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The Exeter Advocate, 1895-8-23, Page 4T The Goderich papers are booming the °,Cir°alar town" tie a steamier and (outer t x . at health resort, and yet, au auotlymous. letter was handed to the Star stating SANDERS .es. DYER Pop, that pigs were kept within a block of the square, The Star in commenting on the samesays: "But is it not a farce on municipal institutions that this town should have no board of health?" Brethren how would you like Exeter's board of health to look you over. x** The bicycle is. steadily workiug its way into popularity with the farmers At first looked upon with contempt as a useless toy, Affected by dudes, and execrated for its proclivities of fright, ening horses, it is beginning to be ree- oguized a' a handy machine to have about for running to town or carrying messages, effecting much saving in tune and wear and tear of the horses and vehicles. .A bicycle will be consid- ered as necessary upon a farm in the near future as a churn Mks. North Bay is now without doubt the "Hub" of Nipissing District. There wore two piebisites taken as to which should be the county seat, North Bay or Mattawa, but owing to the former being accused of illegal proceedings a second vote was taken, which, again resulted in favor of North Bay Which of the two towns is most eligible for the honor we know not, but it does seem that the new county seat is the most prominent to Outarioites, as it is the turning point to the great North west Territories by rail. North Bay people are to be congratulated on the important era which they have reached. Their business men have proven that they can "get there" and will no doubt not stop until North Bay is the "Winni- peg" of Nipissing District. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1895 O JA1 MING, Every person, undoubtedly, has a night to enjoy his or her opinion on matters generally, but if that opinion antag'ouistic to the welfare of the. community or not in harmony with. ;meson or scripture teaching; then, on 111 e presumption, that every person is ::chorally responsible for any wrong do- t,M in a community, that he don't op - ewe. This point conceded it becomes ;;tae duty of any member, every mem saes, in any such community, by the lest available means in his power to medicate the evil, In my younger days charming for Barts, diseases, etc., were common, but 2 was in hopes that the untied powers f Education, Civilization and Christ- ianity were quite equal to the task of .tuvincing the belieyers in such things That the medium and participant ware unravelling in a. dangerous road. Charming or enchantment in Scrip. cure is associated with necromancy, sorcery, witchcraft, deyinat ion, familiar spirits, etc, No doubt the faith in .harms, etc., iu many cases with many persons, may, by means of immagina- e!en, apparently, produce beneficial re- sallts. Mind cure and faith cure have produced wonderful cbanges in the hu- man system, immaginatiou may. cause death. Deuteronomy xviii, 10-12, says "all •CIsse things are an abomination co the 2ord." Saul did not believe in witchcraft and sad ordered all such to be puc to death. :haul, in consequence of wrong doing was forsaken by the Lord, and in his emeremity resorted, in disguise, to the Witch of Ender, who, though reluctant lee applied herself to the usual formal- fties, aided by her powers of ventrelo- quism (undoubtedly) and, to presto up comes Samuel—this was very unex- pacted to the Witch. Saul requests the spirit of Samuel, the witch used her arts to produce Samuel's spirit. Sam- uel appeared and she was tremendous- ly scared, and mystified. Why? be- cause she knew she had no power to } zoduce Samuel, hence her agitation. The Lord took the matter in hand and caused Samuel to appear—the raising oi'Samuel was a miracle, none but the Almighty or his prophets could work a miracle. The witch of Eder not being a prophet could not work a miracle therefore her pretentions were fraud - dent, Read Isaiah xlvii, 14; Acts, six, 18• eV verses, where persons pretended to possess wonderful magical power, but annfessed that they were frauds and eaueed $8,000 worth of their books to be burned. In ancient times witches and charmers and such like were put to death and I fail to see how the practice of sueh things becomes now a virtue. The denunciations of the Lord are applicable not only to those who pract- ice but those who seek relief thereby. Babylon, Mannssah, and Isl'ael were cursed by the Almighty for their be - Bei in such things. Both Old and New Testaments con- demn them, and say, that those who practice and believe such things shall not enter into his rest. I would suggest, that both the char- mer