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Finanotal Statement—W. T. McNeil. (6)
Last Notice—J L. Smith. (6)
Canadian PaCi60 Railway—A. Strong. (6)
Seed Barley—Wm. Grieve (8)
Checks Honored—R. Parker & Co. (8)
Unreserved Auction Sale—F. Spading. (6)
Scott's for Ever j thing—H. J. Scott. (6)
Farmers' Institute—R. McMordie. (6)
Rig for SaJe—D. M. Radcliffe. (5)
Special Invitation NJ—J. 0 Laidlaw. (8)
Splendid Farm for Sale—H. Cook. (6)
For Sale or to Rent—W. R. Wilson. (5)
Seaforth Seed Emporium—Wm. Grieve. Op
The Coming Concert—Seatorth High School. (8)
Executors' Notice—F. Holmested. (6)
Change of Business—G. Baird, jr (6)
'iron expoSitor.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Mar 2, 1888.
Death of Mr. George Eyvel.
The announcemeut of the death of Mr.
George Eyvel, of Toronto, will cause
feelings of the deepest sorrow in the
hearts of meny of our readers. Mr.
Eyvel passed away at his residence in
Toronto on Monday morning last at 8
o'clock. The circumstances which led
to this sad event we give as follows
from the Toronto Globe of Tuesday. It
says :
Mr. Geo. Eyvel, of the Hansard staff,
and one of the beet -known journalists in
the country, died at his residence, Sue -
sex avenue, yesterday morning, from the
effectof a most iamentable seriee of
events. He had been engaged reporting
the proceedings for the labor commis-
sion, and having finished work was going
home alone one vei y cold night, about
four weeks ago, when he was set upon
by three men and sand -bagged. He was
rendered miconecrous by at least two
heavy blows, and was then robbed by
his assailants, who even took the over-
shoes from his feet. He lay unconscious
for about four hours, then recovering
found his bends frozen and himself un-
able to get home. He dragged himself
to the nearest house, and being unable to
find or reach the bell, rapped with. his
hands on the glass beside the door. Not
being able to attract attention, he rapped
harder and broke the glass. This
aroused the people of the house, who
came down, and misapprehending the
situation, instead of taking him in kept
him out of doors while somebody went
to a drug store to telephone for the
police. In due time two constables
arrived from the Agnes street police
'Station. Mr. Eyvel gave them his name
and address, but they, instead of taking
him horne,took him to the police station,
where he lay till 11 o'clock next morn-
ing, when he was taken home. On
arriving there he was placed in the care
of Drs. Bryce and Cameron. The utmost
that surgical skill could do to save his
fingers was done, but in vain. A few
days ago parts of all the fingers of his
left hand were removed, and a day or
two afterwards three fingers of his right
hand were taken away. Owing to his
health having been run down at the
time of the occurrence, Mr. Eyvel's con-
stitution was unable to stand these
severe shocks and he Sank, until yester-
day morning, when he died. He leaves
a wife and three small children.
Mr. Eyvel was, if we mistake not, a
native of the County of Huron, his par-
ents having resided in the township of
Turnberry, near Bluevale. When quite
a lad he prepared himself for the teach-
ing profession, and for several years con-
ducted the Wroxeter public school with
marked success and ability. While
teaching in Wroxeter he studied phono-
graphy, and with that perseverance and
industry which were characteristic of
him, he in course of time, and without
outside aid, became an expert steno-
grapher. He gave up his situation in
Wroxeter and entered upon his career as
a Journalist. He soon became one of the
most expert stenographers and efficient
Parliamentary reporters and correspon-
dents in the Province. When the
Dominion Hansard was started he was
offered and accepted tne position of one
of the official Parliamentary reporters
and was ultimately promoted to be
chief of the Hansard Staff, this being
one of the best positions in the profes-
sion and which position he continued to
occupy at the time of his death.
Mr. Eyvel's successful career shonld
afford encouragement to every Canadian
youth, as it shows what good habits, ac-
companied by industry, perseverance
and pluck can accomplish even when
unaided either by money or extraneous
influences, as Mr. Eyvel was, in every
sense of the term, a self-made man. Had
his life been spared he would have been
not only an ornament to his profession
but would most certainly have risen to
a position of eminence in the State. He
commenced his journalistic career as
Wroxeter correspondent for Tits Ex-
FOSITOR, and his connection with this
journal as Parliamentary correspondent
both from Toronto and Ottawa continued
until a few years ago, when his engage-
ment on the Hansard staff required him
to give up outside work and devote all
his time to that position. We need
scarcely say that Mr. Eyvel's many old
friends in this county will extend to the
bereaved widow and the three fatherless
little ones, their most heartfelt sympa-
thy, and we are sure that many prayers
will be offered to the Father of all, that
as be has seen fit to afflict that he will.
also heal the wounds made and protect
those whose human protector has been
taken away.
