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· ' CANADIAN STATESMAK, BPV\T MA NVJI,LE, PRIDAY, M'\.Y 9i. 1879. Council included I'h s s onA l HJ re e I t atn e for 0\: ery 6 000 souls or fo1 e" n y 600 'oters reckoning C'i c1~ tenth person a vot e1 - Mai,l \°Ve have 600 1ep1m·mnta1ives the F:xe nl1 e REFORM CO!llifll'l'TEE IflEE'fiING. Tlifl COllllNG EJ,FJC'l 101' OPPOSITION CAMPAIGN SHEET " isheo to mtimate t o Ins fnends and customern that he ha' n o\\ hrn ITS FALLACIES AND FALSEHOODS If the Opposition wanted to cut down ANSWERED the number of men1bers why d1d not they m ak e a mol101 to that eilect' \v hen they THE OPPOSITION EUONOMISrs did nut ~hat right has the ""Wad to raise the preva1hng op1n1on in the Provinces that issue at-n11 ! However let ns see how 1n t his matter referred to is that the Federal system Ontario stands as compared with other n1 ust be preserved at any cost and it is Provinces felt th1t economy is the on)y means of sal In 1877 (tl e year the Mail selects),vation This 1s also the 'iow tackcn by the Oppos1t1on Ill the Ontario Legislature I SPR ING AND SUMME R STOCK 1 I QD" JlllAJI©Y ~ ~liAP~l!ill ~Rlf 1111 bou~ht before the mcieased duty and will be sold ALEXl:i.NDE R t tie mw sh 1d· s he has mar k Hae ope ned out this m ornmg ano th er 1 it of C:ulo1 c d S1 ks m all am tho cheap "t Uolo1ed S ilks e; " CC t hem -Oppositrn" Campa gn 'fheet on as usual b) Mrns Pow1rn Public meetmgs m the mtercst of Dr Mc [,aughlm will be held as follows Kenda1l, Frida;) May 9th, at 2 p m· Newtonville,Fnday,May 9th at 7 30 pm· Kirby, Monday J\fay 12th, at 2 p m Leskard, Monday l\fay,12th at 7 30 p lll E, ery elector is parhcularlJ requested to attend When the Devil "as s1ck, the Devil a n1onk would be But when the Devil got well the Devil a monk was ho ~ 1 es I 27 40 500 lan1e last \Vhat assurance ha.a the conntrv that the pres;A nt Opp JBihon leaders tn Ontario ara economists 1 under the Do mere professions or buncombe reso lut1ons prove their true intentions 1 What arc there associahona, and 1n "\\ hat school ha\e they graduated~ DR McLAUGHLIN " hen did they practise the doctrine that "Eoonoruy 18 the only n1eans of sal "\~hen the announcement was made that vation 't They are blind worshippers of a leader Dr l\'[cLaughlrn had consented to become the Reform candidate m West Durham whose performances as an economi.st ha1'e been as fo11owe for the approaohmg local elect10n the WHAT THEIR 0-RR.A l EXAMPLE DID friends and supporters of Mr Mowat s In 1804 John A Macdonald became !1.dmmtstrah@n were highly gratified ] or many ) ears Dr McLaughlin ha· held one of the principal n1e111bers of the Uan ad1an Ad 11n118tra Ion ¥; h1ch succeeded a prom1nent place and taken an active that of Sir FrJ.ncw Hincks_ part Ill pohtical and mun1oipal matters 'I here was a surplus of $1 600 000 In In 187 Domnn nn LegBlat on ' k s I e ft I Inc ost the pcopl of CunuU F rano1s'Hinc and for some years ho has been looked th e treasury w h en S 1.. tr 18.... Quebec Legi slu.tJon ffice $3 600,00U stood to the credit f I cost the pPop e of Canuda upon as ai fulnre represcntatnc of the t he b-overnment for puhhc wo rks exec.:uted I In 18.... the ai;erage cost of rntelltgent and "dl to do electors of West and the pu blic debts redeemed out