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R-Faivcett. Editor. FLESHERTON : THURSDAY, NOV. '20, 1884. COMMUTING SENTENCES OF DEATH. The principal of getting up petitions ill order to cheat the gallows of its due ia a subject worthy of grave consider- ation. In some instances the circum- stances arc of such an extenuating character, that petitions praying for the commutation of death sentences to imprisonment for life, or a long term of penal servitude, arc quite in place ; but in the majority of cases, the tendency of sucli petitions is to encourage crime. When a man has committed some heinous crime, for which ho is tried by an intelligent judge aud jury aud found guilty and where there arc no extenuating cir- cumstancesthe sentence of tho court should be carried out to the very letter. It is an inherent principal of our nature to svmpatlii/e for a man who thus stands on the verge of the gall >ws. Itut we should not be carried away by our feelings. The laws of the land riust bo respected and maintained; ami if wo would keep crime in check, our feelings must not be allowed to interfere with our ;>/u *u<y. Just now, we arc informed, there is a movement on foot to get up a peti- tion, praying that the sentence of death passed on Cook Teets, on the 5tli iudt., bo commuted to imprison- ment for life. It will he well for those iutmstt-d to re-member that Cook 'I'n ;s has had a fair trial ; he has been found guilty of one of the worst crimes in calender, by one of the most intel- ligent juries that has ever sat on a case at the (iivy assize court ; and, that Judge Armour one of the best criminal judges in the Dominion ex- pressed his entire coucuiTcnce in the verdict of that jury. True, there was a recommendation to mercy, but that, we opine, was merely a matter of ' courtesy " if there be such a thing in dialing with criminals. The fact thai he wua foui.d guilty of murder in the first dcgn-o completely swallows up liio " recommendation to mercy." In (U livcring tin; sentence of death Judge Armour held out no hopes that it would be commuted, hut ex- lir>ii~,l eLe coiuli miiid rnaii to innke ' use of the short time in whieli he hail to live, to prepare to meet his God. In view of tin se mnl many other f.u- hrouglii out at the trial, it will ho wi 11 for would-be petitioners to ex- .1 ei.-it.ii. i iiin.iinit df fare, al- tln.'i;li we frankly conl'iss it is our t that n i iinJiir wlnit is dune the sentence of the court will he e.mied out. If time is. u single < xti'inurinir cirri:instanci; in <'<i>k Teeis lavor, llO'A. 1 . i-r. !iti-\.]\ . .1 t Ii,. in. uli' to r-.U ; ;| ,. An item appeared in last Week's AD- VANCE to the effect that the Dominion License Act had been declared uncon- stitutional. The item was taken from one of our exchanges, and is not corr- ect, as we have since been informed. The Shelburue Ect>nmitt conden- sed the report of Cook Teets murder case, as published in Tun ADVANCE wuek before last, but forgot to give due credit. Only three papers in Grey have taken a square, honest stand on the Scott Act question, viz., Durham Chronicle, Grey AVuiew, and THE AD- in We arc open to recei vc contributions in the original poetry lino on the foll- owing conditions: 1st, the lines not to exceed a thousand feet in length; 2nd, tho subject to bof general iuUf-j est to our readers ;8rd, the manuscript: must be written plainly on one side of th; paper used only ; 4th, no poetry on the beautiful snow, putting up stove pipes, er nailing down carpets will be acoepted unless accompanied by a , cheqne of 8100 as a guarantee of " good | faith;" 5th, the author must forward | GET YOUR HARNESS! MADE BY DAVID CLAYTON, his lor her) poetry by express to en-! ^ Q p /fj ]/]/ Clayton's Sh06 StOW, FleshertOH. sure safe delivery and publication of, tho ; 6th, and lastly, the author must be asubscriber to THK ADVANCE. Grover Cleveland is a striking illus- tration of the old saying, that a pro- phet is not without honor save in his own country. The President elect waft beaten m Ins own ward by hi8 VANCE the l.i- 1 two named being in . , . . . i.i.. . ' nearest neighbors. He was boa ten in favor of the Act, aud the Uret against it. In Hrucc only two papers took a similar manly s'aud, viz., the Bruce Herald against and the Walkerton I'elticope for the Act. On Wednesday Dec. 17th aud iHth niversary of Sir John Macdouald's en- and Thursday, ^district, and finally, he received only' a minority vote in his own State, of j the fortieth an- trancc into public )f a big 1 !;>.rr. .t , . It* ..... I . i, }>r.|. . iliiiiu t.. Jli-'ir .,-. r iSi I'u'. 'nrhi ; i ii || ,1,.! l, , - 41' fs.' Cambnlif ''., i.- I- 1^iaJi:ii,lv-jm i)mt;^ii, ha t life will bo cele- demonstration in Toronto. Our " grand old man " is not only a great statesman but u true patriot, uud we trimi he may long he Npurtd to guide the ship of state. The question of annexing the ishnd of Jamaica t one of the West Indies) to ('muda has been much dincusBcd during tho past tow months. It is not at all likely, however, that annexation will be the outcome, as the gentleman who first broached tho subject was not autlioii/.ed to do so by the author- ities of Jamaica. his own city, of which he had been the first magistrate bat two years ago. He was beaten in his own county, of> which lie had already been sheriff. Ho was In uii a in his own congress which he is still (Jovernor, and which he, unknown and untried, carried two years ago by a clear majcrity of nearly ' 200, 000 votes. Grover Cleveland has decidedly had feut \vry little honor inj his own State in his successful race for the 1'resiili'iicy. HH more intimate acquaintance ami n lation:; \\itii the I" i pie do not seem to have been the WM. CLAYTON Has on hand a Large assortment of M ns, Women s & Chi Wrens BOOTS AND SHOES, JS"Suilable for the Fail and Winter imir. Ctill and sec tin :.i.-^H Quality and Price Second to None ! WM. CLAYTON, - FLESH EKTON. Largest, Cheapest, and Best, stock of mowul f Last week our "local" page con- tained a report of an alVgcd " darin.-,' robbery." Facts which have situ-, come tc li:-lit. load us to the belief that tin 1 whole affair was tramped up by interested particii in short that the ten year old f,-irl was nf assault* d by a bold, bud man, as reported ; nor yet was the " robbery " committed liy the alleged ten o'clock a. m. burglar. The Murkdnle Stiinditrd last weok gave currency to the vaguo rumor, that Cook Teets had atUinpted to poison himself sinco he was seiiti mvrl to death. Tho thing scetns most ab- surd, as it is not likely that they keep poison lying around our connty goal for tho purpose of giving criminals a chanco to cheat the gallown by com- mitting suicide. It will now be in or- der forour cotfin, to name its authority. I.i's-i than a quarter of a century ago Cook Teets prof. <st -d religion ; to-day he occupies a felon's cell. Hu 1 he been less of a reckless character than he was and s. m d (iod nil through his lift although WP question if he lll!;1 iu thtir C3tecm and appreciation, for those who arc sii(>i>i)8ed to ha\e luiuuu him best have given him the least support. Montreal Daily 1'oit. I ur lion Salt's. Farm Stock, IinplomunU, &c. On Lot 31 Artuinusia, Doc. :!rd, at 12 o'clock, in HIM, without roHenv. Terms caxh. Win. NViU i*M[irict'.r ; W. H. Cwn- nuctiniieer. So bills. Form St..ekiin' Ini[.l -im mi. At I/it >. 