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ma “HEEL? 53%? ”jg“ mums um be n‘wloptor u .H 1335" Vfi I N DEBTEDNESS. - The following extract. from The High- lander, Invemqas, Sactlandg iswritten Py Mr; Murdoph, the genfleman who travell’ed through this neighbourhood last winter. The remarks show him to in a very sh1ewd obsoxver and he has depicted the condition of this county with a correctness hardly to be expected from a. persqn not 1esident m it: ~â€" “From the county town I may mew. tion 'a thing which deserves to be placed on record, and that is the large extent to which the terms, in this county at any rate, are mortgaged. There is a gister of every farm kept here, and at a glance you can see every claim iipon it. In some townships there are threenfourths of the farms largely mort- gaged, in others four-fifths 3 and large numbers of these are hopelessly bound over. These are facts which ought to be known to intending emigrants from the Old Country ; and ought to be well pondered by the people of Canada them- selves. In regard to the former, they should understand how this indebtedâ€" ness arises. There are negative causes which the great advocates of emigration have not noticed sufficiently, viz., the ’very low prices which farmers get for their produce, and the low rate of pro- duce per acre which is obtained from the land. Men’s faith in the inexhaus- tible fertility of the soil has led them to crop and crop away without sufficient manure. The result is that the produce is not nearly what it was for the first (Monty years of this settlement. There kiln he no doubt that the continual liaising of wheat is telling heavily on the soil ; and although many men have lately taken to cattle raising, it will be a. while before the manure thus obtain. able will restore the old fertility. Another I am sure ofâ€"most ot‘ the farmers have too much land. And I m'not alone in this opinion. I have n 'talking with an Aberde’enshire man near Woodville who has only fifty pores, and he says he is better with that than he would be with a hundred. His neighbors say the same. I was ppeaking yesterday with an Englishman },Iho has a hundred acres, all clear but ten acres. He would be very glad to be“ a portion and pay ofi‘ the mortgage, ‘which is at present like a. mill-stone about his neck. He was just going, at his wits end, to see how he would stave ofl‘ the closing of a mortgage for seven hundred dollars, the interest of which lze has not been able to pay up. The interest is seven per cent, and if he éete more money to pay the present ender, he will have to pay eight per cent. He has never been able to work the land well enough from want of horses, and he cannot' replace the ani.. ‘mals which he lost, because he has not money. And so the screw is upon him ind he may have to sell out after all his toil in clearing. Adversity sinks tome id debt thus, but the leading cause “a a desire to get into a higher style of iving than that of the parents who 'eu-ed the land. The second genei-.~ 'on of young men wish to have more ml and finer houses, hotter buggies nd finer harness ; and numbers force Keirpai’ents to mortgage the land .to art them in business; and the prices taincd for the produce’of the land are small, that it will astonish old world rmers how little money is handled on hundred acre farm. 80 the drag gets ‘the farmers, find the great majority ever get out of their difliculties. It is me that 'many of the farms now in in market are for sale; and that the nhition'dnd difficulties of the present wupiers are creating desirable open" lgs fo‘r strangers. These new comers tut just take the lesson. All that a ‘ nadisn farmer is safe in looking for ll plain, rough living for himself and industrious family. They can have Fenty to eat and drink, a comfortable {r'ln house, and a good serviceable team }t Work and driving. They can he lmfm-tahly slowed-«chiefly from the lobl (if their" own sheep; but they ust eschew extravagance -and the oney lender as they would the plague. v'iThe evil here indicated is the ‘rock 1 which Ontario is likely to split ;nnd 1m Adeatw. fl WOOD VILLE. MA Y 27. 