and the charmed consisder these fillings and if they are convinced that their belief is well founded, it is their duty to make their faith more public, as that non believers may know when mad where and in what cases charming acs efficacious. NON ClHARMER. WNW NOTES AND COMMENTS Thewolher map for the month of .,nxy, issued by the meteorological ser - Tire of Canada furnishes an interesting study, showing as it does among other tfeings the rain fall in all parts of the Dominion. In the district about Strat- ford the rain fall is given at from two to three inches, Travelling westward towel d Goderich the rainfall diminishes wham one to two inches, and in a small seetion around Goderich is an inch and under. The rainfall in Bruce is an finch and under, and in the Georgian ,eBay counties the fall is very light, ** That the teaching profession is crowded is evident from the numb'er of applieatione made for the principalship of the Dutton public school. In re- s -,mase to an advertisement no less than eil3 teachers applied for tiro' situation, Ile applicants residing in all parts of vie province, and some of the letters ,flare Uncle Sam's post mark, Among- st those who applied were ex•high aahool teachers, nniversity graduates graduate of a medical and even a a Col I,e. The Tharnesford Record says: .kehn W. Atcheson, formerly of the 'thass theNew r� vat and model,et,ured N Palen sehool on 12th coneessi.on, East .l'issouri, for the balance of the year, at e prodigious salary for these hard times of one hundred dollars. Communication, Grosse Isle, Que. To THE EDITOR Or THE ADVOCATE. Permit me to give your readers an account of a visit paid early this mouth to the celebrated Shrine of St. Aune, Beaupre. In company with the family of Dr. Church, Assistant Medical Super- intendent here, and his brother-in-law, Dr. Scott, of Ottawa, Mrs. Scott, and other ladies, we took passage iu the Government Mail Yacht under the guidance of two Competent French sailors. This far-famed shrine is fifteen miles West of Grosse Isle, and about twenty miles East from Quebec City on the North shore of the St. Law- rence and at the foot of the Laurentian Mountains, We had what sailors call "a spaukiue breeze " on our outward bound voyage; and having to tack several times owing to a head wind and contrary tide, we often shipped a heavy sea which drenched our wraps and caused the ladies to give an occas- ional scream as the yacht lurched un- der a heavy swell and the waves carne dashing over the deck. We made, the trip in Tess tban three hours, but truly glad w. re we to set foot once more on terra firma. After replenishing, the, outer man with the good things liter. ally provided by our host and hostess, we landed and at once proceeded to take in the sights. We found quite a sized village at St. Anne, filled with re• spectable houses and numerous stores, besides Hotels which seemed to be well patronized. But the chief attractions of the place are the Cathedral, the large presbytery or residence for the priests. and other ecclesiastical buildings, Dur- ing the summer season, more especially, numbers of visitors and tourists flock hither by rail or steamboat from all parts of Canada and the Uatted States. Most of them are pilgrims come to pay their vows at the shrine of this canon- ized Saint. The day we were there some 1,800 people visited the place—the day before, 8,000 yistors arrived; and on special occasions, I was told the number ranged from 5,000 to 10,000 people. For the benefit of your Protes- tant readers, I may state that the Church here is named after St. Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary, whose image is to be seen in various styles of art wherever you go. On entering the Cathedral,which is a massive struc- ture surmouned by a life-sized figure of the Saint in polished brass, you see numbers of men and women—boys and girls—all devoutly kneeling and going through their prayers. At several corners of the church you may see piled up heaps of crutches, said to have been left there by pilgrims who were cured of rheumatism, lameness, or some other physical ailment, as the result of hav- ing paid their devotions at the Shrine of the Mother of the Blessed Virgin. One of the priests in waiting,observing no doubt that we were strangers and Protestants, courteously offered to show us through the buildings, pointing out many interesting curiosities and an- cient relics—one of which latter, he told us, was the thumb -bone of the veritable St. Anne, presented to the Chapel by some ecclesiastical dignitary. The priest was a handsome young Irishman who evidently enjoyed life, and I wondered whether he were per- petrating a Hibernian joke upon us. Another object