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CR EAT SMASH! For a a short time I shall make price of great reduction in the -W-all Paper. The. finest selections will, of cours.fl. be the best. so don't delay. PICTURES FRAMED VERY LOW. STATIONERY, &c., as usual. P. TREBILCOCK. THE FARMERS' PICNIO. A BOWMANVILJ,E, SEPT'R H, 1887. Rainy Day does not Prevent Large Gathering. a '.l"liesdav the Gtk inst. was a day which had been "looked torward to for weeks past with great anticipations by thousands of"tbo in ha bit a.nts of West Durham, for it W!l.S the day up o n which every farmer, farmer's wife, farmer's eon, farmers' daughter, and t he hired man of this en tef.Pfisiog and noted township were mak in'l: preparations for a grand time. Hun dr g · of chickGn had been slain and made ready, while countless basketsfull of pies, cskes, titrts, and the hundred ana one other good things which the skillful house-wife knows so well how to prepare 1100 been cooked for t.he occasion. Great lVa"3 the dis11.ppf1intment then, when on '1'11eaday morning the drip, drip of the fol.ling rain greeted their"ears upon awak ing. However, the farmers_ were deter mined that no amount of ram sho11ld de bar them from hearing the apeeche3 upon Commtircial Union by .Mr. Wiman and other prominent gentlernon, a subject which they are :di deeply interested in, and they decided to repair to the Drill Shed, Orono a.ml there hold a meeting. Messrs. '-.Viman and Fuller, who arrived at the Bowmanville Station in the m orn ing, were met; by M es R rs . Levi Vancamp and Jesse Trull, 011 behalf of the Farmers' Institute and convi;yed to the place of -meet illg:- Mr. Buterworth was unavoid ably detained in New York. The Upper Canada Furniture Co. Band had been en gaged for the ocasinn 1md their delight fl11 music added r.Est to the proceedings . The Drill Shed was filled from top to bot<>m when the meeting was called to ort\er, seats h rtv i ng been erected in tiers, fr0tn t he floor to the roof. Between two and three thousand persons are supposed to have been present. Tuir. V .. I:rncy Fuller.of Hamilton, Pres ident of the Ontorio Provincial F arm ers ' Iuatitute, was upon motion of :Mr. Jesse 'l't'·ll appointed to preside. In the course of his speech he explained the reasons witkh had ginm rise to the formation of Ji'a!:mers' Institutes throU'ghout the count ry·. The farmfrs folt that their interests were being overlooked aud neglected by those who had charge of the public affairs, chiei1y becaue t,hey had no organization 0£ t heir 0'711, whereas other sections by mcns of powerful combinations were ob taining conri<ierationa in the protection ad fostering of their various industrial ptH$Uits. lL seemed irupur<>bive, then, tha.t the farmer, who formed so large a prGportion of the populdion of the count ry and whose indut·:ie9 represented such a larg vercentc,ge of the bus i n ess of the country, shou1ct organ; z ., and demand that some attntion be girnn to the inter ests of the f a rm i nl! community, and con eeqnently :Farm ers ' Institutes were organ izef.1, that uniedly they might press for their rights o.lonf!side o t her orgBnized la bor demalids. '£hi& question, he found w:rs not confined to any particular class Conservatives and Re of politicians. formers alike were procl1dmin that the old party divrnions would no t longer bo observed in preference to this question of Unrestricted 1-tec ip rocity. As a 'l'ory born and bred ho stood to-day fully pre pared to sink old preferences and stand for Commercial Union first, and he could not too stron;1;ly impress upon ihe farmers present the necesity of s tan di g united on this point if they would secure the ad vaatai;;es which Commercial Union prom ieed. Designing parties would endeavor, in.the intereRt of old party lines, to create division and prevent the farmers from p rese ntin g a united front in d e m andin g their l'ights. He would warn agricultu rists from beiu14 led aside by party cries. Dr. McLaughlio, M.P.P. , who was oeii:t introduced, sai<l he felt the time had com'e for action on the part of the farm ing communHy, and having put their hand to the plough he hoped they would noe turn back. He failed to see how Commercial Union would hurt the Cana dian mnnufactm·era, because he believed that they h11.d as much brain and