The New Era, 1883-08-03, Page 1Barristers,
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& SCOTT
Solicitors,
• CONVEYANCERS- &c..
ssioners for Ontario and Manitoba,.
- TOWN TAL1, cuivrdN.
voli...23: NO. 32.
TERMS - 81.50 Per Ansium
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CLINTON ONT., FRIDAY, AITGUST 3,1883.
1E.KOLNE's NON
Publishers.
ptw tluertiOtottutO.
SESsirANT . *ANTED -Geed general ser-
.../171,3.0iF_aat.O.,..,,g..00d.,_, C B., Apply at .NEw
rIAEPET L�O11 TDB Thn un-
Prrsignecj offers a first class Carpe Loom
fOrsale, as. she is about to leave for Chicago.
Any party ,wiqhing to Bee.it.can do so by calling
at her residence, next door to Thomas Hill's
shoe stop, or address o" - - .•
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Aug. 3. MRS. HOLDSTOCK, LondesborO.
ToNT-On Monday afternoon, the 23rd inst.,
or near Clinton, an Ulster Coat. 'Anyone
lei.ivingit at J. 13 IDD LE0014 BE'S, VVatchmaker,
all be suitably rewarded,
TENDERS FOR BRIDGE.
QF &LED TENDEHS will be received by the un der-
L.7signed on behalf of the corporation of the County
,of Huron up to 2 p. m. ou'Lhursday, Atigust 9, 1883,
for the building of a bridge betwen Goderich and Col-
Munetownships, near Hohnesvil le. Also for re -build-
ing, Turner's bridge, near Yavia.. Plans and speciti-
catiOn for Holmesville bridge can be seen at C. Beats
' Esq., on and after Vie second' day of August. Plan:
for Turner's L'rbige may be seen at Varna on 'same
JOHN MASON, ESQ., L. HARDY, ESQ., •
Bridge Commissioner, Exeter P. 0.
Loadesboro P. O.
Exeter, July 26th, 1883.
mow
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Stock ga-k. in. . ...., for sale that finely situated farm lot 16,
TilAlt/41 Eon ''.41.4-',- The subscriber offerS
cen. 11, Hilllett, containing 75 acres, 60 'cleared,
weli-fenced, Watered. 'and. under good culti va-
*ow .'going. „-„,,„,„ non, and remainder good hardwood. .. Log
(..1,/ IV house, frame barn and stable, one, acre bearing
' -orchard, one and a •half miles 'from Blyth.
\ at •'the-- BlYth, July 26, 1383. '
Terms and farther -partieulaes made Idiown on
application. • • ENOCH MORRIS.
it 'co'onv GENERAE NETANT' ' tank, -
..a... Immediately. MRS. S. WIEFiON-.
BOOK-Srf()
AAT ANTED—Two Dining Rooth Girls and (me
T Eitchen Girl: Apply to
Clinton, July'18.• GRAND •UNION HOTEL.
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(loop PAsTEDAGE. 'Celts and Cattle
taken te pasture at rea,sonable rates. Mait-
land concession, Goderich ToWnship,:, Forks
Farm. • F. K. MAIR. •
tg bargains
m every
partmen
CHRIS. DICKSON,
City Book Store; ClintoliT
&MRS. BLACESTONE, teachers of lipeal and
-1.T.11- Instrument-a:I music, nattenoury Street, mar Or
gan Factory. N. 11 -Singing, Class now • forming,
Violin Lessons given. .
Clinton, Feb. 16, 1882..
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-1110IANOS FOR SALE — A Seven. Oetaye
Rosewood upi ight Piano, nearly new. ,Also
a Seven -Octavo square nano. Apply to.somi
JAS. THOM PSO
TICKET iGENT,G.T. E.'
1741.44.B31. SALF,Will be sold ("heap
12 the west -halt of Lot No:ie, and. the south
half of Lot No. 20, in the 7th concession of the
Township of Hallett, containing 300. aeres,--r-
Apply to J. 11IDOIJT, Clinton.
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rruntltssiturNG MACHINE Elflt SALE.
— A second hand CLImAx To itnsanit• aud
HOrEie l'ower, in good working order, only a
short lime in use, is offered for sale on easy
terms. ,JoIrvi Dour, clinton. ' 16'
H ,
S8 4j splendid.
I Stallion YOUNG SAMSlag will be at Swarts-
clinton,),i1V1i;RY SATURDAY 'afternoon
• areog the 8eilS011. A limited number of 'mare§
served. Terms, to insure 88, for the, season SQ.'
"WM. 1.'Ell.DUE, Goderieh•t,p, proprietor.
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ARMS J'OlL
"-t-'('',7e—,Tal.,'Psr:T,I'x;c,rilit;:rvZ°1:a I
iirsi ie ac.
oua LETTER BOX.
