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The Clinton New Era, 1888-04-13, Page 3•StM(.. aegt#1011041.0. 4 lOseatslirtesejaelseisa Wes. Pew elatdee•of dress goods—Pay (Ye Cia, DINO pnrcitatiee—W. Ouizuette Ohogy for sale—J. Itidout .Btoree;for sale—New Era Office • Retraction—W. J. Bryant Retend furniture—J. C. Stevenson Medical—Dr Clark yetwary—J, L. Walker Nmiee—Miss Ceulter , Dreesmaking—Miss Trewarthe Seed potatoes—T. Watson •elemnioation—P.• Adamson' (glinton tIC1V Ora FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1888. Scott Act has the fluor this week, and two or three editorials in type and other matter is left out. NEWS NOTES. Manitoba is enjoying a second boom as a result of the abolition of the monopoly. Pour thousand dollars' worth of opium, taken in through Canada has been seized at San Francisco. The Imperial Government has or- dered its Canadian agents to again begin,to bny Canadian horses as, cave!. ry remounts. The New House of Assem- bly has rejected by 20 to 7 the propos- alto send delegates to Ottawa relative to Confederation. Thomas Sholes,a wealthy New York grocer, confessed to selling oleounar- garine and on Monday was sentenced to three months' haprisonment. ""' At the Elgin Assizes on Friday Al- fred 4idley pleaded guilty to the live remaining charges of forgery,and was sentenced to four years in the peniten- tiary. The Court ,of Review on Friday un- aniinously unseated Leblanc, Tory DI. P. for Laval, for bribery and corrup- tion. Ile narrowly escaped disqualiti• cation. 0171110ETTER BOX afting Trees. To the editor of the New Ora. There is an old saying that "all fools are not dead ypt,'and we fruit grower e are very often tested Isy agents calling on us and trying to sell some grand insect proof fruit trees, and we sometimes get said. In some parts of the county there are parties who are strangers peddling and grafting fruit trees, and they are said, to charge high prices. know nothing about them and do no wish to question their honesty, but 1114 we have to depend on hi their glib-: tongue. Any half -sensible farmer can go to his neighbor's orchard andi get a ew cuttings off the new wood mull do his own grafting off the kinds of; fruit he wants togrow. I am informed' that there are persons in town who have made a business to graft trees at. this season of the year, and look after the grafts, and only asks 5 cents each for those that grow. Such persons ea these are the most likely ones to be re- lied upon Yours, Faurr GROWER, A Grievance. To the Editor the of New Era. DEAlt SIR.—1 wish, in a few sentences: to thaw attention to a matter which re- lates to the Reading Room of the Me- chanics' Institute. Are there any rules restricting those who peruse the Papers, to any limited time? If not, I suppose one may ;sit down and take pos- session of 4 paper for a whole hour, ut- terly regardless of others who May wish to get a glance at the same. It has been my misfortune to go to thti Reading Room for the purpose of; seeing some particular portion of the columns of a paper, and be compelled to go away again, without having done so, simply because sonic young swain hasdnonopolized the paper, not for the purpose of reading its contents, but to exchange ideas with some young wo- man who is as thoughtless. and regard- less of the privilege of others as he is himself. If these young men and women who are in the habit of doing this, wish very much to speak to each other, I think the best and most proper way would be to have the young man call on Miss So cs• So, at her own home, where there would be no danger of inflicting their small talk on any persons but them- selves. Yours truly, Mr Norquay has rented a farm near 1 SUFFEU!':1:. Strathclair, in the neighborhood of ' CLIN'ION, April lith.. 1f488. one recently purchasi 4 by his son,and bestial probably go upon it during tire summer. Ottawa Journal (Independent Tory) says:—That- the Liberals have got a solid hold onQuebec is unmistakeable. Every by election,whetuer Dominion or Provincial, shows this. The Bill prohibiting the bucket shop method of gambling in stock s,etc, has passed the Dominion Senate and will likely be adopted by the Com- mons, as it is a Government measure. Farmers in Sodth Dakota find the cost of raising wheat leaves such a minimum of profit that they contem- plate abandoningwheat growing in the futtire and raising corn instead. It is proposed to have a general celebration throtighout Manitoba over the settlement of the monopoly question on July 1, It is expected by that time the Red River road will be in operation. So many French Canadians are re- tarning from New England to Que- bec that additional cars have to be attached ler their accommodation. They report that work is slack in the 'trick fields and factories. Henry' Gilchrist, tail -sawyer in Maxwell's mill, in Sullivan township,' sneer Owen Sound, while swinging a slab around from the edger, Was thrown across the circular saw and instantly killed. The poor fellow's -• boby was completely sawed through below the breast. High Constable Gale of Quebec city;arrived in Toronto Gale, the warrant for the arrest of David • Creighton, manager of -the Empire,on • a charge of criminal libel preferred by Hon Honore Mercier, Premier of Quebec. Police Magistrate Denison