of interest was an iron staple said to have been swallowed by a young child, and after prayers offer ed to the patron Saint for'three success he days the crude instrument was ej- ected from the child's stotnach. And if we were to believe the reports pub lidhed by the secular newspapers of Quebec province, the most miraculous cures are occasionally wrought in an- swer to prayers offered at this shrine. From the grand Cathedral we were shewn through a chapel built in • 1878 en the side of the Monutain near the original site of he old chapel of S t. Anne many years ago -and which was projected by a, sea captain who had been threatened with shipwreck St Lawrence on the God vowed (if spared their fives) to erect a chapel near the spot in grateful rememb- ranee of their escape. Well ! to reach this edifice we/ had tb climb a steep bill, where the pilgrims on .entering the chapel ascended a long flight of steps leading' up to the altar—each .ono of whieh they reverently kissed, and thee kneeling paused to offer a prayer there- on, till on reaching • the topmost step they prostrated themselves before the altar dedicated to St. ;Anne, Most of the worshippers were old and young— some of whore were scarce able from debility and old age to climb from one step to another. After this exhausting experience, they proceeded to kneel again, crossing themselves 'as boforo and repeating their orisons opposite each one of fourteen different stations dedicated to some Saint, acid then re. tired, As we returned from witness- ing these ceremonies we visited anoth- er. small chapel or sacristy where high masses are said for the repose of the souls of the departed—in one corner of which near the altar -railing was a box for receiving the alms of the faithful. Lighted wax candles are kept con- tinually burning at this altar, on which is a, full sized figure of the Savour sus- pended ou the cross, with bleeding hands and feet, and the blood flowing from the wound in His side caused by the soldier's spear, Words fail me to give your readers any adequate idea of immense cost of the Cathedral and the other church buildings at St. Anne— the works of art—the paintings by some of the old masters, such as Rem- brandt --the vessels of solid eilver, such as crucifixes, chalice, paten, ole., for purposes of communion—and the mag nilicent altars one of which alone cost $20,000—all appealing to one's esthetic taste as lovers of art, and all intended to strike the eye of the beholder and through the medium of the external souses to draw forth the devotional ele- ment in our nature. While large sums must have been expended in the erection and keeping u.p of this ecclesiastical institution, large amounts are received annually from pilgrims and other vis itors to this celebrated shrine, who come hither from alt parts of Can ada andthe United States. • sv U e Wesit one venerable old gentleman with silvery= locks going devoutly through his praye, s as a humble worshipper be fore the main altar—and on inquiry we learned that it was Bishop Ryan of Buffalo. From time to time Bishops and other leading R. C. clergymen from various parts of Canada and else- where come her to pay their vows at the shrine of the Holy Virgin's mother I could not help observing to one of our party that "it costs us Protestants little or nothing for our religion, compared with the sacrifices made by the devout Catholics in tine, travel, money, self mortification, fastings, genuflexions, penances, and other ceremonies"; and certainly if works can save us, our R. C. brethren are sure of reaching the kingdom of heaven. One poor young fellow, six feet high, went through all the prescribed devotions.in both chapels and at all the fourteen stations, bare footed! And yet the Apostle has told us plainly that we are not saved by works, but "by grace through faith." I noticed that in the Cathedralk provis- ion was made for selling, to vtsi ors .all - sorts of religious amulets add keepsak-' es, such as: beads, crucifixes, medals, rings, bracelets, and an 'interminable lot of triukets at all, prices, which went to fill the coffers of the church. And I thought of that passage in 'the. gospel where it is said our Saviour witnessed the traffic carried on in thecourts of the Temple, and how He drove out with a whip of cords the money -changers and those who sold oxen and doves, saying: "Ye have made my Father's house a house of merchandize " ! I must not omit to mention that Father Chiniquy, whose name is so well know through. out Canada, was parish priest here at St. Anne up to the time of his con- version to Protestantism. If what he relates in his book entitled "Fifty years in the Church of Rome " be true, it is no wonder