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The Huron News-Record, 1885-06-17, Page 2Thursday has been flxetl upon for consideration of amendment to the Scott Act. COMMUNICATIONS. To tho Bront-C. J. Tuthill & Co. New Goud3~-C'jris.Diekson, Bi^ Drives—John Robertspn. Cluthin;;—O,'C..Ranco. , Town Lots by Auction—E. Diqsley ...... "*» -y-*- ■» - Nothing new from the Northwest, Gen. Middleton still trying to oatqh Big Bear. ' Dkhop • Sweatman, of Toronto, deplores the decadence of the Church in bis diocese. A number of writ* yrs to the daily press signing them­ selves - “ChTircTiiimu” attribute the H's trisAlt to be distinctly understood that ve do not hold otcrsriMS responsiblej'ur the opinions expressedbycorrespoiidents.- Ed. Nx^s-liKCURD thcudeuee to the growth of sneer' dotalisui. Huron Record, Clinton, Wednesday, June 1 Ttla BOLD BAD EXPRESSIONS^ lie had -notification—of from friendly Indians and to escape injury. -A late lia l left it thoiigli other settlers were so “harsh” a man Ourcotcin has an item headed ‘a pretty bold expression.’’ As usual tlio grumblings of the. ubiquitous "was u-Conservative” are the basis for the i-ebrl slieet’H fault finding with d)<! Governruent’rt “policy in their imiiiagpuiHnt of the North.west set­ tlers.” We hardly know what that mean*, lhe Government does not umh-rtnko “the nianagement of the settlers in the North west or els where other than by making law's, and nppotntij?g, officers to see that the laws' are efifoiced. Lt lias not ‘■been kuUft’H for porno time that the timber Inspector’s w’ere dealing harshly with the settlers,” and the was a U msm vative and the Era state what, is not t1 ue when thoy so assert. We. remember seeing a mention lomo time ago,emanating from was-a Conservative and era tic ROurces, Jiat both whites and Indians liail’ igreed to cut off the ears of Anciei- ion, 'timber .Inspector at.. Einond- on, The fact nows tu^ns out that ibougli his house was in a .pillaged. Ha trict huiger le luft iespatcir’sfiys that when he returm d, xliieh did the other day, he found im house as be hci- house's, of leslroy'ed — not iftAr all.-- -The Era expects to be ;al!<d hard names for publishing ami nidorsin'g the letter of was-a Con- f-rvativc). liis guilty conscience, mouses him. Was<a-Conservati v,e eirlually ticknowiedg- s stealing Gov-: irnment timber, the people’s timber, uni tho-2?r« sympathises with him >nd says was-a Conservative-i-s harsh y t;reat«’<i when he is ask del to ac- oqnt for the timber iu bia posses­ ion. The condoner of an offence-is qu-dly guilty with thd perpetrator. 'Jo imines could he too-hard to pplv to an educator of public opi* . on who will prostitute his columns ir-tdierotrcrmrftgem-crn-b-frf-hrvv—breake­ rs, bis evident object being the. •alley partisan one of trying to rente a prejudice, against th.e ,-Gov- rnment. In the North.west*.jibe. Groveruin?nt issues permits, on a ayment of a fee of 50 cents we i-lieve, to settlers who have no tiin-- er on their land, allowing then) to Uc, Gin her, orr reserves, for building nd fencing purposes 6te. Was a-, lonservative wants to be a law un- ■> himself, like any ot hen* rebel, and ’ *rites the sympathetic: Era, in bum- •astie style, that the officer of the loveriimerit “will have something ) do before he draws them, (the Lolen logs) of iuy (his) place.” .A •uly powerful fellow this vvas-h ,'oiis^rvative, nearly as dreadful a. er.-on for the constituted aiithoiities » wrestle with as the) Neto Era inan ho threatened to “burst .up Con- ^deration or annex this-,country to >o Yankees” unless the Grits get ito power. From time iinnietnoi-, >1 r< bel.s against constituted author-• y have.ultimately been invariably downed.” There haw been no ex- •ption. “Auld Nick” himself has :•« n- • c o h 11 >« II rd—to‘" ‘ t ry ViTt"’*' pec -' iv.i,” ho will the rebels against the undatie authorities be compelled • cry out they have sinned, and impelled to obey the laws or, in the ords of our town half breed organ, ieave the* count ry.” EDITORTAL NOTES. “Sir John Mucdoualfl profisses to belipve that the common militia are mere food for powder,” so says the Toronto Globe. What a downright half breedit-m I It is hardly requis­ ite to state that Sir John professes nothing of the kind. The Globe's protegees, however, do bold such views and they are to be found in their revised confession of faith which was promulgated by Riel, and since watmly espoused and advocat­ ed by the Globe and the half-breed press generally. Our town eoteui continually makes statements which it must know is'ifot Correct and is afterward astonished to find that lie has called •down upon him a “stonuuuf what he is pleased to term “vituperation". Notably in the attitude in which he placed the Conservative press toward Riel ; ,by distortions of the Franchise Bill; by false reports of thex state of affairs in the Northwest has oyrco- tem tesorted to what a witness.(nice said was “an ingenious use of circum­ stantial evidence." When said witness was called upon -to explain what lie infant by that lie replied:—“Aly ex* act meaning is.that he lied. ’ Another case wherein our cotem has resorted to “an ingenious use.of circumstantial evidence” is when he 'falsely "sfaTes “Conservatives a J init. that the Mowat Government is abso Intely above reproach.’’ Ourcotem’s . ingenious evidence, is absolutely’the J’dVgfxe of t he facts of the case. A nd not only do Conservatives find much to t'eproauh the Mowat Government with, but many Reformers are equal' ly dissatisfied, so-that another elect ion will likely- put the “little tyrant”, and Hardy and Pardee where they call do tiie'.least liariu—on the Op . position benches. 1 "• , A? The/teetotal’agitators of Ontario went to the expenso of’importing the ■luni. John Finch from the alkaline reaches of Nebraska to give an illus- tratlon' of liis deiise' ntupidity. lie. cannot understand tbe4ieeiiSe’sysi.emr aud in due of his public speeches he *i>said ;— ' ’ u‘‘He could not Understand why .a' young, man 20’yeiirsjand 364 days oTcl should be prohibited liquor, and when -IrerirroiTe—clayro-RhU’-cbe li’qit’qi* dearirr* .could legally sell liquor to him. (Ap­ plause.) A..thing was ma^Q legal by a single day ri’ There are evidently, many things the hon. gentleman don’t'or can’t Understand. - According to -bis own showing he yvould not be able to un­ derstand' why a young tnan under 21 years of age-shall not vote'. Indeed why should 'the.•Iavv"iik'.'anjnSge~ 'as' that at which the. individual shall acquire legal virility 1 Why .indeed hon. John I - ’ Thcvt otfrl 'artiO'ti'nt to be' raised'by m CoiMi'ty- of Ilurbn^this year is* 57,668, to raisq which will, require i assessment of,2 mills on the dol* r. Tiie rate last year" wa’s^I B7l0 ills. <* “Unfortunately” says the rebel gan of Clinton, when Writing of r. Campbell’s little work, The land 'Barns, “we have not a drop of jotcli Blood in our veins.” It is ry unfortunate for him indeed,but Very fortunate thing, for Scotchmen. The eelf acknowledged atinexaticn gnn of Clinton says that Conser- .tive papers arc proficient in “turn, g the sharpest corners,” while in e same paragraph, ho acknOWledg having slandered them in 4 refer co to the lbel murders. Our gular friend can “beat nil crest- i" at turning sharp corners, and he n do it cooly-aml unctuously, blmut so much as “tinning a li.iir.” Tee Synod of Maiii,iobii in session lembled passed a resolution “I’l-a^. ■! Synod, while eoiidCMnlti') this K'UiuH, is compelled to record Its ink-mnation of -lhe culpable mis* We„ notice that nt ■ the annual meetings of clerical.gentlemen lately, holden, resolutions denouncing.-the, Senate for passing what’ isJytiown as the Scott Act amendment barie been passed. Surely the--clergy departed from their legitimate sphere when ’ they took upon themselves to in-' struct a branch of the' civil govern­ ment as to what the duties of that branch . are, A -greatdeal 'is . said- about the, Senate amendment .being a reversal of’ the express;ed will of the’ people. Placing itjn that’ light, is unfairjto the Senate. The people have J)ad„n o.up po-tu-i i i ty-1 o-ex-pr-ess-t 11 e nr - selves at the polls for or.against the' amendment. The ? Slhiate guaged public opinion correct'y .when it pro­ posed remedial legislation to correct the evils of a law carried when the popular will was worked up by sup­ erstitious and f.inatical appeals To repeal the Scott Act i’n’hifo would Jj.e_ru,ini.iti_g,counter ..ifoAiie: .uxprqss.edt, will of lhe people; tfie Senate amend -mient-,'-especially-tlm'-^clauses gi-v-tng permission -fo. sell ale,'light,wines, cider etc will meet the views of a very large class of the electorate, -among them many- who supported tlm Scott Act. ’Tiie numerously signed petitions in favor Of the amendment, including as fliey do the signatitres of leading bankers etc, point strongly that the trade of the country will bn beneiiited Jiy- the passage of the amendment, and we verily believe the moral welf n*e of tho people gen­ erally will be much enhanced bv- ij. In this matter we,act in accordance with Archibshop’s Whateley’s rule: ‘‘It is not enough to believe what you maintain. You must .. maintain what you believe, and maintain it because you heJieve it,” D megim v. 8 nith, ai slander suit, was up m the County Court Toronto, last Week, Tiio parties are rival bakers in the village of Beaverton, ‘and the pitiiutiff Hues -for damages frtr being slandered by lhe dcfemlant, who. stated to several parlies that the plaintiff used dirty liver tvnter in '’mixing his-1' bread. /Hiis the ..plaintiff ckiiirts, eithsed'him the loss of much custom, Tho defence was that the plaintiU’diil use river water, as alleged, and that it was uidit for (1m), For (lie defence un old gentle- Editor Nelos Record. DgAR Siu,—I have allowed the An­ anias of the New Era a long tether, be­ ing anxious to discover how far he would g9iu his vocation, but it is high time uow to pull hitn short up, and give him a fresh castigation. He is getting rampant once more, and ha3 been madly wishing f5 break a lance with any om', and on any subject but he i3 frantic on the Franchise Dill, the Canada Pacific Railway, the collapse of his friends' re­ bellion, the fate of Riel, and the an­ nouncement of a new rebellion in the Northwest, ere the last shot has been fired iu that just suppressed. As n Bouncer h* can not be outdone, even by his parental Globe. I will now proceed to deal with some of these subjects. On the subject of the Dominion Fran­ chise Bill lie has told his readers that ‘•the Government have originated...a scheme t • muzzle the peoplo in Lhe shape of the Franchise Bill now before the House of Oomiuons.’’ Oil I is "hot this awful? They are to be "muzzled,” treat­ ed like a dog I And how is thi3 to he done ? lie says the Bill is to "give lhe Franchise to Indians, who aro wards nr pensioners of the "JrirveiHiment,” and that ‘'eveiy band of Indians is placed in similar circumstances,’’or in Other word? those bauds of Indians whether Pagan or Ohristian (the allies of liis friends) who have lately been murdering our Christian fellow subjects in the Northwest are to^ be made allies of the Goverument and; taken under i's sheltering wing, instead of being elevated to the gallows for their- crimes. . ; ' .Such ig 'the sang of Blake, Milla and company in ti e-House, and all good grits join in the chorus and denounce this. iniquitoii8 measure, Ananias ilirbws up bis cap. and joins. Orders is-ue to ob­ tain petitions to Parliament against the passage of the Act-, and as uiipM.l labor is unknown among the Grit ranks the man who carries round the roll for sig­ natures is promised fifteen cents for every hundred names that lie can displ y. It jhns been an old maxim of lhe Globe that the Grits would believe anything stated in its columns, and cur Clinton Ananias hj'ds lhe same views, so that nil through the Province the hawkers of the petition, sure of Grit signatures in any case, have ueen lavish in their declarations tii Con- servativos who had not read or studied the. Franchise Bill, that th y accepted as troth, the universal Grit assurance Hint under the provision* <-f tiie Act:their- late colleagues in rebellion, murder, end rapine, Big Bear, Little- Bear,,. Pound­ maker anil nil such Indian worl-hjes, were to be put on the bhme footing ns to civil rights as the veracious Aminins himself. With tongue in cheek shell as­ sertions were boldly made by the fifteen cenj,hnwkfrs,aml some few Conservatives were duped into signing the petitions against the nieascre, on thi.3 pafiicula.r feature Mono, apd.now, after the Opposi­ tion has-occucii’d nearly thirty Sitting^ on ths Bill, and giving in some scanty petitions in -opposition to the measure, and -boasting of Con.jeryntive signature's thereto, the House is now ocoii’ded wi'h* hea.'ing di'tnils’.pf the tying statements • on this head mnde by the fifteen cent per •hundred men,-on the faith of which-they sighed lhe petition which ..they, now re­ pudiate its a fraud on them. ' The fraud'‘thus perpfttrnted_js^.ijow so notoriously exposed thn'C'.. tiie -Blates, Cartwrights and. Cnmerons in tin IL use are ashamed of .th'fif."’Ffiul^b'Tr^lyiVnre i8' not known to the Clinton Ananias, who with which the fraud' was practised pn some Conservatives in some comities, although the fraud has-been publicly expos d. * ' ■ . . . The only enfranchisement of Indians proposed by the Bill was that of Indians- who do not re-ide among the tribe an.4 of billers posSr-ssmg tliO Same property or otl.er qualification ns white voters,- assessed and on the voter’s list and en- titied Jo vote. Ar present the Northwest territory has not even-, white voters. Il­ ls unorganized, and must remain sounder the statute until it lias by census swell' a population numerically ns may entitle.it to representative institutions, ns in Man­ itoba or other provinces east thereof. ' I will turn to another subject mi wljicli Ananias feels sore, lie says, “The enor­ mous expenditure on behalf of tli-e Canada. . Jlaeilic Railway is ’ now dead' capital.” .Now. it is patent to all who . fire open to ■ conviction, which the Era is Hot, that it was the. .Canada Pacific Railway lining open for tho conveyance of troops to’(hli ■ Northwest that so completely ehokctl off the rebellion of Riel, ami tjroulil have left it-a regular fizzle if it had not been for.tiie •Indian clement which hud been drawn into' its support, and- which "it may jn?t take some months to, subdue. -ABero we got some return from the road-. • But we have- got inoj'c. The . use- we have, thn's been .able’to put it to has opened the eyes of. the British nation, and all Europe, to its imjiortance as an element of stiTngth and union to Canada, and us a powerful aux­ iliary to.tJjejnother conntrj’- in European’ complications with other powers, particii-. lavly Russia. So inconsistent is the Era in'its.utterances that it has given in a late issue an extract from if London (Eng.) Times leading article,... which the Era .quotes..approvingly :.-r- “Tho completion of tiie line north of La lie Superior is a most important me in .the lnter.'slsrof tho ..Doniinion,; and tliat the completion of the th.rougii line from ocean to pecan’Trill be the’ placing of the top^stqne on the fabric of confederation.” . . But nil this is. changed'.now.,..,. TIul-Ncavu Era’s big brother, the London Tinies—- “the tliunileior”=^is wrong. .In tiie last issue of the. New Era wo are told “CON­ FEDERATION must go !” The Times musf bow’the knee to An’anias and cave in. The sudden cd lapse of the rebellion ond the-Tatcrof Ri.