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SEAFORTH,
RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE.
the truth, and. as was essential. under ex-
isting circumstances, very -straight lines
were laid down to divide the Jew, from sura
rounding nations, but all the godly were not
Hebrews in- the strict sense of the word.
We have a Melchizedek, a Job, a Jethro, a
Rehab a Ruth all of whom were -blessed by
God. In the New Testament the same
story is told. We have the centurian
the Gospels, of whom Christ said, " I have
not found so great faith—no not in Israel " ;
Cornelius, the oenturian, in the book of
Acts ; .Lydia and others, who were deprived
of special Jewish training and yet godly.
And whatever may be said of religions out-
side the pale of Christian doctrine, the 'fact
remains that amongst alniost all- peoples
professing every variety of religious doc-
trine, there have been found men lovino God
and doing good to their fellowmen. we
narrow our circle and draw distinctions be-
tween Catholic and Protestant, the san'm
story is told again. Sir Thomas Moore in
the reign of ,Henry VIII, Cardinal Manning
in recent years, and many other names that
occur to us, are evidence that men may be ,
members of the Roman Catholic communion
of its object as the pains and penalties of ally despoil another man of his gdods to
death aad imprisorunent have failed. in like purchase with the proceeds a little political
efforts. • So that if 'believe a doctrine to be life.
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false, or a religious organization imperfect; Will Mr. Foster, or any .other man in the
and I therefore desire its downfall, the last House stand up and say it is fair or honee
thing I would think of doing would be to- .to tax everything . a man. uses to prOduce
seek to visit penalties of any Sort upon those something, and then leave that somethin
who hold it. To do so would be .simply to naked and open to the attacks of free trade ?
defeat my ownnsurpose. Moreover, almost Yet this they have done. Of course, the
invariably, with whatever honesty of pm:: comparatively small amount, about five hut). -
pose such peinecution has been entered into, dred thousand dollars or more, invested in
in due time it is . salt, that is now Srendered valueless by this
USED FOR UNWORTHY° AIMS. ._ paternal, protecting Government, sis not of
Thie fact has been proved over .ancl over -mush importance But that is not all It
again. With desire to save the soul even 'would be- wise fel. every manufaeturer to
pause and consider, and make the salt man's
if it be at the expense of the body's Suffer-
ing, meri have been sought to be reclaimed cause hie concern ; for how long may it be
by attaching penalties to so-called heresy, before Mr. Foster rnay find it essential to
but soon. the first object is forgotten, and his party life to lessen the value of some;
.evileninded men seek to use this persecu- body else's property by that beautiful in -
tion as an engine by which to carry out their 1?nious method .knoiwn ,in these days as
ariff Readjustment .
own tselfish plots and schemes. But the last •
!end chief reason I would advance for the
practice of tolerance in religion is aliecause • Canadh.
God himself, and I use the language in all The Berlin fire department has added
reverence, is tolerant. In Matthew, V, 45, chemical engines to its fire protection sys-
on the evil and the good, and sendeth rain tem.
—During the past winter, 1,658 families
we read) " For he maketh his sun to rise ,
on the just and the unjust." This is only in Toronto have received assistance from
one out of countless passages in the Word of the Mayor's relief fund.
God that teach us the same lesson, and if —Mr. C. E. Moyer has started in Berlin,
God, whom we suppose to be dishonored by. a factory for the manufacture of ivorine
the false doctrine held by our fellow -man, collars and cuffs.
does not visit him with the thunderbolts of —Reports from Pelee Island state that the
his wrath, what .right have we; with our big drains are working adtnirably and the
necessarily limited , views, to visit with scheme:to reclaim the lands is a euccess.
penalty the holder ofa an erroneous creed ? —Miss Ameli' Travis, of Sutton, is suing
'Remember, the summary of a truly godly Georgina towns ip, York County, for $5,000
life is love to God and love to man, and damages for inji ries received in a runaway.
aught that transgresses that law is evil. ---One hundred. and siasty-five children
Now, don't misunderstand me. I would not from England a`rrived Thursday morning last
for a moment undervalue the preciousness at the garchmont Home, Belleville.
and importance of sound doctrine, but the a -The -Indians of Walpole Island contr.&
soundness of all doctrine—a fundamental uted $95 during the past -year to the mission
doctrine of our faith ---is to . fund of the Diocese of Huron. .
SEEK, TO BLESS AND HELP —The deficiency Charged to the account of
our fellows. Postmaster Nelles, -of Burlin.gton, is about
Mr. Clark then proceeded to speak of the $1,400, which he promises to make good.
P. P, A., and read extracts from one of the —Alexander Mackenzie, a Toronto letter
newspaper organs of the mo-vement which carrier, is charged with taking several sums
he condemned very severely. Proceeding of money from registered letters. -
he said he would like to refer also to one or —Hoii. Peter Mitchell had a stroke re -
two statements recently made hy certain sembling an attack of epilepsy, on Saturday
lecturers. Cone sweeping statement'avas that last, in Montreal, and his recovery is doubt -
Roman Catholics were everywhere enemies ful. •
of the countries in which they lived, that is, —Mr. D. Goldie, of Ayr, intends this
broadly, disloyal ; andscertain forged docu- summer to enlarge. the capacity of* the
Ments held to show this had recently to be Greenfield flouring mills from 400 barrels per
denounced by the ' combined' Protestant day to 700.
minisSers of Columbus, Ohio. . lt might he —The big Canadian cheese which was on
that theoretically the view of Roman Catho- exhibition at the Chicago Exposition. is be-
lies was that the Pope stood above earthly ing sold at twopence a Round in London,
*kings, though some old-time Presbyterian England. .
manifestoes had been pretty lively reading ; —Mrs.Robinson, Jonas Street, St.Thomas,
but ° in the practical, not the 'theoretical, fell in going out of the doorway on Tuesday
conduct . of life, the records shoWed that evening last week, and broke her left° arm
whether • in the civil war of .the 'United near the wrist.
