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V's municipal aid. It exists because there Government that is believed to be good isa demand for the practical education by loyal and cretlulous 'l‘ories; but life given within its walls in this cuterpris- ! is rendered less desirable by the pres- ing commercial country. The educa- cues of that giant curse and mighty tiou given in the business college we soul destroyer, the rum traffic, which fiud cannot be succe§fully given at any both Governments are unable or unwill- other place. Many efforts have been ing to interfere with. made to give such a training in our Collegiate Institutes, in our high schools and in our common schools, but every such effort has been a failure to a con- siderable extent. There are too many other things already to divide the atten- tion. The school system of classifica- tion is too rigid to admit of the variety of persons wishing to obtain such edu» cation being taken into classes together. It pleases me very much to see young men and women take a few months in a school of this kind; it fits them for the duties of life.” No suspicion appears to have crossed Mr. Ross's mind that it ought to be the aim of the public schools. which are supported by the public, to fit the chil- dren of the public for “ the duties of life.” and that the luxuriesof education ought to be obtained in institutions that “stand wholly on their merits, without government or municipal aid." That the business colleges impart valuable information we are ready to admit; but that they are necessary is a disgrace to the school system of the country. The Toronto Telegram says that “ one defect of Ontario Public and High schools is their failure to teach pupils to put facts in simple, clear and direct English.” Yes, and they have so many other de- fects that they are not worth half what the people are cbmpelled to pay for them. Feed Cutters are Feed Savers. l Feed Saved is Money Made. All Farmers Want To Make Money. The Massey-Harris GUTTERS PULPERS FEED CUTTERS Are the Best. See Them. For Sale by THOS. ROBSON, FENELON FALLS. - . _ -_ .-.. Wu-- _ ‘ NOW is the time to get a dress cheap at . Mrs. Hamiltons.â€"4e.4. Nortonâ€"Members of the Fenelcn Falls hockey club will kindly hand in their subscriptions to the sec-treasurer, - Mr. G. Herbert Dartnell, at the office of the Toronto Financial Corporation, be- " fore Dec. 15th, as payment for the ice has to be made on that date. DON‘T FAIL to call and secure bargains in Milliucry, while the cash sale is in pro- gress at Mrs. R. McDongall’s. Woon WANTED.â€"Slcighing is now excellent. probably as good as it will be at any time during the winter, and a few loads of wood, if delivered at the Gazette cfiice, will be taken as an equiv. alcnt for cash from farmers who are in arrears with their subscriptions. [8‘ It is my intention to sell out what Dress Goods 1 have and make a specialty- of Fancy Dry Goods. Therefore, to clear them out I offer them at. cost prices. Mus. HAMILTON. HIGH TILLâ€"St. James's Church con- gregation will hold a “ High Tea " in 'l‘womey's hall, Fenelon Falls, on the evening of Tuesday next, the 17th inst. After tea some very beautiful magic lantern views will be shown. Proceeds in aid of St. James’s sisterhood. Ad- mission 250. ; children 15c. BELOW ZERO.â€"â€"-\Viuter has set in somewhat earlier than usual this year ; there has been good sleighing for nearly a fortnight past, and yesterday morning at 8.30 o'clock the mercury in the post- oflice thermometer was down to two degrees below zero, the lowest it has been this season as far as we know. .A. Larger Stool: to choose W from than all the others ‘. put together. . . . . .The Fenelon Falls Gazette. CLARK & SON. the quality of my Boots and Shoes. and you will find them the best and cheapest. and you will not to make your purchases. GOgltate 0f Y0“ will, when you find I am giving 2 pounds of Sugar for $1.00. Friday, Dec. 13th, 1895. â€"â€" A Political Rumor. Sir Charles Tapper, our High Com- missioner, left London for Canada a few days ago, and an English paper origin- ated the rumor that Sir Mackenzie BOWell would resign the Premiership in his favor. The rumor is disbelieved at Ottawa, where it is said that Sir Topper is returning to help the Tory party in the coming elections. Nevertheless, Sir Charles would be in a less incongruous position than Sir Mackenzie as head of 2 a Government that is expected to force separate schools upon Manitoba. Thdi’hhr Farmers. - Served Her Right. A woman in Jamestown, N. Y.. has been sentenced to six months’ imprison- ment for inflicting a slight flesh wound upon a friend at whom she pointed a revolver. Of course she meant no harm and was sorry for the accident, and didn’t know she pulled the trigger; but the authorities prosecuted her, and, at the risk of our character for