HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton New Era, 1896-03-20, Page 4"ERIENCE
Has taught us
vV4grm 1l+ud how to buy.
�+ ! X1,dielaft
Ilio a profit out of our business.
We buy diirget from the manu-
facturer. Why shouldyou pay
agtrap*for jobber's: profits when
yy00 O n "Ve ..money by buying
F1tom' us.
'Wo do not sell Cheap Wheels
.ljut Good Wheels Cheap. Our
','lines at $60, $75, $W and $100
are worthy of your Inspection -
Satisfaction guaranteed here in
quality and price.
6pr Riding School in the town hall is
VER pStill running.
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b¢_ a plats—Jaokson Bros
33eDwean the line—W D Fair On
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FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1898,
A : Retrogressive.
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IE`,N?,K:. In the Local House the other day,
`- 7* r'.
kta Mz Harter took exception to the Pro
-." h vincial administration of the license
�""`*,4%, system, contending that it was Inanip-
',O'
. fi' ., elated In the interest of the Liberals,
":� ,":.
>.:;aqd a,skecj that it be put back in the
a bands of the county judge and a couple
$l� of municipal officers. For a man who
� iA'": is a temperance man, we are surprised
,. ,°. at his desire to go back to any system
t* that would necessarily be inferior to
&ir `' the present one, even if all that Mr
if _.. Marter alleges be true, which is more
f."..1' than doubtful.
+ t::r Government,control of the licensing
''` ' s s m is so far in advance of anything
•iN." yet proposed in this line, that it would
;,s�-'z' be manifest folly to change it. We
a,, .doubt if there is one municipality in
,fig_... Ontario anxious to go back to an
like the old system, and while
�', We ttreely admit the anxiety of the
t Government to get all the support it
can, we doubt very much whether the
;" license system brings it a solitary vote
I`Sjsr that it would not get under ordinary
"�r�': circumstances.
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';;, The Life of Parliament,
." .
`.'�} . --
'' u " ' Parliament spenta couple of hours on
F1, Monday discussing the auggnation that
the Government refer to the Supreme
1.11 4 ,_..; Court the point which has been raised
whether Parliament's life _,"PiNes_an..
�'J'��`i',',"i�l'
ice.- -`the 2Crth"of"April; �or rune on until the
i"'3rd of June. Messrs Ed air, Mills and
g n Con-
i s Liberals, and Mr Waldo
Dave Lb
:.<a servative, contended that the life of
.11
w,, Parliament expired on the 26th April.
„�, Sir Hibbert Tupper argued for the 3rd
',of June.
3 , The kernel of the matter as develop -
;'+5 ' ed by the speeches, is as to whether a
F, V!• returning officer (say of Algoma or
," �:'' any other constituency) is given the
,''�. r authority by the provisions of the Do -
I " minion elections act to override or
.� g
;_.� W,. var the proclamation of the Crown as
•r;,, .
+ tote date the writs are returnable.
+ ; That is tossy,whether when theCrown
proclaims that all the writs shall be
' . returnable on the 26th of April any re-
t ;. 'turning officer can vary that date. To
put it in another form, the point is
{ ';s;' whether, when the B.N A. act declares
-p', that the life of Parliament shall be
"•, "five years from the date of the return
'Y,of the writs, and no longer," and the
date fixed by the Crown for the return
I V.of all write Ia the 26th of April, a re -
1. 11 turning officer in Algoma or Chibouti-
"�, mi, or some other place, can prolong
' ,j ",: the life of Parliament simply by delay-
, ' ing the return of his particular writ.
The matter was ao clear when it came
;a`„;0 to be discussed, that the Government
r``t will hardly dare to go ahead with the
"' talked -of reference, and the House
n.` seemed to accept the argument that its
existence would terminate on the 25th
of April.
'W; A vote on the second reading of the
'", Remedial Bill was to have been taken
yesterday, but up to the time of going
to press, it had not been reached.
Owing to his recent accident Mr John
Charlton, M.P., is Still unable to stand
up, and delivered a Speech in the House
the other day sitting, down. This is
contrary to the rules, and he only did
so by courtsey of the House. This is
the second instance wherein this was
done, the late Sir Allan McNab being
once allowed to address the House
from the chair.
