eS ee Semi nt ee ee EE a THe Daruy EXAMINER. FEBRUARY 9, L882 Our Savings Bank. Tue interest of all creeds and classes of the community is so inseparably bound up with the Savings Bank, that we take much pleasure in noting its progress from time to time. The subjoined interesting statement for January, 1831 and 1882, which we have received from the Manager of that Institu- tion, shows the encrmous rate at which its business has increased. When we recollect that the Dominion Auditor's office is in convection with the Savings Bank, it is really a matter of surprise how so small a ataff should be able to do the work. On referring to the Public Accounts we tind that in similar institutions in St. John and Halifax there is the number of clerks, with salaries from $300 to $500 a year more than the clerks here have. This is very unfair, and we hope that our repre- sentatives will not be slow in calling the attention of the Government to the matter. The officials here who preform the same work as those in other Provinces are @n- titled to the same pay.- Nor should the officials hers be asked to do more thar those in a similar institution in other parts of the Dominion. In this respect we sd- yoeate complete equality. It is patent to everybedy doing business at the Savings Bank, that the clerks there—who are both obliging and eflicient—are overpowered with work. The services of another clerk or two are urgently required. At present, and for some time past, it is nothing un common to find the clerks in the Audit Office and Savings Bank working till ten o'clock at night. Asa reorganization of the Civil Service is to take place this ses- sion, we trust that our representatives will ,0t allow our grievances in this respect to be overlooked any longer, not only in re- gard to the Audit Office and Savings Bank, ‘but the Civil Service’ of the Island gen- erally. It is worthy of note that the Saving Bank deposits here, are nearly four times what they were when we entered Confeder- ation, on July the Ist, 1873—the amount then on deposit being $249,941.40. $28 897.00 63, 285.60 $34, 383.00 $17,201.78 21,036.29 $ 3,854 51 Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals from the first of July last to the 31st ult., $146,219.87, leaving the balance at that date to the credit of depositors at 4 per cent. $760,568.01. Added to this $217,000 in 5 per cent. Savings Bank Stock, the t»tal amount in the Savings Bank will be $977,598.01. oo tredie Deposits for Jan. 1381 ee o 1882 ‘ ° Increase for Jan. 1882 . Withdrawals for Jan, 1881 o6 “ os 1882 Increase for Jan. 1882 TEH DAILY The No. of transactions in Jan. 1881 445 v ™ ws 1882 7i3 Increase for Jan. 1882 263 The No. of Depesits in Jan. 188} ‘ 295 oe se se ce 1882 ” 497 Increase for Jan. 1882 i 202 The No. of Withdrawals in Jan. 188} 150 ae sé ae of “fe 1882 216 Increase for Jan. 1882 ‘ ; 65 The No. of new acs, opened in Jan. 1881 96 e se “ee oe ee 1882 141 Increase for Jan. 1883 ° ° 45 Average amount of each Deposit for Jan. 18381 . . - §$ 97,94 Average amount of each Deposit for Jan. 1882 ‘ ° . 127,33 Judging by this statement, we conclude that the Government would —besides rais- ing the salaries of the present officials and increasing the staf!—be justified in estab- lishing two or three additional Savings Banks in this Province ; and we hepe they will do so. ;- ———-_— +s. eo Draveut-Horse breeders will be interest- ed te learn that at the recent meeting of the American Clydesdale Association at Chicago it was stated in the report that the work of the association had been advanced as rapidly as practicable. The association has now united all the leading American and Canadian breeders and importers of Clydasdaies in the work of improving the breed, by the publication of a Stud-book that will enable them to intelligently deter- mine the breeding and value of well-bred Clydesdales. Rules, determining the quality and purity in breeding necessary to entitle horses to registry in the future, were recommended for adoption, as the lowering of the present standard woull admit a large number _o of grade horses of uncertain qualities for breeding purposes, and correspondingly de- preciate in value the horses of trustworthy breeders. The rejection of upwards ‘of 2,000 pedigrees of stallions heretofore used in many cases with the belief that they were well-bred