energy as the Americans. The farmers had a right to de mand Commercial Union, be o.w'e there was no ca lling so precarious as thu.t of farmina:. Whatever would aid the fa1.JJers wo uld benetit the whole Do· mioiun. . Mr. Thomas Con11.nt, of Oshawf!, ex ·i pressed himself strongly n favor of Un restricted Reciprocity with our nearest neiigkbors, the people of th.a United Stats. · . IR. WlMAN'S Sl'EECH. Mr. Rrastus Wiman, on rising to speak There are two kinds of union that might be possible between Canada and the United States. These were political union and commercial union. PoliticaI:union was that which the an nexationist desired, and meant a complete entrance into the governmental, financial, inter-State relation which the union of the States now exhibited Commercial union, on the other hand, implied not one of these things. Of course political Mr. F. L. Squair moved, as follows:uni.on included commercial union, but commercial union by no means included "Resolved, that this meeting declares it or even pointed to political union. In· self in favor of unrestricted reciprocity deed, if it were possible to eliminate com with the United States, believing that mercial union from political union, hardly the welfare of Ca11ada will be materi"IIY one being in all the wide wol'ld, except advanced thereby." he were a crank, could be found insane After a few remarks by Mr. Doyle, of enough to advocate annexation for Can Owen Sound, Manager of the Griinge In· ada. In this sense the speaket claimed surance Co., and also by the chairman, that commorcial union was the opposite the Resolution was again read and unani· of political union, and that he who most mously adopted. . atrenulously advocated a close commercial After the meeting, the weather hav111g relation with the United States was the cleared, a considerable number adjourned strongest advocate against a political re to the picnic grounds of Mr. R. Colville lation. For there was not a sim:le argu where tables had been erected, upon which ment on behalf of annention that was waa spread a very te::npting repast, to for one moment worth considering which which those present were invited to sit commercial union did not effectually and down. After all had satisfied their huuforever take out of the mouth of those ger preparations were made to depart bewho sought political union. It was great. fore darkness set in. ly to the glory of Canadian institutions that there was an lmmeasureable content BOWMANVILLE FAIR. among her people at the form of , govern ment under which they lived. It was a. OCTOBER FOURTII AND l'IFTH. remarkable condition that amid bitter party stru ggles, and the widest difference The full membership of the Dominion as to policy, that was in the face of it all Organ and Piano Co's Band has been en a universal conclusion that Canada·has gaged, 27 members, who will render a the frePst, best regulated, and in the choice program, including th!;l selections main the leust objectionable political played at the late competition at Guelph. The arrangement of the exhibit will be ensystem in the world. It is a glory for us Canadians that, with tirely different from former years, and perfect civil and religious freedom, with the Exhibitibn Hall will be brilliantly a free press, with a pure judiciary, with ligh.ted on the evening of the 4th, with equal justice on all hands, an enlarged the electric light. Many novelties will auffrage and a perfect proteotiou uf life, be introduced by the Directorate aud liberty and the pursuit of happiness, we sevt.ral valuable special prizes will be of seem to be reaping tho fruits of the full- fered, among lhem the followin :ness of time in our Governmental iustituSpan Roall or Carriage Horses in har tions. And from one end of this vast ness, 15} hands and over; Special 1st Country to the other, among high and p rf ae, Suit of Clothes, Value $30, present· low, among rich and poor, there cannot ed by Joa. Jeffery, Star .House, Bowrnn be found one who desires a change, or ville. can urge a reasonable objection to the Single Carriage Stallion, style 1md existing conditions. It is said that"com- speed; Special 1st Prize, Pair of Black parison is at the bottom of all philosophy." Robes, Value $25, presented by Silver Comparison of the Canadian political man, Boulter & Co., through M. Mayer, system with that of our neighbors across Hatter and Furrier, Bowmanville. Best Lady Rider; a Special Prize of the border is certainly in favor of the Dominion. A great experiment is in the $10 ca.sh, presented by J. Lyle. United States being worked out, and the Draught Sucking foal, R. Beith's pizes, result is by no means yet fully deter· 1st, 30; 2nd, $3; 3rd, $2. mined. It is claimed, with some show A Special Prize of $10 will be present of justice, that the forms of government ed by the Gananoque CarriageCo., through prevailing there are the wisest, the most Levi Tole, Auctioneer and Implement elastic, and the most beneficent that ever Dealer, Bowmanville, for Best Single came from the hands of man . H remains Turnout on the grounds-Horse, Har to be seen how in all conditions these ness, Carriage, Driver, Style and Speed So are all to be taken into consideration. forms of goverment will apply. long as· the sources of power are pure, The entire outfit must be owned and there is certainly the hope that good driven by the Exhibitor. government will exist. But the changes Southdown paii· Shearling Special 1st in the electorate, the steady growth of Prize, Pair of Boots, Value $5, presented the purely political element, the enor- by W. Jennings, Boot and Shoe Dealer, mous introduction of the foreign vote Bowmanviile. with socialistic tendencies, and above all Best Bull on the ground, $5, the ani the corrupting iniluence of the saloon i mal taking this to relinquish the class power, obscure for the moment the pros. 1 prize. . pect of purity in the sources from which '£horouhbred Short-horn Herd, bull All this Canada and 4 females, I Blake prize$10, the win· spring political action. can afford to observe, u.ml at a safe dis- ner to relinquish class prizes to an equal tance work out her own destiny. Not one amount. tlung that the political system of the Crock Butter, not less than 40 lbs. to United States possesses d oes Canada need become pr?perty of. the Society-Special which she has not; no possible advant- Prize of Coal and Wood Cook Stove, age could come to her from a union with Valuu $28, presented by W. Buck, Esq., the United States except a comm e rcial Brantford, through S. S. Edsall, Hard advantage; not one argument can be ware l\forchaat, Bowma nvi ll e. Tub or Crock of Butter, not less than urged why she should forsake her high 11nd independant !Joeihon on this contin- , 25 lbs-Special 1st Prize, Silk Drtiss, ent and join the goodly array ofcommon- I Value $16, presented by Couch, Johnston wealths that prosper on her border ex- & Cryderman. . . . . , cept that the elements which make them Beat Collection of Grams, cona1Btmg of prosper are denied to h er . These ele· not less than Six of the following :-Two ments are the freest intercourse, the Bushels Each-Spring 'Vhea.t, Bald; freest interchange of products, and the Sprin Wheat, Bearded; Large Peas; ebb and flow of an enormous commerce Small Peas ; Blue Peas; Barley, not two between them and through them. This rowed; .Barley, two rowed; Oats, Black;· It is Oats, White, all of 1887. is what commercial union means. Special Prize co wercial union between the States -2000 lb. Farmer's Platfom Scale. Value that makes them prosper and grow and $35, presented by Messrs. Burrow, Stew get rich. It is commercial union that art & Milne, of Hamilton, through Mr. begets the largest developoment of iN. M. Horsey, Hardware Merchant, national resources, that makes· a market Bowmanville. for manufacturers, th at creates the best 50 ears Corn, strung, 12 rowed; Special demand for farmers' producls at home Fitst Prize, 50 lbs. Cattle Food, present nnd w i thou t taxation. It is commercial ed by .T. Higginbotham & Son. union in the United States that attracts Ceiling Centre Piece in Plaster or Soap the emigrant from all parts of the world, atone, One Year's sul>scription to CANA that brings into it millions and millions DIAN STATESMAF, presented by M. A. of capital, that makes it. to-day t he reat- James. . eat money-making, money-spending agPair 'Voollen Mit s , one year's subscrip grega.tion of humanity in all the world. tion to the West Durham News, presentAnd it is just this Commercial Union be- ed by Gale Bros. . tween this vast aggregation and Ua.nada Pair WoollenlSocks,one year's subscnp that Canada needs to lift her out of the tion to The Sun, presented by W. R. rut and groove of a narrowed life and Climie. . restritted action that binds her down and 2 Loaves Bread, home-made, Special iBolates her. It is just this Commercial 1st Prize, Large Iced Ca ke, valued at $5, . Union that is needed to develop the presented by D. S. Perrin & Co., Lon manellous natural resources which our don, through JolmEngland,Bowmanville. country possesses, and which are now Othe.r Special. Prir.es will be added ly i ng largely silent and d01mnnt and later. dead. It is this ma!