• promised to support incorporation, The
brethren
owled against Mr.. Ross .because
•The NEW EEA 'does not field itself responsible fo he voted against it. Such As consistency,
deas expressed under this heading. thou art a jewel. They make the boast
••Pliat their -orgarlization knows no politics,
ORANGEMEN AND PGLITI°S. but while Coming home .frotn Clinton, after
celebrating, the 12th One year, the mem-
bers of a certain lodge in Goderich town-
ship, before 'leaving the cut line,. gave
three heart3pheers for John A.; that was
shortly after he gave Biel ,and Lepine the
$4,000, in all probability they admired his
tact'in political infrigue. Now, Mr. Edi-
, •ter, as a Protestant, I, protest against any
They claim they are the champions of the iso6feiy like the above bringing onr name
Protestant faith,- while not eue-teuth. as to be Used as a party cleat- for
intriguing politicians. Let them come
out openly, and call theinselves the life
guar -cis of political trickery and jobbery,
and -not sully the sacred name Protes-
, ,
tant - with such subterfuges. reinwin;
yours ti'uly,• PROTEsTANP.
• GOderiph township, July '30. "
To the:Editor of the Clinton New Era.
I DEAR., SIR. -J--As your columns are alWays
open for the discusaion of • any Subject
that of interest to the public, with your
leave I will give you a few ideas of what I
•think of the Orange body, and how„ they
stand in: regard to religion and politics.
the brotherhood belong to any of the Pro-
teatant churches, who\ are nobly.Showing.
the beauties of our reformed religion. I
think facts will bear. me out in stating
that in ninety-nipe cases out of a hundred
if yon skin, an average Orangeman you
will find a red hot 'Icay,, who is alWays
ieady.and ever willing, nay, even anxious,
to doff the scarlet coat, and buckle on the
einblein of party warfare, or in other
Words to saciiii e ninci le for 11 w
el 13 party.
is it Canada for thirty years past has been
governed by Er -party of their choice nearly
the whole of that time, with one of their
own brethren it its head in the person of
Sr. JOhn.A.Macdonald; andthey have only
once, before last session of, parliament ask-
ed for their incorporation bill ? The ques-
tier' is easily answered, by doing so ,they
wOuld einbar.rass•their friend's at•the spat
of government, and that means the leas of
,
pOWer ,..tp heist° wjavors ou those that eon-
trol the Oratiez vote. At Confederation
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w6 had, a provincial governtnent organized
under Tory auipieesrancl- Con trolled by Tory
wire pullers, and supported almoStunani-
mOusly' by the Orange order,•,,vith a Roman
Catholic at, its •head.who controlled the
loaves ;aricl fishes: • The Orange bill was !
asked for their friends, the bill was mere '
neededi then than 410W, but the old ,story
was, be quiet or you will diaturh.good feel-
ing The Orangemen. olledient and stibser-
vient as Usual,. CfliflWPd. But a cloud n0.
larger than a•rtian's hand appeared in the
then political horizon, in the shape of au
insurrection at Red River, which resiilted
inkheinurder of poor Sco•tt, a devoted
Britain and anarclent Orangeman. tiadig-'
na'tion throughout Ontario,NWas,great When
that creel and edwardly ixiiirder..beccune_
known, but it arose to fever heat when.
Sir John A. Macdonald treated his mur-
derers as honorable foes and bestowed
grantof.land On his (Scott's) executioners,
and bestowed $4,000 on,Riel and_his part-
ners' in crime, so that theycould flee the
countr in order to avoid unpleasant com-
plications
plications „with' the French blued. The
Orangemen throughout the pro -ince, ex-
cePt here and there an: old veteran who
had the prinaplcs. of the order at heart,
showed an indepen ence the once appy
family that,-astorrished the political wire
pullers of the order. The first" fruits of
this spirit, manifested by those in seces-
sion, was a Liberal reriresenting West To-
ronto, -the alarm was spread, the 'once
•faithful were -divided, arid to unite the-d-i--
vided faction became the puzzle of the re-
ligious partizans. Circumstances seerned'
to • favor their views, -a Liberal Govern.:
orient satin Toronto, and they,PreSented,
their claims; the Orangemen were not
afraid ti en of creating unpleasant Compli-.
cations.,/a. inCog.the Liberals--; the Govern-
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IlsrIOl: 01 f nen, y all clear d. Go. 'ea o I, p entat sva- Y
Otaid frame. house and barn.... Will be sold on'
reiiSiniable terms. Also, another farm pi 100 acrek;
the same locality, ilearlyall cleared. Full particulars'
on application. JAMES 'WILSON, Box 44, .131ytii.
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TOAKM FOK.SALE — BEING LOT 37, CON.
