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T ERM S :-$1. 50 PER ANNUM. NEw SERIES, N uMDER OUR TOWN AND COUNTY FIRST : THE WORLD AFTERWARDS. M. A. JAMES, EDITOlt AN:O P.ROPRIETOR. VoI.mIE 289. BOWMANVI LLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1884. xxx. N UMBER G. ~· THE SPRING NEEDLE . CORRESPONDENCE. HAMPTON. The Methodist Quarterly meeting uf the Darlington Circuit was held last Sunday iu the D. C. church. 'J;he attendance W < \S large and the meeting one of 1musu:tl interest . Rev. W. R . Barker prenched :m able and impres~ive sermon on the "Sacramen t of the Lord's Suppe:r;." Upwards of two hundred part ook of the emblems of Christ's sufferings and denth after the pnhlic service. Messrs. 'f. H . Hancock and S . Washington were nppointed delegates from the Methodist Chnrch to the convention nt Por LPerry to lie held on the Gth and 7th inst<tnt. LESii.ARD. A now arrivfl.l here in the person of an infant ushered into this world of KelT a nd sorrow on l\fonday morning, Jan . 28. Our school is full and still increasing in the average att endance, notwithstanding the extreme severity of the weather. A shower of " suns " last week. The bait was n ot ta.ken. It has peen announced th at on Tuesday, 5th i nst:, an ente1·tainment consist ing of fire-eating perfor ma.nces, etc., is to be given i n the Son's H:1ll by B uffalo B ill. Now this p romises to be such a llocidell departure from our quiet, respectable school entertainment, that the people are justly i ndignant, t hat such au atfair should be patroaizecl by the public ; in fact, it is high time that a stop sho uld be put to all such exhibitions. MJCAW.BER. A CLARKE FARMER SPEAKS D EAR Sm,-I remember cluring the election campnign , of 1882, uttendi11g a. 1>olitical meeting in Lhe village of Oro110, und lisL ening with great in terest to a. speech deli vered by Mr. B unting, wherein he pictured t o us ia.rmers the gt·eat benefits we had deriver[ from tho N . P . by the inc:reased price of grn.in uf ;i,Jl ki.nds which we had t o sell, and irnl'iloring us i1s we valued the prosperity of our Proviuci; ancl D omin ion, to cast our votes for h im, that he m ight assist Sir .John A. Ma.cdonalcl in cont inuing that loolicy which had provecl so beneficial to farmers, mmrnfacturers, meelrnnics, and in fact any n.nd ever·y JJerson o.f 1tny and every ctilling wh o h1tp})ened to bo so fortmmte as to live under such a. wise :incl econom ical government as that presided over by Sir ,J olm A . ]}facdonald. And during his r emarks he appeared te> take special delight in referring to the low prices we reccivecl for gmin duriug the re.uinw of the Mackenr.ie government, and proving (sim_ply by assertion) that the N . P . hn.cl been the cause of increttsing the price of om: produce ; and thal in future if that policy was continued the greater would he t11e value of (lveqthing which we hn.d to sell.. " 7hy I B ec,1use througlt that policy large factories of every descript ion were being erected throughout the Dominion, and they would give eniployment to the tens and hundreds of thouBands of th.e unemployed rn echanies ron d labol.'ers of poor Free Trade England, who were pouring into our Dorniu.ion where t hey would receive rom uner ati ve employment, and open Lip for us ti home market for our products, and make us intlepenclont of :tll outsirlo markets which were cont inually fluttering, as often 0 1· of tener,. down than up. ·wen (lo I remember the roars of laughter ..,h e evoked from the Conservative portion of the auclience, when referring to the soup kitchens which h e called the chiof industry instituted under the Macken7.ic govemmeut, ancl pr ochtiming in t he m ost emphatic nmnner the impossibility of vur eyer requiring a soup 1::i£CliCn again i f we returned to power men pledged to support in its entirety the gi·e iit National P olicy, inaugurated by the govermnen t of the great Sir John A. Macdonald. Now, sir, although a R eformer, I wa.11 so nearly persuaded by his bhmclifll unents as t o abstain from voting, not wishina to vote against a policy wh ich ho so cmpl~ati cally declared had done so much fo1· our cuuutry. On the other lumd, it was hard to go against ou r p:trty leader whom I had supported since his in tr oduction to political life in 18G7. "" Time t ells, etc. \ Vell, sir, dnring last October I drew to m:trket a poi'tion. of my b:uley and r ye, and not being satisfied with the price offered, I ceased drawing, believing the buy ors were either combined to keep prices tlown, or else Sir John was too busy t o l ook afte1· our welfare ; and so I concluded t o hold the babnce until winter, when Sir John would no doubt give us a lift. So I . started again last week and found the price even worse than in October, for the same barley which I sold in Octol)er at 65 cents I could only get GO cunts. 