1880. “ Pro Bono Publico." all public teachers -- ministers and editorsâ€"should take it up, and deal with it as true moral agents having the highest interests of their country at heart. I was yesterday in the house of an old couple who had a good farm which they cleared. They reared their family and sent them out inagood way to do for themselves. One of the sons, in haste to be rich, borrowed money _on the father’s farm, was not able to pay up. The farm is gone and the poor old folks would now be desti~ tute but for the good feeling which moves the neighbors towards them." IF the phylloxera is not got rid of very speedily France may see its vine~ yards utterly ruined. It appears from the last official report that at the end of last year, in forty-three departments affected by the scourge, 474,760 hectares of vines were quite destroyed, and 317,- 760 more partially injured. The east, west, south, and centre are ravaged, and the north is menaced. The disease has reached Cote d’Ur, and will be soon in Champagne and Lorraine. If no remedy is discovered, it is calculated that in sixteen years France will have no vines left. «.c...'â€"_â€"â€" THE water power of the Genesee Falls is to be utilized for mechanical pul'posesin‘ Rochester. The plan is the same as’ proposed at Niagara, whence the power.,was to be conveyed to Buffalo by pipes, in the form of condensed air, but it was found that owing to the dis. tance the cost would reach $2,000,000 and so Rochester was chosen for a less expensive test. The water is made to fall at intervals into perpendicular pipes, in the bottom of which its weight condenses a quantity of ‘air. The ex- pectation is that steam power will be entirely dispensed with -’ in that city, except on railroads, and that electricity will be so cheaply generated as to dis- place gas. THE excellent hygienic condition of London, the largest city on the globe, is one of the wonders of the modern world. Four and a half millions of people squatted down on a piece of land comprising an area of about fourteen miles each way require good sanitary arrangements to preserve the public health, yet of all large cities London is one of the healthiest. This pleasing (act is to be entirely attributed to the vigilance and care with which it is cleansed and the elaborate arrangements with which the city sewage and refuse are carried away. Every day there are twenty million feet of solid matter car- ried off, some of it by carting and the rest by the two main sewers which run parallel with the Thames for ten miles below the citv. in the dusting and scavenging nl' llm mwrnpolis there are o‘er ten Lhm-suml men engaged at an average Oi'nlu-Ni t\vc-m_\'-lln-ee shillings per week. or a little less than six dol ' lars Canadian. â€"â€"â€"â€"‘-O.>.-â€"â€"â€"- THE London Times of May 17th, dis- cusses the subject of the Alabama claims surplus, concludes its remarks as follows :-â€"â€"“ It is not befitting the dignity of a great nation to put quietly into its own pocket, money of which it was constituted trustee for its division among private individuals. A course at once magnanimous and satisfactory to.the original as well as to the present owners of the money would be for Con- gress and the President to expend their windfall of two million pounds sterling in some enterprise which might result in the gratification of both new tions alike. There is for instance Niu~ gara to be redeemed from its sordid associations. There are hundreds of grnndiOSe projects which no hourse might be willing to father, but by which two great Anglo-Saxon nations might be benefitted and made glad. Let the United States Government only let it be understood that it holds ten million dollars in trust for same costly interim. tionsl luxury and it will not be long before projects in abundance will be competing [or it.” A presence from Wellington, New Zealend,etates that the Regent~Geneml, the Marquis of Normanby, who is the Governor appointed by the Crown, has decided upon ordering from England a number of torpedo boats for the torpedo corps which is to be organized for the protection of the colony. This is under- stood " to be ‘eimnly a precautionary measure, .as no danger from attack by sea threatens the colony. But within the past ten or twelve years New Zea- land has prospered and become much more desirable than lormerly as a pen session for any powcrfiend it was con- cluded by the Governm-,"~w1th the con. sent of the Genoml‘Assembly of the colony, illet (dither h‘Iu-bour defence amimm gyms. h“ was needed in case of the breaking out of war between England and other maritime powers. The argument was that New Zealand is eituated too far from Great Britain to expect aid from her at short notice, and that the colony is at an additional disadvantage in case of on attack, by being divided into three islands, from fifteen