-l and bifl iib^ttbrs i.u a subject of great-anxiety to An imus and liis friernls, pintietilaily since all the re­ cords and correspondenca of the rebels have fallen into the hamls ol the olithori- ties and fni nislied' evidence’to show clear­ ly who have been • tho secret instigators ^h'dL“abeft61'3~o f~tl leMTotl'IM the Canadian or the, Amoricaii side of the -dOtlr parallel of latitude;; Prince Albert bus been the focus o flits iiisiirroclion', andTrinco ’Albert is-the' place, from which the privato correspond- ents of.the Globo and 'the Now Era send' fortl/their lying missives. It is through these channels attempts itie nmde to justi- fv the traitors and HHii-derors now ainen- ablo to justice'. It is they who suggest that Riel-is-not playing opossum again as a lunatic, and is really nrul now, and yet these aapionf-traitors invite him from Montana to lead their Hosts to I) title. So- .also they say liis lieutenant and seerclaiy, Jackson, wlio sepms to be a special frii nd of, Ananias, is also a ' lunatic, and’if so tliev-are-fitting leaders for the lunitie.s who imagined they could over­ throw the Federal Constitution of Canada, aud erect some mongrel republic or petty sovereignty, under the sway of King Louis Riel, in the heart’ of this Canada of ours. The’thing is too absurd. Tho ..insanity dodge won’t nave them now. The ropes are suspended over tlm pecks of the liromiiient uetois in the .late*:, atro­ cities and inufdeis, and orc many week's elapse the more guilty participants in.tiie iec<nt-tragedies will have expiated their crimes upon the g-llk ws. Not even Blake and Mackenzie, (’mtwright and Cameron from Hi)r<>n, with Mills and Edgar to back fbi'in, would date to vote an ilmncutyto Riel for the second timoi Sir John Ma**- donald resigned wlliep in November, 1873, lilt her than grant an .amnesty to Riel, AFTt tt he (Riel) had dyed’ his haflds in tho blood of my brother Oiangeimin. Tho- mas SeotR. wlio by for liontfl- wounded to d-ath «nnd in bis coffin all night, until Riel and another catneftt eaily dawn of a Marcdi nmriiing and placing a pistol at liis lK-ad’pMt “tho Oinpge dog” out of pain, And such b the only actol mercy recorded of R’cl. Yet tlic pardon, for this atreiefty, whicl^ Sir John Aliieilcinald refused to grant, was fieely gianled by the Blake nnd Mackenzie Govcmment -n few months snbsf-quenlly,_ as the icwatd of sc.me Ftoneli-CiUiftilinn inembeis for (heir defer-- ba doubly so. It is dear that Autmias knows mere than bo lias hitherto disclosed. Ro has already told tu that to ills KNUWLEomj the late rewnlisn had been two yews in contemplation. Ho gave us a letter dated 21th June, 1884, from Piince. Albert, iu which lie was; fold, “Don't -bu surprised jf you hear of a re­ bellion up here. We are getting ripe for it,” Well, tho rebellion has come and is crushed, after invoking Indian aid with all its horrois, in support of it, and. yet the blood still reekiug from the ground, cr^- Hug aloud for vengeance, does not satisfy men-of this Ananias stamp, and in his last issue of tho New Era, dated 12th June, be declares that “If the Govermept do not cli.ingH their polieyjn tho. North west they are r’-’.............................................. their hands there." In supportof this assertion he glreaan extract trom p letter from some m min the Turtle Mountain district who has a griev­ ance and who says that, after getting permission to cut logs and wood on some Crown Lauds, the timber Inspector came and required him. to make oath- as to wherePtbey were cut, in order to dHer- i.ine the stumpage due the Crown on such occasions usual. According to this man's story he is Blmply a timber thief as we call th$m in. Ontario. He won’t tell whore be got the logs—and he won’t pay the stumpage-, and therefore the [uspec or has stamped the logs and will sell tlnm in thirty days for the stumpage of one shilling. The man adds : "He will liavo something to do before he draws them ofr’.my place. It Is the, man at Ottawa that ought to be shot instead, of Riel, I don't think the In­ spector will be let take the logs away." Here is a pre'ty specimen of a Northwest, claim, or giievance’as the New Era palls it for which this man is ready to "go ( behind his Winchester’’ and have a shot at 8ir John, and initiate another rebel­ lion with the full approval ot the Era. I will only add a few words in con­ clusion to. my broihef Orangemen, ^oriy eight, years ago they were foremost in the held to crush cebellion ot that day, and how wo have seen French Canadians jdining’theni heart mid hand, .and shedding their, blood side by side in . n similar..labor, but the rebels of the present day are mainly the proteges of the Gh<be an<l its • auxiliaries. For a time some members of tlio Orange order nVraeted. the.notice of the Globe, though • t one time they were pronounced to be ‘unmitigated scoundrels.” At the time of the Gqvizz riots they were thecp°t’ed lambs of the Globe, and were w o’d and some of them won to its urms while it rode the I’rotestahVli'firse, but now that <)r>inp,emen have castoff the Globe aud siicli followers of it ns Ananias, they are as ‘'unmitigated scoundrels as ever." May such ever be their' relations with traitors, and suclrit will ever be with ,An OllANCEMAN, OF 1830. itfu their the .Northwest t likely to have another rebellion cd There is a Difference, P Sir,-From time to lune the .'Ycii1 Era has indulged in'unlimited- abuse of Goderich township generally, of its > council coliectively aiid ofyour hum­ ble servant’particularly. It has per sistently’ lied about us either by sneering inuendoes'or by.- positive falsification. Hitherto I have not troubled .myself much about the Christian editor’s very unchristian and immoral practices, Annanias' of old. was a typical truth teller compared to his veritable descendant wnd runs the JVetf) Era. I shall at last trouble you for space while I brand him as a lini-and a sneaking hypocritical one whose delight seems to be to stab bet-, ter and. more.