The Huron Signal, 1889-6-28, Page 1•
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NEW ADVERTISEMENT&
Item perm—J. J. Wight.
Pine Tmllerlag—B. MaoComma
BORN.
Wai.asa-la Ocderfeh, on June Mb, the
wire td Mr 1... Walker, of a son.
MARRIED.
Corr--Durres—At the Northern Congrega-
tional
tte j Toronto, ea the Iitk inst.
the Rev. JW. oe Benoit, r Y.D., amWetl
byyt Copp.orA-. Mr. WiI-
Jall• t' • unto., ..000d ('perk C..1 to
LM the
Yrederlck Dutton. 01floutb asteen,
Reg. tformeely of Stratford and Mitchell).
eau brother of Mr. Juh. Outtos, chemist
tad druggist. of Stratford.
MCYaooax Ironic At rit. Peter'. church.
cm West, Mr. Thursday.. McYtdden,June rib. l tb.rr Father of
Sault Ste Marie, to Mir Annie A. Moyle.
et Ooderich.
DIED
'Leto—I. Goderich, on Wednesday. June
lath. tttm. William head, aged ra yew
sad 10 days.
The funeral will take place tram the resi-
dence of Mr. Charles Morris. Dualop's HiU.
CrMrne Township. on Friday. June ISth, at
Maim. to Colborne cemetery. Frieads and
aeoeal•taacss will please •oeopt this iatlm•-
t les.
TOWN TOPICS.
' / .Aid'. ansay Ile, 4M *' notes,
L*'faith Ae'U pram U."
GOOD Patmnxr,-Tbe most esstal gats
you ow make Is to give a Wirt Pe.. AP -
PIT w D. McOluloudd). agent. Goderich.
The weather appears to be steady and so
1. the demand for the epteudid phuto graa
turned out by Geo. Stewart. photographer.
Th. Kazoo hand premises to be an attrec
deo as the to of July. and se will the bead -
some suromer suis made to order by F. t A.
Pridham. the people's tailors.
The Pharmaacy[ eW ce
ansowast the bolds Ars* pla
a lines of w/rate the town The
7 and the purest stack of drone In the meatyabe-
hind hind
s be round
t1
,lad tie counter.
To Wowcx's Carseat Ttoumnu,+Cs
Times will uutet regularly ter the traasact'oe
of badness every Tuesday attersooa at tMe
o'clock. in the remperanoe Ha1L Sven wo-
man Intmre•ted la the week 1s •cordiasfy
invited to attend.
One of the most essential things about •
house is proper plumbing. Haueders 6. ton
have/est eng•aed another plumber. and caa
now overtake all enters. They keep
thoroughly po•tvd on latest sanitary meth-
ods. avid do only arst-elaa. work. Their
prices are low. if you have any water services
or plumblag to do It will DAT 700 to call and
get prieea The cheapest house under the
sus
Railway building Is • subject which is at-
tracting
great attention eowadays. and to
have things dose right ariseoper part must al-
ways be made. It is the same In •very other
line of busise... and It 1. particularlythe
cane In regard to plrture framing. Ithe
tnouldtngs are not goor1 and the workmen-
ahlp perfect. the efI ct will be marred. To
areN such a atamit get year pictures frees -
ad by it. It Sallow*. the photographer.
BRIEFLETS.
Mr T. B. Vat Every was in Toronto
es Wednesday.
Mr and Mre Beayley, of Toronto,.were
in town last week.
Dr Fraser, wife and child, of Detroit,
are in town voicing relatives.
C. A. Venetia. jeweler, of 8tratfore,
spent &today last in Goderich,
Mr Wm. McIntosh, of Wharton, is
spending his holidays in town,
Mrs Baird and Mn McClain, of Kin-
cardiae,w visiting at Mr Magnin Swan -
son's
Dr MoDonsgh will be in Goderich for
noo.oltetion on the first Saturday of
every month.
Authority is like dned apples. A few
cent's worth will put • small mu op
astonishingly.
Rev. Geo Richardson sad (wife have
returned from a trip up the lake us the
meaner Campine.
