THE DAILY EXAMINER.

APRIL 20,

L838.

Editorial Notes.

a od and Local Legislature should } 7. p the question of Unrestricted R ity L) The question is not in [the 1! f local politics; (2) the ire not yet ready to reciprocate,and, there

‘gwisiative action on our part cannot, | p silly. be of any avail. Nevertheless, both the Upper House and the Lower Houseare thr with resolutions in favor We | tis! day the rejoinder of H Mr. Prows« the slanderous attack ide uj vy the Patriot. The words ‘I ] speech were hot and vocation Mr. Prowse so wreat, the charges of the Pat Oo mall isand false, that they est ribed and repelled inh iny language but that of indignation. In istice 1 Mr. Prowse and the public the Patriot should publish the rejoinder and ffer an humble apology. We shall see whethel r not it WHI ao so. Our des hes re port he rejection of he S \ decisive majorities, in eve f Ontario in which it has been contested The following is the list ties and the majorities given on the \c + B 1.312 D 795 DD é iy ry 1,706 Hi 1,653 N 1 O37 R 720 L,ts3s \ ' is a statement of the major n the rejection of the Act: Bru : 1.400 Duff 795 i) » oF (riengal ‘ 706 Huror ae . 1,623 Norfolk 1,037 Nentre , 730 5 po 1,183 t says ‘**Tue EXAMINER cause it omitted the .s that something was n which THe EXAMINER reech f eur ¢ harles Tuppe We are indebted to the Patriot to the omission, and 5 5 ‘ : As nd we now hereby ry to all concerned. The s iy be permitted to explain, pographical, the marks having en written on the ** copy ” with editorial Moreover, the full text of ippeared in the Empire, is published in a previous issue of Tue EXAMINE! that the injury to the public

ut. Perhaps the Patriet will now ipoligize for having grossly mis- represented Sir Charles Tupper as one of he w who favor the adoption of Sir Richard Cartwright’s views concerning Unrestrict Reciprocity. We have, in his paragraph, given an example which the i ot will do weil to imitate.

Che cashier of the Farmers’ Bank of Kustico made the following statement on the 3rd April, inst. :

LIABILITIES. ‘ ipital st > 8,211 86 Bill I Cir ia Dawe destin VARS 11,452 00 ) ym Div 5 154 48 Lot srOTn B La ° 319,818 34 SOURCES Gold and Silver......... wna 8 Fea Dominion and other Bank Notes.. 1,557 00 (mo if duc tO the Bank. eee 17,606 85 \ i esources ot Bank.. $20,109 41 19,818 34 An 1 fa fears 291 07 \ dividend was declared for the half year

ending the 15th day of February, i DD.

1588, at the rate of six dollars per centum per annu ‘What is the price of potatoes in your now dan Island farmer of an 4 n p t er About 8O ntsa bushel for good ones,”’ st eply "i Ame \ ontinued the farmer,

would only take off the duty you have on ur potatoes golug into your country, it would be better for your people who buy our pota-

| better tor us, too, who sell them, as

t ws here to his cost.

\\ grow iots of potatoes ourselves, my eplied the American, ‘only last

rwe had short crop, which may not

ul in for years. We believe in keep-

ig our own market for ourselves, and there- tect ovr farmers from outside compe-

Phis talk between a farmer and potato buyer is not imaginary. It actually took place the other day, as related. Some persons would have us believe that all we have to do to get Reiprocity with the

United State is to ask for it; but it is well known” that nine tenths of American farmers are, like the potato buyer in the onversation,—-opposed to taking the duty off our potatoes, horses, ete, and

above « are for shutting out all competitors on this side of the porder. the American Rural Home summar- izes the present condition of crops in the

country as follows:

\ large deficiency of rain exists in the Lake region, [ pper Mississippi valley and the Pacitic Coast. The Gulf States, Ohio Valley and Tennessee have a slight excess. As a whole, the spring is very backward. Very little spring wheat has yet been seeded. Minnesota and Dakota are preparing for a more dive ed farming, and will largely sub- stitute vats barley and flax, Vats are going into und very slowly, although the acreage will ultimately be large. Winter wheat does not show very marked im- provement, an { the situation presents nothing to warrant a yield in excess of last year. In Texas wheat is in a splendid condition and growing rapidly.