-truthful persons—f-ioiii under his prostituted garb of religion and by lpeans ol the sheet he con­ trols. I siia-ll hot-go away from liis own town, nor outside of his owirpar-- ty friends„to prove him a-liar. His uninningly^leidsed'antl ol’t.lirpes prac­ ticed habit pf lying seems to have be­ come so much a part of ids nature that, those who. have wafClied his ■course can coine to no other.conclus ■ion than that he can see no difference ■between trutlra.nd lies. But there is a difference, I would have him know, which I-chair now proceed to show: In his paper of June 12th. ho .says :— ~—;“8<5ni'i up:using, limits—occn-srinmiiTr.- "linpperi daring the sittings of tlie County- Gouii.cil, and white the Equalization Re­ port was lieing discussed last- week, a circunistance ('f'lhis mit’-'pe happened, which “brought dAwn the house,” as the phrase goes." "The dep,<ity-reeve of-Goderich to wa­ sh p, Air-J Beftcom, was urging a reduct­ ion in the personal property assessment of liis township, putting in 113 a plea therefor, that the stock of Goderich town­ slop whs inferior to that,. of Colborne, nndTKtnrtnrg-in support or hi3 argument. 1 hut "Mu,. At-trell, .of Oojborne, just over- thc river, had a bull lie woultln t take .§10,0(10 tor -aud there Was nothing, like that in Goderich Cownsliip.” ... • ■ "Quick 'Us n flash Reeve McMiircliie, of Clinton, was on iiis f(4t.,’with the remark, "There’s a horse in Goderich township called Tonline, which the owner ‘wants ' §5,000 for,-” and ns Mr. Beacdm happened to be the owner referred to, he ro.trs ol ■laughter that greeted the- remark, almost took him•"•!W6ff?liis equilibrium' fu.r a few moments l.,'.No 8u511K'“‘ahiusing tiring” hap-' pened during the regular fitting of tne County Council, while tile Equal­ ization Report was being,discussed, nor at any other time. • . 2. Consequently the "house was not brought down.” , , Jl.l-Deputy Reeve Beacorn did nrtt urge a redaction in the personal pro- pei-ty assessment of his township,.in the'Council or elsewhere. 4. Therefore lie could not anti.did not put in as a plea theretpr that the stock of Goderich township was in- M.ei-idi'Td'Drat'‘drUoIUoi;ne or any. eth­ er township. ‘ .. • • ‘5. Neither did Mr. Beacom either it) Council or out of it assert that Mr. Attrill had a bil‘11 that he wouldn't- take-§ 10,000 for. • « ' •6. Nor did he assert there was "nothing like Air. Attrell’s bull in Goderich township,’.’ for he never mentioned anything about tiie iinim* al or xMr. Attrill. 7- .JS.pi’ ‘lid Reeve McMurchie «a 1> iu ng«t6«lis-Me et^q 11 ick-aiMirMlaBh. or= slow as tl)e liiii’'editov oi' life INrtv Era and coinbat Air. Beacom’s argument "with" tile“femark : (‘There s a horse ■in Goderich tdwnshi'p culled Tn»tine which the owner wants §5,000 lor,”., because Mr. Beacom never discussed the matter with.Reeve Me uurchie. .8.. As no motion wfis matle in open. Council nor any discussion there to reduce the, personal ptoperty assess­ ment of Goderich township, Sir. Bea cbm could not argue’ill favor of it; Air. AIcMhrchie could not have "brought down Lhe house” in a scene that never todk place ; nor cbtihTnor did Air: Beacom ever refer to Attrill s bull : nor did Reeve McMprchie by a reference io Tontine, or in any1 other way whatever, create “roars ol'latigh ter’’ tit Mr. Beacom's expense/nor was Mr. Beacom almost* took oil’bis equilibrium overu discorwflture which never happened. I no\V again brand the statements of the .Neto Era as una'liilteratc,d lies, and reier, without consultation or permission, to Reeve McMurchie, the respected Reeve of Clinton, to bear me out in all the do-? nials I have made, and every other member of tho County Council vtill also boar' mo out that the Era lied when it made the statements I have contradicted above. I have borne th’tr ' dnll'wit anti the imbecile attempts at ridicule which that'sliest has at- tompfed to’neap'upon my constituJ enis and myself until forbearance Ims ceased Lorie r*virtue....................... Remember, Mr, Eli tor, I mean wliatt say: thaizthe Editor of the Aeta Era positively lied in tho matter I refer to, and I can prove Hiatbei30*lied. Don’t tone this down, 1 mean it. Yeti 1*8' truly, IG Great I,A, BANKRUPT SALE! A T ORA/B'S OLD STAND. * f, ■Dry- Goods! Having bought the Bankrupt Stock of J Craib At '45o. on the Dollar, now offer it AT LESS THAN HALF PRICE. .O' Cottons and Shirtings, (Printsand I Cretonnes, | DRESS GOODS, V Trimmings, Fringes, Mantle Ornaments, Buttons, Collars and Gtoues, JOB FRiOB'S-W - * - Silks arid? Satins, Velvets and. Velveteens, Flannels and Linens, Laces • & Embroideries. • Wonderful"Value in HOSIERY". Big Drives in RIBBONS. Immense Value in WOQLENS and KNITTED GOODS. IM 1 MBll I Don'tforget, to see the FEATHERS, FLOWERS,and-MILLINERY, at Half Cost-Price. izr-THE .ENTIRE STOCK. TO including Mirrors, Tables; Safe, Stoves, Sewing Machines, &c., &., at PRICES TO CLEAR.. I to attend the Sate, and FOr. THE USE OF . in 3 /3 above are the Greatest f 9ahie ever offered in-the Clinton, May zBtn, 188o. • • ti» ’ . of nifln-. I’d rather conip to'theccmi'liiric.ii, tliat it is our Ri-uy.e who ts t-lio n-trogrmle. There are injrny reasons T could ailvan’ec to condviHiithc administi.-itio:i of oifieo by tho “omnipotent” father of' the lnun- b-ipality, ,but I refrain froth .doing so. . Siiieo liis-entranee to .office, lie. lias net been held in very great, esteem by. the,- -ratepayers,-, imr has he. disehaigc-d his duties in an impartial manner. I ques­ tion whetjier he has ever studied the in­ terests of the,- jnunieipality, his own per­ sonal emolument bring hit sole. aim. He. is now.looked ..upon as a liiiiihc?inl tynrnt- for- the sake of nliiee, Now Mr. Editor, I •would like ‘to' lciiow, what our Reeve means in- mixing up Iris- pblirieal griev- -.ancels with nmiiinipal matters,'ipid why lie cannot get on more amivably'-.with liis ■ confreres in .oliic. It is-eiuirely wrong to do so. and will always |?ca hindrance to .our wc'lfiiri', and future prospects; should he'persid ijr his present course. 