The esteem in which the deceased was
held, as well as the position he occupied
in his profession, is well set forth by the
complimentary and varied comments of
the Toronto press, all of the papers in
that city making editorial reference to
the sad event. From a long and an in-
timate acquaintance with the deceased,
the writer
every word
virtues and
to the testi
lowing extr
choly inters
of this can heartily endorse
said commendatory of his
bility and could even add
ony if neceesary. The fol-
cts will be read with melan-
t :
The Glob says :
Mr. Geo ge Eyvel, of the Hansard
staff since 1879, was well known to
many Canadian journalists, and will be
sincerely lamented by all who had the
pleasure of acquaintance with him. It
goes without-say,ing ihat he was a first-
rate stenographer. that he was one of
the most trustworthy and skilful de-
scriptive writers in the country is known
t� those who were in a position to ob-
serve his work on The Globe, Liberal,
Sarnia Observer (which he edited for
a time), HuoN 1XPOSIToR, St. Thomas__
Journal and oth r papers. Moreover,
his intimates are aware that he possess-
ed powers of expression and nice literary
taste, perhe 8 never fully &splayed ex-
cept in conversation. The 1rudgery of
;his occupati n and his m desty com-
bined to k ep him from indertaking
purely litera y work, in which he could
have won dis inetion. White it is to be
greatly regre tted that he :did not de-
velop his taleits, no cultivation of them
could have !adored him more to his
friends. He as_loved for his generous,
amiable, magi ani ous, nuidest nature.
No journaliet eve had more profession-
al pride or scorne more heartily every
departure from journalistic honor.
The Mail says:
Mr. George Ey41 was an able and
Very popular member Of the fraternity,
As d. stenographer he had few equals,
while his early training had given him a
good practical knewledge of the whole
business of making a newspaper. His
death occurred under distressing cir-
ciunstances, blood -poisoning having re-
sithed from frout bite. Mr. Eyvel was
on the Hansard staff, and the Hansard
Committee in. the House- had kindly
arranged to employ a substitute for the
s ssion. He was only 38 years old, and
laves a wife and a young family, who
Will receive the, profound syinpathy of
all acquainted with the breadwinner so
riithJess1y torn from them.
The Empire : n
Mr. Eyvel was one of the most pope -
her journalists in Toronto. Hardwork-
keg, courteous, pleasant, a staunch
friend and an accomplished stenographer
ihe combined abilities and qualities
that made him universally esteemed
both professionally and socially. ' In
him the Hansard staff loses one of the
most trusted of the corps, and news-
pitperdom of Canada one of its bright-
est ornaments. There is not a news-
p4per man in all this broad Dominion
that doer, not extend to the bereaved
wife and the three fatherless children
the warmest sympathy that one heart
can give another in its hour of sorrow.
[The Ottawa cerrespondent of the
-
Mail says: -
u Parliamentary circles great grief
vv s menifested on receipt of the intel-
li euce of the death at his home in Tor-
onto of George Eyvel, one of the staff
of 1 the official riporters to the House.
The press gallery Met and passed reso-
le ions of condolence. A floral wreath
s also sent from the press room. Mr.
Eyvel was President of the Canadian
Shorthand Writer's Association. He
dietf on the day that the annual meeting
was to be held. The association has
paesed a resolution of condolence and
forwarded a floral pillew. Mr. Eyvel's
colleagnes have Bent a floral cross.
The, .following particulars are given
corcerniing the funeral:
, The services were conducted at the
hoese by Rev. G. .M. Milligan, of old
St. Andrew's church, who delivered a
very impressive address, in whieh he
spcike of the high esteem in which the
deeeased was hel4 and of the brevity
and uncertainty of life and the certainty
-of leath, and exhorted his hearers to
liir as they would like to die. Rev.
Pre fessor McLaren led in an earnest
prayer. :The pallbearers were
13ryee, W. Houston, E. W. Thomson,
C. W. Taylore T. F. Millar and Thomas
W. Gibson, of. Wroxeter. The floral
off rings were many and beautiful.
The Auditor General's report for the
year ending 30th June, 1887, is to hand.
