Clinton New Era, 1892-04-22, Page 4,t1.1
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w(ta,laid saeayii thes Seetle genie- '
toot*.
The srenlaina Were fel (Med to
their lest Initne by a lee e concourse Of
SyMpathlzha,g friends, MsOl'ant had
a Severe attack of la gr PPe about a
Month ago but bad somewhat recover-
ed when a relapse occurred Which re-
sulted in her death. Fou se years ago
itt, about this time Mr , and Mrs Glrant
had the Pleasure of celebrating their
golden wedding, an uncommon event,
which was participated in by a large
/limber of friends, who cm Wednesday
again visited their home, but with sor-
rowing hearts, yet the family have
reason to be thankful, that the mother
was spared to them so many years; we
are glad to now that the mother was
so fondly loved in this home and hope
that in the home beyond they may all
be re -united.
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araRdteti Watc ett- . B, Rinialiall & CO
linggies and carriages -Fred Rumball
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A great and gck Inandied in Toren -
le early Sfindair rang,' Afore Alex-
ander Mackerreig.eibl. giw, York,
and ex-Prenaiee'cif 'the,Deininion, pass-
ed away. after a lingering illness. The
news of his death, though it has been
expected for weeks; was received with
rprofound sorrow throughout the Do-
- minion, for Mt.' llookerizie was univer-
pally respected for hielsterling integrie
• • 4 o
ty and independf
ence ot character, as
Well as admired for his' great natural
abilities and eminent 'public services.
The dead ex -premier was a Seotchman,
and Scotland zieVer gave t the world
a nobler son'. Mr Mackenzie was a
self-made man, the arehite,etof his own
fortune, and she leaves behind him a
reputation which any public man
might be proud to possess. As premier
of Canada he gave to the country an
honest and economical administration.
He went out Of power rather than
sacrifice principle to expendieney; and
he went to his grave without weaken-
ing in his convictions as to the policy
which is best • calculated to develope
and make prosperous the: country
which he loved:' tn view, of the con-
ditions of public affairs which preceded
and succeeded Mr Mackenzie's admin-
istration, the political hiptorian may
justly refer to the five years of Reform
rule as a veritable oasis in the desert
of Canada's political history. ',Under
Mr Mackenzie the Dominion's public
affairs were wisely and economically
managed. The public expenditure
was not increased. The debt of the
Dominion was oaly augmented to an
•extent neceetaese.te fulfil the obliga-
tions of the preceding government.
Ilr Mackenzie tefiseed to listen to the
demand for increased taxation upon
the masses for the benefit of a few
monopolists, who were even then
more prosperous '• than those whom
s they wanted to Place under tribute.
Though warned that resistance to the
demand for an increase of the tariff
meant defeat for his party' at the polls,
and though threatened with desertions
s
tr--frorn stiassierriless-Mr-Masekenzie-stood-
: manfully by liis convictionea He re-
fused to pay homage to the fallacy
that farmers, fishermen, miners and
manufacturers can be made prosper-
, ous by increasing their taxes. Mr
Mackenzie shared the ideas of the man
• who said he "weuld rather be right
than be Presidentsc'and he was defeat-
ed. The Israelities-were being wisely
• and wellioVerneg. bY judges, -but they
wanted a king:- 'Amy wanted a ruler
• who would lead then into war. In
' the same way le people of Canada
. teem to have desired rulers who would
" tax them to the'. utmost limit. The
electorate of Canada in 1301 declared
that Mr Mackeniie -was "too honest
to be a Canadianspelitician"-and in
• view of recent 'events hirtfhtends may
be proud to have finch NI:epitaph upon
. his tombstone -0d so they voted him
„ out of power. •Mi Mackenzie Was not
'considered a practiCal plitkiau. He
...would not iricreesethe, customs taxa-
tion tmon the people for the bene -
At of contributors to party campaign
•,funds. Neitherrstrould he borrow mil-
• lions upon • the public credit to till
the pockets of railway monopolists.
But Mr Mackenzie. wae 11 statesman in
the true sense of the word. Gladstone
gave up place and power and has re.
orsix years in opposition
than • sacrifice his convictions
sped iai,the proper policy for
Britain towards Ireland, and
der Mackenzie gave up place
ow r to remain in opposition for
e of his life rather than
ecin.victions on the trade
denounced the policy of
thin as a "national folly
nal crime " and left to his -
'Cy Of 'vindicating his opin-
a1131, 'Mr Mackenzie was a
gentleman, a pleasant com-
panion and a true Mend.' In power or
in opposition he was always the same
•iyhole-souled Scotehman, an to
serve friend a,nd opponent alike, while
adhering.cloeelyto his strict principles
of puhlie rIsity.'.- Marry of those whom
he befriended when inPower deserted
his party:whenhey found him in op-
position„1-hit; 'a the conduct of
those Mr Alackenzienever complained.
