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Huron Record, 1881-03-25, Page 4• • HURON RECORD. CLINTgN, FRIDAY MARCS 25T1I, 1881. TILE BYE ELECTRONS. For some time past we have been. frequently informed by our Grit friends that the stand which the Government took in the Pacific Railway construc- tion, would lead to their ruin, and that the Conservative party Would be ousted from powea, torn and bleeding, at the next general election, Since that time two constituencies have had the oppor- tunity of publicly expressing their opinions regarding these predictions.. These were Belehasse. and Charlevoix, in which the elections . took place on • Saturday last. Belchasse has long been ' a famous• Grit stronghold. 111,1873 it gave Mr. Fournier a majority ver.Mr. Caron of 581, in 1878 Mr. Larue a majority, of• .5.2. Mr. Larue was .unseated and; dis- qualified for assisting to elevate "the itanclard of public morality,". and on Saturday last, the Conservative •caudi- date, Mr. Aymot, was elected by a ma- jority of 33, because he was a support- er of the MacDonald -Tilley Govern- ment. In Charlovoix,,a Conservative, was returned again with a large ma- jority. Charlevoix appreciates the doings of the men at the head affairs at Ottawa. EDITORIAL NOTES. Woodstock Tinzes.—Mn. ' BLAKE is to visit Montreal at the closed the ses- sion, to work up a reaction' there against the N. P., etc. 'The task.will be too great for him. The Montrealers won't " enthuse " worth a cent: They, have received too .many:bennef.ts froni the policy of Prcteetion. for that. • `THAT religious journa_1,., tile. Montreal. Witness, having labored 'very ardently and earnestly for the • Grit party „ in condemming the Pacific .[railway' Syn-. dicate and even the National. Po$iy; of course for the cause of; ' right; 'and not prompted by auy other ,motives, has at last come to- its reward. Find: ing the circulation rapidly decreasing, the publisher not long ago issued a notice in •the paper asking; for the reasons and causes of such • falling off. ile received a number of proanptreplies from different parts of the. Province, to the effect that it was not performing the functions of a religious newspaper, but rather of a bitter politidal sheet, in its bitter opposition to the : Syndi- cite `and other matters. To .tale a deep interest in ;religious Matters ie quite right; but the ]fitness will find that in throwing itself away to politics, • it is digging its own.grave. • TAKING the official returns of the ship -building industry in the Dominion. for• the past three or :fear • years' as a text, the opposition press argue that the slight decline in the tonnage of new vessels built shows that the N. P. has had an evil effect upon the business. The truth is, that iron and steel are taking the place of .wood as' the. ma- terial for ship -building, and . that •a eontinuanee o£ the decline in the :do, wand of foreign countries for' wooden. vessels is likely. to ensue. This is* se, easily apparent that none can Sail to see to fact, except those who are wit fully blind to' what is going 'on' before them. Even on the lakes, iron vessels are- beginning to displace weeders crafts. The advantages. of the iron vessels 'are their greater durability, and their su- perior carrying capacity,. acid altltougli their original cost is somewhat greater than that of vessels built of wood, this is more than'compensated for by • their superior qualities, as noted. • .above.-- Belleville Iratelli(Jencer. • THE Jaud swindles perpetrated upon, iiew settlers in the United: States: .are not confined to Kansas and Texas. In. those States chances to get a piece.:of worthleass territory, on which he 'cannot raise enough for subsistence.. Anetlier sort of trick, is played on settlers in Missouri. After getting his patent,,tay king possession, and putting up' hie buildings, the man finds he has been im- posed upon. Several persons 'have been a erestedinSLInaik,l'ittsbprg,uridClese- I land, lately, who are charged with being in a "ring" to fleece 'innocent settlers in this way. It is believed at the land office in Washington that, the "ring" have obtained fraudulent titles to more than a million acres of public lands, the most of which they have sold to innocent settlers, who therefore have no valid ti- tle. Civil suit will probably be begun to vacate the titles to these lands. No doubt some bf our Canadian friends leave fallen victims to these rascalities. Look out for them, , , The House of Commons was prorogued on Monday last, after one of the' most important sessions that Canada has seen since