-12 13, Ilnllett, containing 150 acres choice land, 120
under good cultivation, remainder goo'd bush. Good
frame house, with kitchen attached, well finished; barn.
eA) x 52.stables 55 x30, drive house 30 x 24; workshop.
30x 24, with other outbuildings,all in good condition.
Well fenced and'well watered. Five acres of orehard.
JQIIN HE'NRY, Londeslioro post odice.
DA HTNIIRSI1JP DIESOLETICIIII-4Not*
..L• is herebY go'on that „the partners hi P: heretofore .
leisting between Josss & Wenn.as niaeliinists'has this
day been diSsolvcd by mutual 'consent. All;outstfdia-'
ing accounts-mest be paid to Mr: W. Jones; who ,is
einpirivered to give'reccii* for the same. He -alio ex,
-pOcts resninellididireas 19 fen -days, ,ffirtber notice'
-et-WhiCh wiltbe' given.
juil?.10; 1883. 0419) : '
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r, SALE OR TO-
'.,sttle. or -to rent, a Jane of 84 acres,' beinkLot'37'
,7tii concession -,Godefiell ,but 4 acreS
cleared and on good Order. 15 acres sionnier'ffillOw.
Iles', fraine house, frame barMand other eutbnitclings;
21' aerea of bearing oreliaid. Spring creek rierniing
MANITOBA'• TICKErN' tlirOugh the place. • .
• AlSo; to rent, a house on Princess street, CIVitoif,
Containing three bedrooms, kitehen, parlor, and Usual
DAIIVtA S9 '• rtT)C7r1:17ts,., Apply
to n..1.1.. 1 A.R1'_tAliN, or.
(14150, Cijiston,
Califtignia and British Columbia Ex.
eursion Tickets at bottoin rales.
Free REBATE TICKETS to QuAppene th.trict
Iff'Parties desiring to go by NORTB:WEST
TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, supplied (with
tickets at lowest rates.
Aug for Dommot Stemslo Line'
.11ARIYI FOR SALE.
LOT 23, CON. 5, HULLETT,
mo acres. situate, three miles from Clinton. All
ideated and cultivated but two acres, land all
nuder-drained ; first-class. A never -failing
water sprin g in rear, and a flowing Water well
at barns. Terms -no money wanted. down. and
any' time given on furnishing seourity.
-7,3V.
JAS. TiziOmi'SON, Clinton. •ClI•Qlth •
All information freely given. ,
W. JACKSON CLINTON VOTERS LIST.
lIvaGTICE, is lisi'tby Edven that 01(110-0 'transmitted, or •
!WENT
talul foul th seetioof the l' Voters deliveml to .tbe persuns mentioned ia the third List Act the
I - , XF1liC5 1'6itiiredb‘; maid se0001)011tO he so transmittal or
011 pe •so, , appear ii,„ b. Vic hist rel, stil ssessn cid , 11
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of the said Municipality te be ,entitled to vote in the
IN -ns
iverct1'' o - ie 1 a Anadep irs ant o S it , et of 11
ftl it i n'' i ii lA .a '
- mud 'Municipality atEloctions for members of the Le- ,
gislritive Assembly and at Mimicipal'Eleations'and
--.
: that said list wasfirstSPesteci up- at niy office at 'Olin,.
ryinitouGH TICKETS if;sued to wrxi-iin--G!
PORTAGE LA. PRAIRin, BRANDON, 410.41f•f-1,
MOOSEJAW, SWIFT CITIIRMNT. PeItGO, onA:isp
FoRnS, and '
Any point. inlattota.• op 11 Northwest;
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• Boats leave Goderielt tive0-Wednesday and
Saturday mernings, at 7 o'ylock, a. in. For
nf orm a tion impply to
W. JACKSON.; Ticket _Agent.
•Clinton,.atay is. If382. ' •
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THE ALLAN LINE
01'
ROYAL MATT/ STEAMSHIPS.
EVERY SATURDAY 'FROM QUEBEC.
SITORTEST SEA ROUTE.
. SPEE1D COMPORT, SAPETy:
Through Tickets issned to any: Paibt tit lowest
rates.
Prepaid Certificates:.,issued from
. any part of the Old Country:4_6i
points in Canada.
A. 0. PATTiSON, Agent, ,
Gratid Trunk Eailway, Clinton.
DENTIST;
COATS BLOCK0
ten on thottwenty-Ditith day 411 June, 15S3,-
130(1 reinains there for inspection. Mlectors are called'
maw tia,exiiitarie the saiti fist, and,if any blpias!o118 or
other cirors are found' therei», to take inimediate pro-
ceedings- to have4he said errore corrected. according'to
, . .- cata,aNpPm,
0)111601 Js461,188,8. Clerk Of said Municipality.
THE HURON
Live S(ock ' Association.
