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nie'Juror Near *Necora
Lee a I'm -41.2e leer/Yogi
rather thou, put up •with„a Bondi,.
tion of thitiga repugnant to stability. lists. Thseleratiene akiottld; be -got
of governmentand fealty to ooneti' . in et once, -au that the 'names may
Stir, ;1891,toted authority, It wee a eo•ualled appear on the first printed lista.
P tlnca4l r, .11110 $ ` Reform adneinist.ratien that pulsed The -Riding Coneetvative .d.ssocis-
ALIS. '.( ATXO�Y IS NU!'<PIz'OOF. the odious rebellion losses bill wit eb time shaultf see that all the local
aroused loyal sentiment fra`in one associations are provided ..with
end of Canada to the other. The blank forma of declaration, or these
French loyalists allow -ed their red- ehould he provided in some way.
al and creed sympathies to- overcome There- la a Conservative majority in
for the time being their fealty to the West Huron, but if the names are
Crown ; and the Upper Canada Be- not on the lists, the Riding might.
forutere sold their loyalty for a mess as well,, for all praeticel purposes,
of plunder end power, Hon.Malcolm be a Grit hive.
Cameron being made Commissioner We make room for condensed
ofPublic Works in the Adruinistra- qualifications of thoee entitled to
tion which paid a premium on re- vote.
bellion,as the priee of attaining and Must be a British aubject of the
retaining power. Though many of age of 21.
us were mere youths at the time, Owner of real property of $300
1849, we can remember the excite- io cities, $200 in town, $150 in
went that raged all over Upper Can- villages or townships.
ada at the nefarious compact male Tenant (or joint tenant or works
betweeu Reformers and the rebels and on shares) at monthlte rental of
as the price of power. Nu Govern- 32, or quarterly $6, or half -yearly
ment would dare to act the same to• $12, or $20 yearly, or the yeirly
day—to remunerate enuvicted rebels occupant of lands in towns worth
for the loss they suataiued by their $200 or $150 in villages or town -
own overt acts of treason and rebell- ships,
ion. If Mr. Abbott and his gym- Has income of 3300 from his
pathizers of 1849, had gone forth• earnings in money or money's
er thau merely declariug their worth, or from some profession,
preference for annexation under the e+,lliug, office or trade.
eiroumstauees *they would have yet Every farmer's Son in proportion
been loyal meu. If they Iiad gone of every $150 for teach one on the
further and taken up arms in de- assessed value of father's property•
fence of their contention they would The son of any other owner of
only have been engaged iu coot- real estate in the carne proportion.
mendable revolution which is as The son of tenant farmer of 20
far separated from rebellion as loy• acres leased for nut less than five
alty is from treason. Abbott and years in the sane proportion as to
his compatriots were loyal to both value of land as if father was
constitution and Crown ; those who owner.
passed the rebellion indemnity bill - --
wore disloyal to both. To take the EDITORIAL NOTES.
public nonny of loyal men to in-
demnify convicted rebels for des-
troying the their own property was an likely to boa short one this year
act of such astounding monstrosity owing to the shortness of the corn
that people now-a•days are lost in crop last year.
amazement that such a thing could The London Free Press is charg-
be and yet the perpetrators remain ed with saying that the tariff is an We exported last year wheat, the
advisers of the Crown. A few days "expedient." Well, whatever ie produce of Canada, to the extent of
ago Cardinal Taechereau'e organ, La expedient ie right and whatever is 422,274 bushels ; the United States
Sentaine Religieuse, speaking of right is expedient. exported 150,000,000 bushels.
