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‘ "3 Fn' .V_vvvvvvvvvâ€"Vvvvrâ€"vvwâ€"vvwvâ€"A'7vv'vvâ€"vvrv-vvvv'vvv'v'vv F F l l l r > F F F > ,' l"' D r . P F F l P F t F F NEW GOODS. New Fall Mantles, New Dress Goods, New Underwear, New Hosiery, New Caps and Furs. The best assorted stock of Fall Goods in town, and our prices are the lowest. Give us a call. W. BURGOYNE. THE RED STORE. h SEASONABLE GOODS. Muzzle and breech loading shot guns. Marlin and Winchester rifles. . Loaded Shells and Ammunition, all kinds. One hundred Cook and Parlor Stoves from the best manufacturers, bought before the rise in price and will be sold accordingly. Belting, Lace Leather, Babbit Metal and best XXX Lardine Machine Oil. GREAT CHANCE. Barn and house eavetroughing, 7c. and 6c. per foot. We use the one piece round elbow only. rm Estimates given for hot air Furnaces. Prices the lowest in the trade. Cash paid for hides and sheepskins. JOSEPH HEARD. NEW GOODS. Fancy Dress Goods in the latest designs. Blouses in the newest styles. Millinery in styles and prices to suit. New Spring Capes. Lace Goods and Trimmingsâ€"--a very large assortment. Inspection invited. WM. CAMPBELL. ;â€" ’ ’1?" 71;: Never wear a shoe, not even a “Slater shoe," that does not make The way to foot comfort. 1 \ friends with your foot the first \.. _ time it's worn. “Slater Shoes" are made in as ' "l many shapes as there are forms of feet. .l ‘ Price stamped on the sir-rug telling all tutti», about the leather, Goodyear \veited, $3.00, 34.00 and ., _ . $5.00 per pair. Guaranteed by the emf" Slater Shoe Makers- J. L. Arnold, Sela Agent for Fenelon Falls. Inspect Robson's Stock. ‘Highest price for scrap. iron, FARMERS WANTING A GOOD Emilia: Cu er lion Pulper WOULD. DO \VE‘LL T0 For quality and price can’t be beat. â€"- Dealer in coal and iron. brass and copper. runs. Eosson. The Fenelon Falls Gillette. Friday, October 7th, 1898. A Majority for Prohibition. The plebiscite vote on Thursday of last week resulted in a majority for pro- hibition of about 18,000, notyas large as was hoped for, but large enough to justify a demandâ€"which will certainly be madeâ€"for u prohibitory law. All the Provinces voted “ yes ” except Que- bec, which gave an adverse majority of nearly 40,000, owing to the neutral stand of the Catholic clergy, the tre- mendous efi'orts of three anti-prohibi- tion Cabinet ministers, and the general belief that a large majority would be bad for Sir Wilfrid Laurier, who, in our opinion will be in a worse position iwith a small one. All the cities except Brantford, and a majority of the large towns, voted against prohibition, while the villages and rural districts went in its favor. Fenclon Falls showed itself strong for the good cause, the total vote standing, yeas 96, nays 32â€"just three to one. The vote over the whole of North Victoria was: For prohibition, 1139; against it. 436â€"majority 703. Visit From Mr. Tarte. About 4.30 p. in. on Saturday Mr. Boyd's beautiful little steamer Calumet arrived at Fenelon Falls, having on board the Hon. J. Isreal Torte, Minis- ter of Public Works, his Private Sec- retary and Assistant Engineer, Mr. J. McWilliams, Crown Land Agent at Peterborough, Mr. James Kendrick, M. P. for West Peterborough, Mr. R. L. Davis, Mayor of Pcterbcrough, Mr. R. B. Rogers, Superintendent Engineer .Trent Canal Works, Mr. Barry Rogers, Postmaster, Mr. Hall and Mr. John Carnegie, all of Pieter-borough, Mr. W. T. C. Boyd of Bobcaygeon and Mr. Charles E, Stewart of the Independent. ng. Torte had been at Peterborough. where he delivered aspeeoh, and he and the above-named residents of that town drove to Lakefi'eld, where the Calumet was waiting for them in charge who knows all the rocks along the route, and dodges them with unfailing success. where they were joined by Mr. John A. to pass through the- locks, and they then left for West Bay, where the Trent Valley Canal enters Balsam Lake. They rcturned about seven o’clock in the evening, and Mr. Turtc and some of the other gentlemen boarded a special train that had been telegraphed for to take him to Montreal. We understand that he was greatly impressed by what he saw along the route travelled by the steamer, and expressed a determination to go over it again at an early date. We hope that the next time he visits the Falls the day and hour of his or- rival will be announced beforehand, and that he will stay ling enough to let I 200d Grits get acquainted with him. On Saturday he slipped through the village so quickly that. comparatively few had an opportunity of seeing what the so much berated Minister was like. ___.