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$1►y r1*— J.
Twitchell.
Sweeping Rodi nGlone—J. Robertson.
White Shirts—Jackson Bros.
Horses for solo—W,, Poherty,
Huliet Voters list—James Campbell.
Central Grocery—McMurray & Wiltse.
Stoat Taking—W. L, Ouimette.
plifioatiou. The real disunity iu the
way of collecting these jtt thitt'they are
e.t present so nu,rnergne and high, anit
oavered up under the misleading term
of "du' es" 'that upholders ot the pre.
4 Ut eyetetekeew there weu1d be pretty
lively and decided objections raised if
the same amounts were obllected
directly.
This point, then, becomes a strong
argument in its favor. Greater changed
have taken place in the world's history
than would be even se radical a one as
to ohauge from indirect to direct tax-
ation, and we certainly expect to see
Q the day when people will have reached
glint���;i,����1 that 'stage of wisdom that will show
J itself by forsaking a bad system for a
FRIDAY, JULY LS, 1890. better, and adopting principles more
in harmony with a progreesive age
than those now in vogue.
So good a Coneervate paper as the
Montreal Gazette goes this far in the
right direction: --
"We can conceive of no method
Is it Spreading.
The Stratford Sun, edited by a moat
pronounced Conservative, admits that
a very decided annexation sentiment
is gaining ground in the country. It
further states that this may not be a
pleasant truth to contemplate, but it
believes it to be wiser to recognize the
fact, and set about checking it, if pee-
` Bible, sooner titan ignoring it altogether.
We are not at all surprised that in
places like Stratford, London, and
other points that have intercourse so
closely with Ameii,;ans, by the avenues
of travel, that a feeling of this kind
should gain a foothold, for very few can
come in contact with the average resi•
dent of the neighboring republic, with-
out admiring their business energy and
push, their genial courteousness, and
.secretly wishing that more of the same
was exp, rienced here. This feeling
will develope itself even though one
bas an innate feeling of dislike to any-
thing American.
In the places more remotely removed
from the direct line of travel between
Canada and the I'nited States, there
ie little or no desire for annexation.
There is a desire for the removal of
the trade harries between the two
countries, but that removal does not
necessarily carry political allegiance.
The chief, and we suppose, only
grounds for desiring annexation, is
that trade might be improved thereby.
The trade of the country could certain-
ly stand a great deal of improvement
but the same could be accomplished by
commerical union.
It i8 quite possible that if some ef-
. forts are not made to utilize our re-
sources and avail ourselves of the very
best avenues of trade, that the annex-
ation feeling will spread, until it be-
comes no uncertain element. •
We are in favor of the closest coni-
inercial relations with our friends ac -
cross the border- To usela vernacular,
'we are there with both handstand
feet.". We have seen property tdepre-
oiated and experienced tinier that have
been hard long enough. Our business
men and others are not desirous of a
continuation thereof much Longer, and
are willing to accept that which offers
a change for the better, so long as it
does not call for the surrender of na-
tional association and rights. We are
not in favor of annexation, pure and
simple, and in our opinion the only
way to check the spread of that sent-
iment is to encourage trade with bur
brethren across tie border, and at tho
same time retain our political status
and allegiance.
Direct or Indirect.
At the last annual meeting.of the
Dominion Grange, a series of questions
was submitted and approved for dis-
cussion at the meeting of the subordinr
ate granges. One of these questions
Is this:—"Is it to the interest of the
arniere to pay taxes directly or indi-
rectly, as at present done." As the
farmer now pays his local or town-
ship taxes directly, we suppose the
question has application to the general
system of taxation. As itis a mat-
ter on which two opinions already
exist, it will likely give rise to good
debates,) whenever it conies up in
the grange for discussion.
We have hitherto pronounced an
opinion on this subject, and at the
present time it is scarcely necessary to
do more than repeat that. We are an
advocate of direct taxation, out and
out, assuming, of course, that our pre-
sent method of governmeet and the
raising of revenue is to be continued.
Those opposed to direct taxation at
once raise a scare crow before the
people's eyes, and assure them that
any number of evils will follow the
adoption of this principal.
If this be true, the levying of muni-
cipal taxes directly is wrong. Every
ratepayer, on payment of his local
ttta$e, Enda that so much is for "school
rate," so much for "country rate," so
much for "local improvement," and so
on. He is able to see at a glance, what
his money is required for, and would
not be eatished if he did not.
