The Clinton New Era, 1879-03-06, Page 4anospoomomageltagMus
THE CLINTON NEW ERA,
gtittIi,nt flU.tttrit
House fo'r Sale -des. Fair.
Change-Hodginge ,;sr, Pay.
Seed Wheat -Jas. McNair.
Farm for Sale- Jos- Wheetly.
Hat 0ap House -T. Jacksoe.
Great Offer-Be'fords, Clarke & Co.
Town thill-Lottie Combination Co.
World's Dispensary -Medical Ass'n,
The OPteatiter-sDinginan 4Y4 Humble.
House to let or for sale -A, Dodsworth.
COSee to.day'o Isinw Bibt ma)! be' luta at tho Book
Store a Alcamo. Dingman 84 Humble, ana W. it.
Booked, &Wort Street. Pilo � oonto site °coy
,
(glinter ACW grits
OPPIOfAI, PAPER OE 00UNTY.
THIJRSD,“, MA.RCH 6, 1879.
• PROTECTION. TO EARNERS.
In another columnwe giVe_an article
-sa this subject front the Montreal" Steer
onseevAtive) which wits stroog ed-
oseate fois protection, and, as will he
seen, is so still for inert ufisetureri, strive
ing to make it appear that .if diets are
protected and built up. fitemei•s wilIbe
• indirectly protected and enriched. Wo
roprodnee'the article tor the purpose Of
• enlightening our•readji, a"gieittiiny
of whom are timbers, and to shew -them
,
how the chains 'ate being' fergod to en-
SION» 'tb ene-and---ina 'Irewerttsof
'woe(' end drawers of Watee to - the fa-.
weed manufacturers. • '
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While the election was Pendieg, When
Olt* e1:1St:OPAL ELEVTION.
The 8,yited of the Episcopal Church
of Toronto has been in sessioe felfour
daye,,attompting all, that tium to elect
a Bishop, the ballots being principally
. east for the sante two perions-Provost
Whitaker,who s the candidate of the
oiergY, end De. Sellivan, the fie
vorite, It is 'quite evident there is a
strong • oppeeieg feeling between the
clergy end laity, and that there is A deter-
tnination misfile part of each, to refuse
to yield. On Sett:104.n report of .a
meeting of the friends of Dr. 'Sullivan
appeared 'itt. the Globe, .puttiug in the
mouths of somo of the spriakers some
very plain 'and pertinent hingeage
SYSTER O DOKSES.
eitowiteTros LS 1eGILLIVRA.V..
WO haiT always been opposed to thel T. Coughlin, Esq., M. P. fur. North
ey.teto.of 0.ioa bonuses to manue.to„ Middlesex, has sent several letters to his
Ores, or other interests; to ',induce
thaw. to carry oe business in pertionlay
localities, believing, att we do, that it is.
net only e vicioow principle„ but that it
also fails in accomplishing •tho end
sought --the building up or increasing
theprosperity of- the idacegivi:og the laud others, in forthemuce of their inter -
bonus, - Uonetally„ the parties accepting est, but that thet•e wove none from the
•a botitisi are adventurers, and have not 1farming celontenitse • A .rpeetilig ;vas
Much cipital to invest infthe untie: tale- called to take place in the toteichull of
ing fOr-irthe place i adapted fot• the thrtt'township, on Sattit•day last, This
erection end cat:Tying ou Of any pardons matter looks somewhat, fishy„jost, as if
lar oesseeoreessey, the eaesets4" 0.0013,4, Mr. 'Coughlin had asked 4r, Tilley
a re better thanin otli erlocal ities,a rid with What protection the fainters were going
to have, and,l'as a put oft, was told to eotn-
mitnicete wide his couitituente; and find
onthov mullT protectiou they -wanted,
and 'it Would. be giVen theiti,' If 'did
amount ,of proteetien, and the particular
artieles•upon whieh it het° be placed, is
not tthendy, incerporated • in the bodget'
speech, we -do int believe they will be
this seision.
