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The Huron News-Record, 1885-05-13, Page 2ccod ch News .Mn -r endment . .will discussion on it comes up. ecord, 4THD, lijy, Hl ay 13tli SCOTT ACT, the amendment introduced into on. Mr. Almon, ajority of 42 to use is in Committee Bill intituled: ‘An ‘The Canada Tem- and ‘The Liquor he will move the Surgeons duly es- practice, may bo am itificutea for Iutoxi- ti.$ed as Medicine in profession. 3 of the Canada Tom- enacting: That on reseeding, matter or 'the Acts of the 112th mentioned. or under opposing or defend,- jsband of such person g, shall be. competent ive evidence in such r question be' repeal- ling in ales, porter, light wines contain- twelve per cent, of ■oni the Canada rem- hi- into "the House .the instance of the -, and be the 0 use of Hon. Mr. ent will evoke con- ion, no doubt, as the contend it will de- nce of the Scott Act, a position .pot' any er the Crooks Act. E Newq Record, it )eated, are Btrongly Senate amendment, edly urged prohibit sale of-ardent spirits., as an important step roliiliition. It * has to us that the Scott Stic a remedy—that or the existing evil pdy politic would be disease. nent must be gradu- asively educated up or reform, else we ain for beneficial re- om reform legislation end in view is qf an , injmendable nature. Ilers hold that should per, cider, .and IigliL.. t more than twelve :ohol be sold, this last • restriction would be an under the regular has prevailed for many That men who now trier from intoxicating induced to indulge in nocuous beer and wine ;airrty-of~beiHg' led to gsLrot)ger,hay.a“stick at that’-“stick” will be e form of seventy per rye and furnished by f the twelve per cent, hat the Senate amend- dy> be a blind for the discriminate sale and spirits, ......................... ere may be some force tion, a candid consid-" he matter should con­ ic most urgent prohibl- these objections to the ndifmrt; TfreYnereTHfr^ he interest of real tein- amendment is werth ial. The vendors .of accept it and as a rule nscientiously adhere’ to 18. The state and the r will gain a lp,rge rev­ ie, unlicensed dens with bus concoctions will not ed as they.will be under Act; tluf will assume a higher ora the fact that the in­ violate the law which will i by the enforcement of ct will be withdrawn. «* ho with the advocates of ment that it is more in ’ith public sentiment than -visions of the Scott Act imple. It may be asked: i did the county of Huron majority for the Scott e answer to this is tliat e best minds in the couns that the excessive use of its was a bane that should I, and while having doubts, acy of the Scott Act sb j manufacture of ardent legalised, yet they were 'ive it a trial. They had etwe«n the existing state zhi-eh in mah'y ways were ared, and the roscately len whi<;li if was alleged it from the passage of the To use an expression 1e than elegant,they were he devil and the deep .ey did not support the Imy would violate their by not aiding in the a measure which had irimend it as a remedial ionserving public morals psical welfare bf a large people. Ou the other had doubts about the.' the Act, many of them ( X o°b.W hffrcily satisfy themselves that it was not an infringement on the liberty of the subject, contrary to the genius of British institutions, and that while depriving the state and the municipality of a large revenue fund would, probably not prohibit^ property was a farm llliqjt vendors from following their nefarious traffic, . However, as we Ijave- said, there was no choice be­ tween prohibtiion of all alcliolic drink as a beverage and partial prohlhitipn -as will be the case under the Senate, amendment. Had ft choice between tile Scott Act in its entirety and one embodying the Senate amendment been possible, we bMt^e'^TKaF'Tlw’ state of public sentiment in Huron is such that the amendment would have been sus­ tained by a large majority of the electors. Not, Jet it be remarked, but that many would have voted for it mere- ly as a^-step forward toward total prohibition; while others would have votpd for it -as a finality, believing that it would accomplish all tliat the Scott Act would, and both these classes would have supported it knowing that its failure as a remedy against intemperance would give the prohibitionists a powerful auxiliary •factor to use in favor of a national prohibitory measure. We will do the muss of Scott4 Act supporters the justice to say that, though some of them’would insist upon tlift’Scott Act in its entirety, as a mere hobby, regardless whether a less restrictive . measure would not accomplish what they aim- at, but we believe that the large majority of them are not so wedded to that or any particular measure as to ■„reject a -substitute which, while notso'restrictiv’e, would equally as well tend to the public vveal. By all means give, the Sen­ ate amendment a trial and if it. does pot accomplish all the Scott Act men desire and what we all hope for, they will have many more sup­ porters than by an infiistance upon their measure being carried out/ in its entirety aj $bis time. THE DOMINION FRANCHISE BILL. As a great deal of infamous clap trap- has/, been originated in the columns of the Globe, and is being repeated albng the- lihe-of its press , satellites, and even, echoed on the’ floor of the Houho, concerning the Dominion Franchise Bill, we will .make condensed extracts from tlie Bill itself now. before, us. These will be no digests of ■ factionist oru- ditiqs, or partisan distortions. They are taken’at first hands from a.copy of the Bill itself, and when compare ed with Grit paraphrasing^ those who read both will be surprised, if what appears in Grit partisan papers has not already become so fixed a synonym for lying tlTat.the public "has ceased xo be'surprised at anyh that appears'.iri them when party purposes are to.be seryedr-'-BurpriBed that journals even affecting- respect- ability can have the hardihood to bo. attempt to impose upon their own supporters or “stuff” their opponents. Although two- weeks ago we gave an extended synopsis of the salient features of the Bill, the present re-f ference will bq in order under ex­ isting circumttances. • • CITIES AND TOWNS. - ----- - -—Ev-er-y—British-subject .twenty-one years of age or over shall have a vote provided That in a city or town he-is pos­ sessed of property of the value of $300;— '«"- Or is ‘a tenant paying a monthly rental of at least $2; ... .: Or. aniamiuaLrental. Or is tbe bona fide occupant ..of "realjTproperty of-the value of $300, “yery great impetus to the drift “which ia already setting in that di* “rection.” Praise from Sir Hubert is praise indeed 1 Yet Sir Richard cdndidly admits that Sir J ohn’s Fran­ chise Pili is |B accord -With “the drift of