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a Saf a TRUNK TIME TABLE. OSHAWA STATION. OSHAWA TIME. GOING WEST, GOING EAST. Accommoda'n, 8:00 a.m. | Mall, - - - Express, - - 9:45 a.m. | Accommoda'n, 710 p.m. Expresd . - 9:48 pm. | Express, - - - 837 pm. Mixed, - - - - 4:30 pm. | Mixed, - - - - 2350 pam. WHITBY STATION: : Trains going East Jeave Whitby Station fifteen minutes carlier, and those going West fifteen minutes Water than the above. - Ontario Reforuer, Oshawa, Friday, May 19th, 1871. bE cpp oF mm le i * success: | For the many marks of favor and very liberal patronage extended to us since the establishment of the REFORMER, we desire fo retarn warmest thanks. Already our circulation is, we believe, the largest in the County, and is constantly increasing.: Business men have' made geod use of cur | "advertising columns--and wb hesitate not to say that the RerorMER isthe best ad- wertising medinm in thé county. "We shall endeaver te wumtain the position our Journal has acquired..as the best family newspaper in the riding ; and lope for a still further increase of public support. Please observe, that having the finest 'assortment of new type in'the county, new presses from the Joecph Hall Works, and fisst<diss primters, every description of Job. Printing is now executed at the Reroruer office on the shortest possible notice, at the lowest rates. ¢ ER ---------- PROTECTION. " "We have had scveral lefters in the Osh- awa Vindicator, and after all that has been » said by Mr. Glen, Mr.-Cowan and others, we feel still at a loss to know what they ' really wart. Do they desire to raise the present tariff, or would they be content to leave it asit is! Is it suflicient protection? and if not, what branches of our manufac- #awe suffer ! If any, which is i*, and' hat amount of duty do they want to unpose for protection! "These questions; if met fairly, will bring us $e particulars, and the community will be better able to form a fwizment than when writers deal only in generaltics. Mr. Cowan says our tarif is insecure and _illiberal." Mr. Glen gives -us a fact which says that we are suflitient- ly protected without any tariff in the branch he naipes. He says he paid for a Buckeye Reaper and Mower, in Pough- keepsie, United States, £200 cash. and that he offers, of his oyn manufacture in Osha- wa, the same machine, better made, with an extra knife worth 36, for $140 ; that is, He offers his machines for 866 less than a) worse article is sold for in the United _ States, or $91 less than the Ponzhkeepsie one car be laid dewn for in Oshawa. Dut Mz. Glen does not stop here; he gives fthe reason why he can sell cheaper-- "because he can pienvfacture CHYAPER thai in the States," &c. This statement of Mr, Glen yields the whole ground to the non- protectionists, for if such are cur circum- "stances in Canada us we-can manufacture cheaper than the United States--and he gives us an excellent example of it--what need of more protection! One would rea- sonably expect them rather to need pro- tection from us. Mr. Glen further says: "IF we had no reaper shops in Canada we should be at the mercy of the Americans, and the répairs of reapers would: cost for ten years $200 instead of £100, having shops of onr own." I do not sce the force of this statement as an argument for pro- tection, when the fact of our being able to manufacture cheaper would 'render it cer- 'tain we must and should have reaper shops of our own. It might be stated with equal * force and propriety that if we had no grist mills it would cost us double the amount if we had $0 carry our wheat across the -Tines to have ¥. ground there. than if we had mills of our own for if we had mo blacksmiths, our horse-shoeing might per annum cost us £100 for each animal. So much for the 'chief points in Mr. Glen's \letter in favor of protectisn. Mr. Cowan claims that England owes her 'present position to a jealous system of protection, so close #hat Ireland was de- barred by penalties from competing for 'foreign trade, and dhat a glance at the two dountries goes far te prove tHe chrrectiess of this theory of protection." How long was this ago? Oliver Cromwell was hard on Ireland, and also on Scotland ; but some centuries 'have passed since then, and to- day Scotland competes fully abreast. of England, while the Green Isle still lags be- hind. Who cannot put their finger om some of the reasons why /--amweng which the want of protection finds mo place. The bounding of England so far abreast of «wther nations in commercial prosperity is but comparatively secant, and we venture unhesitatingly to say hat protection has she made in advance ; snd ey the glor- jous little Island, notwithstanding some errors in diplomacy, long, long keep in: the wan of civil and religions liberty, as well as in intellectual and commercial domin- ancy. Her position in hisiery and in the cause of human advancement deserves if. Mr. Cowan cites the United States as 'an example of protection development, and states that Massachucetts guined more "" weslth m ten years'than Canada in half a century, and that Wisconsin and Jowa gained millions of inhabitants in the same jod." : Mr., Cowan cannot mean that peri HE FELT IT. The slight rap we" administrated to the Editor of the Chronicle last week, in self defence, hag made him very humble, and his *" little explanation ® this week is of | the genuingl" whine " style. He does not | attempt to gainsay our strictures regabding has been established, and is proving such a thorn in the sides of Tories and politi- cal mountebanks. 'We are glad tho. Reror- LACROSSE MATCH, L Fond of oit-door sports as Wwe are, we have "much pleasure in stating that a match game be: tween the Whitby and Oshawa Lacrosse Clubs will be played on the Falr Ground, Whitby, on the morning of the 24th inst., at 9 o'cloek, sharp. This will be the first match ever played by Oshawa, while the Whitby boys are * Veterans' but from what we know of the two clibs, we « 705 am. | his course, but is sorry that the REFORMER | consider them pretty evenly matched. The fol- lowing are fle names of the Oshawa players : J. B. Harrds, Captain ; 8, McDonald, W. Gullock, R. C. Steele, W. Woon, 'T. Tamblyn, 8. McGill, R. Larard," T. L. Ritter, A . . words without weight or argument, but C. MecDpugall MER'has proved such a "failure" as to | Gid. S. Climie, W. Barclay. call forth the almost undivided attention of the whole of the coalition scribes in this | riding : no better evidence of its sucogss | -- i a A 3 ay 13 STL in exposing the opponents of Reform is | Barurpay, May 13th, 187 i i. The Pickering Council met pursuant to adjourn. needed. We shall continue fearlessly to ment, Members all present, Minutes of lash battle for the right, despite the * bags of | meeting read and approved. Several petitions wind" flung at us weekly ---- strings of | Were presented, asking for money appropriations i. y i o to hmprove the roads and bridges in the township, : . Myr. Haight moved that Messrs, Green, Brown ! abounding in abuse and uusrepresen- | and the mover be a special committee to ¢ondider | 'tation of the RerorMeER. 