The Clinton New Era, 1889-07-05, Page 41c t1'Advertisements Goderich, hurried him out of the Hall History in Public Schools.
' to his hotel. The conduct of the Con.
Garden Party. -Willis Church servatives present was extremely un -
By W. Y.. Lough, Principal t7itntotY Model
Bargains in Carriages -Cooper & Co eeemly,and their demonstrations of dis- soboot.
Ready for 'ut weather -Jackson Bros approval were of an outrageous °hast. Read isefore East Huron Teachers.
12th of July -W. Jackson ter. It would have been much better
Beet value -Beesley se Co to have allowed Mr Porter to have ex- Mx PRESIDENT &ND FELLOW TEACHERS:
Natures remedies -A. H. Dixon eroised hie undoubted privileges, nay, History is a subject that has been very
Montreal businesshouse-Dom. Agency more his duties, without in any way little discussed .at our meetings, and I
Paints W. Johnson &
Co
attempting to interfere with the sacred believe this is a mistake. We have to
All this month-Detlor & Co right of free discussion, and by the well devote a considerable portion of our
Midsummer sale -W. L. Ouimette known constitutional method of votes time to the teaching of the subject, and
Agents wanted-John„5imms of non -confidence or censure place the
To co:,traotors-John Cox opinion of the eleotorate upon record.
Cook wanted -Mrs D. McDonald Our correspondent at Belfast maintains
that a vote of censure was carried,where-
as the daily papers announced that it
was rejected. However this may be,
there was abundant evidence at Beifast
offered to MrPorter of his constituents,
disapproval of his conduct. ,
Thus the weary pilgrimage proceeded
to its close, and Mr Porter went home ll "What is the use of studying history?”
is a question that has frequently been
asked me by pupils. They oan see the
value of Reading, Arithmetic, Compo.
sition, &o., but history requires so much
time, and there is so much that requires
explanation that they conclude it would
be better to put the time on the other
subjects. "We can read history for our-
selves after leaving school,"they say, -
Can we censure pupils for not wishing
to study a subject which affords no
practical benefit? But, someone may
say you do not make it interesting
enough, or they would love the subject.
Of such I ask in passing: Can you
make history interesting and prepare a
class for entrance in from six to sigh•
teen months, without sacrificing time
that should be devoted to other branch-
es.
But my pupils are not the only per.
sons who regard history in this light,
Mr H. Spencer says: -"That history
as now written is useless. It does not
illustrate the right principle of political
action. The great mass of historical
facts, are facts from which no conclu,
cion can- •be 7.drawn--lf.10. anizable
faots, and therefore, facts of no service
in establishing principles of conduct, I think the best method is to get the
which is the chief use of facts." pupils to tell what they can of the topic
Bain says :-"Tile full bearing of ander consideration, and then reward
• Obituary. History cannot be understood without their exertions by adding to the. know-
Clinton
residents lately, q hath few of its much previous knowledge, andsomeex. ledge obtained by independent effort,
+.a
y, y , but none perience of the World, and where these some interesting -facts. Then place a
It i, estimated that during the will be more regretted than the two requisites are found, there is little need synopsis of the lesson on the board,
who have just passed away. of a teacher. The historical works, an- drawing as much as possible from the
past year -$200;000,000 of English tient and modern, are the self• sen pupils. .
MR SAMUEL CRICH has been ailing private reading of our mature years." Still there are many lessons which
capital was invested in industries for some time, and his death, on Sat- By way of parenthesis I would say, I mast be .carefully taught before the
in the United Stator. And this urday last, was not unexpected. For have found my experience coincide with pupils can grasp the meaning. The
Some time his physicial sufferings the above, I have found my best stud- teacher must be prepared to give differ.
enortnoue sum i, being daily in- have been moat intense, but theywere ents of history to be those who are great ent opinions on many topics and' assist
„,,.,,,sod, Should there ever• boa borne with that Christian fortitude readers. pupils to form conclusions from them.
that has ever marked his. lite. He Mr Payne , says :-"T• hat history as Take for instance the ;Execution of
tendency to war between England was born in Horsinthorp, -Notting• taught in all our better schools, has an Charles -I. Here pupils must be led to
and the States, which is unlikely, bamshire, and came to this country almost incomparable culture valve, sec. see that by the provisions of the Great
when quite young, settling with his ond, I think, only to literature." He Charter the king did not receive a fair
the investment of this capital brothers, 51 years ago, -on the 2nd con. grades history as follows: -Practical trial, and that therefore his sentence
would bo a strong ' of Tuckersmith where he continued value,direct, low, ,indirect, medium: and execution were not justifiable,
b preventative. disciplinary value, specific, low, tonic, This topic affords the teacher an op.
r..• to reside until a few years ago, when high, portunity to impress a great moral
be moved into town. Not long ago I believe Mr Payne is right, but in principle, that of justice to all.