to eighreen miles apart. It has Auckland and other excellent ports, the most ot which are not protected in any way against the approach of armed vessels. J AMES Guru), an eminent agricultu-o ral authority, says :â€"â€"“ Nothing like the present depression in agricultural interests has been seen since the repeal of the Corn Laws. In nine years there has been seven defective wheat harvests In the parts of England where the bulk of the wheat crop is grown, there has been lost in these 3199113 a fourth more than a whole year ’s cropa loss to wheat groweis of more than thirty millions sterling, with no compensation in l1ighe1 pi ices. The introduction of foreign meat and cereals is of immenSe benefit to the consuming, classes. American statesmen believe they are rapidly gain- ing control of this trade and can main». tain it even at lower prices. It must be met by the production here of artin cles which will not bear long storage or carriage, such as milk, fresh butter, early vegetables, .hay, straw, potatoes and sugar beet. All interest in land, whether of owner, occupier, or laborer, must be disenthralled. The control of dead land must be removed and the sale and transfer of .land simplified. Encumbered estates will then be broken 11p into small properties. The drain of agricultural labor and capital to the United States and Canada will alter the existing condition of agricultural pio. perty in England. Our agriculture must adapt itself to the change, freely accept- ing the good it brings and skilfully using the advantages which greater proximity to the best market muss alu ways command. THE annual meeting of the Directors and trieuds of the Toronto News Boys’ Lodgings and Industrial Home, took place last. week, Mayor Beatty pl'esid'v ing. The Vice~Presidont read the an- nual report which embraced the follow- ing reference to the Juvenile Criminal “ In the New England States the treatment ofjuvenile offenders is em~ braced within the system of public ins struction ; a. magistrate and Court on- tirely distinct from those which deal with adult criminals administm' the law, with the help of truant officers ; and a wise philanthropy thus deals with the ofl'ences and the crimes of children sole- ly with an eye to their reformation. here, on the contrary, may be seen any day in the Police Court of Toronto children whose heads barely reach above the dock, awaiting their turn with drunkards, prostitutes, and burglars. On conviction of some petty offence the Police Magistrate has no option but fine and imprisonment , and so, young boys in default of payment of a fine en- tirely beyond their means are commit~ ted to gaol, from whence they return, after associating with its other inmates, with the reformatory work of months, or even years, undone. To a boy who mudt sell two dozen copies of the even- ing papers before he can earn the ten cents to pay his lodging in the Home, a fine of 84 or $5 is as much bevond his means as one of 8500. In the case of one lad of' fifteen, committed to gaol during the past year in default of a fine amounting with expenses to $4.80 for throwing a stone at a policeman who was arresting his companion, it was as. certained on his quitting gaol that durâ€" ing‘his brief detention there, he had been seduced into arrangements with an oidEr lad whereby, when his longer term of imprisonment ended, they were to unite in future procecdiugadt can scarce- ly be doubted, of a criminal character. It cannot be too frequently pressed upon the public notice, that unless summary punishment be substituted for imprison- ment in all cases of juvenile crime nnu der 1?) or 16 years of age, and a rigid disciplinary system of oversight, classi- fication, and reformntory training he in- troduced in the case of older juvenile criminals committed to gaol, the result must continue to be that our gaols will only prove to be costly schools for the training of criminals. The importance of this can scarcely be over estimated, when it is considered that the last re- port of the Inspector of Prisons shows the number of prisoners in Ontario un~ der 16 years of age to be : males, 416; females, 53, or a total of 469 children of an age when it cannot be doubted that a wise system of moral training could not fail, in the great majority of cases, to effect permanent reformation ; and so, by nipping crime in the bud, to effect an enormous pecuniary saving to the city and to the Province." " ' THERE is a splendid openin for a harness-maker and a tinsmich in ephyr. 