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LEGAL. doc. - MARTIN c tiorKixs: PARRISTEI’L‘L SOLICITUR“, .‘sc. Ht)- ) neyto Loan at 7 per cent. Kent street, Lindsay, Out. I’. 3. Hum. G. II. Harms I". D. .‘IOOI’u-l, ARRISTER, ATTORNEY. & SOLICITR ) and Notary Public. Money to Loan. Office, Kent street, Lindsay. ll UL‘SPETII a JACKSON, ARRISTERS, SOLILITORS, he. 0!- fice, William street, Lindsay. A. Homers. A. Jae-nos. U'LHARY & O'I.I-3AI’.Y, ARRISTBRS, ATTORNEYS-Affiihgw Solicitors in Chancery, i , f Doheny Block, Itent street, 13,63“ 0 Jce Aura:- U’Lnav. “can ‘01,“, M. SHEPPARD, 53313733: ATTORNEY & Conveyan- cer. flc.trthur’s Bloct; ,Colborne street, Fem-ton Falls. Money to lend on real ewes. v y D. J. )ICIN’I‘YRE, ARBISTER. ATTORNEY-nt-LAW SO- licttor in Chancery, 3c, Lindsav.’ Of- firc over Ontario Bank, Kent stmethonr-y to Lana at! per cent. on real estate se- :uritii-s. VPQRRICTBRS. SOLICITORS, NUTAH- ) tes. kc. Ofiice Kent «treetJouthside andlnearly opposite 11:. John Chisholm's, 4]!" dflv. Jar Ks‘rcncu. Wis. .licDoxqu, Jn. M- J B. utoxsox, B. A , BAIiRISTER, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Solicitor in Chanu-ry. Conwyancer, kc. Udlce, Dolieny Block, Kent street, Lindsay. idem-y to lead at 8 per cent. M ALFX. A. MCDONALD, , TTOIlSEYalT-LAW, Solicitorin Chan- , cery,f‘oiiveyancer, kc..dzc. Strictat- trniion given to applications for Patents oannds from Crown Land's Department. Money to Loan on Mortgage Securitv on terms to suit borrowers. Office, Colborne street, l-‘enelnn Falls. Jon): A. BARRON, l .tItIlISl'Ell-AT-LAW l a KE'l'tlilUbi a: )ICDONW ' I , Lindsay. Office on heat Street, next door west of Keith's Agricultural and Implement Store. ‘ MEDICIE' A. W. J. DEGRASSI. )I. D., ORONER. Physician, Surgeon, «kc, kc. Residence, Brick Cottage, Wellington street, Lindsay. Wu, Kl'llll’T. .‘I. D., C. M 'i tRADL'ATE of licGill University, Mon I treul, and I’rOviiiriitl Licentiate, Physi- cian, Surgv-on and Obstetrician. Medical Referee to the Standard, I’liwnix, Connecti- cut Mutual. and Equitable insurance Cont- panies. Office and residence, in the house lately occupied by Rev. Father Stafford, in the corner of LindSny and Rue streets, Lindsay. a-.__. Du. A. WILSON. ll. I B. UNIVERSITY of Trinity College. ‘ .\I. ll. University of Toronto. )Icmb. i (:01. I’liys. and Surg., (int. Physician, , Surgeon and Act-anchor. Uifice,Colborne . s treet, tenelou Falls. Dtt. J. II. LOWE, IIYSICIAX d: SURGEON. Coroner for tltt- Provisional County of Haliburton. 38‘ Office and residence in Mr. Thomas lialrlrs’s house, Francis Street East, Fenelon I'll 5. â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"__â€"_â€"_ HOTELS. 'l‘l'lld GLOBE IIO’I‘EL, 17'1le street, Lindsay, II. O'l.eary, Pri- \ prietor. This well known liutel(lntcly in charge of Mr. John Young) has been ~ remodelled and new if furnishcdmnd guests .can depend upon getting excellent accum- 'moilntinn and first class board. The sheds and stabliug are all that. can be desired. )l C:\ 111' H U 11 HO USE. ENCLON FALLS. Robert Rutherford, pro: rictor. This well known first class hotel has evuary appliance necessary for the accommodation and comfort of guests, and is largely patronized by the travelling pub- lic- W Citations REJSOHBW-‘W “’09 omnibus to and from the mill?“ 3'3"”- ‘- MISCELLANEOUS. E C S The nextsittings of this Court will be told on Friday, April 29th, 1881. GEO. CUNNINGHAM, Clerk. 0ND DIVISION couar 1s THE COUNTY 01" VICTORIA. J.\.\I ES J. P0“ Ell. ICENSED Auctioneer, Accountant and , J General Commission Agent. Collect- ing accounts a specialty. Office, Peneloa Falls. Out. S. JOHNSON. , I'F'NOSEER. Village Property and [ r‘nrtn Sales a specially. Notes, Ac- counts. Rents kc. collected. Office and residence on Bond street, i‘enclon Falls. DI () Bl IE ‘1'. Money can be had at 7 per cent. on the security of mortgages or promissory notes. Apply to JOHN A. BARRON. Solicitor. Lindsay I) lCN'l‘XS'l‘. LINDSIX‘Y. One of the firm will be at the .‘chnrut-a llot‘stt, anstos FALLS. on the third Monday of each month. Teeth rttncted by laughing gas without pain or ? injury. or no charge will be made. 8‘ Office established in Lindsay nearly fifteen years. $50,600 To LEND” with the privilege or paying 06' In full or by instalment! at any time Mortgages bought J. b. DIXON. Barrister. kc. thus gratified. and who were a" 06cc Doheny Block, Kant street, and “peeled to get a first class reliable , atlas, feel that they have been sold. l m I i hear of it again. Lindsay. ...-__. m. LOAX w- an] Estate at Eight per cent. Private Linton“ uyable at Lindsay. No sioo charged cor Deposit required. a very viaalt. Apply to E 110808. mm “Mum. mm, 3“, i thinly settled townships, arc tolenblyl ’ executed. others are simply ssecre- l Lindsay. Other, ' l m l l J BRITTON, WATCHMAKER, dealer in ,Clocks, All Kinds, l 3'9 hr. 3 day and 30 hour, Alarm strike,kc AMERICAN IVATCHES, the Best and Cheapest, 211' SILVER AND 00L!) CASES : in the newest styles and at lowest prices. } ya?" Persoos Sending watches from a die- } tauce for repairs, can have the amount of work and price reported on for their cons'd- oration. and as I do the work mvself, can depend on having it done satisfactorily. Britton's Block. foot of Kent St.. Lindsay I T A R l O B A I K. Capital - - - - - - $3,000,000. President . . . . . . . . . . . . Sir. W. P. Howland. Vice-President . . . . . . . .C. S. Gzowski, Esq. General Manager . . . . . . . D. Fisher, Esq. LINDSAY BRANCH. Drafts bought and sold on all points in Canada, United States and Great Britain. and general banking business transacted. Savings Department stot'th'zb. Interest allowed on deposits of five dol- lars and upwards. s. A. MCMURTRY, Manager. Lindsay, Feb. 16tb,1881. 