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LEGAL. éc. -.__.â€"_... .‘lAIZTLV' s HOPKINS. Ramayana; SOLIt‘lTUR‘, 3:. 31:» ney to Lana n’. -3 pi! cent. See, heuturcczflnnduy, Uut. l’. S. Mutts. G. if. llzznxt. F, I). MOOllrl. I ARRISTER, ATTORXEY. & FOIJCITR nnd youry Public. Jluney to Lona. Office, Kent street, Lindsay. "(3598111 3: JACKSON. ARRHTERS’. SOLICITORS. kc. Of» tick, thti-m street, Linduy A. Human. A. henna. U'LHARY c 0‘l.l~2‘.\l’.Y, ARRtSTERS, ATTORSEYRAT'LAW, Solicitors tn Chancery, kc. Office, lluheny Block, bent street, Lindsay. Aamct: U'Luzr. Econ O'LGr. M. SHEI’I’A ill). ARIZISTER, ATTORNEY k Conveyan- crr, lit-Arthur’s Block, Colborne street, Font-Ion Falls. Money to lend on real estate. MclNT‘YRE k STEWART. ).tnatsrt;tts, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, l Solicitors in Chsncerv, the, Lindsay.E Office over Ontario Bunk, Kent. street. Mo- nqy to ‘Loun at. 8 per cent. on real estate leeurtttu. . I). J. MCIS‘H’EL Taoa. Snzvutr. WM. Mcl)0.\'NEl.I..-Jn, (Late Ketchurn A: McDonnell.) ARRHTI-th, ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR, Notary the. Money to Loan. Office on chtrt street. Lindsay, Unt. J ll. DICKS'UN. B. A , .tR'TH‘EI'EIl. ATTllRNEYoAT-LAW. ) Solicitor in Chancery. Conveyitnver, .‘rt‘. Ullicc, Doheny Block, Kent street, hindiny. Maury to lend ate per cent. .\ Mix. A. MCDOVA I. D. TTOIlNEY-.\T-L.\W, Solicitor in Chan- : cery, t‘oovcyattcer, .kc.. .kc. Strictut- ten inn given to applications for Patents -of Land. from Crown Land's Departmwnt. .‘lona-yto Loan on Mortgage Security on 'terms to suit borrowers. Utlice, Colborue rtreet, Penelon Falls. JOHN A. BARRON, .iRIlIS'I’ER-AT-LA‘W, Lindsay. Office onKent Street, next door west of Keith's ' Agricultural and ImplemeutStore. M "MEDICAL. A \\'.J. DEGRAFST M. D., g ORON‘ER, Physician, Surgeon, eke, kc. , Residence, Brick Cottage, Wellington istreet, Lindsay, “'M, KEMP'I‘. M. I1. 0. M., "lRADUATE of McGill University, Mon I treat, and Provincial Licentiate, Physi- ('llln, Surgeon and Obstetrician. Medical Referee to the Standard, Phcenix, Connecti- cut Mutual, and Equitable Insurance Cont- punies. Office and residence. in the house lately occupied by Rev. Father Stafford, at the corner of Lindsay and llus streets. Lindsay. mm . __.__. . __..___- Dtt. .-\.. WILSON. \ B. UNIVERSITY of Trinity College. . . .\| ll.U'tiver51ty of Toronto. Mouth. Col. Phys and Surg., (Jnt. Phydcian, Surgeon and devout-her. 0dice,Cnlborue -t trect, enclon Falls. Du J. II LOWE, lIYSICIAN k. SURGEON. Coroner for tho Provisional CountyaofIlulihurtou. 33" Office and rt-Stdeucc in Mr Thomas M irrs’u house, Francis Street EnSt, Fcri'elou Falls. HOTELS." 'l‘lIl'} GLOBE lltl'l‘l‘lh. '[I’ENT street. Lindsay. ll. O'Imury, Pr '- \ prietor. This well known hott'l (lately ‘iu-chargc of Mr. John Young) has been iremmlelled arid newly furnishrd,and guests -can depend upon getting excellent accom- modation and first cl-us board. The sheds and stabliug are all that can he desired. MC.\ll'l‘llUll HOUSE. ‘EENl-Ilinb' FALLS. Robert Rutherford) ‘ ' pro rictor. This well known first class 'hotel has every appliance necessary for the accommodation and comfort of guests, and is hugely patronized hy the travelling p ‘b- lie. [4? CHANGES Ritasovsut.c.“t'Bu A free omnibus to and front the railway station. “witmmscofis‘” qucoxo nivtsmg‘tit‘mm is k THE COUNTY OF VICTORIA. The next sittings of this Court will be xeld on Friday, April ".‘llllt, lSRt. GEO. CUNNINGHAM. Clerk J .\ M HE J. I’D“ Ell. ICENSIII) Auctioneer, Accountant and J General Commission Agent. t'ollcct- ing arcimnts a specialty. Other, Fencion Falls, Out. S JOHNSON. UCTIUNEER. [ r‘arm Sales a specialty. Notes, Ac- counts, lleuts kc. Collected. 0the~- Ind residence on Bond street, Fvnelou Falls. 6.:Pnncggnvw. 6. BI ON ET '1‘(') 1.16 .\'D It 6, 6} and 7 per cent , acct rding to secu- rity, on Real Estalc mirtgAgss. Apply to JOHN A. BARRON. Solentor. Lindsay .t. useuuns, DENTIS'I‘, LINDSIXX'. One of the firm will be At the Mc.\arttua llot’sn, Fuan FALLS on the third Monday of each month. Teeth extracted by laughing gas without pain or injury. or no charge will be made, fl' 083cc esmblished in Lindsay nearly fifteen years. $50,000 To LEND .rr 8 pita res-r. rub the privilege of paying off in full or by instalments at any time Mortgage: bought. J. 5. DIXON, Barret". kc, fl- Ofioe Dobeny meek, Kent street. Lindsay. MONEY T0 l.0.\.\' On Real but: It Eight per cent. Private Panda. futons: Nubia “Lindsay. Sui Commission rhung nut Deposit rentier Expenses very .txnll. Apply w 3. D. ORDE. McDowell's Blah. Kent ‘5' 06cc. hindny Village Property and' i J BRITTON, WATCHMAKER, ° intuit t tttttttt, dealer in a010ck3,All Kinds, t l l 3’: day, 3 day and 30 hour. Alarm strikch AMERICAN WATCHES, the Best and Cheapest, IX SILVER AM) GOLD CASES in the newest style: and at lowest prim-s. fl. Persons sâ€"ndiug watches from a dis- tance for repairs, Can have the amount of work and price reported on for their cons d- entin-i, and as I do the Work mvself, can depend on having it done satisfactorily. Brittmt’s Block. foot of Kent St.. Lindsay. ONTARIO BAN K. Capital - - - - - - $3,000,000. President . . .. .. .. ....Sir. W. P. Rowland. . Vice-President . . . . .. . .C. S. Gzowski, Esq. 3 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 IZZ~OPESED. Interest allowed on deposits of five dol- lars and upwards. , S. A. MCMURTRY. Manager. 