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The Huron Expositor, 1893-12-08, Page 11893. - store t is filled of every - to keep stock cf moderate s seeking 5, always ,gt styles, for the Lers. We things to . and, we ill be to and 4ee the year y numer- lething or reat cata. • Now, fact, ,elvancing, icken the you have rords why offerinffs. 6 cod a deal Fau 4 areund pees. ---Mr. [reaching ia flse. Quite winter ia nee" etc.— = of Ontario te campsign Hewick sit ia pos- id that they olose before ley will fire be felt other.—Mr. the guest of ipbell. —Mr. aken posses - man in the rd and Levi remarkably Mr. John J. • Tueaday lit and piled I. On, both 7 o'clock in -past live s and a haif easily equal- ing machines shankegiving forenoon ib n chur che —Mr. Simon for about a ' Berne, Mich - her 70 acres ow has 150 it Friday our iSoclerich at- heeing is the lesiing in al pt Setarday is able to be • Michigan, iats, Mr. and e again last ecently pre- uncing baby 'Hence held officers last iced church. Mfss Lydia , Vice Presi- ete,ry ; Miss tary ; Mi" raund, pass e election.— been here The ammiat mot Society E vangelical F• red. Hess, rvicee were aund, after shwood, and rd, General the meet - elected for . Hess ; Sec - H . Faust, fficially an- on has been poatsra aster f our lett: kson. This I meet with erson is one et respeete.d of the posi- es. wilI take ✓ the past maintained he special der the au - Society of meat of the day evening very resPect- at of which Grated With The Rev"' red verY to the young necesaity of h.. The col -- meeting on a very sub - 0.4, of the n Saturday inToronto the holiday home frora Thos- zik Railway with Mr. T. this nivek where lit prominent Ir. Lee has the past ten made marti learn of his Rumens in arvidson and anged Pula Gregor ana here ma a. O on their re they par - TWENTY-SEVENTH YEAR' /. If -HOLE NUMBER, 1,356. i4,1 SEAFORTH FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1893. HOLIDAY COODS. We are ready for the Holiday trade —ready with the best of everything in our line, both useful and ornamen- tat. And it is doubtful- if any house will setail gift things at lower prices, or even so low. Every Chlistmas gift has two,thoughts in it—an expression of regard or affection, and an addition to the comfort or happiness of the re- ceiver. We anticipate a brisk holiday trade with such goods as these : MEN'S FURGOODS, LADIES' FUR GOODS, BOYS' SUITS, BOYS' OVERCOA.TS, MEN'S FINE OVERCOATS, CC - ULSTER OVERCOATS FINE FURNISHINGS FINE HATS & CAPS, JEWELRY, &c. Useful things express regard and minister to comfort. Holiday money goes for articles of utility, and this season will exceed all previous records. The wise and prudent will buy early, and not wait till the last moment. You're at liberty to oome and inspect at any tim,e. • JACKSON‘ BROS., THE FAMOUS "CLOTHIERS, SEAFORTIL Against Prohibition. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—You invite contribu- tions en the Plebiscite. As a constant reader, and an old contribittor, agreeing with the spourse of THE EXPOSITOR • on public questions, I will avail myself of the opportunity to say a few words. From the fact that there is no organized opposition, it should be the duty of the press to shew the people what is involved in Prohibition, so that they may vote intelligently. This is not being done, and my remarks will be made in that direction. First, the financial itspeot. The revenue accruing from duties, &c., • collected on liquor, is $2.21 per bead, say $11 per family. The larger portionof this is collected in the cities, paid by wealthy people upon ex- pensive wines, brandies, &c., and Prohibi- tion would shift the burden from them to the ordinary ratepayer, who seems to have load enough now. As it is a part of tbe revenue, it must be raised however, if not on liquor, On other goods and the question for the ratepayer is, am willing, to pay $11. a year for all time to get prohibition ? Now the distillers and brewers are doing nothing. Why ? They say when the wetter was. discussed in the house, the speakers on both sides admitted that Pro- hibition involved compenaation. A com- mission will be appointed to value their pleat and meterial, and the ratepayers will have to shoulder 15 or 20 znilliona more as oompensetion to these men. Further, they have 12 million gallons on band, which they had to store to comply with a government enactment, forbiddieg the sale of liquor till two years old, which will also have to be paid for, about 7 millione of dollars more, to be met by the ratepayer and included in MS vote upon the Plebiscite. t - But an objector says we will save in the administration of justice. We will have less crizne and pauperism, &c." Crime ex- isted before liquor. Cain never drank whisky. Figures which don't lie, ehew that crime bears an inverse ratio to the al- cohol eonsumed. Through France United States, Germany, to the United 'Kingdom whieh consumes the largest,percentage of liquor and has the least crime, the propor- tion holds good. If the statement were true, that "alcohol causes 'three-fourths of the crime," such figures could not be &hewn, and these facts prove that there is some more potent CallSe of crime than alcohol. Your gaol in Huron had no criminal& for four months this summer, but no one pro- posed to eloae it and dismiss the gaoler. There have been 100 convictions for murder Once Confederation, ending with the triple murder of Luckey, and it hae not even been claimed that drink had any connection with any of them. Crime, as such, is the work - of shrewd and sober men, and your gaols will be necessary till the advent of the mil- lenium. But fur5heia you are asked to enact a law, under which, if you require liquor, for a neoessary Object, you must go to a doctor, (perhaps not as good a man as you are), and pay him for a certificate, that you are a fit and proper person to be entrusted with a pint of whisky, then go and buy your whis- ky ; under which, if you put your horses in a hotel -shed or water- them, or warm your- self et the fire, the landlorct will &811 five cents frorn you.