friends in McGillivray, orgiug them .te,
all meetiugs and disenss the sebject of
protection, and find out „what amount of
protection the farmers require. Hi itlett
said that deputed:0es and .petitions by
the hundi•ed Nvere panting into Ottaiva
from millers, lissinu lade revs; in mbeemen,
'against.. their oppenents., ,.On Mbeday a. goodmarket condguous, Om e twos'
the patties who were credited with giv- pellteof, persoils.,011 ,teolooc, one, Nr.
ingnderaneetoSticli words-Ceriqndicted 1 once opportunities' , emu we'6' 'wood .on'T,
the reportolnet thoy did not remove the!. te,,.,00 it without tm
roubling theselves
iMpression that the.repert was .8' *faith-, i' " '
witleseekinga bonus, Whieli would very
•fu l expression of their feelings, tor they likelrbe hampered 'with conditions, that
afterwards urged one 'another to stand wouldlbe more likelyto better than help'
'firm in their, present attitude.' .. The real them.'These remai•ks.are truide at this.
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teeth is there is a:eon-Rid between the dine- with reference to. the..•A.,..111. Gib,
clergy and the lidty, and in . mc"'0 son Mittinfacturing0e., Mitchell, which
dliiiteirerfliaci'ob -i lei al'artMels. 'r'erec-Mced ki 6;cen
661 fe... that town ' 'about
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any longep pretending to he ignorant of two. yettes age, -sand it is already in -
this.fitet. • The time wile when Ministers trouble', and was only`foived front liquidit-
were_loeked upon as dtvinely • cerotnia:• • ....
. . don ' by three or -foursprominent• par-
sieneds and possessed authority to per:. .
ties Of., that-Ida:co - taking.' upon there
l -
en)) certainYitenstrod :olitips ; but -that .
selves`lieavY responsibilities'. ..' Whether:
tine, is past; ,ii -al they tied ttow enly: ..1.s -
ti i will •save it from. bankruptey .tivae
wae. poi ted tie t .thelejery that Weeld: piofessional ge,u•
resaleret,.te anent
result. .to: onr• ,uiills, Starch. 'factories,
feediug ''oetatilishruents,. railroads, canels,..
• by. the ilepoiition' of ft duty on
grain, we 'weieteild- that to prevent 'all
evil consequences in this direction the.
,grain could be eetered. in bond, thee
ground, shipeed,' or esed in any other
Way if the prodnat'Vea for •exportatibiL
It is nowsaid by thoie Pardee' that the
deepeniei and difficulties willbe se god
• rt.s to eripple ifnot close some of thee
industries, if the bowline. system is ;en
forced •• • ' ' • •
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4. fevedayssago: theesMenrber,Tref4res
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Montreal Chamber ef Cotnitterce held
meeting With reference to this 'question,
tnd they tante-to. tho altiob .unaninfeiis
conclusion that theimposition of a dub
on grain meant ruin to .06.A -tipping and
mating interests, and, consequently pe-
• titioned governinent not-toimpose tiiy
Is so • • •
demen, employed to give orations on.
the Sabbath,- perform hastisinalr innio
liege and funeral rites,' and fulfil Certain
• .
Other routine duties, in some sense simi-
laito a school teacher. • We are aware
some • will say . we ttre the
office of a: minister, and setting him
'down a8 enteloYs
went for the sake of a 'wing.. We cen-
not help that, foy believe we are
only telling what is really the case, and
we think the seoner elt. pertieeseppres
lied'this fact the better. •
1,'5necleys ago a Iittledilliculty arose
in the 'Methodist elturcili at Woodstock,.
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the trustees closing the doors ag,ainsi
the ihiniater. Shortly After .tlie -Presis
duty thereon.• If •
. . .
ffirmers think, it; would be to thett•
interest to bonus and 'otherwise _assist
• the building up- •ef manufactures, let
there do it by gilding thefn assistance in
• the shape °ran annual . subsidy, acc;ord-
..
