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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1893-09-13, Page 43 b ablished in Clinton 1854.,' FINE ORDERED CLOTHING Out; Importations direct from England have now arrived and we are ready for spring orders. We have a magnificent range of West of England Suitings, Scotch Tweeds and Irish Serges, Fine Worsted Coatings in tt variety of colors and latest designs, which will be sold to my customers as cheap on credit as any :tailoring establish- ment can sell for cash. having no rents or cutters to pay, and paying spot cash for my goods, I am enabled to announce that my prices will defy competition. As • a cutter of Fashionable and Complete Ft ting Clothing I claim to be in the front rank. Our Stock of Ready. Made Clothing, Hats, Caps and Gent's Furnishings is full and complete. On and after the' tst April I open a Cutting School, when I will teach the "Kennedy Outliner," the best. system that has ever been invented in this Dominion. For fu: then particulars and terms address • HOS. JACKSON, CINON,rd CANADA FOR CANADIANS ! GRAND COUNTY CONSERVATIVE DEMONSTRATION AT CLINTON, Tuesday, Septemb'r. 26. SiPdohll THOMPSON, PPBmi9P, BON. GEO. E. FOSTER, Minister of Finance ; HON. J. 4). PATTERSON. Minister of Militia and Defence MON. .J01111N IIAINGART. Minister of Railways and Canals : DON. N. CLARKE WALLACE, Comptroller of Customs, Will address the Electors on the greatques• tions concerning Canada and the Canadian people, commencing at.1 o'clock P. M. A general invitation is cordially extended to the electors, not only of the County of Huron, but to all lovers of honest, progressive Cana- dian Government. SINGLE RAILWAY FARES good to go on the evening of the .25t1k and morning of the 26th awl return on 27th, Have :leen seeured from KINCARDINE, STRAT- FORD, LONDON, GJDERICH and inter- mediate stations. Hand Bills, giving full particulars, will be issued ir, a few days. GOD -SAYE THE QUEEN 1 MAYOR MCTAGGART, EX -MAYOR DOHERTY, DEPUTY -REEVE KENNEDY, Cunnuittee D CANTELON, A. COUCH, J. JOHNSTON, J. I'. DOH ERTV, Seo.-Treas. C. L. C.A A. M.—TODD, President. The Huron Hews -Record 1.50 a Year—$1.25 in Advance. Wednesday, Sept. lath 1893. "TARIFF REFORM," ivlr, Laurier has never been charged with the unlawful possession of much knowledge of the tariff or of the prin- ciples on which a tariff should be con etruct•ed, says the llamllton Spectator. He has acquired a few stock phrases ' mainly front lies traders in the United $tatte : and he is shrewd enough not to trust himself to any discussion of general princit.les. "Tariff reform" is the policy of his party; and he knows that so long as he confines himself to meaningless phrases he is all right. Ile is all right in two ways : he will satisfy all claves in his own party, from the few who want absolute free trade up to those who want some on important changes in the tariff, but wish the policy of protection to remain undisturbed ; and ho will not betray his want of information respecting economic queations. Sometimes, however, the shrewdest mon )take mistakes. And Mr. Lour- ' for lnakea a mistake when ho tells hie hearers that if his party wero in power it would rornovo duties from raw tnater- ials. Becauigo if he were nskod to do so he would be wholly unable to name a single raw material on which duty is collected. With the plass of his party he is quite safe, for his supporters as a rule ate more ignorant than he is re- epecting these maters. Not only is no duty collected on raw materials, but a larger precentage of imparted goods enters free under the present tariff than entered under the Cartwright tariff. In 1878 the value of goods nominally entered for consump- tion was $91,199,577, of which those valued at $59,773,039, or 65.5 per cent. were dutiable, and 34 5 per cent were free. In 1892 the imports enter- ed for coneumption were valued at $116,978,943, of which those valued at $69,160,737, or59 per cent. were Julia bio and 41 per cent were free. But we have frequently shown that the goods really entered for consumption in 1578 were many millions less in value than those nominally entered for consume tion because the grain which merely passed through was "entered for con- sumption" in the custom house hooks, though net a pound of it was committ- ed in Canada. In reality the goods actually entered for ooneumytiou did not exceed $81,000,000 in value. Fully 73 or 74 per cent of the gouda achlally imported and consumed in Canada in 1878 paid duty. Only about 26 or 27 per cent were free, as against -11 per cent iu 1892. Duties have been largely increased on luxuries since 1878, and largely reduced on necessities, and those articles not pro duced in this country which aro used by the whole of the people. Here are a few articles ou which duties have beeu increased. 