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FENELON _..___._.._._..._..n_.,. c .. ...____â€"_____.____.___._ SEconn '7 "biv’.§.’oi‘¢aun+'; CLOVER '.I.‘]:1VI()'J:'}IVXv I‘LAX GARDEN W â€"OF THEâ€" l County of Victoria. HORSE and CATTLE r0013 a. large stock just in. OILGAKE ! a carload or less in a few days at THE OLD RELIABLE Drug and Book Store. W. E. ELLIS. Fenelon Falls, February, 1889. The next sittings of the above Court will, be held in Dickson’s hall, Fenelon Falls, i ON TUESDAY, THE 23rd or APRIL, 'se,‘ commencing at 10 o’clock in the forenoon. E. D. HAND, Clerk. The ~ Fenelon Falls Gazette: Friday, March 22nd, 1889. W. C. T. U. How Shall We Deal with the Scott Act ? (Comm mi tailed.) We are very anxious to enlist Christian sympathy towards the temperance cause at this momentous crisisâ€"seeing that, in a few days, we shall be called upon to decide whether the Scott Act shall continue to exist here or notâ€"and would take this last opportunity of urging upon Christians of all denominations to think carefully before they take any decided step on either side. We would eai'nestly commend to their at- tention the Act itself. Have you anything to say against it? Is there any clause that is morally wrong? Ifit were properly ad- ministered would it not be productive of many beneficial results to the community atlarge? Would it not raise the moral tone of the place, and act as a firm barrier from temptation to many of our young peo- ple? Those who are parents, and have families of young men and women, should be one with us in this coming struggle, as we seek by this Act to shut the doors of all hotels, which are one of the principal evils of our times. If any man, whether young or old, procures liquor as a beverage, it is sold to him illegally; and, if discovered and reported, the seller is punished either by fine or imprisonment, as the case may be. But only permit this Act to be re- pealed, and you remove every barrier to your children’s safety from intemperance’ and thus open wide the doors of hotels for them to enter. In fact, by this step, you legalise iniquitously a traffic against which heaven and universal history have set their testimony. Let us, if we take the name of Christ upon us, open our eyes fully and look thoughtfully and earnestly at this great devastating evil, and act in at Christ- like tenderness and wisdom, remembering that we are indeed our brother‘s keeper- Do you not admit that health, fortune, social happiness, intellect, conscience, hea- ven, are all swept away by the tide of in- temperance? And now, what you are specially bound to ponder is, that this aw- ful tide, with all its devastations, flows from those very doors which you may open in a few days. Is not the evil of intemper. ance exhibited in all its complicated hor- rors to you by the daily press, and that ardent spirits are found to be not only use- less, but fearfully destructive. Alcohol is not a “ creature of God "â€"any more tlmn cards or murderous weaponsâ€"but of man’s invention ,and it shows clearly the mighty agency and cunning of Satan, that Chris- tian nations should ever have been induced to adopt and encourage this deadliest of man’s inventions. Inquire through any city or village in Canada for those who are so polluted by vice as to be shut out from all decent society, so changed to the image of the beast that they cannot be looked upon but with abhorrence; learn well their his-i tory, and you invariably find that “ the bottle ” has been their familiar companion.: Will you then partake in the guilt of coun-l tcnuncing by your vote such iniquity '.’ I lteeoilect that the circumstances of the distiller and hotel keeper are now entirely ! Professional Cards. mw'fifi'fi_ SURVEYORS JAMES DICKSON, L.Surveyor, Commissionerin the Q. B., . Conveyanccr, kc. Residence,and ad- dress,Fenelon Falls. in Head Pitcairn l' + l Pounding Dwn the Prices and BREAKING THE WALLS of the highâ€"priced dealers in Fenelon Falls, with our GMAT ARRAY BARGAINS. It is impossible for these down town men who are under the thumbs of the wholesale houses to compete with us. See the shughter prices at which we are selling all kinds of winter goods. Come and see us before you do any buyino'. ___________.___â€"â€":â€"â€"=-:-â€"-â€"- m * Wifit’iâ€"AL die. A. P. DEVLIN, ‘ ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Kent Street, Lindsay. MARTIN & HOPKINS, ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &c Mo- ney to Loan at 6 per cent. Office, Kentstreet,Lindsay, Ont. P.S. Manna. G. H. Hormas. .______._____________________....-a F, D.MOORE, ARRISTER, ATTORNEY, 8r SOLICITR and Notary Public. Money to Loan. Odice, Kent street, Lindsay. -___________.