1
This is a volume which gives an ex-
cellent insight into the manner in which
the people's money is expended by the
Doi's inion Government. The amount
expended for newspaper advertising for
the year was $68,114. The following
are a few of the fortunate newepapers
which participated in this distribution,
and the aineimt eaeh received from the
fund: Montreal Gazette, Hon. Thomas
'White's paper, $1,106; London Free
Preein $526 ; Hamilton Spectator, $880;
Ottawa Citizen, $831 ;Clinton News
Record, $34; Exeter Times, $72; Gode-
rich Star, $59; Mitchell Advocate $102;
Sea orth Sun, $77.; Wingham Advance,
$9, and so on all through the list. There
is one striking feature in connection
with this distribution, it does not seem
to heve been made on any fair ore.; eita-
ble principle. One would naturally
think that the most influential papers
and the best advertising mediums would
receive the larger aminints. In ordinary
0 s
business this would be the case, but
herditwould seem that the most im-
portunate and those having the most
cheek were awarded the largest plum,
irrespective of merit. The whole pro-
ceeding, however, is a wicked, fraud
upon the public. This money is given
to these newspapers not in return for
value received, but simply as areward
for political subserviency and with a
view to purchasing support for the
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Government. Many of these journals
also, were paid large additional sums for
other kinds of supposed services and the
amount expended annually by the Gov-
ernment in subsidising their newspaper
supporters amount, to a good revenue to
many of them. In view of these facts,
it is not surprising that journals such as
these named should violently oppose
Commercial Union or any other move-
ment that would be likely in any
degree to interfere with existing arrange-
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ments and that would be likely to close
the public purse against them. They
farehumptuously no matter who goes
hungry and they are consequently satis-
fied with things as they are, as they well
may be. The wonder is that so many
people will allow themselves to be duped
by these well fed retainers of the Do-
minion Government.
As will be seen by our Toronto corre-
spondence this week the railway pro-
jectors and speculators are making a
dead set upon the Ontario Government
to induce them to reopen their railway
aid fund. A few years ago the Ontario
Government discontinued their policy
of granting aid to railways. There
were two reasons for this. The first
was that the Dominion had taken all
the railways, those bonused by the Pro-
vince as well as other8, under their con-
trol and much of the money that had
been granted by the Prevince has been
in this way practically wasted. Roads
that were bonused for competitive pur-
poses and which were kept independent
while under the control of the Province,
were allowed to amalgamate with their
former rivals as soon as they came
under the control of the Dominion, and
in this way competition was destroyed.
In the second place, on account of the
liberal aid given by the Province and
the local municipalities, nearly all parts
of the Province became well supplied
and new railways were not then needed.
The recent bonuses given by the Do-
minion Government, however, have re-
vived the railway projector and being
unable to get all he desires from that
source, he is now casting greedy eyes
upon the Provincial Treasury. We
hope Mr. Mowat will turn a deaf ear to
the entreaties and blandishments of
these characters. The Province has al-
ready given as much as she can afford
to aid railways and unless it can be
shewn very clearly that a road is ab-
solutely required tor purely coloniza-
tion purposes, it should not receive a
farthing from the Ontario Treasury.
And even such a road should be well
backed up by private capital before any
public aid is given.
SIR RICHARD CARTWRIGHT, who al-
ways has a keen eye for everything
likely to advance the interests of the
masses, has given notice of a motion he
intends to make in the Dominion Parlia-
ment in favor of Unrestricted Com-
mercial Reciprocity with the United
States and urging upon the Government
to take such steps as are best calculated
to bring about this desired result.
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ONTARIO LEGISLATURE.
(From Our Own Correspondent.)
TORONTO, February 28th, 1888.
That this is not a "fighting session"
was well illustrated on Thursday, when
the debate on the bill creating the new
department of agriculture was finished
in an hour. The Premier in moving the
second- reading of the bill took the
ground first, that the agricultural inter-
est was important enough to require the
undivided attention of a minister, and
second, that this object could not be at-
tained by any mere re -distribution of the
work of the ministers, without an in-
crease in their number. The first posi-
tion, he evidently considered, did not
require any elaborate argument to sup-
port it. The second was sustained by
showing the great -increase which had
taken place in the work of the ministers
since the departments were first consti-
tuted. The Bureau of Industries and
the Board of Health are comparatively
new departments, and besides that, there
has been a great increase in the
ordinary work of the Ministers, as Mr.
Mowat showed by some rather startling
statistics. Mr. Meredith was at one
with the Premier on the question of the
importance of the farming industry, and
,confined himself to objecting to an in-
crease in the number of Ministers, and
arguing that Canada is an over -governed
country. The attack was not very
trenchant, but the leader of the Opposi-
tion probably did as well as the circum-
stances permitted. He had to walk
along warily, guarding himself from the
charge of being opposed to a measure
which is presumably in the interests of
a class who compose four-fifths of the
electors. The debate was closed by Mr.
Fraser, who contended that Mr. Mere-
dith's speech might be condensed into an
objection to an expenditure of $4,000 a
year; because the appointment of a new
Minister does not necessarily imply the
appointment of an entire new staff. The
Bill received its second reading without
any amendment being proposed, but
Mr. Meredith intends to move one at a
later stage.
THE NEW MINISTER.