1'i.n. i.M, Egieuiiiiit ; \<y public LJIC- tim, i>n Friday, Nov. 21st., COIIIIIIUIKUIK lit 11! u'eliH-k, ii".. n, sliarj'. 11 months creilit on all sums over 8fl.OO. Donald McKi'i-liini., ].nn>'tvtor ; D. McC'uruiack, nucti.nieer. 8eo liilU. Farm Stock, IinploiueiiU and Hoiuu- i'!d Furniture, --On Wednesday Dec. rd, at 1 o'clock p. in. uluirp, (in Lot 1C5, T. iS. Iti.ad, . \rtemesia ; without reserve. Ii! iiiontlw credit. Mis. \V. (J. Duncan, proprietor ; John S|>cepi, auctioneer. Sue bills. Farm Stock, linplement* and Houau- | hold Furniture. At lot L'5, con. 11, Ar- ti im- -LI. uu Tue.sday, Due- ^rd, coiiuuuu- cing at 1 o'cliKk |>. in. sharp. Without reserve. Curdit until Jan. lit, 18( on all aums of *. Mrs. J. M. Wubstor, proprietor ; \. S. VaiiDuwn, auctioneer. See 1 1 . I II IS 'ii-ist i MU. inline. ever rt'tlly MIAH! Him in what a dilTireut )i.)Miion he would have In n to-day ! Ilinv many otherwise noble nut uns have been brought to a dis'.Tiiri .fnl end hy misdirected eft'nit- in earlv life ? SURE in rnnitrp.li. Tlic inont trjulili MI in. roiiijli i-'.iu-'i i< -ii.' t" \ 1. 1.1 if till). !v tr. ;it. .1 With li:l:'\ -I ' .] \ I*. .-!. h| liiil'flni. I'li'M-ijilit to tal.i in .! --if.- (i.r yomiK HI.. I i.l.l. A V: If n>u IIILTC v.iinlv trii-.l in. in. I , , foi rlii'iimntinin. it will be * wi-i -. mliiBiiiii to try Hairynrd'* Yrllow Oil. <it mi i. all c^iuful dunase ^bcn other mcdici'i. < f.iil. Ig,Several in \v Kaymond Sewing Maeiiines, t'ully up to dote in modern improvements, . elling out very cheap for cash at C. TllKA 1 >< ,(/I.D r S, next door to ClaUon'.-:, A Law > IT'S Opinlun of Inu-rest to nil. J. A. Tnwin'jr, MM] , a li.nlinr' alturm y n( Wiii.iini, Mum., writes : " Afk-r uair^ it (ur in.. it- limn llir.i' ;..;.is. I t.ik. ^reiit pli'iuiirv in tt:n;> n it I i ml \>r. KIH^'H New Uis- lur ( "ii!>iuii|'t ii, an tliK Intat ruiunlv in . tin-' win 1,1 fi.r ( o.iKl.M ui.il in vi r fiiili'il t.i cm., tho Colds. It li:i ..vi.|u o Ii u. I ail. ..i:4 m\.ui:ililv irh. HH llie |mui in >>t.'' lu.il I! .tli. i of tun* KUI i> curt' for uli Tlir.iat i.r I.IIHK l>i-i;ai may l)O had l-'n-i! at W. Kiuiiurilitoii's iJrug Sturc. Larcc si /.i , "1.00. DR. LOWS I'l.KASANT WORM SYRUP Au ({reoalil'!, .Hutu ami elTcctual fcrncty to remove all kiui!, -STOVES !-- IN THIS SECTION OF COUNTRY, AT STRAIN'S, OMI i i-:it/r<>:v Farmers and Thrashers ask your Merchants for McCOLL BROTHERS LARDINE Machine Oil, sold by R TRIMBIjE Flesherton. Burdutk fures Dizziness, 7>o&> < < .l/'y tit< , Indigestion, Dysprpsi'i, Jiiuntiicc, Afffftif/nsii) thtJUotrtnd A'l./ncyi, Pimples, Slotches, lioJ.<, IIuin>.r,;, Xalt Rluum, Scrofula, Erysiprfas, and all di.^ ./ from Jm/.t/r/' lilood, Dernnijcd Stomach., or irriyuL-r n t Hn f th.: Hnctls, James Sullivan, The Tinsmith, - Flesherton. Jttii>atrirK. Eavf ill tni,' in thu n, anl in fact trvi>iy wiil rttcoivo uiy ul iitti-iitiou at pricofl. Km Si Ihm ia Sleek, TYorh!; Milburn & Gadd, Kir/, n..^i .! tin. *|H>V workK, u-e |i. L 1'iutd to utu-inl t.. i vi ij tiling in tliv Can iage Making & BJacksmithmg ! HUM proini'tly and well. lie-pairing in hof/t Branch'* Promptly attcinlcil to- HORSE SUOEIKO A. SPECIALTY. ] lion, tl|nr-.. llriilthlini, iiri ..in. i ..-- r ,ip- li. III. . .liiniKlli-i-. lx of . |ili*lnt.r iuiv tUfleaaarfiiihg from L!II rt(om- aril. Bvwrlior fcl.ln. v. 'in. v nrr MIX n.ll.t niul iluirniirh in tlu-ir action. From Ho f