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vOL. XXVII

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Is Priated and peed oer Monday Porenoon, JOB PRINTERS & BOCKBINDERS

William iv, Cotton, OFFICE:

Corner Queen and King Stroets.

rERMS—Per Annam, Postage prepaid by P sher, $1.40 in advance; $1.62 if paid within the year; $2.00 if not paid within the year CLUB RATES: fax Examiner will be forwarded to Cc ; at the following rates per year— | sarment strictiy in advance :-— copes, one address, - - - - - 3 6.00 oe * v fs -2-*-+- 10.00 y F 7. eee © 14.00 4 “ a“ eee ie 18.00 ‘ 3 may be made up atany time, but riod than a year.

ALMANAC FOR NOVEMBER, 1876

MOON 8 CHANGES.

Full Moon, Ist day, 7h. 15m., p. M., S. Wu

Last Quarter. sth day, ih. 4m. p. mn., W. r

New Moon, 15:h day, Sh. 35m., p. m., N. W. heluw horizon.

¥ rat Quarter, 24th day, 12h. 14m., a. m.,W.,

hewow horizon.

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— —— a RATES of ADVERTISING Se following are the Rates and Terms } of Advertising as agreed to by the pub- | shers of newspapers in P. E. Island :-—50 | cents per inch for first insertion, and 20 | vents for each continuation. Ten per cent. | liscount from this rate will be made on all | Advertisements continued for 3 months; | 20 per cent. if continued for 6 months; 30

per cent if continued for 9 mouths; and 40 ner cent if continued for 12 month.

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All advertisements exceeding 12 inches | will be subject to a discount of 10 per cent. | = “itions!, if continued for one year.

Auctioneers will be allowed 10 per cent. Jiscount when they advertise to the amount of $20 per year; 15 per cent when to the amount of $45; and 20 per cent when to the amount of $60 per annum, and not other- Wise.

The sum of 12 cents per line will be charged for each insertion of all * Special Notices:” and 25 cents for notices in edi- torial or news columns.

The sum of 50 cents will be charged for the insertion of all Marriage and Birth no- t.ces.

PRICES CURRENT.

Ch'town, Oct. 31, 1876. BREADSTUFFS.

Buckwheat Flour, per Ib 0.03 to 0.34 F.cur, per bbl 5.50 to 7.00 Flour, per 100 lbs 3.00 to 3.25 Uatmeal, per 100 lbs 2.75 to 3.00

| town, P. E. I.

‘Anctioneers, Commission Merchants,

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BUSINESS CARDS,

oe ee er erere eee Le eee eee

| COOMSS & WORTH,

561 WATER STREE i,

| Charlottetown, Jav.17°76 ly '

E.G. NELSON |

‘IMPORTER « REPAIRER

_ SEWING MACHINES.

App Ess:—P. O. Box 303, Charlottetown. Oct. 25, 1875.—ly i

HASZARD BROS.,

‘Commission Merchauts & Auctioneers FORWARDING, MANUFACURERS,

AND

Agents,

Opposite Merchants Bank,

P. EL

J. E. Haszarp, | Horace Haszarp. ours © ; REFERENCES: Messrs. Greenshields, Son & Co., Montreal Messrs. W. & R. Brocie, Quebec, Messrs. J. S. Farlow & Co., Boston, Henry Lawsen, Esq., Halifax, N. S. Hon. Danie! Davies, Charlottetown, P. E. I. May 3, 1875. ,

WILLIAM DODD, —

Commission Werchant and AUCTIONEER QUEEN SQUARE, CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. ISLAND.

INSURANCE. ST. LAWRENCE

Marine Insurance Co.

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

A. KENNEDY, Esq., President. Jonn F. RoBertson, ARTEMAS LORD,

THomas Morris, Geores D. Loneworrnu. P. W. HyxpMAN,

W. D. STEWaRT.

. ~ a iy li x CHARLOTTETOWN,

- P. E. Island.

PUBLIC MEETINGS,

Mm. ors etl canat Che’ cldbided é¢ ined ‘The Best Man !

hird Electoral District at the follow- ing places:

Monday, 12th inst., 7 p. m., Harrington

Schoolroom, Brackley Point Road. | Tuesday, 14th inst., 1 p. m., School- house near Ellis’, Tracadie Sand Hills. Same day, 6 p. m., Mount Stewart. Thursday, 16'h, 2 p. m., Saw Mill Bridge. Friday, 1l7ih, 2 p. m., Pisquid School- | house. Same day, 6 p. m., at Mr. Patrick Gorm ley’s, Brazil's Bridge. } Saturday, 18th, p. m,. Smith's Corner, | Fort Augustus. Monday, 20th, 6 p.m.,Ten Mile House. Same day, 6 p. m., Grand Tracadie Schoolhouse.

