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P. TR ~:- hILCOCK. ------n ...- THE SCHOOL READERS. KemarkM or Hie Minister or E<l11 c11tfo11. J l:S'T - ~ o inVED Tablet L e ;;· '\ OnS for the New Ont<~ "10 Readers. $ 2.7 5 P E R SET. SPLENDID C O UJ G TION OF BOOKS P rize BookP ·, for Sunday Sehool Libraries and c· rn-pi·ising latest issues of ~eli~i oua TrRct ::, .. ,,.~i y, S. P. Christian Knowledg., ·. ,rl 1J; her publishers. Beat Toronto di·c->n. :ts given, and ~si stance rendered ir~ tuaking selections. Brit ish Workmen, Band of Hope, Boy's Own Pap er, Girl 's Own Pap er , Boy 's Own Annual, Girl's Own Annua l, and oth er Englis h Annuals in volumes for 1885. ROOM PAPE R V fi:RY CHEAP. E ]< R MED h PICTUR ,S ' · A very c eap . A gr.,at d e11l h as been written and pnblished in the Tory papers abon t, a eo-call~d monopoly in school books. the geoeri.J tenor of the accusation being that t h e Mowa~ Government had given to Mr . Nelson, a brot.her-in- law of t he late Hon. George B ro wn, a monopoly out of which he would make large profits at the expense of the citizens of Ontario who send their children to t he pub lic schools. Mr. Nelsc.n, it was said , is par t owner of th e T oronto Globe, a jo urnal which supports th e Mowat Govern ment, and the Tory jour nals have alleged t hat by the school book business the Government was taking the people's money to sn bsidrze the G lobe . We have no w at } 1and t.he r eport of a speech delivered at Lindsay by Hon. G. W. Ross, l\'[inieter of Education , last week, i n whi ch the school book q uestion is fu lly d iscussed. The following extr act contains the defence : The Government was also attacked because it made changes in the text books . He would deal first wHh t he q uestion of t he readers. When he went to school in 1846 tl1e Irish aeries of r eader t'I was in use . . They were retained until 18G7, a per iod of 21 years. In 1867 a new series was int r odu ced, a!ld in over fou r thous- BURKETON GENERAL STORE'! - - -o ,--'tJ -; H aving now complet ed our stock, we offer full lines in '-t- High Prices Cut to Pieces I Dr~'dGood.s, Jple:it1y-111ade tjlothi11g, Hats, Ua1>s and Fui·s, H aa· wai·e, a1nt Oil , lUacltine OJI and Coal Oil Boots & Shoes, U1·ocke1·y & Glasnvare, G1·oc~1·ies & Pa·o~·i sion s, At Rock Bottom Prices, as follows : JY-[_ TRELEVEN 20 lbs. Light Brown Sugar... . . . . ... .. .. ..... $1.00 ·I 6 lbs. Tea......... . . . ..... . .... . · · · . · · · · ··.. ··. 1 00 1 40 Bars Soap.. .. . ... . .. . . .... . . ... .. . . . ....... 1°00 20 Yards Print... .. . . . ... .. . . . . . .. . ... .. . .. . ... 1 '00 25 Yards Cotton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1·oo Good All Wool Tweed Suit . ....... .. . ... .. . .. a'50 Good Pair Long Boots. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:95 And all other goods at red uced prices. People wonder how we sell so cheap. The reasons are :- '\Ve are has now in stock one of the mo:;t elegant and extensive stocks of fl1'rS u bscriptions tak en at lowest rates for all the standard Newspaper s and 18 years. In some schools Gage's or the Magazines. Royal Readers were introduced in 1883, P. TREBILCOCK. and t his made another change. 8ureiy no man would take the ground that t here should be n o change i n the text books at CANA DI~N PACIFIC RAILWAY. aU? Was there no difference botween the plo ughs, tbe harvesters, self-binders BURKETON STATION used to-day and the farm imple ments oi t wenty years ago '? Every sensible man GOJNCl EAST. GOING IVES1'. would say, " Give us the best boo ks that E~press ... . , . 10.33 a m / Expr~ss..... .. . 9.00 am Mixed ...... .. 7.42 pm Express.... . . .. 