According to some people this is all
wrong. Their theory is that jjt the
amount of taxation should be collected,
but in a way so that the payer does
not know what amount he is paying.
The objection is further advanced that
it is not right or fair to institute a
comparison between local taxes and
Dominion taxes. We are told that
they are so ent?rely different, and there
is no analagy between the two positions.
We do not admit the: We claim that
to a very large extent, the positions
are identical, being simply larger in
degree.
It Will be argued that it would be
" Inipoesible to Ivey Dominion taxes
$itfe'otly. By no means impossible,
r!i11.;titesent system only requires sim•
more conducive to the good adminis-
tration of provincial affairs than the
introduction of the American plan of
direct taxation for local purposes. such
as already prevails in the municipalit-
ies.,,
i ow—
He's
He's a Modest Young Mau.
The following editorial reference to
Mr J. G. Holmes' speech to the Orange-
men, appeared in the Winghain Ad-
vance. 1'or extravagance of language
it fairly "takes the cake." Of course
we would not insinuate that he wrote
it himself, but imagine the "transports
of joy" and -hundreds shaking hands
with him." Just read the paragraph :—
"Mr Holmes' speech was a most bril-
liant display of eloquence, and it was
generally conceded that a more noble
speech was never before delivered to a
body of Orangemenlin Canada. It was
mild, statesmanlike and temperate.
He spoke for more than an hour, an d
during the whole time was listened to
with rapt attention. He was through-
out most enthusiastically applauded ;
at the close hundreds collected around
hint to congratulate and shake hands
with him. The q,eople generally were
transported with joy at such an extra-
ordinary effort of eloquence from so
young an orator."
Hard on Huron.
There sould be some other place for
the indigent than the country jails.
Pauperism is not a crime, and it is not
always a disgrace, although it is always
a misfortune. The Canadian Presby-
terian says:
It is a disgrace to the civilized, not
to say Christianized, country that peo-
ple should be cor.fined in jail si ply
because they are too old to earn a ling.
The head and front of their offending
is that they did not die soon enough.
Is it a crime to live ? If we read any -
whore that the Russian Government
put men in jail because they did not
die early, how we would denountls the
atrocity ! And yet nien are put in
the county jails of Ontario because
they are aged, or crippled, or in some
way unable to take care of thernsevles.
'What :lo the county councillors of
Huron think of this. If some of then
are not ashamed of themselves, it is be.
cause they have lost all feelings of
shame.
May be True 3 et.
If Mt J. G. Holmes, of Toronto, got
what he is said to have received for con-
testing South Huron, it paid him better
for being defeated than if he had been
elected. He is said to have received
the sum of $1,000.—Clinton New Era.
Our cotem has its information slight-
ly distorted. Instead of Mr Holmes
receiving $1,000 fol• contesting South
Huron, it cost him nearly that for per-
sonal expenses —Exeter Times.
It may have cost him all that the
Times says, but if it did his personal
expenses were too much, and the
amount never came out of his pocket.
We still have reason to believe,however,
that our original statement is correct.
Still Increasing.
We have just received from the Ilon.
John Carling, the Statistical year
Book of Canada, for 1889. It contains
quite a lot of information and we sup-
pose our Conservative friends will ac-
cept the figures in it without question.
On page 215 will be found a table giving
the Imports and Exports of Canada
for the year 1889, and these figures
show how our trade with the United
States is increasing, and that with
Great Britain decreasing. Let the
figures speak for themselves:—
Imports from U. States,.. 956,368,900
Exports to United States, 943,522,404
$99,891,304
Imports from G. Britain, $42,249,555
Exports to Great Britain, $38,105,126
$80,354,681
Thus our trade with the States is
919,000,000 more than with Great
Britain in 1889, and over eight million
more than it was with the States .in
1888. Our trade also is over one mil-
lion dollars less with Great Britain than
in 1888. These figures surely show the
drift of trade, and the absurdity of try-
ing to direct it from ite natural chan-
nels.
Current rumor states that County
Treasurer Holmes has longing eyes on
the Conservative representation + of
West Huron, in the Dominion House,
and that he will get the nomination.
The doctor should make a strong can-
didate, as he was born in the riding,
but we think a Liberal can be planed
fn the field, who would whip him, if
the riding is allowed to remain as it ie.
Whiskey drinking may be the princi-
pal casae of crime. But is not poverty
the principal canoe of whiskey drink-
ing?—Hamilton Times.