The exposure of Sir Charles Tupper 'S
use of a rivate telegram in the House,
from Mpr Greenway to Sir Donald
Smith and hie omission of a part of
the telegram, shows him to be entirely
without principle or honor, and even
"-Conservative papers are denouncing
him for what they say "a cross-roads
politician would have been ashamed of."
`, It is rumored that Sir Chat lea Tup-
•. per and Mr Dickey will go to Manitoba I
a+ld confer with Mr Greenway about
the Remedial bill, and some of the pa-
'pers say that Mr Laurier should also
be invited to ao. If by so doing it is
expected that Greenway will change
hie attitude, they may as well save
themselves all the trouble. The Mani-
toba Premier point blank refuses to
, Yestore the schools as they existed
. prior to 1890; the Remedial order calla
up8n him to do so. Any compromise
must be made by the Dominion Gov -
`t4 &went, because Greenway will not
compromise on the lines the Dominion
• . Government wish him to.
Wi'lliaim A.Shoemaker, counsel fox H. H.
,dtolmee, the Pietzel murderer, has been
atiopended from practising his profession
' f'pr a year for indtioing a woman to sign a
,tabs 4malkvit in the case.
At I.Wialttoti friday, March 18, the death
The Price of LanoL ! a reflection," it is still possible that 801300
bsvc spoken redactions upon blur. illy
Editor News -Record. : opinion is that about 9000 of 'the 10,000
SM.—The Naw Ens in IN lastiseue has under ! were as dissatisfied as the one alluded to,
the hdading "News Notw" the following Parc- I I have not met one here who will admit
graph:— i that he got value for his money. Two
According to the Stratford Herald, a farm in
Perth .county -which brought %I In
eleven I persons indeed seem satisfied with the re -
gears opus just been sold for$11,62U. Assured- cult, viz: one who sold his ticket after the
1y rho I P, is ranking the farmgFs of Canada first night for what it coat him, and the
richl caretaker, who was aid for hie services.
This is a sample of the information the Grit I?
pro gives Its readers. Mr Schram seems to claim that the asvages
Is5 t to be wondorgd at that the ordinary Grit
have baiter memories than the pevobollo-
who roads noLhiagbut p rere of the NEW Ens, gists, or the young and old taughtTy them.
Huron Signal type, is ill informed. The editor the
of the NEW EBs knows or ought to know, that (By way, surely s man who tenches s
land has depreciated the last ten years the system of such value in composition should
world over. Apart froW the question of Pro- be able to cum use a letter that one can
tection o Free Trade the cultivation of grain understand.) Well, I eek has Mr Schram
has large �y increased, and in a proportion far
g, eater than, the demand. The natural cause- been among the savages with hie "diseov-
gqnence of this Increase in supply, has been a arras ?" If so, I advise him to return to
deoresse In values L and in proportion as the them, for we have no need of him in oivili-
products of the lanQ have decreased in values,
so the land itself in all rural districts has as a zation. Allow me to oder three challenges
rule, decreased also. For instance, the hixw to Mr Bahrain, the succe+eful acceptance
SCRs often this owoeful case of a farm in Perth of which will do more for him than scores
Clluuty Sellln for $1 000,1.1 years ago, now only of names with LL.D., D.D., X.Y.Z. or
fetching $11,320- Well, in the first plqpa, these
fl urea are merely copied from the Stratford other alphabetical appendages. First, if
herald. But we will assume for argument's he can obtain from one-half (I think 1
sake they are correct. But the Herald Calle to might say one-tenth) of hie class here, les -
Inform us if the $16,000 was not a fancy price. 1i