(ic bond of freedom in commercial int<>:course which pre. AS "Vlli<T AS HONll\'. is Dr. Low'g J'Jf'\as v:nlEI on the other side of the border ant worm Synit>. yet sm·c to ·Hs·tl'OY :uul which needs but to extend it:i influence , expel 11·orms, · received a genuine ovation from the crowded audience. In the course of h.is speech, Mr. Wiman said that ihe chief obstacle encountered in Canada to a favorable consideration of the scheme of Commercial Union with the UuitedStates appeared to be the fear that it meant annexation to that country. There were thousands of intelligent people who, with out investiii:ation or thought upon the subject, had reached at least the conclu sion, that clober commercial connection with the Americans across the border meant a loBs of independence on this side of the line, and that to break down the commercial barriers that now separate the two English-speaking peoples of the contineqt, meant that the political inde pendance of Canada would be destroyed. Conclusions such as this indicated that but slight thought and slight investiga· tion has been given the subject. It was submitted that in a quesiion of such i;(reat importance it was well to more fully consider the whole subject than to jump to conclusions that were just as likely to be wro ng aa right-conclusions that were artfully urgecl by those interests which urged the continuancy of existing conditions and whose loyalty meant those interests. So far as the speaker believed, he considered that political union was made more impossible under commercial union tha,n without t. in this direction to send a wav<1 of life to add through every a.venue of industr twenty-five per <)ent. to the valuo .,f every a.ere of farm land, and crown witl· auccess every honest effort to get ou i; of the fields, the fisheries, the factory and the mines nll that they can produce nnd the greatest of markets absorb. No political JJ:ngland union is necc;sary to do this. hds for years had a commercial union 8he gives and she with all the world. takes of the best of mankind, and she has prospered beyond all other nations, yet she remained politic!t.lly independant. Canada can pursue, so far as the Unted States is concerned, the same pchcy. Her pohtical independance can be faith maintained, no fully and rigorously matter if she trades with the most attrac tive nation in the world, or the most re pulsive . Prosperity is no barrier to con tentment with one's political condition. Lack of prosperity, on the other hand, is often the cause for a desire for political changes. A series of bad crops in Canada, a continuance of low prices, increased taxation and some errors of go,·ernment would enormously increase the small en campment of annexationists that in all its communities had begun to be . created before Commerrial Union came to dis'l'hi s poweler never varies. A marvel ol But with the hope of an purity, strength and wholesomeness. More perse them. enlarged field for commercial operation, economical than the ordinary kinda, and .can no be sold i co mp e ti tion with the multitude and greater developement, political con- of tlow test,nshort weight, a lum or phosphate would in no general, tentment, now so powders: Sold only in cans. ROY.AL B.A.K ING POWDER . .106 Wall St.. N. Y. , co sense be disturbed. On the contrary success and increase of prospects would but settle and make sure the foundation of a. great nationality that in time on ., this continent would result from a love of and loya,lty, British connection, British TORONTO love for the traditions, the prowess and STOCK the justice that is implied and included in the fiag that " for a thousand years EXCHANGE. , has braved the battle and the breezti." ·, I I FOR I VARIETY HALL . I I -4Klf4G Wall Paper! I POWDER Absolutely Pure. 1 @!1ifiiUOTION Iii§!) J KENNER & CO. I - C QX & CQ I I DIRECT WIRE COMl\iUN CATION. Active fluctations in the Market, offer opportunities to specula tors to make money in Grain, Pl'ovisions, PEROHERON HoRsE fRENOH c HoRsEs. ----o ----- Stoeh, Bondi; & Ptltroleum. Prompt e.ttention given to orders. Office over Murdoch's Store. Entrance by Telcphon11 Staircase. 