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i7. IUIIMOXI) HiLL, Thursday,l\la.rcli 6, 84. The Patterson \Vorks. l‘hose works are so Well known in the vi- :niity of Richmond Hill, and surrounding County of York, that some may think it waste of time to give any particulars respect- ing them, but as we had the pleasure is short time ago, of looking through the entire Es- lslilishment, we think it will not be uninter- “sting to the farming community, and the “White genorallv, to make short mention of the different dapartments. This is one of the largest firms in Canada, employing at the present time about 120 hands. The floor space of the building amounts to nearly 3 acres. Every department has its fore» man, and the whole establishment is under the able management of Mr. I. C. McLach- 'i‘lll as Superintendent, who is an excellent mechanic, and thoroughly understands each branch of the business. We were first shown through the mould- .iic shop. where 20 hands were actively at 'wnrk under the control of Mr. Congor, and ’where about 4 tons of iron are melted daily in the manufacture of implements and ma- :hinery of different kinds. From this place we entered the blacksmith and steel depart- ment, the former under the management of i‘llr. .Ino. Drury, and the latter under Mr. llallev, who is an expert in the tempering of this metal. Mr. B. not only supplies this firm but several other large firms in Nova o'm‘tia, New Brunswick and other provinces throughout the Dominion. About ’400 tons of steel direct from Sheflield, Eng., are used (Mich season in the manufacture of horse rake, harrow, and cultivator teeth, as well ‘14 organ and seed-drill springs. ’1 his season, the firm is building exten- t'vely the spring-tooth barrows and cultivat- oi‘s. having shipped already 5 carloads to the East. The teeth are made so as to take hold of the hardest ground, and the desired depth is regulated by means of wheels. The machine shop, under the oversight of Mr. by 13:. ll' dex‘erity turn out daily 15 mowers, 1‘2 (capers, :3 self-binders, and 20 h0rse«rakes- :‘5 men under Mr. Jim. Gray are busilv (l paged in the wood shop, cutting and form- ..I in all different shapes and sizes the best i'iulily of oak, elm, ash and pipe, the most v t which is brought from a long distance ‘ltlll at great expense. in the wheel rcom, 6 men are employed, horse Findlay, contains 35 hands, and vim turnout 25 Sets 0‘ wheels for Juno»: dailv. Mr. A. Cook, and another willful hand, spcnds all their time in making ultera‘lions and perfecting patterns, many of \Vl.l(.‘ll have been devised by the ingenuity 4;»! skill of the superintendent. As those ultmon are engaged throughout the year, i1 «y are l‘l)til)il‘t] to turn out their machines ‘ wuh all the lair-st improvements. We could not help observing the great puins displayed in the paint shop, which eni- yioys 17 men, under the control of Mr. D. llai‘fuy. Many firms are inclined to picture 1" good style, the parts of an implement or :n {0111116 exposed to \hw, while the hidden [Ml lions are left untouched, but a close exâ€" uvnnalion will show, lint n;thin,v is turned 1 unfinislicd from the Patterson “'orks. The plow shop undri' Mr. Jno_ Smith, Lins wwer bands, who (‘in’ ct to turn out during In the assem- /,. season seine 1-300 plows. room, all machines are put together Illa NV and tested by the foreman Mr. Jesse Good l out others, to see that their mechanism is 114:0 in every particular before being packcd t i.‘ shipment. We ni.ght sum up the coming season‘s turn out as follows â€"l-’lll reapcrs, 000 Iiiow- r-, 500 500 horse rakes, 2000 fining-tooth barrows, 1000 springtooth cul. 1'.\ rItors, and 1:700 plows. ’l‘he renpl-rs, mowers, and otlicr zigiicullur- '. implements manufactured by this thin hinders, .nl too well known, to rmpiirc special men- 1 l, .u, but as the sclf~bindcr has been greatly orovod since last season, we doom it not .2, of [lice to give. a short description. l‘nc biulh-r is about 400 pounds lighter than us. i of last season, and, although the “hole cachinc is :2 [031 narrowmr, it is onlv six The tying mechan- ‘ in is also considerably clningr-d, by doing "it lltIS narrower in cut. ~ miy uith mziny picccs, thereby simplifying :‘un machine. The bindgr proper can be ‘dcd up to pass through :1 door or gate-way " feet (3 incln's in width. It can be shifted '.