The Clinton New Era, 1886-10-22, Page 4goo AtIviritoonento.
A word hunt-Jacketh Bro.
Lateet etylese-Oeo. Glasgow.
Herse for sale -J. el, Combe.
Verm fee sale -S. ,itunieson.
Gmley's lady's bohle-Godey.
Men wanted -Geo. F. (Mem.
Adjourned Sale -J. W. Harrel.
el:lambert:1e for Bale -W. J. Bigginr.
OliSon Jw eta..
FRibAle, OCT. 22, 1886,
THE Conservative papers haven't much
to say about the defeat, in quebec. They
are jilcely waiting for furti.ea particulars.
W,urrx the Menai sudden flop gazer to
Liberal princi plea N agitating the public,
mindahe burning question with, the aver-
age farmer 'is why good wheat is selling at
only 69 or'70e a bushel.
Same ot the Conservatives here profess
to be very much alarmed lest the Roman
Catholics control the Affair; of Ontario.--.
They a ere not se deeply concerned about
it when they supported Pat Kelly for par-
liament; and' it would net trouble them an
atom netr if they were sure of the Catholic
vote.
THE Mad; in a gingerly, half-hearted
way,advecates ''''Senate reform;" but what
it means to do is not specified, The only
way to reform the Senate is to sweep it
away. Its a useless. and 'expensive en-
cumbrance, eating up annually thousands
• of dollars, and the Sooner it is "reformed"
• out cf eaistence; the - better. If. the Mail
go this far, we will join hands WO
it on this issueit once. • .
• TugBrucee-Printeree and P.uhlbhere'
Asseciation have recently resolved to take
no advertisements in future from the To;
eonto Mail advertising agency,. In this
• they are hut acting the part of men who
know their' rights end' assertthem. The
'am .Enaalortgasinceanproving of the
• methods of the agency, refused te do -ID:tle-
iness with it. The opinion of printers an
this county, is that the Mail ady,ertieing
trgency is presided over by a man too
mean •to do business With.
West Huron T000hore .Convntion. dividual, Education is the inherit of the deal more fully with the principal pante.
poor made children, aad it displays the re The cruestion drawer contained -limey int
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The West Huron Teachers' Convention est of epirits, to find the rich deepiaieg a 4 portant .queeticns, waich were answered in a
met iia the High School building. Clodericha criticising be idea of edueating the poo very satibiactory manner by Meseta LI. L
on the 14th and 10th inst., pursuant to notice et wee the most miserable kiwi ef arisocraey Stang, B. A., Thee. Gregory and Inopeceor
duly gieen, The Met seamen was held on that wished to put a barrier in the vette of ed. Tom. •
the firth mentioned date, at 10 amothe uoating the eons and daughters of our work. The -following resolutione and the lethal yote
Proaident, Mr, F. Craesweller, in the chair. log mon. We recOaniae no aristocraoy but of thanks brought the proceedings to a close,
. Minutes of previope, meeting were read ancl that of intelleetual'and moral wealth. 73e • and the convention adeourned ono die:- -
coafirmed. Nit,. G. W. Holman was appoint. (the speaker) did not think that there wee I. '.1:hat in the opinion ot this Assooletiop
ed press evertor, and committees me audit tepee:ouch study, and would epconrage the as- the course in. English. Hietory for entrance is
business and resolutions, eleeted,
eeffeeinee witbin reasonable toe extensive for .papile of the age at whith
• Mr. II L Straeg, Bee., read a circular with: /knits ; that auth lessons tended to form habits they come to these examinations and, that one
reference to the advisability or gelding the of induatry, which build up the:character and. or two period e only of English history, be as.
.Provineial Association during the Easter valay the toundation of future success in life. It signed for each. exaMination.
cation, instead of as at present. Mr. S. did had been said, that theeducational indite. 2. That this Aeroolation, in view of the fact
not argue the question, but merely stated tione of this country were wortiog on a gigan. that since its lest annual meeting Mr. j, B.
what objections were.urged to the scheme, as tic ayatent of oQ4104 " OrARI," but a careful Miller, resigeed the position of- Tiiiipeotor,
well as arguments m its favor, and left the analesie of the fatee would -convince the most which he filled wah to much ceedit arid suc-
patter in the kande of the reselation cold- fastidious that such WO not the ease. What cess during the Past 14 years, donna to place
nuttee, is a Crammer? It to one who iooke4 upon • on mord its cheerful and hearty recognition
A discussion than took place on the matter the hirroan mind as baying a melte; capacity of the *Mee of the tioraices rendered by him
of oupplying members of this Association with as a quart measure, and hastens to fill' it AS to,the schools of his inspectorate, and- teepees..
the minute!! of the Provincial Association quickly as possible,. It was beyond all fair- see the hope that he will meet with that sue.
free. After a vete being- teeth, it was deoide ness or reason to perpeteate such e slander on toss in !Me new protege*, which his intelli.
ea to supply all members with these minutes. the vale of 7,000 painstaking teachers of this germ, industry and perseverance. merit.
