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O for a Township Council which would rise superior to every other consideration than that which it knows and feels is for the good of those whose interests are committed to its care! But alas! the fear of offending one, of rendering jealous another, and of being deemed too nflicious' and high-handed by all, paralyzes activity, and makes blind eyes. be they never so keen and far- reaching. Hence it is that where we should see thorough work, at most we find only patching and bungling, and where facility and safety should reign, we meet with only obstacles and dangers. It is a flagrant disgrace that an old and wealthy township such as is Vaughan, should have scarcely ten miles of even tolerably good roads within its boundaries. Travellers are absolutely dependent on weather and season for the passableness of the highways. A few hours' rain converts the roads into positive quagmires. and we are strictly With- ili the truth when we assert that the epithet ‘good,‘ when applied to a concession or side line in Vaughan, means nothing more than that in wet weather the hubs of vehicles are not altogether buried in the mud. Compared with Markham‘s, those of Vaughan are only miserable and ex- asperatipg apologies for roads, and that the former township is so fre- quently singled out as being pre- eminently beautiful, is due, so far as‘ Vaughan is concerned, simply to the fact that one's whole attention is so absorbed. while driving through the latter, in picking one‘s steps, that no time is lelt for admiring the beauties which it reallv possesses. In the spring and fall. the monotony RICHMOND HILL. Thursday, Aug. 7 ’84 of mud.is Eroken only~ by slusH, pitch-holes and delapidated cul- verts. What is the reason that Council after Council is content to fret out its little hour without a single re.- gard to what ought to be its main care? Is there no gravel in the Township? 15 the Township over- whelmed with debt? Or is an iron- clad oath exacted of every Council- man that he will sacredly maintain the existing nefarious condition of things? We pause for a reply. In the mean time, we beg leave to pro pose to our readers the following weighty question : If the civiliza- tion ot a country is directly propor- tionate to the quality of its roads, does Vaughan, in point of time, be- long to the Middle Ages. and has it valid rights to be conSIdered the heart of the Dark Continent, other- w se styled Africa ? @1112 flihcml. It behooves all true friends of our Public School system to be exceed- ingly watchful, for, under the plea‘ of an anxious solicitude for the spir- itual welfare of the children, strenu-i ous exertions are at present being made to insert the thin edge of that i wedge which would most assuredly rive our fabric of education, As was to be expected, Sectaiianism is at the bottom of the agitation. It is true that all that is now asked for is the introduction into our Schools of the Bible. It is urged that an edu- cation Whir‘h is purely secular is fatally deficient ; it is claimed by not a few, indeed, that such an edu- cation is worse than none at all, be- cause in its teudencv it is of neces‘ sity atheistical. On the holders ot these and similar views, arguments would be thrown away. And yet, it does seem difficult of beliefthat there may still be found people who seri- ously maintain that a knowledge of the multiplicatiowtable is morally ruinous unless it be accompanied by a simultaneous knowledge 01 some Scriptuxe truths. Lostâ€"E. Clubine. Chdnge~Suth dc Grennau NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BIBLE 1N 501100 LS. VA UGHA N ROADS. To this appeal, we bluntly reply that those who make it are. at bot- tom, first members of a Sect, and then Christians. The growth ofthe body to which they belong is of vastly more importance to them than is the growth of Christianity. We are well aware that herein We shall be clamorously contradicted, but in the face ot long and bitter experience, such contradiction must go for nothing. \Ve are not of those who build our hopes and expecta- tions on an ideal liberality 0t mind, but we prefer to act 0n the certainty that, however much to be deplored, the average man is still, in religious matters, more or less a prey to pre- judice, if we may not use a much stronger word. just as surely as the Bible is introduced into our Schools, so surely will those Schools become the arenas of theological disputes, and the scenes of all the strife and heart-burnings to which theological disputes invariably give rise. unorthodox opinions being taught to their children. This would be to knock the marrow out of their whole contention. So far, they have only complained that the lruths of relig- ion are altogether