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' lion threatening, will disturb their . nqunnimity on arouse them to the op , filiontion of lessons to-their own. intein ', Isthnght by the recent disastrous fire! in the- neighboring village; No Wont» be of more'i'mportance; both individunlly and collectively, to the poplo of Woodville than propel" pro-a potion. against fire, nnd yet when we no} then to- oonsider it, no one is will- hgeven to say a. word in its favor.. We knobroughe the matter before them .gnin, nod. it now remninn lbr them to deal with it. 121' some of 'our influential men woulth take the mntteu- in hnnd, all n meeting of the-villagersnnd have it discussed,. the. first step would' be uken, and something, might be sug. {noted which would enable us tonlny the progress of a. fire should one break out in. our village. FARMERS NOTES counrnr CREDI'HS. Elm Ad’vmam. In our issue of the 28th ult., we at~ tempted toshow the necessity that ex~ bud in our village for some kind of protection against fire, and invited cor»- veepondenoe-in. reference to the matter; but we have received none; and' as nothing has been said or done in regard ‘ thereof, we may safely conclude that the people of \Voodville are satiefied with their pieeent position in this re« ppect. We have endeavored to arouse them to a sense of their danger and to the-state of insecurity in which- they ‘ are living, but without efi'ect. A state of. apathy in refemnce to any public finprovement or necessity seems to ex- ibt‘ainongst our people which it is next to impossible!» disturb ;they continue In tkeume, and nothing, no matter OWM to some delay or miscarriage of the mail our TOronto letter just ar- zived as we are going topress. \Veuu-e harry, as it is more than usually inter- esting, containing as it does a repoxt of tho doings of H. R. H. the Princess Louise and His Excellency the Glover. nor-General during the first week of the Exhibition . MORE FIRE PROTECâ€" Tho following extract; ill-om. the Jbur- ga‘ of Commerce will find an exact qountorpm in the manner in whichâ€"- Q0 3 great (sneakâ€"business has been qurriod on in this section lor a number of yours, the disastrous efi‘ectmof which ”atom. are too palpable to. our one:- gimme, to need any comment :â€" ‘.‘.A year or two ago, ‘muny country qtorekeepere. in. the West, finding it wry difiipult to obtain payment of their geeounts~ from. the Strmere, resolved to try the egpedient of using their prom- iuoxy notes for the amounts past due. 'lhe farmer pressed from. time to time fir payment wan~ g‘nd to avail himself of such an easy way out of his trouble, and readily signed his name, in. mnny oases thanking Providence that that amount was settled and off his mind. time. temporary relief thus acquired wee deemed at all events pieferahle to sell“ ipg his grain when prices were low, or mrifioiug a part of his stock when he find plenty to.feed them, or before they were in good condition. These notes Quad their way into the hunks in. Hum- thon. Leudonund Reroute, haying been transferred to the wholesale denier as qolluteral security for the puynmnt of ucodunts for which the cash was not fiirthooming. But they, soon matured, and the farmer, who, frequently cures 9' little for the clmmcter of his ‘ prom.- iie to pay' as did the Mundes of Berlin or the Mechanic-8‘ Bank, seemhegnn to mpent him of lmving been so free with tho~pen. The storelieeper wnstnppmlu ed to, hot he lmd‘nothing to do with it; it. was fin. some cases) Entirely, out of his-hum 9;;aml ho secretly rejbiced in marsswsemof: hia- glm. for collccting WOODI'ILLB, SEPT. IT, 1879. “ Pro Bono Publico." TION’. what he should not have been able otherwise so soon, save through the loss of his customer, who in umnv instances snfi‘ered himself to be sued and mulcted 7'1 costs, before he paid the note. But one or two exlmriences of the kind were enough {Or the turcly farmer, uml he has latterly been very loth to pay his ec~ counts to the storekeeper even by way of promissory notes. ‘I‘ It is not of the farmers, however, many of whom 1uy their accounts with almost commercial regularity, that the storekeeper has most to complain.