It was particularly urged by all whet took Province, The teachers of the preseng time 3. That this Association desires to bear tee.
part in this discuseion,. that all teathere in were trained for their work and fully under- Oniony to the pleasure and benefit it has de.
the 'divieion should become mentionof tbe stood the task committed te them, and all that rated from Dr. MeLellan's addressee, and to
II,304.tetikhfl thereby profit by the valuable is wanted to crown there la.bors. with geeater express ita heatty recognition of the good week
information obtained' at these meeeinge, as success is more eympathetio support from the he is doing as Diteotor General of Teachers'
well as that obtained by reading the valuablo general public. The Doctor econceteded -bee inskitutee,
papers contained in the minutes of the Pole treeing the teachers to do their duty faithfully
vinotal Association, ' : and fearlessly, and, mothers and lathers to
mahatm0:1 sEssiOtr, • sympathiee with them. The lecture, which
In the absence Of Mr. Morgan, delegate to -occupied two hours, was an eloquent and
the Provipeial Associatipm Mr-, ,Brown read pewetfuleffore and was listened to with wrapt
Mr. Morgan's report of the business transact. attention.
eel at saki -Association. The repeie was a: Rev. Dr. UM, pastor of Knox thumb; paid
very exhaustive one, bringingout prominently a high compliment to Dr. McLellan's abilities.
thei different topio!! olinterest dealt with. The usual vote of thanks and the benediction
It watt then resolved to eleot the:officers of
the .Association by ballot, And that this be
the second order of btieinese tee seeend•da,ye
of the Institute meeting,
The next orderot business was the Presi:
dent's address, address, which was postponed from the
morning seesion, on account of the •few in at;
tendanoe. The address dealt principally with
mind culture, especially among teachers, whose
business it b to help others: There had been
organized in the dititriet reading circlets, ese
pedially for teatheree and they, ehotild pee to
Ib that such a golden'opportunity was not at -
lowed to,slip by without profiting, by the ad-
vantages .offered. • If teachers Improve all
their opportunities fol. :mlnd :culture; : their
influence would be greater in their schools
directly, andlete th directly arid indirectly upon
sooieti at large. With,out continuedeoulture„
the teacher ethoines humdrum and loses in..
fiuenee. Theaddress was well nevem] and
highly appreciated by all present:. '
• Dr, McLellam.Director of Institutes, then
took up " Literatnre in sohoele." He said he
edidenoteseanketcelayedgeeiLeny ben rule, nor
advocate any specific method for teething
this important subject, but the prineiplee
Which should serve as guides to the 'true
teacher. That We did net" learn so ;much by:
imitation 'aft absorbing, as it were, the
right :and trite principles, and that should be
the mitin.spring f aotionee.The teacheie do.
ing the best , work ate -those who instil into
children,
a love for . goad literature', and that
all our 'best bookseeontained a central truth'
about whith our theughts •and. aspirate:me
tura.That althotigh scrap.or piece literature
wasgood enerighin'its place, and a great deal
betterthan hone at all, •yet continuous read.
,ing of sonee particular line of works Produce
fir better •and more lastiniereeulta . The Dr.,
oentinuing, • said a vast •amoiint of mental
energy, was wasted every year in reeding bad
literature, and expressed his•regret thet•the
Old system of libraries in schoots had. been
discontirmede tor he tilmeglit they had proved.
and .would prove; if again instituted; a power .
en•the land for Mind culture. .The atm.should
be in furoishingiuth a library to. supply the
gems of literature,of which there Were • a
great ebote.e tete 'select ehose not mile suited
to the capacity -of adult, but elect' of aliildreh;
so that teachers cannot ortly encourage: good
reaaingebut that they may have thenzaterial
aeliand to supply -the demand. In order that
.the teactiees may be stithessful in begetting
within pupils a love. for goodeiterattne, they
must themselves be animated bya like spirit"
The inieerable erraysteme too otten pursued
in .teaohing. this setheeet was objeetionable
what we want in Out etheols.is life and *life.
giving infitiencee that tbere: is too machine.
ren material ••thrust into the memoly that
.renders it teafruitfule :Teachers should strive •
1theettate-aii appetite, rether .thaneetore tbe
-mind:with nteaninglesterebbieli ; thee it is not
the &entity but the quality. ' The -Doctor's'
.address was highly appreciated, • end most.
beargolden, fruit amen Mechem who strive
atton-apectaler, whichcrai giegle its $1.5;-_ to keep up with the age. • . • :•. •
000 a year recieons fer.aupportilig the:Ova The LispeCtor-then called ahe roll of: teche
. ernment; • that Mr. White.. did not :emend eepoeted 70 in:attendance, :
• •
. • . . „ • Mr. H. I. Strang, B, A., then introduced.
dlsplay the ae.id picture or Ri61, and say; the tcipic College ef Preeepters, pointing ont
" one Of the new saints of theadaantages aimed itt; both for teachers-
'
• : . . • . • ana'the etublie generally, as it wont& tensile
Roman Catholic. Churetrala .an4 ekhenees • raise the teather's.standieg, hot only. intelleett
Yr
,
aits vecabtilafaticailiingsgate'aat these Who twiny, bat jnofessienally and socially. It
ON 41 the eharges against the Sag -
_nip, hotel -keeper for Wag cOceined in
the dynamite outrages; he has been .de-
• dared not -guilty, the judge charging di-
rectly in the prisoner's fayor, notwith-
standing that evidence of a very.damaging
nature was saaen, One does not like to
criticise the action of a jedge, but it looks.
very. Much as if. he-Wereeinfiteelided by a
determination to aid in: defying the law,
instead of seouri lig ate ,prew...qmnietra-,
tion. No worgler the tempeeteande7lep1e
• of SarniAture indignant. ' "
l!ietore of Mel.