1878. 1892. Wines and spirits $1,2119,130.63 $2,172,605.61 Tobacco and eigar3 185,530.93 270,427.65 Ale and beer ..... 43,1463.12 90,019.26 Nancy goods - 203 312.90 493,373.90 Furs 40,888,3.5 110,581.55 Manufacturers of gold, ate..... 41,196.88 70.261.23 Pickles and sauces.. .. 17,092.91 42,081.91 Bilks, satins an 1 velvets.. 276,609.03 731,452.81 82,030,986,83 33,946,786.92 On these articles of luxury the duties have been almost doubled. Now, let us take another short list, which, like the above, will be by no means ex- haustive : 1878. 1392• s Lbs. Duty. Lbs. Duty. Coffee 1,8:11.830 $ 37,27:1.75 3,307,035 8,740.09 Rice.. 8,080,99:3 83,00'303 22,981,979 80,702.71 Tea... 11,019,2:11 611,313 65 22,593,019 8.205 00 Sugar 105,915,270 2,515,055,84 375,418,455 77,828.02 126,433,303 83,217,913 17 391,321,118 8175,003.31 Ou the luxuries, as- we have seen the duties are nearly doubled : ou these articles, which, if they aro not necea retries of life, are at least so generally used as to be necessary to the comfort and well being ot the people, though the coneumption has beau more than doubled—nearly trebled—in volume, the duties now collected are little more than the twentieth part of those col- lected under the Cartwright tariff. When a fair calculation is made, it will be found that the increase in duties on goods actually imported for consumption has increased from about 16 per cent to 17.56 per cent. Duties • on articles of luxury have been very greatly increased. Duties on articles used by the whole people have been greatly reduced. The farmer, the mechanic, the laboring Ulan contributes less to the support of the Dominion government than he con- tributed under the Cartwright tariff. The man who is absolutely poor pays no taxes at all. The desire of the Reform party is to return to the Cartwright tarifa'—to lower the burdens of the wealthy, to increase the burdens of the humble ; to lowar duties on silks, broadcloths, wines and liquors, and to restore duties on sugar, tea and coffee. When Mr. Laurier talks glibly about tariff reform that may not be what he means, because he has but a nebulous cornpreheneioo of the subject. But that is what the people behind him mean, and that is what they will ' have if they ever attain to power. At Newmarket M r, Laurier admitted that the Government weresavingour people three tnillion dollars a year on sugar alone. "And," said hie, "the duty lAvied on refined sugar brings only $80,000 a year. I admit at once that they don't take much of that moue/ out of the pockets of the people." Mr. Laurier is not •satisfied with the low price of sugar and employment of our Own people ire refining. He and the Grit swouldratherheyotholaboremploy ed in the United States and have Can- adians help build up a foreign and at present depreased country. Canadians will "have none of it. LAU(I 'WOULD SPEAK NOW. Mr. Laurier, leader of the, Oppo• eition, is now in Ontario. Not long since in Quebec while speaking on the Manitoba school question he did not hesitate to say what he would do if returned to power•.• -give Separate Schools to Manitoba. At the time Txlt NEws•RECoun puiuted out that the Freueh Roman Catholic Leader would not use the ease argument in Ontario. And he does not. Mr. Laurier will be at „Mitchell tomorrow and will have another opportunity to set himself right, In his own province he has made use of language which aecretly favors the restoration of the dualaohool system. And all this while Tarte, his first lieutenant hail beeu firoely de- manding the disallowance of the Greenway Act. 1t is time for Laurier to get down off the fence The people of Ontario have a right to know just where he stands on Etna' important question, and the Opposi• tion leader should give then) this in. formation ere completing his presant tour. . LAURIER - AND PROHIBITION Prohibitionists in the Reform ranks should not have a very high opinion of Mr. Laurier. Already many pro feased temperance workers bave'endore ed Mr. Laurier, although ho is not with them. The editor of our totem., always "conscientious," endorses poli• tics before principle. Lost week our cotem. endorsed the French leader of the Opposition editorially and other wise, but not a word about his silence on the temperance question. At the Newmarket meeting a written request Woe handed Mr. Laurier as follows :— "In case Ontario votes in favor of pro. hibition on the approaching plebiscite, what action will you favor in the House of Commons 2" Our "very