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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1894-06-13, Page 2Isk tbe a�;R�main. A:faang flit 4iltisit 1141110104 1111194 I We M ruff to ,a4ktialti wedlo a psrtorm- > votes, eleiltailiq tit NOW Oto ,n woo* ?fix ;Atirpfmr,. at thiit jamse- fruits Wool@p 1104111nery Col, . *11440044 1'n, enonn lal.pres3 too more than rny own cue. Twenty pars ago, at the age of Sal years, pad swelling! come en my fogs! wlilelt broken auQ became ruunthg laps. Our fanlfleehylletee 00uld •do me no good, and It was fearod that the bones motile beeffected. At last, my 'good old mother nil ld mq to try Ayer's daraaparilla. I took three s e Me bottl@s, th sores heeled, end I have not been troubled since. Only the Rears remain. slid the memory of the prat, to. remind me of the good leer's Satrsaperlila bait done me. I now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I.have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed ,dyer's Sarsaparilla" advertised In all parts et the United States, and always take pleas. Sire to telling what good it did for me." for the ours of ail diseases originating in Impure blood, the beat remedy is AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared byDr. J. 0. Ayer ac Co., Lowell, Maes. Cures others, will cure you The Huron News-Recora 1.50 a Year -81.25 in Advance. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13th, 1894. THE PRICE O.8 WOOLLENS. Mr. Dalton McCarthy in disscussing the tarriff question endeavoured to show to the Canadian farmer that he was being robbed by the woollen mauu- fitcturers of the country. The very fact that Mr. Mc•^arthy mentions the manufacturer of woollens is evidence that he knows very little indeed with regard to the question. There has never been any attempt on the part of the woollen manufacturers to enter into any form of combination what ever. The industry is a wide -spread one ; a great many people have inves- ted their money in it, and the very keenest kind of competition has pre- vailed. The fact is that every farmer knows that woollen goods have beep very greatly reduced in price dur- ing the past ten or fifteen years. Al- most every Liberal in the province of Ontario knows Alderman John Hallam; of Toronto,-ia staunch supporter of the Liberal party. Writing a letter to a member of Parliament on May 18th, 1894, Mr. Hallam says as follows "I am a free trader, but circumstances alter cases, and there is no rule with- out an dception. It would be an injustice to the present mill owners and a calamity to the trade if there was any sudden material change in the tariff to lessen the protection that our Canadian manufacturers need to balance countervailing duties. My interest is bound up with the pros- perity of the mill owners. If they are prosperous, I am prosperous, and I would wish to do nothing that would injure our mills, for every pound of goods imported from abroad would displace so many goods manufactured in the country, and I believe thattex- tile fabrics manufactured • in Canada are as low, if not lower than ever they were known in the memory of man . Home competition has reduced she prices to tae lowest possible point. I believe in giving every encourage- ment to our manufactories when it does not create a monopoly and where it consumes the raw material and pays wages to the labor of the country. It is the duty of the Government to en- courage this in every possible way." Mr. Hallam then goes on to argue in favor of specific duties in order to keep the home market for the Cana- dian manufactories; but the point that we desire otir readers to particularly' note is the fact that Mr. Hallam, a liberal, a man who knows probably more than any other man in Ontario in regard to wools and wollens; de- clares that home competition has re- duced the prices to the lowest possible point. 7HE' REFORM ADMINISTRATION IV ONTARIO. In less than three weeks time the electors of Ontario will be called upon to exercise their franchise and indicate fir/rough the ballot boxes whether the `present governing party in the Legis- lative Assembly shall be entrusted with power for another four years, or a change shall be effected whereby the Opposition, led by Mr. Wni. R. Mere- dith, shall assume the responsibility of governing the Province through the 'incoming legislature. It is well that the memories of the people should be refreshed in reference to some of the more important nets of the government of Mr. Mowat during the past twenty years, and also to com- pare the methods of legislation and the expressed views of Reform leaders of former legislatures