It "is fitrObt pieterftetly-plessierreeto-
notiee the:frantic diode of tlie Tory press,
aur 140,1 cOtem not excePtedito weletewash'
the injudicious act of Hon. Thee. White,
at Cayuga, in exhibiting:the picture of
Itiel with a- rope around his ixeck. ,
course, neither tite NEW Ena: ofour local
cotem bad. repreientativesathere;. copse-
quently-lioth Musa relybn the eaidenet Of
others, The News -Beeped drawing its in-
epiratiene from such papers as the: Ham:
oloeed the proceedinge. .
FRIDAT ATTRawomi sEsSiON.
After routine, DA McLellan took up "Read-
ing School," he saideraore attention was being
paid to this Babied now than *fete years
ago, stile there was room for improvement.
'Rho great' imperfections consisted of imperfect
articulation of the consonant sounds, follow.
ing the law of ease people wee disposed to
-speak carelessly, and pay little attention to
thread fortes of expression. Teachers !Mould
be the first , to tly to correct these errors of
themselves and pupils. In order to cultivate
concentration and patient centinuity; silent
reading and reprecluetion should be practised
'extefisively. • ' Woirld use the phone method
in teaching elementary reaahig, and pay care.
fed and consta attention to enuneiation. '
After a brief discussion, the election of oft,
&era was pro.' eded :with, and resulted as
follows :-Pre 'dent, Ge W. Holman; Vie.
PieserMittieBlier ; SeeeTreae , Se P. Balls,
B.A...; Committee,, Messrs. H. I, Strang, .B. A.;
Frank Orasweller, Mimes Roberts, H. Murray
and•Hendersone_____,.. " - .,
Mr. H. W. Ball, one, of the trustee. s of the
Goderich public school board, took up gear.
terly payments of teachers. He said he was
not in- sympathy with: quarterly payenierits,
bub was in favor of the system followed in
Gorierieh, namely, paying monthly. Teachers
were very important fie:Persia the state, and
need money as well as other :officials: 'Why
are teachers not treated in .the same manner
as other officers?' The 'system of keeping a
teacher's salary till. the end of the, year. was
not business, it was not honest,' and the Gov.
ernmerit :Mould. step in 'and enforce a differ.
Qnt order of things. It was•diseouraging.apd
hemiliaeleg to teachers to have. to .go on
"tick" as it is ailed, for the bonitnoit neces.
aeries 'of. life; This was especially so .with
young teethere, who had, th payetheitenven
way in securing an education. 'Ile very idea
of OOP discourages thrum; and a teacher
tette beidened. cannot. surely be at, ease, con,
sequently it Mese be detrimental to•the Me
terests of the sthools tinder the care of teach.'
ers tbus treated. Honest- and,faithfue. work
• should. be remunerated well:end promptly.
Mr. Ball coneledea by ethovingettereg
asking the government to .the that the law,
with reference to paying teachere quarterly,
. .
ebeeenfOrth .
. After several,teatheis'hed spoken t • q reso,
lution was put to the meeting and carried.
Inspeetor Tom'then.introdeced." Uniform
Promotion Manninations;" showing its bent!.
lite, as observed -and reported .by ahoss Who
had worked under ihe system. a. Mr. Tom:
classiefed . the advantages ,ce such a system,
under several heads," the.peincipal oi which
being the following: L It fixes the 'Work of
each. elass, 2. '.et gives .the teacher and, pppil
eeettlefieite time, t� perform preseribect ework.
3: It" would strengthen the -telt -therein •hie-pote
sitien and tend. to peetnaneece. 4. A definite
theme ivould 'thrifine the attention ' of. the
t
teacherand pupil, and theieby.seetiee. etteer
and more' leatierremiltee- '5eeSeperior o the
present system, which is too • irregula and
indefinite,..tind .tends to street° incliffereeee.
'The .eespeeter Presented, the case ably,: lime
conotedea- by urging the adeption of. some
-alai system, by the tatielreecaof West -Elam. n,.ar
This -paper , produced a lively discussion,"
*durthg • which many 'valuable . hints were
thrown -out, And much information of impel'.
tenet eould be .gleaned; . .Several mettiods
. were Propesed Me& fully diseassed, finally
• the fallowing iesolatien was carried,. almost
inianienonslyTeat• a compiittee„ composed
of Messrs, Menial, 'Gregory, Holman, Brown,
Crasweller, 0, Baird, sr.; and Inspector Tem,
be eppointed-to draft a scheme for promotton
.examinatitens, that the sante be printed, and.
t seet •to each teacher 'for examination during'
' the half year, that the scheme be'disauseed.
at the nexteineetineein Exeter, and •thatteaoh.
era not present at said meeting be allowed to.
vote by proxy.. . . , , : • • •
... Dr,eMeLelltin thentookup .." Language,"
giving a therough analysis of. ite different. de-
greetaof •development, from its_firskieception
to its 'matureAtitges of Perfeetkine The aim
itt teaching language begone should, be to get
the 'pupil to form true conceptions of things,.
and: language is a true test of the coireetness
(+the ictee or . conception, ,,itepeoduotion of
lessons read was therefore a grand testin this
Work: - Selhelientination-warthe true method
of fastetiingeteguired.knowledge'on the mind,e
bath -teachers and pupils should•doahie eon.
etantly. Every, lessee should, bo a, language
lesson.aed correct fortis of speech shout&
be insisted on everywhere and at 'alletimes.