•TIIE ANBTUAL SALE
.the AtIqpieeci Of the HURON 1,1111 ST01I:
he held on or about- .
THE 24TH OF OCTOBER 83.18
Parties intending to, enter Stook for' the -Sale will
require to make their 'entries With the Secretary notr.
,later than • .
PRT3)AY. .SEPT ,
ilMBER 21sT, 1883;
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The•pre,,peets for the approaching sale are decidedly
more, ftworable than for any sale that inn; ''et
held under the'ansplees of the Society. '• •
ENTRANCE TEE. or.eatne silO
'for.each sheep or swine, 25c. A doninii5l-
Sien Oft per emit. Will lie charged on all 'animals sold.'
Entries io be,s9cle with the Undersigned.,
111cLEAx, Secretary, Sea,forth.
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Jotti‘t MEE
TCAIX, Veterinary Surgeon from the
Royal .College of Veterinary Surgeonv Of England,
Telegraph despatelles attended to at onco. 011,101 eNu
ItESIDENen, ONTAp,io STnniPC . CLINTON.
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rr ENDERS Pelt l'EaTIDING. ---. Tenders will
ho received by. the Secretary of -the VocietSchool
Board, for building a picket fence around two Sides
of the school ground. Particidars furnished on ap-
plication. NV, ii. 1111411, socrefrny.. ,
,
11.314 011 inoderatc,
VIAST1JEAGE.-,-A linuted number o bar es or
CLINTON. -1- 'cows cad' be accommodated with,4ond pastorage
at the priviny w. ISelSON, Clinton.
in en tr eCogiii zed. the injOstieetins.Orderand
othersecieties were laboring under; the
PaSSed a' general inCorpOratienbill,amt hat all
societies might tiike•an equal advantage and
benefit1-7they :have since done: •se.
Orangemen were/fooled in three attercipts
to. create a division among .Liberals, •1 and.:
doubly .so when' they :failed to get 'back
their seceding brethren; but perseverance
done it, they agitated 'ev.ery session for an.,
ilig'orP414ton, and.. -got Op -a fellew-feeling
of iinaginary. injustice, Which accoiri7.
plished the end.they had •irilieW, by get-
ting tho: whole body to vote tory,: .•111
1873. jOhn.01:ionotitte ran as a' Liberal for
Riot; Toronto,41e, was branded then'as
rank fenian, 3.11C1AVI Of Orange. breth-
ren yoted,for.him, and were, expelled. from
the order for -s-bAping-;-bittLwhat-tilm-Peo,7-
ple refuse,d .to'do was done fit -1882. by Sir
John 'arid:-Mcken zip. :Bow el -- they-ehosea
this Si:I:Me :fenialn. as a worthy'enallir,lt
raised ate ther 'Storm . d'itas
by . promise to.,•pes'S .their inebrPoratioti
bill, . Btit, mark the result, Comity ledge§
passed 'Vetes Of censure,: _an,c1::ealled Abe.
MOWat-GpvernMent;othei• 'MwtriareeS
,they :refused' to make their; cause a
cabinet question, although. the• 0.•
Mbwat,I,aa• it private Meinbor.: Voted- for
the: bill the same. is Sir, .T'elin haa.net:y.
'done. ..I.have'Yet to hear n v ol.
censpre, or. one single squeak in all their
12th of jilly.orations'agairon•, the Dtiminion
G•verainent; no., only blame to 6)10, Grits,
bad:luck to.them. ..\"!,7e have likewise hail
tlaste ;of,toryisin in this contay, covered"
()Vier With Orange blossoms ; wherever tWo
oethree orangernen .aro tognther they aro
mriploYed in trying to get sympathy for
,thle order; and, censuring M. C. Catheroll
fb Tote, and threatening .vengeanclo
031 his deveted: head •next election, but an
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times past_they done all 'that lay in their
poWer,' and •foiled,, so' they will- agiiiii.
111i. Cameron wonl&lave committed .pe:.
.4itical Suicide by doing so, riot orie of the
•,eoncealed Tories in the prise of an Orange-.
man Wobld have voted for hirn', only:laugh
to think what a.tine trap was •set forhirn.
There was not a class. hounded that; geni-•
tlemari.' more bittor, both in South{ au&
West Huron than that animal called the'
Orange Tory; after' dpiv so, they have
the, impudence thinche should do -their
diity work, but he is made .of different
material: The beads of ,the 'Orange 'body
• were the . cause of the diagrateful , gerry-
mander,' which- 'our. county ,received so'
-mhoh of , ohksten . another 'shin7
, F. . ,
ing light among the brethren,•,is reported;
to have advised Mr:. Wilson, th:eiateNce:.
turning Officer ' for Weat linton, to retort),
POrter, the candidate who Was
in -
the %minority, And did liot our Orange
friends, bring !out ,Mr, 1.`ellY, of Blyth,
with t,he preinise, of, a :i6ited support.