1 then 1m1de enquiry a.bout other grains and found wheat $1.00 instead of $1.10 ; r ye, 58 cunts instead of 60 cents, and peas 70 cen ts instef\Cl of 80 cents, which I expected. N ow, sir, when I foun<l matters so I began thinking, and the mor e I thought the more in the dark I appeiue~l to get, until finally I co11cluded to take a daily paper for a while, and the very first one I examined I found that the foreign mark ets were d own and tha.t we co\1ld not expect better prices here until they improved in Orea.t Britain. H ow, sir, does that tally with t he p romises nrncle by C. W . Bunting and other '.rories dur ing the election of 1882 1 Further, T found in the very same paper that soup kit chens had :J.ctually been established in Toronto, Hamilton, and Lon don, for the beu eij.t of the poor unemployed mechanics an<l laborers who were promised work and higher wages than ever before if they would only· suppor t the N . P. ci1ndiclates. N ow, sir, with t hese facts before me, I can easily understand why Sir J ohn has allowed tha l)rice of pe:ts t o drop 10 cents per bushel. I t is that t he people in the cities who furnish the soup through clmrity to the unfor t unate poor, may be enabled to do so without feeling t he burden too heavy. :As for the other grains, l am convinced t hat they are ruled by th e foreign market, and that no Canadian government cim frame a tariff to, in any W·ty , enhance their value. Sir, this lotter is longer than I intended an d so will now close by wishing the time may soon come when I shall have the oppor tunity of redeeming my political character against the N. P . Yours t ruly, FAHMER. Clarke, J an. 30, 1884. May now find employment, after tihe Ladies have made their preparatory visit to :~McCLUNG BROS'. C: - NEW - -··· -PARK. ·To the Lad.ies -w-ho -w-ish to com-w-ould Say. ~. mence their sewing~" 'lVe that -w-e have recently opened out New Goods in the follovving lines· -"White Cottons, Lonsdale Cambrics, Swiss Check Muslins, Jacconet Check Muslins, W'hite lV[arscilles, ~ Swiss Embroideries, Insertions, Cambric Edgings, Linen Edgings, Everlasting 'I1rim'gs, Irish Trimg's, & 'l\1 e call special attention to our SWISS E ~BROIDERIES-all new patterns, an extensive ~ sortmei:t, _ prob.ably the in Bowrnanville. ) ,_ nic~st stock ever MCCLUNC BROS~ J. H IGGINBOTHAM&SON, GrandCOntral Pure Drugs and Medicines, ~standard Patent ll~ediciues, DJ'C Stuffs , flab· and TooUt D1·ushes, Sltoultle1· B1·aces , S1>onges , Pe1·f"lnnet·y , &c. .AGENTS FOR T El:E is the best place to ~et a Good Mr. J ohn Cochran, jr., is r ecoverin!!' from his recent illness. Messrs. Thomas Brallley and Benson C1.1rscac lclen have recovered from injuries received from l)eing precipitated ove1· a steep enbankment out of their buggy last December. Mr. I-tichal'Cl Bradley is preparing to re-build the clilH.pi.dated walls of his house enrly in the spri ng. No more J oin. is pennnce in this neighbo1·hood threshing pea.s ; the farruers ha.ve hung up theit· fbils. Thos. Brisbin took 11nwn his fiddle and played " Slavery clt~ys :ire Over." Ho and R obert Miller have introduced Lhe first and " only l)erfect pea thresher" in this locality. Th. e snow still falls, the cruel winds drift it in heaps, but what 0;1re our young folk for that ? Last Frid:ty evening the boys buttoned up their overcoat s, the girls gut on their wraps, and Benson Carscadden h ltcJ'Hassed his lofty team, and with one or two other conveyances st:i.rted westward to Mr. Patto1l'r; 1 ·i,nd t here hdd another oyster supper 11.11<1 dnnce. After a good feed of oysters and lots of dancing, the pnrty started humuward next mornin&' looking sleepy enough. We nre a little sorry for our first teamst er who lost '.fune of h is load coming