he changed his religion. What a relief it was to turn our backs upon all this solemn pageant, to look out upon the lovely scenery that nature has bestowed on this part of Canada and breathe once more the pure, air of heaven, where the grandeur of the mountains decked with green foliage vies with the noble St. Lawrence in rendering a silent pman of praise to the Almighty Creator; and I could not help recalling the words of Shakespeare in which lie says: "Ignorance is the curse of God; Knowledge the wing wherewith one fly to heaven." One thought impressed itself very strongly on my mind, as the result of our visit to the shrine of St. Anne, and that is this: there is no one element in man so influential for good or ill as re- ligion. It has had to do with peace and with war—with Christian charity and with intolerant persecution—with national prosperity ' and with social degradation—with a well regulated life here and with the hope of immor- tality hereafter. But better far is a false religion than no religion at all- nay, more, better to believe , too much than too little --better to be the slave of religious superstition than thefootball of doubt and rationalistic unbelief! Aug. 10th, 1895. H. D. S. Kippen: John Dinsdale, threshed from the product of five acres of bar- ley 254 bushels. Lucan: Dtirilig a severe thunder storm here Saturday afternoon, two' barns, both full of farm produce, situa- ted on lot29, con, 1, Township of Mc- Gillivray, adjacent to 'the Lucan Rall. way crgssing, owned by Mr. T. r)oncey, were stt'uct by lightning end burned o to the around, together with its con- tents. Blanshard: Mr.. John Morley, of the o vtlltne had t th a misfortune on the llth inst., to lose his domicile, a sub- stantial brick edifice, by fire, The fire took lace at about 6 . in pp I., the causr, so far is unknown, Mr. Morley has the sympathy of his neighbors in his severe loss.. j.Joss ,$1,700;; insured in the 13!ansharcl Mutual for $1,000, THg MODERN GUY PQXa A. Piot to Blow De the houses.. or' 1'arlha wont.. London, .Aug. 18,—Ever since 1iovom- her d, 1605, when a certain Guy Faux and others engineered suohra scheme, but were detected and hanged, the possibility of a plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament has been one of the pet alarms of British officials and regularly every year ever since, the vaults of the Houses of Paliahnont, previous to the assembling of that body, arc formally searched for powder barrels with old-time ceremony and minuteness. This year, however, there was seine little $how of cause for the apparently unneces- tary precautions taken, for with the open- ;ing of parliament comes the discovery, real or imaginary, of a schema to send the Commons and Lords unexpectedly sky- ward in a body. Whether the story be°truo or not, the afternoon papers made quite a sensation out of the affair, and the inhab- itants of this groat metropolis have not half donetalking about it. Simmered. down to cold facts, it appears that there was some foundation for the report, and it rested . upon the following basis of facts. Some few weeks ago the manager of a local printing and lithographing comliany was asked by a foreigner, described as "dark looking and mysterious" (of course), to lithograph a weekly paper for a Turkish company. As no knowledge of the Turk- ish languago was necessary for the job, the Manager of the English concern undertook the contract, and 'lithographed thousands of-oopies.of the Turkish weekly, the paper tieing mostly sent abroad. A few clays ago, however, two detective sergeants from Scotland Yard called at the lithographing establishment and asked to see tho mana- ger, The latter appeared all smiles, scent- ing some new business; but his jaw fell and he turned vory white when asked if lie was a'waro that he was suspected of being engaged in a plot to blow up the Houses of Pariianioni, and that his visitors hailed from Scotland yard. In reply to the unfortunate ma'nager's protests of in- nocence, the detectives explained to him th„t he had boon printing in the guileless looking 'Turkish weekly red hot anarch-'t istio literaturo,calling upon Socialists and others to combine for the purpose of blow- ing up the Houses of Parliament upon the occasion of the opening session. One arti- cle actually stated that sixteen men were really on their way to England from vari- ons points in order to make the necessary arrangements for sending the members of parliament and peers of the realm sky- ward. In spite of his protests, the terrified manager was escorted to Scotland Yard by the detectives, whore he was confronted and examined by the Chief of Detectives and a police commissioner. To these offi- cials the thoroughly