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-<...... ...o. ...... £15 wally; . pm Dundas & Flavelle Brothers, Dealers in. Dry Goods, Clothing, Millineif, GOING OUT 9;; BUSINESS. Well, the first of April is here, and so are we, and now, according to promise, we have REDUCED THE PRICE OF EVERYTHING in our store, to prices lowerthan is even required by the strmgency of the times, as OUR OBJECT IS TO SELL OF ‘ OUR. STOCK, ‘ NOT WITH THE VIEW OF MAKING IT PAY, â€"â€" BUT TOâ€" MAKE THE GOODS G0. AS WE MUST RETIRE FROM BUSINESS. \Ve embrace this opportunity of most sincerely thanking our numerous customers for the very liberal support accorded to us during a. quarter of a century. WM. CAMPBELL. Fenelon Falls, April 3rd, 1894. THOSE $IO SUITS AT CLARK & SON’S. MADE UP IN THE LATEST FASHION. BLACK PANTS $3. Furniture, V Doors, Sash, â€"-â€"AND-â€"â€"â€" UNDERTAKING, ‘ -â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"ATâ€"â€"-â€" W. M‘Keomn’s, FRANCIS ST. WEST, .FENELON FALLS. . our school system is not infrequently to Agricultural Implements. To the Farmers of Fenelon, Verulam & Somerville. I am agent in this locality for The Massey-Harris (10., and farmers will do well to call and see my line of goods before purchasing else- where. These goods need no comment on my part, as they have been in use for over 25 years andare this year fully abreast of the times in improvements. Call and See Them and be convinced for yourselves. My stock consists of The MasseyHarris New Wide Open Binder, 5 and 6 feet cut. The Toronto Mower. The Brantford Front and Rear Cut Mower. The Massey Combined Drill. The Massey Single Drill. The Massey-Harris Cultivator in four sections, the best on wheels, with or without seed box and grass seed sewer. The Sharp’s Rake. Spring Tooth Barrows. Ploughs etc. of my own make. 13$“ Thanking my numerous custom- ers for past favors, I beg to assure them that I shall do my utmost to merit a continuance of their patronage. THOS. ROBSON. Feuelon Falls, March 19th, 1894, The Fenelon Falls Gazette. Friday. April 27th, 1894. Higher Education. When, a good many years ago, the Gazette first expressed its dissatisfaction at the cost to the general public of the ' higher education of a few, it appeared to be the only journalistic- malcentent, but those who share its sentiments can be counted by the dozen; though, by a strange inconsistency, a panegyric on .be found in the same sheet in which some of the results of that system are deplored. What is wanting in those who run the educational machine of the province is “horse sense,” of which there appears to be a sad lack, or Zeal ' would not be allowed to outrun run discretion in the way it does. There are several particulars in which amend- ments might be made, but the most numerous complaints are of the excess- .ive amount of money spent on high . schools. It has been said that “laws are made by the rich for the benefit of the rich," and to some extent the same may be said of laws relating to our school. In our opinion far too much money is spent on public as well as high schools, and the towns and cities are full of the victims of misplaced educa- tion, who were not fitted by nature for either of the learned professions and who have been crammed with “ book learning ” until they consider themselves too good for anything else. The views held and time and again expressed by the Gazette are shared by a resident of Pctcrbotough, who, under the eminently appropriate nom dc plume of ‘,‘ Common Sense," writes thus to the editor of the Times :â€" Sm,â€"I was greatly pleased to read the remarks which appeared in a. late issue of The Time: on the cost of our High Schools. I think it is a. subject that deserves the full- , est investigation and attention. Apart from the cost of this high pressure educa- tion, the melancholy fact is evident that when once a. pupil takes up the higher branches he is generally unfitted for ordin- ary labor in any sphere of life. When a boy has a special talent or geniusâ€"a case of about two in one hundredâ€"it may be well to encourage a truly bright intellect to a position above the average type, but to take the average boy, with but a. modicum of brains, and endeavor to cram him with a miscellany of study, which will probably be of no earthly use to him afterwards, is a prodigious mistake. The public school af- fords to every buy and girl the opportunity ofa thorough English education, and if the boy or girl is ambitious, and has the special intellect for higher studies, and the neces- sary application, then let the education proceed and develop either at the high school or by home study. But this is the exceptiOn, not the rule. It will be much better for most parents to place their boys in active life at the age of sixteen than to attempt by a. sort of forcing system to im- part aknowledgc of subjects often useless to them in life, and