7.'12 p m can be had ; let ·us c hange as seldom as Tickt'ts and further Information may be had possible, but let us change when it is from W. A . NgADS, Exi.wess, Hailread, and necessary." It. was i mpossible to do good Steamllo ~.t Ticket Agent, .Bu wmanville. wc..rk without good implements, and school books were the implements uf the ~1 ff1' l tt .t; tttt S:tttttl!!lUtt'U t eacher. T hen some people said t he \!Ii lt \!Yll Xn.U.UH-" Ot" n "' n · readers were too dear. The uew set cost $1.35 ; the old set cost $1.30. So that B OWMANVILLE, F RIDAY, Nov'R 13. the five ne w r eaders were 5 cents dearer than the old o nes, or a cent a book. Suppose a man h ad . five children and Qu alifica t ion of Voter s. bough t a ·et of new read<irs for each, he wouid h ave to pay 25 cen ts more t han he The qualifications of an elector under would have paid for t he old books. That t he Franchise Bill of the Parliament of was what all t his noise is about. I t was fair to rnppose t hat the education Qf Canada are as follows : these five child ren would ex tend over 1. T enancy, $20 r,er annum. a.bout t wenty years. A nd i n tha t time 2. Owner, occupant or tenant -cities, t he ne w Readers would h ave cost on an average a cent and a q uar ter a year more $300 ; towns, $200 ; counties, $150. Wa~ not t hat the old ~- Sons of owners, if value of property than the old ones. story about m uch cry and litile wool ? sufficient t o otherwise q ualify. Again. t he average cost of sets of Readers 4 . Fisherman, owner of real property previously used was $1. 54, or 18 cents a set more t han th e new Readers. T he and fishing appliances worth $150. 5. Income or eamings amount ing to ntiw Readers contained more matter, were better illustrated and printed on better $300. pap.,r, and cost far more to prepare than And for t he LegislatLtre of Ontario the t he old ones. The R ead er t1iey sold for :following parties are enti:tlecl to vote : 10 ceu t~ to-day was equal t o readers said in th~ U nited States for 16 or 17 cents. 1. Eve1y householder. 2. Owner, tenant or occupant in cities H e ha compared the set with a large number of sets sold in t he United States, a nd towus assessed for $200. and he was a ble t o say that t he Canadian 3. Owner , ten ant or occupant in t o,vn- l~eaders were the cheapest ever pu bli&hed on t he cont inent of America, looking at ships an d ·villages, $100. 4 . All sons of owner s or tenants in the quality of t he work an d Ute q uantity of the matt er . With t he old seri1;s t here cities or towns asses~ed for $400. was a first part of first book, which cost 6 5. All sons of owners or tenants m cents, a second part of t he same, which t-Ownshi)JS or villages assessed for $200. cost 1U cents, and a s11cond book, 25 cts, 6. Incomes assessd for $250. By t he time the child got through t he second part of the tirst book he· had made '7. Wage earners, $250. b ut little progress in learnin~ i@_read, and Our readers will see that the qualifica- as the second bQ('k was a large one, it tions of a yoter for a member of the Pro- took a scholar about two yoars to go vincial Legislature are somewhat lower through it, and in that. time he would probablv use two books. So t!liat it cost t han th e qualifications of those who vote 65 cents to buy readers u p to tlle end of for members of the House of Commont the second book. Now take thA new The rental clause will give room for the r.eade:rs : The lirst part of tli.e· iiI"St book manufactur e of a large number of bogus costs 10' cents, the second part 15 ceuts, and the second b ook 25 cents. R ut t here . . : . voters m towns and c1t1es, and there is ~o was th:is difference, that t he tw0> parts of doubt but that many bogus voters will · the first book wer" so arranged that a find e 1eir names on the voters' list uncler child who liad mastered t hem would have t he rental clause of the act. made mnich better progres~ t tJ.~n with. the same books of tbie old series, so that he ~o1!lld gei through t he second bo©ok in one Now that so many of the ladies liave an year instead: of two, and th~re would be active voice in the management of muni- only one eopy of the book to bu\Y instead cipal affairs, by their votes, considerable rA! two, Therefore t he ~ost of the new weight may be attach ed to t heir decisions readel!s weu·lcil, be only 50 cent s ~n.stead of as to united ticti.,n , an<l. t he opponents of 65 cents, so bhals. at the end of 1lhe second b ©0k 15 ee11ts would be saved and the temperance movements will do well to child wot~lld: have enjoyed the oovantage weigh this carefully in their calculati.ons. of better beoks. Again, the D~parlment was ehargecil: wHJ1 handing the reader3 ovll'I' to a m@DOJX>ly . When he became 'THE PRESS. Mmister ofEdtJJ<tation he found tlu~t two The Art I nter·ehange of Kov. Hlth will new series o~· readers had been.a.uthori:?.ed contain an a n icle on the etiquette- 0f and 111 t hivdi was about to bo.. On4' pubH i>·tben- $33, lis1rnr h ~ d im.vcsted $35,000, !M weddings in c.mutry towns. The initial number of the Milton Re- 000, aind a nother $25,000. 