with the acts and legislation of the so-called Reform leaders and legislature of the present day. The record of the Mowat govern- ment has been one of broken promises, violated principles, grasping propensi- ties, centralization of power, reckless and wasteful mismanagement of public monies, and venal legislation, which should arouse those who prefer good .government and a careful achnistration of the affairs of the Province to the mere triumph of party and office -bold- ing partisans. Owing to a lavish patronage, a reck- less expenditure of public monies, the exercise of galling tyranny over a large number of- men engaged in business that must receive the seal of sanction from the Provincial Government, and, not among the least of many advant- ages, the benefit of a flagrant and iniquitous distribution of the elector- ate, the government of Sir Oliver l !twat. has been. enabl 1. to keen itself ;power for the past twenty yam, A careful pareual of the ubliee: t F1 i j7' in e . . i urea aP>: it Mau Q pend 1.1 ah gre r orerthe ordinary receiple,andshoWbriv the natural and Jittifteci, res4urees of the Brttvinee have been unduly treneh-' ed upon to keep Op the Walstp, . It is a matter for the most seriouaa consideration hather this et1 lbal lowed to o on for another decade or two and the pr nae be brotigl1t to the doom of direct D atlon, or that an o economical g vernlq ent, euoh as the first administration of'. Qatari() after Confederation,he again installed in office by the votes of the people. ,Another matter for serious thought on the wart of the great free -governing and lioerty-loving citizens of this Province of Ontario is the centralizing methods of. the oligarchy that now rules at Toronto, In the ppast twenty years our local government, instead'of broadening down acid extending the self-governing tendencies of the people, has been narrowing up and limiting their powers until almost every ap- pointment to office or position of any kind that once was the gift of the municipal councils or local officers, is now centred in the government at Toronto, and made subject to the ap- proval of a party head or leader. It will thus be seen that in election tines the government has an army (thousands strong and well g..neralled and equipped) of license inspectors and commissioners, bailiffs, division court clerks, gaolers, registrars, police magis- trates, crown ,land agents, fire and wood rangers, etc., etc., to assist in keeping' it in power, no matter how strong may be the desire of an' honest electorate to get rid of it. The old Family Compact of by -gone days has been succeeded by a new Family Compact, quite as oligarchical in its nature and fully as tyrannical in its functions, and hundreds who have felt its withering breath and unfortun- ately come within the reach of its grasping tentacles, have many and lasting reasons to wish for a chance. This Compact is crushing 'the life blood out of the people of Ontario, by strinping them of their Powee to deal whet. their own local affairs, and rob- bing them of their hard earnings through sources of useless officials thrust into fat offices created for no other' purpose than to provide for troublesome friends at the country's expense. Scores of such officials are to be found all over the Province, and every session of the legislature sees more offices created and new men pensioned on the public, all in the name of good Reform government. It is high time that the people of Ontario became aware of the deception that is practised upon them by a wasteful administra- tion, a combination of practical politicians who have no opinions in common except those of plunder and enjoying the sweets of office, a govern- ment that has filled the land with office -holders, that has failed to develop the vast resources of the Province, and to aid in bringing to the best agricul- tural and dairying section of America, hosts of industrial farmers, who in other lands are seeking such ',omes as Ontario can offer them. For twenty years this government has posed under the guise of Reform, yet nearly every real reform measure thatpassed the legislature during that period was in- troduced or suggested by Mr. Meredith or one of his followers of the Opposi- tion, while many measures in the dir- ection of justice and reform that have been introduced by members of the Opposition, and which would meet with the hearty approval of every honest elector, have been persistently refused by Mr. Mowat and voted down by his followers in the House. 