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------ PAINE +" mex question has been anewrered by us + om; Swo. previous =oceasions but when and sather thaw hunt up the paper we will answer it again. Tt is not Shall surprising that you should be o #omewhat puzzled to understand why 1 309% should be quotted as par value "01100 sterling, for 100§ is really not par but 0} is the advance on the old _ por and the expression 0} is » clumsy - meio of sinting that the exchange on - Britain is at the: old par; the expres- 'gion is both awkward and unsatisfac- sive Idow't remember - ! tory and arose in this wise : "In years gone by the Mexican dol- lar was the unit value. of exchange between Britain and all part of the N. s _ American continent and the sovereign of pound, @'erling was and mew the British unit of valve. A "Megican dollar wus valued at 5 shil-| . "Higgs ou this side the Atlantic and 4 "of thesa dollars would have 'equalled in vallue-one pound sterling, Bul . proportionate intrinsic value o 'British and American unitrof value "sas such that 100 of the Jormer was "equal in value to 11) ef the latter, i.e] it required 4,44; Moxioan dollars to -oqual in valse one pound sterling ; hence whey $4.44 was taken in Britain or when one pope sterling was taken in Americ pr Badd then the exchange between the two countries: was said to be at for one Found pov. "Bok in place of using the expression 9} the same purpose would be served and all confusion "avoided by simply stating that the exchange Was at par or at $4.86' on the pound She exchange Britain ang; $4.75 or any hing less than - excliange for s pound sterling. And Bashuales, my it = Zin, Without knowing al the ! iniomat we cunt bo-uxgented tnanemBpR BL to.advise.. Of course. it makes quite a difference where and how parties THE Bot (fs i spire Yiiw who would 'ever become sxpect : is even under the most ad- enigron circumstances. Your But the time came when the United . Stage discontinued the use of the Mexican dollar as their unit of value of exchange and introduced the Ameri- pan dollar in its stead ; but the Amer- can dollar was even less pure than the Mexican by 93 per cent, that is jit re- quired 109} American dollars to equal in value 100 Mexican dollars; hénee it requires 4.86' American dol- Iara 10 equal in vaine one pound ster- Tigg. 'Hence when 4.86! American de will exchange in Britaifi for one pound sterling the exchange is said to be st par. Bo that when it is stated that sterling exchange is at 93 advance il simply means that the exchange is at par which is 934i vance on the old Mexican dollar. d h: rank of he good "and great. 'The generous provider for destitute ehiliven is an: homer to the province EE ra phoerfio paby Lp ft Itt ag och of te oy and ungeriainty of human life. But with indifference over the abode of the silent sleeping ones hidden away #0m carll's cares and strife, but' what shall we say of those who 'Sutraging every noble instint of Jamanity will invade the sity of thi dead and snatch | from the bosom, of 'defence. |' less, sleeping" guss, thee by 40 bande of loving, S-- ing frisds. whol "fhe Ping. Brows! Gunetery, Prince Albert, is decidedly one of the finest end most suitable spots to be found |! in' this séotion of country for the pur pose for which if is used, and the care bestowed on many of the graves show » loving respect on the part of friends highly commendable #o 'their loving decorate many of the graves. Un- likely as it nay #eem it is meverthe- loss true that in many instances these flowers are stolen from off the graves. Only a barbarian, barbarian! did we say? Nothing above the savage would be guilty of 80 base as act, it is a crime of which there ean be no palliation and guilty parties whoever they may be should be punished with- out mercy. Every one who visits the Cemetery should deem it his duty to protect the defenceless and bring to justice the perpstrators of any such outrage. ' No blame ean atfach to Mr. McCoy the attentive and obliging Sexton, everything i Bipb straight and right while he is areund but he csunot al- was be there, he receives nothing more than the pay tor digging and filling in the graves, and that can no more that)' gay him for the time oo- cupied in the work. At the best watehing is not & cure, we would feel d of a ity where there was even one capable of such ultra vandalism. ---- . Fazus wor Sauz.--C. Davidson, Esq., offers for Sale two fine farms in the township of Thorsh and parties wishing to purchasd good farms either to farm or es an investment should seo the advertisement elsewhere in this issue, Ax Ewxsorastz Exounsion.