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 mm^mimm^g!^ Vr 5; y '« H i\i :sj':l in tl S^- s?--- m The Standard MABKDALE MABGH 11 1886 FIRE IM MKBIiLE. Ctaramt C«'s Plaainv n^ll In Ashes. On Sunday mrrning, sboat qnartsr patt three o'clock, the alarm of fire VM sounded, whea the ^ater portion «f our lesidente awoke from peaceful alum here to eee the lurid flames leap «nd play m«igeetically over and abent this large builtling. The fire must have origioated in the second flat, and spread with great rapidity, defying even a hope of staying its progress. The upper flat wan used as a work ahoD in one end and furniture show room at the other, and there was no possibility of saving anything up stairs, even the tools of Mr. Grant, as ;also those of Silas HiU were burned. A. portion of the machinery on the first flai was saved, and part of a load of furniture which had been brought m a few days previous. The beat was desperate, endanger- ing J. H. Hull's dwelliag, about 80 feet distant, and also Trimble's large •tables, across the street, about the same diBtai.ce, but by a liberal appli- cation of water, both were saved. Grant Co. are heavy loosers as the insurance was light,only $1,700. The total loss is not less than $4,500, with about $500 worth saved. The origin of the fire appears a mystery as there was no appearance of fire in the premises at ten o'clock the night previous. Mr. Grant is a particularly careful man about the factory he is also a man without an enemy, so that no person could b^ suspected of commit- ting the dastardly act. We are glad to know that the ' mill is to be rebuilt again at once. CENTER GREY FARMERS INSTI- TUTE, HBU AT THOSNBUBY THB 24tH AND 25tH FBBBUABT. m TnaRSRxofiw Mr. llalMliBf VMd i paper on JuMae. VftegrrtiiotlMviof«pM«to|tiv« » fiill nport of the interestinf nMebng. and the several papers in full. We must however lii conlent, for the preaeak at lewt, Jrith » hn«f outUne» MDg thet theae mcfftiDga may be cmiticaed another Omou Wt wittf ev«n greater interest. OBITiyABY. Captain John Murdock, a highly respected resident ot Euphraeia; pas*- ed away to his reward on the lit January, 1886. Capt. Moiidock was bom in the Island of Islay, Scotland, in 1820, emigrated to this eountry in 1840 and was twenty year* saihnjj on lake Ontario, many yeat s of which he was captain of the City of Toronto. He afterwards removed to Wellington County where he remained until the year 1869, when he again moved to Euphrasia township. Grey Co., nhere he resided until his demise, he leaves a widow and nine echildren. a very respectable family, to mourn the loss of a loving husbaod and kind father. To tkt Editor 4tf Si«„--Xo»r.oa«eep«id«»t *\ievm er" itfoBt Sbhoollnepeworei »We»t»3 pioaii Mmiefrai in *n««%t90 thw flniatjpn. vni wotold io imprw jowr readers, if oxjmfmmu ^«»*:*'S be fcfiwter. hot anfot4«i)atelT ^^ *="" the depth is no* flibr^^ 4 ttatenaont is easily aM^de and it,ii one tjhing, but iu legioal aowraoy ie*notber and qake a different thiu«. Notice one or two things. "The Dr. says they, the Inspectors, are mere fossils of a reced-. ing a«e," and then he lormulatea, "Will net this apply to old Doctors, old Lawyws, and others as well old Ipspectors?" and after gi^jl,' *^^* sally, he adds, "but with this. wik have nothing to do. ' If DoctoiSj c., were salaried officers, there would be«Sme force in the question but the one is sustained in position by stetute and can only be dismissed by a aUtutory course. The others, the Doctors, c. old or young, are emjrfoyed or rejected at the will of their individual employ- ers. The farmer eager to catch, failed to notice the difference. Then take the sentence of the Minister of Edu- cation, "that water cannot rise above its level " upon which over lorty at- J tenuated lines are written to show NoTicB.â€" We wish it distinctly understood I Miniater of Education and v|«kÂ¥fr^VO» FELT T ^avtespxindBUX^B. thmt we do not hold ourseWes i-esponsib'e for thuopiniens expressed by our correspondents ladependent Newspapers. We are pleased to see so much interest taken in the various meetings of our Farmers' Institutf and havu no doubt that the results will be valuable and permanent. At Thornbury the Freeident, Mr. Gilray, was in his plaue â€" and it would be remarkable if he were out of it â€" Mr. A. Turner of Markdale, the Secretary, was absent through illness, .