'a at the avgidael leeti' ons, loose aud scnld?l4a1 , ohms. et1fo ae aut the�f re "- That the. Mowat goverronent has prostituted the Lieeuse .,Act, for the Week purposes, few will denyk that they bane need it to lnaintaint therrr- selves in power is i;.eyoed it doubt; and that temperature linen and liquor men have been used as the party s14tveaand hirelings 'of a double-dealing admin1a, teation, retending at one time to favor proldhition and to enforce a ro- per respect for the law and at another time playing into the hands of funnel 'Men and licensees to secure their money" thein' in1Juen4e and their votes, isrpfail tony person who watches ca e uI y thern er ents of the govern- ment and its licenses officials. Besides using the A.ct for party pur- poses, it has also made the granting of -licensee a medium for securing cam- paign funds and filling the depleted. coffers of the treasury at the expense of the municipalities. The Opposition appeals to the Pro- vince on the ground that during all these twenty years it has' striven to preserve the liberties of the people and the rights of self-government by our Municipal and other local organize ions; to guard the treasury and the public dorrmaein; to secure justice and equal rights to all classes and every citizen against the machinations of those who, having deadened suspicion by loud professions of purity and liberality, ,rave legislated chiefly in the interests of their supporters and friends, have wasted the resources of the Province and spent the Remainla- tion of their predecessors with a reck- less hand 7HE LIQUOR LICENSE AD.MIVIS- TRA7ION. No actions of the Ontario govern- ment are more open to censure than those relating tb the adniistration of liquor license law. In every district of the Province the working of the License Act has been a leve:' in the bands of the friends of the government to assist in keeping the party in power. It has been used most corruptly and most tyrannically to oppress and coerce men engaged in the liquor busi- ness, and not to the end that temper- ance should be promoted and the law enforced, but that the candidates of the Mowat party should he elected. Inspectors and commissioners are chosen from the ranks of the Grit party alone, in direct violation of the pledge given by Mr. Mowat when the. Act was introduced in 1.876, and no more active election agents and can- vassers are to be' foundduring a cam- paign than these very inspectors and commissioners. In many parts of the Province a regular traffic in licenses has been carried on through the agency of inspectors and commissioners, and in scores of instances respectable men have been forced out of the business and their houses closed until a man of the right political stripe was put into possession of the place, when the lic- ense was regranted. iu'A prominent Reformer, and pro hibitionist speaking at a public meet- ing of advanced prohibitionists, held in Owen Sound in September, 1893, said, respecting the administration of the License Act : "The men who compiled " the License law might have ,peen "actuated by good motives, but twenty " years' experience with the law had "shown that so far from promoting " sobriety " it had actually developed " the business, not only as a business " speculation, but as a political force. "The law was very badly administer- ed. Whenever there was a strong pro - liquor sentiment, the law was not "enforced, because a strict enforce- "' ment would drive their supporters out of the party and defeat that party Prior to the passing of the (.rooks Act, and the taking away rrgp5.muni- cippalities of the power to license the sale. of liquors and for several years afterwards, all, or nearly all, the monies derived from licenses went into the municipal treasury and was spent among the people . in • road making, street repairs, etc.. etc: In 1881 the government of Mr. Mowat imposed a special Provincial tax and took a large share of the funds thus obtained, leav- ing the municipal' authorities the bal- ance. But as money grew scarce in the Provincial treasury, the Government determined to take a larger share from the municipalities, and in 1886 an Act was passed imposing a larger Provin- cial fee on every license granted, thus compelling the local councils to impose a much larger tee for licenses (which in most instances would have been found exceedingly harsh and unfair), or to accept as the share of the municipality a much smaller sum than heretofore for each license granted. As a proof of how this new measure has work- ed, the figures taken from a re- turn brought down by the Provincial Secretary on 12th April; 1393, show how the government has profited and the municipalities have lost by the .Act