Tb. near sighted hen that swallowed a
bee was not Tong in concluding that ben
was a peck of trouble.
Mitchell Advocate : Mrs Jonathan
Miller, of the Albion hotel, Godsend,
is the gust of Mrs James Jones.
All tbe'drtlg stores in Goderioh will
be closed hereafter at the hoar of 8
p.m., by mutual arrengsmeut.
lir and Mn Geo. Utter and two chil-
dren, of 8reven's Point, Wiseman, are
visiting friends and relatives in Dodoes&
and vicinity.
Laokoow Sentinel: Mim Rays, of
tioderich, who hes bens vistas/ her
comae, Mre Dr Elliott, fora few weeks,
Iett for her borne os Wednesday,
Mr Ward, onesof the English experts
on the American Salt Commi.sioe, paid
• g7ieg visit to Goderieh on Satwrday
lied impeded some of the salt works
DrM 17hebolans, the Waste. daslist,
' 'flakes the preservation of the tla/ssl
:nth • specialty. Gas administered from
Ea m. for the painless aztraetion of
teeth.
A close observer of beakless said fee-
eres makes the foflowieg sage ewm•ak :
"If an advertisement is diseenti.wd
a batsimme house it N like removing
kearitlg eo natio, of a sew location,"
Kr Jonathan 1GIlerr, Dropiestor of tis
Albioe Hotel. mese* psi In a haml-
ets' new safe, for the cele of valuables
1dimglag te bre guests ne safe is ass
of the largest sad het i. ssetio.,and
• Imo w *Ivey Of °oldie It !Wel
Inst poseDuesserving
waCame and' refreshmentsperuse people of tse toys
7 Bee
Mrs A. M. Shepherd and family have
where they
will hands donut the summer asontha.
The High School :loses today (F;2717)
and the Gloster meeting of the Literary
Society in conneetwo with the school wdl
be held the amain
The examination for entrance to high
schools and eolleoiste institutes will be
held in the Coots! Sahool, beginning on
July 4th, et L30 p. ria.
Miss Rowan, of Kincardine, who has
been visiting iia Detroit,.peet a few days
in Goderich last week on her way home,
and while here was the guest of her
cousin, Mrs J. 0. McLean.
Tne tee -
posters.
gone to Cleveland Ohl
g -
A frmesdly game of quoits has been
been champion n ed fee between the
players of Goderich and
Colbobe played on the
former's grounds on July 1st, at one
o'clock p.m.
Persons wishing to improve their
manatee or •tree then their power of
attention should send to Prof. L,ieette,
237 Fifth Ave., N. Y., for his pnupeo
•
tug mlutnrit nee, as advertised in another
Mrs10-if
Capt. Wm. McLean returned
home Tuesday last, after 111yiig 'Pent a
pleasant mooch in company with her
husband on the four great lakes, and al-
so Value)( some of the leading Canadian
and American title'.
♦x Iero.TAST Iarraovasteire—Tbe
new Soft Stop and Pratt10e pal et -
Newcombe Upright Paso
serves the nerves of the listener or per-
former, when practising, as well as the
iostrumeet from wear, and preserves the
tom, tt.
Locknow Sentinel:—Grouncillor Adam
Thompetn brought over from Goderich
on Tuesday net a handsome pair of grey
eolored broncho.. They ars direst from
Oregon, and have never had a halter ea
them till Monday last There's fun In
store for someone.
A Fun I,wca.—The Globe, with its
usual enterprise, has brought out a
spacial edition for the Montreal Board
of Trade,which is a nredit to all concern
ed. It u one of the finest Meese of
work of its kind that we have yet seen,
sod the publishes* deserve the top notch
of credit.
Bert Johnston, of the Sesforth Nero.
icor, had the middle finger of his right
hand broken the other day while en-
gaged in playing bill. He left for Lo. -
don un Tuesday with the Goderich vol.
catmint, being a member of that oom-
psby.
Newspapers us often criticised for what
they print, bat if it were miaow s how
much credit they merit for whet t
don't print, or for the nonsense t
whack oat of what they do print, ey
would command a much more generous
judgment.