Very possibly the value of his $16,000 farm elev- timonials showing that they received from
en years ago was not a cent over $13,000. I him new truths of sufficient value to repay
know of just such a case near Clinton. A man for the ti a and money spent, I shall buy
eepeaially wanted a farm near to hie own, and ni
vaid $10,000 for a term that nobody else would for the House of Refuge those hymn books
have thought of payio over a.,6Q0 for. This is for the purchase of which he was so gene-
moetjprobably a eimliar case. TThen, too, the rose as to offer all he should receive here
selling price Coda y at 911,320, ie not anis to be a over $76. Second, if he believes his lessons
forcesale or otherwise. The difference be-
tween these conditions of purchase and sale as to be of Such transcendent value, he must
abated by me, are suffielent alone to account in know that the hundred Students •be had
whole for the difference in values. But leave here would, if satisfied, be each an adver-
this line of argument and suppose purchase tisement for him that he coals have m o1seS
and subsequentsale show an actual loss in val-
ues of &3,680, that equals say 20% of a fall. And of 600 neat time; will he try to raise an -
the Nxw:F,RsA tries to make its readers believe other class here? Third,J challenge Mr
this
is to ask Mr Holmes, and I hope he willgans- Schram to drop the "Rev "and the rnenr-
wer it. The values of assebsed ]and in Great anoe, and let the "memory work run on
Britain in 1886 aggregated 963,300,000. In 1894 its own merits. Mr Schram certainly did
the figure was reduced to 966,000,000 or a lose in claim to make his atudents able to remain -
values of 11%. This is over the whole area of bar lines of figures and stanzas of carr
Great Britain. Take isolated examples like the g poetry,
NEW ERA hasand oases can be instanced He did not prove his ability here. He re -
where the fall in land values is considerably produced from the whole class the figures
higher than 29% Will Mr Holmes tell us if Free on the linea. Was be afraid to ask indi-
Trade has caused this large shrinkage in land
values in this Free Trade country, and if not, viduals ? Not three in his audience could
what hast have re -written his line of figures. Then
Yours, etc., JOHN RANSFORD. the poetry be used was already well known
Stapleton, Mar., 13,1896. (e. g, Barbara Frietohe) or of asap straa-
We know of farms which have sold recently tare, like the following
at from one to three or four thousand less than
they would have sold at a few years ago. Their Clean hath a millionethpacres; ne'er a one have I;
former price was not a "fancy price," nor were Cieon hathla dozen fortunes i not atpennly 1;
they, in the firstplace, bought at "fancy figures.,, But the poorer of the twain is Cieon, and not I
Mr McAllister refused $11,000, for the farm Mr Schram bae,he saps, read peyohology.
bought subsequently by Mr Forrester for about I am inclined to go a step farther than in
$8,000—and it was surely worth more to Mr For- my first letter, and accuse him of wittingly
rester than any one else. A farm in Tucker deceiving people when be poses as a dis-
smith, sold the other day for a little over $4.000 coverer. He mast have read every truth
brought $7,000 sometime are. Why should Mr be teacbes. However, if he successfully
Ranefordassume, (because itieonly assumptfon) meets my challenges, he may, as far as f
that a farm selling for $16,003, was in reality am concerned, go on "to gladden (onsad-
Worth only $13,0001 Men may be willing to pap den or madden thousands more."
more than the ordinary value of a farm for its )
convenience, etc., but, few If any farmers are J, HOUSTON,
willing to pay $3000 extra. In the case of the
farm near Clinton alluded to, the owner moreLocal Legislature.