- YOu have reepectablo men in the business now, but such a ()audition of -things wilt lead to its falling into the hands of a lower class of men just such men as would attempt to evade the law, and sell illegally, and a broken law is worse than no law at all. Once more, the experience of cummuai- ties who have tried Prohibition is not very encouraging. Michigan enforced it twenty years, and returned to a license law. Mas- sachusetts in 1873 plowed a law with iron- clad provisions, and organized a mounted police with extraordinary powers to enforce it. It continued some eight yesrs, The eost was enormous, and the people, diet-, gusted, disbanded the police, repealed the - side and came to license again. In Iowa and Kansas, recent observers show that these cities there is a saloon to each 100 in- habitants, and that the law is openly set at naught. Naw Brunswick tried it °mix menthe and then repealed it, Their oase is instructive, nearly two-thirds of the eleotors petitioned for it, and the Government au- cordingly enaoted the law. It raised a storm, and the Lieutenant -Governor dis- solved the House on the ground that the rnernbere had not been elected on a Prohibi- tion issue. The Government stood by their bill, thinking the electors vvere behind them, but were badly defeited and had to resign. Ivan in the °idea of Maine the law is con-, "tautly violated, and exists only in form. On coneicieration of these examples is it prudent to make such a change till we have further evidence that such change would be satisfactory or beneficial ? You,Mr.,Editor, occupy, and deservedly so, a leading posi- tion as an adviser of the people, and a moulder of public opinion, It should be your duty to place the matter fairly before the electors, so they would vote understand- ingly, and with a full knowledge of the issues involved in such action. Yours, etc., . W. SLOAN. Toronto, Nov. 301h, 1893. Registrars, Sheriffs, &c. DEAR EXPOSITOR. --In your last issue you referred to the question of handing over the power of appointing Registrars, Sheriffs, &o., to the County Cougoils, stating that if such a change were made, it would be pro- ductive of abuses entirely unknown under the present system, and that if a change is to be made, the appointing or electing pow.* er should be given to the people'direotly. I think any one at all acquainted with the present scheming, wire -pulling end unneces- sary expense in connection with the appoint- ments or elections made by the County Council, must agree with you. For instance, the election of Warden is often made a poli- tical squabble and which, in tome places, has been continued for days. Not very long since, in the county of Huron, a vacancy oc- curred by the death•of the late esteemed and efficient County Clerk, Mr. Peter Ad- ameou. For some months previous to, and after his death, the duties of County Clerk had been satisfactorily performed by the County Treasurer, Mr. Holmes, who was, we are told, willing to continue the man- agement of both offices permanently. But, politics rise up and say, " We are a niajor- ity this year, and mey be in the minority on January next." So a spezial meeting of the County Council was called near the end of October, 1891, the party machinery being kept in full motion until the great work of making a clerk was accomplished. I will not, at this time, attempt- to describe the performance at that meeting, but it would have been amusing to _ an onlooker, if the actors themselves had to pay their own ex- penses ; but, no, that was not practical politica, so it cost the ratepayers over $600 for a play that would have been none the worse for keeping until the jenuary meet- ing. Some time previous td that event a majority of the County Council voted to ad- journ to attend an election, and, of course, the ratepayers paid tke extra mileage and the days going and returning. Then, the people have not forgotten the political feel- ing over the appointment of a freasurer, on the acceptance by Mr. A, M. Ross, of the office of Provincial Treasurer. Much more might be said in connection wish this and other matters, but I think it must be evi- dent te all that the change proposed would not lift these appointments out of the range of politics nor be conducive of greater econ- omy in its management. I think it is much better for the country at large, for the Dominion and Ontario Governments to con- tinue to make the appointments, unless something better is proposed, and if some of the officials are overpaid for the work they perform, (which is possibly the case,) that could be easily corrected. Some time since a demand was made for restoring to muni- cipalities the control ot the liquor licenses, giving, -as one of, the reasons, that the Gov- ernment was depriving them of considerable revenue. I took some of the auditors' re• ports for the township of Stephen and com- pared them. Here are the figures : Amount received under the old license law, For the year 1873 $63 00 For the year 1874 * $49 00 For the year 1875 $80 00 Amount received under the Crooks Act : For the year 1876..I.., ... $253 14 CC tt CC 220 00 6t ti ft For the year, 1877 it if 44 .6t 44 36 63 8509 77 46 33 257 57 77 63 $381 53 For the year 1878 $401 60, For the year 1879 $409 90 I may say h re that some part of the amount entered fig e year 1876 seems to be arrears of license, as t was customary under the old license law, (to which custom some of our new Reformers are anxious to return,) to grant licenses ;on credit. It will be seen in this instance, at least, that as regards re- venue we are at no loss, and in other re- spects the present system is an improvement on the past. SEPTIMITS HOGARTH. .STEPHilf, November 2Sth,1893. The Temperance Question. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—There is one subject which .has apparently, exercised the minds of a number of people in this country for a number of years, and that is the drinking habits of the people. The agitation which has been going on in regard to theee is suf- ficient to leed the natives of other countries to conclude that we are a very intemperate people, which mould, certainly, be an er- roneous conclusion, as there is not a more sober people among English speaking na- tions than the peOple of Canada, and I have frequently thotight that if these agita- tors would turn their attention to other sins and evils of much greater magnitude, for instance, that Of lying in its various aspects whether it presents itself in deoeption, slander, betrayal or treachery. Or, the characteristics of the individual who is pre- pared to lie enough to sink a ship in a horse deal or other business transaction. I say if those who pose as moral reformers would grapple with this hideous evil, and the other evils in our land, and not exhaust their entire abilities in decrying the people who touch, taste or hendle liquor, they would accomplish much more good than they are now doing. Drunkenness, we ell know, is a great evil; so is intemperance in food, dress, diversion or speech. Drunkennese is steadily de- creasing, and were I to say that when this Provinge-contained only a half million peo- ple, that there was more liquor drunk than is now consumed by itt two millions, I think I would not be speaking rashly. Now, what brought about this decrease? Cer- tainly not temperance oratory,as in country places, where the greatest decrease is no- ticeable, these lecturers have s'eldons or ever been heard ; neither has it or ever will it be brought about by aet of parliament. No act of the Legislature will make nien moral, although they can empower the Judiciary to punish wrong doing. The Scott Act em- enated from Parliament, and what did it accomplish ? It perjured the souls of a number and set up a form of lawlessness to be copied by the youth of our land, with- out ourtailing drunkenness in the smallest degree. It must, then, be attributable to the great advance in the cost of liquor, to moral suasion and to teachings of self respect. A prohibitory law was enacted in the State of Maine. Hear what Rev. A. II. Baldwin, of Toronto, has to say about it : I had experience in Trohibitory law in Maine, there it has made people drunkards, hypocrites and sneaks." This, surely, should bear great weight, coming as it does from a clergyman who I understand, is Ole eon of a leader of a political party, who Wiut leader of a Reform Government, and whose name has been handed down to posterity as the founder of responsible Government in Canada, and who is a brother of the present Bishop of Huron, one of the ablest evan- gelical ministers on the Continent of Amer- ica, and I might enlarge on this and say that there is no other portion of the United States which has so largely retrograded, in both Wealth and population as this self- same State of Maine, where the so-called prohibitory law was enacted. Temperance speakers and writers often tell us that three quarters of the criminals are intem- perate. This may or may not be the case. The question to be decided is, did the liquor make them bad ? I have known form whom liquor made more dooile and affectionate, and I have known others who when primed with it, would kick like a Mule, scratch like a cat, or bite like a dog. Did the drink create this evil spirit ? Not * bit of it. It merely laid bare the vile nature within the individual, and brought the evil propensities to the surface, just the same as we find some of the temper- ance workers, pure -minded men, who have the good of their fellows at heart, and others who use the temperance cry as a screen to conceal their iniquity, Let such 'pout temperance as long as tbey ohm and in the end they are rascals still. As THE EXPOSITOR requested short letters, but did not limit, the number, I will elm, but may dwell on other features of the subject in:the future. Respectfully Yours, 0 BeeRTUR. MoKillop, December 2ad, 1893. Prohibition. DEAR EXPOSITOR.—Many persons, who are very moderate drinkers, object to vote for Prohibition. They say, " I want my liberty to drink or let it alone." True lib- erty is the privilege of doing right to otheta as well as ourselves. We are our brother's keeper and responsible far our influence on him. The last appeal of a young man, who was dying after having epent a reckless life, was, " Ob, that you could gather up the evil influence I have had on others andhury it with me." Now, my moderate drinking friend, take care that your pretended liber- ty does not ,lead you and others influenced by your example, to excess, Total abatin- once is the only security sgainst drunken- ness. Look around you and note that some of the bravest and best have fallen victims to that same selfoonfidence. No man ever yet intended to beoome enslaved by drink, but by degrees his appetite gained the Mastery over his will and he yielded up 15 is manhood to that which at last " biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder." You object to the word " enslaved ")no doubt. Well, try this experiment on your- self, and it Will test pie strength of your bonds, Make an attempt to give up that one glass a day you have been taking, and see if it does not cost you an effort. But you arty, " my father always took hie gime and,it never seemed to do him harm." Heresagain you err. " The fathers iliave eaten sour grapes and the children'a eeth are 84 011 edge, ' andeyou might not eve his sttength of will. Ask Dr, Clarke of Toronto Asylum, an expert in.such matters, and he.will tell you that the use of alohol by the parents begets both ,phyaical and mental degeneracy in their children. Granted that you, in the use of an article as a beverage, which causes auch—widespread misery and does you no good but le onlyevil, can retein your selfcontrol, is it yaur duty, to stand aloof and thank your stars !that you are not as other men, and do not ineed the restraints of a prohibitory enactinent. As a ohristian and patriot, is it not rhther your duty to say, " I will drink no more wine while I live if my drinking make my brother to offend ! Not only will I do this, but I will use every honest means to place my fallen brother on his feet again a d to prevent