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OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TO MY CUSTOMERS AND THE PUBLIC GENERALLY. I desire to draw your attention to the fact that I have and will have the largest, best and cheapest stock of Hardware, Paints, Oils, Tinware and Stoves ever offered in the county of Victoria. I have succeeded in purchasing direct from the manufacâ€" turcrs this year’s supply, and. WILL SELL m MANY LINES AS CHEAP AS I USED TO, BUY for myself. I shall personally be behind the counter morning, noon and night, and IF ‘OLD JOE’ LETS YOU OUT WITHOUT PURCHASING it will be because you want the earth for nothing. If you don’t want to buy give me a friendly call. anyhow. Thanking everyOne for their patron- age this last seventeen years, Yours Respectfully, MRTH STAR MEIER MILLS. The undersigned beg to announce to their numerous customers and the public generally that their new Roller Flour Mill is now completed, and grinding night and day. The machinery throughout is of the most modern pattern, and the quality of the output second to none in Ontario. Special attention given to gusting and chopping. \Ve pay Lindsay prices for wheat and coarse grains, of which we want an unlimited quantity. Ilides and skins, Furs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, etc? bought and sold. Agents for the Canada Carriage Company. Parties buying Flour or Feed in quantities would do 1 well to write us for quotations before purchasmn‘. McDougnll, Brandon & Austin. BIG- BARGAINS OOOOOOOOO in tat"..t was GOODS WWI. THE NEXT SIX WEEKS. Feuclon Falls, 10th November, 1896. TO THE FARMERS l l ‘ .0f the surrounding vicinity. If your MAGHIHES . . .. should need repairing, or if you should want any repairs, or DQW' mould boards or steel land sides on your ploughs, COME EARLY, and don’t put off till wanted. If you think of purchasing a good Pea Harvester, Hay Fork, or any other imple- ment, give ROBSON a call, and you will get them at prices to meet the times. THOS. BOBSON, FENELON FALLS. ‘ 'l‘lie Fenelon Falls Gazette. Friday, March 26th, 1897. â€"__~ The-Education Question. Last Saturday’s Globe contained no fewer than five communications, under difi'crent headings. on the subject of ed- ucation, which Mr. Ernest Heaton, of Goderich, the writer of one of them, says “ is now a favorite topic of discus sion;” and the writer of another, who signs himself “ Headmaster. ” saysthat “ attacks on our school system are com» ing thick and fast these days, and these attacks are directed mainly against our secondary schools.” In sur issue of the 12th inst. we expressed a doubt whether one out of five hundred boys who receive a high school education is satisfied to make a living by farming except under the most favorable circum- stances; but “Headmaster” tells that more than thirty out of the last fifty boys who attended a. certain high school are to-day back on farms, and apparently intend to remain there, although some of them were at the school for as much as three or four years. The Principal accepted his position, which he still holds, on the condition that the passing of pupils was not to be his chief aim, and it is a pity that all other Principals do not work under the same condition. Furthermore, of‘the boys who have pass- ed through the school (which is, per- haps, “ Headmaster’s ” own) in the last five years, not more than four have to his knowledge gone tothe United States. To keep the youth. of Canada at home is of the very utmost importance, and Mr. Heaton, as well as other writ- ers, insist that the effect of higher edu- cation is practically to force thousands of them to emigrate. We have neither time nor space to ‘ give even a synopsis of the five com- munications in the Globe, and we allude to them