• ing to the extent -of their Welke, then it
will be knownhow much' they receive
gib in the shapeof gift ; ;but ifsthe•system
protectiem is.aande.establislied'finmers
will never knoW to.what extent theyare
tleeeed.. • : •
• PAPIVIC. RAILROAD CoNTRAISTst.' •
• During" Mr. Mackerizie's *line of of-
fice his •oppcinents diet -Ft° Make out,that
lie Was swindling tlits-Cetintiyiniariird-
ing contracts, _het a single inetaece of
sech was nevdr proved against hint, and
it remained for his stuccessore to adopt
the -very fail:100e, theycharged him
^ with, as will be seen from.the mimed in
•Avhick they.have let the' contract in, re-
ference to the Canada Pacific Railway...
• Messrs. Morse k Co7 tendered for the
whole contract to be awarded' for the
construction ot .the 'Meting link" ofthe
Pacific Railway.' Their tender, ii:a8 the
lowest for the entire work', lint, for rea-
sons butt. known ie.' the Government,
they lost it. , They wereshoWeVer, offer.
ed the contrad.for Section " -being.
sixty-seven mileS ef the liner whieh runs,
through a yockysregion difficult. Of ad-
coss. They vefused it, '•It was then
awarded to A-n(4.w Jones Co.; an
American firtie•whoidlendier was
000- higher than' Meese k, times
tt,s Co. failed to put up the tocessary
=Ries, and peonipt advantaste was talc -
en of that fact to, award. it to Grant,
Pitblado CO; ofItalifax,..whose,tender,
in turn, is some $300,00�. higher than
'Jones', or $634,000ligher than Morse's.
In this way, over half a •million of dolt
lam has been loet to the country. • 'Had
Morse ksGo. been ell right politically,
there might here been a difterentresult,
But all 010 'Mat Swear by
Tupper, and the firm dit not desire to
be hampered with men who did. They
and the couetrY tut wiser ifnotFlachIor,
in colieecittenee,s,
deff•toef the sconference lints -In 'an tips
. •
pearence and uphold§ the, aCtionlof the
sminieter, „The trusteesand choie. be the'
ohnrch slew ed thier diipleasnie bY beent-
ing thentielves; apparently not, N.Y.1.§11111g
to create•at nuseOmly "contest. o
• The Montreal- lriteess, it few • -days
agorlad an ,artiele upon the qualidea-
dons. Of the. Ministry, saying sthat -they
were -of a very ordinary character, Jar.
ing•the blame the small salarieS
issett; aiserting;thet if higher stipends:
• .
were 'offered hetter. talent." weuld • be
drawn 'into the pulpit. .Is net this
Niy. preying that itIs new considered
an. ordinary profession; whereby a:Man
may earn his living,-ehtirely free from
, • •
anything sacred or Who, is to
-bhtme4,Oe-thiee-sve--ctrmiot--iays---brrt-ts-wel
fearits_leeteeartiemotalizing effect Upon
the ,community. ••
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, CHINESE.
WO are glad to see that the, so•sesident, of
the United &otos has bad:sufficient courage
and independence tb defy .the threatenings
uttered by -the igrrorant-antttr1o1eranrab.
bleiu Celiforoia and veto the Chinese end-
.
gretion bill., would. be a monstroos in..
justice to that people to enact speoiel legis-
lation against their free entrance ilite*that"
country. There isa mutual treaty between
the two cOuntries,Tiving tepid privileges,
and n� notitiCkitipp htf,its abrogation bas
yet been given, ,•+?'
Notwithstanding the, outcry raised against
these foreigners, • We believe they possess
many qualities that would make thein
desirable acquisition -they are industrious,
ingenious, economical, persevering, end
quiet eitizens ; and 'eeeti if they did not
poem these geed qualitiee they have as
much right to come and reside ie this coun-
try as the Anglo Saxon has, If he can
crowd the Sail�r,. out he has the privilege
of 'doing so, just as the Saxon took the
privilege .t4 breading the Indian out. We
(lona think he will or can, for the dead -4
o? the British (if they carry it out ad they
ought te with vigor) is to possess broad
acres in every sodden of the world,
We aro also sorry to See that in our Do.
minion is movement is taking place in op.
position to the emigration, employment,
and 8ottlernent of Chineie, WV as nothing
Will bo done Adverse to their coming there
Is little 110.1» disc_vcs.s.ins.Lthe_q_..Duerition.-
•-There will likely be a procession at
Toronto On $t, Patrick's day.