;Unlike, Voneof his cOntemvoraries,
rnade pn e;, and 6 died apoor
11•.
It le reported that the Oevernor
Oenerai has Insfsted on ;the Caron
charge4eing InvestigateL U should
do so if he hasn't, and QUO Prove that
he is of some benefit to the country.
PaVllarliell.t. is 'having the usual
Rester Vacation, hist the sebeloia will
lively,onough,when the House re-
assenalsiee. „ The opposition is weak
Dilly in numbers.
Alluding to the death of Mr Macken-
zie, the Hamilton Spectator says "the
Grit' party has lost the only honest
man it ever had." This is more of an
admission, at any rate, than the Spec.
would make when he was alive.
main
rather
with
• Great
• Alex
and
the
Additional Local News.
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Zurich.
NOTES. -Miss Hoffman, of Stratford,
has again taken charge of Mr D. Stein-
bach's millinery department, owing to
increase of business Mr D. Steinbach
has engaged Miss Willis, of Exeter, as
assistant milliner; Miss Willis comes
highly recommended, having been at
the business for several years. Mr C.
Bossenberry and wife, of Hensall, paid
their friends in town a visit, on Friday
last. Mr John Galster, who is at pres-
ent employed in the Egmondville wool-
en mills, was in the village, a few days
last week. Mr George Buchanan and
Horace Hardy,of Goderich high school,
are spending their holidays at home,
by all appearances Goderich agrees
with them. Mr John Kibben,who was
attending the Hamilton Business Col-
lege for the past few months, is home
at present. Mr Wm. Snell,of Egmond-
ville, formerly of Zurich burg, was
visiting with his parents and friends a
few daye last week; we are glad to hear
that he is meeting with success. Mr
Nicholas Deichert, of this pla,ce, who is
at present working in Clinton, spent
Sunday at home Mr Alf. Faust, son
of D. S. Faust, merchant of this place,
left for Berne Junction, on Monday
last, with the intention of visiting
friends there; we believe Alf intends to
go further west in a few weeks,• where
he intends to take a situat-ion in astore;
SUCCOSS Alf. Mrs John' Roeddiug of
Tilsonburg, is at present visiting at'her
parents and friends' in this village.
There were about thirty new scholars
added to our school, on Tuesday, and
all being from five to seven. years old;
who says Zurich is not -increasing in
population?
ACCIDENT. -On Monday last, while
Mrs Samuel Treffroy and daughter, of
the lake road, were returning home
from Zurich, they:met with an accident
which might have proved fatal. After
driving about a quarter: of a mile; it
seems they met a team driving at no
slow rate, and it seems the occupants
did not have enoiigh sense to give half
the road, so of course the ladies had to
give all the road; their horse got
frightened by the noise of the waggon
and turned its occupants into the ditch,
smashing the shaft of the rig, lint, soon
stopped; fortunately the ladies escaped
with a severe shaking up.
Sabbath School A IltakiVerSarit'.
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The annivevary,„of the Rattephupy
Stet Sabbath Sehool, on Sunday and
;gm:Way last, became also an Keeter
servicg, and the ninon of both mmie
the ottasion one of great interests The ,
platform of the church was beautifully I
decorated withfloWers, and the Sunday
•services were of special iriterest, the
sermons being preaehed by Rev 0, F.
Salton,. of Brussels, thathof the morn-
ing being especially instructive to the
children, and being illustrated in a
way to retain their close attention and
impress it on their memory. In the
afternoon a responsive service was
held, during which Mr_galton also gave
an address. All these services were
well attended. 'Also anniversary pro-
per, on Monday evening, was well at-
tended, and among those taking part
In the program were :-Essays, Ernest
Cooper, Olive Helyar; solos, Aletha
Foster, Harry Worsell, Maud Marcy;
recitations,.Ida Holmes, Mabel Doher-
ty, Ida Heywood; duets, Sadie Sibley
and Maud Whaley, Luella and Lottie
Marcy; quartette, Miss Rumball, Mrs
Chown, Messrs Sibley and Holleway;
Revs Messrs Salton' and Shilion also
addressed the gathering, and the Mouth
Organ Quartette Club Of Ontario street,
church gave several selections.
