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INEfI 00 - The ‘! Saw Ii", "his jUADE. ~Fo: SS: it“ or ad z:p5c*stsndl puviicis to ff 3mg 5121'" mia. ‘ Class Meat Shop in connec- ; F test: Beef, Lamb, Pork, Sausages, ked and Dried Ham. Come and get befom you purchase elsewhere. .--A‘ rlh'B ”any. h" and in ion 12, wa I. YEREX, Little Britain ”[9356 Von 1 want.your trade in the Custom cioihing lme. Can save you several dollars on a. 51:"- md guarantee to (011 Want a Implements? ' keep only the best MASSEY-HARRIS d5, Bicycles, Cultivators, Drills, Mow- Tedders, Rakes, Reapers, and Bind- Also a full stock 01Plows and acts, Bain Wagons and Toronto “mills. ...at... TE’S, the Leading Shoe Store, ant-st, Lindsay_ tlemen of Mariposa ...lfl .. ' ts”, Ladies’ and Wes MMER SHOES CIAL BARGAINS on can get ya custom-'made suit from :3 about as cheap. Call and let me low you goods and quote prices. '. RICH., [tam in Builders! I fitment. PM sawzn TILEâ€"all the bes The Little Britain Cash Store. Sgcently erected a commodious lime ‘ jacem to office and easy to load at Don’t buy “ Ready-Myles ” when E 0' Is at band. Buy Your 811 ‘ 381‘s fr om us ;ALfiindsay pnces. nP lme of Teas an 5 Ge 11. eral G ° racemes. Alwa YS flesh I GRE L0a! 6.1311433, FILES! “Ia. f kind 0 Late [0" Piles; heals Every e t " c(“Timon pimple 0 th mos it “leer ER and EGGS Wanted. 1‘, Shingles, Lime and Tile RVANS 00. Large Stocks Best Brands Guaranteed Satisfaction ’ WOOd and Lumber Dealers. DING . 25 CENTS A BOX IE 15 well known to contrac aL-class, reliable lime at a 7 LIME, from the Milton, is a quick setter and forms The Tailor, Little Britain c1al in CUT, FIT AND .lties at the present time, it to thcirgadvamage tc to sell PERRIN’S Penin’s Drug are ever in trouble know that without having to look for him he is always at our backs in his own way. It may not be our way, but it is effective. When the Coro- ner’s jury brought in a verdict of man- slaughter against me after midnight and Col. Hughes read of it next morning, I had not to lock him up. I found that he had visited every place in Ottawa he could think 0! where I wou?d likely be found. Had gone and consulted one of the nicest and ablest lawyers I ever met, the firm of McCracken, Henderson 8; McGiverin, and when I found him he had planslaid for my defence. Unlike some who would be ashamed to sit beside or recoanize one charged such as I was, Col. Hughes came to the police court and sat beside me both days of trial and as my lawyers admitted, had given most valuable suggestions. He was not ashamed of a poor railway engineer charged with manslaughter. I appreciated and remember his kindness forI was like a child in such matters. never having been in a court before. I therefore desire «to publicly thank Col. Hughes for proving himself a friend in need and for having stood at my back when the “weather was not fair.” I also thank the lawyers, especially vrung Mr. McGiverin and the leading man Mr. Mc- Cracken for their ability and attention. Yours truly, ARTHUR GRANGER, Engineer. Depot Harbor, Aug. 3rd, 1:99. Sunâ€"Recently my attention has been drawn to your report of the meeting of the executive of the County Prohibition Asso- ciation which was held in Lindsay some time ago. An error Iwill correct: You say: ‘ 'AstrongresolutionintroducedbyDr. Her riman taking the ground that temper- ance people should vote for only prohibi- tionist candidates for the Commons was voted down.” Allow me to say that no such resolution was introduced by me or Allow me in conclusion to publicly thank Col. Sam. Hughes, M P., for his kindness and assistance in my hour of need. Col. Hughes does not make a parade of himself with railroad men, but those of us who a. moment's he itation by Pol ce Magi-1- trate O‘Keefe who throughout was strictly impartial. I knew I was innocent myself; but to satisfy the Police Magistrate and the public was my chief desire, for I do value the opinion of my friends. SO‘ a u we nditor of the Watchman-Warden SIR,â€"For the information of my many ' ‘ friends in and around Lindsay, who have been shocked at the recent accident on the Ottawa, Arnprior 8: Parry Sound railway ’resulting in the death of a very estimable young man, Mr. J. A. Bull of Ottawa, and at my having been charged with man- showed that in every respect, I was obey- ing the rule of the company to the letter, and was in no sense responsible for the accident. Evidence was given by the engineer of the leading train that the young man fell off the tender four or five; seconds after the conductor signalled him to start ahead while the train of which I