public opinion” and tends to the extension of the (ran chiae. Ah lowing for Sir Richard’s usual exag* geration he is right. The' Frauchiae Bill is in accord with “public”, though not with partisan, “opinion” and. embodies views and principles much more advanced than those hold by a"Reform party which cannot see anything to reform. . Fpr enlightened views on the In­ dian clause see Indian doctor Oron- hyateka’s views, given in another column, lather and such one or more eons as may desire to be registered on the list may be voterff; . Or the son of any owner of real property, other than a farm, is quali­ fied as a voter the same as if the J • ‘ Provided, that occasional absence of the son frtfm the residence of hiH father for not more in all than four months in the year, shall not dis­ qualify such son; Or is a fisherman and is the own­ er of real property and boats and tackle, which together are of ;^e : actual value of $150. That bete noir of the Grits a REVISING OFFICER FOR REGISTRATION OF VOTERS The ^Governor- General in Council may appoint a proper person to be called “the revising officer,” for each’’ electoral district, who shall hold of­ fice during good behaviour, bitt who shall be removable on an address by the House of Commons, and whose duties shall be to prepare, revise and complete in the manner provided by the Act, the list of persons entitled to vote under the Act, lie shall take an oath of office ^to faithfully discharge the duties assigned without favor or partiality y that he w ll place no name on the list ofvQters, and will strike no name off the same, unless satisfied that the same should by law fytplaced on or,#truch offi' The “revising officer” may be eith­ er a judge ox junior judge of any county court, jjv a barrister of at least jive years standing. -■Copies of the revised list shall be , mailed to officials and othersand post* ■fid up as under the Provincial Act. Provision is-made .for correction of the lists, and they are subject to cor­ rection by any Superior Court on appeal. The appeal in the Province of Ontario shall be to any of Divis- | ■ ional Courts of the High Court of Justice for the Province or to any one or more of the judges thereof, sit­ ting as such court, ’ TIIE INDIAN SCARE. Every “person” who' is a British subject and in ether1 ways complites with the provisions of the'Act.shall have a vote. In the interpretation portion, of the Bill “pprson’w is de­ clared tothdnde an Iridian. Our readers who wijl carefully look over the preceding.'digest of the "much libelled Dominion Franchise Bill will see that'it is very liberal, in its provisions.' That those provisions shall ‘apply .^f-whites,- Indian’s or negroes (Cninamen are not. included) The Opposition, however, have Wast­ ed the. time- of the House in iniser- abl^ attemptfj.to obstruct ltslpassage, talking against time for hours. The Indian interpretation clauses made the hair of the Grits’stand on end as erect as .though Poundmaker •or Pie-a Pot had hold of it with one Ji and.and._withl.kiii £e._in_ th e -other- - hand wbb preparing to “circuni-- . incise”’their noddles with S view to 4tyanldrigdLofi^,hdr—uppeiLteapinar^-adiaB^yUh^eui-—in-Een4imenV—Ite EDITORIAL NOTES. A satisfactory arrangement been concluded between Russia and England. has “Pulverize the Rum,” says Goderich Signal. We suppose intention is to soak all the Grits in it. A very good .process if the stuff is as deadly_po:sonous as it is held by .many to be. ■ « the the —.....-..............- . —— ton.—War correspondence in Lon* don .• c Ab the lyiaeffiq articles of * IiUnu cordwood, scejil to ww n<Kuea, in proportion! than the prjcsB of bread and mil|c, it may be inferred that the poor|boya are obliged, an a gfeat measure, to stick to tlm bread and milk. Tne prices of sueb satisfying ariicles qf pourishm«nt as railroad irqn and finh-liooks are not given, and it is therefore pro* liable that thev are so high as to be entirly out of <the question. As the season advances the troops that are fed on hay may be turned opt to grass, ojhich is 4iaid-/to be somewhat cheap and plentiful in the North-, west, arid which makes a very good substitute‘for the expensive cord* wood. The ‘rations provided by government .for. th^ troops'? are apperently avoided for the reason yia,t the pon’t fpgt the» pen ^n.v- thing. Nq true-, soldier wilt eat inexpensive: pork, beef,^ hard-tack, beiins, and things' like that,, when there is high-priced cordwood and other early spring vegetable delica­ cies in the market.—-Spectator. theseexcyllent jfpod, hay and a rather higlie.i. The Globe publishes columns of four to twenty-line-extracts form Grit papers condemning Sir John’s. Franchise Bill. Did these papers ever approve Of any of Sir John’s' Bills 1 No I But the people did. His Franchise Bill wilfbe"approved by. the people, in- whose interests* it has. . been framed,, just the same as they approved of the many other measur­ es which he lias passed for the good of tlie country, but which the Grit press denounced' as fiercely as they now do the Franciiise Bill- which is practically the same as we gave a. synopsis of week before last. -> The London Acfreriirisr and other Grit papers deprecate the “making haste” slowly of Gen. Middleton. “Middleton should move oh even at the expense of- considerable life” says one. ^Another would go-* in forP “civil, war and bloodshed in this Province before another election” if the majority in Parliament pass a Franchise Bill that the mere hand­ ful of. an Opposition do not approve of. Mo wat and. some of his 'support­ ers in the Local House threatened to expend “considerable lifu”—.not their own—if their ‘political hobbies were thwarted. And thus it' has been from* the beginning-of the chapter of Grit history and so. will it pe to the encFof if. Drones when, in power; traitors when out ;of power, whq'. would sacrifice life, en-. gage in fratricidal war and spill the blood of their -fellow men. either- to retain power or gratify their faction- ism. -’ ■ ’ THE GBI^S MAKE BRITISH BLOOD BOIL The-fol lowing is an extract from a letter pf T, B. Todd, Esq,, ’ formerly. Township Clerk of the Township of Brant, Bruce County, and now sets _tledjat .Oak River, addressed toi Mr. Shaw ex-M, P., Walkerton i— As to Rebellion, J suppose you hear as mush ubout’il’as we'do. We" have not gone tothefront, but some­ times it-is a hard'job for a fellow to lfbld himself at home, i This sort of thing makes British blood boil. Who are responsible. for the- trouble ? Not the illtr?aupqnt- of the Breads and Indianff,’ „ Thq fact is. the ex> tretne Grit jiarty (Farmers Union &c.,) have bebn<,talking rebellibft al­ ways. Riel thought they meani\it. No doubt soiiig^or them, although not entirely in./sympathy with tbe rising, yet, afe glac(I of anything thaT w.ill embarriss/.the Government. The - only feaFJs* that the Quebec power will constrain “Sir John”, to be’ too lenient '.with the leaders.