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The Huron Expositor, 1872-03-29, Page 1pr}i '2-2. 18721 f•esat teeetde iC11301i4 L±Ld4:' *111.134 P;SrMii; Z."117 r L. Zr..; C1. --ene c*.••••4 ij ililhilitaltkitsammememsese P4-"101, trai rn°1•4- • :74 64.4 ree P.,1•1/4 •••••••• 0 ; • .7 o •••• G71 1••••t- e74 .FARMERS YOUR tGGS, TO, Or THE. , . - Vac y 'UND lGROPER - • • Loganfe tea steede %di! pay the III.OHE.:4T PRICE in CASH,- • • . -for eniantity of • OOD -FJ't ES1-1...EGGSe lYiliVeriel at. •hie tere. r ceries&ProvisionS F(gt SA LE CHEAP. -; 0 1 71 AND FEW.Dr t eery le•et rote:tautly tm hand, in- i-linhug Sit:eel:eon & Co.'s No, 1.. '• 041e, Cour. „1.11. -cNIL your Eggs and t-f't Co. 1140..),I!SON, Grocery. - RTIC LAll. NOTICE- - •L TAP.' Of .‘,\VI,S, NT I ES. - 1 Ite 1, 1!.:1 'dee, to 11 Oft% at Cot, - YRS, BELOW COST, LL.. prieL that e enetemer may era tetr . :IL e pi -'e.( call at the F.:1k-..ane1ester House. MAINSTREETt ft ;II Et lonepi.i(,-f the, ( 'rood, before- the: - Z' t, .c ;I 7 ee. Teel. re, GOOD FARS-5 WANTED TO RENT.— 'AN ii.l; te ie tit, goeLl Eitim of fiend “•••. ‘4. .11. .1 ActiNt ita‘ l• '.!C)141 01 t-•Intilti•- -sizirx.1 I,- in "feel oerking Oritt•V, tO 1>t On gti(la •n91 •id1t Itu1rkt•t4, For further par- - et rife ExeLierion (Mee. JAMEs CoATE:4, Tuckerernith. ROOMS TO LET. LET. in Seotee Bieck, two vonimodious F none.: tat OW AL.A.LliiLt flat. Apply to ' L[PE7. McCAL"UllEI &HOLMSTE.De VOLUME 5, NO. 17. WHOLE NO. 223. j SEAFORTH, FRIDAY MARCH 29, Zitt rAtran 6xiI.ogAtor. P1.1-BLISRE1 . EVERY IMIDAY MORNING, IN SEAPORTILl T.-1.50pr yekr in advance, or $2 at the end of the year. ' Advertising Entes. TnANsiENT. • First insertion, per line, 8 cents; stibsequent in Portions, 2 cents each time, per line. . 1 ' cozernacT luvr.s. One columone yo ; $60 00 ., n u o half " ........:.. .... .i..... 3,5 00 " " ' 3 months . . 20 00 Half " one yam, . . . .... . .. . . .. a..... 35 00 " ' " half " ..... .. . .. . ,. .. ,...... 20 00 e ,j " 3 months '........-., ....i..... • 12 00 One-fourth one year ;-........ . .. .;..... 20 '00 "- " half " ..., ... .. . ... .. .'..... 12 00 44 " 3 months .. .. : . . . :!......, 8 00 , ., Due -eighth one year • ' ' 12 00 a " 1.- half " ; , ' 8 00 44 " 3, months .1.... ..... . i .. ,!...:. 5 00 One-tirelfth onieyear -...... .. . .. ... e ... . . 800 half " -- ; 5 00 " " 3 months • , 3, 00 Bushaess Cads, (6 lines and under, year.. 4 00 . ,Advertisemente of Strayed, Lost, Found, ,it exceeding 10 lines—fir t month, $1 ; after firet rpouth, 50 cents eaeli mo he '' Advertisements of Pi- MS and:REAL ESTATE: for sale, not:exceeding 15 lines—first month, $1 56i' • eaeh Subsequent mouth, 75 cents.; Births, Mareinges, DeatG hs—ratis Advertisements' without specific directions will he -inserted till forbid, and charged accordingly.' McLEAN BROTHERS, - .2tItrano Y. MeLeAle, I - - ?abliahers. ALLAN- MCLEAN. -.J mow _MEDICAL. - DAVID 'MITCHELL, 31. D., Graduate of Victo- ria College, Physieian, Surgeon'etc.. , etc., KINEEEN, ONT.—Coroner of the Cerinty of Tharon. Office anti residence, at Thompson & Stanleys. S31ITH, Physieian, Surgeon, etc. Offic Opposite Scott Robertson's- Groovy, Main street!, Seiiforth. 53 • TAMES STE-WART, M. D., C. M., Graduate Of " McGill, 'University, Mentreal,. Physician, Sur- geon, etc. Office ae.d Residence—tracelield. - TT L. VERGOE,M. D., C. M., Physician, Stix- jL etc. Mee and Residence, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing Mill. CA.MPBELD, Coroner for the County. Office -L.' and Residence, over Corby's Omer store, Miiin street, Scatorth. Office houre, Iran 11 to 4, each -day, and all day Sat -arc -lay. 159 910 elle inhabitant:I of Seaforth and surrounding coultrv., Dr. J. CT. BULL having beeu called through sieknees in his family, to suspend business Tor some time in this place, has pleitsnre in an- nouneing to the public, that throhgh a kmd Pro- vidence he has been permitted to realm. to the rooms fornierly occepied by him, over Mr. A. G. MeDougalPs Store, Main street, Where he intends peienanently to remain, and will Uu pleased to see bis old potions arid as many neweines as may favor Innt with a cell. All operations performed ac.corde bret'to the latest approved style, and fees as low as tobef9eind elecwheee. hontaifroin 8 A.. M. to 5 P. M. 224 XJ Etl-k21.114* JM. LEET, Solicitor, Wingliant, lias been, en- v" - pointed. Agent fur the Colonial Seeurities Com- pany of Eitgland, he-ia else Agent; for several pzi- vete Capitalists of Toronto, wine loan Money at: very reasonable rtes. Interest payable yearly. • Charges moderate. Whvelifu.u, Dee. 15, 1371. 213 0 I. C GHEY & HOL3fESTED, Barristers, At. at Law, Soh( itora in Chancery. end ensoieence, tiotariee Publie and Conveytineene Solicitors for the R. C. Batik, Seaforth: Agents for the Canada PAS- Attsurattee C.lompany, N. B.