3'\re >>iay .here ’'Slate, tluif one of t lio retrograde4’ Coiineilmen in office tiiis yeitr, did fib'll the. largest vote'at-'the la-’t" elect inn, .that Was’ ' ever polled ill Bayfield. Does this soiind’ retrograde, I.wpuld ask the “omnipotent?” ■There is studied insult in ■ the-remarks I. refer to, offered to-sojne of the respectable fa’i-inej-s of the Bauble line, touching the habit of going home drunk pi;ior to the passing of the’ Scott Act. 1 do' not lay" the origin of this insult at the door of qiir Reeve, but can ryell afford to cast it against the ’ thrCsTiolT of a iriore j'evereiid ’ man, who, if' he... was..to .study the. old, adage- “Those w|>o Jive in-gla-s houses should, never throw gtones," would not stain his clerical position with so base an asset tion. The parties against whoin the assertion is marie.were never in the ranks of “topers.” AVill both kindly answer, this eorrespond- e) iecTTh e”l n’t f.e i-'itT did Ctti f ret) i d v o't 1 ritba~d” impression that Inis been formed in. the nniidx of the, offended, and thereby liberate liimsell from the unenviable po.dtioji- l)e has. placed hiiuself in. Touching the Loob.y esfnto,-I will not mention any thing, as I fear it vyonld only tend to stir up ilirt which would not be relished by hitn who has had the misfortune to be suspended for., incsampeteney in. office. Further particulars will be given if .neces­ sary. Thanking you Air. Editor lor the space you have given mein your journal, and trusting tiie above will hav.e a tend- =eiic.y=tyibriiigudiouUufthang<L.;--i«^^.-=»ss.»^. -------- l ain yours, — ' - D'ON J.U A N^_ ' Bayfield,’ Jtiijc, JSfiai " . BSelfast. Miss Maty A! Watkins of .Summer­ bill, is vis’ting-lier.sister, .Mrs. G; M. Kilty, of tills b'CTiibi - . --™ - Mr, Borland of Goderich, has mov­ ed into the-liduse recently vacated by Mr. Harper, near the river. , The Messrs.Murdock ol Paramount, are building' a stone foundation un­ der Mr. Nixon’s barn,a short distance west of here. '. • a Colonel-the Hon. A.M.' Ross was town on-Alon<lay. ‘ • Air. R.P. Bearnian was in town-last week. • ■- ■ , Reeve Hanly, of Exeter, was in , TCWD attenillng'llier~Qu7Ti'tei* Sessions?'! $.. T.- Jaek’soh, of. Ilensall, was a witness nt the June.Sessions. JJ, Y. Attrill. Esq... ami larnily have returned to Ridgewood. - o The members dJ Lhe "Queen's Own” hrtv.e-lMM»n photographed. Mr.. GiffEllibLl, barrister, Sunday'd' in town. ... ■ . • ' ■ • Airs. Henry Cooke left last week for Bothwell on a tiro week’s visit, The steamer'Ontario called in on. her way'tip last Wednesday. ... *. The .Boirnsfatliey family appear in Victoria Hall to night.’ Dr.. McKicld, of Seaforth, was -in town last Thursday. . All*. M.G." Cuineron visited Wing­ ham last "Friday. • . .. The dredge. .Challenge did., a... amount of work last week.- ’ A pretty heavy fog hung over lake on Sunday, morning. Dr. Ure and'Rev. J. II. Carson changed pulpits last Suf'iday. ■ Mr. Cox, fai r the ex- Mr. Cox, li. fhst vein- divinity stiulen’tj occn.pied'St. George s pulpit morning and evening lost Sunday. . The-Schooner KZilfage sailed on Wddnesday with salt for Collingwood and Thornbury." , Mrs. II. Meyers, of- Winghnnif«’ns- (lie guest of-her.parents, Col. and •Airs. Ross, last week. IL S. Chilton, Esq., American Con­ sul, left on a short visit east, last Wednesday. ... *-"4L1lte-Qu.ebee-pa8se<l“4l<?-wn~on-».P)>i-«. dtiy night but being heavily laden and behind lime did’. Hot-call-in. - The schooner Ratliburn arrived nt this port on Thurspay-morning with cargo of coal for AIi\ J. Scobie. • - An exciirsioti from St. Thomas is expected here the day after to-n)or- -row -----... - • -..................... - The vessels -now in port are the Jane McLeod, Victot’, Tollman and th6 Rathbun. A runaway last Thursday afternoon caused a little excitement but nor damage. ‘ . ■ ‘ Our Bummer visitord from l he States Mr. Geo. Agar of W.'Wawn’nosh lost!»nnd eastern Ctimtda are commencing ’ •'•'•• ...................... to arrive '-Mikh Vanderlip after a short stay in town ieit agiiin for London on Sat­ urday. ’ The Band attended Friday.' There' WH3 a ance of skaters. Miss Logan .was at week, attending the .relative, The Bteamer Quebec arrived in' Harbor short ly beioro six on Monday evening on her upward trip. The iSignal claims to have largest egg. We shall wait patiently tor its hatching as we .anxious to see it on the unng*. Tho Railway Committee is alive yet ria your correspondent has found out since tlio insertion of query in last issue, « The Band Concert took place in Victoria Hall last evening, but as we go early to press we are unable to give a detailed report thereof. A lady, a temporary resident in town, finyfl that Goderich is without exception the prettiest place in t art' uda. It appears we wero misinformed Mr, Chilton having rented lhe a valuable horse last week. The cause }vas iin overfeed ol grass. Mr. Harry Cnntelnn, traveller for W.A rmstrong, carriage manufacturer, Guelph, passed through here on Sat­ urday on his way home to "ihe hub.” Marmoch. . The following is t|>o report of 8*. 