Clogs honvereation• shoeld be efieouraged t�
develop this, faculty, and ineaotulactingauch.
classes the teacher should:bring the pupils to
:feel that he symptithieed with them, that he
did hot Mt as a -critic, but rather ai; a helper.
An important factor in developing language
was questioning, to lead from the known to
the unknown. Every. teacher should read
extensively, and. remember • that, the mein
,power fo uplift the profession was enthusiasm.
The pleasing feature of all of MteMeLellares
addresses are his familiarity with his Babied,
his etheise and logical ?Mooning, hie genuine
sympathy with the teaoher in his work, and
affability and •unbotinded. humor tied the
thugiasm. ,
This meeting was', withent- doubt, the best
ever held in the District, in point of uenthers
and matters disoutteed. This ehoula arose, a
great .encotiragenattat to the teachers to per-
severe, feeling coraident that their work was
second to none in iniportatiae, in upbuilding
the Moral and intelidetilal worth of the State.
. The auditor, Messrs. Elliott and •Itirolt,
reported the Treasurer's bootte neatly, and,
' correctly kept, and balance oh hand of $42,91.
• Bee . To acknowledge it has been misled • The press reporter feels it bis day to apotia,
• when convinced. that such Is the! ease; or i uation crineot have too • much etiolation, tor ogiezePief°gre‘ileBeralet?leritlichtearnieYeb, neutrattiellet*It'ielr-
!epee the ett guts. of being Of those who i those nations alWaYg take tho read in indlia. tho fact that many teaehers' names are emit-
ity„ thee know beet hew te apply the forces ted who took part, in tho discussion, anti whose
act upon the principle that ,`,' a, lie wel that nature peovided, Intelligenth alwaeg remarks were very valuable and highly ap.
• say he The Naw ERA ,fted other
Reform jdurnals; basing theie opinions On
evidences like tleas following, aloha that
• he did do so : '•-".-at'
Dottie -dolt of Canada, •
. • County'of Haldimand.
1 o Wit : ' •
In the electiotaiii aialclimandafeethe aaaase__lowieg :-" Its minis, brassily. statedeehould
of Commons, heal Sept. 3. and sept..s, A.D. be to -prOmoteesounci-learning and telt-dee-Mb
1, William Thome Autliony; of the townshie
of North Cayuga, in the county of Holdimand,
farmer; solemnly declare : •• .
1. Thee ten an elector' of the Metter/Le-dis-
trict 'of Italdiinancleand voted at the election
held there on 'SePt...8, D. 1880, 'and that I.
'have also Voted at eater deafen since Confed-
eration : '
2. That I am the owner of 125 acres ot land,
• • about three mileti froei the village of Cayeg ,
• irt the county. cif Ilaklinemid, and that ha,ye
resided'all my life a part of the Hied lend :
3. That I was preserit at a. public meeting
held ie the. village of Cayuga, itt. the eounty of
. Haldimand, at the thurthouse of the said county.
of elaldimand, the flist day. of August,A.D.
• le86, at which meeting the Hon. Thos. White.
Mimeter -of the Interior, was the principal
speaker on the Conserv:anti sisle ; and atevInehe
• meeting the told Hon: Thomas White, in the
presence of all these, there and then assenibled,
itiethe midst of his speech, did show .a picture of
Louie Biel with a rope Aroma ais neck, mai
did there and then say pebticly .
' . "Here is one of the new saints of the 'Wuhan
•Catholte Cline& -•
And make 'this solemn declaratain coeici-
entiously believina the sante to be true, awl by
virtue of the act passed in. the,e7th year of Her
Majesty's reign intituled " act for the sup,.
, pression of voluntary arid extraaudicial oaths, '
(Signeah W, AliriioNt.
Declared before me at thee . •
village of Cayoga, iti the
county of Madill:land, this* l• (Signed)
18th day of Septeuriber, A, i jeetee Mgettuera,
• D. 1880, J •3.1'.
The above affidavit is supported by the testi'
mony of Father Bardoiteitnd many other pro-
minent residents of the county preeent ae the
meeting.
It rots: !low with the News.itecord and
Other Tory Sotirnals, either to Troduce
evidence that -the ebove is not trtistworthy,
t3a adojit, tbe" rule followed 'by the Nati'
• would cull:the profesmon of those who merely
went into it as a stepping stone to something,
in their estimation,higher. MreS, Mad sever-
al extracte from a peper read at the Provincial
• Association, by Mr. Dickson., On the subject:
To give the • public a fair idea et the aim of
this propotted College of Preceptor", wagehoee
from a oiretiler with referenee to it, the -fol.
the.intereettoof eduoitionby admitting to tlae
teaching professiewooly those who are fitted
for the work, to improve the position of the
profession; and t'o protect; the public froin in-
competent teachers.' Thee question created'
a lively 4:Tidal-Baron In which many jeined, after
which a resolution aereeine to the ethnic in
West HurOn Reformers.
NOHINATE M. (3, CJAHEItOtr Eon THE Do-
miNiaaT AND HON, A, M. Ross Fon
THE Local,.
everyone knew how the riding had been
sbamefully. gerrymanders. a, and he had
succeeded in holding it I y a email majoree
ty. A week agoehe had 1 elly made up hitt
mind to withdraw from political life; he
had been 20 years ib the harness, and he
thought that some one younger and more
vigorous than be should take his place.