At the Reform banquet in Tor- he spent ayear in California, but the this utilitarian age culture is given a THE COURSE IN HISTORY.
Godlessness of that State was more subordinate rank. Can history be taught profitably with
onto, on Saturday, lion. G. W.
than he could tolerate. For Many In my opinion, the aims of teaching our present course and textbook?
Ross dealt largely with the ques- years he was a member of the Meth- the subject are as follows -1st, To ere From my experience after trying many
tion of French being taught in odist church; quiet and ,unassuming, ate in pupils a taste for reading. 2nd, methods, I do not hesitate to answer in
yet with an experience 'that showed To train pupils to form opinions for the negative.
some of the public schools of On- "the indwelling spirit." Politically themselves. 3rd, To fit pupils for the The field is too large to work profit.
tario. While he admitted that inhe was a Reformer. He leaves two duties of citizenship. 4th, As a means ably in the time at onr disposal. To
sons, a daughter and a wife to mourn of culture. prepare an average class for entrance
those counties having a French hia death. His sons are Messrs These aims are inseparably connect- examination in one year, at least one
population, this language was best Crich, Tuckersmith, and rs Her- s ed and the first to a certain extent in. hour a day must be devoted to history,
eludes the others, and is a means of se- in order to make a fair mark on the
. taught to some extent, he showed W. Crich, Seaforth, and his daughter curing the others.' For this reason, I "leading features" but, when we see
Mrs D. Elcoat, of Ontario, California, will not notice them separately. the papers set and find that the meaning
clearly that he was doing all that His remains were interred at Turner's. In all teaching our, aim should bo to given to "leading features" by the man
it was possible for him to do to MR JOHN TAYLOR died very un- foster a love for reading, and to eulti• who -sets the paper is not in accordance
make En gb b lisp the language, of the expectedly on Wednesday morning, vate a taste for 1 e right kind of litera• with onr ideas, and that some of the
having been np town the day previ, ture, so that when a pupil leaves school, questions;are of such' a nature as to re•
section.. It takes timeto work our. In 1880 his only son died, and he will continue bis education Inde. quire a mature mind to answer them,
this seemed to affect him so much pendently of any other teacher than the we are inclined to think that to teach
changes in a s3=stent that has been anthor•of the book he, may be reading. the subject as it should. be taught, in
in vogue since , 1854, oapeCial(3 thathe has been in failing health ev- History presents a vast field .of read- order to cultivate a taste for reading
er since. He was a native of York- ing into which the student.is ushered 'and to train to independent thought, we
when 'parents talk French only, shire, En,., and sometime about 1848 by the teacher, and over which he ma would require about six hours a day.
and it is bath absurd and- urirea• came to Canada,;iving.at Esquessing roam', here patisibg to'pluck a fragrant The present coarse instead of advent-
sonabla to expect that children township for a couple of years, when fiower,there,togaze upon .some fascinat• ing the cause of education hinders it.
phe game west, settling on lot 33, on ing panorama, anon, he feels his whole Ask the librarians of our Mechanics In -
"who havb never. heard anything' the 13th con. of Hullett, where he soul vibrate with emotion over some stitutes, how many of our young people
but French'spoken, should at once continued to live until about seven stirring.scene in the great drama which read historical works. Is it any wonder
years ago, when he moved to Clinton. has been enacted in the centuries gone that pupils are disgusted with the sub -
begin their studies in English, aAround The County
' He was very quiet and reserved, yet a by. What child is not aroused to strive jact ? Instead of giving them an ap-
tongue of which they know noth- pleasant friend and companion. Or. after higher,aims by the narration of petite for such food, we make the sub- --
iginallp belonging to the New Con- the struggles for freedom of such men ject nauseous, lit J. W, Ts an has sold the
ir,t., and• which must be mastered nasion Methodists, he remained true as Alfred, Langford,Montford,Wallace,-We give them the bones of the fowl east fifty acres of the Thompson
Tell, Luther and mny others, who op• and ask them to digest these first, then fardt'��o,n the Huron Road, McKi1
by degrees. As strong a conser- to Methodism through all its changes posed tyranny, error and superstition we turn them adrift to complete the lop, tri' Mr George M. Chesney, for
(- vative •i)t;let• : s the Hamilton and every Sunday.found him. in his in their varied forms? What child structure out of these dry bones.
place in Ontario St. church. Histhe sum of $4,000, Mr Chesney
does not recoil with horror from tales of I believe Quick is right when he says:
Spectator is L.:"nIs enough to admit wife survives him and the only sur- oppression, scenes of cruelty and brutal- -'I neither despise a knowledge of his- has also rented the west half of
this. viving member of the family is -Mrs ityperpetrated bythose Who fancied they tory and geography, nor do I think that the same farm.
