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 y^ " »«J!.H4{JI;, ]l. I N'f 'it' ^5fer5W3C5n 3SS â- Rrf-^n ;. t The Sfai^d^^ â€" ' â€" â€" â-  • '«â-  J â-  MARKDALEPEB. 12, 1886. rORWABD MARCH. I^otwithstaoding the depression aad. geooral cry of hard times the Btandabd has experienced a clear gain of nearly 150 subscribers over any previons year. This is indeed gratitying to us, aud is also conclnsive evidence of the growiog popularity of the paper, and in order to still improve and continue to merit the hearty support of our patrons, as well as encourage further additions to our sabscriptiou list, we have just completed arrangements whereby we will be enabled to give from week to week a summary of the doings o£ both the Ontario aud Do miDion Parhaments now in session, also Canadian and foreign telegraphic news, c. This will be a valuable im- provement, and will doubtless be highly appreciated by the readers of the Standakd. • Notice. â€" ^We wish it distinctly understood that we do not hold ourselyes responsible for thti opinions ex pressed by our correspondents To the Editor of the Standard. Deab Sir, â€" While the news of the recent fiendish attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament iu England is Iresb in our mmds and expressions of horror and indignation are universally hefird and vows of vengeance freely uttered, I crave the liberty to give your readers a chapter of Irish History which may be new to many and interesting to all. While I would not for one moment seeli to turn aside the fury of indignation from the per petrators of that diabolical crim; yet I would earnestly direct attention to fhe scource of all these troubles which afflict the liritish Nation, and thereby m)L only create a sympathy for but a drsire aud ueterrainatiou to do justice to that unhappy land wLich has for ages groaned under the lash of a tyranny more capricious thaH ' tlie once odious American Slavery and more cruel than Bnssian despotism. It is taken for granted not' duly throughout Great Britain but also on this side the Atlantic that the crime above alluded to is justly chargeable to Irishmen and of course' it must be admitted that circumstances greatly strengthen the assumption yei in the absence of direct proof and with the knowledge that communism, with which Jrishmeu have not identified Hiemselves, is rife in many parts of Europe, judgement should be suspend- od.' It is an invariable law of our nation that love begets love justice and equity begets like feelings and so too does cruelty and injustice be^et hatred and revenge m the bosou-s of those who have been cruelly and unjustly treated and this law governs the whob anim al creation from the highest to the lowest rank. So too, we find that where society is in arude and primitive state, where no law prevails, cr where the law ia not administered with a strict regard to justice and equity, where the strong are allowed to impose on the weak or the rich to prey upon the poor poverty and weakness are necessarily and unavoidably driven to SGi'k redress in the only way open to them, revenge and society elevates Judge Lynch to the throne from which justice and equity have been deposed. Nfted we wonder then if Irishmen ffeeling their weakness and poverty ai:d km wini' lije mifjht and wealth of thatpowir V 'voh has for ages op- pressed tjjeui wji/h a cni?l and bitter ©lipresni -li, i,r:;;w ug r.iotiiacall th»r eupplicatiitiis aud appeals tothejustice and humanit\ o' their strong op- pressors had not only been unheadad but spurned with contempt need we wopder under such circumstances' if Irishmen iu their weakness and poverty should have recourse to the only form of justice within th»iri«ach viz the wi'd justice of ravage. We^houid nev^r firgsi«that human nature whether savage ' os- civiliadd is ihe sameihe world.owr. 1^ Iniuuif of America have ahrays given a j^tc^ deal of troab^ to thej United SuUf^ Government because that Gov, in its dealings with the. Bed men ' m^ at aaiif^ the ctetiNd law* tt jufstieeaQ^ emitj wbioh 'ihoald gorerh luificMii: V'wUatfi^fi^^iiln:- ^^ ^^T^ DttjtiM vOki liwd the^at«ik^^. jMusving a ddSetent; poKej t6««id» jiftw i^^i4« ft* ^C':,;^:! r Having said this by yrayMWtmdtic- tioD I now prooeed logive the promised chapter of Irish hutocy and in doicg 80 I do not go back to the remote past lest some one misht sinr O but all this has come to an end nuw, but 1 take iDV selection from our own times aud within the memory of living men. Some forty odd years since certain districts were in a yery disturbed state aud in the mouth of July 1B48 Sir John £a»thope, ot Loudon, M. P. for