1i!1e was anxious to get oock to the old system of one former is to h and. It is publisl~ed by ~fr . Itich. White, son ( f Mr. D amel White, t exh hook. In order to d o so he had to contract11r, of this town, and a gentleman deal with ihose three publiahlll:rs. He named Brothers. It is to be published as accorclingly a1-ranged with them to publish a Reform jourual with strong temperance the mew reat\er;i at a fixedi ,li>«ice for t en years. He lia<l a careful estimate made principles. The first. number is :veil printed and newsy an d is well pat1:0111zed of tl.lit' cost. ; and to-day th!Y.19 books were by the M ilton rnerclrnnts. Wc wish the soM j ust as cheap as if tihey liad been published by fifty or sixty publishers. Befurmer abundant success. Under Dr. Ryerson the old series were Our ambitious nei ghbor, the P· ick.er'ing for tw') yea1·s publishtid by one firm ; for N ews celebrated its fifth birthday in tony the next seven years by two firms. '.l'he style,' on Friday last, by appear.ing on fine publication must necessa.11ily be confined toned paper in the eight-page form and t o " few firms ; eveBybody could not was as usual chuck full of local news. lt publish them; the plates wer e expensiYe, is undoubtedly the best township joumal and there were other things which prein Canada ; indeed, we know of a few vented a general co mpetition. This was county town journals that might with not a monopoly in the true sense of the profit t o their patrons im.it~te tl~e News' t erm. Was it not the essence of a moenterprise. We would confidentially say nop~ly that it shouhl charge what prices to the intelligent farmers of Pickering- it ple ased ? But here, both the price and this includes all- every one of you and quality of the work were fixed by the subscribe for your township paper and D epartment. And from whom did rhe pay for it in advance. This will keep r.harges of monopoly come 1 Why, from B ro. Ackerm:l.n happy and ensure you a organs sllpporting the Government which good local paper all the year round. created the greatest monopoly which the STATESMAN A~D GLOBE 'Fmrn.- w e will world ever saw- the Canadian Pactic send from now to the end of 1885, either R ailway Company. Again, at the end of a copy of the Weekly Globe or the S TATEf:!· five years it was found that the price of MAN or both, t-0 any name 11nd address the readers was t oo high, there would be in We-st Durham forwarded to us free, an arhitr11tion, and the price would be and if at the end of that time the party reduced. Mr. Ross also e ntered at some to whom they are sent is not satisfied with length into the question of changes in them and does not wish to continue, he other text books. H e pointed out has 0;1ly to foL·wanl us n otification to that that nt> text book could be changed witheftect and they will be discontinued with- out the written approval of the trustees out a~y expense whatever to himself. If and the inspector, and that if a teacher h owever at the end of this time you de- mied unauthorized books he was hable to cide to continue either the Globe or penalty, so that if changes had been made, STATESMAN to the end of 188G, please r e- the trustees were responsible. mit $1 and if both $2.00. We ask our Remnants at less than wholesale prices friends to tell thelr neighbors of this at Mason Bros. offer.-2w. under no expen se, such at> rent s, salaries, &c.; we buy for cash Roots, Shoes, Felt and Rubber Goods, T1·unks, l 'aJises, and sell for ca~h wit h a very small margin, thereby turn· Satcllels, &c., in 01c County , mg our money over rapidly. All of which has been bought for cash in the most depressed markets. Dnttc1·, EA·; ·s and all Farnt J>1·0<111ce 1ake n a s Ca sh. He is now disposing of t hem at unheard of low prices. ~~: :~l~~~~ss t~~~lh~~-~!~n~i~ c~1:'ri~a ~f 1,.i111e and Shing·les always on band, The whole st ock must be sold irrespective of prices. N ow is your time to get first-class goods for a mere trifle. Competition nowhere. 