The Signal, 1909-2-11, Page 22 11401111DAT, tfsa*L'AST 11, 1909.
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THE S1i:NAL : GODI. RICtI ONTARIO.
fives get nutting. It looks like an ENLIGHTENING A BROTHER.
arguutent fnr law reform.
\\'bile it may not he sinter the cos•
keet thing that Tom i.ougb' al should
be elevated to floc eositl011 of a
national hero. his eminence in alto
lades may have good results. The
Canadian youth who wishes to emu-
late bins in his running feats will
have to t eke cote of himself, and the
building up of a good physique is
uuw*tlays tto,generally neglected.
The member fur West Huron at
Ottawa again pr.p°ues to regulate the
load line of veswt•h. plying on inland
waters. This ie a remllrreell°n of a
bill which was introduced by Mr.
Lewis several yeare ago and which- he
had apparently forgotten all about
until he was reminded of it by The
Signet during tbe election campaign
last fall. "Let Lewis finial] his work."
\ n Ottawa correspondent e plain+
that Mr. Foster, who condemns es-
t reveg4nce and pre ocher econotny, is
11 arose of great expense to the peo-
ple of I'en*da. The returns which he
asks for each session, and which
.rave no useful purpose, cost the
1•ountry tholsaads of dolls's. One
return asked for by Mr. Foster which
lute been brought down this session
cost *'2,111) to prepare.
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Al Joi) Hull losing his_ head over
the Yeoman war scare-tt looks
THE-NFNS MORALIt T.
The 'needa'i'y of The Toronto
News mu its . tameness to serve its
Tory waters I, is become grotesque.
In a recent i .rue it stat that The
(dole had ".''madded iutm'itttity for
Mr. Marcid because be is a French-
('anadian and to Roman Catholic."
This not only shows how lightly 7hle
News regards the truth but also re-
veals the depth it has reached tn-psn-
dering to a certain intolerant ele-
ment.
But what ix to be expected of a
journal which daily thee false colors
at the head of itis editorial column ?
The "independence" of The News
is illustrated by its course in
reference to the forged 'Holden tele-
gram. The Vancouver Sunset, a
paper of decidedly Conservative lean-
ings, declares that Mr. Barnard, the
wemher for Vittoria, "holds his meat
as the fruit of one of the dirtieet cam-
paign tricks ever worked in Canada,"
and suggests that if he wishes to I.e
considered an honorable marl be will
resign. 1Woes trite "independent'
News join in this suggestion ? Not
much. 1t would be ragiub furiously
in black -face type •if a liberal mem--
her were in like position, but Mr.
Barnard is a Conservative, and The
News is quite willing that he shall
keep hie gest, no matter how villain-
ous the manner in which it was woes
Another instance- of The News'
peculiar morality is its frequent • cable
upon Liberal. to oppose the Laurier
$overnmeut because of alleged de•
palduree frorn Liberal principles.
Whein, did The Toronto News ever
professor posses. Liberal principles ?
Up to t e time that Mr. Willison
went to it to News was a l'onserve-
tive paper, a Mr. Willison. instead
of carrying to 't any Liberal prin-
ciples be may ba held, or even mak-
ing it truly indepen nt; ham allowed
his surroundings to vert him to
Toryism. Does Mr. lison ezpieet
that any Literal is going to follow
him in his :ultra -protections views,
or in his catering to the a reme
prejudices of Tory Toronto ? r.
Willison has turned hi. coat, and n
scolds his former associates for incon-
oisteney in not following his example.
If any teen should blush for his de-
parture from principles hitherto pro-
fessed, it is .1. S. Willison.
And it was Mr. Willison who was to
give Canada an example of the better
journalism !
18 WARDEN LEGALLY ELECTED?
The tourney -General of Ontarle
has been asked to decide a question_
that has a bearing in this county.
For roma years the county council of
Oxford ham elected the warden on an
arrangement similar to that in effect
in this county, the /selection being
made in caucus and cinflrtntel in open
council meeting. .\n Oxford county
ratepayer claims that this is a viola-
tation of the Municipal :tet, which
calls toren open vote on the warden -
ship.
his understood that the-\tturney-
General'e Department hrok. upon the
objection .a a trivial technicality.