simply as proof that there is great and growing dissatisfaction with the school system of the country. Apart from the question of the advisibility of trying to make “silk purses out of sows’ ears,” there is. the, great injustice of forcing the poor to pay for the higher education of the rich; and even ifa great part of the money paid for school- ing were not thrown away, as it is, the Government has no rightâ€"as Professor - Goldwin Smith said at a Grange meet- ing in , Torontoâ€"to take the people’s money to pay for what he very properly called “ fancy education.” It is true that ignorant persons are a menace to the community, but a boy or girl of average intelligence who has attended a common school for five or six years is only relatively. not positively, ignorant, and has enough education to success- fully follow any one of the numerous occupations by which the masses make their living. We hope, with Mr. Ilea- ton, “ to see this educational question thoroughly thrashed out, and in the reformation of our system the architects we employ must not be pcdagogues, but statesmen." Even the common schools, the only ones for the support of which common people's money should be spent, l l need reform~; and the scntiments‘ofl thousands of oppressed parents are set! forth by a Unbourg lady who signs ber- save ,helnad' 18 were floating on the rack, but the 1- offices were contested for in such an en- - Othch had rolled off the front, become 1, [linsiuslic way as to lead to the belief saturated with water and sunk. self “A Mother of Six," and, in last Saturday’s Mail and Empire relates her {.vricvanees as follows : “ I am glad that at last some one has ventured to remark publicly on the system of heme work, adopted by the Public SCIlOOlr. Mrs. Scollie speaks adviscdly indeed, when she calls it dia~ l his eulogies to clever Victorians who - ___-L-.. -.â€"--.-.-.â€"..» - bolicai. and. it is high Li: re the mothers mile fi-om the landing place and the? in the province sizou'id strike against same distance from the sham. and the the trig-halal gammy of home work. horses travelled fullv forty rods parallel which the S'Wâ€"Citiii‘i teachers impose t with and onlv a few feet from open water upon the nu (2:322: and chisireu. Every i before they broke through. awning my L‘hild":‘n pnr.‘ over pages ‘ and _ “hid! should be learned each '_l;':_\' 3.: when} for the next. The)‘ are l‘lLlllllvzi with such useiess things as learning by heart all the liit've rivers and pawn: in t‘arada and the IiDIIL‘d SUNS ‘\"i the \‘ lll'k Ii'xlls “Di-'1 - ' ‘ 3 ‘ ‘ . ‘ ‘ ‘ last meetuw read and a rove the poor and Glitl‘. tit-en mother. and " pp d' . . Moved by Mr Robson seconded b the tiach '~r. is ll'.‘ n' sir- i: ‘allil. h‘: l':‘ ' ' ‘ ' . . y the Cilildh’, new“; ,{m 32:0“: but}, , I Mr. McKeown, That the Fenelon Falls by the mower x 1"“: y" ’1‘, is 1. v:r‘Y Public Library be granted the sum of I. .tu....i.‘ c " ao~_, ' I . - wrong system ; reverse the order. I say, $22‘magflggggg' Vanessa Mum] and and ii the mother must assist in the 4“ d b M‘ K ~ P b,. , t __ . _ I. H .p N -. ove y r. L c eown, seconded u re scmoledutatioa oi llLI chillitn. b Mr Dovman That up 1., , ‘ let the school teachers thoroughly teach fo'r léqfi M’ resents, “hm l Smurf,- and make them undvrsittnd their les- p Cr 1 II" ,l‘ ,p - i a a 0i 0 ’ sons and let the comparatively c'isv an t-mt he L erL bcmsu‘ucmd to have part of hearing the lessons fall upoii 3:10 Igunfi‘quuglgegssigrzcogguts{arist- the mother. The plan adopted in the qm’n qu16 each from the vmnEMf 5“ United States IS the prop-Jr one, llillnt‘l)‘. :md so Each “om the ocmemr find“: 3 to set apart a certain portion of each Carriai y ' day for learning the lessons for the ' next. Five andia half hours each dav moved-b) ML Deyman' {seconded by is enouflh school my an chm," and , Mr. M.artin,That bhe following accounts especiqlfy so i, they '[llkg up any m be paid and the move give his orders I ' k ‘ . St 2' l . . " ‘ complishments or languages. Under ilégd::)§401_0:30pgggtizri’f $30,333, the present system of hours of home ' ' ‘ ' TL , I.” , 1. cents; S. Nevison. salary from January . . ,. . . 