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The Huron Expositor, 1879-08-22, Page 4r -444- . . Sate see , Plig‘ THE HuRort EXPOSITOR. - itIMW ADVERTISEMENTS.. House and Lot for Sale—A. Str ng. Seed Wheat for Sale—Mrs. Ma iehael. Boarders Wanted—Expositor 0 ce. • Strayed Cattle--.Tolin Da,yman. Hardware—Johnson Brothers. l From Glasgow Direct—R. Jamison. Farm for Sale—Many Ann Berry. Auction Sale—James H. Benson', Excursion—Grand Trunk EaiIwi.y. Quinine Wine—Northrop & Ly an. Estray Cow—Sohn McIntosh. Apprentices Wanted—Miss Oldfteld. Card of Thanks—Wm. Ballatityhe. Farm for Sale—Wm. Dunlop. Inron txpooitori SE APORTH, AUGUST 22, 1879. Improving the Ballot. - The present is rather a hard time for newspaper writers. It frequently m- ews that the choosing of an appropriate subject is a more difficult task thau to write the artiele after the subjeet is selected. This difficulty usually arises from two causes : First, a multiplicity of subjects, and second, scarcity of mate- rial from which to select. It is the letter trouble that is now prevalent. The Zulu war is over, and peace reigns in Europe; the National Policy, so long a fruitful and. apparently inex- ha.ustiable theme is now a fixed fact, and all good citizens are anxiously awaiting its development, that they may profit by its benefits. The Letellier em- broglio is worn thread bate long ago, and about the only themes left for the poor. distracted 'newspaper man to enlarge upon are the weather and the crops. These are themes, which although al - Ways -at hand to fill up a breach, and which cannot be exhausted, yet may by too freqnent handling become some- what stale. We notice that in the ab- sence of a better subject, some of the papers are vigorously discussing the best forms of ballot paper to be used. It is urged that the present form of bal- lot paper is not all it should be; that it is somewhat intricate, and • that inex- perienced and ignorant voters are liable to m.akeiwrong marks, and unscrupu- lous returning officers are prone to take advantage of these errors to favor their favorite candidate.' -Various kerns are sueeeeted but we cannot say that any -that we have yet seen is an improve- ment on those now in use. Weed, we think it wouhd. be afetal mistake to make any material alteration in the forma. The form of ballota now used both at the Dominion and local elec- tions is so simple, that almost any per- son who is not wilfully stupid,, need not make any error in marking At least, anyelector who wouldmake a blunder in marking the ballot we now have, would be equally liable to err, no Metter what form was used: Besides this, the people are now becoming ac- customed to the existing form, and if a change were made they would be mech less likely to understand it,—even were it more plain mad simple than the, pres- ent, which is almost impossible,—then they are the one now in use. The form of ballot paper used at elections is a, thing that should not be subject to frequent changes. When the people becothe accuatoraed to aparticula,ii form they are much less liable to make mis- takes with it than With a new one. The only improvement required in this direction is uniformity. The ballots used at Dominion, local and municipal elections should. be uniform. • It does net matter much which form: is adopt- ed. They are all plain and simple enough for -the purpose, all that is required is absolute uniformity, both in the form ueed. and. in the mode of marking. Now the forms used at these several elections differ somewhat, although the, prineipal in each is the same. Let one or other of these forms be adopted for the whole,. and no furth- er change is required. . THE ItUrGbeT of farmers' barns de- stroyed by fire every year is surprising- ly large. This year it seems to be even greater than usu,a1.. In this week's piper elope we eeeord the burning of seven or eight barns in different parts of Ontario. As barns are nearly always isolated buildings where fires • are never used, it is singular they should so of eu fall a prey tothe flames, • and. it is imIportant to enquire, if pos- sible, into the Causes. The greater number of the fires referred to in this • issue were caused by lightning, the storm of the 18th inst., alone being responsible for five of six. Now, we would. like to keow what proportion of these buildings were proteoted by lightning rods, or whether any of them were. Farmers themselves ; - should take notice of this matter. If barns with the so-called: proteetion " of lightning rods are as ofteu destroyed by fire as others, why, the rods are no good, • and farmers and their bares are better, without them. But if the rode afford , a reel protection, they should be naoto generally used, than they are. After • lightning, careless smoking and. ilk- ceadiaxism come next as the causes f barn fires.When almost every ferm r and. farmer's son and. hired. - man, as well as everybody else, habitually and. almost constantly- uses the pipe, there •, is little good of suggesting that it be ' confined to the field, and not used among the inflammable contents of the barn. For preservation from the dangers of careless smoking the farmer can do little more thifn trust- to good luck. He is almost equally defenselese against the incendiary. A good watch- dog and an adequate insurance, are all the