Mathematic has its odditis. The
multiplication of 987,654.321 by 45 gives
44,444,444,446. Reversing the order and
multiplying 123,456,719 by 45 a result
equally odd u obtained -6,555,555,506.
L that curious or isn't it t And there ii
plenty more where that same from.
Faavbe ox Fawns.—The Ontario
Bureau of Statische bas Wooed a bulletin
dealing with frauds on farmers. It eats -
lugs all the sharp tricks by which the
farmer" d Ontario have been victimised,
front the historic ligtniog-rod racket to
the latest product of wily invention, the
"marriage esremony." Every farmer
who rets the bulletin should read it
carefully.
Milani' Advocate : Mrs George Roy
returned oo Fridayfrom her extended
visit to RichmonThe lady enjoyed
Mr Southern visit, aad(the climate seems
to have agreed with her, as she u look-
ing much better than when she left. in
the meantime she is staying with her
brother, Mr Williams. Logan, but next
week will go to Goderich fur the
Sam War.
A free exhibition and dinner will be
given in Geo. W. Thomson's music
store, this (Friday) evening from 7 to 10
o'clock, superintended by Mr Wanner,
of Hamilton. The cooking and roast-
ing will bs sip dose on the Wanzer lamp
in the Wanzer 000ker,one dozes of which
will be on exhibition. These exhibitions
have become very popular, and it u to
be hoped that MI who are interested is
cooking made easy will call lied sus the
wonderful proems&
GENERAL INTELLIGENCE
Mies f es miller was i• tows donne the — eem.t•tlatt mimes tae aa11wV.
past week iib. will speed • portion of T. the Editor et Tsui Qnoxat_ re-
doing b gratuitously for the public
Das* Stt, —la First thee, we bad •cert with mach re-
wg named Wm Reid,
atm- rsspon•s to the repeat- &rot the offer, of the Toronto Grey
bk,7d et 8eeud'. lumber duck died l id of the Stir sed oth.n as to sad Broee R R Co.,
the summer iia Goderich.
A you mut
suddenly from hemorrhage, os Wednes-
day afternoon, while ptliug lumter.
Mr A. Gerrard, of Goderich township,
broiled to Tag 814/NAL ',n !Thur.
day • (,ox of excellent strawberries. He
says be will have a quantity on .ale
apart from those required by regular
customers.
wbu would"startaCunru'a Railroad Com.
mines 1" atter waiting fur several weeks
and no one volunteering fur the work,
on the 27th June, l8d4, fire )ears ago
today, I addressed you • letter °n Its
subtest, as you will perceive by • raist-
.rio. to your tile .•f papers of that data
I therein informed you that Mr Wood -
he
sad 4 —the use an octogenarian,
the other fast approaching it nutwith-
sanding that we bad both been
0t of public Ids for over the fourth of
century, but both bating had consider-
ble dearly -bought experience of the
ark repaired of us for doing w, tirst
o eh. years 1846-7, and again through
t the years 1852-3, had resolved eo
►canal! the contumely which we kin.
ould be beeped upon um as preeuup-
ooes "old fools, Ib attempting to ac-
mplish what the united wisdom and
sot of our town councils and their
erica bad failed to do in a period of
membered years. 1 then also assured
us that "ou amount of pooh probing,
sneering nor sarcasm would dnve as
rum our purpose until we bad exhaust -
every endeavor and arvoment in our
w.r to gain success,'' and 1 hesitate
of new to my that we would haws suc-
ceeded ban nut the town c:uuoil, who
try the bag, .sized the matter into
err own hands, and wish a result
> to bring their
road to (iodersch, rejected by our town
council because it was • narrow siege,
1 whilst the new township of Culruse in
Ithe county of Bruce, and the then paltry
tillage of Teww•ler, gate a bona• of
4 *33.000 and got the rued, and wltbio
two years thereafter reaped the benefit
to the locality of the mosey .pent in al-
tering it to the broad gouge, and it is new
the property of the C. P. R. A abater
was got for • railroad from this to Wood-
stock at, if I mistake not, the met of
Ilti0 to the town and wee then almost
immediately dropped by the town o'uu-
c,l, who, at the starting of the Citizen.
