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The Clinton New Era, 1878-04-18, Page 4• Above all other displays we eVer made, and net excelled, by any. For Style, For Variety, For. Quality, For the best Value to be had i the' Dry Goods Trade, is the THE STOOK,' OF -PRI •T5; kT THE STOCK •Ol! WHITE G001)S; THE .'STOC1i VI' .1.41J SIRES, THE. ST0OK OF ALL-W:OOLCASII.ME ES, .. T1J$TooK:Oli' DRESS; GOODS, • '1,1 E STOOK~. OF 13R.OWN .HOLLASPS,' THE 'STOCK OF COTTONS GOODS, TRE STOOK OF DAMASKS AND ALL =LIS N. THE STOCK OF COVES, 11111E STOCK THE STUCK' THE STOCK THE : STOOK THE STOCK TE14,STO.CK TUE STOCK: THE STOOK .,THE .STOCK• -- 'IPE -STOCK THE: STOCK THE STOCK poi • J S, OF COTTON HOS'TERY,.• OF NEW. TIES, - OF CORSETS,. • OF BUTTONS, :OF MIL1:LINERY; .0F -MEN'S HATS'; OF ttENT'S 'URNIS11ING GOODS, COMPLETE; .- • AT POPULAR .LOW -PRICES. THAT• 15 RIGHT IN VARIETY; THAT .Ib RIGHT IN STYLE A.NDQUALITY: THAT: IS I IGHT 'WITfl-PIi;TG�Its TO •MATCH GOODS, -• UODGINS CLINTON,.. April 11, .18`78 :SEE • . t'•AX'S:Manchester House, ew Dominion, 11878. Caro • P 1,1 House. 878. Owing to the depreasiol4 in`trade, :a►nd.the exceeding: hard times, we have been unable tofind anyone with. money enough. to buy, our :stock of Dry. •Goods, We listertherefore,• been to the market and bought; a •Spring Stock, which' we be - 1 re ve to be the PEST STOCK_E ER EFERE.D—I 1N u ".bou' - or :cash We lire enabled: to offer it to..t a public. et whole` s It being' ght ler , jt p . sale prices for cash. Our old stock being pretty,.. mach sola] out.by auction, the people. will And everything new. and. of the -very bolt. quality,. Any o1d:.atock we have ..on hand, will be cleared out at.WHOLESA.I,,E PRIQ3ES AND LESS. As many of our customers are of the opinion that we have given -up business in Clinton, we take this opportunity of letting them know that we aro still doing business as lanai, and willbe glad to;see,them all; and supply them with goods in any line, as heretofore. • • "We"have:secured .the services of 'A ] IRST.CLASS MILLINER,: and are prepared to execute all .orders in this depattment, i'n first-class style, Our Silo nr Room will be opened in it fewdays, and the lathes will have a chance of: seeing all• the New. Patterns In English, French and American Millinery. o UR TAILORING DEPARTMENT Is still under the management of MR. SMITH, who, we feel confident, . can give Satisfaction, to every one, in a good -fitting spit. • We have on hand.a splendid assortment of ENGLISH, FRENCH and EANADIAN TWEEDS; at the very lowest figures. Alec, a SPLENDID LINE OF FRENCH. WORSTED COATINGS. ME : ND :130Y'S-FELT HATS,..IN ALL THE NEWEST AMERICAN • . AND ENGLISH STYDES. In a word, onr stock is complete in every departnlenb; and will be sorted every week or so. • We have sold out our stock: of BOOTS AND SHOES to a Hoot and Shoe' Agitator in town with'Ywhom we have made arrangement to supply Mir customers at the very lowest rates. BUTTERS A:ND• EGGS taken t;e same as CASH • • 1*, CA .Y.A. 1Dl -Cheap . Cash *stare. ' Clinton, ,April 4th 1878 Spillg'all Sllllu11 StOd oapios of GR•40,,'r: `•titw I,rtt Wily, lea unit uc W i Book Stet'® of ,•rt asro..tUM. il. ?'-Arlt aqui J. ;1, ;r'ealea Albert.Strvet, rrace0eegtiper copy. TlintAtlitirCra. OF ILIIBI. iT ? �.o- TFiFI (7t7U i"Z` ' 'a'ITURSD 1Y;' APRIE 18,1878' rnlala i iI Sri•:cPrtz,r Now thakWititei-is-d ppiiieitity over, and spring fullyupon tts, there 1S.:0: rand desire on the part of all to know, or, at least; surmise, what the. present year_maybring forth: Alihouit the 'harvest of last year was a good" one, there was not as much realized:fionl''it as Was anticipated, PO: the depression, which it was expouted to dissipate,,; was only partially relieved, 'Lire prospects for this year, however, are, goody' as it appears as if the outeredge.of the de-. p1 essioit. had .. beeii , reached, and 'things ere beginning to look brighter, and this is particulatly true in :reference to the. farmer... ,A :,more favorable season. for: the performanee'ol hlit'ijig \tock could not be desired, tied r large are'r'.has al- ready been put undo, otop ma fine order, and •Mlrrt which wee• putin•a t the, tom menetiintmt of' the spring is 'new grow= ing splendidly: .Contrary to general ex- pectation, the fall .Wheat was eitilely uninjured by the open tt inter, and is now well advanced and very promising.: Of course;, Marry things may lrappon be - tore harvest time that Might be•a detri- ment to the crops,. but ]present, -:in lace- tions point to an abundant harvest, .for which all liberal anticipations may be indulged in. • • TUE QJEEEv GIuDl8, This matter has been breitglit'far more prominently before the peoplo.out.. side. the Prbvinceof--Quebec,`i 16R' eve think it deserved, as• we have _atlid: do • now n. consider it to be a� purply local question, which the electors of t1i pie.