Certainly not. But whiskey drink-
ing is the principal cause of poverty.—
Clinton NEW Ens.
Well, what is the principal cense of
whiekey drinking? --Hamilton Times
Natural depravity, followed by cul-
tivated desire, apart altogether from
wealth or poverty.
J lectio.?* Plrotestei.
1)4deff the last few weeks election
pretcetl have been pouring into the
Court :9f Appeal against the retic rn of
members to the .Ctets ria IiegieintllrQ,
and there are now twenty proteSte.
The list so far iuoludes nine against
Liberate and twelve against Conser
vativee, and is made up as follows:—
North Bruce —John George, Conser-
vative. •
North Essex—Sol. White, Con.
North Renfrew—A. Dunlop, Con.
West Kent—James Clancy, Con.
Welland—Wm. McCleary, Con.
East Durham—G. Campbell, Cou.
Hamilton—T. H. Stinson, Con.
East Middlesex -_R. Tooley, mon.
Frontenao—High Smith, Con.
Lincoln—James Hiscott, Con.
East Elgin—Henry T. Godwin, Con.
Muskoka—G, F. Marter Con.
West York—J. T. Gilmour, Liberal.
West Middlesex—Hon. G. W Ross,
Lib.
South Ontario—John Dryden, Lib.
South Norfolk—W. A. Charlton, Lib.
South Wentworth—N. Awrey, Lib.
North Perth—Dr. A. E. Ahrens, Lib.
North Grey—James Cleland, Lib.
South Essex—W. D. Balfour, Lib.
West Algoma—Jas. Conmee Lib.
Clinton is noted for its 40-rod.--Sea-
torth Sun.
This, then is the reason the editor of
he Sun so often visits Clinton.
It is announced that Hou. Wilfrid
Laurier, leader of the Dominion oppos-
ition, will make a tour of Ontario dur-
ing the coming autumn, and address
meetings on political issues.
Why not get up a Liberal demonstra-
tion for the County of Huron, and have
him speak at Clinton. It is thirteen
years since anything of the kind was
help in the county, and it would give
the people of Huron an opportunity to
hear Mr Laurier.
OUR LETTER BOX
[We wish itdistinctly understood that
we are not, directly or indirectly, re-
sponsible, for any opinions expressed
under this head.]
7'o the Editor of the Clinton New Era.
DEAR SIR, —I wish, through the
columns of your paper to state that
the premises recently occupied by the
late Chris. Dickson have been rented
by me, from Mr John 0. Elliott, un-
der a written agreement signed by
himself, and that be has rented it t.,
any one else I have yet to learn;
further, upon calling Mr E,liott's
attention to a paragraph in the News -
Record he most emphatically denied
having sail such a thing let alone
giving the editor authority to state it,
Regretting that' 1 ani thus obliged to
trouble you, Im, Mr Editor, re-
spectfully yours, JOHN RORERTSON.
A 'GOOD CROWD.
To the Editor of the Clinton New Ern.
Stet—A select crowd drove from
Clinton to Goderich, to the Metho-
dist picnic, on Tuesday, breaking
down cherry trees and robbing pea
fields on the way (gond Methodist
conduct). On arriving in Goderich
they put up at the best hotels in the
place, and throwing on such airs
that you would not have supposed
they had been robbing pea fields on
the aay up, and were too conceited
to join the picnickers. After taking
in the theatre they proposed going
home, and arrived in Clinton at an
early hour next morning. The boys
getting sleepy in the night air, rhe
girls took charge of the lines and
were heard to exclaim •'Just lean on
me, I'm all right." The following
day all trunks were packed, and the
merry crowd lett in search of another
picnic, with the exception of one,and
she, not caring to join them, re-
mained in Clinton to face the storm.
SPECTATOR.
[The parties shaded to had no con-
nection whatever with the Methodist
picnic, but were certain parties bent
on having a good time, no matter
how they got it.—En. NEW ERA,
Sourethitig on the other side.
To the Editor of the Clinton Nero lam .
DEAR Silt, --In your issue of the 1st
inst., there appeared an article by "Ob-
server," with whose comments on the
methods of raising money by socials,
&c., I agree; but I must take excep-
tion to his interpretation of the Bible
rule. I believe in the scriptural rule,
but maintain that we have as good a
right to P011 our debts to God as to pay
our fellow -men their due.