good" cotem. surely did not overlook this very irnportant quea tion as did Mr. Laurier.The great tribune launched out in a discussion -of the protection of seals iu the Pacific, the protection of manufacturers, etc., etc., but not one word fell from his patriotic lips about the protection of Canada's sons and daughter's from an evil which the other great Liberal leader says causes three-fourths of all the pauperism, vice, crime and lunacy of the country. Was the matter so triv- ial that he forgot all about it 1 or did he think the Advanced Prohibitionists would not have the sand to demand an answer After he sat down, and the Applause ceased, Mr. J. S. Green, a lifelong Liberal, aroPe and politely asked Mr. Laurier it' ho had overlook• ed the question. The chairman said there was no time for questions, but Mr. Green would not be crowded out, and then Mr. Laurier said : "I did not answer that question, bee cause 1 would have thought my friend, whom I have not the honor to know, would have read the resolution adopted at the last Liberal convention. What I hive to tell him is this, that the Liberal party, at the last convention, undertook, when they came into power to have a plebiscite in reference to thia nuc stion, and, of course, if it is the will of the people, the people will have their will." An exchange, not of the partisan stamp—not of the stamp that places "pairty" before principle—very pro- perly talcee Mr. Laurier to task, and likewise our partisan totem. It truth. fully remarks :— "I -lis answer recalls one of Abe Line coin's anecdotes, where the amiable old man is asked by a vain orator what he thought of his effort, and gushingly replies as he claps his interrogator patronisingly on the shoulder : "For the people who like that kind of thing, it is the very thing they like." What the people want to know, what they have a right to know, and what they will insist upon knowing, is whether or not the Hon. Wilfred Laurier is going to continue to shirk this question. The prohibition reforni is the paramount political question with thousands and thoussnds of Liberals, who ere ready`o follow the leader who has the courage to espouse the rofurm, and to reject the leader who is not great enough for the crisis, Even Mr, Laurier's great newspapor advocate, the Globe, declares prohibition to be the "supremo issue," and yet the leader endeavors to ingeniously wobble aruund the awkward question. SIR CHARLES HEi11BEIRT TUP PER, Nord was received last Thursday stating that Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to create the Hou. C. H. Tupper a Knight Commander of St. Michael and St, George, in recog• nition of hie services as British agent in connection with the I3ehring sea arbitrators. Canadians .of all shades of politics cannot but admit that Mr. Tupper is thoroughly deserving of any honor which Her Majesty might feel disposed to confer upon him. Day in and day out he toiled unremittingly in the interests of Canada to strengthen our position before the Behring sea arbitration. That Sir Charloe the younger may live long to wear his new honors will bo the heartfelt wish of every Canadian who knows some- thing of the Minister's energy and applicntion and his fidelity to Canadian interests. It is understood that the new knight will be know as Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, to distinguiela him from his father, CANADA IS SOUND. The grit pees shpuld now give Hon. N. C. W alleoe a rest, The The' Finance Department . Friday closed the books for the heard year end- ing June 30. The follgwiog• is the statement of revenue and expenditure on account of consolidated ifend ;• Revenue— Customs $20,953,700 Excise 8,334,247 Poet•ofHee 2,773,508 Public works (including railways) 3,770,036 Miscellaneous 2,299,010 Total $38,131,701 Expenditure 38,745,121 Leaving a surplus of 81,386,580 This is somewhat better than the estimates of the Finance Minister, who counted upon a surplus of a million and a quarter. The revenue for the previous year was- $36,921,871, show• ing an increase in the past 12 meothe of $1.210,830. The expenditure shows the slight increase of $20,772. Lae year's surplus was $155,978, so that for the year just closed these is a very handsome iucreuse despite the fact that over three millions of taxation was struck off by the remission of the sugar duties. The expenditure on capital ao; lent during the year just closed was $3,8x11,87"7, an iuoreaae of $467,961. The net debt on June 30 was $241,679, 000, on increase of $548,538. THE "EXPOSITOR" AOAIN. The Seaforth Expositor is greatly annoyed and will not be comforted be- causeTHE NEWS -RECORD has not published