—$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent. Farms, Houses and Lots for sale. '53 TIENSONliarrieters Attorneys et Law, Belieitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Paldic, etc. Of:ices—Sea- -forth and. Wroxeter. $23.000 of -Private Ftinds to invest at, once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable 534 yearly. 149. IL. BENSOX. IL 'W. C. ItIF.YElt. II IE L S. - , KNar S HOTEL, (Late Sharp's.) Th under, sitmeil begs to thank the public for the liberal patronage) awarded to him in timee past in the hotel business, and also to inform, them that he has again resumed bnein.ess in the above stand,'wboro ke, will. be happy to have a ea1,1' from old friends, sad many new ones. 126 - THOMAS KNOX. .10MILINCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., C. J. McCUTCHEON. Proprietor. First-class accommodation for travellere. The Bar is Sup- plied with the very beat lb -piers and cigars. (hod stabline; atteelied. -The stage leaves this IIouie every day for Wingiuune 204-4t RITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, Gaidorich, -a-' 7. CALLe.:AY, PrOpriatOr ; 7. S. WILLIAMS, (late ef Anieriegin Rotel, Wile:sit-iv, N. le) Alenagei: This hotel has recently been newly furnished, and re- fitted throughout, and is now one of the most tom- fortable and coennoilions in the Province. Good Sample Rooms for Commereial TravelleM Terms liberal. 123 TolisoN's taddart, CLINTON.rfOFFICE,—AT Ca3atEliCf4r, Honna. Good eniet Horses and Firet-Claes always on hand. Conveyances farniehed to Conimercial Travellers Lon reasonable rates. :121 ;TOES THOMSO'N. I3\)t STABLES, siv:AFORTE, Ont. Good riorsee ifea Condortalyle Vehicles, always on hand. Fastarable - Arrangements made with Commercial Travellers; All orders Jett at Hoesre, will be promptly attended to., - Waive eeso STAliTe:S :—Third door North of- Knox's-. Hotel, Main Steeet. 221. T FrOMAS BELL, • Propreeteile geklOSE FOOTSTEPS. In the quiet 'hush of the tender\ night, When my eyes fill up with tears`, Comes my darling tome, all aolden - bright With thesunshine bf three sweet years. And he smiles'as he climbs td a seat on my, knee, - To -whisper his childish mirth ; Then cdasps my neeke—though you may • not 'see, : For my darling is not of earth. Only within the twilight When the hours are Icing and sweet, I hoer all about in the lonely room The patter of 1 ttle feet— , Patter of feet th t ceme and -go, With a sweet et restless will, Just as they did month ago, .Ere they grew orevenstill. And ray heart at those spirit-soundsthat seem So near yetso ar away, Glides into thee faith of a sweet love dream, ' That follows me night and .dayi And this love-dieam, tender and ever sweet, I Still whispers toft and low— .' It:e:et, pthou lin.' thy heart those tidy l •AnThen my sorrow einks down as a leaflet , will, llow the way they go," When tbe winds are into their rest; Ald. I bow with plasped hands,. and still • The footsteps are in my breast. — ' Magazifte. THE DOMINION GOVERNMENT. We reproduce below,- several, extracts , from an address recently delivened by Mr..Jamesilbung, M. P. for South Wat- erloo, before the' Reform Association Of London. In his address Mr. Young re- viewed, in a most ablemanner, the course of the .present Dominion - crovernment from its first inception to the present day: , The picture which he points of their actions,. as fay he imaghtedi al- tilinigh exceedingly well executed and truthful, is by, no mean' a bright one. The,following !extracts which we pu lish, ' are preprint Oh truth, and shout re- • ceive the Meet 7 earnest eonsid,eration frOin elle readers. e The first count in Mr. Yomig's indictment against the Govern-. nient is the wader he which they vio- lated the coustitotion by greeting t No- va Scotia an increased Money sub itly, in order to pacify her croaking politi ions and win them ovet to the *side of the Government The evil results of this act -are forcibly protrayed by Mr. Yrilug de follows : _ . . " This measure was exceedingly dan• odrousd-net so Mach on account of Nova e :Scott% being allowed to (dime in with an inereaeed debt, or receiving an increased subsidy ; not eineply that a vital part of the Constitution had been changed, but that this was done, net by the Imperial' Parliament -which framed the British North Ametica Act, but by a simple vote of the .Dominion Parliament This es- tablished a 'most derigerode precedent; for if our Parliament could change •the Constitution in one part without refer- ence to the Imperial Parliament or the various Province, they could, do so in others. The fraits. oi these measuree have. already appeared. New