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The Clinton New Era, 1889-04-12, Page 4TOM. tow for tiale.-,-AT. 0001314r* Money found'---,Xre Aiglaty. Hata--Geo. 0.1.0agota. Teita,Teaa,,J. W - *duped rate.—W. jaCkSea. Dress 80Pds---J. Robertson 010t110.-4—JACIPon Bros Opening--BeesleY Co. ITO contradors—G. L Jackma Bull for service—Tyndall Bros. Painting Igaisir Reduced rates—Beatty Line Property for 'sale—Mrs Oliver (Minton gorgra FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1889. Defeat of the Scott Act. Ever since the repeal of the Scott Ast in Huron, its repeal elsewhere bas been accepted as a foregone conclusion. Temperance people became dispirited, and, by degree, public sentiment, which had at firm, strongly supported the At, was withdrawn, not so much because people were any the less in favor of temperance, but because the Scott Act had not fulfilled anticipations. That tem. peranee people will remain sada- tied with things as they aro is not to bo expected, but in the mean- time the best thing to be done is to make the very best possible use measures that we have. In thirteen conitties and. two cities a repeal 'vote .was taken on Thurs- day, when the Act was repealed n every place, generally by large tsaajori ties, The following is a statement of tile vote by counties, as compared with, three years ago :— Previous Vote 1889 Maj. for, kIaj.ag'st St. Thomas 11 571 (Guelph 163 444 Kent 2395 1500 Victoria 1015 '800 Brant • 002 107 Lennox and Addington. ... 550 Peterboro 411 300 Ontario 1351 600 Carleton 693 . 500 Lanark 500 Wellington k 1430 1571 Frcintenac- •ra.-. -HO -• 282 -. Lincoln 570 800 Northumberland and Durham 2187 „ .300... -Colchester' • '1234 . 1200 31t Cook's bill, to require all personsrunning stationary en. ginos to pass an examination, has got the three months' hoist. This means.. that it is bounced; which is the best • thing that could hap• pen to it. . . Tho Ottawa Government seems' to have. no, hi•Ther aim than to. squeeze :d! they can out tlio 'people, spend •ill they can out of 'the Treasury, and embaras all rhey tan cceentereialoperations, trade h-aeleis in one form and 311 h r. The Ot tawa Board of Trade has nivit M s \Vi man to 16-ettire on Trade re':tticri- between Canada and ib.T,'1,111ol states." This is •I!(.m the. fact that the Boal (i 'ss politically, and. it shows nlss Cent :the question is n -e prominence vhen it y;01 IA publicly dismissed at: the11 fiostal changes seem to ,I..s:oned for the sole pU rpose ,f annoying and harms sing business mon. Allowing postmasters to register any letter which they .think is valuable is decidedly unwise, and will lead to no end of vexation. Suppose a postmaster should take it into his head to i•egister- every letter pass- ing through his office, the public have no redress and would ' have to submit to the imposition. People who know that Dalton McCarthy and Sir J01111 Macdonald are always one mind, were a little puzzled to understand wily the former should declare himself so violently opposed to the latter, on the Jquit's question. Tho semi-official announcement that Mr Mvearthy will 'replace Mr Meredith as leader of the local opposition, may be a key to the ' reason. An Ottawa correspondent states , that the voters' lists used in the Scott Act election in Carleton last week—and presumably in every other constituency where a vote was talconL-were the now Domin- ion voters' fiats, and he claims that nanles of life-long Liberals .have boon oinitted-from the lists. If this is a fact it shows the ehairieful and outrageous way in which the Dominion ,Government is bound to carry any election.,and ;f the Liberals at Ottawa do not demand some explanation con- cerning the fraudulent man ipula- tit% of the lists, they aro recreant to their duties. • 0111NE4.:„,17. "What Vain blat that of tbe Sunday ' School coulit indUee lin large a Minaber to tura out to, a, IlleiatiPS through ouch a storm," were the wards ef Dr Wil- liam§ On Friday evening last, and then arose inetinetively on every lip the aubwer "None." At the invitation of WON II. Foster, J, Soott,and 41.11. kganning, the officers and Goobers of the different SnAdaY Schools in town to the number of over a hundred .met together laid Friday evening in the Ontario St. Metbodiet Ohttroh. The meeting was a most enjoyable one and we hope is but the precurser o many more. The gentlemen named affably received their guests and tried to make every one feel at home. The chair was occupied by Mr Manning who also spoke to the first topic "A Society of S. S. Workers for Clinton." He thought there should be one Society amongst the large number already existing that would be undenominational and upon Such common ground as to enable all to unite in it. A society of the S. S. teachers and officers would be helpful 1, in encouraging each other, 2, in dis- covering the causes of failure, and 3, in learning new methods. Such a society might only meet once a quarter, or helping us in our application of the once a month, but it would,he belieyed, truth to the hearts of our pupils. be produotive of very great good. • The third element in the preparation The next address was given by Mr of the lesson, and certainly not the Perry, who pro3eeded to criticize the least important of the three, is that of Superintendent. prayer. Let the teacher spend time THE SUPERINTENDENT CRITICISED. on the lesson, let him study it carefully, but at the beginning, and the end, and 1. The Superintendent is the life of throughout the whole of this study, let the school; therefore he should be a him pray over it. Without'our Father's live Superintendent. 