Committee were dreaming of a railroad
to Tomato by 1)rangeville, and then it
ended. When the C. P. R. was first
spoken of here one of our leading coun-
cillors in hu wisdom thought it best to
coo.alt Mr Hickson, manager of the
Grand Truck on the subject, and that
gentleman proved to our friend's entire
satisfaction that Goderich was complete-
ly cut off both on the North and South,
and need never expect r0 have another
railroad ! Another councilman excused
his inaction in the matter bacaa.e we
really bad no trade to offer as an induce-
ment to the C. P. R. ,or any other company
to tame to Goderich, while at that very
time our millers, salt mere, and lumber
men were grievously oumplalnlog for
the want of ars to carry their
goods to market ! A third declared that
we evold not sow expect any through
trade from the lake because the railroad.
from Chicago and Milwaukee carted all
the grain from the west to New York,
although the sane spring during the
first three mouths of navigation Barak
received 15,000,000 bushela of wheat a-
lone front thew very ports. Now Sir, if
we had then bad sufficient means a
transportation, we would have had all
that when and thousands of tons of
other western produce the aeon imam,
landed at our harbor, reshipped by
through trains, and lauded at Buffalo
within some twelve hours of its arrival
hen, and several days saved in the navi-
gation of Lake. E, ie and St. Clair ;
and, as to the Clinton bugbear of moan
yew ago, about the expense and wast-
age lin handling, it u far overbalanced
in the saving of time, the freeing of
gain from duet, and the cooling, if it
should hate got .lightly heated os. ship-
board. A fourth oouocillor on his re
turn from one of their delegations to in-
terview Mr Van Horne at Ottawa on
being asked by a (nest) as to what argu-
ments they used to show the supenor
claims of our harbor over all others on
the lake, rather aasrily replied that
nothing 000ld be maid for the Godeiab
harbor that might not be claimed by all
the other harbors on Lake Huron ! The
total incapacity and want of knowledge
regardtog the claims of Goderich for a
a,mpetitire line, as thus displayed by
some of our so-called city fathers, is, I
think, sufficient excuse for the "old
fools- to take the matter up,which we
did in earnest, and with a determination
to win. When we first approached the
directors of the C. P. R. sus found theta
be belief that no grade Isms than 200
per mile could be found to God. -
harbor. Mr Woodcock at ones Are-
a map or diagram showing the
y of Mr Wallace of Buffalo, the
neer of the Buffalo, Brantford and
• Harcn Railroad, giving • grade by
lake shore of only fifty feet to the
. The General Manager Mr Vas
e, immediately opened a moat
dly and encouraging correspondence
the committee, who then proper -
published and distributed oils
Twin
,calve copies of a circular containing
oily collected and compiled stens-
showing the quantity of wheat and
rts of pr,ducs arriving at oar bar -
A public meeting ander the auspices
of the Royal Templars of Temperaooe •
will be held io Victoria Opera House, °
on Friday, July 516. A tine music.) •
treat u being prepared by Miss Wynn •
and her pupils. w
&seeders & Soo have enraged the eel-
vice• of Mr J. R. Arm•troag, • tint aro
class plumber, recently from lata. Ange-
los, Cal.; he has bad a wide, (sponsors w
in some of the largest Americas cities, t
and comes well recummeoded. au
cal
A LLCM.= AsaoaD.—Mr Thomas
McLeso, the wall known cattle buyer, e
has within the last few days bought over
200 fat cattle from the following :—
Messrs Co., McFarline, Raoeford,
Watts, McMaster', Hamilton, McLean, ed
Roes, Lyons, Weldon, Macintosh and
other Some of the cattle are very sus o
penor animals. Specie! mention may be
made t.f the lot purchased from Mr es
MoFarhne ; these are very fine Polled
Aozm cattle. When Mac gets his eye
upon the right .toff he means business
but
every time. to
Tie Catholic picnic at Baecbler'. Fal). cub
Reserve, four miles from Goderich, on akar
Dominion Day, promises to be a big fel
event. Games and spurt., and other at- p
h sun. divers:end and
But, air, had we only
y to acted
pus the suggestion of Mr MaEwen, our