'We had not a the several petitions for improvements on thé + PICKERING COUNCIL. word to say (bo tle Chrowicle until its Editor attacked us.: let him Uehave himself in future and we will not trouble ourselves about him. Y -- ar NEW POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. The inhabitants of Oshawa can thank the Post Office Department for thie im- ' provement they have made in the new arrangements for the English mail, as we | this week roceived our, correspondence one day in advance of the time usually taken. We do not sce why this improvement , was not made years ago, as the same fac ties existed then as now; and it has re- peatedly been hivught under the notice of the Department that it was'a gréat loss of time to have the correspondence carried to Toronto, and then return the following day. But it is of a piece with everything, else in connection with the Post Office Department of this country : Postal Cards in June next, over a year after they have | been in use in Britain ;' Postal Telegraph not yet, although 'it has been found to work well in England and Belgium. Tre Coalitionists of the riding doubt less feel somewhist ashamed of their en- | deavors to *' cook " th® assessment rolls, and T. N. G. attempts to frame an excuse for his servants, in the last issue of the Vimdicator. It had become known to Refonucrs that votes were being *' manu factured" for | the pretext member, by raising the assessment of those who would vote for him but had previously becn rated too low; and that Reform votes weye being destroyed by 'a contrary pro- ccss--rating too low to allow of voting: It was deemed necessary thats this Coalition trick should be looked after : resolve of leading Reformers to keep a watchful eye on their chiseling opponents. Recent developments have proved the necessity for such a step, and of the re- sults we may have something to say "after, ? » ; In East Whitby, as far as the disturb- ance of assessment created by Mr. Gills' | agents has been adjudicatéd upon Dy the Court of Revision, the result is a gain an the Reform side of nearly two to. one-- 'avhich circumstance causes said agents to b#k exceedingly crestfallen, evidently wishing they" had not commenced their little gamie.: Let Reformers in other parts of the country look after similar matters. here- » LS Tuk unsecialy twisting and evasion of the Vindicator for a few weeks back, in his efforts to get as "far as possible frim "that loss" of Mr. Gibbs, has \worn the poor fellow vut evmpletely, and\ho now complains of being *"tired." We suppose he is--but the plea won't relieve hija. His late effusions contain' nothing in support of his previous statemcut regarding Mr. bls' great loss, in prospective, by the vote in support of the * national policy," --which is the point in dispute, and which we have proved to be fallagious. © Let the Vindicator either acknowledgs its error re- garding *' that loss," or rentiin silent : he cannot escape under cover of side issues. Suarr Pox.--Two families of emigrants who afrived in toyn on Friday last--lately from England by steamer Medway, and sent. here by the Emigration Agent at Toronto --bronght with them that dreaded disease, the small pox. The authorities-- instead of returning the unfortunates to Mr. Donaldson, as should have been done-- had a temporary dwelling erected for them in a retired part of the village, and proper attention is being paid to their wanta. Small pox has been sown broadcast through the, country, by the culpable negligence of quarantine authorities below Quebec, in 'not detaining the Medway 'and her passengers a proper time in quarantine after the disease had develeped itself on board. » Tur CoMBINATION. --Om Tuesday even- ing mext, 20rd inst., an entertainment will be given in Hobb's Hall by * Fyfe, Paul and Buckstoue's Concert and Com- | "had a emall, if mny, share inthe strides edy Combination." This troupe contains | talented performers, and will both enter- tain and amuse those who decide to patronize them. ' Lovers of Scotch song will be delighted with Mr. Fyfeg while other members of the company will fully sustain their parts. Go° and hear then. Particalars in posters and programmes. 0. Y. B. CoxcerT.--The Concert under , the auspices of the Young Briton Lodge of this Village, to take. place on the even- | ing of the Queen's birthday, will be held in the Drill Shed, instead of the Town Hall as previotisly announced. The most talented eul amateurs, and scveral from hence the _ roads and bridges of the township, and report - thereon ; and also to recommend other expondi- tures for thut purpose if deemcd desirable, and report at this session, | Mr. Haight muoved that the Reeve leave the chair for one hour, a The Council resumed ; the Iteeve in the chair, Mr. Green moved that the Council do sow sit | as a court of revision, and that the Reeve be chairman thereof. The court disposed of all the appeals brought forward, and adjourned the: court till Tuesday, 'the 30th day of May inst. At eight o'clock, a. m. The Council again resumed, the Reeve presiding. The Committee appointed to consider the several petitions for improvements on the roads reported as follows : We the committee appointed to examine the various petitions praying for grants of money on the ruvads, beg leave to report that we have care- | fully examined the said petitions, and would re- commend that the sums affixed to several locali tics be granted, with the names attached to act as contmissioners, On 7h con., at lgt No. 6,for building culvert and graveling, $25; Clarkson Rogers, On Devitt's ill, 6 con., cutting down and gra« veling, $100; 8, J. Groen, . | On sidé road between lots 2 and 3 in rear of 6th con., $17 Sylvester Mackey, On sid¢ road between 2 and 3 in 2nd con, grad- ing, &c., $100 ; Seth C. Willson, On site rqad betlreen 2 and 3 in 3rd con., grad- ing; &e., $200; Sclah Orvis, On 6th con. in front of lot No. {, for improving hill; $50; 2; lvester Mackey. On Brock road in the 3rd con., £600; John Haight. 