States or lift fighting Britain's battles —The Grand Trunk Railway's earnings
throughout the world, and elsewhere, Catho- foe the week ending April 7, 1894, -amount
lies and Protestants stood side by side, and to $324,974, or $42,164 less than in the cor-
alike did their duty as Manly men and loyal responding period last year.
citizens. Another speaker had made a reek- —From February 3rd, 1893, to March 8,
lessand wholesale charge against the Roman 1894, there were produced iR Canada 60,035
Cat olic priesthood of leading immoral lives. tons of pig iron, on which the bounty of $2
!ii
No doubt there might be black sheep in a ton amounted to $120,000. .
eve .sr 'flock, but what could be more scan- —Lindsay Sims, of the Siam Paper Box
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dal us, more dastardly than, because of the Company, Montreal, committed suicide in
mis loine of a few, to stigmatize a whole an inebriate asylum in that city a few daysi
! e'Pres erians and even Presbyterian ago. ..
inters had een known to bring -discredit —Winnipeg had ita first Chinese funeral
heir denominations, yet how indignant on the 10th inst.. Le Hong King, a prom-
hould be if loathsome charges of the sort inent laundry man, having died of
ined to were brought wholesale against pneumonia.
sbyterians ? They should all rather say —The Guelph entire horse show held last
t good they could of each other, realm- week was quite successful. Notwithstand-
ng Count Tolstoi's true saying, that ing the sloshy roads; there was a large num-
ber of -'entries e,nd a good •attendance of
and at the same time
000D CITIZENS AND MORAL MEN.
To come closer home. I have known more
than a.few Roman Catholics fairly well, and
have found them honorable in dealing, kind-
ly in sympathy and strictly moral men. Of
course a bitter, prejudiced antagonist may,
say that all these cases were hypocrites,
whitened sepulchres, etc., and may in the
maAlnoss of his hatred believe what he says ;
but I prefer not to accept any such absurd
and monstrous statement, If these good
men have been and are to be found, and if
they eonscientiously adhere to the peculiar
tenets of their faith, how unjust and un-
charitable it would be of me to seek to inter-
fere with their political or commercial wel-
fare because forsooth our,views de not agree!
So long as these views held by my neighbor
do not lead him ta transgress the law of
morals, so long should he be perfectly free
to hold such views, and it would be iniqui-
tous in the highest degree for me to inter-
fere or seek to interfere with his holding
them.
2. But a second reason suggests itself in
support of religious tolerance, and that is
that the natural constitution of mankind is
such as to lead us to believe in honest differ-
ences of opinion. In the heat of an election
you will find many men who for the time
being honestlir believe that anyone Who is
not disposecleto agree with them must neces-
sarily be a dishonest rascal, but ordinarily
men are willing to acknowledge that an
opinion different -le om their own in regard
to pablic policy may be held, and held in all
honesty. You have often remarked the
wonderful variety of nature. Every man
'differs from his Yellows in some degree in his
physical make-up, and that which is true of
one's body is just as true of the mind. When
yoa went to school you had among your
school-fellowS one perhaps who had a
mathematinal mind, another who had a
genius for history or poetry. I need not -
dwell upoa this point. There- is practically
,an unlimited number of illustrations and ex-
amples to prove this. Is it eny wonder,
then, that
- MEN MAY HONESTLY DIFFER
about methods of worship and farms of
church government ? That one, finde prefit
in that which appeals to the sensuous, and
another prefers the service simple and un-
adorned ? And the fact that such differ-
erences of opinion. may exist between the
most sincere persons, is emphasized by the
fact of the great power of early, training in
givino the bent to one's life. In the major-
ity, oFcases if you ask a man: Why are you
&Presbyterian ? He will answer, Because
my parents were, Why are you a Baptist,
Methodist, Roman Catholic, Church. of Eng-
land ? The sa,me answer will be given.
The religious impressions of childhood are
often very deep. The fOrms to Which we
were accustomed in childhood's years poseess
a power over us that probably no other can
eveiehave. If thin, then, is the case, how
unjost and unkidd a thhtg it is to visit ven-
geance upon a man because he is still. influen-
ced by what hip mother taught him when he
learned to lisphis prayers by her side ? If
the bigoted Protestant would but remember
that had he been taught the Catholic faith
as a child, to -day he would be a Catholic of
the Catholics, and on the other' side, if the
bigoted Romanist would remember that had
he beentaught as his Protestant neighbor,
he would be a Protestant of the Protestants,
they wmdd surely see the unfairness and the
unkindness of harshly judging one another
because of differences in the matter of re-
ligious belief. Said Sidney Smith : " Three
hundred years ago men burnt and hanged
each other for opinions. Time has softened
Catholic as well as Protestant ;, they both
reqthred it ; though each perceives only his
own improvement, and is! blind to that of
the other."
' The following is a report of o sermon
preached on Sabbath, the 8-th inst., by Rev.
