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CRAWFORD, Durham P. 0. in such sums yl y1 Well worthy of our attestion in Caneâ€" da are one or two paragraphs in which we find laid down with clearness the essence of education in its truest and highest sense:â€" "Education, as the word itself indientes, should be the drawing out of latent powers ; and in the application of this process due consideration must be had to the age and cireumstances of those brought under inâ€" straction, so that we may not prematurely tax the strength or overload the mind with more than it can assimilate,. We find then in the child three powers waitâ€" ing for development, namely, those of ubâ€" servation, memory, and reflsction; with which through instruction in the arts of reading, writing, and arithmetic, the child may gradually reach such a knowledge of the world aroun1 it, and of the special seeâ€" ular work it may have to do in the world, as shall enable it to take its proper place in due time as a useful member of the community. â€" If, however, education is to‘ be a real blessing it must not stop here, but should be applied to the whole being ; taking no less cognizance of the moral than of the mental parts of the child‘s naâ€" ture, namely, the will and the effections, upon the proper discipline and direction of which it will depend whether the powers placed in his hands shall be directed to the enmobling of his character, the benefit of his fellow creatures, and the honour of his Maker; or to that better gratification of that selfishness which ir. its exhibitions of pride, covetousness, envy, lust, and other vices, degrades the man, and makes him a gource of danger and misery to his fellows, Itis impossible at the present to urge upon public attention the importance of the issue that is being raised as to the fuâ€" ture character of the education to be given in our Elementary Day Schools, the more so since there is far too much tenâ€" deney to shirk such a question as this when it provokes contest, and to let things take their course,â€"which, when unguided, is| generally downward. Morcover we harse Under these six hoads we have beside us material, of a most important kind that might fill several numbers of our Magaâ€" zine ; but being restricted to m few pages our references and quotations at present must be brief. In the documents, that came duly to hand, we find a large body of valuable inâ€" formation in regard to religious instrucâ€" tion in schools, in the shape of (1) argnâ€" ments in behalf of the Bible in the public schools. (2) Statements and statisâ€" tics showing the complete success of the s; stem in London. (3) Reports of Inspecâ€" tors on examination in Scripture Knowâ€" ledge. (4) Syllabus of instruction in reâ€" ligious Knowledge extending over three yours. (5) Examination papers, giving all the questions for 1877. _ (6) Specimens of the answers given by the children in the different crades. P. S.â€"I may also say that I met Goldâ€" win Smith, so well known in America, and found that he was an advocate for the seeâ€" wlar teaching only, but the placing in his hands the papers that you now have, I imagine must have convineed him; for I noticed mm a public address given by him recently, he advocated religious instruction being given in this way." Sincerely hoping that the religions feelâ€" ing in Canada and America will secure a return to religious instruction in the Naâ€" tional Schools, "it gives me great pleasure," writes Mr. Peek, "to comply with your request, and I think from the books sent per Book Post you will obtain the entire information that you require. I lhave only to add to it that while the proposition regarding the prizes met at first with the fiereest opposition from the secular party, since the matter was carried at the Board there has never been a discussion or disputeâ€"they have alâ€" lowed the Syllabus to be adopted, and in fact two of the ablest now work so well with me that they are of the greatost asâ€" sistance in promoting the thorough Bibliâ€" cal instruction of the children. _ This is the more remarkable as in England the oppoâ€" gition is intensified by the fecling on the part of the political dissenters that the maintenance of religious instruction in the Board schools is against the arguments they use for the disestablishment of the National Chureh. Wishing to know more about this imâ€" portant and interesting experiment, (which as a single faet is worth a bushel of fineâ€" spun theories,) we wrote to Francis Peek, Esq., London, a member of the School Board, who has invested $25,000 for the purchase of Bibles to be prosented annualâ€" ly as prizes for attainmonts in Biblical knowledge. In reply he sent us several official documents, accompanied with the following