They'', did Support him prettstreng, at-
theugh,Mr. Kelly' says it is a he. ho'never
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EARNINGS.
TO the E'ditbr of the. a/inton..Yeur. Era .
Sri, --For some •thirty years. our eclool
section consisted of not more than 1,500
acres • having lost on the east by the re-
:moval of a bridge, and by; the extension
of a tew'n: , a few years we. have
obtained a slice from a section to. the West;
so aro again in a normal 'state. We are
.embarrassed by the three-mile claiise of the
Separate' School Act, by which properties
owned by Catholics; where there are no
children, or if •• the children attend the
Separate sCh'eel, the'taxes are lost to•the
seetion and go to the separate school.
There were 65 na.mes on the register last'
year, and the averaf.,m attendanCe for 'the
last half it was 20. ,.The, salary paid
• was $264..: •. My tax on an assessment of,
$1,000 was $3,, 41. ' The .salaries 'paid- have
been at. the rate of from $20 to $25 'a,
inop Gil, :for say twenty years latielt,,and fer
the most -of the time to'. feniates-Th-elf
are•far more preferable where the children
ariisinall, and. the,Stadies only pritnary-r-:-
seldom more than five branches..
A laborer .or journeyman works 'ten
hours a day against. six, by a teacher; and '
for thirty, or ninety days more in the year;-
-generally under the.,eye,-.ancl 'fionletimes
_rtichar_exactions,Lef_,•employ,:er-or-foreman,
while. teachers ...are' very- little...interfered .
with. • " .•
I donl •think there, has ever been,-cOrn
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plaint of. incompetency in-teachiria.- There
was once a Charge .of idleness., Only once
years .have• -the -trustees 'declined -to -
renew an eng,ageinent; except for the want
of . power to interest' and oovern.' These
are the moat important -qh:lificatioris for a
teacher.' They caundt be -taught, ac-
quired, or 'ascertained •.by examination.
IyOng'years. ago I o'on.elndect that . the her-
tIficate was only apermission to enapiny,
and was but little. indicative of -the fitness
9f Tat ci:nadnidinattoeierabl-it iusu-l't-.to the Cone-mh-
nay to suppose that it is net to be entrust-
ed-with-the-empleiment of doetcrrs—law=
yers and teachers, eicept certified by the
respective profeasions,•-, Fitness is the pre --
tense ; buttha..real object is . to limit the
su mberfb, by,rmitiing student's ,ou t, gener-
erallypn ,tionap granch. or 'other not peoes-
Saryt,o-efficiener.,in the -profesSion ;and.
by so liniiting 1 -lumbers' as to , force: tip,
'wages:. do not,grildge'the salaries paid
teachers -here ;.'hut Mn'angrY at the sysWnv
• which forces thew to proficiency in branch -
�s. never rectuired. 'There are three or
'four girls, not fir. off,-, wrecked , by these_
exactions ; and -there are not as Many boys,
by dririk," within. the'same. radius. I bon,
Sider schools the most murderous of mix'
institutions; and resist the. worrying • of
children.'Wit,kstudies they -have .ap-
titude. for. -Nature has„given divers...abi-
lities, and such are niost-conimen as ;are
most in need. ••Would, the present industries of the world been possible if
iron was as Scarce as gold ?, •The, highest
intellects 'are more- dependent. on the low
tbanAliese-ort-the cultured. '
Whatever'study'a child prefers
t--be-aisistedandTnot-pestereet-with_tli•oge
alien to its liking.' Schmal, ions 'n.r.e'
-frequently-condemned-A Medical con Von
orginfeyet Shortet: hours; and. nOdi mite
studies.." That's the talk--1-no hom e s tual ies.
Branches on,which the braitis most taxed;
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are, oft of -no .valce hi after Iife..' -Visiting
"schOol some Years -afro the teacher asked.
nie to look oyer,the slates. One 'boy 'was
sttick.in' Multiplication of ,fraCtionti; could
net help birrrin whatThadlmzzled through
'fifty yeas before and which,bad not •been
a particle otuse,,though facile\ in thhuse,of
figures and always keeping 'acconnts. The •
boy bas become a liptcher. •
The'best adtiice given was' by SanilSlick,
"Take a. good stick -and tantinn him like
blazes, and set him to work,." , There is
no education comparable to a vocation,
and following the advice of "whateVer thy
hand findeth, to de, do it with• thy inight
The most efficient people I ev:er kr.MW
iftrct neVer been to.School, .or. but,•Veri
lit-
tle. 'flier° is no other ground of morals
than in refei•ence to the creator ;.and with
whom this obtains such . application will
be Mule as shall lift to the highest •pessi.-
bilities • Of the worker. •not schools
thai ' make 'the efficiency ; but, the efficiency.,
is a conseriluence.of the application of what
was learnt there. by the scholar; And who
was • probably impressed by the character
of the te,acher, as,in the case of, Arnold of
,Rughy... ' • • '
wrote against compultiOrYschoOl atteri.,
dance, 'when first '•urged: .,here and have
evaded trnateeship,ever since it's adoption.'