than once refused $9000 for it we are told, and
not, from the party who eventually bought it at —
ggto,000 either. The sum and substanoc of Mr IN args.—The Government has introduced
Bansford's argument is that increased produc- a bill to impose a Provincial tax of $50 for
tion of gain generally ha8alone lowered values each day of exhibition of travelling shows,
By parity o1 reasoning, then, the legs a farm circuses, etc., also that trials against mu
produces the more valuable it is. The decrease g
in land values is due to various causes, but we nicipalities for accidents arising out of de -
do not believe the reason assigned to Mr Rans- fective Sidewalks or roads, shall be by judge,
ford is either the correct or the only one. Eng- not by jury, so heretofore, Mr Garrow
land and Canada are not in the same position
at all, and what applies to one does not apply to brought down a bill to amend the Ontario
the otheruat becauso of changed circumstan. medical not, which provides for the admis-
Stances. " though England may show a Sion to practice of persons holding diplomas
reducticn in land values, is it not a fact that from England, Scotland or Ireland upon
rentals are still double, and in some cases three g P
times as great as theyare here? In 1883 farm their passing the final examination and
land in the Province of Ontario was estimatedeying the prescribed fees. Mr Garrow's
to be worth $ 634,793,025: since then two million
acres more have been cleared, and yet the value ill to amend certain matters of municipal
of farm lard in Ontario in 1831 was only $587,- law provides that the goods of persons not
246,117—a decrease of $67,546,908. Surely a drop liable for taxes shall not be seized, and also
of this magnitude is not due alone to increased provides for- the establishment of police
production of grain. Ma_y there.uQt-bosoms offices isf aftieri dmfs towns. " Tlie cost for
othor reaP7ih for it? Faris-ing is said to be less
profitable than It onto wee. And why, partly witnesses in recent Central Prison ex-
t he
because of changed circumatancee, but Be far as amination was $182. The Attorney -Gene -
Canada ig concerned, largtiely because of the ad- rel is bringing in a bill respecting fraud by
dlGional borsch of taxaon the farmer has to
ppay. Mr Ransford knows that any fiscal system debt collectors. It imposes at penalt of $20
Involvingthe princlple of protection impliesthat for every day upon which he offence is
the consumer must bear the greater share of it. committed of sending out notioes or forme
The National Policy, through Its complex work in imitation of the forms appended to the
Ings, takes from the farmer a great deal more PP
than it gives him; either incidentally or directly Division Courts mot or calculated to induce
It reaches him, as he is most numerous in the the persona receiving the �i same to believe
consumingclass, and the consequence is the that they are processes issued within the
value of his land decreases, largely by virtue of
the fact that the cost of production and main- Division Court.
tenance is more than it would be under normal
conditions. Ifthe government would leave the County S•Sehool Association
farmers alone remove trade restrictions as far J
as possible allow the farmer to buy and sell --
where he Hitt, land values in Canada would, The 24th annual convention of Huron
we have not the slightest doubt. rise to consider- Sabbath School Association, commenced its
ably more than they are to -day. Recently Mr
Ransford was contendingthat the N.P. was a sessions in Carmel Presbyterian Church,
blessing totarmers, allegng that it gave them Hensall. Wednesday morning, March ll,
protection on wheat; he was carehtl not to as- by a service of prayer and praise led by Mr
sert this when wheat was quoted below 60a If
the N.P. is to be credited with a rifle in values Day, Provincial Secretary.
It must also be responsible for a fall. but the in- WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON,
coneistencyof protectionists invariably mani-
fests itself in their unwillingness to admit more The session opened with a half hour's de -
than one aide of an argument votional exercise, conducted by Rev. J. S.
DECREASE IN LAND VALUES. Henderson. The chair being occupied by
—the vice-president, J. P.Roas, Exeter.cwing
To the Editor of the Neto Era: to the absence of the President, D. B. Cal-
bick, who has removed from the county,
DEAR Sin,—InMr
the News -Record Ransford
tat of the A general committee was appointed,
w th Inst. Mr John n 96 sec States that consisting of Rev F. E. Roy, Rev F.
while there hue been a decrease in the Swann, Rev J. S. Henderson, J. C.
-amuse of land in rural districts, this de- Stoneman and W. Elder, Hensall; J.P.
crease in protected Canada has been 29%' Ross, H. E. )3euston, Exeter; G. Swal-
while in free trade England land has fallen low, I- Taylor and R. Holmes, Clinton;
int deer ci in other63% (or ]and in Canada H. McQuarrie, Blyth, and S.G. Brown,
has depreciated 283 jo (or 2.63 times what Wingham.
it has in England. Glorious , P. I
Massey, a manufacturer of farm ma- The first subject was "How I taught last
chinery, who in 1878 bad but a very mode- Sunday's lesson." The convention was
rate establishment, died a abort time ago formed into a class, and the lesson of the
worth millions. No depreciation there. Good Samaritan ably taught by Mr. Rose,
GlDriou3 N. P. 1 I t Great is Diana of the after which Suggestions were made by -eve-
Ephesians 1 1 I Yours truly, PATRON. ral as to the beet methods of teaching and
MR, SCHRAM'S LESSONS.
