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hq t 1/ &#] \\ Bt~v»«, Stoves,â€"Harris & Co., Durham. Photo‘s, Photo‘s,â€"N. Kelsey, Durham. Removalâ€"A. Gordon, Durkam. . Caitle Astrayâ€"Geo. Muller, Bentinek. Credit Auction Saleâ€"John White, Glenelg, Farm For Saleâ€"James Munter, Durham. Tavixe Hox. Ourves Mowar.â€"Some " _ time previous to the attempted abduction of Mr. Jaffray, in Togonto, two men who . visited that gent‘eman paid a visit to the Calin C. McFayden, Paniel Keith, Alexander Tar‘or, (%. 1. Middirton . 4 rcbibald Thom, THE REVIEW. Durham, September 18, 1879. â€" The American Association of Engineers met at Montreal on Tuesday last. Anumâ€" bor of distinguished scientists are expected t> be present, and the session, which will last for a fow days will no doubt be vyery interestiog and instructive. â€"All parties concerned are required to take notice that angling for trout is prohibâ€" ited by law from the 16th of September to the 1â€"t of May. Any one gnilty of violatâ€" ing this regulation is liable to a fine and costs, or in defuult of payment is subject to iinprisonment. â€"â€"The Guelph Canrtral Exhibition was formally epened by the Governorâ€"General nnd the Princess Louise yosterday. The prounds and buildings are said to be in firstâ€"rate order, and the number of entries is nearly equal to that of any previous year. The show of live stock especially is expected to be particularly good, and equal to anything before made at Guelph. â€"Further news from the East confirmâ€" the worst fears entertained as to the fate of the British Emoassy at Cabul. Reinforceâ€" monts have been forwarded from India, as mnickly as possible, but the organization of the troops and the transport service seems t> be in an inextricable state of confusion. To complicate the matter still worse, good reasom is held for believing that the revolt of the Afghan troops bas been aided and abetted by the agents of Russia. â€"A spirit of lawlessness seems to have pot hold of the people of Quebec. Rowdyâ€" im is rampant, and the civie authorizies scem to be unable or unwilling to put it down. The Blake Act has been put in foree, but the mob have got the idea that the Chief Magistrate winks at their proâ€" coedings, and so fur a reign of terror preâ€" vails. The example of Messrs. Chaplesu vnd De Boucherville in Parlisment wiil encourage the rowdies outside. â€"It isannounced that Exeter Hall, Lonâ€" don, which has beeon used for meetings of n religious chareter for upwards of half a contury, is about to be sold. The meetings have not been well patronized of late years xo that the income of the Hall from this source has very much diminished. It is proposed by gentlemen interested in preâ€" serving it for the purposes for which it has New :s3nuts for the Grey Review. hithorto beeu used to purchase the building. So far they have not been able to procure the necessary funds. â€"It is annonuced that Mr.Joly has comâ€" moneed a series of political meetings in Quebec. â€" The first of the series was held at Granby, in Stafford, which was aitendâ€". ed by about 5,000 persons anud by which the _ Government was â€" enthusiastically suctained. We regret to hear tnat Mr. Chavean, one of M. Joly‘s ministers, has resigned. â€" This step, at such a crisis in the political a‘fairs of the Province, and under such cireamstances, when some of the most precios rights of the people ars being trampled upon by a set of irresponsible men, is despicable in the extreme. â€"â€"The fusion scheme of the Grand Trunk and Great Western Railway Companies has failed, and the Grand Trunk has reâ€" solved to await the course of events. From a local, as well as a general point of vicw.‘ this is the best end that the fusion scheme could kave had. â€" There will now be better prospects of bringing one or other of those companies to see the great advantage of connection with the G. B. & W. R. R., and the disastrous consequences to the public interests will be arrested, which would undoubiedly have resulted from these powâ€" erful corporations securing almost the enâ€" tire control of the carrying trade of the eountry. #f â€"The ease of Prof. Smith has advancâ€" ¢d another stage before the Presbytery ot Aberdecn. â€" The Presbytery was instructed by the General Assembly to proceed ngzainst Mr. Smith, by libel, but the Profesâ€" sor having raised certain teehnieal objecâ€" tions to the form of libel, a motion to stay procedure until thesa objections were «liâ€"posed of by the Superior Court, was earried in the Presbytery. Mr. Smith‘s lito appearance before the Presbytery will mnot have raised him in the estimation of the Church. In his speech at the bar he virtually charged Sir Heury Monerieff with throwing aside principle for the sake of carrying his views and spoke of that genâ€" tleman as being ignorant of the high matters which he discussed, while he (Mz. Smith) was fully eonversant with the subâ€" ject. â€" It is somewhat remarkable that all those soâ€"ealled mdvapeed men in Biblical scholarship are afflicted with a strong tineâ€" ture of selfâ€"sufficiency, and regard those who cannot go alopg with them in latitnudâ€" inorianism _ as children in swaddling elothes. Hox. Ouryes Mowar.