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The Brussels Post, 1891-6-19, Page 1BRUSSELS, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 1891, in 1 i• Prohibition. Nta1(011 IN TM, 11005E 09 0011110013, DY 1111, MACDONALD, M. r, FOR EAST 1101100. (Continued from last week.) Sir, lot mo quote one other testimony from a gentleman well known to the people of Toronto, Dr, Reilly, the resi- dent physician in the Toronto General Hospital, who writes as follows :— "I am sorry to Bay that my expperiouoe aluring bite teat twenty•ouo yours of heepltal life has been very largo as regards the troub- les and diseases caused by alcohol. Acute alcoholism oensue acute catarrh of the stomach and the mucus membrane of the Intestines, rapid coma, delirium tremens, •and several forme of acute mania and tem- porary insanity, inoculate and epllepey. ,Cases of tibia kind aro admitted by the score for hospital treatment, A very largo num- ber of dieoaeee admitted here aro traced to internee/lune," 'There is other testimony in regard to the physical degeneration which this traffic brings on the people. Hundreds of diseases would be avoided by the people if they were free from the drinking habit, diseases which send people to our 'hospitals, poor houses and infirmaries, at the expense of the rest of the com- munity. One more testimony I will give and I will then have done with the city of Toronto. I give the testimony of W. J. Hendry, late principle of the Victoria Industrial School for boys. He said :— "Prom a record I kept of the boys sent to Victoria Industrial School, Idnd that GB per cent, have now, or had one or the other or both of them, parents given to the intoe• perste use of alcoholic drinks. It is also a cud foot that the present unfortunate oon- ditiun of the lads is caused directly by the habits of their parents." I have a letter from Mies Wright, who was matron of the Girl's Home, who makes a similar report, and I have a letter from Mies Soobb, who was the secretary of the Boys' Home, giving me similar statements as to the result of the liquor traffic. When we consider all these facts in re. gard to the traffic and remember that they have been gathered up around one city, we OSn judge as to the amount of evil caused throughout the country, and the stabistios that might be presented from the different centres of population. Sir, I think I have amply proven, by the most reliable testimony and by statistics of the most authentic nature, my indict. meat against this traffic, that it is a blighting, damning three upon everything decent, pure and virtuous ; that it is an enemy to law, order, morality,Christian- icy and civilization. But the injury is not all in this direotion. Allow nye to point out the cost to the pity of Toronto in dealing with the police oases alone ; and I call the attention of the members for that city to the oaloulatiou I have been able to make, based on the figures supplied to me. Toronto had in 1889, 200 places to sell liquor. Result : Arrest of 5,441 drunks ; sent to gaol on an aver- age of 30 days, 2,096 ; poet for board at 55 bents a day, $34,684 ; lost on wages— say $1.00 a day, $62,790 ; time lost by 3,- 345 drunks let off, $10,725 ; say five days for each—arresting, convicting and send- ing to gaol, $6,000 ; total, $120,099, .bio one l000king over these figures oan find any fault with the oaloulation, because it is based on stabisties furnished by those who are actually engaged in the work. But there are many objections brought against prohibition notwithstanding this. Having established the charge I brought against the liquor traffic, I will now pro- ceed to deal with other phases of the question from another standpoint. It is said by some people, and I believe it has been Said by some hon. members who discussed the question the other evening, that, this being a moral question, we can- not make the people moral by law. The same argument oan be brought against fifty Acts on the Statute -book with the Same force and consisteeoy. The statute in regard to the observance of tho Lord's Day, that regarding theft or murder, and particularly the Aot prohibiting the im• portation of immoral literature, stand in the same position. We do not profess to make a man moral by law, but we pro - foss to assist him in maintaining his vir- tue and integrity ; and on the same prin- ciple we wish to prohibit the imports• tion, sale and manufacture of intoxioat. ing liquors in order to prevent those who would otlterwise drink, obtaining it. Al. though the Government cannot make the people moral