home. She came ~vi.th tl er nveyance. Another S<Lcriilce on the altar of hymen. Miss Annie Bradley and Mr. i:famuel Thompson, with a few friends, wended t heir way south imd found u parson who was willing to administer the nuptial ceremony. After t,hey were bonnd in the h oly bonds of wedlock they sttir tecl on their wedding tour. \Ve h ope the young groom will make a good husband and that a.1.Ltheir troubles will be little (mes. 1 'l~hti you1~n<liHs <J<~ouud J).ere ~re preparmg to mall:e leap year proposn1s. \: e expect to see them all in silk dresses this season, as tlmt is tho penalty inflicted on refusals. w ·IIANC . ' CARTWRIGHT. Two I talians from tlrn railroad went on S unday to \Villiamsburg, got drunk, and about 80 rods from the village lay down on the road . T he first t ef.Lm that came a.long could not pass, as t he snow is four feet deep . T he driver h ad to get out, r oll one on each side of the tmck, the poor fellows being as helpless as logs. They lay for an hour a.ud :i h alf, till the churches were out, scn.reini" horses aud frightening the women. At ast 11 man who saw they were freezing went to the hotel where they got the liquor, told them the men were freezing, and that they, the hotel folk, would be held r esponsible. A sleigh was at. once sent after them and although they had lain so long with the thermometer at 10, poorly clad, without mittens on t heir lmnds, it is h oped they will r ecover . A pious old lady here attributes our very severe winter t o the great sia of listening to :ind believing in the predictions of the false pr ophets, Vem11J1·, Oats, etc., about the weat her. The following conversation t ook 1 1lace recently between i1 ;.wighhor and ]\fr. R obert J obb : N eighbor-" Where w(l).·e. you coming from this morning over the snow drifts?" Rol!ert- " I ha.cl been to .Janetville for the do<itor. The Mrs. was sick." .Nei[ihbor-"Dicl he come ~" B obt." Yes; McAlpiue wuuld drive through anything. " Neighbor-" H ow is she 'I " Rubt.--Oh, sh e is first-rate n ow." N eibh. -"What is it ?" Answer in another column. B oB. ORONO. GOUUTICE. ::::r::::: Hot Dish of Oysters. Com e in and try it. Oysters l n Bulk or ()ans nhvuys ht stock. ORANGES, LEMONS, GR APES, BANANAS, D ATES I GS. Biscuits of all ki ds. Cigars from two for 5c. ~UCY!ll ~ Prescriptions and Recipes --~· .,t·t,. ., . . ft T..,USS 89 · ~n "'*~Av n *CONFECTION RV andthebe~tetockof IN B OWMANVILLE _--The Grand Cen tral is 11 ·' NUTS OF ALL Kt· OS, t door Carefully compounded with absolute purity and correctness. East of Poat Office. ------"..:;- - -· · -- - -------·---- 3 ____________,_____ HAINES' CARRIA.GE "WORKS. GEORGE C. HAINES, Proprietor, -MANUFAC'fURER 0 1!'-- Cards of Thank To the SCYVe1·eiqn Fire Insurance Oo., 'Qronto. CARRIAGES, SLEIGHS, CUTTERS, WAGONS, &C .. 3ingle P hretons . .. ...... .. . ... .. .. ... .. .... .. .............. ... ........ ........... O pen B\1ggy . .. ..·. . .... ·.·.. .... . .... .·.··.· .. .. . .. . .·· ·. ~ ... . . . . ... .. .. ··..·. ·. T op Buggy. ....................................................................... ..Democrat Wagon . ..... ....... .... ... ........ ... ..· ···.··.. ..... ... ,.. ... ..... ... L umber Wagons. .... . ....... .... .... .. ... .. .. ..... .... . .... ...... .. .. ... . ... . . . I hereby return thanks for the prom\t. and liberal settll!ment, tlirough your agen\ Mr. Thomas Bingham, of the damage done to mr. barn in Clarke by lightning. Yours truly.~ JOHN RUDDOCI\. 280. _ __ ..,,_,_ _ _ Bowman ville.! I To the P resident, Jlfanager and Directors. of the Fire Insurance A ssociat'ion of Loncl on, KING STREET, BOWM ANVILLE, Eno l and. H as now on hand a number of Yehicles (and is manufacturing a great. many morel of the newest I hereby return thunks for the very prompt pattel'nBand best finish, which I am offering for aale ot tho lowest. prices consistent settlemen~.t.hrough your K gent Mr.T. Bingham, wit.h due regard to workmanship and quality. The following is a list of fo r my two horses killed bv lightning in my the principal vehicles manufactured by me: . field last thunde1 · storm. R OB'l', l<' IELDING. Double Cover ed Carriages .. ... ... .. .. . ......... . . ....... ....... ........ .... .. $ 200 Upwards. 