which at the same time will probably serve to disqualify them for ordinary work-aodny avocntions. These are my views. and I believe they are in ac- cord with common sense. I hope The Time: will continue to agitate this matter until good may come nfit. Pegging Away. The people of Petcrborough, eggcd on by the Times, are pegging away in the hope of bringing about a resumption of work on the 'l‘rent Valley Canal, and we are told that “ the prospects are that ~ though they may v Cape Breton . the Government will be obliged to take some action." In accordance with re:â€" olutions passed by the Board of Trade and the town council, Mayor Kendry has sent a circular to the municipalities along the route of the canal, calling a meeting in Pcterborcngh on Wednesday next. May 20d, for the purpose of mak- ing arrangements to send a monster demonstration to Ottawa to inform the Government that “the shillyâ€"shallying that has been going on for years will be no longer tolerated.” This is tall talk and ought to be effective, but just as stilted language was indulged in years ago, with but small effect. Anxious as we are to see the canal completed, we very much fear that it will be the same in the. futureâ€"that is, in the immediate future â€" as it has been in the past. The Government have learned by ex- perience that they can break their premises with impunity, and will make them by the bushel, as they well know that the most. glaring breach of faith will not turn the Tory members of the deputation against them. Then, again, Mr. Foster in his budget speech said that the Government could now begin to retrench, as all the great public works Were finished, or words to the same client; and although Sam Hughes moved the other day for the report of the commission appointed to enquire into all matters concerning the Trent Valley Canal, he at the same time urged on the Government the propriety of taking over all the waters tributary to the canal, and Mr. Haggart said the depart- ment had under consideration the ad- visability of doing so. These waters are new controlled by the Ontario Gov- naries and negotiations which must _ necessarily precede their transfer can be completed, it will be too late to resume general election, which some think will take place in considerably less than a year. Sam knows how to “ run with the bare and hunt with the bounds,” and don’t you forget it. -.-. .... _ .... I . More ‘ Fanatics." fanaticism, they can no longcrbespoken in Manitoba, Prince Edward Island. an immense majority oi the people in hibition. print and are as follows:â€" Votc. Majority. County. Yes. No. Yes. No. Annapolis . . 2,628 350 2,278 Antigonish. . 2,644 1,916 728 Colchester . . . 3,053 382 2,671 Cumberland . . 4,595 511. 4,084 Digby 1,604 297 1,398 Guysboro . . .. . 1,362 392 970 Halifax , . . . . . 5,387 2,341 3,036 Hants . . .. . . .. 2,698 339 2,259 Inve'rness . . . . 1,973 800 1,173 Kings 3,170 249 2,921 Luneuburg. . . . 2,567 916 2,651 Pictou. . .. ... . 4,100 1,192 1,908 Queens . 1,137 225 912 Richmond . . . . 978 436 542' Shelburnc . . .. 1,838 166 1,972 Victoria . . . . . . 1,165 284. 881 Yarment‘n .. .. 1,883 501 1,382 Majority for prohibition, 31,701.. that the whole power of the law will in a few years he used for its suppression, server of the trend of public opinion. bined, and in a very few years after the sale, either wholesale or retail, of intox- cunts has been prohibited, the change for the better in the moral, physical and financial condition of the masses will be so great that there will not be the slight- est fear of the anti-liquor laws being repealed. Well Worth sceifig. The Eden-Fontana Combination gave an entertainment in Dickson’s hall last Friday evening under the auspices of the Mechanics’ Institute, and there was so good an attendance and all present were so well pleased that the hall was engaged for the following evening, but that being Saturday, when all the busi- ness places are kept open very late, the receipts were only just sufiicient to cover the expenditures. The Company has only three members, Miss Grace Eden, Prof. Fontana and last. but by no means least, Mr. Charles Kelly. who possesses a magnificent bass voice and whose sing- ing as well as his performance on the guitar, of which he is a perfect master. was rapturously applauded and cncorcd. The ” Spanish Retreat," one of the finest pieces of music ever composed, ernment, and by the time the prelimi- work on the canal this side of the next Before the first of the plebiscites on prohibition was taken the apologists of the liquor traflic almost always spoke of its opponents as “ a few fanatics ”; but, still be twitted with of as few, the overwhelming majorities Ontario and Nova Scotia proving that all those provinces are in favor of'pre~ The oflicial returns from the last named, in which the plebiscite was taken very recently, have appeared in .... 