• Vumee are. u y , e o,• an, wt ,ispgse, ' of eonstitutionally, in -a w.ery'sl ort titer • The resolution ,o1 John A. 'does not assert that the Lieut. -Governor acted• unconstitutionally, or that lie had no:. power to dismiss his ministers ; all it amounts to is an expression, • of opinion that "under the circumstances" it. wars- unwise and subversive of the position of. ministers. Who is to be :judge of the circumstances 1 We .think :no one will deny the right -of the Governor to judge for himself, as he will-have'to hear the burden of public opinion for., a tune. It should never have been introduced into the House of Commons, and :,Mr. Mackenzie is highly to. be commend - e3 for refusing to give ,any opinion on the constitutionality or otherwise. of the action of the Governo ]3y so doing, so far as the , Dominion ministry are con- cerned, the electors of Qdebeo are`left free to condemn •or uphold the Lieut:: Governor; an opportunity of doing which has been given then] at the earliest pos sible moment. Instead of it.being Cori- trary to the principles of responsible•go- vernment it is only the' cropping out of an -instance wherethe principles of re: sponsible government will have an' op portunity of being exercised. The .late Governmentcouid at anytime have .advis- ted the dissolution of the House; to see if the country was with them or not. If they suffered an adverse vote they would have to resign; and nit*, if they are sus - rained, they will again resume therein of government, and will. be .more firmly fixed in their seats than before their' dismissal. All the talk of Opposition jciiriials tin the subject is nothing but -clap -trap and abuse, opportunities of which they ap- pear to Jievor let ]lass. • 'Piny MAtts. Tho Ottawa correspondent of the Lon- don Advertiser states that tho mails are likely to be carred on the L. It 84 13, after the lst of June. Should this prove to bo correct, it will be a decided advan- tage for the people of this section; and will no doubt greatly increahe the volume of postal business done°hore. Mr. Fraser, of London, is very un- willing to retire in favor of Mr. Bohn Carling at the next election. Indeed, lte.declares lie will net 'permit himself to be thrust aside at the whim of the party . A 1h to issue of the Stratford %Jerald . eatltaained the information that J, W. Grayson,, a tbruter writer on several. of the leading Reform papers in the Pro- vince, had ;acc.Almted the editorship of the Oaledoniaa $aehena, an out-and-out Conservative paper, rand this feet was snare ec upon by•tlte Herald (and copied by thealfail) . as nn. evidence • that anon who 11I "spent 'their best years in the sezvioo of the Refomuiparty, were be- cotnil ; r1isgusted.with it.. The writer .f tho..UearalL..tttlele however, '�vla ler "cltspl: yiiig so 'nedegree of personal know.:. 1e ge-of 11Ir. Grayson, --Only tells part of the•stery, to stet his purpose but he should lia''e• bad the . honesty to 'tell -poi's of, that .: perilcn's life, which would have showil,the Change to be more like ly that one of dollars and .cents, ;We clo not. believe in kicking a man :When he is down,bite as the matter is being made much of by the Censer vativo'izxoss;: ire feel 'disposed tb supply ,that pat of the story which *lacking. - iauyF-years• ago there came to this• country,, an. End- lish gentleman, of .anitnre, refia ement,. and independent • means. Ho took up his residence ia1 orie:tlf the.large cities of the; United' State;;, where. Ile starter] business en au ,extensive scale, but n t being :posted ' 'in Wiliness, and also. ° r' t up I o the .scheming of tlae i'ani.ees,. In soon. lost bis :fortune. Iio.theiifell hack upon. his education.and started a seinin- ai:y, Which flourished to a consicleral•le degree fart soiu'e:titne, 'but the-clernon• of Wine stepped iu and blighted this fan: • •p1ospect. •• ]ie then carne to Canada, and took • up • iris: residence...,in: Brantford, '.Shortly after taking no his' i•esideneo there he was employed as ;Li writer on the Esposito and alftei stirds on the Hamilton T reea,.