W. J. Clark, the clever young paseor of the
First Presbyterian Church, London.' It is
on the subjeot of " Religious Tolerance,"
and is particularly applicable at the preeent
'time. We are sure it will be iead with in-
terest, not alone by Mr. Ciark's many
friends in this county, but by our readers
s generally. It will -be foond well worthy of
a careful perusal. It contains much genu-
ine, practical gospel. —En. EXP.
The preacher took as a general text the
incident of the Samaritan villagers refusing
to receive Jesus because his face was asi
though he were going to Jerusalem, where-
upon his disciples, Jainee and John, when
they saw this said.: " Lord, wilt thou
that Sve hid fire to come down from Heaven
aud consume them ?" - But. he turned and
rebuked there-
• Mr. Clark said : I read these verses
simply as suggestis4 of the line of thought
which I wish you to follow with me this
morning. My subject, as announced to
you last Sabbath morning, is " Religious
Tolerance," audit would. Jae well; perhaps,
to state plainly What is wished to be under-
stood by the terms. Perhape the simplest
way in svhich this could be set forth is by
taking a specific example. Our Baptist
brethren hold that baptism as adminis-
tered. to the children of a believer is
scriptural, that the right should be ad-
ministered only to those who, beiug of the
years of discretion, have experienced the
geace of God in conversion and make pub-
lic profession of their faith. They believe,
moreover, that immersion is the Only proper
mode of baptism. I believe these views to
be entirely mistaken and consider baptism
of the children of believers scriptural, and
the mode—be it unm.ersion, pouring on or
sprinkling—a motter of no great moment.
But while fully persuaded in my own mind
of the correctness of the view of the Presby-
terian Church, and while I would be great-
ly pleased if the Baptist Church as a whole,
or individual Baptists, should see their way
cleer to ancept our view of scriptarelteach-
. ing.M regard, to this matter, I hold "would
not be jastified in interfering with the finan-
cial, social or political rights of my Baptist
brother because we cannot agree upon these
points ; nor has he may right to interfere
. with mine on the same ground. If the Bais.
tist Church was engaged in
PLOTTINC TO IMMERSE
me by force or to polish me by taking away
political privileges because I would not sub-
mit to immersion, then I would. be justified•
in resisting such tyranny to the utmost of
my 'lover,- and eo maintaining my owls
liberty " to know, to argue, to utter ac-
cording to the- dictates of my own con-
science," anti, thid I demand' with` equal
force for my felloWs. That which is true in
reeard. to Baptists is true in regard to
Cgurch of Fs'nglaricl, Methodist, Roman
Catholic, Mormon, Christian Scientist,
Mohammedan, Pagan, Greek Church, Bud-
dhist, or any other religious view whatever.
1 have no right to use any means but that
of argument or example to change the opin-
, ions of members of any of these sects se long
as the religious views held do not lead their
advocates to transgress the moral law or
- interfere with the social, politicel or religi-
ous rights;of their feilow-citizens. To make
it specific—nsee Roman Catholic brether
ma.y abstain feom meat every Friday in the
year. I have no right to interfere, but if he
seeks to compel ism to the same diet, that's
another question.. He may demand that the
clergy shall praetise celibacy, and I have
ete right to object so long as he does not
compel me to live a single life. I think this
position is clearly maderstood, „and now I
would advance Several inasons why I stead-
fastly adhere to this position: I make no
pretenee of discessing this question ex-
haustively, but simply appeal to various .
arguments, the form. of which I think no
one will have any difficulty in appreciating.
It may be said that theoretically this is all
very well, but that adherents .of a certain
form of religion, because of their religious
• views, do interfere with the rights of their
fellow -citizens. In answer I would say
that I must be very sure of evidence be -
fere I receive it and be
VERY SLOW TO ACCEPT THE HOT, BITTER
CHARpES .
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of men 'and women who are notoriously
prejudiced and unfit to calmly consider the
question. There are several reasons then
that I would present to you this morning
as to why I seek to practise and advocate
religious tolerance. The first of these is :
1. That good men have been trained un-
der various religious systems, !and intellec-
purchase a pair of marine glasses fol. Captain
1). Morrison as a mark of appreciation for'
his skill in bknging the ship safely to port,1
and also for many courtesies to them while
on the excursion.
• —Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, of the Galt Re-
former, has commenced the publication of a
daily edition. It is a risky venture, of
course, but a large, prosperous town like
Galt ought to be able to support a clailis
paper, especially such an exceedingly erect-
itable issue as the daily Reformer.
—It was 49 years Wednesday, April llth,
since the .great fire occurred which alniost
totally wiped out the then town of London.
The fire will never be forgotten by the old
residents, as upwards+ of 300 stores, dwell-
ings, churches, banks and hotels were de-
stroyed.
, —The police in Brantford state that many
of the hotels have a perfect electrical sys-
tem in use for Saturday night and Sunday
_selling. There are watchers outside, and
when one of them sees an officer appreach-•
ing he presses a button, which rings a bell
in the bar and turns out the lights there.
—There is something very peculiar in con-
nection with the surface gas wells in Ridge -
town. The supply is affected by the wind.
When the wind is strong from the north the
supply is in part or wholly cut off, but when
from the south the flow is full and strong.
It is a Thenomenon hitherto unheard of in
gas regions.