Our school popplation. has ranged between
60 and 00, anclit is s•`annually ascertained
'that nearly the whole:attend someivherei.;
but Perhaps•drialfotirth net ...the • time re-
quired by law. Yet they are einployed at
home,, and are there learning soniething
.,./0101le iniportint, than whatever is taught
in school. , It is insuffiCient, disorddllY,
and miserable homes that breed criminals,
and the only remedy is to remove 'children
in such to More favorable .surreunclings, as
is done by Stich agencieS Or. Bernardo,
Miss Rye, and others Britain ;',ancLin
New.YOrk; by the Childien'i, Aid SocietY,
which in 23 years, ending in 75, had trans-
planted 30,000 children west. Nothing in
the newspapers afford me the pleasure
equal fo the repoits of exertions made for
children in Unpropitious eircumstances.
I have -laid aside a long communicationc
by'a friend,4twthe poor, in Toronto, and
who by Woi4ing among them had 'eVident-
ly become acquainted with -theidruiseries
and drawbaeks.•• IStie„advocated sotne air
thority Which should'"take children front'
pa:rents too poor or ineffiaient , to provide
for the'ru. There has been only one in-
stance where'I vvould-haie.tolerated corn
pulsory education ; and• that is of a boy
who is not,. wanted at .school,, but away
from it. The juvenile Reformatory or
Penetanguishene is the place for him. •
• July 30, 1883. T.
, GODE4ICD. TOWNSIII -,„
BARN DESTROYED. ----Mr. Wm: Mas,on'S
barn, 7th,con: Goderieh township, wa?.i
struCk by lightning, on Thursday night
last, and totallY destroyed with its- con-
tents.' Besides other\ things there was
about 500 lbs. pork in ilie building. Losi
about $2,500, Insurance $1,000. • •
A family by the narrie of McIlvene, on
the 4th con., has sliffered ,severely from;
diphtheria, as three of their children died
lately, one after another, and the rest Of
the family are in danger.• •
Haying is very nearly over in this sec
tion, and most of it saved pretty Well ; but
it is not as heavy a crop aslast year. Fall.
•wheat is badly striick with' the rust;
Sming grains are looking Nvell.-'ivhere not
killed out by wet.'
There has been a "wish expressed that
the NEw.ERA start a hatchlers' column
for this township, as it might- prompt
some Of thern to wed, for they- are' getting
ease-harded. It would not be a .bacr idea
to show their qualifications to the fair sex,
who then might, if that were -possible, set
their caPs more attractiVely to capture'
them. • Begin witlr the Deputy Reeve, as
he is not .onlY a good snbject, but be
ought to be made an example of. '
The long anticipate in -raising took
place on lot 20, con. 7 of this tOwnship.
The building is one of the finest in this
section,,.owned by George Sturdy; it hasi
all the modern acscrnmoda,tions for'
stalali lig, ton e- basement.
Sturdy is to be cOmmencled. for having the,
enterprize to erect such a, fine building
MT. John Whitley and Mr:Nixon Sturdy.
were the two captains ehosen for the occaL
sion and -Nixon by superior pluck and.
energy, got a long way ahead of ,Jack.'
STANLEY.
-HOESES.—On Saturday the horses be-
long' Co Messrs. A. Thompson, J. McGre-
gor and Hugh This arrived at Kippen.
The animals were in good -condition and
stood the journey well. There were two
year-old colts belonging to A. Thompson
and Ilugh Boss; one year-old filly for R.
Ross, Stanley ; one year-old colt and One
year old filly for John McGregor, Tu.& •••
It is ourWpEtallinfwulAdwuty"tsoll;ecord, the
de'ath a Miss Ellen Campbell, who bad
been engaged as assistant teacher at No.
3, Colborne; this'yea4 but was obliged. to
desist teaching and procure -a substitute,
hoping min to resume her duties, Those
hopes were blighted by her 'sudden death,
lasltIrv.eJekohn Craio• had a he' use burn -e -d last
week. •Tt is supposed to have been set on
fire, as it was unoccupied.
During the thunder storm ls.sf-Thurs-
day night, Mr. Alton, near Belfast, had a
stack of hay burned. It is supposed to
have been struck by lightning. On the
same evening Mr. Fowler, of the 7th con.,
lost a valuable -horse -from the sante cause.
The farm of the late RWilson was sold
iast Wednesday by publie auction, Mr.
John' Alcliean being the purchaser, for
the st1111 of $6,350.