by law, it is the duty of the Government to make it as difficult as possible to de wrong and ae easy as pos- sible to do right. it is the duty of the State to make the road to manhood and honor as easy 9.5 possible ; to plant by the wayside flowers of hope and promise and publio approbation. On the other hand ib is the duty of the State to plant into the road down to licentiousness, crime and dishonor the rooks of law, and to hedge it with the brambles of publio opinion and the briars of public sondem. nation, and then plane the oltizeu at the beginning of the two ways and say : Take your ohoioe. It is here that the duty of the moral suasioniab comes in. JIB oan point out the diflioultiee placed in the way to crime and lioentiousnees by the Government and the facility with which , the road to honor, to morality and to pre• ferment oan be travelled. It is, there- fore, the duly of the State to remember that the unit of society is the individual,' and if he wished to build up a good eo- oiety it mast aalbivate the institutions and :materna which elevate and improve the units which constitute society. Ti a prosperity of any country having only institutions which develop health, 'strength, morality and intelligence is as. euted. On the other hand, any country that ohbees into a partnership with any system or traffio whioiaa debauches public morals, destroys publio health, impairs individual oredtb, stimulates vice and prime ere long Will be a thing of the past. I3ome life ie the keystone of our civilize, tion. If the keystone is weakened or 0or- rupted by any cause, or, in other worsts, if home )ifs, the mored guardian of out social fabrio, fs continuously breathed upon by the scorching bbeabh of tibia traffic, I feat for tiro Mute of my country, It it said by some that the tonging system can accomplish all the good tomtits we can oxpeet, If the oharg- es I have made against the traffic' aro true, end they aro true, then license has been a oomelet° failure, bemuse all the crimes I hove enumerated have been per- petrated ander ib. Bub passing to anoth- er point, that prohibition will not pro. !Chit, that is a question which has been brought up by some of those who have spoken on this question, If absolute pro- hibition is meant it is probably true, but otherwise it is not. If the law is intend. ed to prohibit, if the maohinery or the enforcement is sufficiently strong, and if the enforcement of the law is placed in the hands of executive officers appointed by the Government, there is little danger that prohibition will not prohibit. Ie not the state stronger than a part of it 7 Any Government that oannob carry into effect a law required by the best of the people, the sooner it goes into bank• rnptoy the better. Bob we have testi- mony on every hand that prohibi- bion has prohibited in some o! the States in which it has bean enaoted, and without detaining the House, by going over many testimonies, I will read one or two of the testimonies given. Governor Dingley, formerly Speaker of the House of Representatives and Attorney General of the United States, in reply to enquiries made by Canada's Commissiouers, Col. Davies and Rev. J. W. Manning, who were sent' to Maine to investigate this question, said : "Ohr cities and large villages where the Iulueuee of immigration is most felt aro Sar behind the rural portions of the State in the oeforeetnent of the law. Yet In nearly all our ethos with perhaps of two or three exceptions, the law Is enforced to a groat 'stout with evident beneficial results. The great improvement iu the drinking habits of the people of this State within e0 or 90 years is so evident that no candid man who bas observed or investigated the facts eau deny It." The Hon. Woodbury Davis, Judge of the Supreme Conrt of the United States, said "A prohibitory law tends to make both buying and wiling disreputable. '08 holds up the standard of right and puts the brand of infamy upon the wrong. "Hole a blied observer of the forces neat govern In human life who dons not see the moral powerof penal law even when ex- tensively violated in teaching virtue and restraining vine, "No obeerviug man who lived in Me State for the last twenty years acd has had an opportunity to know the facts, can doubt that the Maine Law has pro dined a hun- dred times mote visible improvement in the character, condition and prosperity of our people than any other law that was ever enacted." This is the opinion of one of the ablest judges in the T.T. S. and it disposes of the argument by those who say that no law can be passed