â€"Some Max welk The Legislative Councillors at Quetec l re have put an end to the period of inglorions | q: ease which they forced upon themselves,hy | { adjourning to the 30th inst. On Thursday ( lust the Licutenantâ€"Governor, attended by \ a his aideâ€"deâ€"camp and the members of the | ;, Government, came down to the Legislative \ Council and assented to ‘the Bills passed A during the session, and numediately after, | € the Conncil adjourned. Meanwhile howâ€"] g ever, the deadlock continues and public officials, chariteble institations, and the A machinery of Government and public C works generally is placed at a standstill.| f The Council have brought odium upon { theraseives as well as the charge of having acted contrary to the public interest in this | C matter, tor it appears that previous to the | wljournment of the Assembly they led the Government to believe that they would pass the supplies, and by nfeans of tlus false assurance were Able to draw their |, sessional allowance. Itis scarcely credible that any body of men could act so disreputâ€" | ably ; but when it is remembered that the 4 | leaders of this party openly stated that if | M.Joly formed a coalition and gave therm a | ‘ share of the spoils the deadiock would at ] | onee be removed, and that the leading orâ€" | gans of the party have advocated the same view, the conclusion is forced upon one that the charge of obtaiving money on ‘ | false pretences is but too true. Coalitions | are always objectionable, but in the cireumâ€" | atances of the Quebec Government a coaliâ€" *\ tion is impossible. Better far that M. !! Joly would retire with hopor from the field t | than form a coaliton with men who have openly proclaimed to the world that their ob« 4 | ject as politicians is laying hold of the loaves 1| and fishes and securing as much Governâ€" » | ment pap as possible for themselves and n|their friends. The people of Quebec, s | however, aro becoming alive to the gravity 3 | of the situation. They see that to allow a s | nonâ€"elective set of persons to exercise any 1 | eontrol over the public purse would be disâ€" | astrous to the public interests, and are k. beginning to discass the question whether t it would not be for the good of all concernâ€" 6e ed to abolish the Legislative Council altoâ€" 6 gether. Thus the folly of the Quebec g Conmncillors becomes a veritable Nemesis to restore order out of confusion, and place ® | the Government of the Province in accord u]. ‘wilh the progressive and liberal spirit of " | the age. The attention of the Governorâ€"General |, and the Princess has been fully occupied, during their stay at Toronto, with receivâ€" i ing addresses, visiting public institutions | and examining the attractions of the Great |. Show. On Thursday, they spent a conâ€"| siderable part of the day at the Exhibition, and in the evening attended a concert given in the Horticultural Gardens by the Philharmonic Socicty, and on Friday visitâ€" ed the St. Joseph‘s Convent, the Bishop Strachan School and the rooms of the Onâ€" turio Society of Artists. In the evenig tne Marquis was entertained to a banquet by the Toronto Club. Chief Justice Moss presided. The Marquis in respending to the toast of his health expressed his deep seuse of the kind reception he had met ‘mth from the people of Toronto, and his confidence in the great future in store for the country. On Monday the Vizeâ€"Regal party left for Hamilton, where they were received by Mayor O‘Reilly and an imâ€" mense concourse of citizens. An address having been presented, to which the Marâ€" quis made a suitable reply, a procession was formed which slowly wended its way to the new Court Honse. Along the route the streets were thronged with people who cheered lustily tor Her Maje:ty‘s reprosenâ€" Itntive. On arriving at the Court House, which was to have been formally opened hy their Excellencies, they were received by the Warden of the County of Wentâ€" worth, who read the inevitable address. | After the usual reply the Marquis declared | the Conrt House opened for legal business. The Vicoâ€"Regal Party thon visited the Central School, the Hortrealtural Show, ; and other objects of interest, after which they were conveyed to Dundurn. The | city was gorgeously illuminated in the evening. The Great Show at Toronto continues to be the centre of attraction at the present time. â€" The citizens of Toronto have spared neither labor nor expense to make it a great success and they have not been disâ€" appointed. The weather generally has been very fine at Toronto, and this, toâ€" gethor with the presence of the Governorâ€" Genaral and the Princess has, no doubt, aided very much in bringing to Toronto the thousands of visitors who are reported to have visited that city during the past week. It is impossible to give anything approaching to a full notice of the various exhibits in the limited space at our disposâ€" al. Suffice it to say that they are most varied and excellent in cnaracter, and adâ€" mitted by all to be amongst the best exâ€" hibits yet made at any show. The M.