.. Walter Cunningham, of Hullett. The had the "divine right" to lord it over these studies should be neglected for ' Last week Thos. �MeL•auchlin
• Alit. PORTER, 111„ 1'., AND remains will be taken to a burial God's heritage on this fair earth ? foreifin languages or science ; and it is o '
West Heron, • ground named after himself -"Tay- These emotions should be utilized in because I should wish a pupil of mine stockman, of Grey, sold 9 head
lora"-in Hullett, to day, Friday, developing lofty sentiments and en- to become in the end thoroughly on. Of fine fat cattle to Joseph Clegg,
The "funeral -like procession" of Mr couraging nobility and independence of versant in history and geography, that receiving the handsome sum of
Porter through the constituency lie character. We should train onr child- I should if possible, conceal from him $1,656 for•.them or an average of
misrepresents has come to an end, and ren, to love right because it is right, to the existence of the numerous school
the honorable gentleman has returned Seaforth sympathize with the oppressed, and to manuals on these subjects." • ' $57 each. Some of the above
"We will suppose," he continues, mentioned cattle were not two
to his home a "wiser and sadder` than."assist those in trouble,or the unfor. PP
He has learned beyond doubt that his Mr S. W. Cady was in town last unate. "that a parent meets with a book which years old. He lately refused 8l, -
week• he thinks will be both instructive and
conduct last session has been strongly I believe there is no subject which 300 for One of his imported 2 year
disapproved of by the majority of his The fruit growers as-ociation of can be made more interesting than his entertaining to his children. But tho
Oonstitttc:ata. Thre Tory. organs may Ontario are meeting herr this week. tory, and none which will give broader book is a largo one and would take a old Clydesdale sta11i0ns,
rave all the louse, but the cannotviews`and remove the conceits, re udic- long time to get through; so instead of
On Monday evening a uumber
y P Y Miss Maggie Beattie left last Forestes of the P ? reading anypart of it to them or let-
ting of the friends of Rev. A. Dlcliibbin
alter what
i iC'tintonpamanyuof obis oldlday on a visit to friends at Forest ed.
Truedif aiman read butnone auarrow thor,
and Galt. them read it for themselves, he
assembled at the residence of Mr
friends would not call on him, and will imbibe his •Views, and maythink makes them Learn the index by heart.
atur-
Smith, Blucvale, and presented the
did not go to his meeting. The Presi• DIr Coats formerly of 1 icard s dry that what he does [not know about the The children do not find it entertaining;
dent of the Conservative Association goods store of this place, spent Do- subject is not worth knowing. But if he they get a horror of the bcok, which rev. gentlemen with a valuable
did not preside. and the gentleman minion day in town. read such extremes as Macaulay and prevents their ever looking at it after• writing desk, as a small expres- which a
first selected for that bastion teas'Lingard, and see the character of some wards, and they forget the index as soon sion of their estimation of -him.- intended going over the Horse -
P The Methodist people of this place the as the possiblycan. Just such is the shoe Falls in, was made at Nia r
easy,not a butnotiniiloodg tforl, It m, to give the areuld be highly favored by having two figured uredithe prominentastortrayed ineuch oersons who have
sagaciouplaadopted in te.ching Itoni I. B. he Mot , the coming era Falls onTho Odd.
g pastors for this year in the persons g P P Y P history in schools,' and such are the minister OF the Methodist church, ' Sunday.
names at many who refused to pay of Revds, Wesley Casson and Wesley thattthe lmostllimporta tt led
thing inthink
the natural consequences. We give the p
looking craft was placed in the
Mrid ox erred there for thefirst Sab•
their 'respects to ha 1 o ser whilst here,
P o water about 400 yards above the
who arrived and took uepitome first, and allow itto precede or bath in July. He will no doubt
and who always have been and are no
Cosens, p work of education is to encouragey ,
their residence in town on %Vednes• thought. We have too few thinkers in rather to supplant, the knowledge e rt•Ca'aract by Grahams friendN,
doubt still very good Conservatives: o PP P prove -himself a worthy successor
•Elis meeting at Clinton was the veryday last. ' • the world. Thegreat mass of people is omized, The children are disgusted while he waited in a boat below
p pto Rev. Mr McKibbon.
worst kind of a fizzle. There was not The lacrosse match played at led by a few. There is always hope for and no wonder."• �+► the falls. The boat struck sever -
We YWe re ret to announce the death
TUE TEsr•u00E. g
the least particle of that enthusiasm Stratford -on Dominion day between a man when he begins to think. TurnWargo rocks on its way to the
Baldwin says :-"As •far tis 'merel of' riel, former) of Sca-
t always incident t,+ political gatherings• the team of that• place and the ing from rue authors mentioned, he isYHenryy y falls, and before it reached the
.:i?" His speech was rcueived in dead silence, Beavers of Seaforth was won bythe compelled to read some moderate•view• intellectual education is concerned the forth, on Saturday 'last. Deceased
and bad it not. bran for the gentlemen ' ed historian such as Hallam or Green. most important lesson that can be met his death in the .California Minh of the precipice it wad
former by two goals to one, The learnt by the pupils is how to nye the smashed in a hundred pieces.