2. He should blessing our study will be of little use, open on time, and not wait for strag- and without the guidance of the Holy glers. 3. He should study simplicity Spirit, our words will never reach the in language, Lath of prayer and address. hearts of our pupils. 4. He should neither threaten nor scold, but he should lay down a good rule and The next half hour was spent in par - firmly adhere to it, 5. He should se- taking of the hospitality of the gentle• oure attention, and hold it by giving tnen named and their -good wives, cot- eomething worth listening to. 6. He fee and care being served by willing should know where the lesson of the waiters, and a fine social ,time was put day is .to be found without having to in. ..When the programme was resumed consult the lesson calendar in the pre. Mrs. Detlor gave the following ad- dress on "Caring for children.' It sence of the school. 7. His announce. will be quite needless to add, after our ments should be brief and not repeated. readers have pursued it, that the ad - 8. He should greet the school with dress was rapturously received. smiles. 9. He should not everlastingly . talk. 10. He should not be constantly CARING FOR THE SCHOLARS. ringirtg the bell. lls'He should have It is impassible in the space of a short the courage to tell the indifferent teach- paper to treat this subject with the er that his services are not needed in minuteness and detail which its impor- the Sunday School. 12. He should be tante demands. We shall not attempt early at the School. 13. He should be to do more than state some of the dif. prompt in closing the teaching period. ferent ideas as to what caring for 14. The Superintendent should conduct scholars' means, and then give a few his own reviews weekly, monthly and hints as to the means to be used tothe quarterly, and not give the time -to any care for the scholars, in what we bo - stray visitor. 15. He should ,use the lieve to be the true idea expressed -Tin blackboard. 16. He should dismiss the the .word 'caring.' classes while the teachers and Bonier Said a' superintendent once "Wejtake pupils sing a good marching hymn. good care of our scholars in this school, Miss Stork then favored the com- we givs them a feed and a sleighride at patty with a grand address on "The Christmas,ah anniversary in the epring teacher's preparation" as follows:— and a picnic in the summer. We ,"- have a large school the most of the THE TEACHER'S PREPARATION. timestohessure oar Bible class•is ••not It seems 'rather presumptuous that well filled, 'we can't as a rule get our one who has so recently become a re- young people ,to -come very much to cruit in the great army of Sunday school afterahey get to be .sixteen or School Mathew should" attempt to say seventeen, but I suppose that can't be- anythiqg on this subject. However, helped, it is natural they should wish since it is hard to saything new about tts enjoy themselves and take a little it, I will merely lay before you that pleasure on Sunday afternoon." It cer- which I myself have been tisUght. tainly won't be helped if that superin- You will agree with me when I say tendent continues to hold such ideas. that on the teacher's preparation de- All through our country the ginger - pends, in a very great measure, if, in- bread brigade, with its ever recurring deed, not wholly, his success. First, in bun feed, has bean regarding the pupil regardjto the teacher, he should Ibe a as a bundle of stomach and selfishness Christian, otherwise how can he ex- and has treated him on that plan. plain to hs class those things ot which Robert Raikes made the hot roasted' he personally knows ncthing. Can you potato under the nose of the ragged imagine a teacher attempting to teach street urchin a means to an end, that Euclid whilst he knows the propositions end the drawing of the poor hungry merely by rote, and understanding little ruffiaqs to the homely shelter of nothing of their meaning, looks upon his workshop; that there he might give them as only a. form of words?.if to their still more hungry souls. crumbs such a teacher is not successful (and from the tree of knowledge and break certainly he could not be) in teaching to them great slices of Bread 'of Life. Geometry, how can you expect any one But our friends of the ginger bread type who has •not the love of God in his have reversed the order of things, mak- 'heart to -tell 'others, children especially, ing the Sunday School but the mean& of that love? to attain that grand and ever -to -be -de. Then, a teacher cannot raise his pu- sired end, a -feed. Do yori wonder then pils higher than himself. If lie would that as thepupils in such schools, come see them coming to the Saviur,4and up from baby and early childhood, that this is surely the aim of Sunday School