«mcnlt.unl nroducts exhibited were parâ€" ticularly good, and we observe that the County of Grey oceupies a foremost place ’ in the prize list. Charles Grant, of Thornâ€" THE QUEBEC DEADLOCK. bury, and Walter Harlman, or Clarksburg, have received first prizes for winter and spring wheat, barley, rye, oats, peas and timothy. â€" In dairy products A. Gifford, of Meaford, received the first prize for firkin butter. The show of horses, cattle, sheep and pigs will be held this week. Ample accommodation has been provided for the different classes of animals. The County Councils of Halton and Peel have just passed the following resolution, and ordered it to be sent to the Minister of Educstion :â€"*"Resolved,that in the opinion of this Council the time has arrived when the public school teachers may be expected to pay at least part of the expenses of their own training and certification, and that the law should be so amended as to give Connty Counciia discretionary power to szact faee not exceeding $15 in all for exâ€" lm and attendauce at the County Model Sehooi," THE TORONTO EXHIBITION. THE VICEâ€"REGAL PARTY. Supsortsers that are in arâ€" rears for the "Grey Review" are respectfully requested to forward _ their subscriptions at once, as we are very much in ‘need of mondy at present. Although the amounts are genâ€" erally sinall in themselves and scattered, in the sum total they amount to several hundred dollars: "The Grey Review" farnished until January 1st lfrom the present time for 25 cents. A Desattmo SociztY has been formed at Elmwood with about fifty members. Tureves have been robbing bechives at Chatsworth lately, and destroying the bees to get the honey. Motxt Forsst Mzecuaxtcs‘ Isstituts is going to get up an Arts Echibition in November next. â€" What will Darham do ? Mx®. N. Keusey is prepared to take orders for Photographsâ€"large or small sizes, at very low rates. Call and see sample‘s, Read advertisement. * * Tus Volunteers arrived home from Toâ€" ronto on Thursday evening last. There is some dissatisfaction at the treatment they received while in Toronto and justly too. AK Auction Sale of Farm Stock, etc., takes place on the farm of Mr. Spencer Boak, Lot 53, Con. 8, S. D. R., Glenelg, on Thursday rext. D. McCormick, Aueâ€" tioneer. Mars. Leaitz, relict of the late S. E. Legate, died on Friday morning last. The deceased lady bad been in failing health for several years. The funeral, which took place ou Sabbath last, was very largely atâ€" tended. SeEvERAL vory successful competitors at the Toronto Exhibition are from the counâ€" ty of Grey. We notice particulary that Mr. Charles Grant, of Collingwood townâ€" ship, took a large pumber of first and second prizes. Lrovermes are offered at a lower price than ever before in this section of the Proâ€" vince, by. Harris & Co., at their shop, opposite tgle British Hotsl. Ouly 7 cents per langtlh! Stoves of all kinds equally cheap. See advertisement. THg Agrieultural Hall has been "walkâ€" ing" towards the new ground for a little more than a week, but it has not quite arâ€" rived at its destination, but it is expected it will cease travelling toâ€"morrow, Mr. R. Bull is pushing on the fencing rapidly. Ox Monday next an Auction Sale takes place on the farm of Mr. H. McGillvray, Lot 20, 3rd Con. W. G. R., Bentinek, and on Saturday another Sale takes place on Lot 23,9th Con., Bentinck, the farm of Mr. John White. H. MeKay, Auctioncer, See advertisements. In Knox Church, Gueiph, on Tuesday, Mr. John Wilkie was ordained a missionâ€" ary to India. A sormon was preached by Rev. W. S. Ball, Prof. McLaren addressed the nowly ordained clergyman, and Rev. Mr. Smellie addressed the congregation, being followed by Mr. Thomas McCren. Taz Rev. Mr. MeDiarmid, of Latoua, preached at the preparation services in the Presbyterian Church hore on Saturday last. The attendance was very large. On Sab bath the Sacrament was observed, by the members of the Chureh. In the evening the Rev. Mr. McLeod, of Priceville preached. Mr. A. Gorpox has removed his fine stock of Watches, Clocks, Jewellery, cto., to the building next to Mr. H. Parker‘s Drug Store, whore he will be found ready to attend to oustomers. His facilities for repairing Jewellery, cleaning clocks, etc., are much improved by the removal. All work warranted. Trz Flesherton Correspondent of the Collingwood _ Messenger enys that Mr. J. B. Williama, of the Gorrie Enterprise, has backed out of his proposal to econduct a newspaper in that village. The same correspondent says that Dr. Christoe is eonfined to his bed with severe sickness. We trust he may soon recover. Ox the occasion of Rev. Joseph Edge‘s recent visit to this place the young ladies of the Methodist church presented him with a well filled purse, as a small token of the high esteem in which the reverend gentleman‘s labors as junior minister on the Cbesley Ciremt last year were held. We anderstand that Mr. Edgo etarts for Montreal next Tuesday, to attend the Theological College of the Methodist church. We wish him success in his studies.â€" Chesley Enterprise. Preskxtatton â€" at Cuatsworta.â€"On Monday evening week a number of the friends of Dr. Dumble met at the residence of that geutlemen and presented him with a beautiful CGerman student‘s lamp, and Mrs. Durable was presonted with a fine 1 silver cake basket by the ladies, The preâ€" sentation was accompanied by an address expressive of affection and confidence of the community in the Dr., and their high appreciation of his efforts in the eause of temperance and moral reform. The adâ€" dress was signed on bebalf of the communiâ€" ty by the Rev. James Cameron, Rev. T. R. Reid and Andrew McGill. The Dr. reâ€" plied in suitable terms to the address, and although great inducements have been “ofl'orod to him to remove to another place, he has determined to remain in Chatsâ€" ‘The Belleville Ontario shows that there is a difference of 60¢ to 70¢ a bush