A summary from the annual report
of the Secretary gives the following
particulars: -The loss of scholars and
teachers last year, i by removals, was
41; by death, one; new names added,
27; total membership at present, 31,0.
Total verses recited by the girls, 7260;
b the boys, 1628. Average attendance,
, a larger proportion than at any
previous time; of 27 teachers the ave-
rage attendance has been 23, and of
eight officers the average attendance
was six.
The anniversary throughout was
very successful, and not a little of the
credit therefor falls to the share of Mr
H. Foster, the indefatigable Superin-
tendent. 'The many old friends of Mr
Salton were much pleased to see and
hear him, the cordial reception given
him showing such to be the case, and
his services were thoroughly appre-
ciated. A contribution of $75 was
asked for towards the support of the
school, and the friends generously
made the amount $101.22.
Hay..
CouNcre.-Council met in the town
hall, on April 16. A proposition to
form a new school section from parts
of school sections No. 2, 3 and 10 was
voted on, but not carried. J. A. Wil-
liams was appointed pathroaster, in-
stead of F. Hess, resigned. The road
work in beat No. 68 was put in No. 09,
exce.ptiog WM. NfelFroiS-6111-Thrliffarghtl
S. Brenerman,which *as put in No. 46.
A new heat was formed of the east half
of lots 16, 17, 14 and 15, con 2, with
Nicol Shirra as pathmaster. No action
was taken in reference to other peti-
tions asking for formation of new
school sections. It was • decided that
the grants for N. B. be $250, and S.B.
$500, provided that Stanley and Steplo
ea grant like amounts, and for C. R.
$1,000. A number of -accounts were
ordered to be paid, and cciuncil ad-
journed to meet on the 21st of May, at
LATT:A,
FATAL ACCIDENT. -0D; TueSday last
while Mr Wm. Reith Of lot 24, Con. 2
Hay, and wife,were driviing near Rod-
gerville their horse beestrne frightened
and unmanageable 'upsetting the rig
and occupants,and kicked until it freed
itself from the buggy. Mrs Reith was
at once removed to a farm retidence
and her injuries dreseed, hoot she ie. not
-expected to recover, Mr Reith escaped
unhurt bathe buggy wee badly ensash-
ed. After procuring a rig from Mr Mc
Dougal Mr Reith drove his Wife home
and then returned fel' the 'broken bug-
gy, his son accornpanieg him. They
fastened the rig behind the onel they
were riding in and started for home,
but they had not proceeded fair until
the horse became frightened and ran
awa,y,upsetting them With in the ditch.
Mr Reith alighting oe 'hie head and re-
ceived such inj'aries that he lived but
a few hours after. •• .1
Mr ,Mae iihtt (xte4 Mre him he
• mat. Nage gaii:144W40:01a he" e"fr.
need', hiWtSeition ito hmeis. wealth or
ctitifte.p. yytilthtlorprationk
Itinhurn.
NOTES. -A certain Young man from
the base line, who is said to be "exceed-
ingly generous,"pays frequent visits to
the Oth con., of Hullett, looking after a
fern or something; he buys DJ cents
worth of sweeties, and makes three
trips with them; there' can't be mita)
sweetening in them to last -until 3
o'clock in the morning: he more liber-
al Tom, to the fair sex.
vitivt) • § Well aef
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'.)kletattaet? 40:111)4er t6.441.00te,
ittid .rect#
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Exeter.
,
ExPLosios.- A lamp exploded in the
window of Cobbledick and Folland•'s hard-
ware store on Saturday evening and hut
for the thoughtfulness of one of the propri-
etors would havedone considerable damage.
As soon as the occurrencewas noticed he ,
rushed to the window and seizing the burn- ,
ing lampthrew it into the street, and after- ;
wards smothered the flames with his over-
coat which had became ignited in the build
ing. Save the lose of the lamp the damage
otherwise is trifling.