the '37-'38 movement, recalls the That is, the United States, though
declaration of Mgr. Signay, then In some of the American States twelve times our population, export-
bi*hop of Quebec, who declared the personal property is reached for tax ed three hundred times more wheat
patriotism of the rebels misguided purposes by making all notes of than we did. They exported about
and the means employed criminal. hand illegal unless accompanied 2? bushels per head of their popu-
It says :—"In spits of what may be by a certificate of assessment. lation, while we exported only
said or written, the insurrection of about one eleventh part of a bushel
1837.8 was criminal. The tirades Three times as much eugagcan per head of our population. II
of any;of the subscribers to a moon now be bought for a given sum al requires only a plain statement like
ment erected to the victims of the during the time the Gritti were in this to disprove the alleged hunger-
unfortnvato undertaking will uot ower. Itis not to be wondered at
change its nature." p ing of the Americans for Canadian
that the Grits sourly charge the farm products, when in wheat alone
DOMINION VOTERS LISTS.Tories with taffying the dear they export 150 lbs per head to our
public. export of 5 lbs per head
Great difficulty is experienced iu -
getting those entitled to vote to go The recent rains throughout Cartwright in his management of
to the trouble of making a declare Ontario will be a damper on talons- the finances under a Grit administra-
tion in accordance therewith and ity Cartwright. The prospect of tion from 1873 to 1878 succeeded in
to apply to have their names put fair crops here as well as through- creating an annual deficit of nearly
on the lista. Though very little is out the Domnion generally will be $2,000,000. He had 6 cents a
known about it to the general too much for the man of sorrows pound on tea to help him to thus
public the work of revising the and whiskers. muddle things and from 2 to 3 cents
Dominion lists began about a month American authorities say that .a pound on coffee. Under Conserve -
ago. Tho law, we understand, tive administration, since 1878, we
g owing to the European wheat crop
makes no provision for giving the being 120,000,000 bushels short have bad annual surpluses of from
necessary information to the public this year the chances are for re- $2,000,000 to $5,000,000, and the
as to when and how those who eon- numerative prices for wheat in this people have had free tea and free
eider themselves entitled to vote country. England alone will coffee, and now we have free auger.
require all the surplus wheat A
should be put on. Presumably theThe generally properotts condition
Amer -The
work of getting names on the lists of the country under Consee atives
ica can spare.
is left to party heelers. This having made it possible for the Fin-
ehould not be. A novel idea has The Conaervativiam of the present ance Minister to wipe off the sugar
d been embodied in Illinois law. Government stands for the beat in- duties ; and they having been int -
Those who do not get enrolled on terests of all classes and for the posed for purely revenue purposes
TIIAT REVOLUTIONARY the lists of voters have their names
greatest prosperity of all the Provin- were not necessary to carry out the
made out by the election clerks and ries. It is a Conservttiveism. that national policy of protection to na-
Duringthe excitementconsequont jurors are drawn from this clava appeals to the patrotiemofthe agrieul- tive industries. The purchasing
on tho passing of a bili in 1849 "to until the list is exhausted. Whether turas class and satisfies their interests power of the people having increae-
indemnify parties in Lower Canada the serving as a juror is more die as well as all labor and oommerci- ed- it is expected that the duties on
whose property had been destroyed tasteful than voting we know not, al interests. spirits, tobacco and other articles of
in the rebellion of 1837 and 1838", but it would appear that a man luxury will make up the loss of the
the new Premier, Hon. Mr. Abbott, who would wilfully disfranchise Tho United States as a nation revenue on sugar.
among others,s gned a document de- himself would not be likely to make were about 100 years old at the
Glaring that even annexation were a good juror. birth of the Dominion of Canada
preferable to tiviug uuderaGovern• We are indebted to the Globe of Unreasoning people talk ae though
ment that put a premium on disloy Saturday for some information an infant can equal in performance
alty. Half a million dollars wore anent this very important matter. the work of an adult. But after all
voted. Over $100,000 of this was The sources from which the revie- Canada is still a precocious youngster
proven to have been paid for claims ing officers, according- to law, are andel! far ahead in all that marks the
of persons who had actually been taking information are the old material progress of its couain to the
condemned by court martial for Dominion voters' list, the assess- south at the same age. And we
complicity In the rebellion, and went roll, the Provincial and will get '•thar" ahead of time yet.
