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TERMS :-$1.50 PER A11NUM. OUR TOWN AND COUNTY FIRST: THE WORLD AFTERWARDS. M. A. JAMES, EmTOlt ANn P1wr1trn?·on. NEw SERIES, NmrnER 284. BOWM.ANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1884. VoLUME XXX. Nu~mER 1. SUBSCF~~~TIONSIT Papers & Magazines A'l' THE VERY LOWJ!:ST RATES. There has been a good deal of talk of late on a certain sub· ject. A LK '· aldermen, or school boards. It is on a matter which Those who do not Don't admit to anybody that you have not You would be AN OPEN LETTERa To the Subscribers and Patrons of the" Statesman" in general, and the Liberals of West Durham in particular. mu, for starting before he a~eptcd my offer. So much for that phase of the question. To me Mr. Climie's action in starting a Reform pnper in opposition to the STATESJIIAN is ~huge injustice, for as before st :tted, I paid him $1,000 for his good-will in the STA.TES~IAN ;md publishing 1.msiuess in West Durham, and though then: W<LS an understanding that he was not to hrtve any interest in the newspaper business in the riding for five yc;irs, it wns never expectetl that he would ever st<trt <L pa.per and use his best endeavor to rob me of the .interest for which I pititl him :ill t oo dea1 1y. An old indigent baclwlor who lived less than fifty miles cast of this to1n1 011ce took a young pullet to his minister and sold her for 40 cents, as he Sttid, to get some bread and meat. The same night he went to the minister's stable and took awny the pullet. How much more honest is the man who will sell at a big llrice his good-will in a business and then set to work to steal it back again '? To me there is no difference· I also find i11 couversing with lrnsiness men in the town that they concur in this opinion, and I am sure no right thinking uum c:u1 differ from it. His good-will was considered an equivalent for $1,000. The money I gave him, and now he is trying to get the good-will also, for he has beeu c;mv:Lssing his old customers, now my customcr11, for printing and subscriptions. This is rny greiit grievm1cc. Now a few words to tho Iteformers of West Durham. The STATESMAN has liecu the recognized organ of the Liberal p:1I'ty in this riding for a great many years. I am not aware that fault lrns heen found by the party wit.Ji HuJ ·;Purse pursnod l>y iL muter my management, but on the cnntrnry, I have been many times complimented on improvements in ,~11 rospects in t.J1c pitper, politically <tncl utlwrwise. I know the · Reformers of this riding arc as well pleased with the p:tper now as they have ever been, therefore there is no necessity for another Reform org<tn, nor is there room in Bownmn ville foT' a third local paper. Further, I know that Mr. Climie was strongly advised by prominent Reformers not to start a paper in op1Josition to the STATESMAN, because it would do the party a great injury and probably cause tL division in the ranks. This is li1evitable. I cannot silently s11 hmit to the injustice he is doing to me, nor will the mass of Reformers encourage him in his venture, starting as he does in direct oppo8ition to their expressed wislws. This ' Jeing the case Mr. Climie has no claim on Re:Qrmers for their patronage, m1cl I mistake f'teir sense of right and justice if they bestow lit to him. I do not think they will. I im not a,sking for a bonus to furnish edito;°'als for the STATESMAN. All I ask or exp,J+:t is that Reformers in particular will fav(' · me with their subscriptions and printing when they have any. I sup1>ose Mr. Climie will try to excuse his <tction by saying that he waitud fivr years before starting in the news1 business again or taking any int the same, and is the" starting now. Legr · be true, but on sold his good-' possible f r dering surn· · CORRESPONDENCE. HAMPTOJ:v. The tea on Christmas Eve passer! off very successfnlly. Proceeds >tbnnt lljilOO. Mr. Chas. Rogers has rent:.id Mr ..Tames St,ew:irt's farm , rncently occupi.e11 Mr. I. L . .llrown. Mr. James Rundle, tho retiring Heuve, gave an oyste1· supper a,t l\1r. Phillips' hotel 0 11 Srittmb.y evening last. About Jifty persons, crmsisting of members of the choir mid other friends, spent a ve1·y ple·. tSaut eYcning on New Year's. Eve, at the 1·csiclcnce of T. L. Brown. The church choir went to the tea at .Tanetvilc on Kew Year's Day to fnmish music for tho (lCC·lsion. Messrs. H. aucl T. Hoidge, teachers, who have spent their holicfays here, left again on ednesday. ALPHA. Not a great many opinions: them seems to be but one ·CLUBS LIDEitAI,LY DEA.L1' Wl'l'H. opinion. Not often so much talk on a mattet· when there is but one opinion about it. This talk is not about banks, or politic~. or elections, 01· T. Yellowlees. 