Clydes had the effect of creating much oppesition on the part of deaiers in the United States and Canada. The association has decided that Clydesdale horses imported to America after January Ist, 1832, must trace to sire and dam re- corded in the Clydesdale Stud-book of Great Britain and Ireland to entitle them to be registered in the American Stud-book. _ The Patriot of the 21st ult. has an article on ‘*the rotten Land Office again.” The arti cle is based upon the result of a suit lately tried in the Supreme Court, Banett against Melnnis and Walsh. The defendants relied upon a deed from the Land Commissioner, and the verdict of the jury was for the plain- tifl. ‘The editor of the Patriot thought this furvished him with another opportunity of *‘ pitching into” Mr. Ferguson, the present Land Commissioner. But he has missed it again. Mr. Ferguson, in a letter to Tue Examiner, states that the deed to the de- fendants was not issued by him, but was issued in 1878 when Mr. L. H. Davies was leader of the Government. Tho Patriot will have to try again. He has been abusins his own fiends this time. Perhaps they deserved it.— Progress. THERE remains one point to be noted. The **Patriot” has not corrected the falee impres- sion which its article created. It has not stated that the Davies Government, and not. the Sullivan Government, made the sales out | of which the suit, to which it made reference, ! grew. It has done nothing to remove the very strong susp cion that its deliberate intention was to deceive the public with respect to the origin of th Fae unjustly to create a prejudice against , resi E “ ‘ prevent Comromstover - cee OC GOETHE. We shall, from time to time, present our readers with soine of Goethe's short poems Goethe is to Germany what Shakspsare is to England, and is reckoned the master mina of modern Europe. Carlyle says:— “Goethe is nowhere more entirely origin- al, more fascivating, more indescribable, than in his smalier poems. A single thing is said, and a thousand things are indicated. They are spells which cleave to our memory, and by which we summon beautiful spirits from the vasty deep of thought. Often at the first aspect they appear commonplace, or altogether destitute of significance; and they seem careless dashes, mere random strokes, representing nothing save the caprices of the author; we change our place, we shift and shift, till we find the right point of view; and all at once a fair figure starts into being, encircled with graces and light charms, and by its witcheries attract- ing heart and mind. In his songs he recalls to us those of Shakspeare; they are not speeches but musical tones; the sentiment is not stated in logical sequence, but poured forth in fitful and fantastic suggestions : they are the wild notes of the nightingale; they are to be sung, not said.” Many will be glad to form the acquaint- ance, through the Examiner, of this great master. Students of German literature will observe that the translations are as literal a rendering ef the original as is con- sistent with good English, and also a very strict adherence to the original metre. DIFFERENT THREATS. I once into a forest fair My maiden went to seek, And fell upon her neck, when: “Ah!” She threaten’d, ‘‘ I will shriek.” Then eried I haughtily: *‘ I'll crush The man that dares come near the !” ‘*Hush !” whisper’d she: ‘‘My hush ! Or else they'll overhear thee ! ” loved one —Goethe. THE FAREWELL. Let mine eye the farewell say, ‘That my lips can utter ne'er; Fain I'd be a man to-day, Yes ’tis hard, oh, hard to bear. Mournful, in an hour like this Is love's sweetest pledge, I ween; Cold upon thy mouth the kiss, Faint thy fingers’ pressure een, Ob what rapture to my heart Used each stolen kiss to bring! As the violets joy impart, Gather'd in the early spring. Now no garlands I entwine, Now no roses pluck for thee, Though ‘tis springtime, Fanny mine € oD ? Dreary autumn ’tis to me ! —Coethe 0 E Geology of St. Peter’s Isiand. One of the most interesting localities, geologically, in P. E. Island is the little island of St. Peter's, that guards the west- ern entrance of the Hillsborough Bay The great nndulation of the Hillshorongh antichinal brings the rocks of the upper carboniferous to the surface here. They present an appearance entirely dissimilar from the redsandstone rocks of our Island