who asked questions, there would have After reading such a variety of ways oflumber woods by'a tree falling on
return match will take place here on
been no appltuiwe all through, Why t looking'at the history of the same text -book to the best advantage. The Graham was greatly astonished,
the 19th of this month, treasured knowledge and wisdom of the on. hint. There are n0 particulars
there was 110 r •:;elution of confidence,events, he would be led to determine 1 and is receiving, congratulations
as is usual up such Occasions, it is The conversazione held at the Cul• that it is best not to pin his faith in his• ages is stored in books, and the secret to hand further than this. illy
difficult to }shay. Mr Porter and his legiate Institute on Friday evening tory, politics, or religion, toanyindit•id. of gaming this knowledge frons their FL•iel was about 85 yours of age from hia friend, that he was not
foo' r, 1 fainir..: 1,1'nrtera lalow best. last was a grand success, The pro• uals' cont sleets. pages should be communicated by every and scent to C'alifot;ttla a year ago
inside the destroyed boat.
A year ago and sir ,John's name would As we read the of mon and teacher to every pupil,' Canlwe make
y gram consisted h vocal and inetrulast spring. Ho !'ayes a widow
have called fm•th unbounded applause, women, as depicted 'in history, we are the Public School text book"understand• 1 b >• An intet'Cstini case came up
• but it is 1)0 good to conjure bynow. A mental mucic, chemical experiments, led to consider how far our characters able," or learnable? Without fear and two small Children to mourn before the Division Court held
g J and alt tics,ealisthenic exercises, &c,, of contradiction ? I answer, no.
tear ago and n meeting, called by Mr and all taking part acquitted them• correspond with theirs. We are induc• Again, Baldwin says :-"The Ian• the loss of a loving husband and recently in Brantford, which in -
Porter would have been crowded, but selves with satisfaction to all resent, ed to shun the faults and to aim to
guage of the text -book should be tor• father. volved a question of forgery, A
now the hall stiff lint one-third full, A p cultivate the good qualities of others, g g
year ago and (.very reference to the Ot•There were large congregations at We see that Ecru come rear the attain- sect and choice, and the style clear, Some time ago an emigrant man giving his name as Wm.
vigorous, and Vivacious. A textbook nalne.l Patac,} Marshal, had an ad- Barley, selling harrow clips
" testa Gnvornment, and every drive. at the Methodist church last Sunday, meat of a fall'•orbed manhood, and we 3 5 I
those bad Grit:- ,couici have been vocif. especially in the evening, to hear
are encouraged to greater activity by written in a style beyond the capacity venture With an owl in Thos. Ste- in the county some time ago and
sycosis cheered, now the stillness and Mr Howell's farewell sermons. Mr
seeing the lofty position that frail of the pupil is not only useless, but vensOrl'd bush on the 10th Con., ho disposed of' $30 worth to lir
dumbness were appalling. Howell's family left last Saturday to
humanity has sometimes ranched, and positively injurious, since either" the
Gray. He was working in the J Reid, blacksmith at Cainsville,
Mr Porter's tne(ting at the Orange visit friends in Eastern Ontario be as we read of the work of such men as pupil becomes disgusted with the study
l and neglects it altogether, or he tom• bush when the owl flew at him for which amount he received a
Hall, on the Rut Held Road, Was fairly fore taking up' their abode in Berlin. Wilberforce, !Howard, dec., we resolve
well attended. Mr Porter's speech was Mr Howell left town on Wednesday to take our stand in the ranks of those book mits to under the the lag m impression
the
ion and chased him around through. note. Mr Reid after writing the
much the same as the ono delivered of this week, and the best wishes for who are engaged on the side of light I the bush and finally stuck its the word "thirty"omitted to
here. A motion expressive of confr•against the forces of darkness, and to that he is acquiring knowledge, and claws in his arm and he caught it draw a line to fill in the blank
his future work follow him to hisoanare thus 'his mental habits are serious•
rm-
(Irma,
ronicarried,
lissentewith,
nt wevoaroinfor m new field of labor.
