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THR SLOW PO‘SJNING CASE

Resume of Addresses For and Against the Prisoner.

Tha Magistrate Raviews the Evidence, Sends the Prisoner Up for Trial.

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THe courtroom was overcrowded Thurs day siternoon while Me Peters for the a fence, and Mr M 4 Cr lm MeL wd, YQ C.. for the prosecution, were celivering the ad lresses Both speakers were listened t:

with the deepest attention

SUMMARY OF MR PETERS’ ADDRESS. Mr. Perers began by referring to the fact that the M is'strate had but to decile whether or not sufficient evidence had beer

adduced to estab ish a prima facia case; it is not fur him to carefully weigh the evi

dence as a jury would hace to do; an’, there ore. he woull ne say mu th ag TO the kind-f evidence thut hes been adduced this cwe. I: is wouthy of remark that there is ony oe piece ot evidence to shiow

thar Mrs. Su herland partwk ef poison-- one pece of evidence that poison was

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f-unl in anything which she ever con sumed. It has been steed that arseni wafound in a botle of whiskey. The rest of sh: evidence, as te the piso ng, i inerely that of exp rts—and the evider ce ot eXperis—perticelsriy m-dical experts— ia Over an! over «gant beet proved te bew ah ind unre ible lu the celebrated Muy

brick case it was said by the presidim julve thot he doctors take drags, abou ahi hey know Lttl+, and pour trem late

human bodies about which th: y know jess.”

The trarh of this s:yiny has been exempti- fied in his ease. Dr. Johnson atrended to it frou the beginning He watched it from fay teday tle knew all the symptoms Bu he never th-ught «f arsenic ine on pection with it woth arsenic hel been found

ithe butie Stmke De. Johnson's evi denve our, strike out what he told the other doctors, and there is no basis at all upon

which t) establish a charge of poisoning by arsenic Tue symptoms did not suggest Dr Jobnsens mind that bis patient had been poisoned by arsenic; and if arsenic bed not neen found io the bottle he woud never have thought of arsenic. Th re is no knowing | ow arsenic may have into the bottle, though it is known that the prisoner could mt possibly have put it there. The fact of arsenic being fount in bet] liquor is net singular. Some time ago a fami y was poisoned by porter Oobteived from Mulson’s brewery. Was the arsenic putinto the hettle with intent to k }} thet tuumly? No. It came out on inves- that Mos-rs M.is » where in the habu of buy ny back their b »t les, and that this particu ar butle had contained a dose meadiciue fer «a horse, and not b-ing cae uly w shed cut, the arsenic was left in the te teou of tne bottle which was af erw Giiect tp It is possible that & M+ such «ky; lanation of th» arsenic at the

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buttom of tue butle from which Mrs. Satherlwd pito kK may yet b+ given There ts uv abs late evideace that Mrs. Suierard ever parte-k of arsenic; wan % the case shuld. go to a jury. He « p hens of other medics] m n, ju las expert, jJutasabe «s these whose evidence fas beeu taken, wtil b+ be-ugh: lurward to preve that the symptoms iu Mivs Sutheriend’s cwe do not mdicate arsencal pols ning, of necessity, But even if she were pois med, it iss pen t» your

Honor to cowe ty the conclusion that Mrs. Surberlind wey bave taken prison withcut Criminal tutent on the parc of any person If she were poisoned with criminal intent it is more than probable ‘hit all the poison was aiwinistered by ewe hand. If poison was adusinistered from time to time, it was all administered Ly the same person Now the arseme found in the bet le on 3rd or 4th

Jatucy musi-—1t 16 Wes placed there with criminal bate’ —~ save besa pur inte the butie on te wight of the second of January ; and on that nig it Mes Weeks was vot out of her house

Aunte G.le-pw give her evidency as clearly

an! stralshtiorwardlv as any witness whe Was ex cuned If hee evilene» be true, Mis Woks couhki not possibly have put ine pooenm bs othe bot l+ from which Mrs Sutveramaed per ok, Apart feom the night ot the nl January, on which Mrs. Weeks Was ubable to leave her house, net one persmn on say thet Mes. Waoeks ever went over to Mrs. Su herand’s house Cuere is but one eXception, the witnes:

Nash wae is s+ birlthet be did not know hisown daagiters saa ling at his owa vate et "weary fe &t Feom wiers hesteod, And Neh ong sys that ns saw Mrs) Weeks leave de. Sautheciaal’s deer ia the middle

of the afternoon, —not « tine at which to

go over to Me. Su hoeland’s for the purpose of poivoning his wife. The rest deny thee Ms Weeks wes thersacail Bu: they s y thee Mrs Weeks had poiaen in ber p ssersive. L« is « disgraceful fac that tue sal af poison is without restric: thet in chs) town Any one can easly yet it. And it = =canne, theret-re, be argued thet the posses- steniof poison is proof of au intention +.

comuitacrims. Besides, it is ia evidence thst the poison in possession of Mrs. Weeks Was airy bu:we, the y sileue , it is true. tat

at seine Cane on election dey Mrs. Weeks wanted to buy ** Rough on Rats,” which ts ssemic celored. Bar the evidence does nor

show that Mes.We ksactu«l ydil buy arsenic

mm fiY Goat Sie Wis et q itriug about it some tims after the arseaic was found in the vb tle, aud leg after the symptoms of

arsenicsl prsotug were exubite! by Mrs Saherised, Thers his ben a strange

om widen on the pert of the © gra] for the

Ce wa tir Su'heriand, bime«l?, was-the mia who tork to his wife's bed ruven rhe bottle of whiskey a which the arsenic was fuunl It was*he wie deew th: ewk, and whe, with hie mether, Gest partook of But the eoun- sel for ths prosecatirsa did nor eali him, as hey mish® heave doa A geet desi of

tr nole ha heen tiken t> obssin evidence:

KH DAILY EXAMINER, -

ver it maybe it is worthless unless a prima facia case against the prisoner has tirst wen established; and this has not been done.

[Mr. Peters here quoted from Beat on Evidence in support of his contention that s prima facia case must be established be- (ore evidence cf mvtive is admitted. ]

Evidence of motive is in itself noevidence : it merely makes that probable which would therwise be improbable.

They say that Mrs. Weeks left the Island; vod so she did. But the evidence proves hat she was induced to go away by reason —not of her own fear, for she ghad none— out of the arguments of other persons and against her own free will, Did she show wy fear when she got the anovymous letter? No, She merely went to a friend, ‘respectable man, Mr. J. D. McLeod, for

alvice. Did she go away because she rhought that she would herself get inte trouble? No; she went on the represen.

ation of others that her staying here would injure her friend. This was perfectly rtural, Those who induced her go were Vr. Sutherland's enemies, not in intention, or they supposed that they were doing hius s service, but none the less in fact; and the nducements take from the fact of her ging wWwipgave Whateverforce there might be ip he ar-ement that Mes. Weeks was fl-eing rom justice. In supportof this conten- ion Mr. Peters »gain quoted from Best; nd pointed out that it was suggested tu Mrs, Weeks that Mr. Sutheriand was a young man just starting upon a political sareer; that this affsir would ruin him, sed, therefore, as wa3 natural under the sreumstances, she went away. Mr. Peter: iso quoted, as applicable to the case, the pin.uns of the sume writer with respect tu rhe misconduct of the press; and c mtended hat tee whele weight of evidence as to Wes Weeks’ leaving the Island was ob Lrerated by the facts shown in evidence C ncerning the evidense of L’2zie Stewart, Mec. Peters said that it woul'l bs met by a tirect, plsin, clear and simple denial. L:zzie Stewart's story is absvlately moprobable Ii is impossible to believe that Mrs. Weeks, « long time before the poisoning, asked

sperson wh» was alnost a stranger to her, thow much money she would take to poison Mrs, Sutheriand. On the face of the girl's own deposition — her evidence is shown to be untrue. She was at Mrs. Sutheriand’s only three weeks; during that time Mutha Suther- and was in the country;

aud yet she swears that Martha Sutherland sand Mrs. Weeks left the town together This statement mast be untrue. The wit- ness could not have seen Miss Sutherland She says that Mrs. Weeks used at that time tou visit Mra. Sutherland's house, often. But she could not swear that she saw her more than twice. ‘The witness must have told an untruth on this point. But give the utmost credence that can be given to her improbable story, Lizzie Stewart her- self swears that she lovked at it at that time as she looks at it now -asa j-ke. It my be argued that Lizzie Stewart's evilence was considered of such importance by the friends of Mrs. Weeks, that means were taken to get her out of the way. This is but another case in which people who imagine themselves her friends dil every- thing that they ¢ uld to prejudice her case. there is uot «a titte of evilence two indicate that Mra. Weeks took any steps whatever te get the wuness Lizzie Stewart vutet the way.