passed. From the tables it will be seen that during the•first eight-year pperied under the Crooks 'Act, 1876 to W13, inclusive, with government commissioners and inspectors, the municipalities received $2,122,1( 3.18 and the government Stn., - 422.4'i, but during the last eight years, up to and including 1892, the municipal- ities received only $1,897, 827.10, while the government toot. $1,924,747.99, i. ., the unmici-ialities got $2,"1,279.08 lees than the carat eight-year period and the government $1,26 ).325.52 store. In the first eight years, 1876 to 1£43, the municipalities received 65 per cent. of the entire amount collected, and the government and its officials under the Act, 35 per cent. In the last eight years, 18£1 to 1892, the municipalities received only 41 per cent., while the government and its officials took 60 per cent. . - During the first eight years 32,072 licenses were issued, the cost for com- missioners, inspectors, and working the Act being $"5S,222.17. lir the second eight years 2t,177 licenses were issued and the cost for commissioners, inspectors and working the Act was $• 17,722.77. The number of licenses issued de- creased over 24 per cent. in the second eight years, while the cost of Commis- sioners, inspectors and working the Act decreased enly two per cent. It will be observed that the increased amounts taken by the Mowat govern- ment tete ont of all proportion to the increase received.by the municipalities. The government's share of the whole amount collected. in 1876 was 18 per cent., while the municipalities got P'• per cent. In 18e2 the government took over 45 per cent., while the municipali- ties got only ?'.l per cent., the remain- ing 11 per cent. going to pay the salaeies and expenses of the inspectors and commissioners. The license fund is a revenue that properly belongs to the Municipalities and should be left in the hands of the local councils to spend on lublic improvements in the several ocalities, but as long as the Mowat government remains in power, so long will the grabbing process go on and the people he robbea of that which for many years was, and should now be, re- garded as their own, and which helped to lighten the taxes paid to keep up the municipal institutions and provide for local improvements. If municipal councils all over the Province were allowed to retain the liguor license funds which justlr belong to them, and spend the sane on roams through- out the township and on streets in the towns how greatly would the people be benefited, and what vast improvements Would be shown in this line. As it is now, a laree part of the monies thus taken by tee government goes to pay partisan inspectors, whose services rn many cases are utterly useless except during election tithes and then only to coerce voters and work for the success of the government candidate. The policy of the Opposition was clearly set forth in reso- lutions moved in the legislature prior to the general ele-,tions in 18: ). It is that the government of the day should enact good and wholesome laws respecting the licensing and sale of intoxicating liquors and for the regu- lation of the business of all engaged therein, but that the issuing of licenses should be entirely in the hands of the local authorities; ;in counties the license commissioners to be appointed by the councils; in towns separated from counties, and in cities, the com- missioners to be elected by vote of the people. It is the well understood policy of the Opposition not to relax or impair other provisions of the ',present law, and partucufar•ly that limiting the number of licenses to be granted, but to keep fully abreast with the progres- sive, moral'sentiment of the times and to see that the law is fairly administer- ed to all. .c Oiir, :readers will. remember that whenthe (uertion of tigricultirai ika plen:lenta was under discussion in, tete. •lobes of cif mutons, Sir Riohard..Cart- weight complair'led. that tits Inallufa-- turere had no p rotection because the e (xqKtrnPe t had 'reduced the duty from 30 per cent. to. 20 per cent. In answer to Sir Richard Cartwright's complaint, the Minister of Finance gave the figures its follows :-.Say an agricultural" implement costs for in - Stance $100, the manufacturer having 20 er cent would have al protection of $20 on that implement. Suppose,. as Sir Richard Cartwright contends, that everything that goes into the ,mple- nient its taxed, the total amount would be only abaut $7 or $8 ; the manufac- turer would still have $12 of a protea, tion ou that machine to give him the home market. Sir Richard Cart- wright thinks however that this $19 is not enough. The knight from South Axford, however, will not get any sym- pathy ou that line from the people of the country, It is not right that any man should hold -his bread and butter and that of his wife and children, every dollar in his business, at the beck and call of the Government of the day. It is not right that laws should be made and exercis- ed over him in this manner. His in- telligence and judgment as a free man should be exercised as he deems fit; and should not be controlled by any Gov- ernment. We all know that these (license) commissioners are the most active political agents.