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T II K F L E S H E R T O N A D V A N C E. THE ADVANCE. iii' i livery TlnirHilny, fkoM TUlOmcl > -i Otrrrt, Flrtlierttm, OM. Olr ftVKKCItirriOK : ' , in dce 1 I'UlJ. Aln I. JiATEB. On< column, 1 yr, JO ; ViaM col., da.. tST Tri. ! t til* rt '. - t . !iu >il Jell. |n.r liue t*cu (!- ( . 'ion. W. II. TliURSTON, /.'.(<(.<r uisl 1'rtiprittur. Ill ill" I'.nu- r In-ti in. win u I'.rown, lloColmau and Iliiil.. v. nrli- i lull 1 1 thus : Art. . .- ,.L i wo 1 't"! HolUml. 0t>ruy. S-uilivau . 11 in. - 2!J. 01. 56. i. K-rke. Ml. 1M. 341. 1ft! ao. Majority fur Korke CONFKltKNCK MATTKUS. TIIK Km Nl> IT. Now that the tk-ctimi fever i3 abat iug aud people are unco more con- f.tratutd In sj'.-ak tli.- trT.h, it trans jiirci thai Major UurU's majority iu Ccntn -fir. y wu. fir in excc of lin tt/iiiv anniiinif 1 1 i-', w.-i k. We have tak.-n eonsiil.. i 1 -.- runs to get the correct figures, un 1 liinl that Mr. Ucuke'y majority win 14U, instead of (i:i, or iiion- than' double the figure*) auuounctd la.-l week. This ia highly gratify-in,' to the Major's friends, and proves that they have not lost any- thing in tliis election. Ity the table i '.-iveu below it will bo seen that lr. Hunt polled about tho same vote that Ill-own received in the eke- l.in i.f 1*"'-. Had tin 1 h etorate liUn u dr. -per iuteiv.st in the affairs of th- country Major Itorku's inajonty would have beeu at the very least AH it was, with tbe exception of The Advance not a solitary news- I j[*i in tins riding expressed any i-jpiiu'in, pro or con, on the (,'rcat questions of the iky, and it could not : . ! .inn -d from some of tin-in that an election was at hand, BO deep- ly were tli'-y as'ie'-p. Tlie Adv.ii.i->' nan b< < n i-' n ' r. d 1 T Uking tin ; it did in tins election, but it < - I d that. No ii.'W.*itaiier can ex I an opinion on any public tiun without linhn^ BOIUO di- cuts iinioni; i' and ' s >" 'illy :itici wl. i.. -,v -[.'i!" r In a 'ai ; community f readers wL i. pi' > nt different i < f i' ilitieM. \V.- rl.uui tliat I'Vi-ry iii.ui lit to JIM own op. i,. .\.i\i, u . ![ r in a lik.- d. A i. v. -i ip r wlncli is ufi 11 1 i r- 'ic.-|i COIIMI- i HI- n. in "iir i .ituii.i- i ft poof tool ! tlio Inn! hr ('. i,,itiohiil .-.- ntiiui'iit and bniiK'inx ' Mli. Ill till i -II \M' f illnui '1 mil- jv;ji con\ M I , , : . in. 1 at '. ii"ii ; ; i iv tin- [" i,i'h' ' I i : . int import "" '" '!' v - If" 1 ' .Mm-.', and w liu\i- i. .it yi-! n'll \|. ,V in I . ill,- ; f thnt tMiirn'-. I' \. . ; : . ig '.,' i: i . !.ut M.ij'ir l: I , .1 NVi' H-lVf Illlll ill' I u. ,. 1 ii-i I ' tlnn | u |,.i |,. .. I t!i ; \s . v.,;i,, ir;lit. f .r Mr. M'lw.it h:i*, i- ill now, f>.i I (bUowiag (o puklu it pOHibb for tbi- d : , r .iMiti 111 new , tully 'imsi ni> in ivfurnm wliioli it may ftiul ru iMiii-fil. W.' think fair iiiindi-d rund rrs will ciolU " wil!l niiicwity of |iiirp<>K.'