others from falling." This hi the law of love. But some will say, 1 basis) no confidence in legal enactments to secure mbral results. This is another error, lis all good laws are intended to conduce to a moral purpose. For example, our whole criminal code is extended to conserve the morality of our people. Our present liquor license laws are meant for the same end, and the sale is coefined to a few in each cominunity in consequence. In faot the present license system is prohibitory in principle and every year is becoming more so, for the g eeral good of our people. Sunday cloeing, losing on election days and exhibitioreseaso s rare all for the same wore' purpose and few would wish to eee it otherwise. Thee, whk, uot use your best efforts to extend thLs pro- hibitory principle which Works for th beet interests of all when in operation for only a limited period. Oa the first Monday in on which side their moral influenc lies, 1 Jenuary every voter in °aerie evil have the privilege of saying by his or 'her vote, shall it be cast on the side of a system pro- ductive of nething but poverty, misery and crime, or 011 the side of that which con- duces to the greatest "good of our People. To this end let all good men and- weir en use their franchise. We are sure the women will, and a grateful prayer of thanks will go up from every rum mulled home in t is fair land of ours. VINDEX. November 28th, 1893. What Intemperance Does. DEAR EXPOSITOR,—I was very forcibly struck with the following sketch which I came across in a book I was reaflin-g, and as the question of the liquoretraffio is just now agitating the public, I thought I would jut give you Robert lagersoll's opinion of alco- hol. Here is what he says : " I ant aware there is a prejudice against any man engaged in the manufacture of al- cohol. I believe that from the time that it issues from the coiled and poisonous worm in the distillery until it empties into the hell of death, that it is demoralizing every- body that touches it, from the source to where it ends. I do not believe that any- body can contemplate the subject without being prejudiced against the orime. All they have to do is to think of the wrecks on either aide of the stream of death, of the suicides, of the insanity, of the poverty, of the destruction, of the little children tug- ging at the breasts of Weeping and despair- ing wives,askinglor bread; of men struggling with imaginary serpents produced by this devilish thing ; and when you think of the jails, of the almshouses, of the asylums, of the prisons, and of the scaffolds, on either bank, I do not wonder that every thought- ful man le prejudiced against the vile stuff called alcohol. 1 " Intemperance outs down youth In its vigor, manhood in its strength, and age in its weeknese. It breaks a father's heart, bereaves the doting mother, destroys life's natural 'Affection, erases conjugal love, blots out filial attachment, blights parental ope, and brings down mourning age in eon w to the grave. It produces weakness, not strength ; sickness, not health ; deat , not life. It makes wives, widows a chi dren, orphans ; fathers, fiends, and all of them {McLEAN BROS., Publishers: -, $1.50 a Year in Advance. _ paupers and beggars. It feedesheumatism nurses gout ; welcomes spirit ion ; invite it cholera ; imparts pestilence, a. d embrace consumption. It oovers the land with idle nese, poverty, disease and crime. It fillo your jails, supplies your almshonees, and flemandi your asylums. It engenders coni troversies, fosters quarrels and cherishea riots. It crowds your penitentiaries,' anal furnishes the victims for your scaffolds. It is the life -blood of the gambler, the alimentl of the counterfeiter, the prop of the highi wayman, and the support of the midnight incendiary. It countenances the liar, rer spots the thief, and esteems the blasphem} et% It incites the father to butcher his help} less offspring, helpo the husband to masmni ore his wife, and aide the child to grind th parricidal axe. It burns up men con sumes women, detests life, curses God, an despises heaven." . It tines all that, and more, It murders the soul. It is the sum of all villainies the father of crimes ; the devil's best friend and God's worst enemy. W, J. M. • The4P. P. A. Oath. ' At the nomination meeting at Watford in East Lainbton, on Saturday, Novembe 15th, says the Forest Free Press, William D. Balfour, M. P. P. for South Essex,' had a copy of the,final oath or obligation used in the P.P.A. initiation. It had been furn- ished to him by the aeoretary of one of the Councils in Essex county, and he (BalfinM) it; stated to the meeting that he w preparf4i to prove the document genuine. Here is the oath :— 1 . 1 " I do most solemnly promise and awe+ that I will not allow any one member of the Roman Catholic church to become a mem- ber of this order, 1 knowing him to be 'twirl; that I will use my influence to promote the interests of all Protestants everywhere i the world ; that I wilL not employ a Roma Catholic in any capaoity, if I can proou e the services of a Protestant ; that I 'Fill net aid in building or in maintaining, 'by My resources any Roman Catholic oherch or institution of their not or creed whatso- ever, but will do all in my power to retard and break down the power of the 1Popel ; that I will not enter into any contr.:mars with a Roman Catholio upon the subject f thia order, nor will I enter into any ' agre ment with a Roman Catholic to strike r create a disturbance, whereby the Catholic, employees may, undermine and subetitute the Protestant ; that in all grievancei I 1,4;11 seek only ProU:stants and counsel with them, to the exclusion of all Roiren Catholics, and will not make known to them anything of any nature matured at such conferences ; that I will not countenance the nomination, in any caucus or convee- tion, of a Roman Catholic, for any office in the gift of the Canadian people, and that I will not vote for, nor oounsel others te vo e for, any Roman Catholic, but will vote may for a Protestant ; that I will endeaVor at all times to