50-t.f. JAMES DICKSON, L. Surveyor, Com nissioner in the Q. 13., . Convcyaticer, &c. Residence, and ad- dress, Fenelou Falls. Elie fenclmi falls @atette Saturday, April 9th, 1881. The Great Libel Suit. Mr. C. D. Barr, of the Lindsay Post, is just now a fit subject for congratula- tions. which will no doubt flow in upon him from all quarters. If it be true that “ a penny saved is a penny gained," then. on Tuesday last. he gained no less .1 sum than 35.000, which Mr. William Grace expected to get out of him as compensation for the harrowing inflicted on his (Grace's) feelings by an article or articles in the Post. The case, of course. was much talked of in Lindsay, and tho court-room was crowded during the trial, which resulted. as we antici- pated. in a verdict for the defendant. .\Ir. Hector Cameron, Q. C., was conn- sel for plaintiff, and it) his address to the jury gave the Pressâ€"which be de- scribed as everything that was naughty â€"a great going ever; but. bless his heart ! the Press will forgive him. espec- inlly as it must admit. having affronted him on one or two occasions. Mr. Barr employed Mr. James Bethune, Q. 0., an able lawyer whose reputation may be injured in consequence of the Feuelou Falls School Board having openly ex pressed doubts as to the soundness of" his opinions. Those who were present say it. was great fun to hear him exam- inc the plniutifi‘and his colleagues; and us we enjoy fun as much as we enjoy anything (barring oysters), we shall al- ways regret that adverse circumstances prevented us from witnessingr Mr. Beth- une's triumph over his temporary enc- mies. He felt so sure of his case that he called no witnesses, although several were subpwnueil, and the verdict justi- fied his confidence in the goodness of his cause and the commonsense of the jury. )Ir. Grace is an old acquaintance of ours, and we are therefore sorry for the loss. both in hard cash and public esti- mation. Whirl] this ill-advised lawsuit has brought upon him ; but he ought. to have kuowu that. it was only “kicking against the pricks" to attempt to cur- tail the freedom of the Press as far as criticising the acts of public men is concerned. A barrister can get up in co;_-~t and. in the interest. of a single rivme individual, his client, abuse his turned brother's client in language ,1,“ “mum furnish the raw material for a 5m, class fibcl suit_tf en-iployed. else- where; but the barrister is privileged to say almost unj’thln: "hat cccurs m him without being called :3 “com”; and it is rather unreasonable to 9"??? that a journalist. writing for Che pung weal. shall be called upon to pay 5‘ “'0' ans sum as “ damages " if. in the incl" war of composition, Ito go a shade too far in the dispurngeuient of some high- tvined offuuder who probably richly de- serves all and more than he gets. A Poor Affair. The thirty persons, more or less, in this village who subscribed for Beldeii & Co's Illustrated Atlas of the Domin- ion of Canada have recently had the work delivered to them, and we under- stand that the majority of them are very much dissatisfied thercwith, as they certainly have good reawn to be. z .-\s we are not among the number. it is ’ .i. HEELAIIDS, . “none of our funeral;" but having spent some time looking over the atlas. we unlicsitntingly pronounce it a poor affair, greatly interior to other Canadian can heartily sympathise with those who bul,. - hate bun unuisc cnou,h to uy a 1 adjacent In” can find on, who owns H I, is no dnub‘ gruifyin: ml. and can have the dwelling put. to prop. the wealthier subscribers to have like-l nesses of themselves. their wives and, pig in :t poke " and now repent having done so. their cattle and views of their residenc- es held up to the gaze of an admiring world. and it will no doubt reconcile ‘ them to the wretched execution of manv a of the most important maps. particular- ly those of Ontario and Quebec; but “ common people," whose vanity is not promised and are so much annoyed that one of them, at lea-t. has positively refused to take the work unless compelled to do i so by command of the law. and others l are likely to follow bisexsmple. While i ' gnome of the maps. such as those ofi -vdl , about the worst we have ever seen. 3 course when a man puts down his nam’e l in his own handwriting as a subscriber Jillllllli t iittt‘iu,‘ lcombined atlas and picture book, and “.3 ble,‘tbe printing and engraving being Ct to an unpublished work he is in honour bound to take it, when issued, if it in awarding to representations ; but it takes two persons to make a bargain, and if an attempt be made to foist upon the subscriber a botched instead of a first class production. we fancy the law will uphold him in refusing it. Beldeu 6‘. Co. had a perfect right to get up n istrip of land along Cameron Lake from