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. --Mr Sam. SI anlake
and son, Silas, of Sodom, narrowly escaped
being killed on Tuesday night last between
11 and 12 o'clock, by a colt, which they
were driving, running away. It appears
they were about No leave the Mansion
House when the horse became frightened
and started to run, going up Main street at
a break neck sped and hurled the ocenpants
from their seats into the road, Mr Stan -
lake alighting on his head on a large stone,
and received a ssery t'lsad lea Wouridennik
otherwise breisirie 'Wm.. , e tioestr-up10
pea:filet a poet hitt „eseaped ,tifthures lie
,Staillithe wa:s the:light .Lo hay§ lseen deg
bd. ''ffrht 'notio rate 000a. 40; loo'iing:;
r.
e:o • the.;'Woiin 4,niaNs. jfiet.#*:4100).. iic
1:46,picifeatia. 'Llit tin On* Oft.ceit.1)!We'
litpnlaittne4;itrid ':tliri Apra' •' lk ,
dressed: ..'; %. . '4,...:-4.f..041-:,0,1-:::-, .,..,.;
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Spring Show.
r
The Brucefield Spring Show, held
last Friday, was not attended by as
large a crowd as on former years,what-
ever the reason, although a good num-
ber were present. There was a fine ex-
hibit. The prize list is as follows :-
HEAVY HORSES.- Aged Draught
Stallion, -Thomas Colquhoun, "Raker -
field;" Innis & Iforton, "Stud Book
Chief;"C. E. Mason,"Clennery Prince."
Diploma, Thos. Colcinhou•n, "Raker -
field." Draught Stallion foaled in 1889,
-Francis Coleman, "Young Britton."
Draught Stallion, foaled in 1890. -Jas.
McFarlane, "Belbogie Stamp;"
Coleman, "King Joe." Aged Canadian
Draught -John Stevenson, "Reuben
Wilson;" Herbert Crich; "Davy Lad."
Diploma, John Stephenson, "Reuben
Wilson." Canadian Draught, foaled
in 1889 -Thomas: McMichael, "Clear
the Thack;" John Ketchen, "Scottie."
Canadian Draught foaled in 1800 -
Finlay McIntosh, "Young Crystal
City; " George Taylor, "Gulf Steam."
Judges -Robert Scott, Londesboro ;
Peter Campbell, Cromarty ; John 0.
Grieve, McKillop.
LIGHT HORSES. -Aged Carriage Sta I-
lion -Irvine Armstrong,"Bookinaker;"
Robt.Wilson,"Aboyne;' Robt. Adams,
"Bonner." Carriage Stallion, foaled
in 1389 -David Fisher, "Moss Rose:"
flatriage
Stallion foaled in 1890 -Robert Brock,
"Saint Lin." Diploma, I. Armstrong,
"Bookmaker." Aged Roadster, P. Mc-
Gregor, "St. Blaize;" P. Cook, "Black
Rod;" 0. Whitley, -Maitland." Road-
ster foaled in 1889 -Robert Wilson,
"Huron;" Robert Wilson, "Rumor,Jr;"
JaMleS Broadfoot,"Young Cranbrook."
Roadster foaled in 1890 -Peter Mc-
Gregor, "Granger:" William Ratten-
bury, "Philip Hudson." Diploma,
Peter McGregor, "St Blaize." Blood
Stallion -James Berry, "Edinburg:"
ThomaS Gundry, _"Zeaanoe." Diploma,
.J. Berry, "Edinburg." Coach Horses
-Dow & Tennent, 'Pasetha;" • Walter
Shillinglaw, "L'Ami;" David Fisher.
"Fly Away." Diploma, Dow & Ten-
nant, "Pascha."
Judges -T. E. Robinson, Ilderton
John Dunn, Blake. .
BULLS -Aged Durham -David Milne,
"Perfection ; Elcoat Brothers, "Vice
Royal;" Thomas Dinsd.ale, "Lord Stan-
ley.". Durham, ca,i'ved- after, Septem-
ber 20th, 1889-Robert.McLean, "Roan
Sussex;" Robert Chatters, "Knight of
Huron;" Win. Chapman; "Donvampa."
Durham, calved after September 20th,
1890-D. D. Wilson;" "Defiance," D. D.
Wilson, "Prime Minister;" Wm. Chap-
man, "Crusoe," D.D. Wilson.
"Defiance." Jersey Bull -D. McIntosh,
1st and 2nd, Diploma, •D. McIntosh.
Judges -D. McInnes, Exeter; Jas.
Hearn, Clinton; J. 11. McDougall, Sea -
forth.
k'irt woul4 tve
It'et otie. POD' foi! ,pe,Xcson tewn_ap-
plying, to .fie eppollited t.9 Ole office.