by the people of Canada to absist the people to be moral and virtu- ous. He says that the law upholds the standard of right, and places infamy up- on wrong, and in this way it throws the entire traffic into the hands of those who are infamous. I do not believe that any respectable man in the country—and there are many of them who may drink moderately—would be seen going into the bank lanes and the by -ways to receive a glass of liquor from the hands of those whose business was made infamous by law. It was also contended in this House, that prohibition would interfere with our individual rights. I think the bon. member from Muskoka spoke in re• ference to this : he said that no majority had the right to deprive him ol anything he deemed to be a natural right. Today he withdrew to a certain extent this con- tention and said : Oh, yes, when a con- siderable majority of the people are in favor of prohibition, then it is right and just to pass a law to protect the people. That is the proper principle. The hon. gentleman has expressed what is right to -day, but yesterday he expressed what was wrong in principle. The individual right bas no existence only in so far as it is related to the wellbeing of society. What may be considered an individual right tu.day may be justly and properly withdrawn to -morrow if society so decide. The Sandwich Islander may say it is his right to be a oannible, but if he removes into another society where the laws were different for the protection of the lives of the people, that right which he said the possessed as a Sandwich Islander would have been lost to him entirely. No man has any right in this country only ' 1 so far as the exeroise of the right a000rds with the welfare of society, and if the exercise of a so-called right is opposed to the interest of the community, such so - milled right has no existence. That is the f andamental prinoiple of national and social custom upon which the laws of our country are based. The greatest possible good to the greatest possible number, the greatest possible protection to the great- est possible number, the greatest possible freedom oompababls with the health, morals and lives of the greatest possible number ; that is the fundamental princi- ple that should underlie all the laws of all civilized countries. That is the prin. ciple involved in the Lioense Act, which says that a tavern -keeper shall nob sell liquors from Saturday evening until Monday morning. That prohibition in the Act interferes with what many would call their individual liberties to drink on Saturday and Sunday, and before the prohibited hour on Monday morning. The law says a tavern -keeper cannot sell to mino05 nor to Indians, and I suppose that some minors and Indians believe that their individual rights aro imposed upon by this law. Suppose an individu• al iu this city of Ottawa wished to erect a wooden building on a certain lot and contended that he had a right to do so and to spend his money in this way ; it would depend entirely whore he intended to erect that building, the authorities• world say : If yotn,t build widthn the flea limits you have nd right, bob if you build without the fire limits you have the tight, bemuse the greatest poesible pro• boclton moat be extended to your neigh- bors, and you cannot ergot a clams of buildings which is likely to take fire. If a man wishes to erect a slaughter house in a certain looaiity the health ofior. s San say ; Yon cannot put it there bra mime sb would endanger the health of, the neighborhood in the vicinity of the eftughter house. Thus, I might go on giving llluetration after illustration to show that it i5 a principle reeOgaized by every civilized Government in the world, that so-oalled individual rights should be restricted for the promotion of the pub• lie welfare. I wish now to say a few wot'ds in referenoo to the loss of revenue which might arise if a prohibitory liquor law were passed. Let me point out that this revenue is nob lost, and that the prohibition of liquor will only in- volve a different system of oolloebion. It may be said that the $7,000,000 of re- venue from inbolioating liquor is paid by the distillers, the vendors and the im• porters, but after they have distributed that liquor through various parts of the country the people who use the liquor pay for ib and it comae oub of their pockets in the end. In reality it would only be the collecting of the duty from the importation and manufacture of liquors to some other article which would be much more in the interests of the people, and avoid