—The barn and outbuildings of Mr. James
Grace, on concession 6, township of Bid-
dulph, one and a half miles from Lucan, to-
gether with all the Contents, 2 -horses, 4
cows, 10 pigs, farming utensils, reaper, bind-
er, etc., were destroyed by fire on Thursday
last week. There was very little insurance
on the buildings or contents.
—Wm. Taylor, a farmer from near Glen-
morris, put of, last Friday night in the Mar-
ket hotel, Ga t. In the morning a strong
smell of gati in the vicinity of his room rais-
ed suspicion, and the door being forced
open, Taylor was found lying across tho bed
dead. The gas jet was almost fully Iturn-
ed on. .
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But a third reason comes to, us why we
should always seek to cultivate tolerance of
our neighbor's religious belief, however mis-
taken we may believe that to be, is because
the opposite of tolerance—persecution—has
never yet been successful in its object. The
history of humanity centains one sad record
after !another of men, in all honesty oft -
times, seeking to convert their felloWs to
their own forms of religious belief, and
bo
on
we
ref
Pr
wh
ber
LOVE BEGETS LOVE...
—Another brother of Louis Cyil the
strong man, who at present lives in St.
Boniface, Quebec, will follow his brother's
example and travel as a. strong man. e is
only 19 years old, measuring 5 feet 9 i ches,
and Weighing 156 pounds. He lifts 447
pounds with one finger and mulch over
2,200 pounds on his back. 1
—Mr. W. A:Prant, who has been man-
ager of the Niagara Falls Park and i River
railway was the other day piesentedlwith a
handsome gold watch with chain and lock-
et, by the employees of the road'. Mr. ,
Grant, it appears, is removing to Montreal,'
where he takes a responsible position in the
office of Mr. Shaughnessy, vice presid.ent of
the Canadian Pacific Railway.
—The firet steamboat of the season came
up the river to Montreal on Friday, and the
Ferry service between Longueuil and the
•
city was commenoed.
—Mr. James Ciununing, tax collector of
Hamilton, for the past twenty-two years,
died on Friday, 13th inst. Deceased was 82
years of age, and lived in Hamilton since
1842. He was Mayor of the city in 1854
and 1856. ,
—Mrs. James Williams, from near Carle-
ton Place, committed suicide at Rockwood
asylum, where she was confined, the other
morning. She was violently insane, and
while the nurse was out of the room for a
few minutes, hanged herself in her bedroom.
She was a handsome young woman, 28 years
of age, and her untimely death is lamented
by a large circle of acqua.intances in Carle-
ton Place. , She leaves a husband and two
children.
—At the convention of the Cou-ncil of
Women, in Ottawa, last week, one of the
subjects cliscussed was, " The Problem of
Domestic Service." Mrs. 'Boomer; of Lon-
don, read a paper explaining the problem
from the mistress' point of view, and Mrs.
Helliwell, of Toronto, read another setting
forth the servants' view of the problem.
Mrs. Stowe, M. D., of Toronto, told in what
way the problem might be solved:
—A number of Gait gentlemen are trying
the experiment of propagating. the prairie
chicken in that vicinity. They, have im-
Ported from Portage la Prairie seven brace
of the Manitoba chicken. They arrived
safely and in a healthy condition, and were
let loose in the Wilks estate, near Galt,
which comprises 1,000 acres, a large part of_
which is wood land, and where it is hoped'
they will become acclimated and propagate
1,ergely.
—Miss Galt, the widely known Ensign in
the Salvation Army, has returned to her
home in Toronto. She has decided that in
view of the very uncertain condition of her
mother's health, and of the broken state of
her own health, a short time at home might
be beneficial to both. It is not Miss .Galt's
intention to retire from active work, as she
says : " I am a Salvationist, and I feel that
I could not be anything else, but at this
time my duty is at home. '
—Mr. James P. Gillard, a man with a
history, died on Friday in London. He was
born in Denmark 70 years ago, and for years
was a travelling interpreter for the Prince
of Wales and other royal personages on the
Continent. The deceased was a man of
great scholastic attainments, and spoke
seven languages fluently. i He had been a
resident of Canada ot three years, and
lived a retired life. e was a Mason of
high degree. A widow and tWo children are
left. ,
—Stroud & Co.'s carpet works, one of the
most prosperous industries of Paris, was
burned to ashes the other day. The water-
works hose was applied and constantly kept
throwing three heavy streamtn which appar-
ently had no effect. A steong east wind
was blowing at the time, which had an open
sweep at the burning buildings. There was
not a large stock on hand, The estimated
loss on the building and machinery is about
$30,000 or $40,000. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The property wae insured for
$30,000.
—James Kelly arrived in New York the
other day from Ireland. He was accompani-
ed by his wife and five children, the eldest
of whom is only 7 years old. From New
York they bought tickets to Windsor, On,
tario, where they expected to find friends.
When they arrived there the friends had
left for another part. The chief of police
in Windsor discovered that they were in
Woodstock, and started the family back in
that direction. Their money gave out at
London, and that city supplied passage the
rest of the distance.
—About 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning,
last week, Mrs. Braden, who lines on the
gravel road about four miles from Teeawater,
was awakened by a smell of fire. On get-
ting up the family found the house was
burning. They barely escaped with their
lives, and lost everything in the house, not
even saving their clothes. The driving -
house had caught fire from the embers of
a fire used during the day to clear away
some rubbish, andburnecl down. Mrs. Bra-
den thought it was ont at bed time, but the
terrific wind storm during the night must
have fanned a spark left. All the farm im-
plements were burned,laut, foranately, the
stable escaped. The wind carried the fire
across the road to their neighbor's, Mrs.