letter, which, as being on pubâ€" lie business, we can here, without any breach of confidence, lay before our readâ€" org. (By Revd. Jas. Cameron in Canada } Christian Monthly.) _ In a recent issue of our Monthly we calâ€" led the attention of our readers to the exâ€" perience of the London (Eng.) Sehool Board in the tmatter of Religiotis instrucâ€" tion in their elementary schools. This business is regulated in the London Schools by a lesolution passed by the Board, at the commencement of its labours in 1870, on the motion ¢f Mr. H. Smith, M. P. for Westminster, that, "In the schools providâ€", ced by the Board thd Bible shall be read, and there shall be given such explanations and such instruction therefrom in the prineiâ€" ples of religion and morality as nrs suited. to the capmbilities of the ehildren." 1 Religious Education in Public Schools. I remain, yours vory truly, _ , IEraxc:s Pecx DURHAM, Co. Grey, JUNE 20, 1878. $1 per year in Advance c | _ Onoe important advantage of cherisking â€" | in the community such a high and noble | | conception bf the nature of education and 1 | the function of the educator, as we find in ; | the above extract, would be to bring into f | the office of teaching mon of strong religâ€" ; | ious convictions and high moral character. . | If Arnold of Rugby found himself narrowâ€" ed down to teaching his boys Latin and , | Greek, and nothing more, he would surely [ | have sought pastoral work, hardly finding 4 | the work of teaching congenial to his taste ; t | and his pupils would have lost the Christiâ€" ; an education which has been to them . l since, on their own avowal, of more value ‘\than all their classical secomplishments. j ’ In thorough harmony with this high conâ€" ; coption of true education, we find Mr. Peek 1Ithus addressing the teachsr» of London, | (present in the Crystal Palace on the disâ€" " [ tribution of 4,000 Bibles, as prizes for |merit in religious knowledge,) in words ‘ , | well worthy the consideration of Canadian | teachers:â€"*"Yours is a noble calling, if you ’Inuly rise to its high dignity ; for upon the | education of the young depends the charâ€" | acter of the future gencration, the welfare | of our beleved country, and much béesides. | The present scene before me shows that | you bave not been unfaithful to your trust, for you have taught this Book without ofâ€" | {enca to any.. One step moreâ€"show that | your pupils are better and happicr for your | teaching, and the victory of religious eduâ€" Intink gained. Itis true that some say | that you are not the right persons to be | entrusted with the teaching of the Bible, ‘that it should be left entirely to sectarian ministers. I know not whether this most ‘ insults you, who are declared unworthy to teach it, or God Himself, whose Word it doclares : useless unl:ss accompanied by human influence. There are, as you know, ‘ many who would thus degrade your callâ€" ing, and make you mere instructors in the Larts of reading, writing, and arithmetic. | This would indeed be degradation to conâ€" demn you to spend your lives in the mere mechanical drudgery of teaching young children the elementary arts of reading, writing, and arithmetic; to condemn you to see poor, degraded children pass from ‘under your influence, ignorant of Chrisâ€" ‘tian truth, and morally dekased, while { you, forsooth, are forbidden to give one crumb of the Bread of Life to these starv»â€" ing souls. But if you are faithful to your i trust, and throw your hearts into this part of your work, and thus show that you | value your vocation from far higher motâ€" :tives than pecuniary gain, a rich reward will indeed be yours, and this degradaâ€" ‘tion will noever be inflicted upon ‘ you." But most interesting of all, in these in | noj be moved," _ _ _ _ teresting documents, are the summing of A results by the Inspector ‘I‘. M. Williams, "I subjoin a few specim B. A., and the specimens given of the anâ€" swers that were given to tl swers of the children. Mr. Williams, who in the set which was assigt is not easily satisfied with an answer, asâ€" itors, Candidates, and Pu serts on the basis of figures, and general | e first yearâ€" | averages that "the results of an cxaminaâ€" (1.) (a) "Ye are the ligl tion are satisfactory on the whole." He| â€"Christ was speaking to then goes on to give some instances and r;:herlf:: h‘l"»lthdiicipl.h;: l!id examples of the results. He says :â€"* One ‘fi”l;; t.h?s ph:m:o“thut iss of the examiners observes in a communiâ€" should emanate from then cation he has made to me, that he has! world was somewhat depe: been very much struck with the ‘sound for the light of the Gospel. 