". Miss Maggie Murr'ay, of the 961 con.,
is ill of inflammation of the lungs, bile we
are glad to be able to state -that she is 'be-
ginning to recover. ,
ITULLETT.
DI -ping, the severe storm last Friday,
Mr. Win. 13all bad the half of 'file roof
blown off his barn. •/
JJE farm advertised in ,the ENV, 1121
of last week by Messrs. Garrow & Proud -
foot, lot -12, 1461 con. Hullett, 100 acres,
waq sold to Mr. John Wilson, teacher, for
$5,500: " '
LONDESII 0 110
Lonclesboro • mind Blyth cricket clubs
'played a match last week ; the latter cern.-
.
A quoit Match is exPected to be played
. here. shortly, between the Rads and Tories.
.16 will be a close mateh—about like Gib-
. son -and flays.
Boating is all the rage here now, Mr. J
audit W al 1 ace have it boat each
and for inexperieuced hands show some
•very'fine rowino...
In the NEW ERA of the 20th -of Ju'ly it.
,was stated at Mr."Bell bought frofn W.
Wellvvood an imported stallion (Robbie
Burns) for $7 ,600, -and offered. him, $1,500
for his two'Year old (The Lion.). We un-
derstand this isincorrect as, Mr. Bell did
not purchase or. even ofler. Mr. Wellivood
one dollar 'for s„ny horse he iMportect .
Mr. Bell did buy llobbie Burns but Made'
no offer 01/ any ()the.' horse.'•
ing out, victorious.
,
- IIE'LGitAVE.
, .. . .
' ''.111h,:s. Bo;i-kleY„ . -of Belgrave, went • on •
Tuesday .to her.thtlier1s, who. now lives in '
Brussels, but formerly a reSideut"Of Mor-
. ..
ris. • -and : one of the old • pioneers, ef'..that ;
townsbip,i_There is.ii-largOntirriber of III'S
children, and : friends -gorie'Io. celebrate :,
tlie, 82nd aiiiii.Ve'rSO•Y Of his birthday,' He ' .
.is. veryhighly..respeate,d, and loolcs as if '
he niight'eseetWenty years More ',•.:._7_j .
" The7torin MI T, IturSclay nialit was One'of
the heavieSt that.haaleen here feryears ;. .
timbers' were, carried Over ,places where
the: Water . Must Itiave..' railsed.more thanc a
foot;,•, FOrtiniatelY' Beigrave 'is dn it hill; .
but -if -ii2witii,:not-i t•woilIti"h a ve theen -0.1i- - - '
other,,London • affair., , Matthew Brandon ..
bad a lot of hay:ciit, some of it in cocks, -
and there Was 'about' two feet of Water
around it; what- was not 'gathered. Was
syvimming'.: Tie will sustain a great loSs.
:by it.' The gravel -road-was bad enough
before, but this putait.in a terrible 'state,
as now the stones as large as aroall's, head •
,are-lal.iho.,on the streets here. The conn-
seN ou17.1. lOok after it, and not have it
II
,said‘t lat.. the road between Blyth. and
OniTUARY.;---We have this WeelrAo re-
cord the death of.11ugh,1VIcGregor, one of
the old settlers of Sra.nley, at the ripe age
of 71 years, •• He waS a native of- Glen-,
ffuaich ,. Perthshire Scotland, Mill -
g rat ed 'to .Can ada ti tsthecye.ar 1843.:He
settled. first :11;1.-'..the,,•towieshiri,
ofNorth-
easthppe; ati'Vkreniained for a few years
when he moved into Atte 'township Of
Stanley, then awilderness, aric.1.• Settled mil
the secOnd 80,04, •on ,and a quarter , in Iles_
Triim BitiFeffeld: I,3y diligence • and dare
.he managed to maker himself 4 go°d com
fortable home; in which' he lived, till his :
His genial dispOsition,;•gObd
ture, and pleasant_story . has -securedfor
hima large circle of acquaintance;.ancl' a,:
large'niiMber followed his remains' to in
terment:' lie leaves a widow; two Mar-
ried daughters; and two SODS _and, two
daughters unmarried.
KIPPEN. .
, The, S. S. picnic was held si -Bowman's
Grove, One and a quarter miles. sinttli: of,
Drysdale, -and was ,a.:grand Success, the
tii41emild be desired..'H
The BreSbytS" rian'Sunday 8011001 15
haps the best Huron; Outside' of the
it yciy1arge niembershiP, '
The people in , this vicinity etre trying
to'do it little to. aid 'the slifferers.lby the.
late, ficiod at London; all ,Parties' -Wishing
to contribute earl do so:at:the post; °Mee,'
PEfigoNALs:.-Lafrs. •,Hy. 'Shaffer 'is' at
present very ill; titeliOjic soon: to see•her
quite. smart again. `.:161r. Johns has been
unable to Wdrk for several .days. Mr.