Durham hi'J character and ub1htJ have been such as to g1 ve him a pronnnent pos1t1on in the est1matiou of the publtc tho "C ppcr Uan11d1an leader of the Govern and ha\e unmistakably shown him to be ment In 1807 two fifths of the "hole expend1 among the comtng men and one of our ture had to be n1et bv borrowing, to avoid future Statesmen With commendable sho.,mg a deficit of $3 400 000 f:OST OF ADMTNISTR \.TION OF J t SIHJE diffidence he has not pushed himself for The treasurv was empty, the $0 600 000 The Mai l complams of the cost of Ad ward, having declined any such honors t o ct edit \\as gone mnn~bat1o n of Justice 1n 1877 and gn:eA The Governrne it banking account \1i as the followrng as the figure s whenever ho has been approached on 1 le overdrawn to the amount of $2,400 000 ] o r Ontario $280 000 The interest of the pubhc debt had in anhJect and would in tlus instance have For Quebec 405 000 preforred to let some of the older members creased from $1 200 000 to $2 408 000 the of the party , or those of greater le1sureJ who]e (_f \luc.:h exuept a bout half a mil hon, was -0hargeable a~ainat a net revenue bear the standard' hut after repeated so of about 4t mtllions of dollars ho1ta.t1ons of friends, and in response to a In 1854 the entire expenditure, includ The JJ,fail is good enough bowe,er to very heBrty and unanimous nom1nat1on by ing interest and pubhc works, was but 1nv1te the sta*"ernent by 1ts con1par1snn that the Adm1n1strahon of Tnsttce in Qne t he Reform Convention, he consented tu $4,160,000 In 185i 1t had been increased t· $7,600, boo 18i7 (under Tory rule) cost the peo 1ities of OOO take upon himself the responst b1 f f l d Ii t ~ in ace o enorn1ons annua e c1 s, ple 34 cents per'"" l thtt candidature, after having n1ade lilUch by the gtnde, mod el, plulosopher and I 'Vlule ln Ontar n arr \u ge1nents with Dr Beith as '\\ould_ fr1end of t h o n 1e n who a re not\'"' t!J& ,1..Wcnl 17 CENrs lER .H£, p1eaeh1ng t hat ' Economy Is the .. H ow J S t h at f Per mit hun to lea\e his practice while says the only n1eans of salvation l\fowat A. 111111 1~ ti n uoocssarily engaged 111 attending to the lhese facts were all brought out by in dntu~s of the proffered position veshgat1ons before the Pnhhc Accouuts \Ve hardly think a gentleman could be Con1m1ttee &c &c, at the time, and are found that would prove rnore acceptable now matters of history to the free and rndependent electors of this ridrng than Dr l\1cLaugl lm Reared as uear1y as possible 111 the cen 1re of the r1d1ng educated at the High School in thM to"\'i n, and after several years of hard work and study 1n Medical Halls in A.mer 1011 and Europe and receiving the hu~hest honors tn the gift of these 1nst1tut1ons he came to li1s native county and settled do '< n to the practise of his profession, In which purstnt he has been eminently sue oessful Personally free from rep1oach there 1s noth1ng in hrs put career that slio\lld prove an obstacle to the tree anJ cordial supp rt ff e~ery elect( r 111 the r1d1ng "\\re are assured by the enthus1 asttc mnnneI 1n wlncb ]us acceptance ot t he cand1d1:1,tu10 was received b y 1nen1bers of th ~ partv and the publtc generally tha t he \\ill have the h e rtv support <f e vel ) HISNEXT GR 1. NJ) li:CO~UMIC.!.L t r ue Reformer and of many who are not strictly party 1nen He should, too, re cen e the support of all young men from the fact that he does now and always has taken a warm interest in t he Y.: elfare of Io ank r upt Stoc SILK AND CASH]!IERE ruAl:\fTI~ES . SB 3"000.0 WORTH O I P l.. - .