Acme 'Can tell; ..hulthe N.varkmen. had
. not receiverPtheir wages fel, ,some Ere
or si,x week S preeieus to the late trouble,
'Its will • bo,very difficult to keop the
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foundryin active operation;sass -the de
mend for the line:they • ttini °et -safes
Isei;y .Weak at15resent, and. there
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e so -many otherfactories competing.
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with them. •The only wav 6.i -flake
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POST.ITASirEIR-RENE RA it'ott Ape° ItTv
The Postmaster-Geeeral's •rep-tifejltst
iestied' shows that : fOr the year'entling
30th, Juno, 1878, there. had been 63,-
685,000 lbtr iil postal 'cards
in -.Canada, thirty minuses of which were
front Ontario;the nernber of, post 'offi-
ces- in .openition'sni the first of Jamiary,
I.879., 'were 5,3'A -showing an ineretise
of 217 Upon the returi . of lad )17ear.
-The report' states that•tho improvement
in the 'pedal basieess-of the conntry'ap
.peoss setliciant-to 'justify A 'revision of
..
the alloWences to country, postadaSters„
anda
s; that general 'reyision is now in:
progress. The total distance travelled.
in/ delivering ,-tite rnails deity: averaged !
7,000 Miles .; the total, revenue froin• the
places Prosperous is to... see that its res• ...Depatinent amottnted to...$.1 620 022 21
. .
ien
are Maurelly deVeloped os 'And ti 6, expenditure stotel$2,110,363.40. rcea•••
seeetmo is • pie number a idgistered letters 'durinio •
paying ' basis; and that its
9e0,11:9illienlly aztdjeftlieionsiy expos's-as:car were 1,980,000, sixty-five e:,,f what
• , • ' ailed -to reit& their destination.
IIUTTEft MARRip.
• One ;of the:most vexed queetions in
-.Canada is that in relation to butter mak-
ing, peckinidia ing, •rnan rec p
being givenfOr the making of it god
„quality; and the packing and preserving
of it.eo as to find a good •market, but up
•
to this period, no progress has been made
in the solution of -the question, so as to
age stamps, post-bonds„postareasid.,i 'and,
stamped envelePoiio the amount-of$1,
1807•240 ' Were, sold during . die • year;
total 'amonnt. of money Ord6es *end
Detailed "stetements •of
p.oetal smittters itios published,. and •alse,,
the iTnirersal Postal Union , Treaty
.agreed• ppm at 'Paris in 'Line, 1878; and
1879: . ••
cetnes.i.n.to„ operation on. the lath -April,
As afcw items in 'reference' to the
business. transacted in the sevet•al post
offices. inthe demity may be of it -Wrest
to our reader's, we givo. heloW- the gross
revenue of these with ,.-the'selary receiV-
ed by each _postmaster. It will he no:.
deed in most ,easee that the •salaries will
stand ", revision" • without. being -
any filmset' the officiala-beceming. sud,
:denly. rich. . The ealaries. are computed
on a _percentage uPon • the correspond-
onceposted. at each: offices • •
•
. , • •
.eacise the farther teproduao good -butter,
:bring it to market ingeOdeondition and
meet with. a'readysaleet a remunerative
price. At the Dairyman's -.AssoCietion,
held -de Ing,OrSoll latelyf much' interest
• • 4
was .excitea'by Prof. ArnelcUs-aceetint
of the utility •Of strong brine in better-
•
making, who gave a fells description of
se • .
the, process. When tlie globules of but-
ter are formed ist. the .diturningsproeess,
, •
.(1 beforethebutter ha&i�ttia11y "coma,',
'the &bides in question.. are siabbereal
:endwashed-in, strong.brine, 'Which' cora-.
