tite t 77 i 2 , THE DAILY EXAMINER. FEBRUARY 138, 1889. Agricultural Educaiion. Tur attack of the Agriculturist upou Mr Laird is, We think, without What Mr. Freetown Convention was not spoken man taken in an Alexander warrant yy offensive sense : it was not oifensive sense; and fail to see why the dgriculturis¢t should interpret it m an vtlensive sense. Chat Mr. Laird would try to inflict a stigma upon the mass of the people of this Province is not probable ; nor is it probable that he, a farmer, would wantonly insult his fellow farmers. In point of fact, he referred to the high in- telligence of our farming population and to the information of which they are careful to possess themselves concerning pohi- tics and other interesting topics, acdinitting, nevertheless, that as a class they are densely ignorant concerning the principles which govern the production of crops and herds, and that count the cost Who L sird is not they hardly ever f what labor to produce. that Mr. of our farmers, 1n- the 5 ean truthfully say right? That the mass telligent and well read on many topics, ap- preciating fully the value of knowledge about politics, religion, law, etc., are yet lamentably ignorant of the very elements of agricultural science and fail to calculate the costof production, is a fact which should ) } ; linkea ehie . } not be blinked at, Which ou it to be man- } fully accepted in « rder that enlightenment may be sought snd found. Thin mattar om ifiis matter is or Aigh itmporcance Just in proportion to the amount of study “DAILY | commiunmicatl n, by steam, has never beet mr ans degree, exceptionally mild winter, ‘3 not yet past. No. Communication be d } itween this Island and the mainland never will be ** continuous ” the people ever rest fully satisfied until ithat has been done. Phat the Government have done well in lobtaining the Stauley and providing rail- | . mm The mean- | ways to the Capes is freely adinitted. | Stanley is doing goud work 1n the ltime: and the railways to the needed whether a summer ferry be estab. Capes are lished there or not, whether the Subway or Tunnel be constructed there or net. But we incline to the opinion that our corres- that the the Capes 1s statement delay in pomdent s building harbor works at erroneous. Referring to the whart at Cape rormentine, Sir Hector Langevin says (see page thirty-one of his last report): ‘Oroug to the fail ive of the contractors to prosecute their work, fresh tenders were called for, anda second contract has been entered into for the completion of the wharf.” We incline to the belief that the delay at Cape Tormentine is due to ** the failure of the contractors,” and not to the discussion ay We are, at all events, told that *‘a second contract has been entered into for the com- pletion of the wharf.” é ° The Roarin’ Game. THe match between the New Cale- donia Club. of Pictou, and the Charlotte- town Club was continued yesterday after noon \ re-arrangement of the Chariotte and labor which a farmer gives to his land, his | atock and tions are obtained, will be the improvement of his farm and his own profits; and just in | proportion to the number of such stu lious, and informed, and industrious farmers will be the improvement of the whole Pro- vinee, and the prosperity of the whole com- munity. This being so, the subject of Agricuitural Education is certainly, in re- spect to the interests of this agricultural Province, the most important that can be Y inmer ts ned. Therefor de the fact that our leading farmers are waking up to their ig- norance of the specialties of farming ia a gratifying one. Instead of denouncing Mr. Laird, The Agriculturist ought to commend The doubt, be grasped by his fellow farmers ; him, truth that he spoke will, no and, once they have grasped it, they will not be long in making a vigorous demand that instruction in the principles of agricul- ture be imparted in the public schools and by means of agricultural! institutions placed within the reach of the rising generation. 