Now, the Bible teaches that God de-
mands the tenth of what He gives us,
and it is not *in/ to Him to pay that
tenth. He has as much right to his
own as our earthly creditors have to
what we owe them. After we have pairs
that tenth we can talk of giving, or
making a sacrifice. I believe it is no
more giving to the cause of God to pay
our minister than it is to pay our teach-
•er, both being engaged in the sane
grand work.
Observer confounds patting our debt
to God, which, according to scripture
may be done openly, not ostentatiously,
with giving alms to the poor, which
should be done without show, a auffi-
cient reason being that our poor have
sensitive feelings and these should be
respected.
Christ did not condemn the open
method in the first case. He and the
disciples saw the offerings of the people
in the sanctuary and commended the
mite of the poor woman.
God commands the gathering of the
tithes into the store -house, and the lay•
ing up of offerings against the first day
of the week.
A great -many are fond of quoting,
"Let not your left hand know what
your right hand doeth," but, I have
notioed,it is more used by those who are
able to give but not willing than by
God's poor. The latter need no cloak,
and are ae much respected for giving or
paying, ae the Lord has prospered them,
as their richer neighbor.
I have no wish to appear in print, and
pen these words with the hope that
they may cause the reader to think.
ONI: WHO TniiR TO PAY.
The calm- en of Aberdeen, Scotland,
have struck, and not a cab in the city
is running.
7. W. Watson, a well-known literary
man, author of "Beautiful Snow," died
in New Ycrs on Saturday, aged 68,
Three hundred friends of Mr Peter
Graham, ex-M.F.P. for East Lambton,
met at his residence in Warwick on Fri-
day and presented him with a gold.
headed cane, on hisattainment of three
more and ten years.
' NEWS NOTES.
John Robertshaw, of Woodstock,
committed suioide by taking arsenio.
A plague of moth flies, or electric
light bugs, invaded Pottsville, Pa., on
Thursday night, and literally covered
everything.
The Salvation Army throughout the
world now raises something like $4,000,-
000 a year, aua is extending uvar all
nations of the earth.
Wm. Rowe, better known as -Paddy
Rats," died at Toronto on Friday, of
consumption, after six months' illness.
He was one of the most notorious of
Toronto characters.
Erastus J. Ferguson, of Farewell,
Mich., was shot and instantly killed by
John C: Lord, of Lake Station. Fer-
gudon was huckleberrying in a niareh
north of Lake, and was mistaken for a
bear by Lord.
Douglas Petty, who obtained notor-
iety as an important witness in the
Birchell-Benwell case, intends to make
a short trip through the States, and will
then reside in Kingston while awaiting
the trial of Birchali.
Vanderbilt's check for 5710,000, for
some time the largest ever drawn, has
been overshadowed by a check of $1,-
250,000, drawn by the Indian & Penin-
sular Railroad Company on the London
and County Bank of London.
A lady in Kingston stepped un a rusty
nail, lockjaw ensued and the whole body
became rigid. Nourishment was ad-
ministered by means of a clay pipe, the
stem of which was inserted through
the opening made by a lost tooth, and
now the patient is recovering.
B. 1'. Spinney, a business plan of
Colorado Springs, was kidnapped three
weeks ago by a Texan who claimed that
Spinney owed him $2,000 for cattle.
A brother-in-law started with money to
pay the claim and he -also has disap•
peered. It is believed the Texan has
killed both.
The nine-year-old daughter of Mr
JohnNorthcott,of the fourth concession,
Township of North Dorchester, had one
her of legs cut off by getting in front of
the mower on Thursday, the 17tH inst.
The father did not observe the child, as
his hat was drawn down over his eyes,
and he was watching the knives of the
machine.
A Virginia lumberman covered an
oak log with walnut bark so neatly as
to deceive all but the most practiced
eyes, and sold it for 5160. The officers
of the law are after him, and he will
probably now have an opportunity of
reflecting upon the question whether
walnut or honesty is the more valuable
commodity.
Chas. F. Lyster,a native of Blenheim
Ont., died at Covington, Ky., on the
9th inst., of consumption. He was a
lawyer, jonrnaliat and Methodist prea-
cher, and was highly esteemed. He
was educated at the Woodstock College,
and taught two seasons at Vandecar.
Deceased was a soli of John C. Lyster.
John Pegg, of North Pelham, who
had his skull broken by a kick from a
horse on Wednesday last,to the surprise
of everybody, will get well. Pegg was
driven into a stall a distance of ten feet
by the vicious kick of the animal and
landed on the back of his head. He
was picked up insensible, with an ugly
gash in his forehead directly over the
right eye. The eye will have to come
out, but the man's life will be saved.