• u11(1 Was, traly, es the Hereaci says, .looked'': upon as a lending political :writer ; but.- anfoittl'nate]y the• appetite for drink still remained;,and his eareer.:h ts. been a checkered one,_ekemg out an existence by the product of his pen. 73utetted b adversit = Y 3, We .see •�itim iri tire c:xli'acity of „ b 1 onny -tomer,.„ "special correspondent"lana' '0oceasional e©rttribtttoi•;"-tt$ibilast we faud:''r” Grayson" w'eldinrc'the en in `.the' '-it' 3 !�„ � lien 'mite-. turn of..the Calcdoifia Saa'7ceilt for a .lie= ing, t compairativelyu•ninfluential,jouI- •iia1,'while his talent, if they had- been l'propeily used, would have• qualified bite fox any of the loading papers: of the con- tnent-. Let us ]tope that the Inst step May be ttstepping-stone by which our ,old acquaintance may ilscerid -to_tim pin - nettle fronn• which he has fallen ani that to some extent, 8t least, he mayre- trieve the .past.. • iieWDYriplil IN .TSF HOUSE.. ' In another column will be found a ire - •port of the shameful rowdyism and ,die graceful condtot that took, place in the- House heHouse on Friday night. It is truly hu- miliating to know that the men who have been chosen to tnauage the most important concerns .of the country could so thoroughly divest themselves of the ineti:rtete and feelings• of gentlemen and become, for the time being, nothing less - 'than rowdies.&• .Of coitr'sie, we are not on the gonna; and do not fully ,realize What were the provocations for either party; but we think that when, -it was made evident that members of the Op- position were going to prevent, if poslit bile, the . taking• of the vote; on• +john A'sas • amendment 'tilt after Sunday, the 14inis- terialists Should have arranged to show them all the time they wished, continu- ing the sitting of the House, and main- tained perfect •order. 7 As it Was ` the vote .was not taken till Mo axday,. end Ministerialists will Have now .to share the odium of being obstructionists anti rowdies, It is, to be Hoped that never `again will such a scene transpire in Par- • liament. . • ME CAUSES Or 1HAltb' TIMES. • We: have repeatedly said teat .the .Mail says•.things, and publishes artielos in iiia commercial columns that it' will not let appear in its news columns, .some of theinhaving iiatliing to do with finance or commerce, We clip the fol- lowing frown the commercial columns of Tuesday's Mail, and, with it; commend it to the•eohsidermion'of our readers s•=-•- • Those people who profess' to be.,per pleied as to the earthed of the hard trines, .-nay be enlightened; by a perusal of the following extract from it letter of •a mem- ber of the American Confres's,to one of his eonstitttents r ung itis�llghlj fro-; THE CLINTON NEW ERA, ba:blo that Canadians would profit only less; than aur Cousins by laying his words to heart and turning, aside froth the en- snaring path in which they also have manifested a strong desire to walk ,-- " Anti flow, in conclusion, permit nee to say that the disease of this nation to- dayis its vast intlebtedilass ; its indebt- edness growing oat of the war ; its in- debtedness incurred by wild sp.ecul tioias ;tut] unprofita e Sven ores ; i s ut debtednec,s bornof the lever of extrava- gance ; its indebtednesss incurred in eon strutting railroads managed ed adveltsely to the interests'of. those :who paid for their construction ; .its indebtedness con - traded in erecting gel eons (;hutch temples inhere religion bits aver\x griice except the heart. For this. disease ex- perience can suggest but one 'cLu e--i:u"- duetry,, economy, end titre This cure disregarded, the fever, ail delirium will increase until unrtprstil . bankruptcy overtakes its all. •'.C1ns'cure applied, the recovery, though slow, will be absolute- ly.oertaiai.'t'd .. ' PENCIL, •> OINTS. Trani: is•one thing -that Conservative p;rpei•s may bo .'Complimented upcu, incl that is. their ,unanimity in all ,'ni5attei•s: Reform papers may differ one: with the other, azid have occasional i4:sets' to," but Couservatiye: papers Iaey ,r do,,.. Tiis ,Eastern Question appea>si•s to: be just las fat' from settlements ever it was, sone believing that war will fol- tote, others'feeling its Certain', that Bus sig :will so .far recede . as toleave no cause for war- `.);ince stAl ?tell•• Ott Tuesday the."