place the political positions bf this Governtnent in the hands of Protes- tants. To all of which I do most aolemniy promise and swear, so help me i God. Amen." Canada. A Belleville egg dealer has ehippsd 300,000 dozen to the old country this ilea - 800. e-Fortsesix teachers in Toronto pub ic aecount of influenza. schools were absent from duty last wei3k —John Gillespie, of Inaerkip, who di d recently, leaves $13,000 among six nei es and nephevvs. —Horses are cheap in Napanee. A. a sale there the other day one high step er wae sold for $1 and another for $3. ; —Purse snatohing from ladies is beoomi alarmingly common in the neighborhoed St, Petrick and'Beverly streets, 'Toronto —MrsiE. D. Tilson, of Tilsonburg, hes es- tablished a winter creamery, and will uy farmers' milk all winter for butter makm --a'he city of Belleville will soon hay a first-olass $50,000 hotel, erected and ow ed by a joint stock company of its citizens. —Mr. T. Cochran, a farmer residing in Grattan, Renfrew county, got bitten by ne of his horses last week, and had his ose nearly severed from his face. —Dr. Lavelle, the venerable warden of the Kingston ,penitentiary, is preparin a paper on " Prison Administration, ' for the Methodist Magazine. —Rev. J. 'S. Hardie, Presbyteria of Ayr, reCeived accall to the vacant pulp' et Petrolea, but has declined it. —Rev. W. B. Smith, Brantford, has een elected president of Brant county YoUng People's Society of Christian Endeavor. , — St. George's church,Toronto, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its consecratio& on Thureday night, last week. — The first of the living whist perform- ances was given at the Pavillion, Toronto, one evening last week. r3f • —Marcotte Bros., auctioneers, Montreal, She was trained at the Victoria Hospited for $20,000. sh aicikeAce buifisrapkhdenraemdnead mpoayyemr ,en t, with liabilitiee of General Hospital, has died of typhoid fever. —Miss Susie Graves, nurse at Brockville a Waterloo (minty pioneer, Who was buried at Berlin recently, leaves 10 ohildren, 66 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. — Canada, it is said, has one lady dentist, Mrs. Josephine Wells, who oper- ates at Orillia, where teeth are extranted " with great pans." —Daniel Weaver, general merchant of Hawireeville, has made •an assignment for the benefit of hia creditors. His liabilities above all assets amount to $10,000. —An artesian well, 800 feet deep, on the operty of Mr. Masterman, in Montreal, has ceased lowing since the earthquake of the 27th ult. 1 —The triet on Monday, November 29th, of the serious charges preferred against' Dr. Bullis, of Dresden, by a girl named East- wood, resulted in the honorable‘acquittal of the accused. —At Belleville, Jacob Scheermerhorn was on Thursday of last week sentenced to six months in the Central Prison for bigamy. His handsome and hendy name must have attracted the ladies. , —A young Englishman named Brydges, who recently came to Canada, died at Bar- nes hotel, Burford, on Sunday. He in- tended to becomej a farmer here and had some 830,000- in his possession. ' I I —Rev. Dr. Campbell, a much respeCted Presbyterian mioister at _ Renfrew, had his salary increased to $1,500 on Thanksgiving Day. He has been pastor of the church for nearly a quarter of a century. —The woollenfactory at Vienna, burned a few weeks ago, is being rebuilt. The elm mill will be [Urger than the former One. The dye house and picking room will be in a separate building, which will be made fire- proof. —About 300 of thine holding fire policies in the North Dumfries and South Waterloo Fire Insurance Company held a nseeting, in McGeorge's hall, Ayr, recently, -and decided to withdraw from the company and • f rm one of their own. David Goldie was ele tsd - chairman and John Black, secretary Masers. Devid Goldie, Wm. Oliver and Wm. Wilkinson were appointed trustees and before leaving the hall secured the names of 95 men, whose policies will aggre- gate $385,000. The withdrawal goes into effect on December 30th at noon. — St. Andrew'a day was celebrated in the usual manner by banquet's, balls and re- unione in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Hali- fax, N. S.. St. John, N. B., and many other places. At the banquet in Toronto Hoe. G. W . Roes was the leading speaker.- -Big Island, a section of Prince Edward county, reports : Times are dull, no grain of any kind being shipped. It does not seem much like the good old days when barley was a dollar per bushel, and from 15,000 to 20,000 bushels were shipped at our port. — Rev. D, D. Croesley, ofa Belleville tab- ernacle, has been invited to the pastorate of the West Napanee Methodist crieurch for next year. He is a brother of /evangelist Crossley, and is a fine singer and excellent pastor. — Mr. Duff, Kingston's public magistrate, held court on Tuesday, last week, by tele- phone, hie house being half a mile off the court room. The weather was too stormy for him to turn out. He dismissed a drunk and adjourned a liquor seller. —Miss McFee, of Point Edward,' attempt- ed suicide by poison twice last week, but failed. She then set fire to her clothing and plunged headlong into a cistern under the kitchen, but was again rescued. Poor health is the amuse of her dementia. —Jake Holman, the deputy returning officer ) at Winnipeg, who it is alleged, opened his polling booth 45 minutes before 9.28 o'clock, the legal time for opening, and allowed thirteen voters to be personated, was arreated and has been bailed., —The steamer Stubbenhuk, which ar- rived at Halifax on Thursday, last week, from Antwerp,had 300 passengere, who were a splendid looking class of immigrant". There were only 69 passengers for Canada, the balance being for points west of Chicago. —The other day three young children ar- rived at Tara, aged respectively 9, 6 and 3 years, who had made the journey alone from Winnipeg. Their mother died in that oity recently, and their father sent them througk to friends in Tara. - —Kingston had quite a sermation the other day over the fact that great quantities of mutilated bank bills were found lying about the etreets. It is now said that a drunken farmer got " on a tear " and tore up $100 worth-Lanother case of well vindi- cated " personal liberty." —Farmers in the neighborhood of the Six Nation Reserve, Haldimand county, have within the past few weeks lost over $1,000 worth of sheep by the depredations of doge, and it has been decided to petition Parlia- ment to issue such regulations u may lead to an abatement of the evil. —Mrs. Sarah McLean, widow of the late Archibald McLean of Southwoid, died on Tuesday morning, '28th ult., in the 98th year of her age. She was born in Argyle - shire, Scotland, and has lived in Southwold ever since 1827. She leaves five children— three sons and two daughters. —Wm. Burgs, of Princeton, who went hunting a few months ago to the Pe inside of the Georgian Bay, recently zeturned home. He shot several deer. Aithough. 