| dieaiae reer 4, ~~? « * ~ i r — CE —_ et a THe Datty EXAMINER. 5 PEBRU LRY 14, 1880 Quixotic Attacks. ho claimed We heard of at 'renchman W that his countrymen _ a itl ‘| bu atter couk British at Waterloo, but the latte | ce | , 2 nr. not see when they were beaten. The op | ent Government ee ed 3 % had defeated the ponents of the pre IMPORTS. A rew days ago we published compara- tive statements of exports from this Prov- ince since 1876. To-day we furnish a comparative statement —prepared and kind- ly furnished by Mr. McKenna, of the Customs Department—of imports into this Province since 1876. The statement does not include the large and yearly increasing quantities of geods obtained in other parts | your children. Give them books: manly Start for them a miniature hbrary, ones. In your old age a tender healthy plantlet. ; you will be pleased to see that your little plant is assuming the strong and vast pro- portions of the oak. We need not apologise to our readers for brinuing to their notice and memory the following exynisite fable from the pen of the Save of Chelsea : ‘© What is the use of thee, thou gnarled sapling ? said a young larch tree to a young oak. ‘I grow three feet in a year; thon, scarcely as many inches. [am straight and re y gio! y* : P ‘ . ne I i lation from a similar! ot Canate ______ | taper as a reed ; thou, straggiung and twist te be drawing consol iw heaten | wee Jed as & loosened withe.’—* And thy dura- source. They have been thoroughly bea eT 2 | 3 . 2 | = tion,’ answered the oak, ‘is some third part at the polls in almost every contest for two} § ae 4 8 83 of a man’s life, and J am appointed te flour- : | co Co . . ry 4 > er three years; and they have recently | > | 2 ° | aft | war ish for a thusand years. Thou art felled . . « ’ . >—4 | -— + ; . } q mS 2 i ; awe t ng, where thou rottest been soundly beaten at public meetings) * iol * | 8 and sawed into paling, where tho - of a : : Psy} } " oO i a 4 and art burned aiter a single Buinwmer ; O , . wgatit ’ . Le ¥ s . , ° ° ealled by themselves on carefully chosen | & at. - ae me are fashioned battle-ships, and I carry i ; Se = } en . . > + C ) grounds. _ But, like the & renchman at) . | 5s , 4a ae | S mariners and heroes into unknown seas. : ; ; 3 - | 7 _ 4 : ‘der Waterloo, they run from the field exclaim: | : | oes tT eee tee I ‘‘The richer a nature, the harder and ALErTLOO, .. . 3 —- ies . > i. .l low its development. Two beys were ing. ** We have beaten you, but you de not; g oiSs ~ | siower its ¢ ORTON 6 : wi 1.” Th funniest } = !* 8a] @ once ef a class in the Edinburgh Grammar at v are co iered, ne Lunniest | r es Oo ~ ; j . see that you are c — eret _ ; : } — i Ss | Schoo} . John, ever trim, precise and dux . part of the business Is that whieh the Patriot 3 I ‘eas Walter, ever slovenly, confused and delt. plays before and after those meetings. In : | 3 = & | S| In due time John became Baillie John of b e . i ca - a ' : tf . ia P haw oe +? announcing a particular meeting he in- = 5 a ae 1s Hunter square, and “ altex became Sir i hat the people are boiling with * _ oe - | & Walter Scott of the Universe. ‘* The quick- timates tha 7 ~~ ’s ‘tans 3 ao a est and completest of all vegetables is the ‘‘ indignation,” but are determined to be & = | salhaies? I a . ” ; 3 re rae * ‘*trampled on no longer. He advises ~ - “ee ae cee . om S ° ~ a 2 . : oa the sturdy yeomanry to gird on their) = = Igl x ra HOTEL ARRIVALS. . . Das GE eet ond ~ > 1 OD | armour, reminding them that those ‘* who > | 