leavetheworld thabetter of oand nr having
ly, if not permanently, vitiated,"
by the head and ran into the hese and this fact was taken advantage
•
• there he prncerdrd to Goderich. His.".......".111.1.— lived. Does our test book meet these re- Where lir Stevenson had Notllo Of pYcsuntabl3' by Barley, who
gnirements? The best that can be trouble ingetting its claws unloos- tilled in the Mord "eight". In
reception there was tis rnol and ominous SEE HOPI' BROTHERLY LOVE PRE- Again, let us Consider the dicisi021 of said about the authors is that they re• ed; !'arses said he though it Was writing the letett a :10 DIP Reid
as that of Clinton. The Conservative vans. -"The editor of the Clinton the subject into the customs of the pec. semble Cromwell in that they live a
ranks are split up into several factions News Record said after the recent ple, religious advancement, progress of century or two before their time, an evil spirit that was after him: also made the nought a good deal
and only a small ane remain friends of Grand Dodge meeting at Goderich literature and education; biography, When the "comingteachers" will have Mr A. J. Conover, of the Wing- snsnitor than the 3 so that it was
r
the member. Nn meeting was called• he declined an introduction to Hon. explorations, commercial and manufac• prepared the great-grand•parente, and hath Exchange hotel, suffered a an easy matter to curl it into an
No sneer)) wasrtlule. In the very town Mackenzie Bowell on account of so taring enterprises, inventions and dis- parents ofjthe future generations to heavy loss on Sunda bythe death eight withoutmaking
1 where the Grand Lodge of the Orange many seekers hanging to his coveries, struggles for freedom and p0- speak and understand a style a step in 3 S L nhany notice -
Order had voted censure on Mr Porter laical reform and other topics. nosy r of his horse, Black Bird. On able alteration in the size. The
and his 1R7 tom �.ninns, he offered no coat tails. Prom that we can learn P advance ,of Johnsonian English the
reasons for his tate, and was afraid to no person could get an interview tell calculated they ore to draw out book may be of use. Until then, I Thursday it was taken with inflam- note was presented to the firm of'
and cultivate the nobler motives. Flow mote that it be regulated to the shelves mation, and in spite of all that G. H. Wilkes & Co, who ca'ihed it,
coven(• his 11 icLds. with Mr Robert Porter, M. P., while well ado ted some 0f them are to inter -
in Clinton last week on account of P of some museum oef curiosities there to could be done for it bythree vo- bringing action for the full
The climax was reached at rlelfa t, est the' and to aid in the whit . remain until re;nrrer ed by came terinary surgeons it succumbed amount, upon Mr Reid refusing
in Ashfield. The court ay• and tt ivicn theself•appointed Charman chairman sition of knowledge of the world which searcher n.fter the "Curiositic.; cf Lit to the disease Sunda afternoon. to a • more than the `i30. The
of leading I -Wormers i�l the nei;hbor• hanging -onto his (Mr Porter's) coat will fit hire to perform the ditties of erasure_," earl I hap) that the• anthers Spayw
hnod8lonesaved Mr Porter from a vary tails hounding him to secure the ap• citizenship. and the anthori,ers of the bolt will \Ve believe we aro safe in saying contention on behalf of, Ilfi, was
nnplensant experience. But for those [Ointment of Collector of Cnstoms' Flow much better fitted to moble the aon. ere Olt have received tin this that Black Bird teas the tines[ that lir Reid wss guilty of eon•
hn could not hate Epken at all. Dur. tor Clinton for the editor. Wonder character and prepare a y nth IJr the life. their reward far rec vedri(i, ctrl
in the'nte(ti,:g s0 (m ,)lent WAS tlicend most valuableof 1101'fe that was tl'tbtl s negligence rePCc,' his C:IYe•
g f 1 who that self appointed chairman stern realities of life, than onr yello;v- grey hairs gibs hays prndnee•I on the l
'eonrlrmnntiral n the mull, that when covered literature, nr sash .entimnr.tal h^:ria of teach• ra 00,1 rhil lyra he their eyes owned not only in Wingham leaches in filling out the 0 )tc.
can be ? It never can be the editor
Mr Porter finirhr'•l $peaking the chair. of the Record,' —This is what the 001l4e000 tta ii written t,y the p�l,nlar la •k of k'tnctle"lie of child ra t its. I,Itt la the whole r;�ilntj'. IIO was The jury disagreed afterheio ent
man, 2.8)t ,l 1.) t`':;1. ('nrnphrll, of Exeter Advocate .at'a r r.t :i•t r'f to dv. t',h" i : I' ,n 1,•„ thei , ' • t r
II •r ar,' 0 f- tV : t ;.,'t ' 1 .t. y.i3O'I ). re. alvei, an h ell',
country with one work after another,
as if be had a feverish anxiety lest ha
shoul(� die before his work is dope.
Our children will read something and
wha6 is the great question that concerns
parents and more especially teael ars,
and tubae who frame the programme of
studies for our scholars. Are we as
teachers to be
laced in a position to
Pin.
terest pupils so that we can guide this
love for reading in the right direction
or not?
have not paused to oonsider whether H0W TO TEACH Hi5T013Y.
we could net more profitably expend I believe history should be taught by
the time on some other subject. This means of the chalk and blank board.
paper has been undertaken with the Then the question arises: How mach
hope that a lively aiecussion will be should we put on the back board? We
evoked. It will do us all good to get must guard against making the child a
some of oar rough corners ground off, mere ceoeptive machine. He shoos not
and perhaps after hearing of the dim- be allowed to answer in the words of
culties of others we will be encouraged she teacher, any more than in She lap-
in our own work,
guage of the test -book. He should be
trained to express his thoughts, or the
thoughts of the author in his own words
Then we should not write full sentences
on the black board, �.s a rule, but, only
suggestive words :to assist the memory
of the child. Care must 'Viso be taken
that provision is made for independent
thought and reading on the part of the
pupil. "Never do for a child what he
can do for himself" is a good rule. "Do
not spoonfeed children" is another.