3 On Kingston road on Post's hill, $1000 ; Stc phen It. Brown, . On side road between 28 and 29 in 2nd con., 810; David Brown and Wm. Taylor. On Western Townline to mitet the Scarboro appropriation, $20; James Rew. On Dixie hill on side road between 24 and 25 in 3rd con., $5005, Messrs. White and MeCreight, On side road between 32and 33 in 3rd con., for opening up side road, $200; White and McCreight.! On side road between 32and 33 in 1st and 2nd con., $200 ; Thomas Burnard and John Haight. On bridge on 8th con. at lot No. 11, for repairs, $10; William Cochrane. Oa side road between 32 and 33 in Gth con., on condition that the petitioners give 23 days labor on said road, £40; William Burnes and John ' Wilson. On 9th con., opposite' Spear's Saw Mill, for altering the road and Building a bridge, $100; Jolin Spears and!CGeorge Hickingbottom. On side road north of Balsany, §60; George Hickingbottom . and Jaines Mackie. On bridge between 8 and 9 in rear of 8th con., end digging down hill, 230 ; Sinclair Holden. On bridge on 3h con., South of Altona, $100 ; Joseph: Moukhouse, On side road between 3) and 31 in 8h con., £60; Andrew Lapp and Geo. Harrison, And your Committee recommend that S.J. Green take charge of Devitt's hill, and not allow gravel to be'taken therefrom except by his in- structions ; and that John Parker be, allowed to perform a portion of hif statute labor on side road betwecen lots 2iand 25-in 1st and 20d con., in accordance, with a petition in that behalf, And your Committee would fuzther recommend that Lawrence Linton be appointed Overseer for road division No. 47, and that the clerk be in structed to BFquest Joseph Willson to hand over the road list to the said Lawrence Linton. All of which is respectfully submitted, . 8. J. GREEN, Chairman. Report received and adopted. Mri Brown moved that the Reeve be instructed to get suitable scats made and placed in the hall, and report the cost at the next meeting of the Council. On the motion of Mr. Green, a By-law was read tLree several times and plssed, appointing Law- rence Linton overseer for road division No. 47. On the motion of Mr. Green, the Council stands adjourned till Saturday, the 27th inst, pr - Correspondence, To the Editor of the Refermer, x To redeem the promise made in my last | letter, I propose examining the question of supply aud .demand, touching wheat and flour, with a view to ascertain bow they would be effected by the late Na- tional policy; and my chief 'object will be to arrive at actual facts, without referenge to opinions held by any particular political party. Looking at the American Union, I think it may be safely laid down, that the East- ern group of States, in which I include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ma:- sachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, probably Ohio, do not produce more wheat than they consume. ' Being guided | somewhat by. the published accounts, I { think nearly the same muy be said of Cant | ada for 1870; although 1 am .convinced | we are an exporting country of wheat, when we have up to, and over, an average | erop. must look chiefly to the Western and North Western States as the surplus supplying | granary of North America, and to Europe | as the consuming market, for it. If the above group of Eastern States and Canada alone composed. the American continent, | last year not one ship wonld have crossed | the ocean for grain ; because_our 'Atlantic Telegraph would: inform Europe that all our farmers had disposéd of every spare bushel, and that no merchant or miller i had a barre! of flour more than his custom- crs required for the actual necessities of | the country, But having Canada and Western "States, we, in 'years of plenty, have a surplus ; and how is it disposed of ! The wheat speculators of Montreal and | New York buy in the west the whole sur- plus, the one takes his portion to Montre- Kssuming this to be correct, we | To still further illustrate, let ns suppose what, daily oeeurs in all the markets of the world in principle, that wore ships arrive | in New York than there is wheat to sup- | ply, what would follow I Shippers, to ob- | tain a cargo, would bid against each other [until the wheat would rise to, say $1.20 per bushel. | ada? Telegraph despatches would inform our merchants of what transpires in New York, and knowing that the unloaded ships | must have a cargo, and that they will sail | for Montreal; up goes our price to the New York figure. Again, when there is | an over supply of grain and too few ships, | down would go the price equally in both | places. 1 wish to draw attention to the ! clear fact brought out hore, that it was not ; home denipnd that reised or depressed the | market, for there was too much for local | consumption in both countries, but|that it | | wyn the foreign demand for the surplus | which regulated; and, also, to the fact that | " both markets regulate one another so as to | be generally equal. Therefore the con- suming country or ultimate market rega- | lates the rise and fall in the mipplying | countries. | Now, as to surplus supplying countries bordering on one ancther, as Canada and | the United States, how, does the imposi- tion of duty upon wheat and flour, by either or both, affect the rise or fall in price in the adjoining country ! | have a surplus of 2,000,000 bushels at ! Montreal or Halifax, and let the Ameri- | cans have 20,000,000 Dahily ut NewYork or Boston for disposal, and>let it be held on the principle we have laid down, at the same price at both places. But let us, to protect our farmers, put 50 cents per bushel duty on wheat, and they, if the arguments -of our National policy friends have any force, must get $1.50 for their wheat, while onr neighbors across the line will have to sell at $1. true! The competition is at the Halifax and New York wharfs, Would the British | buyer pay any more for our wheat, the "same quality, and at the same distance | from home, than he would for the Ameri- can, because we imposed 50 cents duty? 