â€" ’l‘here are in mi near every count: y village a number of persons who, nendw ing the payment of their weekly or monthly wages at the mi F, the factory, or on the farm, obtain c1 elit for small amounts at the store, which are gradu- ally allowed to swell into one or two hundred dollars. And it is not alone with the storekeeper, having little or no capital: of his own. and. who obtains his credit easily from. some wholesaler who, in turn, has a liberal line oi dis~ ‘ count at some free and easy banking institution, that such a method is possi- ble. The most careful country buyer and prompt pay is often led into grant- ing such easy credit, and’ the result is not unfiequently that the debtor.‘ pulls up stakes" between two days, moves to some focality in the next county, or takes a trip across the lines whence he sends for his family at his leisure. lit pays such a man, with whom character is otten at little moment, to move away rather than pay such a sum ; but this is more especially the case if some calamn ‘ ity should befall the proprietors of the mill or factory, causing a suspension of operations, and throwing numbers out of employment ; or the fiu'mer has not sold his grain, or it may bee. poor crop, and all he gets for it is eaten up by the interest he is compelled to pay to- the ,LtmnfiS‘ociety. _ “ \Ve have In our mind 8 eye- several cases to Iwhich these remarks will ups ply, aud’ our readers in various parts of the couutl y willl not have to look far for an example. ‘ "‘ "' It be" lhooves the country merchant, if he would assist m. the restoring of credit to e. proper basis all round, to be as careful] of the-goods mtrustewto him as should be the-bank manager who hesi» tubes to. lend without sufficient security the capital entrusted to his charge,.and, as some-farmers have received! a lesson as regards the exacting chau‘acber of promissory notes, to bring- the matter houw to-them. still further by a. rea; sonable pressure for payments when grain and other produce in their barns is gradually losing part of its value by shrinkage and ruttage, and the lhss of interest which thev must pay for the money thus lent them by the store~ keeper." 5 Tm editor of the St. 'llhomas Home Journal, om mtiringvfiom that papeI to take a position on the stuff of the To- ,ronto Glade, was entertained! at a. five- .. 'wcll dinner,“ which he is reported to have made- the following appropriate and disinterested (Iii-om. hisrchangsd po- sition» remarks with regard to the bene- fits of the local press. “ It is your local paper," he said, “that writes your local history, that advocates your local interests, that promotes your local in~ 'idustries, that ediwatesthe people in the politics of the country.. What interest have the citmpapcrsciw tlo'e interior-towm‘l‘ E'very citizen. in the country should .t‘tel. it his duty to support, at least, one 'ot' the locnl pspeIs, nnd» every business ‘ man who has a. sense of glatitnde In his breast, will feel that he ought to ad~ vertile. While the newspapers are writing- up- the toWn. and striving to make it mhueiness centre, there are busio boss men- who profit by; the enterprise of the newspapers, and boast that it ’never costs them. a. cent! The news- papers deserve other patrounge, and he was pleased to observe that the-services of the press were better wpreciated during the past ten years. 'llhe counâ€" try press was new independent and out- spoken, and not. dependent for its in- spiration upon foreign sources.” Ox the 28th ult., Coroner Sanderson held an inquest at the house of Mr. Sims, of South ()iilliu, on the body of Mrs. lfilizuheth Williunmon, a woman upwards of 70 years of: age. Deceased was from J urratt’s Corners, and haul been visiting her grundihtughtor, who Was in Mrs. Sims’s service. The poor old creature was almost blind,‘and the granddmtghtergoing down collar, on the 31th, cautioned her not to move. «The old women did get up, however, and walked into the Cellarwuymnd fulL- ing to the bottom, her neck was brok- en. The. jury,. after careful enquiry, returned it verdict of accidental death und exonerated the grumldmlghter from all blaine.~L’(wlre£,, ~ Tut: ”em/(I says an Oumuzee local sporting gentleman was smuewlmt dim- gusmd one day Inst. “Week, to find, uftcr pmlullingaewmmm mikes IIUWII the river, that. some one with nmlicu afore- Llumght luul substituted a pair of old truusers fur his fishing not. He pants to get hold of the purpcuutor 0f the joke. Mn. “/31. DOME, 6th com. Emily, met. With a {mu-fill accident, on Monday. He was engaged mowing Hungarian grass, and by some means Immune en» tangled in. the machine, with the uesult of one of his legs being nearly Severed from the-body. Dr. Kincaid was cull- ed to attend the wounded nnm, and them ale-some hopes that. amputation of the limb will not. be necessmy. Accnosx‘r.