Bruns- wick has demanded "better tetras," and: the. Local Ministers, after visting Ottawa,' had annonneect that their de- mands on: the Treasury were likely o be granted. The Premier of -Manitobe due- . ing the session -just Closed said, that that Pro \in ce would also ask something itiore, and more than one minister of Quebec had stated that, if their revemie preves' ineullicient, they will alio make a raid on the Dominion Treasury for moee money With which .to carry on their local af- fairs. In sheet, the Government had • given a danger°us blow to the constitu- tion, had opened: a door by which all the financial abuses of the old. union with Lower Canada in an intensified form might be intreduced into the Dominion 7—and it will be fortunate if, sooner or fatter, their action does not imperil the perpetuity of the Union itself. In st art- nenour new political system the country heel a rieht to expect that the Govern - a . - ment would have closely adhered to those wise constitutional, principles and • maxims of Parliamentary Go ,-ernment, il whieh have beehi so suceessft 1 in the mother - country. But Bever since the introduction of tesponsible government among us had.. th ese peinoiples been more - openly violated. i ‘I c.rarding Ilte action. of tite Govern - i.; reentupon other important questions Mr. Young okeis follows : • TITE IITiV.10LONL'il. RAILWAY. Nothiun was more needed to make the .. d , Dominion successful than that its first Government should. have been careful and. ecen °mica'. But there was the pub- lic statemeut of Mr. McDougall, who ivies in office at the tinec and that by the.lse- lection of the roimildtbout north shore i triootot,tie)ifioorbtal(ite,biuteinolbnial Railway, $8, - eco thrown into the sea,. ! Ele particularly ; ca.11ed attention to the fzeit that besidee this loss on first cost, the.re would be. a heavy expense to keep 1 the road open aftei: it as finished_ f 1 The lien: Mr. Tilley had circulated a ! d_ocumeire, evhen this -question was. be- _., ' for Parhameet, showing that to ; pox interest 1 on the cost of 1 i it lotion and running expenses, d nr rt. over and above income,. would dee-tire ttt80.000 per annum for the cent - lel, d040,000 for the frontier, but no lees than Al 280 000 for the - North ehore -roitte. It was to be hoped that this was exaggerated, but the difference against the long 'route, if capitalized, woold. at least emount to .$6,000,000, and :if this were- added to the eight millions sacrificed in the cost of construction, it might be said the country was in - effect losing Something like S14.000,000. It might be Iaskedihow was it possible for any pub- dre men to be guilty of such scandalous weete 1 It was well kiieven, the Cabinet SE 1121"S STABLE, MAIN STREET, • Senforth. First-class 'Horses and Cfarriagea al -ways on hand at rksouable -terms. _ R. IL. Proprietor. Zeit ei -------- GooPie..11, Coriveyttneer, Coimuieeimic r 11 • 1 Qu lotiuranee ;ma (11 wrist Agvor, Agmit for tht. Permawnt Buittling trILI Sz.vrot.tt: Korie•ty oP Tort into whosi‘ nat.:, are as low 11-4 any Olimpatuy bu..41:11ESS hi Cenada. Appli- cations fer Loatig promptly attenapa to, (!)11,-,Fez.—OrpLiylte Ituss' Tailor Shop, 186-ff 1 AINJ.,EYVILLE. - 011,N "BRIGHAM, Exchange Brokor, anti. Lail- lvae" 1:(01 -t -A Ag('T)r, Houghton s oppfLsttm 0. T. Ilailwv Statien, SeitIorth, Ont. Throueh Tickets ieatie.1 to all points in the, W„tstern Shays, California end fled R tveeettt recluepl r ador,ling the er,reatest facilitiee tu Emigrants. Ail neceeeml inforulation given respecting Land A eeticies, etc.t 0-reenbae7e.e. Bond,. Coupon!, luta MIC,1111 tilit Money, Gold and Silver Coin, bought lied sold at beeteaiee. • - - .1. orit RCHILL, SFRG1()5 * Member of the Ontario Veterinare College,' begs to inthriate to the inhabitants of Seaforth and surrminding ecrentiT, that he hits oeened flu Oilice in Seaforth., -where he may be consulted pet - 'venally or by letter, °lithe Diseasw of Rol-seq. Cat- ete. Ravine- received a regular and precticial edaeation, and having been awarded the Dielonta es ale Veterinary College -of Ontario, T. 7. Churchill has ,avery confidence of giting satisfaction to all vho may employ him. • REIV.Itr.sc-Es—A. Smith, V. S., Principal Cintee Taierinare college; Profeesur Buck -land. Dr. lhorbstre,-Dr. Rowel, and — Wells, M. D., & V. S.' Veterinavy lte,liciues constantly Ott hand. ALI calls promptly attended to. ftdiseeeiter,ohaeln sealorth. I was divided. Mr. McDougall, Mr. Tilley a d others, on one side Sir. Geo. .Cartier, Ir. Langevin, and their Quebec eolleagu s, en the other. Sir George at heat put lown his foot, it was said, and threatened to resign unless the road ran through the French counties along the C-tulf of St. Lawrence, ancl,Sir