference to
promotion examinations was again
laid over. The secretary was instructed
to notify all trustees of the attendance
or non-attendance at the convention of
their teachers.
The usual votes of thanks were then
carried and an adjournment ;nude to
meet at/Wingham in the fall.
Just at the close of the convention
the following communication was re-
ceived from the West Huron Teachers'
Association assembled at Exeter.
May 22nd, 1890.
To the North Huron Teachers' Associa-
tion, greeting from West Huron
Teachers Association.
The following resolution has lust
been adopted and a copy ordered to be
sent to you.
Resolved,—That it is with feelings of
sorrow and regret that we, the mem-
bers of your sister Association learn of
the unexpected and sudden demise of
your late Inspector, Mr Malloch, and
beg to join you in tendering our heart-
felt sympathy to Mrs Malloch and her
son in their sad bereavement.
Signed on behalf of the Association,
G. A. HOLMAN, Sec.-Treas.
THOR. Muncie, President.
IIon. G. W. Ross closed a speech at
London with the following peroration:—
Let us be men, and not sycophantic,
pusilanimous suppliants for one vote or
another. (Cheers.) We appeal to you
on our sturdy honesty, because we know
we have it. We do not apologize for a
single amendment to the School Act,be-
cause we believe every one of them was
in the public interest. When we intro-
duced the book of selections from the
Bibls in 1886, we did so at the request
of the Protestant churches. We can
safely assert that every act we have
placed upon the statute book has been
dictated by a regard for the publio in-
terest. If the people do not want a
Government that adopts that rule of
conduct, they can say so on the 5th of
June next. But if they are in sympathy
with broad and liberal views of pubiic
affairs they will elect. Liberals all
along the line. They will give unmis-
takeable proof that they desire Canada
to be governed on broad and generone
principles. They will show that they
have no sympathy with those who need
testily raise sectarian and race cries, but
believe in a policy that will not dissipate
our energies, but make ne a united and
homogenous people. (Cheers.) The
issue is a tremendous one, but if the
people of Ontario are true to them-
selves, I do not fear the result.
Let none be for the party,
Let all be for the State,
Let the great man help the poor man
Let the poor man help the great.
Let rates be even portioned.
Let justice not be sold.
And let Canadians live as brothers,
As in brave days of old
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NEWS NOTES.
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All the criminals in the county jail
at Belmont, Ohio, escaped on Sunday.
An insect called the saw fly is doing
much damage to,wheat in Illinois.
Mr Rykert wasre-elected in Lincoln
by a majority of 27, the old majority
was 487.
Walter Mackenzie, clerk of the York
County Court, who was one of the old-
est public officers in Toronto, is dead.
An epidemic of hydrophobia prevails
in the village of Breeds, Iowa, and
neighborhood, and live stock has suffer-
ed largely.
Canadians settled in Minnesota and
Dakota will send a delegation to Mani-
toba to ascertain what inducements
there are for them to immigrate.
At London on the 24th, Miss Ida
Doherty and Adam Johnson were
drowned by their boat capsising while
they were rowing on the Thames.
The Queen's birthday was celebrated
in Boston, Mass., last Monday evening i
by the British charitable institutions
with a banquet and speech-making.—
Over 100 were in attendance.
Mr Erastus Wiman, of New York,
laid the corner stone of the new Metho-
dist church at Waterloo on Monday, and
afterwards lectured to a large audience
in the Town Hall, on the tariff wall -•be-
tween Canada and the United States.
A case of triple birth in the history
of the equine family occurred at Mar-
shall, Tuesday. A fine brood mare
dropped three colts. They are small,
but all alive and doing nicely, being per-
fectly formed and as lively as crickets
Capt. Anderson, of the ship Oneida,
arrived at San Francisco, on Monday
night on the schooner Mary Kimball.—
He reports that his ship was wrecked
on April 26th on Hennines Rock, Lanck
Island, in Behring Sea, and 77 China-
men lost. The Oneida had on board
110 Chinese and 45 white men, nearly
all of whom where on their way to a
salmon canery on Lanck Island.
On Friday last George Sanderson,
North Norwich, was examined before
Squire Snyder, at Burgessville, charged
with assault and rape. It appears
that Sanderson, while in the township
of Dereham, called at the house of Mrs
Geo. Price and asked for her husband.
On being informed by her that he was
out working about half a mile distant
he coolly put up his horse in Price's
stable and walked back again into the
house and, it is said, made improper
overtures to Mrs Price, which she
would not listen to. He then, after
making afire that there was no one
around, threw the woman on the floor
and accomplished hie brutal purpose.
She alleges that she screamed for aid,
bu ,the house is located at a consider-
able distance from any neighbor, and
er Dries were unheard. Mrs Price is
a young wattled woman aboit 17 years
of age, and the prisoner a young stat-
, wart fellow about six feet high. San-
derson was commited for trial at the
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BORN
Avanv -At Thornbrook, Stanley, on
May 25th, the wife of Mr C. Avery, of
a son.
HUNT.—In Brooklyn, N.Y., on Fri-
day, May 23, the wife of Harry Hunt,
jr., formerly of the Naw ERA, of a son.
SUTHERLAND—In Rullett, on the 20th
inst., the wife of Mr James Sutherland,
of a daughter.
Hrex —In Goderich township, on
May 11, the wife of Mr Walter F. Hick,
of a daughter.
SwaNrr—In Monkton, on the 9th inst,,
the wife of Rev. S; Swann, of a son.
MARRIED
LOWELL—WHITE—By Rev, B. L.
Hutton, on Wednesday, the 21st inst.,
Fred W. Lowell to Mise Ada E. White,
both of the township of Goderich.
McKEE—SPARKS—At Toronto, en the
20th inst., by Rev. D. J. McDonell, Mr
Wm. McKee. Jr., of Brantford, Ont.,
to Mias Bella, second daughter of
George Sparks, Esq., of Bayfield.
MASON—HARRISON-1n Trinity church,
Blyth, on Saturday, May 24th, by Rev.
G. W. Racey, Mark Fenwick, son of Mr
Wm. Mason, of the township of East
Wawanosh, to Ann. Jane, daughter of
Mr James Harrison, of the township of
Morris.
n_IED
WELLw000—In Lower Wingham, on
Sunday, the 18th May, Jane Wellwood,
relict of the late John Wellwood' aged
71 years, 3 months and 1 day.
WaRav—In Clinton, on file 24th inst.,
Eliza, wife of J. Werry, aged 39 years
and 7 months.
JENKINS—In Goderich township, on
the 25th inst., William Jenkins, aged
79 years and 10 months.,
McPHEE.—In Port Huron, on May
16th, Vance, only son of D. G. McPhee,
and grandson of Mr W. Davies, of Port
Huron.
AUNT.—In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Mon-
day, May 26, Maude, beloved wife of
Harry Hunt, jr., formerly of the Nzw
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