8. Write down some fact or facts reâ€" corded in the Bible of the following perâ€" sons:â€"Tae Woman of Cansan, Peter, Pil+ ate, Agrippa. (15) 5. What answer did Josus make to the following question which was put to Him by a lawyer, one of the Saducees :â€"*"Masâ€" ter, which is the great commandment of the law 2" (10) 7. Describe the Ascension as given in Acts. (10) 8. Describe in your own words the teaching of the Proverbs regarding mercy and truth, trust in the Lord, and the reâ€" ward of wisdom. _ (15) 4, lllustrate the teaching of forgiveness by & purable, and by Christ‘s own examâ€" ple. (15) 6. Give a brief account of the first jourâ€" ney of St. Paul. (15) Elijah. (10) It will no doubt be interesting for parâ€" ents and children, teachers and scholars, among our readers, to read the questions for 1877 for the highest class. Appended to each question in figures is the value of the answer, amounting in the aggregate to 100. .1. Write down the first six verses the 19th Psalm, and the last six verses the 46th Psalin. (10) 2XE IS now an active and influential party who are straining every nerve to east out the Bible from our schools, and introduese soâ€" called purely secular education,â€"meaning thereby that the teaching shall be entirely, in the literal meaning of the word, ‘atheisâ€" tic;‘ that the teachers shall be mere maâ€" chines for insparting the arts of reading, writing, and arithmetic, be forbidden to influence the childron under their care in the paths of virtue by any higher motive than expediency ; nor, however ignorant the children are that come under their inâ€" fluenee, be allowed to say one word to enâ€" lighten them regarding the simplest truths of religion,. It would seem at first sight that such a theoty of education could only ‘ oftain acceptance in a heathen country; but the leaders of the secular party have ‘ of late boldly proclaimed their views, and have also sticéeeded in carrying them into practice in the large town of Birâ€" mingham, where the Bible with every kind of religious teaching has been banishâ€" ¢d from the Board Schools." | Write a short account of the life Staxparp VL of of of A. B., aged 12. "I subjoin a few specimens of the anâ€" swers that were given to the fifth question in the set which was assigned to the Monâ€" itors, Candidates, lni P-upfl Te:;lur_l (a) "The Reward of Wisdom" as exâ€" pressed in the Proverbs is "length of days," "happiness," "unequalled riches" in the possession of it, "honour" and & "erown ‘of glory," Bolomon seems to imply that we can possess nothing better and more valuable, and it is our duty to avail ourâ€" selves of every opportunity of increasing it. A. 1., 14 years old. (b) Reward of Wisdom. Wisdom reâ€" wards us in many ways; we are happy if we find it. Her waysare pleasantuess and her paths peace. If we keep and forsake her not she will love us, if we love her, she will keop us ; if we exalt her she will proâ€" mote us, and will bring us to honour if we: embrace her. She will give to our heads an ornament of grace and m crown of, glory. She is more precious than rubies, and more than fine gold. She is a tree of life to those who hold her; and happy is he that keepeth her. It shall be {'ife to our soul, and grace to our neck. "Length of days she holds in her right hand, and in her left, riches and honour." A. B., agod 12. "Lean not.unto thine own understandâ€" ing." ‘Bolomon here represents underâ€" standing as a post or similar object, on which people may lean. God‘s underâ€" standing is supposed to be strong, while man‘s is weak. So if a man were to lean against n post broken, or insecurely fixed, it would fall. But God‘s post is strong. "God is in the midst or her, and she lhlgl (1.) (a) *Ye are the light of the world." â€"Christ was speaking to his Apostles or rather to his disciples, and, he calls them the light of the world. â€" I think he signiâ€" fies by this phrase that the glorious gospel should emanate from them, and that the world was somewhat dependant on them ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO "Many of the Sixth Standard competiâ€" tors have suceeeded well with the question which asks them to doseribe in their own words the teaching of the Proverbs rogardâ€" ing Mercy, Truth, Trust in the Lord, and the Reward of Wisdom. I append three specimen answers, two of which are culâ€" led from the papers of prize takers; the third occurs in a paper which falls below the mark for a prize. Elijah was compelled by God‘s direction to flee to brook Cherith, where it is supâ€" posed either ravens or Arabs fed him. ‘There is rather an uncertainty &8 to the exact manner in which he was fed, as three lotters in the Hebrew language, r v n, mean either raven or Arab; it was, howâ€" ever, by a miracle that ho was susâ€" tained. "Another girl of the Bixth Standard, in writing about the same prophet, makes a show of erudition