the disastrous results of the truffle. But, Sir, what is the opinion of ono of the great men of England in re- ference to the decrease of revenue from intoxicating liquors. The late Lord Iddlesleigh, (Sir Stafford Northcote) in delivering his Budget speech some years ago in the Imperial House of Commons, referring to the loss of revenue from the decrease of duty on spirits, said : "If the reduction of revenue derived from Spirits to a material and oonsiderable change in the habits of the people and to increasing habits of tomperanee and abstl- neuoo from the os, of ardent eplrite, I ven- ture to say that the amount of wealth such, n change would beteg to the nation would utterly throw in the shade the amount of revenue that is now derived tram the spirit duty ; and we should not only see with setts - faction a dltnioutiou of revenue from such a cause, but we should find In various ways that the exchequer would not suffer." There was the expressed opinion of a man who had upon bis shoulders the responsibility of raising all the phoneys necessary to meet the liabilities of Eng- land. I think the principle enunciated here is applicable to us and that we can apply it to this country. If this de• grading traffic in liquor is removed and the country become more Bober, the people become more industrious, the ap- plication of their skill and energy be more assiduously applied to productive sources of national wealth, we shall have coming into this country much more on the ons hand than we oould possibly lose on the other. Sir tVilfred Lawson, an eminent commoner in Eng. land, oongratulabed the Chancellor of the Exchequer upon his able speech and the soundness of his conclusions. He said, and his observations are worthy of atten- bion "The Government and that night exhibit- ed eommordable moral courage, and shown that they would not consider private in. targets, but only regard the great interests of the natiou. Ho wasglad also to find the right hon, gentleman exploding bite nougat'• spial notion that the revenue would suitor if the people would drink loss. The modein watch we raised one-third 01 our revenue was something contemptible. A great swarm of collectors was, as it were, emit forth in the shape of publivane and boor sellers, commissionad'. to gather in from the peoplethe money required for the national exchequer." q oar." eq That, Sir, was that great man's opinion in regard to this question, and I think I oafs reiterate it with reference to Canada. If a prohibitory liquor law were passed to -morrow, we should suffer only a. tem- porary inconvenience while the general result would be a great increase 1n our prosperity. But let me set down Can- ada's liquor loss and gain account, let me put on one side what the country is los- ing through Hite tariff, and on the other aide the loss of revenue that would follow its prohibition, and see bow the account stands. According to the estimate made by the Hoo. Geo. E. Poster, Finance Minister, Canada's annual liquor bill amounts to $38,000,000 ; then there is the waste of 86,000,000 lbs. of grain last year, amounting to $1,000,000 ; loss of time of 40,000 drunkards, 25 days each at 81 per day, $1,000,000 ; waste of time by 15,000 vendors of liquor at $800 a year, $4,500,000 ; shortening the life of each drunkard of the 8,000 who die annually, say five years each, whioh equals 40,000 years of human life at $300 a year, $12,- 000,000 ; loss of time by criminals, say $500,000 ; and extra for administration of justice in the various departments, $500,000, whioh makes the total on the debit side of the account $62,500,000. Credit by the revenue obtained from the traffic, $7,000,000, leaving a net loss to the people of this country of $45,500,000 a year. And remember this is without taking into consideration one vicious habit or one departure from virtue or from religious or moral principle. But, Sir, we have tried in a groat many ways to avoid these evils. We have tried lic- ensee for many years ; we have tried the Dunkin Act; we have tried the Soolt hot ; we are trying the Local Option Act at the present time ; but they have failed to accomplish the end we have in view ; and, as Lord Brougham says : "To lessen its force and aoubraot its sphere no magma must be spared, it we ;really mean to stay the progress of destitution and crime. The lawgiver to Imperatively bound to lend his aid when Ib appears manifest that no palliatives can avail." We have tried, Sir, almost every pal- liative, and they have all failed, and now we come to the fountain head of power and ask