‘Tennessee promises a good crop. In Kentucky

much of the crop is winter killed, Kansas has a good show fora large crop, although her acreage is less than usual. These are the

only States where the crop is at all forward, ud only three of them promise a full yield. in M issouri the crop is spotted. In Indiana and particularly encouraging ant presented. Iowa is far behind = years record, while California cannot be me ap t an good. Corn has been planted a cn - Lis g _ to ground in Tennessee in Kaname? abe vughing has commenced sas. North of the Ohio river little

“pring work has been done,”

[ linois no

‘catures ire

sufticient |

States |

The Attaek on Hon. Mr. Prowse.

INDIGNANTLY

REPELLED. Yesrerpay, in the House of Assembly, | Hon. Mr. Prowse, on a question of privi- | lege, called the attention of Mr. Speaker to an attack made upon him by the Patriot newspaper mm A scurrilous article in the issue of that paper of the 18th inst. He | hoped, for the credit of hon. gentlemen op- posite, that none of them were 80 far lost to all sense of decency and fair play as to have either directly or indirectly inspired that malignant and lying article. He would read the article so that hon, mem- bers might fully understand the unwarrant- ‘able manner in which the hon. senior mem-

ber for Georgetown and himself had been \traduced and villified. The article follows :

is as ‘“ar’s AN ILL BIRD,” ETC.

‘‘Vesterday in the Local Legislature Mr. 1), Farquharson, in the course of his remarks, referred to the macadamising done by the Davies Government, and appealing to Mr. Prowse, asked if that expenditure was not an honest one. Mr. Prowse replied ‘ No,’ add- ine, * because it was unauthorized.’

‘It will surprise nobody who knows the member from Gasperaux,” when we state that Mr. Prowse was actually at the Coun- cil Board, together with Mr. Gordon, when the Davies Government ordered that mac- adamizing to be done.”

This he (Mr. Prowse) did not hesitate to assert was an unmitigated falsehood, as ihe would show before he resumed bis seat. The article continued :

‘‘Purther, it was done at the request ofa ! number of petitions from Royalty and Lot 34,

j | j | | i | |

6 iw hich were presented to the Davies Govern-

ment by no less a personage than Hon. D. Ferguson, the “present Provincial Secre-

How the latter gentlemen must have laughed up his sleeve at Prowse going back on his own acts for the sake of a little party Spite

He (Mr. Prowse) did not think that an article could be written evidencing more mean contemptible ‘* party spite” than this lying and brutal attack, and he considered that the privileges of this House would pro- tect any honorable gentleman from being belied in this manner. In 1879 the question of the expenditure for macadamizing had come up in the House of Astembly, and at page 99 of the Parliamentary Reports of that year, he had stated as follows :—

‘* He had been surprised on reading the re- port of the late Commissioner of Public Works that the names af certain gentlemen were there introduced, which should not have been alluded to in connection with the mac- adamizing of public roads. He did not wish to reveal any of the secrets of the late Gov-

ernment, neither would he do so; _ but there were no _ instructions given the late Commissioner of Public Works to

expend that money tor macadamizing. No record referring to it could be found in the Minutes of the Executive Council. No in- structions respecting it could be found in the Public Works Department. If that official received any instructions with reference to it, he must have receiyed them from the Leader of the late Government, and from him alone.”