with the eager looking after something work, he must live near 'Christ. To better and more ,satisfying they drop them he shisuld be a Irving example. out from the ranks of those lead by the He must not expect to be different from Superintendent and teitehers who base the rest of the world in that his teach- but one interpretation for our master's ing is followed while his life (is a con- glorious command tn'Yeed my Lambs.' I.tradiction to that teaching. We are not going.to deny the advantage Again, a teacher should have love for there is in giving treats to the younger the souls of his class. He"tthat Cwin- children, indeed, we ate willing to 00- neth souls -is wise." The best way, we knowledge that in, the infant and lower may say the only way, to win them to classes of the primary departments Christ, is by love. Let a teacher whose there is a decided benefit. We have heart is full of love for his Master, taken the liberty to presume that those have love also for his pupils and we are who selected thir topic had in thei r not afraid to prophesy for him "good minds children above the infant classes, success." and we shall deal with the subject with Let us now look at the preparation that idea, of the lessons. In these busy days,and There are also those who regard the especially when we find that the major. Sunday School as a place where children, ity of Sunday School teachers are made are to be good and exhorted ,from. Sa- ul? of busy people, the question of time bath to Sabbath to be good, and what is important. When shall the -lesson is the result? As they go out from a be studied? Certainly not in one school or teachers of this kind, with lialf.hour, and that half-hour the last activity tingling from their finger tips, before the Superintendent's bell rings, and a desire to do instead of simply be, At a Provincial S. S. Conyention some filling their hearts, they have felt a.re- years ago, the question was asked pugnance tothe tameness and insipidity "What is the best time to begin to of such teaching, and as they have study the lesson ?" The answer grown tip from under the stricter par. was to this effect "Immediately after ental rule, that insisted on Sunday the lesson of the preceding Sabbath." School attendance, they have dropped 11 18 a good rule and has this advantage. out and sought in other ways opportun- The chain of thought in a series of les- ities to use their activity and develop sons remains unbroken. Then having their powers. The little word caring begun well, it isnot hard to keep it be- at the head of this topic covers more fore our minds during the week. This ground than many of us think. Caring last we should aim to do. Not only by takes in the past, present and future. reading the lesson over, but by think- Caring for a school, then, in such a way ing of it. Be on the look out for illus. as to help them to overcome the evil trations of the various points.. You that hereditary influence, early impres- will be surprised how much the lemon sione or past habits, have laid upon will gather in interest to 'yourself and them, to give them assistance and en - hence, to Your class. Then in think- couragement in developing that which ing of the lesson, try to live the lesson. is noblest and best in them, and in in - Your own experience in doing that will inspiring them ever to live nobly and - be worth to you tenfold thatof another. to do valiantly throughout the future, Let me illustrate. The 'lesson for the and just here, knowing well the power coming Sabbathis the"The Triumphal of princiales fixed in early life to con. Entry," The picture we have in our trot and rule the future, let the teacher minds is that of the people welcoming instil in the minds of theirfloupils strong Christ as King, greeting him with temperance sentiment. We cannot af- Hosannas. Are you, as a teaoher,own• ford to spend months and years in try- ing Christ as Your 'King ? Learn the ing to lay the fouhdations of w hat lesson yourself before attempting to might he useful and happy lives, and teach it. This is only one of the points, thento have the whole swept away by but I think you have understood my strong drink. Pledge the child .if you meaning. see fit; but whether you do this or not, It would also be well to have a set teach them what alcohol is, what its time every day to devote to the further power is and how its temptaions preparation of the lesson. Here agate come, and the ruin it will • bring you exclain "But there is [so much to if •he yields. Show them its deathly be done. Is it really Ineceasary to opposition to knowledge, health, long spend time every day on it ?" What life and happiness and let them know would you think of a man who, being that they owe it to the world and to ordered, to take a half-hour's walk God to' keep. themselvee strong and daily for his health, walked instead for pure to do their duty in whatever posi- three hours and- a half one day in the tion God places them. How then week ? If you are really anxious to shall we accomplish the care of this find the time, you 'will find it, if it be pupil? In the first place many of the but ten minutes a day. I could tell habits of children are the result of you of a very successful teacher of a parents and others yielding to their large Bible class of 60 et 70 members. children's selfishness, till they begin t6 She was engaged through the week as a feel that everything must be done for Public School teacher; her home duties them, that they are the centres of help - were numerous and pressing. Her B.S. lessness round which everything should lessons were prepared. chiefly on the revolvd. The very position which our way to and from ber daily occupation. 