the lawgiver tolend his aid to stop the operation of be traffic. Now, in colt. eluding, let me state the conclusions ab which I have arrived on this subjeot, and I olhalloogo any member who may be opposed to prohibition—and many people are honestly opposed to it—to controvert the position I lay down ; Ib is neither just nor politic for Canada to afford legal proteubion end sanotioh to any traffic or system that bends to increase crime, to waste the national resources of wealth, to corrupt the social habits, and to destroy the health and lives of the people. Tho traffio in intoxicating liquors ae common beverages is inimical to the true interest of individnalee and dostrnobive to the order and well-being of society. The history and results of all past legislation in regard to the liquor traffic abu odaubly pnovo that it is ani- nossible saytsfaotoril. to limit or regulate e atom 50 essentially mischievous in itstendencies. The legislative pro• hibition of the lignor ttaflio is porfootly ismpabiblo With rational liberty end with all the claims of justice and legitimate commerce, No oontideratien of private gain or publio revenue can justify the oontinoenoe of a system so utterly wrong is principle, suicidal in policy and disas- trous in results. All good citizens, with- out regard to elan, sectarian or party aonsideratiohs,should unite to prooare an enactment prohibiting the impor- tation, manufacture and sale of intoxi- cating liquors fur beverage purposes. I thank you, Mr, Speaker, and the House for the attentive hearing you have given tae. Washington Letter. (Froin our Regular Correspondent.) Washington, June 1,'01• The proposition to enlarge and extend American commerce by negotiating agree - menta providing fur reciprocal trade with neighboring oommnnities and espeoially with lbs sister republics of Central and South Amerioa, which has been made a leading feature of the policy of this ad- ministration, and which has already been partially carried into effect, inspires the hope among its exponents that cer- tain, branches and lines of production, which has begun to stagnate through their limitation to the diminishing re- quirements of the home market, may ob- tain acmes to other and newer marketst and attain permanent prosperity through the establishment of a mutually benefi- cial propose of mercantile exchange. But over against the advantages of such a scheme, however, must be placed the evils which may result to our trade from the antagonistic retaliation of other nations. Already threatening' have been made indicating a disposition in ilii' direoti000. Our imports from France are steadily diminishing in volume and value, and the government of that country proposes to retaliate, if not by totally excluding, at least by in- creasing the tariff on American pork, A short time ago an effort was made to bring about an agreement between Aus- tria and Germany for the exclusion of American products and generally the danger of losing what may be gained by reoiprooity through the operation of vari- ous retaliatory measures may be regard• ed as a possibility, if not an actuality The actual results of a reoiprooity ar- rangement with Brazil are just now oa- anpying the attention of Representative Bynum, of Indiana. Mr. Bynum does not believe there are any advantages,and he proposes soon to incorporate 5002e of his ideas into a magazine arbiole. His paper will bristle with new Smote about Brazil and will open the eyes of many who, he says, have been blinded by the duet of reoiprooity. When he under- takes to show that of the 14,000,000 peo- ple in Brazil only 1,500,000 are in a posi- tion to buy anything from the U. S. ; when he points out that the cost of freight, insurance, exchange, and in- ability to give long credits effectually bar the Brazilian market against Ameri- can manufacturers, and when he under- , takes to prove that we are actively en - I gaged in increasing the wealth of Brazil without receiving due return, lie expects to rub• some of the glittering polish from what he calls the romance of reciprocity. Judging from, the number of models re- ceived' at the Post [05'tbe Department the inventive minds of the country have been devoting their time and attention to de- vising a boaee letter box. Mr. Wanna• maker wants something of the kind that householders oan attach to their front doors, so as to save the time of letter carriers in making their rounds. The idea is to put the mail in these boxes, ring the bell and then hurry away with- out waitieg for the door to be opened. Last January, in