The Government has not yet an-
nounced its decision ot the ticklish
question "Who is to be the new minis-
ter ?" There is an embarrassing wealth
of material in the House, and the names
of Dryden, Drury, Awrey, Ballantyne
and Freeman have all been mentioned,
the minister is likely to be one of the
first two. I have heard their quali-
fications put this way "Dryden would
make the better adminstrative head of
the department; Drury would make an
abler champion of the department in the
House and before the country." If the
question were put to a vote of the
member of the House, it is probable
that Mr. Dryden would be chosen, al-
though Mr. Drury is highly esteemed
by all. If the religious aspect of the
case is considered, it will be a question
of favoring the Baptists, who are strong-
ly Reform, or the Methodists, who are
rather an uncertain element in politics,
and whose support it might be advisable
to win.
THE FRANCHISE ACT.
By the time this letter reaches your
readers it is probable that the Govern-
ment's Franchise Bill will have been in-
troduced. It is said that it will pro-
vide for residential manhood suffrage,
with registration. The bill is not likely
to become law at this session, the idea
being to have its provisions thoroughly
discussed during the session and there -
cess.
THE EVENT 07 THE SESSION.
The debate on the resolutions of the
Inter -Provincial Conference has been
fixed for Wednesday.: It may be in-
ferred from Mr. Meredith's speech on
the Address that he dilapproves of the
Conference generally and is opposed to
the proposed transfer of the veto power
to the imperial Government. It is
hardly to be supposed that he will follow
the course mapped out for him by the
Empire, which for several weeks past
has contained a series of weakly violent
article8, in which thr delegates are
spoken of as conspirators secretly hatch-
ing vile plots against the peace and pros-
perity of the Dominion. It would be
hardly possiVe for so long a series of
resolutions to be free fre?m weak points,
and it:remains to be seen whether Mr.
Me, edith is strategist enough to discover
them and direct his attaek thither.
RAILWAY MANIP0LAT0RS.
From all quarters the Gevernment is
being pressed to "re -open the railway
policy," which, being interpreted, means
to grant more bonuses. The railways
are of all kinds and size9, from the little
fellow ten miles long to is line intended
to traverse the whole of the late dis-
puted territory, or to connect the
St. Lawrence region with the Huronian
coast. Among them are a line
-from Mount Forest to Inverhuron,
and a line from Teeswater to Kincar-
dine, which, in a certainsense are rivals,
and both of which would serve a tract
of country not too well supplied with
railways. The Government has not
announced its decision, but would pro-
bably feel less doubt on the subject if
somebody would present it with a
patent for preventing the Dominion
Government from absorbrg the railway
after it is bonused.
TAKING IT EASY.
The work of the see:lion is moving
along at a very leisurely pace. In
four weeks there have been only
four or five night sessions. In
favor of this course ie may be said
that freedom from night .8essions makes
the members fresher and better fitted
for their duties during thp hours of day-
light. It is also to be rethembered that
the duties of the industrious member
commence, not when the Speaker takes
the chair, but at ten or eleven o'clock
in the morning when the tedious and
toilsome committee work begins. Night
sessions will probably be more frequent
from now until prorogation, which is
expected in the last week in March.
OUR OTTAWA
ETTER.
(From Our Special Correppondent.)
OTTAWA, February 28, 1888.
The Bession which ope ed on Thurs-
day last will probably ot be either
very long or very eventful.. There
are only two subjects 'Iof more than
passing importance whO will pro-
bably attract wide puli lic attention
in connection with it. The first of
these is the condition end probable
course of the Reform party, and the
other is the Fisheries Qeestion, which
has been brought to a head by the recent
negotiations at Washiugton. Great and
far reaching as will probably be the con-
sequences of the action of parliament in
relation to the treaty, the popular inter-
est will undoubtedly centrei mainly in the
first question, " Whet aboet the Reform
Party ?" And in thisthepopular judgmeot
is perfectly right, for the Reform Party
is of as much more conseqeence to the
country as any great iustitetion can be
more important than a great piece of
property. Had the Reform Party been
successful in any of the elections since
1873 our Fisheries, as well as all our
other property and all our rigats and
liberties, would have been safer than
they are to -day. So all tree Reformers
must think, and so they have the best of
reasons for thinking. 1
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THE REFORM POSITION.
The Liberals in Canada find them-
selves in possession of a maority in Pro-
vincial affairs in all but the least impor-
tant Provinces of the Dominion—Prince
Edward Island and British Columbia.
But, at the same time they find—and
the facts might as well be plainly stated
—that in Dominion afihirs, their cham-
pions are in a minority, and not only
that, but a change of leadership has been
forced upon them at a time when they
most needed the help of the mighty in-
tellect, eloquent tongue and tireless zeal
of the greatest leader they have ever
had, Hon. Edward Blake. 1So far as the
immediate present is concerned even the
death of their great champien would not
have been so severely felt as his absence,
for there is always the hope that he will
return, and so long as that remains it is
impossible to draw forth the enthusiasm
which used to be the most marked char-
acteristic of the Liberal parliamentary
forces. That is saying nothing against
the present leader, Mr. Laurier, for
with Mr. Blake left out there is proba-
bly no man in public life ! to -day who
unites in himself more of the qualities of
a true Liberal and a true leerier. There
is a warmth of personal affection for him
among those who have sat with him in
Parliament, which assures ihim of the
loyal support of nearly all Liberals, and,
all in all, a better man could not be
found. But even were the change
known to be permanent and accepted as
such, time would be required to cement
the new relationship :and with
the hope of the old leader's return
this process must go , on more
slowly than it otherwise would.