--Mon- day, 6th inst., the town civie holiday, say| was selected by the officers of the 8 | Cinrch of England Sunday Schoel as' "The most wasred. spol. on 'earth is h os "proved & most in- ~ ad favorable, time. | August ve ud" ono of its most enjoyable days and while the visitors | ET ly: fow, thé Time' of our Agricultural securing 8 big gathering. ed ta be. the cantre of attraction "4 delightfal spot on the rising gi overlooking the village, ¥ Every necessary scoommodatied 8a. well [for cunvenience "and Gomfort was provided, and comfitable seats were friends was of too much importance! Whether Fogg x ou the farm to admit of their taking runner or not has partin 'thd holiday sporis; still the 'the shatter all gathering was nrge, interesting and ocan_desire is fair and. honor: 5, | pleasant, in fuct the programme of | race and let the best m hn. the day was such as could not fail in ties hpring bets on may grab sts viotoryut The Olympic Clab Grounds, prov- «putation to {ional or otherwise nite the same, n Mon-| + 0pds lost at the start difficult to catch up that the injustice ay | no been intentional, snd n ithatand- Zortain ato, ac ing . the conditions of hm it should, uhder the have been i 1 ' one 'else Par- more value than all the bets that ean be taken. We do not believe that either Fogg or Hint would willingly take an undue advantage. After the 'race a general muster was dghin made on the grpunds and] furnished for af} Who. so. desired Among on the grounds ake Jai of intelligentactive good form. The' Port Py the Cannington :end Port Perry Ia- crosse teams faced h_ other 'in + team, took three straightgames. This left the ¢ ' conducted young men and is pot tail in raising lfeel- a of bopeful anticipation of the fatare of onr fair country. Osbews waa: well: and creditably > by 'ber Lacrosse team thelr friends. Uxbridge was 'here 1o strength and very many of Bor representatives were of those |; who should take an active part in the several contests for supremacy. Cannidgton too was well represented land Beaverton made a noble 'tarn out of just such as people like to see a credit to themselves and an homor to the locality they ' represent. Manchester was well represented both individually and nwaerically whilo from all the surroundings the turn out of ladies as well as gents was most salisfuctory. The display on the grounds was really grand the contestantsin the several games being dressed in their dashing uniforms suitable for the various games ; while the grand dis- play of the fair sex secured the admiration of sll. It is conceded by all having the slightest pre'ention to discrimination or whose judge- ment is worth a moments considera tion that the fair ones of Port Perry, and its surroundings occupy the foremost place in the front rank of the fairest ot the fair of the county. The active business of the day commenced with a base-ball- match between Oshawa and Port Perry. The latter came off victorious after a good and well contested game. A Lacrcese match came next, Beaverton against Oshawa, two fine active teams, and iL very soon be- came obvious that the Beaver- tonians were more than a match for their southern antagonists who were no where in their hands and three straight games scored for Beaverton told its own tale, Next on the programme was the 100 yards race for $200 between Fogg of Uxbridge, and Hunt of Port Perry. For some whim of someboby the race was not to take place on the grounds bat on the bighway to the north of the town, and & geveral stampede of men, wo- men and children was made towards the spot, After a series of prelim: inaries had been gone through such as driving stakes, roping' off the track; haggling over, judges, &e., &o. all was pr d ready test for th the Beaver- ton and Port Perry teams and it was] : Yt i morning, Now Uxbridge and Man- chester foot-ball clubs taced each other and had a magnificent game but Manchester carried off the laurels in fine style after having kicked their opponents round the field for about an hour and a half. : This wosnd wp the sports: of the day. On the following morning 'the Port Perry lacrofise team refused tg eon: test the possession of the $60 Cup with the Beavertonians, so'that the cup goes to Beaverton and they are worthy of it for certainly :they make a splendid team, much the best on the ground. The town is under an obliga- tion to their numerous visitors not only for their presence but for the large amount of pleasure they con- tributed by the excellent and interest ing manner in which they acquitted themselves in the several games and by their pleasing manly bearing throughout. . We take pleasure in returning the thanks of the Town to one and all of our numerous visitors. -------- A Disastrous Storm. The spring and summer of the present year have been marked by an unusual number of destructive storms, rain, hail, wind and thunder; and while confined to comparatively small areas bave been terribly des- troctive in their ravages, vast numbers who at the