was engineer could not possibly have reached the spot. for “two or three minutes." The van and rear car of the train ahead of me had become detached from the rest of the train by the pulling out of a draw-bar and the evidence showed ,that such a separation and the sudden ‘ application of the air brakes thereby would give quite a jar to the train, while the previous sudden starting of the train ahead and the consequent jerking would also cause a jar. It was also proved that scarcely a particle of damage was done to the van in front a: my engine while none of the men, fireman Albert White, Con- ductor Young, brakeman R. Moore, or brakeman H. Banfield felt any shock whatever. Indeed my train was in the first instance not going more than three miles an hour and was just stopped when it touched the detached van and car. It is gratifying to me that after the fullest in- quiry I was instantly discharged without ‘ To the Editor of WatchmamWarder The Prohibition Vote. Inductor signalled him e the train of which I d not: possibly have tor “cwo or three and rear car of the had become detached 9 train by the pulling The public were led to believe and did believe that by their votes they were de- ciding the great question at issue. Upon no other grounds would they have toler- ated such a large expenditure of money, time and energy. The speeches and litera- ture of both parties conveyed the same idea. Men voted on both sides with that belzef, and it was never intimated that thOse who failed to vote would be taken into account. When the premier was ap- proached with the result of the voting and reminded of the people's expectations he admitted “that the vote under the circum~ stances, is a large vote." There is no doubt but they intended to have the ma- jority rule. It is the only fair way and we intend to abide by that first proposition of the Hon. Mr. Laurier himself. I will not now say What the government should do. They must be their own ad- visers- and the peop‘e must now take the case in their own hands. How does it stand? If we count the territorits asa province we find seven provinces voting largely for prohibition, and only Quebec giving an adverse vote and altogether likely that was given for political purposes, for at the time of the voting about three- fourths of the rural municipalities of Quebec were already under local prohibi- tion. Counting the votes of the Whole Dominion we have a substantial majority â€"but leaving out Quebec the provinces gave about 108,000 majority for prohibition- Seven provinces out of eight gave large majorities. There are 213 members of parliament, 1'28 constituencies of whom voted for and 85 against prohibition, giving 43 of a. ma- jority. Outside of Quebec there are 148 members and 120 of their constituencies voted for and only 28 against prohibition. The Victories are among those that voted for prohibition. The average majority for prohibition was 1042. M'e polled a. larger percentage even of the whole voters’ list, than did the Liberal party in 1896. With such large majorities we want to know why Quebec or any party interest should keep seven provir-ces from the relief de- mandedâ€"and 100,000 voters echo, why?â€" Yours truly, M. L. HERRIMAN. President County Prohibition Association. A LETTER ON THE SUBJECT BY THE WM. DAVIES COMPANY. The question of soft. bacon has been a very grave one for some time. Buyers and packers have constantly asked the farmers to avoid feeding in a way that; Will pro- duce the soft; product. The following letter receiwd recently by Mr. W. J. Moore from the William Davies Company will serve as a valuable direction to our readers who raise hogs : DEAR SIR,â€"AS far as we can learn the chief cause for soft hogs from all sections during the past six weeks is that the hogs have been allowed to run more or less on the grass, or have been fed soft green weeds. We incline to think if you make it an inflexible rule that you will take no hogs which have been fed in this way/“for at least one month prior to the time they are offered for sale that there will be very little heard about soft bacon. Unfortun- ately along with this grass, owing to a shortage of grain in farmers hands, in many sections corn has been fed very freely. This makes a verv bad combina. tion, and has intensified the difficulty. We have all common interest in this matter, and we repeat what we have said at various times during the past few weeks, viz., that we earnestly solicit your co-operation in reducing this trouble of soft bacon to the smallest possible point by the closest scrutiny of the manner in