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NMA Me at NINES "i ao. er pe =n ye - a ST Ss ar a... RR eo "a ry A A oe op ._ Onimio Reformer. ------LO¢hawa, rriday, Jan. 5, 1872. TEicasure in the House | TPAKD TRUNK TIME TABLE TOSAAWA STATION. CIAWA TINE. GOING WLsT, : | GOING EAST, Amoda'n, 745 am. | Mall, dam, Mized, - < - -32 pn. Express, 4 - - ¥ | press, Bopressy ~~ 1008 pan, | Pesscniger, - - 7:17 p.m: The morning «xpress goes vp on Sunday morn rg, but not on Monday. . 3 WIITDRY STATIONS Trains going East leave Vohithy Sta inutes earlier, and those goles Wes in ites later thaa the iboves FOsT @rFICE, &: JIAWA. 3 pam, The mails close al dice timo : Gore East: Morning Mail, 6.30, Evening Mail, 8... There will Le ew s.nday morni WesT!: Matning| Mail, 8.15, ° Evening Mail, 9.45. od for the West every none ob Mondays, ¢ "closed immediately from the Weat, at od, nd Portland, i Thursday evening; an! via. New York at Saturday evenings, The mail for E I, Foley, and Taunton, is closed at 12 ¢'clo Tucuday and Friday. Registered ) 3 1 be niniled fifteen minutes before the Lour of closing 4 mall. Ofiice hours roi 8 o'clock a. m. until 7 v. m. Gorza THE KEW RINISTRY. It is with a feeling of pride we utter the words, all honor to the faithful leaders and the rank and tilo of the great Reform party of Uppeg Canada --we say of Upper Canada because under that appellation it was known when it fought the ever memorable battles of Responsille Governinent, sccu- | larization of tho Clergy Reserves, and | Representation by Population, culmina- ting in Cozfedoration. These are the _great measures of this generation in Up- per Canada, and they have been fought and won by the I of the Conservatives, of which our rep- - resentative, T.- N. Gibbs, Esq, is an active weber. These great battles have not beca won without; sacrifices on the part of Il: They could time and again Lave cessed to the Troasary . benches, but they wonld not, because it racers. involved the sacrifice of thegreat principles thoy undertook to carry out; and they, their lacling credit be it sdid," chose the cold shades of Opposition and the triumph of theif principles to the emoluments of vilice, the degradation of their country and the loss of the rights of freemen. to Men who are now grey were but yoiths y was governed by a Gov- 2 of Conservatives, irres- ike the serfs of pelled td pay taxes : the expending of them, country. -- days, having the t5 of their forefathers, detericined that ike whole people would not only have & controling voice in the Councils of the laad, but that they would sweep awgy, root and branch, the old rwap of a Tory Family Compact, who dare to arrogate to themselves "only the np 2] i -1840-41 was in- augussod, through the exertions of Re- formers, aud i when this co conor and Co pousibic tg tho plaple. Russia; we were cou but had no voic ¥ nor iu the gov Le Reformers of chose liberty loving ius y 5 ¢ of the futile opposi- ay, the respon- s day enjoy. ¢ next great contest with the Conser- over the Cc Theze public lands were set apart the Kings of Eveland for the support of a Pr {estar Cle rgy; but after- wards, through legislation; a share fell to = the lot of the Ruman Catholic €herch. -- It was held that Protestaugt Clergy wcaunt ouly certain sects, and thése alone should fund. tions, who held that therd should exist no cunuection between Chueh and State, woud not accept aid from the secular party, was by one of receive vat of tl power if offered; and thgrefore they did uot. benefit by the fund. Tle Ieformn party held, tht Luaswmuih as the public lands of the c be ltot ole people --Prote i Wis unjust t of the people com these lands while it wus witl fom the rest; and they adopted th i2 prsuciplo, that, to be just, the state shoull pay Lo meney in any | form to any dencipiustha: whatsoevers-- | ! 4 reform, they tri- wd this is mow the This question was car- | should receive i! This, also a great wmphantly carried, 4 law of the land. ried against the deter dud opposition of when they: were beaten, i { Lly saying *tlet those who woia cart micanly said ** for the sal ¢ we bow to public opinion, althouzh 4% is con- trary to our cuavictivng, and we will secun- the action of the Ligh y of that day= ald, of W. worthy vlarize." This w toned(?) Conservative pa ut which Sir John A, ungton Treaty nctorigty, was & leader. Then came the agitation for tation by Population. | It was found that, owing to the masses of Lower Cunada being French, tlicy adhered together in a com- pact body whenever any question arose be- tween Upper and Loger Canad discovgringt their could d ctate ter servatives and Refornsars of "if you will give f and by " they to Con-4 per Canada: what we want, we | ". The Ce 3- | and | must end by 8, by shall keep you . tives said: ** yes, we will give you; , us Deformers, 8d: "no, ve justice for our! whole we people, and | shall suport no gover nt who will not give us equal' r sentation, run for man, The Hon, motion with Lower Canada" Brown made. the first for that | of Assembly, and | wenfully--knowing'that for many years | the cold shades of Opposition would be his | party's lot---did ke, es champion of the | rights of Upper Canada; with his faithful | baud of followers, gwell the his favor parliawuent after parl til at his back were threc'fanrths of the repres:ntatives of his Province, despand- | majoritizs in { - | ing; ia tones not to be mistzken, cqual | rights for hia codtrymen. During this | struggle John A. Macdonald; with his | miserably small band of Conservative fol- | Livers, fought agginst the. placing of his | countrymen on uf equality with Lower Canad: e.ailst the sanders of the friends he assist- tol and the contempt of the Provinde whose rights he Letrayed. = Thus the con- il a dead lgck stopped the | nt, and Confederation, | ' tivig of th Lforia party, be- | od ths office as follows, Post | form party in the teeth | Other denowina- | | came a necessity, This triumphantly carried, whe{- the interference of Lower ( local aftiirs. The earryiv | | portant measures os ¢ very root of our civil 1] . | ties, is a glory to r | Reform part 7d at the expense of | office. and pf7~8y well turn round and fast wir opponents " where are your AET A SEL ber- y. Those the > measures; and at what sacrifice have you | carried any of all of your measures put | together, to be compared to either of the | three above mentioned." But for three leading traitors in our ranks, Reformers would have been in power in Ontario for the last four years-- [the reward of persistent adhesion to prin- ciple. The defection of these delayed for four ycars our resamption of the power | which we now possess--but they have their reward. Oue, unhonored because of the mcans by which he obtained it, is Licut.