0N \Vednesday evening, 12th inst... Miss Busbin, 0t Uxbridge, was present- ed with an address and a handsome sil- ver chain and locket, by the bachelors of that town, prior to her departure for Kingston. 0N Friday morning, as Robert Henry, of Cartwright, was going to Port Perry with a load of wheat, his wife, who ac» companied him, fell from the load when about a mile and a half south of Prince Albert, and was instantly killed. Pz‘rmmnno’ Mechanica’ Institute has 3,354 books in its library. Tm: men employed at a tannery in Uxbridge for a. couble of Saturdays, without consulting their employers or asking any leave whatever in the mat- ter, donned their coats an hour before the regular quitting time and were off. They were discharged. ON Satutday, May 15th, M1. Wm. Gist. of Lot 31d, 4th Cum, Hamilton, showed the Pont Hope Guide two stalks of Barley, headed out, that measured thirty-six inches in length. These two were cut from one seed, and raised this spring- There wele twenty stalks from the same single seed, and all in full head. Can this be beat? SOME roughe in Zephyr occupied themselves one night last Week with bending down some of the newly plant- ed shade trees across the sidewalk, and tying them about a foot from the walk, so they would just be high enough to trip a person in the dark. A FEW evenings ago some boys load- ed up the old cannon lying in the rear of Mr. Byers implement shed, Omemee, and fired a stone about two inches in diameter through the side of the Hook- and-Ladder building. Such dangerous pranks cannot be tolerated, and it is to be hoped the guilty parties will be dealt with as they deserve. A FIRE occurred on Victoriaâ€"avenue, Lindsay, about 12.30 o’clock, last Fri- dav night, totally destroying a house of ill-fame owned by one N icholla,at pre- sent residing in Colborne, and occupied by two families of ill repute. There was no insurance; loss small. The fire is attributed ,to incendiarism. One of the families was burnt out in a similar manner a short time ago. THE Gleaner says :â€"One of our prom~ inent citizens was brought before the magistrates on Saturday last charged with fraud. The case was adjourned to Monday when a large amount of legal talent fl om Port Petty and Ux~ luidge was employed, both for the Dr0~ secution‘ and defence, and a bench of five magistrates deliberated on the case. After hearing all the evidence, and the argument of the legal gentlemen, deci- sion was reserved. THE members of the Methodist Epis- copal Church, Oshawa, have decided to commence the erection of a new church edifice at once. Having secured the lot formerly bought by the town, for the purpose of erecting a town hall upon it, tenders wlll be advertised for in a few days and the work of construction push- ed forward as rapidly as possible. The plans for the building have been pre- pared and adopted, and a large part of the money required has been subscribed so that there need be but little delay in the matter. The building is to be 80 feet by 60, of the Gothic order of Archi- tecture, and will be an ornament to the Town. We clip the following from the Mail: â€"â€"About noon on Monday last a young woman visited Yonge street wharf, in company with a couple of young men. On reaching the end of the dock she took a revolver from her pocket, hsnd~ ing it to one of her companions, re- quested him to discharge it, to see how it worked. After several shots had been fired, she put the weapon in her pocket: But a constable had observed her actions, and took her into custody on a charge of carrying a. revolver. On being taken to police headquarters she gave her name as‘ Nellie Piper, and supplemented the information by say ing that she had been in the service of a Mrs. Armstron ,living near StoutL ville, and had left for the purpose of visiting the city. When hpught before JACK HALE the prisoner who made his escape rather scantily attiredmoticed in last issue, and a companion, Heman Godfrey, also “ wanted,” were both captured at the house of Lewis Godfrey early on Tuesday morning last by con- stables Hooper and Johnston. They were brought before the magistrates the same day charged with stealing wheat from Mr. Adam Shier last win» ter, and were committed for trial. There is another of the parties impliw cated in the eame theft still at large. The gang is getting rather dem'oralized, as five of them are in durance vile, four at Whitby and onein the CentralPrison. Ahout twenty farmers in the neighbour- hood have suffered from their dept-ede- tione.