John Macdon ld allowed the interest is of O tario to e eaceiticed rather than see ;the break 4 of his Cabinet. However high- ly the c mmunity might value the ser- yices of the Grovel -nine -at, to sacrifice eight m llions, let alone fourteen, was paying too dear for our whistle. RED RIVER REBELLION. j The f iends of the ' Government • took credit f r the fac that the Provinces of Manitoba and. Br tieh Columbia had been added t the Do iinion. Everyone must be ati 'ed to se ' our territory extended and. pr ud that „it might be said our flag fleeted from the Atlantic to the Pa- cific ; but the terms and conditions upon which these Provinces had been admit- ted, detracted very much from public .eatisfaction at the event itself. Sofar as Manito a was concerned, the cause of Rose stated the annual expenditure to be the Gov element could best be described :312,973,212, but last year Sir Francis as a sce c of blundering and huniiliationdiincks tooka vote for $17,028,350—an But for the blundering of the Adminis- increase of no less than four millions in trationt but for the treasonable talk of the ordinary expenditure of the Govern - Mr. Ho e at Fort Garry, there would ment in the short space of four years. have b en no rebellion at all. And Some items in the Public Acconnts, such since pace was restored, at great ex as intmest on the public debt, meet al- pense b th to Great Britain and Canada, ways be provided for; but if they took only what 1ave we witnessed ? We hate those items under Government control during the first year of the Union, it Doe -- ion, iu the absence of any reliable infor- mation, to complete such a vast wOrk -within ten y -ens, seemed little short of el Madness. It was almost incredible that to induce the Columbiana to enter the Co.ufederatioi4 the Dominion Govern- ment had made such a bargain and it WaS .M. -holly incredible—did we not know 'the fact—that a suiiieient number of I he people's represeutatives could be got • to vote the monstrous proposition through. 1 " INCREASE OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. The speaker th.e'n went on therefor to the rapid increase of the public debt and ' ennual ex.pendithre, saying that the force of recent legislation had not yet been felt upon the Public Indebtedness of the Dominion, but that whea the Indercolo- nial was finished—if the vote for For- tifications .wan to be spent—and if that leap in the dark, the Pacific Railroad, was, really to be made within ten years—the people of Canada would be fortunate if the public debt did not exceed $150,000,000 before that time. The first year ,of Confederation Sir John seen M, nitobae- the hope of Ontario -- which We helped to open speedily to pro- would be found - they ainounted to $5,- gress add. civilization—at the dictation 516,000, whilst for 1872 they summed up of Sir.- George Cartier dwarfed to the di- to $8,026,000, showing a large Lucrease mensio s • of a little French. commune: of 45 per cent. in four -years, 30 per cent. we have seen a briefless• Montreal lawyer sent by Oir George Cartier to be its chief ruler; e have seen those who were latelyr bels exalted to place and power, and 103 al Canadianso-the men whose presene had prebably saved a quarter of IU 'this Col nmet to the British Crown — treatedv ith obloquy and neglect. There must be a cause for all this, and it was to he 'fowl 1 in the fact- that Sir George Cartier •uled-aVOttawa - with a rod of iron, an 1 that hi this matter, as in many others, . he Ministers for Ontario have had solemnly eigned the document which bartered awa alio wed .0.11 tan& s interests y our rights. The dapger feelings to be . sacrificed, rather . aind of this -measure lay not simply in the than - reak with their powerful rights =ceded in the United States, but in what was involved in conceding rights Without reasonable _equivalents. It was lamentable enough that the Fen- ian claims, far -stronger and better than those of the Alabama, had been relinqu- ished—that the finest fisheries in the ' world were to be sacriticed—that the right to navigate the St. Lawrence was to be eeded away for ever, and that With these 'concessions the hopes ot our.farm- ers toward. obtaining a new Reciprocity Treaty would. be all but eleliterated ; but he feared that. in agreeing to such a one - of which had taken place since an ill wind from the Wiedward Islands wafted Sir F. Hincles hit° tho Finance Depart- ment. THE Wit.SIIINOTON 'TREATY. It was only too evident our interests had been sacrificed by the Treaty, and. that our Commissioner, Sir John A. Mac- donald, contrary to the unanimous opin- ions expressed in Parliament last year— contrary to his own eepressed viewS— colleague. These events in Mani - ca toba ha made a deep impression on loy- al men f all political parties, Conserve.tives as well as Reformers. , THE BRITISH COLUMBIA NEGOTIATION& L The li st pint which ocourreel in re= gard to the Act, _admittiug British Co- lumbia, as 'the eepresentation. Mani- toba, with about 15,000 population, was to have besides Senators, four Repro.