Nov. 13. 1876.

CENTRAL STREET, Summerside, P.E.istand JOHN McKay, PROPRIETOR.

MVHIS HOUSE, second to none on the Is-

land for beauty of situation, comfort and convenience afforded, commends itself to the patronage of all wno may visit the Island for business or pleasure.

Choice Sample Rooms to let. Couveyances from Cars and Boats.

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advautage to patronize this Hotel. Feb. 21, 1876.—tf

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aye Neti oy eS RE ae

P. E. Island Railway. SPECIAL RUNNING ARRANGEMENT.

N and afier MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6,

a Special Steamboat Mail Train will run as follows:—

GOING WEST.

= alt Seam At

GOING EAST.

P. M.

A. M. | Charlottetown ‘dp 6.00 Summerside dp. 6.46 Royalty Junction, 6.17 Kensington {| 7.16 Huater River 7.09 County Live 7.46 County Line 7.46 Hunter River | 8.25 Kensington | B1%RoyaltyJ’net,; 9.17 Suunuciside ar 6.50 OLitwnes ar 9 35

Numbers 3 and 4 Trains will resume run- ning as per Time Bill No. 5,

W. McKECHNIE, Superintendent.

Ch'town, Noy. 6, 1876.—Island pap. [Sins

MARINE _

INSURARCE COMPANY

Risks taken daily at their office, Exchange Building. * FRED. W. HYNDMAN, Ch’town, April 24, 1876.—ly Secrelary |

OF

4 Sar

TVPERNATIONAL!

Ladies and Gentlemen will find it to their |

LO REPRESENT

| Queen's County in the Commons : JAS. C. POPE

a The Issue: | W ILL WE OR WILL WE NOT TAMELY SUBMIT TO BE UNJUSTLY DEPRLV- ED OF REPRESENTATION IN THE CABINET ? WE OR ‘(DO WE NOT APPROVE THE ACTION OF THE DOMINION GONERNMENT IN REMOVING MR, AND NOT EVEN OFFER- ING HIS VACANT SEAT TO A RE- PRESENTATIVE OF THIS PRO- VINCE ? | THIS IS THE SQUARE ISSUE NOW BE. FORE THE PEOPLE OF QUEENS COUNTY.

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Charlottetown, Nov. 17, 1876, .

COOL APPROPRIATION.

| The coolness with which the Ontario Grits have appropriated Prince Edward isiand’s seat in the Government, is enough to take away people’s breath. Nota word of explanation except, indeed, such an ex planation as added insult to inquiry. Mr. Davies (according to the Patriot) declared publicly that Mr. Mackenzie had informed him that although Mr. Mills had been,ap- pointed Minister ofjthe Interior, Mr Geof. frion’s ‘‘ portfolio” was vacant and would be given toP. E. Island, Of course, this was the merest evasion, if not intentional de- ceit- Mr, Gecffrion’s seat and office have gone to Quebec; and Ontario has taken Mr. Laird’s seat and office. The standing of the several Provinces is therefore as follows :— Ontario, Quebec,

Neva Seotia, New Brunswick, . Two Seats P. E., Island, None.

The Thirteen Seats} are filled, Ontario being the gainer by one seat, namely, the seat it has taken from our little Island. We had but a single seat, and the great Province of Ontario coveted it and took it, The mighty, magnanimous home of Purity

Five Seats Four Seats Four Seats

PRINCE EDWARD SLAND.

sBOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ropert LoNGwortH, Esq.,. President,

THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON AND GLOBE |

INSURANCE COMPANY

FIRE AND LIFE. |

Invested Funds, Ist Jan’y., 1874, $21,628,356 Deposited with Receiver Gener- i

al of Canada, 162,800 | Other Investments in Dominion of Canada, 867,091

FAIR RATES. Prompt & Liberal Settlements. |

Insurance against Fire effected upon Pri- vate Residences, Household Furniture and Farm Properties, for

One, Three or more years, At Reduced Rates, Office—Great George Street, Charlotte-

R. R. FITZGERALD, Agent Ch’town, July 27, 1874.—6ém

~ MacKENZIE & STUMBLES,

GENERAL AGENTS, 77 North Side Queen Square, Charlottetown. - - P. E. Island.