which hogs have been fed in your section and rejecting all doubtful stockâ€"Yours truly, ‘ THE WM. DAVIES Co. limited." | The government did not say there must be a majority of the electorate polledâ€" although they were interrogated on the subject. The country accepted the plebis- cite as a test of the will of the people on this great question and were led to believe that the will of the people as expressed at the polls would be carried out by the government. The premier when closely pressed to be definite and plain so as to remove all ambiguity from his statements, said he was endeavoring to obtain “the honest expression of the opinion of the people on this impo: tant question, " and in order to do that he was “asking every man Who comes to the poll to say whether or' not he is in favor of a prohibitory law." Markâ€"before the vote was taken he thought he thought of nothing else. but taking the will of the people as expressed by those who “came to the polls.” Again the said “those who find themselves in the minority will have to concur in the verdict of the majority.” Only those who came to the polls could join in giving a “verdict" -not the absent ones. Similar expres sions were used during the discussion in the House of Commons, and at other times, not only by the premier, but by other responsible members of the government, and I am satisfied that at that time they were perfectly honest and intended to take the “expressed will” of the people as the guide of their future action. If not then 1 what is the meaning of such language 'Z l The above shows that the great packing companies are in earnest. in this matter. against, and on all fair contests only thqse who vote are taken into account; yet there are those who would reckon all the absent, dead, sick and indifferent as if. thi‘y had soted, or had expressed an opinion and thus try to swell the little 16 per centum outside of Quebec, that voted against prohibition to something like respectable proportions. THE CAUSE Oh SOFT BACON. LINDSAY, THURSDAY. AUGUST 10th. 1899. It’s very easy to tell your creditor when he calls that you haven’t the change handy, it's perhaps easier to lie about money matters than almost anything else in the world, but you oughtn’t to do it. Of course your duty is first to yourself and family, and you don't need to keep the baby on half rations in order to do the square thing by your creditors, but the chances are you could cut off enough frills of one kind and another if you only tried, to enable you to get square with every- body. If you are in debt make your old suit do another season, postpone your sum- mer holidays for awhile, or reduce your liquor bill. Don't keep on spending money on frills in order to ease your con- science when you stand 011' your grocer. Pay him first and buy your frills after. You‘ll be surprised how much better you'll feel, and as for your grocerâ€"Well the shock may not kill him, and if he lives through it he’ll never sell you sand in your sugar again. The Americans are now seriously study- ing the problem of building a ship canal entirely within United States territory, from the great lakes to the seaboard. The lake traffic is increasing with marvelous rapidity. The construction of such a canal is only a question of time. A de- spatch from Sault bte. Marie says that the month of June touched the high-water mark at the United States and Canadian canals at Sault Ste. Marie, the freight tonnage of over three and a half million tons for the month breaking all records This tonnaze was not only greater than that of any previous month in the history of the canals, but it exceeded by 244,,390 tons the total traflic of St. Mary’s canal during the entire year 1885. Preposed United States Ship Canal One of the greatest problems that confronted Mr. Rafter in devising his route and meeting the engineering difficulties was to supply the necessary water to the summit level, which is at the city‘of Home. A great volume of water would be required for this purpose, and it must be obtained with due regard to the interests of existing industries. He finally hit upon the plan of constructing‘ an immense dam at Carthage, on the Black river, Jefferson county. making a lake covering eighty square miles of land. It will be large enough to control the whole flow of the river and secure a tremendous increase to the water power of the manufacturing concerns in that part of the State. It would also supply to the ship canal the volume of water needed for any emergency. From this storage reservoir Mr. Rafter has located a canal ninety miles long, as