The Liberal party is not only
in a minority, but it is not united
as it was before and as a party must
be united in order to succeed.
HOPEFUL AND AGGRESSIVE.
Notwithstanding the disadvantages
under which they come together for the
session's work, however, the Liberals
are wonderfully cheerful arid wonder-
fully full of fight. The unfortunate re-
sult of the bye -elections, instead of dis-
couraging them, seems to have given
them new ground for hope. In all the
elections the change in the number of
votes has been exceedingly small, so
small that a matter of 70 votes the
other way would have given results on
the whole favorable to the Liberal
cause. It is manifest that the heart of
the country is sound, that there is still
a strong element of honesty and com-
mon sense to which to appeal to against
the demoralizing principles of the pres-
ent Government which depends for its
success upon using the resources of all
to buy up each constituency in turn.
The mere fact of their coming together
renews old sympathies and even within
the short period since the session open-
ed, there is a manifest increase in the
determination to unite all the force of
Liberalism upon an aggressive and vigor-
ous sessional policy. What particular
shape this policy will take is not known,
and, in the nature of things cannot be
known at least until after the party
caucus, which, it is understood, will
soon take place. It seems' hardly like-
ly, in view of the hostility of many of
the best representatives of the Liberal
press, that the Globe's policy of Free
Trade and Direct Taxation will find
favor with the majority. The only
other project in the direction of freeing
industry from the burdens at present
placed upon it is Unrestricted Reci-
procity with the United States. It is
understood that this subject will be eub-
mitted to the caucus and- in view of Mr.
Laurier's utterances in his epeech on
the address, it may be expected to re-
ceive the support of a majority. What-
ever is decided upon, there is every
reason to look for e clearer marking of
the line of party division on the trade
and fiscal policy with the Liberals more
solidly than ever in favor of the masses
as against the classes.
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
Both Mr. Laurier and Sir Richard
Cartwright declined in their speeches
on the address, to discuss the Fisheries
Treaty until more shall be known about
it through official papers laid before
the House. In the Senate, however,
the debate on the address is really a de-
bate upon the treaty, which the Sena-
tors seem to feel themselves quite com-
petent to discuss withoutany further iu-
formation. In view of the fact that ex-
ceedingly well-informed people in the
-United States are quite confident that
the treaty will be regarded by the
Senate of that country from a strictly
party standpoint, in which case it will
certainly be thrown out, there seems
every reason why Canadians should
not work themselves up into a pass-
ion over this international agreement.
The Maritime Province members,
who ought to know more about this
matter than others, seeing that it is a
home question with them, seem to take
the view that Canada, being entirely at
the mercy of England in the matter.
should take what is offered her and be
thankful. They do not seem to suggest
for one moment that we should have
the temerity to reject the treaty, and,
that being so, the discussion is purely
speculative, so far as they are concerned.
Another notable feature of the case is
that, at the very worst, Canadian's right
to fish in these waters will be the same
as those of Americans, while the business
of selling bait must be done exclusively
by Canadians from the mere physical
fact that these waters surround the
shores of Canada. The purchase -of bait
by Americans is regarded as a privilege
over there, and, under the treaty, it will
be conceded on their agreeing to admit
fish from Canada duty free. The Mari-
time Provinee men, -while not exactly
willing to give away to Americans this
privilege of buying bait, seem to thiuk it
would have been a good scheme to have
sold it out pretty cheap. Not only be-
cause of the dependent position of Cana-
da,but because ot the Government major-
ity the treaty will be ratified, so far as
Canada is concerned.'
LEGISLATION AHEAD.
The Canadian Pacific authorities are
carefully denying the statements that
there will be a Bill this session to buy out
their pretended monopoly in the North-
west. This is one of the best reasons in
the world for believing that a measure of
this kind ie under contemplation by the
Government. Of course the Canadian
Pacific end of the combination don't need
to know anything about it. The Rail-
way Commission, which has been taking
evidence in different parts of the coun-
try, has handed in a report which, it is
understood, favors the establishment of
some such judicial body to supervise
railway affairs as the Inter -State Com-
mission of the United States. The Gov-
ernment is making a show of having
adopted these views, and will bring
down a Bill on the subject which proba-
bly will not be pushed through this ses-
sion, and may share the same fate as that
of theFactory Bill, which was the joke of a
few sessions hut never reached the digni-
ty of a place on the statute book. If some
Bill is passed on the subject of railways,
it is quite safe to say that it will deal
very gently indeed with the monopolies'.