itlie railway bridge to Bond street for Pthe purpose of erecting a mill, was laid before the council. Moved by Mr. Campbell, seconded by Mr. Deyman, Thai. the communica- ltion from Thomson 8: McArthur reâ€" garding the leasing of part of the ground on the shore of Cameron Lake be laid over till next meeting of this council for further considerationâ€"Carried. Moved b itlr. Deytnan, seconded by Mr. Fitzgerald, That. the council~ now adjourn, to meet: on Monday, the 11th charge for it whatever they thought fit; but they had no right. to make the in- terests of those who subscribed for the ‘ sake of the maps subservient to the in- tcrcsts of those who thought most of the pictures. The latter will probably pronounce the work beautiful ; but the former are very indignant. Monthly School Report. The following are the marks obtained by each pupil of‘ the senior department of the Fenelon Falls public school. dur- ing the mouth of March. The left hand column shows the percentage ob- tained of the aggregate number of mark :x given for reading, dictation. writin, composition, grammar, geography, lit erature, history and arithmetic. Th right. hand column shows the percentag obtained for good conduct, 80 per cent to 90 per cent. being considered good and 90 per cent. to IOU per cent. excel'_ lent. In order to obtain first and sec ond class limiors, pupils were require: ‘ to answer at least 60 per cent. and 50' per cent. respectively of the total. Ellen Twomey ...... 68 95 Noble Wutson......... 65 65 Fred Coclimoe....... 63 80 Isaac Pufier............ 61 95 Maggie Jordan....... 60 80 Johanna Sullivan.... 53 80 Lottie Glover.......... 50 95 Ada Glover............ 49 90 John Smith............ 47 55 Kate Twoniey......... 46 _ 95 Jennie Swantou...... 45 85 Annie Robson......... 45 75 Annie Keitli.......... 44 90 Annie Lochead....... 41 95 Annie Dcwart.. ....... 41 80 j' Annie Ellis.......,.... 40 70 Carl Smitli...’......... 39 75 Angie Ellis......L..... 37 90 Willie Cameron...... 34 85 Bella Catueron....... 32 90 1- Bcllu Moifatt......... 30 90 _ Henry Naylor......... 22 85 1- Bcrtha Coclirane...... 21 _ 90 T Fred Grecne..... . 21 80 * Thomas Beleh........ 21 90 if" Thomas Lockliart.... 21 75 James Naylor ...... 21 85, 1‘ Edward Power....... 20 60 *‘l' Mary Prescott........ 20 j 65 * William Ellis......... 20 70 * fJumes Davis ..... 18 65 1‘ George Barr..... ..... 17 65 1‘ Fauuic Wilson... .. 15 75 ‘1' Walter Jordan....... 12 65 Joseph Littleton...... 4 55 ' Pupils who failed te attend the exam- inations regularly. _ 'l Pupils who do not generally prepare their home work. . ‘Condensed Nam. * --Port Hope contains only 1,000 acres, and is smaller than any of the surrounding towns. It is one of the pleusantest to live in, nevertheless. ' â€"A considerable number of the per- sons leaving various localities are going to Midland, which will soon be a cit . So says the Amory. ’Ruli for Midland. â€"A car-loud of extra fine horses left Peterborougli for Manitoba lost Satur- day morning. They are to go into our old acquaintance “ Jack ” Benson's mammoth livery stable. ‘ â€"â€"WIr. Daniel Woods, cooper, of Nor- wood, fell on the ice wliilo approaching his house witlt an arinl‘ul of fuel and broke, his left leg near the ankle, be- sides reoeiviug other injuries. â€"â€"A man named William' Miles. while gathering fire wood about. a mile and a half from Norwood, on Sunda afternoon, was struck behind the car by the falling limb ofn tree and almost instantly killed. â€"The members nf'a lute firm in the village of Woodville are to be prosecut- ed f'or non-registration of partnership ; but the Advocate doubts whether any penalty can be imposed, as the partner- ship was dissolved nine months ago. â€"Mr. David Y. Crowley, a respect- able farmer of Otouabee, was found dead in his bed last Monday morning. He leaves a wife and five children. the eldest. under six years of age. Heart disease is believed to have been the «use of his death. °‘__rhe Woodvillc Advocate says aim the penp.‘e 0f Hartley and Gleuarm arc dissutistie raugement. or parts of the co same cause for dissatis'. have tried in vain to pron!”e Mindeu. (From our Correspondent.) The weather here continuesoold ; the roads are becoming quite pasmblo. The census cuumerutor is on the war Jill. M P Mr. E. Noiee has purchased the Watts property and is now residing up- on it. Mr. Watts and family have re d with the existing postal or t,"e know of people in oth- ."ns ry who have the faction, and who a change. - . . . - i .\ ’ . productions of the same class. and we I mm“! m "'8 North in“ It is rumoured that J. Burns, Esq. has intimated that he will take the farm er repair. ! The audit lately made by Messrs. Niven and Brown is said to be the best ' one ever made in the county of Hal-l iburton. The chancery suit with the ex-trcas- nrcr of the county is the subject of much conversation. The whistle of the new steamer has arrived. and soon both will begin duty. 0h ! yes. The grant has been paid ( the agricultural society. Never mind, these who delayed it will perhaps m fl“ Farmer: to want of a good set of, run tint-rows will do well to call on Rob- 1 son & Robson, at the Cameron Lake Foun- dry. and inspect the stock, as they have It large variety and all at prices to suit the i times. 