~ G. W. STEWART, Produce Commission Merchant,

COLONIAL MABKET, Halifax, - - Nova Scotia.

Consignments solicited. Guaraatee Sales made in all cases, and iu no case more than 5 per. cent. commission cLarged. PROMPT

RETURNS. Pp. S.—Always on had, to fill orders from

the country : Bran, Shorts, Middlings, Feed, Meal, &c.

REVERE HOUSE,

ADJOINING THE POST OFFICE,

ALBERTON, - - - - PF BL

The subseriber has fitted up the above House in good style, and wishes to inform his friends, and the public gene- rally that he is prepared to accommodate

‘Transient and Permanent Boarders.

Good Stabling on

Charges moderate.

mises. hi the premises RICHARD GLADNEY, Proprietor.

FISH. Cedfish per qtl 3.50 to 5.00 Herring per bbl 4.87 to 6.49 Mackerel per doz. 0.48 to 0.72 BOARDS. Hemlock, 100 feet. 0.81 to 0.94 Pine do 1.62 to 2.40 Spruce do 0.97 to 1.30 Shingles, per M. 1.50 to 1.75 POULTRY. Chickens, per pair $0.35 to 0.60 Ducks, (each) 0.25 to 0.30 Fowls, (eaci:) 0.25 to 0.35 Partridges, (each) 0.20 to 0.25 Turkeys, (each) 0 80 to 1.00 Geese (each) 6.40 to O.%& MEAT. Beef. (small pieces) per Ib $0.06 to 0.12 Beef, per lb (by the quarter) 00.5 to 0.09

0.10 to 0.12 0.44 to 0.09 0.06 to 6.10 0.05 to 009 0.08 ta 0.12

tiam, per It

Lamb, per quarter

Lamb, per ib

Mutton, per Ib Pork,(small pieces) per iD 2 York, per ib (by the carcass) 0.06 to 0.04 Veal, per ib 0.03 to 0.08

MISCELLANEOUS.

Apples per bushel 0.€0 to 1.00 Barley per bushel 0.60 to 0.70 Batter (fresh) per lb 0.22 to 0.25 Hutter per Ib by the tub 0.21 to 0.23 ifskins, per Ib 0.06 to 0.10 Uheese (new milk) per Jb 0.14 to 0.16 Ukeese, per Ib 0.05 to 0.08 lover seed, per Ib 0.00 to 0.00 8, per Goz. 0.17 to 0.20 steen Peas, 0.00 to 0.00 Hay, per ton 9.00 to 10 00 Hides, per Ib. 0.04 to 0.44 Honey, per Ib. 0.24 to 0.25 fomespun, (men’s wear)per yd. 0.65 & 1.00 omespun, (women’s do)per yd 0.35 10 0°48 omespun Flannel, per yard 0.81 to 0.46 td, per ib 0.12 to 0.16 Oats, per bushel 0.40 to 0.42

fan ae bushel rl Barley, p Meesebiag’ per lb Straw, per ton methy Seed, per bush, Silow per Ib Uraips, per bush. OO1, per Ib

coftfonc\|eo SESSSSES ssetessess i BESSSSER

| Alberton, Sept. 13, 1875.

ee a ea | CARVELL BROS., i. RUSTIONEERS,

‘Commission Merchants,

| AND | GENERAL AGENTS. Lower Queen &t. Charlottetown, P, E, I.

«IMPERIAL

fire INSURANCE UOMPANY

Or London,

[ESTABLISHED 1803) Subseribed & Invested Capital, $8,650,000.

i § at MODERATE RATES Stores, ee s, Dwellings. Churches, op handize of all kinds, Produce, Vessels on the Stocks. and other Property. DETACHED PWELLINGS ONE, TWO, cial rates. Losses Adjusted and Settled Promptly.

FENTON T. NEWBERY,

taken for

| Boston Steamers |

CURROLL

and THREE YEARS at spe-

Hon. Jas. DUNCAN, ILon. L. C, OWEN, ifon. A. A. McDona.p, lion. J. C- Pops, Tuomas HaNDRAHAN, Esq., GEORGE R. BEER, Esq. Risks taken daily at their office, corner Great George and Lower Water Streets. F. W. HALES, Secrretay. Ch’town, March 22, 1875—ly

WEEKLY LINE.