endorsed the warrant. The April statistical returns Co the , United States Department of Agricul- ture show that the eendition of winter wheat is 82 per cent. of an average crop, which is lower than in recent • years, excepting only 1883 and 1885, when the averages were 80 and 76 re- spectively. John and David Bowman, aged 82 and eighty-four years, living together and alone in Midhursts near Barrie, were burned to death on Saturday afternoon. They were seen walking yound in the morning all right. ' In see Afternoon the neighbors discover- ed the house burned to the ground, and nothing but the charred bones of the poor old gentlemen left. The ori- gin of the fire will never be known. The total revenue of the Dominion for the nine months ending March 31st was $25,709 312 82, being an in- • crease of nearly $620,000 over the cor- responding pericel of the previous year The expenditure for the same period was $23670, 286,38, showing a sur- plus for the nine mouths of $2.039,- 026,44. The net:debt of the Dominion was reduced during March $1,193,693 87. Vie Votes. To thi; Editor of the Oil tun Xi' Err!. DEAn Sm.—•The cause now agitating the good people of Huron County, has but two sides. One goes for drunken- ness and the other goes against it. Every vote must be given on this point, simply because the question has no other. Every man will either vote for temper- ance, sobriety, industry, 'domestic peace and prosperity, or for the con- tinuation and increase of those baccha- nalian brawls which have been so long Canada's greatest curse. Let every voter on the morning of the 19th, hold up before his mind's eye a picture of the drunkard's wife, the drunkard's child. Look at that broken heart— that bruised frame,, mark the utter hopelessness of the poor woman, who a few years ago was a happy girl, a blooming and beautiful bride. All is nosy changed, and why? The answer is seen in the red bloated face of the drunkard who sleeps on the cabin floor. He deemed the Scott Act a failure, and unscroupulous law -breakers planned his fall and the ruin of his family, and succeeding, they Warne the law. In this way, grog has pulled the wool over the eyes of men who would .Corn the idea of abetting the craft that ruins both body and soul. So ef- fectually is this done, that those good men really believe that the Scott Act increased drunkenness. A moment's reflection, however, would, or should convince them that this is as erroneous as to say the light of the sun increases darkness. The Scott Act is to be judged by its "letter" and not by the manner in which it has not been in - forced. Opposers of the law have worked hard to defeat it. Boys, and probably, some men, have been induced to drink, who aforetime were total ab- stainers, and every such lapse from sobriety has been, so artfully charged upon the Scott Act as to catch the un- wary and cause them to also give their 'vbice and influence against a law which, if rightly administered, would •put an end to drunkenness. Further, the enemies of temperance have succeeded in making a few good men believe it wrong to enforce the Scott Act. 'These men are just a little peculiar, they denounce all espionage, yet exonerate the lawbreaker who covertly sells grog. If it is wrong to break the law, it. is right to punish the criminal. If the law is broken secretly then it is right to 'beard the lion in his den,', and trip him in his own game. To dispute and wrangle about figures and delinquencies, is of little use at the present crisis. On one Side is the progress of truth and the ennobling and elevat- ing of mankind, on the other is his de- gradation, his fall to assitate of misery which naught but grog can produce. Every vote tells for good or evil, for weal or for woe. Remember each ballot may save or lose an immortal soul. SCOTT ACT. A sensation was caused in St Thomas, on Friday, when it became known that a man ealling himself Dr C. H. Whiting had been arrested at Dutton on a charge of ravishing the eleven -year-old daughter eta re• spectable citizen of that place. The offence is alleged to have been com- mitted on two occasions at the Grand Central hotel in St Thomas, on the 10th and 17th March. Whiting was brought before a Dutton Magistrate and remanded to it Thomas gaol ft r trial. The ManitobaGovernment have rt. ceived half a dozen notices from so- licitors of promoters of different rail- way lines, of the intention to apply for charters of incorporation. On Friday they were waited on by a de- putation from Brandon, who laid be- fore the Ministers particulars of the proposed Brandon, Souris & South- western and Brandon &Southeastern railways. In reply to a question as • to whether the Red River Valley railroad would be continued as a Provincial enterprise or the Govern- ment will open negotiations with pri- vate corporations for its completion, Premier Greenway replied that the road would be completed at once by the Government and the Province will retain the ownership of the road to secure an independent entry into Manitoba and give confidence to the people that there will be no opportu. amity for monopoly or pooling in fu- ture. • CORRECTION. Seriptnre which formed the basis of my remarks, as your correspondent men- tioned only 0.14P of the*, They are the following, 14ekiel5 33r4 chapter, an, the last part'of the ath verse, and 'lu- mens, 14, 1.3. • Yours, eta., A. Mamas. Manse, Blyth, April, 9, 1888. [Nore.