('l(\\'l\ltl$ or forwards to bind neuicr the ,. ads- or bulk of a sheaf of grain, by a lL‘Vl'Y Hin lipcrziti'd L'lur‘e by the driver‘s llzuilL “u can (ill the machine to pick up Iadgvd Ill), uric. _.,.\o four dit'fn-rl nt motions to the .v (I. IiJlil (.1 is of tlw machine can ho rais- ,or liltl‘1‘2Lll iy the diivt r. nhile in motion. ‘: fact the lill\'(‘l' has full control of lllt' chum [ii 2.! his soul. The improvements 'qâ€"‘v‘lil' .‘ ‘0 llu- li-‘U‘llilli‘ by lrllcrs pirtl-iit :lln- Linilid Sluice. Its su- otln r :i‘uvlnncs can Lo inl- that, «(no (I tliii'lil'sl llil\]l.-I'L'Ilti~L41[TIC right and "l: n ~lll‘i‘plx‘ lilac-lune to r]>.‘;.l{\‘ volumes for the ‘ . h in; nay to t'ill'llll AJ. int; j. n. mod ' li '0: i1: I'M. .‘i \;:\' 14lIi-l\.,_l.. .lii lilw Horror; h: (r, up- l School Separation. To the editor of Tm; LnumaL: SIRâ€"I noticed in your last week’s issue that a petition had been presented by the ratepayers of Union School Section No. 1, Vaughan and Makham, to the Town- ship Council, praying that they be separ- ated from said section and joined (:0 Newton Brook section The members of the Council will no doubt be led to wonder why a. counter-petition had not before this been presented to them. To satisfy this we simply reply that their petition was presented so secretly that nothing was known about it, until the secretary, Mr. West, happened to notice a report of it in Tris LIBERAL. We may say to the members of the Council that we fail to see why the pe- titioners desire separation. Is it because they have large families and that it is too far for them to walk to 'l‘horuhill school i We answer no !-â€"because only one (we think) has any who are under school age. \Ve are therefore forced to the conclusion that it is from a selfish motive. In all cases the “' Golden Rule ” should not be forgotten 2â€"“ Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you." \Ve are glad to inform the council that a counter-petition is under circulation, being largely signed, and will be presented for their wise con- sideration on or before their next meeting. Reasons why we think the petition should be rescindedzâ€"I. The section is at present one of the smallest in either townships, if not in the county, there being only taxable property to the a- mount of 1800 acres. II. On account of the village population the section is compelled to hire two teachers, while in Newton Brook they have bill: one. 111. The taxes at the present time are very high and if the sflparation should take place they will become unbearable. We are confident that after looking over the above reasons, the council will re- scind the petition. or else move to give it a “ six months' hoist. ” \Va might state that the above reasons are among some or those couched in the counter-petition. We have also been informed that one of the petitioners was very glad at one time to have his children educated at I‘hornliill school, but since they have now grown up and the taxes are becoming heavy, then the separation is called for. Thanking you for space, 7 I am pours, FAIR PLAY. Tiiornhill, March 5th, ’84. wow SCHOOL BOARD MEbTING~ The Board of Education in Richmond Hill met in the High School on Friday afternoon, Feb. 20th, at 2.30. Members present, Messrs. Brown, Crosby, Trench, Boyle, McConaghy, Naugliton and Savage. {u the absence of Mr. R. Marsh, Mr. Brown was called to the chair. Minutes of last meeting were road and adopted. 'Ihe following accounts were ordered to be paid:â€" Switzer, C. Muslin S S 00 Gen. 3. Kelfcr, for wood ............ 23 0‘]. John Harris, for two blackboards 8 40 W. Trench, for coal.......~.. . . . 10 '70 ‘ teaming coal ............ 7 (55 M. Taefy, advertising for teachers in (.r'lobr and JIM], (Dec. 783).. 4 80 P. (Jr. Savage, dressng table” .. 