airman, and rased the money for the
ter °tumid° the council, which he
t confident of being able to du, 1 tirm-
believe that the Wiogbam breach of
tractions have been arranged for,refresh- the
C. P. It. would have bees .4
y ; and, if any cue over a bona iitie
nature chooses to deny or dispute this
rtion in either the Slur or SIGNAL,
gives a reason for doing so, I shall
bliah my raison for making it. We
suggested to the council a joint pro-
uional directorate of seven or nine,
wing them to name the majority ;
, they thought 6t to appoint seven of
sr own body ; three outsiders who
shown no interest whatever in the
ter— but have lance brick houses—
. oar chairman. I shall, however,
urn to this section of my "object
ere$fter. Bat now, sir, as Mayor Bet -
is order to Dover his own incapacity
wrong dologe, has resumed his old-
tactia of street-decryinT, and be-
ing the work of the citizens railroad
mtttee, and has lately been talking
he iniquity done to the town by its
foolery," in causing the uxpeisdi
of $300 for the charter of a "use-
' railroad to %Vaughan) ; it is sow,
anion, my intention, (1). V.,) if you
kindly allow me space in your
mos for the purpose, W lay before
citizen' as concisely ea possible some -
of what the committee really did
at their own expense, in the matter
taileto.d dining the last Eve yeah,
he same time glancing occasionally
he proceedings of the town council
ng the same period, and for some
previous thereto. And, sir, if I
Id at times write warmly or even
somewhat bitterly, I beg of yourself and 1n t
readers to bear a little with me, for II feet
venture to moire with en the feu of rich
effective contradiction that 1 have spent ( Pared
mon time and mosey in attempting to
forward the beat interests a Goderich en l
than any two mea who have ever been L•'
in it, when and when then was no lb*
chance whatever of my deriving one mil*
iota more from the ootlay, than would Horn
every other man in the town. But, (nen
alas ! air, it in now so long past the with
"eleventh" hour, and after what has just ed
happened amongst o., that I can ss no Two
human probability of my ever seeing care(
that substantial prosperity in Goderich tics,
which 1 have for over fifty lean most all 50
hopefully looked forward to. But, be-
fore I haw. done, you may pore/moos
pick op food and pointers enough for
your welt edittos of
"now To .CILD;C, A TOWN. -
menus barn been provided in profusion coda
and everything possible done to make sig
the picnic a success. The train toGuds-
ch on that day will take on passengersso
nd
at Irishtown crossing, (tickets to be pro- po
cured at Dublin.) A somber of speak- bad
ere have been engaged to address the
gathering during the afternoon. For alto
particulars sus bills.
but
work
A Bio Pitta,—Don't fail to read Mac- the
Corium's ad. in chi. issue. It will car- had
taioly be of cash interest to any intend- mat
tug purchasers of fine clothiop. As be and
is offering the bigkeat bargains in order- ret
ed clotting, you can rely on getting as b
good 6t, style and trimmings as if be was ler,
oharging full price. He has • large .tock and
of splendid fresh goods, too many of which time
remain on hued on account of the season lift!
being wet and unfavorable and be is ooze
bound to reduce the stock. Hence the of t
opportunity ie yours of securing first "tom
class clothing .t your own prices. Keep tom
your eye on this and save mcn-y. lees'
The editor of the pully Advertiser th
must have been closely perusing a Clio-
cola
oar
thing
do,
of the
at t
at t
duri
7Mrs
.hou
12.7
he7 I too newspaper lately. This is bow he
th moralises : 'It is the editor's duty to
speak of his town as the liveliest plies
beneath the blue arch of heaves. Speak
of a deceased a'c'res as a 'fallen oak'
whim he died with jim-jam•. Calla man
a prominent and indueotial citizen, when
you know he is the best poker player in
town. Speak of a little street arab as •
bright-eyed youth on the road to fame,
and eall • mea who has • few dusty bolts
of calico and a soldier's blue oust • pros-
perous and ezp.riened dry goods mar -
chant. Call a lawyer a leading light of
whom the profession oagit to be proud,
when you know him to be only aa ordia-
•ry pettifogger."