lo short, the evidence as to the puisoning is merely that of medical experts—who are net experts—who have net hid personal experience in cases of poisoning by arsenic —and whose Opmion my bs right, but is probibly wreng. But supposing that

i’ be right, the fact of the poisoning — it it be a fact — has not yet been connected with Mrs Weeks.

Me. Peters then devoted some attention to from some secondary considerations drawn the evilence ; and concluded by asking the M .gistrate not to send the prisoner up for trial unless he believed that there isa reasonable prospect of securing her convic- tion.

SUMMARY OF MR. MACLEOD'S ADDRESS.

Mr Matrcorm McLeop, Q. C., said that his duty was very different from thot of the learned Couns] who had just addressed the Court. The duty of the Counsel for the prisoner was to secure her acquittal if pssthle, while the duty of th+ Counsel for (oe Crown is m re'y to lay the facts of the case before the Mwistrate inorder that he may be able to come to a right decision as te whether or net the evidence is sufi ent or insufficient to justify bim in sending the case to the Supreme Court. The value of the evilence is a question, not forthe Mugistrate, but for the jury. If the Mag’s- trate b lieves that « prima facie case has been established he has no alternative but to ssud the peisoaer up for trial. If the M igistrate can come to the conclusion that -uch 4 case hes not been made out, no one woull be better pleased than the Counsel forthe Crown. But the evidence unfor- tunately leaves no doubt that a felonious @ tempt was made to poison Mrs. Suther- iand, Mrs. Sua herland was in her ordin- ary health until Ogtober of las year

All at once she became very ill, and contisued to be very Ul. The unusual syuptoms in the case, caused the family physicion t+» suspect poison, Though he could uot tora long tune entertain the sus- p con thar the poison had been admiuister- -d with felonious intent, he made en. guiries as to the possibility of lead having ‘omod its way intw her food, and warned Mrs, Sutherland to be careful. On the third «f January he found arsenic in a butie at her bedside. On the fourth of January he wrote to blr. Sutherland con- cerning the discovery, and on ihe seventh of Jsnusry he told Mr Sutheriand by word vf mouth that the powder in the bettle was srsepic beyond adoubt. [cis 4 marveil sus snl extraordinary thing that instead of naking enguiries about the matter, and trying to discover where the poison came feun, he did nothing whatever in respect to it-until the 28th or 29th of January

Davies, his law partner, anl Mr. David McKay, his servant aud contidentia! friead, lf there was apy man in this province more capabie than another of discerning the scupe and significance of the facts adduced at the meeting, that man was Mr. Davies. What conclusion did the meeting arrive at / Mr. Sutherland’s friends there present saw that it was acase requiring investigation, and they therefore decided to send tor the At- rorney-General. Mr. David McKay and Mr. L. H. Davies then went tu see the At- ‘orney-General, and the Attorney-General thus obtained the information upon which ‘he case is based. The enquiry, thus set m1 foot by Mr. Sutherland and his friends, ‘ould not be carried on without entering into an ivestigation of Mr. Sutherland’s private affairs. It would be admitted that inthe performance of this duty he (Mr. McLevd) did not push the enquiry to ex- tremes. In fact, he had not pushed it to such extremes as some of the persons who gave information wished him to do. Now, what has been the condact ot Mr. Suther

land =himself in respect to this case ¢ When the Attorney General went to his house to see about it, Mr.

Sutherland was ill. He was too ill to see the Attorney-General, and, therefore, the Attorney-General had to go to see him. But

m that very same bight, he went over to see Mrs. Weeks, stayed with her until she ft her home to cross by the Capes, and Jdiowed his servant to take the mouey of

the Company of which he is President for the purpose of enabling the woman to escape. Of all those who who could pos- sibly be concerned in the crime which had been committed, there was none upon whom suspicion could fall except the prisoner; und, to save her own reputation, as well as ‘hat of Mr, Sutherlsnd, she was advised to run away, under the must suspicivus cir-

cumstances. Mr. McLeod here review- d the facts in evidence concerning Mra.