'he thing is too absurd ; he would pay for the one what he would pay for the other, and no more ; and the imposition of a duty of 4 cents or,50 cents per bushel, while, we are an expdrting country, is a delusion, throwing dustin the eyes of our farmers; and both political parties who joined to repeal the useless duty saw it, and wisely wiped it off. Did tho 58 cents supposed to de placed on here advance the pricé or protect or benefit the farmer in the slightest degree !' Not to the value of one cent ; but to impose a duty of 4 cents and call it: protection, to balance the duty on coal, eto., had a sort of about it until jts hollownéss ir play charm as seen thro'. Were, we an importing ¢ountry (which I hold we are not in ordinary years) a duty against American wheat would raise the | price to the profit of farmers, while the consuming part of our Dominion would loose by it; bul in such a case, if a duty Yecame - just, we ought not to mock our farmers by imposing the tariff of 4 cents per bushel, while the Americans face a duty of 15 ¢ents per bushel on our barley, Let our people have equal justice, and let us impose, --H to our profit, --a duty on what wo buy from them in. large quantities, and what we can produce as well as they. which they largely import from us. With the Grand Trunk ppento Portland, | and having bended privileges, and the Intereelonial to Halifax, while "Europe buys and. wé produce, 16 export, recipro- city in wheat and flovr is hardly any boon to us, nor is a duty on either a bencfit or protection to farmers. By the way, Mr. Glenin a recent letter said : 'If we get reciprocity we shall owe it to the witdom and tact of Sir J. A. Me- z Donald ; and the country will have reason to approve of him and his supporters," or. words to that effoc What does he think pow of Sir J. A. McDonald and the grand Reciprocity Treaty he has obtained forus! He gave up our fisheries--and he and his party 'protected our fisher- ¢ men "--worth, according to the New York | Herald," $50,000,000 annually ; and, ac- cording to the Tribune, worth all Canada ; he gave wp the free navigation of the St. Lawrence, etc' and for what? _ Shall I say for nothing! I cannot say all that, for we are privileged to navigate three small rivers, names before unknown to ordinarily intelligent people ; and * their location, for aught that is of conséquence, may be ameng some aboriginal tribe of | Indians far back towards the setting sun ; arid other like nic-nacs, very valuable side | by side with our world renowned fisheries and water communications ! not extol such "wisdom and tact" and | applaud all his supporters! super-loyal party who thus basely betrays | the interests of their country to the foreign- ef for a paltry mess of pottage. What a magnifieent finale. of the National Policy barrel, which brought up astonished Yankeedom standing bolt upright, and from whom our great Tory party were to wrench reciprocity as the fruit! If for obtaining reciprocity the great Conserva- tive party, led by Sir John A. McDonald | and followed by onr worthy representative, T, N. Gibbs, M. P., were to be deserving of our strongest support and particular admiration, how can we repay them for thus securing us so many blessings, thus protecting our farmers, manufacturers and | fishermen, and thus exalting the land of their adoption as a model of pluckiness in standing up for its rights, and enabling us for ever to hold our heads proudly erect ! - -- i - . - : with their gods. 7 As of old, devils were | of the abundance of the heart the mouth How would this affeet Can- | not cast out without tearing the possessed, 80 demon evils In the State are not exor- cised without vending the body politic, and are sure to exclaim in a fit of frenzy, "fot us alone ; art thou come to torment | us before the time I" They who mistake | the excitement of a reform for the source | of danger, must, we think, have overlook- | ed all history. f The etymology of Commonwealth roveals | | speaketh." A word on your location. It seemed to many others as well as myself, at first, that | it was hardly in the right 'stand point," but in hearing your explanation on the Tne Kingston Whig says that the un- commnion nimerous blossoms which whiten the strawberry plants this spring prophesy | an unusually abundant crop of the luscious | | Bart., who was one of the greatest berry. The nurserymien say that the fruit { will be down to five cents a quart. matter, and considering the many claims | Tae fight for the Fenian funds has open- from different " stand -points," we con- | ed up again in the United States Courts cluded to accept the situation, and especial- | in New York. There is $25,000 involved. ly as it is on the majority *' stand point." Not quite enough to liberate Ireland, but And if the Reformers rally around their | quite a plenty to satisfy the immediate the true object of good government to all | standard throughout the county, we shall classes of the community ; and the cottage | soon be able to say, "no pent up Oshawa court, the cabinet or the camp. Absolute ! county is, and shall be ours," not only despotism may existand prevail in a state, | locally but commonly. | and yet the form of a free constitution re- | Inspired with hope by past success, the { main. "A nation may lose its liberties in | farmers in this section of the county are | | a day and not regain them for many years; bringing their seeding operations to a close let us therefore guard our liberties now, | earlier in the season than for niany years: | lest that should be our loss in thé present | past ; this is owing somewhat to the for- contest. Satan sometimes blocks the] wardness of the spring, but not altogether, wheels of Reform as long as it will do; but | ns much is owing to reforms and improve- is sure to suffer for every error of the | contracts our powers, for the whole noble | Let us | Would this hold | Who would | This is the | of 4 cents per bushel and 25 cents per | when he finds it will advance, he mounts the car, offers his services as engineer, and | dashes the train from the track. We have | seen something like this before exemplified | in some of ur Canadian statesmen. {| At prove bovevsge have to do with | our present'representative, and the course | [ he has taken on