100 70 , 90 65 55 11 11 11 Express Wagon... .. .. .. ..... ...... ..... ... ... ...... ..... . ......... .............. 75 II Skeleton... ......... .... .... .. ........... .. ............... .. ..... .. .... ....... ... .. 50 Sulky. ......... ................ ............... ...................................... 40 Posseising superior facilities for manufacturing carriages, I intend to sell very cheap for cash or approved credit. and by so doing I hope to greatly increase m y number of sales. Would sell the wood parts only, or the gearings of bugiiies Ironed. ·Light Wagon. ..................................................................... 40 ° ·1 " T o t he P resi dent a.nd Directors oftlie flm·tfo1·1i Fire liis·iirance 001npany. I hereby return thanks for t.he prompt pay· ment lJy your agent, Mr. T. Bingham, £01· lo.,a m tu 11 w my household etfects. ca.used by the breaking of a coal 011 lamp, having received ca.sh check as soon as my claim was presented. Z79. MORGAN DA.VIES. _ .,,_ .. A LONC ·r1ME.- Fiftccn years of suffering from t he torturas of Dyspepsia is in· · · · · d THE PI A NOJ<'ORTE deed n long time. ABurus, blacksmith, 1£ D~stre · At the Shortest Notice, Pa.mte~ and T rtmmed _ ORG~N and SINGING. 'l'ERMs :-$6 and of Cobour ', was thus aftlic'ted but it onl A t t.be Factory I a.Isa do Planing. Matching, Turnmg a.nd Sawing with Circle, Band or Scroll $10 per 'l welve Lessons of ONE hour eaoh. l gf . b ttl I B 'l ' · Bl yd l:>aws, and prepare all kinds of lu mber for carpenters and othet-e for building purposes. Over Higgmbotham's Drug Store, King Street. re_qmrcc our o es o ~re OCJ\l · oo Oml\lllent~ anu Plain Pic~ets tor fences in every style required. made to order. · 2"8 Bowmanville. )l. Bitters to completely cure lum. · · r ed T All K l. nds of Vehicles Repa1 To the l\'Ianager and Directors of the Sover· eign Fire I nsurauce Co.. Toronto. GENTLEMEN.-I beg to acknowledge the i:>rompt settlement, thr ough your agent. Mr. Thos. Bingham, or my claim In full for the lo ~s of my ba1·n in Mariposa. bv lightning. J A.COB POLLARD, Bowman ville, Sept. 22. 1883 10 ' ..:. -u Mlt. TEACHER OF , WednesLby, Jan. 30th, 1883, should be recorded in the history of Courtice as marking tho occmrreuce of a very important an<l notable event, I might say, that has too rarely occurred in this place in the past, for no doubt to its scarcity are traceable the many complain ts of neighboring ministers, the falling off in attendance at school from year to year,. the forlorn and settled expression of countenance one me · · h on every hand, a.nd numerous er mis rtunes. Ou the · bove date a huge company of friends gathered at the residence of Mr. L. l\'l. Courtice to witness the marri:ige of Mr. A. E. Clemens, of Tyrone, and Miss Pollie Courtice. At 5 o'clock p. m., the R ev. \V. R. Barker brought m<ttLers to a climax by pronouncing the young couple man and wife. Mr. Vv. E. Courtice, cousin of the bride, and Miss Annie Clemens, sister of the groom, creditably acquitted themselves as assistants in the ceremony. 'I'he bride was the recipient of numerous costly gifts, arnong which were the following : Set of j ewellry, (gold, set with dinmonds) the groom; chin·( tea set, Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Courtice; one doz. silver knives, Mrs. and Miss Clemens ; silver pickle cruet, Mr. and Mrs. "IV. Cryderman ; one d'Jz. silve1: forks, Mr. rind Mrs. ' V. Clemens ; silver cake basket, Mr. and M1·s. L . A1inis ; library lamp, Mr. and Mrs. L. Tule ; pair fruit forks, Mr. and Mrs. N . N . Cole; half doz. silver tea spoons, Mr. S. Clemens ; pair silver napkin rings, M r. and Mrs. W . Courtice ; pt1rlor la.mp , Mr . and Mrs. C. Axford ; set of crystal, Mr. and Mrs. C . Trull ; half dozen silver tea spoons, Miss M. Phillips; silver pickle cruet, Mr. W. E. Courtice ; bmcket, Miss Minn ie Sherin ; tea pot anrl pitcher , Mrs. Jas. Courtice; set of crystal, Masters Blake and John ourtice ; silver buLLer cooler, Mr. R. B . atson ; sil ver napkin ring, Miss Alice l'ower. After a bountiful ropnst a few hours w01·e spent in soci:1ble enjoyment, and about 8 o'clock the lrnp1iy couple left under a gentle sliower of rain, rice and old slippers, on a tour of Western Ontario, vici Niagar:t, carrying with them the best wishes of their many friends . vVo ht1ve it 01 1 the authority of the