t ce | pondent is mistaken as to landlords better demanding their régt from 130) do with whose crops have [rent ? it ia no fault of his U agreed to leave the contest till Tuesday 5 Tua to vito the ghbres:. Wherb Jis" 'the/te crops have been destroyed, and had, the : proprietor been farming the] fand the result would have beet the | same, a deadloss ; then why should the tenant be made responsible for that which hecould neither forsee nor prevent and the same would have happened to the owner had be farm- ed hisown land. Nonebut a Shyl of the, 'Worst description demand his poand of "flesh off To bare bone where there is no flesh. Who. can pny rent when, A storm reap the harvest ? sperm he Buckum and Siero, Augute Brand, & tearful youth iweb, who liad Dever seen the inside of & station house before, wax arrested by a constable on the Main street last night. In an unguard. ed moment |.e mustered enough courage to call. the policeman 8 bad name. The dig- nityrof the guardian was offended and he marched Brand off to the station. "If yon forgive him, constable, T will," said the mavistrate trying to look severely at the Llubbering yeuith "Your Honor," said the constable. "I can't forgive him. These ruffians are constantly insulting me ; 80 they are." «Well, take your prisoner fo the cells and stay with him there until your Nonor is satisfied." The constable left with his prisoner, but did not protract the pun. ishment which somehow he woemed to shire. Witness. The guardians of the peace deserve the countenance and respect of the public so long as they conduct them- selves in a becomingmanner ; butofall disgusting nuisances a supercilious, overbearing peace officer is decidedly the worst. 'When such put on style, assume airs, gel decked in buckrum and they should be kicked from office on short notice. So soon as the "Peeler" regards his batton as a scepere just 80 soon is his usetulness gone, he ceases to be a peed officer and becomes a disgust snd & disturber of the peace, airs and office are al- ways a disgusting combination, but when a peace officer puts on style he becomes insuflerable and goes far to prove thie truth of the ndbge: "Seta beggar on a horse and he will ride to the Devil." a -------- Two Young and Highly Successful Ma! triouinnig: A the late Matriculation Exam- of 1883 were in comfortable circum- stances have been stripped of ull they possessed 'and are now in poverty through the effects of flood and storm, and very many have lost their lives. At this particular season of the year when our fields are waving with the stuff which makes the food for man and beast and contains the husband- man's reward for his labor, anxiety and expenditure, a severe hail siorm proves terribly destructive wasting io a fow moments the" fruit of the entire season's labor and leaving the busbandman nothing but disaspoint- ment for his labour or bis ohtlay, Such a storm visited the township of Pickering on the@nd inet:,and whileit lasted only. a fow minutes' it' spread end the erowd waited patiently for the word "Go" and not a few bad a considerable money interest in the result, for while the stakes were$300 ibe betting covered nearly tbat thers oan bb little doubt that every 'yard of the race was represented by $90. In oil races an ns [advantageous start is of some im- heir foliage and the growing crops. shandred yards race) io) de fon over its path, extending about two miles wide right through the centre of thet fine township. waving. in all their beauty and 'ut promise and within fire minatessfter t | the whole tract of the storm | present. atripped not only of their fruit bos lay tangled; battered and destroyed, Now the magnificent crops 'Were i ed only a seen of destruction, trees. til Toronto, two of our young friends Miss Maggio Ham and Mr. Ambrose McKay, both !students at Port Perry High School, succeeded in passing a most successful examina- tion and obtaining Honors, Miss Ham took 2nd Class Honors in French and Mr. McKay took 2nd Class Honors in Classics and French., The result is most ereditable to the intelligence and perseverance of both and while it | goes far to prove. their intellectual superiority it adds another 'to the mény proofs of the uniform susoess, and superior excellence of the Port Perry High School in imparting a thorough and tual 'training to all who take gdvantage of jt. This School enjoys a Provincial and it is worthy of it ;. its host re: commend is the highly successful career of the wast numbers 'and starch there is noliving with them [° J other, isn ) ; | sarrences: When. "is antioi feelings of no orsinasy pleasure find nt in the tnd the * anxiously homestead of W. EB. Reytolds, Eeq., that interesting occasion, 8 number of the fairest of Uxbridge's snd some ofthe 'best ' Wnd' wed farmers -oF:e he a do others who ou