• plotely neutralizei and 6"...ts....:*,of_the-
btitteronilk,' lensing 'ottly -pare .butter..
On this plan there is no "working" of
• butter, :It is left a while in the brine•
et the last Cleansing, tied,. .when taken•
out of it, mixed with the proportion
Of salt and pressed togethee into 'a, jar
oe into the roll form. .., %Wee: thti's
treated may • be kept iri byme• for.
•
any•length of' tithes and ceirtinite•
pdtne. • Mr, Arnold considers • that tltis
plan coMpuers the difficulty of the fellign
Market, aid renders' it possible, and
even easy, for .Cahadian teakettle •to vitt
down 'their produce in the, 'best condi-
tion, regardless of 'distance„ *hoe as to
'time dr pace. '•• It is to . be •noted that
the salt used for the brine just spoken
of must' be absolutely pure, itnd free
•
.from alt, detiquescing &der
• More attendee was ,given to butte's -
making at die late convention,- than on
any. previous occasion, and a lougthy
disenseion of the:stibject took place.
It is. quite Clear that the creamery plan
of butter', Making ontst come into opera-
tion on a'large scale, both to satisfy tho
.ptiblic demand for a better article, and
.to 'cheek an over production of cheese,
The 'bitter market is a larger and .more
elastic one than that for eheeso,- and
with a prime attiele there seems but
little free of a limited demand. •
AS deputations to Ottawa are all the
go, we Would seggeet that one be Sent
down to petition for a view of the XX,
clepliant. •
res:Ok.
.011.088 ,
$." 6600
Bandon .. . . 24 46' 10 00
Bayfield:......e...;., • 404 92 182' 00 `
,Belgrave . • 202 14 •58 00
'Benmiller 54 88 22 00,--
_90-47- •.36 00-
327 15' . 112 00
914 47 p 180 00
trupefield ,335 87 9000
Brussels* (5 ;vs.,2,590 81 624 00
Bushfield 19-0ff — 10 ZIO''
Centralia ; • 291 00 • 50 00.
Clinton* -- . • 3,303 36 '---830 00
Constance....,. , ' 121 10 50 00,
Drysdale' ...; . 68 50 12 001
Duegannon 200 67 •.90 00
Egmorelvalle... • 274 34 e 88 00
Exeter* .. . . . • 1,765. 59 • ' 388 00
Godericli* , 5,207-72 1,33800
Gorrie •407 87 118 00
Grand Bend. . , .... :111 63 • 16 00
Heiman......., 280 13 101 07
HohnesVille 98 15 ' 30 00
Johnston's Mills•17 75
Kippeu ;;t78 37
Londesborough 371 02
Itlarnoqh . 41 13
Porter's 60 44
Rodgerville 123 91
Seaforth* • 3;838 77
Varna ,12 57
Westfield 5021:
Wingha in* (5 qrs.,• 3 094 02
Arroxetcr 715 31..., 282. 00 -
*Clinton, Goderich • Seaforth, Winghain,
Exeter, and Brume s oftices all •receive al-
lotrances for rent and fuel, varying.,from
950 to $200, • • •
During tho year'490 money orders
were -issued at the Clinton °thee; 1,073
et Goderiele• 50.6 at Seaford''250 itt
Blyth, 372 'at Drusseli, 4,02 at. Exetee,
374 Wiog,htun, 477, at Wroxeter, anti
it number at the emallee offiees, besides
a large number being paid ab these offices.
Blyth •
EDITORIAL NOTES,
pro le in Western•outario 40
not take mall interest in city umnicipal
contests, but they uilI, nevertheless, he,
pleased to. ktiew that Bombs), is no
lotigee Mayor of:Moths:el, • .
So reale§ We'jtave noticed, the Mail
hns been the only '06uservative paper
that selefended the 'appointment of Mr,
Patteson te the Toronto postmastership.
Indeed, some of theta very' -severely cen-
sure the ad.