—Meredith at London. THEIR RECQRD IN POWER. One thing the people should never forget' is that the Liberal Party of Canada were once in power. Their record during their five years is one that ought to prevent the people ever patting them in power again. They increased the expenditure 23 per cent. in five years, oran increase at the rite of.,4)d,par cent, in each year, and yet they say the present Government is extravagant because it has increased the expenditure a quarter of one per cent. in five years. They increased the debt $40,000,000 in five years, or at the rate of $8,t 10,000 a year, the greatest average yearly increase that the debt of Canada has ever had in any one period. While now pretending to be tariff reformers they increased the rate of duty on imported goods from 10.2) per cent. in 1873 to 14.03 per cent. in 1878, an increase of one per cent. per year. Since that time the Conservative Government during the years of the existence of the pro- tective tariff have only increased the rate from 14.03 to 17.38 per cent;., an increase of less than a quarter of one per cent. each year. Readers, never allow these things to be forgotten. TRAVELLING DAIRIES. , The Dominion Department of Agri- culture are up to date In their en- deavours to assist the farmer and spread Abroad - a knowledge of those in- dustries, which are germane to agriculture, and upon the pur- suit of which, farmers in the future must largely depend for their prosperity. Their latest move has been to snake arrangements for the maintenance of the travelling dairies in Manitoba. These dairies will go all through the province under the direc- tion of the Dominion Dairy Commis- sioner for the purpose of giving infor- mation to the farmers of that province upon this important branch of theircall- ing. We are sure that this practical move will be highly appreciated by the agriculturists of that province. This is only another evidence that the Dominion Government is prepared to do their best for the promotion of agricultural interests. OF PRACTICAL USE. bas been gang, :on ter years . If you: r oats,a o: p�+vleh a. anew variety 4t>ty Qf of tvh at,> 0 o f i sins f potatoes', h. have e: . to s i e +� tkl R t g'l4 to sup ly'it.y The' I 'oyerl rent keeps them gorefor the nr asst and suppplies ,these ".seeds, 4e.! for free distribution, .As an evidence that the farmers of ho rterniuiell are frttprpvlxighe Weil? OP , Po funit it may be mentioned, that during 1, the lettere: received at and seat trent the Central Bx eriwental Vann alone totalled no less than 38,09). The present Dominion Central Ex- perimental Farm and the other Experi- inentaal Stations at various points in Dominion grew out of the appointment of a committee of the House of Com- mons in 1884, to enquire into "the best means of encouraging and developing the agricultural interests of Canada.' The history of 'the institution and the methods adopted i1, connection with it are good evidence that the design of those who suggessed it is fully eitrried out. The danger in connection with all such institutions is that they be- come mere schools of theory of no practical utility to the farming com- munity. The department of Agr-icul• ture have tried earnestly to prevent this institution sinking into any such useless position. And it must be ad- mitted, pn the light Of the work it con- tinues to do, that they have succeeded well. They have sought to make both the Central and outside stations practical - eve y -day -aids to the farmers of Can- ada. In order to do this, those in charge of these institutions have conducted, and are conducting, thousands of practical tests, the results of which are made known in bulletins sent out to thousands of farmers from f Tule to time, at short intervals. These tests include all the methods of stock feed- ine•; all the varieties of foods; all the dit,'ecent nannies, both artificial and natural ; the proper selecting of stock, and their care ; the. art of properly car- ing for milk, making butter and