Ti. Taxxancar4wn. — The
Teunemee Jubilee Bingen, ceder the
massgement of B. W. nomas, former-
ly of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, will sp-
ppueaarr in cls grand Opera House ea
7 ereday, Jo1y 11th, under the awpi-
em ret North -et Me(hoinet 8. 8.
oompany 0050.. with the highest reeose-
mesd•tsows from the American prem,
sad peblio, sod are credited with
the leading Jubilee Ringers of the
see For partieslars see bills sad
program.
Hvwswaat.—A pleasant .vest took
pleas e. Tbsludhy nursing, at 8t PMer's
aerie, is the marriage of Miss A.sie
Deets, yowagn sister of Judge Doyle,
of this townl *o Mr M. M.Fsdden, bar-
rister, of cash Ste Maria The bride
i well end laewsby knowe to may of
oto rtmtlliwe, Wrier bees a resident of
Medeal& sham her birth. m The brads
best wiser et • wtide sleekof
C
s50550stntaeem The wedding was a
quiet ase, may rentiv.• heist presmt
11s happy ample left on their ',eddies
trip by 7 * m. trsie,
x
"OODW WWC I ILLC*Ta*TR O 8.Oxa 4grAa.'
—We amuch obliged to Mr W. Dickareson, the writer of "the Rernioiaoems. of
Renfrew" which wee published in The
lferrury some years ,go, for • copy of
the Board of Trade edition of the above-
named illustrated pamphlet,' descriptive
of the situation, advantage., progress,
etc, of the town of Goderich, of whish
Mr Dickson has been a resident for many
years. The ohj.et of the pamphlet is
to make known to the outside world the
fact that the t,wn io"abreast of the times,
and ahead of its previous record." The
work was entrusted, oo the suggestion
of the noel Board of Trade, and by the
aid of funds granted by the Town Coon-
eil, to the publishers of The Signal and
Star, and by them has been executed in
a very creditable manner. Bevies the
descriptive letter pre.,the pamphlet °os-
tane upwards of forty illustrations of the
public biildings—000rt hosss, town hall,
churches, schools, priecipal places of
business, and private residesees, eta,
which oosv sy the impression that God. -
rich is • substantial and go-a►.ad town.
If mon piass would adopt the same
plat[ of advertising themselves, and were
to *eel a liberal supply of such illustrat-
ed pamphlets to the old country sewn
papers sed "Mechanics' institute," it
wwidd greatly teed to dissipate the too
cocain Ides that in all respect. Ganda
is too clow and unenterprising as tion•
pared with the linited &ales, If Mr
D ekso. could pay• visit to Renfrew, he
would 10 uld sesee•rj r.sogwi.e it as the
MINN be knew of old. There are win -
putatively few ef the old building. left
—lues a part of the "bi°ek" be helped
40 seiot. whim the "maenad chute" was
Mt dshbcd " be Village of Resfrsw"
—1s demolished—and there Meade The
Miresry •alas, which, in apparel's*,
would certainly not rusk as intake to
the .Bee of the Oodesrie6 Star, ea dhow•
e the pamphlet referred to. Arid is
some of the sheathes sad of private red-
dens= he would fad Renfrew, i• ape
'bMuekt of linen sad ahead of precuts
rs .&"—Peaiww Mawet,
M! 1R•bt. I!.wetmam p..
Is Need* t• pose his •
I should warmly be believed air,
were I to explain to you the nervous
anxiety from which we both suffered be-
fore we could summons courage to
again appear before the public, even for
me own benefit ; for myself I eon only
say that it oust me several night's sleep
out and out, and two weeks hard wt•rk,
before I could Induce Woodcock to jots kilts .
ma ; but, having confidence in ourselves °wrs-
sad the integrity of nor purpose in doing ed b7
so—we made the .tart, and when the W. was ones broken we feared no one, after .