pro -Vision that can be made against the calamity of fire when it threatens from this quarter. • Our New Ambassadbr. : Grip in its last issue gives a very fair cartoen of Sir Alexander Galt, who has recently been commissioned by the Canadian Government to visit Europe in the, capacity of an " Ambassedor," or • something of that nature. In introduc- ing the cartoon it gets off the following satirical remarks: , . . "This is Sir AlexanderGalt, in his new and original character of Ambassador General of Can- ada to the Court of St. James. No doubt our readers have great delight in seeing this dis- tinguished Knight's portrait, but they whl probab- ly have still greater joy in being twat what his duties are to be in this _new-fangled offiCe. Well, they will be many and onorons. His prindipal duty will be to draw his salary, which will bo no trivial matter, as the salary will be very heavy. In ad- dition to this ho will be expected to attend the Duchess of Devonshire's garden parties; to go to Rower -shows and gaze at Mrs. Langtry, to attend the theatre at regularly stated inten-als • to up- hold the Colonial dignity by picking his teth in the parlors of the Savage Club; to funiish British statesmen with all necessary information as to the whereabouts of Canada; to negotiate treaties with the civilized nations of Europe whereby the Canadian colonists may dispose of theirrucle native manufactures, and in general to conduct and en- joy himself as the representative of a high-toned and open -Pursed Administration ought to do," Grip fully grasps the situatioe. The duties of our " ambassador " ire, no doubt, very correctly stated in the above quotation. The truth is, that Sir Alex- ander has, of 'late, owing to various un- fortunate speculations, become setae - what impedunious. He has, conse- quently, turned his attention to the public crib as a very prolific,source from l. which tc ecure sustenance. While the ci• Reform overnment was in power; the erstwhile Tory became exc4eding1y liberal, so much so that for a certain consideration he would have joined the Liberl ranks. But he did not receive the consideration, a,nd when the Con- servatives returned to office, he went back to Ilitafirstelove and only retained sufficient " liberalism"' to afford hina an opportunity of being troublesome if his claims were not recognized: These claims have, however, been recognized, and he has been pensioned upon the country at a liberal allowance. There are two or three other hangers -en who are likely to be " punished" in a. simi- larly agrea,ble manner by the powers that be for indulging in independent freaks. There is, for instance, the Hon. William Macdougall. He was punished once before by beiug sent off on a mis- sion to Lapland or some other outland. - isle place, and strange to say he is pre- paring for another similar infliction. He poises sometimes on thee one Ode and sometimes on the other, but he always Manages to keep a heavy incline toward the side which controls, the loaves and fishes. He can be a teoublestime oppo- nent-. Ile has -already shown. that he is nOkeverbe to Opposition if his cla_inee are not recognized, and it is naooted that kis punishment kr his independence will not be long delayed., Professor Goldwin Smith seems to be another of this class and rumor has it that hands°, I will receive his punishment. Sit John knows 'well how to punish these fellows, and he is never deterred from inflicting it by conscientious scruples. They are troublesome customers to have around. He cannot depend upon, them, and he accordingly banishes them from the country. Mr. Galt has been banished to England, Mr. Macdougall is to be baniehecl to Manitoba, and Professor Smith's camping ground is yet to be se- lected. We do not know that Sir John's mode of punishing these recalcitrant politicians would be much objected to, were it not that it inflicts consid- erable expense upon the country. It does seem hard that the taxpayers should have to toil hard frona early morn. till even to support men of this , class in ease and luxury in foreign lands. But it is all done for the a,,ke of shielding that dear, innocent, idolised saint; Sir John, from trouble and. anxi- ety, and to smooth his official couch that he may repose thereon with ease and comfort, so we suppose it would be - sacrilege to complain. - We ale not complaining, either; we are only point- ing ont the very neat and artistic Model of punishment he does inflict upon . those who are able to, and who do, give him occasional trouble, and as the electors by a large majority, approyed of this sort of thing in September last, it will not do for them to complain, be the cost what it may. - Reform in the Senate. In his speech at Galt the other day Mr. Mackenzie made the following re- fei ence to the composition of the Senate: "1 have been told repeatedly by friends that they believe that the pre- sent constitution of the Senate is • a de- fective one. I have, as an individual, assumed my full share of responsibility as a member of the Parliament that established the present mode of elect- ing Senators, believing at the time that I was doing what was on the whole the -best. I believed. in having a different constituency for Senators, but I became convinced long ago that the plan we hit upon was a mistake, and that the soon.er that is rectified the better in the general interests of the country and the wisdom of our legislation. The Senate, as at present constituted, has no doubt ,on several occa,sionsdone good service. It has mostly, however, placed itself in antagonism to the Lower House, and. during the whole terra of life of the late Administration it was used simply as an instrument of vengeance and an- noyance to the Liberal party, and one of the gentlemen who considers himself ' the greatest, as he is undoubtedly the tallest, man in the Assembly, has been convoking Committees and sitting in judgment upon Us every session since we feiled to recognize his merits as a railway contractor. .