5 , _ . W0 , ‘10 “0m U 0“! C l} ‘~ f0." 3 1,“,"35 10th to March 8th, Sufiâ€"four meals for grow crooked and their eight tails. Tl . I, v , ' tramps, 40 centsâ€"Carried, - we can a to be no 6055’ .mPP-y clen' Moved by Mr. Deyman, seconded by lugs where one of a large lamily reads '1 d d 11 . b ‘ l k . MP» 313m”. That the payment as per d on a“ {i - me u-S'y mil W0? 9‘ vouchers by J". A. Ellis of the sum of books. As it is, by nine oclock their , 89 50 to several parties assisting at fires poor laces are pale, and they are weary d ‘ ‘ d n, d, ‘1 b d be confirmed; this, with 815 50 cash a“ “.01” out’ an a a y m“ to. e ' handed to the treasurer, making a total only, in many cases, to toss feverishly, , , of8‘25. being the amount of Messrs. and murmur portions of their lessons Howry & Sousa donation on”, Jul , _ all night. I feel sure many mothers if 3,, d I . ‘ . d1 _ _ Carried. “1 en 0150 my sentiments, .iu tlllst Council-then adjourned; you will find it posstble to. make room for this letter.” aâ€"z-â€"=â€"â€"â€"â€"__ Village Council Proceedings. â€"_ pages \fvi Vivi}; Fenelon Falls, March 22nd, 1897‘. Council met at the call of the recve. all the members present. Minutes of Kinmount. Local Geniuses. (Correspondence of the Gazette.) Sugar and syrup making has begun. Messrs. A. Morrison and H. Graham In last week’s Warder appears a poem entitled “The Blessed Quartcttc " writ- - ' , are b s «r " ten by Mr. Charles McUaughey of Up- - u“ yfietilp” iwdy u? make Syrup, 1,, _ _ in I .r. . eirisou s sugar bush. May 111]. It pescsses consxderable merit and :the , 1 a d , ‘ - u , v _ fl. b I M v f, .u_ l y rave goo success, especia y on is way u a ove tie avuagco engine the day the “sump on?” The we poetry found in country papers; but i y " ' y ‘ usinrr iron 5 lies an ' ' sum Hughesâ€"Who goes ‘0 “3 great ex" and :,as thcypthorouriiiltlinsdg‘sgihdiisd tremes in praising his friends as in ’ 5 y I . . busmess le e51). . r ' . abusng his opponentsâ€"absurdly states . ’ t] y imb- t? hue 1-H“ Class h ‘ . . . syiup and. plenty of it if there is a Wood that for conception and execution it . n - b n ‘ I .. . ,, iun of sap. lhcy are havtng one hun- IlaS iarely been equalled in. Canada. -- . ‘ ,1, . ‘. . . , . . . .dred sap buckets mode by Mr. John he article in which the poet of Uphill K-innsboro which will "u be made use is told (probably to his surprise) that n i ‘ . . of as well as their present stock he is a genuine genius is headed “ Cle- ' ,D , ~, ’ The eo le of ‘his villaee were "l ver Victorians in the Warder,” and, p p u c ‘3 ad . . ‘ I L ‘ .I ‘ A ‘. - after givmg Mr. McCaughey his dose to W“ Ohm success Of 1' J01") Aug tin in the case of the protest of his elec. of talfy, Sam proceeds to administer a - ' - ‘ - , ' _ tion and he e tl ' big ladleful to a dozen or more resrdcnts ' p 10 matte! m” mSt as m f. , 3d. , h. ‘ , now stands. 0. tie it ling wro. ave, from time to The addresses Given-on Friday the time, enriched his paper With prose, D ' , 19th inst., by the Rev. J'. 