50-t.f. Lindsay, Feb. 16th,1981. JA‘IE“ IlllTKFON, ouveyaurvr. the. Residence, and ad- drcss, Fenel tu Falls. if c 1’2 til it fife Qbmrttr , P L. Surveyor. Com nissioaer in the Q. 8., . C Safurdny, April 30th, 1881. Trent Navigation. Mr. Thus. D. Bclcher. U E.. of Pc- trrbm-ough. has furnished the Montreal (y'uzettr with Some desired lufhrmtttiou rc>pecttng the depth of water in the ex- isting locks on the line of the Trent cation with the following pertinent ob scrvatimtszâ€"‘-The‘ grout quc>tion to be considered in tltc forwarding of grain to the seaboard. is ‘ by what routc cm the greatest quantity be forwarded in the shortest time. and at the cheapest ratc?' A ‘tow' of twelve btt'gesâ€" I80 000 bushelsâ€"can get; from Georgi- an tht' to .‘ltttttt'clll in less titan six davs by the Trent route, and it. is esti- mated to Ottle not. more than 3c. per bushel. Is there any other route by which the same quantity ofgrain can b - movol from. say the Straits of Mack- inaw in .'d tllll‘t'ftl. in the same- time and at the same rate ? " l n‘tt'lgallott, and winds up his communi- l l The grand fiuauvial tnu-ldle, disas- ttnus aliko to tho harmony and pockets of our \iilngors sot-ins as far from a so- lution u< ovor. although for many weary months all tho brain power available has llCt'll brought to bear upon it. The somewhat Costly opinion of Mr. Beth- uneâ€"«which Wt' will publish it“ permit- It'll to do soâ€"is far from satisfactory. l)I!lII'_' full of thc “ ifs " and “ buts " and “ I thinks " and " no doubts ” with which a cautions lawyer clcverly man- ages to involve his utterances in mys- tery :m-l lcavc hituscll' loop-holes for cs- capc in case, through the difficulty of the question submitted or errors or omissions on the part of those who sub- mll it. his decision should provo to be wrong. He appears quite certain of the personal litbility of the trustees I'm- ~chool monies lost. in consequence of their neglecting to provide sufficient Sr- cut-ity, which. as " ()itiz n " says. wc all know before; but the knotty points over which the Council and thc schOnI boar-1 have sn'long been fighting are h-ft quite as knotty as ever. Not having the opinion, which is rather lengthy. nor a Copy of it before us, we cannot show in detail how barren of'iu- formation it is on the disputed points which lvtl the council to refuse to sup- py the >Cllt‘ml board with funds and the latter tn apply for what one of our cor- respondents jocularly calls “ the little mum/omits " This some little mun IIIHIHIS appears likely to prove: In rather expensive affair. for we. learn that it has again been " t-ttlnrgcd "â€"11 'legal term which means that. the hearing of the tum- has l‘l'L'll po~tpotw-l, and that the cons huvo grown lnrgcr, tlu'iugzh the iti- t»rr~t~I involved in (to case may not have incr-‘uwd in magnitude. What tulvic- to givi- under the circumstances we rrnllt’ do not know. Mr. Bethune is a mood and rollnhlo lawyer and his opinion is probably as good :1 one as l-i-ultl lnt'c ltt‘t'lt go! elsewhere; ltlll. ll d-a-s not an, as far as we can under- slittttl it, whether tltc council were right ur wrong in r‘l'llnlll'.’ to pay over the money raised for .‘Cllmtl purpo-cs and demanded at the point of a mvnm'umus bv the trust-‘es. That i- what every- bittlt‘ wants to know, in order to flop {ltc'pruccctllngi :tnl save, further ends; but that is what nobody really knows yet. and public opinion is divided upon the subject. Wt,- are int-lined to think that thc bet-t thing to do is to call .1 ll|t~§ meeting of thc ratepayers of the section as soon as Mr. Keith's liability isdi-cidt-d, which will be on the 15th of May. and determine upon some course nfxction; frr it will b» ruinous to let things go on fur any ll ngtlt nl'time as th-y are at ptesent. The prcnliar Com- pllcatimzs of the case make it jthl. inch a one as lawyira delight in, and how large: sum will b..- wnllowml up in cow: dove it is settled would, we bc~ llct‘c, ruule even our t‘lllJZr: solicitor to prtdlct, but wc may take it for granted that ll wiil besemcthiug Ippal- ling. lf itcould be ascertained beyond a doubt that the whole expenses ofthe - litigation “mild in the end have to be pal-l by the individuals who were the who «4 it. thcv might tight sway dur- ing I‘ti- um .indter of the present centu- =r§ f-.- anything the Other ratepayers would do to stop them; but the council 5 r l l | The School Money Muddle. l l the chair. I i r.-d with the same stick," can scarred) prncved tit? one against the other '- pu- sotm.» thopgb they no doubt feel i vicious enough, to. do so; and uulm l some: one _ elsetdoefiuhich is very in. lp'robgliiefithejwholo burden will ulti- vniaunly bev'shift'e’il an to the shouldenr’ol‘ ‘lhe ratepayers, and the lighter the bur- tin be accepted as security for the vii-l lgre trusting-instead of H. Juukiu.l and the Reeve beinstructed to enquire into his standingzn‘ the registry ofice. â€"Cnrried. t. Moved by Mr. Campbell, seconded by MLDey-mnn. That. the clerk be and is hereby'iustructed'A‘to'open a deben den can be made the better it will bel ture sinkiug‘f'und and interest account for those who have to bear it. In jus lticcwit ought to be divided among the trustees and the muncillors. for ll was incurred throuin their carelessnc-s or ienotance; and to a secret sense of their own responsibly may be attribut ed a great deal of the virtuous iudigna- tit-n they express towards each other. The rcamn why we think a public meet- ing is desirable is because. whatever the wish