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The Huron News-Record, 1889-10-30, Page 4:4• The Huron News -Record 91.60 a Year—#1.26 la A.dranua. ti' The man does riot do justice to Ata buainers mho spends leas in advertising than he does in rent.—A. T. 8r;W RT. the autlumaire merchant of Nem 'York, Wedpcsday, pet. 30th 1889 7'HE FIFTH OF NOVEMBE The next issue of THE NEWS -R OORD will be on the 5th of Novel bar. A day made memorable i British annals. And in some way melancholy memorable. That da two hundred and seventy-four yea ago was fixed upon for the accomp ishmentof one of tho most uofariou plots that was ever conceived agaiue the liberties of a nation or of man kind. The Gunpowder Plot of 160 was the culmination of a most de testable and unreasonable disaffec tion against the government o James in England. It was not a much the outcome of disaffection in England as it was the work of foreigners and rebels with- out the commonwealth. Indeed James had relaxed the penal laws of Elizabeth against Romanists and non -conformists. But the hier- archy of Rome was senselessly jeal- ous of a continuation of affairs that promised a perpetual negation of the religious as well as tedrporal sovereignty of the see of Roane The bulk of the Catholics 'of Eng- land were content with the policy of Japles, though he was obliged to banish a number of prreeta and others Qn account of their machinations • against the state and hia power. In Flanders one Catesby found a wel- come ally iu Guido Fawkes. These and others hired a tenement near the parliament buildings and dug an undergroundpassage to connect the cellars of the two places. By this means barrels of gunpowder were placed under the parliament buildings which were to have been blown up on the 5th, November. Arms were brought from Flanders and Catholic gentlemen were in readiness to take advantage of the disorder and death to' result from the explosion. Fortunately for human nature the ties of kinship prevailed over the monstrously in- human feelings which prompted such an intended wholesale slaugh- ter of the best blood in the King- .dom. ine•dom. One of the plotters named, Tresham warned Lord Monteagle, and further information brought. abort the diseeYfYav of the gun- powder in the cellar, and the arrest of Guido Fawkes and his execution. The provincial of the Jesuits, Gar- net, and others were also executed for complicity in the. plot. It is well to charitably remember such epochs in history as the 5th of November, the massacre oi St. Bartholomew and other acts of in. human design prompted or carried out by alleged divine inspiration, in the service of a benign and merciful Creator. They show to what excesses religious bigotry and fanticism will Carry zealots. Such epochs not only teach charity but they are lessons to those who enjoy civil and religious liberty to care- fully guard those precious boons by Checking the first move of any relig- ious sect in political matters. Civil tyranny is galling enough, but tyranny over the couseieuce has led to more abominable deeds than those of civil despots. It is right and proper that the rising genera- tion be taught that the same tyran- nical system that promoted the Gunpowder Plot for the purpose of handing oveoverthe liberties of our ancestors to a foreign hierarchy still exists. That it is striving by insidious means even in this pro- vince, through our public school system, to sap the very foundation of that civil structure which is the conservator of our political freedom and our liberty of conecienco. While condemning a system that has led to such atrocious measures as the St. Bartholomew massacre, the acts of •' bloody " :Mary by which 300 persons were put to death for the crime of being Pro- testants, the contemplated blowing up of the Houses of the English Parliament on the 5th, November 1605—while condemning the•'sys- tem that led up to these let us not forget the retaliatory measures of Elizabeth by which Catholics were put to death for being such, but priests only, laymen wore not mo E- n - re 1- e • 5 f 0 rested. It remained for William of Orange to. reetgxe a tsonetitutional system to England' under which no man can be legally persecuted fol conscience aake. Many Protestants and Orange. men will meet on this 6th of Nov- ember and as is quite proper they should will congratulate themselves on the miscarriage of the Gun- powder Plot, and the preservation of British civil' and religious liberty so gloriously perpetuated by Wil- liam of Orange and