(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Why, Sir, nothing can be conceived more ludicrous Sometimes than the proceedings of what should be an august. branch of the Legislature, and f r my -own part I think the Reform p rty can never rest until some change is accomplished which will render that body more independent in its action, more reliable as an exponent of public opinion, and more wise in its general course. I am sorry to have to make these remarks, but I make them be- cause I believe ' as a member of the Reform party that I am bound, and that we are all bound, to expect some reform in the constitution of the Senate at the earlieet possible date. (Hear, bear, and cheers.). There may be some who doubt the necessity of its existence at all. There are others again amongst our warmest political friends who be- lieve, in a political and philosophical sense, that it is a great desideratum to have a well -constituted, well -organized Senate. This and many other ques- tions have yet to occupy the attention of Reformers ; and while it ie undoubt- edly true that much has been accom- plished and. that little remains to be ac- complished with respect to bestowing upon every citizen just and equal rights, yet other things may be inacle better than they appear to be et present. Items Political and Otherwise. —The British House of Commons has finally passed the Bill enabling banks of unlimited liability to become banks Of limited liability. It is said that the loss to the shareholders in the Glasgow Bank was so large that not more than a dozen of them are able to meet another call. The ruin occasion- ed by the:failure of the Glasgow Bank was the means of inducing the Govern- ment to take tif the Limited Liability Bill. • —The Toronto Telegram says: The Orange question is being discussed again, partly on account of a row be- tween two prominent representatives, and partly on accoutft of the effort be- ing made to get the Order incorporated in Manitoba. There are two classes of Orangemen—Orangemen on principle and political Orangemen. If you could keep the political Orangemen from using the Order for party purposes, well and good. But the trouble is that the poli- tical Orangemen get the upper hand, and bring the Order into disrepute. —Tt is not improbable that Canada will find herself ere long face to face with an ugly Indian question. The presence in our Northwest of Sitting Bull and his American Sioux, leaves no guarantee that the buffalo will survive ip number sufficient to furnish a re- liable source of food more than three years. That is the time that good au- thorities give for. the practical extinc- tion of the immense herd which not Jong since covered the plains. Then will come -hunger and trouble—au In- dian question in its most exigent form. Can anything be done in the meantime to lessen the weight of the calamity when it comes? —The following is a special by cable to the Mail, London, August 14; 4' This afternoon.. the Right Hon. Sir John Macdonahlethe Premier of Can- ada, was summoned to Osborne House and. sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council. Sir John was appointed a member of the Privy Coun- cil in July, 1872. The Right Hon. gen- tleman was intrd9luced to Her Majesty and leading members of the Govern- ment, who were ij attendance, by Sir Michael Hicks -Beach, Secretary of State for the Colonies, and after the ceremony he had a long interview with the Queen, and subsequently dined at Osborne House with Her Majesty." Who will dare say "Pacific Scandal" after this. —The Barrie regattas which com- menced on Monday last has proved a very successful affpar. Immense crowds of people attended, and there were some very close ',contests. The Cana - diem champion &ghee very nearly being beaten. Itt the professional scull race several of the best professionals of the continent competed. Hankie and Ri- ley, an American' oarsman, made a tie for the first place. It has not yet been decided whether the race between these two will be rowed over again, or whether it will be allowed to remain a tie. Han- lan's friends ascribe his lack of Success to two reasons: First, being out of cote dition, and second, taking it too easy in the first part of the race so as to make a close finish. Hanla,n has offered to row Riley for $2,000 within a few weeks. Riley expresses his willingness to ac- commodate the champion, but i$ not in a position to fix the date. The race is to take place either at Barrie or Owasce Lake. —The Reformers of Waterloo had a grand demonstration at Galt last week. The demonstration was held in the drill shed, which was beautifully de- corated