Pee ap "ander = ra AND COUNTY OF. A et. GAZETTE. VOL. XII. STRATFORD, ONT., WE WEDNESDA E, JANUARY 11, 1888, NO. 627. "KIND WORDS NEVER DIE" SOME REMARKS FROM BROTHER EDITORS OVER " THE TIMES" MAN'S ELECTION AS he ayoR. Many of our Sticitingpatanion throughout this section, especially thése with whom . we have had personal acquaintanceship, xpress themselves friendly over the result a the Fes Magee election in this city, and even our natural modesty won't prevent Tux Times from re-producing « few that have come to hand : The Mitchell Recorder cruelly ar ~ dash seems to Stratford seas ory week ; what can the be? t has become of the dash?" The London ig Press evidently never felt our weigh, for it solemnly wished ** More pene to Mayor Butler's elbow - term of office we shall have pa anew, submitting to all rth witha uit dignity. especially as our weight is 240 po' Our eee of the St. Marys Journal would play off their F aay: at the expense of our F it The Journal congrata- lates So ot THe Srratrorp Sean vn hia election as Mayor of the city of Stratford for 1888. Our jovial cotem. will All the chair admirably, for he is * built that way. Mr. 'Geo. H. Hale, of the Orillia Packet, yor of Stratford--your ' native city,' L observe by the dyer Free Press. I _ you a happy and prosperous New {Thanka, Lampe? Stratford is say our native city, but as we have claimed it as our home for the past 31 years, the " Press was not far astray.] he Woodstock Jime+ kindly said ¢g-- = jeattor Butler, of Tux STRATFORD 'Pres, been elected Mayor of the city, and other newspaper men are jealous. One of the papers says Stratford has disgraced sig This is -- specimen of paltry envy. From what we have frequently oat, Mr. ee is likely to hll the position with honor to the city and credit to himself, and we congratulate him upon his election The Mitchell Advocate remarked :-- ** We extend our hearty congratulations' to Mr. Butler, the Mayor-elect of Strat- The 'boys' will now have to put , and sit at the footstool rt. _ Batier "stayor - the infant the ' boys' joculting the 396 fteligent electors who votéd for hi Right yo The town rep anid : :--* Tix 'Srratronp. Traes week estos _-- its 13th ¥en, aad Brother Batler his first unto rie, tines, Tne 'STRATPORD Tres i ina spicy, ag --- journal." ---- Continuing, Mr. well, Tne ay of the Advertiser, hae Phys ; Brother Butler, roprietor ral Tue StRAtTroRD Tistss and Dapee of the city of Stratford : Allow us, Brother journalist and - fellow quill driver, to congratula: you, sir, on your success and the honor bestowed upon you on your hecoming Mayor of the phn seat of Perth and city of Stratford. You are still behind Tue Tres and Mayor of the city, wits the _-- fellow is an exile. The power of the press is immense,' With a cline an rnd a largeness of heart which does him credit, Mr. A. Matheson, of the Zeacon, thus replied to the Herald': wailing and abuse in the last edition of that per :-- nam vonaLty--Pity tuk Sonsows. --Our youthfal contemporary up-street does not take a hopefal view of the muni- cipal situation, as resulting from Monday's election: Iq fact, it seems to worked itself into a fury over the matter. It says the " bottom is reached " (whatever that means) and " Stratford . disgraced " he" election of Mr. Butler as mayor. e can easily understand that the raalt should be saddening to Py porary. It is eo gegen: tease city should pur- course with lamp to ite Wis dom an terests Lot, 'This one god came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge'--refuses in effect to harken to his cour voice, Will it not be to our contemporary's interest to escape the mountain, as destruction cannot be much longer delayed'? Now, Mr. Butler was not the nen s candidate, _ ot longest acquainted with him had confi- dence in his-ability te fairly and honestly conduct the affairs of the city, so far as the occupying of the Mayor's chair will _| give him authority. The kind words of the Beacon toward the Mayor-elect cannot but be gratefully received, coming in the face of the volumes of low abuse and malicious falsehoods which characterized the writings of the inexperienced and silly youths who, by virtue of their father holding a Govern- ment office, have managed to blossom forth within the last 12 months as editors and mud-slingera in this city. The wish is father to the thought with this latest addition to the ranks of newspaperdom in Stratferd, that the newly-clected Mayor will disgrace the