47 Burketoa, October 28, 1885. Q~IGLEY~S GENERAL STORE. J+ · Bu CK'S~LEB~TED STOVES v The HAPPY THOUGHT & GARLAND RANGES, RADIANT HOME. Single and Double Heater, - - -AND- - - M. TRELEVEN. T N UOCSID %02 LLANO NEVIG YADN U S LOOHct' ""' .SKO OB =-=: :. .:!:-: :. .: ::=...:::-_=..=:=============-.. F A:R,LOR COOK:i all fitted with the Celebrated and only · LIBRARIES, STATIONERY, PLATED WARE, MUSICAL INSTRU · M ENTS, PICTURE & F R AMES, WALL .PAPER AT Duplex Grate! They stand without a rival FURNACES, a specialty. F or sale b y COST. COME I N AND .SETAR TSEWOL TA N EKAT 8Itlll'.Al'SWEN :aoF SNOI T P IRCSBUS -~ S. S. EDSALL. .. -· -· 'IVAR BEGUN! and Victory Won. The war has, begun with mud and slush, but IMPORT~!!~~!CEMENT ,WEST END HOUSE! [H aving completed t he F all.an d Wint er purcha$eS, L~A · ~ !and feeling certain t hat t h ey w er e bought a t the ~~L ~: . ~ ~ 1 1owest possible figure, .I would r esp ectfully ask bas a word of consolation to offer to all who a1·e in need of Boobs and ! Shoes. He has a large and complete stock, having received his iyou to ca ll and examine the stock and see for Ne w Fall and Winter Boots and Shoes fyou rselves whether the prices suit you or not. · -. I and respectfully- solicit& the patronage of every one seekiing good ; bargains. He has all kifilds wanted- high aind low-fine a n d coarsewide a:a<l narrow- heavy and light- hand; n1ade and mach..ine made, all to be sold at prices oo low as any othew house. This is no idle boast or advertising dodge-but is a truth easily verified by calling at his st'0re. He is bound to keep in the ftG>nt rank with good quaHty - - -and low prices.- - F'all lines of Felt Goods cheaper tha·lb ever sold here befo1·e., I ra ther thin&: they will. '. - W-OOL GOODS You w ill find .the stock of O RJ!> ERED W OR K A ND REP A IR.IN G receive special and prompt attention. .Knitted Wool Shawls, Hoods, Bqotees, Cuffs, Infantees, Jerseys, Children's Wool Suits, &c., &c., is well assorted ; also F ull lines oY "l'1·unks, V a li.se!ii. Sat c h el s, &c.. Bow~anville, November ltll ~835. JOHN HELLYAR. BLAN KE'J;S and T IE DOVVN S , IM PORTA N T ANNOUNCE ME NT! very cheap and good value. ~- :e:. 1'\t.I: A "'Y DRE G 0 0D IS NOW PREPARED TO SUPPLY EVERYBODY WITJl A Carriage or Tea1n Harness r.emarkably low, H AVI NG 4.0 SETS IN STOCK. .A.. s 1·le ntlid 1·a J1ge of" Oo1·se Blan ket~ t"1·01n $ 1 to $LI each . A lso, R ob cs- G 1·ey and B lack- Good v aJue. Rub ber Rn~s a ucl Horse Uovcr s, &c., ve1·y Jow. The st ock of Dress Goods is )arge and varied and marked very low. ss s. T ELLI MAN'S EMBROCATION! For Cuts, Sprains, Bruises, Sore Backs or Sore Necks on horses. Cannot be excelled. Try a Bottle. GENTS' FURNIS H INGS, CLOTHS AND TW"EEDS, MEN'S UNDERCLOTHING, A full and w ell assort ed s t ock. It will pay you CA SH FOR HIDES. 1 W. H . MAY. to call and · insp ect. Suits got up on the shortest notice and best style. ·C ARD OF THANKS. - To Messrs. Gault & Tattley, managers ot tbe Royal . . Insurance Company (of England), Montreal : We will u~sert a ~!'e l n~h Advertisement, GEN'l'LEMEN,- l tender to you my best thanks O!le M!lnth, in 13 Da1hes, 1 Trl-W~ekly and 48 for the prompt payment through your agent, W eekbes of our SELECTLO CAT, LIS'.I of Canadian Mr. James Bingham, Tyrone, of my claim pap~r~ for :ino. To those who want their adagalnst your Company for a horsa killed by vert1smg_~o pay.we can offer 09 better medium lightning in the field, having received a cheque Copy of fast sent tree on appl1catlon. torthefullamount. MRS.C.J.MARS!!. C EO. P . ROWELL & C O .~ Hampton, Oct. l fi, 188.5. · 1 2-4. w· RESSMAKING. - To t he ladies of D Bowmanvllle : am prepared to do Dressmaking at home or by the day. MRS. I ToCanadia n Advertisers. GROCERIES! Just a r rived per Sch'r "Jamieson," fifty bbs. best A merican Coal Oil. - Sp ecial inducem ents to parties buying in barrel lots. A lso a lot of R oyal Wringe_rs j ust re_ c eived. Everything in the Grocery Line fresh~and cheap as the cheapest.; - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - 10 Sp r u ce S 1., New York. 150 acres. Apply Lot 22, con. 6, Cartwright,1 H. W. RE'FFELL, Queen st, east of .Ontario-st. H·aw· to R. HANN.A, Enniakillen, ·IO:tf, F ARM FOR SALE OR TO RENT.- JOHN McMURTRY, West End House.