probably two-thirds of the whole municipal voters' lista and the
sum was paid to persona who had solemn declarations of persona who An American Roman Catholic
actually been engaged on the side of deem themselves entitled to vote, paper says :—"The defections a -
the rebels. It was a loyal act for To put in as many of these declare- mong American -born Catholics has
Mr. Abbott to declare that he pre- tions as possible during the month been increased by the fact that the
ferrel any other position than that of July is the business of Conserve- authorities at Rome have never in
of potting n premium upon overt uvea just now. By the working of any way recognised Catholioe as
acts of rebellion—the indemnifying the law, or by accident the names Americans, and by ignoring the
of those whose hands were still red of Conservatives may be omitted country, the people, and the in -
with the blood of their loyal fellow though they appear in all the now stitutions, have led many weak -
Canadians. Though Mr. Abbott existing lists and rolls ; but the kneed Catholics to believe the
has apologized for this creditable tiling of. a, declaratiorTl_,.svhich.,coats ..charge.constsntl_y.madeby4beir.ert�.:
th t4lia iiitifii'aci^ortre youth; he was no money and very little trouble, emiee that the church is hostile to
perfectly justified in then rushing makes the matter safe. West the American people, their govern -
into possible evils that he knew not Huron was lost to the Conservatives ment and institutions,
last election by' inattention; to' alto
Grit papers pretend to think it
phenomenal because one Conserva-
tive paper, the,,Loncton .Free Press,
holds, "that if Itt.r. Tarte makes out
hie vase, parliament moat be purged
of every Doodler who .has been a
party to the scandal ; popular no.
tions of purity would be outraged if
a convicted boodler were to sit on
either side of the Ilouae fur a
day." The Loudou Free Press ie
not by any modus singular in bold-
ing and, publiehing such views.
The entire Coueervetive press has
given voice to mach emiut•utly pro-
per and thorough.y Conservative
doctrine. Whether the offender be
Gritor Tory they cuudemu boudlors
having a seat in parliament. They
coudentued Timothy Warren Aug -
lin while he was Grit Speaker of
the House for holdiug that position
while it was known he was a hood -
ler. They euudemued' H. H. Cook,
the acknowledged and proven Grit
Boodler for sitting in the House
under these conditions. They pr --
tested against \I, C. Cameron being
a 111 and proper person to have a
heat iu the House when he was an
acknuwlodged and ,proven Boodler.
The Conservatives protested against
Rylteit holding a seat in the House
though he did not acknowledge he
was a boodles nor was it positively
proven he was. But as a member of
the House should, like Caesar's wife,
be above seapiuian they did not
thiuk he shoul,�l have a seat it the
House. If it shall be proven that
Meseta McGreevy and Lengovin
are hoodlsis, the Conservative puess
and Couservativo opinion will say
they should not have seats in the
11onse. But Conservatives will not
condenru a man without trial.
They will not convict hint while his
case is sub/at/ice, so to speak. They
leave that for the Grits to do. Con-
servatives hold fast to fair play,
They will not convict on the ex -
parte evidence of a witness who is a
self-.,ckuowledged fellow conspira-
tor, They will decently wait until
the defendant has submitted his evi-
dence befot:e convicting hiiu. The
rueauest criminal in the land is en-
titled to this and so are those high
in authority. 'Che political jabber
of relentless partisans is not evi-
dence. Any ono can makes chargee
of wrong doing against another.
Their truth is another thing. And
the truth of chargee made out of re-
venge and not in the iutereste of
the public or morality is more than
questionable. All Conservatives
can strike bands with the London
Free Press and say, "if Mr. Tarte
makes out his case Parliament rung
be purged of any member who is a
,party to the scandal." That "if".
If all Grit writers are liars they
should not be believed. But the
mere assertion that thsy are is not
proof. If McGreevy and Langevin
are boodlers they should not be in
parliament. The mere assertion
that they are is net proof, more es-
pecially when that assertion is made
by a self -criminate witness.