—We regret that that bere should have been any errors in our re- , port, for our correspondent here, as elsewhere, always tries to be correct. In this case the errors, while unintention- ally placing Mr McLean in a false posi- tion, do not materially affect the ser- mon proper.—En. NEW Elza.,J Another Correction. To the Editor IV the New Era. SIR.—Wbile scanning o'er theisolimuns of your last issue, I notice the chron- icle a an event which must have occur- red at a more recent date. The Hullett correspondent of your last issue must have fell asleep and had the glorious apathy of participating ill a dreani; ox - else this event, this myth, in your last issue must have occurred in the.preced- hig year, instead of time present; and this malicious person is a little late with his information; and mistaken the name of the teacher, as he had 'the im- pertinence to insert mine in your paper. The parents of such pupil should be very careful not to scold a child until they are well aware of the offence committed. "As public reproof is very dangerous." And I may say to this correspondent, if he was as well versed in the laws of itimarality as he was in the laws 'pertaining to school,. he would' not stoop to insert such a piece of malig- nity in the public print. Haying to ash m the gracious pardon of your •corree- pendent for inserting this contradiction hoping it will not injure his reputation as a correspondent. Thanking you for the space in your valuable paper, I re- main; yours &c., E. F. K. Teacher --• • • — MR EDITOR.— Having read in smal- lest weeks' paper a false accou»t 14 a party at the residence of Mr Guy Hicks, I feel it my duty, out of justice to the ones who comprised this party, and al- so to Mr Guy Hicks himself, to state to the public that the acconnt !liven is al- together a deliberate falsehood. Any one who knows the fine gentlemen who related such a ridiculous, story, could scarcely expect anything better from them,though it does seem strange that in this age of culture and refinement, any on could be found so ignorant and do - graded, That there was a sleighing party is perfectly true, and a more intelligeot and happy party could scarcely be im- agined. In regard to the ' amtisements of the evening, t must say, that no uch nonsensical songs were ever sang and co such recitations ever given, nor even a lampexplosion occurred. Though there was plenty of good singing and any amount of other entertainments. Had any one thought the details of this party' beneficial or interesting to the public, a correct account could have been given. The actual and positive' reason why the ones who related this thought they would east a slur on this private party is, that they were sneaking rotund the boys, trying to get an invitation, but the select party could not feel justified in associat- ing with such low people, who go stick- ing themselves into every person's busi- ness and trying to ridicule sooiety be - 'cause they cannot take a part in it. If a certain gentleman would stay at home and mind his OW11 business, if he has. any, and if none, Wellington Boots from Bombay, might be grateful for any assistance he Might- be able to give, and if he would stop chumming with that gentleman who (hives the Fanny mare with the spring check it might be to his own dvantage and that of the surrounding country. I might ' mention„ that if he has any more leisure time, he might amuse himself by hunting up the lost ;jewel' of the family. Yours truly,— P. S. Oh boys, don't get in a 'panic" because you do not get an invitation to a 'Carty. The Saintly Songsters, of St. Stephens, "Thirst for Gore." (CONTRIBUTED) "1 can thrash the whole crowd of you, so I can; Sullivan Mitchell & Co. where are you, your prowess pales be- fore that one man to fight six." The young butcher of the 6th, must be' on his muscle, for I heard him and an- other young man with whom I am un- acquainted, make the above statement, in the shed of St. Stephens church on Sunday last. Now sonnier take a friend's advice and don't spend your muscular force in reducing the fortunes • of a fallen house, for you may depend it is fir 3 you will get if you face six angry men, and allow rue to inform you there - is one amongst the crowd you have al- ready had to strike your flag to, and hest time you meet a person you dis- like at the house of God, instead of making an unseemly brawl, just take out your prayer book and read over' your duty to your -neighbor, and it will do you good in more ways than one. Your sincere well-wisher, A BYSTANDER. Goderich Township, April 3rd. re the Editor of the Clinton New Era. Ste,—My attention was called to a sermon, in your paper last week, preach- ed by me en the 1st inst., on the subjefft of temperance. As the report is er- roneous, and makes me say what is not true, and what I did not say, I ask space for this letter, to make the necessary corrections. 