AU these itttle things are the spokes in
the wheel that belp to make com-
mercial centres, this 'latter will corne
If applied for at a eeasonable time
"wherfo, because we are de senter of
de grabety around where am de
peopels, de corn -fields and de possum."
Yours &c, W. H. PERRIN.
HE IS N. G.
[was a delightful person, but when he
Presentation. got the idea he was the eastern of
_ western people, and, to place him -
Intended for last week. self right before the world in the mat -
On Wednesday,the Oth inst., the choir of of dress, tucks in his shirt, he becomes
To the Editor of the New Era.
SIR.-Rudyard Kipling says, "Let it
be clearly understood that the Russian
is a delightful person until he tucks in
his shirt," meanir g that as long as the
Russian was contented to appear as the
most western of eastern nations, he
St. Andrews ohurch,Blyth,met at the home
of Airs Curtis, the objeot being to present
their late leader, Mr Oakes,with a beautiful
chair and footrest. Below we give the ad-
dress and Mr Oakes' reply.
Mr G. F. Oakes.
Dear Sir. -We assure yeti that it is with
a marked degree of sorrow that we learn
that circumstances have so transpired that
will make it impossible for us as leader and
ohoir of St. Andrew's church to be longer
connected. We believe that during ,the
time you have bad oturge of the singing You
have in every putioular discharged the dut-
ies of your office in the most efficient and
oreditable manner and that you have done
everything possible to assist each member
of the choir individually as well as col-
lectively, to raise the standard of music in
our midst. At times it must have appeared
to you that we as members of the choir did
not perform our part as well as we should
have done, still we ask you to overlook any
little faults we may have had during our
connection of two yeers. We believe that
under your skilful leadership our choir has
attained a most enviable reputation. In
order to show our gratitude to you in a more
tangittble manner we ask you to accept
this Chair and Foot Rest, not for any value
they may possese in themselves but to con-
vince you of the high esteem in which you
are held by us. In conclusion we would
desire to express the hope that you may
long be spared to take part in the service
song, if not with us in some place wl%re
your services will be as fully appreciated as
they have been here, and if its not our
privilege to again be working to gether,
may welall be united in that heavenly choir
Where parting shall be no more. Wishing
yourself and Mrs Oakes every success.
Signed on behalf of the choir,
MAGOIE ikleGrOWAN,
IDA J. STEwAlvr,
DIXON STALKER.
MR OAKES' REPLY.
Ladies and !Gentlemen,- I thank you
hearily for your splendid gift, and the fact
that it was entirely unexpected renders it
rather difficult for me without a moment's
notice to find words to express my feelings
to you as I would like to. During our two
years of service together I have endeavored
to perform honestly and efficiently the
work which fell to my lot as your leader
and while reviewing the past we recognize
a goodly degree of success. I do not for a
moment consider myself entitled to all the
credit for what has been done -but am glad
to be able to say that it is owing to your
hearty support and firm friendship at all
times that has often upheld my drooping
hands in the good cause. I realize that
whatever success may have been ours as
choir and leader, a fair share of the credit
belong justly to you. It will always be a
source of pleasure to me tolook back on the
years when we worked together in St.
Andrew's), Slytia, t do not look upon this
gift as a remuneration for services as you
all know I have always received a fair salary
while acting as leader here and can only
look upon your action to -night as one of
disinterested kindness to me. We know
not what the future may have in store for
us but I will say in conclusion, I shall al-
ways be glad to hear of your success from
time to time. I earnestly trust that you
may all be long spend to fill your places in
God's House and mingle your voices in
singing his praise.
Death af a former Huronian
The following article is taken from
the Scotland, Dakota, Republican. and
refers to a. former wed -known resi-
dent of the base line, in fact one who
resided there over 20 years. Mrs Thos
Archer, of Hullett, is, a daughter of
the lady alluded to as follows: -
DIED: Mrs Levinna Grant, wife of Alex Grant,
of heart failure, at borne, Monday, April 4th,
1892, aged 79 years and 4 months.
Mrs Grant with her husband and
family was one of the earliest settlers
in Bon Horrime county, arriving here
from Canada more than eighteen years
ago, Yankton was at that time the
nearest trading point and settlers of
those days know what a pioneer life is.