frightened manager of the lithographing establishment ex- plained all the circumstances of the case, gave a full descriptionrof the "dark and mysterious" looking foreigner, established his innocence of any complicity in the treasonable publications, and went his way, much relieved, upon promising not to lithograph any more Turkish weeklies without first ascertaining the nature of their oontents. According to the Globe, the police first got wind of the affair ow ing to the boastings of some London an- archists. But the story of this latest "gunpowder plot" is far from being as it might have been, and there is a strong sus- picion in more than ono quarter that the Scotalnd Yard authorities have unearthed a mare's nest. MANITOBA MATTERS. Nearly Three Thousand Farm Rands in Winnipeg—Crop Reports. Winnipeg. Aug. 19. -In this city was seena repetition of the boom days this morning, when 2,850 Ontario farm hands took the town by storm. They arrived during the night and early morning, and were given a couple of hours to see the capital of Manitoba. As a rule, they seem- ed to be a thrifty lot of young fellows. Before noon nearly all had been sent out along the line of the Canadian Pacific rail- way. Parties representing United States fish houses returned here to -day from Lake Winnipeg, where they were inspecting the fishing industries. The, speak well of the prospects in that -vicinity. From the crop reports issued for the week ending to -day by the Northern Paci- fic and M. and N. -W. railway things give great promise for a most bountiful har- vest. Harvesting is reported in full blast at every point. Tho corner -stone of the New Masonic temple for Manitoba was laid yesterday morning by Most Worshipful C. N. Bell, Grand Master of Manitoba. Tho brethren assembled in Scottish Rite hall at 10.80 a.m., and rnarched in procession to the site of the now temple on Ellice avenue, where they were received by ex -Mayor Taylor, Past Grand Master, and chairman of the Winnipeg Masonic Temple Associa- tion. Brother Taylor, in a few well-chos- en words, welcomed the Grand Lodge, and requested the Most Worshipful Grand Master to lay the corner -stone, at the same time presenting him with a silver trowel to be used in the ceremony. The Grand Master accepted, in the name of the Grand Lodge, and, assisted by the officers, per- formed the ceremony with Masonic hon- ors. The Rev. Bro. Canon O'Meara de- livered an eloquent and impassioned ora- tion, which was attentively listened to by the largo concourse assembled. Among those present were Sir John and Lady Schultz, Mayor and Mrs. Gilroy, Capt. Howard, Royal Canadian Dragoons; repre- sentatives of the City Council and City School Board. A select choir rendered four Masonic hymns, and instrumental eluate was discoursed. The defunct Commercial Bank has de- clared another dividend of 18 per cent. THE HOLMES` CASTLE. The Notorious Chicago BuildingDestroyed by Fire --Supposed to be Ineeridhary. Chicago, Ang.19.—The big, mysterious building known as Holines' castle, at Ord and Wallace streets, was burned about one o'clock this morning. The Englewood fire department was quickly on hand, but the fire was beyond their control, and the pro- petty was entirely consumed. The fire did not extend beyond the' `castle." This fam- ous building has for some time past been tenanted only on the ground floor, by a drug store and small restaurant, and it was in the latter that the lire originated. The interior of the building was practical- ly ruined. The losses will aggregate $15,- 000, The destruction of this mysterious building will mean the extinction of much evidence bearing on the murders which Holmes is suspected to have committed. The coincidence of the burning with the release from custody of Janitor Quinlan, Holmes' confederate, and the only other person besides Holmes ww eoho knew the sec- rets rets of the castle, is not looked upon, as ac- cidental. It is much butter for Holmes end Quinlan that this building should be destroyed than not, Otawa has 25 Chinamen. SEAS NA LE GOO Threshers. 'We have a large and well assorted stook of mitts, etc., at the very lowest prices. Harvest Tools. Harvest Tools of all descriptions at a reduced rate. We a,r closing them out. Come at once and secure a bargain. Coal. is Furnace, Stove, Chestnut, Egg, etc., buy at once and save inder Twine. money We have a small quantity left which we intend to sell °hoop. Eavetrughing and Furnaces a specialty, Highest price paid for fresh threshed timothy. Bring in sample, See our large stook of whips just to hand. H. BISHOP '& SON. Are U seriously contemplating a Business or Shorthand Curse this Season.? 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