for the occasion. There were between three thousand and four thous- and persons present, among whom were a number of ladies. Besides the local politicians, Messrs. Mackenzie and Blake were present, and delivered lengthy and excellent speeches. The occasion was taken, advantage- of . to present .Mr. James Yonng, ex -M. P; for South Wa- terloo, with a beautiful silver tea ser- vice, accompanied by a suitable ad- dress. The presentation was made in behalf of the Reformers of the Riding. Mr. Young made . an eloquent reply. The speeches of Messrs. Mackenzie and Blake were made in response to -pre- sentations made to them by the work- ingmen of Galt. These presents were in the shape of a life-size oil painting of each, which had been painted ex- pressly for the workingmen by the late Adam Kay. The demonstration was the most successful ever held in the county. —It looks as if the mission of the Canadian Ministers to England. were going to be an unsuccessful one. But this is pretty much what everybody ex- pected. The object of the mission was to induce the Home Government to lend or guarantee the money for build- ing the Canada Pacific Railway. It is perhaps just as well, and a great deal better, that the mission has proved a failure, as it seems to have done. If the money were forthcoming, the con- struction of the railway would have to be pushed on at once, for British Col- umbia is cla.morous for it. As the money is not forthcoming, British Col- umbia will have to wait, and the con- struction of the road will go on as it was originally intended that it should— according as the' resources of the Do- minion would permit. The railway is a political, not a commercial enter- prise, and it is bad enough for Canada to have to build it at all. It would be infinitely worse to have to build it with borrowed money that had to be paid back again. But, although the mission ratty prove a failure, the expense of the missionaries with their wives and pri- vate Recretaries will have to be met. This will be no trivial item, as the pub- lic accounts will show when they appear. The Ministers, however, have enjoyed pleasant holiday trip, and the free and independent will have to foot the bill. But they must not grumble, as that was what they, or at least a ma- jority of them,' voted for last Septem- ber. News of the Week. YELLOW FEYER.—The contagion still rages in Memphis. From twenty to thirty new cases are reported. daily. •; THE LANCASHIRE OPERITIVES.—Lan- oashire operatives have held indigna- tion meetings, protesting against a fur- ther redaction of wages. RETIREMENT.—Mr. Welch, the Ameri- can Minister to England, has resigned. His own dislike to the positiou, which he is quite incompetent to fill, is as- signed as the cause for his withdrawal. SPEECH BY GLADSTONE.—Mr. Glad- stone delivered a great speech at Ches- ter on Tuesday, in which he fiercely at- tacked the Government, which he saw had ludicrously failed to to check Rus- sian ambition and aggrandizement. The Zul*i war he said was a wanton and a wicked one. • AGRICULTURAL DIDPRRSSION.—Albert Pell and Clare &Avail Read, who are going to America in connection with the Commission appointed to inquire into the cause of the agricultural depression in England, will start immediately in order to take cognizance of the present arvest. Deane OP NELLIE GRANT.—Mrs, Sar- toris, daughtert of ex -President Grant, died suddenly at the residence of her husband, Hampshire, England, on the 6th inst. The circumstances of her marriage which took place in the White House, at Washington, three or four years ago will be fresh in the re- collection of all. . 2, OIL ON FIRE.—At Harper's Landing, Penn:, on the 16th inst., several im- mense oii tanks, containing nearly a hundred thousanct barrels of oil, caught fire. The burning oil rushed into the river, which became a sheet of flames. The greatest consternation prevailed, every one fleeing to the hills for safety. The wind suddenly changing the town was saved. - AUSTRIA.—Prime Minister Audrassy has resigned. His successor will be named by himself oand will continue hie policy regarding the occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.—From the recent meeting of the Emperors of Ger- many and Austria, will date the commencement of a clear and. decided policy of Austria, in, the East, aiming at the attainment of a strong foothold in Turkey. RIOTING -IN IRELAND. — Despatches from Dublin says that rioting was resumed at Lurgan on Sunday, and there was some desperate fighting be- tween Protestants and Catholics. The Protestants have organized to oppose the Catholics and frequent collisions occur, Twenty policemen have been more or less injured. There has also been serious rioting at Gilford. -WEATHER IN GREAT BRITAIN.—The bad weather continues. The wheat is gradually rotting. Any crops left standing will not pay for cutting. There has been thirty hours' continu- bus rain at Chester, in Derbyshire. The Trent and Deiwent rivers have over- flowed and all the low-lying lands are flooded. The rain at Sheffield washed away the foundation of five houses in course of construction. Many railways throughout the country have been so damaged by floods that travel has been obstructed. Nnws FROM ZULU LAND.