Confederation, The Pacific Rail- way, the building of which was, accord. ing to the opposition press to be a dead failure, was finally got rid of, by the Government, andplaced in the hands, of a company in .consideration of pay- ment by a moderate dash and land bon- us.' Again the National' Policy 'has been readjusted, and Made suitable in all respects, evidently, to the generality of the people. The cheerful announce. - meat of a surplus in the Treasury after the seasons ofdeficits, must also be grat- ifying to every person who is interested in the affairs of the nation. A great Loss has been felt during the session, through the unavoidable absence of the Minister of Railways; but his ' place was well filled by ,Mr, Plumb. At the close of the session, a fitting compliment was paid to the Speaker for the able manner in which lie discharged his deities since his appointment. COMMUNICATIONS.. Ter wish it to be distinctly ntndorstood that we Ale not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by, our correspondents.'. Editor. Huron .Record. S;n--We •iioticecl: an article on t0 Elucation••of farmers" in last wi re• issue of the ".RECORD " and in reply, Would say thst we do net wonder if therearea great many "surprised at their i'11• luck' as farmers "''if,they •have no More experience, in farming than•the writer cif that article. ,,' He says in his. second :paragraph:the farmers follow ,in the track of our fathers.' Let. ine ask liiw did 'his great grandpa :drive' a horse -rake, a reaper, binder; faun a steam .chresher, or read a•. Exec:an. Let me tell himthat the farmers. are up. to 'the; tines and that'he cannot better, himself::of the farmers by writing such useless rodouioiitade. FA ei n: Ireland's Ancient Lanalnia1lj6.: Editor; Jizi� on :Recor.d. • Slit,-The:most precious;inlieritance of aiiy people is. •that .people's history: It ie also enslirin sd:in its national; tra- ditions much.more in the public .build- ings that coverthe face of the land,... they are the voices of ages longone Who . Who built tlie round towers of Ire= landl or for what purpose ,were they bui16. ' There is no record, although the question has been asked age after age. Seine say they are of christian origin, others again say tliey`are' :the . temples of the ancient fire worshippers, others agaiu say they are the temples of those who worshipped the sun, and that the priests :(called` druids) were accustomed •to climb to the summit, 80 feet, (by ladders) to watch the rising sun, when the, first rays illuminated 'the. earth to proclaim.to the people 'their duty of worship. to the coming, God. No. matter what may be the truth of -this theory concerning these .round towers, whicharo very. numerous,( over 100). ,They point to a very earlyset- tlement of'..tho Emerald .Isle. Well might the poet 'say.: • "The pillar towere•'of Ireland, How wonderful they stand By the rushing *earns in`the silent Bien, a'l,.nd• villages tf the�land: Ili mystic filo throughout the Isle • They rear their heads sublime,. Those grey oldpillar. temples, . Those conquerors of Unlike bhe old Abbey which was built itt the fi,ftli and sixth century, and up to the, Danish Teivasion we find' a dif- ferent style of architecture: They are. built square. They; are the unest ven- arable structures that mortal eyes ever beheld,. 'moss crowned, iuibedded..yith with ciustering ivy, with stone altars, with tombs of tile: silent dead, the 'monuments of the dominion or Fran- ciscan Monk, side isles, side chapels,_ with•. numerous altars, with n as ive are hr rl eeilingg, with winding stairs to the .sunntaits. which is about 2001 'feet i high, inektx 1,. o,th.. Watch tch t.Da erS. 'JTiley are so numerous they can be seen frown each other over the whole island. No doubt they were built also for defenceby the numerousport holes, which resemble the letter A, with about three inches open on the outside. The walls were about eight feet in thickness, built with cement as hard as the stone itself. ,About sixty years after the expul- sion of the Danes from Ireland, who had, for over two hundred • years, taken the greater part of the Island and. founded Dublin, Waterford and Wexford and no doubt built several,. Castles for their defence. A Trumpet is heard on the Eastern coast of lre- laud, the billsecho to the shouts of the Normans. Battles were fought on every hill, the most horrible scenes of the Danish invasion was renewed ; more castleswas built. by the invaders on each Territory they had conquered, which were of a different style of archi- tecture to the old Abbey These frown- ing castles were built for defence, Egmondville, March; 23rd;, 1881,, • Editor H'uron'•Ifecorcl. Mn. EDITOR.