883 948 65 That the liquor traffic is doomed. and cannot be doubted by any unbiased ob- It is the worst curse on earth todayâ€" almost as bad as all the others com- night." The feats of Miss Eden, the little Georgia Wonder, who (on the stage) appears to be as strong as half-a- doaen full sized mcn, excited nearly as much wonder and is almost as inexpli- cable as the mind reading, mental teleg- raphy and hypnotism that many in the audience witnessed for the first time. To our thinking, the mental telegrnpliy was the most satisfactory of anything, (except the music) in the whole enter- tainment, because there is no possibility of any deception or collusion in it. which there might be in the mind reading or hypnotism, though we do not insinuate or think there was. It was almost enough to take onc's breath away to hear Miss Eden, while sitting blindfold~ ed on the stage, tell the names of and accurately describe the numerous articles ‘handed to Prof. Pentium by persons in the audience, some of whom were in the middle, and others near the door of the crowded hall, the professor generally standing with his back to the stage. The only time she hesitated or madc‘a mistake was with regard to an: indis- tinct date or inscription on a coin or watch, and she invariably corrected her- self when Prof. Fontana told her she was wrong and requested her to look again. In the “good old times " of general ignorance and superstition she and he would almost certainly have been burned alive as a witch and a warlock, as the performances with which they now astonish and delight large audiences would then have been looked upon as positive proof that they practised the black art. The Combination’s cuter- ?tainmentâ€"which is rightly described 'as ap“night of mirth, music, mystery ‘ and song "â€"is so well worth seeing that 'we hope it will return to the Falls at an early date, and we warn Mr. Kelly that when we catch him here again he is not going to escape with four or five selections. “reassess... The council met at the Town Hall, ‘Bobcaygeen, on Monday, pursuant to - adjournment. Present, Jas. Lithgow, Esq., recve, d'cp-rcevc Kelly, and coun- cillors John Lewis, Wm» Mann and James Akistcr. A communication was read from Thos. Dcvitt notifying the council of his intention of withdrawing his surcty~ ship for the treasurer, which Was dc~ ferred’ until" next meeting. Moved by Mr. Akister, seconded by Mr. Mann, That John J. Dcvitt, Wm. _ Dcvitt. James Finley, Nathan Nicholle, and \Vm. English be notified to. take their fences off the road allowance to their proper places, not later than the 5th efJune.-â€"-Carricd. . _ Mr. Thomas Robertson addressed the council on behalf of the Verulam Agri- cultural Society, asking for a grant to aid in fixing up the show grounds. Moved by Mr. Kelly, seconded by Mr. Lewis, that 3100 be granted to the Vcrulam Agricultural Society to aid in- fixing up the show groundsâ€"Carried. An order was drawn in favor of tho- clcrk for $30 on account of salary. The council adjourned to May 28th. to meet as court of revision. m Personals.‘ Mr. Fred Cullen left for Huntsville on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Junkin of Bob- caygcon were at the Falls on Tuesday last. Mrs. Thos. Archer has gone to spend a few days in her husband’s shanty in Lon gford. ' Mrs. J. R. Graham left on Tuesday to visit friends at Kirkficld, and return- ed the ncxt day. ' Mr. W. E. Ellis is out again, after being confined to his house for about a fortnight by an attack of rheumatism. Dr. Farncomb of Newcastle came to the Falls on Monday to visit his brother, Rev. Wm. Farncomb, and is still here. Rev. Carl Smith of Lindsay preached two excellent sermons in St. James's Church, Fenclon Falls, on Sunday last. He and Mrs. Smith were the guests of Mr. James Dickson from Saturday until Monday. , Mr. Wm. Davis, who left the Falls for Toronto about six years ago, is here on a visit to his brother in-law, Coun- cillor Golden, and will remain for at least a week and perhaps considerably longer. His son Dan, whom the other boys used to call “ Daniel Lambert" and ‘- Fatty,” on account ot his size and adiposity, now stands 5 feet 10.} inches and weighs 197 lbs., though he will not be 16 years old until next September. Mrs. E. B. Bet-land, for many years a resident of Milwaukee, Wisconsin,has returned to the Falls to live. She is at present with her sisters, the Misses Fitzgerald, but will were into her own house on May street in a few days. Mrs. Borland has three daughters and two sons. The eldest girl is married, the second is at school in Milwaukee. quest, and we heard one lady remark and the other, who is somewhat. f an invalid, and the two boys, who 0 the youngest of the family, are with her. was played both evenings by special re- zhat she could “ sit and listen to it all “...â€"... ......- . ...... “..., .... an -... a”. ... ........V W . ......