8. No. 8, East Wuwanosh, for May Firm Class-'Marks obtainable 149. Christy Robertson 136, Thomas Hen- rp 11.0. , . ; Triunrn Ci,a'ss—Marks obtainable 'ffifON' John Ando.f’son 349, William Reilly 317, Maggie Porterfield 29,1 , Bella McDonald 22b Sen io n T tn rd Class—Marks obtain­ able 246, Annie Anderson ill* .John­ nie Bone 209, Marian Anderson -201., Alex. Porterfield 169, .Mary Agnew • 163, Annie McDonald 144, Charlie MdBui'uey 98, Duncan McDonald 74, William McBurnie 22, James Agnew 18. "■ Junior Tn rd Class—Marks obtain­ able 217. Grace, palgarno 176, Lrzzio DalgarnO 176, .Maggie .Stewart 165, .Susie McCallum 156, Allan Scott 147, Flora McCallum 142, Robot t Scott’J3. the rink last large attend- Ilensall last marriage of a tho i in- are JOHN BEACOM Goderich Tp., Juno I'2r 1885. '■d with Free Return Tickets. Mrs. nnd Miss Sturdy, cfj’iarriston, j after finving luid tin .enjoyable lime "i in Goderich le.lt for home-on Wed­ nesday. Wliile’in town Mrs.-Sturdy I sold ner pfd’pOi-ty, ' ’ ’ . • j Private picnic parties are now the order ot the day, and. good things '.’they- are if 1'ii.rnot* is true, as it is . currently reported- that at a recent o,ne, a lair lady wits Avoo’d ami won. That'tbb people of Goderich don’t allow grass.to grow under their feet is plainly visible-by the uiiinber of ■j-uTrsTglrtly trarks sfill . to "L'^'see'n'o’n tlu square.. . - ■ .■ The schooner Evening Star with a cargo of hoops aih.l .staves tor the In- . tei niitional arrived on Friday and un- .'loaded. On Monday she took .on a cargo of salt at. the Duilerin pier. ' The steam barge C.ty of.Montreal, left-on TlriirsUhy for Lake Superior. Two car loads- ol'shlt^shipped by W. Campo'e-ll was all the cargo she got from this port; ’ The schooner Gari.baldi, Capt. Jno. McPherson, with a-ciirgo ot-iiimber for Williams and Murray "made the harbor on Friday • and commenced unloading on Saturday. Blue Ribbon Beer, a liquid said, to contain nothing intoxicating’,' had a ready -sale, the past week. Il the beer is as represented, -the mami- .lactiirer.. bids lair-to. nm'ke- a-, rapid ’fortune as the'consumption will be immense. A very good garue of Foot Ball was played on Satuiday afiernbon be­ tween' sides cliosen.chjy.fly from..High- School pupils.- The play lasted’ about an hotil'p.during wh-ich 1 goal .was tnado by each side.'’A large number o( lookers on-witnessed the game.' ' . The Venerable Archdeacon Elwood Jell .for -London, last Wedne.s.'biyr..to. nt.tvnd.iumeeting for an appointment to Helmnlh College., and- remained there to be present at the annual synod which commenced.its session yesterday. . Huron Encampment No. 28 elects loflicers’lbl:“tTie“comIng term^ andja- reprysentiitJot) to Grand. Eiicu'tpp-* menton Friday evening. As other business of importance wiir.be-beToro. the meeting a large fattendance is especially requested. We call the attention of our read­ ers to the Garden Party in aid of St. Stephen ’f> ch iirchy Gude rich-tow n.s hi p, that„wir ' ’ beimtira ___ _____ Mrs, Brdivril’^fs all kinds of anmse* ments and refreshments will be. pro­ vided, we hope' tu se'e a. large attend- mice. ""“i ’ ’ . . i The Town. Banti attended the forth ball match on Saturday, when a few tunes were played. On the conclu­ sion of the game the band played dur­ ing the march around the town, and afterwards on the.squar.e. The steamer Sagiiinw Valley ar­ rived on good time on Sunday morn­ ing, nnd left shortly after noon for Detroit and Cleveland. TheSuginnw took on a, number of passengers- in­ cluding , Mr. Joseph Williams, • and Air. Harrison, of the Roller Rink. Mr. W.G. Smith got a letter.info the ri'ig*/n//’s last issue, which papei* com­ plains that the Nlar did hot publish jt. We think tlfe’S'tio* is lip to biisi ness in not doing bo, for surely no editor would'allow such a frothy vtil-. gar production in a paper that claim­ ed the least particle of respectability. ’ Mrs. Saults last Friday evening met with a most unfortunate accident when milking a Cow. Mrs, Sau'ts proceeded to vrnillc ■ it ‘Without speaking. The animal feeling it- Bdf touched without eeoihg its mis­ tress or bearing her voice kicked out withsu’ch force ns to break Mrs, Saults log. The fraclure Jins boon reduced ami lhe lady is doing as well as can be expected. The Bionic nnd Fnrtnor’s Rost to be held in Mr. M. Doon’s grove,Ashfield, i.aHr.otiMm.Mh nt ’W.»XP'K on the suitable for young and old will be provided •and- refresh men Is of’ every k i i:d will. be ob tn i nnb Ie. Don ’ t- forge t the day.— Wednesday next, the 24th. ’ The steamer Magnjis called in on her tip war, I trip on Sunday ’evening. -. Mrs. Moorhouse an 1 Miss Cooke of Goiicricb s-uig at a cbncu.rt in llullett I on Monday evening. i ■ Messrs. Joseph Kidd- and Janies .Dovle an* the-delegates froth St. Be ter's to attend’ the. consecration of the now Cathredraf at Loiidorion. th,.) • ; 28th inst. ' • ' |i. The Government tug. Tnidea-u left on Monday with the dredge Challenge- • and scows lor Kincardine, where a '. couple ol passages have to be Jnaile.. • Oh the.complexion of this jot) the | vessels wid return to this port and fiuisir the dredging here. . ... On Sundav evening a large Dumber of.people visited Watson’s eoTis'erva- ■t-ory to see’ two- plants of the cactus • family in bloom; Both are., night bloomers, the blossoms lasting„but one night.