NE of the above Steamers leave Boston every SATURDAY at noon, for Char lottetown ; and returning, leaves here every THURSDAY, at 5 o'clock, p. m. PASSENGERS will find those steamers to bave Superior accommodation. EXCURSION TICKETS, for round trips to and from Boston, $15. For freight or passage, apply to CARVELL BROS , Agents. Ch’town, July 10, 1876.—3m

VEW DRUG STORE.

The subscriber respectfully in- i forms tbe public that he has opened with an

EXTENSIVE STOCK

British and Ameritan DRUGS, &.

n the store immediately adjoining Hon. P. WALKFR’S. This Stock, which has been purchased in the most reliable markets, is warranted pure and fresh, consisting of— Drugs, Lssences, Dye Stuffs, Spices, Perjumery, Brushes, SOAPS AND TOILET REQUISITES. Particular attention will be given to DISPENSING! Open on Sundays for Dispening only. Morning from 9.45ja.m., till 10.45 a.m.

Afternoon * 3.00 p.m., till 4.00 p.m Evening “ 8.30 p.m., till 9.30 p.m.

C, D. RANKIN,

Ch’town, Oct. 9, 1876.—1m

CARDIGAN BRANCH

OF THE

NONPAREIL CARRIAGE FACTRY

AGRICULTURAL WORKS! Cocd Work Triumphant!

NOT wreMetannss the Dull Times, 4% the demand for my make of Carriages, Sleighs. Threshing Machines, Fanners, «c., in King’s County, has rendered it necessary, in order to supply the rapicly increasing demand, that | should extend my business into that County. Ihave, therefore, at the request of a large number of my friends and patrons, opened a BRANCH FACTORY AT CARDIGAN BRIDGE, which ‘s conducted by a competent mechanic, who served his time ip the ** Nonpareil,” and has since worked for several years in the United States—a mechanic who knows his business, and has such an interest in the work as to allow nothing but a faithful job to pass. He and several competent workmen will attend to the wants of the public in that County.

The stock used in the construction of the work will be of the best imported, viz :— Amer‘ean Hickcry, Oak, Ash, Elm, Bass, Whitewood, ete, ete. The iron will be of the best English refined; and Norway and Swedish iron will be used for the parts re quiring extra strength and durability.

Also, in connection with the said branch is a PAINTSHOP, which is conducted by a first-class carriage-painter, who will attend to the peinsing of new and second-hand

the public. vote Seesied wishing work done in the Carriage, Sleigh, or Farming Implement line, will please call and they will be treated courteously and fairly @ealt with. All kinds of REPAIRING, including Mowing Machines, done. Prices Moderate; Terms

Keegy. ANGUS GREGOR, Proprietor.

and the Grits!

“SIMPLE” ENOUGH.

ALLusIon has already beea made is these co'umns to the following paragraph, under the title of “‘ A Few Simple Quess tions” : ~.

‘““ Will some of the Electors of Queen's County, when they hear Mr. Haviland or Mr. Pope, again dilating on the iniquity of ‘ big push,’ ask him what about the Norths ern Railroad investigation 2? Ask him if that road «id not owe the Government a big sum of money? Ask him ifit has not been found out that, instead of paying thelr hon- est debis, the directors did not take $6,000 of the shareholders money to return a mem- ber to the local legislature, and $8000 of the shareholders money to secure the return of the right man to the Dominion Commons, Did they not rob the shareholders of a $2000 contribution to Sir John A. Macs donald’s Presentation Fund, and were they not fleeced to a big amount to push Sir John’s organ, the Toronto Mail, afloat. These are simple questions easily answered.”