. Alwve i-vorytliing Tlie Ailvmn .. '!. k -n not and in v. r did eUim >H> a Hip Vnit Winkh', basl.in^ in tho auii if, iudiilt-nco. It irt wide II \\lil.r linilllllivill<,'. In order to sliow tlio c'\tienu> wnf the voln cast in tho if- \vr have jui i'.ir .1 C"in - tubh'M for our ivadtM'H, by .ill objk'i-vc that out uf Cnl , , , only v!HH'J iiHi'd their or not unit' 1 "i:. lialf. Tliis a|*lhv i.i<|inti mpttlth- iiion, hill \M V ill lll IKIW I ML' I lilt, > Ili-n i< tlii' rt-Mult ul tlie l'v'. i'>liiiiK r by The Methodist confcreucea of this province have boen in session at vari- ous poinls during the pist two weeks. Thu Uuelph coiiforeuco which closed last H. i;, was one of the most liar- mouioti9 ever held. A number of important and interesting questions Were diactisdcd and pronounced upon. Tlie dioc-u.-si m iipou federation was iiuiinatod, althotiifh the oppositiouiBtH vs. i' fuw in iniuibL-r. Among impor- tant matters <1 :ih with waa the one of Quite a sensation was created by a member of tho conference a resolution n- imriir,' all inini-Hi-rs in the fulun; to .submit their diplomat to the l-'.xainiiiin^ Hoard of the confer- ence* for their report as to tlit- ineiiesH of the univrr^ilii-s granting them. A:i animated discussion followed iii which it waa made clear that tlu T' HP institutions such as the 1'suiido- London t'nivrrsity m I-'.IIL;- land, Itutlu-rlonl I'liivereity and tho Chicago School of Science in I'liiU 1 S-.n'j i wh .)-;. diplonus aiv the ab- u n; 1.1. s.s as a mark of pch'jlur.-ihip. " ^' nt I'vy; your in uii-y and takes your decree," us one of tin i put it, bi in 1 ,' all the special i. ,Mi:.iit<- demanded. ttoinu of tin losing their cash (,'rcw small m tin. ir purchased plmm s \v. T. rhown forth. It i- a pity the i. - .1 I'M i was not n. .id.- r. !i..:ictr.i .-- .i> t i Like away "I tin 1.1. \> <. th M. A . thw |) l> .- and tin- J'n.li s w.th winch i.. IN' II ll> 1 id. d u i. VI. Ill . -lion was nece as well uwmtf to ii.. n-y with which tlu-.-e in.ililutio;. , their diploma-; i" in ministers and th'll > .f hiniun i .'licit such adornin. -lit. < >f cu'ii .^c the iii|i!n:ii ii w.i'i ;u -11111111- mid a true mark of .-idndaislnp. but ai.- i. A wn.n ri M.I.I i : A jjiirit ,i|>|Hi-ii-d to li.-n-' i y in nil i'.J ! .'i;id. I. A ! diltio-i I l..t. d i ' . Illller I'l tli- .- -rnrv "f I'rnf. \Ynikiii.in, if Vic. and |.- i . I \ i. u ul M. | -i line . ' . ' li'in \. i I i ! I u \. i ;. . ia tli,- II. \v -p.iper, it iii 1 i :. HiMr ' i I if II. v. N. r.iiin -, ul I ;.i!.ir action slumld ! l.v t'ir p.. -i.l. lit. Tun.-, 1. IWI v. r, i:i llie-ii- . i will 111 u. .ill n in . maiiif, st. In coinii-ciion with this it limy hi- nnted tli.it tii, .-...'hi,;..|-ly I'rnf. K.viiar, of Victoria UniveiHtty ai the llrtv Quinte cot.felelico denounced the ri'Snhition nliov,- ivfcnv-1 I i m in measure. 1 lurins, remai !,m;; that it WUH "the ninddciit rumilntion ho had uvtT n. en, and j I'Uin ; frma its I'liv.i i olo^y nincli li-arnin^ hud nut mi I- tin- linilhi r mud." d. nit 1 by our farm.