the great public questions of the day. We cannot but deplore the | prostitution of moral integrity in a man of Mr. Gibbs' standing in society, when to please a corrupt Government, and assist it to carry out the most barefaced, dis- | | honorable measures, he; gives his votes to { make blick white, as in the case of the | Tupper bribery scandal matter. We may well ask, what will such a man not do | when it suits his purpose for gain or the honor of office] It is to be hoped that the | people will bear this in mind till the prop- | er time. Again; his vote on the *'British Columbia Confederation Bill," where he | votes the whole thing, which, if carried | out, must ruin this country financially for ! all time to come. What a pity it is that some men cannot, or will not learn from the past. Surely Confederation The | Hon. Oliver Blake, when speaking against | the Intercolonial rai'road as a condition of 'our past experience in blunders should teach us something. Confederation of the Eastern Provinces, "I am opposed to the building of the Intercolonial railway, on account of the immense expenditure which it will entail upon the country, not only now, but for all And many others of our best Reform members in both Houses at that time, though favorable to Confederation, yet wisely foresaw this danger, and opposed it ; while others were determined to carry it through, bag and baggage, cust wha & may, bit now gee the evil when it is too late. And altho' the first great road is not yet near finished, nor any approximation of its cost yet known, yet another of much greater mag- said ; time to come." nitulé must be voted for by such men as | our representative. . Let this also be kept in the 'minds of the people till the proper If all these great public works are to be paid for after the manner of the Government buildings at Ottawa, then endless oppression and bankruptcy must be entailed upon the country, With regard to Mr. Gibbs' vote on foreign importations, I shall leave that to others I" shall merely express my views on the general question, in as few words as I can. If all nations are of one blood, and be- long to the same origirial family, then that { iotion of patriotism which is generally time shall come. who are well able to deal with it. imbibed and admired, is false and un- scriptural. One nation has no more right to seek its own public interests exclusively, or in opposition to the public interests of other nations, than one member of the same family has to seek his own private interests exclusively, or in opposition to the private interests of the rest of the family. seek each other's interest, so far as they | are known, and to refrain from injuring | each other. To feel and act in this man- ner seems to mo like true patriotism. But this'is not the patriotism of the past and present ; yet I do think, sir, that when nations become truly enlightened, custom house officers that now cause so much fraud on the one part, and often embezzlment | | on the other, smuggling, etc., while the proceeds are, in many instances, more than consunfed in the pay of officials, mnst | give place to free trade between nation { and nation. The natural demands of all | classes require it. I think that direct taxation will yet supercede it. But this | is a question of time. Yours with a promise, COMMONWEALTH. --- i { To the Editor of the Reformer. "SiR, Permit a brother Reformer to congratulate you on your advent among | us: may it be the precursor of a more | | healthy political condition of eur enter- | | prising and intelligent county. Your name I am deeply attached to: around it are | associated the memories of the great "and | | good in our own and other lands. Strike | | those who have borne the name from the pa- | ges of our own and the history of ourmother | country, and we leave a record ghastly | and repulsive to the feelifigs of every true | man, laws on the statute book of the nations, to which we can point with honest pride, it is because they havesbeen put there by Re- | formers, or, at lcast, they were originated | | apd developed by them --the unflinching | | advocates of freedom and right. It is they | | who have wiped out the foul stains of | | bondage from the glerlous old flag "*"\that | for a thousand years has braved the battle | and the breeze." All nations are morally bound to And if at the present time we have | ments in farm implements and machinery as well as: skillful management. And farming operations are fast being brought to be conducted on as certain principles as the carpenter uses his rule and square; but with all their advantages the farmers as well as others (to be successful) have need to remember the adage by Dr. Franklin, | "to drive ygur own business and not let your business drive you." A Pleasing feature among the rest of the attractions of the season is the taste and enterprize many are manifesting, in plant- ing.shruly and ornamental trees around their farms and dwellings. With a fine climate, . good , crops, a pure Reform Gov- ernment, there ig no reason why we should not be a great and happy people. : Yours, &e., INCOG. . Brooklin, May 15th, 1871. - -- OG ---- - An Idle Brain is the Devil's Workshop. To the Editor of the Reformer. Six, In'taking the speaker's stand, I sincerely hope I shall neither fall off nor deserve to be hissed off, as some who have | crept upon the stage at an earlier date. My time having been fully taken up of late with business matters I have not been able to read the Viidicator of the: 10th | inst. until to-day, when I saw the commu- nication over the signature of * One who had nothing elseto do ;" and I must say that of all the baby-like productions that I ever read, that one caps them all. In fact I am so disgusted with it that I can- not forbear drawirg attention to it, al- though it will be doing it an honor it does not deserve. If the intelligent readers of Reformer and Vindicator will buf read it, 1 think they will all agree, as one, that it is the most dish-watery article they ever saw or heard of, and I am suprised that the Vindicator should give so much space to so little matter. Wépe I sure that it would not be destruetivp to a photographic lens, I would suggest that some enterpris- ing Artist secure a likeness of said writet | if it could be kept still or from crying long enough to have its picture taken, and the Artist might possibly. get paid for his troublg in selling pictures of the greatest baby writer living. 