a resolution adopted by the Grand Orange Lodge. The informa- tion the Expositor desires is not of public concern ; it is a matter of con- cern only to the members. The posi- tion of our totem. can easily be under- stood when it wrote 4t column of anathema and falsehood and slander based entirely on supposition. For the information of our blind totem. we can say thatthe resolutionprotectsthe"rank and file." The "all -wise" Expositor, like Dawson, M. 1'., is a Home Ruler and consequently opposed to the well being of the Order in Britain and the Domin- ion. Since the Expositor has stated that, an M. P. Reformer, a follower of French Roulan Catholic Laurier, is a prominent Orangeman, ouI- statement is made good that Reformers are in tilt Orange ranks. While we do not say that all Grits are rebels, we have no hesitation in saying that the great majority of rebels are Grits, incl the k.xpoaitor has proven this to be true. The publishing of the Dawson letter will only further show that the Exposi- tor and like blind partisan Grits are, as they have been for years. opposed to the unity of the Grand British Empire. Out of every 1,00() Orangeinen (luny of thetli Reformers) 999 will be found staunch defenders of British connec- tion. An isolated dissenter sloes not ]prove the contrary. It only shows, ns in all societies, that there are odd ones who do not respect ar.d sometimes vio- late the sacred obligations they have taken. The greatest sinners are "Papist Protestants" outside thle Order, and the Ex/wailer 1s among the lllltllher. CURRENT TOPICS. TrIE NEWS -RECORD would give notice to the "Ulster Rebel" of the Goderieh Signal that the Home Rule Bill has been thrown out of the hues. of Lords by 419 to 41. Our predietiun 1189 C01110 tile. What has become of our Annexa- tiouists, this summer'? All is not gold that glitters and Uncle Sam's admirers are forced to day to see charms and qualities iu Miss Canada to which hitherto they have been blind. •Tho more our Dominion is studied the more apparent does it become thlt we aro constituted and destined to be one of the finest nations of the earth. In his address at Newmarket Mr L'►urier summed up discriminatiou in favor of Great Britain and against the United States in the following "If the British Government were to im- pose upon us the notion which the Can- adian Government are trying to impose on us there ie not a elan in Canada who would submit to it. I call it slavery." These Frenchmen, it seems, can never he educated to admiration or oven res pect for Britain. While in Ontario the Opposition leader might keep up his past record and gn one better by again stating that he would shoulder his musket and shoot down our loyal Can- adian volunteers. The Goderieh Sine thus refers 10 the coning Clinton visit of the Premier and colleagues :— "We aro glad to announce that the county ot Huron is one of the se ctione which will be favored by a visit from the Premier of the Dominion and those of his Cabinet who will accompany on his tour during the present month. A monster meeting for the County will be held at Clinton on Tuesday, Sept. 26th, commencing at one o'clock p. m. The distinguished party will leave Berlin on the previous evening, and nl'• ter the Clinton meeting will return to Stratford, where an evening meeting will be held, proceeding next morning to Walkerton. The Execntive Commit tee of the Riding Associations in this County will assist the Cliuton associ: ation in the arrangements for the recep• tion of the visitors, and the gathering will undoubtedly he one of the most notable political demonstrations in the history of Huron. A special train will leave Goderieh '.luring the forenoon, and similar arrangements will be made from the other ends ot the county. Full particulars will he given during this and next week, by posters and through the press, and we need not urge our friends in all 800tio118 to turn out to greet the honored leader of the government and the gentlemen who will accompany him." 