Robb'. Pell,: having 110 "ernpleynient in
Fair's. mill; .Clinton, dufing the repairs,
has returned 'to the farne, but will'iresttme
his work tit Clinton When theMill :starts.
. -
feu RN BE It it V.
Dito.---By the death of Mr. John EP-,
plitht jr., Turnberry lost one of her most
promising sdris last Friday1118 remains
weye follewed to tire cenietery-by7r,yery
large concourse of friends. He had not
been long married: and thus leaves a young
wife te mourn his loss.
EAST-4,wAwArstos1i. •
L.r., —Last Saturday Mrs..J. E Coadwas
taken suddenly ill, and during Sunday
and Monday it was not expecte& she
Would ,recoyer, but ,on Tuesday morning
we were glad to hear that she was a' little
better and hopes are entertained that she
will soon• be restored to '
otwith-standing the wet weather, the
greater part of tile hay crop has been se-
cured in very good condition. We had
the heaviest rain of the season last hurs-
day night. One of -Mr. James 'Oeacon'S
horges, 10th cbn., was struck by lightriirfg.
(luring the said storrn and killed. ... • ..
Mr. R. Coultes,-10th•:con,,' has ' 'had a
new bay fok 'placed in his barn. He is.'
more than delighted with the way it han-
dles the hay, Ile says five minutes is all
that is required thtransfer l'oad from the
wagon to the mow. '
• Mr. John Seandiett, hotel. keeper, left •
here for Sarnia, to buy a ;team of Indian
•
John Griffis, station agcn•t, is.,now away
spending his , holidays pear 13liffitto. -.He
is, it) rather poorrhealth,,and We hope the
;trip will do him . good.. Ile is expected -
home on li'ridayj`k,. ' • •- , •• .
.13,ev.111i.:1,Villqns,,l'iv,s'oyteriati..ininis-
1,
'ter, intended preaeiiilg ':s 'farewell ser -
Mon lest Sunday, .bilt \Mr ...i?ine- otiose did - ----
act, so, he will preaehit next Stmclay.
There was a large attendaneelast Sunday,
and we expect there will be a full church
the coming one.
. :Air. Lawrence Wheeler has finished the
stone.werk 'orJames Owen's barrt, and, as
usual, made a good job ofit. • He -is now .
going th begin the foundation of his own
house. ,.
(
AfAINCIIEtiTElt.
Dist • Alenday eveninb• the following
officers were elected by iVlaitian&Tenfrile,
:for the ensuing quarter:--JolituMilson,
W.C.T.;. John !Stalker, Elizabeth
-,Strillier,-WAW:; Isabella Halikirl;:;NV:1;G.;
'John' Cl'ark; W.S. Wm. Sturdy, W.O.G.;
;Mary' StUrdfW.E.S.; W. D: Wilson,
Treasurer. '
• Mr. ,Tames 'Outrig, ot thisvil.iag15, met
'While working ;at Mr., 11Iarshill's house. '
with ,paininl accident., last, Monday,
ilices held in three Ouches 'of this village,
at the•Saine tirne, N17,..,':'7-1111efliodfst,. Pres-
1.A7terian and Episeppal. There hf,ta been
niWserviee in the latter for lohg it tined.
'1 I 1
since 1, le rou es ,were c iangee
we have been fit a 'boss knoW
sorne Of ".the papers, , Wi I 1.,
801/1e, nOt emning till the' following meek.
J..outificii?!UiNf b(nKonilla.°y°brOnk,,iS DOW re-•
covering from lung disease; ,he is able to --
he aroand, and lie States he thinks lie will
bcitbloto tip ,t1ie toe again as we was so
nimble gt'Donnybrook. 'Nethanial
Fa:din; merehant, left for, Dakota, on
WedneSilay. iait week. He intendto
make this his. futtire bottle. This is his•
secondtOp, 4.404 118 speaks highly"Of that
place.- •
Leadvili, Col.; July 31. --TA telegram
has, been ,yeceived here saying that the
grand ce,ruNt exenrsion•train, was wrecked
and'140 PerSons killed and, wounded.
Edward Sart,z, of -Reading, Batt
., ha
his, neck dislOettted by a falling limb of it,
treh'recentiy,, On Tuesday Physicians set •
the broken tleelc awl' have hopes of his
reeereiy, Its is considered a remark-
able . '
A Parv.1.'.2t letter from .Mr. John
Campbell, harness maker, late of' this
place; but nov., of Winnipeg, he saya they
have had splendid weather there since
spring, and that the crops never 'baked
better. He also say l that the city is in a_
healthy condition, no small pox now. He
and hiS aro Were al i well ;mil 000toitel,