of the majority of the ratepay~ crs with reference to the unfortunate complication may be, that wish ought to be expressed for the guidance of the council. Some few of' the villagers be- lieve that the amount. appropriated by Davis will certainly have to be tirade good by the people. and that it is folly Ito add a dolfar of costs that. can be avoided, while the maj~rity protest. that they will never consent to pay one can: “fit, and that, it. must and shall come out of the pockets of the trustees or the councillors, the," don’t care which ; and it is advisable that the“? diamclrlcall)’ opposite views should be “Pres-"‘1‘d 0" a public platform and the arg'llmcnlfi f0" and against, them be advanced and d9- bated. The communications in the Go- zeHe have done little good, nor will they as long as the writers are so obviously actuated by political or splenetic mn- tives. An objectionable spirit has been more or less evident in all; but “ Citi- zcu," whose second letter appears in this issue, goes to perfectly absurd lengths in his desire to injure Mr. Dickson, who is no tuorc to blame than the other members of the council and a great deal less than the members of the school board. If his assailant is to be believed, the late Rccvc is chiefly re- sponsible for the whole “ muddle " from beginning to end; but “ Citizen's " eu- mity is So glaring that. it. will defeat ir- sulf, especially as, in his anxiety to unâ€" tiihilatc the object of his wrath, he makes statements which can easily be. refuted and some of' which are inconsisn tent. with others. It is not our duty to criticise the production, which it would take considcrablc time and space to do. and Mr. Dickson will probably consider it infra dig to reply to the. ruviugsâ€" for they are little betterâ€"of an anony- mous assailant, especially as it is so glarineg apparent that the gratification of’pcrsonul ill-will and not the advance utent of the public weal was the object with which they were elaborated. We are still willing to receive and publish communications on the subject of tho “ muddle." but. we hope they will be of moderate length and written for some more worthy purpose titan to serve pn- litloul ends or gratify personal malice. Our Sidewalks. A large portion oftho anoqu expon- diture of this corporation is on >ltlt'- walks. The council tll‘Sl‘l‘VCh’ the great- est credit for the trouble it; takes in trying to keep them in repair. The fact is, that notwithstanding all this trouble, care and expenditure the side- walks of this village are mosth in a for o. few months after they have had at thorough overhauling. It is very up- purcnt that this condition of things arises out of the manner in which the sidewalks are built. The laying of the plank lengthwise, and with a six that hearing, renders them too spriugy. and, consequently they Soon bccomc unset- tled, and the upheaving of the frost in the spring gives them the final touch, and renders them the wrecks that. we now see them. The cedar mud sills. which the nature of the soil renders uccclsary, should be laid crosswise like the ties on a railway. flattened and lev- elled on the top, andficnntling of the proper SlZ-‘. spiked upon them. and then the plank cut into lengths ofthrce, four or six fen-t long, according to the width of the sidewalk. Il'thcy were built. in this manner they could not. give way. But now we see that somc of the toad sills, which are laid lengthwise. have tumblcd out, and the sidewalks all fall- on to one side, rendering it dangerous. ifnot impossible. to walk upon them. By building in this way we would have a large annual saving in plank. When a plank breaks between the supports. which are six feet apart, the repair has always to be made with a new full length plank; and, besides, much ofthc plank which is now taken up and thrown away as useless, because damaged at the cnds, could be cut up and built. into such sidewalks as we suggest, and would serve the purpose as well as new. Try the plan; it is not new. but is that a- dopted by every town and city in the country, this village beingl the only ex- ception we can think of. Village Council Proceedings. Fi-nelon Falls. April 25th. 1881. Council met. at. call of the Reeve. Members all present. and the Reeve in Minutes of previous meet- ng road and approved. Moved by Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded lbv Mr. Dcyman, That the following l:ccounts be piid and the lloevc give his orders for the some :â€" R'tbcrt Men- zic. relttovlng flood wood off bridge. 81 ; Robert. Menzie. taking care of fire cu. glues to March lst, 1831, 85; John 1‘. Thompson. repairing crossing on Elliot berh street, 75c.â€"Cnrrii-d. Moved by Mr. Campbell. seconded by Mr. Robson, That the clerk notify Mr. T. Levis to commence work on lower end of 1min drain at R. C. Smith's mill not later than Wednesday 3 morning. the 27th inst. Ifthe work is wretched condition. except. it may be' l l with this municipality, and invest the. same with ourselves from this date un- til the 315: day of December. 1881. amount. to be invested four hundred and thirty-'six dollars, at the rate of eight per cent. per annum, said amount to be paid to county treasurer to liquid- ate our county rate that amount.