Then the query arises. -should the
chalk be used after or before the class
have studied the lesson for themselves ?
I think, with a suitable text -book, most
of the lessons should be studied by the
class before the topic is taken up by the
teacher. (It being understood that the
lesson has been properly assigned,)
The ohalk should be used for the pur.
pose of summarizing the chief points in
the lesson.
The subject is beat remembered
through the details, and the skeleton
should be picked after the meat has
been taken off, not before: We should
take advantage of the "law of associa-
tion and suggestion." We make an out.
line -.for -.-tike • =purpose- ot-&assisting the -
with a heavy heart. The general opin•
ion undoubtedly prevails that the whole
• thing was a huge blunder, 1t has pro -
♦t j� ��►r�] yoked in many quarters hostile demon -
no
et (/t X strations, and shown that Mr Porter
longer represents the sentiments of
FRIDAY, JULY v, 1dsJ the Riding. It will do little good to
call these honest Conservatives such
Hen. Mr llrur 'Minister ofA r- names as "sneaks," "traitors," "Uriah
3' ' ? Heaps," etc. Such epithets hurt no
i•iculture,10vin• made ti more truth- , one, but their application now to men
1ul stateiUant than he did at 'Sing- who once were ardent supporters of Mr
Porter onlyproves how low the "mighty
ars, on _Dominion Day, when he have fallen." In •this connection, we
might just add that we have frequently
said that "Farmers had :t great been asked why we do not reply in kind.
to the scurrilous language used by onr
deal more to be thankful for than town cotem week after week, and its
they generally believed," anonymous correspondents, towards ns
personally. Such conduct is extremely
AI -0S. unprofessional, and if we retaliated we
Figures taken from the United would be simply putting ourselves on a
level with them. We sincerely hope we
States census shots that there are shall never sink so low. "The corres-
9(i8,824 native born Canadians re- pondent of this week's issue,is so well
known by his street howling and silli-
sident there, and children born of ness, that we would only be wasting
-. - - me-^to•pay-attrattentYoY v't nytnip
ondiun parents in the Stator, pt emanating from him.
the end of 1888, 1,260,000. These
• figures afford considerable ground
for thought.
from , page 110: "Bute became the
beat abused man in the country," '•in-
veighed," "inadequately compensated,'
"legal tramels", ."profligate", "soar-
' NEWS ,NOTES.
Alex. Weston, aged about. 18,
stilts ' "declared) the comments of teas drowned at Brampton on the
Wilkes seditious", Ilst•
"malalminietra•
tion." Won. Page, conductor of a G.T.
ere
H is
a Be
sentence
froth pageIi;
I
111: ba last
train'
was s kill
"Meanwhile, , the Grenville ministrye'Lancaster on b rrday,
had passed away with its successors
under the leadership of Lord Rocking- Charlotte Patti, the well-known
ham and the Duke of Grafton, and'was singer and sister of Adelina Patti,
followed by the administration of Lord died in Paris, on Thursday.
North." Are such expressions under-
standable or learnable by children from The Scott Act was sustained in
10 to 14 years of age? • Drummond County°'' Que, on
History should be taught by the Thursday, by a majority of' 158,
topical method. Dr Arnold suggests
the following topics : "race, languages, The British bark Educator,
institutions and religion," The sylla- from Buenos Ayres, April 23, for
bus of lectures for Model Schools sag- mbadoes, has been lost with all
gests: (a) wars civil and foreign ; (b) her crew.
the constitution ; (c) the church ; (d)
progress of the people; commercially, The public debt of the United
socially, educationally ; (e) literature; States has been decreased 15,-
(f) notable people."
The authors of oar text -book have 000,000 since June 1st, making a
completely ignored this mathod otf total reduction for the year of
teaching in the arrangement of their $8,000,000.
sections.
Again the subject matter of some of It is announced that Princess
their sections has very little bearing on Louise, eldest daughter of Prince
the title of the section. For example, of Wales, has been betrothed to
the title of the first section on page 173 the Earl of Fife, and that Prince
is "Immigration." The section treats
of immigration, improved faculties of Albert Victor, eldest son of the
communication, the development of Prince of Wales, is betrothed to
the lumber and ship -building trades, his cousin Princess Victoria of
the Common School System, circulation Prussia.
of money, establishment of banks, con-
struction of,publio works, the feeling Mail ad vices from West Africa
against irresponsible government, the confirm previous reports of the
misappropriation of public funds, the shocking privations to which Mr
scandalous system of granting public
lands, the Alien Act &c. Certainly Stanley has been subjeeted. Itis
this is comprehensive if not lucid. stated that his hair bas turned
I believe that several resolutions snow white, that his clothes aro
have been passed by County Associa• in rags, and that he is without
tions and by the Provincial Association
.nteoemmending.that only a portion -of-- shoes, be g 2b c„ed tn..uae . sk-ins.
s sgbje,c be taught in.publio.schools.. to-envet.his_feet„..., . .