No Grit editor ever fell into a deadlier trap than our friend of the Patriot has fallen in this instance. So bad!y has he been trapped that it seems almost a pity to worry him. But truth is mighty and must prevail ; and the Pafriot’s wild rav- ings must be checked once forall. The insinuations of the Patriot were those that were started when the Grit’ Government at Ottawa, by a reckless stretch of aus thority, and from the worst motives, ordered an investigation into the affairs of the Northern Railway of Ontario. The allegation 2gainst the Company was that while it owed the Government of Canada for movies advanced, it had been spending the funds of the railway improperly, had been subserbing to a testimonial to Sir John, ete. Wedonot fiod that any of the charges made by the Grits have been sustained; but we do find that the result of the investigation has carried grief and dismay into the Grit camp. There is no talk now of thecompany’s transactions with the friends of the late Government; but, instead, there have been the most dis. graceful revelations of the transactions of Grit allies of the Patriot. These gentle- men,who stand high in Grit political circles, are found to be sadly compromised. When we name them it wiil be seen that they are shining lights in the Grit firmameut. One is Mr, Gordon Brown, Managing Editor ofthe Toronto Globe. He comes cut of the inquiry so badly singed that he found it convenient to absent himself from Ontario for a while ; and, according. ly, has just concluded a sojourn of a few weeks in the Maritime Provinces. An- other is Mr. J. D. Edgar, a perpetual candidate in the Grit interests, who has been mixed up with several railway enter- prises, and who was recently allowed by the Muckeezie Government $6,000 of the people’s money for a pleasant trip to Brits ish Columbia and back on Pacifie Rail- way affairs. The third of the batch compromised by transactions with the Northern Railway is the Hon, Rupert Wells, Grit Speaker of the Grit Legisla— tive Assembly of Ontario. Mr. Wells appears to be so corrupt a man that lead~ ing organs of his own Party refuse to countenance him longer, and insist on his resignation of the office of Speaker. Among the journals calling on Mr. Wells to resign are the Hamilton 7imes. Kingston Whig, and others scarcely less influential. Asa matter of fact, the investigation ordered by the Government in the hope of dams aging its political opponents has proved a boomerang, and the wounded in the Grit camp are suffering badly. We presume that the Putriot was ignorant of these facts when it referred tothe investigation. If, however, it was informed of them, then it has been guilty of a scandalous con- cealment of the truth, and a most wicked and wilful misrepresentation of its oppon- ents. Thus far, the Governmect have not

« Nonpariel,” New Glasgow, ;

Feb. 21, 1876. 9m

Agentior P. E. 1

Mar. 20, 1876

dared to publish the evidence in full.

More “Frese Trave.”—It is the Kingss ton, Untario, Whig, an out and out “Re.

ment will, during next session, very materi- ally increase the Tarijf,’’ to meet the wishes of Potectionists. And here is the /atriot boasting of what a great Free Trade Government we have got!!

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THE * PATRIOT” AND THE STEEL RAILS PURCHASE.

The Patriot quotes Sanford Fleming in defence of the Mackenzie Steel Rail Scandal—the most iniquitous transaction of which any public man was ever guilty. Here is what Mr, Fleming suid :—

“A notice calling for tenders on the 8th of October was advertised on ihe 29th Sep- tember. On the 3rd of October the time was extended for receiving tenders until the 16tb November.”’ .

This is correct as far as it goes, and it goes far enough to overwhelm the de. fender of Mr. Mackenzie’s jobbery with confusion. The original sdvertisement of September 29, called for tenders to be in by the 8th of October—just eight clear days, one of which was Sunday!! Now, if the Government were advertisiog for tenders for a railway station, costing $200, they would have given at least a month’s notice to contractors. Here they were advertising for /l/ty thorsand tons of steel rails, to cost over two millions seven hun- dred thousand dollars, and all the time Mr. Mackenzie proposed to give for the intelligence to cross the Atlantic to KEng- land, and tenders to come from Kagland, —the only quarter whence the rails could be procured — was just eight eight days! ! Anything more moustrous was never heard of. But this was not all, nor the worst, | of this remarkable transaction.. The original advertisement was published in a single newspaper in all Canada, and that one is among the least read, the least. eir- eulated in the Upper Provinees, to wit, the Montreal Herald. We challenge the Patriot to name another paper to which that advertisement was sent at the time it was sent to the Herald. It gives a list of newspapers which “ Mr. Mackenzie said in Parliament he had advertised in ;”’ but in not one of these papers, except the Montreal Herald, was it originally in- tendel to publish that advertisement. The Herald, of course, carried the infor- mation to such Grits as were on the look- | out for it, but to no one else. Jt was only after Mr. Darling and Mr. Workman of Montreal, protested against the short no- tice, that the model Minister of Pablic Works 2nd Premier of Canada order- ed the time to be extended and the adver- tisement to be sent to other papers, This fact should be always kept in mind, when the reader is perusing Grit sophistries on the subject. Then, as to the remain- ing steps in the scandalous transaction ; the larger portion of the rails were awarded to the firm of which Mr. Mackenzie’s brother, Charles, was a partner. His fortunate brother was a partner when his firm received the contracts,—not only according to the local law of partnerships, but, in fact, he pro- fited by it to all intents and purposes ; he had made a bad investment of his capital in the concern, and the commissions aris, ing out of this Government contract saved him what he might otherwise have lost. His Premier brother paid this firm more for the rails than he paid any other con- tractor ; he allowed the firm special terms in regard to freight and the time and place of delivery, and, in fact, omitted no single step in a transaction which, in its corrupt and jobbing features, is uns paralleled in the history of Canada. And to cap the climax, the Premier ordered these Rails several years Lefore they were needed, Two years have passs ed, and not a tenth of the quantity has been laid in the Pacific Railway! More- ever, Mr. Mackenzie bought them in a falling market. Since the date of their purchase, this description of raii has fall- en about $12 per ton, making a direct loss of SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, besides a loss already of two years interest on Two Million Six Hun- dred Thousand Dollars,-—a full loss up to this time of over NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND. DOLLARS. The only persons who have profited by this stupend- ous swindle on the people of Canada are the English"makers and Mr. Charles Mac. kenzie’s firm in Montreal. These are naked facts, which neither the Patriot nor Premier Mackenzie can hide from the publie sight.