â€" Curried. Moved by Mr. Campbell seconded by Mr. Deyunn. That the c'ou'neil do now adjourn, to meet. at. call of the Reeve. â€"Uurried. Memoir. l Sauna Euza Mamet, l the belowd and only daughter of Isaac and Jane Maybe-c, of Cameron", depart- ed this life in great peace on Monday morning, April 25th ; in the 24th year of her age. Her affliction was a long and paipl'ul one. Consumption had fastened upon her frame. The strug- gle was prOtracted, but slowly and sure ly this dircful disease performed its work. Our dcair young fticnd borc her sufferings with the most. exemplary pu- tience, and while sbo‘ used all likely means to recover her'itca‘lth, she repiu- ed no; I'M-(Muse they were‘ unsuccessful. When it became evident that she must die, she was perfectly rash-tiled l0 ltel‘ Heavenly Father's will. The dccpa‘se‘l » was a member ofthc “ Method“t Clm‘m' of Canada " and highly respec'ed by 3'" who knew her. She was loved in lift" and honoured in death. Hcr cliarc‘cfer was adorned with much that; was amt." blc; she was affectionate, gentle, pa- tient and a cheerful christian. ller mortal remains were taken on Wednes- day. April 27th, to the Eden Methodist cemetery. llcr funeral was uumerously attended to witness the last ceremony, and drop a tour at her grave. The Rev. Mr. Glover, who Conducted the funeral services, is to preach her funeral sermon next Sabbath (May lst) at. half past. ten o'clock a. m. in the Cameron Methodist. church. That the parents ofthe deceased and every part. of the family who now so greatly mourn her loss may join her again in heaven is the sincere prayer of the writtenâ€"Com. _ ENLARGED.â€"Thc store in Cunning- ham's block lately occupied by Messrs. Jarvis 8:, McDougall is to be enlarged by the addition of twenty feet at the rear, the stairway removed and all the old uhelviug replaced by now. When finished it will be occupied by Mr. Witt. C-tmpbcli, who has r'cutcd it for a term ,ol‘yours, and Mr. Cunningham intends to spare no cxpcusu in filling it. up as a first class dry goods attire, to moot the increasing rctptircmcuts of the first class tcuant he has bucn fortunate enough to secure. 'l‘tIt‘. \l't:.\'t'ttt~:rt.-â€"- We are having queer \t‘t-athcr this spring â€"thc'du_vs ho- riug ucurly hut oumtgit at noon for July, and the nights cold enough for Novem- ber. On Monday lzist, April 25th, at 7:30 p. ttt.. patches of snow were still to be seen on tho Sitlllll batik 'of the riv- er. and mtbqullncs \t‘t'l't’lti'l'flstlllg on our life blood l The Welcome shower of rain which have since fallen swept away the remains of the snow, and Vil‘Clllll soap has sent the " skeetcrs " into \viu- ter quarters again; but they will no doubt soon return with improved appe- titcs, and smudch and plousocjacula: tious will then be'in order. SCALDED.-â€"0It the evening of Fri- day, the 22nd inst., the wife of' Mr. S.' LOIIlT. of Bond street, in this villagc, boiled some potatoes for the purpose of tanking bread, and, after rcmovio‘;r the tin dish containing them from the stove to a table or stand lll the kitchen, went into the pantry (0 get. the potato-mash- cr. While her back was turned her lit- tle girl. about two and a half years of n:e,tricd to see what was in the tin and pulled it off the table, and the ncarly boiling water scolded hcr badly on her left. check. her shoulder and her breast. Dr. Wilson, who was sent for. dressed the hurts, which are so severe that. he lent's permanent. marks will be left. ACCIDENT.â€"Last Monday afternoon Mr. Charles Parrish. of Font-Ion, drove to llall’s station of the Victoria ruil- way for a load of salt, and his horses, taking fright at a car on tho trnok. com- mcuccd to not iii :1 very unruly manner. While they were jumping about. one wheel of' the waggou struck against a stump, the tongue, falling from the neck yoke, stuck into the ground, and Mr. Parrish was thrown from the wag- gou. sustaining a bad sprain of the right ankle and several brui>cs on the leg. The ankle was so much swollen by the time Dr. \Vllsmt arrived that it was difficult to determine whether it was broken or not; but he. at length n'r- rived at the conclu-iou that the injury wa~ a sprain, and a very bad one. The patient still Suffers a great deal of pain. but is progressing favourably towards recovery. Goon NEWS â€"-The farmers of the surrounding country will be glad to l-aru that the additionto the grist mill in this village is to he proceeded with l . . at once. and IS mtcndcd to be ready for work by the time this year's wheat crop is harvested. The addition was com. meoced and about: eight feet of the walls built four or five years ago, but the break-upin the firm of Smith at Co. Callficd the Work to be stopped, and the -ubsoqucot litigation jrcvvntcd its to. uttnptioo until now. The building, like the old one. is of stone, but it will be double the size and four instead of two stories high, and is intended to loot. then commenced the council will “mamjve “’"5 "r “0"” “hm "'9 con-inlet“ the contract null and void.â€" Carried. Moved by Mr. Robson, seconded by Mr. Dcyuuu. That the street Ind bridge committee take steps to finish drain on ,thelowcr end through R. C. Smith’s ‘ lumber yard on Thursdav morning, pro. vided thxt Thomas Levis has nrt com. mean work previous to that time.