When he coronannicated his .4etermination
to Mr. Blake, thet gentleman had told
hint he would be a traiter, if he deserted
him in the hour of need,: and, he finally
decided that he would still stand shoulder
to shoulder with the treated leader of the'
Opposition, in battling for good govern-
ment and the maintenance of honest pm-
ciples. He then proceeded to deal with
the rniemariagement and mai-administra-
tion of the present government, showilig
the enormous increase that had taken
place in the public debt, exposieg the hy-
pocrisy of the Conservatism; In their N. P.
promises; showitag.the extravagance, cor-
ruption and wholeeale stealing that per-
vaded every department of the public eer-
vice, The Mail had stated that he "dare
not repeat his charges on the timer of par.
liatnent." He did repeat them there, and,
to this clay those charges had not been re-
futed -why? becautte his statements
were taken from the blue bookie homed by
the government itself. He showed how
• Cabinet Ministers had fattened at the
public crib; how their relatives bad been
provided for; how their ,partiaan. papers
Were paid out of the Treasury, and how
three-fourths a the government's support-
ers were .bought and paid for with public
mciney, so that one might as Well eipect 'to
turn daylight int e' darkness, as to get an
independent vote from them: Referring
to the rebellion, he said that vihile. he did
not justify rebellion, if there was :ever
one that was justifiable, it was the one in
the north-west. For eight yeses' the half.
breeds had presented over ?00 petitions to
the government; mitedonaries and mini*.
tees had petitioned: theeegoverninent to
consider • the claims of the half-breeds ;
the northwest council andethe niounted
police had drawn the attention of the
government to the fact that the half-breeds
had claims that should be attended to, but
the imbecile administrators at Ottawa
were deaf , to all, these appeals, and it was
not until the rattle of musketry was heard
'in the land, thee thee.. awoke to realize the
situation. The . people were asked
• to Support this•Gevernment. Verily nay.
It had, been, guilty of shedding bernan
ana for the lives locit in the north.
west should ben held acdountable, From
east ' axed" eev-fronr-n-otth-atiele-sout-he
ocuipiathe news that the Men Who have so
long' mideadminietered the taxi's of the
Dominion .were being swept away,•ancle if• .
the people only stood true' to themselves;
they would :show that the title principles
of which Mr. Blake was the ardent sup-
porteg Would triumph, and the men who.
plundred and pilfered from the teething!
of 'Canada, Would be hurled front power,
and the gevernment handed ' over to mei; •
of lioneet. motives and action;
•'Hoer. A. M. Boss thanked the electors
of , West Huron fore the confidence they
• had expressed in him; and in the minisery
of which he had *the honor to be a mem-
ber, and hdeed that he wouldnot only re-
-taire.a.ttrairagoodateillaahtia:sitoeFlaiinself to
be. worthy of it.. He then entereci into -a
. general resume Of Provincial affairs, and
concluded a epeech of nearly an heur'S
• leneth, amidse tremendous cheering. '
• Cheers for the Queen, and ,candidates
brought enthipiaseite meeting to a close.
La accordance with announcement, a
meeting of the Liberals of West Iiurem
was held at Goderich, on Saturday; Mr.
Charles Girvin, President of the •Associa-
time, in. the chair. There was a good at.
tendanee of the representative men of the
party, and among those :present were the
following
Ashfield -Donald McIntyre, J. 0: Mur-
doch, Wm, McIntosh, John Gibson, Jost
Griffin, Murdoch, J. F. Andrews,H.
Mathieson Duncan Sullivan; Morgan Dat -
ton, John 'Long, R. Harrison, Jacob Cro-
zier, Jeremiah Flynn:.
Colleorne-.Wne. Young, ar„ A.. Sands,
D. McKinnon, James Stewart, A. McKin-
non, John,' Snyder, D. Cemings, Peter
Green, Alex. Glen') T. Gledhill; Thomas
Morrieh, eee. M„Miohring, 'Arch. Malloy,
John 1VIorris; John Buchanan, James Jen-
kins, Dunetto McLaren, Henry Morris, T.
Sallows, A. Robeetson,'F. Blair, 0...Yoting.
• Godeticla tOwnehip-Tcs:'McCluskey, H.
,Hincks A.: Purvis. IL Jennings, S.
WilterleBeeleC u I laglieeeV' Henderson , 'GT .
Cox, Peter McDougall, John Torrance,
• Horace .Newton, molten; Elford,
McGreger. ,
•
W:Wawaumilva-jas. Ross, John Wa;311...
ington, Walter Taylor, Girvin, reev'e.
E. Wawanosh-Robert McGowan, jr.,.
W. E, Brown, Alonza Parker, J. Brown,
Mcedurobie, Dr. Worthing-
ton, jas: Smith, A, H. Manning,-WaCiacits,
Joseph Bowell, R. Holmes'. • .
• Blyili-DA Sloan, J.W. Shalt; J.Moraan.
Mr. • CeSetiger introduced a resolution •
condemning the Franchise Act, and doe
'Mg so; stated that no 'greater rascality was
ever 'perpetrated by Sir 'John •than the
passage of, the: iniquitous Franchise Ad,
by which. he: hopedto steal: the votes
of the people, but thselts to tee lioriesty-
of the Revising Barrister in West..guron,
and the watchfulness of the Liberals it
had meat signally 'failed in its purpo'se.