At St. Joseph, Mich., a man has tak-
en to raising frogs for the large cities of
the United States,in which there seems
to be a big demand for the dainty of
frog legs. It is said that this man will
realize several thousand dollars from
the 900,000 pollywogs which he is rais-
ing. 'Here is a hint for owners of
swamps everywhere. There seems to
be more money in frog extremities than
in farm produce these days. Unfor-
tunately the appetite for this item of
food is not very general.
Public School Trustee Mingay, of
Toronto, narrowly escaped going over
Niagara Falls on Monday. He was
with many others on a small pleasure
steamer half a mile above the Falls,
when the machinery of the Steamer
got out of order, and the steamer be-
gan to drift fast down stream. The
anchor was dropped and made fast to
the post in the boat. The post broke
away, and it looked for a moment as if
the anchor had gone. The iron guard,
however, held the rope and a eatas-
trophe was averted.
The lumber -stealing by Canadians
along the northern border of Minnesota
has become so extensive that the Gov-
ernment has concluded to put a stop to
it. A large expedition, headed by four
agents, will leave Duluth Aug. 1 and
will start in a northwesterly direction.
Its destination -is the westerly portion of
Rainy Lake. The report by a special
agent who made a trip along the north-
ern boundary state that on the Big and
Little Rainy Rivers great quantities of
logs are being run into the lake and
across to the Canadian border.
At the inquest on the five victims of
Thursday morning's fire at Quebec a
young man named Dufour testified :
"Two weeks ago, Delamere, landlord of
the barroom, asked me if I would do a
trick. Said he: 'I want you to set fire
to the house and I'll give you 95, and if
you succeed I'll give you 910.' I refus-
ed and told him' was not strong enough
to undertake the task.' Coroner Bel-
leau has ordered Dufour to be held in
custody as one of the prin„ipal wit-
nesses in the case. Coroner Belleau
ordered that the bodies should not be
buried.
The Fletcher correspondence of the
Chatham Banner says: -There was
some very disgraceful conduct at the
Baptist Church at Buxton Inst Sabbath
A young man carne into the church in
the midst of the service,while the pastor
was preaching and walked hurriedly to
the altar, where the choir sat,and ask-
ed two young ladies to go to the lake
for a ride. They left the choir and
went out. In about five minutes the
same shameless act was repeated by
another young man, but this time the
lady showed some common sense, and
flatly refused him, Shame I shame!
young men. The minister stopped his
discourse and said he was glad that he
was brought up under the training and
influence of a Christian mother.
The area of Canada, according to the
latest estimate of the Interior Depart-
ment from data supplied by Govern-
ment surveyors, is 3,519,000 square
miles, the land surface being estimated
at 3,379,000 square miles. These figures
are less than those which have passed
current for some years, the estimated
area up to last year being 3,610,000
square miles. It must not be supposed,
however, that our territory is decreas-
ing. It is of course impossible with
such a vast Dominion to give the exact
extent of our country, and it is prob-
able that es surveys are made and
measurements corrected, all the esti-
mates made for some time to come will
vary more or less from one another.
Canadians will be satisfied to know that
our country consists of one -fourteenth
part of the earth, that the Dominion is
nearly thirty times as large as the
whole of the United Kingdom, and that
Canada is 500,000 square miles larger
than the United States, without
Alaska.
NeWm NOTES.
A Toronto woman, who is obliged to
earn her living away from home put
one of her boys in an industrial home
and chained the other by the nook in
her woodshed:
Toronto wholesale importers corn•
plain of unfair treatment by the Cue -
toms Depa_tment at Ottawa. The
system ot fining they say, is a species
of blackmail and extortion.
Rev Dr Carman, of Montreal, super-
intendent of the Methodist Church iu
Canada, said if the Methodist Church
would as a whole stand firm in a de-
mand for prohibition and make their
demand felt through the ballot box
prohibition would be assured in three
years.
On Sunday afternoon 15,000 persona
on Ocean Plaza, New York, witnessed
a baby show on wheels. Two hundred
cherubs were wheeled in their carriages,
including ten pair of twins. The
United States steamer Trento's band
headed the procession. rhe carriages
were all gaily decorated.