Leicester proprietor of the "Morning Chronicle" of that city desirous of ob taining reliable information from the scene of those disturbances determined to send R special correspondent to Ireland to report upon the subject of Irish affairs in the disturbed districts. At this time one Alex. SomerviUe better known in the world of letters as the "Whistler at the plough" had attained considerable celebrity as a » riter on the subject of social and economic sciences for this gentleman Sir John Easthope sent and addressed him thus. "Mr. SomerviUe, your letters from " the rural districts of England " published within the last two years " have placed the corn -law question " on new ground, entirely new ground " every one with whom I speak says " BO, they are havmg a good effect " throughout th« country :jc " Will you go to Ireland for a few " months We want some body to " travel iu that country as you have " been doing in Englaad, lookmg into " and describing the minutest things. " We want to know for instance what " is the cause of agrarian disturbance " within county of Kilkenny. Within " a few years the garrison there has " been auj^'mented over and over " now there are additional cavalry, " artilery and infaiitry assembling, " besides a great increase in the Irish " constabulary, whicli is also an armed •' force. The gaols are said to be full " prisoners, and the number implicated " in charges of murder, or as being " assessory in some degree to murder " is frightful â€" quite frightful â€" twenty " or more persons to be tried at the " ensuing Kilkenny assizes on such "charges. "What do you think of goinj; over " quickly and sitting in the assize " court to listen. You need not " write openly. You may take your " Wife with yon and^tppear to be on a " pleasur=( tour and live about Kil- " Kenny for a time and send us rc- " ports of what you see and hear. " Get at the truth of things. Send " me facts. How much do you want " for your expenses ' "The amount placed at my disposal" " says Mr. SomerviUe "was suflSciently " liberal" " I started next day taking my wife " with me. I arrived with some non- ' political journals on which I was a "" writer to hend contributions for " them c. ., Thus I was iu " receipt of ample income for the con- " flict into whicli I plunged at Kil- " kenny" At Kilkenny I had not " long to wait for an introduction to "the "causes of disturbance." On " the morning after arrival, being in " the Provincial JJank to get cash for " a cheque I there heard an altercation " between two well dressed men, one "called the other "villian" "liar" •mm •ltd. I PusvKB â€"In Markdalt: oh ' â-  wife of Mr. AnanS^i' â-  lesideuce i»l the brid-js i o.*J H- «« ^f" J)^ i^iKLeod, li. A Jr. Aywubaid iJo UoHlui. n«ir J'Je; iierio « -i a wt^^ '^O' •'f MHfKaret Vnu-ltiie, diitrut-.;- of ^••-Jj»rii V*adi»i3. Pricoyi 1«. â-  ' ' '" j m. SlUiria WP^ f. J... MARKnALE. Fall Wheat .$0 78 Spring Wheat, ..,...- -i) 75 li*rkjr ., 5) Peas V- Oat ,. .. Batter Eggs .. Apples Potatoes Pork 2U lo IB fQ(S 5 00 FJoar « 7£ to to to to to to to to to to. to to 90 75 7C 67 n f«a 17 u j» 8 00 Farrh fdt Sak. me for nsjt.imtmg toW*^ Too mu^ have greaily. missed the tews L^np- poee fr9m opjraqabMiÂ¥u1i U^tle yUlage, hpwevBr let us »ow try *o make up tor lost time. ' â- -;"' â- â-  â-  " " Two weeks ajjo yest»day evenikg a tea meeting was heldiu the English cboteb. There was a goodly attend- ance. wl:fch was surprising, on aceoint of the extreme severity of the night. Had the weather been at ail favorable there is no dowhthat that the builJ- i g would have been crowded. After all had partaken oi a magnificent tea. which conaisted of superabundance of the choicest aud 'most delicious viands, the evenii^ was enlivened by short 8peeches,8ongs, humorous stories rrciiatious, which seemed to delight the audience and called forth the warmest applause,, but the crowning event of the eveniog was the sale of an immense fruit cake which was cut up into pieces at 25 cents each. Wm. Isaac Seabrook was the lucky purch- aser of the^^piece that contained a valu- able gold nng. Mr. George King ceased to be a batchelor week before last. The wed- ding was a very quiec one but a grand party was given on the following Tuesday evening, to whicli all the notableadof the village were invited. The night was most pleasantly spent ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ _^ __^^ ^^^^ and agreeably di verified by the com- ^^xoo MTgo^ out'fc^us^, "^1 with' sio^e pany engaging in various innocent aud exhilarating games. The visitors had all donned their best and ireseuted a most respectable appearance. An