which brings her no disâ€" credit, and has ‘certainly brought her no marks. The slight blunder shoe has made is just of that kind which an intelligent girl would be liable to make when led into a subject beyoud her depth. _ She writesâ€" "This wonder working prophet is introâ€" duced to our notice without any mention of his father or mother, as it he h&d dropâ€" ped out of the cloudy chariot, which, after his work was done on earth, conveyâ€" ed him back to heaven." "Peter, by the way, is rather severely handled by nearly all the Sixth Standard competitors that have attempted the quesâ€" tions which relates to him. All the weak points in his character are brought into prominence and animadverted upon, in some cases with great soverity ; while most of the good points are either very lightly upon, or ignored altogether. He is deâ€" scribed as ‘passionate,‘ ‘impulsive,‘ *hotâ€" headed,‘ ‘forward,‘ ‘hasty,‘ ‘jealous,‘ and ‘selfâ€"confident." â€" He may deserye some, if not all of these appelations, buthe equally deserves others of a. more favorable purâ€" port Was he not courageous, and bold, and faithful, and honest, and sincere, and affectionate, and selfâ€"saczifiging ? "One of the Sixth.Stgndard scholars beâ€" gins her account of the life of Elijah with something like a strain of poetry.. She writes â€" thoral tones which pervades the whole of the ' answers.‘ I &an fully endorse the rema#k. ‘ The good traits in the eharacters of Moses, Elijah, Elisha, Davil, eté., if mentioned at all, are invariably rightly distinguisked ; and the bad traits, on the othé# Lband, are pointed out with equal correctnoss. This fact is prominently seen in the answers which have been given to the questions that relate to the teaching of Christ regardâ€" ing rash judgment, forgiveness aftid htimilâ€" i ity, the teaching of the Proverbs rogudingi merecy and truth, and the questions tlmti refer to Moses, David and the Pharisees. In many eases I have noticed that though the spelling is insperfect, and the style obâ€" scure, the ‘principles of morality anl reâ€" ligion,‘ as the regulation of the Board in reâ€" gard to Bible instruction puts it, are corâ€" reetly, though faintly may be, appreciated. Thus, one litéle scholar sums up his view of the the teaching of the Proverbs regn.rd-l ing merey in the following words :â€"‘When | a man is out of work and owes you any money you must not summons him.‘ Another child puts his summary of the teaching of the Proverbs regarding trust in the Lord as follows:â€"‘If there is a quesâ€" tion put to you, and you caunot answer it, ask the Lord and He will tell it you.‘ The idea, though a faint ons and clothed in homeâ€"spun, is in its essentials a correct one I presume. _A third child makes a somewhat serious mistake, though not an unnatural one perhaps, when he speaks of‘\ Christ as ‘having enough power to heal all | the Jews and some to spare for the Geu-‘ tiles." } of Something should be done with that man Edison, who makes phonographs. Not content with tapping every telegraph line for its secrets, and practically ruining the privacy of that mode of intercourse, he is now making an attaek on the most sacred comfidence of friends. He is said to be projecting an ear trumpet by which a conâ€" versation can be heard a mile away. It would not add to the enjoyment of our fine, calm, starry evenings to be conscious of this newâ€"demon detective. If Mr. Edison invents such an instrumentthe must coufine its use to newspaper reporters, who will, of course, use it only in the public The Old Catholic Synod at Bonn has deâ€" cided by a vote of 75 to 22 in favour of the marriage of the clergy. If there ever was a cry in the ear of Christendom, and especially on the Chrisâ€" tendom of democratic countries, to look after the foundations of Society, that ery is now in our ears with a loudness that is startling. The workingmen are awakenâ€" ing to a consciousness of a new power in their tradesâ€"unions. Bidding for the votes of the common people,â€"here on the one hand is popery and superstition ; and there. on the other hand, is Communism and Séepticism. â€" Whichever party gots the young will carry the day and rule the conâ€" tinent. â€" And shall Christians stand idly by in this great controversy? God is placing before us, very articulately, as our heriâ€" tage for the future, military despotism or Christian freedom. On the position we give to Christianity in the education of our young, under God, depends the settloemont of our future. "It is a very touching thing to see so many children before one, and very tantaâ€" lizing to know thit it is beyond the power of humah yoice to reach you; but, perâ€" haps, some of you may read the few words I shall now say. It impossible to see you without wishing you well