- I have as much faith- in his adminis­ tration as eVer, but I believe with Blake bidding for.the support"oTfbo7 Blebs the old man has to be careful how he acts. ’ A.pity that right has to trim tp might. If.there is any half way'.&ork in this matter hun­ dreds of the best qn$ -most loyal set­ tlers will feel Kite;.having here, feel that they will nob Fe.safe e\/er after. *• ■ . i J‘. Yours truly, ■. T. R: Todd. April 24; 18^5;"' ' ■ ’ VpM^JSATiPJL8^f, Ire-iuishit to lie not hold, ourwliiei'riisymtHible foi' the opinion8 expresxed.by corTBu^ondents^ - Ko,. Nbwb-Rkcor p J . ■ PRESS, OPINIONS. The advocates of Imperial Federa­ tion, have the.great majorty of Can- l’lte Cl inton ^'ire-CoiUAfriiiy^ Editor News-Record. • ■ ■ i . ‘ . Sir.—With your’kind permission I" .will give an explanation why I Te- fused "’to sign fireman’s - contract' for .1885. Jn 1888 a committee was.: ap/. pointed to carry out the 24th of May sporis; composed of firemen and For-, .esters. A t a joiht’committe meetiug l was- authorized to liave an advertise- ■ment-juserteHnltbe-Se'aforVh^'i/n-.-The^ .notice, appeared according to /agree-i ment and wheh : I>J)re§cnted the jbi.ll for thesrime, neither the Forester’s or "whether sric’h occupation is under an agreehient to .purchase from the Crow n or fromariyo11 i§.L.person o.te corporation, dr exists in any other mantier except as owner or tenant^ and who iB in the enjoyment of the 'revenues and profits thereof, fo.r- the use of aiicli occupant? or in the case of a married nian, for his own use or for the ufie of his wife; Or derives an income from'sonie trade or profession, • or. from ' some investment or charge on .real pro., perty in Canada of not less% than ^O'0’rnmu“alfy;^t^^ Or ie the aon of such owner of" real property • arid not- otherwise qualified to vote and is or has been continuously a resident upon such property with his . father, or his mother, after the death of his father, -if such real property is pf sufficient value if equally divided amongst them as jjo-owners, to represent $300 for each; IN COUNTIES. . Or is tlie ri^ner of real property of the actual value of $150 ; Or is tho tenant of real property at a mqnthly rental pf at least’Wo dollars, or ait-annual rental of at least '$20, ill money of in kind of like value; . , ' Or is the bond, fide occupant of real property of tin) Value of $1^0, Whether such occupation he under agreement to purchase- from the Cro^yu or from any other person or corporation, and Where such occu­ pant is in- the enjoyment of the pro­ fits or revenues thereof; Or derives ah ifiiidnie frohi some trade or profession or from some in* vestment in Of charge on real pro­ perty in Canada, of not less othan $400 anhualTy ; Of is a farmer’s son not ot’herwLq qualified as a votefjind is and has reMded^ continuously on hi'sTather’s ■ of mother’s farm for one year next preceding Nov. 1st in any-,year, if the said farm is of sufficient value; if equally divided among thorn as co-owners,, to qualify as voters, the adornment. ... ' And what does all this Indian scare over- the Franchise Bill amount, to ? The Iridian is made co-partaker with the whites in the benefits of the enlarged- provisions of enfranchisfi^ ruent embodied in tho Bill. -That,is an Indian, whether he resided with his tribe or not, shall have a vote on ,the same conditions as the . white man that and nothing more. $Vquld 'it be„ fair, would i t ’be equits able, to keep the industrious Indian wbq^as ambition enriugh to become civilized,Miandicapped by a depriva­ tion of the same tights on the same conditions as white men ?> Certainly not. The spirit of British fair play, “of T-JrTtiali ins-titutloHS, tends to-ele­ vate all0 classes of our citizens.’ ■ -I • ■ . j The utter r.ot and blatherskite "balderdash that the totally, uncivil­ ized Indians will have a vote is so outrageou^ly-absu rd“that*-none“but' those with diseased iriinds would dare..make such an unwarrantable assertion. He must possess real property of.' at least the Value of $150, dr he” must be a tenant of pro­ perty and; pay. _a monthly rental of $2,. dr a yearly- rental of $20, or be in receipt of or earn $400 per annum from motley invested or charge on real property in .Canada. Will the qomadic Indians,, will- the roaming Indians of trie plains arid prairies, will the denizens bf the forest and mountain fastnesses fill the bill ? Can any opponent of the Indian clause lay his ljand upon his heart and honestly affirm that any of these classes of Indians can ' vote ? He cannot honestly savso. Why then this persistent lyiillRy^^^-''^^; of the Grit press which state ' that whole tribes of ignorant and totally unqjvilized Indians will be able to vote under the proposed Franchise Bill 1, Nothing but absolute stupidi­ ty, pure'“cussed nebs” or utter de* pravity would permit such abomin­ ably’absurd and lying contentions.- . But your pure, unadulterated Grit is illiberal, first last and all the time. He wautB the franchise extended,but he does not want it extended unless such extension will make votes for the “pairty”. Speaking on the Indi an clause in the House, that hiojerh apostle of*gritisffi and old-fdgyism,. Sir. Richard John Cartwright, re*, marked:—“They may rest assured “that if they, the Government, intro* “duce a uniform frahchiso here, giv* /‘ing votes to Indians, they put into “the, hands of all those gentlemen “who desire to establish universal “suffrage a most potent argument, “There is very little doubt that the “drift of piibiio opinion throughout * lliis Dominion isrnow towards un* ffiyeraal or manhood suffrage, and I “say to Kofi.gentlemen that they may “rely upon it that, if tho Indian frftn* “cliise is established, it will add nt is undoubtebly the. popular" thing," far more so than dependence, . in.- -dependence or annexation. The last is the unpopular tiling, and it .is sufficient to call any other scheme by its name to ruin it./ When. Sir John Macdo.nald’tf - Government went out i.n 1873, it was largely the result of a silly cry that he had sold tlie country to the Americans. When Mr. Mackenzie’fTGovernment went out in 1878, it was largely- due to the cry that- the Americans dominated our commerce. We^'may, therefore, count on enthusiasm at the approaching -meeting-to ad vocate. Imperial Federation, ’and, we may add, that we shall look with interest for the. outlines of the Federation schem er as -what 1 ack of-s t reng felW b e • cause has hitherto shown has been due to ?tbe-lack?rpf Meffiiiteness and unanimit yon, .this score.