1883.) concerns all, in their social and domestic life. ..... XMAS -AND- 11884. hear this talk must be in a state of coma. They must be asleep, or deaf, or dead! -..., ~~ '¥ YEAR I CHAS. TOD. CHAS: TOD. heird it, or that you are careless regarding it. -Counted slow--vei·y slow! Some pooh-pooh the matter, and enBut this is not ciON-.r:-....o:rroNAltY pure and : good, purcl1ased from the leading manufacturers in Canada, at CHAS. Ton's. CAKES in great variety kept on hand and made to order by , SCONES,tho~e celebrated scones, white and brown, made by deavor to draw away peoples' attention from it. a numerous class; and since they are not disinterested parties the poohing is not to be wondered at. subject annoys them. The popularity of the It nettles them to hear the constant buzz; buzz about it. But the talking an1l the buzzing go on all the same. The thing is talked abf)ut by all classe~. The rich, the poor, the CRULLERS and PA~TRY fresh CHA.H. ToD. · every day. WINE BISCUITS and CRACKERS (own make), Christies, Sodas, . &c., at CHAS. Ton's WEDDING CAKES made to order. Pa.rties having their own . cakes can have them iced and oma..mented at. CHAS. Ton's' So dont fail to call and get your Xmas and New Year's supply of ·Confectionary, &c., at CHAS. Ton's Wishing our many pn.trona ments of the fe~tiv4' agriculturalist, the artizan. the doctor, t.he sailor, the lawyer, the laborer-:-they cdl talk. It is talked about by people with sen- sitive palates, by people who appreciate flavor, aroma and pleasant sensatiOns. It is talked about by economic people, shrewd people, reflecting people, astute people, . common-sense people, discriminatin~ people. By people who are genial, benevolent, warm-hearted and given to hospitality. t~e compli· se11.snn, w1tll m1my, It is almost unnecessary to say that the subject m question is McUlung Bros'. 01'eat Half-dollar Tea! Thei:e is also much talk going the rounds about. McClun.g Bros'. Cheap Dress Goods, Cheap Tweeds, Cheap Fur~, many returns of the s"me, I a11b1cribe myself, Yours re"pectfully, CHAS.TOD. Cheap Blankets, Cheap Clothing, Chea.p--but why enumerate ? Let the readers of the STATESMAN, who are in need of such things, just call at McClung Bros'. and we venture to say they will look no further. . ,JO Spruce St. N. Y. send for our Select List of LooOL! Newspaµers. Geo. P. Howell&, Co., A Dl'ERTISJ;JtS: 1 I Deftly their workmen most faultlessly fashion; TALK '· only first-class material, well seasoned, is used ; Master workmen, with perfection their passion, Improvements the latest through all are infused. Nothing is slighted ; completeness their aim; Intellects sharpened, and ambition most keen, Q ur nation proclaims the " Dominion's" rich fame, No rival exists ; of Pianos she's Queen. JQS_ J::tUSE~ Agent, BO-WMANVI LLE. . - ·~d, Hir~ --<me GENTLEMEN:I rtm compelled by fol'ce of circumstances to address a few plain words to you of a personal chamctcr. Less thau six y(mrs ngo I purclrnsetl the STATE:s:.rAN oftice printing plant, m:iterial, and Mr. W. R . Climie's right, title, interest and good-will in the smne, paying him therefol' over $3,000, being about $2,000 fol' plant and mn,terial and at least 1$1, 000 for the good-will alone of the business. Every person who knew the v11l11c of the plant w<ts of the opinion <Lt the time that I paid " big figure for it. 'I'here was no press in the officti on which to print the paper then, it being printed in the Obseri;er office. The STATESMAN wn,s at best only tt third-rnte local paper with " small circulation mid only fair advertising ·patron:tge. It lrnd been bunu~cd hy thu Reformers ·t year 01· two before I 11ought it to help it along, and yet it struggled for an existence. Knowing the constituency in which it circubtccl and confidently believing I coulcl make it a success I bought out Mr. Qlimie :ts (tbove stated, very much .a gainst the wishes of my friends :md contrary to the advice of some acquaintances thi;n living in Bowmanville, who tried to cm1· vince mu that there was no money in tho business. As soon as I got possession of tho office I wont to work with a dete1111ination to succeed; and afterfive-and·a·half yo1u·s of close application to business and investing almost every dollar tlrnt I have made in new and improved type, 'IJresses, steam engine and tho thousn,nd-and-ono other things necessary in a large iirinting office, I have the prul1d satisfaction of knowing that the STATEfnIAN has doublecl j its circulation and Mlvortising patronage, ~ 'I 1\'l the jo\, l>l'inting last yeal'J\'>1,8 Se, vent.y>c per ccn~. 