—Doubtless before this shall have reached the columns of your valuable paper many of the emigrants who left Clinton on the 15th inst, for the far North-West have arrived at the beautiful prairies, to enjoy the advan- tages of Repu}•lican 1ndependance; .'The idea. of over istin:n:•ting the ed - vantages to d-vantages.to be aerheit by selling•out. in. the County of Hiirele and embark- ing for th.e land of sepurior acquisitions .lies wefear, become . very prevalent. among our youthful inhabitants,• en-. tieing as may bethe oily speeches of railway immigration and the glowing pictures preented by agents, yet how many have we heard remark upon their return. frouv • Dakota " If you leave. as good farm. clear of enl.um- brances remain: where you are and be content."' ' I have had the pleasure of •interview ing.Mr trainee Elliott, of the 6th coin., Godericli towi)ship,anil Thrust confess he is the most 'liberal minded man, re- _gardino, 1)sikpta,.,;yvith_laelnne... . l v_e met -for some time.. 'The'' Messrs:. EI- liott,:we un 1erstand;,;heve been etigagetlr in shipping horses, . and have juat ar- rived from Dakota, whither they wont with three loads about one month • ago. • Mr. + lliott says if a young roan having• a, reasonable start, say $500 or, more, were to'einigrate, the probabilities are he would succeed, but to ..go there.. a' poor ,roan, he is very likely to remain so; for, some time. He further relates that the snow is about three feet deep;.. 'and:eomparitively' little 'work obtain dhle;'besitles•°the water is most misery-. bfe: He also states that in his estima= molt. it is preferable to grow very. little- gain but :oats, :they , aro 30cts, per bushel, and yield from• 60 to 70 bushels to the acre.'' Glancing for • a moment on the fair sideof tlie' picture,he says when the spring opens working mob receive front $30 to $3'0 ,a unoiit1i Tari extn.a,; cook receives as' high sae $40; a:geod, tradesman: front $2, to $3 $.09..y. Thti far ! we see the difference. 1x tWed;i. brother'Jonatbait's Domain aiad \V ; -�... tern Ontario --the : gardein of the lb it. ish American Empire.; of the future: ALWAYS AHEAD ! RAIB, MAO WHIRTER CO . f,tve received this week Five Oases Necv: Cambric Prints, The Most Beautiful Lot of Prints euer shown by4hen7 in the Town of Clinton.... New co c 8: Opened Out This Day. 07' We ,are perpared to make up to order, Gen- tiemen's and . Youth's Clothing, AT. CLOSE PRICES. �1. o-- Crab, ... er & Company, CLINTON ONTARIO.. : "Ah wad some"power the giftie gii• To st:e oursels as ithe'rs see us.' ' Let es now for a moment compare the Oils cif Dakota or Manitoba with that of Huron; and we• shall doubtless time difference of greater importance than these` already 'mentioned. , e Had it ever occurred to. those seeking . a home ill the distant west, why there is very little timber found thereon, yet some of the best authorities on geology maintain that it is the want of clay and potash, that has rendered the West- eiii States distitute of trees.. How•the Soil of Dakota is exceedingly; • shallow and•cointposedof nothing hut • decayed forest vegetation. It cannot therefore; endure the heavy dropsof grain that have been successfully , taken off the fields •of Ontario. Wefind in the soil of Ontario, cc npesitions aof which Da- kota is entirely destitute, viz :-•.A sub- soil,, of from one to two feet in depth, and that made up of powdered sand- storm with•. a large percentage of"car- lioinates of magnesia and lime, besides rich in potash. tet the Americans lend their country to the .skies; for•they sero if they don't blow their own horn no one else will toot en it for them. Let us exclaim that Canada with, all thy faults and shortcomings "I love thee weel, Its dusts dear to tae; That distant land is very fair,. T3ut`i:ot like thee." easraniese Porter's Hill, March 24, 1881. ! Fora good violin string, go . to DoxicnT`rG•'clt GIDDINGS. .: ' f `g" For a good pianola to Donimrr O.KSPN'S 6 Victoria . Bleck, N,.li:.QN � t' ONTA. ` " II OUR WOOLLEN 'STOCK. 1 ' .a is varied in Ontario,and Is• one of •t1i©•� MOS L Cg1VlI'LL�: E � > . vs. everybody ordering a stilt should see our immense range • of .ENGLISH Worsted Suitings, • " SCOTCH .4s IRISH x'weed• Suiting:, ..INT CANADIAN Tweed Suiting:, • Ogr •IMPORTE•L Serge Suiting' IN EViERY GRADE AND .PRICE.: r •. v EiR: OIA'T1S We aro still showing* big stock of ens'' and Boy's Overcoats, which will be cleared out at a • BIG REDUCTION THOMAS . JACKSON., The "Noted'' Mahler, a