— Witness. , CURRENT TOPICS. K deserved kicking. Davin, the war correspondent' of the has returned to Winnipeg/ He says lie was kicked out of- Middleton’s camp because liei Jied about the transport service. .He- got what he deserved, . As Sam Slick would have remarked, his offeti'ce was too heinous to be pun­ ished with the mild operation of hanging ; he deserved to have been placed with his rear within, striking distance of the kicking end of a forty-horse power. muTer*TTliduglf this was not done it is gritifying' to know that lie was-“kicked out of camp” even though the process was .carried out by the regulation boot of a gentleman holding her Majesty's military commission. ' ABSTAIN FROM WATER, as?*. .------r- ; . Water, says a traveler who has had many years ’ experience in various countries, should be given to a horse whenever, he wants it, .but, ho adds: “A man should al­ ways try io do as long as ever he can in the early part of the day without drinking*; if once he tastes water he becomes thirsty again' in half an hour. I have often ridden hard, under a.busting sun, in clouds of dust, from daylight sjuntil 11 o’­ clock, but, once tempted to take a drink, have hot been able to abstain for an hour at a timh,” “Traveller’s experience” in Huron county about this time would be worth recording. Water would seem to "be good for horses, but .men should use it as sparingly as possible I In view of experienced traveller’s experience the men of Huron can to the prospect of the allowing the sale of lager bear, cider and containing not more look forward Senate Bill ales, porter, light wines than twelve per cent of alcohol becoming part of the Scott Act, with pleasurable emotions. A PIIOLOsPJlER ANDA SPECTATOR J b'takes all thq hoys’ pay Jo keep them in enough to eat, Wo pay 15 cents for a two-pound loaf of broad, milk is 25 cents per quart, wood $30 per cord, and hay $50 pop ; Firemen’s Committee’ Would pay it. ’ After both committees . refused to pay Jt, then I rendered tlie bill to the,Foresters and Firemen separately. The matter was brought up in their meetings but 'they each refused to pay-the amount); and I am out $5;00 besides the-loss of considerable time. ■ Vflien I was:asked ta:join the Fire Company for this’ year I refused un­ less my old bill (which no one in-the . Company dare say is an unjiist claim). • was settled. ’ A niatio.h Was made and ■ but of all thaTii’d Company two hon­ est men only were, found in. favor of giving me what I was-justly entitled' to, so I decided, tliat I. was much better out of .ft company that refuses . fair play to all alike. They also re- ' - -fuse to’p.ay life back- tlf3 'dbHai"whicli I pftid ior.iilie belt, although it‘is the rule that any member..leaving tlie company-the party taking his place . .shall.payJ. Jiim. forMiis. belt, atifl that- ’ Was adhered to iii bile patticttiaf Case', (and. ifr ne’ceSq^y Jt .can ‘ furnish tlie , name) afiok wliy iiot” in. -nlime,’ as I consider I- waS'‘aqfaithful as any of the firemen, and' in over tlir^e .years- I only missed one meeting1' and' I n'qver missed a fire or practice,in all. that .time. .'pii’s. is only a beginning and. at some’future time I may give some more'liglsti?pn thq workings of tlie “Tammany H&ih’gR in connection witlrourd^TcCanTim7Ty, and'if,I cam not get justice-myself at their hands, •I will try to kebp others from falling, into the trap I’was caught in. I ba,Vd used all lawful means short of-juhe court to.get^niy money and have fbil* ed. There are Some acts in,connec­ tion with: the'Company which will not bear the light of day, and l am well aware that it will greatly. stir­ prise some of bur townspeople when they are made-public,? btlt fails are stubborn things End I intend to state Tibthinh elsb.- .1 ; ? . * Yours respectfully, / ” . ' . W. H? Cooper Jii.,<‘ J .. Ex-Fireman. Clinton,-May G, 1884, ' ' Editor News-Record.,,, - Dsab Sir,—Sonid” weeks . have now' elapsed since the Clinton Ananias in­ dulged in an editorial bounce, and it has. refrained from passing sentence upon the present Government for the sins of its predecessors in power, but failing in courage to strike- on its own account, It has- ru its last issues reported to the ex­ pedient of endorsing the fabrications of journals of the stamp, and giving extracts from them of a like tendency. Under the headings of “Public Opinion,” and “Outside Opinion’,’- it attempts to te- repeat its offences aga’nst veracity, and ; gives us those ‘Opinions" on imaginary facts. Of course it is the old story of JBlnke and the Globe holdnig Sir John A.„ Macdonald atid bis Government respdn*. sible for the of the Mackenzie and Blake regimd* I shall give you a few specimen bricks from the columns of Ananias. In its issue Of 24th April,it’ introduces those elegant extracts by saying they ‘will shew pretty clearly what papers hav. Ing nd interest in'the rebellion think of it, and sustain'the action of the liberal press Thus tho Manitoba Rews shys accounts the Ottawa aulhoritieti are clear- Iy|rospbnslbte for it, Ignoring tho reason­ able demandkof halfbreods. ” " ' Tho Retn'VtM Herald, says, *tlio out* break should have been prevented “by-a judicious graifi of privileges,'1'1 The Ro­ chester Herald, (N.Y.,) says that Sir John Macdonald Will r-callzo by the limo the next ejection, comes1 round that the poo, pie of a free country are able to punisli by dismissal incompetent rulers,” The* Calgary Herald is' “sorry to have'to • * • -d 'fromall tympaihttt witu the men who are cauaing it (the rebellion). There is more than a feeling among tbe settlers that the half­ breads are fighting for wbat should have been granted them long ago.” Tbe Chicago Herald says “If the Government had done bo at at any time during tbe last ten years it can not be dnubtpd all tiiis trouble would have been avoided.’’ Tbe Detroit Free Press says that “Hon­ esty and fair dealing with tbe haltbreeds and Indian's, and a prompt redress of their grievances, -would have rendered the up­ rising an impossibility.’’ Tbe Oanadinn Baptist says “Tbe trouble would have been averted by a more prompt attention to their complaints and grievances and more truth, and generosity in our deal­ ings with tbe Indian tribes.” Ther Lon­ don Graphic (England) thinks that these balfbreeds: “should have been legislated for in an exceptional way” and a “reser­ vation marked out” where Riel and bis merry men could live as they lived in days of yon. What a Paradise this world would bp I. What pleasant neigh­ bors I These are •‘opinions” which we nmy .take for what they are worth. The New, Era omitted to give one very valuable opinion from the. London Standard (Eng­ land) within the last three wepks, namely that it was a satisfaction to think that in warring on the prairies tbe belligerents would have ample supplies of buffal. from the vast herds of these animals to- be found there! 