—The sud- den collapse of the war is due immed- iately to Lord Chelmsford's victory. General satisfaction prevails that Lord Chelmsford has so honorably retrieved his reputation. Sir Garnet Wolsely will it is said remain in the north-west of' Zululand or on the Transvaal border. A fear prevails that in the anxiety of securing peace Sir Garnet ;Wolseley may agree to over -lenient measutes. On the other hand it is said that he in- tends to make the peace an abiding one. Itis said. that a column will be ordered to'marcle after Cetewayo. SYMPATHY POR LIEUT. CABEY.—Lieut. Cerey, conmenian of the late Prince Imperial on the fatal expedition to Itelza, is expeetedto arrive at Ports- mouth. on the Jumua. It has been ar- ranged that as soon as the Jumna ar- rives a committee shall go. on board and present Lieut. Carey with a copy. of the following address signed by 10,000 per- sons "We, the undersigned men of Plymouth, in welcoming you back to yonr native country, desire to express our entire coufidence in your valor as a British officer and honor as a gentle- man, and our sincere sympathy in the trying circumstances in which you were placed." • %tee FISHERIES AGAIN.—A demand has been made by the United States on England for $103,000 damages for th Porten() Bay outrages last year. T1 e United States desires that the matter should be settled, as it seems suie to result in grave difficulties unless an early understanding is reached. It is felt that under the treaty, as. con- strued by the English Government, the privileges granted the United States are not proportionate to the price paid. As expected, when the Halifax award was paid, the Fortune Bay outrage -has been the subject of correspondence ever since. The negotiations will be con- tinued until a definite result is reached. The London Times suggests an interna- tional convention to settle the queetion. STORMS ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.— The Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida was visited during the first of this week by a succession of violent storms of wind and rain. Much dam- age was done to shipping and to wharves and harbors, at Norfolk, Va. Build- ings and churches were unroofed; ves- sels, wharves, and warehouses were damaged; the loss here is estimated at from $200,000 to $300,000. There is not a wharf left in Beaufort, N. C. Moorehead City, N. C., lost its market house, school house,. wharf, and colored Methodist church, several fish houses, and four thousand terrapins; also, the Atlantic House, the largest hotel in that 4. part of the country, which WaS -*TO: pletely demolished, the inmates eap- ing at the het moment. At Wilnaings ton, Del., a large schooner was suiik by the ocean steamer Newcastle. It is feared some of the schooner's crew were lost. Considerable damage was done along tha New England coast. The yachting fleet of South Boston was badly used, most of the vessels Were -in- jured and many seriously. At Port- land several yachts and schooners were sunk. Other towns along the coast re- port a long list of disasters to local craft and property. At St. John, N. B., Halifax, N. S., Fredericton, N. B., and at Quebec the same storm was also very severe, but no serious damage was done. OPENING UP Or AFRICA A DELUSION.— Commodore Shufeldt, of the United States navy, writes to his Department from the West Coast of Africa that the opening up of Africa, as it is termed, is a mete deceit and delusion, and says that the natives of Lower Congo, who have been in contact with the whites for nearly 400 years, have only had engrafted. upon their innate barbarism the lowest vices of- civilization. We did not need Commodore Shufeldt to tell us that savages do not improve by contact with the whites, but still that is no reason slay the opening up of Africa should be a snare or delusion. If he had told us something about the climate and soil and fitness of the country for habitation by whites, we could have drawn our own conclusions. The Excursion. ,Mania. The Listowel Banner has some sen- sible remarks on the subject of summer holidays and. legitimate amusement and exercise. It says: "Now, seriously speaking, We have no word. to say against cheap excur- sions, or a reasonable amount of holiday amusement for boys, women and. men whose habits of life confme them much within doors; but it may be asked if the.physicat advantages arising from a three or four hundred miles "ride on the cars," it sail actoss the lake, especial- ly during a high -wind, or even an oc- casioned fishing expedition to the back woods, are not much more imaginary than real. We believe that the majority of the men and. women in our cities, towns and villages do not take any- thing like sufficient exercise to keep their physical system in that proper tone and vigor which the laws of health demand; but we have no more idea that three or four pleasure excursions so-called during the year contribute any more to the strengthening of enfeebled muscles and the regulation of abnprmal secretions than as many gorges of food are productive of beneficial results in the animal economy. * ' If we had. a park where our young people could spend an hour or so each evening during the sunemer months in lawn ten- nis, croquet, base ball, cricket, etc., it would. do more to promote and main- tain a healthy organizatiou than. any . - casual holiday system cau do." Plain Dealing in