- -Rev Dr Wild, the well known Con.
gregational Church preacher, whc was
iu London recently, has resigned the
pastorate of Bond Street Church, Tor-
onto. He will shortly go abroad, it is
said, for his health. [He has since re-
considered his reeignation,and an assis-
tant will be appointed to help him)
As one Row was showing a revolver
at the door of his house at St. Arsene,
Q., he playfully presented it at hie niece
Miss Morin, standing in the doorway,
not thinking it was loaded, when the
revolver went off and a bullet penetrat-
ed the young girl's head. She died in
a few minutes. What a fool he was.
Mr Robert flay, ex -M. P., and Mr
Walter Cassels, two of Toronto's best
known and most respected citizens, are
lying very 01 at their reapective homes.
Faint hopes of their recovery are en-
tertained. Both gentleman are over
80 and were until lately of very active
habits.
A little son of Mr Charles Keeley,
township of Canboro, was drowned in a
firkin of buttermilk one day last week.
The child was toddling around and by
some means fell into the firkin head-
first. The parents were in another
part of the house at the time, and on
going to see where the child was, the
little fellow was found as above de-
scribed.
At Toronto, on Tuesday Judge Mor-
gan was asked to replevin a ring at
present in possession of a lady named
Miss Jarvis. Application was made
on behalf of E. A. Holman, of the firm
of Holman & Holman, to whom Miss
Jarvis was formerly engaged, and to
whom she refuses to return the engage-
ment ring he gave her.
Mr Justice MacMahon on Monday
rendered judgment against Mr Lang
and the other sureties of Watts, who
in 1888, was tax collector for the town-
ship of Meaford and absconded with
$2,000. The defense claimed that for
several years there has been gross irreg-
ularities in the collection and applica-
tion of the taxes, and that the town -
had been aware of these irregularities,
and should have informed the sureties.
The value of the merchandize ex-
ported from the Ottawa consular dis-
trict during the fiscal year ending with
the month of June last, was over three
million dollars. The average rate of
duty imposed upon such merchandize
by the United States customs is nearly
twenty per cent. Thus about 9600,000
were paid into the Washington treas-
ury last year in the form of duties upon
products shipped from the Ottawa dis-
trict.
A hired man on the Hess dairy farm
near Epworth Heights, event into a
pasture late on Monday afternoon
and discovered an immense black
snake coiled around the right hind leg
of one of the cows and sucking the
milk from her udder. When the snake
saw the man approaching it dropped to
the ground and attempted to escape,
but was killed. It was over seven feet
long. The cow the snake was milking
was a fresh milch cow, but for several
days past it was noticed that her
udder was nearly emply when she came
in with the other cows for milking.
The cow is a young one, and the hired
man says that she stood chewing her
cud with the greatest content ment
while the snake was coiled about her
leg and extracting her milk.
At the Toronto police headquarters for
several hours last Tuesday evening was
a little boy named Doyson homily, a
plump, flaxen haired, 7 -year-old, with
a story. His mother, Mrs Homily, 510
Parliament Street, has two sons, one of
whom is in the Industrial School, She
is a widow, left in such circumstances
that she must earn her daily bread.
The lad got into all sorts of mischief
on the streets. Tuesday Mrs Romity
before leaving home for work chained
the boy up in the woodshed, and where
he was found by Detective Watson,
who at the request of the neighbors
broke into the house. The boy was
tied up with a chain less than live feet
long, heavy enough to hold a large dog -
It was fastened around his neck with a
padlock. The other end of the chain
was fastened to the wall by means of a
staple. The boy did not seem to mind
his strange captivity, and when taken
away by the officer begin to cry for his
mother. The case may not come to
trial, but Mrs Romily will be told not
to repeat the process.
The Hamilton Times places the posi-
tion before its readers in the following
plain and thruthful words : 'We want
free trade, not only with the United
States, but with Great Britain and the
rest of the world. We believe it to be
not only desirable but attainable and
practoiabie. We are more anxious for the
thing itself than about the means by
which it shall be obtained. If annex-
ation is the shortest road to free trade,
we have no sentimental attachment to
the mother country to hindering us
from obtaining the summum bonum for
our own country. If Canadians will
do their duty toward themselves, they
can have free trade without annexation,
and without renunciation of British
connection. The N. P. has done more
to promote annexationist sentiment
than any other agency since the down-
fall of the family compact. It has
made Canadian taxes high and Can-
adian people poor It has driven out
our sone and daughters across the bor-
der. It has made our public debt much
greater per head than that of the Unit-
ed States. It has so fixed Canada that
unletts a radical change is soon made in
our system of taxation, it will simply
be a question whether Canadians annex
themselves to the United States as in-
dividuals, or take their country with
thein. For, when the United States
debt is paid off, and the United States
tariff is reduced according to the ne-
cessity of the revenue, Canada cannot
hold the population under a high tariff.