8. Schools occupy in relation to the Micheal Fox has leased •his farm on In the preparation of the lemon church encourages the idea. The most the 10th con., of Gray, for a term of must enter secondly, thought. Sunday of our schools aro supported by the col- years to Geo. H. Dark, well.known in School helps have almost dOne away lections brought by our children. this township. with this on the part of the teachar, 'Please giVil me some collection for but those who would depend on helps school to -day, they want to buy library alone will teach only superficially. The books and papers for us.' The give me helps are good but should be wisely and the for aft is but the outcome of used. They furnish us with many the improper method by which our thoughts and ideas that would not oc- schools are maintained. Who ever our to us without them ; but unless we heard of a child making an effort to have studied those ideas until we have, affi it Were, Made 'the* tert a Ourselves. School volle0* Woos, t4r iniqU'PurPoi,soof our Oust, .m*l tatteheri tho tor me prevents:. 4utewtheto an Abe S. fif- Tin* or t e W0E404440; 4§101aarY er, ehieetepeed we re Teacher haw told hira be NW fhid. that ruPrea Or .ltricleutO Where childkea the pirRmentatlie pupil or tho hoy of )ave, given as freely and; 04;44430 Au an inutodug min ul may possibly \a§k nobly of their littla, 08 4400 91 larger him some question Wen the BlibIaat growth, of their abundance. Then as that be is not prepared to Ammer. a foundationfer earning for rair echolare Study the Leeson text and the lesson let aur Sunday Schools be eupported helps thoughtfully, until you are master and provided for as all church °spencer,. of ft. should be 'hy paying the Lord' that• But while etuclying the lesson, do which be rightfully clan:was His,' then not forget your pupils, Study them would Mir church puffers be full and and.fit the -lesson to them. Find •out our churches and Sabbath. Schools their home life and get as thorough a know ouch a flood of blessing and power knowledge of their disposition as you as, we have scarcely dared to hope for. can. Random shots sometimes And Let all Sunday School collections be the mark, but the oareful hunter, al- for missionary or benevolent purposes, ways takes aim, you can teach more and you take eelfishness'fiona the heart effectually if yen know just what kind of the ohild and inspire it to work and of boys and girls are before you. Sure- sacrifice for others. Nor does the ef- ly this knowledge is of prime haver- feat of this end there. The .phild's tante to a teacher who is trying to' heart is better fitted to receive the teach by the methods of the great truth, the thought that work for others teaoher who, for his kindly interest in is nobler than work for themselves, fills the affairs of men, was called, the their mind, the truth draws on them "friend of pvblioans and sinnerd." that life has a purpose and that A study of the Great Teacher's "They must upward still and onward methods in dealing with men will re- Who would keep abreast of truth." veal to us many truths concerning the And you train up an army of earnest human mind, and will go far towards working youths whose power shall be felt when we are laid aside. • TheSuperintendent,too,has veaymuch to do in oaring for the pupils in the appointment of efficient teachers. By efficient we do not mean a teacher whose head is full of historical, geographical or Biblical knowledge, and can instruct a class, but we mean a teaoher who, while the head is web furnished has a heart full of love for, rand interested in the welfare of the scholar, and power to educate, to lead and help keep out that which is injuring or narrowing the nature of the child, and to lead out and develop that which will benefit and ennoble. Let them have classes of such a size that they may becoine ao- quainted with the scholars, know their home surroundings and inguences and their particular needs, so that 'the word fitly spoken' may be always ready and that the special heart lesson for eaeli individual soul may be sought for in the preparation of each Sabbath's Iles - son. Not instruction alone, but ad- vice, instruction and enoouragment are all required in caring for the scholar. Make the school a busy school in every sense. If once the children grasp the idea that life was meant to be real and earnest, that not to be lgood but to do good is its highest purpose, and that when doing good they are working with .God and against the forces of evil and iniquity, or as Ruskin puts it the forces of 'inequity' you have accomplihsed that which yeets of treats and anniver- saries could never have done. We fancy some asking would you never have an -anniversary or