The Government proposes, moreover, to
amend the Franchise Act and the Con-
troverted Elections Act. The probabil-
ity is that these amendments will not
ievolve any serious further encroach-
ments upon public liberties, because no
election is pending just now and nothing
is to be gained by such steps. The other
Government Measures mentioned in the
Speech from the Throne are not im-
portant.
THE DEBATE ON THE ADDRESS.
On Friday the public galleries were
crowded in expectation of the debate on
the Address. The House contained
nearly all the members. The Premier
looked well in black coat and vest and
light tweed trousers. Beside him Post-
master -General McLelan and Mr.
Bowell. On the left sat Sir Hector
Langevin as neat as ever with the Mini-
ster of Militia beside him. The adjoin-
ing desks were occupied by Messrs.
Carling and Costigan. Behind Sir John
was Mr. Pope -with the Minister of Jus-
tice at his right. Tom White sat still
further back as keenly attentive as any
other newspaper man. To the Speaker's
left Mr. Blake's chair was vacant. The
next was filled by Mr. Laurier who ap-
peared to be in excellent form. Mr.
Mackenzie's chair was empty, and
adjoining sat Sir Richard Cartwright,
next to him Hon. Peter Mitchell had his
stiff hat pulled low over his • eyes. Be-
hind, Mr. Patterson wore a jaunty
tweed chapeau and looked real nice.
Mr. Scriver perused a file of Ms local
paper, and Mr. McMullen in a front seat
looked as keenly aggressive as ever.
The House patiently waited for the
mover and seconder to fulfill their formal
task in order to hear the leaders. Dr.
Monta,eue made a complimentary refer-
ence to the Governor-General which was
joined in by subsequent speakers.
THE OPPOSITION LEADER.
Mr. Laurier, on rising, was warmly
supported by his followers. He first re-
ferred to the absence from the House of
Mr. Blake to whom he paid a glowing
tribute. Then he buttoned his frock
coat and sailed into the Government.
They were a ministry of broken prom-
ises; their path was paved with good
intentions. They declared last session
the necessity for a Minister of Trade
and Commerce, yet he looked on the
Treasury benches in vain for such a face.
Neither had they the Solicitor -General
•-
promised ; what was the matter? Pas
ing to the Speech, he trusted the Fra
chise Aot would be amended by bein
repealed. At this Sir John smiled. Mi.
Laurier expressed uo opinion, nor did
any one else' on the Fishery Treaty, bit
he expressedsome doubt as to its being
in the words of the Speech, 'both hon-
orable and satisfactory." The mover
and seconder had said that the country
was in a prosperous state, so the Liberal
leader marvelled at the statement. In
his view the country was in a very
pd
reseed condition. One proof was four
in the great number who went to the
States. Was not the cause of this, he
asked, to be found in "our vicious
economical system ?" The orator thee
grew eloquent in denouncing rings an
combinations formed uuder the protec
tion of the law by greedy men. A
end should be put to this and also
emigration, and an effort made to kee
our native population at home. Treat
ing of the financial situation, he judge
that we had had to pay for the Canadia
Pacific Railway, instead of the lands i
the Northwest _paying. ffe denounce
disallowance, which prevented the grai
being exported from the country. In
his admirable epigramatic style, Mr.
Laurier put it that the blessing of Go
was taken away by the hand of man,
THE PREMIER'S SPEECH.
Sir John Macdonald's reply was ehar-
acterized by that light, jaunty anecdotal
manner in which he has no equal in Par-
liament. He was seriously grave at first
though, when he spoke of the loss sus-
tained by the House in the absence of
Mr. Blake, whom he described as a well-
informed, able and earnest statesman:
The occasion for these expressions of
appreciation does not often arise, and it
was pleasing to see the sincerity with
which the Premier spoke of his absent
political foe. He disposed of the Minis-
try of Trade complaint by saying that
Mr. Bowell discharged the duties so
efficiently, that there was as yet no
neceseity for a new Minister. The So-
licitor -General might safely be left to
the Minister of Justice. Hon. gentle-
men opposite were crying blue ruin, but
it was strange that the deluded victims
kept on returning the Government to
power. They seemingly prefer ruin at
our hands to prosperity at theirs. The
Governnient were in power for the same
reason that the man was in the lunatic
asylum, because the people willed it,
This was a free country and the people
had a right to ruin themselves if they
wished. All this was said with a jocular
air', and in the same vein the leader of
the House went on to say that if Mani-
toba was served by the water stretches
proposed once by the Liberals it wo-uld
take 663t years to take out one erop of
say 450,000 tons of grain. In no other
xahydtid the premier allude to the alleged
viv,ea
blockade or to the disallow-
ance question. He closed by terming
Mr. Laurier a Bourbon, one who re-
membered nothing and forgot nothing.