1 Village Council Proceedings. Tenelon lfalls. April 4th. 1881. s Cfinucil met pursuant. to adjourn- meat. Members all at and the tide": in the chair. Minutes of the previous meeting read and approved. A communication from Thomson 3'. )IcArthnr requesting control of the inst., at half-past 'l' o'clockâ€"Carried. QUARTERLY EXAMINATION â€"’The regular quarterly examination of pa ils in the FeneIOn Falls public school will 14th. commencing at 9 a. in; All are respectfully invited to attend. ' VENEERED Burrsa.â€"Mr. H. Ans. tin, grocer, of this village, showed us a few days ago a small roll of butter which he purchased from some person who, for the sake of forty or fifty cents, was guilty of as gross a. fraud as was ever perpetrated. The roll was sum- mer butter that had spoiled. and had then been dipped in melted mutton tal- low, the' thin veneeriug of which materi- al made it look just as if it had been churned in_wiutcr, and caused it to be purchased without 'a‘ suspicion of any- thing being wrong. Mr. Austin says he would give ten dollars to find out who sold it to him. KING KENNEDY.â€"This well known illusionist and ventriloquist gave an en- tertainment in Iogram's ball on Tues- day evening; but, as is usual in h‘cuelon Falls, the audience was a very small one, which was perhaps the reason why the ‘ lliudoo Decapitation Mystery] the most attractive feature of gramme..qu not performed. of his sleight-of-liaud tricks were very good indeed, and lie is by far the best liis Several pI'O- Vic ,veutriloquist we have ever heard. are sorry he had such poor success in this village; but. the ten and fifteen ceut local entertainments appear to have got our people into the notion tliata quarter ofa dollar is too much to for admission to anything. A; NEW MILLâ€"Messrs. MoArtliur Pay 5:. Thomson, who last year ran the old Brownies mill, wish to build one of their own on the edge of Cameron Lake. near the foundry, and will do.so it' they can lease a the railway and the lake from the mu. piece of waste land between nicipality as a piling ground; but their application was very properly laid over for consideration, as it is one which ought. not to be decided upon in too great a hurry. Another mill would of course (be an acquisition to the village, and if Meson-3. .‘chrtliutfldt Thomson’s wish can be acceded to without interfe- ring with the vested rights of any other persons, We have no doubt the council wilL let them have the land they re- uirc at. antimiqu rent for a reasonâ€" able term of years. ' thm'.»Lookingr out of window this ’l'th of April anyone would say it was a beautiful spring morning ;. but appearances are deceitful, for a keen and anything but. spring-like wind, commenced about three weeks ago, is still blowing and keeps every which thing in stunt qua. The grass declines to wake up and show itself, the ice on Cameron Lake is still thick enough to bear lienvily~ludcn waggons, and the first robin, after telegraphic-g to his re- lations and friends not to come. to the Falls yet awhile, has hidden himself it) the woods. Even the “oldest inhabi- tant " says he never experieuoed such it ersistent and cutting wind at this time of the year; and if the indignant peo- ple of the village could only lay their hands on the Clerk of the Weather, who no doubt is to blame for it all, they would be strongly inclined to treat him as the pagans treat. their idols when the crops, or the weather. or the hunt- ing isn't satisfactory. But hold on; is it the Clerk of the Weather? Rate- paycr says that the cit-Reeve is respon- sible for the breeze in school matters, and perhaps he's the cause of the other breeze also . Canada’s Only Baron. â€"_.. Religious Criminals. :- nttv. E. w. Batman’s nxrnr‘sstm opts- ION or uxvvsru HOUR BBPBNTANCE. .Y One Sunday lately Mr”. Beecher exs I pounded the text, " If any man come ' to me and forsake not his Father and mother. and wife' and, children, and - â€"__ brethren and si ers, yea, his own life ._ also, he cannot o my disciple." What p He demanded was simply that. a man should put the love of God over his 1 1d - fl, d-fi- , d t , soul first and above all other things. Emullianezisjyf o", efigursdilir [3:15 When that. was once established so that The feudal barony is entirely exception- “ chrett’s Peerage ” for 1881 thus writes of “Canada's only at, and is the onlyndnadiaiu liereditnr ' tide existing. The patent of nobility Baron ":â€" Tlie recent recouuition by Her Majesty ofn Canadian barony is an exceptional circumstance, and the gentleman (Baron dc Longueuil), whose title has been no- knowledged. holds the remarkable po- sition of being the only subject, of the Queen who is a colonial peer, and who at. the same time has not any precedence. ) signed by King.L0uis XIV. granting this mtg to Charles le Moyne for dis- tinguished services is remarkable as creating not only a territorial barony. but also conferring a .