Ship: and future a Goh wo trom' one of Great, Bagland's g seuports; others fron : | valley. of the beautify 6 from the hustoric and. piotaresqus | sity of Quebec--from the wild and wooded country" that 'borders 'upon west shores of Lakp Huron--and also from the great 'Queen City of forty persone. Muny: of thosd pres generation, from some of the fivat amon thoir namerous relatives and friends. of Reach. The farm is beautifully sitaated on the topof a hill hoaking towards Uxbridge on the eat ang Port Poery on the, oust. At first. sight, the, o stranger, driving up the lane, lined with - stamps on either ~ide, as a fence, at which a huntor's seed might stand aghast and con- sider thejpousibilitics of safely reach- ing the opposite side, let alone the filrm hordd--is struck with its free dom from the many preventatives, to the easy cultivation of its well [* Inid out fields. The orderliness und cleanliness of everything about the and present a model of perseverence and industry which it woald be well for other of our farmers to im- itute. The outhouses in the shape of barns, stables, &e., are of the best ~with all the modern appliances, and are ample in accommodation. The farm house itself, situated about the centre of the farm, has all the mod ern improvements necessary to the comfort and ease of the good house- wife,is tasiefully surrounded with de- corative and shade trees --a practice of which we are-happy to say is be- cominggeneral--and proper. atten. tion 18 given to what perhaps may be ssid to be the farmers' most necessary and; useful perquisite--a good orchard, ; Ce tats An excellent view of. he. sur- house, From it one has a bird's eye view of the pretty town of Ux- bridge, 'some four' of this Township.. Not: only pli a oon ow there meot at Mr. | Re, Reynold', in iho | Roach's fair, and accomplished ladies | SF predent| : at" Arai the Georgian Bay--from the 'far the Wost-- numbering in all wome: sent are descendants in the third, and most succeastul settlors in this township, and arent presont visiting Mr. Reynolds at whose house the gathering of the clans took place, we must not forget to mention is'a well-to-do farmer, on the 9th con. place, show.excollent Runagolnen:.| - rodnding country is had' from the work, hii Th re wont for ki bat it is i cences of former timeB, old 25 them a8 | Were. recalled and, "| most pleasantly. Zak 0 the : After foll justice bad been done to hese essentials to life and. pleasure, games, &o. were again the order ot the evening. Some went off 'to fight hs ont the game of croguet; the boys felt inclined to play 'ball; others) thought that a [aw races would be an selected it was not dif to pound induce both: ladies and: gentlemen, |": young and old, to try their powers of endurance and , skill end certainly no imean: display of durability and | strength was made. Tiring of this, all retired to the house, where again conversation, indoor ' amusements, recitations (displaying 'considerable oratorial powers in those who gave| them), singing. &b., became the order' much to the delight as well as the edification of all, But all this as everything else must have an énd, and at a seasonable hour all rose to go--not however before as- sembling in the parlor--joining hands, and d nniting right heartily in singing that familiar and noblest of all songs Auld Lang Syne. All went away thoroughly pleased and praising in unstinted terms the and intel 1 host and hostess, Mr. and Mas. Reynolds, and |hereot, bat hoping to soon meet again. u anes gatherings 'are pleasant-- | ors ; b cement 'more closely the bonds of| hn BRT PINKS ili _ing it vio ep, 4 0 Srl to tis," many sides of human nature | tes's rates for the yoar 1883.' which it is not the privilege of the| Mr. Brin ar oo hy will at farmer, the counselor, the business! next meeting of 5 5 ore Ee i man or the student to see too often rim and are an evidence of the unbounded of th Suiciyality, snd. alo goodness of an All Supreme Being m thus fooming man for enjoyment and pleasure.-- Communicated. . Ordes were reouived from the Trustoss of the several school sections for the colfec~ tion of school rates as follows ; No. 1 $350 ; No. 2 $380 ; No.3 $280 ; No. 4 $3385; No: 58310; No.6 $78; No. n: $350 ; No. 9290. The committtee appointed to enquire nto the claim of Williaos Martin for gravel and as to the ownership of the" atte, report ss tollows : the soCouicd gravel wis Sie rw tL was at one ti qplalan that A Brave Man and Braver Woman. 'The Winnipeg "Sun _says +--Major A Butler, of the 9th Regiment of the [| British 'army, is in this city. He has been . deputed by a nomber, .of - his friends and relations who are Euoglish i capitalists to come out to this coun- 3 . try snd spy. out: the land with a view| to investment.. He will spend 8] poe '| month Simveling "over the