The Minister of Education has not
acted on this advice. This is a matter
in which a part includes the whole, A
portion taught as it should be, and
with the true aims will lead to the
study of the whole.
We are sacrificing time that should
he devoted to reading and literature, in
the wain effort to feed the minds of
children with the indigestible food con-
tained in our school text books.]
Mitchell council intend to- ubmit
a by-law for $4,000 for electric
light purposes. It is proposed to
purohaae anew eighty horse pow-
er engine and boiler ,and connect
the system with the waterworks,
the running expenses of which
would be $1,300 per annum.
Is there a remedy ? I believe there • A Canadian Clergyman has just
is. Secure the co-operation of oar Preached before the Queen at Bal-
truatees,,and let a united effort be made moral, her majesty's residence
to obtain a reform in this, and perhaps in the Highlands. On Sunday,
some other departments; but I do not June 15, Rev. James Barclay, of
wish to introduce politics into this St. Pauls church,- Montreal eon -
paper. Most of yon are aware that I t
lean toward the Liberal side, except ducted divine services in the
when an important matter is at stake. presence of the royal household,
I think I may safely draw the line at and afterwards had the honor of
the course in history and the text book. dining with the Queen.
HOW TO USE THE TEST DOOR. i.
My opinion of the proper place for On' Tuesday 12 miles south
the book has already been given, but it of Kokomo, Inds Mrs Henry
is an authorized work and therefore Jones had born to her ttein
cannot be dispensed with until a man- girls, inseparably connected at
date
atceris issued by the commanding the hips and lower abdomen.
Well, then since there is no help for No vital organs are connected
us, let us translate it into intelligible except the spinal column, which
language. I believe the best method is is continuous from one to another.
to,use the book as a text ]book in read. Each are perfectly formed and have
Mei and literature. We can use it also free use of their limbs. The in -
in teaching composition by giving azar•
cises in praraphrasing and giving t•ari- tants appear to be healthy.
ety of expression. Prof. J. H. Show, .9f, the Kan -
Time may be saved by teaching his. sus University, who has given the
tory in this way, but the great aims of y+
teaching are lost sight of, and except in chinch bug special attention, says •
the hands of a skilful teacher, it is cal- that a disease has -made its a�tpear-
culated to disgust pupils with the sub- since among chinch bugs which is
juct. thining their ranks rapidly. The
Just at this point light has dawned on
my. hitherto. benighted intellect, I take diseases -ie very contagious. Prof.
it all back, as I may have rniaunderetood Snow says any field is cleared of
theobject of the authors. It may have the bugs by scattering a few dead
tory eadingeen e )iteratud as a co nand.ve comm of position,
oin, ones therein. The disease is prey- The limited express, which left
if so I humbly crave the author's par- lent all over the West. Boston at 11 a. m. Saturday,• via
don for having maligned the character At 5:30 o'clock Friday evening the Boston and Albany. Railroad,
of the book. the' passenger train from Ports-' was ditched jus: outside the
mouth to Cincinnati, O.; on the eity limits. Three persons were
Cincinnati, Georgetown and, killed and several badly injured.
Portsmouth Railroad, with direct -
Brigham,
killed are: Mies Diary A
ors' car, two passenger coaches Brigham, of Brooklin, N. Y., and
and baggage car, went down with Mr E. Pfeffer, traveling agents
a trestle one and a half miles for Emil Lanz, New York. The
west of Batavia. The trestle was accident was caused by the spread -
100 feet long and from 12 to 25 ing of the rails -where a gang of
feet high. No ono was killed. trackman we're at worlr re-laying
Mr Fred. D. Barwick has re- the track.
ceived tbo appointment of Post- BURN,
office Inspector for the Toronto A.o baa t'e.—In Clinton, on July 1st;
division. This plum has been the wife of Mr S..7. Andrews, of a eon
dangling in the air for Quite a (still born).
while, but Mr B. refrained from Corr.-Iu Clinton, on the 27th of
plucking it because a larger one June the wife of Mr Chas Copp, of a
-the Toronto collectorship -was daughter.
hanging just out of his reach. It ARSCOTT.-In Clinton,on the 2nd Inst„
seems it was too high forhim to
the wife of Mr Arscott, of a daughter.
reach, and he very prudently con- MARRIED
eluded to take the lesser when it'MCI SDDEN-DOYLE.-At 6t. Peter's
was within his reach. church, on Thursday, June 27th, by
Rev Father West, Mr M. McFadden,
A trial trip of Prof. C. D. Gra- barrister, of Sault Ste Marie, to Miss
ham's barrel boat, wl ich 1 e had
Annie A. Doyle, of Goderich.