â€" Carried. l l I l bURlIIeS‘ shall have increased éuficicnt- _v td render that number rieusxdary. For several years post the want of sub ficieut grinding facilities has been a great injury totbe village Ind has caus- ed incessant complaints; but the want is now About to be eupplied, and every- btdy will rejoice aceordiugly. Usenet) ix Denaâ€"Our medical l and sporting friend Dr. DcGras-ei show- Moved by Mr. Fitzgerald, seconded ed ur in Lindsay, on Monday last, the heads of two deer with their outlets :0 l inextricably interlucml that all have ; failed. though many have tried, to sap-l :rate them: These trophiesâ€"not of2 the chart, butâ€"of a fntal combat were found in the township of Cnrden last fall. and it is evident that the animals two fine bucks four or five years old,l got their horns thus entangled whiiel fighting and perished miserably of star-l vatiun or exhaustion, after which they were eaten by wild animals, the very ears of both and the nose nfOne hiring been gnawed off. Not. only is truth sometimes stranger than fiction. but the results of chance are occasionally as sur- prising as those of design. and 50’ it is in this instance. The forehead of one nfthe animals is against the cheek o! the other, and the two p.iir'of antlers are mixed up in a truly wonderful mun~ ner to which no deacriptiou could do full justice. The doctor, who will ob”:- ingly show them to all who are curious to see them, says that he has once or twice heard or read of deer grating thu~ caught by each other's horns and laid until death ensued, but he put them down as hunters' tales of doubtful rcliu bility until ocular demonstration enu- \‘lUCetl him of the contrary; m A: Horrible. Accident. “ hilc a conductor on the‘ Chicago. Milwaukee and St. Paul Road was passing over the Sabula bridge the oth- er day he" climbed to the top of the box car. and. while standing up, was caught under the chin by a guy rope. [Tls head was cut clean from his b‘ody, and he was held only by a few toulgh mus- c'lcs. To a bleeding and senseless rou- ditiou he fell from the car to the track. only to have the train of heavy ladcu cars pa‘ss'Over his body. When picked up he preheated a horrible spectacleâ€" llOfldlt!SS,' legs merely hanging, breast cut thriut‘gh and through. while his clothes were one mass of bland. The rope which caused the accident. had been need for hoisting rails to the track and it was through the negligence of some one that it. was allowed to remain. .___.â€"â€"-â€"o*oâ€"â€"'A2;â€"__ Quite 3. Mistake. Truly the ways of man are devious and beyond understanding. but lll the present. case it was purely a mistake On Thursday a respectable and rcspoo siblc rcsid 'nt of Ashburnhum, who took urcut pains during the past winter to fatten a fine. porkcr, and who, no doubt. glaated over the prospect of ham and 01:25 and liver and bacon that he expect- ed to partake of during the summer, Concluded to kill the animal and salt it down for future reference. Ut'cat prc- paratious were made for the kil.iug. the gentleman himscll'awting as chicl'cuok and handling the knife. All \t‘t-ut well until the auimal was about to be cut up, when it. was suddenly dl~c-t\'ctctl that salt was a necessary adjunct to Mill pork. None of the saline .‘tltllcllzll br- ing on hand, a mesa-ugcr was d-wpatch ed to procure liitccu pound. llo soon returned and the supposed salt. wa~~ lib- erally applied and rubbed in. Just, u> the work was completed a boy arrived from the store in hot basic and inform ed the astonished put-k packer that a mistake had been mu-lo, as qmom stilts instead of stiff had been supplied Grand finale and a barrel of useless pork.â€"I’clcrboro' It’eut'r/L'. -â€" â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"~â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"-â€".â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€".â€"â€"__â€"â€"._V__., ._._.._..__. ___._..__..___ . _ . . ... __ _ ..WM._.â€".- Narcotics in New Yoxk. The New York I;‘.E/)I'4‘.\'8 has been in- t‘estigating the trafiic in opium and oth- er narcotic poisons in that. city, and reaches some alarming rcsulta‘. The import of opium was, it allogcs, greater litel. year than over before, notwith- standing a considerable homo produo~ lion, and the demand is constantly itiâ€" creasing. The habit of opium smoking is not. confined to Motion-eel: and viciu. ity, butdias pcuctt'utt-d the smokiuu- rooms and boudoirs of Murray hill us well. The young exquisite fills |ii< titty pipc when he I‘ctltt‘uu from :t ditt- ucr or ball. and the aromatic porfumo ol'opiutu may even be traced in the silken hangings in the _'.oung ludyl.~ dressing-room. Of course, the dose that at first was ample to secure the night's rest rcquircd >00" fails to pro- duce tho effect. and low to he iuo'ronscd. uutil wrvck and ruin of body and mind are the result. Some are cico commit- ting slow suicide by the use of the hy- podermic syringe, while the gcutiot‘ sex u~e belladonna to give exprcs‘sion to their eyes, and Continue it in many cases continue it until " they have lots " of expression but no eyes, and thou complain bitterly ol'thcir Shortalglitcd- ness. Unlch some means of c‘uckiu; thesc practises can be found it thllltl seem as if the anaesthetics which lmvo been hailed as one of the greatest dis.- covcrics ofscicncc for human blCSnlllL' may prove one of society's greatest cursesâ€"Globe. .___.-._.