•
Juncittas by the business teauSacted
since the • Dominion House assembled,
there is not. much fene of the members
suffering front 'hard woi k. All the,
actstal business tranS:ictod in the past
three Weeks, could easily have been dong
in as many "ilityr-.
Wk3 weak, jlISt going toask wind •had
. _
become of tlie member for North Itureit,
in the. Porninion Parliament, when we
noticed that he made his Presence k PO W
011 Mortflay, bY- asking if the •GoVerk
lied any' standardmeasure for saW lees.'
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We breablineasiet• noW.• •• . • •
• "Astv nee"- ta,thesinteepi•etabion
the 1.0:Olden Advirtise ri puts on the let-
ters N. P.; now so common.. Doubtless
'leading Conservatives and their ,organs
Awl it a nasty pili, j pet now, for they
are." lookina sick" and disowning it-' as
,
much as they- dare.
' S.. (1)::44. certeie Conseevative of Squat
,
Huron,- in our office lastweek"I can
never -vote foe' George :fiteksen, for I•
leiVe Seen ton lunch Of, his writings to•
place it nen like hini in the Legislature: -
If our party bad: brought Mit a good
men, I; and others, weuld ,hate. iptiport7
ed him, telt as. it Lei wecannot couscien-
tionsly do se," •
.., Sin Joitxlias' been kind to -his editoe-
dal friends since he came into power.
Ie. 0! .P0.4esOn"!, Peatinutstershifts Nicholas.
Flood . Dav•fri, ' Indian' superintendeht ;
'iTo1in-.1\ichean, an appointment ta'Otta-
Avai ' ' Those .three, Wore-,./Ifait editors.
-Mr• W. If. Frazer,' the-ir-epefecl :editor
• of -the Termite Naiional,:lias also receisi-
ed an 'appointinerdat Ottatiet. •
'hi
, e Los:moss:Flee ;Joie •sti gdests to
Mr. Mowat .the advis1., , ility Of expends
ing more Money on the MeteOrologiCal
Observatory, at Toronto. . The expendi-
ture Might :be perfectly • proper; •• but
aliciuld Mr. .Mewit t follow this', advice,
the Free Press:would be•eoe of the first
., . ..•
papers to Ian' hitn over tlie • .coals for
" incteasing: the. annual "ex pendituee.". '
• Tue following paragraph from an ex-;
oliange is so .auggestive 0( itself, that it
requires no Comments -es • . -.
.. 4,‘ The alarming spread of drunkennose in
high social circles in Ottawa this session, has
been made the subject of severe donmient in
the pulpit: ,Tho exariiple set by those ,iii
high positions has encouraged an:exCess (of li-
cense. lathe drinking habits of those wli
bask in the -'smiles of the- ' powers that be;
that calls MI.:immediate and outspoken- re
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.1‘14ncif INTO
rreteetten re Formers.
l'krontreat 8tzr,cm,gerrativ,..
We uotiouthat a meeting has bemkbeld
in 0.)rn Exchange to consider the sebject
of the duties on breadetuffe tt Welt it is pre -
sinned the Governmeet propose tu impose
in -the process of carrying out their Nation -
el Polley. The majority of,not the whole
of our produce merchants are enderetocd
to be oppcised to any tax upon grain, par-,
trcularly upon those which generally fall
under -the eategory of breadstuff, This ie
but natural, coneidering that our produce
wen are only.bancliers of the procledta nE
the West, ands, indeed, tand in exactly the
;mane position, relatively speaking, as do
the importers of the manufecturers of Eu-
rope. As was forcibly pointed out during
the lust Rohm ef the Clanadian Parliament,
and before Dr.'Ortotes. Aericultural Con.
mittee .previously, what are technically •
termed the coarse grains of Canada aatt
find a ready market In the' United Staten
at highly rem onerative prices; theirqbality -
placing them -above and beyond what .wo -
lofty alonot say u mine tu wMcIl
Arneelean grains of the same class are sub-
jecti-4' The-Ainerican.coarse genii* Which
are admirable for purposes of feedieg•, •e
Canadians can, having no tidy to pay, thus .
