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. n.0,. .. ,_.. .... ...'-:~ . .> ,v â€"wv:.â€"r>:1r-:r_â€"T,‘f_7r~i . .._ .. r _ 4..;._. 0V... l’rofessional Cards. MUSIC. W - x, â€"â€"â€"â€"--â€"-:â€"-â€"-*-â€"~ . a. n. '-p§ onwma .moass, l JUS" TO HAND: canvas, sitcoms, enema; ALSO I GARDEN SEEDS in full supply, by the pocket or ounce. The Fenelon Falls Drug Store. H. J. LYTLE. March 9th, 1898. GOOD FURNITURE Is always cheap furniture in the long run. Looks better. \Vcars better. Gives better satisfaction. I have the best‘ and largest stock of furniture ,of all kinds, from the best manufacturers in the province, consisting of â€"D1NING noon FURNITURE” -â€"enouoo.\1 SETS, â€"EASY CHAIRS, â€"t:oCKEns, â€"LOUNGES, â€"_smnnoanos, â€"SPRI.\’GS AND MATTRASSES, ~KITCIIEN FURNITURE (all kinds), and prices are away down. Repairing and all ordered work promptly attended to. 363‘ Undertaking in all its branches. L. DEYMAN. SECOND DIVISION GDURT -â€"-01.-‘ TIIH- County of Victoria. The next sittings of the above Court will be held in Dickson’s hall, Fenelon Falls, ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28th, 1898, commencingat 10 o’clock in the foreuoon Saturday, April 16th, will be the last day of service on defendants residing in this county. Defendants living in other conn- ties must be served on or before Apr. 12th. SrNsvtsox, ~ E. D . Hun, Bailifi‘. Clerk Fenelon Falls, Feb. 3rd, 1898. IN S ORANGE. Mr. Win. E. Ellis having transferred his Insurance Business to tue, I am prepared to take risks on all classes of property A.t Very Lowvcst IEates None but First-class British and Canadian Companies Represented. @- FJXRDI 1’ IIOPERTY at very low rates. James Arnold. The “ Fenelon Falls Gazette” is printed every Friday at the oilice, on the corner of May and Francis streets. SUBSCRIPTION $1 .1 YEAR IN ADVANCE, or one cent per week will be added as long as itremains unpaid. Professional or business cards, 50 cents, per line per annnm. Casual advertisements, § 8 cents per line for the first inScrtion, and; 2 cents per line for every subsequent laser-- tiou. Contracts by the year, half year or; less, upon reasonable terms. 1 JOB PRINTING ’ of all ordinary kinds executed neatly, cor- }?eer and at moderate prices. E.D.EA.\'D. l Proprietor. Organist Cambridge Street Methodist Church, Lindsay, Music Teacher. At Brooks' Hotel, Fenelon Falls, every Tues- day. Terms moderate. 32. LEGAL . MCLAUG llLIN 8t. MCDIARMID, PARRIS'I‘ERS, Solicitors, Etc, Lindsay ) and Fenelon Falls. Lindsay Ofiicc: Kent-St, opposite Market. Fenelon Falls Office: Over Burgoyne & Co’s store. The Fenelon Falls office will be open every Monday afternoon from arrival of train from Lindsay. 3%“ Money to loan on real estate at lowest current rates. R. J. MCLAUGHLIN. F. A. McDIARMlD. A. r. DEV LIN, ARRISTER, Attorney-at-Law, Solicitor in Chancery, Kent Street,Lindsny. G. H. HOPKINS, ARRISTER, &c. SOLICITOR FOR the Ontario Batik. Money to loan at lowest rates on terms to suit the borrower. Ofiices : No.6, William Street South, Lindâ€" say, Ont. MOORE St JACKSON, ‘)ARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, &0. 0f- lice, William street,Lindsay. F. D. Moons. A.JACKSON MEDICAL. on. A. WILSON, -â€"ir. 13., M. c. r. .t s., Ontario,â€" )HYSICIAN, SURGEON & ACCOUCH- l cur. Ofiice, Colbcrnc Street, Fenelon Falls. ' DR. 1-]. n. GRAHAM, RADUATE of the Universityoi Trinity ' College, Fellow of Trinity Medical School, Member of the Royal College or Surgeons of Englan‘d,Memher of the Col- lege of Physicians & Surgeons of Ontario, Office and residence on Francis-St. West' Fenelon Falls, opposite the Gazette office. 1%.. 