The Mato/0y bill acted 'like 'a
boomerang in rho price ,of wool
aoroes the. -lines aa it did in- tate
price of egg., II.R i werican wool-
grower writegthe Michigan .Farmer :
"Now then, .as to the price of wool.
With shame I confeea that l put
some faith in the prohlisee of the
friends - of the McKinley bili. I
did not wall last year's clip, and to-
day cannot sell except at a loss of
two cents per pound below what 1
was offered a year ago."
A gentleman calla our attention
to an editorial note in our town
contemporary endorsing the state-
ment of the Superintendent of
the Lundon Asylum for the
Insane that alcoholic beverages
are not in any •respect neces-
sary for the ininates of that institu-
tion. Our friend naively insinn.
sten that total abstinence aunties
are living proofs that such bever-
ages are uot in any respect neces-
sary for lunacy outside the walls
of the Asylum either. At any tate
it is questionable proof that alco-
holic beverages are uot necessary to
sane men, to bring forward expert
evidence showing that they are not
necessary to insane men.
Canada raises about $40,000,000
or $8 per head, annually, to carry
on the business of the country,
Out of this the several provinces
receive about $1 per head in the
form of subsidy from the Federal
government, and a very large pro-
povtion is paid out for public im-
provements. The United States
raise about 3480,000,000 annually,
or 38 per head ; their municipal and
state taxation will average about a
similar figure. The Chicago Inter
Oseau says tl.e State of Illinois,
with about the sarne population as
Ontario, pays about $30,000,000,
auuually, in taxes.
matters with the adhesivensee Of .a la'n utti-da iya4 1.141/AchiA the
Spolding'a:.glua attaebtttent, hove- latest addition to our merino 1100,
ever rieliable be Maybe in hie . prof. the Pony, Toni . The ,3en 1'ort wad
pr` doeikited by .and eonatru>1ted under
essional and private like, it is n>ani- the supervision of pap Logan, the
featly unfair that the title of `ilfatber owoe This boat if$ a sister ,ship to
of lie" ehoujd. adhere to him. By the nxtie Rooney and wail ahare
the father of lies is meant that wily with .her the pleasant duties of
old devil even Satrap. And he a parr ing the fair Does '`rots, Sturgeon
ercised hie calling long before Mr Po' rt ta�;3uanyside Farm,
0.
Cameron dabbled in the tortuous IIeI Illop.
wiles of political exigencies. No, L. O. L. 813 decided oil Motldity
no, Mr..Catneron is not "the father evening to celebrate on the 1$th at
of lies" though many able political Mitchell. The -special train leaves
statements might be adduced as Soaforth for Mitchell at 8.66 a. w.
collateral evidence of'kinehip, in a L. 0. L. 813 had a very successful
more or less remote relationship, Royal Arch meeting on Monday
though it may not be in a direct evening. Three worthy candidates
f3 y were advanced, after which a aplen-
primogenial line, with that ancient did lunch was provided, and all en -
personage. joyed the evening.
The Lady True Blues will meet in
the Orange.hall at 6.30 on Sunday
and go in a body to church. Rev.
Mr. Attawell,of Walton, will preach
a special eermou, and the Orange-
men, True Bluee and" friends are ex-
pected to turn out largely. Every-
body invited.
Owen Murphy, the principal wit•
nes* in the investigation now going
on before a committee of the House
relative to the alleged wrong doings
in connection with the Public
Works Department, is a New York
ex -politician and defaulter. He
cosily swears to his atteutpta to
bribe members of Parliament and
others as though he were buying
oadivary merchandise. Tfe is also
under a criminal indictment in
Quebec in connectiou with the un-
lawful conversiou or forgery of a
note for $400,000. And his chargee
against the Department, he swears.
are the outcome of the refusal of the
1)eparttneut to give hint any more
contracts owing to his crookedneee.
Of a truth his oath is not to be reli-
ed on without the strongest possible
corroborative evidence.