large as the Erie, to the proposed ship canal just west of Rome, and on the way down has planned a secondary reservoir in the Salmon river. This feeder canal will require the excavat- ing of more than 20,000,000'cubic yards of earth and rock. Mr. Rafter‘s plan is to cut a. canal 30 feet deep and 310 feet wideâ€"which is three and one-third times the depth and five times the width of the Erie canalâ€"from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario around Niagara Falls, leaving lnke Ontario at OSWt'gO, through the Oswego river to Oneida lake: thence through the Mohawk to the Hudson river. A single lock will be 1000 feet long, with walls over 50 feet high. A preliminary report has been made by Geo. W. Rafter of Rochester, who was retained a few years ago by the United States Board of Engineers as consulting engineer, and who has since beed diligent.â€" ly at work in making investigation as to the practicability of a ship canal. Atarecent meeting of the New York Board of Trade. Mr. Jas. S. Cannon, 3. New York banker, fired some hot shot at the people who don’t pay their bills. He raised his voice in behalf of the butcher, the grocer, the dressmaker, the lace.1 tradesmanâ€"of all who supply our daily needs and» keep the household wheels turning. He said that the prompt pay- ment of obligations to such creditors was a duty that was scandalously neglected, to the derangement of business, to the dis. tress of individuals, and the detriment of the whole. community. Persons who hadn’t the money to pay their honest debts he sorrowed for, but persons who had the money and didn‘t pay he denounc- ed. â€"Frank Mahoney was caught in a switch rod ab Sarnla, on Thursday. and while trying to extricate his foot was run down by a passing car and ‘terxib‘y crushed, dying a few hours later. [London News] Of all the habits of modern civilization â€"and they are many and evilâ€"the habit peonle have of standing off their creditors is about as far reaching in its disastrom consequences as any. If you stand off your butcher, he has to stand off some: ne else, who also has to do the same, and the result is that yourlittle delinquency causes achain of delinquencies of a like nature for which you are primarally responsible Debt sits lightly on many people’s shoulders. . It is easy to spend your money on whatever hoppens to appeal to your fancy, and let your creditors go hangâ€"‘ which some of them doâ€"but the easxest thing to do is not always the best thing to do. and we trust the frrmers will do all they can to avoid the evils here mentioned. There is no way to keep up the prior and reputation of Canadian pork except the most careful attention to feeding. Standing off Creditors Are If 50, Pin t1 CANNE â€"~Potted Ha: â€"Canned Cw â€" Canned Pe: â€" Cann Our is alwa) s can Cu: TE Parties intending to build will find that our Lindsay Yard contains all that is ne- cessary in Barn Timber, Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mould- n s, em. ‘emenb of the best quality for Stable or Cellar Floors, Walks, etc. TOWN OFFICE - 77 MILL OFFICE - 18 SUISBHIBE FUR THE WATEHMAN-WABDER, Noted for PURE TEAS and COFFEES Also BIGYGLES, KNOLL WASHER and TYPEWRITERS in stock My motto: Best Goods, Lowest Prices and Easy Terms. TELEPHONE ‘he Rathbun Com pan 3* Because we buy often and in car lots, and can give you the best value for your money. is alwa) 5 complete with choice lines of: Tens, Cofi‘ees, Sugais Currants and Raisins. Fruits in season. ARBH. BAMPBELL’S is also complete. We carry a large stock and only First- Class goods. Our cubtcmers all receive our best attention. â€"Corned Beef 'â€"Ox Tongue â€"- Sardines â€"~Potted Ham â€"Corned Beef â€"Bottled ( â€"â€"Canned Catsup â€"Little Neck Clams â€"~ Salmon â€"Canned Peaches â€"Bottled Pickles â€"Lobsters If 50, Pin this to your Eat, and go t6 BRADY for )our CANNED GOQDS 7 Only the newest and freshest Are You Going Picnicking ? TH OS. 131?le Y J. J. “@therup, Our Grocery Department â€"Canned Strawberries â€"Canned Pine Apple ...General Groceries WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS, LINDSAY I G. H. M. BAKER Sell Sugar- lines kept in stock. 00000006 .000... TELEPHONE 8!. BOX 4I3, LINDSA for sale at my new Show Rooms, comer Sussex . . . .and Peel-sts. . .. Hard, Soft and Blacksmith Coal, always in stock. Hardwood and Millwood delivered to an%part of the town. _ indsor Salt (Dairy Cheese and Butter Brands). All at. reasonable prices. SEWING MACHINES NOTICE! â€"-A full stock of- â€"Bott1ed Catsup 75 Cents per annum Family Groce Mr V WW - gmnw ll'C "culation 4,500 a AGENT A