This was all the more likely to be the case, for he had ascertained the fact that bills that ‘had been repeatedly rejected by the Executive Council, when the hon. senior member for Georgetown and himself had sat at that Board, had afterwards been paid, and not only that, but an entry had been fraudulently entered on the Minutes of the Executive Council that they had been present when these bills had been agreed to. The man who was guilty of doing so dastardly an action, and but one person was ina position to haye had it done, was a black-hearted traitor to the men who had trusted him, and had perjured himself in the eyes of heaven by endeavoring, by what was no better than forgery, to make them all as guilty as himself. ‘In order to show that this serious charge was one not now brought forward for the first time, he (Mr. P.) would read a short extract from his remarks in 1879, as found at page 25 of the Reports of that year, He had then said:

** But the carpet was not the only thing purehased without authority. The purchase of the register grates was never authorized by the Government, and glass and hardware had been procured the same way. No bill from Dodd & Rogers ever came before the Govern- mext while he sat at the Council Board. While he (Mr. Prowse) was a member of the late Government; several bills had come be- fore the Executive which hed been rejected, put he was credibly informed that they had since been paid. These things prove that he did not resign from the late Government one hour teo svon.” ,

He (Mr. Prowse) had a reputation in this House and outside of it which he hoped would, at least, compare fayorably with that of the hon. junior member for New London, and he had not only his own declaration, but had also the statement of the hon. senior member for Summerside (Mr. Lefurgey), who said at page 100 of the same reports :—

‘*He as one member of the late Covern- ment, had not voted in favor of giving the Jate Commissionr of Public Works any authority to expend $14,000 in maecadamizing any portions of the roads on this Island last year. The reason was that they had no money to expend for such a purpose. Was it to be supposed that he would, asa member of the late Government, have allowed the expendi- ture of that large sum of money, in Queen’s County without asking a reasonable sum for the other two Counties? Not very likely, indeed. The petition alluded to, only asked for agmall expenditure on the St. Peter's Road, and made no allusion to Montague, Mount Stewart or the approaches to Summer- side. The late Commissioner of Public Works had no right to undertake sach works with- out a vote of the House granting money for that purpose. No Government had a right to make such an expenditure without a vote of Parliament.”

Mr. Farquaarson—There was a peti- tion then.

Hon. Mr. Prowse.—There was no peti- tion before the Executive Council; but he had since heard that such 4 petition was | received in the Peblic Works Depariment, He hoped the paper that had published this | unmanly attack would give place in its columns for the denial now given it.

Mr. Surwertanp denied haying any knowledge of the article alluded to until he had read it in the Patriot last evening. Anything he had to say to hon. members opposite he was not afraid to say to their face. He had a good reason for asking the question placed by him on the order book.

THE DAILY EXAMINER, —

on cmenelersne teas slants:

cluded, from seeing the question placed on the order book by the hon. member, that the article he referred to had been written

or inspired by him.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. ila sai Our Dominion Scenery.

Sir,—In common with your numerous readers, I have read the letters of the Rev. Fred. E. J. Lloyd, published in your issues of Friday and Saturday last, with very great pleasure. Having selected for his subject the Bay of Chaleur and the scenery of the surrounding country, particularly that of Bonaventure County and the famous Metapedia Valley, I at once became intensely interested in his unrivalled des- cription of these localities, for 1 had spent my vacation twenty-one summers ago, among the mountains and on the shores of Bonaventure County, and have, since then, on more than one occasion, threaded my way on the Quebec Express, through that Yosemite of Canada—the Metapedia Val- ley. By aay person who has been over these grounds and who is capable of ap- preciating the charms of violet-tinted moun- tains, from one to two thousand feet high, ‘‘limned against an opalescent sky,” Mr. Lloyd’s letters must have been received with more than ordinary interest. I shall never forget, sir, the pleasurable surprise with which I gazed upon these giant hills. You instinctively look from Nature to Nature’s God and seem to realize, more than ever before, the comprehensiveness of Isaiah's bold measure: ‘‘Who hath measur- ed the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance.” In the summer of 1883 our city and Pro-