â€"Gleaner. Gm geighlwm. the Police Magistrate she said she had no home, and he sent her to the Haven. She informed the Magistrate that she carried the pistol for her protection.â€"- On Tuesday she escaped from the Haven and has not yet been heard of. The Globe of Monday has the following :-- Mrs. Reesor, of Newmarket, called at the Central Station on Saturday morn. ing to see about a revolver and a watch which had been stolen from her by a servant named Jessie Piper. It will be remembered that this girl was ar-v" rested on Yongestrest wharf a few days ago, having been observed shooting of? a revolver. She was brought before the Court, remanded, and sent to the Haven, but gsbaped in the night, and has not since been seen by the police. Mrs. Reesor says that the girl Pipes! was a servant with her for several months, and was in every way satisfac- tory until she vonished with the revolu ver and watch. CANNING'I‘QN is assessed at $195,844 ; pop- ulation 918 IT in pro to erect a statue of the hte Hon. Geo. _ rown in the Queen's Purk, To. ronto. " " Mn. Joann Nou'mwoon, of Chatham has been called to the Senate in the place of the Hon. Geo. Browu;?decea.sed. ONE day hat week ten Grand. Trunksn- fines went north on the Midland to bring umber down that for some time bu been awaiting transport at the stations north of Orillia. WHAT THEY SAY or IT? A nw FAm‘s ton Tn: Plankâ€"There are but few propan- tions of medicines which have withstood the impartial judgment of the people for any great length of time. One of these is Dr. 'l‘homss' Eclectric Oil. Read the following. and be convinced :â€"-Thomas Robinson, Farnham Centre, P. Q. writes, " I huvo been afllictegl with rheumatism for the last ten years, and have tried many iemsdiss- without snyAi-elief, until I tried Dr Thomu" Eclectric Oil, end since then have hedno attack of it. I would recommend it to ell.” â€"â€".J. H. Earl, Hotel Keeper, West Shem 0rd, P. Q., writesâ€"“I have been troubled with liver complaint for several yem, end have tried difi'erent medicines with littleorv no benefit. until. I tried Dr. Thomu’ Eclec- tric Oil, which gave me immediate relief, and I would eey that I have used it since with the beat efi‘ect. No one should be: without it. I have tried it on my horeee in cases of cuts, wounds, etc, and think it equally as good for horse am for men.”â€"-- A. Meybee, Merchant, Warhworth, writee, “ l have sold some hundred» of bottle. of Eclectric Oil, and it is pronounced by the ublic, “one of the beet medicines the eve ever need ;” it has done Wonders in heeling and relievin pein, son throete. etc., and is worthy of t e greeted confidence." â€"-â€"-Joeeph Runn, I‘ownehipPei-cy. writee, “ I wee rounded to try Dr. Thomee’ Eclecv‘ trio Oil or a lame knee which troubled III. for three or tour yeere, end I never found anything like it for curing lemoneee. It ie a public benefit Township of Eldon t All persons inhmtod will piano 30m themed": mrdingly. Mas. Gm. Bnowx, widow of the lat. Senator Brown, will visit Scotland this sumâ€" mer. accompanied by her family. 'anum- or Imnnons.â€"Ank for Dr. Thomas“ Eclectric Oil. See thus the ligan- ture of S. N. flomasil on the wrapper, and the names of Northro Lyman on blown in the bottle, und aloe no other. Sold by all medicine dollars. Price 25 canto. NORTHROP LYMAN. Toronto, 0119.. Proprietor: for the Dominion. THE CRADLE. At Con. 14 Brock, on 22nd init, the wife of Mr. Alex. Mchem, of a son. Notice is hereby given that putting of the Council of the Cor retion of the County of Victorin will be helgoin the Count! Chun- ber at the TUESDAY, THE 8th OF JUNE, 1880, u 12 o'cwcx, Hoax, {or the tranuction of xenon! business. By order, Coux'nr Gum's Omen, Linduy, My 26th, 1880. A LL panties are hereby cautioned 'mt neg otiatin premium:- not. m by me in favor of fihnald Mo ab, or Bearer, dated May7th.1880,forthe sum oi chin)! . fivedollm, and witnessed by N oil McDonald, I having received no value for the “me. HE Munici ICounoil of the Tm of Eldon, VB?“ hold: Court of Rovblon to revise the Assessment Roll of aid Mali- cipnlity for the year 1880, and tho to bar appeals in reference to drainage bylaw, a MONDAY, THE 31:! DAY OF MAY 7880. MAGUIRE’S HOTEL, HARTLEY, Court Ema, in the I'm of Linda», on Club’s 0mg», Woodvfllo, May 10th. new A. MOFSQIS,‘ . M OUN TY OF VICTORIA. 'on. â€"lclcclricâ€"Solcchd and nostril“. COURT 01' ”VISION. GEORGE CARTER, NOTICE. T. MATCHETT. ‘ County Cloak m 15, ban. 1, Eldon.