23 3 o — : ly ‘ike the % las S 1S i ROCKLIN MOUSE. would be free, themselves must strike the ey las S S ne ; . ot , on o io} So}, 19 James Laird, New Glasgow; David we +} ventful day arrives °° = So lS | | FebJ2—James Laird, New Giasgow; blow. hen the event a mis wo See aed | Kagan, Wt Stewart; Jas McLean, Belfast; Wm one of the Patrivt staft may be seen, like & « 5 Ss els. Patrick, Hampton; W MeNeill, do; Rev A oa Reed a ing that redoubtable +S ='5 ele of Stewart, Belfast; W Bownis, Margate; A EC Sancho Panza. ore 5 ig A rr} iS | folland. MPP, Bed Feb 13—Thomas . i -s on ed ¢ S| Holland, M pedeqne. Feb Ty vIn : Stewart, to the scene} - “o' 2 eal os 3 ollandl, 4 = : Don Quixote, W. D. Stewart, tot nr — im iS 5 Pe Pe. | Brehaut, Summerside; George A Rattenbury, of his exploits ; and the account which he S j= Tos ipo | Hunter River: James Gay, Pownal; D Hyde, ~ an S * , ‘ } , > : : gives of the escounters are almost as 5 a5 West liver; J H Crosby, Bonshaw; A Robin- ' a tes’ version of the adven 3 a” oe tt son, d+; Richard Thompson, Sidney Mills; amusing as Cervantes version | ; : = ra - | @ i ai ¥redericton: James Wel > : 5 ' “a a er is James Stephenson, fredericton; James VV ebs- . . on — ’ ft ; zu = o “ -” ‘ tures of the itamortal Don. Generally, 7 - toe 13 s ter, Shediac; R Stewart. Strathgartney #Angus . i ~ — 1 * M 7 “+ » ‘ 7 some foul enclanter turned giants into & i & | ae Living ston, Boushaw ; Wm Connolly, do; Wm. i ; i i 3 e | @ Henderson, N B. windmills or castles into inns, so as to 3 | = | we | . sy . s | —_ : - : eae ee deprive the Knizht of the glory he had so . - & LReestllinsanbilaiaiauiaiiasis Ullipaitieiininilaeen shania ads ey ~s. Jo, in the c ili 5 S 3 > ff et Mme richly earned. So, in the case of W illiam 3 “3 S Sn] Fae Re? . . . 4 4 ; of, > 13S oe Pe D. Stewart, some disturbing element is at = be; 8 2 4 Baie O ..2 : % 2 & 3 @ } * - ' Nate Cole pt seat >" work to rob him of the vietory which, ac- = — oo 1 ate Try A : . . } g oe A lay 4 ; y Ey cording to the /’atriot, he is always on the 3 ~ Oe | & NA a 5 NT sé cis ‘apy gre A otro elim 3 Cd | uk UU ET GA : point of achieving. At Bonshaw the reso- 3 La a. ae > 3 ; , *aATI¢ a ys at yy a4 ‘ os ° ° “se ~ } } wearer ’ } lution of consure was too strong, the wg Ah ey AR fel Be | FPENDERS addressed to the Postmaster- Chairman was partial, and the ‘‘ boys % ‘= iS a 'S = iso | {{Jeneral, will be received at Ottawa, un- ? S 18 Set Sods | il 12 »’clock FRIDAY, 12th MARCH wouldn’t count. Therefore, Mr. Stewart 2 ~|3a} | bu 149. clock Boon, on PALA Y, Lota MARE ; er . S|! (a 8 pee 4 NEXT, for the conveyance of Her Majesty 8 4 deprived of the glory he madly tm- a Eieaed pS = } Mails on proposed contracts, for four ‘years, agined was his. At St. Peter’s the ‘‘ Liber S Y to 2 i= from Ist April next, over each of the follow- als from the North side” got so tired of his ons | 3 ~. < | iug rewtes, viz. : » » } | = Ba oe, : ‘ ‘ + =F y ‘ ra : ' o a 21] arrett’s Cross and Park Corner nence that they forgot to vote, and ee a ¥ : A , yg eters Sd a prom [Seo Cardigan Bridge and Lot 56, another victory slipped between the fingers Es || ee | Cardigan Bridge and Railway Station, : . i ; j ~ r: - ef our dowghty hero. In fact, the Patriot was French Village and Mount Stewart, ' : “Sey te ae oon Tl ro | o Georgetown and Launching always find causes for their failures en ; 12 xeorg Li g, : people always ind os os |! oa . la Georgetown and Murray Harbor North, —apart from the real one, that the people o a \ Do Hy O'Leary Station and West Cape, : : . . 