82 years old he might be taken for a' man of 50. He has a pretty young wife of 28. He is wealthy. —F. Schiverea, the noted evangelist, is holding very successful revival aervices at Kingston. On Thursday, last week, ser- vices were held all day in one of the churches, and the bueiness men were re- quested to close their places for an hour at some time, to allow all the employes to at- ten—dA. grand ball was given at Montreal ou the night of November 20th, by the St. An- drew's Society, in honor of St. -.Andrew's day. The bell was held at the Windsor hotel, and was attended by all the leading society people of the city. The Governor- General and Lady Aberdeen were present and led in the dancing, which waedrept up until a late hour. —Oa November llth there died at the residence of her eon Mr. Wm. Stainp, Ger- mania, Muskoka, 12:achel Brouse, widow of the late Jacob Stamp. Mrs. Stamp was born in Matilda, Dundas county, Ontario, on September 4th, 1801. She had been blind for 20 years, and was 65 years a widow, her husband having died at Iroquois in 1828. --The little village of Princeton, near Paris , boasts of having 26 widowed ladies and 4, widowers, all living within one-half mile of the station. It would appear from the above that the mortality is 6 to 1 among the male portion of the population. The records in the cemetery on the monuments and headstones somewhat bear out thie, but ed to her, but receiving no answer, she ran for assistance. It was too late, however, , for when Miss Devine was taken from the water she was dead. —At the Home of the Friendless and In- fants' Home, in Hamilton, the other day, the infant eon of Mrs. O'Grady, an unfortunate woman whose husband left her some montha ago, being orois and restless, was laid by a nurse on its stomach and soon died, while its mother, unconecioue of its situation,went about attending to other children. The jury found that the child had died from sawn - tion, due to the position in which it had been placed. —Ninety-two time -expired offioers and Men of the British Pacific 'gumdrop left 'Vancouver a day or two ago for England, via the C."PaR. and Halifax. — Dr. Win. Cox Allen Collector of Cus- toms, at Macleod, N. VV. T., died there on the 30th ult., at the age of 74. He was formerly mayor and i police nragistrate of Cornwall, Ontario. — Mr. George Cololough, of Mount Forest, father of Mayor_Cololough, of that town, had the misfortune to slip and fall in the grounds adjoining his residence, breaking one of his legs at the thigh. —Forty-six years ago on November 30th, Lord Elgin, opened the Lachine railway, the first rail.vay connecting Montreal with the outside world, and part of the second rail- way systom (the Montreal and New York railway) in the Dominion. — One of the old- landmarks of Blenheim township, Mr. Peter Rogers, died after • long illness, on Tuesday, 28th tilt. He had reaolted the good age of 71 years. He was a staupch Reformer, a good citizen and a con- sistent member of Stanley street Presbyter- ian church, Ayr. — Mrs. D. McLean, concession 1, Erin, was on Friday attacked by a ram. She was in the barnyard whei the ram knocked her down, injuring her severely abnut the body and making several large cuts on her head. Mrs. McLean iv in a dangerous eonditiOn. —The Bishop of Huron and Mrs. Bald- win held an "at home" on Thuraday after- noon SOth. ult., at their residence in Lon- don, In celebration of the tenth anniversary of the former's consecration. Dean Innes, in a few suitable words presented his Lord- ship with a handsomely -patterned Persian carpet and a well-app,pinted writing desk, on behalf of the ladies of the eity churches. Bishop Baldwin replied suitably. —Measles. Stanley & Dight's storehouse at Lucao was burned Friday night. In it was stored'17,000 bushels of wheat. Only by the heroic efforts of the citizens was a terri- ble conflagration avoided. The adjoining warehouse, belonging to Mesirs. 8tanley & Dight, Was also full of grain, and had very ifight insurance. The loss was about $10- 000, partially covered by insurance. The fire ie supposed to have been incendiary. —A movement is on foot ameng tnembers of the Toronto. School Board to retire a num- ber of married ladies who have been on the staff for many years, although their hus- bands earn Comfortable salaries. The reasons urged are that theee ladies receive the maxi- mum salary of $624, while young girls, fresh from College, with modern methods; and who require to work to eupport themselves, can be obtained for $324, the salary of be- ginners. , —As a warning against the leaving of firearms in places where children can obtain them, cames word of a sad occurrenee at the residence of Mr. J. Pierson, South Dor- chester. His- two little sons, presumably in the absence of the older members of the family, got hold of a loaded gun and start- ed playing with it. In their pastime the younger lad, aged only six, pulled the trig- 2fios_syedeTa•hrostnof age, ere—dTbhyeaplli. purposes and shipped it this week. Mr. Crandall says it is the only cargo bought in is in striking contrast with some other years dell bought one cargo of barley for malting this county this season and shipped. This when he has handled