1‘1. DIAS ON, ETERINARY SURGEON; Honor Grad- uatc Ontario Veterinary College, To- ronto, 1884 ; R. M. O. V. M. A. Residenceâ€"Francis Street East, Fenelon Falls. E. P. SMITII, ETERINARY SURGEON and Dentist. Graduate ofOntario Veterinary College. Live Stock Inspector for North Victoria by appointment of Dominion Government. Office and address â€" CAMBRAY, On'r. SURVEYORS . JAMES DICKSON, L. Surveyor, Commissioner in the Q. B., . Conveyancer, &c Residence,and ad- dress, Fenclon Falls. DENTAL. W Dr. NEELINDS, DENTIST, LINDSAY, Extracts teeth without pain by gas (vital- ized air) administered by him for 27 years. He studied the gas under Dr. Colton, of New York, the originator of gas for extract- ing teeth. Dr. Colton writes Dr. Neelands that he has given the gas to 186,417 perâ€" sons without an accident from the gas. Other pain obtunders used. A good set of teeth inserted for $10. 3%“ Dr. Neelands visits Fenelon Falls (McArthur House) the third Tuesday of every month. Call early and secure an appointment- “. H. GROSS, DENTIST. The beautiful Crown and Bridge work practised with success. Gas and all other anazsthctics for extracting teeth without pain. A set of Artificial Teeth, better than the average, for SS 00. Rooms directly opposite Wood’s stove depot, Lindsay. H. HART, L. n. 5. SET OF GOOD TEETH FOR $10. Gas and local anaesthetics for painless ex- tracting. Satisfaction guaranteed in all branches of dentistry. Office Over Fairwealher d: Co‘s store nearly opposite the post-oliice, Lindsay msmncn. ’1‘0 the Public. HF. ROYAL CANADIAN INSURANCE BOBCAYGEON AND FENELON FALLS . - . , Co. has amalgamated with the Alliance ‘ Advertising liutes' ‘ol England, giving insurers the security or 1 $25,000,000 and the same good policy. JOHN AL’S'l‘lN,.-lgent W Also agent for the Queen of Eng land and Caledoninn ofEdinburgh. Capia tal combined,$45,000,000. WANTED. I can pay ten dollars weekly to a lady of mature age, refinement and tact to spend her time in a good cause. T. Li. LINSCOTT, Toronto, Ont. THE VICTORIA LOAN and SAVINGS CO. Incorporated under statutes ofthe Province of Ontario. Head Office. - Lindsay, Ont. ' III: Smythe's Block, opposite the Market. LOANS. Money to Lean on Mort- gages at lowest current rates with no delay and small expense. DEPOSITS. The Company re- Ceives money on deposit in their Savings department, and allows interest there- on at Four Per Cent. A mortgage company is the safest place to deposit money. No speculative business is done. JOHN imncwooo, Or to Manager, Lindsay, McLaughlin dz McDiarmid (Mondays) H. J. Lytle }Fenelon Falls Apply to â€"â€"41 if. 'You WANT THEM. WE HAVE THEMâ€"- GOODâ€" I r CHEAPJ CALL AND SEE. GEORGE MARTIN. THE WEST SIDE STORE. ‘ PHOTOGRAPHS. “ O ! wad some power the giftie gie us To see oorsels as ithcrs see us.” The above wish is easily realized by having your photos taken at STANTON’S STUDIO. Will guarantee all work equal to the best city work, and prices to suit the times. Family groups a specialty. Give me a call. Life size work in the best style of the art at moderate prices. J. H. STANTON. Photographer. Fenelon Fells, July lst, 1897.-â€"21.52 HARNESS If you want first-class single or double light or heavy Harness or anything in that line call at NEVISON’S new harness shop, between J. McFarland's grocery and Wm. Campbell’s dry goods store. TBUNKS AND VALISES kept in stock as usual, and also a good assortment of fly nets and buggy dusters at low prices. 38“ Try a bottle of Harris's celebrated harness polish. It is a new thing and you will be sure to like it. Agent for Pianos and Organs. Fenelon Falls, May 20th, 18911â€"1443- The above stage lenves llohcaygcon every lawful morning at 6 o'clock and arrives at Fenelon Falls in time to connect with the train going to Lindsay. Returning, leaves , Fenelon Falls immediately after the arrival l of the train from Lindsay. Fare, 50 cents each way. Freight carried at reasonable 1 rates. JOHN licll.MOYl., Proprietor. Bebcnygeon, Dec. lst, 1897.â€"t2â€"tf. 1 av KNOWLEDGE WRTOHES Is comprehensive and complete. 7'. I have studied them, repaired them, made and replaced every part of them, bought them and sold them for a lite- ,, time, and I believe I am thoroughly ~, competent to judge of them. A large trade and large purchases 5:, for cash enable me to sell at as low a 13. price as is usually asked for inferior j. gradesâ€"sometimes less. ‘ " lilll.