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Tae Grir Virw or Free Trane has been beautifully illustrated recently in the mat- ter of Roofing Siates. In many parts of Canada, these are coming into use as ad~ ditional protection against fire, and consid- erable quantities have been imported from the States. A number of parties were doing a fair business in dealing in them, when suddenly, they found their business destroyed by the action of the government who, in the present year, by an Order in Council, placed an almost prohibitory duty on them. The reason why’? Because in the Eastern Townships of Quebec there was a Slate Quarry whose Proprietors wished to monopolize the business !~ For particulars, see back numbers of the St. John N. B. Daily Globe, whose Editor, although a govs ernment supporter, denounced the action of the Government,—which, by the way, was entirely in keeping with the refusal of the Government and the Grit party to reduce the 15 cents per gallon Customs duty on Kerosene Oil, that an Oil Ring in London, Ontario, might grow rich. They are delightful exemplifications of Free Trade that the government are giving us from day to day.

“ Hrs, ”’ said the Majestic Blake, ‘“‘ we elevate the Standard of Public Morality,” And they elevated it. And forthwith every enterprising Grit dived for the first office he could lay his bands on. Governorships, Judgeships, Collectorships, Postmaster- ships, Inspectorships, were grabbed by the dozen. ‘Even the smallest favors thank- fully received.” Nothing was too great to aim at; nothing too contemptible to refuse.

NOVEMBER 17, 1876.

form” organ, which saye: “The Govern- |

The very next session! |

| have been obliged to pay an annual and | special tax of several hundred thousand

POSTAGE PREPAID,

| OkIENT PEARLS AT RANDOM STRUNG,

Stale slanders,

A Campaign of slander,

Market Hall slandering committee, Lies and misrepresentation, lieliberate falsehoods,

| Exploded fabrications,

Dishonesty and trickery,

Sneaking attacks,

Whines pitifully,

Low, scurrilous Newspaper,

Most unscrupulous fool, A thousand and fifty-five nore births } An audacious liar, ‘

than deaths were registered in London

Bo shameless, impudent lies ever | during the last week in September, Pullsfledged lie, The lumbermen in Minnesota over- Renegade Free Trader, | stocked their yards agnin this season, and Straight lying, | have 20,000,000 in logs ; Robber of the Farmers, | cut : lobber leader, ' Silly Examiner, Shallow Examiner, Unprincipled Mvi?,

OOOO MOA

TELEGRAPHIC

SO EOL ML OLD

Lonpon, Nov. 15. Travellers to Vienna, Austria, have the choice of 2.278 hotels and inns, It is claimed that the population of France is diminishing in numbers. Montana’s gold yield for 1876 promises to | be larger than that of last year by over | $1,000,000, ,

which they cannot

In England the labor of convicts pro- , duced 10,4017. 9s, Ta. = in Scotland, 4.6787,

143, 93. 94. and in Ireland, 1.9417. 15s.10d

Unblushing lyi ii : ; Siieiee Andee ig — the year ending the 3lst March last.

Atrocious falsehood, Phe E-quimaux of Greenland have ins Howling editor of the Preshyierian, / creased fifty per cent. during the last half Degrades the Ministerial character, century. One notable fact is thet the sale Unbecoming a Minister of the Gosp | of cyirits ig absolutely fart;

and a Christirn gentleman pies Se: ohectutey ferwddes Oy dhe Fring’s reproach on the body, etc., | Danish Government.