- ~oots s iz e~ a1 i.d S h es A B AH GA.IN lo DOZEN P 11. l.SOT S >l $ l 10 ekcl F or cheap Dry Goods and Stylish M1lmiery, go to TO B E SOLD A T i.\J'rru '.tlum1 t1 ~ rn1cnts BANKRUPT callmg at m:v ,;torn ALEXANDER'S CHEAP CAS!I STOH:ili, PR ICESs l --~~NJcA J:tIH UR SBLOCK BOWMANv l LLE ·Bowr. am tile Apnl 24 1870 THIS WAY, FRIENDr READ THIS LIST. P ei<onH dt,HJTIJ t o pmchase Boots and Shoes w ill si>e mone3 b:y I Call and exam me nn stock bcwrc pu 1cl1a s111g } om Boot, fo1 Sprm,; and S ummer wear Gieat B11Tganrn will he given Otdcied W 01 k prnm ptlv attended to and s11ti,fae110n gua rnntecd BORLA I s the place, to g<'t 1 our D~ R ep mm,s n eatl3 done_~ ·-w. T . S COTT, JR. 1 N l~"\¥ DRESS -~I A KE R, Church SPRIN G GOODS ram now operu.ng out a cho ce sto 1 of BOOTS & SEEOES, stock m town, p m rhased bef01 e the CPS, and cu~tmm 1 s \\ill geo the Hu, 8t(J( k comnsts of m ery desc11ptrPn of gooct:; smtablc l for Spong and Summer wear wluch I~ bomg ~old guaranteed 30 t f MlllltfERY A~O FANGY GOOD SI w h ch I intend to "e l h e ap I k an nspcct1on ll ll"5 soho t A BARGAIN ELGIN STREET TO AN l}lme.DemorestPatter.n s ST I-LAW HA 'I' S nlade ove1 n lhe ne " sl~ 1s E2(.CL USIVEL Y FO R at puce~ Dress -Making Don e FEATHE R S C:LEA"°IEJ!Jl$.D'/il!Jll.l> 1d11ch cannot be beat en m 11rnt,1n ce tln~ countiv MRS ANDERSON VJ omen's Genuine F reuch l{id for $3 00 per :i_)air. Boots and Shoes made to order pron1pt~y and neatly done. nnrEDIATE P[RGHASEB R . B . ANDREW . .Nl A P PLY r o " rRS W K EYS I · · ' PUST - -IN lllE- - O~FI UE BLOC K Bo 111 u1v1l e, 1\.1 nch 2GJ 1878 POLITlCAL CLIPPIN GS. I n re turn no- tha n k!; t the public for their 1 bcrul pa,t ronago n the past begs to a n nou nce that she has received a BO OT and SHOE h ne and now is the tim e fo al -.,vho want .. .. be elected by n large maJ011ty will, too, if the electors nre ahve to then own interest and that of the country at Jarge -We aak e' ery elect or to do h18 duty faithfully and conscientiously and "\Ve are sure of a victory on th e 5th day of June nex t op1111on is that Conse1va ti res are gieatly 1n1stakcn and will be terribl.) d1sappomted if they are expectm~ a repetih(_ n on the 5th of June of "'hat took place on the 17th of Septembor last Their success was secured by only an ag OuR honest ~ f uudryman u1 the Royal City sums up the effect of the N P ver y co ncisely Ile Ra vs he must either rnrne Ins puces lower his mens Yi ages, or clo~e up b li31Hess GIVING UP BUSINESS I STOCK-IN-TRADE AND GOOD Will OF THF. 0 D RS 'I B T SHl<H G OOD BOOl S' C- Sl!OE.S to p ay bun a v is t Cl ildren s g ar n1en ts cut and stamped 1n the l ate st tyles Laa es "\\111 find a vaned a ssortment rn t he abo-i; e h u e s at lowest p nce'" l ou all k n o·v ha ~ I fo Iii) I custom wook ~NI ~LE is not o oe e1the1 in flt mi:tterial or workr 1a n,Bn1p I Rtratford Beacon ' r1 he Canadian salt ma.ketf) have increased t h e pn{;e of salt 10 cents m re r er barrel, making a rise of 15 Cf'nts altogether since the