- ? sentatives in - the House of Common's, and 13ritisli Columbia, with a white . poulation said to be -only 12,000, but at sided barga,in, ini ceding away some of the mot 15,000, were to have no less our most maliena-ble rights almost with six Representatives. In the other Provine s there -was one member for . about every . 20,000 inhabitants, but conciliating the United States pave the British loltmibia -was to' have a metieber way bd"e long ' for 'fresh demands anti for abou every 2,000. In granting this She Government h'ad trampled on that great piinciple embodied in the Union Act, finhe which we had struggled so long, - e that the signatuee of any Canadian aitcl weh mieht be called the corner statesmen should eter have been append - Pop stone o Coufederation., Repreeentation , ' • . by dation. and he doubted if ever eu to suck a tecaty. . . , spell ate inordinate representation would THE DUTY OF ET.,EcTom. ave beenallowed to these -small Pro- • Never had the electors of -Canada been vinces 1ut-that the lelipistry hoped to called noon to exercise the . franchise have thi aid of these ten votes, after the under greater responsibility. We had election.'to. maintain themselves in risen; since Confederation, to a higher ponTer. Britieh Columbia is a smaller political attitade ; the country was face community than this city • whatever may to . face with great political pi obleMs-t- be its -n ;nerd wealthit is admittedly questions involving, it might be, the not ivell. adapted for agricultural pur- very existehee of our new nationality it- poeest Safi yet the Dominion undertook,- self .--- gnestiors far oVqr-topping any. and is now making an annual expendi- parte or the tuterests ' of any set of pub -- thee there, which was estimated during lic men ; and; the future weal or woe of the debate of last session to amount to the, Dominion' would largely depend on $586,726. As - the cat of , some of the the popular i verdict. He -frankly add services yeas not then -accurately known, mitted, as one of the people's . depeesen- the epgagements of -the Dominion Gov- tatives, he felt deeply as to the resulternment might be set down at $500,000. If, after all thi3 deeds of the Dominion. It was also shown fiy a paper prepared Government, g after. four years of such ,in one of the departments, that applying -legielattoti as he had. imperfectly attempt - the Tariff of the Dominion to the iMports ed to describe, the Peovince of Ontario of British Columbia tor 1871, they would_ could by any means be induced to sus - yield a ;revenue Of $258,578. Now if ,tein air George,Cartier Paid Sir -John A. this revenue were deducted from the Do- Macdonald, he would feel it to be little minion expenditure just mentioned, it less than a national calamity. He did would appear that at the very commence- not fear the result. Ile had faith -in the ment, the older parts of the Dominion, judgment and intelligence of the people. and principally the people of Oetanti The resnits of the hied- elections last were bong taxed about $250,000 per au- - spring problainied in advance the over- nunt folr the benefit of - seine 12,000 whelming defeat of - the.. Dominion Gov - British 'ohm bialie. . . ., ennui:lit throughout Ontario, and it would. THE CANADIAN Rearm' 'TIAT war. - : be fortunate for the Dominiou—a happy "augury for the futnre—if the ther Pro - In addition to all this, our Govern - out equivaleut, it would be taken to mean national weakeess, and instead of encourage them to iperease their efforts to drive the British flag from this con- tinent. • Aside from party feeling alto- gether, it was deeply to be deplored ment h is solemnly agreed to colestruct within the space of ten yeare, over mounta ns and. through :the forest— through territory some parts of which has s arcely "eder -been trodden by th foot of white man — some I 2,000 or 2,509 miles of a Pacifie lteity, It was to be feared the country heel not yet fully realized the true chadecter of this enormous under- taking, and to bring that out fully, he would take -the liberty to read an ex- tract froin a: report made by Mt. Sand- fdrd Fleming, the chief engineer of the Tutereolonial, on tide Pacific Railway some years ago. (The speaker here read the t. abstracwhielt Mr. Fleming stated that it would/take 10,000 men tive or eix years to construct it; 200,- 000 tem, of iron rails and 5,060 000. cross - ties for the perManentway ; 400 loco- motives and 5,000 t� 6,000 ears of all kinds ; 5,000 employes would he annually under pity. whoae Wages would be near- ly at, 000,000 -per amtum, whilst the an- nual coat of repairs would not be less than (Me. nPlliou ; ,the gross expeediture on coestruction ande equipment he.less than $1.00,000,000 „; the gross eepeoene would annually exceed $8,000, • 000, .andl. _ Until the gross earnings came up to the enormoue eum $14,000,000, it could not return interest on thenapital invested.) Every -one had hoped some day thitee a Canadian Paeific Railway, and he could..have understood meagree • ment to Make the road As soceh-ae our finances permitted and the surveys hail shown it to be practicable; but to m aoleillY pledge the faith of the Domin- views scut to Ottawa sufficient- good' men and,true to enable the Opposition. to drive from power a Goyeennient which, with the most splendid opportunities, had grossly abused the generous confi- dence of the country. - The Diu -etas Cn otton Works, owed by Young, Litiv & Co., are to be enlarged. to their present capaeity. —Joseph H. Laycock, one of the pioneers of Blenheini township, died on , the 15th init., aged 73 years. Be had bc:en Township Clerk and Treasurer of • Blenheim for, thirty-five years, aud fore that traversed the wilds of that township as assessor. • match game. of checkers took place last week between the crack play- ers of (alt and those of, Dumfries, reeule- ing in the defeat of the countrymen. — The Broce 1?,,,puric-r, a hefty ehect printed in Kincardine. and which boasts ns no lethan two full-fledged " editore," thus announcee a remarkable stro4e of enterprise on it n own part ; " Aecailding to previous arrangements, we havehion- a column:of reading matter on our fourth - — Canada. • page." ! " Bleitheim.ensis," writing to the Woodstock . Let Wind says.: " Our fann- ers will do well to take a note of the ; benefits accruing to them from , keeping moie stock and growing (or attempting to grow) more wheat. The ; fact is now becoming patent that our • Canadian soils are becoming exhausted. -from the *ant of :manure. Thie can only - .011leUlliklif BROTHERS. Publishers. 50 Year, in adrunee. , . • , . be . see flied by cattle feeding or by artifici• 1 supplies. This• now well under- stood long applied remedy for the natural waste of the cereal -bearing soils is the p iucipal fact that faces us when WC con emplate the:extraordinary prices that art being paid for farms at pi esent, • .cot and, and particularly in Roxlatirg- shire, `elkirk and 'Midlothian. Let us have ni re cattle breeding, and less half- starved. attempts at wheat growing, and we will soon have more joyful faces. - lifax, ,N, S., harbor was frozen over on Wednescloy night, 2061i inst. . This is • n event which °mind only once in a li time, and is an. instance of the extrem severity of the weather. -- Ti ere will be more school-honses built in Ontario this year than ever be- fore, si e the building of the first one. The da s of crowding 70 or 80 little an - fortune es •into a 10 by 12 apartment, large e °ugh to accommodate about 20, are ha pily gone forever, thanks to the ne v school law. Pareimonious school ections and economical trustees have to tee the mark, now. 0 Friday last, Mr. James Gew„ Itevenu Officer, seized. an illicit still in the tow ship olGarafraxe. The distill- ery w in full operation at the time, and three n en and one woman found on,the premis ships o $650. Six months ago the same lot could have been purchased for about $250. This ranch the railway has already done for this place. — The contract for the erection of a Township Hall in Ilibbert has been let for the sum of $950. The Hall is to be _ completed by the 1st October. It is to be of frame, with stone foundation, and its dimensions will be :30 by 46 feet, malt. 14 feet ceiling. The site choeen for the Hall is on Lot 15, Concession 8. this , A Reply to " OlotilaoPPeri" MR. Enrroiee—I have read two of "Clodhopper's" letters in your paper, tiond as I am a little interested in the 'Welfare of the raechanie, and thinking that " Clodhopper's " argument of a $100 wagon es ''played out," I would thank you to allow me !pace - in your nohunns for these rew lines. In the first place, what vad these e-ombinations' for' They are for the purpose, of setting a fair price on the mechanic's labor and ipaterial, and to keep such as " Clodhopetlir," and atany others, from intik* the tradesman's prices ; and the way of -doing this is by combination, thatis, all the mechanics of different branches meeting together and. making a list of priees suitable to their business ' (without asking " Clod.