While the Conservatives had succeeded in
getting a number:T-1f names added before ,
theire-finaleeregisienrethe . Reformers had.f
tilete put on no less than 481 names, and
etre** off 149, or a total -change . Of 621
amea, About 500 naines had to:be
dealt ,with altogether,' an ie ac was so
cemlerous, and' eimehinery for working it
so`mXpensive that he did nee wonder diet
a piece of cruel, godleste unchristian injuatice,
as meau as it is unrighteous."
If our clergymen, who have taken to preach.
ins politics from the pulpit, and are juat now
engaged in dictating to the people who they
shall, and who they ahall not, vote for at
municipal election!, and arrogating to them-
selves the right to interfere insemilar matters,
wauld study the above, it would be better for
themselves, and. for their long.sufferieg con,
gregations. The public; at large are not in *
mood to be dictated to in mauler mattets, by
au arrogant and officioue priesthood, The
public) are quite competent to attend to their
own secular affairs, and what is more, they
intend to do so, and the sooner that political
parsons understand this, and govern them,
eaves accordingly, the better it will be for
all parties concerned. I remain, yours,
KoNesax.
[Our correspondent here alsci loses sieht ed
the real bane in his closing remarks. Wave
ope with him on the point of exemption, tiar
hope to see the day when all ouch favors shall
be abolished. A minister has as muoh right
to discuss all publio questions -Whether re.
letiiig to Morals or polities -as any other citezen, because he is t tot aa.mucla a eitizan-the
law granting him special privilegete and peo.
ple make a mistake in assuming that because
ministers do this, theygo outside of their, ape-
oial province; but in oar judgment it would
be infinitely better for him to be a ratepayer,
beoause his arguments would then !Amy
greater iveight. Many ministers, realizing
this, are paying .taxes their salaries, and
tothat extent, bootee "one of the people."._._
En, NEW ETU.]
. THE CORN EXCHANGE.
To the Editor of. the Clinton New Era,
Sne-A. few words in re:ply to 4013serveree'
letter in the New's-Record of thie week. It
is Marvellous bow, when wanted, people oan
fiod friends who will represent their views so
clearly in print, without any solicitations,
without any urging; Suet as if they had writ,.
ten it themeelites. The abusive portion 1
will leave unanswered; that is not worth a
moment_ even of a poribblereP time. But
the real point at issue I maintain, is begged.
I question no man's right to gamble, or to do
anything he pleases, so long as. it only eon.
coma himself:" • But- when a man,- who is
closely allied to a religious body, by his ace
*tions brings that assembly inee disrepute, he
' is open. to criticism. I am told I did not seek
information in earnest, or I would haee.gone
to somebody who understood the business.
Evidently the manager or his newspaper
se_ribe do pot iinderseand Ole business, or -else
• understand it tee well; to write almitt it Pub.
•
holy, or else they would have giveti thole -•
information on the point. By:writing. the let- •'
ter I did, it was not solely fo ask the QINDiOn of
the editor of the Canares New Ene,. for was
beforeeperfeetly-eonversant-withethategente-ete
man:s opinion. It was to give the manager
a ohaece to justify his positiop t� the public, '
and now, seeing he has not done so, nor has:
he got his friendly seethe to do it, it leaves me
more aonvineed then ever that his positiori is
one that superintendent of a $unday Sclow
should not occupy. •I am still open to argue
mente hoWeyer, and if he will show me that
lam wrong, or•get eorue friend to do it fee
him, so long ea it is done' without any pereot.
al alma land in a'quiet; gentlemanly manner,
as yen .would eipect a Sunday School 8tiper.
intendent to write, for instance, I shall be
very glad to hear from him, and three prove
myself to be indeed • • .•
• Ont Wno NS:0es To RE Tinaur.
. ;Several ether eomenueicationa. one on the
same subject as above, are left thethis week. t. •
. -
OUR LETTER •BOX
• , The .eletebee Elections:
' ...The Provincial Elections dame off : .
the Proving° of Quebec, on Thursday „of
last week, but the actualresult is still ;
eertain. In elle.. last Itouse the Liberala:
enly:had a total of 15 mettibersabat in the, .
present conteet they made a dear gain of fa.
15--seate., The-Globeaelaitns a clear ma:
even the •Conservatives were disgusted
With it.. TO attend to the revision of the
Deniinion lists in the Wept Biding " had
-cost the Ltbetil party' somewhere about
$800,, and it was understood :that it had
cost bur eippeinente alike toga. •
' •
. A resole Mon eulogizing the HOn. Edward
foi lib able leadership ai,f the Rea-
• forth party, was proposed by Ir.:Sloan, of.
Myth, .who, ilia few ,well,chosen:reciaarks;
-whichawerc- heartily-receivedreferreil to
-the sacrificesa Mi. ,Blake . had made, and
his devotion to the interesta. of the Tarty.
•• Mr. A, HaManning, -of Clinton, spoke
to a resolutionof cOnfidetice in the admin-
eistrietion•-of-H-one---MieeieLeevat, and said
that he noticed the only °hared which was
made against Mr.Mowat, et'the reeent
Conservative gathering in Ottawa, was
that, away back in Canada's history, Mr.