The arrangement- -wood's " well- is
Huron, at guy rate, and thele is gen-
eral .atisfactioo with it.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Kincardine Review suggests
that "a fairly simple way t.. reform
the Senate and ultimately *Wish it is
for the Government to et.lse filling
the vacant teats in that chenille'."
The corporation of Toronto is ob-
jecting to the pay ment of 55,11011 cus-
toms dues demander me tire penalty
for importing some engineer's plane
from the 1?niterl Slates. Toronto,
votes for protection, end should not
complain when it 1. "soaked,"
in the \netrian Parliament the
other day a member WAS kitten on
the cheek by another, and black .51'9
and sore head. were handed out pro•
rnignoring] y. in emnparieon with this,
ewe are afraid our legislate'., at
Ottawa are not taking their duties.
very seriously.
The saints of an okl men named
Todd, who died in Hamilton a few
years ago, ha." been worn 1 rip. The
estate amounted to $741,1 rel. Two
Rochester men who held note. against.
Todd gM. $&(4!I each. and the lawyer*
et the remaining 7141,11.1.1. The reln
•
vel y touch like r . if the cable cor-
m ps,udents are t) rte r. lied two in.
King E.Iwavj iri"o: 1•t• in tt'rtttr nn a
friendly visit to the Kaimer, while the
pt•..ple at h (Again preset tliiig 1ht•l
the cable reports ore Due) are in to
state of pane iwer{h :• outritem. ga aft 44.
p,ssiblr invasion by a German amity.
It may be, however, that the cool
heads ale still 1,1 the majority. though
Gray du not slake ts, much noise ass
th • frenzied ones who imagine .1 bat
Germany is only waiting for its uppor-
tulity to pounce upon the tittle is-
land: -- King Kdwsnd - is displaying a
good deal matt nee in the situation
1 in ere the agthetors who iteist upon
the spending of va,t stone .1 money
in peparatious to fight an imaginary
enemy. These people a1,'. In fact,
playing right into Germany's hands.
The Getman warfare with Britain is
ue industrial one, and every pound
unnecesearily spent by Britain on her
army and navy is w much taken from
the sources of her industrial efficiency.
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Youth's Warning.
Beware. exulting youth, beware,
W hen µfew yews* p4.eae,es woo, --.-
That ere you yield you shrive your hes. t.
And keen your oonwienre true'
For sake of silver spelt' .play.
Why pledge tomorrow . gold f---- -
Or in hot blood Implant !Lemons,
To grow when blood Is eold ! - -
"If wrong you do, If NI, you play,
In summer among the lower.
'You most atone, you sl] ell repay.
let winter among the shower,.
To tura tho balances of heaven
Surpwe.s mortal power ;
For every white there U a black.
Fur every street a sour ;
For every up there le • down.
For ot'ery folly. shame :
And retribution follows guilt.
As burning follows dame.
• if wrong you do. if false you play.
-14 suma,ar among the :tourers,
You monotone, you shall repay,
1n winter among the showers."
L bartoaMack ey.
Persecuted by Witchcraft.
\Valkerton Telescope: Tho .-aunty
attorney is in receip6.of a h•tter from
w I'ort Elgin man complaining tint
for several years)Aet both he and his
sister have been the subjects. of perve-
ution hy a witch who lives in Kinoar-
e. Mint of all their house baa been
b wrecked, then the witch at-
tack them personally, subjecting
them t: terrible torttires. Both their
fineh. • began to contract, glowing
*miller a 1 smaller every day. in
the meantime the persistent witch has
'teen making voc on their clothing.
A new euit cost g big money would
go to pieces in a week'. and, not
satitfled with this, he witch would
occasionally clip a la chunk out of
the garmeoL Nor di their money
esr'ap•. Hardly a wee has gone
peat that one or the cath herr out
missed a flve dollar bill, and is thing
has been going on to long that they
have been re.luced to a condi .1c rid
poverty. The letter has been g 11
to high Constable Russell, and he w
iuvelt i;tate the strange 'tory.- -YC'it
were represented tIt it the witch lived
in any other, place than Kincardine,
we would be inclined to disunite the
story as the ravings of a made' on, but
a witch aright thrive in that town all
right. _ -
Great Business Opportunities in Gow-
ganda.