office to which be has been elected ; but they and theirs, and the dyspeptic clique they represent, will be as woefully deceived in this as they were by the result of the voting on Monday week. Mr. Batler has seen too much of the world and has too much respect for the people who elected him, and the City in which he has so long résided, and where he is now called' upon to. preside as chiet magistrate, to give the meanest of his enemies a chance to truthfnlly say -- J told you so!" He does not, however, expect to escape the slander and abuse which are the stock-in-trade of his cow- parse sat libellera. Liars and slanderers have the privilege of speaking and writing equally wit® honest people, and are always adepts at their business. Hereafter it.will be left to the citizens to judge of Mr. B.'s conduct as Mayor,andasa private citizen, and to them alone will he As the **Con- look for praise or condemnation. Beacon sensibly remarks above : ** demn him when he proves his unworthi- ** ness of the position in which the electors "have placed him." The respectable, right-thinking, honest and sensible people of Stratford will accept the Beacon's ad- vice--as for the others, neither the new Mayor, nor anybody else, cares a fig for them. ---------+ <9 «- -- Away with Him! Crucify Him!! cried the Pharisees in Jerusalem. Away with him! Crucify him !! cry the Phari- sees.of Stratford, They are not as brave nor as bold as their exemplars in the days of yore, but they excel them in their meanness ; and as bearers of false witness and base slanderers, they would put to shame the rankest and loudest mouthed the ofthe mob who clamoured on that oc- casion, Out upon such hypocrisy ! sacccemaniientpillptermaions --The Mitchell Recorder ig too compli- mentary altogether. It compares Mayor Clarke, of Toronto, and Reeve Skinner, of Mitchell, to the Rt. Hon. Sir Jonn Macdonald, and Mayor Butler, of Strat- ford, to the Hon. J. C, Chapleau, Secretary of State. Tux Times editor has never had the honor of meeting the distinguished French statesman and orator with whom he is compared, and therefore carnot tell where the resemblance comes in. If the Recorder had compared us with ' Auld Clootie "---although we have never seen him-either--we-could-have imagined that, like that individual, perhaps we are not so black as usually represented! Bro. Race, you really-do us proud | ed Sudden Death of Mr. James Young. On Sunday evening last, word was re- ceived by Mr. Clarence Ww. Young, of the Merchants' bank, in this city, of the death of his father, Mr. James Young, on that The late my. will be heard of with regret by many old acquaintances and friends. He was at one ore 4 the employ of the Royal Can- jan k, subsequently becoming its manager lg in which on cities he be much respected by all with whom he had transactions. Mr. Yo while in Strat- ford | = nd a ode. ® interest the welfare of "were i. -- regards mental suaty, et and general fitness, he will fll 'is eivio chair with more credit and hness than mayor. than from the foolish tirade a y y's issue of our contempo i hig is likely to be quoted by the cout ment. Stratford will be prone to think that ch lies its diagrace. et the new mayor a chance to w his fitness, or the re revere It will be time epough to condemn him when he proves his unworthiness of the ponition in which the electors have placed "tw reward to the above kindly referemees- 'Tix Yiwes editor returns thanks to those ~ brethren of the prese who hare--kacwn him longest, and perhaps fought hantest against him, ot else side by side with him ou many a political battle field.' It is pleasant for him, as Mayor-elect of Strat- ford, to feet'that those who have known him longest speak in the kindest tones toward him. The same may be said of the electors of Stratford who elected him as Mayor of the city on Monday week. willing to rerder yesterday (Tuesday) morning, at Georgetown, STRATFORD COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE. The following are e the names of the Goi. Inst. pupila prom from Form. I. C (They are not in the order of merit) :-- John teers Frank Danham, Maggie O'Leary, Willie foal D. bel rs Minnie ee Josie ' Daly, Jem iza f Meher Nellie O'Neill, Mabel Patterson, Agnes Pan' ht, pbell, Danham, Sydney | Johaston, Geo, McIotyre, Harry One. Jno. James eek Frank Dual mg ne eee Frank LO! THE POOR INDIAN! FEW PLAIN WORDS AROUT THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE CANA- DIAN