- . The people of the back town- hopper's" or any other man's permio- seslolirntgotionbusseiendiesst.o be .greatly asking mere.fer the same elms of geode gnien to i sion), so as not to have one tradeeman — Oslrtwa must be advancing. There than another. NOW for the $100 wagon. 1 is a ho Ise famine reported now, and .ite14 If "Clodhopper " can tell the tiniber per mei th is the rent paid tor a- frame that is in it wagon, or the mew it is made, cottage jwitli some half dozen rooms. All after it is painted and finished up, with - this conies from the location of manufae- out taking the Mechanic's word for it, he tories 'n their midst. There is nothiun, can do more than I think he can. He like it. , . wants to shoev the inconsistency of estabe — Ai effort is being made by the 'fishing a uniform rate of -chargesby re -4 people 1 Stratford. to secure a portion of felling to the benefits these combinations the ex ensive manufacturing works of are to the wealthy. I care not whether Messrs. Thomson &Williams, of Mitchell the mechanic be poor or rich, if be is A for the enterprising town. We believe skilful workman, his work will find hiiii. the firnjt offer to locate the millwrighting -out, and that is the kind of men we want. , branch f their business there on condi- We want young men to learn their trade tion th t they receive a cash bonus df properly, and sefve a proper term, so as $10,000 a free grant of four acres of land, to enable them to become masters oftheir exempt on from taxes for ten years, and occupations, and raise the mech,snie up a loan cf :324,000 for ten years at 5. per as high as he used to be It used te'lte, cent pr ammin. We believe there is it bow good an article' we could bny, but strong eeling among many of the Tata now it is how little we pay fart, it, no - ininent ttlii7ei1s of Stratford to accede to ;natter who suffers by it Now, his these t rms. • wealthy, intelligent and established me- - A necbing composed of a large mune chanic who sells his first-class wagons to ber of tlhe leading business and prefers,- the rich or cash custoreets, andgives the sional nen of Stratford was held in that poorer classed article to his poor or credit customers, must be a downright liar, and ' wrong, and the lees we have of them the better. And that poor work sold to the. i poet Or credit customer will find himout, for he must be oven, poor and worthless ' man that has not got influence enough to Senethis neighbor to another - shop be- • sides the one he • got cheated at. He then says that the cash customer can fiend. some place else and get what articles s at the next electionhe wants. I hope "Clodhopper " nell — ddi are pleased to notice that James , try it, and he will find that nice little fraud called combination (as he would Young, Esq., M. P., will agoin be the unanim us choice of the Reformers of like to melee it appear) hies reached that place too, He mentions a few places South 1 aterloo for the forthcoming elec- et hat the farmers. have sent • for theft - tion fo the House of Commons. Three farming- intretizentetbecause-they --eetti4;e1 Reform rs of Waterletohelbott ialdgonoodt_lohoakviel -igplaces for - better i ian to represent them " Clodhopper " in this point as ial all . --A western editOr says women are so others. get them , cheaper, out I diffee frnm The reason !they sent to these scarce 11 his section the implements was simply girl is s ire of half a dozen suitors in the becanso -they could not get them nearer house et ch night and two orthree ou the home, until very lately, and I believe fence eutside. La Galt, says the Re- ' you can do as well with Thomson et former, where women can't be said to be ' Williams, of Mitehellor the firm of the , scarce,1 t's nothing unusual to see seven (gingen megaige ahem, which. gime , or eigh chaps roosted .on a fence histhe these parties great credit for their enter- localit of even moderately homely girlapriee, for they have had large opposition —1.1 e fall wheat in the County of to contenul with, such as "Clodhopper" Brant is apparently seriously injured. advocates. He says agahi the combine - The in nse cold of this winter, while tion of professionals . for establishiog to. tale its rigo -, unprotectedby its usual - winter favor of the old. established add. nted. the gro Ind has been often exposed to all uniform. tate of charges is altogether in covering of snow, has had it most disase praetitioner. He takes doctors, for in- trians effect on the tender plant, and stance. Now, I would ask ' Clodhop- what renders the prospect more hopeless per" where -these old established and. is the f et that in consequence of the ex- talented men spinng from? Did they trerne relight of last fall, the wheat did , come here full grown, or did- they come not at am to its ordinary Streugth of from one of his 