______ HUDSPETH 8; JACKSON, ' ARRIS’I‘ERS, somorroas, «Soc. 0r- tice, William street,‘Lindsay. A. Hnnsrnrn. A. Jacssox WE GUARAN'FEE TO Save You from 25 to 50 per cent. ON EVERY DOLLAR ~YOTJ' SPEND. ' O‘LEARY & O'LEARY, ARRISTERS, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, B Solicitors in Chancery, &c. Ofiice, Dohenv Block, Kent street, Lindsay. Anrhon O’LsAaY. linen O’LEARY. M_.‘_. MCINTYRE & STEWART, ARRISTERS, Solicitors, Notaries, kc. B Ofiiees over Ontario Bank, Kent street, Lindsay. Money to loan at 6 per cent. on easy terms. I). J. Molnrvns. 3713327, Campbell & McLaughlin. ARRISTERS, Etc. Office: Baker’s Block B Kent Street, Lindsay, opposite Veitch’s Ilotel. Money to loan at lowest rates of interest. . 3%“ One of the firm will be at their of- fice in Jordan’s Block, Fenelon Falls, regu- larly every Tuesday. Jena A. BARRON. Joan Gunmen. R. J. MCL mourns. Don’t ask for credit, as we give none, but remember that the place for genuine bargains is at H. WRIGHT do 003%, THE NOTED BANIKRUPT STOCK DIEN. T. Srnwanrf A. W. J. DEGRASSI, M. D., CORONER, Physician,Surgeon,&c., &c. Residence, Brick Cottage, Wellington street, Lindsay. _â€"._____â€"-. DRS. WILSON & WILSON, lIYSlClANS, SURGEONS k ACCOUâ€" chers. Office. Colhorne Street, Fenelon Falls. KS. \VILSON,M. s.,x.n., can, wear s., Ont Dr. A. WlLSON, n. n., it. c. r. a 3., Ont. Da. H. n. GRAHAM, RADCATE of the University 01 Trinity '1' College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School. llember of the Royal College or SPRIN :,. G lWEEllS, lilUUSERINGS & SUITINGS have just arrived. Call and see them. changed. Theyknow the effects of their 4" traffic, and in God's sight they are murder- t r, if ers. Will you license their sin, professed! E, disciple of Christ, the Sinless One? How many weak souls have they been the means owoooawo ouooooo woo“. mm .. A fir I." v f En ,“nd “ember 0, the Co]- a." Y ' E ofdestroying, both for time and eternity '3! lsgirr:cti)tpi’;xsiciagns & Surgeons of Ontario. 3"” g1) . Yet you would remove this Act, and permitz, a - ‘ Office and rcsrdencc on Francis-SLAVcst, Feuelon Falls, opposite the Gun-He othce. IN ALL THE LATEST STYLES. "‘ 5‘; CLARK s: SON. fl 7 them to continue without limit in this fvur-l ful sin. Well then. you identify yourself , with them and become partakers in their sin and condemnation. Their sin and yours ' DENTISTR‘ST. GASâ€"(TITALIZED AIR.) Go to J. Kansans, Dentist, Lindsay. if can want teeth extracted positively With- but pain. Gas has been given by him with great success for over ‘21 years. He studied with Dr. Colton.of New York. the inven- tor of gas for extracting teeth. Numbers of persons are wearing artifieinl teeth made bv Mr. Neelnnds ‘10 years ago, and never required any repairs. Gold crowns, poi-ee- lnin crowns and bridgewot-k done. \isns may once have been a sin of ignorance. bull is such no longer. Thcy knowâ€"and es-' know the odious fact that in many place: I . . . used by such well known horsemen as; the distillery has regulated the price of Jose ph Staples, Manvers: (lee. Worry 1 brew? n'.l‘t V: . -*on‘\\'n13 . Fen Clo ' 'x b”: \ “e- FLT} ' 1 no excuse for another. “ lavarv one of us Hancock, )lariposa; Geo. Since, (lps . - _ . . . . i shall give an account of himer' to (iod,' Hedi"; .TP‘DTLD AND Tait” Ram i Let no one then speak of small sinsâ€"little or shine, it won 1 hurt any animal. l Remember that the guilt of one is Penelon Falls. MeArthur House. fin Ilia BEFORE, AFng 25C. EACH. 0R FIVE FOR 31. Egprfits'rnisnfhléuupmstlzrltigdflihgieznzplt . ‘ ‘ c i ‘ ‘ V m y w v ‘ I. " S 5 .‘ :illifig'rg’fd" 9: fl", monm La“, ,3: y W. L. ELLIS, ‘XGL' 3T, Flt-A L‘ LOAN I ALLS- l-lverybman's life influences to certain de- pecmny me disuner_”mt “my “re mkml" ‘~ I pulmnir‘t and support lovaliv that trai- . . . 1 bread from the hungry and perverting the , lJOllllill‘E of Providence. Who does not‘ offencesâ€"and assign a: his trust”: that be. grees the lives of those around him, and gives a coloring or tendency to everything he touches on or is associated with. lf others pursue a business at the sacrifice of character and of heaven, it becomes you to avoid their crime. that you may escape their doom. Let the Act exist, and see that it is administered righteously, and it will cause a general burst of joy and thankfulncss through the community; and afterwards, any effort to repeal or violate it will excite an equally general burst of indignation and abhorrencc. Further, we would ask you to distinguish between the Act itself and the manner in which it is administered by those who sit as the representatives of justice. We can find nothing wrong in the Act; but we find by personal experience and observation that in its application it has been badly misrepresented. llow often in this village have the tel keepers been fined. and yet the offen 0. never \vi-nt further than the second, $100,when justly it should have been imprisonment. The Act provides the punishment of parties to compromise as follows : “ Everv one who is concerned in, or is party to, the compromise, composition or settlement mentioned in this section. is guilty of an otlencc against the Act, and on conviction thereof shall be liable to im- prisonment for any term not exceeding three months.” Here is a problem in arith- metic for you: How many have escaped this just sentence ? We shall. at all liar.