To the Editor of the New Era
SIR,—Mr Schram, in his answer to my
letter, very adroitly evades answeritiq my
charges. He first accuses me of oriticisiog
without having paid close attention to his
lectured. That would be dishonest on my
part, and very unfair to Mr Schram. But.
I did pay close attention to the lecturer,
and took notes, which 1 have still. I am
certain, therefore, that I did him ry11 )'astioe.
He next accuses me of reading into his leo-
turee what was not in them. The difficulty
was to read into them anything new that
was of value. But what can he mean ? I
admitted thafhe gave us truths, bat they
were old and familiar truths. Perhapa it
in the "shoe -string" epithet I applied to
his mode of remembering dates that he
objects to, Well, he drew Mica on the
bleak -board and divided them into portions
representing the centuries and decades
since the Christian era, and advised us to
flace the date in its proper position on the
ines. It we add the four or five thousand
years before Christ, and divide in the same
way, khan perhaps I should have compared
the mental ppiotnre to a close -line rather,
than to the shoe -string. His face alphabet
I call trash. At least one of his bearers
bore called it by a worse name, which is
hardly for ears polite. Mr Schram says 1
am the first to write a word of reflection
on his lessons. Now it is very aonsolfngg to
be chief among ten thousand, if not Mto-
getber lovely to the learned professor.
What a gifted man I must be I Don't you
think, air, it in time for me to order from
you some yellow pamphlets, and to net out
as a iedturer at $25 per hour ? I could
perhaps gather up a few insurance cards to
use by w4y of Introduction, Just let we
whisper to Mr S. what' one of the 10,000
.ibaid , liere,'e before' nay letter. ;appoared -
fAl Whilij a f0i'bf bliYdt we moat U tlo let
lesson.
Mr Day then took charge of a Primary
Class and taught the lesson for March 22,
"The Lord's Prayer." He is quite at home
with the children. The lesson taught was
full of illnstration Suited to the minds of the
children, and proved very interesting to
them.
Rev. J.W.Rae, Acton, addressed the con-
vention on NormalWork, taking as his sub-
ject "The Ceremonial Law." This was il-
lustrated by a chart, four oirclaS thereon
representing the four greatgrin d leis of
the law, each circle being subdivided to re.
represent divisions under each head. This
was accompanied by a rnnn:ng comment,
which explained clearly and fatly each por-
tion of the subject, and was an interesting
three quarters of an hoar.
WEDNESDAr EVENING.
Rev J. W. Holmes, Clinton, addressed I
the convention on the subject "The relation
of the Holy Spirit to the Word and teach-
er." One of the dangers of the times is to
trust in methods instead of trusting to the
only true source of power—the Holy Spirit.
God ie the source of ami power. What is
the relation of the Holy Spirit to the
Word? The power of the S irit in evi-
dently in the Word, se proved by its infln-
ence on the world. The disciples never
fully believed in the troths as taught by
Christ, until after the resurrection and the
day of Pentecost, on that day it was the
preadntation of the old truths followed b
the descent of the Holy Spirit, whi1K
caused the conversion of so many on that
day. The Holy Spirit and the Word are
often 'spoken of as the same portion, which
Is not correoL What is the relation of the
Holy Spirit to the teacher? The Holy
Bpitit emloys the purely convorted work-
er in the 9aftemination of truth. No ha -
man being can lead it soul to Chri'st Who
d06bi riot know the tray himetiif, It Is V0y
uncal "r* for the teaehe#o r be; a thotottX
worker. li11
n Christ's vineyard, To be sac- family, the pariah, the correspondent'*
easeful, all present r000uroos must be ex, class, taken charge of by superintendent or
haunted, and the Spirit will than develop visitwo, who leave the S. S. papers and W '�J', I P .0.
win them,. e:p r
and increase the powers already in use, ! take up reports o1 the studies spade. What
Mr Day next addressod the oomventipn are the results to bo obtained ? They are
on "The outposts of the soul, and how to beneficial In the home, giving the children a,
The soul is enshrined in a and parents something definite to do, when.
body, and is influenced by the senses, in. they are not in a position to attend the S.