picnic; certain- ly we woald, but we would not have ready made affair and ask the children to come to it. We would have them help make it. Call a meeting of the ohildien, let the' question be discussed* by them, conduct the meeting as you would that of grown, persons, let them say What they are willing to do towards making it a success, respect their sug- gestions, direct them wisely, abide by their vote and we venture to say that instead of the stereotyped affair or par- rot like entertainment, you will have created an enthusiasm that will bring forth such 'a spirit of delight and enter. prise that scholars who never thought they could do anything will try their powers to entertain amuse o i t vie cannot areSent OM properly to Ne,the idea that °titers. must 40 this qtber band. renezt, rrrot-like,. what rtunity to.re for ctliOra, tni31130* r erest others, and talents >ibey never dreamed of will grow bright in loving service,tind hearts will glow with.thought of power possessedspowet to help,power to bless, and will this be all?. No, dear teacher, it is not all, whilst their hearts and hopes are all aglow do thou with prayer. ful carefulness direct asking our Heav- erly Father,each youthful worker. ',Into his great field of labor Where alt work is not the saws. Where he hath a service For each, who, love His Holy Name?' Anil to you will he given. the joy and reward of those who as Whittier says "Awaken in the youthful heart, Love for the True and Bright Zeal for the Christians better part Strength for the Christian's fight." Mr Scott discussed the next topic "The Pastor and the school" Fie thought the pastor should be very closely connected with this part of the work of the church. The teachers should be approved of by him and he should meet them quite frequently, for consultation. and counsel. He also thought that the pastor should take up the lesson during the week for the bene- fit of the teachers. He pointed out how important the Sunday School was becoming to the church and that this made it all the more necessary for a strong bond of sympathy and help be- tween the pastor and the children. Mr Foster closed the programme by con- sidering the subject "The teacher criticised." The teacher should come to school early enough to greet all' his pupils as they arrive. The teacher who is needlessly absent is unfit for so im- portant a position. Pupils should not be permitted to recite scripture verses without understanding itheir meaning, and should not receive credit for having recited, when they have not really memorized them, but require prompt- ing. The teacher who considers his work to be the mere entertaining of his class during the lesson half-hour, with purposeless stories, has a low idea of his privilege as a teacher. His work is to lodge truth in his scholars' minds, and nothing short of that is true teach- ing. The teacher should not allow time to be consumed upon the lengthy dis- mission. of minor points in the lesson, to the overlooking of more important things. He should study the needs of hip class, plan the,teachins of the lesson accordingly, and stick to his plan, In response to the invitation of the chairman short addresses were made b Dr Williams, Mr Swallow, Mr Hill, Mr Stevenson, and Revs Livingstone and Edge upon an organization of all S. S. workers in the town. It was afterwards unanimously carried that such a society be formed and ja large representative committee was appoint. ed to report on its nature at another meeting. The singing under the charge of Mr Kay and Miss Gibbings was all that could be desired. The Quartette Club —Miss Walker and Messrs Kay, Har- land and Foster, also did their part to make up the pleasure of the eyening. Around The County Mr. A. E. Banyard,late lessee of the Hensel) mills,has left this week for Fen- wick, Mich., where be has purchased a mill. A driving horse belonging to the pro. prietor of the Exeter Times, died last week of look -jaw, caused by tight girth. ing. It is reported that Rev. W. T. Cluff, of Brussels, has been offered a charge in ono of the cities of Michigan at a good salary. William J. Eaket, of Howick, has given up farming on account of bad earn money for the regular Sabbath health, He has moved down to his fa- • 4)04 Eilmeen.:Aeket'e, MI the /Alia% Verrt§. • X, Thompson, tormeity Ifonaul4 hao gone tO QQattingant idan- 9Ver5 qerznally, whero1eNOV *pew) 'Om 4..144140r, It is said that a murriage will shortly t,olie Plum in which a, wall imewzi wt. ewer, of Norria, well up in years, and a widow, living near loandeshoro, will be the contracting parties, We have to record the death of one of Eiowick's early settlers, in the person of Ur- Tho. Taylor, of the fifteenth con- cession, which sad event took place on Monday last, after long and painful illness. Mr. Francis Fowler, of the Huron Road, Hallett, died on Wednesday last after a lingering illness of over a year. His wife died about two years ago. Mr. Fowler was a native of Yorkshire, England, and was one of the first set - tiers in this district. The 150 acre farm belongiag to the estate of the late Wm. llooney, of Dfor- ris, was sold to W. C. Stretton, of Lan- caster, Ohio, for the sum of a5,500. The faun could