Strange for such a well read man, Sir
John misquoted Tallyrand's famous epi-
gram describing the , Bourbons: They
learn nothing and forget nothing. This
allusion was intended to twit Mr. Laur-
ier with calling up old scores and intro-
ducing no new question.
THE ADDRESS ADOPTED
Sir Richard Cartwright by way of re-
joinder, rallied Sir John on his slim maj-
ority in Kingston and the Premier
placed his hand on his breast and bowed
his acknowledgment. Sir Richard al-
luded to the leader's attendance at reviv-
al services by saying he had heard Sir
John was a changed man and he hoped
he wonld give proof of his repentance
by repealing some of his bad etatutes.
In proof that Canada was not prosper-
ous he would venture to say that three
of our immigrants out ot every four
crossed into the States. He denounced
the disallowance policy as "a most in-
famous piece of Tyranny" and declared
no other country in the world would
stand it. The galleries now became at-
tentive in expectation of a series of ora-
torical thunderbolts but it was almost
six o'clock and Sir Richard concluded
by stating his opinion that the Fishery
Treaty was hopelessly unfavorable to
Canada. Hon. Peter Mitchell quietly
made two or three remarks and the ad-
dress was adopted without a division.
VICE REGAL DRAWING ROOM.
Saturday evening the Governor Gen-
eral and Lady Lansdowne held a Drawing
Room in the red carpeted chamber of
the Senate which was ablaze with lights
and people with the best society of the
Dominion for all quarters were repre-
sented. Ordinary mortals were there
too, but who looks at pansies when roses
are in bloom. The Governor General,
the Cabinet Ministers, Lieutenant Gov-
ernor Dewdney and the staff officers all
wore their rich and gorgeous uniforms
while the brilliant toilettes of the ladies
mingled with the broadcloth suits of
their escorts, formed a picture to be
seen nowhere else in Canada. The
press gallery Was well represented and
its two lady members, Miss Brodlique
and Miss Duncan, looked as pretty as
any.
NOTES OF THE SESSION. r
The Senate has adopted the Address
after a more protracted discussion than
in the Commons. Senator Scott attack-
ed the Fishery Treaty, which he describ-
ed as a case of peace at any price.
Senator Sanford viewed the treaty as a
good settlement of a vexed questicin.—
Hon. Mr. Abbot told me on Saturday
that he had not actually drafted a bill
for the suppression of bucket shops, but
he wee going to see if one could be
framed. The evil should be remedied.—
The Press Gallery is fuller than ever,
representatives from Halifax to Winni-
peg being present. There are 40 mem-
bers.—Polling in West Middlesex and
Prince Edward County takes place' on
the 10th. The writ for Russell is ex-
pected this week.—Hon. Mr. Blake is at
a watering place near Rome.—Messrs.
Purcell, Guilbault and Caron, whose
seats are in appeal, have all taken their
seats.—" Bob " Watson says the feeling
in Manitoba is that now Mr. Greenway
has the big end of the stick he will build
the road to the boundary, whether the
Dominion likes it or not, and the policy
of disallowance, therefore, is not of so
much consequence.
olussmeeemimearesees
Hawkins built a grist mill i D
—About forty-five years ago MrnnJgoahnn
Dungan-
non, and ran:it a number - of years. It
came into the hands of JanteaCriawland Crawford,
about 20 years ago, who enlarged
when Mr. James Mahaffy
the saw mill, and ran them until tl8t7h6
boe,
mill property and proceeded to
improve
it.Since that time he has done a fair
business, buying wheat and shipwpi:g
re
flour, but the time-honored atones
doomed, and at last Mr. Mahaffy had to
fall into line with the times. During
the past year ha has rebuilt the flour
mill, and has now a nice substantial
building, much larger than the old one.
Be has also deepened the fall, which is
now 18 feet, and placed a second water
wheel in, making, with both wheels, 75
horse power. During the last two
months a force of millwrights have been
at work inside, placing a full line of the
latest and best machinery for the par_
pose of converting wheat into the purest
of flour. The mill will have a capacity
of from 75 to 100 barrels in 24 hours,
and is being conveniently arranged for
working. It is arranged to make any
grade of flour known to the trade, bat
is especially intended for custom work
and making flour for the retail busi-
ness.
Huron Notes.
—Dr. Hutchinson, who has practisei
in Brussels for several years, intens
removing from that place to Montreal in
a few weeks.
—Mr. James Wilson, late of Ediu-
burgh, Scotland, has recently purchaseil
the farm of Mr. Ed. Dear, north half of
lot 4, cencession 2, Morris.
—Mr. C. Aldsworth, of the township
of Ray, lost a valuable brood mare front
inflammation, a few days ago. She
was valued at $175.