response to an invita- tion, a number of models were examined by a commission. There were some two or three hundred models submitted and the commission found nothing that ex• aptly filled the bill. Mr. Wannamaker was not discouraged. He determined to try again. Inventors have been sending in their models and Monday, which was the last for the reoeipt of models, no less than 133 were brought to the depart- ment. The total number of models now on hand is between 700 and 800 and the prospect is that the commission may be able to find some one that will be suit- able. The State Department has not yet re- ceived a reply to Mr. Blaine's counter suggestions for the questions to be sub- mitted to arbitration in the Behring Sea controversy, and until a reply is reoeived the department must remain in doubt as to the prospects of a speedy settlement of the dispute. It is understood that the question was disoussed at the cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon, but in the absence of information from Lord Salis- bury no very pertain view of the situa- tion could be had. The only thing the State Department has to go on is the announcement in the British parliament that Lord Salisbury was about to make a reply to Mr. Blaine wbicb would pro- bably bring the two countries closer to• gether. Just what this reply will be they are iu ignorance of. If the questions sig. gested by Blaine to be submitted to ar- bitration are accepted without change, arbitration will be had at once and the dispute will probably not long remain among the matters of live interest at the State Department. It is likely, boo• ever, that Lord Salisbury will make changes iu the form of the questions to be presented, and yet the department is quite confident that the two countries can get together on the terms of arbibra tion. Goo. Baxter, of Mitc11011, leaves on a trip to Dnglancl. If he lives to rettt0n he tvili have crossed the ooeath 28 tunes, five of which were by New York. County Judge Woods may expect to spend the gloater portion of the summer months in Mitchell, As soon as tihe Court of Revision gets through, than hie work wilt follow. The corner stone of the new ]Methodist aburolo at Anderson, in alto township of Blanshard, was r000ntly laid by Itov. ]Sr. Griffin, aesisted by Other ministers in the district. The church will be 35 by 47 feet, with basement, and will wit $1,850. The oontraator ie J. 13, Road. boaee, who has sublet the mbono, brink and plastering work 80 John Evans, trf.'05005'+ OF INI/RS'I'Ity. To the Editor of Trill—P0;. Dean Sia,—Will you kindly allow me Apace in your valuable paper to say a few words with reference to the above organization. Without going into their origin, ata„ 1 shall confine my remarks to that part of their scheme which refers to merchants, They aim at getting one or more merchants in each town to enter into a oontraet to supply them with goods at an advanoe of 12;i per sent, on invoice prices. The merohant so contracting is bound by the berme of the aontraab to show his invoices when demanded, and he is also bound nob to sail goode as low to those who do nob belong to the P. of I. Now, Mr. Editor, it taaas about 12j per tient. to run a merohant's bosineee. Out of this sum he must pay his freight, make good all shrinkage, pay insurance, rent and taxes, give to churches and the poor, keep his family, eto. That is what the farther expects. Why, a merchant Gould lend his money and do better than that. The contract between the Patrons and the merohant is a lop -sided affair. He is bound to sell to them at the per cent. agreed, but it another merohant in the town has bought a bankrupt stook at 40 or 60 Dents on the dollar and the ,Petrone have money they may go there for bargains, and leave in the lurch the poor foul who has signed away his bade. pendence. Any merohant who signs such 3m agreement is financially weak and afraid of hie rivals. He can not de- pend upon their support, and lie will loss the custom of those who are not Patrons. How is it thoes merobants who sign the agreement try to keep it a secret 7 The reason is they want to keep those who are not Patrons in the dark, so that they can take the utmost farthing from them and also have the paltry custom of the privileged plass. One of the oily -tongued orators has been down at Whitfield'e school and formed a lodge there. He made some of them believe that the merchants were scalping them alive, but he scalped them worse in one week than the merohants have scalped them in teh years. I think before many months the merchants will wish "they had not so rashly consented to be born" before they signed ouch an agreement. The editor of the Canadian Grocer, writing about the Patrons, says :—"The credit trade of the Patrons will be very troublesome when access to the merohants' invoices is per. mitted diem. Also the obligation of the merohant to recognise produce as cash will be unpleasant. That is the sort of oauh that will be most in circulation. The clause that obliges the merohant to give no other customer the same terms as to the Patroue must surely be a galling spot in the yoke to which the unfortunate dealer bends his nook He is nob to let anybody else have the same bargains, for thereby he would keep. them from joining the Patrons." Now, Mr. Editor, as my letter is already too long, I shall close by callingan all those merohants who are hones, unselfish and not financially ruined to give the Patrons a wide berth. I, for one, will not sign the contract as long as I am mentally responsible for my actions. Were every merohant of the same mind the Patrons would soon be consigned to oblivion. Thanking you, Mr. Editor, for space, I remain, Yours truly, Henfryn, June 10. 5. H. THoueoN. Canadian Newa4. Wentworth County Council have de- cided on the establishment of a County Induatriai Home. Thomas Reilly, an Indian ie wanted for the abduction of two Indian maidens from the Muncey Reserve. Caleb Oaieter, of Woodstock, bad a hen that last week hatched out a perfect- ly formed four legged thicken. It only lived a few hours. Wm. Stewart, a blind law indent, heads the list in the result of the final examinations in Toronto in sonnecbiou with the Ontario Law school. Rev. Dr, Wild, of Toronto, won the Mail'' trip to Europe competition with over 160,000 votes. Rev. D. J. MoDon- nell was next with over 180,000. The Niagara oonferenoe at Brantford has passed a resolution making ministers responsible for their new circuits on the lash Sunday in June. The first Sunday in July has been the rale heretofore. At the close of the mission of the County Council the reporters of the Guelph Meroury and Herald were voted 86 each for their attention and impartial reports of the week'a work of that august body. A young man from thio burg went to see his girl one night last week. After the old folks had retired the young man edged his chair up close to the girl and gently put his artn around her. After ohabtieg for some time he unfortunately fell asleep. This so annoyed the girl that she gently relesed herself and put the skarn o1 the chair just vacated. The sbappy youth was hugging the churn when the old man came down stairs in the morning. He did not go back slime.— Terranova cor. Shelburne Free Press. The Doloraine Times, of the 14th ult., says ;—"David Armstrong, recently ar- rested on a charge of bringing stolen pro. sparty into Canada, was tried a few days ince at Winnipeg. There was nob suf• Went evidence to hold him, and he wee allowed hie liberty, on furnisbirg bail to the extent of two luudrad dollars, Mr. Armstrong claims that there hi a oomph.. any in this matter, the idea being to keep him in Oanada until after the 18th of May, when he was held in bond to appear at the Court to be hold on that date in Bobtiuean, to answer to the charge of stealing cattle. Mr. ArInstrong left last night for the eolith, so as to bo present et sitting of the court, He mays he did not steal cattle not did he know they were stolen when he brought thele into Canada, nor does he yet think they were stolen. Plis willingness to return and answer to the ahat'ge hag certainly the appeared= of innocence, end the fact that the magistrate let ]lila out on go 55510110 a charge on nth little bail shows that they had very littlo svtdonoo Upon whioh to frame a conviction." N umber 49. PERSONAL t'Aitt9R&PIIS. Mrs. J. L. Kerr Sundayed in Durham. Councillor Stewart and wife were at Durham this week. W. M. Sinclair visited Toronto on legal business this week, W. Roddiok was laid up during the past week with a lame foot. Mrs. T. Anderson is home from' an ex- tended visit to Newburgh. Wm. Hall, of Alpena, Mich., was visit- ing in this locality last week. Mrs. Noble Gerry and Orma are away on a holiday visit to London. Rev. W. T, Claff was away ab London this week attending the Synod. John Wilbee, wife and baby are visit • ing relatives and friends in Brussels. A. G. Dickson, of Toronto, is enjoying. a holiday visit with relatives in Brussels. J, T. Cook has been laid up with a swelling of an inflammatory order in his foot. John Robb was serving his Queen and his 'ounbry as a juror at