Weeks’ sudden disappearance from the Province, and contended that the Attorney- General would have been accounted direlict in his duty if he had not taken prempi

steps to arrest her in her flight. What a howl and cry would have been raised had the Attorney-General permitted the pris- oper to escape! Mr. Sutherland would nave said : Here is my wife, a cripple for life, and the person who = gave ter the poison has beer permitted to leave the Province. It is now insinuated and even contended, that poison was never tiken by Mrs, Sutherland. Weil, if the Muagis- trate thinks that a crime has not been com- mitted, let him, by all means, dismiss the case. Exception has been taken to the evi- dence given bythe Doctors As to this,it may de set down as a fict that the Docturs know more about poisoning by arsenic than any

one else, Add to the evidenes of De

Johnson, the very able synopsis of the symptoms aff rded by Dr. Taylor—which shows him to be a man of exceeding ab.lity —ali doubt about the fact of poisoning must be abandoned. It would indeed be hard to find a case which shows all the symptoms of arsenical poisoning so tully as thus. This fact of the poisoning being established, who eommitted the offence? There is nota scintilla of suspicion against anyorze but the prisoner. At one time it was firared that the sisters of Mrs. Sutherland might possibly by implicated But the Counsel for the prisoner disarmed suspicion im respect to them by stating that he fully exhonerated them. Who hada motive wr commit this crime? When you set up an enquiryof this kiud,your course is necessar- ily directed by motives? The evidence shows that the convection brtween Mr. Sutherland and the prisoner was too tu- timate. Indeed, it might brs said to be scandalous. It proves that the rela‘ion existing between Mr. Sutherland aad Mrs. Weeks was adulterous Wvhit is the consequence? We tind that, from being the best of neighbors and friends a enol- ness, an unfriendliness, arose. between Mrs

Weeks and Mrs Sutherland---together with all the other members of Mrs, Sutiser- lan’s family. Dves Mr. Satherland take the part of his family? No. His relations with the prisoner continue to be intimate froin first tu last. When this enquiry was being set on foot Mr. Sutherland had friends at his back ready to spend any reasonable amount of money to get her out of the country ; and in tne latest phase of the case,Mr, Suther'and still stands by her. Che evidence of mutive, clearly pvints to the prisoner. Mr. McLeod then took up and quoted the evidence, reluctant- ly given by Mr. Oarter, commenting upon the language of the prisoner while on the train, and im doubtas to whether or not Mr. Sutherland had ** gone bick ” on her. He also referred,«t some length, to the evi- dence of Lizzie Stewart, contending that the idea of poixening Mrs Sutherland was in the mind of Mss, Weeks, and pointing out that she had actually obtained admuis- sion to Mr. Sutherland’s house in the night time while the members were aslewp. The

by the conspiracy to keep her away from tne Court. Who was responsible for the spiriting away of this witness ?, Nat Brown —who « ffered the $300—vr Mrs. Weeks; but some persons who, under cover of pro- tecting her interest, were, in reality, sscri- ficing her fer the purpose of protecting some other interest. Mr. McLeod then referred to the evidences of M Iford and others, showing that the prisoner had ars: nic in her possession ; amd he contend- ed that the fact that L:zz-e Stewart told her mother—and only her m>ther—ithe

jand was pvisoned, showed that Weeks’ strange question must have made a very serious impression upon her mind. ff, however, the Magistrate disbelieved the evidence and dismissed the case, he woyld be well pleased.