-Goverror; another is just rejected, and retires friendless and alone to the | back'benches of the legislative chamber, or thercabouts, after acting the puppet of | another for a season; and the third, reject- { ed by both parties, finds himself singing in the Telegraph to the tune of ""once a | traitor always distrusted" --a very truism _ | 80 far as he is concerned. Now, having swept. the dross from | amongst them, Reformers are resuming - | the rigus of government, carrying with | thom to the treasury seats ¢he principles | which they advocated in opposition;and they | may well pass by unheeded --having such | a' past record of adherence to principle-- | the s:saily squeaks heard frem such sheets | as the 2elegraph and Vindicator, wheh the [ latter says that "in forming the Ministry { the "late opposition have violated every | priticiple that carried them to power." Re- | formers may well have confidence that | leaders, who for so many years held" fast to priuciple and the rights of 'their coun- | try, would not, when it was unnecessary, +forsalc all tifeir past professions and fol- | low in the footsteps of the renegades, who | arc so thoroughly punished and despised | | by all parties, as ISandfield Macdonald, many reasons in the history of the past for | fall, unswerving confidence in our leaders, | to begin now to doubt their integrity, at | the call of their disappointed opponents; | ard we await the meeting of the House, in { the full confidence that all their measures | will accord with their professed principles | while on the opposition benches. | THE TRADUCED AND THEIR ~~ TRADUCEES. Mr. Blake and his following, after four | years determined and honorable opposi- | tion, have at length achieved a well de- served victory. The axe-grinding con- { bination tlwonghout adopted every die. | honorable and corrupt means possible to | held the reins : the effect, however, was | their total disorgarization and defeat. And now that the Treasury strings have slipped from their fingers, they attack | with the bitt foclings of | malignity and spite those who showed a disposition no longer to yield to their '"no party" | ery. They fird such rags as the Telegraph and its ilk ready to arsume the task, it | matters not kow dirty. Such men Robinson cof Kington and Prince of Essex they delight in as objects: of prey: nor at are they content with these--they include jin their programme one of their own ranks B. Wood, the late | ard fyle, Hen. E. And even Mr. Scott, the late s ugrer the vile lash. If cy of him be i zpos? the base hyp they practiced in g Treasurer. Speaker, con thalfof wh: only serves to ving him a high ¢ acter when clecting him their Spgaker. Mr. Wood, whe only acted in accord- {ance with his oft-repeated asscrtion-- | "If he should find the Coalition Govern- ment, upon re-assembling, im the minority, he would feel it his daty to resign," --is charged with having resigned under pro- mise of the County-Attorneyship of York. Their chiarge' concerning this attorneyship only shows too plainly that they them- s:lves had been holding the office vacant The gift and sno longer theirs, lousy know no ¢ sorely irritated 3. a bait for supporters, hie power to give le over Mr. e Scott's necep Commissioner of Crown Lands. The bare thourht almost serves to throw them into ics: a man of "intégrity" when wiinee for the Speakirship ; but now, when a colleague of Mr. Blake's, || auspices of the Oshawa Driving Club, { Mr. W. F. Cowan was appointed auditor the greatest rascal and self-serving wretch | created quite an excitement. The purses | on behalf ¢f the Board. that ever existed. He is charged with having lobbied against the defunct coal- | ition ; with having entered the new Gov- men of Ottawa ; of being®a tory dyed in the wool. It only shows hew little princi- is at the bottom of their professions, i . | n a man's character--even his-creed-- | beea hiusclé, is ac ire he chooses to think and act for :g their their slapderous cent. | We might Lirrow a io of our reighbors, and say : ** Weak indeed must be the cause, a1d Lase indeed wiust be the man (party), who adopt such ricans to damage another." The new Government is formed-upon a 1 favorite expre just and equitable besis ; and with all the | cry made shout Mr. Scott being a tory, &c., and being a voter on the side of the combination during last session, his ac- cusers forget that Mr. Scott. during the lasti four years was committed to the fair trial" plea; that in march last 'he gave no ple lges ; thay hd was in 'reality the nominee of the Reforia party for the office order to avert eppesition, and - thereby postpone dertain defeat. They forget, too, | that Mr. Soft, before the House was lealled together, had expressed himself | W. Conant's bk. m. "Oshawa Maid" favorably impressed with the policy. of Mr. Plake and his party ; and that he entered the louse untrammelled through "fair trial" and "'no party" pledges ; and, therefore, in a position to support honest and correct principles wherever he should | gong in step dancing. to Misses and Mas- | aid