in tarley between this year and last year, in spite of the boast that the N. P. would advance the value 15¢. We know of several farmâ€" NMational Policy ?" Local and other Items. ers," says the Onfaric, "who harvested last year from 800 to 1,000 bushels of this crop, and who will harvest about the same this year. Their lo=s under the N. P. om barley alone will be about $500 to 4700. Won‘t they cheer for Sir John and the The Fair beld here on Tuesday last was one of the best beld in Durham for some time. Several bundred head of cattle were on the ground, many of the cattle in good condition, and sales were made very rapidâ€" ly. Prices wore a littlo better than at the last Fair. _ A very large number of people were in Town during the day. (From the Advertiser.) l i Our town presented more than the usual | j number of attractions last S«turday afterâ€" | , noon ; indeed, we have had regular holiâ€"|, days on which there was less to be seen and | | in which loss interest was taken. As was | , previously announced the Battalion Review | , was to take plase in the afterncon, and | , this fact, together with the announcement | ; that there was to be a sham battle,a cricket | , matcl, aud a foot race, was the menus of| drawing a large part of the population off the town to the pleasure ground, where the | various events wore to take place. The review commented about halfâ€"past two o‘clock, and attracted very much attention throughout. ‘The appearance of the batâ€" talion, notwithstanding that many of the { men had not received their new clothing, was very fine, while the regular and mcscurate manmer in which they went through their various eyolutions was hbighly creditable both to themselves and to their officers. The marching and manual exerâ€" cise were particularly good, while the wheeling, falling into column, and other wore complicated movements would have | done credit to many older regiments. The Baud also, with their new helmets and carefully polished instruments, presented a fine appearance, while the neat uniform. manmer in which they moved with the | battalion was creditable alike to themâ€" 4 ‘ selves and to the Bandmaster, Captain ‘| Johns. The improvement on the battalion | as a whole was very marked since the preâ€" | ceding: Monday, and the C onuty of Grey has reason to feel proud of being able to t | turn out so fine looking a body of men,and â€"| so efficient a staff of officers. After the review was over, the different|, compames got into order for the sham || battle. The principle on which the battle|, was fought seemed to be that Captain [ Boyd, with several companies, was to |. defend the height to the east of the pleaâ€" sure ground, which height was to be attack» ed from the west by the other eompanics under command of Captains Telfer, Rorke, and Moodie. The Lacrosse ground and Cricket ground were supposed to be impene» trable jungles around which the attacking forees had to move. Crptain Moodic and Rorke opened up a deadily fire on Captain Boyd‘s left, eausing it to retreat rapidly, which it did, delivering at the same time a regular and apparontly effective fire. The advance, however, was carried to an incauâ€" tious distance, for it exposed the attreking forces to a galling fire from their own left, to eay nothing of its having endangered a confusion that might have resulted in the complete route of the whole army. Meanâ€" while a desperate conflict was going on to the right, where Captain Telfor was making a heroic attack in the face of an equally heroic defence. Musketry thundered, steel | glanced, whirlwinds of infantry swept on in suceession, and all the terrors and fury of a battle raged. Men were actually swept down in windrows as volley after volley was poured into their ranks. The wounded and dying were carried to the rear in the grey blankets of the ambulance corps, there to die of neglect, and that in | the presence of the army surgson who was | acting as umpire in a cricket match within |a stone‘s throw of all this suffering !! Girdually, however, Capt. Boyd‘s forces | wore driven back to their last defence, ; where, after a short but determined resistâ€" , | ance, thoy surrendered, no doubt thinking â€"| it more prudent to do so tha 1 to undergo ; | the prolonged hardshibs of a seige. On Saturday evening the new clothing including the helmets, arrived from Ottawa. Unfortunately there were not thnies ecough for the whole regiment, so that those comâ€" panies whose clothes was worst were first supplied. ‘They left here for Toronto by special train on Monday morning, where they remained for several days, f CRICKET MaTCH. During the time of the review a cricket match was being played between an eleven | picked from the battalion and eleven outâ€". siders. The civilians went to the bat first, and from the excellent catching made by the battalion eleven it seemed as if they were going to score an easy victory. The fielding of Saunders and Scott was excepâ€" tionally good, as it will be seen that the former caught four balls at long on, and the laiter threo at point. When they went to the l;nt. however, their want of united practice began to tel!, and an easy vietory was scored for the civil‘ans. . Bimpson bowled 83 balls for four runs and took five wickets. â€" Keunedy bowled 30 balls for five runs and took four wickets. Each bowled two maidens. The match was decided by the first innings, the civilians