1st. Your correspondent asserts that I stated " that at last meet- ing of the Ilui•on Presbytery it was unanimously resolved that all ministers should deliver a sermon on temperance." Now, I made no such statement. The Presbytery of Huron did not resolve that its members should deliver a set.. mon on temperance; as Clerk of the Presbytery this correction is necessary, in justice to my brethren in the Presby- tery, as well as to myself. What I did say was that the Presbytery instructed its 'ministers to read from their pulpits certain resolutions on torriperance,which were adopted at last meeting, and which, I underStand, were published in the New Ens. '2n1, I made no comments on the state of matters at Bayfield, only stating what one of the aforesaid reso- lutions affirmed, fer which resolution I am not personally responsible. 3rd. Your correspondent -says that I began my discourse with "apologica.1 introduc- tory remarks." I presume he meant "apologetical" instead of "apological." I male no apology in beginning my discourse; my words were, "It is not • necessary for me to make any apology to this congregation, for preaching a sermon on temperance, as I was in the habit of preaching such sermons to you now and again, 'before the Scott Act was thought of." The idea that I sought to convey was, that however others might feel like making apologie@ for preaching such sermons, I felt that no apology was necessary from me. •I may as well give the passages of The Bible and the Bottle. that whiskeyselling and drunkenneris,, is a nuisance and a hindrance, to the prosperity; of ra edge% Wia0; 1)fteagalli of X4Q-P49- Asa Said that there .ta AB ;111130b diff§tence between, prohiti.4oe. qua five drinking as there betwesin saragery and avjlizattou. No ooesenrely,wanta to go back to savagery. Once more, if wee man, in a particular way in the begin- ning, sufferathrough the deception of the Old serpent which she never heard of, is that any reason that she should continue, in a paetioular Way, to suffer from that thing mankind is warned of as stinging like an adder. It is high time the venernoue reptile was ;smashed on the head. Surely man'einhamanity to women mekes coantleas thousands mourn. AISCHD. MODOtioaLL. Porters Hid, April 9th. The Burning Question. To the editor of the Clinton New Era. DEAR SIR,—Amoug the questions that affect the social and political welfare of our country to -day, none equals in im- portance the temperance question. Peo- ple heretofore indifferent, and commu- nities unorganized, are beginning to awaken to their responsibility for the existence of this great evil, strong drink. The public conscience, which is the sum of individual consciences, has long seemingly been dead, here and there only a feeble proteet compared with what ought to be the stand taken against this arch destroyer of human happiness and prosperity. Before entering upon the disuission of this subject we would say that the positicavezsaseese is not from any feeling orMalice or enmity towards those per- sons engaged in the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors, nor Would we do them the least injury in person or property, except in a moral way, but we have no hesitation -in saying that we are an uncompromising enemy to the liquor part of the business in which they are engaged. And why, because it is the enemy of God and humanity; of God, because it defies his laws, blas- phemes his name, and stands in direct opposition to his saving gospel. To hu- manity, because its tendency is to blight, kill, and drag down to remedyless woe, him who makes, sells or drinks the fatal poison, also him who kmlowingly author- izes and sanctions the doing of the same. Instead of a feeling of enmity towarde the persons engaged in the deadly work, we rather pity, for we know the end thereof is as fatal to them- selves as their victims. This is a sub- ject not to be treated in apologetical ternis. The consequences that flow from this huhunian traffic are the most terrible and appalling known in the list of human suffering, and any descrifition of it that is not equally terrible and graphic. conics short of the truth. There have been but two distinct me- . thods of grappling with this subject, namely, LICENSE, (Ht PROHIBITORY ME \SURES. It is our purpose to show that license, high or low, so far from being what is claimed for it, ,a compromise in which a step is ,gained in the direction of tem- perance, is a delusion and a snare, and that those individuals, however well- meaning they may be, who by vote or,. influence of whatever chars.eter,expross. ly permit, authorize and sanction, for a money consideration, the dealing in an article that is the real cause of so much shame, wretchedness and death, are doing exactly the work that Satan wants them to do. It is every indivi- dual's business to examine thoroughly into what he proposes to authorize and sanction by his vote and influence. Do temperance men do that wheii they vote to authorize their fellow -men to engage in the most infamous business known to the world. Impossible; the whiskey business, where it if conducted solely for the purposes of'getting people's mo- ney away from them, giving no real ,value in return, has no redeeming fea- ture; among all the infernal powers and influences at work to destroy mankind, that Satan has thus far invented, we believe strong drink outdoes them all combined. We can scarcely conceive of a greater blasphemy than for an in- dividual to charge the almighty with being the author and creator of the de- mon of destruction, and yet we