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Today true religion has more to fear from sensational preachers than from the followers of Voltaire, Tom Paine, Colonel Ingersoll, and all others 01 that stripe. The sensa- tional preacher is a curse to the community. He is a constant men- ace to the best influence of the B1ble. He resorts to slang, to gossip, to gross exaggeration, to crars ignor- ance it only it be antithetical. His desire is not to inculcate truth, but to astound and to make laugh. And unfortunately his efforts are fre quently rewarded with outbursts of applause and noisy merriment. Too otten the convmtion holds that the pulpit is occupied by some mounte- bank or ward politician. Neyer can we forget the efiect produced on us Of one thing we are convinced. Until men realize the value ofThritt, Toll and Temperance, and make these three T’s the foundation of the conductot lite, looking to acts of parliament for alleviation of their woes will meet with disappointment after disappointment, until, in their wild desperation, they Will get that opinion of those in power and of those in wealth, that led to the satanic tribunals of the French Rev- olution. To say that man has not to-day in him all that is requ1red for rc-enacting those unspeakable scenes is to shut our eyes to what stares us full in the face. The ballot-box may or may not be an instrument for good. In the hands of rogues and tools, it only serves to perpetuate the misery of the latter. \Vhen re- formation sets in with ourselves, then, and then only, may we reason- ably expect its extensron abroad. TH E SENSA 1103A L PREA CHE R Quite evident IS it also that so long as men prefer the Shibboleth of party to the unvarmshed tale of tinth, they will continue to augment their ills. It is absurd to contend that the poor man has received more from one party than from another. If Conservatives have opposed him in the guise of the aristocrat, so have the Liberals opposed him in the guise of the capitalist. In Eng- land. tor example, tradespeople are to a great extent Liberalsin polities. How tar their political views induce them to be be at leas: tair to their lellow-creatures may be inferred from the zeal with which they play the toady to the lord, and from the inhuman callousness with which they cut down the wages of their laborers below even star'vation fig- u 1- Oue fact in the chaotic struggle stands forth in striking prominence. The workingman’s candidate has al- most invariably been a fraud of the most hypocritical kinda Another equally plain tact is that a personal knowledge of misery by no means begets a desire to alleviate misery. \Vealth is no respecter of persons in the exermse of its deadening influâ€" ences. And least able 01 all does he appear to be to reSISt the glamour of wealth who manages to escape from the thrall of poverty. It would have been‘strange, had not the politicran managed to utilize the elements that jar society to its centre. Unfortunately for labor, it looks for a panacea in legislation. and in flying to this resource, its weakness is painfully conspicuous. Nerer yet has there been Wide- spread, human suffering without the demagogue reaping a harvest. And in its nlind, unguided, inarticulate rage, the glib tongue of quack and shark finds a rich soil of gullibility. .ln dire distress, one eagerly catches at straws, and it is notoriously true that the misery caused by preseni ills is only too apt to precipitate the sufferers into ills still greater. There are not wantlng signs that the disputes between capital and labor are rapidly approaching a cris- is. In Belgium, in Great Britain,in our own Canada, the working class is loudly protesting against wrongs both real and imaginary. The more sharply the pinch of povertv is lelt, the more violent are the demonstra- tions of the suflerers. \Vhere the country 15 congested with popula- tion, peace is secured only by armed lorce.~ A trail truce is maintained, but the flames of discontent burn all the more fiercely because for a time they are repressed. RICHMOND HILL. Thursday, June 2, '87 Foundâ€" Changeâ€"Dr. J.Lm1gstaff. Cardâ€"Leeds Richardson. @1112 fliheml. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS LA BUB’S VAGARIES. Much suffering could be avoided by Constantly keeping a. supply of West’s Pain King in the house. A certain cure for flux, dysentery, cramps, chills, colic, cholera and cholera murbus. 25'). All (ll‘llggists‘ Tonox'rn Thursday June, 2, L587 V‘Vheatfall, per bushel .. R0 82 to \Vheat, spring, (10 b2. Barley, do 40 outs, do 33 Peas. do 51 Rng. do w Clover Seed, (1r) ‘ ...... Dressed hogs, per 100 lbs, . l; 75 Beef, fore quarters . 4 50 Keef, hind quarters... . '7 50 A Ihickens, per pair .. . (50 Due ‘ do 65 Gee, 0,011 . . . . . (50 Turkeys, ezwh .. 1 50 Butter, )mlllld rolls 2'4 Butter, tub dairy . . 00 ]<]ggs,f1'esh,]>er (102 14 Potatoes, per bag 90 Apples, per 101)] 2 50 , onions, greenmer bug I 75 ' Cabbage do . 40 Cauliflower (lo . Celery, do 41‘ Turnips, per bag... :25 Carrots, do. 50 Hay, per ton . .. 9 00 1. straw,pertou . 6 00 1‘ RICHMOND HILL Thursdav June, 9. 1887 oats, per bushel l’uus, do. Dressed hogsmer 100 lb Beef. fore number Beef, hind quarts Chickens. per pair Ducks, do ‘eese, each ........ Turkeys, per 1b Butter, pound rolls Butter, large rolls.“ 1654's, fresh, per (102 Potatoes,1xer 1mg," Apples, pc- bbl .. onions, gr'eeu, per bush Cabbage, per (102 Celery, do ’lumips, pcrbng Carrots, (10 . Beans, per peck... Flour, spring, per Flour, fall, per bbl Hay,per ton straw. per ton .. w OOHHH an‘. (DgCCONI-woo OHNOCCOOOC . AF\A mum OH O u A Under the circumstances we think that all fair-minded people, and esâ€" pecially those who wish the exhibi- tion to be continued will be satisfied to accept a percentage of their claims. The v.11age connoil are be- ing put to considerable expense in ‘repairing the Park which was great- ly damaged on that day, but 1t they can see their way clear to abandon their claim for rent, we believe such a decision would meet with the ap- probation of a majority of the citi- zens. It 'is to be hoped that all honorable means will be used to keep the society from removing the Fair to other quarters. ' It is certainly not encouraging to the Richmond Hill and Yonge St. Agricultural Society to find their finances in their present condition. An abstract iron] ‘the secretary’s book reveals the fact that over 555300 above the actual receipts are requir- ed to meet the necessary expenses. The reason is not tar to seek when we learn that last year’s receipts at the gate were upwards of $480, whereas this year the gate receipts netted only a trifle over $80. Had the Clay been fine there was e very prospect for a most successful spring exhibition. The much needed rain, however, which kept hundreds away from the village on that day, being the sole cause of the failure, should stimulate the well-wishers of the fair to put their shoulders to the Wheel, and make every effort to place the society on the trim loundation which it occupied pf'e'vfins t0 the 24th of May last. We trust that the committee appointed to devise means to settle the matter with the prizeâ€" takers and other claimants, so as not to be detrimental to the honor 01 the directors, may he successtul in their undertaking. It is bad enough, in all truth, when a man oi‘piety and ability is encumbered by idiosyncrasies of loweringtendency. Infinitely worse is it when shallowarained thirsters for notoriety ape those idiosyncras- ies while they do not possess a Jot ofthe learning and the zeal and the godliness that alone render extrava- gant peculiarities or unfortunate defects tolerable. Decency is ev- erywhere inculcated in the scrip- tures, and sensational preaching is antipodian to decency. To such a degree does the age de- mand stimulant. Once the sensa- tional preacher was a rare exception. Now he begins to abound. Im- itators are springing up on every side. Even Toronto can make the bad boast of possessing more than one of the Worthies. . As they inâ€" crease, reverence and devoutness will disappear. The men of might for good, the Punshons, the Spur- geons, the Farrars, and the Mc- Leods, wili be held slow and heavy by those who have imbibed a taste for the grotesque, the exaggerated and the meretricious. ' by the story of a man who narrated to an admiring audience how on one occasion his minister told his con- gregation that although he was a- verse to fighting, 'Yet’, he exclaim- ed, as he struck a slugger Sulliv’an attitude, ‘If a man corners me, you bet he will find me there.’ THE AGI‘U CULTURAL SOCIETY. E112 Waning. p. I.) 50 50 (50 65 (50 1 50 in»: 00 14 90 2 50 1 '75 15 00 10 50 040 000 1‘2}; 050 15 1 ()0 3 25 0005 0047 5 0 5 00 S 20 75 80 30 00 25 All kinds of Family Grocer- iQS, clean, fresh and cheap. Terms Cash or Trade. WALL PAPERS New Printed Ivory Break- fast, Dinner, Tea and Toilet Sets at close prices. In a splendid assortment of new patterns. \Ve have nice patterns at 5c. a roll. Men’s White Shirts with linen fronts and cuffs for 500. each. A fine range of color- ed Shirts, Ties,Collars, Gurnâ€" seys, SOX, Umbrellas, Straw and Felt Hats, Silk and Cot- ton Caps, &C. JUBilEE SW3 Our Clothng stock is better then ever before, both in style and value. \Ve have Men’s Suits from $4.75 up, good Tweed Pants for $1.75. ‘Ne make a specialty of BOYS'- SUITS 3 House Furnishing Goods, Fancy S'crims, Oriental Drapâ€" eries, Cream and White Lace Curtains, Gold Dado Blinds, only 40 cents each, Spring Blind Rollers I8 cents a set. Splendid value in Hemp and Tapestry Carpets. Consisting of Laces, Ribbons, Embroideries, Jubilee Ruch- ings, Handkerchiefs and Gioves (we have a special lot of 4 button black kid gloves at 50 cents a pair), Parasols, Hosiery, &c. In the leading styles and invite your attention to them, and also to_ our Ladies Fur- nishings and FANCY GOODS DRESS GOODS 3 We are showing a very choice assortment of Let us sell you your summer supply of Grey and White Cottons,ShirtingS and Cotton- ades, Tickings, Ginghams, Jubilee Prints, Cretonnes, &c. Where you are sure to get the best goods at the lowest pric- es. In spite of the great ad- vance in prices of Cottons, we are selling to-day at the 'old figures, and if you’ want a regular ILEE MUSLIMS E WEAR PLUM OF A BARGAEN CHEAP GASHHUWE ROYAL JUBILEE CELEBRATION ’ GRENNAN’S Are marvels of beauty and cheapness. And show a large variety. Our 31151.90 Good washing coiors, only 5 cents a yard. B. BRENNAN. And other [staple articles always on hand. Pnces close." ' Inspection invited. L CROSBYe TWEEDSSHIRTINGS,CQTTONE DRESS GOODS, 43m. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT ! THE NEE PROOF. IN ENGLISH AND AMERICAN STYLES 81337115511 Dress GOD "is, Prints, Gringâ€" hams, Chambragys, Muslims, Silks; 82mins, Lace, Embroideries at 01089813 figureg. READY -â€" MADE SUITS“ SCOTCH, ENGLISH AND mm ’I‘WEEDS. FINE WR’OIg:i‘iEDâ€"EQJEZTINGS. ' ‘ GENTS FURNISHINGS CONCRETE" HOUSE, n For the Newest, Nicest, Nobbicst, Neath and C heapest lines in these goods tr} the Concrctu ; and find there also the best and cheapest. adectlou 0f SPRING 6%: SUMMER, STOCK HATs @ENTQ Also a complete stock of Men’s, Youths’ and Boys’ S. 15. & Co’s Grass mixtures are yearly increasing in demand,because of superior quality and excellenceâ€"None but very choicest; varieties used. Biixtures; prepared fox any snil or pnrbuse. If you want. a. never-failing pasture try them. Re-Cleaned Seed Grains, Timothy, Clover, &c., in great variety. Don’t‘fuil to call. The popular variety. Invariany asked fur when once grown. Sold in sealed Packages only. C, B. &,OO’S MANGELS are unsurpassed in quality, size or pro~ ductiveuess. All supplies grown specially, and from selected stocks. S. B. 6’s: Co’s Sclecacd PURPLE T0? SM’EDE 'E‘E‘JRNIPQ This variety nhtairmd FIRST I’RlZE over all competitors at T0â€" RONTO INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION, 1886. Specimens were grown lush seam)“ of enormous size. one measuring; 18 inches long, 25. inches in circmnference, weighing 17:} lbs. Quality unsurpassed. AGRICULT‘URAL SEEDS OF UNDOUDTED MERH‘ AND EXCELLENCE. S. B. & CD’S NEW SHORT WHITE CARROT! IF YOU WANT FAQTS 3 YES, WLED FACTS VEGETABLE Ci:- E‘LO‘WEW SEEDS @Tfijjfillfllglfl ‘ gfififiibfi. (1%.: (10., CAN SUPPLY YOU GROCERIES STEELE BROS. & CO‘, Cor. Fl‘fiqlt & Jarvis Sm. Toronto. DIRECT IMPORTER. Good satisfaction guaranteed in the OF THE HEGHEST STANDARD AND QUALITY, RIGHMQND HELL. SPLEN DID ASSORTMENT OF PERMANENT GRASS MEXTURES! Complete in every department. FIN E A'SSORTM EN '1‘ O NEW AND SELECT VARIE PIES. FULL LINES OF mmmm m xmmmmm