There are between four and live
thols/nd prospoel•t )rs in the district
around_ Gowmetiola d pendgs,1pji tame
timal p otntTir siijii) u•; ; ii must Brie 0-
fute le•coine a g, •nt. dirt rile" ting
cent le. TIN• filet non od the genteel.
to .tact it h i.inei., nr.• fund to
snake money.
Through passenger service by the
Canadian Northern (anterior Railway
and the Gnwgand.o Transport Com-
pany has been eltaldished and (rain.,
with sleepleg and dining car met vice,
leave Tomtit.' Union SI,uion:, p. tn.
daily (except Sunday).
Theo. interested should get 1 heir nun
in on the ground at once. The sleigh
road from Kellwood, on account of it
level lneatinn, 1. the natural way to the
district, particularly for freight. Pt•oit-
peetore and all who have covered the
ground are unanimous in saying that
it is the only way to go. The people
in Gowganda hail the advent of the
new way al the solution of their great
difficulty, the tranapartetion problem.
Full particular* nifty he old tined by
writing C. Price -Green, Canatdian
Northern Building, Toronto.
-The Canada Scotsman.
The Canada Scot*men it s semi.
n,onthlc pnhlicetion devoted, se its
name .ig nifles, to the intetesta of
Scottish-(:anadian life. The suhecrip-
tion price is 1111.00 a year. 10 combin-
ation with The Signal IL can be pro-
cured at $I.AO for the two pap•re.
Iron- William Templeman was
el.rted by ar'elamatinn for ('mmix-
Atlin, 1t. ('„ the seat vacated hy Wm.
Sloan.
Ad vert lee In The Signal.
In Re issue of the 90th ult. our es-
tilmitned local cuutewp ovary gave The
Signal and its editor a generous
*mount of free advertising, and the
recipients of this attention feel under
obligation to return the compalimeut.
That the obligation was not sooner
discharged is owing altogether to the
fact that more pressing duties de -
wended attention. le order to Iw
able to speak with greater freedom. 1
shall write in my owu name: and as a
good Many .1 iuy friends do not sec
The Star let 111e give its article in full,
so that everybody may know what
Che row re about :
"The Signal last week devoted a
couple of columns to criticivtu of the
town council °vet its action in reap-
pointing Mr. %Vie. Campbell aasessl,r
and collator, at the salary of the
previoue year, *Oa h:very member
of the council was retired, except
l'oun. Humber, but an especial *Gael
is made on Mayor Macklin and Reeve
(fallow, the latter leiug chairmen of
the spo•cial tumult lee w• hues• report on
the appointment was being de...t
with. The animus of The Signet's t•e-
mat•ks leads one to ask. who did the
North etteet critic wish appbiutel to
the position instead of Mr, Campbell ?
and we arc not able in the opinion
that, e paring The Signal's, utter-
anees and route of the remarks made
by those who censured Mr. t'auwpbell
at the c ell board, there is good
leas on to believe that the editor was
1a°t ignorant cat kite attlbck as plumed
and printed, end is now furious be
cause it did not work out as he ex-
pe•ted.
"Of Mr. Campbell, we need only w.
that. while he has his faults, mute 01.
less couhiion to all onlivary men ( The
Signal's editor is not of the ordinary
clava, and therefore he is not vulner-
able), he is a most valuable omeial for
this town-antt Raft tt'o -intemen and"
work were ae well attended to as are
those of the assessing and collecting.
we should 'have little rams to coin -
"But we do protest against the At-
tempt to lampoon and ridicule the
Mayor and Reeve. 11 ,th these gentle-
men. during their ioeumu entfy at the
council board, have shown themselves
to he of s cIars Altogether too rare is
municipal service. What this town
needs is more of such ability and zeal
in its behalf on the part of its rulers,
And when menllo•IN of the council are
so unfairly and 'scurrilously attacked.
as in this case. they have a aright to
expect that all decent and (air-miuded
citizens will recent touch treatment as
The Signal now deals out. It is no
flattery to sa.y that the tuwu baa
never received letter or more easl•l-
flsh service froiu its representatives
than what has tech given by both
Mayor Macklin and Reeve (hollow.
and their course in the matter which
hat so routed the Signer's ire how
been in the highest degree consistent
And honorable. They will, we venture
les -say.. owee►ve, as in the past, the
highest praise from every well -think-
ing citizen.