11-tf . IMPORTANT TO ALL w·ho are Bald, or have Thin or Gre> Ha ir, or who are troubled with dandruff. Dr. DORENWEND'S z <C .. .. SAVAGE & FARNUM's latest importation of Percheron and French Coaches have just ar rived per steamer "Robilant," Hill Line, from France, 105 Registered Percheron, and 20 French Coaches, the finest Mr. Farnum c-0uld find in France. Buyers should inspect their stock at once, and thus secure a choice out of the entire lot. All stock guaranteed. Prices low and Terms easy. :E 0:: II.I CJ S AVAGE Visitors always welcome at Island Home. Large Catalogue free. Address, & FARNUl\!, DETROIT, lUICH. ates the growth of the hair, · and in ca.se a of baldness, where there are the sli ghtest signs ot roots left it will pwduce good o rop s of hair. It retores grey hair to its origin&! color, and is an excellent dressing DO NOT DELA Y. if your hair is in a weak condition get a bottle at once. For sale by J, HIGGINBOTHAM & SON, and all druggists. Ask tor it, BOUNSALL'S .'!::::i1·;.11'&;i.tn:: MARBLE "W"ORKS, I> 0::: .. :!: BO-W-JY.I:A..N"'\TILLE_ A. DORENWEND, Sole Manfr. ·roRON'fO, CANADA. A. D orenwe nd is the leading manufacturer· of Hair Goods in Cana da, SOOTHIMG, CLEANSING, HEALING. $eotei. a11.t l{mqli1k We have a large and well selected stock of 11Mmite CATARRH,, HAY FEVER. EASY TO USE. to the th roa t n.nd caused lJy Cularrh. Sent pre-paid on receipt of price, 50c. and $1. Add res$ FULFORD &. CO., Brockville, Ont· e::rcessive expcctornlioa It C1U'C8 MONUMENTS Cijld in liaad, STOPS Drop1·iuas from Kasn.1 pai:mgcs iu of latest designs, and to parties intending to erect Monuments this fall, who will call at the shop, we will sell at such low prices as wer.e never heard of before in Canada. Ca and get prices before purchasing elsewhere, and see if we do not mean what we saj7. .U.d etlm\llates tha teebl<i lloart. Fol' Blllonane.u, Conetlp-.Uon, u coolstlle .uwoa; It !live:. dellglit, It sha:r:peu up the appe tite, lt nlds tho 11..-er do 1ts p:lrt For Sick Headache, Dyspepshi. E. Bowmanville, Augu s t R. BOUNSALL, Mnager. 17th, 1887. ; THE VERDICT I Burktiton, etc., in fact within a radius of 15 miles or more, to buy their boot9 ·nd shoes is a direct verdict that I sell at close prices. I sell cheap because I bought cheap myrnlf, and besides I take small profits and sell for cash only. Now that the fall trade is approaching, it will in Bowmanville,and also with those in the country--some trading with me who have (as they have told me) come from Oshawa, ewcastle, Gnnrnn. teed perfectly nccnrato and nbsoluto· 1y 1:5afo. 1'Imltt ln all Dl.zcs fur large or smal I go.me. G.J.r:LltUY, nmfTJ.NO AN'D 'r.AU.OJ;'l' 'RrFL!i!S. 5'.RND b'Ol lLLUSl'I'..A'lD 0ATAU)(]-V'Jo. Janrlln Fire Arms Co., Now Haven, IlALLARD . Jadging by tli@ large trade that I have done with people Ct, DENTISTRY! ... "'. HARNDEN, L. 0. S . Graduate o ft he Roya! Collegeof Dontal Surgeons, Ontario. OFFICE OPPOSI'l'E EXPRESS OFFCE. make also a specialty in Trunks and Valises-selling them as cheap as they can be sold in any of our large cities. I have a large stock of Boots flow on hand, ust right for fall wear, (our own make), which 1: c<i.n sell cheaper than any shoe store in Bowmanville, as they were all bought at a rate on the dollar, and will be sold at less than they actually cost to get them up. I have also bought a large stock of pay tbose who need anything in boots and shoes to come to me. .1 GOLD FILLING A SPECIALTY Boots &ncl Shoes from the factories, at close prices, and which-L-Will be AltTIFIOUL TETH lNSEltTED WITHOUT PLATES. Great lleductlous in pri ce · on all Dental sold accordingly. · Work. Vitalized Air. constantly in use pro. ll.ucing PAinleas UperaHons. Part i cular atten tlon p&Ld to the regulation of Children's '.l.'eotu .-ALI· WORK WARRANTED. Branch office, Dr. Rutherford'e Orono. All r ATGHIHG ANO MfND ING fROMfTLY ATTENDf a IO. GEORGE BUCK,