Country Business. We are favored with a letter from a country merchant signing himself " Plaindealer," taking the view that it is "next to impossible for a retailer in Canada to make a decent living in these days, profits have got down so low, and expenses are so out of propor- tion to them." Let us consider the latter of these -points for a little, espe- cially as we have quite lately dealt with the former of them. Profits are reduced, as compared with recent years, it will be conceded, and expenses have increased. But we refuse to believe that neceesary expenses are so much greater than formerly, as is alleged. Shop -keepers, as well as other people, have -become wasteful. and imprudent where their fathers were cautious and. saving. Let us illustrate : A retail dealer in an Ontario town, doing a business of say $30,000 a year and making Money, perhaps $2,500 an- nually, built, a year or two ago, a hand- some house, costing $6,000, borrowiug $5,000 upon mortgage. To furnish it, a new piano of course included, cost him nearly $2,000 more, and his wife insists on keeping a pony phteton and a man as well as a maid servant. This dealer now finds times bard and. money, scarce, and blames the condition of the country, the demoralized state of trade, &c., for his uneasy condition, but he does not appear to realize that he is pinched by his own thumbscrew. He pays $500 yearly interest on his mort- gage, $300 to his servants, the interest on his furnitutie and his living expenses, church, Masonic and other disburse- ments, easily bring his expenditure up to, if not beyond, his income. The re- sult is that he has no ready money, he is not "forehanded," and his peyments trouble him as they were not wont to do. The man used to live on $1,000 a year and vas happy; his father lived on less, and, prospered. The son now spends $2,500, much of it unnecessar- ily, as we contend, and is troubled in pocket andin mind. Another instance has come under our notice. A young man, lately married, has just purchased. from the creditors of his father, who had got into difficulty and lost all his property, the dry goods stock of the old establishment at so much in the dollar, omliberal terms of time. He continues in the old stand, lives over the store, and has a very fair chance, if diligent' an.d frugal. His wife, besides, shows her desire to help him by going into the shop as a sales- woman. Butsthe youug man shows no desire to begin life as his father began it—such is the effect of modern habite. He keeps a pleasure yacht, and is out in it during business hours. At a boat race or a cricket match he is to be seen taking a lively interest forenoon and af- ternoon. He dresses well, smokes ci- gars, subscribes for the illustrated Lon- don papers, one or two -dailies, besides local papers, and lives OU the fat of the land generally. This might be all well and good if he cotdd afford it; bat he cannot, and in a year's time, or less, this young man will find himself in trouble, and his father and Mother, who are ftependent on him, perhaps in dis- tees . On being asked whether there was nothing doing at the shop, since he was able to leave it for sport, the young mat replied; "Oh, yes, but my brother and. my clerk are there, besides my wife." It is quite evident that he has nev r understood. the moral of the story aboitt the prosperous farteer who said C me " to his servants, -while those of his azier and less successful neighbor were told to "Go." • We are pet aware how "Plaindealer" wo d define a decent living, so luxur- ious are people's views becoming, but our view is that either of the shop- keepers described could live very de- cently indeed on much less than they spend. A phaeton and two servants are extravagance in the one, just as ci- gars and a pleasure yacht are extrava- gances in the other instapce. There are a good many of one town and. coun- try merchants. whose yearly stock- taking does not show the growth of re- turn they hope kr from their business, who, if they lived a little less freely, and denied themselves what to them are not necessaries but positive luxuries, might be able to show an advance in each year's profits. A very estimable man lately said. to us: "I wish I had the chance.' once had as it country storekeepers .knowing what I now know I should live on half what I spent as a young man •' should give up credit, by which I losthalf my capital, and should pay no interest (which ate up the other half). I should buy for cash, and ac- cept a legitimate profit." It is not stated. by "Plaindealer" what his views are on the cash ques- tion; but we presume from his strong words upon the long-windedness of far- mers that he finds crediting tedious and unsatisfactory. Our suggestion is that he shall offer a discount off his regular prices for cash. Farmers are as easily enticed as other people, if they are of- fered a gallon of molasses at forty cents for which they previously paid fiayki and they are as able as ,others to the cash too, no matter how urgently they may plead for trust. • If "Plain - dealer" knows his business as wellats he professes to do, he should not have much difficulty in altering it to a cash basis, and making a success of it, —monetary Times. Perth Items. —The number of voters iu Stratford for 1879 is 1,911 against 1,837 last year. • —Mr; James