THE MAGISTRATE’ DHCISION. The Magistrate gave his written decision this forenoun, as follows =z Relieviag this case from a mass of testi mony which, in great part, owing to its want of proved connection with the pris- ener, cannot now be taken imto account in

Mr. McLeod said that, in criticisng the emduet of Mr. Sutherland, there was no! nxn in the town who more deeply regretted ! ‘t than he did; for Me, Sutherland had en-; tered at his office for the study of the lw) nlhe hel ever since eutertained for Mr. | Sutherlaud the ov st friendly feelings. It could not be said that he had any improper motive direct y or indirectly, in speaking | 8 be dit He simply had a duty to per- ‘corm. Whe set ths enqairy on fuori? Mr. ‘ut verlsd and bis most intimate friends, A! vecting was held a the office of De. Johnson. Wh was present? De fsylor was there,

ud Me. Donaid Farquharson, Mr. LH.

thet Mes Waeks Bel a motve to poiwen Mis Sutherant Whee theory of savtive th-yisiend tere y upon, hes aot yet ap pool Porchsos Cisy wel easy thar they hive pewlasal «vilene: of Me Sat rerlana Visine Mes, Weeks oftase thon he oargh: trdo, snd thar of Mes Sutherland were wert Gas way. it would bs botter fur Mra

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judging whether or not there is sufficient evidence togput her upon trial for the felony ens it shortly presents itself as fol- ows :

1. That in some way or aisot er arsenical poisoning was administered to Mrs. Suther- land, wite of Mr. James Sutherland, from Meteber last to the close of last yerr, or for a period of nearly three months, and that, on the morning of the thivd day of Jan- uary the butle of whiskey then being used by ber medicinaliy was found te contain about twelve grams of arsegic The un- coutrsdicted medical expert and other tes- timouy g veu betore me, in relation to the

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importance of her testimony was evidenced ;

pyisoning story long before Mrs Suthwr-! Mes. |

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p isoning, makes it imperative upon me iu this priiminary investigation, to accep as a proved fact that Mrs. Sutherland was feloniously poisoned. I shall, therefore, not refer further to the evidence in that

particular. 2. There is no evidence to show how the poison was administer-

ed except so far as the fact of the ars.mic being found in the whiskey used medicin- ally by the patient would point tu its ad- ministration through the medicine taken by her. During the’muuths of the July, August and September previous, she was being treated by the family physician for some tn- dolent ulcer, and he prescribed for her, iu addition to other treatment, sume simple tunic medicines. The last of these, pre- vious to her first exhibition of symptoms of arsenical fpoisoning, was prescribed for her on the 24th day of September last past.

3. As far 4 1 can gather frem the ‘vi-

dence the medicines then received and those received afterwards were nut under lock and key. When the patient was fairly weil they would be either in a cupboard in the dining-room, or in an upper drawer in a store-roowm or pantry not always locked at night. And when she was sick in her bed- room these medicines would be on a table at her bedside. 4. Mrs. Sutherland, her children, her sisters, her mother-ia-law. and her servants, and with the single exception of her hus hand, «1 persons jivieg in the house since October last, were examined, and none of them knew or had the slightest knowledge of how the patient had been poisoned, or how the arsenic came to be in the buttle of whiskey.

5. Tae prisoner, in November, 1887, caine to live in a house alinvost directly op- posite Mrs. Sutherland’s residence; was away from January, 1839, to the following June, and then returned and remained in the sime heuse until her flig!.t ou the morn- ing of the Ist day of February lact. Up to the summer of 1883 she was on the most iutimate term; with Mrs. Sutherland aud her family; but from that date all visiting ceased, aud the families have since con- tinued entirely estranged.

6. In the early part of the Summer cf 1888, the prisuner poisoned some cats with either arsenic or strychine aud tried to poison a dog but failed, and the witness, Mary Jane Stowart, saw in the prisoner's possession white polson in # paper and white poison in a bottle—the latter, she thought, looked like strychnine. In November 1888, after he friendly relations with Mr. Sutherland had ceased, she remarked to the witness Lizzie Stewart, that Mes. Sutherland was not well that day, aud asked her, though not in earnest as witness thought, what wou'd she take to poison Mra. Sutherland, In June, 1389, she purchased sume strychaine for the pur- pose of poisoning a dog, at a drug store in the city, and the witness who sould it to her says: ‘I think she said she had tried arsenic before but it did not work.” On the 22nd January last, she went into the same drug store, and called for and per- sonally purchased a package of *“*Rough on Ra's,” containing 99 per cent. of arsenic. (his evidence shows a posession of poison and a knowledge of its use.