2 115 A communication from Mr. E. F Lang- stati' was read in reference to unpaid salary for teaching. On motion of Mr. Boyle, Scoondcd by Mr. Trench, his salary. at the rate of $450 per aniiiim, was directed to be paid. The following peti;ion was handed in by the Head Master of the High School and signed by the members of the School ioard: To 7hr Nan/fr or'llu‘ Unirersify of Toronto: CENTLmIEX,~We, the members of the Richmond Hill High School Board, on bulinlf of the students of this school, do request you to tnkc into consideration the granting permission to us, to allow the male candidates from this school to take their Matriculation Exam” both honor and pass Work, at the some time and placcus thc fcinzilc candidates for the Local Exam. for women. In addition to this permission, that boys may be allowed to take one or more groups, as at present permitted to girls. As the Local Exam. was held in our High School last year, and will again be held here in June next, this permission would not throw any additional expense on the Senate of the University, whereas it may very materially benefit our students. The Board then adjourned to meet zit the Cdll of the chair. MOOâ€"~â€" SPRINGPIILL. (From our own Correspondent.) A number of the young people of this village and surrounding neighborhood, :iSScinblcd at Mr. Rumbles to trip the Light Fantastic Everyone spent a very enjoyable evening ill-Ll went home entire- ly satisfied. Mr. H Rose fell off a beam in the barn, he was injured so as not to be able to work for slime time. He is non on it fair way for recovery. Mrs. J. Ilrackln and children have gonehoinc to her mother’s to spend a month With her before their departure to the North \Vest. Miss Butler of Ilarrie is spending a short time with friends here. The (J. M. if 'l‘einpcrunccvillc h:ch Lmuicnccd a series of Meetings. The ord's Army of Aurora come down when hey can and loud or hclping hand. The lllt'lllllcl‘s scorn very much £t\\':ll\'l_flll‘Ll. 'l’ilc lilo-clings in Nihillvghlll are still lining ctinduclod liy llcr. .l. Ilzilillin :iidul Skeelc, i l'r_\' IL‘ ILLVH. , . WV 7 ' ':°:%fi" ’â€" , Ill 1.1m; luH-ir. and .‘l'lllx’l i'wrur‘. ‘Iiwliww i) (.‘oiii L’ur‘: til: mm 1‘ lot ,\-, 1:} . .. (.3. r... not further Hi r, '\. l‘. 1:", lint 1.| ('i‘llr .v \ .. l (L; " llll,."lll‘ill-, ‘l :n-lnlll-hllnllt llill~ l 7! run illlll l.( ; ~ , u'. . ll‘clllJll: and :u- .Lj .. .l.. ' \v .. OTTAWA. (From Our Special Correspondent.) For the past eight or ten days. tho Capital has presented a. mixed appear- ance. Parliament has contributed inan than usual to the hopes and fears of life, but, on the other hand, the weather has had but one tendency, and that has been to throw a deep gloom over all. Snow we have in abundance, but, alas I that snow by customary friction and a high rise in temperature has been stirred and kneaded until the streets seem to be covered with a thick layer of barter pullâ€" (ling whereof the chief ingredient is seein- ingly saw-dust. The numerous (leputn- tions, the swarms of those who have ‘axos to grind ’ are all here as is their wont to swarm there where the plunder is. But, of course, their keenness and bustle are confined to themselves, and those nut wf political life. have been cheerless enough. However, the settled gloom was the other day, in not dispelled, illuminatod by sov- eral very vivid flashes of forked light- ning, of which the thunder, caused there- by, has'doubtless re-echoed in your quiet little village. Let me unfold to you the hidden causes of this mighty uproar. Ever since Mr. Chaplenu entered the cabinet, the solid French phalanx has been divided into two hostile parties, one of which acknowledged the gentle- man mentioned nbovo as leader, the other Sir Hector Langevin. Had they dared, an open rupture would long ago have ensued, but that rupture most probably would mean sitting in the cold shades of opposition. This Sir John knew perfectly well, and out of their ill-disguised enmity he drew profound repose. But suddenly a point of union appeared, and, perforce, the films showed a firm united front, not to their natural foes, the Opposition, but to their great head, “the artful dodger." As every one knows, the fate of the government is bound up with that of the C. P. R. \Vell, the debate on the now famous resolutions had been in progress for some time. when, lo, one eVening only two French members were seen in the house. Thonsand-tongued Rumor at once took up the cry of alarm. The French members had bolted ; Mr. Costi- gaii had resigned ; Mr. Chaplcan had fol- lowed suit : the govemment was defeat- ad ; Topper ‘niust go ;’ Langevin was trying to form a coalition with Blakc.’ Such, and many others, were the tales whispered everywhere. The House was truly a spectacle. The Conservative members of Ontario were scared out of their very wits, for they well know what the defeat of the Government meant to them. should they again present them- selves at the polls. Tilley looked apa- thetic ; Sir. John terribly vexed, but de- terininedâ€"to capitulate. For the Blcus had really taken him. as it were, by the throat, and demanded certain sums for their bankrupt province,or elseâ€"‘no uced,’ exclaimed the-Chieftain hastily, ‘no need of saying more, you shall have all you want and inorc.’ And thereupon a. calm followed, which one ‘ too previorns’ indi- vidual is not destined long to enjoy. I moon the Hon. John Costigan This anxious gentlcmzm really believed that it was all up with the Government, and act- ually sent in his resignation. In the great desire to restore order to the disorgan- ized ranks of his followers, the Chieftain did not accept it; however,he is only bid- ing his time, fora. more vindictive. man never lived than Sir, John A. Mucdouald, and that vindictiveness never burns so fiercely and destructiver as when pro- voked by treachery. In the meantime, I can only repeat what everyone is saying, that things are by no means setfled yet. Time will show. Let me conclude this matter, by assuring you that the [Uni/’3 silly rant about Mr. Blake and the Ii/cus is believed by no one, but is certainly ex- citing and inceusing the French mem- bers and their [‘1'ch beyond measure. \Vonld you actually believe that some of our young bloods (lunatics on six hun- dred a. ycar,) are greatly perplexed as to the reception they ought to give to the Marquis of Landsdowne. Thev have lived so long in the atmosphere of royalty and of a prospective duke, that, ‘ really I you know, a Hall has to be careful, or’ ' Heavens knows what. Truly thch sini- pletons oft give the lie to the oft stated factâ€"thuttho perfect fool can't become more foolish. The truth is, as you are well aware, that Itidciui Hall undcr the present, as under the late, I'l‘f/an', is an enchanted palace, the mysteries of which are known toa. few isolated units, and this is natural, for those who cross the sea. change, indced, their sky, but not their likcs and dislikes. their pride and SPIPCHUIL7Dt'u‘Tiilt. ‘roa "mi meanest Shave 3 AND BEHT HAIRâ€"OUT IN ’I‘O'WN, GO TO filthlt‘ét‘lS’ SHAWN!) Pdlltfifl, N I LORNE BLOCK BERT. ANDREW“. 7 Errocrietor. gm n1 M-il .m' l"tl.l ‘l G 3: 1). Eli E E .V, (‘ Hill It ll\(‘ '1. l .-‘. l |l\\l llm- um; ,le l'lilifilllllitE,1 CONCRETE HOUSEI NOTED FOR CHEAP HARDWARE Full Lines of Shelf Hardware, arpcnters’ Tools 2 NAILS, &c., &c. Goods. Christmas In Elcciro Plato ware we Show Cructs, .i.50, 5. 00, 7.50, 10.00 to 15.00 Iiiittci' Dishes, 3.00, 3.50, 4 50 to 8.50 Cake Baskets, 1'. 00, 5.00, (5 50 to 15 00 Pickles, 2,50, 3.00, 3.50, 4.50 to 7.50 Curd Receivers, 3.50, 3.2-, 5.00 to ([50 Cups, 1.00, l 50, 3.00, 2.50, 3.00, 3.75 Toast ['taicks, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00 Tea Spoons, A ] best, 3.75 per dozen Dessert Linn, A 1 best, 0.00 do. Table (lo', A I bcst, 0.75 do. Dessert Forks, A 1 best, 6 00 do, Tnblc (lo. A 1 best, 0.75 (lo. Butter Knivos, A 1 host, 80 cts. each ‘ I’ickle Forks, A 1 best, 80 (10. Dessert I’uuvcs. 12 dam, 4.50 per doz. Table Knives, do. 5.00 do. in t‘ulim‘y. do. Dessert (In. 0.75 to 8.00 , bciorc offered. mood IIill. g \Vc place these good upon the market ill‘ pril cs \\’c llUpl.‘ to receive :i call from L‘."l'\' 90 YONGE STREET. TORONTO. GRAND CHRISTMAS SALE. Ladies of Richmond Hill are respectfully invited to inspect our , And Vicinity Grand Display of do. Carvers, 3.00 to 4.00 pair do. (lame Carvers 3.00 to 3 .30 do. Pocket knives, 25c to “.5 .30 each Beautiful Sconces. mounted and 1111111011" ‘ ntcd, from ($.75 to 15.00 each. . Brass Fire Irons 7.510 to 15.00 per set E Brass Candle llruckcts 1.00 to 1.50 cuoli l Ilia Brass Goods. l l Toys, l A Large Collection of every kind Home I’m-iii string; {.1 God‘s. , A Full Assortmcut of ‘ Tm nun-t, , ‘ Wooden \l'arc, l , tlranitc \Varo, Itodgcrs' Dinner knives 7.50 to 10.00 dozl anwucd Wu“, 4 llig‘l‘gi' tidbit” i Stilllid. fill Wile? mu; m not. F-Eiffli-ZET. r“\ x. r " V\Y"§‘I"f .1" 5 la} 7: / a v 4