vince received a_ visit from that distinguished tourist and_ writer, 8. G. W. Benjamin, ex-American Consul

to Constantinuple, &c., who had come hither with a party of friends to make a tour round the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the adjacent waters. From the following February to July, Mr. Benjamin, in that world-renowned magazine, The Century, delighted its readers with his brilliant description of the scenery in the Gulf, par- ticularly describing many of the places _re- ferred to by Mr. Lloyd. Until Mr. Ben- jamin’s publication of ** The Cruise of the Alice May,” the outside world had a very imperfect idea ‘‘of the variety and beauty of the attractions it offers to the tourist and the artist.”

Mr. Lloyd has onge more laid the Bay of Chaleur under tribute, but my objeet in taking up my pen at present is not in any- wise to supplement his unique letters, to attempt which would be like trying to paint the lilies, but to suggest something practi- cal regarding the facts represented therein.

The scenery pervading our Island home, is certainly, in many places, beautiful. At Crapaud, Bedeque, Malpeque, Clifton, Park Corner, Stanley, Hope River, Caven- dish, New Glasgow, Rustico, &c., it is literally enchanting, being much more pic- turesque than itis generally found else- where. Nevertheless, our Island scenezy is, for the most part, of a quiet, pastoral kind. An Islander who remains at home knows nothing about mountains or mountain scenery. With such an Alpine country lying at our very door, there is nothing to prevent our yoting men who hayg leisure, our clerks and teachers who have Vacations, and others, from organizing parties and spending a week or so visiting those beauti- ful resorts of our Gulf. From thenorthside of our Island vessels are continually sailing to Port Daniel; or, if the party should con- sist of gentlemen only, a large gail boat, equipped with a canyas tent, and a few cooking utensils, would serye the purpose admirably at a very trifling cost. If they should prefer, however, going by rail, the following are the distances and cost of a return ticket from Point du Chene:

Miles, Ret. Ticket. To Campbelton...... 204 $ 9.20 To Metipedia....... 217 9.75 To Assametquaghan. 28% 10.70 To Causapsical.,,,. 252 11.35 To Cedar Hall. .... 273 12.30 30 Segenec..... ...° 280 12.60 To St. Octave....... 304 13.70

From the ‘*Sugar Loaf” at Campbelton, a peak 1000 high to St. Octave Station you traverse a valley 100 miles long, con- taining the most sublime scenery. The tourist cap leave Charlottetown at 7 o'clock a.m., and breakfast at Campbelton at 8 o'clock the next morning, having slept in the meantime at Moncton till 2 a. m.

Our people are second to none in this Dominion as regards their loyalty. 1 be- lieve in patriotism—love of country; but how are we going to love a epuntry which we have not seen? Our patriotism must, as a consequence, be circumscribed. The more of Canadian territory we see, the more will we love her and rejoice in her. Have you ever thought, Sir, that moun- tains and patriotism seem to stand allied. Where do we find greater patriots than in rugged Norway, or where do we find more dauntless lovers of the old fatherland than are to be found among the Alpine districts of Switzerland; or whose country is more dear to his heart than the heather clad hills of our canny Scot? Mountains have always been significant of protection and shelter. Has not~ the Psalmist said:—‘*The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness.” No man can gaze upon those stupendous hills, in the month of Oetober, clothed with autumn leaves igom page to summit, without feeling an intense pride that such unrivalled scenery belongs to his own country. Sig, an Islander has never seen autumn leaves. I thought I had until I saw those rainbow- tinted mountains of Matapedia. They possess a mellowness of tint, compared with which ours are frost-bitten and sere. I gazed upon them in admiration, and turning to my friend I said : ‘‘ It was here men learned to paint chromos.”

Yours truly, S. F. H.

April 17th, 1888.

A Contrast.