INDIANS,--- AGENTS, AGEN- CIES, AND "AGENCY INSPECTORS." Rev. J. Gough Brick, of the Peace River Indian Mission, away off in the far North- West, preached two very interesting sermons in St. James' church on last Sun- day, and also lectured in the city hall toa large audience .an Monday evening. His sermon on Sunday morning drew tears from many sympathetic eyes, as he des- cribed the moral, spiritual and physical sufferings of the non-treaty Indians in that district. He showed how the Indians were cruelly plundered by the Hudson Bay Co. and other monopolies, and also that owing to the scarcity of buffalo and game of all sorts, there was danger of their actual annihilation by starvation. The people and government of Canada will, we sre satisfied, never allow the good name of our" country to be disgraced by such a calamity. It is about time that the Canadian Government took hold of the man- agement of the Indians with a firm hand and acted in a business-like manner towards them. It is a fact which the public records will prove, not to speak. of the opinions of men who have visited the Indians in Ontario, Quebec and the North- West, that the most shamefal robbery and plunder exists in many departments of the public service where the management of the Indians is concerned. In the north- west there is scarcely room for doubt from the letters published and the speeches made by clergymen, teachers, and others, that many of the men appointed as Agents are totally unfitted for the position, and that the so-called Agencies are little better than harems, where Indian girls are debauched almost from childhood, For proof of this, it 's only necessary to turn to the letters of a well-known clergyman, published in 'the Mail and Globe a few monthayago, and which have never been authoritatively denied. Tue Times has beard direct from mem- bers of the Mounted Police, and from men who have lived in the North-West, that the whole system of purchasing ~ and dealing out supplies to the Indians of that country is rotten to the core, and @ dis- grace to those in authority who allow it to exist. This state of affairs must cease, and Tre Tres calls upon the Government at Ottawa to_take=steps-to edy-the City Loral Hews. Prank E. Harrison, Sa the Cana- mail service, C. P. sends Tux cearatalstienn from Port diaries fur = Dato." of Terenas song book "Serimgeour was "ald uy up with a sore throat all last week. He again, and we hope will remain Many a long day to come. mever . Bosworth's Seharmecn, 17 Market street. te lata th yr one pei me sponge, and re left to run was ss aca e concern too pore ied 2 dirty for even Charley to sto. mach any longer. A powerful new engine and boiler are being put in Scrimgeours' planing mill and factory. This will increase their facilities and make them fully equal to the building boom 'which will favor Stratford next summef. The New "Council. The. members-elect of the City Council for 188% will meet at 11 a.m., on Monday, 16th Mat., for organization, and at 7 o'clocksin the erin for the transaction of gengral bu Retter Pack Nert Time. Mr. James Skelton came within a few votes of belng elected Alderman in Romeo waad, gnd his friends feel elated at the handsame vote he received. Mr. Skelton was 1 without his knowledge or consent, afd only decided to age in the field he discovered that his name was eong Fy aa and wa not be re- moved, Mr. 8. is a working , employ ed i a the blacksmith shop a the Round. house dad is an intelligent, industrious, and f et citizen, one who if elected would Have done his dutyin a fearless'and gentleManly manner. The splendid rua he m this year augurs well for h election' should he --_-- on another oc- casion& They Good esa: to + Meamigedt Last week's Herald aig pram complimented the new City Council for , When it said that after Mr. Lang the announcement of the the Esra Piao election, ** the ampered out of the Li aad The 'aetes testable, thieving rats infested that building some years ago were unceremoniously expe on for- ee by Mr. Fay hm action ss 'the Calinoid. Rata a cunning stage and oP showed 'thelr out of the way when by the eratd pi wind who were ie rt Sorta jet in- warn refuve. rh tho_Indian Agency. City Loral Aews. Mr. Thos. Ballantyne, M. P. P., is his way home from England, and will arrive next wee! Walsh Bros. alw ee low prices, and the citizens all have to go to them if they want bargains. For example y are selling coal oil at 15 cta. per gallon. For bargains in ready-made