'in ml v1tnce of the first year I cmne intu possession. Indeed, every department of tho business is now in a flourishing condition and yielding a fair profit, so th<Lt ·L languishiug illllustry Juts been converted in half a decade into ·t flourishing and prosperous concern. So much for hard work and a lilieml expenditure of money. Whether from envy at my success or m1 ambition to get possession of the business 1 have worked hard to hnikl up, I know not, but itt any mte Mr. Climie has started it paper in opposition tu Lhe STAT!i:SMAN. The first i11ti1mttion I got of his 1 intention to re-enter journalistic life was from some citizens who told me· I hrid better look sharp or I would lose the services of l\1r. 'V. McKomtn, my forenum, saying th~t Mr. Climic had been making proposals to him with tho view of getting him aw:ty from me. On inquiring of Mr. McKowan if he had been ap1iroachcd by Mr. Climie on the subject he tolLl me he haLl, aml that he (Mr. Climie) had offered to do better by him thau I was then doing. By giving Mr. McKowan an interest in the S'l'A.TES"IAN Job Department I foiled Mr. Climie in his mean attempt to deprive me of my meclmnic;tl manager. I say mean nttempt, for I consider a man, or woman either, who will try to co:tx away another person's servant is au embodiment of the essence of meanness. Failing tu get itway Mr. McKowan, he then tried to regain possession of the STATESMAN. At one time I was more than half inclined to sell to him rather than have a fourth paper started in the town, there lieing really room for only two, and stated my price, lmt after consultation with several 'prominent citizens ·who advised me not to sell, and before Tuf Climie had decided to comply with terms, I wrote a letter to him, stating I had decided not to sell <ind th~ withdrew the offer. Before I h u,<' get the letter to l\1r. Climie he my office and I handed it to 1 re<Lcling it, however, he Mir. your offer of yesterday." to give all these facts, r tole! scver11J times sinC' people that he offere · the business nncl tl' now he uses th'iP an OIJl"Jsition had complct 'V I I UUUR1'lOE. Courtice has now telephone cmmnunication. We have to thank our enterprising merchant, Mr. C. '\V. Lent, for this arnl otlrnr advm1tages we uujuy, ;tml should thureforc show om· apprnciation of his energy by every means in our power. At' the annual school meeting ~fr. Wm. Okc was elected tmstee for the coming year. The pigeon shoutiug m:Ltch maoug four of our local sports, which took place hst Thnrsday, resulted in a tic. Not one bird of the whole tlock w.is missed. · Rev. S. Tucker, from Moorfiel<l, was visiting friends in this vicinity last week. '\Ve arc pleased to have in our miLlst again Mrs. 'r. B1·own, who is home for a. few weeks. Mr. '\Vm. Mutton on Xnrn.s Day entertained about twenty of his friends . Mr. Albert Rurnllc had the misfortune to severely sprain his ankle htst week by a. horse foiling with him. A horse race is to take place he1·e in a few clays between ".Mr. \Vm. Conrtice's "Rifienum," and Mr. l'teynolcl's "Fmnk." Both horses ;u·u now under training. Mr. ancl Mrs. Cameron 'J'rull entertained about fifteen of their young friends on New Year's Day. Hirn. . I r.; SHAW'S SCHOOL HOUSE. 'l'he school enterbtinment given in S. S. No. 1, Darlington, Cftme off on Friday night, Dec. 21st. The scho11l house was jmumed full. Mr'. .Jamus Rickmd. the po1111lar isecretwy n.ml treasurer, tlllcd the cluiir with gl'oat sittiRfoctivn. Rocit:Ltions WtJl'e gi ve11 by the pup iii;, and all acte<l tl11Jir i iarts very well, irnleed. Miss Atkihson, of Ncwcnstle, Miss Knight, of ll·Jwmanville, and Miss J ennic Mutch presidcrl in turn at the orgrin. Songs were :mng by Miss Knight :iml hrothe1·s, Mr. J. Cohbleclick, the Misses w ·alsh and brother, and Mr. Yellowlees. Rev. Mr. Addison Hutde a brief < L <ldress. Great fuu was UILU~e<l. by Messl'S. ]frank Branton and \Vesley J cwell, who :1ppeared in chiwacter as two old friends who met after many years. They "brought down the house." The Christmas tree was larlcn with all it could bear and a large string of prizes were hung along the Wttll besides. '!'here was a nice book and bag of c:tndies for every pupil which were presented at the close hy l\1r. Wm. Osborne and John Rickard, trustees. Miss 'V:L lsh, the cffideut teacher, came in for a large number of beautiful presents, including a handsome silver cruet from the trustees ·wcornpanie<l by an oiclclress. M'r. D. F. Walsh marle a, suitnble n.r knowledgmcnt on belmlf of his sister. T' wholu affo.ir was 11 grnnd success itncl h; croclitable t o tct1chcr, pupils and in f concerned. OABTWRIGJI"' The exarni1rntions <' school cnme 1Jf or visitors were pr1 1iart. K earlv among th valua],1 Pl" -------··-----~ a Hall, put me on the Highest Mountain, so that I may explain to everyone the merits of the " GEM" SEWING MACHINE. -:---- -; No oth such Ul' city, Si people heat r ti err 1