•• We will uphold the Signal, as we
ehouhl wish to lie opittild ourselves. in
any reasonable end fair criticism of
the council creamy individual mernher
thereof, but our contemporary went
lieyunet (airtime M this instance, and
there is room for the belief that it is
leading in a pre-er•rengrct and deliber-
ate plan to work the council on purely
political lines. This has not been
done in the past., and should not he
^Grolpled now if the town's best
interest+ are to, be served and the
pro ogres.' made, which nor present
import epithet offer. Newspaper gall
and wormwood will not help any
town."'
-To begin with M- r. Camphatt=The
Signal bee from time to bine had
things 11/ say of him, and in doing so
has neaten, used tetter Mete than
was shown in a decent allusion to the
same gentleman in the columns of
The Star ; but when it i* suggested
that I spend toy nights planning and
my cloys intriguing to do him mischief
1 alould pike to say that my time is
otherwise engaged. .1s a :natter of
fact, when two of the councillors came
to me shortly after the recent munici-
pal elections anil sought my cornice],
1 distinctly advised thew not to deal
harshly with Mr. Campbell. Any.
thing else 1 have arid to any member
or members of the council on munici-
pal affairs they are quite at liberty to
divulge to Mr. Mitchell who wrote
the article in The Star) or to bawl
from the housetops if then Ilke ; if I
gave them any other bad adyiee, or
s lid anything cite that 1 ought to be
Aeh.ulea of. 1 hare forgotten its
Further, 1 had ebenhtlely no knowl-
edge sato the intentions of the spe-
cie' committee concerning Mr. ('amp -
bell until T heard the report read ill
council meeting. There were r.aure
floating alaout, and 1 went. to the
council mectill , as others did, fully
expecting to see Mr. Campbell ll thrown
to the Wild heaatw.-tent-it tntnrd int;
Ire eosin. of Italie' in the lion's den,
It was rother remarkable, too, that
one' of the tame++, of the lions wan
Mayor Macklin, who on the tint occa-
sion of his nomination to, the mayor -
alt y, a -year ago las:, I' 'member,
Waif very uwvere in hit c ensure of alt.
('a,npheil.
1 think it enc p•tfect'y well under-
stood that The Signal'. e1 (a
were meant t, (ret t.Le stemless of the
mental see thent.4ely •i for a moment
as.aa'Beciv11 • in the - atietur- -ef 4matL ie
opinion, and 1 vent er,• In soy that
what HW. Mitchell 1. plea.ed 1,. can
The Signal's •'ecnrrikete attack" was
received a nit store general apprecia-
tion and approval by the pnbiic timii
anything Mr. Mitchell has written in
the pant ten yearn. It i.." a poor crnil-
pliment to M oyer Macklin and Item s
(tallow to eugggeet that they can he
seriously disturbed by a few random
allots with just enough point in them
to make them felL it would not 1e
doing quite the right thing by "flick"
land i accept full r•eapan'ihility for
that gentleman's efforts) to arty that.
he w,tn writing unseen.'. I might
have to iselhing more to may about the
two gentlemen who Mr. Mitchell
think." are particularly eggg. ieved, hut
what 1 mitred.' Fay might Is' put down
as "flattery." and i fotbea^. Pnr the
benefit of tor. Gal'ow (fie whom I
must confess a sp.eiai and genetic.
&Iwiratinn, as R mat 'to is doing ex-
ceptionally good work In the wont -II
in a quiet, nnoetentntio48 manner 1h it
is peeulierty his "writ, i would only
muggiest that the people do not pike to
see two doctors in .rich chose consulta-
tion -it make. thein nervous.
't word or I wo about lite "pollticAl"
reference. if the completion of the
council thin year Is different from
what it her generally been, pnlitfeally,
i would say It mnst be attributed 1n
Accident, or to act of Providence, or,
to he more preens., p erhape to the fact.
that a Pertainema entlmreinl
g n h >rfore
mentioned was not "on the job," My
activity In the election wet confined
practlealry to urging Mi. Bellows to
spend after he 1 •,ninaled ;
1 em not aahsi, , I voted
NEWS FROM OTTAWA'
FIRST DIVISION QIVES GOVERN-
MENTMINORITY OF 42.
Mr. Lancaster's Leval Crossings Sill
Delayed until Railway Commission
1s Heard From -Mr. Aylesworth
Opposes the Use of the Luh on
Criminals - How the Conservatives
Won in British Columbia.