MANIFESTO.
Loride5bot o•.
Miss Brogden spent Sun,lay Last
in Clinton. -
Mr. John Ritchie, of \\ringbaut,
was in the village Monday.
Mr. McFadyen will sail for the
Old County about the 11th inst.
Tho Sunday School picnic held
on the lst was not so well attended
as usual.
Our school is closed and the
teachere have gone away to spend
the holidays.
The debate arranged to come off
in the I. 0. G. T. lodge is in-
definitely postponed.
Quite a number drove to Clinton
on Saturday eveniug to see Untie
Tont'e Cabin played.
A splendid -uin fell on Thursday
night and Friday. It was tnuch
needed and will do a dual of good.
Farmer's in this section have
commenced haying, they report a
short crop. Fall wheat looks well
and promises a good yield.
A S. 0. E. Lodge was instituted
here on Friday evening by Mr.
Hancock, of Hamilton. The follow-
ing officers were chosen for the first
term :—Pres, A. Woodman ; Vice
Pres. Geo. Williams ; Chap. Rev.
J. Ferguson ; S. & F. S. John
Lasham ; 1. Guide, Thos Gregory;
O.G., A. Brunsdon; P. Pres. Geo.
Thompson, They will meet on the
1st and 3rd Thursdays in each
month.
Additional Locals. 4
Mu. JAnlEs FAle and Mrs. Fair
left last week on a pleasure trip to
the old country.
ST. PAUL'S CUUR011.—The annual
Sunday School picnic will be at
Goderich ou July 16.
REv. Mu. Geat,owsc c•omnenced
his uaetorate in Ontario St, Meths,
dist church.last Sunday.
li,ev. J. Lloyd Jones of Syracuse,
N, Y. preached last Sunday even-
ing in the Ratteubury St. Meth.
church.
Excr3ANOE.—Rev. Mr. Ste wart of
Willis Presbyterian church, Clin-
ton and Rev. Jas. Livingston, Me-
thodist, of Listowell, exchanged pul-
pits last Sabbath.
T, C. DonEnrY was exercising the
stallion Phil Patchon the other day
when the "critter" struck out and
covered the track at a gait of 2.58.
Not' bad for a green horse without
any extra urging.
WILL AVOID Tna APPEARANCE Or
PARTIALITY.—Owing t0 the inde-
finiteness of the regulations regard-
ing the duties of the examinees b'
the school boards, Mr. Lough has
decided not to examine any of the
papers allotted to him. IIo has the
fullest confidence in the ability and
honesty of the members of the
Board cf Examiners, and believe,
that unless the new regulations
make it imperative that the Public
School teachers appointed shal ex-
amine a portion of the papers, it is
more in" accord with the Golden
Rule not to do so.
Bayfaeld
Dr. Gunn, of Clinton, was in
town last week.
Mr. Alex. Ferguson, who has been
visiting in Goderich, has returned.
No need to have a dirty watoh
when Mr. Harry Kemp is around.
Miss Brierly and her mother,
accompanied by several friends, are
visiting here.
A large number of visitors are
expected at the Commercial and
River hotels this week.
Mr. Eason is revisiting here for a
few days. We are pleased to see
bis familiar -pace among us again.
The Stanley agricultural society's
grounds have been enlarged. A
spleudid half -mile track is the latest
Mr. Cameron, Huron, had a per-
sonal grievance to, air in the House
the other day. The gentleman and
his friends protested against maimed-,
versions by Ministers of the Crown
and other Tory platform speakers
of himself during the elerttione of
1887. Also those contained in
Tory literature anent his criticism
of the Government's Indian policy,
Mr. Dewdney and Sir John Thomp-
son endorsed the view of the general
incorrectness of Mr. Cameron's
alleged extracts form public doou-
muents. But it was stated by Mr.
Cameron's friends that the height
of injustice was done Mr. Cameron
when he was dubbed "the father of
lies" by his opponents. The friends
of Mr. Cameron are quite right in
-notedosiring the-gentlemiteetoappea •=
in a character not properly his.