oluding common sense, a sense much need. S. The workers or visitors and the church 1 f1,i ` ' " ,
ed in the training of the youth In our land, are benefited by going among the homes, NiN S,I
both at home and in the school. Comfort- stimulating and encouraging the students,
able school rooms, adapted to the wants ofand =and
them to attend the
the children, are needed to attract and keep I ohnro and regular S. S. services. I i14 i j
the children ander the influence tf the B.B. "Oar ,relation to the Provincial B.S. As- a
school, and thus an important outpost of osculation." byy Rev J, W. Rae. works i /
the soul is won for Chfiat There are through and by means, meeting together in /
mental outposts of the soul, The mind convention is a great factor in the inoreas- T'
mast be in a receptive attitude to be en- ing of knowledge, unity and enthusiasm, >. is i
abled to grasp the truths taught. Another from the great world's S. S. convention to
outpost is that of imagination, also the the township organization. Mr use gave„
i:
reasoning faculty. The social outpost of an outline of the work done DIy the Inter- 1t• a j
the soul. The teacher, to gain this out- national and Provincial Associations, in .'� . .''•
post, must establish social relationships their sending out workers in the sparsely'
with the scholar. The teacher mast take settled dietriota in Northern Ontario, in- �� 1 t�
enough interest in the class to be present apiring and helping those S. S. workers,
every Sunday, and be punctual, as well as who, because of their surroundings, have
take a personal interest in each scholar, often been discouraged and ready to give up.
before he can hope to have any success inTHuaeDAx EVENING. r> i, �
winning the soul for Christ. Discipline is The lace and value of the S. S. in the1.
very necessary in the B.S., but oontinually life of the place
an ,” b Rev S. Bond, Sea- . •- ,
Scolding a boy IS not calculated to gain his Y :
respect, or teach him to have any respect forth. The work contemplated in the B.S. j(?c�X'
for himself. Moral and spiritual outposts is s part of nhuroh work, and it is our duty , ",
—who can measure the faith and love o1 a not only to look out for the children of the Now must be sold with match Bordet
little child. The reward is sure, and the membership of the church, but also the I and Ceilings so a in order that orde
Master's "Well done" is well worth the children of others, The place of the B.S. (3
decor -
effort put forth, for "Inasmuch as ye have is as an assistant to the church and parents I ations will be up to date. With
in the religious education of the children— the exception of a few of the
done it unto one of the least of those, ye g cheaper lines we can Iva
have done it unto me." as a Substitute it becomes an injury. The I g you
tesohing o1< the B.S. should not only be to perfectly matched Borders and
TuoRsDAY MORNING impart biblioal knowledge to the children, Ceilings with every paper, and
The Bret hour of the session was taken but to convert tbem. The B.B. has peon- we have taken special pains to
up with verbal reports from the delegates liar opportunities for aggressiveness among have the colors blend nicely.
representing different schools in the ooun- those who disregard the ordinary ordi-
ty, which proved very interesting. nances of the church, they can often Spring 1S in Sight
The resolution committee,MeseraBrown, be reaobed through the children, their
Swallow and Swann, reported se follows:— influence will often bring the parents into And we would advise you to se-
t. That in view of the fact that the Pro- the church. The S. S. is & means of owns- lett your paper early as the best
vinaial Association, in an effort to parry on Ing the children to realize that the church $Iways goes first, and you might
normal and primary work, incurred addi- has a care for them, and a desire to bring Just as well have the choicest.
tional expense, until a deficit of upwards of them to Christ. It is the great means for As has been our custom, to the
$1200 had socumulated. replenishing the church. delight of all our customers, we
2. That in view of the fact that the Pro- "Truths that'triumph to -day," by Rev shall trim the paper we sell free
vinaial Association has made a special ap- J. W. Rae, Acton. Christian truth has of charge, and this alone is worth
peal to the county associations throughout advanced step by step up to the present several cents a roll to a busy
the Province, and that many of them have time, and will continue to advance. We household. We also sell
already liberally responded, therefore be it cannot grasp the whole truth, and so it Window Shades and
resolved, that the Huron County Associa- must continue to the end of time. To -day
tion contribute $15 in addition to the ordi- there are four triumphing truths, let, Curtain Poles
nary pledge of $50 already assumed. A living Christ. Peter was conscious of
3. That in view of the fact that a num- a living Christ when he healed the lame
ber of schools having sent in no report to man; the great men of to -day are those
this association, your committee recom- who believe in a living and present Christ.