Cross', barns, which were a total loss. A
stack of hey was also burned. Mrs. Braden's
house was insured, but she will. lose heavily
on personal property.
—The late Rev. L. Cameron, of Thames -
ford, bequeathed $1,200 to missions. His
estate is valued at $20,000.
—The breach of promise action of Miss
Annie L. Hughes, of Ancaster, against F. A.
C. Field, of Waterdown, has been dismissed
by Judge Muir.
—At Virden, Manitoba, Willie Huston,
aged 14, was drowned while attempting to
save a 4 -year-old girl who had fallen into a,
creek.
—Dr. Joseph Charles Tache, late Deputy
Minister of Agriculture of Canada, died at
Ottawa on Sunday night. He wan a brother
of Archbishop Tache, of St. Boniface.
—Miss Pauline Johnston, the Indian poet-
ess and elocutionist, will sail for England on
the 28th inst., and will be absent for about
three months.
—During the past year the Ontario Gov-
ernment paid out $556 in bounties ,for the
destruction of wolves. As the bounty is $2,
these animals appear to be fairly plentiful
in Ontario eset.
while violence, whether of word or deed, I farmers.
could beget onlY violence, as was illustrated made a raid on some Buffalo fisherinen who
—Fishery Inspector Kerr, of Hamilton,
were fishing in Canadian waters . near Port
by recent unfortunate occurrences in some of
to o as Christians, of whatever name, was Colborne. Abont two or three miles of nets
the, Western States. What they were bound
to manifest the spirit of the Master—yes, were confiscated and destroyed.
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even if it were not reciprocated, even if it —The employes of Messrs. J. McPherson
If the members of ,St Co., boot ono shoe manufacturers, Handl-
what was termed the Protestant Protective ton, went out on strike on Saturday last,
had to be one-sided.
Association—and he had no doubt many of against an all-reund reduction in wages of 25
them were honest and 'well meaning, even per cent.
if mistaken—if -they believed they had —Rev. John Anderson, of Tiverton, will
something better than that possessed by the retire from the ministry at the end of this
Roman Catholics, the way to manifest it month: He has been pastor of the Presby -
was in their lives, so that men could take terian church there for nearly a quarter of a
century.
will, exclaimed Mr. Clark, are all children —Mr. Tate, of Knox College, the student
knowledge of them. Those who do God's
appointed to the New Dundee Presbyterian
dent hope in the mercy of the Eternal, to mission took charge on the 8th inst., and
of our Father in heaven, and he had suffia
preached. an interesting and instructive ser -
picture to himself that if God in his mercy
permitted him (the speaker) to tread the mon On Sabbath eveniag. .
streets . of the New Jerusalem, he would: —Dr. Joseph Workman, for many years
meet tlaere many with whom he had not in chief Medical Superintendent of the Provin-
cial lunatic asylum, Toronto, died last Sun -
world. In conclusion, Mr. Clark said he did day, at his home in Toronto. He had reach -
various !things seen eye to eye While in this
ed his 89th year.
it his duty to say would become the subject —A private dispatch from Port Arthur
not know whether what he had considered
of the newspaper or other remark, but he. states that the ice in Thunder Bay is 40
int nded to take no part in such controver- inches thick, and there is little sign of na,vi-
gation being open there before the end of
the first week in May. Last year it was
not open till May 23.
—The town clerk of Galt has hanghig in
his office a map of the village of Galt, got
out by Mr. Marcus Smith, in 1851. - The
now large and flourishing manufacturing
town of Galt was then but a clustering vil-
lage in the valley of the Grand river.
—John Robertson, a well known- citizen
and dairyman of Ingersollahas been engaged
by the , New Brunswick - Government to
superintend the dairy interests of the,' Pro-
vince, and is arranging to take his family to
Fredericton.
—The Patrons of Industry a. Cainsville
have organized a monthly system of Sales,
so that farmers having surplus live stock
and other things to diepose of can offer them
without 'going to the expense of individual
sales.
,---The wife of Mr. W. H. Liddicoatt,
head master of the London West public
school, died on -Saturday after only a day's
serious illness. She was 27 years of age,
and the daughter of the Rev. J. S. Clarke,
of Brighton. One daughter is left.
—Hugh Bothwell, a farmer who lived four
miles weseof Jarvis, was found dead Sun-
day morning, on the G. T. R. track, two
miles from his home. Deceased wes sup-
posed to have been struck, while asleep on
the track, by on east bound freight train.
The body was horriblyinutilated.'
—James Benzie, of. Tilsonburg, was ter-
ribly injured by the explosion of a gasoline
stove. - His hands were nearly learned. to
the bone, his face was badly scorched and
his whiskers singed off. He was compel-
led to roll in the grass to extinguish the
sie
ary
ALWAYS SUCIE EFFORTS HAVE BEEN FAILURES.
It matters not how foolth it fnay be, if
those who advocate or hold any particular
form of religious belief are persecuted or
oppressed beca,use of their faith, there will
be surely stitred up for them many friends
and many converts. And while among itS
rofessors 'some of the weoker vessels may
e lead to retreat, the stronger souls among
them will only be established and strength-
ened in their faith. It is human nature
that it should be so. " Jimmie," said a
little girl to her younger brother, " you
must come down stairs." " Well, Ethel,"
was the response of the little man, " if I
must, I won't." Or as Shakespeare .-puts it
in Falstaff's mouth, " Give you a reason
npon compulsion.- If reasons were as plenty
as blackberries I would give no man a reason
upon compulsion." And I am sure we all
sympathize with this worthy human instinct
to defy tyranny, of whatever sort it is.