new tantf wa s introduced So nn1ch fo1 the benefit of the N P t o tho cons u mers \VIIEN n pe1son now ask s a Torv t 1 p int ut t ho benefi ts of t he N P the re plv 1nva11a b ly is, Oh you must wait I This is q ute different fron1 the story told last sun1n1er when rt was said that the tntroducti n of a P rotcot1vo tanif wonld at once stimulate all the 1ndust11es in the conn try :EXPLOSION ONE SEWING MACHINE :BUSINESS CF - THE LADIES' FANCY STOR E, ' Opposite the E xp es8 Offi ce R 1ng St Howman v lltt A [ i 12{ 18 9 111 ~g Our Prues a, e to suit th1 tunes anti our Good.1 a1, to smt) ozt LET E VERYBOD "i P J E '-i3E NOrE \'V hat COlllCo IIO<\ ? Spnng Of what d oes Spnng remmd you I R. & H. O'HARA, Cll!CAP DY SMALE'S CONTRACT MORTGAGE SALE B O OT AND SHOE STORE, l1'I NG STREE;'I' NEXT DOOR WES I Ol LY J,1£ & M '-ll 1 Ye\ 3 1 01 "hat else d o s the ach ent of Spn n,,: " 11und ) iu I 0 l hat t he Carpet> ai c b1dlv fa ded and'" rn tlrnt \Vm<lr " s new Um tams T ables m w Covern Beds rn " C nmteq I a n ew 0 11 ( loth 'I he se thmgs m ust be 1ene"ecl For expenditure from 1860 to 1874 see NITRO GLYCERI NE "Pu bite Accounts (Canada ) <\. nd although the Re·enue up to 1872 3 I \\ e 1m;an11hlJ House Bl nnshmg' &, OFFICE DE8K SAJ; J!; HO RSE \\AhG ONo;, A.PP ULIN G DI S \STER"-' THE u I R HH E D· N MON DU M O! grei:zato maJouty of a bout l500 votes, not w1thEltand1n~ the delu s1ve attractions of the J'iatlonal Pohoy, "ithout wlnch they would not ha~c been now In poweI That NattonRl Humbng WI 11 now pro\e d ums trous to the Tory candidates, since the hopes of thosA who placed confidence in the promises of :N P advocates have been blighted by tl1e non fulfillment of these fair p1 on11ss \Vi th tins d1sturb1ng cle ment of protection no\\ removed, 111 so far as it could m1ht ate against the Reform party, and with a Govertnnent clauning our support, aga.1nst which no charge of mal aurnn Jstrat1on cr1n be Jnstly brougl t, we can go u1tr tho contest with sure hope of v1ctoiy in 0110 session t o the pcrmanp,nt expendi ture of the country Sir John A Macdon ald exceeded Ins Finance l\lunster's own estimate of the Hevenue for the year by no le·s than $1 900 000 So that an inorea.sed expenditure of $'9 830, 224 in six yenrs was Me~srs Jli'Iered1th 1Horr1s and Co s great exempler s tribute to the doctnne that "Economy,. tho only means of salvation And their hen g the very humhle folio~ I ers o f , an db eI ie vers in 'S tr J u h n , is absolu tely the only claim aud ·title thu.t I these gen tle1nen have to be eveu suspected of being conom1sts / i8i¥~ ~e~Yce~~t1~:;1~~t!x~~lli~~~r~f Yd~n~~~ I~~:~!~~D, A~D ~ ll"I Y CAR:N~~~IT MATOH'i'i oon INro Tl I} ds Sh ds bi t ,, d h ie oo e oivn in o a con;1 use ea.p of ruins lhree rnen known to be kiUed «nd others missing STRATFORD, PTJ BI,I C 11U CTION, at the Rt EBO I1 01\1 IIOL1--:"R 11 thetownof Bowma n'\Illc A.p11124 18 9 \\ h' at McCn ~' Enos 1 BDGfxr AN D H ARNESR \.L~O WOOL AND THEN P T o the Ed1to> 1 f the Statesm <' ::51r - Tn order that our .fa.rn1e1s n1ay more fully reallz\j how rnuch they owe t J the pre1H:~1 t paternal governn1en t in guard April May 5th -A le" minute· before teu o cluck this rn oriung, th e whole town wa· shal<en if by the shock of an earthquake Windows were bl 1wn 1n, an<l