mend that the executive be instructed to 2nd, A living book. If we believe this liv-
use such means as may seem to them ad- ing book the whole matter of inspiration is visable, in order to secure the visitation of Settled. B faith we hear Christ Cooper & Co
ever school in the unorganized townships ySpeak,
Y g P and know that Christ speaks through the
of the county, by Some representative of book. 3rd, The living pledge. Some men CLINTON.
this association.—Carried. do not believe in pledges. The whole sanc-
THORsDAY AFTERNOON, tity of the home is built on the marriage THE
Treasurer's annual report was read and pledge. Every man that joins the church
pledges himself "As for me I will serve the •
adopted. The correspond inp secretary pre- Lord." The only man who is a free man
vented his report, giving full details from is the pledged man, those who know Christ
thirtySchools which had reported to him, cop .
P and will serve him. 4th The livingchild. 1
The report was adopted. Children are the stuff out of whih the Re
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The followin were the officers recom- 1.� ,,'; V
g church is made. Through the child we "'°
mended for the ensuing year: —Pres., J. must fight infidelity. Place their hand in Has reduced °'-, a,
P. Rosa, Exeter; Vice Presidents—Rev the hand of Christ before they have learned the freight
F, E. Roy, Hensall; R. Holmes, Clinton; to doatt, that they may know Christ, and I obargea 1 N
D.M.Gordon, Wingbam, and J. B. Hoo- when they know, they cannot be moved. on settlers
ver, Clinton; Minute Secy., I. Taylor, This is the solation of the temperance effects to
Clinton; Cor. Sec., J. C. Stoneman, question, pledge the children,and the quer- Manitoba
Hensall• Treas., J, C. Stevenson, Clin- tion will be solved. The evangelization of and the
ton; Ext
Executive, G. Swallow, H. Foster, Northwest by 40 per oent.
Jas. Scott, Clinton; W. Elder, Hensall, he world meet come through the children,
J. P. Roes, Exeter, and W.
S. G. Brown, Dr Towler, Winghajmq
Brussels, i'vere appointed as delegates
Kerr,
to The Passage rate t0
W. H. Kerf,- Brussels; H. E. Ileuston, the Provincial Association. Mr I. Taylor @
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Exeter W. D Bright, ht Seaforth. On t0
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motion these were accepted. Messrs 'vas last fall appointed by the Provincial
Associatioa as the Huron representative on Call on our authbrized agent in Clinton
Holmes, Swallow, Ross and Taylor were g
the Provincial Executive. and get full information and lowest rates.
appointed a committee to confer with
the county united Young People's So- Wingbam was eeleoted as the neat place
of meeting, and after the customary votes
cieties, with a view to holding the an- A. T. COOPER, Clinton
of thanks to the Hensall people, etc., the
nual meetings at the same time and
place, one day to be devoted to the in- convention adjourned. C.P.R. Ticket and Telegraph agent.