____.. l An English paper says that three out of every ten Englishmen of the lower class kick and beat their wives and "Ils- uvc their children. but take affectionate care of their pipt-s, lotctvicws with farmers from all ‘ parts of the Ottawa vailev Show that the fall whrntcrop has not been injured to any great extent by the recent severe weather. The area sown in the Ottawa valley this season is unusually large. Out in Greenwood county, Kanflas, there is a Second Adventist who bellovm the world is coming to an end this your. still he has ju~t taken a five year mort- gage on a neighbor's farm with‘iutercst at twelve per cent. By their mortgages- shall ye know them. There are at present no leis than six diff-root breeds vf pfiltlffi in Britain. varying in height from seven and a half to fourteen and a hall' hand‘ There are the Shetland, the Welsh, the New Forest. the Exmmtl’, the DU’UUU‘H' and lb! York-hirenmnr. Sugar cine some de in Ontario even at clevatimsnf llOtl fi‘et ubivu Ilw sea. and there i.- rennin to think it floor ishes It. even higher nltltttd 4!. To my nothing of the large return of sugar and tyrup, the cane has other reel-Ins; menvlatimis. The bruised cane. air-r the extraction of the sugar, is one of" l the most flouri~hing dli'Ls for both ? horses and- citric, while the seed is in great demand for poultry. l communnoxs. To the Editor of the Fender: Full: Guam. Sn :â€" In my last letter I attempted to expose to a certain limited extent the inca- p‘dty of our late Reeve in his public_ebnr~ ICR'Y. and to show the disastrousth quenceluto the community of trusting the management of their stairs to one whose lamentable ignorince in municipal matters renders his pretensions little less than ridic" ulous. Trusting that the charges would be taken up and a conl‘utation attempted. I limited myself to few particulars, perhaps rather vxguely stated. expecting that the whole matter would be properly ventilated upon discussion. But discussion does not appear to he the forte of the oburuction- ists. it I may so term those who have throughout endeavoured to hinder the pres- ent lit-eve in the exercise of his functions. with the transparent intention of prevent- ing him from doing anything for the advan- tage of the village. which might have the undesirable result of convincing the rate- payers that he is a man whom it is to their interest to maintain at Its present post ;â€"â€"- their forte, I say, does not appear to lie in the line of discussion or argument; for. in - answe} to all charges brought against them, aid to charges Ailtlres‘s~tl against any pu~ tttiou they may think lit to nssume,th y ,conscious of their own merits and know- ing that virtue‘js its own reward) maintain an obstinate silence. nor attempt any ex- planation of their po-ition or defence of their conduct, but content themselves with pouring upon the devoth beads of their au- tugonists torrents of abuse of which the precincts of Billiug‘gate might be proud.â€" ns tvitness " Anti-Humbth ’ letter, who, by the way,nppeurs to be the prince of humbugs himself. and that of "Emma," with mean and ungen‘tltmauly insiutmtions. false on the face of them and therefore harmless. against the' supposed authors of letters which appear to have the same effect uoou them as a red rug is supposed to have do a mini bull. To begin tvith him who has the tclucritv to append to his harmless production tlfc game of u lady, which must be admitted to be at least in bad taste, unless‘ the writer E's indeed a lady. vt‘hielt is barely possiblc, in which event I beg beforehand to rrtrnel anything that I may say that can iii any war hurt ltcr feelings, as I cannot point my pen against a lady, even though she es? pouse a bad cause, yct neither can I forch my criticism on "' Emma" nit-rely on tile uu. reasonable assumption that he is of the priv- ileged sex, ttor yet permit hint if he be not, to shield- llllllik‘lfbt'llllltl a lady's name. To hl'glll, then, with the productiou of this gett- tlcmuu, furl will assume him to be a gen- tlemuu. Now, ifhc had explained on what grounds he considered ‘" llutetutycr‘s ” pro. ductiou ~‘ cox'vardly and silly." him “ a worthless tool” and " in the service of a dishonourahle and unpriucipled utlicc-sevk- er," there might have been room tor argu- ment; but surely he does not expect any, except his fitlus «tr/lures, to take his mom word on such a subject“ Abuse, part“ out! simple, always rcduuuds on lllt' Iii-ad of th- ubttscr,~uttd so it is fit this case, shouihg, as it does, nothing but that he who uses it possesses u certaiu‘ Yulllbllll)’ in iuvx-i-tive hardly to he envied; and Certainly it. is the last shaft in the qutvct‘ nl' logicexrept in u- "L'me We would, lltet‘cfot‘e,-l»c obfgvd to conclude that " Emma” was truly in a des- perate strait when he re ‘ol'lctl to it, but lid' the fact that he uu'd‘Iltc‘obstructiouists it gettcral appear to he as 7. lllIHH lll {almi- aaliug hulls to overwhelm lllt‘ t'lll'lll_\' it; the Village Solicitor is in providing " ceriif icttcs of honour" to bind up tho wounded spirits of his friends ; leading to the Ctttlt'lll- stun that this is the only means of warfare they have at their comtmtud, and that tia-ir normal Condition is one of extremity llo next launches forth with wholesale denun- ciations of poor “ Ilutrpayi-r,” who, he says. " writes to exalt the tttttrusttt'urtlty” and “abuses the llOIICil. attd hounut'ublt'." This -1,,',,l,-5 too much like it cct‘lillctlc of honour to have proceeded but front on..- souicc. Tllvsc CL‘l'llliC‘dH‘S no doubt an: authotita- tive, but unfortunately have no ('Il'ccl out- side the limited jurisdiction of hitu who is- sues them; any uuprijztdict-d mind must have something beyond more. ('.‘l'llllc'.t'.t.‘.