â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" The Policy of the Open Door. What are the protectionist organs trying to get at, anyway, in their con- stant deprccctory reference to the fact that Canada's trade with the United States is steadily increasing? That’s just as it should be. The purpose of the reforms of the Liberal tariff was not to close any avenue of trade; a car- dinal principle in every Liberal trade policy is that the lower artificial restric. l of Mr. Frank Morin, captain and pilot, _ The stay ofthc party at the Falls. . :Ellis, was only long enough for the boat . tions the better, that trade should be ple’s corn in their own bushelsf‘ left as absolutely untrammelled as pos-. and as the doctor attributes so much sible and allowed to find its own natural outlet. That is the principle upon which Great Britain has risen to such universally recognised supremacy in the commercial world, and has held her own against all kinds of artificial barrieh‘ up to the present day, enjoying now an era. of unexamplcd prosperity. Such is the policy towardswhich the Liberal party is striving, and if' one of the ear- liest outcomes of the partial modifica- tions already enforced has been to de- velop one section of the market it has only done that which was expected. if by further removing the barriers the condition of Canada's trade can be yet more improved, the Government will doubtless be prepared to go on with the work, and the country will sustain them. If, however, our neighbors to the south should show by their demeanor that they still labor under the delusion that we cannot do without their trade no matter what the price, all that remains for us is to go our own way as in the past, until the work of education is a little further advanced, and the Repub- lic as a whole thoroughly understands that which it is realizing more every day. that Canada is its commercial equal, and as one of its best customers is to be sought after and propitinted, and that there is no section of the com- munity prepared to surrender its birth- right for a mess of pottage or anything else. 913m Cabinet Makers Busy. The silly season does not appear to have terminated yet, for the old story is revived that Hon. Minister of the In- terior is to retire from the Dominion Cabinet for the purpose of succeeding Mr. Grecnway as Premier of M initobzi and leader of the Government forces in the next Provincial campaign, Mr. Greenway retiring on account of ill- heolth. The details of the story are nicely arranged, and in fact it lacks nothing but the one essential of truth, fof‘ which not a particle exists therein. ‘ Of course it is easy to understand that the Opposition would only be too glad to see the last of Mr. Sifton in the ‘Govcrnment, for, as has been remarked ‘ before in the some connection, the big- gest pile of sticks and stones is always found under the best apple tree, and the most abused man, especially in political life, is generally the man that is doing the most for his country, for necessarily he must be the most objcc- tionable and dangerous Opponent to the mere partisan. Pecans of praise and thanksgiving would doubtless arise in universal chorus from the camp of his enemies if the Minister could only be shelved as indicated, but it is to be feared that the cabinet recoustructors will have to try again. The Poems on the Rampage. A whole column in last Week's Ward- er is filled by “ an open letter " addressâ€" ed to us by Dr. Mascn,recvc of Fcnelon ‘ Falls, and which is hardly worth reply- ing to. That we have “ viler abused " or “thrown mud " at Dr. Mason is a deliberate falsehood. We have never ' printed an uncivil‘ word regarding him, nor anything that was in the. slightest degree personal, as every reader of the necessary, by reproducing every sentence in which his name appears. We did not say that. it was through him that 'the Dominion Day printing was taken to Lindsay, so there. was nothing to re- ‘trnct ', but from the time we opposed iurily, and we were told by a person whom we could believe that either the reevc, one of'tlie councillors or a mem- ber ot the syndicateâ€"we forget which, but can find outâ€"said that they Would take 3200 out of our pocket beforc'thc our “gangrenous rhetoric,” whatever that is, and wants to know who we are that people have to put up with our “ mouthings.” Before Dr. Mason was bornâ€"unless he is an older man than we take him to bcâ€"owo- had lived long enough in this county to acquire, we hope, a pretty good reputation for truthfulness, civility and one or two other estimable qualities; and the course we took with regard to the wat- er-powcr by-laiv certainly will not dain- agc it. We hal nearly the whole pop- ulation behind us on that question, while the doctor was one of a small but triumphant minorityâ€"triumphant because the rccvc and three ol his col- leagues were hand and glove with the syndicate, and passed the objectionable measure in spite of the written protest of 129 of the leading ratepayers. The doctor’s statement that we offered to mind our own business it’ he gave us five dollars is true; but the offer was a bantcring answer to an angry question, as a villager who heard it can