- One-plant had one bloom, the other two, the latter being mag niticent in its nightly loveliness. -As . the plants have many buds yet to un­ fold there will lie opportunities dur­ ing the few weeks to see a blooming repetition ot Sunday evening's sight. ’ There was a.most successful enter-' taiinnen.t ^n- ’t-lie - Victoria • Street Metlioiiist cl lurch last, Thursday even­ ing. Mr. Crabb occupied-tho chair, •aud ’during tho Vining.addressed the audience ill a pleasing’maimer . •The. Hytrin.‘Motand up, Sthird tip for" Jesus” having been si ng Bella El.is , recited “The Lost Bov” very nicely;' | A chorus bv C. Smith, M.JAslier’, B. ; Rusk, 11. Hennings'and A. Kirkpit-'. I rick pleasingly rcn lerc.d,. a, reading I “Bessio Kendall's journey’.’ by, T. I Ilale, JTuJ’lcau “Guardian Angel/'. ! ’’'‘"PliicusTuriTf,"’’’aii histriimental solo by , Carrie S nith, a recitation “Hunting I lor grandfathers spectacles’’ 1 „ ” „ ' Fisher, and a reading by. Bertha Rusk concluded tho first part of tho pro­ gramme, A collection having boon taken up Rev.-Mr. Carson addressed -nrfri\r.wriirdT-tri tho- riHriieTFcri’iTiRl'thon'" charmingly played oui„ tho month’ orgaur-A dialogue “Tim new scholar” by the members of tho'sbeioty, a read­ ing by Carrie Smith “Why Evo did not need a Servant,” a song by Harry Hennings “A boys best friend is his mother,” a recitation “Longfellows first poem.” by Ella Fisher; an instrn- •’ f/mmfoT solo., “Fairland' Waltz” by a . Tableau “At tho Cross” and a chorus by thq membors concluded .a charming oveniijg’s'En­ joyment. i fitanlcy. - The Council,met at Varna May 30/ th 1885, as a Court of Revision at ten o’clock n. tn. Tho Reeve acting ns Chairman, Mr. Spackman,’ Canada Co , agent, having appealed against the'assessment ol tho Company wns present. Alter a careful examination of the roll tho Company’s assessment was lowered )«;>()() ; Ipt,-6, con, 8, w.as raised to $1200; lot, 13, con. 10, was lowered, tri $38x0; E. IT. of'E. II; pf lot, 3, con. 8, was raised trt $350; Jot, 2, Lake road East wns lowered trt $2900. Tho roll was then decl-ared to bo finally passed and the Court closed. Tho council mot Again nt one p. m. The following accounts were ordered to be paid t Win, Dixon’ (}3.90, for boarding Thos. Mulloy; Wm. Grant $6 80; Alex -Ross ^4.92; for Alex Foster. $1.00 for. plough broken doing road, wor.kj Geo. Stewart $11, for taking school census; Jas. Dower $4’-00, for use of school house and $6.00, for scvvic.o as deputy returning officer'at last Election; Chas. Logan $ 1.00, refunded, being error in dog tax this case was neglected last yotirj. The following motions were passed that a special grant of ■$!(), be given- to .Sharp s st-le'road'; that $6 04 be granted to bo, expended on Mur* clock’s side lipe; that §2o, be granted to Bayfield boundary providing Bay- Dose. — To move the 80w- els gently, 2 to 4 Tiiltf thoroughly, 4‘ to 6 Plllei Ejeperiewe will decide tht p-- tj <lose in eaoh cate* For ‘Constipation, or CostlveneeB, no- - remedy is so effcctivo ae Ayeii’s - Pills. They insure , re'jju’.ar daTly action, and ro* Etoro t)i.3 bowels- to a hcn|tliy condition. For Tndj"'.'3110.7!, or Dyspepsia, Ateh’» . Pints era invaluable, and nsurc'cure.- , .IJeiirt-lmrn, I.oas of; Appetite,Jro.nl>.. S.cxrir.Oh, Flattiloncy, Dizziness, Ilead- ache/Numbiibss, Nansen; are all relieved and cured ,l.>y A Vim's Fills. --. In Idror Complaint; bilious Disorders*, and. Jaundice; -Ayer’s Fills should-b» givon- in doaeB largo oiiough to cxcito.tb® liver and bowels, and reinovo constipation* As a cleansing medicine iii the Spring, tlioc« Pills are unerju.-illcd. Worms, caused by .a niofbid condition of. tho bowels,- are expelled by these Tills, Eruptions, Skin Diseases, -and Piles* tho result of Indigestion or Constipation, ar» cured by the use of A vek’s. Pills, ___ ____ For Colds, iako AVER’S Piles to open th a pores, reinovo. inflammatory secretions* .and allay the fo'ver. For Diarrhoea and Dysentery, caused, by sudden.colds, indigestible food, etc., Ater’S . Pills aro tho truo remedy. .• -BhOifinatlBm, •'GCftt,' Neuralgia, andl Sciatica;often result from digestive derange- mont, or colds,’and disappear on removing tho dauso by tho.uso of -AvEn's Pills.' 'Suinois,.Dropsy, Eidncy Complaints* and other disorders'caused by debility or obstruction, aro cured by Ayer’s Pills, Suppression, and Painful Bfenstru>» tlou, have a safe and roady remedy in AYER’S PI LLS.0 Full directions, in various languages, ao»- company each package. ‘ “"///-__•" Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mafa> feold by all Druggists. MARKET REPORTS.... XI, — .... • •< ■ - - .. T '*_,*■ »1(Con-Ceted every Tuesday afternoon ’ . CLINTON, Flour, Fall Wheat. ■ Spring Wheat,. - Rn-loy • - Oats, ■, • • 't'ca.-, . a Annies, (winter) per bbl,. ’ otrv ooh, • - B tier >• '■•-j-s,.. • Hay, . ■ • ’ • Poi-.C . - Cordwood, n.;.,f . . . . . Wool - . - - ■ $5 .(10 • 0 82 0 82 0 60 0.31 0 60 1 00 0 is. 0 10 0 10 10,00 5 75 5 00 0 82 0 82 0 00 0 33 0 GO 1 60 0 30 0.10 o n to to to to to to to to to to „ _ to 11 0G to • 3 00 ■ to 0 00 to - 0 16< to 6 7!I 4 00 0 00 o ia SHORTHORN BULL CALVES For sale. First-c’nss Pedlgrc’oA, which will b« on application.--W. J. BIGGINS, Elmhurst Farm, Clinton P.O., Ont. 342—4t ‘■fftOli Salo by Carling ami -Dinning-, Clinton. I; Too drudgery of ordinary hand churning1 avoided by scouring one of the Churner’s Friends They .uro chO’p and durable. See ., . CABLING it PIANINO 337-tf Clinton. * Fancy G-oods _and— STATIONERY MR. W. COOPER Huh opened’a store tn tho above lino Ini Writ’s lato stand , HEAVER BLOCK. (LINTON.