generally. Here we find preserved the iast fragments of that grand carboniferous flora which formed the valuable seams of coal everywhere. St. Peter's Island is to some extent a resort of excursion parties in summer time, and we think a stroll among the wild beau- ties of its cliff-guarded shores to explore the curious preservations of these weird old Paleozoic forms one of the most agreeable ways to spend the hours of a fine sumnmer’s afternoon. As no account of this locality has been given in any of the gevlogical reports, the following section of its rocks in descending order, taking ucross the island from north to south, may be of interest te your in- telligent readers, and useful to those who wish to procure specimens :— FZET, 1. Redsandstone, containing brown and rusty grey patcenes which bearremains of plants, calcarious streaks with encri- nites, 24 2. Redsandstone and red shale witb streaks of grey and layers of -calcarious conglo- merate, 64 3. Partly concealed-—Red Shale and fissle Sandstone, 64 4. Brown, drab and grey Sandstones, with streaks of Calcarious Conglomer- ate, bearing silicilfied stems and limbs of Piae trees, tree ferns, knorria, and calamites, 12 5. Red sandstone and Shale, 19 6. Brown Sandstone, thick-bedded and coarse, with portions drab and grey. Kard calcarious beds and masses of Concretionary Limestone. Numerous imperfectly silicified trunks of trees, fragments of fern trees, knorria, calim- ites, ferns, and leaves, some masses of coral, 94 7. Alternating thick-bedded red Sand- stone and Shale, 69 Whole depth in feet, 447 B. Agricuitural. Vaccination against splenic fever has de- cidedly entered the region of the practical. Asa result of the memorable experiments made at Melun and Chartres, 30,000 sheep have been vaccinated during the year which has lately expired. M. Pasteur, yielding to the wishes cf veterinary sur- geons,has had suflicient vaccine made in his laboratory to meet all demands, and it is probable that large numbers of flocks will this year undergo the simple but powerful operation which will secure their immunity from the dreaded cixase. One of the most distinguished farmers in the neighborhood of Laon, M. Ernest Magnier has set an exainple to the farmers of his district. Last Saturday Messrs. Canonne, surgeon of Vaux, Bonlongne, surgeon of Saint Mar- cel, and Hedoin, inoculated all the cows, horses, oxen, and sheep on the farm at Lorsy. In less than four hours about forty horses, a hundred oxen and cows, and three hundred sheep were inoculated with the virus, and this will give these animals the first degree of immunity. In about a fortnight the perfect immunity will be secured by innoculation with the stronger virus. a —_—_—_- _Mr. AND Mrs. Spcregon devoted the | $20,000 presented to them at the recent anni- versary of their wedding to the endowment of aa orphanage for girls. They h emly , estubthtied trie for Boyd, Nt remy — cumanenaneapecaaeaeaa CORRESPONDENCE, We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions or statements of our correspondents Letter trom Councillor Chappelle. To the Editor of the Examiner. Sin,—On reading a letter in your issue of yesterday, signed ‘* A, McDonald,” depicting a terrible state of starvation, I, in company with the City Marshal, visited the residence of the Widow Rotchford, in order to glean facts am happy to state that the case has been magnified—no ‘‘bed or bedding” has been burned, and the ‘‘terrible ceath of starvation ” did not appear imminent. I pro- vided a quantity of food which, with the issistance of fr.ends constantly visiting the place, will prevent any serious consequences. It is to be regretted that publicity should be given tothis matter, and that exaggerat« d statements should be made, as it has a tendency to piace our people in a most unen- viable position with our neighbors, Yours truly, Tueo, L, CHAPPELLE. The Capes Route. To the Editor cf the Examiner. Dean Sixn,—On Monday evening last it was found necessary to despatch another expedition to England, consisting of L. H. Davies, John Hughes and F. H. Peters, Esqs. Owing to the terrific storm of San- day and Sunday night, it was supposed to be out of the question to make the Capes, and effect a crossing in time to connect at Halifax with the first steamer departing for England. What was to be done? The steamer ‘‘Northern