testify. There is an old and well kumvn saying that many people “ measure other pec- szzette knows, and as we will prove, if ‘the water power by-law there has been ' a series of attempts to injure us pecans - year was out. The doctor speaks of efficiency to a few dollars and is so ready to suspect others of willingness to accept bribes, that it suggests the question: How much money or how many barrels of flour did he got for be- coming the tool of tho syndicate ? Our character is well known, and so also is that of Dr. Mason, and if a plebiscite were taken. to. ascertain which stands the highest in public estimation, we do not much fear the result. The trans« action with Mr. Pugsley was, as far as we understand it, one of a concatenation 'of events, and the council were not very much to blame, as they were to some extent the victims of misplaced conti» deuce. As the doctor says, the muni~ cipahty has lost considerable money during the last decade; but all the losses it has ever suffered, put together, are a more nothing to what it may lose through the deliberate action of the present council. The doctor says that tho by-lnw was passed without his vote, .and so it was ;,but does he intend us to infer that he would have voted “ nay "‘ if there had been a tie ? A while 800. he said that he never thought the trnnass missmu project would ever come to any- thing; now he tells us that he did not vote.in favor of it; and possibly on nomination day he will claim that ho was-opposed to it, and would have voted against it if he had had the chance. The second half of‘ the doctor’s letter (with the exception of the quotation- from British history) isâ€"ns one of the 'ccuncillors remarkedâ€"simply “ dirty," and we decline to answer it. We could say many things that would make Dr. Mason “ hopping mad,” but not with» out descending to personalities, as he has done. greatly to his own discredit and without doing us the least harm or willing our temper an inch below the surface. F'enelon Council Proceedings. Powlcs' Corner, Oct. 3rd, 1808. The municipal council of the townx ship of h‘cnclon hint at the call of the rceve. All the members present except. the more. Minutes of last meeting road and approved. Communications were read from the Department of Rail- ways and Canals and Mr. F. C. Taylor. Moved by Mr. Parkin, seconded by Mr. Purdue, That the clerk bo instruct- cd to inform Mr. F. C. Taylor, overseer of roads at Sturgeon Point, that Stur- geon Point beat was extended to lot 12' con. 10, and that fifty-five dollars was expended upon said lineâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Parkin, seconded by.- Mr. Perduc, That Mr. Webster be ap-. pointed commissioner to expend the sum of $20 in filling in stone to up- proach of bridge at lot 21, con..5, the. money to be paid when taxes are col- lootedâ€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Perkin, secondc Mr. Purdue, That Mr. Turner rciicikilb the sum of 85. as part payment for- work done op boundary under Mr. Cur- rin as commissioner.â€"-Carricd. Moved by Mr. Purdue, seconded by 'madc at once for the admission of Ed» ' the Aged " at Lindsay, this municipal-~ ‘ity to bear the expense, and that Mr. Carried. Mr. Webster, That John Bates be in. 'new road1 and Richard Byrncll one on old- road at lot 22, also Alex. McGee vcrts to be built of. cedar 1'8 ' lengthâ€"Curried. fleet m 84.50. for culvert built on quarter lino .lpotisd 115; and 16', com-1, also that 81 be a mm or removm" v hillâ€"Carried. a “one on {any Moved by Mr. Purkin, seconded by Mr. Webster, That the rccvc and treas- urer be authorized to borrow from tho Ontario Bank the sum of $2530 for three months, and that a by-lniv be drawn up and passed to confirm the motion.â€" Carried. _By.law read and passed without amendment. .‘Iovml by Mr. Webdor, seconded by Mr. l’ci‘duc, That .‘lr. l’nrkin grant an order on the treasurer for Mrs. McFar- rluhai' for Mr. 1‘]. Ficldhnusc's keep.â€" Curried. More] by Mr. l’arkin, s~conded by Mr. Webster, That the followin: hills be paid : Donald .llt:lf.nl;.'uii, Cedir for culvert on quarter line between lots 15 and 10, con. 2, 32; John Duynll, work on.Op~i boundary, 85; David West, rc- prlll‘i on crossway. lot 2;). con. 4, 84; lienry Sackctt,rcpairingQuinn's bridge, old road. 50c; Thomas Horton. fixing road at lot 16, con. 6, 81.50; John Arnold, grnvclling on Ops boundary, 8?); Joseph l’carn. cedar and Work on {:scdnlc road, 82-10; Win. Swunton, tiring bridge at lot 26 con. 8. 8i ; John C. Daniel, ~12 loads gravel, 82.10; Don. ald Sinclair, 32 loads gravel, €6.00; :Mr. Webster, That arrangements bo- ward Ficldhonsc into the " Home for- Purkin be authorized to attend to it.-â€"«. Moved by Mr.,Pnrkin, seconded by structed. to put in a culvert at lot 8 on. one at lot 15 on the new road. said cul-- Moved. by Mr. Webster, seconded b - Mr. Pcrduc, That John Currin receivi- ....._.~ â€"â€"-â€".~