7. It slso appeared from the evidence that Mr. Sutierianl’s min, Bown, did not sluep in the house, and when he cama iu the morning he entered through an un- iocked cella: hatch; it alse appeared that the prisoner was familiar with every part of Mr. Sutherland’s house, aud, according t> rhe evidence uf the witness Lizzie Stewart, had, on one occasion, wishing to know in whit room Mr. Sutherland slept, gone across from her present residence at night sud entered Mr. Sutherland’s house through the kitchon window while the househoid were ail asleep, and had gone upstairs to the bedrvoms, seen where Mr. Sutheriani slept, taken some letters out of his pocket, together with a bottle of whiskey from the storeroom or pantry, and made her exit without waking anyone.

8. A close relationship existed between the prisoner and Mr, Sutherland from—ac- cording to the evidence—November, 1887, to the time of her fight. This relationship was such as to make much scandal, and was undoubtedly the cause of the breach be- cween Mrs Su herland and the prisoner; it would supp'y a motive on the part of the latter to get md of Mrs. Sutherland, as the wife of ainsn whose intimacy was such that it cou.d not out ivjure the prisoner's reputation.

9 lmmediately upon the Attorney-Gen- eral being communicated with, the prisoner flees the country, avd, after her capture, in conversation with the wiiness Wiliam F. Carter, on the train returning, she said to him that she dared Mr. Sutherland to go back on her, and spoke of shooting him if he did; and, at the same time, asked the witness if it was not said that Mrs. Suther- jand poisoned herself.

The evidence of the girl Lizzie Stewart shows that there was onthe mind of the prisuner a thought of pvisoning Mrs. Sutherland, and her acknowledgement that in the night time she was able to enter as ‘she did Mr. Sutherland’s house, shows

further that the prisoner possessed the means of accomplishing the crime charged, if she were so disposed,

1 cannot siy thatthe evidence in this jomse prints to any strong presumption of igult on tie port of the prisuner, but her

own conduct, her unfriendly feelings to- wards Mrs. Sutherland, the undoubted ex- ‘istence of a motive on the psrt of a women situated as she was with Mr. Sutherland, her own suggestion of using poison, her ability to make a midnight entry unobserv- ‘ed into a house, when once in it was an ‘easy thing to put poison in a medicine bottle, her threats that the husband of the linjured woman dare not go back on her, i thus almost admitting guilr, her suggestion ‘that perhaps Mrs, Su'herland poisoued her-

“self, and her final flight, raised a proba-

ti\at it cannot be said that there is no evi- d. uce to put her upon her trial.

j weonclasive and uncertain as such evi- den. %¢ must necessarily be, it, however, is evidewee pointing to the commission of 4 crime, 40d indicative of the person who

comm tte it.

these reasons [I deem it my

with it; but this case is pecular in that an | apparently well-organized attempt has been | mide as well asto send the prisoner, the principal witness againust her, vut of the | reach of the law,

The Magistrate ordered the following | witnesses to enter in recogniz ince for their | appearance at the June Term of the, Supreme Court ;—-

Mary Jane Stewart,

William F. Carter,

W. David McKay,

Margaret Henderson,

Anvie Henderson,

Oarrie Groom,

Isabella Stewart.

Elizabeth Stewart, the elder,

Elizabeth Stewart, the younger.

The Supreme Court Judges fixed the amount of bail for Mrs. Weeks at four o'clock this afternoon, as follows: Two sureties in $2,250 each, or three sureties in $1,500, and her own bonds for $4000

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NOR the last few weeks, the Patterson Agents have been tryiog to intimidate farmers from buying our improved Spring. Tooth Marrow by epreading printed cipeulary thio: gh the country, stating certain patents (they b-lieve) cover every Spring-tooth Hartow ia the Market, and advising farmers to bu ouly the Patterson old style, wide tooth, low down, cut-away frame, horse-killer harrow,

In re ply, I would Say that the Pattessog firm or their agents have neither the courage manliness or the legal right to come out jin the papers like men, and advertise their supposed leyal rights; butia their underhand, deceiy. ing style slip their dirty little deceptive sheets inte the hinds of their victims, then with vatiic subi ity try to back it up with their slippery telk.