even the mde" alk~ u1on wh ich people " tre wi.tlki ug were i:ihakea so as to cause the pas sengers to tall The cause was Eioon n1ad e apparent A car laaen '\\Ith dy uamlte ba<l exploded at the Grand 'l 1un k Rai lway freight ) ard The w1eck the explostoJJ made beggars det::cnpt1on U nd t>rn eath t.he dyn am1tc car a hole Se\ eral feet <lPep had bee.n scoope l out by th e e x.plos1on The eud of thti br1ck fre1gbt a h~d and a por tion ot the root hau been blown do V\ n, ao<l se v eral ha me bu1fd1ng'" were le' elled to th e gro un d A long string of fmgh t cars ly ng 1n the 'ar<l were u terly wrucked Th e burliness part of the to!\n is TIR O\rly a ru 1l ~ Ir _,n1 tbe '" CCDC of the explo:nou but it shared 1n the drnaster V al la ble plate glass Vi tn do ws were broken and rno.ny other were blown in, frame a and all The U11niage a one to proparti is estimated at manJ thous and U liars, but th er~ 1s too much co t ns1on to aal;erta1n an yt l: 1ng definite at present I wo railway cmployeei:l work1ng 1n the yard Frank LP.lTialne dit P1geou 1 of Montreal and Thomas Dolan, of Stratford " ere blown int J fragments the foot of on of the m being found two hundred ya1ds off Others were ID] ured but the whole extent of the <lioaster cannot be known for some time yet II ow the couct1RA1on was brought about cann rt "\et be ascertained but it ts sa.1d th at one of the ynrdi,;m en was hnndl1ng a can of the explo>11ve care1 esR 1J ben g either unaware of t he ter n\)le Jan ger at so doing or !::> e1ng foolhardy beyond cr.,dence NEi\. H A:\fBURO Ont Ma) U - 'Ib e ~ reat explosion at Stratford to d a\ 1 was felt and b eard here qu te plainJy u d1stan"e of tour teen mtles windows and bulld1ngs bei n~ shaken wttb cons1dAra ble for ce S H AK E SP E ARE On t J\fay 5 -The great exp] o;i;ion at Stratford this morning w a~ felt plamly h er e. All t he hom es wer e shaken and in sn nfl HJ stances doors flew open T he inhabitants thoueht at first that 1t an earthq uake T he d stance IS llOWJUA N VI LIE ON NEW JUST A RR IVED a· AN ACRE OF LAND ad. 01n1ng the fat n1 of '\~ H \VILLI..U.1S ESQ know n us t h e Po1t c1 & Brad shaw P rop mty THURSDAY, M AY 15, 1879, GOOD STRA W HATS .AT 300 'l'ERiflilil l CLr S call a nd see h m on Sa 1 r d a1 of fit fo1 Lhr Good s H otfoe 1t " mfeu m co none m the Ilowman\ille :Ma rch 2118 ~ LOOK HERE OU R GRAND li e\ f: P REMI1JJY1 Q! GOD S PROMISE McClung Bros. for Cl1eap iS LIKE !..N UJ 1' SONG T:'.'< rHESE F -<RT;:; CBJ:l( ~ "ill be ·cQ lung I A I lllcloflcou ton· !\\a le VERY HAN D SOME MELO DEO J'i for R.a le at. a g1eat bu g a1n \pply to O utfit fr ""'e seven w., mile ~ A B Bowmanv11le May 6, 1879 the \.V \.LI papers urc now dm uu 1 nR attention Ever} I rusekcoper sh ould ns1 e ct my stock befnH ptih ch a,s1ng Botl pa,ttc 1ns are g iaran tep,d t o surt I Yellowlees T D A H L L"'iG ro;-; ,,.. fo butter chunlS b 1Uev b.,11 p ,J ec1ded tu mal~ e an tmpor ta,nt change m th ell busmess next f;JJl and m 'iew ot thrn they cire determmed to reduce t l en stock b) gn mg then cus to mer s goods at boVilS butter t ubs and bu ter prints TH0.1TAS Y.Kl..i 0 'v\. Ll!:E S Bowman1-:il1e April llJ 1879 39 tf BIG PAYi\1lrn'11~1\'sI~&t~ER AST 0 i~ IS HING LY L 0 Address j I Bowman ville, April l, 1878 w PR I c Es JO Sf tf Montreat l' Q