gallantry, we cannot help saying that it served her right. The “ idiotic boat-rocker " and the “ didn’t know it was loaded ” ninny sacrifice scores of lives annually, and those who even playfully cause the death of a fellow creature ought to be adjudged guilty of manslaughter and punished accordingly. If a person be drowned or shot through the thoughtless but deliberate act of some joker with less than the average amount of common sense, innocence of intent should not be allowed as an excuse; and if the ex- ample of a petifectly warrautable sever- ity set in Jamestown be followed in a few other places, the class of “ acci~ dents " under consideration will soon become of much less frequent occur- rence. It is a crime to point any kind of firearm at a person, even though it be known that the weapon is empty, and if the law in that respect were gen- erally known, and occasionally acted upon, it would no doubt have a deter- ring effect upon those afflicted with a tendency to flourish and fool with deadly weapons. m Personals. In Canada as well as in England the farmers are having hard times, and “circumstances over which they have no control ” are just at present telling heavily against those who live in this vicinity. The closing (which we hope will be only temporary) of the pulp mill has stopped the demand for pulp wood, from which many of them derived a steady income; the flooding of the vil- lage with refuse from the saw-mills has greatly lowered the price of hard wood ; and pork has not only dropped to a very unusually low figure, but the scar- city of fodder has made every farmer so anxious to get rid of his surplus cattle that bind quarters of good beef have actually been sold within the last few days on the village streets at $3 per 100 lbs. Even those who benefit by the present prices admit that they are too low for the welfare of a commu- munity that depends largely upon agri- culture, nud how farmers who are not a little “forehauded " are to exist if their products do not rise in value is as great a puzzle to us as it no doubt is to them. w. L. ROBSON. The Alan ion of the Ladies IS DIRECTED TO MY STOCK OF 3‘ The same price to every one at the leading Tailor‘s, one door below the barber shop, Feuelon Falls.â€"â€"-24. DENTAL. â€" Dr. Ncclands, dentist, Lindsay, will be at the McArthur House, Fenelou Falls, on Monday next on the arrival of the three o’clock train, and will remain all day Tuesday. He will have a complete gas (vitalized air) apparatus for extracting teeth; also the best local pain obtunders. Call early and secure an appointment. THE RINKâ€"The Fenclon Falls rink was opened for the season on Monday last under the management of the lessee, Mr. Edward Chambers, who is deter- mined to spare no pains to deserve the patronage of the public. Between the skaters, curlers and hockey players, he will be kept busy for the next three months, and we hope the financial rc- sulta of his labor will be satisfactory. CLEARING SALE of Dress Goods at Mrs. Hamilton's. ELECTION or Orrrcnns.â€"~At the last regular meeting of L. O. L. 996 the following officers were elected for the ensuing year: W. M., Bro. L. Day,- tnan, re-elceted; D. M., Bro. J. M. Marshall. re-clectcd', Chap., Bro. Thos. Austin; Rec~Sec., Bro. J. T. Thomp- son, re-elected', Fin-Sec, Bro. John Aldous, re-elected; D. of 0., Bro. S. Barr; Lem, Bro. Neil McGillivray; Com., Bros. Wm. Golden, Robert Palm- er, Joseph McGee, Wm. Jones and Thos. Hill. MY TRIMMED HATS arc the most aty- lish to be had in Fenelon Falls. Wishing to clear out the fall stock in order to make room for the spring stock, the hats will go at greatly reduced prices for the next 30 days. Mrs. R. McDougall. Snur DOWN.â€"â€"On Saturday last the red mill, leased by Howry &. Sons, and Mr. J. A. Ellie's mill wore both shut down for the season. The price of lum- bar is so low and there is so much held for a rise by wealthy firms that Mr. Ellis does not intend to start a shanty this winter, and the report of a few days ago that the Gilmours intended to suspend operations in the woods is con- firmed by the return to the Falls of several men in their employ. Fancy Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Prints, Ginghams, Cottons, Flannelettes, Waterproof Clocks, Umbrellas, Bed-spreads, Ladies’ and Childrens’ Vests, Babies’ Knitted Woollen Caps, Tam O’Shanters, Cashmere Hose, Ladies and Children’s Fancy Knitting and Fingering Yarn, Ladies’ Belt Buckles, Fancy Combs, etc, Wash Silk, Embroidering Silks, Kid Gloves, Cash- mere Gloves, etc. Thanking my customers for past favors, I respectfully invite them to inspect my stock and get prices. “titti‘éissh‘fik' Mrs. Hamilton. The Cost of Education. Scarcely a week passes in which some one or other of the public prints does not contain remarks in accord with the opinion held for years by the