winning by 29 runs. 3ist Battalion Review. THE FOOT BACE. 1 After the conclusion of the sham battle and cricket match a foot race that had been looked forward to with more than usual interest by the sporting community came off on the road to the south of the pleasure ground. The race was between Mr. New:â€" man of this town and Mr. McDougall of Markdale, on a bet of $75 a side ; distance, seventyâ€"five yards. A good start was made, Mr. Newman taking the lead from the first and coming in an easy winner by about five yards. The race was witnessed by at least a thousand persons. Outside of a few professionals, Mr. Newman is the fastest ‘One bunwdr in Canada. A few days ago a yerng son of Mr. Poter McLeod, Con. 8, Sydenham, had his leg broken a short distanee above the kn<e while playing with a eomsuani>n. ApporXTuENT.â€"In Jast Ontarion Gazette appears the appointment of Dr. C. A. Jones, Mount Forest, as Mssociste Coromer for the County of Grey. This is in addition to his former appointment as Associate Coroner for the County of _wnxxnrooâ€" ie q 4 nA en The Fair. Mr. Eptro®, I This discussion bas taken rather a wide} range, but sinee it has been eonducted | in the utmost good uature, it :an do no| harm. | 1 think so far as fact and figures are in : question, 1 have succeeded in proving my I first position, viz,, that our Sehool System ‘ is very expensive, not 80 much in the actu« | @1 work of teaching, as it is in the adminâ€" ' istrative department including every wfficial | In all systems there may be exceptignnlf cases. â€" Omega has certainly admitted the " possibilityâ€"if not moreâ€"of the existence | of "arbitrurivess and oppression, Hud { Omâ€"ga stitsd that the curtailment of Trusâ€" 1 tee‘s power was only & child of a few months, and given reasous for what done, “ he would have yielded the whole ground ; as it is, he was obliged to admit the power of Inspectors but with power of appeal, &c. Now it must be observed that the restricâ€" tion of Trustces‘ power is so recent that â€" it is fair to assuameâ€"fifty per cent. of the people do not know it, and, likewise, that it was enacted to correct, as far as it gould, the evil I said existed. My friend says I have confused the Moâ€"|| del with the ordinary School system. â€" I do l . not profess to have received a professional | course in the Model School, and it may be : possible that distinctiveness is a quality not very prominent in any mental constitation, but I certainly fail to see how the sulject of Books could apply.to the Model Sehools. The mere mention of them would involusâ€" tarily carry any but a captions mind to the branch of the system intended. Hore, too, Omega would have done well to have menâ€" tioned the age of this provision, viz., that a change of books must only be made ai the concurrence of the Trustoe Board. | This, too, is quite recont, and asinoperative as it is recent. â€" It only proves the magniâ€" tude of the evil mentioned. I said it was | inoperative. Let ns see. We have the | Department at Toronto, who are supposed to be the best qualified, to juage of and to welect books for the Ontario Schools ; but we have likewise Schocl Inspectors, who are supposed to have been de facto teachâ€" ersâ€"if n t so, yet gentlemon, who withont ; the aid of Model Schools, know "how to | teach proportion" and should be well vers | ed in books, and withal are obliged to visit each school twice in each year, so that | every facility existed for the exercise of | mature judgement in the matter of chauge | of Books. â€" Of course the teacher must not be taken into account, seeing that he is the person more immediately to blame for this interminable change. Model Schools, County Councils, &¢. Now, Sir, the composition of our rural Trustee Board is such, as a ruleâ€"and to. them I mean no reflectionâ€"that it strikes one as a werk, peurile atterapt to mend a gigantic evil. | The fact is Books have been so multiplical, adoption of New Series so frequent, and the likes and dislikes of Teachors so promiscuous, that the departâ€" ment became bhampered, and hence as a cursâ€"all the Trustees are utilized, to place their veio upon it so far as their individnal eehool is concerned. â€" Can Omega poini to an instance where the Trustees have been solicited to aet ? If he can 1 can point to fiity where they have not, and the reasous i are very cogentâ€"either inability to judge, or are unsolicited to aet. The teacher, as l usual, does as he pleases, and the coil still cxists. Why does not the Department speak deâ€" 1 finitely and arbitrarily (if you please) to ! provent the changes and make it less exâ€"| pensive for the people. As triend Omegn | intends dilating further on the subject of | Model Schools, which seems to be his‘ hobby just now ! it will not be nocwsm*)-‘ for me to say more at present ‘The sane | remarks might do for Mr. "Beta"â€"he| knows many teachers the better for them. | His knowloedge therein must bo slim, for | the want of comparison. â€" His "wish scoms | to be the father to his thoughte." I hope ‘ if he have not, he will recieve the bonefit | of the institution. He must bear in imind ‘ however, if it be not in him to teach, he| never can teach. A feccher is only the | developmezt of a substanutative priuciplut already thore. A poet must be a poet born. t Let the germ be there, then there will Le l be no difficulty, with or without Model or } Normal