'active asistanoe" he promised to Ulster Protestants will not now be required. The "active assistance" has been given by Britiehers is Britain. Brantford Courier : Prof. Shaw, the teacher recectly discharged from the Guelph Agricultural college, states that lie "has never io hie life cast a Conserva• Live vote." A man like that deserved to get it in the neck. To be ooneistent,the Ecposifor should now endeavor to prove what Dawson, M. P., said about Grand Master Wal- lace is true. The evideuce is strongly against the acoueer. It will now be in order for "Papist Protestants" of the Dominion to sland- er British Protestants and call 419 British Lords "rebels." We do not need to go to Britain to find this clave of people, for our own Leerier would "shoot our volunteers," The St. Caihariues Journal, which professes to be "proud" to be a follow• er of French Mr. Laurier, has not the courage to acknowledge that Mr. Laurier's Quebec compatriots and friends have erected a Jesuit statute on the Plains of Abraham. Arrangements are about completed for the holding of the first series of conferences with the representative farmers of Canada on tae;ff matters. It will be held at Cornwall today, and will be attended by Hon. Messrs. Bowel], Foster, Wood and Wallace. Laurier at Newnlaiket advocated a sweeping change when he said :—"The Reformers of Canada have reforms to carry out; but our great reform is to put away from the soil of Canada the list vestige of protection". Ed ward Blake, we remember, emphatically die• agreed on that point and left the party. The people of this country are not pro• pared to adopt. direct taxation. Gledetone's "Protestant" allies in Canada are shedding teats these days. The cause of it all i3 that true British statesmen have stood for British con• nectio:t rather than disruption. Will they take Ed ward Blake to their bosom no his return to Canadal Edward should remain in Ireland and continue to labor for his compatriots. His occu- pation is gone in Canada, surely. Da','son, M. P., who claims to be an Onluti",n'en and endeavored to show that the Grand Master was a "rebel" to the Queen, has a task lie will not per- form. Since the Home Rule Sill has bean thrown out, how would It do to say that D4wsou is .a-jrebul 1 Justi ficstion is quite clear. Dlwson opened his mouth too wide and,as usual,he "put hie foot right injit." And the writers, some of thein in this county, who have been backing up Dawson, \I. P., are iu the same fix. A 7'O U1? IN WESTERN O \'TAl1I i Tion. Sir John Thompson. premier of Canada, with lion: (Teo. E. Foster, and others of the Government and the party will during this and next month visit Western Ontario and publicly discuss nationr.l questions, and Icarn what they can from the people. Phis is in thorough keeping with the principles of the great liberal -conserva- tive, party, whose policy is to let the broad light of reasonand truth to upon all questions. Our readers may rest as. sures no sectional or factious appeals will be made, but that the 13st1e8 will be presented on a broad platform, alike for town and country, fur Nova Scotia or the east, Quebec and Ontario in the centre, and the far North West and still farther British Columbia on the west. - ' Morris. ?piss Minnie Sellars, second daughter ()fiord Sellars. 2nd line, met with what 11ligh1"have been it very serious acci- dents the other day. She. was holding al gate open while her brothers were driving at breechy steer out of the field. The steer had at hoard tied over his oyes and not being able to see vol y well he ran against the gate knocking it against, iiel' . She was unconscious foe tw) hours and received some very nasty bruises. We are happy to state than she is recovering nicely. The 111niksnlne brick residence of Rolf. Bloomfield, 1st lint', was com- pletely seat reiyed by fire on \Vednesday (41 last week. The fire started from a pool of hot ashes that haul been placed 111 the old log h()nSP, at foes feet front the brick one. No person was near the house nt the t isle and the fire was well under way when noticed by the neigh- bors. The furniture was all salved. The loss is about $150) with very little insurance. Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield are now living in their other house across the river. The new brick school loose n.t Browntown, 2n11 lino, is nearly com- bpleted and is at handsome looking nlilding for a country school house. The nuts()ns aro busy this week brick- ings, the Methodist clutch at. lirnwit town. \Vhen completed it will add greatly to the nppearaice of the corners. Rich. Armstrong left the other day on a visit to has sorts and daughters at Moose,jaw, N. \V. T. He does not in- tend to return before Xmas. 1Rayfied• T C. n..noe.L.D S.,odClinton, will. unlit' further notion, be at rho River hotel tho anoint ani: fourth Tetuan; of every month, Snnunerhllll, The garden party held at gr. 01104Lovett s, sr., on That:ashy evening tlt. was very well attended. '11114+ �yotut( folks played in circle on the green Oct, . some were catching and otbera'bein caught. The same game played. wit hearts was also seen. The etrcle(n'oldeu) soon will follow or we were Wight for nought. A musical and liter programme was given and the Ells drum band played at intervals.. supply of vicuals for the oeeation abundant, appetizing and artistic., Below is the standing of the public! , school here for August: 5th.