clothing-- caps, over-coata, pants, ts, coats, vests, snd all manner of gents' furnishings Messra. Tolton Bros, at the Yellow Net, who are partica larly anxious to see you, = will afterwards be glad that you peta Brault, bra brakeman on the 1.C.R. Amherstburg train, while walking on the track recently, found a $700 diamond mae? which belonged to a wealthy Buffalo who had allowed it to slip ey her hand while washing in a Wagner car. The lady offered a reward Pal | $100 for its return, and the money was paid over to Mr. Brault. Mrs. Robt Smith will come commence tuition of the piano and organ on and after to-day, Wednesday, gone inst. Ali old pupils, as well as new are requested to attend wely. 3 Mrs. Smith was in at- tendance at the Ontario Music bea gg ol Convention in Toronto, last mon in which body she has held a poaition as member of the Executive Committee for the past two years. The picture, ° " Suffer little Ra sor to Come unto Me," offered by the Montreal Witness to their daily and wisidly sub- scribers, is a work reproduced in oil colors with great richness and beauty, aad it is a wonder to all who receive it how the eir testimonies having been published i in the Witness, Macnair's Aaneat Ctlearing-Out Sate, If you want to see real '* logic of facts," pertaining to bargains in dry goods, etc., read the advertisement of Messr@. A. Mac- aair & Co.--that well-known, progressive, reliable, heavy-weight clothing and fur- nishing house pf Stratford--who hold a thirty days' eale from the 9th inst. This annual grand clearing-out --_-- me an institution with Messrs. nair, and their namerous customers know the great value to be obtained during its progress. As there are some $35,000 worth of goods to be slaughtered, at the lowest prices, everyone should take advantage of this great opportunity. Ball and "Supper. The union ball and supper of Div. No, Engin Avon lndae Xe aed in the Thursday evening agi Jan @ large attendance is evil. Loyalty to the Conservative party does not demand that gross abuses. should be allowed to exisLamongst these wards of ths Dominion, withoat protest from the Party press. Some people will . say "the only good Indian is the dead In- dian." Can they listen to such men as tev. Mr. Brick. and then repeat the asser- tion? We think not. Among Mr. Brick's auditors on Sunday was Mr. S. R. Hesson, . {.P,, and no person in the congregation was more deeply affected than the respected member for North Perth, as the sufferings of .these poor untutored Indians were depicted in eloquent, touching and graphic language. This being the fact, Tue Tres has faith in its member to believe that he will use his influence te have justice done to these poor people. It is ridiculous for Canadians to send money to convert French Canadians, to convert Brahmins, or to convert Turks, when they have in their own country thousands of Indians on the verge of starvation -- who are the victims of systematic robbery by an out- rageous monopoly like the Hadson's Bay Company on one hand, and the sys- tematized robbery by Indian Agents and ** Agency Inspectors," government bull- dozers and legalized ravishers on the other. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are spent annually for the education, care and have teken erg How Did it Occur ? The experience of railroad conductors is somewhat varied, and often st ange stories can be told by them, but probably one of the most am incidents pent.' to Conaaneat Richardson on his wa ioe from rd on Wednesday last, : rnd the train sonkh tara n a several miles om -_ 'oles Whether Buff had been telling her how fuch he would like to have a son and on him, or whether em when leavin; However, fellow was well taken care of by the co: ductor and returned to his mother the next day.-- Wiarton Echo. I. OFOLF.--Annt of the Indians of Canada, | d¢ but we venture to say that if the matter 'were traced out, it would bediscovered that not one-third of the money ever |. reaches those poor people. It would be found that the other part went to feed, clothe and maintain a small army of tazy, pompous, able-bodied barnacles, with families as numerous as those favored the patriarchs of old, ex- amples of which ye have right in our own city. "It is not ry to go to Peace River or even to the Sarnia Reservation to find living specimens of the class of people who are allowed to hang like leeches to a of Indian Affairs, sucking | roy ite life's blood in the shape of big salaries for doing 'nothing out of the fund annual. ly voted for. the maigténance of the In- |' dians. . It is time that Sir John A. Mac- donald and the party he controls swept these civabaren, away from the ship of estate, living,--or else leave the country they disgrace,--instead of fattening upon money stolen from the poor Indiana, Away with these lazy barnacles who are s curse to any community wherein they locate, In matters such as this Tux Ties is loyal to the People fir#t--to the Party second: It. is time for the Conservative -| Press to speak out honestly and with [" fated 'if torent nc Hi gic He in ofice. 