not have been touched a few years ago at the figure it sold at - but owing to the general depression in land just now the executors thought best to conclude the sale with the pur- chaser. On Friday last Mr: Joseph Dancey, of Stephen met with a serious mishap. While attending the stook one of the Jiorses kicked at him; whereupon he grasped a stick, and striking the animal the stick broke, a piece of which struck Mr. Dancey in the eye, penetrating the sight. For a time the sight of the in- jured eye was impaired, but within a few days it will be restored. An important decision to farmers and others, was given a short time ago by Judge Chadwick in the Divison Court in Palmerston. Mr. Robert Ed- gar, of Howick, purchased a horse froin one Js. Dwyer, of Minto, last fall, Mr. Edgar stated at the court that Dwyer told him that the horse was sound, Dwyer denied this statement, but, ad- mitted he told Edgar the horse was sound as far as he knew; and a number of his neighbors swore that they knew the horse and considered he was sound. Mr. Armstrong examined the horse some time after Mr. Edgar got him, and on examination that the horse was unsound. The Judge accordingly gave judgment for kr. Edgar for $45, and costs, the amount claimed. A• sensation was created in Dashwood on Monday, April 1st, by the news that Alfred Kurtz, an eleven -year-old son of Mr. John Kurtz, was actually lost. It appears that on Saturday—morning the boy startedout in search of their hound, which was in the woods. After going some distance in the woods he become bewildered, and could not find his way home. Search was soon instituted for the.misising. boy- and. •continued until Monday evening, when he was found near Hensall, accompanied by the,deg; having been away from home three days and two nights. The -searching parties found some difficulty in getting satisfactory answers to their eager en. quiries from the people by the way. Monday being the first of April, people thought they were fooling, and theref are answered accordingly. Educational Pointers. (Contributed.) Mr Galton has found that the teach- er, with his de*. toi,l, has a lighter sleep and more frequent dreams ; while the professor is a deeper sleeper and a less frequent dreamer. Moral : Don't worry The attendance at the Clinton Colle- giate Institute at present is very large, and is steadily inereasing. Mr J. John- son and Mr W. Potter, of Toronto School of Medicine, have entered this" week to pursue work untilJuiy._ InAirtY, 1851, Daniel. Webster made. a great speech at Buffalo on the state of the country. Of 8822 words in that speech, 6371 were monosyllables. It should be the constant effort of the in. structor to show her children how to use the common language of the coin - mon pe ople with elegance and precision. Some time ago a famous oculist in the Fatherland declaredethe use of writ- ingpaper ruled with blue lines to be in_ jurious to the eyesight.( Now specialists have unanimously condemned the use of blue lines, and an order has been issued to all School Boards in the Hes sian Grand Dutohy that from January 1, 1889, every copybook used in the schools shall be ruled with black lines instead of blue. When parents attempt to usurp the authority vested in the teacher of their children ; when they hastily condemn the teacher's action in the presence of their children, without first consulting the teacher.; when they insist on a max. ium of good results at examinations in return for a minimumof home -work or perpetual oversight; when they express surprise that their child is not marked high in deportment, while at home that same youth rules the household ; or when parents, to vent personal spleen, encourage exaggerated and false reports about the teacher, we 'say in all such cases parents are treating the teacher unjustly. The average salary paid to male teachers in Ontario is $424 ; female, $290, or, in County Schools $2701 This is less than farmers pay good har- vest hands—less than many servant girls receive. Little wonder that our best Public School teachers are gradu- ally but etuely leaving the professor The insecurity of the teacher's tenureof office has a disturbing effect upon the profession. I am not judging either trustees or ratepayers harshly when I say that the teacher as a rule is more the victim of caprice than almost any other public officer. Not only is he too often condemned unheard, but even when complaint is made as to the man- ner in which his work is done, how sel• dom does he find himself judged unpar- tially.—Minister of Education. "My, but don't you have an easy time, home here at four o'clock, with nothing to do the rest of the day but en- joy yourself, and nine dollars a week for it," says my caller Mrs Smith as I enter the parlor after a day's struggle with a rough and tumble class. regular teacher is at home sick, in all 'probability worn out by a six rnonth's struggle with these same inno- cents. The above remark meets with no answer, unless an icy glare .that be. speaks utter weariness of body and mind may be considered as such. What is the use? Mrs Smith thinks' she knows it all, but in point of faot knows nothing about the trials of sohbolteaoh. ing. She belongs to that vast, army of women who, "Think those school teach- ers haVa altogether too easy a time; nothing to do,and plenty to get, and with itf all see how they treat those children, poor, harmless little things! But just let me catch one of them touching my Tonamy. Then we shall see 1" The d ed icatory services ofTrini- ty Methodist new church, Toronto, wore continued last Sunday, and about $22,000 were raised at the the different services. • 1.1 NEWS woWg$ Strawberries itrn selling in troit at 50 cents per quart. 