4°96 = Communication with the Mainland. iy our correspondent ‘* Constant Reader” will but call at Tue Examiner office, we shall have great pleasure in laying before him a copy of the official document on which the the section of Northumberland Strait be- cween Carleton Point and Money Point— the line of the proposed subway or tunnel -is shown. He will then see that the dis, tance between the two points, according to the measurement of the Government En- ‘ a ee i} the processes by which his | rouduc- | - | aiiect me anvther ’ town Rinks was m ide with the he pe that sue boys might in some degree regam the lost in the forenoon, but all to no : ther victory was scored for the visitors. The Rev. 8S. Weston-Jones however, must be congratulated on having tied Yorston, of Pictou, the seore being 10 to L0:;— Pictou ]. Hanley, J. J. } aylor. Dal. Patterson ~ ‘h' town. H. V. Paimer. Zz C. James. Alex MeRinnion. D. A. MeDonaid. Rev. J. Carruthers. R. A. Dawson. (skip) F. H. Beer (skip 21. 4. John Fergusov. J. J. Davies Albert McKean. W. A. QO. Morson. J. . Davies 7. ty mgworth J. orston (skip) Rev s W .doues, (sk De 10 10 R \ 4 3l i4 Inthe evening the visitors were enter- tained by the Home Club with a dinner at the Davies, which passed off very pleasant- ly. After ample justice had been done the good things provided, and the usual toast to the Queen had been drank, the Pre- sident proposed ‘* The Visitors,” to which ina neat toast Mr. Primrose responded speech. Mr. Primrose isan enthusiastic admirer of the game of curling. He claimed that there was no winter sport equal to it, as it afforded, when played properly, not only exercise and recreation for the body but acted as a stimulus to the mind. Rey. Mr. Carruthers, Chaplain of the Club, R. R. Fitzgerald, Esq., T. C. James, J. R. Davies, (Pictou), H. C. McDonald, W. A. Weeks, jr., and others also spoke in favor of the game, and of the great benefit derived from these friendly meetings and contests of skill and judgment. Mr. F. H. Beer added to the pleasure of the evening with a song, ‘' The Newfound- land Dog,” and Mr. Alex. McKinnon sang ‘‘ Bonnie Prince Charlie” with great spirit. The visiting team will leave for home this gineers, is just six and one-half miles. If| evening " oS he still doubts, he may take out his rule and measure and calculate the distance, ac- cording to the scale laid down. If not yet fully satisfied, let him go to the Capes and mesure the distance himself,—~1s the Gov- ermment Engineers, who made the survey, have done. [t is & great pity that so much misappre- heasion should prevail about the Subway scheme ; misapprehension born of ignor- snce is, we are convinced, at the bottom of the opposition to it. But if men will neither believe the words of qualified engineers, nortake pains to find out for themselves, there must needs be misappre- liension ! that our dent is perfectly sincers when—in contra- diction of Walter Shanley and other emi- nent eivil engineers—he calls the Subway scheine **a folly.” So was Mr. Mackenzie sincere when he said that it would exhaust the resources of the British Empire to build : at the northof Lake Superior aut through the Rocky Mountains. But the Guyernment of Canada, took the advice of their engineers, did what the honer of Canada demanded in respect to the terms of union with British Columbia, and proved that Mr. Mackenzie's fears were ill-founded. They will do well if they act in like manner with respect to a , We have no doubt correspon- ralriway LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. —--—> The Subway Scheme. Sin,—In your issue of the 9th ult., you were pleased to lay before the public ‘SA Section of Northumberland Strait on the line of proposed Subway.” ! have to observe, according to this sur- rey the distance across the strait is laid jown as some two miles less than it was hought to be. It is pleasing to be informed hat we are so much nearer the mainland han we supposed. But to be fully assured f its authenticity it would have been more vonvincing had it been accompanied with the signature ot the surveyor. It reminds me of an incident that occurred at the bank a short time ago, viz.: A person presented a check that was disallowed, because it wanted