the flourishing association , founded in honor of hits. But while glorying in our much prized principles let us' not go to the other extreme and our- selves be tyrants. There is no class of people in the world that Orange- men should be as forbearing to as to Roman Catholics, for from youth up their religious tutelage is in a groove not at all commensurate with the broadened ideas generated by an open Bible and the liberty of conscience to act in accordance with its plain unsophisticated teach- ings. Do to others as- you would they should do to you. EDITORIAL NOTES. Mr. Laurier, the leader of the Grits, proposes to reimpose the duties on tea and coffee which we cannot produce, and take the duties off wheat and oats which we do pro- duce, and thus reduce the price of what farmers have to sell while in- creasing the rest of what they have to buy. Win. Waterman died at Grand Rapids, Wie., aged 114 years, He married his second wife when he was in his hundredth year. She died a few years ago. He always used tobacco and liquor. Report saith not whether it wits his being married twice, or the whiskey or the tobacco that conduced most to his longevity. Now for another attack by the Grit ,press on the Minister of Cue; toms. At Belleville the other day Miss Evelyn M. Bowell, youngest daughter of the Hon. M. Bowell, Minister of Customs, was married to Mr. George W. McCarthy, of Cleve- land, Ohio. How inconsistent for the enforcer of " legalised robbery" to permit this free reciprocal inter- chaugo ! • Iu the recent contest in Richelieu county for a seat in the Dominion. Parliament. the Grit cry was "un- restricted reciprocity " and " un - avenged Riot," Even • the ,far off silvery cadences of shoot the volun- teer's Laurier, or the stertorous tones of the unknightly knight of the two-faced shield, Sir Richard Cart- wright, had no effect. " Protection for Canada " and "death to murder- ous rebels" carried the day. The Conservative majority being in- creased five times over what it was at the general elections. Sir Julian Pauncefote, theBritish Minister at Washington, says that in regard to commercial relations between Canada and the United States, he only awaited Canada to signify her wishes, The Grits have been perpetually •haranging that Canada's wishes in this or any mat- ter in which Canadians are interest- ed would Bever bo consulted or re- speoted by the Imperial authorities. Now, to have the British Minister saying that he stands ready to carry out Canada's wishes as to trade re latiuna with the United States is somewhat of a ' facer ' la the Grits. The Canadian Government voicea tho wishes of the people in regard to the trade relations with the Un- ited States, And that is that we shall continue to have control of our tariff. The St. I ,u,.# Republican does not think notch of the " home market " of '60,009,000 of people. It points out that, with all their im- menss f::;tories and their hundreds of thousands of artizans, and the many other classes of non producers of agricultural products, yet they cannot keep pace with the ever in- creasing output of the farms. The value of farm products shipped' abroad during the last Dight months for the lack of a home market, ex- ceeded by $48,000,000 the exports of farm products during the eight corresponding months last year. And it was not a very good year for crops either. What everlasting .I' in when they prate about the United Stapes beinggthe natural market' f'pr surplus •Oa"i dian farm 'prodeete, whenl.9.meriaan‘ can not consume by a large maj¢rity". Oat grow in that i The, territpriy o ff, Montana alone, witty ai popnletioa of only about 176,000}—about equal tri that of the city of Toronto- has • 14250,000 head' of\c`attle end' that: number is hot a drop in 'the bugltet compared with,the,inimenea .quantities of cat- tle held and raised iu the United States. The Americans don't want cattle nearly so bad' as our British brethren do. .