4 maxi deg panic prevai,lst. Pernival City, Iowa. any head of stook have died, and tt young man is suffering from rabies. An Ottawa correspondent iS authorized to deny that $ir. John' Macdonald received $100,000 by the will of the late Ron. J. pope. Smallpox in the neighbourhood of St Thomas may now be regard- ed as stamped out. There are no fresh patients, and those afflicted ar rocovering. Ald. Frankland, the well-known cattle exporter, of Toronto, esti- mates that shipments from Toron- to for English markets during the coming, season will reach 60,000 head. Farmers living in the vicinity of Winona, Minn., have almost completed the seeding of small grain. Preparations are being made to plant an unusually largo acreage of corn. The town council of Berlin, Ont., have ordered the chief of police to ring the town bell at nine o'clock at night and arrest any childhren found on the streets after that hour. Rubin Wilson (colored) caused a small panic at a concert in Tor- onto, on Saturday by shouting "fieadbeadt" "Fire!" at one of the performers. . His fun cost him $20 line and costs. C. T. Bate dropped dead in the Russell house, Ottawa,Wednesday night. He was sitting in a chair talking to_some friends, when he suddenly fell back. He was a re- tired wholesale merchant, and was mayor of the city in 1884. Frank Harris, of Bloomfield, 22 years old, was on Monday riding in a roan cart driving a mare and leading a stallion. The stallion seized hini by the nock withjila teeth, dragged him out of the cart backwards, shaking him terribly and stamping him to death. Wm. Black, a farmer of West- minster; near Belmont, died very suddenly on Saturday' morning. Tio.hadjust .dressed himself, and was walking out of his bedroom when he fell dead in ths 'doorway Deceased was 54 years of age,and leaves a wife and family. A letter has been received by the mayor of Chicago, from load- ing residents of Ouida,' Dak., stat- ing that 25 residences, 48 barns, 650 sheep any many horses and cattle wore destroyed by the re- cent prairie fires in Sully county. The letter Says that ono hundred .farmers are homeless, without clothing or seed for sowing, and appealsdor help. Mr Brydgos, late land commis- sioner of the Hudson Bay Com- pany, sold tho N: P. and Manitoba Railway Company twenty acres of land-along.the rivor-'-trontTand''al most in the heart of Winnipeg for the nominal rum of $10,000. Tho former- company now. repudiates the sale on " the ground that' Budges was not authorized to make the deal, and a lawsuit is likely to arise. The Scribner family, of Water - borough, Me., is remarkable in that its four generations aro un- broken by death. David Scribne,t and his wife, both about 90 years old, have been married 65 years and have three children, tho old- est being 60. Their children have children and grand -children, and no death has yet occured in the lino of descndants, from Mr and. Mrs Scribner to their great grand- children. A 14-year;old Hungarian girl landed at Castle Garden last week. Sho had never seen a negro, and while sitting in the place was approached by a dense- ly-coloaed bootblack. Sho was nearly thrown into fits, raised her hands in horror and declared that she had soon the devil. Mat- ters were explained to her, but she kept a Wide distance from file bootblack during her stay in the garden. James Clark, a negro boy of Albany, Ga.,is '.me of tho wonders of the place, because, though never having boon taught, he is well, educated, a good mathema- tician,and writes a "pretty hand." Ile buys many books, and says that when he studies a text book and tries to master a lesson ho can't understand anything about it; but at night in his dreams the entire lesson is impressed upon his mind, and he never 'forgets it. Ho is described as being "exceed- ingly absentminded and flighty in his manner, and his far -away look gives him the appearance ot one who has visions." Mr N. Webb, tho well-known proprietor of the China Hall,'St. Thomas, died last Saturday night at his residence from blood poison- ing. Tho disease originated from a most peculiar cause, On Thurs- day he was at his place of business as usual,but complained of a small boil on the back of his neck, and Friday morning, the pain being somewhat severe, a doctor was called, but nothing serious was anticipated, Saturday n ight,how- ever, blood poisoning set in, and despite all that medical skill could do ho passed away at eleven o'clock. Evangelist Hunter was with him to tho end. Deceased was ono of our most prominent citizens and had been in business in St. Thomas over fifteen years. A,ouilptts,Ofok0_,i4.„ Pen. ammation is. roportenoont4oron",• , • to. 44,4104L0i. Obig Of U nboreti,.