es- sential difference was observable in the costume of the ladies from that of the gentlemen, in fact a complete con- trast, which ought to be a sufficient rebuke to those alarmists, who infuse a vague fear into the public mind by prognosticating, that owing to the rapid approximation of the female dress to that of the male, the time is not far distant when, except in the broad glare of day, we will havc'ly be ab'.e to distinguish a woman from a man â€" a consummation devoutly to be dreaded. The roller flour mill is very busy at present, Traiti's milt cannot run un- til the damage caused by the late dis- astrous flood is repaired, so that the farmers on 9th and 11th lines St. Vincent, who used to go to Meaford, have to come here. 160 acr 8, Mag Ipts 42 and 43«eeond rang« West of Torquto aud Sydenham roft;!, Holland, about 100, acres nlear^ and in good state of cultivation, b^llauoe «ell timbered with Maple, Beeoh and jEemliiok, jind abpnt 10 acres cedar swamp- Good roughe^^- house 22x38 with stone cellar, frame Writ foundations. Good 'vonng orchard beariag- The farm is well watered, two good wells, one at the house, a fine spriag creek croseH the farm near the rear. lA-ily two mders from the thriving village of Willianjsi-rd, a station on the T. G. J^ B« branch of the G. P. B. This is a rare cbarce, and tBnns will be made very easy. For futber paiticnlars apply on the premises to FKANCIS McCANN, 230-44 Williamsford P. 0. NOTICE. wo AMplMM^%|M(9 ContaUttheir^oUtt' PMsatlvSh !• )kft^ite. «m. and effeeAM ObfldKn or Atelts Mm id ilUuui iills. 5 If IU .n.mnce to try that 39 3S 37 36 35. The subscriber begs it«v, the farmers cf the sarrouirU he IS titthiug out flour equal to any other roller mill. No more waiting while the grist is being giound. Thv following is the scale of exchange ;~~ Wheat Weigl!!i»g,e2 U)s, ,4U ibs. Flour.. •• i,« eo •' " " 'i9 '• â-  «« '• 58 ♦• '• " "f 57 " with offal in proportion to amount of flonr. I find the av«r^e ueight of new wheat to be 60 lbs. to the bushel, and the most of it, if pi-oijerly- elesned, would wisigh 61 or 62 to the bushel. John W. Ford. SUB§€RlFT60i\S. Subscriptions received at this olfice for any of the following papers to tlw end of 1885 for one doJlar iu advance each, viz Markdale Standard, Toronto Weekly Mail, Weekly Gluht, Montreal .S'Wr, Montreal Witnfik, or the Farmers, Advocaie. Now is the time to subscribe aud get the balauwe of this year free. CLca 3 oz oz. 1 M At G TTarr at ftcJb DifRci -F^IIVE ALL parties indebted to me by Note or BookacHunt, or Uue-bill, are request- ed to settle the same at once with Adam Tnrner. as I muHt have these accounts straightened up. I can't do without the money. My books aud accounts are left with him, and he is authorized to receive the money and give receipts. T. S. SPBOULE. WATCHES. CLOCKS JEWELER) A community, however small and insignific^anfe, '(whose' iu«m.iers ace all of one way of thinluBg, I believe' caa hardly be found.' The remark is. ap plicable to this, place. Mr. Wm. Mc- Quaker dissents altogether from the doctrine of the eternal fitness ot things and theory of compensation. He thinks it is bad eqough to l)e forced into this brief and miserable exiateoce without our knowledge or consent, but to make a luss over it. or glory m it, as if some great boon had been con- ferred on us. is infinitely worse aud he views, witli supreme cintempt, the frantic struggle for the attainment of wealth, power and distinction, in which so many of the human race are engaged. It is to be hoped that the above gentleman '« views are confined to himself, as they seem too absurd to be entertained by any one. Dr. -McLellan i3 putting up a new building on one of his village lots. It was first intended, I heard, for a ^, blacksmith shop; now that report is " and added profane oaths to the term i contradicted. Hard to sav what it " liar," The assailed party asked the " bank clerks to remark what had "been said and bear witness. He *• also asked me, as the only other •' witness I here to oblige him by " carrying the fact in my recollection, " that he the sheriff of the county, her " Majesty's oflScer of justice had been " called "villam" and "liar" by that "person who was fast drawing the " whole county of Kilkenny into a • ' sta te of rebellion " "Here was what I have come from " London to discover th^r* st. (^ the •• turbulent Landlord befn-.! u-.