often hear men tell us God made alcohol. -- Sirs, from the fact that you and I can conceive and speak a lie, will we have the hardihood to say that God is the (slither and creator of it; and yet there is not one spark more tenth in saying that God made strong drink, than there is in saying that He makes a lie. As well might his creatures charge hint with being the author of the chiefest of evils. The truth is ads, allwrong is right perveted ; that which was created to sustain 1„s perverted into' that -which destroys life, yea, it is a double destroy - or, killing body and soul, sems es site s-u•cassee se:Mamma: MEN PRoPOSE 111011 'LICENSE, its the invereign remedy for tile evils of thi, . traffic, but high license, low license or tax in any form, is wrong in princi- pal aim)' unsound in policy. The mo- ment 'you put a license fee; upon any- thing other than in the nature Of a pen- alty, that instant you put it upon a le- gal, if not a moral footing. It statids, so far as the law is concerned, on aa're- spectable a footing as the most honor- able and upright business. It is every individual's business to examine thor- oughly into what lie proposes to author- ize and sanction by his vete and influ- ence. One of the 'recognized principles Of law i5 that a contract to do an immoral act is absolutely void, and that being true, every license Ito sell intoxicating liquors as a beverage is morally and legally void and. ought to be so adjust- ed. There are but two questions to be determined to snake thele n lOsion irre- futable; namely, is a license in the na- ture of a contract? and is the liquor traffic an immoral business? We hold the affirmative of both questions. As to the first proposition we have not the time to follow out the argument, but ask the people not to forget the comic- quences involved. The results measure the act. No fine spun theory, that the act itself, of handing this article of poi- son from one person to another is no immoral act. None will refute this conclusion. It wont do. Mark the re- sult, and what are the results. They are not only highly immoral. him t crim- inal amid of the deepest dye. Nor will it answer the argument to say that some of our judges lave never acknowl- edged such a contr void; the fact is that many of then ye been its vie - tints, and have no tight of moral power left to resist it. T e worst phrase of the evil is the direet &tilt of tax- ation.o Nuntil this taxn.tio was put upon the traffic could men afford to engage in this business alone. The first ()est of spirits is barely nominal compared with the price for which it is ultimately sold, but when this fictitious value was added men could engage in the business ex. elusively, and by means of compounds and adolterations of the most deadly nature, it has been possible to resum large profits, so that to -day the manufactur- ers and dealers are able to corrupt leg- islatures, and contribute large sums to defend their criminals, and by violating a prohibitory law, defeat the will of the people and the ends of justice. What a harvest from this system has the com- munity reaped. A haryest of criminals tramps, paupers end lunatics, and a harvest • of death, Throw the entire taxation off the liquor traffic, and you kill the business as it is generally con. To the &Wmr of the Clinton New Era DEAR SIB. Temperance for Some time has been making a steady advance and every inch of the ground has been stubbornly ,contested by the liquor party. That things are lint as bad in the County of Huron ncsa Its they were twenty or thirty years ago, is due to the exertions of the temperance people, not their opponents. There are battles yet to be fought, and, it may be that lives will be hist. If men were bold enough to speak out accord- ing to enormity of the esi I it would be the case. Southern slavery had its martyrs, its admirers and sympathisers mu thd north and in Canada, who laugh- ed at the tears of families broken up and parted forever. It is respectable nien in the church and out of thu it that are the backbone of tlw grog business, but let such men re. member that the poor African slave did 110t Stied tears . alone, many a fa- mily maurned on account of the great national sin. The slave driver with the lash in one hand and the bible in the other, conli not save slavery. Let the electors of Huron beware of the wolves who come to them in sheep': clothing, to uphold the slavery of strong drink, let them also be on their guard aeainst the tactics of whiskey sellers nod their allies, when they appear to be sorry that there is so much drinking, so much perjury, so much speaking, will they listen to the words of that Christ, whose name they take into their sinful and pointed lips,when he says: "Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye, be- ing evil, speak good things, for out of the abundance of the heart the month speakbth." Whiskey sellers sorry? Why, satan divided against himself, his kingdom would soon come to an end. Is it helpless woman and children that is to be protected or is it the drunkard manufacturer, is a question which should concern the voter, and let it be remembered by all that is a real enemy we have to contend with, and we do not need to go to the Bible to find out dueted, fr one Mara oPlitel, supply the quantity