for the future, without thinking what may become of you in that future ; but is is well for us here â€"I feel it is well for myselfâ€"that the imâ€" agination is too weak to foresee your future in all its varied circurastances, and with its multifold and mingled sorrows and joys. If it were in the power of any man for a moment to foresce that picture before him, what sympathy could endure the strain? What heart could bear to contemplate sueb a picture ? But this P thiuk I can foresee for every one of you, this I think I can make as a confident prophecy for the lives of each one of you boys and girls beâ€" fore meâ€"that there will be no circumâ€" stances in any of your lives in which this Book given to you toâ€"day will not help you, if you rightly use it ; that thére will be no temptationâ€"and there will be many to asâ€" sail youâ€"that it will not tell you how to resist; that there will be no perplexity which it will not assist you to solve; that there will be no grief which it will not give you power to bear, and no pure pleasâ€" ure which it will not enable you more fully to enjoy." In the crisis that is now undoubtediy coming on the Christian Churthes of Great Britain, ominous enough in its foreâ€" shadowings, as Spurgeon tells us in anâ€" other place, it is surely one encouraging fact that the youth of London are being taught to know their Bibles. If the little seeds that lay for #ix centuries buricd under fwenty feet of soil in the Roman Coliseum, as we are told, have sprung to life, loaf and flower, as soon as exposed to the air and heat, in the recent excavations, then assuredly will not Bible knowledge lie always dormant in these young hearts. But on this point let us allow the Right Hon,. W. E. Forster to speak in the words used while presenting prizes in the Crystal Palace in presence of 28,000 people, while 4,000 children waved above their heads their prize Bibles. i In the written exarminations, of which the above are some specimens, 82,062 scholars took part in 1877, as compared with 42,000 in 1876. Out of 126,000 puâ€" pils in aftendance at the Boara Schools in 1876, only 126 absented themselves during the half hour deyoted fo feligious teachâ€" ing : and out of 200,149 in attendance in 1877 only fifty absented themselves during that half hour, ‘The parentage of London are not, it sceme, afraid of the Bible; and of the teachers, a metmiber of the London Board, says, "The overwhelming majority of s¢hoolmasters and schoolmistresses would be greatly grieved if they were not allowed to give this instruction. They would feel that if they lost their Bible lesâ€" son, they would lose their greatest hold over the affections and minds of the chilâ€" dren and the best means of widoning and developing their faculties." (3.) ‘"Take, therefore, no thought for the morrow." ‘This means that we are not to burden ourselves with undue cares and anxieties for the future, for God alone knows what is in store for us, and He who takes care of the lilies will also proâ€" vide for us. Neither are we tolay decided plans for the future, for "we know not what a day may bring forth." "This does #ot rrean that it is impossiâ€" ble for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven, but that the riches and worldly goods which are possessed by a man, are as much encumbrance to him as the lump of a camel is, when entering through a low gateway." # (b) "This was spoken by Christ to his Disciples, and it means to say, that just as a light shows a renon the waiy,; the road they ate to follow, so the disciples were to be the bright light always shining to lead us onwards to everlasting life. No human audience, no falseâ€"shame may phoe this light undé¥ a bushel, which is destined to shine through word and work combined." (2.) "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." A Wenorse Srorrep at tus Autarâ€" There was a strange scone at Cincinati® 'one day last week. A respectable and inâ€" telligent young lady was engaged to bo married, and made the discovery that her affianced was in the babit of drinking, and told him what she hadlearned. He promâ€" ised never drink again, and sho forgavre him. The wedding day was subsequently set, and all went well until the morning appointed for the performance of the cereâ€" mony. During the interval he made his usual visits, and though he drank at times, his botrothed never learned of his faithloss~ ness until it was nearly too late to punish him for it. ‘They were standing side by side, and a moment more would have made them man and wife, when he turned toward her and his tell tale breath spoke of whisksy. When the minister propoundâ€" ed the usual question to her, the response came faintly, "No." In surprise the quesâ€" tion was aga‘n asked, and this time the roâ€" sponse was clear and decisive, "No." She then turned to her lover, acoused‘ him of drinking, reminded him of his promisa to her and said a man who would break & promise so solemuly made could not be entreaties were in vain, and tha‘ listle "Kes" still remains unsaid. relied upon, and she feared u;;nâ€"d-bu future to such a man. Exvostulatianzand Tuz Laxp or Mibtax.