of a pretty label, and a little sealing find them. Slander cin do no possible injury to persons or party guided governed by correct motives. The dis- graceful crusade, then, against Scott, Woad, and others, will only recoil upon the heads of those who seek to reorganize and HR ion 3% ise 3 3 : #, clinging to office in disgrace, | their yanks by such despicable means. Iiixess prevented our attending the toa meeting in connection with the Christ- ian Church, on Friday last ; but we under- stand i passed off mogt sccoz fully, : : . ve is McDcugall and Howland. We have too | in the interest of the liberties of the people, | ir ® ance of the office of | ailed and beddubed by every | of Speaker ; that they (the axe: | . George | grinders) tock advantage of the fact in | Conants Black mare, *' Oshawa Maid," \ WER, OSHAWA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1872. Awjust rec. icines, sh ARTW men when they attain certain | public positions will ros rt to all and every { menus to retain those stations, without re- | flecting thats - discerning reading public | watch quictly on, and are capable of sift- | ing truth from falsehood ; without reflect- ing that their readers are not such gulls as | to swallow all their shallow pates may { produce by pen or speech. We have | special reference to tho utterances of Mr. Gibbs organ when it says: -- | "It will be seen that in forming this Ministry the late Opposition have violated | every principle that cartied them into | power.' : Will it not be a sufficient answer to the Vindic tor to state that this sentence is dircctly contrary to the truth? What were the principles of Mr. Blake and his friends in opposition I They condemned the Sandficld Administration because it was subservient to the Ottawa Govorn- ment, and that they played into each other's hands ; because it carried the sur- plus measure in such a shape as lo leave the #1,600,000 at the disposal of the Ministry without the necossity of again re- ferring to the representatives of the people as to the location and the amount to be given to each railway ; because it did not pass a sufliciently stringent law against bribery ; because it allowed persons who were members of Parliment to accept emoluments from the Government, thus infringing on the independence of the Assembly ; because "it did not the Crown Lands, and faciliate the settle- ment of them &c., &c. These were the } tending ccmplaints of the Reform Oppo- { sition against the McDonald Government, | and every one of these are foreshadowed by Mr. Blake as measures he mens to in- troduce and carry in his declared policy. Yet the Vindicator, with 'an utter disre- gard of truth, dares to state in the face of an intelligent people that Mr. Blake which carried them into power." It must be difficult for the readers of the Vindi-ator to ascertain what is fact and what is fiction, and they must often ask themselves when | reading it :--" Well ; is this really a fac | he states, or is it made up to bolster the | cause of Mr. Gibbs, or somebody clse, at | the g¢xpense of truth I" Teachers' Examination. The half-yearly examination of teachers, | under the new Act and regulations, took | place in the Whitby High School, com- | mencing on the 18th Dec. last and con- tinuing for two weeks. The examiners | present were the Rev. Dr. Thofnton, Rev. | Mr. McSlunan, the County Inspector, { James McBrian, and G. Y:ung: Smith, '| Inspector of the town schools. There were twenty-four candidates pre- | sengéd themselves for examination fer third class certificates, nineteen of whom succeeded in procuring them. Five pre- sented themselves in the second-class, all { of whom got second-class Provincial Cer- tificates. One candidate was up for first- clase, with what success remains to Le seen, as. the papers have to be examined by the Central Board of Exanliners, who | examine the first-class papers of all candi- dates in the Province. The examination was not so severe as the last, and the candidates appeared to understand the work required better ; and consequently the standing is much higher, | | as five candidates got second-class Pro- | vincial Certificates at this examination, | and cnly one was given at the last. We give below the names, clesces and grades, alphcbetically arrangod : SzcoXD-cLAss -- Grape A.--John P. Balfour, W. H. Scott. Grave B.--Miss A. Burns, Miss A. Hickie, Miss F. Woodhouse. TairD-cLAss--GrADE [.--C. F. Collins, John McMunchey, George Ward. Grape I1.--John Collin, Sylvester Kerr, James W. Lamereaux, Levi Lapp, Price Pugh. Grace II1.--Arnold Brethour, Harvey Clarke, Alexander Hardy, Sarah Luke, Allan McLean, W. Parkhill, W. H. Rose, Nancy Thorn. Grape 1V.--Mary Ann Brown. Trottiug at Oshawa. * The races on Monday last, under the wire : Crass 1.--1st, 860; 2nd, $30. Open | to horses owned in East Whitby, (special ' ernment in the interest of. certain lumber | arrangements being made to allow Wm, | | Stevenson, of Darlington, to enter his gray mare, "Janey.") Mile heats, best | two in three, to harness. Crass 2.--810; open to hack horses | owned in the Village of Oshawa. The entries for the first race were, Wi. | Stevensons gray mare " Janey," 6 years old Hi Jemes Black's bey mare, 'Lady { Cropek," 6 ycars old; James Quigley's | gray horse, (no nam»), aged; George | Martin's bay horse, *' Jerry," 7 years old; ! T. Hawthorn's bay horse, " Pat Maloy," | aged. SUMMARY. Wm, Stevensons g. m. "Janey," 31 1. | T. Hawthorn's b. h. * Pat Maloy," 2 2 3. | J. Black's b. m. "Lady Cronck," 1 3 2 | Jas. Quigley's g. h. (no mawe), 0 0 0. | Geo. Martin's b. h. "Jerry," 000. | The last heat in this race being disputed | all pools and bets were declared off. | The entries for the hack race were," Wm. | 5 years old ; James Wilson's bay mare, ¢" Hazelip Lass," aged. SUMMARY. 