• The Grits now 'say that the bad Tories spent $10,000 Mille defunct Mechanics' bank bills in Richelieu, where the Tories increased their majority so largely at the election the other day. - Now it does not speak well for the Grits down there when theirown friends now say they were bought with bad, •bills, the paper of a. suspended .back. It .were bad enough tosay they were bribed, but that, they were bribed with worthjesa, Money, is rho very acme of insult. Mr. Mowat has spoken. At the banquet •which he and his fellow grits gave to'Mr. Limier in Toronto. Mr. ,Mowat said that "the • Jesuits' Estates Act has no reference to any Matter with whioh the people of Ontario have any thing to do, or to any matter within the juris- diction of the legielature of On- tario!' There is not much sympathy in the protestant breast of Mr. Mowat with the so-called equal rights people. And the grit organ, the Globe, which has been contending the other tray was hiesed at the same meeting by those very good liberals. A Detroit paper says that the United States payments for yearly pensiona is $10,000,000 more than the whole cost of the military estab- lishment of Great Britain for both effective and non -effective service. There is no special frugality in the cost of government in the United States. Their expenses' are much heavier than ogre in that direction. Yea; though we do pay our Gover- nor-General as much salary as they do their President, it costa the United States as much every four years to elect their chief magistrate as would pay the salary and all in- cidentals attached to the otlige of our chief magistrate for twenty years. President Elliott, of Harvard College, U.S., like his literary con- frere, Prof. Galdwin Smith, has disavowed his protection views, withdrawn from the Republican party and joined the Democrats. An American paper says hie doings "create about as much stirs, in the political world as the transmutation of a tadpole into a frog causes in the animal kingdom. Dr, Elliott is an excellent college president and a gentleman of refinement, and his vote is just as good as John L. Sul- livan's. His political influence, however, is much less." That is about the eize of Prof. Goldwin Smith. Put the name of Smith for that of Elliott and you have the English - American - Canadian Pro- fessor. If the theory of those Canadians that are hankering after the alleged flesh pots of a free American market is right, the people of that country must live on basswood hams and wooden nutmegs. For during the mouth of September of this year the United States exported beef, swine and dairy products to the value of $8,829,549, and for the eleven months ending Sept. 3 their exports of beef etc. amounted to $98,968,769. If the Americans banker for Canadiau farm produce, it is because they think they can buy it at lose prices than it would bring to ship it abroad whero they send their own large surplus to. Blit Canadians can send direct to foreign markets their agricultural sur- plus on better terms than Ameri- cans can. Why put profits into tho pockets of Americans which should go into the pockets of Canadians 1 President Harrison is preparing his annual mange and, it is stated, will take a firm stand in favor of the republican policy of protection and will recommend the repeal of bosh cn-nin rcial unionists indulge internal revenue taxes on every- �h. Wrr 11, vow ma thing except intoxicating liquors. There are no commercial union flies on 1:''resld.elit Harrison or the dorninent, republican party. Their polio is America for the Alneri- cans,rand• a very good one, a very patriotic one it' is from their stand- point. There is a lesson for Cana- diiang in this. Canadians should stick to their policy of Canada for Canad-tape. When the Democrats who favored the abolition or reduc- tion of duties on wool were in power wool dropped in price in the United States. This year with the republicans in power wool advanced 5 cents per pound, making a differ. epee to Montana territory alone of $450,000 on this season's crop. If the dread of a revenue party com- ing to power makes such a difference, what havoc would the actual accession to power of a free trade party make among the farm- ers^ Our town;cotetu challenges us to publish the opinions of cattle deal- er Wm. McLean on free trade with the United States. If Mr. McLean will furnish them to us we shall be most happy to do so, whether we agree with them or not. We do. not kbow what his opinions are. But we do know from American market reports that better prioes can be obtained for similar grades of cattle in Canada than in the United States. And we do know that the Americans largely export beef to Great Britain, though not on as favorable conditions as Cana- dians do, on account of the fear in Britain of disease among American live cattle. On Friday 1,000 lbs fat steers brought $3.70 per 100 lbs in Toronto, while 1,100 lbs fat cattle brought only $3.45:in Buffalo, and a load of Michigan •mixed brought only $2.60. They do it everywhere. Sec- tarianism unchecked is the same everywhere, and we shall not see the last