-, there " stood the Sheriff i^th^- onnty, who " had refused to call out cavalry ;md ••mfantry to execute this man's " vengeance on his tenantry. Pat " Ring was to have been evicted that " day. The Sheriff urged for bcarance " on the ground that Ring's familv "were ill of fever. The landlord •• rqoined that it was aU pretence, ••that a oombination was fort«ed •• againrt him. ,The Sheriff a«ain " awerted that the fwrily were ill of "fever. Then the laoilora called 1uin the opjorobrioiu t^nas alTdadr "named. The Sbeiiff-to j^mre him- "aelf in law, aent two iihyaiemie •e«row the mty to tfportoii1h» health "" t»?35r: Ab 8«tt aa t will end in. anyway. Can't be a kirk or a mill Bnndalk. .u i2.b.yOvJ'M! â-  • jPBuwaj Fran our own correspondent. The funeral sermon of Mrs. Thos. Robinson was preached on Sabbath even.ng last by Rev. T. J. Snowdon. The service was very impressive. Immense quantities of wood are be- ing team 3d in, but the prospects of sale are not bright. The contract for the building of the new school house has bedb awarded to Messrs. Marsliall Moran. Messrs. Cornwall Large of jour village were inDandalk last Saturday, bat their tender was considerably 'higher than the one accepted. The ratepayers are called together f«r Saturdav next to vote supplies. 'When completed Dun dalkwiU have school buildings that will-he second* to none in the County :^toton feels r^ir^ by the state- nient of the AtAomey^oBeral, that do legislation wiU be enacted this sessioh wifli reference to* thef new Ooriniv of Palmerstra. " â- â-  l\ is w(dl that p^rww who iiropbe-; Medanaid winter dtt^s. not hv^iee. MONEY LOST. IN Markdale or on the road'homJff by "^vay of ThlbaU'ieau's corner, on Wednesday, ith inist a pocket-book containing 990 in bills.^ and silver change. Anv ^rsoa fiodkip; and returning the same will be soitab^;, rewarded. THOS. DAVIS, Artemesift, Maritdaie, P. O. SEALED TENDERS Now guo^s arriving every weet, consist ing of WATCHES, CLOCKS. CH-UNS, CHARMS, SIECTACLES, PIPES, PURCES, VIOLIN STKINCxS, etc. 18 k.' Wedding Rings always in stock. Watches, Clocks and Jewellery Repaired by myself and satisfaction guar- anteed. IS- NO TRCXJBLE TO SHOW GOODS. Cjrive me a Oall. James G. Russell, 217-26» Watchmaker, Jeweller, Flesherton. 8 S££IS -1.- IMPORTED â€" FIELD UD OMDEH SEEDS ADDRESSED to the undersigned will be received until noon Feb. 23rd, either in bnlk or -separate, for the erection of a brick chorch at Markdale, Ont. Planc^ and speci- fications may be seen at thQ office of W. A. 6ro\ra, Jeweller, Markdale, on and after the 16th inst.. and at the office of M. B. Ayles- worth, Architect. CoUingwooJ, Ont. 150,000 red brick and 15 cords of qtiarried stone furnished at the site by Committee. Lowest or any tender not necessarOy accepted. G.S. BOWES, Sec. B. G. Methodist Church, 230 31 Markdale. A RARECHANCE. SAW-MI LL FO R SALE. THE undersigned having lost his hcialth, wishes to dispose of his Saw aud Shingle Mill, which is situated 4| miles West of Markdale. There is an abandance of splendid timber very convenient to the mill; a good business has been done, and an excellent chance is in 8twe for a good pushing man. The mill is mostly new, being erected three years. Machinery in fine condition. Steam power 30 horse. Teims easy. For fnitber pwrticnlan apply at this rflce. or on the premises. J. A. DUNCAN, Markdide P. O. The place to bay your Seeds is PARKER'S, Drugstore, DURHAM. 230 tf Wherever btffif^kk^' *-*.-ir '•^"K-O WORTH $26.00. HOW TO OKI IT. "A Treatise on the Horse and his Diseases" by Dr. B. J. Kendall. This IS a book of nearly lOO pages, profase- ly Ulustrated. giving symptoms of^as well a» treatment |hr the varioos dis- eases oomioon to l^e horse. Some of our suhscrihets ^horeceiv^ this bopk a year ago, have assured xa that it has been worth to thorn in twelve montts, enough to jpy for the StAin» A«P 26 years, aiid yet it^ia giyto/ia'a *«m«im ^with the ST4»nMi toAJSJ' WW s^be«*«r wh» payafUOO^iJ New Botclier Shep. The best meats the dountry can produce kept on hand and DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF THE TOWN WHERE ORDERED. A share of public patronage respectfully sohcited. o 1- Uemeniber the stand w McNea's block W. H. RUTLEDGE. vaw-55 ^a \i.MVtsts .jiQiiit^j 6?JXa !•• BOBT. ASKIN, Has opened out a First-Clasa UMOERTKING ESTABLISHMENT. Aadtherefoie has supplied a want long^fdt, O0FFIN8, C.4BKETB, » ••- SHROUDS, iHOAt. fwtitiuiies "P|di«$ «D t)uB shortes notiee. Notice my indii ;«nt» a I â- enti a It. Lent Nexi I lay, Mr. J f -ceufc ii riisittHl I Mrs., \v \vtei TriE J ii-ii^KS-ni iSpecii ii laiiic. ' 's. Wk a t t agai •;v rai 'a util ail V. Juin 'Dr. •Ht^K, b ire of J Big {5 n hanc licy art J. E. ns enti Lud get Miss vlilsap fith fri Mrs. ' rlr. and isiting J.E, nore da toregO( ;iren. We h Tas. Ye iluphra^ *. 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