‘ W. Billl, The Jeweller, Lindsay. BENGOUGH 0N PERSONAL LIBERTY. (Front the Hamilton Templar.) J. W. Bengough, Toronto, entertain- ed a large and cultured audience in the town hall, Owen Sound, a few weeks ago, and devoted a portion of the even- ing to a discussion of the prohibition question, illustrating several of hispoiots with rapidly drawn sketches. One of these represented Rev. Dr. Grant trav- elling in the direction indicated by a finger-board marked “ Persomtl liberty,” while another board marked “ Prohib- ition," pointed in the opposite direction. “ My good friend, Dr. Grant, is on the wrong trail, that is all,” commented the artist. He then proceeded, in substance, as follows : “ In the last of his letters which ap- peared in the Globe, Dr. Grant, (after correcting some errors which had been pointed out in his former communica- tions) announced his intention of devot- ing the rest of his space to a discussion of the Right of Government in a. free land to prohibit the liquor trafiic. Haw ing thus announced his text, be im- mediately thrust it aside, and to the very end of his letterâ€"which was not a short oneâ€"confined his attention to an entirely different question, namely : Has the Government of a free land a right to interfere with the personal lib- erty of the citizen ? His position amounted to this, that at least as per- tained to the matter of eating and drinkâ€" ing, the domain of individual liberty is sacred, and any encroachment on it in the name of law is simply tyranny. There is reason to suppose that Princi pal Grant believes himself to be making valid argument against prohibition in thus putting the case, but, although I am strongly for prohibition, I have no hesitation in saying that in this doctrine of personal liberty 1 am heartily with Dr. Grant, and I don’t know any pro- hibitionist who would dissent from it. I think it is beyond all dispute that an individual has a right to eat or drink what he pleases, and that interference with him in the exercise of his persome liberty in this respect cannot go beyond moral suasion without involving tyranny. If my neighbor is in the habit of drink- ing whisky, or using morphine, or eat- ing bad pork, it is open to me to advise him, to expostulate with him, and to bring such more] pressure to bear upon him as may be within my power. But if he does not see fit to pay heed to me, I can go no further. It is not open to me to call in the police. The man's personal liberty must be respected, as it now is respected, and as it still would continue to be respected under a pro- hibition law. The principle thus illus- trated by the individual case is the same if we apply it to the whole coun- ‘try. It nearly half of the population _01' Canada indulged in a taste for drink- ing liquor or eating unsound meat. their neighbors, the majority of the populi- , they regard as a grave evil than to use i the resources of moral tension. Gospel ‘ temperance meetings, with pledge cards ; and blue ribbons, scientific hygiene iteaching. religious revivals, and gold- ',Clll'-: institutes are available; but the l majority would have no more right to call in the police than I would have in i the case of my individual neighbor. In other words. the law should not, and in ‘ free British lands does not, ot‘erstep the l l or drinking. Of course the law dues prohibit individuals from doing certain things which are not wrong in them- selves, and which they have a natural right to doâ€"such as building wooden houses within fire limits, etcâ€"hut in all such cases the act involved is one that goes beyond the person’s strict in- dividualityâ€"is not within his own per. son, so to speak, but a quasi public. It is also true that the law will interfere with a man who is under the influence of the drink which it does not prevent him from taking, but this again is only while he makesa public nuisance of' himrelf. That a man may eat and drink what he pleases in his own home is a doctrine of