1 I fear they would find poor nourishment in the bleached bones of the butfaljes on the plains, deserted by the herds years ago The crimes against the Half-breeds and Indians are further stated on the authority of the Toronto World to. have arisen “bScauBO Sir John was afraid of the Prench'VQte.” •The Winnipeg Free Press says “Sir John's friends should' place him under restraint" atid that “Mr Dewdne’v has been but the ,,,instrument in the Gcvernnient’ahands of stirring up this rebellion.’’ Thus according to the extracts ladled .QUt.df the Grit cauldron'some “authorities fl,t Ottawa are nnswerable".for this rebel-, lion. What authorities 7 ~The .Grit au-. thorities from 1873 to 1879? or the present Government from 1879 to the present time. Riel ought to know, and in the manifesto lately issued by him on the eve of tile outbreak, which has been given to the.public-through.the colurririq of his semi offiejal organ the Toronto Globe, he clearly and distinctly states that the Mackenzie Government turned a deaftSar to the claim^of the Half-breeds and Indians, nota single claim was dis­ posed of by them arid that it was not until the presen t Government at Ottawa came into power that any consideration, was given to their claims, and have al­ ready shewn that, in the last three years -nine tenths of them have been disposed of and patents issued. In fact the grje vance exists now but in name, but the_ rebellion of the complainftiitB‘’i8 a reality Sir John Is said to have been prevented from doing justice to the Haff breeds “because -he was afraid of the-French vote.” How did be .show' that fear?. When in 1873, the friends of Riel in the OommonB- pressed Sir John to grant an' .amnesty rio Riel for. his first rebellion, though the fate of bis ministry hung on his compliance with . tlie demand,' Sir John-refused to enterta-pf the proposal and as a result he,resigned office. The Mackenzie-Blake Government then came.,. .Into power and iri the next session of Parliament ,fhey rewarded Riel- for the . murder of poor Scott, by granting him an amtiesty; to lake effect from„the expira­ tion of ftve.years, and tliat term haying expired, Jm proceeds to'organize another; ’trfebeilipn assured of the continued sy 100-' ; a'tiiy and- support of bis GriTTriends, -allies and .their sympathising press. The Prince Albert District seems to 'have been the nursing mother of the_ present outbreak, and tlie Hon. David” Mills, whose department had the special care.of-the Indians, and. Half breeds has hftd lately tbe hardihood, to assert that /in Albei-iuJierrupry there djd not exist any - Half-breed settlement nor any white pop^ ulation during the Mackenzie regime,with th’e single'exception of the Half-breed set- -tteme Rh-inr-the-ine-ig-hb&rlmotWyf---P-ri-hve-■ Albei-t.' Yet in bis.own official reports as a ■ then servant of the«GroWnfcxprepardd jby Mr. A.L. Russell, it is stated that there Wer“ several Half-breed settlements there Jri^J17ivriLl^H4rie--A4be-r-t-lwvdA4.hoR-li4m- h ‘uses, - St. Laurent, Duck Lake and" ■other places as faf ;as Fort a la Oorne were also-settled and it would seem that some good Grits must have been among them. ' ..... ... Prince Albert being the grit neat, the grit chickens aeem to be coming home .to' •Yoos t.a ccordi n g. to ■ la to <1 e ve 1 o peme n th -. TRieFseeaied well aware that Fe would ‘find sympathisers, 'witli all Iris designs-in that loca'ity; and filling instruments to work 01 his plans. He’finds at once one W. R, Jackson to become a member and secretary -of his rebel council. - Toronto Globe fitidsuprivate .corresspond- •eDt ia-in the place; of The same name, who’ will keep that journal posted . With-in-” . telligence of all the rebel plans in ad­ vance of the information procurable by the"Governmerit. '■ This same distinguished . Mit; JA'cIfson -ig said to have been a former, resident of this loyal county of Huron, where he carried, on busitiess- at Wingham as a druggist, but he moved thence to the rapre congenial atmosphere of Prince -Albe.rtj“ reside. The priority of rebellion fnte-h^ ligence derived from the locality by .sympathizing friends is remarkable. Tlie _old connect'i.on,of. the Clinton’New • Era staff With the Toronto Globe is still in' our memory, and thus it* is that on the . 25.th^nito^l8S4T~ft-»oeFre9iTO-frdiyfft~w'rfrea'' from Prince Albert to the .Erg, saving, “Don't be smprised if you hear of “a re- bellionjiere—we are, getting ripe for, it.” Is this the. Jackson again? who signs the manifesto of' 2.4th July, 1884. In- Match last another correspoffdent. in the same district states “ Wre will gei.be/tind our' Winchesters''—and the agent and private correspondent of tbe Globe and New. Era at Prince Albert is. thus enabled to apprize, them of the outbreak of this rebellion ahead of tbe intelligence to the ■ authorities at Ottawa,' and even • of tbe event itself. These veracious corj-es-- pondonis of the Globe, New Era rind Winnipegm.ffsbqots'do not. stop here, but fnbriciaie reports of the defeaj of Gen, Middleton and the alleged Success of the Yebvl arms. Little do they care that by so doing they are.only inciting-thpln-' dians to aid in rapine..aryl murder,,Atid showing their sympathy With ' crime. Wten such fabrications emanate from their-pen we cannot be surprised at the information"thrit“Gen't'rttrYMiddle'ton has sent the special war correspondent, of the Globe in camp gn an embassy to his parental home Ut Toronto,- where he can draw On his imaginatioh for his facts with less risk of injury to his country ami his carcaseT---.. Talk of sympathy for the wrongs Of the Indians! What aro tlieir blatant friends, the Grits, . about ji'ist now? •A Bill is before the Dominion Legislature, brought in by Sir John jMacdonald, in which there is a clause proposing to con­ ferthe electoral ‘’franchise oq. such-Indi­ ans as possess the necessary qualifica­ tion for it. "Against this clauso—the . jecofetiition of the Indian' as "a person,’’ not a chattel—the whole Grft phalanx of Blftkes, Mills, Camerons and suchlike, Are arrayed in their efforts to defeat the Bill intended to benefit the qualified In­ dian, and have kept tbe house sitting for 51 consecutive hours in a partisan effort to defeat the Bill. But they have failed and the civil rights’ of the ftidian and the Half-breed who casts his lot With them tire recognized by the present at.thori­ ties al Ottawa - Justice is being dene to them and we trust it may yet be done to the rebel Riel and his rebel sympathis­ ers,' whether in the Commons, the press, Or the country. These are the parties Who nrc responsible for the present ro- bellioii, the conBoqnent Injury to the country, and tho 1 sb of valuable lives which it entails. But what care they ? “Party before country” is their watch­ word. For. this sin they were brought to account by the eons ititoncles fn 1878, and Again in 1883. The brand of. Cain was stamped'upon them qn botlr oeca- sionsr, rind if tho country had the oppor­ tunity of doing so at thia monioti.LAh& same brand would bo laid on?1 theta heavier thAtj before. "’They talk of pa-’ iridiiam I Fuch patriotism as they know is but tho rofnko.of scoundrels Who would “ralhbr reign in hull than servo- Heaven.’’ “ , ■ An Oj:AN«RM.\n rtf’ 1S30. May 7th, jB85, Editor Nows^Rword. Sir,—I hate read in the issue of the “War Cry” of the Salvation Army dated 2nd May an extract from the English Church Times . which noticed in review a little work on “The Training of Children,” by Mr. William. Booth, General of the Salvation Army— Army Book Stores, Paternoster Row, which is given in a garbled shape with passages omitted so as to give an apparent sanction by “The Church Times" to some of the assumptionshf “Tho Army”, I now enclose yon the notice of the work in full as ‘ it appears in Ths Church Times and I have underlined for ital, ics the passages in the notion which the “War dry” has left out. They Shew that wlu i is commended in the work in question consists of borrowed plumes from the doctrines, principles and teachings of the Church of Eng­ land. . Yours SENEX. The fallowing is the full text Qf the Church Timek'.— ' The Training of Children, by Mr, William Booth. “General” of the Sal­ vation Army (Army Book Stores, Paternoster-square). With the ex­ ception of the passages only applic­ able to the members of the Salvation Army, and certain paragraphs con­ demnatory of fairy tales, there is much to be said in favor of this ex- i'haustiye work, Mr. Booth’s strong religious temperament has not been developed at thp ” expense of true jvorldliness, and parents Vwho follow his counsols will find them for the • most part practicable and sensibly. ‘ Bnt we must point out to the author that lie has simply • re-stated in his peculiar phraseology all, or nearly all, that the Church of England has ever taqglit, ’ /^e Cfirtnot conceive what the state of'salvation of which the Baptismal of ices and the Catechism speak can be. unless it includes all that is most valuable in his teathing That priests' bnd peo­ ple have neglected to give the expression its full value in their, practical baling with children only illustrates the tendency in human nature to neglect plain duty, a. tendency which in time will show itself even in the Salvation Army. Tlwvery raison d’etre of the finny is the, partial- obscuration of some Catholic.beliefs, ar­ ising from gross neglect or wilful mit* understanding. Mr. Booth’s book is a manly protest against the selfish ease dr parents, who act as if they believ­ ed that the way into the Kingdom of Heaven is throughr drunkenness pr thieving. Even the ^conversion” on which he lays some stress it practically nothing more than the surrender of the will to “God, which we associate with, but do hot confine to, Confirmation, If e are especially thankful for Chapter IP,, which rtcognises fully the doctrine of Heredity '. . Without intending-it, Mr. -Booth lias realy written.an enlarge­ ment of the address to Godparents provided at the end of the '’Church's I3aptismal office. ' If th6‘ clergy; in­ stead pf reading -this address,- would, put into “vulgar” language all that it’ means ‘and directs, the parents cn I Godparents would go away with a clearer idea of their duty. The two pdiuts to be emphasized are—(l)tliat others of their class that they be given their rights as British subjects, without beingaaked to sever their con­ nection from their people by becom­ ing “enfranchised” under the old laws. . ___.... o If we go to the Grand River Reser­ vation, we will find scores of Indians, such as the Ganows; the Martins, tbe Styers, -the Beavers, Jhe Hills, the Johnsons, the Smiths, that are equal­ ly intelligent, equally capable, and , who are Lying, each, upon his own farm, in comfortable frame or brick houses, raising thousands of bushels of grain and farm produce each year, and. thus adding to the wealth of |he country. These are tbe Indians that the-Bill proposes to entrust with the vote,and I respectfully submit that they are capable of exercising the right of the franchise intelligently, as are tbe majority of the farmers ot this or any other country. It is true We receive annuities from the Government, but what are these annuities ?/Why, simply interest due to U8’for moneys earned by our fore fathers and loaned to the Gov­ ernment. If there is any “bounty’, in the matter it is on the side of the Indians, It is jftlso claimed that our votes could not be independent, because we are “wards" of the Government, that the Right Hon* Sir John A. Mac- donald could vote us en bloc, because he is our Superintendent General- They who say that know very little of the Indians, at least, of the Six Nat­ ions; besides, as a matter of fact, every Indian is far more independent of any, such improper contract than arb,.say, the Post Office officials .of this country and other civil service employes, who have votes and who use them very frequently against the Government. As an employee of the Government, I might be diHmissed-' from the service, -As an Indian, to- siding*;‘on my farm on the reserve there is absolutely‘nothing-that the Superintendent General, could de prjve’ me of were I to vote against the Government- • It seems to me, therefore, thal there is no good'reason why every Indian; who is otherwise qualified, whether resident upon a reservation or not, should notrbe^allowed to vote, and that is all that we ask, and I am sure the intelligent people of this Dominion will not refuse to us such' rights, because ssorrijgbody is al'rajd that in such case.the great majority pf the Indians would turn out to be Conservative voters.-«=»Again, it is said that in enfranchising our Indians you also enfrarichise Pound Maker and others who are now engaged in scalp­ ing our settlers in the North-west. Surely no one will be misled by such statements as that any more that if it were said by giving a vote to the white men yoirare giving a. vote to Riel, who is causing, ofir volunteers to be shot down. ' ’ A FEW HINTS lORmOSJtOF Dose.