9 Oc) oe . ; os are against them. This sort of thing is be- 5 = | ‘os or | St. Andrew’s and Railway Station. oe tT AS+ 6 1a. | , . a ; coming so common in the columns of the eo «ii re a pa | Printed notices containing full information Paty: Sa bet it 4 Lecidedlv nauseous St oe |; | as to conditions of proposed contracts may be e $ C 3 é us. a 4 i} ita acco es am. cele : eae eee Sail ed Zig seen, and blank forms of tendermay be ob- Come, neighbor, give us something a trifle so) és a ae = | tained, at the Post Offices at which the ser- less puerile and more becoming in an $% |] 3 le B. | = ore vices commence and terminate, or at the e-iie | 2s So a/;o .} office of the subscriber. ergan of a political party. eri: 2's z ~ le | VY. W. McLEOD, As for Mr. Wm. D. Stewart, we would 3 2 || ins a | Asst. P. 0. lospector. : i= 1} ; a araiceni ayvect: r.. Geo ‘har ‘+ , : strongly advise him to ponder well the a 8 || : ga er EN reek Inspector's Ofiee, Char lottetow n, ‘ [f 13 . Sone 6 World S|! 2 2is 3vth January, 1808. } 3i words of Don Quixote’s niece, ‘* Would it ee | | 3 Ss | m iain ppp ain Oo . . a } = eo _ not be better to stay quietly at home and uw. 2 1 3, a , ™ 4 T meg not ramble about the world seeking for ot || 5 w” | & = . e e ev j better bread than wheaten, without con- s< || . ‘ eu tl ert rare ; ribied Lit 4 sidering that many go out for wool and 2) ; ROFFSSGOR CAVEN will deliver the h o> || : . second of a Course of Lectures in connec- ere oe |! ofl ofr: com tion with the Sr. Parrick’s T. A. & B. ern Z| ee oe Socrery, in ; oe S I} z S - The Meeting at DeSable. ( BB se & aes -~ ; w nae ae : ST. PATRIOK’S HALL, Asovt forty or fifty electors were present Be || 2 on . 2 wi) ~-o3— in DeSable Schoolroom,on Thursday evening De |! a 6 : reese . “3 } * » i ‘ R last. Mr. William McDonald was appoint- | x Taesia EY hg Hy ext Want Heh e : : a th — tx a ) > Li j 1 ed Chairman. A motion to appeint Mr. | <= oo Subject Cardinal Wi eA SEE ce ee Tecate ee Mace gear Subject—Cardina iseman Hamilton, of the Patriot, Secretary, was de- ort j we ; 77 . e ° He a ’ sly . i — > te feated by a vote of the meeting, and Mr. Our Quick Boys. a = open at 7 o'clock; Chair to be taker rie was appointed Secretary. | ; ieRik tan . Cur 7 On . . Tl ®' “The richer a nature, the harder and slow- Admission 10 cents. ; A cabs 1s meeting was addressed by Messrs. Cameron tte deadio nt.?—C ‘ RICHARD WALSH, 9 ’ > er ifs develupement, ARLYLE, i re : ‘ , , ies Feb. 12, 1580 — tam Secretary. Stewart, Campbell, Ferguson, Boats and ‘i ; om Pitter. cn ar saci ndinas a ee M oe A somewhat varied experience of men atheson. A resolution censuring the! jas led me, the longer I live, to set the less : HC’ R H} Governmen! was proposed by Mr. Nelson,| value upon mere cleverness ; to attach more i and an amendment expressing confidence importance to industry and physical endur- BY REY SEX W HODGSON in them, was proposed by Mr. Boats. On| @#e- -—PROFESSOR HUXLEY. i » UE. . . @ division, the chairman said that, in his} What a remarkable display of cleverness } In aid of the funds of the Women’s 54 , - : Jenevolent Society @pinion, the resolution was carried, The} What prodigious powers! The lad is a Benevolent Society, supporters of the amendment demandedi wonder! Such are the remarks of the or- —IN THE— that a count of the electers present should |dinary pedegogue, and also of the delighted fled - : so. + be made. The chairman proceeded to make| parent. Yes! truly, he is clever enough. ok