which it *ken e dozen to do, and then not tpahe a living. Could our towns; and cities, ass rule t support more than one man to deal in flour alone? No, we venture to say that the entire profits on the barite consumption trade would' not exceed a living business,— The manufacture of flour costs more than the -manufacture of spirits, while the gale of flour has the advantage over the sale of points in that it Man article of universal and daily consun9tion,and the latter is not. Oh, the height, and breadth, and depth of the iniquity of this tax and license system. The height rises up to the throne of an offended God, the breadth encompasses a world, and the depth sinks into indescribable woe. The Prohibitionist is accused of be- ing an advocate of free drinking, We admit it with this qualification, first, no rum; second, free rum: If men must have rum, let him have a gallon for the same as he now pays for a gill. Why in the house of outraged justice, add to the crime of destroying men's bodies and kills to further crime of robbing their helpless families. Liquor men vote License, if you expect to maek your business secure, you have no reason to doubt that the men who will spend and be spent to obtain your preparation, will stay at any price you ask, so Fong as it is universal and uniform. Vote license, throw gold dust in the eyes of the corporation and you can carry your accursed traffic on for- ever, unless an outraged God arises in his displeasure and sweeps us all away as with a besom of destruction. Men who drink vote repeal and no license. Why support, by your in- dustry, so many when a free drink can supply your appetite. Prohibitionist vote for the extinction of this the crying, evil of all eyils. A few remarks on the Revenue argu- mitukit. This is one of the most danger- ous phrases of the whole temperance problem. Mark the vicious circle in which the argument is run, the effect becomes the cause and -the cause the effect. More money to make more whiskey to make more crime, to nessi- tate more money to make more whi to make more crime, and so on in t fatal circle. And again, the revenue idea is dangerous because nothing so blinds the eyes and stills the conscience as the love of money. Humanity is prone to look with toleration upon evils that do not seem to conic immediate• ly home to themselves, especially so where it has the appearance of putting dollars and cents into their pockets. Make the traffic pay the expenses it creates, an utter impos•ibility. The question ought to come home to every individual, what attitude shall 1 tttke before God and humanity, to be SHIT of standing on a solid foundation? These are two methods of dealing with this question, and only two, Prohibition or the Licenae System. This system is sinking its roots deep into the very basis of ..our social and political system. PropoSe the question of, No Licence, in any of our towns and cities to day, what would be the. first objection offered.? Would it be that we would destroy a good temperance law? Never. Business, and so called tem- perance men,would say at once, "Why, you cut off our revenue, you disturb the financial affairs of our city govern- ment and country, you would leave us' crippled, that won't do, we get a large revenue from the traffic, it helps to pay our taxes and helps to defray the expense the business puts upon us." See if that is not the argument. For the sake of restriction, that is more in the imagination than in reality, the pretended temperance advocates con- sent to fasten by their high license, this mighty evil, with a giant's grasp, yes, what is more, they stultify them, seves by giving their legal and moral sanction to what their conscience tells them is wrong- Let every man who thinks he votes conscientiously for high license of any kind, stand alone with God and asklihnself this (juestion, is the traffic productive of that which God and litunaluity harmonizes in? Be not deceived, God is not mocked. for "what a man sows that shall lie reap." May the right prevail and free us from the rule of king alcohol. FA1131EIt'S SON. uy It s Til URSDAY, A PRI E. 19, 1888. To the Editor of the Clinton New .Ero. Si it,—On the above named date the voters of' the county of Huron will de- cide whether the Scott Act shall live or I lie. Alter the Able letters of Mr Wilkie, there remains little to he said, but I wish, before it is too late, to want those who -interim] vu in against the Repeal, of what, they wi I I be guilty of, if successful. I wish at this point to slate, that many who support. the Scott Act t am` proud to inclede among my best friends, men whose sinserity I cannot fail to respect, and who I fully believe, while not agree- ing with them in their views, are actuated by the nobleat;ahns. As we all know there are in their ranks those, whose conduct Calls forth the bitterest reproach, the most profound contempt. I refer to some who pose as advocates of temperance, members • of churches, voters for the Scott Act, and yet who on the sly violate the law. I respect the drunkard in com- parison to this stamp of hypocrite ! We have now had the Scott Act on the scene for three years. Surely in this time we can judge of its merits, if it has any. Some say it has not ; been enforced all thet time, Suppos- ing it has not. Nobody