Wiltion, tanner, former- ly of Logan, had $5,000 invested in Consolidated Bank stock. —A party from Mitchell, among them Rev. Mr. Christopherson, are camping at Grand Bend, township of • Stephen. —Last week nine car loads of cattle were shipped from St. Marys by Mr. Fellows, of London, for the English market. --The shop of Mohan & McLaren. St. Marys, was burglarized last week for three suits of elothes. No due to the burglars. eeei —A boy in 't tratford named Fitz - henry set fire to his father's barn, be- cause he wished. a new one to be built nearer to the house. —Rev. Dr. Wild,,. it sensation orator from Brooklymellew York, formerly ..of Belleville, is toel'eagre in Listowel, on. September lst, Subject, " The Stone Miracle and 1882." —A Trowbridge • correspondent la- ments that there are over one hundred marriageable ladies within two -miles of that village, and very few young men, most of the latter having emigrated to Manitoba and the Western States. —John Burns, who recently stole a quantity of clothing and about $30 from Mackay's store in Stratford, was arrest- ed last week at Rondeau and brought back to Stratford.. He was sent to the Central Prison for two years. .—Stewart, the Captain of the Lis- towel Fire Brigade, has been sentenced to six months in the Central Prison for complidity in burning a stable in Lis- towel, at few days ago. Salisbury, an- other young man arrested for the same offence, has been discharged, —The Grand Trunk Company has I commenced 'the erection of a new station at the switch, St. Marys. It is to be a wooden building, 33 feet long and 18 wide, and is to be divided into a _general waiting room, ticket office and baggage room. . —Rev. R. R Maitland, Methodist -minister, Fullerton, was married last week, to a Stratford young lady, Miss Jennie Robb, daughter of the' late John M. Robb. The ceremony which was perforrned in the Central church, Strat- ford, by Rev. Dr. Williams and Rev. B. Clement. • --Joseph Ruchty, Sr., of New Ham- burg, on Wednesday night, fell from the seoend story of Shroeder's Hotel, Strat- ford. Mr. Ruchty was staying over • night at the hotel, and wishing to en- joy the cool air, opened the door to the portico instead. of that to the stairs hence the accident. • —William R. Davis, Esq., mayor of Mitchell, the talented, • popular and genial editor of the Mitchell Artvoeate, has been presented with a handsome cane, by his admiring friend, Alexander Davidson, Esq., proprietor of the Com- mercial Hotel, Seeforth. The stick was brought by Mr. Danidson from Ire- land and, is one of the best ever cut, being straight, thickly knotted and of good size. —There is quite a movement in the hotel interest of Dublin: Thomas Craw- ford, of Egmondville,.has purchased the North American Hotel from Jeremiah O'Flaherty; price $1,000. Mr. Craw- ford will return to Dublin and keep the hotel himself. James Williams has purchased the Railway Hotel from John McConnell, giving for the same his village property and a farm in McGiiii- Tray valued at $3,000, and $1,000 cash, in all $4,000. —During a thunderstorm. :on the night of the 18th inst., the barn of Galvin Dunlop, Downie, was struck by lightning and burned, together with all his season's crop. Mr. Dunlop had just entered the barn with a• load of grain when the lightning struck, killing ene of the horses and so seriously injur- ing Mr. Dunlop that he died. a few hours afterwards. He was a widower, and leaves five or six children. —A lady teacher of a country school. in Perth was remonstrating with a Mggardly trustee as to the smallness of teachers' salaries. The trustee urged retrenchment and said. " Yo -a should. do as my brother-in-law does, he -teaches school, and daring vacation earns- his livin,g by cradling." " We would cradle, too,' was the quick reply, "bet it is neceessary first to get husbands." She meant another kind. of cradling. —A Downey farraer writes' to the papers to complain of the way he has been treated on the Stratford market. Instead of talking business, the dealers meet the farmers with enquiries about their families, such as, "Hoo are ye the du, mon ?" "Are the old woman and Jessie weel again ?" These are ac- companied by the usual winks or signs, and the grain is driven off the market without other farmers knowing actually what price is paid. If the buyers on the Stratford market would pay less AUGUST 22, 1879 attention to the domeetic condition of - our families, and adopt the practice ee giving us square bids and brisk connate tion for our produce, there would be more business done in the produce jj There is none of this winking and nee_ • ding bueiness done in other towns, see I can assure the Stratford buyers that farmers as it rule do not like the etyla which some of them adopt. —A Stratford butcher named Jacrob Helsinger was brought before the Pe. ]ice Magistrate for stealing a latabfreee the field of Mr. Riehard. Cawston„ Downie. Reisinger pleaded guilty an was allowed to go. for one day epee his own recoenizance. Bnt when the Mine came to present himself, it was found that he had "skipped" for Bute felellelsinger is thought to be an -4d offender. Some of his neighbors now remember nice fat cows which theylost and begin to think that they have had the pleasure of eating their own be. vines at the moderate figure of 10 cents IL pound. —The following are the successful candidatesit the late intermediate amination from the several High Schools in the County of Perth; ford.