â€"Captain Burton is so satisfied of the woalth still existing in the mines which he recently inspected in Midian that he intends to recommend the Khedive to allow him to form a comâ€" pany in England for the purpose of workâ€" ing them. . Among the riches of the region which Captain Burton has examined may be menationed gold, turquois, and pearl systers. "Bidney Smith says: *Marriage resoem bles a pair of shears, so joined that they eannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yot always punishing any one who comes between them.‘ The definition is as witty as it is wise ; and he might have added: Part the shears, and then all you have left is $wo poor dagâ€" gers." I am no fanatic, I hope, as to Sunday ; but I look abroad over the map of popular freedom in the world, and it does not seem to me accidental that Switzerland, Sceotland, England, and th6 United States, the countries which best obsorve Sunday, gonâ€" stitute almost the entire uaap of safe popular government.â€"Jeseph Cook. "Hey, Tommy," said a fiveâ€"yeart ol& urchin to another in the street, "‘we‘ve moved into a house they call flats, ‘n yor don‘t have ter go up stairs but ride up im the ventilato?, ‘n mother sends all the washn‘ to the foundery," A Gentleman in a Boston euburb was asked if it did not hert his lawn to let children play on it. His witty reply was full of parental wisdom and love. *Yes, but it doesn‘t hust the childsen." Moved by Mr. August, seconded by Mr. Corbett, that this Council do now adjourn to meet again on Wednesday, the 3rd day of July nest.â€"Carried. Moved by Mr. Hewitt, seconded by Mr. Autust, That wherers 25 or 30 teams purâ€" pose to work gratuitously between the 2 & 8 concessions O. S., it is resoived that the commissioner be allowed to éxpend not more than thirty dollars to procure mon to shovel and pick for the teams for the purâ€" pose of connecting the gruvol unfinished on suid line.â€"Carried. Robert McGheo all that part of the Old Survey from the south town line to the 25 side road. Janiés Corbett all that part of the New Survey west of the 20( side rond to the 260 side road inclusive. A Andrew Ostrander all that part of: the Old Survey north of the 25 side road and north of the 260 side road to the 6th Con. New Survey N. E. Aud the said Commissioners h their report at the next meeting Council.â€"Carried. Henry Hewitt on the 8. W the 260 side road to the town ton and morth of the 950 side town line of Osprey N. E. Moved by Mr. Hewitt, seconded by Mr. August, That the following persons be appointed Road Commissioners for the Township of Melaucthon for the year 1878. William August all that part of the new Survey from the boundary of the 0. S. ts the 260 side road N. E., and all that part of the New Survey south of the 290 side line 8. W. £ Moved by Mr. Hewitt, seconded by NMr. Corbett, That George Westacott receive an order for 75 cents for lumber and spokes for culvert, and the Reeve issue an order for the same.â€"Carried. j Moved by Mr. August, seconded by Mr, Corbett that the Clerk be instructed to obtain 50 printed copies of the Byâ€"law reâ€" lating to the duties of Pathmastert,&c., &c. â€"Carried,. Moved by Mr. Hewitt, seconded by Mr. August, That the Clerk be instructed to write to the County Treasurer to ascerâ€" tain what taxes are due against Eastâ€"half lot 16, Con, 4, 0. S., and for what years.â€" Carried. . P Moved by Mr. August, seconded by Mr. Corbett; That the Township ‘Treasurer be authorized to rocéive from Mr. Barber the sum of $11 returned in default against the E. half of lot No. 25 1st con. O. 8. for the year 1877, and that the C. Tre@surer be instructed ‘to erase the same. â€"Car. ’ Town Hauli May 29, 1878. The Council met at the Town Hall on Wednesday the 29th day of May, parsnant to adjournment. Members preseut. Robert McGhece, Esq., Reeve ; Henry Hewitt, Eag., Depu(;{'»flce\‘e; Mossrs. August and Corâ€" bett, Councillors. The Reeve in the chair. Minutes of last meeting read and confirmâ€" ed. The Treasurer presented his half yearly financial report. * + Mr. August iiitrodueed Byâ€"law No. 4%, for the pirpose of agpointing pathmastert, fence viewers and pound keepers for the year 1878, which was read a first, second and third time, signed, #¢ale0;and engrossed in the Byâ€"law Book. # Melancthon Council. ommissioners hand in 1e 8. W. side foni town line of. Proâ€" 60 side line to the g of the J1 |T