will deny ; but that it has been enforced, so far I as the powers that be ever can enforce it, for the past twelve months. I in - elude Bay field. What do those past ; twelve months show? Nothing less than this : That when the Scott Act is enforced as far as it can be, drunk- enness is as rife as ever. Anything more? Yes. We bare lying, deceit, perjury, hypocrisy, crimes of violence, attempts to murder, arson, open de- fiance of law, and a generation grow - 'jug up around us accustomed (rein infancy to the sight of a law on our statutes being treated with utter con- tempt. For myself I make no secret about it, that I will never be dictated to by any man, or body of men, as to what I shall eat or drink. You may make what laws you please on this point, I will be my own judge in spite of fate. We are also told that the Scott Act, although not accomplish- ing all its advcc ttes would des re, yet it is doing fairly well. Who says this? As a rule, ministers,\Vhat do they know about it? Mostly, if not tiltogf Pier wholly, what they read or are told. Is there one minister in this town, who has endeavored by practical experience to get at the truth? I venture to say not one. And yet they are called guides of the people. We. know what happens when guides are blind; "both fall into the ditch." I venture to assert, that if the ministers in this town, or any other town in Huron, would • spend one whole Sunday in such a position that they could see for them- selves the chinking that is going on all around on that day, we ,bhoUsld hear no more of their advocating the Scott Act. For have I not said, I believe they are actuated by the nobr lest aims, altheugh grossly deceived, I speak with the more confidence. be- cause at the first I myself was in favor of the Scott .A.et. Indeed, I have been told I was an bumble instrument in bringing it here—I would do any- thing to stop the drunkard in his downward path. Heaven forbid that I should advocate a retrograde move- ment. And yet I am convinced, that under a license law (make it as high as you please; the nigher it is the better) we should have an infinitely preterable state of things to what we have now. Some say to return to li- cense is wrong, because it is lidensing an evil, making a wrong legal. Is not this a play upon words? Does not anybody'know that to license, say at $400 a license, would be in fact to restrict fifty fold more than at present. What is there in a word? If Scott Act means free drinking, as it does, and license means pro- hibition to a certain extent, give us license. Only last Sunday I saw a gang of about a dozen young men un- der twenty, showing unmistakeable signs of all having been in a tavern. I never once saw such a thing under the Crocks Act. I spoke to a farmer the other day, a strong advocate of the Scott Act, who supported it on behalf of a drunken relation. I said, " Well, has your relation been one day less drunk for the Scott Act?" He auswered, "No, I cannot say he has." Testimony of this kind could be multiplied ad infinitum. Then cui bono? Let those who vote on the 19th look well to what they are doing. A terrible responeiblity rests upon them. Let every voter vote, and I fear not the result. Those who vote against the Repeal will have it on their consciences that they are foster- ing untrammelled drunkenness, en- couraging violence, perjury and hy- pocrisy ; while those who vote for the Repeal will at least have the consola- tion of knowing they have done all in their power to bring this evil tinder some sort of control. timely we have a better eel nion of the people of Hal- ton, than to believe the Globe's hum- bug about how it was all done. They have hal it hitter experience, and have risen up like men and cast this vile, useless law to the winds., let the voters of Huron follow, their good example, and let us at least do some- thing to prove, that not only do we desire to stop the evil of drunkenness in our midst, but that we can and will act like men possessed of some intelligence. Yours, etc., JOHN RANSFORD. Stapleton, April 10, 1888. Canada Temperance Act. To the editor of the New Era. Sim—As there appears to 'be some uncertainity as to the proper steps to be taken for the appointment of agents to act at the several polling stations for and against the Petition, and as several electors have written me for in- formation, I have taken the • liberty of sending yeti this communication, ex- plaining what I consider my duti es are in the matter referred to. Section 20 of "The Canada Temper- ance .Act" is as .follows: "At the time and place named in the proclatna- tion the Returning Officer shall by in- strument in writing, signed by him, appoint from and out of such persons as apply to him to be so appointed one person to attend at each polling station and two persons to attend the final summing up of the votes as agents on behalf of thy persons interested in and desirous of promoting the adoption of the Petition, and the 'same of those op- posing the Petition. Under this section I think I have no power to appoint agents or give them certificates as such unless they appear before me on the 16th prox., at the town hall, Goderich. No doubt this would be very inconvenient to the ma. jority of. thoseslesiringto act as agents. However, by Section 23 