Schools to make him a ‘Teacher, providing his soul was in it, Now this vaunted professional course is only of two month‘s duration, and the very Modcl School teachers themselves aro employed mostly in teaching literary and scientific subjects, and one of the chief argnâ€" monts adduced for those grants to Model Schools, is, that it interferes with» the orâ€" dinary routine of the School, requiring too, a certain grade as teacher, Bome one‘> ox gets gored anyway, and these iuterferâ€" ences with the ordinary routine of the Schools counld be a« easily got over in the one case as the other, the argument of inâ€" terference fails altogether. One will be hearing directly of ModelSchools for young mechanies of every description. After un apprenticeship of three or five years they are supposed to know their trade, and if they do not, they carry their own penalty â€"they get no employment ; and likewise tenehor{. Under the system of Inspectorâ€" ships as now exists, it would be impossible for an inefficiont to escape. Supposing | such schools to be a necessity, then Beta‘s reasoning is cogent enough, but if not, as | I successfully ! contend, then it must be | otherwice. The two month‘s term appears to me to | stand corrected on any maiter of figures or be extremely farcical, to graduate in the ) general questions upon proof thereof. This art of teachingâ€"a useless expenditure of" brief discussion, no doubt, will throw some morey besides the annoyance referred to. ‘ vim into the question at the South Grey I may here state that I personally know | Teachers‘ Association meeting in October those, now in attendance, whose proficienâ€" ‘ next. I notice the Model School cornes in ey is undoubted, but whose means are of for its share of attention. Yours, that character which renders it a species * AusBa. of small cruclty to compel their attendance ~spapâ€"â€" f l vael smcgss before granting a certificate. A delegation ot English, Scotch, and . I must not forget, Sir, that I commenced Irish ten: f"‘. sailed for Mon my artigles with the expensiveness of the| °U Th to report on!ithe advan ly&d throwing in some explanations pP winiou for settiement. * on County Council maitersâ€"which as Rusâ€" )« The mail stage between Duntroon and ticus states have dropped out of the quesâ€" lC»llin‘cln.;od is mhout to be discontinued, tion, all of it, however, has a bearing on it being the intention to trausfer the mails the Conntyâ€"that ifaprovements shoald ‘to the Northorn . and Northâ€"Western Railâ€" take place io County expenditure, all Qu' way. The daily stage between Flesherton therrto. _ Pazing money, howerer, to and Dastroon will be coutinued, private individuals, mious Y@ adds very little to it» dignity tieus‘ qnestion, "Why didn‘t pay those monies disect‘y over showshim to be unaequain relationship the inspectors private individaals, minous value therefor, adds very little to 1ts disnity | _ As to Ruasâ€" ‘ tieus‘ qnestion, *"Why d‘dn‘t the Counecil | pay those monies disect‘y over to the Board? showshim to be unaequainted . with the relationship the inspectors bear to the Boards. â€" Lot biw get p«:strd, he then wil!‘ find the Couseil was in the right course. His ideas of «o diminutive a corporate body l are crude, and merely a rehash of ‘Vllll‘ lias becn before hiuted. I was mach amused at one of his clinching arguments, viz..â€"That one of the Councillors stated that the Clerk and Warden could do all the â€" work of the County Counâ€" cil. I also heard it. The gentleman using it was speaking against the Heeve of Glenâ€" elg‘s motion to reduce the uumber of repreâ€" ’fieui:xfi\‘el, and the phrase in question was | irony, pure and simple. Try to be posted, friend ! Another item of usoless expenditure as | _ in convection with what is termed «‘the | | Government and County Sehool Equiva| lont. â€" The Government grauts to the County in round numbers, say, $7,000, for| which the County raises $7,000 more. The Council, of course, raises it pro rafa from | the townships according to assessment, but | 1 it is reconped to the sections in proportion | C to attendance. â€" There is a possivility here of a grave injustice. One portion of the | ® township is compelled to contribute to anâ€" t lother portion from which it receives no benefit. But for the distribution of those monies sul>treasurers are appointed is each municipality at a commission of (I think) 5 per cent on the gross sum. Now, sinse | all monies for school purposes are levied by the several . corpor.tionsâ€"town or | | townshipâ€"what need is there for this equivalent ? The necessity for two school | rates in the same tax bill could be avoided, sud the expenses of disburscment saved, aud inst»ad of the Goverment Grantâ€"so calledâ€"being sent to the County Treasurer why eould it not be apportioned and checkâ€" | d to the teacher, as now, by the Inspector l â€"but without the expense ? If I am corâ€" reet it will be $7.00 saved. Take another | ‘tem in ecunection with the County Board. | [f 1 0u note the Auditor‘s Report you will | see that the Serretary to the Board receives | the sum of $190 per year for his services. |T caunot say that this is too much; but \| then this same Secretary is School Inspesâ€" / tor for North Grey and cosequently one of t\ the Examiu‘ng Board and recrives bis due t‘ere of Examinator‘s fees. Now, we can 1 | barely imagine the propriety of sueh. The ® ‘ secretaryship is all right, providing others t | would ncot do it for less, and which I preâ€" c | sume they conld, seeing there is but one 8 l examination in the yerr. â€" But those $100 ‘ x $120 besides for feesâ€"when it is believ» 1}ed the dutics as seeretary are chiefly disâ€" nivhur:vu] within the time ocenpied by the s | Examinationâ€"rather staggers one ; but no a | questions suffered, gentliemen. Pass it Still another question must soon come |â€" to the front, viz.,â€"â€"the oftics of Inspector ! | . As in Quebec so in Ontario, it will be an important question for the immediate future. â€" In Grey it costs five dollars per ’ sclool per year, besides say, four dollars | per year for incidentals, the Government |. paying five dollars per school imnoreâ€"and there are about 212 schools in the united | Countyâ€"making a total of $2,500 for Inâ€" specting. The quostion is being neked ‘ "Does it pay ?" â€" Where is the good resultâ€" | ing from theso semiâ€"annnal visits, be they | performed ever so faithfally ? What inâ€" | terest gathers around those porfunctional | duties? Can any one make the good reâ€" | sulting more than imaginary 2 If necesâ€" | ! sary at all, then the question of area, duties I and ralary wants to be reconsidered. Why | should a person possessing no more sbility ! than a teacher, have double, aye, three times as much salary with duties less ascâ€" 'Idumts 9 Ought not the present eficient | state of the schools be sufficient to render | such visits of less importance. The reports | of Inspectors are made up cluefly of the l number of â€" children in attendance, uuinber of schoolhouses, whether brick, tstona. or wood, appurtenances, grade of teacher, &¢., &o., filled pro forma, and lncut to the Department to be food for mice. Much hard labor with very dubions results. | Now, I think retronchment should be the l motto, and I quite agree with the hbints lthrr wn out by Omega, that we should beâ€" gin it where we can, viz., in the County,. But I kmow how a great many in the County Coaneil feel avout it. There is such a glamourâ€"perhaps better prestigeâ€" thrown on the system of Education thar it costs one his reputation almost to raisé his vo.ee against extravagance of the kind I have mentioned. Oh! well, it is for education, any way ; let it pass, they say* | Indirectly, hints have been placed on print such as "that no monies shall be paid for services in connection with the Board |until it shall have been passed by one of | the standing committees of the Conmneil ;" | for it must not be forgotten that thosesums | have never seen daylight till long after they | have been paid, and then, of course, "spillâ€" led water cannot be gathered up again." | Pass on gentliemen ! loug it Itcaunct be much different nntil the J people speak ont on such questions. T cerâ€" tainly bespeak for improvement, the presâ€" ent Minister of Education seems to throw his whols energics into the question, and anything he suggests in the shape of econoâ€" my or towards perfocting the scheme, he will easily carry his points, as I trust he may. In conclusion, permit me say, that I wish to misrepresent nothing, and will stand corrected on any maiter of figures or general questions upon proof thereof. This bricf discussion, no doubt, will throw some vim into the question at the South Grey Teachers‘ Association meeting in October next. I notice the Model School cormes in for its share of attention. Yours, Stratford, Sept. 16. â€"A meeting of the shareholders of the Stratford and Lake Huron Railway was held here to day at the office of the Company, The Dircotors report that since the last annual meeting of the shareholders they had completed the railway to the town of 'Linwwel, and had made satisfactory ar. rangements with the Port Dover and Lake Huzon Railway Company to operate the same, At the earnest solicitation ot leading represen tatives of the section of country lying between the town of Listowel and Gsorgian Bay, they had undertaken to construct the line of rail. way from Listowel to Wiarton, on a bonus ‘.gnod upon, Of this amount $410,000 hat been already voted, and they now felt fully warranted in pushing on the work, being conâ€" fident that the balance of the bonuses would be forthcoming in time to allow the Company to complete the railway in due course. gt;;iférd and Lake Huron The resignation of A. B. Atwater as engin cer was accepted, and George Doane, C. £., was appointed in his place. The members of the old Board were unaniâ€" mously reâ€"elected Directors, viz. :â€"J. W Scott, Listowel ; Robert Ruthcriord, James Fisher, and 8. 