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WEDNESDAY JIJLY 20, 1 892. DR. J. C. MITC~HEL. ,,0 nd rte,, dOntaro ooeec Offie ad Rsidnce. Ennisklllen. 4 1BUR1KE IIIPSOF,' B A ]RRISTl'R SOLICITOR, &-o. MOPRIS vi 01,. raPstairs, Kinz Street. Bow'uan- vil.~1ci or for the Ontari 'Bank k iilate BIon e,.slcaned at the lcwest rates S. C.HUNK1NG L IOIINSED AUCT ION E E R FOR Làthe coley of Durham. Sales attended to on shortest notice and lowest rates. Address Ccuanrcz P. .3i fORT. YOUTNG, V. S. 0FFICE IN THE WEST DUJRHAM N'aesBlock, where himself or assistant vai l Je fc,,Jd from Sa.m. to 9 .i. Night oeils At residence.di R ri jwdsl IN BY-GONE DAYS. pieturrsqae IncidenIs lns the Ilistovy or Parli amcntary Elections. It is a long stpry, that ot Enýlish Parlia- mentary eleetions. As early as 1234 a rep- resentative ±'arliament of two Knights from evrysbire was sunmonid; the 1"Mad Parfiamnt came together iu 1258; and in 125tie Comîns firstimet undera writ as a "confirmed represeutation." Borough represeutation began in 1294, and in 1308 Parliament became a legisiative Fower, whose ,assent was necessary to the enact- ment ýOf laws. In these davs the Corrupt Practices act prevents much use of money in British elec- tions, sa'.e for legitirnate, purposes. But years ago profligacy can riot, and the Cost of carLrying an election was measurýed only by the depth of the candidate's purse. Tise corrupt use of monny in electnral contests began as long ago as 1571, when une Thom- as Long was elected to the House of Corn- mons by the boroigh of Westbuiry,Wilts,aiid afterward confessed that lie paià the Mayor £4 for the honor. He was thereupon ex- pelled from the House; but the Mayor was compeled to r-turu the £4 to; him, 'an(la i m7 a dett, 3,207; Maiuwaring, 2,936-Limajority A DI<T m TIA of 271 for Sir Fraucis Burdett.& RI LT A . Two famous contests occurred jn Hamp- shire, in 1790 aud 1806, which ard regaided The Rleapers of Lee. asmonumental exampies of the use 0f mouey. înwhti sraigtm naltefed Each of them cost the Ministerial loaudidate Iknwte-ti epigtm nal h ilso upward of $125,000. But they fade into I can hear the reapers singiug o'er the mead- penurious insignificance when bompared ows, calliug me; with the tripartite battie in Northampton, " And whereforc came you net to-day to reap inI 6. hn hetre a i-1fPu the golden grain?', in 76q Tiý,i tbý treeÜls o1Haiax, But'il sevrc e t.he fields 0of Lee, nor reai' Northampton and Spencer,were tsýe leaders wità h hcmagaýin, of the fray, their candidates beiug1 respec- rfr aeynntt-a 'te tively Sir George Osborne, Sir George Rod - And whcrfr aeyuno ody"te cry across the wheat ; ney and the Hon, Thoma3 Howe. Accord.-"And wherefore came you nul?" the winds are iug tu Mr. Grego's 1 flistory of Parl iament- cbiming low and sweet, asy Elections," the actual candidlates were And far and near swcet suunds 1 hear from 1uver mount and main; ni smal1 account in the couflit:' heir pat- But 1 shaih not sece the fields of Lee, nor reap li rons bore the brunt of the battle. Th le can- thema again! vassing began long before the polling ; this ,heercom ount'Teadofa was extended over fourteen days.,.. turmu docks the sod;- Accordiug tb the poil-book the lçgitimnate The world is like a picture whero the harvests number of electors. some 930, was exceeded smile lu God; by 288, but confusion of persous isaccount- Theres yet a late white rose for you in valley ed for by the prumiscuons hospitalities of But andin lin,"'-ete ilso Le h three noble mansions be-ing at the mercy of blooms that rose again! the crowd for weeks. . . . During the "hw"eoecm ont hdvshv six weeks the scrutiny lasted sixty cuvers '-Ah, herorecmodln etshdoeh were daily spread at Spencer H-ouse for With the gold of autumu g1eaming on their those concerned ln the case. The recuits dnwnVIY, tender breasts, -,fvo And teyare cailing to u u of iy. Comel -iny1g l ~"'eqffa 3 the e hl'tTon- W- s~c h i :5. l for Infants and Children. doCateHls se oWeil adaptod t cldrnt a <atox4a curesColle, Constipation, trecommnend it as superior te any prescriptour Stomach, Tiarrhoea. Eructatioyn, knon t me,, L A Asý Kll Wormns, gives sleep,,and pro=OtoeC: 9 w oe" H . IHa .B, u gestion, 111 llo. OxLord St., Ekln N . Wltheut injurions medicatlen. TUE CxNTAUit CospN'nY, 77 Murray Street, N. YV FOR SALE BY . IIIGGINBOTHAM & SON, BOWMANVILLE;