~i to co iviucc it of the truth or falsehood of such important statements. Again, it is assumed that. “liatepayrr'l is of weak intellect. This is but a poor way of getting over his arguments, which are forcible enough. and is open to the suup- objections as the former statements. Ilia next position contains two filsc ptcmises, for ~ Rah-payer“ new-r in his lcttvts denied llttt u " great sin had lit-cu committed," but, on the contrary, has al- ways upheld it,attd strenuously advised the fixing of the liability oti lllt‘ right parties, P0 us to relieve the village. The statement is atnere subterfuge, and it assuming too much to say that the 'l'rusm as tveri: special- ly appointed by he..vcu to bring the de- f-tultcr to justice, as l have explained that the late Ill-eve was the man who was moral- ly, socially and legally bound toact-ept that otlicc. When I read the last paragraph of “ I'meu’s" letter, I out ‘H’t‘l‘Wlll'lllll’ll with mixed feelings of‘awc and woodenâ€"awe at the tr'meudous lllfllll'lllfl? of this rt-matku- hit: man, whose word not only is low. ltlll the exorcise of whose l'murhise is to guur atttcc the election of the candidite of hi-. choice, and wonder, that we -hould havi- had the indepcmlcuct: to stand lln‘ldr at lllt‘ last election and permit the ohj--ct of his present exccrtuiou to be elected. Had I read this paragraph sootti-r.l utn ufraidl should ttot lmvv had the h lllllll'.i!l to nu~wt~r and the school board. being both " tar- by .Ir. Robson, That Mr. George Mar-l l l l originll subject of my lettersâ€"the conduct : in other: ofthe late Reeve; our could I be i induced to do so but for two reasons, the l one lltll the result of his negligence may ll»: the imposition upon him and his col- 1 leagues of the onus of accounting for the lost moneys a shock to the feelings ot the 'mtepayers for which they should be pre. pared ; the other that it is not improbable 5 that the gentlemln may present himself for ire-election. in which case it is dnirahlc I that his shortcomings in office shmldbe known to the people. But for these reasons, I say, (the late Reeve being a private cm- lien like myself not interfering will; the l Council in the execution of their funehbns) l Ishould have perhaps no right, certainly l no desire. to refer to this subject : but it. t is! conceive it to be not only my right, l but my duty, to do so. Now the only plea‘ ithat can be put forward for the late In}: 1 nwnted Reeve is that he was as a matter of I fat-t ignorant ofthe very existence of tho" dttu-nturcs, but this position is consistent only with the utmost official negligent-con his part. Can it be Conceived that he was So careless of his duties as not, upon Ic- cepting otSee, to take the trouble to look back over the very few bylaws passed it» fore his time; if so. the fact is just as con-- denoting as his knowingly paying over ’tho money in ignorance of his legal duty loin- rest it. Admitting that he was ignorant of its existence, he should not have been, for, besides the presumption that the Reeve should be cognizant of the tiuanchtl‘ Emir: ofhts municipality. them was i\ very plhint duty before. him',‘rt':, before levying grater for the School Board. to have a sufficiently detailed estimate l‘t‘flll“ him to satisfy hitti- self that the tucheys demanded were do- mauded for legal: turposcs. So clearly is. this the case that i. S, Section No. 6 ofitho township of l-‘rcdet'irl'tslmrgb were refused” a tnuthitmu: to compel! the Council to levy a rate, on the ground that their demand was not in detail ; and this" though theroyl' zinc allegation that the moneys were n‘q iied for other than fut/tn rile school purposes. It" be had required this, it would have. been manifest even to him that thc demaudcom- prisvd debenture 'linueys. lint, uo,â€"itt dc- finuce of law. and with carelessness sich as no man would be guilty ofin his own busi- .ness, (u surc criterion for those in otliccxl of public trust.) llt' year after year paid over moneys (w‘hiih he knew or did not know, uttd was the. more culpable for not know- ing, \vere ruisvd to defray the debentures, and for which he and his collungues were and are rcspoti‘tihlc to the tvttcpaycrs.) to an ll‘l'f‘fipflllnlltlt‘. individual; lit-canoe, for- Sulllll, the chairmh'n' ol' lhc' School Board told lllltl to do so. or rather to pay over “School moneys" cu vrrhn,l believe; for" this he is responsible to the people usatr- unworthy slcward of thvivlutcrcsts. Amt afterwards, when these very moneys were in jeopardy, owing to the known insolven- cy of him to whom they were so hccdlessly intrusted and to the fact that no security but been traded from him for mutticipull moneys, us it was not contemplated that ho should et'er hold any, the lulu Itet-t'u,‘(rcsv ponsihlo for this state of utl'airs) made no attempt to extricate himself from the result. of his folly hy,cveu at the eleventh hourr showing some attention .to his duties and. some little concert: for the interests of tiny people and his own, by doing what' any man would have dono in his own bustucss lllltlt'l‘ the circumstances,suing the defaultâ€" cr: but. st-rittg’himsi-lt' itt such a critical position, he adopts the hold course of throw~ iug all llll' blame.- on the 'l‘ruslccs, hoping’ to conceal his l’l'tttl'l iu the dust raised by the exposure of theirs; but like tltc ostrich- he has only hidden his head, and when ho finds not only that he has been deprived 0F his position, so ut-l-umtry an itnljum and u‘sv Slstant-i' to his business, but has involvhd.’ ltlmsclf and friends in itiom-tury rl'spotisi» hilities to the village, he will wiin from his heart that h:- had tmtde the strict disâ€" t‘h‘U'L't‘ of his duty more tltuu populavapâ€" plntls‘t‘ and favour th ol jottt t-l' his ambition. The -" opinion” has arrived, and the vil- I-igc Solicitor, with that. protuplttcss for which he is so greatly famed, itlttttcdiutcly' laid it before the (louncil~â€"-ouly ttt'ctity-ottc~ (lays after receiving it, mid tho day before (Lu supposed final hearing of the monjumur suit, all opinion so. post-d to advise tho ()ouut-il as to tho advisability of defending it. For this purpose it is useless, and for my other purpose it is useless, as it jtavt. , tells lH what \\I' all lcztetv before. that tho 'l‘rustrev. Ill‘t' liuhlcd‘or school monies in their ’l'tn-asttrer‘s hands it' they have not. pl‘llt"llt'tl sttiliclt-ut security; itt fact, it is just worth the paper it is written on: tut- other cclvbr-tll-tl opinion has turned out a. castle in the air. Yours kc, Ul'l‘lZFh'. Fcttclott Fillls, April Zlillt, lflHl. ..-.»aâ€" -7”... W‘ Farmers in want ofzt good net of” Iron or Wood flat-rows wid do well to cntl on llohsou .c llohsou, at the Cameron Luke Foundry, and inspect the etock, as they have, it largo variety and sell at prices to Suit the timot. The Wood is good white oak, thch years seasoned. I‘lll'lull‘i. . Iu Fa-uclou Falls, on Friday, April 22ml, the will: of “1‘. Wm. McKinme oftt non. In Feuelou Falls, on Friday, April 22nd, the wife of .\l r. “'m. Mrlx'cudty oftt non. Iu Fcueluu Falls, on Saturday, April Z'trd, tho wife of Mr. Peter Helena of it daughter. lzt Fi-uolou Falls, on Tuesday, April With, the wife of Mr. llavid Vurooo of a daughter, Sllll ltul'll. hitn as I have. ()uc parting ltll'l'ti of ad- vico, however, I think I "my v--nturr- upon, as it is Contained in two Wurtliâ€"~“ Whoa, Emtnal ” I I take to ntyst-lfgroat credit for ingenui- ty fir havingr \Villl much labour evolvt'd out ofmy inner Cltllsl'l(.ll.~l|t's~l, as it Wl'h', thi- hiddt-u to timing of ‘- .-\uti llotnbug's' let. tor. a ta-ik fraught with no inc-insidt-tttlilt- ditlimltics. as in itself. according to the established rules for reading IC'lgll‘ll, it (-on- vt-ys no me‘tniug whatever. and it is only by a strict analysis and compzrriug it with the general grounds taken by the «manor- llttlllnlfl and by :l hkilfttl application of the science. of chances. that one Catt nrtivc at even a tolerubiy tall-factory rout;lu~iou v. to tho ideas intrude-l to h- expressed. Tho reason of this I im-tgitw.judg.ng from some very clus~icnl lunguagr made out of. it that ho,- itttl'trlpll~tl to adapt the complicate con- strm-tiou of the klllzrlC‘ to the I'Itigl t-h lun- guago, and failed. It. as! sntttvtimc-z ittt- ugiov, the letter was wriitt-u with the sole ohj~-ct of lll‘ll g unttuswcr..bltc. it ia nearly a success, as there is very little in it that calls for an answer: but lflllli'lltlctl to be understood it l-l a comparative failure, at it is vety nearly unintelligible. Leaving out Some impvrtiovtit remarks (Ls to the location of "llatepayt-t‘s“ brain, of which lo: ap- pears to have just crust: of complaint, the gist of his cotnmuuiciition (as far as my rc- searches throw any light on illl.‘ mull”) amounts to Howâ€"that the latc Il"€Vl"a po. tuition is tInMsuilnbltâ€"lhnt his menu on- so well knuth to the people and hr go do." to them that their coufideucv to fun ("shunt be 1llnk~tl rvo-n by a long llvl ut (writ: er- rors. and that he stand, on .‘| s:an of l’ec‘.,. nndlian pinnacle whence he has but to “are his h toll and be elected to fill any pomp," in thr- gft of the people If this be the case. it IN“ a remarkable lunatic!- ut mug- unninuty in him to r- {rain from waving his hand at the last t‘lcctl'm. l irnngnie the people are not to ho bomlwittk ‘ll by I’rrk- ' sniffiau virtue: in the public Clll|ri|l'll_vf “1 a candidate er oflice. abuse ” other statements of the otntrutmnnlstr, it is not stitlpnt'd by fact» .‘i'o nm- can read . >4”:th or personal ‘, is a strong not “ion. and no: doubt should have its weight; but. like the ' l) l'}z\’l‘l [54. In I-‘I-uelon l":tll‘,1l.‘l Sunday, April 24th, I-Ilizuht-th, will: ot‘Mr. llcusuu Whytall, aged lit years. ' râ€"â€"â€"_â€"_, 31A. 1 i IS [Yr 1 { l6].’() [Riff-4 PENELON FALLS MARKETS. l-‘enrlon Falls, Friday, April 29th, lBBI . Wheat, fall. per huehcl - - $1 00 ‘1 O 00 Wheat, spring, " - - - 1 IO 1 I‘d Ihtrloy, per bushel - - - 7') 80 tum, ‘- d - - - - (to 30 l’cuse. “ “ - - - - 6‘4 “ 70 Hy". tt ll . _ _ - or) (it) l‘otntmts, ‘3 - . - - 27 3o latter, pt-r lbw - - - - - H ,1 “rowed Ilogd, per 100 lbs, 7 50 B 00 Eggs, por dozen, - - - - ll 10 llny, [.erlutt, ~ - - - - 7 it” to R 00 Unions, large, por bushel, - $0 I 00 ill lllt _S_lllll Stu." JUST A REMINDER that l mu still taking BAGS, SGBAP IRON, kc , in trade, and paying CASII FOR WOOL AM) SKINS. JOSHI'II III-Mill). Penelon Pallr, April 28th, will. B-fim. llilllllllli’ lllilllllll. The Annual tit-new! Mretingof the mom. berg of the Prulon Falls Mechanicn’ Insti- tute will be held in the lie-ding Room J on MONDAY, MAY 2nd, 1881, 4 Italtâ€"pnver‘. " letters and not. “a, at him of at 7:31 p. m., for the purpose of receiving the calamity : what i~ trtithlu-n for nlnne l5 ' but a reiteration orcbirgm in rverv une'a mouth against the public conduct of public adieu}: whose tit-gt groce or misconduct it , is not only his uglit but his duty to expme. It is with pain that I again recur to the , the annual report, electing director: for the : ensuing year. kc. : By order, ' a. c. cannons. literary. Faction Polls, April 20th, 1881. 1.2. i ’ “t .vmaw HI.