'eoneited fledglings? I leaf. . would say meat likely from the latter, — li: s Excellency, Lieutenant -Gov- for it is conceit that helps to inake the ernor owland, by advice of his a.dvis- man. "Clodhopper's" last piece of wit - as, h, been pleased. to appoint the fol- in his last letter is ortt of place. He re - lowing gentlemen Queen's Council for fees to a poor ineehanio's wife and dought- Ontari : lion. E. B.. Wood, Brautford, er. He admires tile dresses in the onset, and AI ssre. D. McMichael, Win. Proud- and. then find e fault with them: Now, food, . S. Patterson, J. T. Anderson, if he his a wile of his own, or if he has S. IL Blake, and Thomas Moss, all of net he had better get one, and attend to Toront. her, and let ()ober men s wives alone, and town m nese of ing aid Railwa unanim ,of $60, —M Friday evening last, for the pia- onsidering the propriety of grant - o the Woodstock and Port Doter extension. A resolution was msly passed guaranteeing a bonus 00 for the assistance of this road. . Daniel Galbraith the present represe itative of North Lanark in the ILocal 1.egis1ature, will oppose the How Wm. it ,cDounall in that countfor the Commo — Athink of the old proverb. He winds up serious collision took place the with " their best inietelners the farmers.". on the London and Port Stanley Railway V1/4'hat makes them ? It is the advantage on Fri ay night laet. It appears that they have over the inechaide in this way: one of he ears on the regular passenger that every article of produce they bring train g t thrown from the think, an en to market they can get the melt in their gine w s sent out to assist in righting, the dieabled train, hut before it reached 11iti.nlaoonaser:d::Clodit op- the scene of the accident the car was got1)einzItsay: iteipreetle buyer is willing -do give. It is not so, on. the track agam and started on Its for they can tell the price by takin a way. t had not gone far when in a deep edrved cutting it niet the rescuing rood standard PaPtit the EXPOSIT0B er eneinei and both engines plunged. into each other with fearful force. The en- , gineerd on both t1u3 engines were killed, and seyeral others Sei'eruly injured! The. superintendent of the road who was rid- ing in 'one of the engines, narrowly es- caped. death by jumping ft °in the engine. Both tngines and several cites were smashed to pieces. It is currently rumored that a joint ' • etock company is to be formed in the ti minty of Perth for the pnrpose of estab- • lishing, a Con eervidiee. paper in Stratford, ! and that • the present publishers cf papet in Mitchell are to be appointed. : businees managers of the concern. Manufneturing Guelph is con- tint/alio inEreaSin rf lila that thwn bids atobe, andAooking over the pekes before going to market with the article he wishes to sell. Not soevith the mechanic; He has no market list to leok over and when we undertake to Make a price list we must be found. fault with for tryind customers the farmers." Poor Merl, t1 ey att:c laxti on equal footing with our "gooe msol ! How arci they abused? It is this Ivey : cannot ride home with the money they have I -cede -AA for the produce they haw broueht to market, and the goods they have (detained. from the merchant and ineehamc on credit as well. Now. 1 dot wiele dear reader. you te iniagtue fer one mement that- I put down all farmers in this doss, f.e. am 'note' to seed, that some, yes, I may f t $a tne majority o our bee men were i fair to be one of the largdet manufac- t ,.r 1 eturing ceutres ie the Province. In ad- ' born on the farm and learned to hold the dition to the many exteesive manufaetur- 1 pion- before Malting out on this world'a i it there _Messrs. Hogg & Robertson have ' clueion, I am not ashamed of those few Tie- 8011- ing establiehinente- which at present ex- I care" t° Beek DInie Is°rtune. ' purchased. land and. commenced the crec- : ell3eleanriknsg*, aintd isBig11131.3rinyovinnaL)lainhifulT13,3''anocif i tion of buildings for the manufacture, on i should'. I start business again any place convenient to "Clodhopper,'" I will be happy to sell him it set of harness at the .combination,price jeo. HNYco_tkirmsp,13-teil, Ex -Harness -maker, Seaforth. a large scale, of malleable iron. I — The trustees of the Listowel High School have succeeded. in securing a suit - I able and eligible site for their selmoL The site comprises ten acres of land; and ! was purchased for th.e sum of $1,100. I Listowel seems bound to go ahead. -- A vacant Tot on the Main street of Listowel, sttowel,with a frontage of 22 feet, was 1 SO aday. or two ago for the stun of THE MAN was never known that could please everybody, but Frank Paltiidge tomes the nearest to it in his line of business. Scott's block, Seaforth.