—To move the tew* cis gently, 2 io 4 JHllff tligrouilVih 4 tfi AtJfflfa: Experience will decide, (JUf proper <I|Mc iu coeft c<MC. for Constipation, or Costivenois, no- remedy Is* so eilectlvu as Ayeb’s Pills. They Insure regular daily action, and store the bowels to a healthy condition. For Indigestion, or Dyspepsia; AYM** Fills are invaluable, anil a sure cure. Deart-burn, 1>osb of Appetite, Toul Stomach, Flatulency, Dlzzinbaa, Head- ■ .1 acliej NiimbneBO, Uiauees, are aR-reUvraft > end cured by Ay Lie’s FILLS. In jtlver Complaint, BiHone Disorders^ and Jaundice, Ayeu’S Pills .ehould bq- , given in doses large enough to excite th» liver and bowels, aud remove constipation. ’ASTpcleansing medicine in the Spring, these ,• Pills ere uneQUaUod. ’ . .. Worms, caused by a morbid condition ot the bowels, are expolled by these Pills. HrnptlonB, Shin Diseases, and Piles* tho result of Indigestion or Constipation, are ■cured by the ufe of A y ek’b Pills. For Colds, take Ayer’s Fills to open the pores, remove inflammatory secretions, and allity the fever. For Diarrhooa and Dysentery, caused by euddon colds, indigestible food, etc., Ayer'S Pills are tlie true remedy, RheuiniitlBin, Gout, Kenralgls, end. ' Sciatica, often result from digestive derange­ ment, or colds, and disappear on removing the cause by the use of Ayer’s Pills. Tumors, Dropsy, Kidney Complaints* and other disorders caused by debility or obstruction, are cured by, Ayer’s Pills. . Suppression, and Painful Menstrua* tlon, have a safo and ready remedy in AYER’S PILL&f Full directions, In various languages, ac­ company each package. • prepared-by" • J D?.J.C.Ayer&Co.,Lowef!lMailn;. Sold by all Druggists, * in (2). that ...tho parental duty is to train up the child from the first as a sol­ dier of tile Kingdom of God. / AN INDIAN ON THE WAR- .PATH, DR. ORDNRYATEO, OF ' JLOXbuN,— . - - Defends tlie Indian Clause in , tlie Eraiicliise Bill. —r Dr', O.i’onhyateka,wr.ites to the press, in defence, of il)e clause in tbe' Fran- rahrgtyeB“tne~'lTniian~the right to vote on the same, terms and conditions as' the white man or the . negro. The following are some ex tracts: ~ ' '■ ' f ' — I regard the.proposition to accord' the Indians the right to vote, as proposed in Sir John’s Franchise Bill, as the most important measure ever submitted' to Parliament, having in-view the elevation of the Indian and'the. removal of all distinctions between him and the other citizens of this Dominion. ^v-fevbr since 1857 >or 1858 Parliament has been trying by various Acts and amendments to “enfranchise” our Indians, and gradually" confer' on them full rights of citizenship, hut with such indiflerent~succes8,~'t’hat the. efforts heretofore made may be said to have been ’ entire failures. .Why have those efforts failed ? Sim­ ply because Parliament has in every ,preV\pus instance begun at the wrong efidi' _ ..■ ' , ’Every Enfratic'nisement Act in the past has made it a conditional prece-, dent for an Indian to • obtain the. right t.O .vote, that he should, practi­ cally abandon his people, alienate them from himself and destroy, any them. . , ~ " It is urged that only- those Indians .who thus be’come “enfranchised” should be given a vote, and none other... Surely nearly .30 years’- ex­ perience of stich a policy?'without producing any material resits, ought to be su-ffiient to show • that such , a policy will in the future continue to be as barren of any good to the In­ dians as in the past.. Of) the other hand, if the Bill* now before the House becomes law, I feel satisfied that it will be the Beginning of a satisfactory solution of the .In­ dian question, and which will lead, to a'gradUa|"temoval of all distinc-' -tions which‘,how;,_exist between the < Indians and others of Her. Majesty’s loyal subjects in this Dominion. As I undefkt/tnd it,the Bill proposes that if an Indian js.•qualified las. tp_. property and other qualifications, the same as a white man, then lie shall have a vote, and that the fact that he resides’ on the reservation of’his people shall not be a cause-for dis— ,qualification. To put it.more defin- itelyyT*”am 'not an enfranchised Indian. The Bill proposes that if I owerb to remove to a farm upon our -reservation at the Grand River and become a farmer (that is a producer of wealth instead of as now only a consumer^, and that if I can show qualifications which .would give mb a vote were 1 still residing in London, that the fact of my residence among my -own people, shall not disqaulify file from voting.' *. Iiet me briefly put before your read­ ers the qualifications of some of thess people whom the Bill seeks to en-, trust with tho right of franchise, Take first the Mohawks of the Bay of Quirite reservation, -Chief Samson Green has a farm near DeserOnto, on which he resides,' consisting of about 80.acres of land under cultivation. I believe dt'Tresent he has a tenant working his farm, while he himself, and has .been for years, is a clerk iff, Rathbun & Go’s general store? He has a neat neighbor. Chief Gornelius Matich, father of Dr, KenWendeshon, He lives on his farm of about 100 acres, tho greater portion of whiqh is under cultivation, His barns and outbiSJldings would do no discredit to any farm ih tli6 county -of Perth. Going to the Western portion of tho EOservo^e will find Mr. John Loft and his brother). Chief Solomon Loft, each living on his own farm of ft 100 antes, raising hundreds of bushels of grain and farm produce for tho mar­ ket. Those Indians are fairly educa­ ted, and are intelligent, sober mid industrious men. They are but types , of scores, of other Indians' upoh that reserve, and Wo ask for them and = .GOPERICH. Mr. W. B.Dickson, Barrister,-Brus­ sels was in town on Monday. . Capt. Ed. McGregor returned from -lk)r-onlo-on_§aturxlay.--———w-.-- . ^Mr.JW..L..H.orton returned from a visit to Buffalo on Saturday. Mr. Geo., Black, jr.,, returned from his visit to Owen Sound last week ‘ Miss McDonald has. retured to town, from Toronto;. Mr. fl. C. Detlor was one of the bidder’s at. the auction sale , of Mil Graib’s dry goods stock-last week Mr. Jno. Doyle left on Wednesday for Owen Sound-to join the govern­ ment survey boat, the Bayfield.- • Mr. R. Radcliffe has.had rather im­ paired health since his return horiie on leave Of. absence. *■ . There will be a meeting of the MLadi^8-A’’id“Soc‘iety m StT”George IT school room this'evening,. Rev. Mr. Parke, of Blythj officiated at St. George’s last Sunday morning arid evening. Regular meeting of Huron Encamp" me.nl- No. 28 I. O./O. F. on Friday evening. . The harbor was full of ice on Mon­ day,the north west wind having driv- : en what, little is. yet undisolved in shore. ’ ... . . An inch fall of snow during Friday ’.night, several flumes on Sunday, and the harbor full of. ice are reminders, that winter still lingers, ■ On account of the ' absence - froiri town of .Rev. Owen Jones the usual Wednesday evening service will not take place this ..evening, .. Oh account ot the basement of St/ George^s church being flooded last, .Bunday, the-usual services' were held in the schoolToorh. In-a recent isferie. recording a num­ ber of improvements taking place Montreal street was mentioned whereas it should have read Colborne street.. -. . ■ . ■nTmTiJg James Clark left on Monday for Manitpuiin Islands, with a cargo composed of nets,-salt .and fishing supplies generally.. This iB the first ,dep.ar.ture,.this season^ . ..... The hets set on Tuesday and Wed- -ini5sdiiy^;DFlris:t"wririk’^&'Tq7Wi^Ji<^'n*1' Saturday. The catph was a light one not weighing much over .two hundred pounds offish per boat. The Goderich amateurs wilFappear - in Victoria Hall on the Queen’s- birthday (25th). in J. -Palgrtive Simp- son-and-Felix Dale’s powerful Drama ’in three acts entitled “Time and the Hour.”