—W. Thompson, E. Jordan, W,,;',' E. Miller. 4th.—E. Mcllveen, W. Mair, Ethel;''' J ordan. 3rd.—F. Oakes, M. Huck, A. Wright.-� 2)d,—B. McIlveen, V. Woodyac4l, A. L. Lawson. Sr. II Part.—O. Hill, J. Wright, E, Grainger. Jr. II Part.—J. Murphy, E. Huck, Jane Mair. I Part.—Myrtle Thompson, M. Gar- vie, L. Butt. Our blacksmith got an ugly out be- low the eye on Friday. A horse he. • was working with ruttde an attempt to do up a fly which was rather familiar, Ben had his head in the way and go the stroke which was intended for hi . flyship. Such is life, the innocent suffering for the guilty. • Brussels. Rev. E. W. Hunt and wife, of South, atnpton, are visiting in town. Mr, • Hunt preached in the Church of Eng- land on Sabbath evening. W. A. Smith left on Friday, of last week, for Montreal, where ho proposes studying for the Methodist ministry. H. E. Maddock was in London on Thurshay of last week. Knox and the Methodist churches were closed last Sunday, the pastors being absent on their holidays. S•ttnuel Smale is able to be out on'the streets once more, after being confined to the house tor almost a year. Manager Hart and Russel Fletcher, . of the Standard Bank, left for then; new positions at Kingston on Monday morning of this week. Saltford. The brewery here, under the manage- ment and ownership of Messrs Lasham tt ,Jarvis, is achieving a splendid reputa- tion. They are at present manufactur- ing lager beer, ale and porter, in wood and bottle. The quality of the output has been - pronounced by experts to • rank with the best in the Dominion. Those wholdesire a superior article need not now order from Montreal, Toronto oil London. Superior goods can be had from Messrs. Lasham & Jarvis, of Salt ford. Chisellta, st• A gentleman in town had some valuable Poultry deatroye 1 Its 's doe kept ny a young man, The owner of the fowl wastbreetened with the law for discharging firearms,but finding J"hu would'nt surre worth a cent, the matter was dropped. Mies Charlotte Houghton haslloe to Uncle Sam's domains. Mise Mary Colwell has gone to Detroit to tike service there. .. MIS. J. Drover is on the sick list, afro Mrs. C. Robb. itlr. M. MoTavgart has bought Mr. J. Latta's farm on the 12th con. Some of the boys from near Cromarty con- ducted themselves very badly in the M. E. church, during service last Sunday. Presi- dent R.rtioh intends to put a stop to the bu(inese. Some of our boys are sorry to hear of Mr. flohnee misf,rtune in being thrown off hie bicycle. This should be a warning to Mr. Lvine, of Victoria Sr., (ioderich, he •is„also a great admirer of Or.ngeism. The L.-)1o'ilo:• thinks he is real smart, \Ve will tell him a thing or two in due time. Angus McD rnald, of Staff's, paid our Mayor a flying visit Tait week. Angus ie a reel nice buy. John Shepherd is busy taking in his lambs for mal ket. W. Daulop has a hill of :3143.28 presented t' the council for the breaking of hie thresh• or which went over the river bank near here. —Henry Prang, a prosperous young farmer living noir the village of Zurich, died on Monday of last week. He was first laid up with typhoid fever and just as he was recovering from that disease he was attacked by inflame elation of the lungs and his constitution was se enfeebled from they effects of the forever disease that he succumbed. He was about thirty yearn of age and be leaves a widow and young family to Mourn the lose of a loving husband and kind father. —A sad accident happened recently to Mrs. Dot id Rae, of Wroxeter. They were raising the house that they are living in and one of the jacks slipped in Houle way or other, causing the house to fall and swerve to one side. Mrs. Rae at the time was standing neara cupboard, the top of which fell on the 0111 lady, breaking her leg in two places. She is doing as well as can he expected under the circumstances. —Mr, Jas. Ruddel,.who lives about a utile from Londesboro, met with a painful accident on Saturday week. While dritsfng home from Blyth, when a short distance out of town his horse Shied at a cnw and 'carted to runaway. ITe managed to jump out but in doing ao he broke his ankle. He WHO taken to Lolldeshoro where the break was Jreesed and is now recovering. lir —Over 6,000 -persona attended the Highland games at Lucknow, On \Vedneaday. It was the best gather., ing that has ever taken place in Luck. now. The piper's hand of the Forty. eighth Highlanders and the Lucttnow town hand played excellent music. In the morning Lucknow lacrosse club de - fretted Walkerton by two straight games and in the evening a grand con- cert was held.