NEWS NOTES.
John .Ruskin, is so ill that
there is no immeliate prospect of
recovery.
The
country
round about P
Petro -
lift, Watford and Elora suffered
from Monday's storm.
It is•stated that President Harr-
ison will call a meeting of Con.
greed for O,:tober.
A terrific storm swept over St.
Thomas on Monday and lightning
struck many houses.
West Middlesex Conservatives
have nominated Mr J. L. Hughes,
of Toronto, as their candidate for
the Legislature.
•All the laborers in Duluth,
about 2,000 in number, struck QR
Tuesday for $1.75 a day, an in-
crease of 25 cents,
Chicago city council has passed
ah ordinance excluding all fore-
igners from the service of the
city in any capacity.
The Farmers' Review, Chicago,
estimates the total winter wheat
crop of the United States in 1889
at 313,313,000 bushels.
A Kansas City despach tells of
the discovery of, a cave in New
Mexico which is lined with veins
of almost pure silver.
Thirty or fortyp eople were 4,41
killed on the Norfolk & Western
s„,,
*Railroad near LynchbuigPa,, oB ,
Ttteszl'ef Tis•, a washout, ._.. _
Gravenhurst. is in mourning,
over the drowning of Mrs I. K.
Cameron, Mrs G. B. Losec and
her daughter Myra on Dominion
Day.
A lad named Ross Taylor, To-
ronto, was seized with an epileptic
fit whilst bathing at the Island
on Friday and died two hours after
being taken out of the water
An order in Council was passed
Ottawa on Friday at granting the
-St Catharines. & Niagara Central
Railway a subsidy of $3000 a mild
for the fourteen miles, ending at
Hamilton.
George Pearson of' Weston, en-
tered the Imperal Bank Toronto,
Saturday morning and while at-
tending to tho cashing of a
*quo left his pocket -book, con-
tilining $130, on a desk opposite
the rasher's wicket, and when ho
turned to get it it was gone, some
sneak thief having removed it.
No arrest has been made as yet.
Judge Hughes pronounced the
following sentence at St. Thomas
on Saturday, Michel Fenton, aged
56, found guilty of committing an
indecent assault on the 9 -year-old
daughter of Devlin McCready,
was sentenced to one year's incar-
ation in the Central Prison,
and to receive 40 lashes with the
cat-o'-nine-tails, twenty one
from day of sentence, and twenty
one month before release.
t
ASHLEY-M1LLTN.-In Clinton, on:tile
lst inst., by the Rev A. H. Drumm, Mr
E. Ashley, M. D. of Kingston, to Annie
A., daughter of Mr Soloman Millin, of
Hullett.
SSIELTZEII-CI.FGG.-At Wingham, on
the 25th of June,by the Rev John Scott,
A;, Morris Smeltzer, Esq, , of Morris
to Miss Emma Jane, adopted daughter
of William Clegg, Esq., of Wingham.
DIED
Crrrcir.—In Clinton, on the 39th of
June, Samuel Crich; aged 1)5 years,
T,ss'a a,—In Clinton, on the 3rd inst.,
John Taylor, aged 74 years and 11
months. Funeral -will take place this
(Friday) afternoon at 2 o'clock.
AN1,Ena0N,=Jn East Wawanosh, on
3rd inst., Margaret, relict of the late
Duncan Anderson, aged 85 years and 4
months.
Ilrw AtIvcrtt,getur]tta.
ANTED IMMEDIATELY - A GOOD
plain Cooly. No washing nr ironing. -
Another girl kept. Ads ass, AIRS. D. Me.
DONALD, Goderich;
Notice to Contractors
A contract will be let at the tloltnesvlllr
bridge, Goderich township, on MONDAY.
JULY "22nd, at 1 o'clock p.m , for letting the
building of a bridge nbnut one hundred feet
long, in same place. flan and specification
will be given on the grounds at the timn of
letting the Contract,
.TOIIN COX, Reece.
AGENTS «'ANTED.
To sell brat -class Nursery Stock for Lake-
view Nurseries, Rochester, N.Y. 'Steady ern.
ploy/limit to rjoorl teen, Most liboral in-
Iucoments. Correspondence solicited, and
full particulars on application to JOHN
SIHONS, (iencral Agent, Ayltncr,Ont.
G. T. R. TOWN AGENCY.
'[i,•lo•t; 1,r t: r ::scat eelehrtti ,t; to Exeter
en❑ i � I�;1rri�a.�1 , 11 tl,, I I;1, of .tr,l} A.111
t,:r, rash at the dept nvrv'e I
W. JACKSON
`.rif:NT r: '1'. R ('I,iNTnN