-rj tl.al tin. \v..>.d and trt-c pests are souietl'iiig which id with an iron hand. J'.l.id; Knot has injured our fruit trees to un alarming extent. TliL* Caiiaila thistle 13 allowed to gnnv lux iriant in our grain fields. Wild mustard and wild jats, though re- i/.ed as greater evils and harder to eradicate, arc. though more atten- tion is paid to tin-in, still found in larjje i|iian:itks throughout the town- ship ol Art'-iiii-.-ia. Th'j!i(lj a natural sequence rcsnliiug from ue^loct, farm- ers still complain that they cannot raise . crops , tht laud i.s running out, etc. Can anything else be expected when weeds of this deaoiiplion are allowed to sap the soil and usurp the nutriment which should bo epi-nt m creating farina for the sustcuan:c of man ? This is the season of year when thistles and kindred w. < 1 < should be attended to, before the seed ripens and scatters itself broad- cast. It will be observed that overseers of highways are bound by this Act to cut down or cause to be cut all weeds growing on the highways under their charge, f >r which remuneration been provided, under a penalty of from ten to twenty dollars for nun com- pliance. I'nder the the same Act Councils have the power to appoint an inspector with a salary to be . 1 upon, to sec that all landowners comply with its requirements. A petition was presented at last m> of Council i'o;:t:iining the number of names, asking that a:i in- cprrtor be iip[*"l!ited. This has not yet been Jo:ie, but us the Act i. it i">inpiilviry tin- Councils to do so it will, n j doubt, ho HI tended to next . !:'. II nvev.-r, whether the .i-il appoints an iusp, etor nr imt, din l.iii'His h"nld make it uiiilaiight upon their enemies, the thistle, mustard, wild nuts and lilin-k knot. I'o not wail for tin- h^peetnr and i">mi -M! -ion. IJ.-nd tin- Act as publish* i ."id follow its WM. CLAYTON, BOOT A. N D SHOE DEA FLESHSRTON. LER LARGE ASSORTMENT OF BOOTS, SHOES, SLIPPRES, t RUBBERS,TRUNKS,ETC. SEASONABLE GOODS. An> Qiiantil> <il I'rr-Ii REASONABLE PRICES. I.L-;^ Taken in 1 \. li:in_. Custom Work Made to Order. IT IS The Town's Talk That we arc doing the Clothing Trade of Flesherton, and now we have a Genuine Bonanza To offer you in Men's. I'.oys' and Yoiuhs' Cloi'.iiiig at prices lint will force you to buy if requiring anything in that line. THIS WEEK \VK ARE OFFI'IIUXG BIG UUIVKS IN (JLOVES, HOSIKRY. (MNi.HAMS. KTC. TAR \SOUS. IN THIS DEPARTMENT \\T. AKK IlKCF.lVINi, NF.W G001>S AL- MOST 1>AILV. l. > rie*H Lo\ver tlittii ever. i . It Illllt I" euro* lit .ii.l i: TO M HUM \ . .' t" i .!i -t u I" I at . KK-k ll.llll ilihm .,- ii... n.-|..ii.| ii|u.n no inuikkr !>".- I- - 1 '..riHll." , TRESH ARRIVALS.; This week we announce the arrival of a new stock of Cionenxl l>ry (iixxls a< Follows : Cottonades, Shirtings. CiiiiRhanvs, 1'rints. Penims. Itleachcd and I'iibh-acLcl C'ottons, 1'arasols, Hcntery. Etc., Etc. Carpet Warps in Fa-own. d ,.:i, \\lnte, Ojaai-je and led, ;ill of Uie beat manufacture. Hurrah for Haying ! Just n-i'i ive.l in-dav a luiv-' stock ul' Hiving and Il.i!