211 | J, Wilson's b. m. "Hazelip Lass," 1 2 2. DANCING SCHOOL. Prof. Geo. E. Moore will give i struc- { ters at his Académy, Hyland's block, every | Saturday at two o'clock. - Instructions will i also be given to ladies at five o'clock p. w. ¢ | and at seven o'clock p. m. every Saturday. | Terus--25 cents per lesson--Adv't. Tue annual mecting of the Whitby and | East Whitby Union Agricultural Society { will be held at the Clobe Hotel, Lrooklin, on the 11th inst., commencing at 2 o'clock provide for the proper administration of : and his friends " violated every principle | Vigtoria Lodge 0, ¥. B. This Lodge was cstablished in Septemb- or, 1870, with a membership of 30. Dur- ing the year 1871 they have held two balls and two concerts, all of whick have been attended with great success. oan They desire to return their since: thanks to the protestants of Oshawa who presented them with a banner which cost £200. The instruments of their drum and fife band cost $75. At the first display of the Lodge, on the 12th of July, 187F, they turned out 75 strong. The uniform of each member cost $7 ; total aggregate $625. A few weeks ago the brethorn presented a gold Albert chain and a walking cane. to Bro. T. Preable, in token of their re- spect and esteem, and regret at his leavingOshawa. : The Lodge is now in a flourishing con- dition, and numbers 100 members, The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Guardian ; James Martin, Jr. Guardian ; Wm. Trewin, Worthy Master; P. Kyle, Depiity Master ; E. Nicholls, Secretary ; A. Hall, Treasurer; Wm. Hunter, Chap- lin ; Wm. Maxwell, Marshall; John May, John Walker, Wm. Phellps, 8. Harrie, Committeo ; Wm. Glass, Master 6f Cott monies; Wm. Bradley, A. M. of Cere- monies ; Geo. Menmmery, Inside Tyler; Geo. Garth, Outside Tyler. . ' " 9 God save the Quoen.--Con. ; Nore the change in the time of the ar- rival of trains at the Oshawa station. | Look for Hoitt's new advertisement | next week ; it will be an extra announce- | ment. « Tue clcction of School Trustees wil take place on Wednesday next, in the Tow. Hall. Poll opens at 10 o'clock. Sreere Brotuens are bound to give the farmers good bargains in Salt, Plaster, Clover Secd, etc. Read their new ad- | vertisement, and benefit Ly it. Tue municipal election in this place re- sulted in the clection of all the old Coun- | cillors, viz: James Luke, A. P. Cameron, P. Wall. The Reeve, T. N. Gibbs, Esq., {and the Deputy Reeve, W. F. Cowan, Esq., were elected by acclamation. Tue Carrier's Address which appears on our first page this week, was written and put.in type in Oshawa for the Bowman: ville Statesmav; and owing to a mistake on the part of a workman, was also in- serted in the RagoxMEr--the two first | verses from cur address being placed at ths head of it. Fire: --We have been informed that | throc barns were burned down at Myrtle, { on Friday night last, 29th ult. longed to Goorge Derby. Great praise is Brothers William Stephenson, Senior {#osition which the Joseph Hall Works at present holds in the Dominion of Canada, In the hope that leng life and happiness | gift, the associations called up in connec- They be- | "4" Prosentafion and Address. ' On Baturday: evening last Mr. J. P. Bumith, forenian of the wood department af the Joseph Hall Works, was the recipi- ent 'of & beautiful album, preeented to Nim by the employoes of said department. The following address was read by one of the employees :-- To J. P. Suitu, Esq., Foreman of Wood Department, Joseph Hall Machine Works, Oshawa, Ont. Dear Sig,--The undersigned employees in connection with your department have considered it fitting and proper, at the clope of another year, that they should convey to you some mark of the apprecia- tion in which you are held by them, not only as their foreman, but also as one who, while faithfully performing his duty to the, company under which we are all engaged, has, by his kind and courteous treatment, made friends of all under his supervision, and has left nothing to be desired by reasonable men. We belicve that your connection with the Joseph Hall Works dates back almost to its foundation. That. fact alone, with- out further words of ours, is sufficient that your services have been, and are, ap- pyeciated as they deserve. Nevertheless, we cannot but observe that the prominent must, in a great measure, be attributed to the faithful and carncst manner in wlii¢h you have performed the trusts com 'mitted to your care. As a small mark of our feelings toward you, allow us'to present you with the ac- companying Album. Weall join fervently may be yours; that you may for many years retain' your present position, and that prosperity for yourself and the Joseph Hall Works may always go hand in hand. We also unitedly desire to say, that if, in the year which will so soon be gone forever, any of our number has by his conduct merited your displeasure, or given you pain, we exceedingly regret it, and we hope that, you will allow the rememb- rance of it to pass with the dying year, which, like other years, has witnessed many faults and follies. In conclusion, we wish you and your family a "Harry New Yrar," and hope that in the days which are to come, when you turn over the pag:s of our humble tion therewith may not be among the least pleasurable of your life, but that you will remember with kindly feelitigs many o. those who beg to subscribe themselves, Yours very respectfully. Mr. Elvins' Lotter cn Rain-fall. Ix another column we publish a com- munication from Mr. A. Elvins, relating | due to the neighbors for their unwearied | excrtions, whereby part of the contents-| | were saved. The loss is estimated at not {lees than $2,000, partly covered by 'in- | surance, | Presentation. --The Pupils of the Rev. A. Kennedy's Bible Classes, at Dunbarton {and Duflins Creek, have presented hin | with a fur cap, collar, gauntlets and over- | shoes, as a mark of their appreciation of his efforts to instruct them in the things | pertaining to their spiritual and temporal | welfare. They also