- Senators and Mew_ Tiers of the .House of 'Commons present.' ed the joint address to • 11•is,Ezcellency, Lorcl 'Dufferin, .which. had boon passed by both c•.hambci•s <r few days previously. His ecelleuey gaii,e a very feeling: and eloqueirt reply: ON...Monday day lest five linudied••li enc Canadians left•Nashua, N.. H., by special train, for ,'Alanitolr'ar, where: they: go to take up land. They are from the insult- faetuiing cities 'of New: England, but finding times so extraordinary dull, they concluded to ger to the North -wort. 'Yet on is that ri otectio r the'Oi Cart tell r r 11? a1 makes and keeps a• country. prosperous; rad -gives plenty of; eulpIci'1n!e laborer:.. `,: Wu; is it • that ,in their arguments, Protocttionists talk of "'sttfferinn. `iiitlils a. tries," co the national, policy," " Canada. for Canadians," and other nice sounding . phrases, but when asked to point out the suffering industries and explain their national polidyi, they are dither un- able or unwilling to do so 1 They -ig • nope facts, and go on talking .With : e glibness Worthy of a book agent, and if confronted by proof of the unreasonable: ness • surd- folly of their pet scheme, will not yield their position; but continue ;Melting unsupported'sta;temente, rash as ,srertions; and even willfully prevaricat- ing in order to keep up .it semblance of .ng being a believer in hemming one interest int the expense of another.. areateinnt Stptietici.. i • We are indebted to Peter Adamson, Esq., County Clerk, for the following -statistics. of the, County of Huron; for 1877. ;There: are 800,848 acres of land.in the county, assessed to 16,409 persons, and valued by the respective assessors at $26,784,241. This valuation is, of course,on tine usual two thirds'basis. Personal property, $1,593,442 ; income, $72,855. Number of persons in . the families:of those rated as residents; 68;- 412. :in this heat the returns are not complete, as in s3onie municipalities the matter• of population was neglected. Live stocl'c'is thus enumerated Cattle, 52,323;,.sheep, 52,799; hogs, 22;5.35;: horsed, 20,189; dogs, -0,618. The gross amount of taxes raised by the munioi- panties within the ceanty was $227,856. Of this amount .$120,175 was expended -for public school purposes; $55,977 for improving roads and bridges ; and $84, 777 for interest on the debenture in- debtedness of the respective municipali- ties, which amounts to $526,910. • Of this amount $242,910 belongs to the minor municipalities, and $285,000 to the enitnty.—Signal. Strawberries and peaches are in bloom at ]leatnstille, in the County of Lincoln. • The honor of Knighthood. has been offered Zion. A. Z. Smith, Minister d of Marine an F' . s _ i , a o to the tion of his services reit]] regard Halifax 'Fishery Commission. It is Of understood lie has accepted the honor ; the 'Queen desires to do him. SS HavrVoizrum The 'subscriber has now on hand, and is constantly receiving, at large stock of BORN. AYita'm .tb,—In Tuckorainith, ori the Oth. Inst,, the wife' of 141r. Peter Aikeeheed, of a daughter. DIED. l'o'ur;.—In Clinton, on the 16th inst. Abraham Pode, age:] 64 years. r arious sizes and descriptions, which he is enabled to over lower tha&'ever, in • consequence of the fall in ]prices, through the depression of tho times. HARNESS. On hand or made to order, ' and hiving .taken FIRST PitiZE,at the Provincial Exhibition, held: at London last fall, he feaitr•confident of 'being able to' guarantee' satisfaction. . • Clinton, March 14, 1$7$, ' Jr (C. MILLER. plate in ail the depart-; ms our business. u 1oot • of o n ass..•; To those who oar buy where' they iilease, we offer the, GREATEST INDUCEMENTS we 'ever ever •. offered. Goods of all kinds were never as cheap in Canada as they are - to -day. G. Hf. WRIG UT &CO., ALBERT STit,?JET, DPG .: y P .. S . E TOE MARtET CLINTON oZINT0N, marcs s9,, 39ii1'