ignored. Hence the cry that the Bible must be a text-book. It will be asked what danger can possibly menace us if children are only required to commit to memory certain verses of Scripture which have been agreed upon by all. \Ve answer that the teacher who is con- scientious in hearing a class recite those verses, can not consistently refrain from explaining their scope and meaning, and from the very moment he enters on an explana- tion, he will begin to tread upon dankrous ground, and he will dis- please ten where he may please one. To allow children to repeat the verses without note or comment of any kind would be worse than use- less. for it would imperceptibly in- culcate a levity, a flippancy, and an indifference to the Sacred Volume infinitely worse than would be an entire ignorance of it. The State owes to every subject an elementary education. We are quite content to ground this debt on no higher consideration than that the subject who cat'ead and write is likely to prove better than the subject who can do neither, and by ‘ better ' we mean nothingr more than ‘ more law-abiding.’ Conse- quently,1t is the duty ofthe State to iefuse to listen to the sophistry, so much in vogue in certain quarters, which would prevent it lrom dis- charging an imperative obligation. In granting and maintaining tree- dom of conscience to all, the State fully satisfies all the claims which the subject, in reference to religion, may with safety make. For what- soever else he may stand in need of, he must seek in his Church, in his Sunday School, and 1n his Home. A dilapidated physique may be built up and fortified against disease by that incomparable pxomoter of digestion and fertilizer of the blnod, Northrup 49 Ly- mun‘s Vegetable Discuverv and Dyspep tic Cure. It counteracts Biliunsnesu and Klany complaints, overcomes budlly nil- ments special with the feebler sex, cuuses the bowels to act like cluckwurk, and is a safeguard against. malaria and rheuma- Liam. Maple vs. Springhill. An exciting game of cricket touk place M Maple nu 'l‘unsdny between the Spring- h!“ and Maple clubs, the players being ul under twelve years of 51264 “rickets were pitched at 1.30;). 111., Maple taking the bat, and after a. score of eleven the lust wicket fell, Betting was pretty even but extensively indulged in, and om hotel-keeper curried nfl" a large sum of nmney. The young recruits made some excellent playing. The following is the SCUrUZ" Rumble M‘. b Quinline... Jm‘ksnn B., b Curts .. Smith F.. c Quinline. Jm‘kson 'I‘.. c Austin . McLean A.. b Quinline. Bugunhs H.. not out. ., . Townsend G., run out Richardson W., 0 Guns Byes & Wides... First Innings. Curts J., b Townsend ...... Kighcley W” b Richardson Austin J., b Townsend Quinhne W.. run out” McCabe “K, b Townsend“. Bentley 1.. b Townsend Quinline E.,c 'l‘rm‘nsend.., McCuhe T.. not out ..... Byes . N Peter Kirfl'er, Bufi‘ulu, 5:13:41 “I WAS bitten by a horse a few days ago, and was induced by a friend, who witnessed the occurrence. to try Dr. 'l‘hnmas' Ecleclric 011. It, relieved tue pniu almust im- mediately. and in fnnr dayu the wound was completely healed. an-flnng Cam he better 101' fresh \umnds.” See that. you get the genuine Dr. Tlmmay Ecleclric UAl,as there axe imitations ou the market. CRICKET MATCH. First. Innings Tutul Total M‘, b Quiuline B‘, bCurts .. c Quinline...v 'I‘.. r: Austin AA.) 1) Quinline‘ . . . ‘ . . . . . . ‘ . . . ‘ . , . 11 SPRINGHILL MAPLE Second Innings Geo Second Innmgs c Curts (a umline 0 Minnie .. c .\uscin.. nut out. b Quinline b (Human. c Curt: Bye: 6‘: W run out .. b Townsend b Townsend run nul: b Riclmz‘dsnn c Richardson. not out. ., Tomi Totul W1 am $55135 11H a U5 mm.ch Big Discount Sale 0]? Selling Off ! A. WRIGHT &: SON, Thanking our numerous Customers for past patronage, we will respectfully solicit a continuence of the same, as we pur« pose carrying on our business as usual. Coflins, Cas- kets. and all kinds of 14‘U'1VERAIJ IPUIINISHINGS. A First-Class Hearse fur- FROM 15 to 25 percent. Off ALL FANCY DRESS GOODS. nished at reasonable terms. FANCY HESS GOODS $14314]le G TWEEDS, PRINTS 1&1 DRESS GOODS Sugars and Teas at Bottom Prices I Glass jars in pts., qts. and % gals, as cheap as the cheapest. W ALL PAP Call and seeit. The second for the season. 25 per cent. less 13th Torontoqarioes. Mixed Paints, Brushes of all sizes. Boiled Oil, Raw Oil. and all Palmer’s Material, White Lead, Low in Price IMMENSE STOCK ()F FURNITURE. GROCERIES, FLOUR AND FEED. FIRE PROOF ! At greatly reduced prices to make room for Fall Importation. EOPLE’S STORE! A large and splendid assortment of Groceries. ONCRETEE . ATKINSON. Highest Price paid for Butter and Eggs. JNBERâ€"‘FAKE‘éS; Just arrived, another stock of .A.- W RIG-HT 85 SON- ESAAC CROSBY. THE P. G. SAVAG E.