presonted to Mrs. | Kennedy a set of china tea service as a | mark of thoiy respect and esteem. --Coy. | | Picxerise Towssuie,--The Municipal eleciion in this township kas been one of | tho most cxciting we have witnessed for | many years, and has rested in a glorious | vietory on the side of inlalligones Lita alisa, c2 ipal gov- ernment, as against ignorance, Toryism, | corruption, conceit and impudenze, The | election of T, P. White, jr., as DPgove, | and the defeat of John Haight, is hailed with the greatest delight. The following parties were elected : T. P. White, Reeve 8. K. Brown and a Deputy Reeves ; James Palmer and 8. Green, Courcillors. --Cou. Meeting of School Board. Board met on Tuesday evening last. A telegram was read from Miss E. Gil- lan, resigning her position in the school on accourit of having accepted a position | in the Windsor school, at a salary of 8350. | The Sccretary 'was instructed to get proper agreements between the Board and | | the Teachers printed. tise for a male assistant teacher for the | | High School, ata salary of 2600, and a | | female assistant teacher for the Public | } Sebool, at a salary of £280, Mr. Carmichael presented the 'annual financial statement. It showed the receipts of the year to be $6,518,28 ;' expenditures, $4,472.57 ; balance on hand, 82,046.01. The liabilities amount to $7,192.85, less cash on hand, they amount &o.85,146.84. The janitor's salary was increased from | 8200 to $225. Mr. Waat, the school janitor, affered to buy the wooden building on the corner of { the echocl dot. Referred to the School Property Committee. i The following accounts were'ordered to | be paid : J. Finthof, 0, J. A; Gibson, 815.97; H. Carswell, $9.89 ; G. H. Ped- lar, $69.25. I -------- -- It is a venerable story, but it may as well be told again. Somebody in Connee- ticut sold a bottle of the best brandy, and and Prof Silliman of ¥ale College having analyzed the same, and finds in it alum iron, sulphuric acid, essential oil of some kind, taunic acid, Guinea pepper, burnt sugar, lead and copper, with a bias of whicky. This is the delicious and some- what miscellancous mixture which by the { wax on the cork, passes for Old Henncasy, | London Dock, Martel, or Seignette brandy. | The marvel is that it does not instantane. | ously Eill the first deluded wretch who | | swallows a mouthful of it; and in some cases perhaps it would be Better if it did. | It scems to be about as well established as | most things ia this worldly' that nobody | | drinking spirits or wines ean be sure of | | their purity. The imbiber opens his | the pen of Mr. Elvins which were not only | portant topic cannot be denied, and we [that 187 | compared with the meteorological tables of jto state, that 1872 will be mostly, a stormy The Secretary was instructed to adver- | alteady been credited by some of the | dictions as to the dry or wet seasons are | was fortunately favored with an average to the *" weather of the past year." Our readers will remember that about a year ago we published a series of letters from interesting, but to the agricultural com- munity of very great importance. That Mr. Elvins is entitled to a great deal of praise for his investigation on this im- hope that, that gentleman will continue to 'prosecute his roscarches until ho can place his theories ona firm and indisputable basis. Thus far Mr. Elvins has certainly succeeded in anticipating with almost per- fect accuracy the general state of weather during the year, now almost at its tor- mination, 'and he tells usthat the year 1872 will, have a rainfall of thirty inches, or an increase of nearly eight inchos in the rainfell ofer 1871. Farmers may expect will be moister and probably wore fowrzble ty the growth of cerals ahd hay fhan during last year. We hare examined Mr. Elvins tables, and from his calculations, ting as far back as 1854, the Toronfo Obscrvatory, thers is a ro- markable lexactness in his conclusions. Corresponding with the increased rain-fall anticipatedf for 1872, there will be an in ¢reasc in the waters of the lakes and bays, 80 that lanfls which have been almost dry during the ast year or two are likely to be wet, and iff very low places may bo sub- merged. Information of this kind is of the utmost importance to our Farming Com- munity, for taking advantage of the infor- mation thus obtained, they will be better able to judge what portions of their farms 'apd dry or wot, and govern the nature of their crops soni M:. Elvins has also introduced a systom of predicting the character of Storms, but as he has not per- fected his caleulations, he is only enabled year. The lowest water mark has been reached during 1871, and from this year for an indefinite number of years to come ke anticipates not only an increase of rain fall, but also a gradual increa=e in the rise of the waters in rivers, lakes, and bays. As these arc matters which belong to Mr. Elvins' special province, we do not feel ourselves at liberty in anticipating his valuable researches. In gonclusion we may inform our readers that Mr. Elvins does not base his eis on guess- work, but on a scientific and has clgverest mathematicians, as being on the varge, if not, already, in possession of a discovery which will be of incalculable ; advantage to the world. The theory is started from the sun spots, and the pre- made ia proportion to the minimnm or maximum of the spots in any given year the maximum indicating great dryness and the minimum wet. -- We commend this very important subject to the farming community atlarge, and trust that here- after they will take warning in time for their own interests. . The following is the letter referred to in the foregoing article :--- Sin, --Writing on the subjoct of the weather and the crops of 1871, the editor of an agricultural journal has just penned the following: " In May the country was visited with tlie first signs of that drought which, dur- ing