-\\'9tini tool* consistni' SNA11IS. 1IAKI.S. HAYiin.l r.AlM.l'.Y FuliKS. HANI>I.I:S. SHDVI::>, nm-.s. KTC. All, I II!. r.,--. in *lir l.v all .Ii ii3it f..r Mr. u U .' .T ilia moil. I. l'ii, o ' *! ' i M.\v ADVERTISEMENTS; NOTICE! . r WM BOOTS & SHOES. 1: ,-iahiis i:i Men's and l.nV K . \-\ Ladies' and (.'.nidi-en's Shoos we have a larger stock than ever ai pru- - which will astonish you. EGGS. EGGS. -.1 lit II \ i . iii-h .- (.>r - > ..f <im) i.tl th Ol lilt ol Jill,.'. I *'.<! K. Iii. n t,>.|h or ." . ',ni>r any |>, 11 1 limn..! uiu>* I." ini.li. will. in tin.-,- ' I'.iu mtUUMIuo, mi. I nt.-.i tii.- in. ..I*, "i i .". '- " u J h: i i iMT, CI.CHB. Sealed Tenders! Will I . ir,-. itt-,1 f..| I .,i : Idliv .^'D.' ."'.yit ill M.-K-- ... Hi. I -II. . W . . f I A * It . Arlvii.. .m. until si,.i.|t Hi.. -.'Nth ..( .'un.. II. 'II ">l > ill- vll..ll III. . I . ' . II ', I'l ' l, . .*..'-.. i.utll .Inn.. .MM *fl,.rv. .1.1-. .1 X|i>. t t .11 I. i 11 ,| i..- . , 1...I. w * OIHUTl'U. hu... ||V.MI K.ll .... Mtik.UU Tli...nl.'1'T >*- .'TT ,ITO . Jin IH tM . M It "ijw" Jt'J IW XI ro HIT n n mi UT.KliS AM" IH.AC'K KNOT. The ( 'oniicil i'f thii i-.u. .: iji of ii d it .'u!, (Hiiili'.li i 1 . .ii-; i. l.i'in^ L . ill-- .' [M .'ml ill ' II.<XMM . -. ' .1 . mid disemes nt: I.I lilll' IT* i. 'I'llH llet, V.'i.H-ll pi ' I iii tin' I.. 'Mainline t\v i in- tln-i i' ... ii ; .1 ; i li.i - piuclically ivuianud u d.-nd letl, r in lins,towuHhip. It up- |.|iie.l in full ill last week's Advance, and we would udviic all to |ruN it carefully. The Act is a iitrong our, but an alarming dicoM rn.niirt * strum; mcditirt, aud it \vi.U not b LOOK! LOOK J i-.u : :. . ,: u ii. i, d fur tin- -New York Market In ;',u 1,1th of!Ji:lv THK 11EST MAKK1 I l'l;U'i: 1'AI". K. TIM MULE r o oua CUSTOME us FAIIMEBS! LOUR! \VI' '. (in- opportunity of thank inc TOO for your ropport ia tin- p-i- /. uLAKELi, and 1. p.- tor a contitnuuico uf your putrt'iiaire. This year \ve h\. l{ood \anety of (il-eenli"H~. also I'edding and Perennial- t . den. Flesherton, Cabbago, Cauliflower. Celery, Tomato, Cucumber, Pepptr Plants 111 I ll.'ll Nt'llMOll. ,, t f Brillil , K iin| ,, tlBW1 , to MMMd, AniMf/,.n< Li,,l,t St r ami M.nrrr. ,,'i $; All orders promptly attended to. I h:i\e the honor to ii-main youis James Beecroft, Milk Tht M'f.i7. /V,,.rn \ >U-l /II, II,,/., /, i -si .|iulitlr* "I |h, M . Ktlllli-U'hlit ki-,.n M..W t. ''*' .!!'. ;' , .t , \|r w t ,ril trv.t MI--. Aiitt.,nl\ i,, MI i in- niiiilruirii'..-) in llm Ini ,'iil I .1, t, II i,, , x num.. ni.n if "t .il ' i-l AI-', ii , MI. (.'.ill . i, '''' '' I ' -V I, , vliil.it Ilia FI.FSllFUTdN !1JKF.X1UU SI Flesh- i ton. April M. T. A. BLAKELT, , i . : . MI- ..'. .u,. i >. ,i . Aim ' Mill. I'm- .in.) P.iil .,.,,.- All kni.'.i "f i. M in, '.il t.il, '. i nUn ....! picklugi, ITMM* mul e, ; i ;"''- SULLIVAN The l