personal liberty which Dr. Grant cannot state too strongly for my taste, but when he goes on to State that. the prohibitionists of Canada are asking for a law to interfere with this liberty he puzzles me, for he speaks as though he were either dishonest or stu- pid, and I do not think he is either. Whatever may be the explanation of it. the fact is certain that Dr. Grant. Gold- win Smith and many other intellecth ally able men who have discussed this subject, have persistently confused these two utterly separate and dissimilar things, personal liberty and the prohib ition of the liquor traffic. Why it. is that they cannot see so plain and obvi- ous a distinction, I must leave it to the pliychologists to explain. I think I have’set forth the doctrine of personal liberty accurately in the illustration just given of the minority addicted to bad habits, and the majority dealingr with them on the basis of moral suasion only. Let us recall the case and sup- pose that. not content with the personal liberty of drinking liquor or eating mor- phine or bad pork within the sacred limits of their individuality and within the precincts of their own homes, this mass of citizens should demand that a public traffic be established and public institutionsbe set up on the street cor- ucrs at the expense of all for the special gratification of their private and person- al appetites for strong drink, morphine or bad pork. What then? Would Dr. Grant argue that this was a legitimate extension of the doctrine of personal lib- erty? No; he would probably agree with my view that it would be an inso- lent demand for an interference by law with the equally sacred rights of the majority to public decency and whole- some food. So far as bad pork is con- cerned, the law now says that it shall not be publicly sold; and, as to mor- phine, that shall not be sold excepting under all possible safeguards of medical certificate, etc., though in neither case does it interfere with the private eating of either article. Prohibitionists are simply demanding that the public traffic in strong drink be done away with. Its establishment in the first placc was a legal outrage on the personal liberty of the non-drinking citizens who have not merely been deprived of safe and decent streets in many cases, but have been universally put to enormous unnecessary expense, and, worst of all, have been made to suffer untold miseries in their hearts and homes. The law should never have allied itself in this way with an evil habit of a section of the people, even if that section amounted to a clear majority, but having been endowed and established these many years, We have surely all the more right to demand that the public trufiic be now disendowed and disestablishcd. Prohibitinnists simplv ask that personal liberty be respected, and that it be left to rest on its own) basis. If people will drink, let them do so at their own trouble and expo-mu, making their OWn liquor and consuming it upon their own premises. We are not infringing on their liberty when we demand that importation be prohibited. that breweries and distillcrics be shut up, and that saloons and bar-rooms IJt‘ banished lrom the land. These are public conveniences for the comparative- ly few, kept up at the expense of the many. and apart from the fact that they are an unmitigated curse, their perput‘ nation is an injustice to the majority. That majority is soon to have an oppor- tunity to tell the Government 50, and l earnestly hope it will do so in a way and with an emphasis that the Govern- ment will understand and her-d." __.-.._. _- ... . -,.__.._ s., _. - Burglars gained an entrance to the Grand Trunk station at l‘ilora. 'l‘hcy blew the safe open, evidently by the me ofdynatnitc, leaving it a total n‘r-z-uk. Electric nnmets capable of picking .up a load not vxcec'lin: (in: ‘ocn arr,- used by an liitml-E steel cangnnr to transfer Steel bcnins or pines from one boundary of personal liberty in eating l 9“" "l "’9 51")?” alwuwr' l 1 l l I 1