Mowat .had voted against Oetawa • being
:chosen, as. the seat of the Dominion Gov -
eminent. Durieg lhe fourteen years of
Mr. Jefetwat'a administration, not a solitary
charge of emisenanagement „omit& be sea-
tained. against. hiin-a fade: which spoke
voltimes in his
• THE NOttiziiTtoNm. .
Nominations being then :called for,
A. MeMurchie, reeve of Clintone said he
had much pleasure item:toeing that Mr., M..
C. Cemeron be.. the candidate. for the Bid-
ing e he lied known • Mr. Cameron for a
long tinae, and "believed he was the Very
the main Was passed.• . beg men we could get to represent, ut in
Zreeireeo sesame • • thee'Domitlion Housg ; he Was a geed
Sootehman as well as a good' grit, .and he
was satisfied that he would be eleeted by
Alarge majority: •
•
Mr. Jos, Griffin reevegief Ashfield, o.
°ended the nethina:tion, This wad the im-
pend time he had the honor of &leg so,
and as he had every confidence in Mr.
Cameron; he believed that if any orieavai
fOrdish enough to oppoite him, Mr. 'Came;
rori•would be returned with it larger true-
jority than ever. • ,••
• Mr. W. Young, ex,reeve of Cloilegrne,
nominated Mr. A: M. Bois, as the Baena
candidate for the Local House. He and.,
Mr. Ross had come to thie county about
'the Same time, and "in all hisdealiogs with
him, had never known liim to be guilt3i of
a dishonorable act. • .• ' •
Mr. S. G. Mindock, of Aslifield, seconed
, .
the nomination. He was only a young
map, but he heid Watched carefully Mr.
Ross' course, and the more he ri,crutinizecl,
hie career, the better he liked him.
NO Other nominations Were Made, these
being marled aeaniniously. A delegation
was then ttOpeinted, to wait on Messrs.
Cameron and Hose, mad acquaint them of
what had been done. When tley returned'
to the hall, both candidates with them,
• they were accorded a heady reception.
ME, 0A111EnOlst said it was one of the
bright epote of a politician's lifo, when he
eould,, realize thatho possessed the oonfi•
-denceleeoLthe people he represented e, he
wag 'Wider obligatione to the :people of
West Huron, and for theiraronewea oonfi-
donee he expreesed his gratitude. When
he accepted the nomination for the riding
stuck to, 14 better than a truth half told.' provera tower to a nation as,well as to an in, ereelatea, but lie attempt bad Iva made to four yams ego, it Was like a forlorn' base;
•
• • -This -session was held in -Rime church, at
which, itt spite of the derke, stormy night, a
large and appreciative 'audience assembled to
hear Dr, McLellan's lecture "Critics (Edam
tioimi) Criticised." The proceedings opined
by deyotional exercises conducted by Mr.
Brown, and a well rendered instrumental by
Pro. Clarkethe efficient organist of i.C.nox
:ehuich. The Deeter, who was roeieed heart.
ily, began by eepgessing the °pleasure it gave
him to see so many preseet, thee testifying
that the people of Goderich were in sympathy
with the teacher and hie weed. This is at! it
should be, for the people appointed the trus-
tees and theerethees indirectly mad e or marred
a athool ; :if truetees were niggardly towards
their teachers, they generally received returns
accordingly, All thould be co.workers with
the teacher; half.hearted sympathy made
hilhhearted teaches. If People Wanted teeth.
ers to teach well, slipped thein liberally, give
them a whole smiled backing and the object
sought would be Well accomplished, Li speak.
ing on the subject of the teacher, the doctor
Mud that critics should not always hove their
own way, for generally speaking there was
very little fairness in it, and the veriest mole
hills were magnified into tnountains. Fair un-
biased criticism was 'eery desirable and Aid a
aeal Of good, ebut the tendthey of the age is
to criticise for its bwii flake. alone,
entl with-
• out having. the Void idea. weatwan being
mitieised, Our system of education haa boon
moiled on emery hand by oritieseetho claimed
to see in it manifold' evils, in the form ot
Over -study, teo much education, dm, hilt he
(the Doctor) did, not See any evidenceof it, A
conligcTIONS. .
jority tot Mr. Mercier. (Liberal). of four
or five. The Mail virtually adinits that
tho goterninent esedefeated by a small ma-
jerity. • The Montreal:. Witness classifiee
them• as? follows :-There are 65 eonstit- '
ueneies, OT these 28 seat!! have been:won'
by undoubted Conservatives, claimed and
bcintpcled, and .30 by lindoubted Liberals
claimed and conceded. There are two or
three-- Iiidependents, which- may go _et.
either eide, but the result, we -think, will, •
be to give. the Liberals • 32 seats andthe
tipieservatives 327 seats. The sikty.fifth •
constitnency, Chicoutimi and SegneneYt.
is yet to elect its member. ' According VI:.
the Witness, either sides will onl ha.ve a •
• majority of 'one, which is not ta
work Oh. Thogains that the iberala.
have 'made slow a strong,thange of smite,
ment. against the Rosa government, large-
ly on the RieLissue, with which the Lecal
comment really bad' nothing to do. '
;Quebec city, which haalitherto returned
three Conpergittives, is this time represent-
ed by•three Reformers, and the only Re-
former who represented Montreal. inthe .
last hotaie was defeated,, while two .othera
. were elected. The Labor candidates in
Montreal pcilled a pretty large' vote, but
not 'enough to get elected. Mt: nation, a
Mjnister in the Boss government, was de- •
feated in Montreal Centre, and bade at
the last election; a majority 0'725. There
were perhaps more constituencies carried
on Thursday last by narrow majorities
than any previous ' election contest.