—Grade A — Jessie Mackenzie, Jeanette MeLellan. Grade B—Thos, O'Donnell, Alfretta Marshall, Rachel Macdonald, David Hoskins. sIfiestek —Grade A—Aletta Marty, Maria Tom - Mason, William Cale. Grade 13---Lirs zie Abbott, Mary Mitchell, George Harkness, Williatn Elliott, Gibson Ata. haffey, John Stoneman-. Listowel, Grade A—john. Lochead. Grade )3— Kate Sprat. • Bt. ilfarye—Grade Chas. Webster Webster, Mary Cameron, Johz Sperling. Grade B James Giffin, George Morphy, Thos. ,Steel, Steven, Michael Mcilhargey, Duncan Hay, John Shillinglaw, Grettean Goa don, Aggie Knox, Mary Miller, Me* Cameron, Lizzie Lennox, Lavers Lam -- bier, Ida Lang, Lellia MeLauchlin, J. Radcliff. General News Items. —Dr. McLellan, the High School In - specter, was last week presented by A number of his friends, mostly elgh School teachers, with a gold watch and chitin and a complithentary and flatter- ingar cirrescsui —ar has been issued to the I Mount Hope, in the -city of London, be- ginning on the 16th of September aed c o n—t iNnynn li it. gGtahur oo wu gahn tohfe twheee ki clergy of the Diocese of Loiadon,an. • Pouncing an ecclesiastical retreat at th conces- ' sion of Scott, near the village of las bridge, while harvesting on Mondan .received serious and probably fatal injuries, caused. by his horse running . away with the hay rake on. whieh he was s e earl we Ross, the St- John oats - man, has taken quartere at the Three. kilo House, on the shore of Bedford Basin, to prepare for Ws race with War - Ten Smith on Tuesday next Betting continues even, and_ both sides seem con±fiAdenptarotfythoef irgmenattewinning.mm.en arrived in Kincardine on the steamer Ontario, on their return home from a, two week's fishing trip up Lake Superior, Sun* morning. They exhibited some splen- did. trout. They =aiso report seeing an Indian at Thunder Bay, miming three • sca—Ipshaebthairnsg, stdable. Tba and shed. of Na- thaniel Tackabury, 3rd concession Lon- - don township, were buriied oeltiesday morning. The 'tired man was awaken- ed by it light in his room, and reached the fire just in time to rescuethe horses. Nothiug else was saved. Loss about 41,200 • insurance, $'400. , , —Mt:. Wm. Mitchelltree Met with a ; fatalaccident in -London, on Tuesday evening. As he WAS driving homewards on Richntond street his horses ran away, and he was thrown out upon his.' head and shoulders. He was taken np insensible; and earried to his home a on Saturday, takes out a part cargo of crop will fincl a profitable outlet in the markets of Great Britain tide year: night to set fire to Ilaggert &Cochrane's foundry, St. . raas. The flames o'clock andTho alarm promptly given, but the fire was extinguished by indi- dshe_scorrotipdintsiotFanrn.itdeayin the country, he expired in -about an hour. for Canada, hay, and. the Allan ship Ardmillan, which cleared. for Glasgow ket. It is thought our large suplus hay were seen by. he passers by about ten. hay cropean export demand has set in pressed bay purchased on. London mar- ' —An attempt was made on Sunday ---Owing to the failure of the British eTho indi- vidual efforts before the brigade ar- rived. Subsequent investigation leaves no doubt of ite being the work of an in- ceesliary, as the flames were in the _ third. story among the shavings, beyond the reach of the engines or fire of any Miller was arrestined°rthat nBginbi7otok-exeforeraie tempting to destroy the machineryel Sohn Edmonds' grist mill at that place. He was brought before Magistrate Swit- zer, who, after hearing the evidence, - committed him for trial, and -the same evening he was lodged in the Went. worth jail. It appears that dining the past two months five attempts have been made to destroy the machinery ze- ferred to, and the faet that Miller:- whe had been discharged from the min by Mr. Edmonds some time since—a88. seen in suspicious proximity to the nua just before the last attempt was made, led to his arrest. —Early Wednesday morning tile body of a woman, who proved. to bathe wife of Alex. Bowers, was found intbe river under the London and Pert Stan- ley Railway bridge by a county eon - stable. How the unfortunate woman came to her death is a mystery. Itis stated that she drank to exe,ess, and . when in liquor was very excitable. Tuesda,y night she drank heavily:, end retired to bed. Wednesday MOrning her husband. missed. her from his siaLei - and. at once =arose and set inquiries fl foot, which resulted in finding he•r 55 stated. Whether she fell off the bridge -while wandering along the traek,er threw herself over to end her OWR Mel or was pitched over by anyone, is the question. —On last Saturday evening, ff-ri John English, a farmer living ell Second concession of Sydenham, while returning home from Woodford in A wagon, accompanied by a Miss good, 4 met with an accident, which terraineoa fatally in about half an hour. When within sight of home the tonesie of th° wagon becaine detached from the neat' yoke and ran into the ground, upsetthig the wagon and so entangling -Mr- Bug- .11s8htathat he was dra.gged it cortsideln0 nee, receivilig a fracture 01 tbe , sod otb.er eatle its , :12 fil v tfobe °ssua; Jaa. 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