nearly .a half million bushels. Now that the American tariff on barley has been reduced it looks as if the barley industry may once more boom, and the farmers of this county be largely bens - ger, and the shot striking hie brother, a few years older, the little fellow was instantly kii—ledid'alcolm McPherson, of Kincardine,one of the oldest and most highly esteemed citizens of the county • of 'Bruce, died on Thanksgiving Day at his home in that town, in 1806, and came to Canada in 1815. In byterian church, and at the time of his death was the -oldest elder in the Dominion. He was a man greatly respected and hon - Deceased was born in Perthshire, Scotland, 1831 he was appointed an elder of the Pres- ets Carlton, a young man about cton Times says " W. T. Cran- was almost instantly killed eta railWay crossing of the Canadian Pa- cific Railway, near Inglewood, on Thursday night, last week: He was accompanied by a young man driving a spirited horse, which became unmanageable at the approach of a train, and plunged right in front of the en- gine. The conveyance was demolished, the horse killed, and young Carlton was struck. He lived for only, half an hours His com- panion esoeped by jumping. They were both from Orangeville, and painters. —Last spring the betrothal of Alma May Greene, daughter of the late S. T. Greene, of Perkdale, and George I. Riddell, mathe- matical auger of the Jameson Avenue Col- legiate Institute, Toronto, and formerly of Galt, was announced. The wedding day was fixed, but the ceremony was not per- formed, Mr. -Riddell suddenly leaving for Chicego after:resigning his position as teach- er. Mils Greene claimed that her affianced's mother induc0 Riddell to forsake his intend- ed bride, and an action for $5,000 was com- menced againet 'Mrs. -Riddell. Miss Greene (or rather Mrii. Riddell) will now abandon her suit, however, as the young couple were married at Deltas, Texas, a few days ago. —A man was found on the Grand Trunk Railway track Wear Mimic°, on Thursday, last week, with both legs cut off. He was brought to Toronto and taken to St. Mich- ael's Hospital, where he died an hour later. Ele bad fallen from a freight train. Hie name was James Duffy; and recently he had been working in Indiena. Duffy said his wife's folks lived at Napanee and he was trying to go there. fie said 'he had a wife and tour children, but he did not know where they were. He thought, per- haps they might be at Nepanee. This was all the man had a chance to say before he again became uncoascious. He had been exposed to the cold for two hours and said be was conscious for an hour and suffered agony. He was thirty-five iears old, well dressed and had thl appearance ofs refine- ment and respectability. --At a special meeting of the Galt Pres- byterien Elders' Association, held for the purpose of discussing the duty of the elders in the present prohibitien crisis, it was agreed that the elder should be a total ab- stainer on account of the character of the drink ; because of its effece upon the indi- vidual ; because of the effect upon the elder as a leader . because of his example, and that the elder should be active in helping to put down the evil and induce others to work not in such proportion. —Mr. Thomas S. Yipond, of Montreal, owner of the building coroupied by Roland Brothers, which was burned on Thanksgiv- ing Day, appeared in the police court last Friday, charged with causing the death of Hormidas Legault, who was killed in the fire, by omitting to provide etairways and proper means of exit from the building when ordered by the factory inspector. The case wae remanded for a few days. —Rev. A. Browning recently closed a series of revival meetings in the Methodist church, Luoknow. The meetings have been very successful and, as a result, forty-five young men and young women have been taken into the church membership on trial. Mr. Browning is an earnest and devout evangelist, and carries away with him the well wishes of a large number 'of friends of all denominations in that village. —Dr, Duncan, of Embro, has returned from a deer hunting expedition at Long Point, and says that he was "hewn the spot where Detective Allan's body lay, and from the poeition of the corpse and where the guniay he considers 'it hardly possible that it could have been an accident, but was no doubt murder. He says that there are plenty of roughs there all the time, who would think nothing of killing a man ' to save themselves from detection. —Thomas Lally, a Chatham jeweller, was working at a bench and hsd a large spirit lamp in front of him. Suddenly the lamp took fire and exploded, scattering the burn- ing alcohol over Mr-Lally's face and head, Maddened with pain, he rushed around the store, and it was some time before the flames could be extinguished. His face ii one mass of blisters, and it ie feared that he will lose the sight of both eyes. —On Tuesday, last week, a fatal accident occurred at the little village of Fisherville, in York township, near Toronto. Mies Maggie Devine, -of Emery, and Miss Creig- hill, of Elia, a were returning home, and while driving along an embankment the horse shied and tilted the buggy over. The ladies lost their presence of mind, and in their excitement baoked the buggy and ani mal over the steep embankment to the pond below, When the buggy reached the water Miss Devine was thrown backward,, and she immediately disappeared below the surface. Mies Creighill, who escaped, call- and- vote for its suppression. The follow- ing resolution was adopted : The Galt Eld- ers Association desire to affirm their un- qualified condemnation ofthe lighor traffic, and_their conviction that nothing short of a prohibitory law rigidly enforced will put an end to the terrible evils resulting from the traffic in intoxicants. That whereas an op- portunity will be given at the approaching Provincial plebiscite to all Wen& of tem- perance to record their votes in favor of the abolition of the traffic, we therefore earnestly urge the qualified voters in con- nection with the Presbyterian churches of Galt, to cast