Ottawa, telt. 8. The first division
in the new revilement, au event
looked for with inti•rest throughout
the country. Wok place on Thursday
afternoon and resulted in a Govern-
ment majority of forty-two. Of 218
members 191 oloted, the figures being
Miuieteriatis's, 1111 ; Oppulition, 711.
\Vitt me full House the Ministerial
majority would have been five or six
111nre,
The vote was taken uu an amend-
ment prop ,sed by Hugh Guth.
t -ie (0 lir. Reid's motion relating to,
thereception and opening of tenders.
The Honer, voted confidence in the
Government's uethod of dealing with
tenders.
Mr. Lancaster's Bill.
There was a breeze in the House ten
1Vedue+day over the p, tponement of
Mr. Lancaster's bill respecting level,
crossings on railways. 'Twice Mr.
Lancaster has had his bill pissed by
the House, only to be thrown out by
the Senate. lie rm•igtrpeluced it Again
this session, and it had received two
reading.. In the meantime the Gov-
ernment had asked Uie chairwau of
the railway comwissiou to submit a
report °u the whole mutter of'tevet
cru'. Imgs, with a view to legislation
along the lest sod most practical
lit es for the protection of the public.
It was cons:, ant inadvisable that
Mr. iattessster•'s trill *horrid reeeien its
third readiog and he passed on to the
Senate until it should be determined,
with the assistance of the rtilway
cowwi*ion. just what faint the pro-
posed legislation should take. Mr.
Lancaster and his Mende, however,
resented any suggestion to delay the
bill, and hinted at railway influedea
and other deal: things :1+ behind the
Government'', action. Sir WtHrid
Laurier calmed the storm by pointing
out Chet the Senate had adjourned to
the lith of Februtry. and Ixfoue that
time the Goveruruent would have etre
informativa it was seeking.
Shall Criminals Be Flogged?
Mr. Bickerdike tMon•real) bt-ving
ropoted to amend the el iinival code
by making such offences es the carry-
ing of concealed weapons, rasaults on
woolen and rubhea y pnnish'*ble by
flogging. Hon. Mr. Ayleewoath,
.peaking, not As Minister o►Justice,
hurt as a private member, made an
earnest and eloquent protest agaioat
the proposal. He characterized th
use of the lash as • 41 .arvival of the
days of primitive man, when the only
canon of punisbuieot-ioown was the
law of retaliation, which exacted an
eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and
a life for a life." In later days
there h id been used not ruin Into of
torture, last it was their Immo nowa-
days that they bad become more civil-
ized and had attained higher and
nobler ideals. What were the effects
of such punishment on the 111 on who
inflicted it, as well As on the crituinel
on whom it was inflicted? it could
toot have ae elevating influence on the
roan who wielded the lash. He was
pi crated to admit that flogging was
perhaps justified in cases of brutal
attacke upon women. but such punish.
wen
t should be sparingly tined. Mr.
Ayleswc rth'i view preceded, and the
penalty of flogging was made applic-
for four (crit.. three Toriem and two
men whose politics 1 did not know ;
to be candid. 1 should admit that as a
rule when a good Brit is in sight 1 do
not go around looking for a Tory to
vote for. It is rather amusing to read
Mr. Mitchell's ststement that there
hem been no politics in the peat in con-
nection with municipal affair.. 1 can
quite distinctly recall, from sty
youthful day., hearing Mr. Mitchell
harangue s street audience on West
street on the night of a municipal
election end boaet of what "the Con-
servetivrs of Goderich" had shown
they could do. Perhaps Mr. Mitchell
does not know it. but in regard to
their rights in municipal affairs the
I,ila•rals of Goderich for a good many
years felt about as the l'unaervativee
of Goderich feel nowadays when it is
suggested to them that this tcwn
should not expect a harbor appropria-
tion when it does not support t he
Guvern.bent. dT to mak to remedy A
state of nffeirs in which a Liberal felt
aT1itost like an intruder on entering
the town hall im to introduce polities
into municipal affairs, then 1 have
done it : if it is not then 1 plead not
guilty. 1 do not believe in mixing
potit oro--*,gI -trnicip:rt trnsinews
neither dm
do 1 believe w petting the
other tenons do it if 1 can help it.
l'erhape Mr. Mitchell would not
take it u•lkinrlly if I .bonld remind
hien Ihat he has had trouble with the
council himself. NoteblT when he
WAN "called to the bar, at the in-
etance of then Mayor Elliott, to
answer to charges of onfairnees to-
wards the conned, I went before the
council and upheld the rigbte of news-
y -ewers., although the conduct of The
Venal wrta--aa ,_called in question.