Mrs Grant was fortunate in raising
to maturity a large. and healthy fam-
ily, all of whom survive her, and with
the exception of one daughter, Mrs
Archer, of Canada, were in attendance
at, her funeral. two sons, William and
Wellington Granhand four daughters,
Mrs Alfred Brown, Mrs Chas Johnson,
Mrs Harriet. Izzard and Mrs Thomas
Birteh,all live in or nciar Scotland, and
made pleasant the last day's of their
much loved mother.
A short service was held at the home
on Wednesday at 2 p. m., Rev Under-
wood read some comforting selections
from the Bible and offered prayer. A
emattette,consisting of Mesdarnes Rob-
inson and Dollard, Messrs Hale and
Sinitheietng few appropliate hymns,
*hen the elegant casiltet; with a sheaf
of *heat att#' honittiet of callits, tied
teith long. .ttre.0*te-:;1, of white eatin
ribber', was getit4r .harne Roshoe
Tlipfirey, John Brown, Henty
ea govell,Bobert ilDevine ,e.
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FROM MANITOBA.
Witham Neill Of friftrie, Ele011401..Whe:thed
on the 2nd jaereirY.1,862, feevihgli *wetter
wbo is POW the wiN of the Rev. Mtn
Thompson, Presbyterian minister, at
Sarnia. On the 17th June, 1858, he eflata
married the estimable lady Who now Pre-
sides over his houeehold, Jane Byre, eklea.
daughter of the late Itcbert Sym, of re0h-
shire; Scotland. It heti been eisid 00 Mr
fdaokenzie was twice effered the honer of
the knighthood by Her Majesty, but on
both Inc:Wens deolined, it e acceptanoe.
an anomaly that is ridiculous in the ex-
treme. You may not see the point, but
in thinking of how often we try to
make ourselves a,ppear what we really
are not, my mind wandered to the
beautiful spectacle witnessed in the
Dominion Parliament the other day,
when the one man pure, who was the
hope of this politically rotten country,
&c., refused to investigete the charge
against Sir. A. P. Caron, he (that is the
hope) having stated in the House last
session, "if any man has aught to
charge against any officiahhigh or low,
he (the hope) would promise him a
thorough investigation." When you
speak to a Conservative about the po-
litical impurities of their leaders, and
one after the other you show them up,
it was almost hope inspiring to a non-
partizan the way they turned to Sir
John Thompson as the man to elimin-
ate from our government,from stem to
stern, everything not thoroughly hon-
est, or- he was in common phraseolgy
"straight as a string and no doubt
about it." He was a small shade out
in his religion to suit our local tories,
but there could be no doubt of his hon-
esty, and intense hatred of all corrup-
tion -well -we non -partizans thought
"perhaps he is the man" and we gained
some confidence in him during the in-
vestigations of last session. That's
where we made a mistake; we took the
Russian for a westerner, because he
tucked his shirt in.
How utterly unmanly is the stand
he takes when you think of all he has
said in the House and on the public
platform which, when spoken, seemed
to he full of a genuine desire to rid the
government of all its bloodsuckers,
boodlers, or hungry men. And you
know, Mr Editor,betore 1 took a strict-
ly non -partizan stand, I could not see
these things as they are, but with the
tory wool off my eyes, I can see no
reason if Thos. McGreevy had to go for,
voting money into his own pocket (and'
this was his worst crime in the eyes of
his friends) why Sir A. P. Caron should
not go. With Sir Hector gone, Sir A.
P. Caron charged, and two or three
other Cabinet Ministers in terror of
impending charges, it may be Sir
John thinks the opposition have given
his promises by far a too literal inter-
pretation.
There was a grand future before the
Conservative party if Sir John had ap-
plied the knife to cankers and ulcers,
with the power they have now,and the
pcwer they can legislate to themselves,
they could have been safe for another
quarter of a century; that he did not
do this, is evidence to me, or at least
suggests, that if he rid all the corrupt
ones out of his party, he would not
have enough men to forma Cabinet,or
sreticse still -he -Would not have men to
do his dirty work that it was necessary
for them to do -defeat Mr Cameron in
our own riding.
I would like to tell at another thne Mr
Editor, how I come to be non-partisan.
I think some of my old time compa-
triots are in the same position,political-
ly, if they could but see through the
wool. Yours Respectfully,
NON PARTIZAN
CYPRESS Riven, MAN., APRIL 14, '92
To the Editor of the Clinton New Era.