â€"â€"Mr. Wm. Cl-u-ke’s fif- teen months old daughter Maud was the subject of a painful accident last Friday. She fell off»: atop about two feet high, and ulighted in. such a man- neras to bendâ€"but not to break as was at first fearedâ€"her right arm be~ low the elbow. Proper medical treat“ ment was given, and the injury will not be permanent, although the little thing has suffered mucluâ€"Ilerald. M :1. Wu. BALL, of Franklin had the forefinger of his right hnnd taken off by a small circular saw, while trimming l door pannels at Mr. J. Noble's house. 3 His hand slipped while pressing heavi- ly on the piece he was. trimming. Dr. lBrcreton was telegraphed for, who ’dtlessedy the out, which bled little, but was very painful. Much sympathy is. 'felt for the young man, he having had: his other hand tendered helpless by a THE heroineof the Barrie regatta is in training at present on the waters of Lake Simcoe, at; Atherley, having re- ceived and acceptedâ€"or rather her backers haveâ€"a challenge Iron) her vanquished opponent at Burnie. She is taking a good amount. of land exer» else, as well as doing some strong row- ing, and showing some excellent stay- ing powers; and we think her fair opponent. will have to get. up on her muscle if she does not come 011' second best. ‘ On. Tuesday, two females lately from. fWhitby, were'dhmk, and being refuse ‘.ed liquor at Macguire’s hotel, one of ‘ them took ofl‘her boot and stmck the~ 1 bar-tender over the- head. The, were- ‘ got out with some dificulty. Constable :Mofiut was aent for and reached the hotel just as the “ ladies" returned to renew the fray. They were arrested and. lodged in the lockmp. Next ,m‘omii’ig Mr. Booth lined them $11.25 each, inclusive of costs. The fine- mus ,paid, and: they left town yesterday.â€" dim/cat. .- lmrmlem, and would ha far better 0" with their families. They should only be sent to gsol when they are pronounc- ed dungerons after proper nurdical exp. .aminatiom Our hue": are heavy ‘enough without increasing them in film beenmnctogiol for they are both I l t' way..â€"W‘arder. saw some years- ago while sawing at Mr. Algee’hmill, B‘haetwood. (Home our own Genreepondent.) VILLAGE lurmwmexmâ€"Our village is. then hnve been making a number of im- provements on the streets of the village, which adds considerably to the appesrsnce of the place as well us greatly to the comfort and convenience of all who frequent our thoroughfares. Considerable improvement has been nude in grading and grovelling the principal streets nudnnnch more remain, to. he done in-tlmt line. Also, a large amount of sidewalk has been lnid down. The lum- ber {or the sidewalk wnssupplind by Messrs. Stevenson Gattic, plopiietors of our steam saw mill, at 86p or 1000 delivered on the streets; the cedar was supplied by om far- mole, and the villa eIs ‘mIII-d out on mane and it was soon laidI About $300 worth of sidewalk. has been laid. and this without in- creasin v the taxes of former years, and I think t mt We esn safely say that tlIerOis ll0 village, with the same population, that has n hetten sidewalk. lImmng;â€"â€"o’l‘llo farmers of this vicinity are must] through with the harvest. The Spring.“ hunt. is» far below the average crop, while the Fall ‘\'\hcntis turning out very gnml., that which has been thrashed yielding about forty bushels per ncro. Mr. Wm. Ritchie, of Point Mara. tin-Mb» cd thrsoncrcs 0f oat“, which turned out; ‘mvm lmmlrecl mul fifty bushels, or, over ei hty bushels to the stem. Ummmy of your E “On farmers beat that? SENDING. Luxuries 'ro GAouâ€" A feeling in gaining ground, and not, with out good reason, that. the county is put. to a good deal of unnnoassary “fume in having. sommny lunatics conqxglwd to tho County Gaol. John Clark and Flora. McDbugall should never have 142.2; 0m gcighhom. FPRS-T-CLASS YOUNG HORSE-'â€" (Rbmlatcr)-â€"Uhenp for Unit. Apply JOHN McDONALD. Insurance Agent. km, #2 prdvillo P.,0«, FOR SALE. BREUHII-N. ° Can you i, ;And* the low price- charged' for it puts it within the reach of every farmer- ' in the- townships. of Eldon, M‘ariposa, Thorah and' Brock, 3nd all should have it in their‘homes. I'ts columns are~fillei with the 1? Latest News from all .Pai'ts of the. World E ,, Satisfaction Guarantee¢ THE ADVOCATE. It will be our endeavour during the present year to make “ THE ADVOCATE” even superior to what It has heretofore been. 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