nearly all the subsequent months, has been so persistent and widespread. June rain-fall--a circumstance which no doubt | saspd the crops," Each subsequent month has been characterized by excessive dry- ness, affording however, notwithstanding its disadvantages, splendid weather for | p- m., for the election of officers, etc. | mouth and shuts his eyes, as tho children { harvest. * The syheat crop turned out well. { The present officers and directors are vo- | do in the nursery play. If we could but Oats, also, very generally yielded well ; : . | : : : meet nt Mpom Beepdw™. | [analyze what we diink--but we cannot. | whip the other coreals, tating the country throughout, turned out better then was ex- posted. Hay was, however, nearly every- where, a short crop. The continuance of tho drought through the fall months has a scrious effect on root crops, and po- tatoes and turnips are in many' parts re- ported as having yielded much below the average, * * # #8 A the most destructive consequences of the severe and protracted drought have been the disastr- ous fires which have made the past year | Theclouds memorable, not in Canada only, but to a far moss tragioal extent in Michigan and other North-Western States." It would be a waste of time to bring for- ward proof to establish a fact with which all Canada, and a large portion of the United States are already acquainted, viz., that 1871 has been an extremely dry year. Tho light hay crdp ; the lownéss of our lakes and rivers ; extensive bush and prairie fires ; and the record of the Toronto Observatory, allgo to prove, beyond a doubt, that we have passed through an un- usually dry year. . I claim the past year as a triumph for meteorological science ; it has given proof that it is possible to foreknow the general character of a coming scason, so that we may prepare for it. A year ago I wrote a series of twelve letters on the meteorology of Toronto, which you published in The Leader, from which it is now proper to make one or two extracts. My first letter commenced thus ; -- \ "Tux MerebitoLocy or Tomowro-- Ray Fawn" | B1r,--Will you permit me to address the public through your journal, on a sub- ject which is not only interesting, but to the Agriculturist and Horticulturist very important. If our farmers and gardners eould tell in advance, whether a season would be on the whole wet or dry, they would make use of this knowledge in the distribution of crops, and doubtless great] ly to their advantage. If it were known that 1871, would bean unusually dry season, few farmers would sow such érops as require much moisture and such crops would certainly not be planted in dry saady soil ; low and damp ground would be selected. The hay croy which is sol dom heavy in dry seasons would be but little depended on ; and the farmer would husband his previous year's stock of hay to serve him in the comingyear. Itis not my intention, however, to point out how this knowledge might be made useful ; the farmer would sce multitudes of places té do this, of which I have no knowledge whatever. My aim will be to point out when very dry, or wet seasons may be ex- pected ; if I succeed in this, my object will be accomplished." And my third letter closed thus: * There is good reason to expect the sun spots to reach their maximum next year, viz, 187 1, and that, if the future can be judged by the past, the coming year will be very dry.* Reading this prediction in the light of the past, as we can now do ; we have a right to claim, that in our letters to The Leader we give to the Province its history in advance, so far as: its meteorology in concerned. And this prediction 'was n> gness work, but the legitmate conclusion to which we were led by the records of the past, especi- ally the records of rainfall taken at the Toronto Observatory, and I'am satisfied that those who read those letters atten- tively and 'the papers in the November and December numbers of the Canadian Magazine will not find it difficult to form a correct estimate of the weather of a com- ing season. The success of past years should lead our agriculturists to look forward in future and prepare for coming weather. . If any took my advice last year and took all possible care of last year's hay, they will save con- siderably during the coming winter, as hay will likely range from 25 to 30 dollars per ton ; and mon of science will benefit their fellow men, if they will examine this sub- ject and let the public know the result. | I shall soon call the attention of your readers to the subject of Storm Pi ods, which in company with my friend R. Ridgeway, Esq. I am investigating at pre- | sent. A period of storms is doubtless upon us. ' 1 have just reccived the report of Rain- fall from our Observatory. The total for 1871, is 20.121 inches. My prediction In The Leader a year ago was 22.000 inches, about one-tenth of an inch short. Iam, truly yours, ! A. ELVINS. Decomber 20th, 1871. A Cuicaco lover went to visit his gir! pune evening recently, but for some reason, possibly that the fire had materially changed his condition in life, she, received and treated him cooly. | He remained standing in the parlor a few moments, bug finally made a movement towards the door, remarking that '"ho guessed he'd go." *'Oh!" said s!e, starting from a beautiful condition of io ness, '"won't you take a chair?" 'f Well, I don't care if I do," was his reply; and he took the chair, thanking her kindly, and carried'it home." He ¥8yX t's a good chair, made of walnut, with stuffing, and green cover--just what he wanted. But he is down on that girl, and declares he wouldn't marry her--not if her fathcr owned a brewery. A Jaraxese cop.