of sectarianism until we have seen the last of Gritism. The following from an American paper is perfectly pat to the policy' pur- sued by the Grit Education Depart- ment in Ontario. Substitute On- tario for Boston and you have the George Washington Ross -Oliver Mowat policy. outlined. "Tire school history issue is up again in Boston. "Anderson's General history" is the book under scrutiny. The com- mittee of 100 have asked Professor Sheldon, the well-known historian; The Rev, Pr. A, A, Miner, the Rev. Dr. F. E. Ifale,•and.the .).rev. James M. Gray to report upon the book. They report iu effect that the book has been revised to placate the Roman Catholics, and that it does not set the United States in proper relation to other countries. The. book's author admita.the last edition was revised to satisfy Roman Catho- lic critics." The city of Chicago is moving in tho matter of furnishing free books as well as free tuitionto' scholars in the public schools. And the leading press seem to favor the idea. The one is a corollary of the other. It would seem so. Those who cannot afford to educate their children are the very class that can ill afford to purchase books for them. Free schools without free books are to many as though you gave them a good paying job of work to do when they are too poor to buy the tools requisite to do- the work. And if the government, fur- nished free books it should print them and prevent the. scandalous jobbery that prevails both in Canada and the United States by frequent changes ih text books and increased cost every time to parents', and which increased cost goes into the pockets of favorites of the powers that bo. By the way, free public schools is not a modern innovation. Two hundred years ago De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe, in writing of his early life, says what education he received was at home and "in the free schools of the country," England. When men are not particular what they say their remarks often lead them into ludicrous positions. Mr. Wiman, the great go between of a handful of American specula- tors and a 'handful of Canadian traitors, to have Canada transferred to the United States, has many times given evidence that ho will say the most contradictory things. One of his latest absurdities, when Grand ]JispIay I-? A Great Stock. Enerous. *. Bargains All Along the Line Dress Goods Mew Flannels map. Blankets, :-: Underclothing, ALL AWAY DOWN ! Geo. E. Pay & Co. THE L,OW-PRICED STORE. talking of the destiny of Canada, is when he s;—"Eight men out of every ten iu the United States, who have thought upon the subject, have reached the conclusion that Canada ought 'to belong to the United States." We don't believe anything of the kind, if for no other reason than that given by Wiman a little further on in his remarks when he says :—"The general belief among Americans is that.the United States comprise all.that is worth having on this coutiuent." Nos if the general belief among Americans ie that the United States comprise everything that is worth having on this continent, how is it that eight out of ten Americans think. that Canada ought to belong to the United States? If they have got all of this- continent that is worth having it is the very quintessence of absurdity that they would go to any trouble to secure other portions of this continent that is not worth having. And they might as well think this Canada of ours is not worth having, for assuredly they are not going to get it—not even by the, round about way of commercial +union. HURON FALL ASSIZES. Before Mr. Justice Rose. Tuesday, Oct. 22. Court opened et 10 o'clock a. w. GRAND JURI'. W. J. Shannon, ' foreman, Thos. Amey, David Bell, Benj, Churchill, 11. F. Edwards, Jas. W. Hogarth, Thomas Haywood, Frank Medcalf, Wm. McKnight, Henry Perkins, Alex Rise, John Bingham, Alex Clrtjstal, Lancelot Clark, Daniel French, John Hyslop, Henry Hor- ney, Robt. Maxwell, Peter Mc - Ewan, John Parish. Hie Lordship addressed the Grand Jury, on the nature of their duties, and the 09S'3 that would come be - form them. Richard Tichbourn was sworn to take charge of the Grand Jury. THE CASES. Spiel v. Wilson—Action for seduction. The parties live in the township of East Wawanosh, where the offence was alleged to have been committed after a brief acquain- tance. Verdict of $600, and coats for plaintiff. John G. Holmes for plff; Garrow, Q. C., for deft. Barr v. Barr—Action to deter• mine boundary of hands in the towns ship of Hullett. Garrow, Q. C., for plff; Owens for deft. On applies tion of Mr. Garrow, trial was post- poned till next assizes. Dickson v. Scott—Action to re cover possession of land* in the vil- lage of Harlturhey. Garrow,•Q,C., for plff; Holmested for deft. Counsel consenting, has Lordship directed jndgment to be entered for the plff, for possession and costs of suit. Davis et al v. Wier—Action for an account. Garrow, counsel for plff ; Holtnested for deft. His Lordship directed that the case be referred for enquiry and report to S. Malcotnson, Esq., local Master. The Queen v.aJohn Crofts, jr.