8. Fuller, Stratford ; A. 1. Wright, Harriston ; T. J. Clarke, Woodstock ; Col. D. Tisdale, Simcoe. The shareholders authorized the letting of a contract to construct the road from Listowel to Wiarton. Thirtgen steamers uow trade to and from Collingwood. The cadets at Kingston Mikhtary Collego number eighty. Wingham has passed a byâ€"law to raise $8,000 for waterworks, A little steamer for the Saugeen River is beicg built at Paisley. Two illicit stills have been smeized in Huron county last week. Melville Church, Brussels, has called Rev. John Ross, of Toronto. Blyth salt works are expected to be in operation about the 15th of October. W. Orr, ot Wawanosh, trmed to end his life with poison and a razor, but failed. Cavada thistles are sadly neglected in some of the municipalities throughout the country. The Mouut Forest cricketers recently defeated the Waulkerton club by ton wickets. The water in Lake Winnipeg has lately been two feet higher than at any time for two years past. Peel township is asked for $80,000 toâ€" wards the Waterloo, Wellington, and Georgian Bay Railway. The Hanvlanâ€"Courtney match was arâ€" ranged on Friday, to come off on October 8th, on Lake Cuantaugua. By upsetting a lamp a litile boy of Mr. Wim, Burstall,Toronto township, was burut so severely that he died. On Wednesday morning some thief stole a silver tea set from the house of Mr. John Reynolds, of Brampton. Two boys, Thos MeMicking (12) and Win. Parker (18), were drowned in a guerâ€" ry hole at St. David‘s on Sunday, 81st Uz The two men arrested in Montreal charg ed with the attempted abduction of M+ Jaffray have been recognised by a Toront. detective. They will be brought West. P. G. Lavzix, of the Saskatchewan 1. ald, lins been appointed Queen‘s Print=: the Northâ€"west Territories. Mr. Lamic one time published the Owen Sou Times. Sir John Macdonal and Sir Alexand Galt sailed for home on Thursday. 5 Alexander will return to London to a sume the position of Canadian Comm: sloner. The Globe says that a convention of Wardens is likely to be called together in order to consider whether it would be adâ€" visible to reduce the number of County Counciliors. Alexander Hobson, of Palmerston, anâ€" noyed by children knocking at his door and running off, fired a revolver from an upper window, shooting a little girl, Minuic Barnes, in the arm. At the Galt fair prices for seed wheat ranged from $1.05 to $1.12%4, A load of Clawson brought the latter figure. A now kind called the "Lovett White Whest" was held at $8. The Bulletin says :â€"The trade between Collingwood and the United States ports has grown to such proportions that the United States Government have decided to estabâ€" Itsh a consulate here, Colonel Gustovns Goward is at present in town for that purâ€" poss. Collingwood is to be raade the headâ€" quarters of the Georgian Bay District, and consular ageneies, anbordinate to this office, will be established at Owen Sound, Sâ€"ult Ste. Marie, Orillia, and hrr’ Sound. The establishment of m consulate here will be a very groat comvenience to si=> Destrucrivs Fims.â€"A fire broke 0s in Alliston early on Wednesday morning destroying property to the mmount of wbout fifteen thousand dollars. The o) lowing buildings were consumed : â€"\: John Stewart‘s drug store, Domiunic» Telegraph office, American Express ofhce, store, Foy‘s liquor store, Dominion Hot«! : owned by Mr, Hand and occupied by \* Booth, Lett‘s office, wm'u black smith‘s shop and dwelling,occupied by N" Clark, James Strachan‘s store, part used ** u Lutgher‘s stall. House Bugxgp.â€"On Thursday morning. ahout two o‘clock, the dwelling house of H. Carter, Domty-h.n dz";oxn‘ was wt%"’ dutuyod l!, fire. The family were aroused just in time to make their c=*~* g;_bo whole building was in fames w»** awoke. Nearly everything in th* house “ ennsumed, the fire having made sunch headway befuore Leing discover‘ There was an insurance in the Witc"! Mutual of $600 on the house, and $40) °* the contents, which will fall considers‘? shart of covering the loss. The fire is *"** Guelph NMereury CANADIAN ITEMS. utcident elothing ut Bpewal despatebes trom India say that tw rogiments of Highlanders and two re. piments of nntive troops are moving up the houtntu kabey,aud two regiments of native cavairy and one Rritish and two native ve giments of infantry are now on their waq M [3 & P #% h pim It It The Soantk ‘( ull'ul“ NT6, or glouu I ytom, wloch 16 carrying off the rnfur a childes by the thousand at this seas the vear, can alwuys eurely be check 4 eured by Dr, Powler‘s Extract of N. Ps PRESSING â€" Fo wlayry. T Dat mever fuled to gi »omnt religt in the most severe cuse . a boon withim #*e resch of eÂ¥o aet. Do l&u: fuil to give it a trial , y 1 q w6 I!fi ito Chay mizy «tloo n‘.\,t 1 A>!8°¢ . M urn â€" Renth n, Sept. 18.â€"The T Government may hi arv intervention in t dian OfGee announee t ) troops, divided into now advanemg on Cabi rdan Pass, and 6,000 ) protect the road from | blundering amanagetnicnt. ie 18000 troops now to be mountain®s of Afghanistar unte ewpplies or transpo ct inevitable defeat for the e campaugh t and speuks of wter â€" brousht sros from Mz of the Embasey d i1 believing that the ntry hus become mno w Ilfiiud- e A‘chan Rovo‘t. usidered excced wouut time io coubom the eat rising in Afghnuistan. repled ment over hody of the Brit reach Cabul by » called Â¥ahysh Khan, umably altve. The t the road from Cabul to . His comrade, who wa ormed hum that Lieut the mutameers with a i0 with s ewhre. 1D)r. K the amission, was lyin h, Sept. 16. â€"The Briti r, with forty othcers, h and will call at Queen 1,100 wmen. . She is uns the pmessage with all or A the Resideney, « Lieutenant Hainilto of the British M ntain gum. He save musswere at nmanded by itly antenal ntside. Abs av of the m mhed, . "God will, J " Previous requests 1 met with the + : again when Majo but the bearer of t y the mutinesrs. . * but he was diswrm succosded in esear & VS te 10 ‘abul reports that t s from Herat and 1 the Ghilzais to Ca e letter from Cabs * body guard jobn ttish Embasey . oopers otf Major C Luadi KWhotai veste mautit Ame 14 it« 16 A te The 1i ARTK 11 t w1 M latest i li Kh the R it ble T4 t1 RT the is kn H rt B W