‘itle of honour on himself and his descendants. whether male or female. The cesslon of Canada to England by the Treaty of Paris in 1763 made no change in the legal right to hold honours. Since this period each successive head of the fumilyihns, bv assumption of right, used the title; bill it was not officially reoomiized by the British Government. until Dceem» her 4th. 1880. - Now and Then. Twenty years ago the. Cunarder “ Persia," then the finest vest-cl afloat. used to consume 6 7.10 pounds of coal per hour per horse-power. So great was the space required for coal thscl though the vessel was 2,000 tons bur- i den. she could only find room for 25.0 tons of paying cargo. ,Cootrast this with the performances of a new steamer , of the present day. The “ Arizona in about double the size of the “ Persia," but she consumes only 1! pounds of‘ eoalperhorsepower. Themsequeccc ‘ accessory experience. is that she can carry 3,400 tons of pay- ing freight and can steam 16% knots an hour against the “ Persia's," thus buru~ ing but onesfifth of a_ ton of coal for each ton of goods curried aoross‘the At. lantic, instead of the tons burned by the “ Pflhii." The present expendi» ture of coal in carrying a ton of goods across is, therefore. less than otiethirti- eth of what it was twenty years ago, and improvement is still going on. It is no wonder that sailing vessels find it harder and harder to make a decent living. it. controlled everything, and was the mainspring of life, there was nothing in the whole region of human life that was not open to man. The Saviour meant simply that the'tbought of God and immortality should be in men so strong that it there ever were a conflict with it or' an attempt to set it aside. whatever thing in the lower sphere. however sacred, should come between the man and this ruling, intense pur- pose of life should be set asideâ€"and that was a very difi‘ereut thing from the ascetic view of-it. When a man has been living a wicked and a sordid life, and then in the last hour trumps up a kind of' repentance, do you suppose that is a substitute for the religion that has run through the whole oflifo like the keel of a ship? If there is one thing I consider indecent to the last degree it is the way in which criminals are cosseted and carried out of life. A man who would commit a murder is regarded with horror while at liberty; but a murderer once arrested and put into prison becomes at once, because he is a criminal and going to die, no object of the must abnormal sympathy in the community, and women send-flowers to him, and the priest runs and the phil- anthropist. runs after him. and books and tracts are scattered about him. “ He is going to die." Are there not ten thousand men (lying in the coni- niuuity ? Why don’t folks go to them ? Mothers are dying here and fathers are dying there, leaving sorrowful children. but there is no sympathy for them. When a criminal is going to die prophets and priests and women vie in attention, and prayer meetings are held, and it is printed in the neWspnpers that he died trusting in Jesus. " Bali 1" exclaimed M r. Beecher, with an expression of dis- gust so intense as to cause a ripple of laughter over the congregation, “ What misebicf' that. poor thief did on the cross!" He added, “ Do you suppose that, the growth of a man’s lifeâ€"that it man's whole. character from top “to but- tomâ€"con be-truniped up in that way ? Do you supprisc that the lore of heaven can be learned in a minute. that selfish- no.»s can sit in the seat of disinterested ness'? Can a hour invited into refined society learn good manners over night '? No, I don’t believe it; I don’t believe it. Ifzt man is going to be a Christian he can’t begin too Soon. It takes the whole of your life, there is so much of it." ‘ A Radical Remedy. A KINGSTON MAN CUTS OFF A PIECE OF 1118 TONGUE. KINGSTON, April 2.â€"Frnncois Chaâ€" ron. Frenchman, being impressed with the fact that he had made too much use of his tongue, cut. off a portion of it last evening. The bleeding was pro- fuse, the mun becoming faint. from the 1088 of ,blood before assistance was se- cured. Hc said “that. be had talked too much and lie Was always getting himself into trouble." He had been told by some person “ that he should have a piece of his tongue taken off," and he proceeded to adopt the advice. He first took a razor to perform the operation, but this Was taken away frotn him. After a time he took It common uwl and drove it through the tip of his tongue, splitting the latter for about half an inch. He next took it common jockknifc and cut aivay part ofthe papillae. While in a frenzy from his sufferings he attempted to lump himself, but was saved by his wife. He was very determined about cutting out his tongue. He told a reporter that it caused him any amount of difficulty, and he felt that it would be safer to er- tract it. Since his exploit he thinks he didn’t go about the business might. but if he had a good instrument. he be- lieves he would have succeeded. For many years he has been under the be- lief that the tongue is the bane of all evil, and for weeks he has refused to speak a word. Beet Sugar. A Montreal correspondent of the Kingston Whig. writing on the subject of a beet sugar factory about to be built by n compmy with a capital of nearly $2,000.0(l0, says : â€" “ Though introduced into the United States more than 15 years ago. the beet root sugar has progreea-d very little; elct‘cu or twelve small flictorics arc in existence. They are far from being prosperous. and "I" they had ilic flail)" advantages to be met in Canada ; prn wztion and good quality