of the Act the difficulty is got over. This Section states: "In the absence of ally one authorized, any elector can act upon making mod subcribing before the De- puty Returning Officer the requisite de, (Aeration." • The forms for same the Deputies will have. The Statue as per Section 20 allows two persons on each side to attend at the final summing up of the voters op the 211th pros, These should be ap- jminted under my signature on the 16th from those attending before me on that date for that purpose. I remain, yours, CAMPBELL. Returning Officer, C. T. A. Goderich, April 7th, 1888. COUNTY CLIPPINGS. The Cream of our Local Exchanges. - Wm. Danehas b5ught the Bingham farm south of Gerrie, for $4,000, • Walter Hannah has rented his; farm near Harlock, in Hullett, to Mr John McCallum, of McKillop. Mr N. T. Adams, Kinburn, who is a decided horse fancier arid succeesful breeder, has a "Boreland Chief" colt which stands 115.1 hands high, girths 6 feet 8 inches and weighs 1365 /be, FLOW WQ VOTR, if you are in favor or the Scott Act marl g your ballot ato under: For the Petitioh. Against the Petition, "Against the Petition" is for the Scott Act. Make no mis- take. BORN aii0LLAND.—In Goderich township, on the 6th inst., the wife of George Holland, of a daughter. MARRIED HOLMES—NISBET—On March 28th, by the Rev. A. Stevensen,Wm. Holmes, of Grey, to Mrs Nisbet, V Elma. YOUNG—MOIR—At Hensall, on March 30, by Rev R. Y. Thompson, M.A., RD., Robtrt D. Young, of Wingham, to Aggie Moir, of Mansell. JERMYN—ROE—At the residence of the bride's father, on March 28, by Rev Wm, Tor- rance, Jabez Jerilyn, of East Wawanosh, to Martha Roe, of MeKillop. BEIRNES—WOLF—At the residence of the bride's father, on March 28, by Rev Mr Clulf, Francis J. Beatles to Maggie, third daughter of Jacob Wolfe, of Grey. DIED CAMERON.—In Stanley, ou the 7th inst., Christens., wife of John Cameron, age,d 87 years and 5 months, BALKWILL—In Exeter, on the 8th inst., Charlotte, wife of John 13alkwill, aged 61 yrs. I month and 29 days, H. FOSTER PHOTOGRA.P HER CLINTON - • - _ lirw larertiorment$. 1ENERAL SERVANT WANTED— Appl • to MRS, W. DOHERTY, High Street. e sorraws To RENT, CENTRAL location • Terms reasonable. Apply at the NEW ELIA aim. (101M GENERAL SERVANT 1VANTED-- 1.3" Apply to MRS. THOMAS JACKSON, sic., High Street, Clinton. _ 111 OP BUGGY.—Falt SALE A SINGLE -L top buggy, nearly now,will be sold cheap, .JOHN ItIDOUT, Clinton. Jjoasn FOR SALE,- A GOOD, STRONG working horse, just the thing for -it sarm• er, win be sold cheap. Apply at the NEW ERA office, Clinton. JJ. WALKER, VETERE1ARY SURGEON. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Col- lege, Telegraphic messages promptly at- tended to. Office —Londesborough, Ont. 1"DETRACTION. — I HEREBY PUBLICLY Lapologize that I have been scandalming certain persons' eharacters, and I sign this apol ogy before witnesses. GEORGE '0, BRYANT. Hullett, March 20, . TO THE LADIES OF CLINTON—THE undersigned wishes to intimate to time - ladies of Clinton, that she has started her dressmaking business in die ro„oms over the Dry Goods Palace, where she will be pleased to attend to all who favor her with their cus- tom. Entrance from side door on Ratten - Miry Street. Apprentices wanted. MISS Tit EWARTHA. XTOTICE.— WHILE THANKING THE LA 11 dies for their patronage in the past and asking for a continuance of the same, I wish • to call attention to the fact that I have re- moved to Huron Street,e, little west and near- ly opposite the commercial' hotel. where I am prepared on short notice, to all orders in all departmonts of the Corset Line both promptly and satisfactorily. Mrs. Way's old customers will tind it much to their advan- tage to give me a call. Mrs. J. LangfOrd, agent lox- LlteliBOW; Miss Si. Hunter, agefft or Hensall. E. J. COULTER Clinton, April 11th, 1888. • - Nr.w. PAINT SHOP. KAISIER,..t WILSON. Desire to announce that they have opened H. shot! on Albert Street, Clinton, next to Glas- gow s' store. Being practical workmen they Delieve they can give satisfaction to all who entrust their work. l'armi ILacsorse, KAL- SOMINLNO, PAINT1ND, GRAININC, AND (TILING DECORATIONS, &C., ex.:00Wd on the shortest notice. Orders respectfully solicited. •- / 1OUNTY OF HURON EXAMINATIONS, Piss. Seciond aid third class nomprofeS- Sit nal examinations at the Collegiate rush- tntes and High Sehools in the county, on Tuesday, 3rd J uly; ad 8:40 a.m. First C., July loth, at 8:40 a. andida tem who wish to Ox -it' at either CI intim or Seafortn Inuit no- tify D. 11, Mar,Locu, Esq,, P. 13, Inspector, Clinton p, 0., ma letc r than the 21st of May, stating \OH ch cf the too schools they intend to write at, and those who wish to write at ust notify- dons N. TOM, Esq., P. Inspector, Gralc•rich 10.. at,thesame date. The notice in ust be accompanied by a fee of or c81,0 if th e candidate applies for the 1st class as well as 2nd class examinations. . No naine will be forwarded to the Department unless thg. fee accompanies it. Head Masters of the Collegiate Institutes and,High Schools will Opine send the applications of their can- didates.to the Inspector of the division in which the Colh•giato Institute. or High "School is. situated. Forums of application may he had from the Secretary. 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