the drawer’s name. I regret to say I have not at hand a map of the strait as laid down by Admiral Bayfie'd in his sur- vey, because it would be satisfactory to compare it with this recent survey —possibly the strait may have narrowed up by some arrangement of nature duringthe interim of the surveys. I trust you will pardon me for differing with you on several points in the article ac- companying the sketch of the survey. In the first place, I don’t agree with the writer in a condemnation of the Government in relation to the non-fulfillment of the terms of Confederation. On the contrary, I be- lieve it has done as much and effected more towards a continuous communication with the Intercolonial railway than was expected by our plenipotentaries or the public at oS. & er er co Prince Edward Island. But our correspondent actually thinks that the Government have effected ‘* more towards 4 continuous communication with the Idtercolonial Railway than was expect- ed by our plenipotentiaries or the public at the time the contract was entered into.’ We veature the opinion that he is abso- lutely singular in this respect. Our vleni- poleataries and the Government agree 1 that, as one of the conditions of the Umon { Prince Edward Island and Canada, the Government of Canada should provide — ‘* Eflicient steam service for the conveyance f mails.and passengers between this Island sod the mainland winter and summer, se aa to pl we this Isl and um ntin fous comm: rication 1 : ; e a3 re My with the Intereclonial Railway ond the railway tection of the boats ; boats, Mr. system of the Dominion.” Our correspoudent’s opinion is not, it Wibl readily. be seen, in wceord With the facts the time the contract was entered into. The incessant cry that has been kept up in relation to this subject is, in my opinion, without foundation. It has had the tend- ency of causing us to appear unreasonable and ridiculous in the minds of Canadians well-informed as to what the Government have really and truly effected towards oarry- ing out the terms referred to. it cannot be contradicted that the rail- vay lines of communication are extended to Cape Traverse, and on the other side to Cape Tormentine with the view of connect- ing these lines by steamboats plying the water between these headlands, and that considerable sums of money were about being laid out on the build ing of piers and harbors on either side for the accommodation and __ pro- Elior, espable of carrying fromthree to four trafie cars, any number of horses and cattle, and with the words of the contract ; for continuous, until this present and the winter until a subway or ; a tunnel has been constructed ; nor should Laird said at the], EXAMINER, ee of the question of the Subway or Tunnel. } half to five hours t ( ” i C T . cannot be deceived in theiy intention to Wednesday Evening, February (3th. thwart Senator Howlan and the building ef{ # o—-———~ - the subway. The explanation that they Penne DO, .. ...s0<ecee Messrs. Watson and Kar'’e are such great ** Babies’ as not to undef- | Vocal Solo...........0-000eeeeeeeeeeneDr. Maynard . — 2 ing . ’ + cther horn of a dilemma,fand I, Mr. Edi- ReAdINg...... 2+. sere eeeeere ees eos oye, COttom tor, would like to know to which they will | Vuca! Solo.......... bcp dee hone ence Miss Palmer cling. VoveR. Duet (Violin and Piano).........+.-..0.eeeeee0s f cases. advocated with much force and plausabi ty | bands of any persons so entitled or claiming to seem strange, when the agitation is Increas- as the Stanley was a success, months of the year. are devious. way is extending outside the Province, in) Nova Scotia as instanced by the outspoken | utterances of such eminent men as 1, : ee ie bishop O’Brien, of Halifax, in New Bruns- | Sk A'TING RINK wick by meetings to discuss the question, oo ‘“ aud now in Ottawa, the seat of ment, by Principal Grant, who, in his elo- quent lecture delivered only ago, on Britain,” said the only link bind all the Provinces of Canada together D. C. McLEOD, was the Subway between P. E. Island and | the Mainland. every patriotic Canadian would wish to he | supplied. It about, would oppose it. becomes of Darwin’s ‘* mssing link,’ —an sentiments as their’s increase and prosper. | But what should we say of such small-souled | contemptible men as stand that the task of the Stanley is quite easy on account of a mild winter, 1s the GC . SD FORMU ok ino cs oe epee evesecssusesass Miss Lawson Sir,—I see by the City Report of 1888, “°°°"* oe that there is outstanding on personal pro- Vocal Duet............ ..... The Misses Mc Mahon perty and poll tax to the end of the year, | Vocal S0l0...... 6... ..ee ence cree seer es Miss Earle $5,470.73 of taxes. Is it so that this} pialogue—* apartments”....................0.050e . Yan > et j amount cannot be collected / OE SIRE PT ities Bali. 5 soo scans vtdaeos hs ( - sekdeeas Vaniderstine swear to the service of the ; Wotkl TOR. ks pve cvcuces dacs Mrs. George Hodgeon let it be your never failing pillar of light. Be brave, and on conscience to the last. page ntact nar WEDNESDAY. eS = a at railway of this Island and that of the Con- tinont for at least nine, if net ten, months of the year. Now, while these piers were proceeding towards construction, the subway scheme was started. The press of the Island, Tory wnd Liberal, encouraged it; public meetings endorsed it. The construction of the machinery for effecting it was extolled, it was incomprehensible to ordinary minds aud more valued by the ignorant because of its mysterious character and because some engineers picked up in the United States said the scheme was feasible. So the public was ledto think all that was wanted was sowe five million of dollars and that the Government were bound in honor, under the Act ot Coufederation, to ee ee MR. VINNICOMBE, Assisted by his Pupils and some of the bes Vocal and Instrumental Talent of the City, will give one of their IN THE harbors or steamboats; we would have none of them. Under these circumstances the Government acted wisely. It bowed to the vublic expression, withdrawing further ‘Tt sj a i f i I ie : WeSGay, dil OF March, I did, Mr. Editor, intend to say more respecting the efforts that have been and are being made to carry out that section of the Act of Confederation to which your article drew my attention, in doing so | would be transgressing the limits allowable in a single letter. 1 would, nevertheless, say we should call to memory the experiment made to afford winter communication by the Northern Light, and to the success attending the splendid steel steamer now on the line, making passages through the ice from | Georgetown to Pictou in from two-aad-a | oa em Particulars will be given shortly. febl3 Ia the Kxchequer Const of Gavada. abe matter of the ‘‘ Expropriation Act,” and in the matter of those certain parcels or tracts of land hereinafter deseribed :— PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY, Lots No. 7 and &, Charlottetown. To RONALD McMILLAN. of the City of Char- Jot'etown, in the County cf Queens, Prince Kdaward Island, Kaqre, and to ali persons en- titled to the land and property herein men- tioued, or any part thereof, or representing © being the husbands of any persons so entitled, or claiming to hold or represent encumbrances thereon or interests therein. PUBLIC NOTIOK IS HEREBY GIVEN that s In conclusion, I rejoice with you very | heartfully and joinin the requiem to the poor subway, wishing peace to its ashes and eternal rest to that folly. 1 am, Dear Sir, Yours &c., ~ ltrar of the Exchequer Court of Canada. on the ‘ , . " i Seventh day of Feornary, A. L. 1859, & notice j ; INSTAN' BADER. | ° : : 7 oe ~~ A x te wr Reape ithe said Registrar by the Miaister of Haiuways Un town, 10th ¥ eb ‘ L8ss. hand Canals tor Canada, siatifix fir ! ditic da i |} pay over to the px raons entitled Lhercts | sul lot Five Hundred Doliars, which, tm hie “pinion @ur Grit Representatives at Gitawa. lis sufficient componsativa tor the laud « | perty expropriated for the purposes of r pro- e . P rin ' kdward Island Railway, 4 pubdble Work, and ne | described as follows, that Is to cay: All that Sir. —1 was astonished at the presump- | certan tract or parcel of land situare, 13 logs and . : > is ki ee being on Water Lot« Number seven vight, tion of Dr. Robertson and Mr. Welsh rush- jy ui. city of Cnarl.tsetown, Qacen’s County, ng, as thev are rep irted to have done, tu. Prin \ciward Island, bounded as follows, tha . ; iatosav: Commercing on the western cide of the Department of the Minister of Marine : y ‘ . ° . Prinee Street, at a point oae hnuncrea and seveu- at Ottawa, on their arrival there in their | ty-eignt (173) feet southerly aloax the same from capacity, and informing the being in the centre ne of th wnslative Water Street, ecvisiative with that confidence which is Mini railway lracK sinister, the Flour Mill; it runs thence soutberiy along | born of ignerance, that the steamer Stanicy | suid Streec for ihe distance « ix (6) feet: lhence : . . 1 ethraa ur Tee . s 6:3 Ww.) ie euceen ft ia eel kapen et 8 ee degrees west (5.65> W.) oue | e ° . . -s hundred and ten (150) feet, or t toe e@p,Ftern Stanley is ODIY A very short time in service pnoandary line of lands now the prop y of the | in the Gulf, and that the season 18 one Ot Prince Edward [siand Steam Nav inn VOM. . ’ re “ge . arig , . : ? “ar I } | se | i a rit ia JP pay; eOCe bporheny mune sia pouncary t le milde st Knewn”a Hi the Ma LCT i aK twelree (12) feet: thence north sixty-three degree } vinces for years— 50 fine, indeed, that ONLY east to the Westra side of Prince S:rest aiore -| a short time ago a schooner bailing frou Salk) ; thence southerly along the same six (3) | “ee 1) : : ; ‘ Cor fect to the point of commencement containing | Annandale arrived in Georgetown. ON-'ay area of one thousand three hundred auc | . ; o— ‘ — . g c ¢ Steel " sidering this, would not any sensibie person | twenty (1,320) superficial feet, a litte more 01 less, : : ; ; ,| ‘that Her Majesty Qucen Victoria has acquired fu pronoules the Stanley an acknowledyed | title to the jand and property hereinbefore des- } cribed, uader chapter thirty-nive of the Revised who | Statutes of \‘anada respecting the expropriation of lands, as amended by the Act 50-5! Vie, ch.) 17, intituled: **An Aci to amend the hevised Statutes. chapter thirty-nine, respectins tine Expropriation of Lands.” ; ; ‘ , (Grit mis-representatives exe epted) hesitate SUCCHUSS | Itisthe opinion of a great many have made the navigation of the Straits a study, that during the greater part of ‘the | winter season it is an impossibility. AS 4) In consequence, all persons entitled to the saia consequence, Tunnel or Subway has been , hereinbefore de scribed land or property, or any) ? | part thereof, or reyreseuting or being the hus- by Senator Howlan and others interested | hold or repre senting - Labrances thereon or <7 ei ae = ’ : .q {interests tiierein, are called upon to file in the! in the welfare of our Island. And it does eet the agtetrer of tho amas wie Court of | Canada their claims or oppositions on or before | Messrs. Welsh and Robertson | the MWENTY-SEVENTH DAY OF eee 1 ee eel Ottawa : 1 . fect, say ae Iss9, and are potified that such cians or should rush to ttawa and, in eee, ay | oppositions will be received and adjudged upon | hat a Tunnel or Subway is not required, | by this Court, and that the proceediags herein and augured ; will forever bar all claims to the compensation ; ° a money or any part taercol, including any claim communication e€eVen | jin respect of dower or of dower hat yel open, a+ Verily, Grit tactics | well as in respect of all mortgages, hypothecs or incumbrances upon the sail Jand or property. | Dated at Otrawa, this Seveath day of Febru- jary, A. D. 1889. (Signed) febl3—4w law ing, that t well to maintain Now, when interest in a tunnel or sub- AU DETTE, Registrar. Ly A Arch- Govern- | a few days |fPMICKETS admitting Skaters for remainder and Great | of the current season will be sold ai a required to, reduction of Twenty Per Cent. ‘*Canada, Australia febl3—li PROGRAMME OF. Secretary. Yes, the ‘‘only link.” This is the link | is only Grit craveus ard | sroukers, who want something to croak | Whatever = Toy Symphony Concert, j TO BE GIVEN IN- ! — wen then we should not despair—further ‘esearch might locate it as consisting of the trit croakers of the Dominion. Long may Archbishop O’Brien and Prin- tipal Grant live, and may men of such noble A PETE RS SB) HOGL s i me ; 9 those with whose i iaines we opened these paragraphs? We Dialogue—"* Completely Sold”........ areas su ieee eeneees Messrs. Lloyd and Vinnicombe ... Mr. F. P. Carvell -_. An Enquiry. Vocal Solo... ax notice, which must be done in all these TOT STisFraorTr. TAXPAYPR. nese Doors onen at 7.39. Concert begins at 8. Admission, 20 cents—to be paid at the door. febll SOC THE LADIES OF Feb. 12, 1889. Keep the law of duty ever before you-— ee thee the square with your Your success in life may not be equal to your hopes or your de- serts; itis not in man to insure success, The best and wisest of us fail in the struggle; but we have consolation even then. To gain the world’s applause, and snatch its fleeting spoils, is not a man’s sole Si John’s Church Wilton and proper business here. Immortality , a j ' smiles upon the scene, and beckons him on- ce ‘ ; : : IN ch b H¢ L JIN 3 S¢ hi L y ward in the race for those eternal honors Ree ee which the world can neither give or take KENWIT?T BOVSE 9.Ta> away—the prize that all may strive for . aud noone strives in vain. —Dr. Markham, ov ~~. +--+. Wer havea few brown sleigh robes left which we will sell this week at $7 cash. Harris * Stewart. * febl3 3i Salance of Heavy Underwear selling at co3t at D. A. Bruce's. tf—febi3 VICKETS—-Dinner, 50c.; Tea, 25c. Misses’ and Boys’ Feit Overshoes, only 85e, Tables will be laid from 6 p. m. at R. K. Jost’s. teb4 tf If the weather is unfavorably will be held Thursday Evening, Feb. 1th. MUSIC, DINNER and TEA will be pro- vice d. atfording wenderful facilities in forwarding 4 freghtt and paasenyers, thus cunmectimg tite at U. A, Bruce's. Popular Orchestral Concerts furnish the mouey. “=Yy : Therefore we did not require piers or Y : M. ( ? A ? HA Li, there bas beea lodged in the Office of the Regis- | FEBRUARY 13, 1889. x ST NE GASE WU emi ll Widths. Low Prices. —— =) ANLEY BROS. BROWNS BLOCK. ARE FIRST-CLASS, and Variety Great, ——AT— PERKINS & STERNS. THE GOODS Brices Low scansiuas ania F* sgepereney den rda A Large Stock of Grey Coitons, 4 Large Stock of White Cottons, ENGLISH, CANADIAN AND AMERICAN PRINTS, Canadian Shirtings and Ginghams, Black and Colored Dress Goods, Table Linen, Towels, Towellings, Bed Tickings, Hessians, Counterpanes, Foiles Covers, Cretonnes, Sheetings, Tabla Napkins. VERY BEST VALUR IN GARPSTS AND OIL CLOTHS, ———=10; __ The above bought at the right time and place, and will be sold as we always do sell -CHEAP. PERKINS & STERNS. WG, PLACE AND VALUE NEBRUARY AND MARCH are good Months in which to get your Furniture repaired, upholstered and brightened, and ours is the place where you get good value in this line, No charge for storage. During April and May nearly every householder wants some NEW FURN!TURE. We are now manufacturing 150 Bedroom Suits and 75 Parlor Suits expressly for our Spring Trade (all new styles.) With these goods and the low values placed on them, we expect to delight our patrons and paralyze our competitors. These goods are just 100 per cent. better than the low grade of goods found in the Auction Rooms throughout the Dominion. All the year round you will find at our place the Largest Cheapest and Newest Assortment of Furniture, Bedding, &e. We invite comparison and the fullest investigation of prices and values offered. MARK WRIGHT & CO. Charlottetown, Feb. 5, 1889—2aw & wky o)— f2.ViER t {0} Slaughter Sale of Silverware. SS eee (J We wish to clear out our Entire Stock of SILVERWARE, and offer the whole at Z0 PER CENT. DISCOUNT, NO COMMON GOODS! Every article stamped and fully warranted, All Spoons aud Forks the Celebrated ROGERS BROS , 1847, Al. _ Now is the time for Bargains, Call early and get your ch ice. Everything in the line ot 20 PER CENT. DISCOUNT. Ail Goods marked in plain figures -CASH ONLY. ———()} —-—— RORTON. & FENNELL. Sleigh Robes amd Fur Couts selling at cop | following evening. " , ti-febld febG Jan, 11, I989-—-2aw & wky = pat jear CHARLOTTETOWN. REGEIVED. 4 3 ce te, 1°