After having published severs) letters, es the
each showing the neesmity of a comped- 6Oent
tits railroad aid the natural advantages seen f
of our harbor, and the facilities and re- ilei@
sources it pneseened for building •p • reseti
large lake and local business se iodises -
siesta to whatever railroad oompssy we
might apply te for relief, we were joined
by our late energetic sed lamented
friend, Mr Platt, who et Dees, by print-
ed circulars called a meeting off nor most
promises' business and professional
sten in the Huron Hotel, and the
Glosses Railroad Committee wee thee
is•agurated But .las, sir, Naas the
want of sufficient social eteedjng in 1he
originators of the saoveveset, it did sat
110•, nor hue ever Saes received ea-
eseragement nor support from winte-
rtime's. Mow, sir, 1 shall give you •
tem et the rumens• white draw Weakish
ted myself east et our shell•, into cwt
sidesable pommel trouble, and sub'
ei es to mash usealled for foal albs
sed datrietion dariag the last Ave
free poetise who neither amid nor
mid harm deem what we were
t • 1 IMAM £DV N Y
Wtegham for distribution immediately
after their publicatwn in Sept. 1884, I
was exceedingly surprised to hndoo ova
who would acknowledge having seen
them. Atter several weeks had passed I
became acquainted with Mr Williams, s.
druggh.t, and now captain t,f their
volunteer oomp.ny, to whom I broached
the subject of ratlrued, to which lin
cavil but firm reply ase, "No, no, we
want to have nothing more to du with
Goderich," but would give me no expla-
nation. I had not bpoken to Mr Meyer
on t6. subject, for under the oireom_
eteones I felt enmewb•t surprised that be
bad Oct mentioned it to me. Alter
leaving Mr William.. I immediately stat
Mr Neelands the mayor, a storekeeper,
and Jam« Lootit, his bookkeeper, arid, a
former resident ..t tluderich, from both
of whom I received literally the name
reply and refusal 1 , give any sapless -
lion, jest as Mr Williams bad done !
Perfectly thunderstruck se to what 000ld
be the meaning of such treatment 1 at
once hunted up our old friend and for-
mer townsman Gents. Mackenzie, whom
I had often met before, but without 00
word of railroad, and insisted en an ex-
plattatioo. After warmly expressing bis
indignation at our town council for their
ungentlemanly and insulting treatment
of quite • number of the beet men in
Wingham (and he felt it more keenly
from having been • former resident is
Goderich ba nsel(), he informed me that
some seven years before that dme-1886,
the councils of Wingham and Goderieh
had arranged for a meeting in Dungan-
non for the purpose, if possible, of de-
vising means to set a railroad between
the two towns ; and nine of their lead-
ing mea, vii : Mr Willson, their than
mayor, and manager of the Hamilton
Bank, oar friend Mr Meyer, Mr
Gregory,one of the oldest and wealthiest
inhabitant•, and now their reeve, Mr
Elliott, • leading merchant and at that
time their reeve, Doctor Maodonald,
their present M. P., Mr Mackenzie him-
self and three others wines names I for-
get, kept the appointment, haying
worked their way through Solna threw
fest of snow ; but not one of our vener-
able fathers pat in their appearance nor
ever had the onmmon oonrt ey to offer
an explanation of their absence. Arid
again, some year or two afterwards, Dr
Macdonald, their then mayor, being hen
with an excursion, made arrangements
for another meeting on the subject ; but
before the time came for it arrived he
reoeived a letter curtly telling him that
Goderich had determined on having •
railway to Woodstock ! And then, se
above stated, came their motion of • road
to Orangeville, between the townships of
Mono and Caledon. I find I have omit-
ted to menti.. that a week or two after
my arrival, surprised at the universal
reticence on a subject scarcely ever ab-
sent from my own mind, I addressed
their two papers simultaneously, briefly
explaining what we had done and still
hoemeeting wito th pfew of them to talk the
matter over, leaving them to name the
time and place ; and in asticipation of
such a meeting I patched together a
number of pigeon of tracing paper which
had been in my paper case ever mime the
time of the anticipated Fenian raid here
in 1866, and prepared a rough sketch of
• road from Winging' to Beemiller by
way of Zetland, St. Helen, Dungannon
and the Nile, But I received no re-
sponse to my advertisement nor relief
to my mind until I met Mr Williams' as
above ••*otioned. Immediately after
m7 conversation with lilt Maokeozie, I
published a long letter in both papers
showing that the Cturna' Committee
was perfectly distinct from, and rat►.r
believed to be antagonistic to the town
ooanail, or, se y.ns would no doubt have
put it, that "the Jews had so dealings
with the Samaritans." I ezolainel oar
at fickleness In calling the meeting
awls, , which lied added to their
sem to have been at tbe instigation
Van Horne, sad u, we believed,
uggeeted to us Imogene of their io-
n to make • loop line from Wing -
o Elora or Guelph ; a surmise
was afterwards fully confirmed.