—The Eat Wawanosh Branch Agri-
cultural Soeiety will hold their Spring
Show for the exhibition of entire horses
and bulls at Belgrave on Wednesday,
April Ilth.
—The Voddera farm of 100 acres,
situated on thd 8th concession of
aHu11eott, was, put up by auction at
Clinton on Wednesday and was bid i.t$4,00.
—Rev. Mr. McKay, Presbyterian
minister of Woodstock, will deliver ail
address on the Scott Act, in the town
hall, Cliuton, on the evening of Wed-
nesday, March 7th.
—The farm belonging to Mr. David
Elcoat, being lot 27, 2nd concession of
Tuckersmith, has been rented by the
Messrs. Tomlinson, of the London road,
for two years, at $300 a year.
—Mr. Robert Barr, jr., of Grey, has
leased his 100 acre farm on the 9th con,
cession of that township, to James
M ker for a term of five years. Mr:
B •-e will devote his whole time to the
ce eese factory.
—The little child of Mr, Thomas
Gihnour, of Turnberry, flit into a
ketsle of boiling water on - riday last
week, scalding its leg so oadly that
medical aid had to be procured. The
child is likely to recover, but at present
it is a doubtful case.
—Mr. Harrison Wiltse, of the London
road, Tuckersmithe has rented bis fifty
acre farm to his brother, and will take
up his residence in Clinton, having
taken a position in the store of Mr.
Plums -tea
—On Saturday the wife of Mr. H.
Joyner, of Clinton, had the misfortune
to break her leg. In going out of tke
house she stepped into a hole made by a
horse's foot, and falling over, her leg
snapped like a pipe stem.
—The residence of James Elliott on
the 3rd concession of Grey, was destroy-
ed -by fire on Tuesday last week, sup-
posed to have caught from the chimney.
The building was frame and was not
very valuable, Mr. Elliott being about
to erect a new one. No insurance.
—The Ashfield township council at
their last meeting voted the sum of
1oDungannon.''35 to assist in defraying the expenses
f a delegate to be sent to Ottawa with a
iew of securing an extension of the
anada Pacific Railway from Wingham
—A fire was discovered in John
efferrnan's blacksmith shop in Ethel
n Wednesday morning, the 15th inst.
t started from some ashes which had
een left in a wooden box. A bole was
urned in the floor, but no serious
amage was done.
—One night last week as Mr. Albert
Villert, of Dashwood, was returning
ome from Exeter, where he had been
ith a load of wood, and when a few
iles from home one of his horses drop -
ed dead on the road. The animal was
!valued at $125.
I —Miss Ralph, of Goderich, has re-
eived the appointment of teacher of
the fourth division of the Orangeville
ublic school. She is an excellent
acher, and is much esteemed by all
ho are acquainted with her.
;ver of the weight of green wood, and
ut of curiosity, Mr. Chas. Peacock, ofIudett, weighed a load of long weeocl,
n the Clinton scales one day last week.
—Few people have any idea, what-
iIv.e had about lls cords of long wood on
hich weighed 8140 lbs.
—Mr. Robert EIenry, who resided on
he 9th concession of Hullett, has caused
n aching void in the pockets of a num-
er of Clinton and Seaforth business
en, by his sudden departure for the
nited States. Before going he private -
1 sold his 50 acre farm.
—Mr. J. J. Fisher, of Colborne, the
ell -known horse man, has a colt S:1,
ionths old that weighs 952 lbs. It was
8 red by A. Carlton's Scotland's Glory -
e also has another colt 4 months old
at weighs 650 lbs. It was sired by
ohn Washington's Baron Scott.
—The Goderich Signal of last week
ys :—Over a week ago county clerk
damson while curling, received a fall,
aid sustained injuries on the knees that
roirndde.
erred him quite lame since that time.
e is perfectly satisfied that durig th
resent Lenten season dancing is not in
nne
—The spring session of the Chancery
ivision of the High Court of Justice
f r this comity, will commence at God -
e ich on Wednesday, the 28th inst., the
on, Mr. Justice Robertson presiding;
the spring assizes will open at the same
place on Monday, the 30th April, eHon.
A r. Justice McMahon presiding.
} —Mr. James a Combe, of Clinton,
ho is spending the winter in California
ith his son, does not by any means re-
gard it as a paradise, and will be glad to
rdturn to Ontario in the spring. He is
n w suffering from hay fever, and has had
n ore sickness while there than he had
e.-perienced in Huron in thirty years.
----Mr. Geo. S. Stanley, who has been
ir the employ of Mr. S. S. Cole, at Kin -
b irn, left last week for Sault Ste Marie,
here he has obtained a situation in one
oil the largest retail grocery stores in
tlite town. Mr. Stanley is a steady,
reliable young man and his many friends
ix Hniuslplertotswreirllitayl.ways be pleased to learn
ID —The Brussels Post of last week says:
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ainst the parties instituting the coin -
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