— Indictment for seduction under the amended Charlton Act. Defendant pleaded not guilty. Lister for crown,Mabee for deft. His lordship felt that ,the vase was not within the statute and directed the jury to render a verdict of not guilty and they accordingly did. Ferran et al. v. Reynolds—Action on promissory note. Holt for plff ; Campion for deft. Counsel consent- ing, his Lordship directed judgment to be entered for the plff. for $400 and costs of suit, cost of chamber application before local judge to be costs in the cause of pltF. Court adjourned at 5.30 p.m., till 9.30 a.m., Wednesday, SECOND DAY. Court opened at 9.30 a.m., pur- suant to adjournment. Blacklock v. Dougherty et al.— Action of ejectment. His Lordship dispensed with jury. Mabee dt Darling for plff; Cameron Jr Holt and Ormiston for deft. Judgment for pill, possession to be given the first day of March, 1890. Workman v. Cornish—.Action to restrain deft. from selling lime in Hensel!. Collins for plff: Garrow and Elliott for deft. Hamacher v. I?ettler et al.—Ac- tion for administration. Collins for plff; Biazer fur deft. Counsel con- senting, his Lordship directed that all matters in question herein be re- ferred to the local 111aster of this court at Berlin, parties to have liberty to amend within ten days, as they may be advised. Nicolv. Nicol—Action on promis- sory note. Garrow S Proudfoot for plff; Holt for deft. Counsel con- senting, his Lordship directed that judgment be entered for the plff. for $554 26 against deft. Lounabury with costs of suit. Shea v. Fortune—Action for slander. Cameron ab Holt for plff ; Garrow ,1,; Proudfoot for deft. The 'deft. by his counsel in open court stated that he did not intend to charge the plff., or John Beattie or Michael Maddigan wit willful and corrapt perjury, and that if he bad reed my language capable of con. veying such meaning, he withdraws the same, and expresses regret at having used it, and thereupon tbie plft: by his counsel accepts the apology, and by consent judgmsnt is to be enterer for the plff. 'for one shilling and full' costs of suit. Plaintiff's counsel also titates that no action will be brought by either Beattie or Maddigan in respect to the words used. His Lordship die: at •:l judgment ta be entere•l for the plti: for one shilling and costs of suit. Girsln v. Bnrke—Action to res. find a contract for purchase of a patent t;ght. Garrow & Proudfoot for plff; Mae.Kelcan for deft. Jury &speneed with and judgment re- serve 1. Court adjourned at 7.10 p. m till 9:30 t 'morrow. THIRD DAY. Court opened at 7:30 pursuant to adjournment. PREsEhTMENT OF GRAND JURY. We, your grand jurors, have the honor of making the following pre. rentation to your Lordship : We have yisited and examined the jail according to your instrei. tions, and found therein 7 prisoners,, 4 moles and 3 females ; of tho male one is insane, one a vagrant, undee• eentence, one is committed for con-. tempt of court and is under sen- tence, the 4th is committed for lar- ceny, and is waiting trial ; of the. females 2 are insane, one is,vagrant and is under sentence. The two vagrants ere aged and tit subjects for a poorhouse ; the 3 insane are ell, aged, and the proper piece for them is a poorhouse,, is their insanity., especially 2 of theta, might more properly bo eallf_1 dotage ; the 3, cases of insanity have all been re- ported by the sheriff, ,so now they are all waiting removal to the asy- lum. We found the jail clean and• orderly, and the prisoners well pleas. ed with their treatment. We were pleased to hear your Lotdship's charge, in regard.to the Prisoners Aid 'Association of Cans ada; Tile circular handed to us by your Lordship in reference thereto, we have carefully read and consider- ed, and fully endorse. every clause contained therein. • We have much pleasure in res. porting that the County Counail of - Huron is in harmony with your Lordship, in this subject, 09 we find the Qouncil has appointed two of,,its, 354