4btain at very moderato Cost, and'the quea-
tion then arises will it pay theni to kill the
goose which it thus laying them the golden,
eggs, • in the first place by providing for
then, a inaeket fdr their coarse grains, and
the. second -by supplying -thole at tooder.
itto. cost With the coarse Amine.' that they
can readily .nianufacture into beef and mut-
ton; for the markets 6f Europe that are
nj.risilfreer to them...11w1ALtiletr.u.eighbers4.- .. _ .
Already many, of 'the- farmers of Ontario
:buy lean cattle and • feed them with con,- '
siderableprofit, which profit would be muck
diminished had- the deist' • of duties to he .
taken freta it, as must ieetitably he the
:case under the system that has been talked
of. . In what, we -nay ask, consistsPrOteC-
•tion to one farmers t. -Its'groat eleineee ift.
the briikling itp of nue- maauftiataring, in
dnstries, if we cannot otherwise do,' it,by
the im position. of at ieis on articles that We
are :able to term out lietia This'would,'ine
deeds- be- tho eneane • of - betiding- �p ,one•
-
manufactiires, which would thtiarquitoto
increase .the number of their operatives', -
whose numbers being augmented -would ,
consume an additional cLigintity of the fardi,:*
ers' products. •7 Our towns and 'village's
would thus he suede! tie -prosper arida home
market bedreated for our farmers,whose
returns •ivotild not only; be greater iu voe•
littit bet in profit else, as in such .event
"costs of;•. eceatIsfreight and other ,chargea
wonh.? hot.liate to he deducted. 'Wo, in
'Ourniati; "do nere,gulate the price of wheat.'
andl)eIk;.thapjidg,' iiporithe English
'Market; and bk it, is COriditionsare, we •
have in reality to be governed. Our fume-
re-reaBlianze cl.theitlf"ir
'even tooui, mantifectiiress Moreover,
dealing with this' question of, tariff, we have- :
to .sitoid that "inclisotiminate • prciteistiori , •
which-13holl bglate- Pride's; -and
.eventually result in disaster. Agidn, sups'
poeing.tre bad a ditty on breadst u ffs,,should
we not. be -haedicappine, our canals? •It. .
must be apparent . to tre, Most sepeifiCial
,observer that a tariff upon importations of •
American wheat and cern' would -be ,•tho.,
mest effectual ineans.ofdiverting the, VOA •
arein tride.of the. St•-liawyence into ^the, • •
Newyork canals; e COTI§Urani.atibn at. 'whiale •
our American neighbors have long ,beete •
aineineand aehigve to %et ieh tvenotice that
the state authorities have conehicled" to re-': -
duce their tariff of tolls by . five per cent,.
:It Might be said that did we hill -036a duty.' •
•
on Ameriean :geettis aed ff�tm we might •
provide' against injerY to. our canals, Which
have east ne so muchs by., a, repots to
bonding syetoni. But would. that -remedy. .
thevi19 We think not, --Jt woold bon
source Of endless expense. a nd annoyance to'•
-o.ur•Onstoms and.:Excise officer and would
--
necessitate tremendous expense, • while
shippers, to siveiddiftieulties,
clined toresort to ether routes., and then
the great St: I.inwenesi route would have
boonnothing More mar leis then aninireal
izable dream. • • -•••• •
•';
0.- • • "--
• •
„ The ,troublee between tho•siastor and
trustees, '-el-the Co 111, Church, •Weed•es.-
stock, 'Which have bau8eci a greater 'Cott;
Pnevious.to the•electiens the .111-0216
tiny Mies labored on behalf of probe°
-tionebntosees. whet it itlys now,'irt , tit
following 'paragraph clipped from a te
cent •issue •
. "The . millerWho grinds *heat, may b
protected by shutting the :door in the face
his foreign rival, but it is cliflicalt see horn
the grower of wheat can be •protected in a
country that produc3s wheat in exeese"Ofite
oWn wants."-
s'vhat 'Referin
. • •
have been saying over and over again.