â- and Mr. S. Goodfellow was chosen to fill his place. The first important question discussed was "Seed Grain." Mr. Thos. Eells read a paper on this :great want, which was warmely discussed and strongly favored, as it was also at Markdale, and Owen Sound. At Thornbury, however, Messrs. D. J. Hunter and Thos. Eells were appointed to wait on the Minister ot Agriculture for the Province of Ontario, which they did the following week. They were re- ceived with courtesy, being introduced by a Jotter from Prot. Brown of the Ontario Experimental Farm, who also strongly favored the scheme, this being the only county which has yet apphed for assistance in this re- spect â€" though others are preparing to do BO â€" the Minister of Agriculture could not give any encouragement, at least for the present, season, though he quite agreed with the reasonahlenods and importance Of the project. The assistance required and asked for, is a Rrant of say $500 for each nding which would go to pay the freight from place of purchase to two points in the riding for distribution, and to pay the expeuMs of two persons appointed by the Institute to select the seed, thus euabliHg farmers to procure a change of seed at a nominal cost or about the home market price. W^e hope to see the project followed up, and another year crowned with success. Mr. T. B. White of ColUngwood • also read a paper oaFonatry. A TXJStAC ttBBTIMO Was hdd in the evening, when the program rendered was of a general literary and modeal aspect, and was quite enjoyable. TsmtBDAT'e ssenoir. The PreaideDt agaioctook the chair. Mr. Creelmao, an ex-etudent of the ExpeninentU Fana, read paper on auuiQxes whieh was practical and very^ interesting and valoaile. To the Editor of the SiKSJikBV. Sib, â€" Anent this subject, the editor of the Advance is fairly and completely cornered. He cannot deny the facts referred to in my last, because the evidence exists and he knows it. The only l:)op hole he uses is to refuse to reply to an assumed name, I cannot understand what difference it can make, whether the writer be a good man or a bad one â€" a wise man or il- literate, as long as the facts â€" the bare facts be stated He says to me "let bim father b^a epistle if he dare, and we will cross swords with him, as all honorable men should." Just listen, "we will cross swords with bim." Why, Sir, I flatter my self that I could whittle two such youDg men. editors, to notbiugnesn before breakfast, and then wouldn't consider, much had been aecomplish- td. Politically â€" tLe subject under discussion â€" he must write more clever- ly, aid evince some de^^ree of know- ledge of the politics of bis own country to pi ove himself to be any thing but a mere nonentity therein. If words would make, him a vietor, meaniDgless and rabid, I admit he would easily carry oS the palm. Those are not, however, all â€" consistency and truthfulness are necessary in- gredients. Oue would suppose that the Advance never groaned under anonymous articles, upon readins: the vehement indignation of its editor But he hoists himself on his own petard. Who is the AQricuJtnreil Editor? who is Muggins who is Deacon Snuke's but A. R. Fawcett I Whea persons or circumstances, are attacked, some- times very unreasonably, the editorial columns is avoided, and they catch it pell-mell, slap, dash over those as- sumed names. So that of all men, he has the least to complain of, if facts are stated regarding grosf improprie- ties, of his political course, under an assumed name. The gam must be but momentary to any man, who has not the fortitude of his orwn convictions, oscillating and mysell are wrong in nur deduction, for he savs. "it is regulated by forced '•laws, that it is matorW, but mind is "immaterial, so to attempt for a mo- ' ment to comparea material substance "with that which is immaterial, is out "of the question, and no nise man will "ever seek to do it. As is the teacher "so will be the scholar," c. This little flourish no doubt tickles our Farmer immensely. To have annihilated the Minister of Education and the Doctor, with one flourish ot bis pen, is huge, but unfortauately for his logic, it IS very bad, and is a sad comment upon his Biblical studies which abound in illustrations, to say nothing about our best scientists, or evidences of every day life. Comparison and elucidation of im- material subjects, within the bounds of finite minds must necessarily exist, in use of those things, which are tangi- ble, seen and felt they may be ap- proximate, fallacious, speonris or cor- rect, but neverthefess necessary. Our ideas of size, capacity increase, beauty, light or darkness as applied to mind aie gathered from the sources named, and by the Farmer's own argument therefore, he cannot be a wise man He says, "many of our most learned men never were taught by man." In this statement he evidently gives no credit to eminent teachers who have written their thoughts tu books, from which the pap of Farmer's "learned men" has been abundantly drawn and BO successfally digested. It will appear to the most superficial observer, that regarding the quotation of the Minister of Education, Farmer has floundered in a maze ot