1 should advise . its mother or its nurse to keep pen and ink from its reach until its little brain became less soft and somewhat expanded, and should it survive the croup, hooping cough, measels, and all other child-like ailments, I prophesy it may. in time become the greatest buffoon or baboon of its day. In the meantime, for the interest of those whom it tries-to defend, it should be kept as quiet as possible, with a liberal supply of paregoric; ora few affecting articles from an honest Farmer. I 'have not noticed any particular part of the mess against '" A Farmer" as I saw nothing.worth dissecting. So by-by to baby for the present, having no more time to waste about hin. I signi myself, ONE WHO HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO DO. To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer. Dear Sir,--I wish to enquire if there is a by-law of this Village relating to tran- sient traders, and if the' amount specified to be collected from them is the sum of fitty dollars! If so, by what authority does the Deputy-Reeve (W. H. Gibbs) grant (as I am informed he has) a license to a transient trader for the sum of £10. I think if we have such a by-law that it should be strictly enforced, and the full amount in all cases collected ; and no'in- dividual should have the power to alter such by-law, especially as the finances of the Village are not in a position te throw | away 840: which sum, if collected, could be advantageously laid out in repairing our sidewalks; instead of being in the pocket | of one who does not contribute to the sup- port of the Village, but who is an injury to those who pay taxes and are daily ad- | vancing the interests of this place. Yours truly, 1 ENQUIRER. To the Editor of the Reformer. / Sig,--As to the second "Farmer," he is not worth wasting. powder and shot on. Good by, Ned. } , Yours, THE FIRST FARMER. GRAND Show of New Summer Goods at Tue Germans are reported to be assisting the Versailles troops in subduing Paris, and 'a decisive conflict is expected im- mediately. > Tie Dominion Telegraph Co. intend to open an office in Petrolia. Tue weather throughout England is reported fair and favourable to growing waiits of three or four impecunious patri- | ota. | Tuere have been 35 many wills contest- | ed lately that a clause is now inserted to | the effect that if any heir is dissatisfied | and contests the will, their inheritance shall be forfeited to the rest of their heirs. This stops a good deal of fooling. « PrESENT prophesies from Delaware and | Maryland are that the peach crop will reach 3,500,000 baskets--about half a mil- lion more than were gathered in 1869, | which was the champion peach year. From * ANOTHER GREAT MAN GONE. The 'Atlantic cable announces the death of Sir John Frsderick William Herschel, nomers and mathematicians the po has produced. Sir John was born in at Slough, near Windsor, nd was the only son of the great astronomer, Sir Frederick William Hershell. He was aducated at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he became Senior Wrangler, and Smith'y Prizeman, in 1813, and subsequently de. voted himself to those pursuits which had already made the name of Herschel] illus. \ trious. His earliest methematica] re- searches are contained in the Tre-construc- tion of Lacroix's treatise "Qn the Differential Calculus," undertaken in con- junction with "the late Dean Peacock. Sometimes alone, and sometimes in con- junction with: Louth, he devoted a considerable portion of the year 1816 ons' observation on the multiple stars, for | 800,000 to 400,000 mew trees have been planted this season. | Puese~T prophecies from Delaware and | Maryland .are that the peach crop will | reach 3,500,000 baskets--about half a mil- | lion more than were gathered in 1869, which was the champion peach year. From 300,000 to 400,000 new trees have been | planted this season. = -- Te following is a sample of, the book- keeping at Petrolea :--** Jim Wilson com- | big tree fell. Tom Horner one week after. [ Received of Jim Wilson 5 dollars the day Jack got drunk. day Smith's well was torpedoed." menced boarding here the other day the | Paid his whole bill the which the Royal Astronomical Society | voted to each of them their gold medal in { 1826, As the first result of these gbserva- | tion, ten thousand in number, he present. - | ed to the Royal Society of London in 1823 | & catalogue of thrée hundred and eighty . | double and triple stars, whose position and - apparent distances had never until then | been fixed. In 1827 he published a second | catalogue of two hundred and ninety-five | stars of this kind ; and in 1828 anctner, in | which three hundred and twenty-four more were set down. He issued numerous volumes, chiefly on the subject of astro- { nomy. He spent four years at the Cape | of Good Hope, in 1834-38, where he ex. amined, under circamstances 'the "most | favourable, 'the whole southern celestial { 1 Frou various sources, the Clinton New 4 hemisphere: In 1838 he was created a Era learns that the fall wheat is looking admirably-- better then ever it is known to have appeared before at this season. The late frosts, howover, have injured some sections of it a little, but not serious- ly. From all present appearances the crop will be a splendid one. Tue Buffalo Courier states that it is ex- pected that the Earl de Grey and Ripon, | Grand Master of Masons in England, will, within the next few weeks, visit the Pro- vince of Ontario. Should the contemplated | visit take place, it is expected that a large number of the brethren of Buffalo -and vicinity will join the craft of Ontario in welcoming so distinguished a personage as the Grand Master of England: Mz. Sandficld Macdonaill has so far re- covered his health as to be able to pay visits around St. Catharines. The Times says that on Thursday he visited the great axé factory of Tuttle, Date & Co.,, at that place, where one of 'the workmen politely | offered to let the Premiar try his hand at | grinding an\axe on a large grindstone re- volving at full speed. The Premier con- sented, and managed the job so well that the mechanic declared he must have been an old hand at grinding hxes. Reports from China are not favourable with redpect to the foreign policy