Seeing the danger ahead, it behooves
Canadians to get ready for it. To keep
on increasing our debt and our taxation,
for the sole purpose of enriching a few
monopolists at the expense of the
great body of wealth producers, may
be some people idea of patriotism, but
Canada cannat become etetping and inde-
pendent under such a policy. If an.
nexation is to be averted, the Canadian
t r ff mu_t be reduced,'
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A rare chance to secure a choice lot of
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w. DOHERTY, Clinton.
BORN.
HuLiEs.—In Seaforth, on July 9th,
the wife of S. T. Holmes, of a son.
Rens.--In Seaforth, on the lith inst.,
the wife of Mr John Robb, of a daugh-
ter.
Cafce.—In Tuckersmith, on the 10th
inst., the wife of Mr Louis Crich, of a
daughter.
FosTEa.—In Clinton, on the 23rd inst.,
the wife of Mr Adam Foster, of a son.
MARRIED
BUTCHER—TAYLOO.—At the Manse,
Goderioh, on the 16th inst., by Rev Jas.
A. Anderson, B. A., John Butcher and
Mary Jane Taylor,both of the township
of East Wawanosh.
ALLEN—FRALICK.—At the residence of
the bride's parents,68 Winchester Street,
Toronto, on Thursday, the 10th inst.,
by the Rev Alfred Gandier, M. A., B.
D., of Brampton, Mr T.G. Allen, M. A.,
science master of the SeaforthCollegiate
Institute, to Miss Nettie M. Fralick,
daughter of Mr J. W. Fralick.
LAMBERT—FowLEn.—At the residence
of the bride's father, Tuckersmith, on
the 16th inst., by the Rev ldr Hodgins,
rector of St. Thomas chu:,;h, Seaforth,
Mr Roland Alex. Lambert,of Vancouver
City, B. C., to Miss Agn s Christina,
youngest daughter of Wil.i.enl Fowler,
Esq., of Tuckersmith.
MOOREitousz—Moac0AN.—At the resi-
dence of the bride's father, on the 15th
inst., by the Rev R. Henderson, Mr
Percy C. Moorehouse to Miss Sarah
Morgan, daughter of Mr John Morgan,
of Bayefield.
NED
Weir ieiISON.—In East Wawanosh, on
t'he 11th inst., Mary Jane, beloved wife
of James Williamson, aged 35 years.
MoRRIs.—In Colborne, on July 14th,
Martha, yougest daughter of Mr and
Mrs Samuel Morris, aged 22 years and
2 months.
MATHEws.—In Goderich, on July 17,
Mrs Wm Mathews, aged 85 years.
YouNG.—In Goderich, on 17th inst.,
Mary L. Young, wife of Robert Young,
aged 84 years and 2 months.
Crop Notes
The wheat crop of Hungary is report-
ed good.
The damage to crops in New Eng-
land by drought is past recovery.
Crops in the 6oissevain district,
Manitoba, were damaged by a hail-
storm.
The Kansas eovn crop has been seri-
ously damaged by the heat during the
past few days.
Harvest is about over in California,
and the yield of grain is reported much
below the average in quantity, but good
in quality.
Reportsfrotn differeut points through-
out the Province show that the crops
in the greater part promise fairly well.
Hay, except in the extreme east, is ex-
ceptionally good. Fall wheat has done
well in most counties where it is much
grown. Spring wheat and barley seem
to vary much, but may yield fairly in
most places. Oats are badly rusted and
peas also seem to suffer) from too much
dampness. Apples are generally re-
ported a failure.
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CLINTON MARKETS
Corrected every Thursday afternoon.
Thursday, July 24, 1890.
Wheat, fall, standard.... 95 a 0 95
Oats 0 37 a 0 38
Barley 0 45 a 0 45
Peas 0 55 a 0 55
Flour per bal 5 70 a 5 70
Butter x 0 1.2 a 0 12
Eggs 0 12 a 0 13
Wool 020a020
Pork 5 00 a 5 50
Hay 600a625
Hides 325 a 325
Sheep Skins 0 50 a 0 72
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house of flies more quickly and surely
than any other means. If plaoed near
the light where the flies are the thickest
Wilson's Pads will kill pints every day,
and clear the house in short order. Sold
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Voters' List for 1890.