Scolding like an_ ill-tempered old | information from St, Alban’s says the

woman, Pail : Vituperative screaming of the Herald | sang _ scare eounsusteined by thete. fishwife, | Various estimates place the loss of life

é oe : shoe a ae infamous antetype—Judas Is- | by the cy clone in India, on the 3st of ; | October, at from 20,000 to 40,000.

Re-hash of stale slanders, etc., ea hitaieae / Probably as many sore sweetand scented Che Egyptian Finance Minister, banished

flowers could be taken from the quarter | °F Couspirarcy against the Khedive, died

from which the above are culled. But, | "the way to his destination, doubtless, the boquet we present will | he Papal a at Madrid has been suffice to advertise the literary garden | eed oo ~~ position of Secretary which the Messrs. Lawson cultivate. They | or State fo the Pope, rendered vacant by

: Antonelli’s death, are taken from a single number of the | Oabit Retentiiiilineianntane | Patriot,—toat of Saturday last!!! a ped and ninety af the creme ef inti wiih | tne American whaling ships, abandoned in THE SEAT | the Arctic region, have been rescued and WHICH DAVIES SAID Was To BE GIVAN To THis | ‘Ken to Honolulu,

ISLAND ‘43F THE RIGHT MAN WERE BLECTED.”’ | Two hours after receipt of Lord Beacons- 9th November, 1876. | fleld’s speech at the Mansion House, the Rodolphe Laflamme, of the City of Mon- Czar made a *peech at Moscow, the text of treal, in the Province of Quebec, Esquire, | which were found among the despatches, to be a Member of the Queen’s Privy | ing which he distinctly declared that he Council for Canada, | had determined, in the event of his de- The Honorable Rodolphe Laflamme to be | mands not bemg complied with at the Minister of Inland Revenue, vice The conference, to go to war, and he appealed oo Felix Geoftrion resigued,— Cana- to all Russia to support him, The Russian da azette.

Lal ee | Journals are full of warlike rumors, and the Dvtims on Smur-Mateeiats.—The very first | 70Vernment is reported to have borrowed Tariff proposal made by the Mackenzie ; * large amount of money from Holland. overnment,on meeting of Parliament,was | /* i8 stated that the Czar will shortly send to increase the duties on Ship’s materials. | ® note to the Powers, scquainting them Everything from Tarred Twine to Ship's Sails | “'t# bis intended movemnts, was to be increased in price. ‘The Ship- building interest alone would in this way

ereiinwe-taiiieelili tii tha ae Fare Traps wits Vencsaxca.—Wh le the Patriot was talking loudly of the Mac- kenzie Government's position as Free dollars,and this would fail entirely on the | Traders, the Hon, Isaac Burpee, Minister Maritime Provinces. So’ long as Ontario of Customs, was going about St. John pro- was, safe the Lower Provirives ’ might grin | mising the manufacturers of that City a and bear it. Only the determined attitude | Protective Tarift Pretty Fee Trate-s of the Opposition, and the stand taken by independent papers in the Lower Provinces, | prevented the consummation of this ats | tempt to shackle the enterprise of our | A merchant in St. John, N, B., writingtoa Ship-builders and impose a special tax on | "end in Charlottetown says :-We are watch- tae! eatieds Wiaaain. ing, with a good deal of interest, the con- $e test going on in your Isiand; and we are

Geir “ Economy’ means eens | hoping that Yhe electors of Queen's County salaries in every Department of the Civil will return an independent representative Service. Grit Purity means unblushing to Parliament. There has been so much Bribery at the polls, resulting in wholesale | truckling to the Mackenzie Party all round, cancellation of elections by the Courts, and | that the people are getting heartily sick of the ‘‘eight years” disqualification for no-| i, gut it is coming toan end here, You torious Grit offenders. It is time Grit | would be astonished if you could know the politicians invented @ language and &/ feelings of the people in this Province, ! dictionary for themselves, since the English | haye travelled much, in a business way, in language, as ordinarily used, has failed to | New Brunswick and Nova Scotia this past convey the real meaning of the terme | summer, and! found but the one senti- which Grits have beer rolling, as sweet | ment everywhere prevalent—dissatisfaction morsels under their tongue. | with the Government. The people all | agree in saying that the Government is no