Ue eo AT, @ count, when the light was very mysferiows- | Every watershed in tho world is in his + -ON=- jy put out hy some one who, fer the nonce,| brain ; every possible exceptior™ in any Tyesda 17th inst preferred darkness to light. We are in-jordinary grammar can be trotted out to y; ‘3 formed that not one of the supporters of| order ; his mind is stuffed to the brim with AT EIGHT, YP. M. Y, ’ ‘oo . ‘ ier 9 > 4 } i ~ e . cy el 7 Messrs. Campbell and Cameron voted for/iuterminable formule and _ mechanical Subject —MOSES, the Great Hebrew States: the resolution ; bat, on the other hand, a} auxiliaries ; in fact, he is as quick as a man, Legislator and Poet, umber of respectable men who supported | ca>baye, of which we shall hear more here-{ Admission 15 cen's. . vi INT. ANNI ry r Mr. Stewart at last election, voted | *fter: , ; ANNIE MONTGOMERY, “> | Now, there ia no denying that these boys! Feb. 11, 1830. Secretary. against it. ~~ ~— —-—_ -- ae +-* es, We read the following very . diatracting atatemeut in an article in the last Canadian Monthly, by Mr. William Norris :—~ ‘““We are on the eve of startling events. Public opinion in Canada has come to the gonclusion that something must be done, or some chau re made, to meet the crisis that is approachivg.” The only consolation we can afford our- selyes unier the circumstances, is that the Very same ‘“‘ crisis” has been ‘* expected’ about one hundred times in the last twenty years ; aud as yet we see no signs of its zoming. Nevertheless if is just as wel! that Mr. Norris shouid “sing out,” if his eyes are |etter than everybody else’s. nt — IT criti tee Just 8 cceived a large and well assorted lot Valentiows, from 1 cent up to $1.00, at the Agricult: ral Store.—R. May, f 3, Gi eT Am Sapp CLARIVS DIAMOND DUST POLISH.— Unrivalled for cleaning Gold, Silver and Bidke! ware, Enquire for it, are quick, But we most emphatically deny that this quickness is a sign of true genius. rheir quickness, to them, is as mechanical as tinkering a kettle,shoeing a horse, or suc- cessfully arranging a shirt front. They strike the harp of learning with their rapid bravura and fortissimo; but they co not s‘rike, and scarcely ever learn to strike it, with a hero’s streng'h and grace. Why this disquisition on the quick ones ! Becanse we would urge the claims of the ** plodder,” (not of either the dunce or of | the sluggard), but of the boy who buckles | ou his iarness for trae work, and always | finds his work hard. In such an one, the. mind is sustaining a severer mental discip. | line, and consequently nursing the germs of | genius. For whatis genius! A leading modern writer answers; ‘‘ Genius is at first. ‘tittle more than a great capacity for receiv: | ing discipline.” Ye masters, think more of yorr honest (perhaps slow) workers. Oftimes there iw the burning coal. How often do you make it the dead grammatical cinder? Parents, encourage, in every way, the industry o/ APPLES, APPLES. 5O BARRES NO. 1 APPLES, in prime order, at A. McNEILL’S Ch’town, Feb. 10, 1880. Auction Room, | Take Notice | CHARLOTTETOWN, Feb. 19, 1880. eas will be issued against those persons who have been sued for City Taxes for the year 1878, if not paid forth- with, Also, City Taxes owing and unpaid for the year 1879, will be sued for if not paid im- mediately. By order, W. SHEPHERD, City Collector. UBSCRIBE for the DAILY EXAMINER, bh the Cheapest and most Newsy Paper Pablished in the Provinces. JANUARY! 1880. 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