DEAR SIR, -Please allow int room in
your paper so that your many readers
may learn of my safe arrival hoine to
my family in Manitoba, on Tuesday,
12th of April, 1892, after an absence of
one month and one day. I left Anton
on Friday 8th..„ at 2p. m., and went to
Toronto; it rained and snowed all the
way from Stratford, and through the
night there was a heavy fall of snow,at
North Bay especially. From North
Bay to Winnipeg there was snow on
the ground, more or 'less, but fine
weather. At Winnipeg, on Monday
afternoon, and Tuesday forenoon,(11th
and 12th) it was a regular snow -storm,
but began to abate before noon, and as
we went west the weather grew finer
and the sun came out very warm and
the farmers were busy seeding long be-
fore I got horne. The same day our
folks sowed 10 acres of w' heat and many
others a great deal more. Many
thanks to the kind friends of Holmes-
ville and vicinity for their kindness to
me while there. I am much better al-
ready. Yours truly, R. DOCKING.
tit'Wton; Who acted. Uhettrerth, air
thati Wee Medial of Orartrima
DWI' ofllon.Aleinder !binge
' THE CUSTOM'S OFFICE.
•
To the editor of the New Era
Sin. -The question has been asked
how did Clinton first become a port of
entry. Twenty-seven years ago Joseph
Whitehead and myself applied through
T. M. Daly, then M. P. for Perth,
whom we both well knew, to have
Clinton made a port, we did not suc-
ceed, hut in 1881 Messrs Geo Pay, R.
M. Racey, Wm Jackson and myself
met, a letter was written, an inspector
was sent up, alnd statements submitted.
He offered to report favorably, pro-
vided a free office was guaranteed,
furnished, for three years. The result
was I guaranteed such office and put
in $65 worth of furniture and never
received or asked for anything, had
rerit been paid at $3 per month with
cost of furniture invested at 7 per cent
it would he over $300 now. .As soon
as the three years expired and the
town had to furnish at office it wits
'taken from me and left my place
empty. I found _no fault, although it
looked ,liardly fair, pe person applied
for the 'collectorship *hen office`Wite
MIA WSiniPly Wanted
MIAMI -Made- tsort' f entry. -Same
time we 0014 to ; vnotongtoti tot
After a protracted illness of many weeks,
Hon. Alexander Mackenzie, M. P. for East
York and ex -Premier of the Dominion of
Canada, died at his residence, St. Alban's
street Toronto, between 13 and 1 o'clock
Sunday morning. The venerable statesman
had been in very feeble health nearly all
through the winter, the result of a fall
which he sustained early in February,
though it was not till about six weeks ago
that his condition became serious. During
those six weeks the desperate contest be-
tween life and death was sustained with
wonderful vitality, and it was marvellous
that the end was deferred so long. He was
born near Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland, on
the 28th January, 1822, and was the son of
the late Alexander Mackenzie, of Logierait,
Perthshire, by Mary, second daughter of
Donald Fleming, of the same parish, and
grandson of Malcolm Mackenzie, of
Strathtummel. The father was an archi-
tect and contractor, and his son Alexander
was designed for thesame ealling,beginning
as the custom is in Scotland, with a mac
tioal grounding in masonry. The lad had
attended school at hisnative place, acquiring
allthe branches of a 'thorough English
education; but he did not rest content with
what he had learnt in the schools, and
continued the pursuit of knowledge at the
old cathedral, City of Dunkeld and at
Perth. His father died in 1836, leaving
behind him seven sons, all of whom after-
wards settled in Canada, Alexander being
the third of tbe number. In 1842 Alexander
emigrated to Canada, gutting at Kingston,
but after a short period he set up business
for himself as a builder and contraoter at
Sarnia. In 1852 appeared the Lambton
Shield, with Mr Mackenzie as its editor,
and for two years he continued in that
position. He was first elected to Parlia-
ment in 1861, for Lambton, and he had no
sooner taken his place in the House than
he attracted attention. He favored Confed-
eration, but had little sympathy with the
coalition, and refused the office of the
Presidency of the Council upon the retire-
ment of George Brown from the extempor-
ized administration. From the union of
1867 till 1873 he was leader of the Reform
party in the House of Commons, and in
the last named year was placed at the head
of the entire Liberal party of the Dominion.