Light” was, and is yet, icebound. She offered no assistance. Nothing to be done but to attempt via the Capes; and, with a view to get there, a special train was procured, and left Char- lottetown at 8.30 in the evening, arriving at County Line Station at 11.30, where teams were held in readiness for the Capes, and notwithstanding Sunday’s storm the journey was safely made, thus enabling the party, whose mission effects our whole people, to reach the Capes and effect a crossing on Tuesday. Senator Montgomery, after being delayed at Georgetown since last Friday, had to return to the Capes via County Line Station in order to go to Ottawa. Hence the imme- diate necessity for the Capes Route im- provements, to the end that our people may be enabled to go and cothe to the [sland with some degree cof certainty, and on such unportant occasions as these, at will, This week’s performance at the Capes has certainly done more to establish this as a Winter Route, than anything that has occurred in the pas®. Yours, &c., Feb. 8, 1882. Nero. Ve the Editor of the Heaminer. Sim,—Over the signature of ‘ James Warburton,” and dated at ‘‘ Huntington,” February 7th, | have read a very important letter in the ‘‘Patriot” of this evening. Tell it not in Gath; publish it notin the streets of Askelon; ‘James Warburton,” with his ‘“‘servant boy and neighbor Mr. Dickieson,” have for two days been engaged breaking the roads, to enable the farmers to get into town with their produce. He adds that the ‘“‘same thing occurs every winter,” but he has ‘“‘no expectation that any remonstrance of his will have any effect on the Local Government.” What a hard- hearted lotthey must be! Mr. Warburton does not indicate’ very plainly what the Local Government should do in the matter, i. e., whether they should prevent the re- currence of snow storms, or whether they should exempt ‘‘ James War- burton,” his ‘‘ servant boy,” and his good ‘‘neighbor, Mr. Dickieson,” from assisting in kreaking the roads. Since the Local Government are such a hard- hearted lot as Mr. Warburton appears to regard them, it might be dangerous to give them control of the elements, and the same perverse disposition wight cause them to refuse to exempt ‘‘ James Warburton,” his ‘‘ servant boy” ‘‘ and his neighbor, Mr. Dickieson,” from breaking the roade, on the ground that every other man and boy in the Province have to perform similar service, SYMPATHIZER. Ch’town, Feb. 8, 1882. camilla lias a ta Sciences Notes. The San Francisco Board of Health have made the astonishing discovery that the physicians in Hong Kong, China, who are deputed to look after the health of emi- grants from that port to the United States, are in the habit of ** vaccinating” the unso- phisticated Celestiats with mucilage, and of them giving the ship conveying these emi- grants a certificate that they had been properly vaccinated. The consequence is that the Chinese are kept in quarantine and vaccinated at San Franci.co. The Hong Kong doctors claim that there is no vac- cine virus in that city. SALICYLIC ACID is a substance used of late years to a great extent in preserving fruits, vegetabies, and meat. It is a perfect pre- servative, but the trouble is that it acts prejudicially on the constitutions of the people who consume it. Among other effects, it produces deafness. In France the use of it in articles which are for sale has been prohibited. M. Pasteur, how- ever, says that the use of the acid might be permitted, but he insists tnat the sellers should be compelled to state not only the presence of the acid but the quantity of it, so that the purchasers may know to what extent they are drugging themselves. A sensible suggestion, but one as impossible to carry out as are the present laws against adulteration. a Queen Victoria signified her intention, last month, of couferring the Victoria cross npon Surgeon Edmond Baron Hartley, who displayed conspicuous gallantry in attend- ing the rounded under fire in Basutoland, Seuth Africa. One of his acts is wel! worth recording: During the attack on Motrosi’s Mouutain, he proceeded. into the Open mountain under a heavy fire, and car- ried in his arms, from ai. exposed position a wounded corporal. While removing hin, to a place of safety the corporal was ‘again wounded, although the surgeon remained unharmed. The surgeon then returned