of that country. There has been no open demon- stration, but the Chinese are said to be tonstructing new forts and stremgthening | their defensive works on rivers which are avenues to, important places. Taken in the light of the recent sudden and remark- able change in their attitnde towards Europeans, these preparations would in- dicate ¢hat another war with Europeans is expected. Me. Collins, Hartford, bought him a | dog, a large, blood-thirsty bulldog. He said he wanted a dog that would stand by his wife when he was away. He was away the next night, and came home late, drunk as usual, when his new deg met him at the-door. The dog lwoked at him as much as to say : "Go back where you get your whiskey." Mr. Collins argued with the dog, asking him who was bossing the house, The dog took a mouthful out of Mr. C., right where he didn't want it | taken out, and the. owner of the dog is | now troubled about sitting down. He wants to sell a good dog. | Mr. Mackexzig, M.P.--The political | enemies of this gentleman, in the eager- | ness to damage his reputation, stated in the Government organs of Ontario that he | | drew his pay as member of the House of Commons for the time he was absent at- | | Baronet ; in 1839 an Honerary D.C. L. | of Oxford ; and in 1842 he was elected | Lord Rector of Marischal 'College, Abér. { deen. In 1848 he was elected President | of the Royal Astronomical Association ; and in 1850 he was appointed 'Master of the Mint, bust resigned that office in 1855. | Ho was pre-emine: mtly a great and good | man, and died at the age of seventy-nine | years, | OsHAWA shows an assessment of §507,- 150. " | permits the 50th Batt. or Huntingdom Bord | erers to inscribe on their banners the words 5 "Trout River," in commemoration of their | participation in that engagement. | Ax Episcopalian in Glasgow gave notice that he should set apart the day of the | royal wedding for lamentation, humiliation | and prayer, on account of the grievous in. sult to be offered to the sanctity of the season of Lent. ; ? SEVEN wives of the late Earl of Aberdeen have put in an appearance. The world had | always regarded him as a bachelor, but {each of these claimants declares herself | his lawful wife. i Lorp NAPIER oF Macpara. -- Lond Napier, of Magdala, is as much in his element on horseback now as when years [ago he hunted the Mahratta soul out of Tantia Topee. The other day, when at Cachar, he rode over to Monierkhal to inspect the scene of the alleged misbe: haviour of the 4th Native Infantry Detach- | ment, and back again the same' day, a distance of fifty miles. | Tie people of the Maritime Province ares | giving a good deal of attention to the treaty of Washington, and the Legislative | Assembly of New Brunswick has taken up. | the subject. The terms of the treaty with | regard to the fisheries are generally con- | sidered disadvantag to.the interest of | this country. The Halifax Government | journals condemn the British Commission- { ers for sacrificing the fishery privileges of | Nova Scotia, and in the sister Province | the tide of public opinion is 'described as | being '" strongly and nniversally " opposed | to the arrangement. | -------- - Commercial, | MONTREAL MARKETS, | Wheat, ull, # bushel,.............. | Oats, ¥ 32 ta,........ Barley, ¥ 48 bs, .. | Peas, ® bushel, .. t-Butter, By ..un ever... as | tending to the Ontario elections, No one | { who knows Mr. Mackenzie would believe | the story for a moment." The very man | | who eoncocted the calumny, and they who | | republished it, knew its falsehood well. A , man less liable to any imputation of dis- honesty of meanness or mercenary motives than Mr. Mackenzie lives not, although, | as is well known, he is net a wealthy man. | St. Johw's (N.B.) Freeman. Tue Rochester Democrat says: -- The | Canadians are quite in earncst with their | schemes to divert 'western traffic from | other routes to that ofthe St. Lawrence. A company having an. office \in Chicago | and in Montreal has established a line of | propellers between Chicago and Liveipool, and are prepared to make through rates | en grain, flour and provisions between the | two cities at lower rates than by New York. And now the Chicago Tribune announces that James Browfi, jr., a merchant. of Toronto arid New York, in a letter to" Sir | CHISHOLM'S, on Saturday, May 19th. John A. Macdoneld, proposes to form a | Butter, M,...... a | company, with a capital of £00,000, to do | a strictly foreign commission business, to | make advances on grain, flour and "pro- | visions, to be shipped eastward, and to | purchase all kinds of goods in European | markets, 2 : Tur latest intelligence -from Japan | shows that the ingenious and enterprising { Wheat, ® bushel,......... | Rye, et Barley, do » Peas, {do * Clover , ¥:bushel,. Timothy do . Butter, ¥B®,............ocoenill Wheat, Fall, ® bushel, .............. | Wheat, Spring, do | Barley, ¥ bushel, ..... | Oats, do | Peas, do | Potatoes, do OSHAWA MARKETS. | 'Wheat, Fall, ¥ bushel... | Wheat, Spring, ¥ bushel, . Oats, ¥ bushel, ... - Peas, ¥ bushel,.. Potatoes, ¥ bushel, Butter, 8%... Lard, ®®,..... "A RECENTLY issued Militia general order - © - a ' Ee idl sie Jugs Ae & A -------- - South Joining land. mediately. Oshawa, A Not! Ale th th to the ESTABLISHED 1845. | notified Oshawa, A If the country will not rout these men | | from power and place at the coming clec- | Pardon me, Mr. Editor, for 'making a | crops. tion, it 'deggrves to be governed by them. | little free with your name, as it has be- | inhabitants of that country are puiting'| Eggs, ¥ dozen,..... | . 2 | Dressed Hogs, ¥ cwt, | their recently sequined knowledge 4 | Clover All | European and more enlightened nations Timothy Seed, ¥ bushel, al, the other to New York. European buyers desirous of obtaining wheat, tele- . 