of the produce, ' the Only difference being in a soil not i mfuvourable to the beet. root. I he-l lieve their indifferent «access to be it“- consequence of ineuficieticy pf capital and too much reliance upon tmagmwy pmfiu based on theoretical deductions. These profits were not earned. b cause i the small capital-prevented the purchase 1 of perfect machinery. or because 51% men at the head of the eaterpvt-e, though fully competent. lacked the Perhaps unforc- seen causes or even well understood causes, which were thought to be easily manlged, have prevented success. This .end of another thirty years, a‘nd‘a man , February, showing clearly that they did not industry. to become prosperous, requires large capital and pecuuiu sacrifices for slime years till the rmonious working of the sugar house is well reg- tllated. It mpiires Inside:- prudent and careful management. In many countries, from' the start. this industry has beet endangered because people were too sanguine or too precipitate in their expectaf'tboa. The sugar facto- rics lately established in Roumaniu are, as well as those in the United States, a striking example of this tendency." Complaint is made at Winnipeg of the want (flattcutiou paid to immigrants arriving. ‘ . Mr. Parnell's‘ mother is delivering It series of addreses in the United States on Land League topics. A Brockville man ofi‘ers to supply Mr. Vanderbilt with a flag stone 25 x 15 feet, for which the millionaire says he will pay 85.000. The New South Wales, Par‘i' ment has voted £750,000 to assist. emigrants from the United Kingdom willing to pay half their passage too-icy. IIr‘is now estimated that the forests of Americ‘a will be all used up at the who wants to go liunting‘will have to sit on a druwbridge and shoot at sailors. John Lewis, reported to be the email- est man in Amuletâ€"height, twenty- scveo inches ; nvcrngo‘wciglit. elghtden pounds-«was recently laid at. rest iti' the cemetery at. Ixonia, Wisconsin, where he was born in 1857. He weigh- cd but twelve pounds at the time of his death. The aggregate amount paid at Mon- treal for horses for shipment to the United States during: the past. month was $85,000. A new trade has been opened with Baltimore. extensive buy- ers having arrived from that. city, who have paid as high as $250 and $300 for Clydesdale horses bred in the Island of Montreal. comfiufiifihfions. â€"-â€"_â€"¢ To the Editor of the Pension Full: Gaxetle. Sta:â€" As you kindly inserted my former letter in your paper, I would again crave youriudulgence while I briefly review those letters in your issue of last week, which purport. to be a reply to mine. I have read with pleasure your own editorial on the sub- ject, and am convinced that you, at least, are desirous of discussing the case fairly and dispassionately, mid, ;tboagh I cannot agree with you in all your vietvs.I heartin endorse the statement that the benefit of litigation is very doubtful. Willi these re- murks I would, with your permission. notice what your correspondents have to say. I accept cheerfully the stii‘cmetit made by the village Solicitor as regards the. purity of his connections with the three worthy Councillors, but cannot at the some time get over the self-evident fact that. he (like all luwvers) is self interested in the boom- ing state of the broad field of litigation. I regret, however, flint the substance of my letter should have put the ex-Rccve and the three aforesaid gentlemen to the trouble and expense of u “ professional opinion " regarding their public integrity. The vil- lage Solicitor opens up a new field. and no doubt a lucrative one, for his profession. The city f-thers of the future, when taken to task by an indignant public, will simply have their Solicitor write them a paurgyric, call it a “ pron-ssionul opinion,"and beholdl they are immaculate. Still, I fancy the rate- payers of this municipality Would have pre- ferred to hear a Word of defence from the gentlemen themselves; second hand goods, you know, are worth only half price. I would suggest, in ii friendly way. that each of those “uspersvd” gentlemen bin siiya dozen copies of the Gazette containing Sllltl I‘certificate of honour” and have it exhibit- ed to tie ratepay~ r; of the future, their sis- ters, their cousins and their aunts. Au re- voir, lllr. Solicitor. “ Another ltatepaycr’s" letteris before use, and I search in vain for any argument to justify the action of the Council iii this munimiua suit. lie charges the School Board with taking proceedings on three days’ notice. He knows, if' he knows anything, that the Council had time to get advice since the l'i'th of January last. yet they took no action until the 28th of desire advice but longed for a lawsuit. Why don’t they have the courage of their convictions and any so. As regards the School Board being unanimous in the mat- ter, I assert the motion was carried unani- mously, and that the funds are required for immediate use. These are the only points in “ Another Itatepayer’s" letter bearing on mine, and l have disposed ofthem. Ills refer-ac ' to the Keith stilt, why Davis wasn't arrested, andltors’ report published and dif- fsrent sureties obtained for present school Treasurer, are very pertinent questions In themselves, but most certainly no justifica- tion whatever for embarrassing the School Board in the present matter. “ Another Rtteiayer's" cause must be lame indeed when he questions the responsibility of the present School Treasurer, Mr. J. Jordan, to say nothing of the fi mncinl standing of Mr. W. Jordan and Mr Ellis. “Another Rate- payer" winds up by asking the writer to state what he knows ame the School Board and to place the saddle on the right horse. In the meantime i will briefly reply to To- by's letter. .