Men have tried everything—wild beasts,
the faggot and stake, the thumbscrew and
loathsome diengeons, and horrors unmen-
tionable, and all have failed of their ob-
ject. " The ashes of martyrs " have ever
been proved to be the " seed of, the church."
Perhaps no stronger instance in history can
be given than that of the early church.
Never was spiritual life more vigorous than
when tried on every side by fiercest perse-
cutions. And in more modern times no one
can read the history of Philip - II. of Spain
without being impressed with the utter
powerlessness; of altering nien's religious
convictions by . religious persecutions. In
our own day eire have seen how the Salvation
Army flourished on persecution, and even if
it only. take the form of political or 'com-
mercial ostraeism it will just as surelY
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, but would simply go on with his ordm-
tasks and pursue the even tener of his
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Sal' t under the New Tariff.
r. john Ransford, the well known salt
menufahturer, of Clinton has the following,
letter in the Toronto Mail of Saturday last.
He soya :
I desire to call public attention to the
nvinnerj in which the Government has treated
th Bahl industry of this country.
ey la,ve placed salt on the free list and
lef bitominous Goal at 60 cents per' ton.
Ir n and cotton, etc„ which also enter into
th manufacture of salt, are likewise heavily
tiable.
d yet the Government has the effront-
er to Pose as a protector of industries !
Tills Government has the unblushing impu-
dence to point to the flag of the National
Polley nailed to their political party mast,
and say, " By that we stand or fall ! One
of their Cabinet Ministers can stand up in
the House and set fOrth as the policy of the
Government, that industries must exist for
the welfare of the country, and his party
are bound to protect them !
Two-thirds of the salt used in Canada
comes from foreign countries, and under the
old tariff is already admitted free. We
salt makers are left one-third of the whole !
For that we have been submissively thank-
ful. Now that one-third is taken away.
But leaving bituminous coal at 60 cents per
ton means a tax the salt makers have to pay
which is variously estimated at from three
to six cents on every barrel we produce!
Why has this been done ? It is simply a
sop thrown to the farming community in
order that the Hon. Mr. Foster et al. when
they stomp the country before the next
election, can exclaim to a country audience,
" We gave you this,and that, and—we gave
you free salt," followed by cheers from the
trained faithful. I think, however, Mr.
Foster has overreached himself, for the Pa-
trons have signed a contract for three years
at 65 cents a barrel, and as they could now
purchase salkat 50 cents, but do not on ac-
count of their contract, anything done to
further injure the salt busmess might be
compared, without any reflection on the per -
sound of the Patrons of Industry, to cast-
ing pearls before swine.
It has come to this, in this (ungair Cans
—The Western millers propose to petition
Parliament to take steps to compel all rail-
ways in Canada to make no distinction in
favor of wheat for export. The millers claim
that the discrimination against flour in the
freight -ratee prevent them from shipping
flour to England, and they say if the rates
were the same the export trade in flour
would be greatly increased.
—Rev. ,Toseph Philp, of the Centennial
Methodist church, London, preached an
especially interesting sermon Sunday night.
It was founded on the disobedient and re-
bellious career of the young man Absalom
and his strange fate. In the course of his
sermon Mr. Philp pointed out to the young
people present the evils of dancing, card
playing, treating, drinking and other social
practices, and urged upon his hearers the
necessity of living moral, pure and godly
lives,
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Perth Items.
—Mr. John Mahaffy has removed from
Hibbert to new farm near Stratford.
—Mr. Wm. White, of ilibbert, has had a
number of his cattle .dehorned.
—James Betteridge, furniture dealer, St.
Marys, died last week. He was well-to-do,
an Oddfellow and a Forester.
—Large qUantities of maple sugar and
syrup have been made in the vicinity of An-
derson.
—Mr. R. W. House has sold his tailoring
business in Mitchell, to Mr. A. Downs of
Clinton.
--Mitchell Spring Fair was not so well
attended this season as formerly, owing
partly to the horse interest having failed.
—The Fullarton stage line is now owned?
and run by Mr. John Avery, who latelY
moved into Mitchell, from Kirkton.
—A Mitchell hotelkeeper was fined a few
days ago for allowing liquor to be drunk in
his hotel on Saturday night.
—St. Marys is to have a lady insurance
agent. Miss Whitworth has been appoint-
ed. local agent for the Sun Fire Insurance
Company.
—Mr. John Ballantyrie, St. Marys, is
,among the number who successfully passed
their final examination at the Guelph Dairy
School.
—The Sons of Temperance around Avon- ,
bank are renewing their enthusiasm for the
cause, and are initiating new members into
the " grand old Order.
—Mr. A. Ross, of the 12th concession,
Fullarton, had a mare so badly kicked and
injured by another that got 'loose in the
stable on Sunday morning that she had tO
be killed.
—The body of the late Joseph Kidd, of
Dublin, who died three years ago at Sioux
City, Iowa, was brought to Ontario last
week and interred in the Irishtown cemetery
on Friday last.
—The 12 -year-old son of Wm. Milian, 10th
concession, Elmo, township, was kicked by a
horse, on Wednesday of last week, in the
head, hid skull being fractured, At last ac-
counts he was still living.