On the 5th November, 1874, upon the re-
signation of Sir. John Macdonald, he was
called npon by Lord Dufferin to form an
administration, in which be held in addition
to the Premierehip, the office of Minister of
Public Works. Shortly after the defeat of
that ministry in the elections of 1878, Mr
Mackenzie was superseded as leader of the
Liberal party by Mr Edward Blake. Mr-
119.6kenlie was 'tt, member of the Exeetttive
Council and Treasurer of Ontario in Mr
Blake's administration from .the 21st Dee -
ember, 171, until Odteber, 1872; When be
'crafted. Mr XfiekerizieWas twite married.
flnit':*ifesoverrageletr; dituktiter Of
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LADY'S
FANCY
• WORK
Is a branch of our business that we
have not talked much about througb
the columns of the NEW ERA, and
while most of the ladies are House
Cleaning and putting up some of our
WALL PAPE R &WINDOW SHADES
yet there are always some who find
time for Art work, such as Embroidery,
Etching or Crotcheting. To these we
offer our stock of new fresh materials,
of the most reliable makes, and the
most desirable shades.
BERLIN WOOLS 2, 4 and 8 fold, in
all colors,
Also FINGERING YARNS in six
Grades,
SILKS, SATINS, ARASENES, or in
fact any material you want.
Sorne people have not heard of the im-
mense stock of WINDOW SHADES
we carry, nor of the remarkably close
price we are offering them to, our cus-
tomers. Well, all we will say is come
and see, and we will guarantee you
won't he disappointed.
Buy a BICYCLE for yourself and wife
a VELOCIPEDE for your boy, a TRI-
CYCLE for your girl, and a BABY
CARRIAGE for your baby. We have
them one and all.
W.Cooper & Co,
BOOK, STATIONERY, FANCY AND
SPORTING GOODS DEPOT,
CLINTON
The proprietor of the Waverly Hotel Win-
nipeg,was fined $100 and costs,ancIalso had
his license revoked for selling liquor on
Suuday.
Itis announced to -day that Prince George
of Wales, only son of the Prince si
Wales,, will make a visit to Canada in I
After visiting Quebec, Montreal, Toron
and other places of interest in the Dom'
he will go to Chicago to attend the Wor
Fair. He will then return to England.
DIED.
GRASBY.-In Hullett, on the 19th inst.,
Grasby. aged 28 years, and 4 months, danglitAe*
Mr Jamee•Grasby.
4ew Acluertionteuto.
For Sale or to Rent.
The residence ant} grounds at the cornet:1ot John
and Queen Streets, in the town, of Clinton com-
prising lots 834 and 5.35;the property is beautifally
situated and well improved, the house is a story
and a half frame in good state of repair, 8 rooms
besides balls, pantry, and kitchen, there is also a
good stable, hard and soft water with other con-
veniences. For particulars apply M, MANNING
& SCOTT, Solicitors, Clinton.
MORTGAGE SALE
-OF-
Valuable Property
IN THE TOWN OF CLINTON
Under and by virtue of the power of sale con-
tained in a certain mortgage (which mortgage
will be produced on the day of sated there will be
offered/or sale by public emotion by DAVID
DICHRNS0N, Auctioneer, at the RATTENBURY
HOUSE, in the Town of Clinton, on SATURDAY,
the 2let DAY of MAY 1892, at 2 o'clock pm, the
following property, viz:
Part of Lot Number 23, in the first concession
of the Township of Hullett, being now in the
Town of Clinton, being a part of that land des-
cribed upon the plan of tbe Town of Clinton as
the Foster Block, and containing by admeasnre.
ment one acre more or less, together with the
first righrto use the water in so much of the pond
as was originally purchased by the said Thomas
R. Foster, from Jonas Gibbings. Tbe said pre-
mises being described by metes and bounds on
said mortgage.
There are erected upon the premises a frame
dwelling house and,,a substantial brick building
80256, with engine 11311SO attached and boiler and
engine, fitted up for a tannery, hot aid tabl e al se
tor other manufacturing purposes.
TERMS: -Ten per cent of the purchase money
down on de,y of sale and the balance in thirty
days thereafter without interest,or upon furnish-
ing satisfactoryliecurity bymortgage or otLerwise
time for payment will be given, the purchaser
will be required to sign an agreement for the
completion of the purchase. Further terms and
particulars made known upon application to Job a
Giblyings, Clinton, or to the undersigned.
D. DICKENUIN. MANNING & SCOTT.
Agletioneer Vendor's Solicitors
W. JACKSON,
TOWN AGENT G. T. R.
For all information in reference to tra-
vel to all parts of the, VvOrld, consult
the above. Baggage checked through
an& coupon tickets issued to destiny,-
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