IIUYICIPALITY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF HULLETT
COUNTY OF HURON.
Notice is hereby given, that I have trans-
mitted or delivered to the persons mentioned
in sections 5 and 6 of The Ontario Voters'
List Act, 1889, the copies required by said
sections to be transmitted or delivered of
the list, made pursuant to said Act, of all
persons appearing by the last revised As-
sessment Roll of the said Municipality to bo
entitled to vote in the said Municipality at
Elections for Members of the Legislative As-
sembly and at Municipal Elections;' and
that said list was first posted up at myomce,
at Londesboro, on the 21st day of July, 1890,
and remains there for inspection.
Electors are called upon to examine the
said list, and, if any omissions or any other
errors are found therein, to take immediate
proceedings to have the said errors correct-
ed according to law. Dated this ?1st day of
July, 189d. JAMES CAMPBELL, Clerk of'
Mullett.
WATCH FOR THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF
C he a p Ex cursions
TO
Toronto,Detroit and BUFFALO
ON THE
Civic Ealiday, Friday, August 8.
For particulars apply to
W. JACKSON,
TOWN AGENT G. T. R.
r
Flour and Feed Business for -
Sale.
. The business at present carried on by the
undersigned, at Huron Street, Clinton, is of-
fered for sale on very reasonable terms. A,
good business has been done for the past
7 years. Having decided to leave town, all
outstanding accounts must be paid forth-
with, otherwise they will be placed in court
for collection. THOMAS WATSON,Clinton,
MONTREAL LIVE STOCK
MATtKI:T
The cattle trade has shown consider-
able activity during the past week, and
the receipts and shipments will com-
pare favorably with any previous week
of the season. A better tone is repor-
ted for the week in export stock. Prices
were no higher but larger. The mar-
ket for butchers' weakened considerably
towards the end of the week under
large supplies. Hogs were dull end
prices were about 25o lower. Th9 fol-
lowing are fair quotations for the week:
Cattle, export, good to choice, 5 to 50;
stockers, 4 to q ; butchers, good, 4/ to
Sc ; medium, 4 to 4i ; culls, 3,1 to 3)c ;
sheep, 4 to 4jtc; hogs, 5 to Seo, and
calves, $5 to $9. Quite a brisk trade
was done principally with speculators,
prices being rather easier all round
compared with those given above for
the week. At the east end abattoir
there were offered 550 cattle, 3.50 lambs,
100 sheep and 250 calves. Good and
inferior cattle being greatly in excess
of the demand, the market was very
slow and prices were off a full 1}c com-
pared with a week ago, the over -supply
on Thursday, no doubt, having consid-
erable effect to this end. A few ship-
pers were on hand picking up stockers.
J. Ryan bought 20 head, averaging
about 1,300 pounds, at prices ranging
from 4 to 40. which was about the top
an occasional sale being made at 4}c.
There was a good demand for sheep
and lambs for butchers' purposes at
prices ranging from $4.75 to $6 for
sheep and $3.50 to 94.25 for lambs.
Itch, Mange and Scratches of every
kind, on h man or animate, cured in 30
minutes .. Woolford's Sanitary Lotion.
This tie' r fails, Sold by J. H. Combo,
Ji'ugg• Jane 27 -n -3m.
Executors' Notice to
Creditors.
The creditors of the late Elizabeth Fitz-
simons, late of the Town of Clinton,' in rho
County of Huron, deceased, who died on or
about the sixteenth day of May, A. D., 1890,
are hereby notified to send by post, prepaid,
on or before the first day of September next,
to the undersigned, executors of the said
Elizabeth Fitzsimons, their christian names
and surnames addressee and descriptions,the
full particulars of their claims, a statement.
of their accounts, and the nature of the se-
curities (if any) held by them; and that imme-
diately after the said first day of September
next, the assets of the said Elizabeth Fits,
simons will be distributed among the parties.
untitled thereto, having reference only to
the claims of which notice shall have been
furnished as above required ; and the exec-
utors will not be responsible for the assets,.
or any part thereof, to any person of whose•
claim notice shall not have been received by
thein at the time of such distribution.
Dated the 15th day of July, 1890.
JOHN MCGARVA 1 Eeecutorit.
D. R. KENNEDY
A Revelation
AND
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