under @ severe fire to dreas the wounds of other men of the storming party, and remrined until the work was completed, though the fire at the latter of the there lied become furious, _ XAMINER, FEBRUARY Pownal Notes. | We have a few items for you, Mr. Editor, | Let us mention first the Uneasiness of our) farmers, who have to walt for more favor | able weather and tetter ice, before com: | mencing their winter campaign on the 2aus- | sel-beds. We hope their suspense 18 a yout | le } Para. H. Fletcher, who is well known | to your readers, recently favored this com- | munity with his popular lecture on ‘Real | ana ideal Life.” Tie lecture was rej lete | with information, and delivered before a large and highly interested audience. We | are not able to report it, anda bil € sum | wary can only give an inadequate lea of its excellence. He remarked that the | realizations did not come up to the antici | | pations of life, and showed why the | young always looked into the failure, und the old into the past. After developing this idea, he showed that, in all} departments of life, the ‘* Real” did not come up the ‘ Ideal.” Calling attention | especially to farming, mining enterprise, | conducting a newspaper, and the political arena, he clearly pomted out in all these | that the ‘* Ideal” is very different from the! ‘*Real” life. Mr. Fletcher interspersed valuable information and advice, with pleasant anecdote, and held the attention of the audience to the last. His closing remarks on the dignity of labor anc re- wards of virtue were admirably conceived, and given with intense earnestness, We certainly heard Mr. Fletcher at his best, and his racy and instructive lecture will long be remembered by the people of Lot 49. Rev. Mr. Pascoe in moving a vote of thanks, referred in appropriate language to the moral tone, and literary excellence of the lecture. Mr. F. H. Campbell presided. On Thursday evening last a large number of the electors met in Pownal Hall to con- sider the necessity of increased ferry accommodation, and to take the necessary steps in approaching the Government in re- gard to the same. Mr. J. J. Gay was called to the chair, and Mr. Alex. Moore, was appointed Secretary, from whom you will receive full information anent the meet- ing. Messrs. R. Smith, F. H. Campbell, J. N, Robertson and ethers addressed the electors. The disadvantages of this side ef the river were fully ventilated, and a reso- lution passed, unanimously, pledging the people toask for a bridge. A large and wealthy section of the Province makes this appeal, and we are sure they will receive henorable consideration from the Liberal Government of the day. Another meeting is ealled for Thursday next. MARRIEB. dence of tr. McIntosh, by the Rev. Geo. M. Campbell Mr. Allan C. Moore, of Lot 49, to Florence C. McPhee, of Lot 50. VALENTINES —_—— ———— CALI AT BREMNER BROC’S FOR THE BEST VARIETY ! LECTURE. UNDER THE AUSPICES OF CRESCENT CRICKET CLUB. PROF. ANDERSON LECTURE ON EBUCATION, Friday Ev’ng, Feb, 10, at 8 o'clock, IN THE Y. M,C. A. HALL. Admission 10 cents, THE Doors open at 74 p m, G. C. LePAG&, Feb. 9, 1S82—2i Secy of Com. 7. e INSTANTANEOUS MUSIC for the Piano or Organ, by which any child or person can play any of the popular airs by note at sight, without study. pre- vious notice or even muiscal talent. Seven pieces of music, with instructions, mailed to any addreess on receipt of one dollar. Cata- logue of tunes mailed free, Agents wanted. Davies's Manuracturine Co, P. O, Box 211, Amherst, N. 8. [fe 9 1m Bank of Prince Edward Island, Cuartorretown, Feb. &, 1882, OTICE is hereby given that the Presi- E dent and Directors of this Bank are now prepared to receive from Stockholders the amount of their call of $40 per share on the Capital Stock to enable the Bank to resume busiuess by the 24th; it is imperative that all payments of Stockholders should be made on or before the 20th inst., in terms of agree- ment dated Ist Feb. inst, namely, $20 per share in cash and $20 per share secured by promissory note, due 20th May, 1882. JOHN LONGWORTH, President. {fe § till 24] T . ‘ ar “ WANTS, LOST, FOUND, &e. sal ieaaaioemerarticominemeenatin ae ncngenellillccmanenenl Vy ANTED IMMEDIATELY, steady man as Fireman in the Factory.