The Opposition gained Beribier by a ma -
*By ot I vote; Sotilatiges by 4, Quebec
Nest by 10, L'Islet by 1'2, Three Riyers
by 15, Beatileartetes by 20, Richelieu. by
30,,Chainplain by 31. Verehere.s by $2,and
Chambly by s6.. The narrowest Conser.
vative majorities were 26 in Laprairie and '
67 for Martin in Bonaventure, Ben Mer-
cier, the Liberal -leader, was returned by
over 000 of ft. majority the largest major. • •
ity gained.
relealgsirliolthlehlie Clinton
eon 'Aro' tw AEb21.•
e tete
• Deem- Sre,--You will kindly. correct the
following eremite. In the prize Ibis at Blyth
you have P. Hayward first on single buggy, •
covered, which should be J. Brunsdon. Bay • -
field you have T. Tipling .semend. for covered
egggy; the judges aiveraed the whims ia that
ekes to jump seet buggies, „P; Haywited first,
and one from Zurich. seeond,and reconemended
3, Brunsden for bingle bovered buggy'. eClin:
your 'drieing every spoke eliatyoar hub is en.
titled to, but those sinalefieutes around only
ask for the spokeslhat belong to them. We
don:a-went to Wearothers honors..
Yours truly, Emereteme . •
.Londesboie.Oce. 19, 1880. e-• e ' - •
"..r.While we have no objection' to publishing
the above -corrections, we mustisay that every
prize list ,published by tie this season, has been
copied directly:from the secretary's books. It
is very clifficult; even froththee source, to eget
the lists correct, and the public have no idea
Of the trouble to which repprters go to rectify
or prevent etrarie-En. New ERA.
Nee
EXEMPTIONS.
To the Editor of the New Era.
Dean Sim -Over the signature of'Tell.,
in yourissue of the 8th inst., there is feting
letter purporting to ban, reply to an article in
a previous issue, asking why the nine ninon
dollars worth of oiler& Property possessed
by the Methodists should escape 'taxation.
The, letter does not appear to be intended to
throw any additional light on the Babied (for
in lad it does nota it seeina as if simply writ-
ten to gratify an inordinate .egotism, just to -
show how much the writer knew; he °ply
writes at the subject, and not °Ht. 'An ar-
ticle in Truth, of a few years ago, on the same
subject, is so much to the point that I trust I
shell be pardoned for tepeodeoing a part of it:
"Tho vexed question,about exemption
from taxation, for this, that or the other ma-
son, will soon be set at rest, till the exemp-
Montt themselves disappear, and why shouldn't
they, There is no possible defence for' snob
things, which will thand a moment's consid-
eration ; they are only evil, and that continu.
idly. They belong to the worst' and least de-
fensible -kinds of charity, while they make
those who are thus fevered the worst and
most offensive' kind of paupers, and theitnpu'.
dence of the exempt chosen becomes' some.
thing marvelloils. Why should the peer man
• pay the 'taxes of judges and clergymen? Men
withthree, four and five thousand dollars a
year boldly olatm as by late they are entitled
tb have, the nse of all convenienthe, for which
soneebody . has to pay,, without niougy and
Without price, The whole.systere, in every
detail, is a rotten ono; it is based, on faith -
hood, and carried out in every ease with high.
heridea belted*. The history of thew ex-
einptions is a Ver,y significant one, And in the
end has resulteornet in the interest ef then
exenipted; in the meantime Truth cannot hut'
specially remark on the matchless effrontery
of those who eall themselves 'ministers of
atist, forcing Poor widewe and Industrie"ehnies to pay, hot only their own taxes,
but a.she'ae of those of other people as well.
They might as well expect that t he city should
Emptily theta with tea and sugar for nothing;
as that it should give them the use of the
strode, and the peeteetbn of the pollee,
out their being 1106(14o paytheir fair share
of the ettilaY. The whale thing, in short, is
• . ,
• The wheat Situation.
•
The continued cel. eprelealon of the wheSte—e
markets is a subject much discussed' by peo.
dueers and dealers. The !ultimates given by
many leading authorities have been very mis-
leading, and hundreds of farmere. have loth
their -opportunity to Market their wheat at.
bettor prices than can now be realized. The
October renert.of the:U. S. Agrieultural Bu-
reau ahows that the livekage yield is 12- •
bushels to the acreewith some 37,316,000 aorta
harvetited. This would. give 457,100,000
b tithe's, as compared with 857,112,000 busheld,c
the anal estimate of the crop of last year, and
is much above previous estimates. "There is
considerable cliffieulty experienced in fertaing
a correet idea of the surplus stooksor
the amount of flour and wheat hehl iitethe
country by millers and farmers. It is, true
thet an estimate can be formed by comparison
of Ripply and oonslimption for a series of '
years, but it fs this invisible supply that hag
lea many people astray. If the stocks in the
country were known it would probably not.
• be surarising taat uresent prices do not tid.
'canoe. The world'S supply of Wheat is un.
• doubtedly largeo than the consumptiot, but ,
the low prices will in time reflexly this, The
New York 13ullotin seys that at this beginning
of the present crop -ear there weee thine 72,..
000,090 bushels of wheat ihithe I 'nit ea'Stetes, •