\Iy zeal in this twitter is as a ratepayer and not as a disappointed office- sceker. My “ ifs" and “ ands.” are the two horns of a dilemma which Toby has taken good care to avoid. I would infirm Toby that I am not an ex-Trusicc, nor an ex- Reeve, nor a would-be M. I’. P.,nnd I quesâ€" tion very much ifthc ratepayers would have elected me Reeve, even had my zeal been expen led a year ago in showing up the in- security of school moneys, as instance. the defeat of the late Reeve and his deputation to the School Board. hir. Toby any dream of reeveships or wardenships,and build alr- castlee on his dim and distant chances of having a canoe-couch and a patent cork- Ion-w; but I am only a ratepuycr and my ambition is undeveloped. Toby credits some members oftht: School Board with receiving some five miles of marked advice on the school dgfalentiona. Now I fancy if the inte Reeve had spent five minutes in care- ful study of the Kennedy hy-law when he took office in lfl'l‘o', and had brains enough to understand it, the present muddle would have never occurred. It was not my intro-i tion to write at present on the School i Board defalmtiont, or the cause of them; but as your correspondent gives us the closing scene in that remarkable drama. I shall try to give the (staining one. Thug Council of law passed it lay-law to raiacf 52.3%, to cuva the costs of enlarging the school building; and debentures were Il~‘ cord to run ten years hearing interest at eishi per cent. The by-taw required $150 to be levied annually. natal-Iv. $100 {or in. burst and $250 for sinking find. It is a disputed point win-thee the full amount wall raised the first year. The late Reeve was a member of the School Board during the you Ialb B 7. lie was elected Reeve in ‘72-. the School Board of '77. of which hel was a member. included in their estimatrs i submitted to the Council this 345", thinking i they turn the. parties to have charge of it; and disburse it. Mr. Dickson, as then in 137:4 paid that money to the School Board knowing it was debenture and inter- ”: money, He. as Reeve of this village. shomd have known ofthe existence of this b,.law and from the {act ofils being sign- ed by the Reeve and Clerk that the Corpo. “ Another Rater. er" 1 partment in the \ . .. ‘c 1- » â€".~ ration wet-3 liabdr t! ) sly, whit Trustee at the some timfi'moat decidein knew the School Board were receiviuzm; {or as Trustee in!" be was‘aparty to uk- ing for it. Here, then, was the origin of the debenture money plate (I there thmngh the ignorance‘or sheer neglect onlr. Dick- son, in [877; following it up by doing the aunts in ‘79, ’19 and the home now‘ for “ Anothe; ’60. Bagel saddled ‘ , ‘ _ “payer?” .\o wonder, sir, you say,‘an truthfully the Council as well as the sensor‘smd one to blank; But Mr. Dicksomnf all the Trustees, had the best right to know, and as Reeve it was his duty to know and car out, the terms of that bysluw. done so we should have on band now to meet this $3,500 upwards of $1,300,instead of only $250. and his friends keep ringing the changes on tho Trustee's of 1880 'l is it to throw off the censure from himself in the '76, '79 and '80 3 successive years when this money was paid in error to the School Board, are individual? it he had Why, then,wil| Mr. Dickson, years ":7. And if Trustees for the ly liable pro rata. will " Another Rate v-' er" calculate~ how much Mr. Dickson is. i-' able for ‘i You now have that interesting portion of School Board history whictr wished me to tell him. and [wish It or joy of it. Why, sir, the late Reeve could not take the byslatv in 1880 and raise $150. because, fomooth, tbo’ rate of Its-tombs of il‘dlill would not raise it. I tell him now it nthst be mlscd or re- pudiato our debts, and yet this is tlio islan‘ who for four years was the fruit" ices Albino of this municipality. Ills arrogance antq self conceit of to-day are only surpassh by his ignorance and ofilcial blunders 0 yesterday. I hear it currently reported, that Mr. Bethune has informed' the Council they have it right to hold‘tho money, which opinion nb'duubt is the tesult‘ ofau or part: brief presented tb'hlut, [and others who heard it read befoib'ybo Council expedied‘ no other opinion. If Mr. Botliuuu's advice had never been received we should have had this law suit all the same: It really and truly don’t matter u‘cetil'which party wins the suit; it is merely a leap in the dark, which in spud time will land tho crafty wire-puller in an abyss from which even the “clauuishnvss” of party will in vain try to extricate him. I must draw this letter to a close. Messrs. Dry-man. Cainphell and Fitzgerald, goon in the light of your convictions, spend tlio people's- nionry in ii. law suit that may or may not soothe the wounded feelings of your mu- nicipnl