*ne sink itattidathin4 to all atp§ernneea passed : IRO*104 fl.fgat'Tbe re11414.0, WON carefully dressed for butfatt amcf, flowers were sent in by friend. In the still small hours the no ther thought she heard a faint ery from her little one, and woke he husband. To satisfy bis wU'e's eagerness he agreed to go doW.n., stairs and visit -the .death:ohamber. To his own amazement he .ob, served the little one's arm move and, having su.minonedassistance, the delighted couple later on had their child restored, but very weak. Rev. J. G. Dean, of Fenelon Falls, was tried before His Honor. Judge Dean on five separate charges of indecent assault on young boys. On the first four charges the prisoner was found not guilty, but on the fifth charge,. which occurred in January last, he was convicted and sentenced to. three months in the common jail, There is a very strong feeling in Fenelon Falls against the prison. er and it was feared that as one case after another fell through the defendant would get off, but he last case proved too much for him. BORN. Cesreszias—In Detroit, on the 10th not., the wife of Dr. J. Campbell, of a 011. s 3 b e 0 0 T 1 E 1 MARRIED VVRIGHT—MUNN—At Blyth, on the rd inst. by Rev. A. W. Tonge, Mr W. Wright,of Turnberry, to Miss D. Munn, f Wingham. EIORTON—NEWELL.--On the 3rd inst., y Rev. Jas. A. Anderson, B. A. Wm. Horton, tolSarah Newell, at the resi- enoe of the bride's father, John New - 11, Goderich. OLDFIELD—Green.—At the residence f the bride's father, in the township of Hibbert, by the Rev. T. W. Magahy '-actor of St. Thomas' church, Seaforth' ti the 2nd inst., Mr John Oldfield, of uckersmith, to Miss Mary Ann,dangh • er of Mr Richard Green, of Hibbert. DIED FOWLER.—In Hallett, on the :3rd net., Francis Fowler, aged 58 years, 1 months and 4 days. • Kinburn, on March 29th, lizabeth Hingston, relic of the late m. Hall, of Bayfield, aged 61 years, Monti:is and 11 days. BROWNLEE.—In Tuckersmith, on the at inst., James, youngest son of Geo. rownlee, aged 1 year and 2 months. jtwAchertioentents. /MICRO -BRED DURHAM BULL FOR SERVICE.—Subscribers keep for service at their farm,Base Line, Goderich township, a thoro-bred Durham Bnli,registered, Terms 51 at time of service, with privilege of re- turning, if necessary. TYNDALL BROS. , PAINTING,PAPER HANGING, &C.—THE undersigned desires to intimate to the people of Clinton and vicinity that lie is continuing tho business formerly carried on by the firm of Kaiser & Wilson, and is pre- pared to do all kinds of work in Painting, Paper Hanging, Kalsomining, &c., on short- est notice and in themost workmanlike manner. Orders selicitted. B. -KAISER. Property for Sale. The undersigned offers for sale the house and lot at present occupied by her on Rat- tenbury Street. The house is a good two- story frame, with accomodation tor ordin- ary family, and usual conveniences, with bard, and soft water. The lot is one-fifth of an acre, and being so centrally situated is a very desirable place, Tering reasonable MRS OLIVER, Clinton. TO CONTRACTORS. The board of School Trustees of the Town ship of Tuckersinith, will receive sealed tenders for the erection of a brick school house in No. 4 section, the building to be forty feet long, twenty-five feet wide, and '1 eetbigli, Also a separate tender for the erection of a brick leah to at the end, 25 feet Icing, 10 feet wide and 10 feet high at the lowest end, to be used as a wood ` shed with two water closet th ' a separate tender for tho fencing of the school grounds with posts and boards, eon- taining a small gate, --Also separate tender for the digging of a walf, bricking up and placing a pubip therein, the well properly covered and drained. Also separate tender for the moving of the old wood shed to now grounds. Plans and specifications of build- ing can bo seen at the office of the under- signed. Tenders will be received up to May 15, 1889, work to bo completed before the 20th October next. G. E. IACKS0N, Secretary of Board. Egmondville, April 6, 1889, REDUCED RATES sss se, - To MANITOBA, BRIT. COLUMBIA And the NOR -WESTERN STATES VIA BEATYS SARNIA LINE Steamers, United Empire, Ontario and Campana, sailing from Sarnia during navi- gation (weather permitting) every Tuedday and Friday night, and calling on Wednes- day and Saturdays at Goderich and Kinear dine, connecting at the latter place with the G. T. R. train leaving Clinton at 10 a. m1, for at. Joe's Island, Garden River, Sault Ste. Marie, Port Arthur and Duluth, connecting at Port Arthur with the Canadian Pacific Railway. and at Duluth with the Red River Valley Railway, Lowest Rates, best accom- modations, Express time and choice of routes. JAMES 11 13EATTY, W. JACKSON Gent, Manager Sarnia A. 0. PATTISON Agents, Clinton. Easter 1110LIDAYS.- REDUCED FARES TO ALL POINTS CONSULT W. JACKSON 0 T R UPTOWN AGENT. Important Debtors NOIR It being utterly impossible to conduct business without money, I hereby noti- fy all those indebted to me, and whose accounts have been rendered; that if the same are not settled by negotiable note or cash before the 1st of May, that they will be placed in court for collection.— This notice is imperative. 8. DAV-I8 Mammoth Hardware and Stove House, Clinton. 61