cheese, and marketing the •s€tine. The correct method of f,: afting, budding, etc ; the proper selections of seeds. In short every subject upon which the farmer, the dairyman, Lie horticulturist, the bee -keeper, the poultry fancier, etc. should e informed. These experiments and investigations are for the benefit o° the farmers them- selves, and if they do not get the bulle- tins it is because they do not ask for them, or their names have not been handed in to the Director. If you do not get thein, send a post -card to Prof. Wm. Saunders, Ottawa, Central Ex- perimental Farm, and he will put your name upon the list. If you have any seed to test whether as to its purity or its vitality, send him a sample and it will be fully tested and no charge made, So with any :othersubjectupon which you want information. The staff at the farm and in all the depart- ments are excellent practical men, and are there to serve the farmers of Can- ada, and you are putting yourself un- der no obligation to them in asking for information. Some knowledge of the work they are doing may be gleaned from the latest annual report. The figures there given show that from the farms all told in 1:x!2 they distrib.ited no less than 16,f,)5 sample of seeds of different varieties, This CURRENT TOPIC'S. What the Opposition contends is that, so long as the license system pre - Valls, we must not leave it to the power of the Government to•say who shall hold these licenses.—Meredith at Loudon. The mines of this 'country, if they contain the wealth which the people of the province of Ontario and those out- side of it believe, by developing these mines we will give an impetus to the country, and give employment to those who are now seeking it and desirous of obtaining it.—Meredith at London. Wh le with regard to the eependi- ture of fifty or one hundred dollars under our constitutional system not a dollar can be taken out of the public treasury unless the people's repre- sentatives in Parliament assembled have by their votes determined that that money shall be expended, yet it is in the power, it is in the discretion of the Government of the day without the consent of Parliament; to.. place upon the market any quantity of the timber limits of this country without consult- ing your representatives in Parlia- ment.—Meredith at London. How thoroughly Mr. McCarthy and Col. O'Brien are embittered against the Dominion Government may bo under- stood when we mention that on a mere question of procedure which was up in the House last week, Mr. McCarthy and Col. O'Brien both voted with Mr. LN.urier and the Grits. There was no principal involved, and if Mr. Mc- Carthy had desired for a moment to make even a show of independence he could very easily have voted with the administration. The London Times has recently pub- lished a series of articles upon Canada. In its latest article it speaks with great pride of the solid progress that Canada has made since Confederation, and in conclusion says: "Canada should he spared the evils of un - native' inflation, depression and revolt, which is brought on by the excessive massing of the population. The pres- ent measured progress will best fit her to take a place of increasing influence in the Empire from Which she cannot be scored without results incalculably hazardous to herself and the Empire." Sir Richard. Cartwright has once more bobbed up as a friend of the poor man. The laboring man and others who have small sums to place in safe- keeping at interest, use the Post Office Savings Banks for the purpose. On these deposits the Dominion Govern - meat pay u: per cent. When the matter was under discussion in the House of Commons Sir Richard Cart- wright urged that a reduction he made to 3 per cent., as it was injurious to the banks to have the Post Office Sav- ings Banks paying so high a rate of interest. It should be remembered that Sir Richard Cartwright has a large amount invested in bank stocks. When Sir Rickard's interests conflict with the interest of the farmer Sir Richard is found voting for hirnself everytime. Sir Richard Cartwright was not quite as rabida free trader in 1876as he is at the present time. Sir Richard then declared in his budget speech "I do not entirely agree with those gentlemen who maintain that there is no ground for the champions of the protectionist party. I haye always myself been of the opinion that in a new country like this there is great force in the argu- ment that it is not well to allow our- selves to depend exclusively upon foreign manufacturers, and if we do, there is some chance that we may be supplied with the mere refuse