incompre- hensibled, and that it is, after all. logically true. The careless, unpuuctual,indiflerent, lazy, ignorant Teacher or Inspector, begets to the schools the same habits, and visa vjrsa. In some other things mentioned by this Farmer, I can very readily agree with him Our whole system needs reformation we have too much red- taps-ism. The governing principle is being rapidly taken from the people. The only parties now that can reach the ear of the administration are the Teachers' Associations. The Trustees i:;?iS7a'i y^^i^.M^'^Mmm' it is shaking thQ^-TowfOi'^^ndlCounty, from ceatr ference, anU completely pulverizin- and J^^-^ all competition: We are all buuad f^"^^ To find out the cause of such a commotio generally supposed to have been created b 'tl, " Oatrageously Low Pnl unstable he cannot excel. A dog that » are merely instruments' throui'whiS owred by nobody, will be kicked by the- behest of the authorities ara rar. IB everybody and as a friend and staunch Conservatiye I advise him, to be at least considerate. Even last week^ his denunciation of ReTising Barristers, was at least for him entirely injudicious. He certainly does not understand the Franchise Act but, in order to curry favor with a certain class, or some other uninflu- ential paper which is grieved because BO pap comes to its sanctum, the whole thing is bad, and the fable of the fox and the grapes is repeated. I give every man the utmost freedom in his political creed, but claim that same privilege myself, believing that Conservatives and Consorvativb papers need be proud of their party and party leaders. Yours, Comsbbvativi. AN AGE OF DISCOVERY. We certainly ought to appreciate the fact that we are living in an aze of progress and discovery, this is especiBlly appreciated by all persons that have been afflicted with Rheuma- faam.ae^We-t's World' WondeTor Faimly Lmiment,!. a poritiy, 'uJi for El^qmatiem. Itiai^iiiMleflJ ««ii^»-Zr^^ j'g"M»« «xtemal| authorities are car ried out. As to the represe'htation of farmers and kindred subjects I leave with him. I merely adopt the principle, it we must have Inspectors and pay them, let us have the best article, but that their ntUity is questionable, I admit. Db. Chbibtob. Advertise in tke STANDAED. BIRTHS. CAaxBBâ€"In Aiienusw, oa the Sted inst BicHiw)8-In Markdale. m the Ist iost. ilwliet S«9Mrt». spplMat!«i. Sold Priee U omto IwWe.' ' ** 50 »* t.L«*«0 « 3h»j #r*Co.I MARKDALE. FaU Wheat ^.10 70 £"»« Wheat.. U75 "S"*^ • ?2? *** ** i^ -... HO J"**" »^.. 10 aSSLI** •••••«*, '14 Botptoflg " VS *,•«••: .- to to to to to U to to to It to .-to r' •090 «8a 65 55 SI M 00 60 25 000 kT WaiCH KHAPP IS SELLING THE IMilEXSE STOCK (5 Oysters by fhs Ballon. Canned U^ah of alli CIG-/ Aand everything kept in a first-cl?.ss Grocery, Which he has just received. He has goods that will gladden the Young, the Old, the Rich and. the Poorâ€" everybody, in ^t, gladdening process don't cost much, either. Be sure and call at KNAPP'S forhewilh undersMd. Remember, HANBURY'S OLD \s\:\\. 3 Spectacles and Eye-ilk ABB THB ONLY GENUINE ENGLISH ARTICLE â€" ^IN THK Tests are Real Pebbles are kept in stock. given to Purchasers to prove Geauinei They are recommended by and testimonials have been reteivei u President, Vice-President, Ex-President aud Ex-ViLO-PivsiieutoftueJI^ Association of Canada the President of the C.il:es;tof Piijsieiansa geons of Quebec the Dean of the Medical Fa.:akv of Laval UmTeMfj;! President and Ek- Presidents of the Meiioa' C )uucil of Novi Scotia, M ought to uj sii.li jieot t-) proT» tlieir q" These recommendationft but it further proof is needed, call on A. TURNER ACo., Chemists and Hr^i ^^j\JFtISXAJu,T:. OJVT, The only place in town where they can be Spectaies fitted oh scientific principle. Nef FoniitQre Store, NEXT DOOR TO -^HE BANK, MARKDALE. Having just opened a large atoek of all kiods of Faruitcxe. we hereby giye the pnb- lie generally a eonlial invitation to oall and examine for yoorselTes. Whether yoa are in need of sach or npt we will be pleaaed t« have yon oall and see oar stook and get priees. Ooi intention ie to keep the beet Fomiton manofaolaxed, and sdl at loek bottom prioes for oadi. COLEMAN ft HAMILTON, ' 'W'y Morkdalo. LA1I0 Fm SMkE. THX'aiirtii half eiC lot BoatW 1^. eob. eewion 11, HoUMd TOmiihp. Comity .oiuny, eontaxoiat 100 aonti tvia lot is an Jieavy timbered «ith boaak wnto, eta*, ba^vood and beaiiipek, aaaiaUtpatdl about 4 mUce from Berit«Mr,« front l^Kmeionl and 9 fma Parnate Matton. oii the TeroatQ«^h» imilteiQe lyhiaT f;-' Peerless Oi| Ahead of Ml Cw*^ Highest Honort*' Medal at Towi*l SIX GniO MEDALS INfW BEST RECORDINjUt"' SatisfactSi you gti it. «« 4e" " Tin g«iiiiins it""" ' SUL Queen City -^^ ForSakor^ mHE warmest ^^'^^^ .1 acres garden in gojj^^a 'rtB^berry bed, Xenps 0"