their votes for Prohibition, and also to use their influence, and all proper means to secure the largest possible majority in the town and vicinity in favor of pro- hibition. Perth Items. Rev. D. M. Beattie, who took charge of Knox church congregetion, Mitchell, last summer when Mr. Tully was on his vaca- tion, died a couple of weeks ago in South Carolina. — An old lady, Mrs. A. Clark, formerly known as " Granny Clark," and mother of Mr. J. D. Stewart, of Russeldale, died at the residence of her son there, a few days ago. She was 76-yeare of age. — Mr. John Curtin, of Logan township, met with a peculiar accident the other morning. He was driving some cattle when one of them kicked him and broke his leg. —Mr. and Mrs, Good have returned home to Motherwell, from a lengthy visit to their son, Dr. W. T. Glood, of Trenton, New Jersey. Mr. Good has improved consider- ably, the trip being partly for the purpose of seeking medical advice. —Mr, T. C. Somerville has resigned his position as a teaoher in the Mitchell High School. He intends giving up the teaching profession, and will go into the printing business with his father-in-law, Brant- ford. —Mr. Martin Murphy lost two valuable horses and was himself slightly injured at St. Marys junction the other day. It hap- pened that Mr. Murphy was driving over the track when the freight train came along and cleared the way. Both horses were killed instantly. —Mr. and Mrs. Henry tioNaught, of Carmunnook, have a Sabbath School in their house,at which upwards of 50 children are regular attendante. This is praiseworthy on the part of Mr. and Mrs. bloNaught, and is a great advantage to the children of that vicinity. —The farm of the late Solomon Kropf, near Poole, containing ninety-nine acres, was lately sold by public auction. It was knocked down' to Mr. Wm. Mayberry, at $4,740. The stete of the buildings and fences considered, it was thought to be a very good price. — The Firemen's ball, in Mitchell, on Wednesday evening of last Week, was at- tended by upwards of 100 couples. Sea - forth, Brussels, Stratford, Listowel and other neighboring towne being well repre- sented. Brodhagen's string band furnished the music. — Mrs. Thomas Skinner, for many years a resident of Fullerton township, passed away to her eternal home on Friday, 24th • ult. ,For some years past Mrs. Skinner has had "afore physical suffering at times, and her relemie wawa happy one. She had lived during the last two years witteMrs. J. Walter, her deughter, and will be missed from the family circle, —The Stratford Herald says ; " The great storm last spring blew down a large quantity of timber in this section, which is now being converted by the farmers into wood. They find difficulty in getting bands for that purpose, as there is so much to cut. Wood cutters and others will find plenty of work in this section at good wages fer the most of the coming winter." — Mr. Murray, of Nutton at present at- tending the Normal school, Toronto, has been engaged as teacher of the senior de- partment of the Milverton school, at • salary of $300. This is ehe lowest figure paid for a teacher of this department for many years. Mr. Murray comes highly qualified. Mr. F. Turnbull, the retiring teacher, intends tak- ing a medical course. — Mrs. Thomas McLaren, jr., of Mit- chell, was called to Toronto on Saturday, 25th ult. on account of the sad andlfatal accident 'that befel her father at Parkdale the previous day. Her father, Mr. Fowler, was hard of hearing, and while going Aaron the railway track in Parkdale, to call on borne neighbor, he was struck by a fast train and hastantly killed. —A number of farms in the vicinity of Listowel have changed hands recently. Mr. Samuel L. Kidd mold his place to a party from North Easthope, for $4,800. Mr. T. A. Stevenson has bought Mr. Cumberland's 75 'titres on the townline fer $4,000, and Mr. Cumberland has bought the Doll farm on the 3rd concsasion of Wallace, oontaining 150 acres, for $5,450. — About forty Patrons of Industry as- eembled the other day at the resi- dence of a sick brother, Mr. George Lawson, near Listowel, and cut and piled eufficient wood to laet for a long tiine. In the evening they met again, when three new members were initiated. This, with a debate on the advisability of giving women the franchiee, music, songs, &o. furnished the conclusion for a well apent day. —The anniversary services in connection with Knox church, St. Marys, were held on Sabbath, 26th of November, and wese at- tended by large congregations. Eloquent and logical discourses were delivered by Rev. W. J. Clark, of London, in the morn- ing rind evening. The anniversary tea meeting was not so largely attended as in former years, owing to stormy weather. At the meeting held in the church addresses were delived by Revs. W. J. Clark, of Lon- don ; C. Fletcher, of Thames Road ; A. F. Tully, of Mitchell ; W. J. Taylor and J. Scott, of St. Marys. — Mr. dohn Hintz drove into Mit- chell the other day, from the township of Logan, with a cutter that attracted much attention, and the worthy owner seemed delighted with the mitiee his handy -work wee receiving. The runners were cut out of two heavy planks, and on them was placed a big box. For shafts two big tama- rack poles were used,- and the whole was painted a bright red. John said as soon as he got it properly varnished he intended to present it to the first couple from Mitchell who got married in the New Year. — VVord was received at Fullerton on Monday, last week, that Mr. Alexander Yule, who left for Chicago two years ago, had died in the hospital there of typhoid fever. His wife, who has heard little from him since he went away, telegraphed the hospital authorities to bury his rentains oun there. One of the =Set unfortunate cir- cumstances about this death is that Mrs. Yule has daring all these months sinoe her husband left, kept up his duel in the For- ester's Order, of which he was a member, until two months' ago. For Uri" unfortun- ate neglect Mrs. Yule will lone the benefit that would have come to her from the Order.' ; ft 1 '4