idol, or restore to him the lost con-- fidence of the majority of tho rateimyevs..; We have ii certificate of your honour, . and" if Councillor Campbell, when short of municipal law, will occasionally leave his seat at the Council Board to Consult with the t-x-Rceve, in another part of the room, Ict no one presuin to question the morality of the transaction. “ llut mun, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he‘s must assured Ilis glassy essenceâ€".liku an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As uluku the angels weep.” Yours, etc., , IlA'I‘EI‘AYEIL Fenelon Falls, April 5th, l881. v-â€"â€"-~â€"~‘ - To flit Editor qfthc Fanciers Falls Gazette. Sin :â€" In your last issue‘ there was it communication from one of those very Illâ€" uscd people, the ratepayers. It appoiirsi the Council are trying this year, for the first time, to retain some surplus money, which in a blunderiiig way they liitd always paid to the School Board, thouin the fact is: patent that they should have kept it. How very stupid tliis inunicl‘pail' body must be. D I they 'not know that what people have- always had they look apart as a right. and. when we consider the very proper and ad- vantageous uses made by the School Board of the money in the past, the action of the. Council sreuis utterly absurd. llutcpuyer says the mom-y was raised to form it sink- lug fund; ifso, the trustees have proved‘ themselves to he the very men who can sink it, and that in a dextcruus and gentle- manlike manner that those slow coaches of the Council chamber may try in vain to imitate. And yet even l/uy are not perfect, though they have been so far-seeing, clean sighted and astute iii the past. They have- now, llatepuyer asserts, appointed Mr. Cameron Treasurer instead of Mr Davis, a must strange proceeding. ll r. Cameron, of? course, is well enough; but. as your corres- pondent remarks, he is a poor innocent soul who pays the money without thought. of sin, while Mr. Davis paid it carefully im instalments, and, though sinful thoughts were plentiful enough, he knew how to» manage them, and lltt' result. was ii. nieo round sum for the sinking fund.: Now,1 would suggest that Mr. Davis be recalled, and re-appointed Treasurer instead of that Mr. Cameron, who, notwithstanding his; years, is stilt “ so green in this oldlwutldd" But to return to “those tights that'adom our Council Board." They have actually called in one ofthese men of law to assist. them in their designs on tho sinkinggttlud. iIo‘ has written a letter, it seems, asking ud- vice, and making a partial statement of tho case. “Shades of the mighty," how u- pensive this will be, and what would he: not have charged had he written up the- whole CHM? Such waste of public monvy is appalling, but what can you expect. from men of clay, moulde by a dough beaded potter 7 Then there is that Itailway busi- ncas. We only pav the Company $1.160 "‘ year, and see all the trouble they take to make things comfortable for our travelling: community, and the courteous treatment we receive from them, and tho advantuttw they are to us in many ways. in View of all this, how small-souled of our Council, to expect this noble-minded Company to fulfil any little promise they made to us. and then foolishly think that, as they pet‘- furtn their part, the Company ought to ho compelled to fulfil their agreement. Henm this expensive litigation. Butit In just lilto themâ€"titanium the lust. But I must do justice, and say that smug of the more whole-souled. high-minded and disinterest- ed of our citizens take is (Finn's-tit view and stand by this noble Company through good and bad rcport,arc willing to-npond and be spent in their service to the last of their hEood and their breath (and beyond that, if necessary) without a thought of selfim tercrt. Were it not in those fovv, where would to be? Alli?! nlall “1W” might be written on our walls. And our. sir, allow me to make another suggestion, viz, that we do all in our powerto elevate Itstepnyer to the position he might to our» py its aman and a leader of‘mn. 000 has only to read a new lines or his compo- sition to see that intellectually, and no doubt physically, he towers bead and shoul- ders above the miserable moo of Lillipu- tiniis among whom bll lot in cast, and no doubt adds largely to our treasury. So let us lay aside petty jealousy and come for- ward as one man to reward trite merit. when it is found. I must now add: a word ofcomfort and soy, take courage. all ya long sum-ring ratepayerl, the gentlku who now occupies the civic chair was a controlling power in the educational do- good old days, when his alter ego and the linking fluid were such a success. and be amred he has not lost his controlling power nor the ability to man- age affaer financial, and the helm ot‘our ship of state will soon feel the hand of the mapler, and none in that happy future which “rain as will need to cry-on la atom, " Whither are we drifting 'f' To‘ conetude,l may say] am not one o! the lung suffering ones, therefore I have Ibo advantage at seeing moron! the cam than the players. I am, simply, AN CNLOOKEl’t. Pension Pails, )favch 30th,1881. ‘ The above communication wu. Intend- ed for last week‘s tun-.9! the .004“. b“ was handed in a day too lamâ€"Ed. I. f'. 0.