Goderich last week. A. M. Taylor has opened a law and real estate office in Superior city, Min- nesota. Jno. Burgess was in town last Monday en route to Latham, where he will work at his trade as a blacksmith, Mr. Stevens, travelling agent for the Toronto Empire, was canvassing Brus. eels this week for subscribers to that journal. J. MoBain sprained his ankle last Wednesday evening while playing foot. WI on the park. He was laid up for a' few days. Len. Downing is holidaying with rela- tives in McKillop. His health has been of rather an indifferent character for some weeks past. George Kelly left on Thursday for Cbapleau, Ontario. Ila went by boat to Algoma, thence via C. P. R. J. T. Pep- per ticketed him. Mrs, Samuel Wake and family leave this week for Owen Sound where Mr. Wake hae a position in a foundry. Tun POST wishes them 01100ess. Miss Ettie Ward is visiting at Kin- cardine. Her health has not been good of late, the trouble being with her lungs, and a change of air was preooribed. W. B. Ballantyne, who bas been on THE POST staff for the past six years, left on Tuesday for Toronto where he expects to sojourn for a while. He may sea the Pacific coast this summer. Will is a tip-top compositor and a crack job band. We wish him success. The Stratford Herald of last week says :—The residence of David Addie, Trinity street, Wednesday night was the thane of one of those pleasant events which frequently happen in households where marriageable daughters reside. The bride on this occasion was Miss Kate Addie and the groom was Donald Anderson, of South Easthope. The cere- mony was performed at 8 o'olock by Rev. E.W . Penton,in the presence of a num- her of relative and invited guests. Mise Bella Ballantyne, of Brussels. a cousin of the bride, performed the important duties of bridesmaid, and David Laing, of South Easthope, supported the groom. The happy oouple were the recipients of many handsome gifts. ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS. BANANAS 2 cents each, George Good. Mbar/dd.—A general committee meet- ing in connection with Dominion Day celebration will be held on Monday even- ing next, at 8;30 o'olook, in the sample rooms of the American Hotel, when the refreshment booths on the park and in the rink will be let. Oun thanks are due to the C. P. R. for a brightly illumined edition of over 160 pages entitled "Summer Tours on the 0. P. R." It contains a great deal of in- teresting information ooneeroing this great highway and intending tourists should secure a copy for perusal. AMMDENT.—Last Friday Ruby Pium, the 4 -year-old daughter of S. Plum, was going from the residence of James Oliver to her own home, when she was attacked by a heifer that was on the street. A nasty wound was inflicted on the child's head back of the ear and bad assistance not been promptly at hand death might have been the result of the onslaught. It was a close call. AT a meeting of the general committee in oonneotion with Dominion Day's celebration at Brussels it was unanimous- ly decided to ask Misses Green, Abraham, Oormaok, Franoie, Shaw, Hill, Rogers and Taylor to act as a committee for the representation of some new features in the Trades' procession by the Brussels young ladies. We understand their plans have not been definitely arranged es yet but with so capable an executive something unique and beautiful may be looked for. DnivING Path.—A meeting of the Dir- ectors wag held at the American Hotel last Monday evening. It was decided to call in 70 per cent. of the shares subscrib- ed to complete the track and pay other necessary expenses. It was moved, sec. ended and carried that races be held on Friday, August 21st, and that the follow- ing be the program :— Three minute trot, purse $125 00 2:35 race, 150 00 5 mile running rape ... 100 00 Named race 75 00 A. Romig was appointed Ssoretary-Treas- urer of the association. 0. 0. F,—W. Blaehill and A. Konig who were delegates from Brussels to the High Court of Canadian Order of Forest- ers which hold its l2th annual seselon in Toronto last week have returned home, the Court having adjourned on Saturday the 13th, Over 100 delegates were pre- sent. The report of High Treasurer was very satisfactory. Balance from last year $108,014 ; receipts $06,410.65, tin increase 05 821,142.67 over last year ; 60 'claims were paid $60,000, leaving a balanoe to carry forward of $144,483.05, that is 81,164 of a guarantee in tate gut. plus for every $1,000 jof liability. This 15 a purely Canadian Sooleby and the above showing proves that it is in 0 highly prosperous ocnditiou.