Gazette on school matters. In our issue of the 29th ult. we quoted a paragraph from the Globe on the cost of secondary, or high school, education, and now the News complains that the cost of primary education is altogether too great. It says : “ Too much is attempted in the pub- lic schools. There are some subjects that should be optional, which certain teachers seem to regard as of the first importance. and they devote to these a measure of time that is out of all pro- portion to the importance of the sub- jects. Besides the ornamental portion of the curriculum, the teachers are called upon to undertake the enforce- ment of a number of petty regulations that have no bearing on the education of the children and are tiresome alike to the pupil and teacher. The struc- ture of studies, etc., that has been built by the inspectors has too many orna- mental features, and a reduction in the cost of the public schools can be effected by taking off some of these superfluous portions of the work." It is about time the Government ap pointed a commission to look into the merits and demerits of the school sys- tem which these who are responsible for it land to the skies, but regarding which the people who have to pay for it have for some time past been making loud In the Fashion, In the World. Pack away that summer suit, that it may do for next summer. Buy a M'nter Suit, And be in style now and next year too. It costs no more to look well all the year around, and wear seasonable clothes. “ ’Tis not the clothes that make the man, but they help.” If you will give us a call we will surprise you both in prices and quality. S. PEHHALE. orrosrrs JOS. HEARD’S HARDWARE STORE. Our Cheap Sale is a Success! THE PUBLIC ARE NOW SATISFIED WITH THE FRICES AT WHICH THEY GET DRY GOODS AT THE OLD STAND. complaints. We have always main~ T .0 T h S .. Famed that ‘a lmuch bgtter education, THAT nouns ARE NOT SOLDJGHEAPER l 332531233;£222Jl°§22l§h3§5 for much less money than they cost, and that, as the News says, the system has {8 . too many “ ornamental features." In , May, 1890, at the annual presentation of medals at the Northern Business ‘ ' t r there is alwa Somethin New turnin u . College. Owen Sound. the Hon. G. w. Please comm” cum” 0 y: g g p , Minister of Education, made a speech. in the course of which he said : “ The business college of to-day is an A M P B E L L institution. that stands wholly on its I . own merits, without government or Miss Sarah Lucy of Lindsay is visit- ing her relatives at the Falls. Mr. Fred Cullou returned home last week from Huntsville, where he has been employed all summer. He talks of remaining at the Falls for the present, and going to school again after the heli- days. Mr. & Mrs. Heeley left last Friday for Minden, whither their daughter, Miss Ida, preceded them a few months ago and commenced a milliuery and fancy goods business which, we are glad to hear, is proving a success. The 'Hceley family have been for many years much esteemed residents of the Falls, and the fact that circumstances have rendered their departure necessary is greatly regretted by their hosts of friends. Mr. John Ohing, father of Mrs. S. Peuhalc, was at the Falls from Saturday until Thursday, accompanied by two little daughters, who are with him via- itiug relatives in Ontario. Mr. Ching went from this province to Manitoba about 18 years ago and has a fine farm at Thornhill not far from Morden,which is a village about the size of the Falls. He has done well in the prairie province, and says that this year crops were mag- uificent. m Powles’a Corners. (Correspomlencc of the Gazette.) Mr. W. A. Andrews of Lindan spent a couple of days here recently with friends. Miss M. J. Barriball of Tomato spent a week visiting her cousin, Mrs. W. H. Pcwlcs. It is well to live in the nineteenth century with so many advantages and pleasmt surroundings, with a good Pro. viuoial Government and a Dominion Produce taken in exchange at Mrs. R. McDougall’a. Cflamruas Tumâ€"The annual Christ- mas services ol' the Methodist Church, Feuelou Falls, will be held on the .2an and 25th inst. Sermons will be preached morning and evening on Sunday, the 220d, and the annual Christmas tea will be served from 5 to 7 p. m. on Wednes- day, the 25th, in the basement of the church, after which Rev. J. J. Rae of Peterborough and the resident minis. tors will deliver addresses and the choir will furnish some choice vocal and instrumental music. Admission 25c. ; children 150. All are cordially invited to come and enjoy a merry Christmas. HAVE YOU HEARD that we carry the largest variety of Fine Shoes in the county? We mail any ladtcs’ fine shoes prepaid from $1 upwards on receipt of money. Men, you can easily can 25 per cent. on coarse and due Men 3 Boots by coming to our store. JOHNSTON a. BISSON,‘ lat Door East or Daly House, Lindsay