3. J, Bown soa 2 T. Burke | essrs. Thos. Barr. committee-- a. D, Ross, Pirrie, T. Collins, J. Irwin 'and As O'Brien ; floor committee-- Ross and Eugene A. Ball. Manitoba and the North-West, Mr John Peddie, of Silver mak Weatern literature with bim in the shape of of the~country, and illustrated pamphlets shewing the nlagnificent scenery and the principal cities of 'that wonderful i, and accounts of the c whieh it -- - almost beyon realize that it no the direct pe nel of men ke Mr. Peddie, and the travellers who have visited the North-West and -- a themselves, Many of the people of this" section are talking seriousty of Bed Pa a voyage ae exploration next spring, and if the st suits they will castin their lot in the grea' gravary of the world. Burns' Anniversary. Thursday grguinte January 26th, is the night set apart sre fhe e St. 'Andrew' 8 Society for . their ~~, annual raged oer : The ma: re ha a rare ° no The best a liet In Catede as been secured, eatures 'of the rai belief to The concert f evéning, we are assured, will ecli similar event ever given in i in Strat ford. ¢ for} the-slelghing- is STRATFORD CITY COUNCIL. ------t Last -- of th the Old Council. cl Several communications were read in're- lation to taxes, which were referred te The "Chief f the F rigade of the Fire B asked whether he should be allowed to test thd hydrants. This Since Septal. He ee plained tha ee % the eg might per their hose, in case of yg f . yao ni ttach to the Fire Bri- » Q. C., forwarded resentment of the Grand Jurors, at : t -- "Bs Sessions, the main teature of which was the ott at- ed story of persons incarcerated in int the "--s whose only crime w ould » say ad * their duty to make some more = tovision for this class of peo * ** We found in the jail six ay un- '+ sound mind, for whom the jai ail is note proper place." Number of intermanta tor the year, 134, Expenditure, $1; 650.74. Heceipte; $1220,- se Thirteen in torments during Decem- ber. Keceipta, $100. Police fines and coats 'for December, $73. FINANCE, Some sixty or seventy accounts were passed and payment ordered. . In the mat- ter of the purchase of the Daly property the Finance Committee recomend the sale of the old Grammar School and the ang of the said property. 0. pat to the vote thero was a majority 'a one against the proposition. The Board of Health and Reliei report- ed total expenditure, $1362.17--$248,44 yess than the year previous. EOARD OP WORKS. The board reported that they had ome pended an as over ,000 wh about $5,500 was expended for ater leaving aes sum of $4,500 for labor eams. During the season 400 rods of asphalt sidewetka had been laid and new _ to about the sameextent. Several undred rods of sidewalk had been - ed fer asphalt, The total output of as- phalt by the Gas ee for the coming year had been secured, je report re- commended that the woek shonld be pro- ceeded with early in the on the three leadi ick 9 qonetity has alao been street 4 we ploses The usual votes of- thanks wert tendered the mayor, ghe chairmen of committdes, &c., when the council adjourned sine die, We regret to leara that Mr. Wm Hep- burn is lying very ill, Improvement takes P Mr, Thos. Orr ia buay putting in a new front and fixing up Mr. Johston Abraham's store, Damer block se de save money b archasi school requisites tn eexonth ~ Gali and giles will be seen to eid éxcelient, but lamber--- men are complaining of the bad condition of = awamps. , WG ae B, A., has been '> ;LMA. h, an occupying a similar position in Windsor. EA aad are -- 'very sharp indications that before the century is out- o-- wines of all kinds will be pot underground any cost. The other day, the preg ent apt the electric light plant at Canand- ticed a bruken wite trailing in the t= it, ee before you | horse was dead The electric wire i Ph Sankar a Pe permit , ee above ground one mo- mont longer