Mr. Mitchell acts in quite A different
way when he, thinks he c 10 injure The
Signal. and help 'himself, by siding
with the powers that be.
It would be interesting, if it weir
w.,mth while, to recall to the public
mind some portion." of Mr. Mitchell's
"open letter" to Rev. Joseph Elliott
on the occasion just mentioned.
,•\\'ill talk," "diatorteol , target."
-vituperation," "childish and puerile"
--these ale some of the terms, to he
found in one short paragraph of that
letter en applied by Hr. Mitebell to
the wo iel)ipfld gentlemen who then
ra•edpied tile chief magistrate'', chair.
1 do not think The Signal, leu niy
time. hem used any melt language 111
reference to the council m• any mein
her et it.
Pi°hehly Px-Mayor Wilson anti ex
Mayor Cameron could say something,
too, as to the fair, unprejudiced and
altoget h.•r high-minded attitude which
Mr. hlitrh.11 Armed townrde then in
municipal matter., .1nd I should
like to know when perenn*l pique
swayed The Signal in a public matter
me it did The Star in its antagonism
In the electric railway project, a pro-
jeet that promisee more benefit to the
town of Underlet anti the county of
Huron then env -thing Mr. Mitchell
PVPr advocated.
Itenlly, considering that Mr. Mit-
chell is the e.n(0r newspaper man of
the town, 1 think he ought to tweet -
Ung me a better example.
Now, 1 think 1 hemp dlecharged my
oblig.Unn to my fellow•editor, and 1
am sure this diecnesion ran have no
great interest for the Wilk..
W. H. HoR caiwlN,
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able only to the critue of ategolting
women with intent to do grievous
bodily injury.
The People Should Know -
A discussion upon the procedure in
regard to treaties, with special refer-
ence to the waterways treaty with the
United Steles, was interesting chiefly
in the declaration by both Sir Wilfrid
Laurier and Mr. Borden that treaties
should he communicated to Perlis),
meet and the people the meet they
are signed by the p'eoipotentaries.
Parliamentary usage, declared Sir
Wilfrid, should develop with the
Grum and lu these days, when the
power of tbe press was reflected in the
national life of every country, it
would be not A diaadc.ultage but an
advantage lox country to know the
Iuovisiots of a treaty in wbieh it was
tittere,t d. even before it was ratified.
The Borden Telegram.
The incident u( the io.rden tele.
gym' will nut down. It was again
before the House today. On the eve
of the last elm:tiuu The Victoria t'ul-
onts•, A t'uneervative pa o.r, published
what. purported to be a fac simile of a
telegram drum Mr. hordes, reading as
follows :
"Vent' rne.sego receiver. 'l'h,' t',,n-
eervative party stands (car A white
tined*, the protection of White labor,
and the absolute exclusion of .\si-
s l itch."
Mr. Itutdeu has since declared that
the woods "and the abselitte exclusi
of .%-lathes" were not in the telegia
se sent by him.' Mr. II rrdeu's die-
cjaimer was male when Sir Wilfrid
I.tut•ier read the telegram in the
House in the opening debate of the
session. The significance nt the affair
'la that. tier. Itarnard, the Conservative
candidate, 04100 elected over the Hon.
\\'ie. Teu/plenuati in Victoria by the
narrow wugin of thirteen votes, and
there is no dimly. that lett fur the
(else telegram Mr. Templeman would
not have lost the seat. Undoubtedly
it had an effect abuthn,ugghout British
Columbia, and the met elation is not
relished lay the C ulsers atire members
from the ('oast Province who owe
their rests to the prejudice against
\ tint les.
-COLBORNE.
1'ARWw, Feb. 2ufi.