. . . Much surprise was expressed last week', ' on the news, reaching town that Mr. Jacob "Smith agent hf the . McCormick Mfg. Co., had left for the states.. , . Mr. Frank BfeGrregor Ijaying obtain­ ed a; positioijT'bn 'the government survey boat^We Bayfield, left for his Vessel last-week;. . . - '; The HarriSoh Roller Rink.is rapid­ ly approaching completion^and will ,be, ready for the rollers in a fetf weeks. So far as can at present be seen the building will be a great im­ provement on. the Hp.rrisori Ice skat­ ing rink. A gentleman well known in town, who Jias been travelling through the county for "many years stated, last.. Saturday, that he had not seen any signs of drink being - kept or sold sinee the Scott Act had been in force. It .Would be a great cohvenien.ee to ’ tliosG ufting tho liable stops if a walk was mftde from the foot thereof to the road, as at presentjt J8 almo.st.im- possible to pass from the one' to the other without sinking deep into the mud., - I’hq^Bug Despatch’which was seized by the CollSctot of Customs on its'ar* rivgl in port last Tuesday for contra­ vention’ of our Custom regulatiqhs, was released on Saturday night, the? owner, Mr. KebeJTolsma, having given- ample security to the government iti the matter whioh Caused the seizure. There was great exoiteirienb> on Sunday regarding the buttles tn the North-West, great crowds being around thet’efrgfftph oifico'hearly al! ’ the day, Mr, Jas. Mitchell of the\Sins, received the various despatches as they came in, and read them to tho assetnbly. Last week Mr D. Holmes, Conduct* or on tho Grand Trunk, entered on his 32nd year on’tho road, having run his first train on May 3rd 1854* Mr. If. is still hale and hearty, and w© hope for. many years yet to hoar him call “all on board,” To-morrow wook, tho annual open ■; ontertairiment ’ ot the High School Literary • Society will tak# plaoe in Victoria Ilalh If patience and per­ severance in furnishing an exoollont programme are worthy ol reward Vic­ toria Hall should bo crowded on the 21st. inst. • . ' . Tho entertainment of tho High ' School Literary Society last Friday . « evening opened with a debate on tho question: Resolved that Wellington was a greater general than Napoleon,, in which Mpssfs. Wilson and Bolton took the , affirmative and Messrs’ Carroll and-McKibbon'the negative.. After a very entertaining contest'tho victory was accorued to the chump­ ions pf Wellington. The entertain­ ment concluded with a sold by Mr. Mclntyne, and scioptican views'by Mr. Halls. A mass meeingof reformersand all., lovers of fair play was called for Mon­ day everting at- the Reform rooms. ' Miss Jessup who returned from the ' ' •' .States a few days since, died at her' mother's residence o.) Sunday. The •, death was iffit unexpected,-the young­ lady having returned hoirie severely ill of consumption., An excellent entertainment-was ’ given in St, George's school room on ' ^2 . Monday evening, by the-Church of i ' : England Temperance Society/ -There "" was a good attendance and loud manifestations of approval were elicited by tlie programme- Staff-sergeant Ludgate was in town Saturday, Sunday and Monday, with o- . hm hallelujah concertina, and -was. present at all the meeting's on-those days./^Oh-iSunday the Army had drill on the Market Square, and be- . fore marching back to barracks took < 'up a drum head collection, which seemed to pan. out .very good.. On Monday evening the soldiers of the Army were sworn in, forming the 90t|i Canadian Corps. ” "LSsf'rjiursnay tbri Grtdericlr Oficic- T et Club reorganized .. at a meeting held at" the Albion hotel. After the meeting had been called to order the ■ following were appointed Officers'fftr ’ . !UB8ai==HIxmojmty^Dresjd4m t-JTol^the-^—A-- J Ion. A.-Mr~Ros^rronprnrjTVice' President, R* S. Williams Esq. Pres- , • ident, S. Malcolmson Esq. Vice President, W. Proudfoot Esq. Capt. Starke Esq. Secy. Treas., Mr. T; C- . King.. Executive and field commit­ tee, Messrs. Reynolds, Johnston,Wi.d-. * -der, McDermott and" Stmfley Hays. • .'he arrangements .’for practice ‘ matches, and' the .fee for members, are the same as on j/revious years. * Moved by lWahstone seconded by • L. Elwood, that Mr. Allan Embury. b& , requested, to deliver a lecture on be- - • half oft,he Club. Carriedunaniinous- Jy.' Arrangements rre now in pro­ gress for replenishing tjje outfit, and the selection of A practice-ground, so- ' - that bgjore long we may expect chai- lenges to iill the county clubs. On Tuesday afternoon two agentri of the fire grenade riiah'ufacturing Co­ gave an exhibition on the square, in which the power Of the grenade to- ?" extinguistvJire„w.asJuHy -shown. - A- —-— fevr boards were.-fixed up, covered with.inflammable .mftterial ahd set Qq fire, and when the blaze was at its. highest a-grenade was halted at:tile erection and breaking extinguished --the---fb'.et'*~Fhe-on-ly''iritolriH*'"l'He'arT7“i" rangement- was the extraordinary , . ' strength of the bottles containing .the liquid; hot over half of them, being broken although thrown .with great ■' force against a pine board erection.. We have no objection to the copy­ ing of our Ideals, butvone does object .;/ .. to untrue additions, the last.is- 8I1& of the Signal- our report qf ‘"tho Schoo! Board proceedings-is cut in . ■ halves and something inserted that .. ' is certainly not true.. As no repre- isentative of the 6’tgnaZ, was present at. the meeting, we would like to <ji.now the source of information for surely no priofessirig Christian would manufacture malicious and untrue ■statements in his own Office. As-fbF Mr., Crabb making, appoint - against ... . Mr. Embury the Signal must be mad • toj make such* an assertion.' Mr. Crabl) made a charge against theJPrih.^...... cipah;Me88fs,‘FriohoIsori Malcolmson .and Butleri heard the evidence arid ’ unanimously reported that the charge- ' was not sustained, which report the Board as unanimously accepted. ■ We regret the Signal's occasional over- . fldwof venom whenever Mr Embury’s name is mentioned,* not’because it", reflects on the principal but because z obits tehdericy to lower the discipline ' of our schools. 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