1’. McEwen poetry or paragraphs about pork. With- - . ' I i _ out doubt, there are within the bounds and the Rev. A' P. MCDmHMd 0f 10 . . route on Baptist missions were enjoyed of North Victoria a good many persons ’ . ‘ . ‘ . ver much los \l > who are gifted to some extent wrth- lit- y by l] e v '0 amended the . ' . . . . . meeting. mar-7’, “'h'suc or. mmlc‘ll ab‘hty; bl“ Quite an excitement was caused on we think it a mistake on the part of r ' Tuesday, March 23rd, when the report Bro' Huglles ‘0 endsavm‘ to 9’“? them was spread through the village ofa rob- as crazy With concert as he is himself. ‘ , bcry in the office and store of Messrs. It Will be observed that Sam. confines Craig & Ausfin‘ About $75 worth of goods were stolen, tea, under-clothing, tobacco and provisions seeming to be what the robber needed most. Some toilet soap was examined and thrown aside, as if “his deeds being evil, he loved darkness ” (of complexion). The goods were taken after eleven o'clock on Monday night, as Mr. Austin was in 'the office till that hour. The constable is searching for the missing goods, but cause his flesh to cmw, d ,i , .‘ t as he has not returned at the time of ‘ a" ‘8 "1” 0 writing we do not know whether his. Smild 0.“ end’ It. IS g°°d poet”; and We search will be successful or not. maintain that,3udged by thisstandard, ; __ _ , , __ the author of “ Grandma M‘cUlung ” is entitled to a prominent position amongst the poets of North Victoria. To be sure, he only became one of Sam's con- stituents under compulsion; but that makes no difference; right is right, and we hope he will receive honorable men- tion in next week’s Wardcr. Horses Drowned. have contributed to the contents of the l‘Varder, which is only doing part of his duty; because, being M. P. for the north riding, he is, we consider, under an obligation to confer celebrity upon all the “ brilliant geniuses ” in his own constituency, without regard to their politics. New, poetry is judged by its efl‘ect upon a susceptible reader. I’fit make him want to weep or fight, or if it Powles’s Corner. (Corrcymmlcnce of the Gazelle.) Many homes in this locality have been visited by lagrippe, and some had to lay aside everything and go to bed for a few days. We are ulud to know that they are getting smart again. Mrs.John Knox returned on the 15th from, Markham, where she had been for- about ten days having a cancer extract- ed irozn her nose. Mrs. Knox is now very old, and was very feeble when she arrived at home, but is now getting along very well. Mr. It. II. Strand, of the township of Tiny, spent about ten days visiting Last Saturday two sons of Mr. Rob- ert McFarland, of Somerville, went to Lindsay, by way of the ice, for a load of oat-dust, and left for home about 4.30 p. in. When they had nearly reached land on this side of Sturgeon lake darkness fell so suddenly and grew so intense that, the [rack became idvig- I'CIHIIVCS and friends II) tIIIS COIIIIIIUHIIY. ible. Seeing what he thought was a Mrs. W- J' Raff“. Cuml’f‘lYWI’C'” 8 sleigh approaching, the driver headed : Week With her sister, Mrs. John B. his team in that direction, but had not PUWl‘JS- gone far when the ice rare way, and 303113 “ll they and the front on of the sleigh “"fvc‘lg Will?“ went iuto‘the water. The two McFar SPNUf-l "4 c'lmmfâ€"T- lands and a companion named Lamb; tried in vain to get the horses on to the 2 ELECTION or. OFFICERS.â€"-Oxl Mon- iec. but finally had to abandon them toi day evening, the 15th inst., the election their fate and walked to the Falls, a i ofnfiicers of Trent Valley Lodge No. distance of about two miles, for help to p71. 0. (J. 0 1". was held. There was ()fthe 23 bags of"du.-:L" a large attendance, and several of the the spring birds have is an indication that The E that the members heartily appreciate harness was taken off the dead IlOI's'Cn, v the principles of odd-fellowship. Below and the sleigh was fished up on Tuesday , is a list. of the officers for the ensuing from a depth of about twenty feet. The ‘ term : l’. N. Ii, 11. E. Austin; N. (3:, accident happened abouta quarter ofal Pom '1‘. Purdue, rc-clccted; V. G., I a“... m ....t.--..,â€".‘.. W-..“ ~......-_.â€"...-. -.L .._.-._L.‘ .