Tl/1\ N.1111• l'Ul'Nl'l 1. - Colborne
council held its regular weettog at
111 o'clock a. m., all the members pres-
eSt lfinutc' of Lot :meeting read
aid ed•.ptel, The !.,!lowing path -
masters. poundkeep•ra toed fence
viewers were appointed, viz:: 1►tvi
✓••n No. 1. Henry Doling : 2, John
hwans ; 3, JobtrMunnities; 1, John
!Alum ; i, William (',bllinson
%Aron Fisher : 7, -\noir Fisher : h,
harlw Oke :9. Jesse (itedl,ilt ; 10. Joe -
ph Stews, t ; I1, .t Ile t t Mugford
it, Herbert Morris: IL Frank'.\eagle:
15, Luther .\llin ; 10, Charles Fish(r
17. Nelson Mela,ty : 18, Wiltieu
Uke ; 21, George Sanderson
Iiaom Hamilton : •L1. Alex. Kirkpat-
rick ; 24, George Noon : 2a, .\lez.
Robertson : 211. - Kuwaiti Haskell
27, John \Vilw,n ; 24. James Hewett ;
HIT. Thos. It'betimes ; 31, Andrew
J.chnetowi K:, Jae.-a1t•131•ide ::tt, S,at-
UPI Shepperd ; :ii, ,1, H. ('ox : 311,
John Patton ; 37, Fletcher (hiders :
3e, part I, Alex. (Penn, pore 2, %Vi1-
Item Potts ::s., Wtlltiin McWhinney:
411, 1'etcr Alex. Hula•rt•bn ; 11, Jobn
McPhee ; 43, Charles 51cl'hee ; 42,
%%ilium Mellwain ; I4, Ilohert
Glen ; 15. Janie' Kirkpatrick : 47,
John ('ia.l ; (5. .klexend• r steel-
ing ; fell, Henry Hotton ; 51. Richard
ityen; 52, Aliznnder Sheppard ; 53,
Frank Dunbir ; 51, Isaac /tethering.
ton
etherin -
ton ; 58, Joseph Thomp.on ; 50. Arch.
Horton : 57, William Vro onein ; 514.
Charles Nob* ; 6M, Itichard Glidden :
flu,
Albert Stevcn.o" : 01. Michael
Corner ; 03, Rues McNee ; Kt, Hillary
Adding
l.00,e leaf ledger,
hill and chants care
.)'sten,. and all clod
ern deuces known
• to business
Machine sI po.'a aro dl:al our
student*. 1 `0 n-
-01114404 len-docs 0„u.u. of !ceding Um,-
ad,an and A,nertrau cities are calling
Inn-1bfor our gradual es.
Indiv id nil lent ruction. Kotler any day.
Mall 1 onrw.
ud lofts! fur porticalar..
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success. it has given the start to
thousands upon thousands of young
people. it can help you Write for
Catalogue. Enter any tone.
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Yongc and GerrarJ Sto . Toronto.
THE GREAT SCHOOL !��
In It8PLT.ITION ItI(41 l.T$, IN•
FLI:kNCE and THORODUBNgl t New
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TORONTO, ONT.
•rel pewp•.a for Aron talkie en.ploynKn(
Our `rad miss middy obtain gond ositions
Our handsome ratatouille Is free. %V rife for
one today. Students admitted at any time.
college open the .note year.
W. j. Elliott, Principal.
Cer. Ysnge and ),leased., streets
WINTER TERM OPENS
JAN. ch
CENTRAL
STRATFOebr), ONT. •
TAI. eehont"l- on.: of the Iir.r,t In the
Prnvinne, 11 le noted for the thnronghnee.
of Its work and the mesass of it. 01 orients
Three departments
COMMERCIAL SHORTHAND
TELEGRAPHY
nor laminal,. are In demand •. Rus.neaa
stir•.„ le -schen a. well a• o1sPs ea.l.tantw.
flet our maxnifieenteut•lg,e, It 1. free.
ELLIOTT McLACHLAN,
Aaatpsls.
ACHESON & SON
February
Sacrifice Clearing Sale
Stock -taking is in a few days and until that time we plate for unreserved
clearing many lines of most desirable and seaslnable goods at from as to
5o per cent. off regular values.
Women's Fur Coats.
%'nines', No hsrau and Astrac-
han Lamb Coats, all lengths and
.izdn. quality guaranteed, regular
op to elitist, .t.e k $25.00
titling reduction
Blankets.