: . | friend of the Mariti -rovinces : : Fiee Trader, has been taken into the Gov- aren * oe nr . nr ; that its ernment in order that he may have his | : * ie a oe ae — paawee o >: | is —suct rough Free Trade edges rounded off. Kings | Se a Clee ann ee . . |} ~and, that so long as Grits can hold on in ton, Hamilton, Toronto, are calling for) oe ’ ; : | those Provinces, especially in Ontario, they Protection, and we know enough of Mr: chek int lh teen tteelaaten alk ’ . Mackenzie and his Party to be convinced | ee louahtetas Onli a punter i thing to stand well | ee Jntario was the thes they oil 1 ereee most anxious of the lot to have the Maris with Ontario. bic eS sie : / q ; . | time Provinces join the Confederation. *“] wouldn’t give a single County in| |. ne Ontario for the whole of these Maritime Under the late Government, we in New ~— ; Brunswick and Nova Scotia had little to

i ” sai isti i Grit politi- : : Provhucte,” snd & distinguished Grit po complain of, for Sir John was a great states.

eee ee ee | man, with a great heart, and our ablest men Nrison aNp Bensamin West-—A curious | were in the Government; but now, unfor- anecdote is related by Mr. Ticknor, in | tunately, a very narrow-minded man is at reference to Benjamin West’s picture of the head of affairs,—a man who runs the the ‘ Death of Nelson.’ Just before Nel. | whole himself; and his son went to sea for the last time, West sat colleagues from the Lower Provinces are next tothe great captain at an entertain- | men of no account whatever, who have ment given to his honor, and in the course | Neither the will nor the pluck to say or do of dinner Nelson expressed his regret to| nything to thwart the one manpower Sir William Hamilton that he had little, that rules this Dominion. Business men taste or discrimination for, art. ‘ But,’ | feel themselves terribly hampered by this said he, turning to West, ‘there is one | state of things, and by the mismanagement picture whose power I do feel. I never | of the Government Railways,and are dreads pass a print shop where your ‘ Death of | ing another increase of the tariff, which Wolfe’ is in the window, without being | will add stiil more to the immense sums stopped by it.’ West, of course, made his which we have to pay out now to the Gov. acknowledgement, and Nelson weut on to | &ment—in too many cases never seeing

ask why he had painted no more of them | 't again, Should your Island return a man like it | like Mr. Pope, the independent people of :

there are no more! “2? sister Maritime Provinces would hail

| the fact with great satisfaction, for there L didn't | would be some one from that quarter with whom they would be glad to consult and co-operate for the common good of this part of the Dominion, TheSchool Question, [ see, is being discussed. Well, wo have pretty well settled that here. 1| think you will say so when you learn that the local | Government's caadidate—for St. John’s vacant seat inthe Assembly—is Mr. Robert Marshall, whom the Government, iwo years

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WHAT THEY SAY ABROAD,

Ir 1s AN OPEN skECRET that Mr. Mills, a

machine

‘Because, my lord, subjects.’

‘D— it,’ sad the sailor, think of that;’ and asked him to takea glass of Champagne.

‘ But, my lord, I fear your intrepidity will yet furnish me such another seene, and if it should, I shall certainly avail my- self of it.’

‘Will you? said Nelson, pouring outa bumper, and touching his glass violently against West's. ‘Will you Mr. West?

cS sed all their influence to defeat, and die in the next bat~ | *8% "*© ’ s ee | succeeded in dofng so; but whom mutual e.

We all know how the painter fulfilled | concessions have brought to see that there his promise in the ‘ Death of Nelson.’— |isno insuperable difficulty in the way of Editor's Drawer, in Harper’s Magazine for | electing him for an Assembly man this

December. | year.”’ ta ie eas F v3 ee es . , . . Mors Taxation.—Members of the Grit, INTELLIGENCR OF A Crovr. — That fish Party in the other Provinces agree in | poe eee yy ear —,* : : ithe well known fact of carp coming at a stating that the Mackenzie Government | given%ignal. tobe fed proves. The fol- will positively increase the Tariff another lowing anecdote of » trout, given in the two and a hilf per cent next session. | /je//, a Chicago paper, is worth relating: This second “ rise” of theirs will make the | Its piace of abode was under @ stone in a . : ., tet | small pool, immediately below a wooden a ne tne Sg are oo mie | bridge, over which the path led from the when they ce. is