--Mr. Brooks, of the New York Express, thus writes of the Jap- anese Dei-Bootz :--*' We went. inside of him, after running all around him on the outside. His inside is full of gilt Budd- hist saints, with croziers, glories round the head, otc. We threw tempos (cents) up into his head to hear them rattle. The priests liked it, for we did not pick them up, though they were frightened lest the heavy copper tempos falling might hit on their shaven heads, We skirted on the outside again, the better to. comprehend this huge mass of bronze, fifty fect high, and thirty feet wide at its base, which rests on a pile of masonry six feet high. We ran again into the inside to see how the bronze was put together, and these joints were almost imperceptible. We got on the old fellow' arms Six of us sat oa his thumbs. We looked imto his face, and saw the mournful repose, the lips closed, the eye downcast, and the head slightly bent upon the breast. Great is Dei-Bootz. I don't think of him as a God, but asa mighty vork of bronze art, as a Colessus, in that' way I worship him as I did the Sphinx near the Egyptian pyrawils, and I wish I had a week to give him jnstea of this passing hour, CAZRIB2 30T'S "To the Feiends and Patrons of the "ONTARIO REFORMER." How dark and dread tho clouds o'erhead, How white the snow on earth ! How keen the blast that rushes past To herald the New Ygar's birth ! all mourn Old Year torn From the Book of Time away ; But the snow so white, and the winds, to- night, Keep for New Year's Day ! For the good Old Year we drop a tear, For ite are all unsung : ) Its blessings here--its blessings thére-- With troubles, like weeds, among. May Time's now-born be left unshorn ot the old year's peaceful leaven ! And the year's increase bring plenty and peace, 'With harvest fields smiling to heaven ! And welcome, New-born, in sunshine or storm, For we joy in the fleeting of time ! Turn not back in your flight, "0 Time, for an Bat roll on in your Journey sublime ! earer to us you bring on your tireless wi The day of our destiny ! From the primal flocs future doth loom Of a country blest to be ! Five years ago, with trembling glow, . Our Country's Star arose ; shone to the From Atlantic's breast it west, Where the calm Pacific flows ! Wo hailed its birth with a joyous mirth, And thunder of cannon and gun; And '""Hurra! hnorra ! for Canada ! For the Empire now begun !" To the Motherland we are no band Of rebels, to breathe defiance ; But hand-in-hand with her we stand, And joy in our grand alliance. Let aT come upon her, And Canada feels the stain ; a And we spring to arms when wars alarms Come flashing through the main ! Old England forever ! She no'er will dis- sover The link, but when we think right ; Her men are true blue, tho' now led by the crew ' Of Peace-monger Gladstone and: Bright. ; Faint heats may quake, yet she'll never Ol oe The nation to which she gave birth ; And she still has the corps to fight, as of yore, . For the Flag that encircles the earth ! But nevermore ou onr peaceful shore May the thunders of war réébund ; Nor powder flash, nor bayonet clash Nor blood ery from the ground ; Nor the woundoed's groans nor orphan's | moans. > Be heard, nor tears of widows be seen, Till With want and grief they fade like a And sigh for what might have been ! But if dread Mars should call to wars, And the bugle's clarion call Sheuld proudly swell o'er hill and dell, And ring thro' hut and hall : As its warning notes. on our clear float The TuisTLE Will bring relief ! Aud the, storm that blows will stir the EB, The SmaMRock and Marne Leary! And the Lites of France will join the th death dance, they joined at Chateaugnay ; Aud our country's' foes, like ye Will melt and vanish away. z "Tis the men of the North who go conquer- ing forth-- Before them nope can stand ! Norsemen are we, as the wild winds free : And free we'll koep our land! Over the deep ! Over the deep! We'll speed on the wings of our song, No sail nor oar, nor nothing more Than Fancy, to bear us along. And first we smile on the EMERALD IsLe, But our smiles soon change to sighing ! Ani Yancy weeps, for Wisdom slee s, And a Nation is roffing and dyir g! But their's tho blame that the Irish name a " hissing and byword" become : They ove Sive ced to the demagouge Before them Koason is dumb. Blinded by hate they rush on to their fate Willing dupes of ~intrig'ing knaves 3 And on Erin's green Isle bright Peace will ne'er smile Till the sod closes over their graves ! A Nation hails the Prince of Wales, Fresh snatched from Death's embraco ! From the Queen down to rustic clown '_ Joy beams on every face ! God give Long may he live! may To him, with liberal hand, From Wisdam's school, the skill to rule Old England--Golden Land ! Or her aad shores .Old Ocean Her roll back the tide ! Within their bound sweet Peace is found, H sestling by her side : For he doth linger to point the finger, And wave her cheering pinion To where Plenty waits within the gates Of Britaia's Now Dominion! For here and there, and overywhere Through Britain's sea-girt isles The poor and oppres'd gaze to the West, And dream of us with smiles. They gas to where in our clear air y eee their Old Flag fly ; Towards our strand they stretch the hand -- Help, brothers, or we die ! Though some would fain divide in "twain Us and old Her sons of toil, who {ill the soil, Firm 'gainst the wild scheme stand. God save the Queen! "" Our gracious ("Tis oe er is thas to they pray, Who gently reigns ber Lo domains, Which know no clase of day): God save the Queen; Our gracious Queen, Oh, hear your people's prayer! Can you mistake the Ae that wake Our dear old England's air ! In by-gone times, in distant climes, Our fathers bravely fought ; On foreign strands they gained you lands Which with their blood they bought! And who would then from Englishmen « Their birthright take away { And who would dare from a lion's lair To steal its'lawful prey? Beloved Queen! Our gracious Queon! Proclaim it through the world That thou art Queen of cach demesne Where'er your flag's unfurled! O'er Atlantic's crest to the distant west, Are Canada's fertile plains ; And the Southern Cross sheds a silvery gloss O'er Australia's broad domains ! Oh, send us there--we're starving here ! Old England is but small ! Her heroic bands "twas those lands And thou art Queen of all! "Tis thus they say-- 'tis thus they pray-- Wi us th y make wands io te'er beti © naught ghall ivi Old England and her 'lands! And who would dare from the lion's lair To steal its lawful prey? And who would then, from Englishmen, Their birthright take away 1 ; O'er sunny F our eyes we glance, And what a sight is there ! Against the swords of the German horles er sous Sought in dospair ; . 