—Mark BOTCHER. [fe 9 2; W NTED—An experience dHouscke: per Apply at once to Arthur & Toombs. ——— i iataali dai THXHE person who took the bunch of Keys from the Secretary's Room of the Prime Street Methodist Sunday School, on Sunday last, will oblige by returning them to ihis o‘lice immediately (if not s .oner ) URSEMAID WANTED — Good | refer- ences required, Apply at this office. [feb 6 tf y ANTED-—-A good woman servant for gen. eral housework. Apply at the ix- 4MINER Office, ffe ¢ \ JANTED—A situation as Manager of @ Lobster Factory by one who thoroug!sy understands the business in all its Branches, eet, Prafifics, N.S. On the 20th day of December, at the resi- | 9, 1882. CLEARING SALE —AT THE— LONDON HOUSE. WE OFFER —FOR— CASE ! ON THE BALANCE OF OUR Winter Stock, AND GTHER LINES, --AFFORDING A— PINE OPPORTUNITY —~ FOR— Town and Country Feiple [i AID OF THE POOR, f ew ST, VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY will give their next ENTERTAINMENT —, oO ST. PAT OICK'S HALL, Thurstay Evening, 9th inst, The proceeds to be devoted to the relief of the poor Doors a’ cluc k open at 7.30; to Admission 10 cents. J. A. MoeK ENNA, Secretary, PRUGRAMRE OF vommence af § Feb. 6~—till date CONCERT! In Aid of the General Hospital, - OnN— Tuesday Evening, 14th Feb, — IN-- Y. M. G. A. HALL 1. Orchestral Club— Queen of the Valley Be 2. Duet Vocal—When the Winds Blow in from tH Bem, . oo. cs b utes dat. d Ss Miss PALMER AND Carr MAXWELL. 3. Solo Voeal—The Irish Emigrant. . Baker Mes. W. Loxeworru. 4, Piano Sclo—Fantasie from Robert Le Diab... : . 40 Oh fi Sns rbweks Meyerbeer, ; Mr, EaRte, 5. Orchestral Club —Selections from Stra- a -« ++ +.dlotow . Solo Vocal—Will 0’ the Wisp...........) Carr. MAXWELL . Violin Solo —-Norma.,. #7) -4....- Bellini Mr. VINNICOMBE. Solo Vocal—The Lost Chord... ..Sullivan Mrs. McLxop, IL. 9. Orchestral Club—Selection from Poet Se 0. Solo Vocal—The Gate of Gold— Miss PALMER, ll. Duet—Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast Mendelssohn Mr axp Mrs. Mircrein ‘ 12. Solo Vocal—Echo Song..... «+++» Bishop Mus. Jack. ; 13. String Quartette—Geiiuian Hymn. . Haydn Messrs, VinNicomMBE, FiercuHER, Youne AND CAVEN, 14. Solo Vocal—Hybias the Cretan.. .Zlliet Mr. CAVEN. 15. Chorus—From Patience......... Re Mrs. Mircu"iy, Mrs. McLropv, Miss Pat. MER, Miss G. DesBrisay, Miss Kate Davins, Miss L. Patmer, Miss G. How, Messrs, Muircnect, Haszarp, May, Frassk. BRECKEN, VINNICoMBE, DaviEs. 16, Orchestral Club—Casino Walizes, ..@ung’l God Save the Queen. Tickets 25 cents, to be had at GC, P. Fletchers Mu-ic Store, and at the door, Concert at 8 o'clock. Janusry 28, ’82. DOMINION OF CANADA, Province of Princes Edward Island, IN THE SUPREME GOURT. Between Simon Wittram Crapne, Plaiatiff, —_— GREAT BARGAINS .: =" y ard CuAkLes Farctey Harris, Defendant, an absent debtor, | Y virtue of a Writ of Attachment to me directed and delivered, issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature in the aboye mentioned suit, | do hereby give public notice to all persons in this Province who are indebted to the said Charles Farley Har- ris, of Charlottetown, in said Province Tinsmith, the defendant in the above men- tioned suit, to pay the several sums so due by them to him, respectively, to me, at my oilice in Charloitetown, aforesaid, according to the statute in such case made and provided, Dated this 30th day of January, A. D, 1882, H. J. CALLBECE, Sheriff Queen’s County, (fe 7 3w 2aw te th] NOTICE. AVING rented the premises lately oc- cupied by C. F. Harris, the subscriber —TO PURCHASE— GOODS —AT A— Low Figure. GEO. DAVIES & CO. January 27, 1882, wky ddress T. L. ©,, Mamnger, 122 pee | 18 begs to intimate to the publiethat he is carry- ing on the TINSMITH BUSINESS in all its branches. Order; punctually at- tended to. A cal! respectfully solicited, L. W. HARRIS, Upper Queen St Ocean Steamship Co, Feh, 8, 1882. LTOTICE. SPECIAL MEETING of the Stock holders of this Company will be held at the office ef PEAKE BROS, & CO. on Wednesday, 22nd of Feb, inst, at 7.30 o'clock, p, m., / to take into consideration the propriety of extending the term of the Partnership of this Company, or otherwise, in accordance with the power contained in the Partnership Deed, Dated at Charlottetown, this 6th day of January, 1582. PEAKE BRO'’S & CO., Manages. nec Feb. 6, ’81—2aw FLOUR. BBLS.SUPERIOR EXTRA FLOUR, . For sale by the subscriber. ATR. 30) ies Water Btrevst, Novi 30, SY, 4