rumen meeting was held on the
Dee. 1*84, where subcommittee•
ormed at each municipality along
to Elora, and the result Por-
to Mr Van Horne : to which he
replied by • question as to what
t of local trade the line could
in response to which we at
prepared and printed • carefully
.d stat of THIRTY-xlxa different
of farm and other prodoo.,
ori the I6th Jan. 1885, for•
these blank forms to each
municipalities betwixt this and
requesting them In all op In
proper places the awwoen' of that
and exports a each totals d er-
years of 1882-3-4 and return these
our
secretaryon or before th. 10.h
folk,wing, which being faithfully
ted with, they were at coo. for.
to Mr Vats Horne, together with
Godewiei, which showed thee
porta and imports for the years
sawed were lathan were
Bnntfn d gad Ma, !mar. oombia.
er7 soon therittll[tsr. air, ti tea
seethe, letter from Mr Van
tatyng as to mean the Wiaghem
sad etaia.g that Its would look
Guelph me himself. 8o mush
Tor Butler'. .barge of tomfoolery
Et."'"
the (.ltieeus' Onmmilbs 1 The
chart., te., .1011 b. at -
to Net week•
Yours truly,
Timms Kram.
Osdemis , )7th Jess, 1881
tour from foreign app*n
g ports exclusive of at Bre
lumber, and re shipped by rail for Buffs- conn
to between Sept. 1862 and Dec. 1863, oflMr
when the road was transferred to the wa. m
Grand Trunk ; making fin all 153 car- tentio
goes of 6474 carloads, or 293 trains of ham t
15carloade each, beanies the local trade which
in mit, dour, lumber, inc., Ac. B. much, The B
sir, for our town councillors' •esertione 16th
that we have not sufficient traffic for a were f
second railroad ! Now sir, hero es Mr the lice
Hickson's opinion of the harbor which warded
smother of our representatives declares to at once
hone better than:any other harbor on the *moon
supply
ones
eomptl
articles
and
warded
of the
Elora,
the beet harbor, the largest floor
ring imports .
mills, and mist extensive salt works is to
ti. wr.
eb'7
In an advertisement for an az-
ton from London to Goderieh, •ign-
Mr Hickson as Manager, and Mr
Edgar as general passenger agent,
peaking of the County of Huron
garden of Canada and the meal -
lake scenery, which can only b.
rom Goderich Haighta, they oo.-
to my "besides other numerous at-
one, Goderich 11 famed for heti
--delightful parka crown the
heighte overlooking the lake, and the
boas itself is eelehr•ted for its fine hotels,
yobbo buildings." to. to.—No bed
praise for (notarial, that sir, and
es Mese than troth. i shall here,
Mr, five yoe a little of my ex.
mimes in Wingham daring the win-
ter et 1883-6, and i .ha/1 give It pretty
folly, as 1 think it bet right that under
our peewit circumstance our whole
people should know it: I had goes
there boiling over with "'sensed," for
by that time oar Citfiwa' Oommittes
were on the moat fnesdl7, and to s
the most sssosr glnt terms wddh Mr
Van Horne, tbe leswsl manager of the
U. P. R„ and as i was aware Haat a
vantit7 of our lgeeNn
u.la, of whit\ i
%t somewhat posed, bed bees seat to
oompl
warded
one from
oar ex
above
them of
ed: V
mired
Horan
charter,
atter the
fer Ma
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