terests af each society, and that this NOTES
committee have power to make any The presence of Rev J. W. Rae, Acton,
arrangements they may deem best. &and MI A. Day, Provincial Secretary, add-
Cn account of the absence of Mr W. D. M,d greatly to the Interest and success of
Bright, who was appointed to introduce the convention. READY
the subject "The Bible Class Department," A feature of the convention was the
Rev. J. W. Rae kindly took charge of the thoroughly practical and helpful sagges-
Subject. It is not always for the beat tions contained in the several addresses. j�(��il
interests of the class that the minister A decided improvement Over previous SII ID
should be the teacher. The Sexes should meetings was the absence of'set Speeches,
not be separated, larger Bible Classes are nearlyrevery subject being handled in con- CLOTHING
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preferable to Smaller ones, more nsp
re- ference, making it much more interesting
tion and enthusiasm with a large class; and instructive; by a greater number tak-
have a certain amount of Organization in Ing part and developing ideas, brought out
class, give them something to do. The by the one in charge of subject. Our stock of Ready-to-wear
Bible class, if in a separate room, should $ensall is a beautiful village, and has Clothing has arrived and we
not be asked to meet for the closing exer- splendid accommodation for the holding of can now supply Clothing to
oises of the school, as more time is requir. a county convention, suit every man's purse. We
ed for the teaching of the lesson than in Rev J. W. Rae especially deserves the have
the primary department; a good effect is thanks,of S. S. workers in the county, for
gained by offering a short prayer before his presence at the convention, and for h...Men's
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commencing to teach, The teacher should helpful and practical addresses. The new Men S Suits from eD6 rip
make a thorough preparation, and only, president, Mr J. P. Roes, Exeter, is an old
use the "helps" after a personal study of S. S. worker, and will no doubt prove him- I BOYS—We can flt them from
the lesson has been made. T much de- self a first-class officer in the interests of flve years old up and at prices
pendenoe in placed on the prod of others the association. to suit every one's circumstan-
and no ontaide help is equal to t e thorough ces. We are quite busy in the
personal Study of the lesson. The address PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL I Ordered Clothing Departm't
of Mr Rae, given without any previous no-
tice, was one of the beat ever given before
a Huron County Convention, being thor-
oughly practical in every respect, and its Travellers who contemplate a journey leave your Order early and have
influence cannot fail to have a good effect to California, Dakota, Manitoba or any your clothes made up before
on the delegatae who were present. A State in the Union, can get full infor- the rush comes in the spring.
hearty vote of thanks, moved by Rev. J.W. mation by applying to the undersigned. `
Holmes and seconded by Rev. J. S. Hen- Tbrough coupon tickets issued. Bag- Hats, Caps and
derson, was extended to ritr Rae. gage checked through tc destination. Gents Furnishings.
"The Bible our text book" was the neat
subject, by Rev W. J. Ford, Clinton. As
far as possibla, to adopt public school meth- JACKSON. A.
J.
Holloway,
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oda, the teat book need is of great import- W.CLINTON
ante, as that is the book which is supposed TOWN AGT. G.'1'. R., CLINTON.
to be used, and that book should contain Most
all necessary, and the teacher should not - - be allowed to go outside, and in order to
teach that book the teacher must be famil-
iar with it, and the Scholars should be
made familiar with it. This is the weak. STRENGTH
nese o1 the International Sys -tem of B. B.
lessons, the whole book is not familiarized,
only parte of #; consequently, wben the
whole Bible is placed in their hands, they
are lost.. STRENGTH ;S DEFINED BY WEBSTER AS FOLLOWS:
Rev J. W. Holmes thought this was
caused a good deal by using the lesson "Power to resist force ! Solidity or toughttem; the quality of bodies
leaves in the school, and recommended the by whish they emdure the application of force trrithout brra+ig
use of the whole Bible. or yielding."
Rev Mr Rae thought that more time "One who, or that which, is regarded as embodyingp force, alrmgth
should be given to the study of the Bible, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliamee is bard /
only twenty minutes or half an hour is support/ eecarity!
given to religious education, while thirty- ,
six home is van to secular on anion, and The leading feature of the Jackson Shoes for general wear is strength,
thought religious instruction shenld be g
given in the public school. which is so well defined In the definition quoted above. Shoes that are
Thearent should ace that each child made with great strength and durability, made no as to resist the force
taken his Bible to school, and if parents are of hard wear. All solid leather ensuring solidity. Toughness in the
too poor to buy them, the school should upper leather that while tough are soft and easy to the foot. Capable
provide them. Responsibility rests on the of enduring all kinds of weather and yet to keep a good shape and app•-
parents to see that the Bible is studied at pearance. Try them and you will be convinced of their superiority in
home. The teacher would be greatly help- all respects.
ed by the lessons being prepp&red at home
as well &e the ooholar g&infng increased
knowledge; and coming to the school pro -
pared to take part in the lessons of the day.
"Intermediate class teaching" was taken
up by Miss Wilson, of Clinton, who taught ♦i
a class, the lesson being the Conversion of NOTHING j HIND LIKE LEA L
Zaandtxa, with blackboard. It was not
only interesting, ae an object lesson, bnt .
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