of expor- tation." In that speech Sir Richard hit the key exactly. We are a young country, and if we ever hope to be a great and self sustaining country, we must not allow ourselves to depend, as Sir Richard says, exclusively .upon foreign manufacturers. Sir Richard was in power then and he is out of power now, hence the difference in his tone. News Notes. In Kingston the mayor's chain each year has a link iulded to it with the name of the mayor of that year en- graved thereon. Chas. Robinson, of Guelph township, has in his possession a ewe which gave birth to a lamb on April 28th and another on May llth. In a church in Madrid on 1 hursday evening a young girl screamed, "Here is a bomb that will explode." A panic followed in which many people were trampled to unconsciousness and some will die. There was no bomb and the girl admitted the alarm was a hoax. On Tuesday night of lest week some heartless wretch stole into Keeleys' barn in Arthur township, cut the heads off ten hens and carried away their bodies. Not satisfied with this the wretch proceeded to the field where the sheep were and cut the head off a lamb and carried it away also. The party Who did the work is very handy with a knife, and suspicion rests on a fellow who has been blamed for stealing be- fore. The Clilgary Herald, of a recent issue, has the following reference to a former resident of Wingham well-known to Clintonians:—"The improvements now being made at the residence of Mr. H. W. (1. Meyer, Q. C., will rank that pro- perty as one of the handsomest in the eastern suburb of Calgary. Rs loca- tion on the Bow river, and the luxur- ia.ut appearance of the grounds, go to show that Mr. Meyer, though only a comparatively late arrival, has evident- ly faith enough in the country to in- duce him to permanently cast in his lot , amongst us." 4 IlM Ui i ii < i Cc1ucH w,'i i , r .ii!LOHS 6 atx.�aA', , OM CuRE rs Tate• Oaaar ' von • prom . i y' where till othere f �yLb9, Pr9up -- Throat, Boslsenslla, wuoopInt Cougk Actin!, Por Coniiatnption. t eine 150 .. has cured thbousands. and ; Clans 1017 taken in times Boid:13TDru std'an . gu*N antee. Fora Lame 13aoo er Chest, __use 8U11.OI1'$BELLADON A1fLA8Tl'�R,26q, iLO10 CAS' Radium H. aveyou +Aron ? relnedViawnarant -. teed to ours you, .1'rleo, f+a? ots. lulootor,p;eoie Sold by J. Ti. COMBS, The Bell Telephone Co. suffered severely by the storm of last week' in the northern section. 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Mr. Willows detected the s.aoke issuing from the coiner of the building before the fire was far advant• ed, and with the assistance of a few neighbors succeeded in extinguishing what might have been a serious blaze. (2) SHILOH's CURE is sold on a guaran tee. It cures Incipient Consumption. It is the best Cough Cure. Only one cent a 'lose ; 25 cts., 50 cts. and 31.60 per bottle. Sold by J. H. Combe. Jack Wright, the missing hostler of Woodstock, is reported to have been seen in St. Thomas recently. Wright gave as hi:, elplanation of his disap- pearance that lie had grown tired of 'Woodstock and not liking to tell his employer, Mr. Henderson, he was about to leave, thought it would he best to just slip out and say nothinrr. He left Woodstock on a train which took him to Buffalo, and he has been working since at Buffalo, Syracuse and some places between. For Over Fifty Years Mas. WINsrow'S SOOTHING Brave has been used by millions of mothers tor their children while teething 11 disturbed at night and broken of your rest by y sick child suffering and erring with pain of Outtin Teeth send at once and get a bottle of "Mrs. Win. Blow's Soothing Syrup" for Children Teethling. will relieve the poor little sufferer immedately. Depend upon it, mothers, there is no mistake about it. It cures Diarrhoea, regulates the Stomach and Bowels, cures Wind Celle, softens the Gums and re, duces Inflammation, and givos tone and energy to alai whole system. "Mrs Wlnelow's Soothing Syrup - tor children teething is pleasant to the taste and Is `the prescription of ono of the oldest and best female physicians and nurses In the United States. rrioo twenty.fivo cents a bottle. Sold by all drug gists throughout the world. Be sure and ask fo MRS. WINlLow'9 So TeeNO STROP." While Jas. Kearney, of Morris town- ship, was clearing up a piece of land some weeks ago he cathe across a partridge on a nest with fifteen eggs. As the land was to be plowed, the nest and egos were taken home and set ander a hon, with the result that four- teen young loartridges have been hatched out. It is said that you can't tame a partridge but these seem as Ianie as chickens yet.