Sizx,—The Honorable James Warburton'g letter in the Patriot of yesterday appears

He had been desired to do so by 4 gentle- man who ought to know the truth of the | matter, who was not now a member of tie | House; and ke had no hesitation in assert-. ing that he had nothing todo with the article referred to. Hoy. Mr. Prowse said he would accept the denial of the hon. member ; but he con-

to be intended to contrast his own conduct, when in public life, with that of Messrs. Sullivan and Ferguson. It appears that on one o¢casioa he was the bearer of despatch- es to the British Minister aj Washington, but that on reaching Boston he was inform- ed that his despatches were not wanted, and he returned home, receiving for expen-

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ses, the sum of £30, and charging nothing for his time. One would think the less said about it the better. One hundred dol- lars paid for carrying despatches which were not wanted | | Were there no mails in these days! Instead of getting credit for not charging for his time, it appears to Us as most extraordinary that he should have been allowed his expenses, particularly so large an amount, for such a service. The other service named by Mr. Warburton is of the same character. He went to Halifax to buy exchange for some £2000, and his expenses were £6. Both these trips were merely carrying messages, and bear no com- parison to the most important and arduous undertakings of members of the present Government, CANDOR. Ch’town, April 17, 1888.

ANoTHeER lot of boneless codfish just re- ceived at Beer & Goff’s.

G. M. Harris sells 30 shares Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island stock to-morrow at 12 o'clock

New Island Maple Sugar just received at Beer & Goff's.

GENTS’ FURNISHINGS, &c.,

BY ADVOCTION.

THE AUCTION SALE OF cents’ Furnishings, Xc.,

Will be continued at the Store of D, A. BRUCE,

TO-MORROW NIGHT,

AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, G. M. HARRIS,

Auctioneer.

FOR SALE.

THE “FRANKLIN HOUSE,” pleasantly situ-

ated a short distance from the head of Queen Street, just outside the City limits. ‘The House is finished first-cluss throughout, and contains thirty-two Rooms, It was built for a Summer Hotel, but can be used as a two-tenement Dwell- ing. it stands on one-half’ an acfe of ‘high jand, and there are large well-built Stables on the premises. Pricetow. Apply to owner,

W. W. WELLNER. Ch’town, April 20, ’88—dy 20, 23, 98, wky 27

ST, PAUL'S SCHOOLROOM. LIFERARY AND MUSICAL

ENTERTAINMENT

FRIDAY, THE 26th INST. PROGRAMME.

SE WN SEG s creed 5 20 80s oh kos Ak chad us kv acsues a Rey. S. Weston-Jones

Instrumenta! Solo—*‘ Negro Dance”... Gottschalk Miss Mary Palmer. i 8

Vocal Solo—‘*‘ Bonnie Sweet Bessie, the Maid of Dundee”....... ..J. L. Gilbert

Mrs. Roome, DMG. O.. 45 da. side da -% .. Mr, George Peake Voc] solo—‘* Hearest Thou”.......... Tito Mattei Miss Agnes Longworth.

Vocal Duet—*‘Spring Hope :’,....ssesccccseece

Pcipieress ccaedenuuers Misses Wade and Crabbe

INTERMISSION. ;

Re CI ie aii ain a vnc tn c's do'0n 3 3 ase ns

Violin Solo—‘* Home, Sweet Home”....... Dubois Mr. Vinnicombe.

Vocal Sojo—‘‘ The Little Hero”......... -- Watsun Mr. H. J. Palmer,

SNE i. cdc neces icse>s Mr. M. J. Fitzgerald

Chorus—*‘ See our Oars with Feathered Spray”

ob'upads ov whines ceune OS er GoD SAVE THE QUEEN.

Doors open at 7.30. Commence at 8 o'clock, Admission, 15 cents, Children, 10 cents, apl9—2i

AUCTION SALE.

am i nstructed by MR. HENns FERGUSON, who is about to give up Farming, to sell BY

AUCTION, 26th,

On Thursday, April At ll o’clock, on the Premises: His valuable FREEHOLD FARM of 75 Acres,

52 of which are in a high state of cultivation, the balance well covered with Hardwood, Scantling,

Rails, &c. The Suffolk Railway Station, Churches, Schools, Mills, &¢., are in close proximity.