People Will surely get their. eyes opened
la)W badly_ they liavei. been
•
2000. '
80, 00.
•
.°3 't.Vtilierate (Refertn) has been...tm-
, -seated and disqualified for North Ontn-
. is rio, a decieion egainet, whielr lie has
035 00 gwennotiee Of. it typal. The inain ground
••
oi
whfch •heis 'disvalitied is 'one that
We 'think . very few lieve hitheeto looked;
Upon as •viz., the employment.of
speakers and canvasserM
s.. r. Justice
. :.‘
•Atenotir 'expressing' the, !few, that; the
purchrtse of 1ts5iste11cd4wite more eernici-
oes than the Wyllie/of votes. If this
be taken as a • precedent, futuve candis
datei wiIl hey° to do all their ewit can-
4assing, except it is' done for them gra;
tuitously.. .
- motion in clerieal and laycircres in .con-
_ neetion with the Methodist . Church.
'throughout Oittarie thananyother cirs
e cumstance for a long period, are happily
- -at an etidlor the. present. The. Pod- •
dent of the Conference, having been ar. •
s pealed to, gave his, decision that tho..
f trustees. Were guilty ofoan offence awned
v the'discipiirie of the Chin•ch in closing
, the ,sacred _edifice, . The chureh Wee
therefore opened .fcir disine .worship ou '
ducted, as befell) the teonhleso by the.
Sundays and the the serviees were eon- •
.. •
•
Nnws.- --Items of general interest will
be received with thanks at this office.
We don't wiped all our correspondents
to write in n polished style. Send us
the bare facts, and' we will me that they
aptoar in good shape. • Flieryeorres.
pondent must send Ds his mune, es it
guarantee ofgood faith. Regular ooti
respeindents Will be fornisbed 'with en.
Mopes and stationery, it desired.
• *At Jarvis, on Flithets mottling, what
is generally suppoted to have been an
earthquake was felt, IV cannot be aer
counted for in any other way. Farmers
in 'from _different direetions .report
shook at the: time• mentioned which
woke themup and shook the, house,
They say it was to Rvere to bo_crodit.
ad to 'the r.etion of frost,
' pastor, • Mr. parker. ,,The" pew 'ushers •
;ma choir were consPiciettsby their ,ab-
•
sence, only one ineniber of the latter
.putting an an appearance, . The niejority;
of thestewarde and trustees also. failed -•
to attend. The preacher' also failed
to refer to the recent troubles tn .11,14
sermon, which .was Most, ettentivelY
lia-
teued • Ekeitenient• *regarding .•the
matter hail about died, out.
•
ites -; • —
Noe. Tulare Co., California, ou
the 17th Feb.,, the_ wife of Rev. p,
P.age„. 'formerly of Clinton, of a.sou.
Wiixre,-Iii.Cfiaton, on the •21st Feb., the
• wife of Mr, W. Whitesof 4 daughter;
INxiatntl.-St islia.gtou
on :Tannery 29th,
tJI
.
-Wife bill;.Ferner, formerly- of flintet,;
of it deughter. •
Stanfey, Gn-tipa(lItli Fob,
'wife of Mr, 1). McEwen, of ri daugliter.
McPs,rvut..,-,ht compere fat in, 1lti1ltt, ott .
the thul inst., the wife of Mr. j. Mein,
tyre_ of a Son. .
_MARRIED.
Orrisiimus .41oonn--At the residence of 140
bride's brother, Hensall, on the elth •
. • Fob, by the Roy, Mr. Cannnon, of
pen, Air. Jae_ (lamberts of Clinton,
. • Mi fr Maria Moore, nf llibbort,
Oravitn-lh•teirse.'-on the 27t11 Feb., at
the residence 'of, the bride's father, by „,* -
Rev. le, 0. MeXay, tt vt. E. Oliver, to
•'Illiienteth E., eldeitt,,da•st;hter of Tr, .L
• • Itergese, all et ,
..t