—Master Johnnie McConnell, of Prospect
Hill, who has been under the care of Drs.
Lang and Thompson nearly a year for treai-
ment of one of his eyes, which was hurt by a
kick from a horse, has gone to London to
the hospital.
W. Nichol, of Stratford, commit-
ted suicide on Friday 6th inst. by tying a
small bag of stones about her neck and
throwing herself into the cistern. Her body
was discovered not long after she had. com-
mitted the deed.
—While returning from church on a re-
cent Sunday evening, Mr. Hntton, of An-
derson, met with what might have proved a
serious accid0t, being the collision of his
cart with Mr, T. Driver's hu§gy upsetting
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Mr. Huttonesaito the ditch. ortuuately he
escaped with slight injuries.
—John Harris, a crippled man, was passed
to London from Stratford Friday in hopes of
admission to the hospital. He did not
succeed in getting into the hospital, and, as
he said he had friends in Midland and Ham-
ilton, he'avas passed east as far as Wood-
stock.
Minute Secretary. Both afternoon and
evening sessions proved interesting.
—Mr. -John Young, asworthy and respect-
ed pioneer settler of the 7th concession of
Hibbert, died on Sunday evening, 7th inst.
Mr. Young came from England, and has
been a resident of Hibbert since 1851, He
was 74 years of age. He -died as he had
lived, trusting in his Saviour. He leaves
behind him a widow and a grown up famil
of seven sons and. three daughters to mourn
his loss: •
—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Featherstone. of
Monckton, celebratd their golden wedding
on Monday, 9th inst. They were married
50 years ago, in England. The present oc-
casion was honored by a re -union of all the
family, except Harry, who is in Manitoba.
A number of their most intimate acquaint-
ances and pioneer associates were present.
The afternoon was pleasantly spent in re-
counting tales of the early settlers' life in
that section 30 years ago. The aged couple
have the respect and esteem of the people of
the community, who join in wishing them
continued prosperity and.happiness. Mayor
Featherstone, of Listowel, their eldest son,
presented each of his parents with gold spec-
tacles.
—The editor of the Canadian Horseman
says of a recent visitor at Mr. W. C. Kiddie,
Listowel : " When -we were told that our
old friend, Dave Shaw, was makhig a brief
sojourn in Canada after an abience of 14
years in the land of the Montezurnas, it did
not take long for us to locate him, and when
grasping his hand, many recollections of old
times were viviclly recalled. Dave was one
of the old brigade who followed Willie
Wonder Maggie Brady, Lucy, Terror, and
Nettie eo victory, and with a heart as big
as the horse he liked so well, would divide
his last dollar with a friend. Landing in
Mexico 14 years -ago with his estimable wife,
with about enough change to buy their din-
ners, he has since thriven to a, degree and is
now one of the railroad capitalists of the
country, but he is still the same jovial fel-
low, retaining his old time penchant for
either the trotter or galloper.
— Tobias Kolb, near Bregam, was found
dead in bed Thursday morning of last week.
He was 83 years old and was very infirm for
many years, being of late totally blind. He
was one of the old.est citizens in the county,
having come over from Pennsylvania when
a mere hoy.
—The Quebec line steamship Carribee,
which arrived at New York on Saturday
morning from the Windward Islands, had a
very rough time of it at sea. Great waves
washed completely over her at times, the
,
spray from !some of them going down her
smokestack into the engine room. When
the eteamer reached Sandy Hook the pas -
sen ers most of whom were returning tour-
ada of ours, that a political party can liter- ists, made up a purse of $50 with which to
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lIuron Notes.
—Mr. John R. McRae, of Lochalsh, has
carried off the silver medal and honor
certificate in the second year course at
Trinity Medical College.
—The return football match, between the
" Alerts," of Brussels, and the Cranbrook
club, was played at Cranbrook on Saturday,
7th inst. The goals stood 1 to 1, but when
ends were changed and Brussels had the -ad-
vantage of the wind, the Craubrook club
refused to play, and the game -vtas decided
in favor of Brussels. Owing to the pressure
of school work -at present, the " Alerts"
have disbanded for a time, after a very suc-
cessful season, winning four matches out of
five played—one being a draw,
—A gentleman well known in Wingham,
although a new -comer, in the person of
Joseph II. Vanstone, died on Tuesday,
April 10th, 1894, aged 62 years, 10 months
and 17 days. Deceased had been ill for
some time, and his recovery was scarcely
expected. Richard Vanstone, barrister,
and William and Walter, the firm of marble
dealers, are sons of the departed, all resi-
dents of Wingham. An .honorable, upright
career has ended, and many words of sym-
, pathy are heard for the bereaved ones. , '
—The wife of one of Wingham's business
' men was bitten or stung on the neck by
something, probably a black spider, on Sat-
urday morning last. The wound became
very flinch inflamed, and red streaks' dart-
ing out therefrom told where the poison
was working. A physician was immedi-
ately consulted; who treated the wound.
The spider, if such it was, was evidently
in a lace collar, and when the lady stooped
over, her neck came in contact with it, and
the angered little vermin bit her. The mark
is yet -visible.
—While Mr. Wm. Babb, of Carlingford,
was enga,gectin shoeing a team of horses be-
longing to Mr. John Smith, of Fullarton,
one horse wheeled around and kicked him
on the back with both feet. It was a very
lucky thing that he was close to the brute,
or he might have had his back broken.