-ALSO— Immediately after sale of Farm ;

The Stock, Farm Implements, &c.,

—CONSISTING OF—

1 Horse, 1 Mare in foal,

1 Percheron Colt, one year old, 3 Milch Cows (in calf),

2 Heifers, 2 years old,

1 And all the Farm Implements.

SALE Posiriy&.

Part of the purchase money can remain on in- terest at six per cent. per annum. A. McNEILL,

Auctioneer,

Bank Stock.

I will sell hy Auction, at my Salesroom, on

SATURDAY, 2ist inst., at 12 o’clock :-— 30 Shares Merchants’ Bank of P. E. Island Stock.

apl9—dy 4i wky li

G. M. HARRIS, Auctioneer.

STALLION BY AUCTION.

Iam instructed by MESSRS, AULD BROS. to sell by Auction,

ON THE MARKET SQUARE,

—QON—

Tuesday Next, 24th Inst., AT 2 O'CLOCK, P. M.,

A very promising young Hernando Stallion, 4 Years Old,

Dam sired by “*Sporter,” he by “ Saladin.” This beautiful young horse is bay in color, and is almost an exact ret of his sire.

Tepnis easy and made known at sule.

apl6é—ti sle

por further particul otto ‘ Pp ars apply to Auld Bros., G. M. HARRIS,

apl&—éy tl sle

IDAY, APRIL,

20. 1888.

‘ iii " oe ee meena ~ —— - 7 ———

NOW OFFERING

BHR BROS.

MANY LINES OF GOODS,

At Largely Reduced Prices

To make Room for Large Importations of

SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,

EXPECTED DA‘LY.

It Pays to buy your Dry Goods and Millinery at

BEER BROS.

Charlottetown, Apr 18, 1888.—eod & w

Paper Haugings lor this Seas

Oon7----

Our Immense Stock of Room Paper is now ready for sale.

WE HAVE OVER 30,000 ROLLS ON HAND,

Bought ia England, Scotland, United States and Canada,

Newest Patterns and i.ewest Prices.

10.

Staple & Fancy Dry Goods, Carpets & Oil Cloths

VERY CHBAP

PERKINS

Charlottetown, March 12, 1888.

AN Sale

& STERNS’.

JAMES PATON & CO.,

Market =quare.

HOUSE FURNISHINGS, &c, Carpets and Oil Cloths,

URTAINS, IN SILK AND TAPESTRY, Curtain Poles and Fittings Complete,

Embroideries, LINER SHADES & SPRING ROLLERS.

Kid Gloves,

Dress Goods, Silks,

Laces, and

Room Paper in Every Quality,

From Four Cents a Roll upward.

GILRAY'S PATENT CURTAIN STRETCHER.

Kvery Housekeeper should have a Set

JAMES PATON & CO.,

April 4, 1888—dy & wky

Hosiery, &e., &e.

BROW N’'S BLOCK.

ATS, CLOTHING & TRUNKS.

LL eee

J. B. MACDONALD

—IS SHOWING A FINE STOCK OF—

Mens’ and Boys’ Felt Hats,

Imported late last Fall, selling at Low Prices. eeereattee Geet ma

CLOTHING.

250 MENS’ SUITS (Worsted and T weeds), and a lot of

ate COATS, PANTS and VESTS, selling at Great Bargains o clear.

—— 0

TRUNKS. Five Hundred and Fifty Trunks, all sizes, from Fifty Cents

to Six Dollars, best assortment in Town. Don’t buy until you see this Stock.

J. B. McDONALD,

Auctioneer,

Ch’town, April 5, 1888—dy & wky QUEEN STREET,