Twenty prim 9-1b. all pure wool
white Blankets, pink or blue bor-
der, size 70 x WO. regular price 57,11)
per pair, clearing $50.0
so INN
Women's Cloth Coats.
Sea en-eighth,,.l�length, hear
weer! affects anti fancies (k(k j
5 this reason'., pDi+.;.m• fol .
Men's !'car Caps.
Ohio Otter and Persian Lamb
Cepa. wedge shape, Hue curl
and silk Tined, $3.11.0 and
111.1.81, for 5300
Women's Fur Boas, Ruffs,
Muffs and Scarfs,
able, Mink and Marten, all at ;:i
to Sri per cent. cleating discount.
Men's Fur Coats.
Men' s black Chine Dog Goats,
gold skins, wen lined $� -(len
and serviceable, EX, for 00
Man's Black Galloway Call
('oats, beet quality. and Bocharan
collar, $ 8 5, 0 0,
for ll $28.00
W. ACHESON & SON
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fur TTRi greatekirinuovations ineIotlaing for Young
Men ever produced in (*nada.
loth Century Brand
are producing for young omen who want smart. snappy clothing, not
only one style but a dozen models that will be sxoeedingly popular.
The trouble has been with Wort tailor++ they snake one or two styles,
and tem them to death -they Moon become common. In 20th Century
Brand you can choose from a dozen popular styles, sad have clothing
that is distinetio•.
We know our spring trade will lie large, became. we have the guide
young wen will insist on having. Call and see them -the style. will
sell the goods.
Walter C. Pridham
Sole Agent for aoth Century Clotheng and Kmg Hats.
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Horton; tri, SAmull Bisset :66, F. W.
MclMot5h: 67, 1.•vi Horsey OU,
Hobert Bogie ; 70, David Brindly.
Y'oundkeepers : - Cherie; Fisher.
Jatttes Jones, T. M. Johnston, John
Linklater, John Levy and Alexander
Robertson. Feuceviewers ; - James
Jenkins. Thos. Sallow•+, Anus Fisher,
Richard Arlin, Alex. I'Inttett and
James Wateon. .'reoutts paid :--
John Wilton, gravel. il►c ; John %Vil-
.on. paper. ISc.: Edward Harriemn,
digging ditch on Kunli s hill, Elk. ;
John Walter, goods for Wm. Ander-
son, charity, 52.111. The auditors' re-
port for 1111s4 was read and motion
of Councillor., Duslow and Moser that
it he adopted as preeented and \het
the auditors each be paid VI for their
services WAN carried. Moved by Coun-
cillor McManus, eecouded hy 4'oun-
rillur Young, that the soul of $tai* be
applied as part ptyment on outsmart-
ing notes. Carried. The treeaurer
repotted receiving Su), in pleyment
for building railway crowing at
Sa Creek : Hobert Straughan,
mak ng said crossing, S9), tpplias
Lions were received from Thomas
Gond and John P. Linfield for the
ppoosition of assessor for 111.19. Moved
by ('ouncillor Mixer, seconded by
Councillor AleMenne, that Jobn I.
Lin11eld be appointed. Parried. Ad-
journed to meet again March Seth
at 2 oielock p. m. Ye&MK MCI /ON -
A(1u, l'Irrk.
How to Secure Farm Help.
As usual, the Salvation Army will
he in a position to introduce farm help
to farmers throughout the country
during the coming spring. All indica-
tions point to a revival in trade, and
there is a probability that farm help
will be scarce. The Army authorities
are constantly in communication with
nrwcemetw .ad others in the country
who are desirous of locating on farms
fmw • to time, and will be glad to
introduce these people to farmers
needing belp.
It is not the purpose of the Army.
however, to encourage the imnigra-
t of farm help to Canada during
the coming reason, unless the condi-
tions warrant such a policy. There-
fore, farmers who are likely to require
help are advised to communicate
promptly with Lieut. -Colonel Thomas
Howell, .lames and Albert streets,
Tot onto, Ontario. Application terms
and all other information will be sup*
plied freely on application b. the
above addn•s..
Repeat it--"Shlloh's Cure will Al
ways lure my coughs and colds."
Ir
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this season for everything )ou want in
TAILORING and FURNISHINGS
will pay you immensely in both
SATISFACTION and MONEY -SAVING.
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