—The will of the late Alex. Wildgoose,
who died in the Stratford hospital about
two weeks ago, left $100 to the lady princi-
pal of the institution • to three nurses—
Misses Lanc,hlin, Huber and. Stevenson—
$50 each, and to four other nurses—Misses
Milloy, Robertson, Bruce and McIntyre—
$25 each.
—Dr. Marion Oliver addressed the Chris-
tian Endeavor meeting at Avonbank, on
Sunday evening, 8th insta giving a report of
the convention of Missionary S`tudents re-
cently held in Detroit, at which Dr. Oliver
was present. She epoke for nearly an hour,
and the large audience would gladly have
listened. longer.
—Mr. C. Freeman of St. Marys, on a re-
cent trip to the Maritime Provinces, had
the misfortune to have his valise stolen, on
the Intercolonial railway, containing some
valuable papers, etc. The case was taken
up by the Government, and the supposed
guilty man captured. Mr. Freeman was
sent for as a witness, and is at present in the
Eastern Provinces.
—While going through the woods the
other day, iVin. Hemphill, of Elms., fell.
An axe which he was carrying came down
on his hand, catching it between a log and
splitting it open from below the knuckle of
the first finger to near the wrist, necessi-
tating the insertion of several stitches in the
wound. Mr. Hemphill will likely be laid up
for some time.
—The 26th annual convention of the
county of Perth Sabbath Sch.00l Association
was held in Knox church, Mitchell, on Tues-
day, 10th inst. Devotional exercises re
eonducte.d by Rev. W. M. McKibbo of
MiThank, and the Rev. John Scott presi . St Thomas. Throe daughters and a son
Rev. A. Henderson, of Atwood, wall elected suevive the lamented lady.
—During the year 1892, thei-e were 46
males and five females committed to Gode-
rich jail, a• total of 51. During the year
1g93, there were 45 males and 6 females, the
same total, but a- difference of one in the
sexes. The commitments for drunkenness
only numbered 3 in 1893. Of -the total num-
ber committed, 5 went to the Central
Prison, 25 remained in jail till their sen-
tence expired. The daily cost of rations
er prisoner, at Goderich, was '10 cents.
he salaries of the jail officials Were as
follows ; Jailer, $600 ; Turnkey, $500 ;
Matron, 200 ; Surgeon, $120 ; a total of - •
$1,420.
—Mrs. Ann Crich, relict of the late Thos. .
Crich, of the 2nd concession of Tuckersmith,
died at the residence of Mr. Joseph Town-
send, in Clinton, on Saturday afternoon last, .
at the age of 72 years. Deceased was a. 4
pioneer settler of Tuckerantith, and passed
through all the hardships incident thereto;
She was a sister of Mr. Joseph Townsend,
of Tuckersinith, and also of Mrs. W. Rotten -
bury, of Clinton. A woman of very kindly ,
disposition and genial nature, she was be-
loved by all.. She had no family, She 'WAS
a member of Turner's church, Tuekersmith,.
for many years, and her remains were hes
terred there on Monday. She bad been
a resid.ent of Clinton for seven or eight
years.
—The following facts concerning the con-
tributions from different churches are
gathered from the report of the Methodist
church of Canada The amount raised in
the Guelph Conference, towards the Educ,a,-
ticmalfund, was $2,447 , Toronto and Mon-
treal Gonferencea alone exceeded this
amount ; Goderich, North Street, gave
$23.47 ; Goderich, Victoria Street, $11 ;
Clinton, Rattenbiny Street, $78.02 ; Clin-
ton, Ontario Street, $37.85 - Seaforth,
Bayfield, $4.28 ; Holmesvilie $25 ; Varna,
$17,29- ; Hensall, $28 ; Rip' pen, $19.20 ;
Dungannon, $24.79 ; Nile $19.57 ; Ben -
miller, $4.10 ; Wingham, 147.12; Wroxeter,
$10.12 ; 33rnssels, $10 ; Wahon, :$7.30 ;
Londesboro, $20 ; Blyth, $40.29 ; Auburn,
$30.91 ; Belgrave, $11.82 • Bluevale, $7.53 ;
Gorrie, $16.71 • Fordwichi, 111.12 ; Exeter
Main Street, $i3.77 ; Exeter, James Street,
$25.47.` The amount contributed by
Ra.ttenbnry Street, Clinton,. is surpassed
only by Guelph, St. Marys and Owen
Sound.
—On the 26th of March, Mrs. Archibald
Macintyre, of Amberley, died at the age of
47 years. The deceased had been ill for
some weeks, suffering from the after effects
of la grippe. She was born in St. Thomas,
her maiden name being Mary Manint
Twenty-fiveyears age shemarried Arad d.
Macintyre and with her husband came to -
Ashfield, where they took up a farm on the
Kinloss and Amberley gravel road. She
was a lady otpleasant disposition and sunny
temperament, and was a very entertaining
conversationalist. Airs. Macintyre " was a -
member of the Ashfield Presbyterian church.
The funeral took place on the 28th nit, to
the Kinloss cemetery and was one of the
largest processions of the kind ever seen in
the district. Her brothers, Dr. John MSC--
intyre, of Detroit, Ang-us of St. Thomas,.
and her sister, Miss Chrgtie, of St. Thomas,
were present at the funeral. Mr. Machu -
tyres brother Hugh, was also present from.
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