teacher that the entertainment to be given in the Sons' Hall on Friday evening, Feb. 22, will completely eclipse anything previously attempted. In the report of the D. U. Cheese Co., printed in last week's issue, the following general result8 were omitted : The average price per lb. at which cheese waj! sold -10.95 cents; tl1e average quantity of milk to m>Lke one lb. of cheese-10.19 lbs. BEN. Quarterly meeting at the C. M. church _heu: was vcxy 1:ugely att ended on Sund:ty last. .M:r. R.. Knox has resigned his posit ion as school t r ustee. Cause-not in harmony with the other members of the Board. Wheu will a new election take place ·1 On nominat ion day Mr. R. IL H arr is was :wcusecl by one of the speakers with having charged too much for sheep killed by clogs ; also that t hey were on the common when killed, and therefore he could n ot :· l~gally collect from the Council fo1· th~\H.oi>s . The following resolution, N o. 3150';-of council minutes will explain t hn.t inasmuch as Mr . R . H . Harris has appeared before the council board upon notice given him by the clerk, and as he has satisfactorily shown th:it h is sheep were not on the r oad or on t he common, therefore be it resolved thnt the council board are satisfied that his claim for sheep was legitimttte, and exonerates him from anything wrong in the above matter. Carried. A gay Lothario not 100 miles from Orono who spor t s t1 fancy horse and cutter and appea1·s seven days and seven nights ettch week upon our street s well wrapped in furs, .lms, report says, been guilty of a mean thing by refusing t o fulfil hi.is contract with an est imable young lady who has been to considerable expense i n preparing for what s he expected would be a happy wedding day on Feb. 1st. No explanation has been given, h ut dame gossip reports other claims hiwe seduced him from his plighted vows. Our teachers have now got settled down to business, and are doing good work. If t he Dominion Government; interferes with our license law an agitation will be started t o raise the hotel license t o $200 or $300 per annum, as it appears from the discussions which have already t&ken place that the Ontario Government have the power to regulate t he amount chargeable fo r licenses. Su.ch an increase would be popular in this vicinity, as it is a wellknown fact that h otel keepers amass fortunes in shorter time than any other class of business men going, and with more harm and less benefit to the community at large. A good many persons passed through Orono last week on their way to the races at Newcastle. They reported good sport but very bad roads. Seveml cutters came to gt·ief in th e deep pitch holes. CuitE ] 'OR CHILBLAINS.-Bathe'the feet CLERK. for ten. or fifteen minu tes in water as h ot as C<Lll be borne ; then apply H agyards THOUSANDS S_ff So. Mr. T . W. Atkins, Yellow Oil, and 1 . Lcure is cer tain . Yellow Girad, Kan., writ es: "I never hesitat e t o Oil cures R heumatism, N ouralgia, D eafrecommend your Electric Bitters to my ness, Larneness, and P ain generally; and_ customers, t hey give ent ire sat isfaction internally cures Culds, Sore Th roat, Croup and arc mpid sellers. " Electric Bitters Asthma, and many painful affections. are the purest and best medicine known _ __ __ and will positively cure Kidney and Liver And now it tr:mspires tliat the fur set complaints. Purify the blood and regu- Mrs. Smith bought last week at McClung late the bowels, No family can afford to Bros' for t hirty dollars is far superior to be without them. They will save hun- the sot brought from T oronto by her dreds of dollars in doctor's. bills every M · year. sold ~it fifty cents :i. bottle by J . neighbor, rs.Jones, costing.forty dollars. Higginbotham & Son. This is anot her pr oof that McClung Bros. ____ ___ __ _ can - - etc. , etc. J . Ruebottom, Esq ., of the Ruebottom H ouse, says : "Mcl.Jlung Bros' Tea well deserves the name of GREA'r . I nse it regular-ly in my house and get n o other tea to compar e with it in quality and fiavor," ' I ,v. ' VU.I.SON, I zily l. ·. The untidy, dirty appearance of a g rizbeard should never be allowed. Buckiagham's Dye for the whiskers will readily change their color to a brown or black, at discretion, and thus keep up your reputation for neatness and good looks.