4 rod of iron, nearly red-hot, between his | The sombre Turk for the grim work Is ready, and waits the word ; ' With rifles in hand the Austrians stand, And the Liox's voice is heard ! And Prussia trombles: in fear she dis- Harpe ales, h t her grasp on thy throat grows slack; And France will arise, grasp the viesor's And win her laurels back ! But now for home, no. more to roam From the land we love so well, Where the blessings of peace still ever - increase, : And the winds of Freedom tell | Five abreast, both east and west, We on ocean's two; And rest between Atlantic's | Aud Pacific's placid blue ! Each babbling rill, each Sloping Broad NE and fertile mn; an, The grand old trees that in the breese Nod to the waving grain : To us thoy say, ""O, hail the day ! O man, bow down thy 3 And bless the Hand that form'd this For here mankind aro froe ! land, Free from the stain of slavery's chain! Free from oppressive laws! oo From demagogues, and oll that clogs The march of Freedom's cause! And on our soil, on honest teil, * God hath his blessing given; ' Forth from cach haunt tho demon, Want, By Plenty hath been driven. And lot us, then, like honest men, Give thanks to Providence ; Bow down and bless his kindliness And grand munificence ! He poured the rain that nurs'd the grain, He sent the sun's warm rays : 4 "Twas he alone ; unto his throne Ascends a nation's praise ! Out from our heart, kind friends, ere we ¢ part, For the future having never a fear, We wish you all, both great and small, A happy, a blest New Year ! On our own loved land, with lavish hand, May God, from his countless stores, His blessings down pour, till for evermore We joy in our peaceful shores ! Javuvary 1, 1872, A Fireproof Man. About the year 1869, ome Lionetto, s Spaniard, astonished net only the igno- rant, but chemists and other men of science, in France, Gi y, Italy and England, by the impusity with which he handled red hot iron and molten lead, - drank boiling oil, and performed other feats equally miraculous. When he was at Naples, he attracted the notice of Professor Sementeni, vho narrowly watch- ed all his operations, and endeavored to -discover his secret. He observed, in the first place, hen Lionetto applied s . pioce of vow wow mod to his heir, denger |. fumes immediately rose from it, and the: same occurred when he touched his footy' with the iron. . He also saw him place: teeth, without burning himself, drink the | third of a tea-spoonful of boiling eil, and, taking wp molten lead with his fingers, place it on his tongue without apparent inconvenience, 8 teni's efforts, - after ° performing several experi- ments upon himself were finally crowned with success. Ho found that by frictien with sulphuric acid, diluted with water, the skin might be made insensible to the action of the heat of red-hot iron ; a solu-. | tion of alum, evaporated until it becams" spongy, appeared to be more effectual ig these frictions. After having rubbed the parts which were thus rendered; in some degre incensible, with hard soap, he dis-". covered, on the applicatien of hot iren, that their insensibility was increased. He | then determined on again rubbing the parts with soap, and after this found that the hot iron not only occasioned no pain, but that it actually did not burn the hair. Being thus far satisfied, the Professor applied hard soap to his tongue until it | became insensible to the heat of the irom; and having placed an ointment, composed | of soap, mixed with a solution of alum, upon it, boiling oil did not burn it. the oil remained upon the tongue a hissing was heard, simliar to that of hot iron when thrust into water ; the cil soon ¢oled, and might then be swallowed with out 'danger. Several scientific men it is sid, have since repeated the cxperiments of Prof. Sementeni ; but we # would not recommend any but profession 4 als to try the experiment. Arg aun Mey " Liars I"--The Attorns* ey-General of England, on the 20th ult. adverting to'Mr. Baigent's allusion to the 166th Psalm, 11th verse, about all men being liars, said: 'I think, my lord, that for the honor of-human nature, it | should be remembered that in that pas. sage of Scripture which has been mention- ed, it is stated to have been said by David "in his haste." We are reminded of the Scottish minister, who, on reading 'the well-known passage, ** I said in mine haste that all men are liars," favored his von- gregation with the following comment :-= "" Eh, David, mon ! if ye'd lived nowadays ye'd have said it at your leisure." A country practitioncer one day passing an Irish laborer at work, accosted him thus :--** I say Barney, that piece of work is not well done." Without attempting to answer the insinuation, Barney merely said, ® Doctor, I will tell you a story, There was a man in our counthrie, and be got very rich; and do you know how n: " No," replied the doetor." " Then," said Barney, '" it was just by minding his own business." Tue Toronto Telegraph, without any re- for truth, says the declared policy of | r. Blake will inevitably crush\out rail- way enterprise, when it knows full well that Mr. Blake announced that his policy was to encourage railway enterprise. EEATES. In East Whitby, on the 2rd inst., Wm. Moon. Aged 71 years, : The funeral will' leave the dence, Broken Front, E. W., to- (Suturday) «fternoan, at 1 o'clock.