Though Mr. Cameron may not be
cemented to the truth in political
PIONEER PASSED AWAY.—There
died in Goderich Saturday last, at
the age of 84, Thos. Kidd, formerly
postmaster at that place. We believe
Mr. Kidd succeeded Mr. Griffin in
that office and held it until about
1856. He resided in Goderich for
about 58 years. The writer can re-
member him as postinasterover forty
years ago. He was out pith the vol-
unteers to Sarnia in '37 and '38.
Took an active part in getting the
first and only railway to Goderich,
and was a writer on local and poli-
tical matters of considerable ability.
He had one son who died at the age
of 10 or 11 yeava. The wife of Col.
Ross is his only daughter. Many of
our readers will remember him.
CANADIAN NEWS NOTES.
— Hamilton has now over 50,000 in-
h- bitauts,
—Thomas A. Ti,ylor, druggist, Owen
Sound, was drowned in the bay off that
town Sunday afternoon.
— Maitland Young, jun,, of the Bank
os Hamilton, was drowned in Hamilton
Bay Sunday afternoon through the up-
setting os a canoe.
—Mrs Warner, of Straffordville, On+„
claims to be 106 years old.
—Crop prospects in the maritime pro.
winces are excellent.
addition. —A remarkable whirlwind of unnsuat
The T. O. T. pie•nic that was to violence visited Cavan township Thure-
have come off Friday has been post- day afternoon. Thccyclone carne across
onetl for an indefinite time on a field on a firm owned by Mr. R. Elnw-
p den and °coupled by Mr. Andrew Hoag,
account of the heavy rain storm. aud•lifted the fence rails and whiled
Fishing is now at its best, and Lite them 50 f tet into the air. Moving rapid-
ly on it caught up a large driving shed,
pier is every day the scene of large and lifted the whole structure+as if it
catches of "grindetonee." One of had been a toy. The shed was carried
fair "mind moulders" caught lots sante distance and then fell to the
and lots of 'em, ground, and although etrotaglp bnitt ire
timbers wore torn apart and the building
Next Sunday the Key. I. Stringer, demolished.
who istilling the vacacy of Rev. -- +►
Mr. Nen
Newton, will preach a sermon IN AN1) ABOUT THE COUNTY
on Orangeism to the Orangemen
and Young Britons of Bayfield, —Mies Blackwell of Wingham was
thrown out of a buggy, attached to a run -
On the fat several pic•itickera
away horse, and stunned for a time.
visited the lakeside to enjoy the re- The buggy was ruined.
freahing breeze and lovely scenery, —Dr. T, R. Halsted of Mount Forest,
The bunts were kept busy plying Ont., is at present, assistant in one of the
the pnsaeugere back and forth. London, Eug„ hospitals, to the famous
The long looked for rain has come Dr Sir Morrell Mackenzie.
—A fisherman named Cooper was
at last, much to the satisfaction of drowned the other day at Point an Barit,
the inhabitants of our town- The Georgian bay. The body has been taken
trees around the square will be to Moaford,
benefitted by the rain, as will also —A three year old Walkerton lad had
site macadamised sidewalks. some matches in his pocket while play-
ing. They got ingnited and his leg and
Last week the Lady Du$erin, parts of his body were so badly burned
under the command of Cap. A. that his life was despaired of for some
Elliott and mate Moorehonse, left time.
port with a load of Bayfield sports —David Brash fin m neer Platteville
to Din the school tc•nie at Porter' was tined $2 and costs Saturday for
loin �� ;_ -. ,.., ..t9,sits*auttirag.-James..Farreil.-..Xbe=assault
giro ve. - 'Kin, high time and are was a peculiar one and consisted in
more than pleased at the way in substituting some offensive stuff for the
which Cap. Elliott managed the tobacco in the complainant's pipe. It was
done fora joke, but it coat the perpetra-
excursion. for over $10,
fd
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