For ihe benefit of our readers who have pot geen thi: littl: sheet. we will now insert jt below that the public may understand why they wre ashamed to publish it, and let mea who undeistaud and can see threugh their double dealing, show them up te the gaze of the public, whom they are attenpting to bull- dove and deceive:

CAT TION. LO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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We are owners of the following Canadian Patents :

Number 8266, Dec. 26, 1877, to Moses Hill,

Number 9104, Aug. 12, 187%, to D. C. Reid,

We believe these patents cover every Spring Tooth Harrow that 1s to-day found upon the market. Ali except those made by us or by our authority, are infringements on our ents. This is to forbid the making, selling or using of any Spring-Tooth Harrow that in. fringes the above patents. A very little ex- amination will convince any honest farmer or dealer that ail the hariows of this class now iv use are infringements of our patents, ex those made by ourselves or Nieneel wa

To save expense and trouble, thoss who de- sire Spring-Looth Harrows had better par. chase only of those who have a right to sell them on Prince Edward Island, viz: W, B, Robertson and bis agents.

Tue Parrerson & Bro. Co., Limited, W vodstock, Ont,

In reply to the above, and that the public may thuroughly unde:stand just Where we ale, 1 would say that for several yeare the avove Co. have been selling barrowa at vorbitant prices here. In the spring of 1888 the writer got made and sold 100 sets same old style as the above, and was advised by them with intringing on their patent, and wey would send & man to look into the matter who came and said tne only claim they had was the letting in of the tooth into the wood- frame, that t: eit patent covered nothing out- side of that. Tne tollowiag Spring, 1889, we made 500 sets, and did not cut away the wood ike theirs. but invented a new and improved tooth holder and socket, which raised and kept the frawe from diagying heavy and clogging, and gave the tooth # better set without reduc- ing the wood aud weakening the freme, caus ing it to rot and breat. We have applied for a patent for this improvement, which does completely away with the Patterson patent, so that the above caution is unnecessary ae far as we are concerned ; but my apply to the parties in Summerside and Bedeque, who ase making the Patterson old style.

Referiing to the above caution, note the woids **we beiieve.” If the firm truly be- lieve their statemeat, why do th-y aot assert vheir legal rights ia court like houest men, instead of beating about the bush like cowards «nd reducing tie price of their barrows to one aalf the figure soid for when they had no Island manutacturers with improved harrows to compete with ; thus showing how they took 1dvaucage of Lhe farmers when they had it in their power, and charged them exhorbitant prices, and now seek to drive us. out of the miket by low prices and thus destroy Home M.snufactures that they may again raise their ~o ls to the old exhorbi ant prices, and com- pel our farmers to woik like slaves to keep Ouvtario Manufacturers and their agents rolling in Wealth. ;

Ia the Spring of i882, | gave the first con- tract to our Island Manufec'urers, amounting to $3,000, siuce which time it has steadily in- creased, and this year will reach over $30,000, hereby making demand for our Island ‘umber, our Isiand wakmen, and keeping this large amount on our own Islnd, instead of adding it to the wealth of rich Ontario. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are sent to Outario for imp ements every year, and will continue 8, unless our farmers arouse themselves to the fact that a crisis is now come, that they mutt purchese only Home Mancfacture, support t.cir couptrymen who make demand for theit agricultural products and lumber in return. Farmeis, this is a serious matter, The country is each year growing poorer with thia terrible drain. We have the finest little country om the face of the g obe, and all we want is your united assistance te produce all vur goods a far as possible, and muke thiaa manufacturing country a8 we.] as agricaitural.

This Fall, we expect to have all our imple- ments in a large building, driven and working by our 6 H P. Engine, threashing, cracking gcain, cutting and steaming feed on the re¥ “mxhibition grounds; «nd wiil mere thaa double our output of this year by building mowers, rakes, seeders, and engines, ete.

Farmers, think this matter over. Come to our help ! Write and talk itup! Don’t scare at pater t bluffs. We have thousands inv ia this busicess. We'll stand by our fone aad you stand by us, and instead of this a slauzhter house for Ontario agricultural im plemen's, we will make it a slaughter house tor Ontario pick- pockets and their pals, whe, like the Kiikenny cats, will fight till their is nothing left but the tails; and we, like the littie dug that jumps up, will knock them down and make this the finest and most pt perous litile Island that e’er the sun shined

" Henry T, LePage.

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