21: - | we the adding of millions to these Western Torontn, - have been engaged for, the | States is owing to protection, although he A good entertainment 'is anti- | occasion. Te Presbytérian congregation of Colum- seems to» make the statement to strengtlien his position. The vacant land there, cipated. Look out for program mes--then | graph to these respectiva cities for inform- PRO BONO PUBLICO. | come almost a part of my being. Bom bus has purchased an acre near the drill a good use. They have established. a re- | arrange to attend the concert. | ation as to price, and are answered, say, Te ---- © A---- gular postal system between the capital Dried Apples, 9D, ..... | during the political throes and agitation 'shed as a site for a new church. The Sho dlanate and ho voll #iiactel thee.) y after frame burn | | To the Editor of the Ontario Reformer : | proceding the passage of che Reform Bill | church will cost about $6,000. ii . ESTERDAY noc n ; 2 fofe - | c a 2 3 Fp ; i dundant millions of Europe ; and Massa- | Mir on ata oh Aes me al with the foreign buyer then would be Mr. Ensrox,---1 think it is of the very | in Great Britian, nursed by a good mother | py, MorrzLy, who testified in behalf | chusetts, the chief seat of manufactures | as ; --: y which port he could reach with the least | greatest importance to keep the present | fired by the principles of the early Refor- | ¢ prince Pierre Bonaparte when he was | in America, has made no more, if as toy, Bear Bean's fill, was totally | cost, and the two cities being equidistant | political state of our affairs. before the | mers, hushed to gleep by sentiments sung | \ t1ial for the murder of Victor Noir, much wealth 'in that time as the single | destroyed by fire, whick was communicated | from England, in this respect they would | people ; yea, even agitate if you please. | to a plaintive scottish air something like | 1... boon assassinated city of Manchester, England, under a | bY the buming of a brush heap: in the i { 81 from each place. The only question and one of the chief towns; their coins | == are hereafter to be struck in a mint after the American plan, which no doubt has the latest improvements ; and, as if gjvili- zation and war should go hand in hand | Rew Advertisements, Arron AA rt COURT OF REVISION | {be on a par. pmparatively free trade system. this presperity in the East, if correct, no more to be attributed to protection _than is that of Manchester. Both are the seat of manufactures, which is the cause. If, as our friends say, * the country is ripe for the adoption of a national policy," Jet us know what is meant by it ; for, ac- cording to Mr. Glen, we can now manu- facture cheaper than the Ameri can in There-; vicinity thereof. Brunswick, with a cargo of wheat, flour, { and pork. Returning she will bring a load | of eoal to Toronto. Just received, a new lot of Russell's Gold Watches, Chains, Jewellery, &e., cheap for cash. All gopds and - work the single item citell, at least 25 per cent. Is not this sufticient! unless the aim be for 'afew to amass fortunes at the expense of the many, as in the case of the United d at P. Taylor's. THE treaty agreed upen by the Joint High Commission 1as teen unani ly | competition existing between these two Tue Magd di, Captain Farewell, sailed | ports, to show that the price of wheat | and agitation when huge evils are to be | from Toronto yesterday for St. Johns, New | must of necessity be about the same in | reformed. | each, if they would ship advantageously | for Europe Nor would 'the larger supply { at the one place, and the smaller at the | other, affect the price; for let 1,000 ship loads find its way to New York, and only -100 to Montreal, the price would not be in the slightest changed, because the shi having published information as to pri and quantity at each port, they would the condemned in both Houses of the Now Brunswick Legislature. ; \ Stotes. - TE hs 1) RE iin more supply and' the demand being still the same, 80 would the price be, i ---------- RENIN I desire to point out the [ We believe in excitement, when-the theme | the following :-- trate on New York. The | ds great. if any one this very day, Would ask me in a quiet way, Who are the worst of men? I'd say, We hold to a great deal of talk It is thus that a State or Na- | ° tion clears itself of great moral or political | public wrongs, and not by deing nothing. Still waters gather to themselves poison- ous ingredients, and scatter epidemics and death all around. The noisy, tumbling brook, and the rolling, roaring ocean, are ppure and healthful. The moral and po- Jitical elements need the workings and heavings of prediscussion, for their own purification, If long cherished public sins . The Tory clan. are assailed, there will be raging passions | After hearing this you will be, ready to 'Who are they? the country waives, That would make the sons of Albion slaves, And tax their bones when in their graves? The Tory clan. Who are they that's a disgrace To all the Alglo Saxon race, And will get themselves turned out of place? The Tory clan. Then let us all forever pray, J That our peoples heads may long be grey, To keep Reform, and send away The Tory clan. | with peace, a grand arsenal was opened with imposingd Cali- { affairs of the country are gradually assum- | ing a more settled condition, and there are many indications that Satsuma, the ablest and most powerful. of the native nobles, Dr. Williams has taken another gold will ere long wield supreme power. He is '"brick " from his mine in Marmora. It | in fact called Dictator slready ; and has weighs fifty ounces, and the average yield | taken mepsures that will make his author- | of the rock-where it was obtained was | ity more exclusively. acknowledged. He { about §10 per ton. | has given his assistance to the Mikado as A MEDICAL publication warm: adies | against the Tycoon, and as a kind of King- against green gloves. ! It mentions a case | make is exercising great influence in. in which skin-poisoning resulted from the | Japanese politics, with beneficial effects. use, an arsenical sali being employed to A Bic Barren. --A wine-cask holding four thousdhd one hundred and sixty-five | | gallons has just been completed by a fornia eopperage establishment, and sent | to the San Francisco fair. and high words. Men donot part quietly | admit the truth of the precept, that "cut i i produce the color, greater scl urity in Yeddo, y te -------- iain RT r----- E70 | there. is already reputed to bea feeling of UBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV- en that the Court of OSHAWA, will hold its first COUNCIL CHAMBER in FRIDAY, the 26th Day of MAY, 1871, At 7 OClock; P.-M,, v complaints must be heard, and the As Xbeh 31) Roll be finally revised. Oshawa, 19th May, A. D. 1871. 1 le Hr BO 5 WANTED. TEAMS TO DRAW LUMBER Oper ixther Pareigalass chu at Mill. Bowmanville, May 19, 1871,