- ards, in future see that the Act receives proper administration, (it not repealed), and thus demonstrate by the state of atl‘airs that the Act is both just and good. Again, the argument employed by many against this Act is exceedingly Specious, but fallacious. They state that the Act has done very little good, if any, and thus ought not to exist. Permit us to put a question here. llave you done anything to maintain its authority; for instance, con- demning maladministration7 lfnot, why do you talk so dogmaticully? Your silence seals your condemnation. The fault of the Act being unsuccessful, you will perceive, lies with yourself too. You have thus be- come, by your timidity or connivanco, a rebel, or, if you will, a traitor to, justice and truth. Your association is not inspi- ring, seeing whom you support by your silence. _ If you are a man, speak, and the truth will support and defend you! Do not be craven~heartcd. You will not be. the first nor the last martyr to truth, equity, right~ eousness. On the other hand, the same argument you employ towards the “ Scott Act ” might be employed against all laws, human and divine. What fault have you to lind with the l)c<-alogue given to Moses on Mount Sinai '? The Ten Commandments are good and just and righteous ; yet, to follow out your logic, we should repeal them. because they are not observed and administered fully and properly in most places. Understandcst thou the applica- tion? We devoutly hope so. Your reasonâ€" ing ends in seltldecapitationâ€"it is mani- aeaL We have heard recently that out of twenty-six leading business firms and inan- nfacturers in the United Statesâ€"all rated by Dun's mercantile agency as possessing a. capital of at least $75‘I,()UO-only one al- lowed the use of liquor in his establishment, and then only during the dinner hour. Every one asserts lhat the business interâ€" ests of the employer are jt‘opurdizcd by hotel associations of the employee, and that most cases ot individual poverty among the latter can be traced to the influence of the hotels. Moreover, all but two unite in the assertion that “ the abolition of the drinking saloon would be the grmtnat blus- t'ng both to the laboring men and their cm- ploycrs." The above are facts, and we sincerely trust that you will permit them. and not mere ligments, to influence you. In conclusion, allow us to exhort you to reflect calmly and prudently in reference to this important subject, and when you go to record your vote may you have the conâ€" sciousness that you are acting s Christ would have done had lie been on hLd upon to vote on this question. lle intfiienced by no one directly or indirectly, but only by Christ and Ills (lospel. “ Let your/w- beurune: or rmmunqblmimx (film/inf] he know u unto all men.” The “ Scott Act " has in- herent power to maintain a good moral tone in a community and in society gener- ally, only let it be maintained, like all other laws. honorably and continually '. and when you have a better, then repeal it, but only then. Forget not that it was a poor man that saved " it little city " when ‘-' a great king besieged it." Anollicnpoor man saved 4‘ a great city," when the anger nt‘Jebovxlh was kindled against it. You are now ar- countable to (ind and your county. and act. loyalty to Christ, your King. recollecling that “ no drnnknrd shall inherit the king- dom of Heaven.” This is true. {evolution asserts and maintains it. Will you in: ad. vnncing the kingdom of Christ by licensing . the hotels and opening the doors of tho-1- dens of iniquity, and helping thereby some weak brother or sister to strive to enter the kingdom of truth, holiness, purity" - Will you continue to pray " Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as in lien- ;rl-n” '.’ When you set: a tellmr-crt-utuiv- staggering home to his wife and famiij: under the influence of liquor, will you lit". your lit-ad proudly. and shamelessly say. he "'1 If so, we shall pray for you. that your understanding may be opened. and that you may be filled, not wiih the t-vzl spirit of alcohol, but with the Spirit of Holiness llims/rlt'. " Let. your forbearance be known unzo all men," on the voting day, by forl‘t‘arlug to vote for temptation, sin, ,ruin. and death. You are perhaps well in- 'tended; but bear in mind that. as Spur- stow‘: sayi, ” a good intention will no mow. make a truth than is good mark will make a shot.” infleet then prnyertnlly and My, ” Lord, what will Then have m: to do ” 'l l