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VOL. XIII. IS .PUBDESHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING AT FHE LmERz’rLPRINTENG & F'UBL'ISHING HOUSE RICHMOND mm.“ ONT. ‘1‘. Fa Ms M AHON. 23g lawns G ngstafl, FormerlyRusmmzt S‘n‘gemz Lt» LhuNQWYork Skate Wumm. 2‘ ll Rpm-‘11, Ixuv Turk (lity, aim Vis- iting; 1‘11~ “mm to SfiJulm’s Hrmpiml and b‘" hum Dispenmtma. Brooklvu. Qflice 1101. Lâ€"UnLil m u m ; Ii to 8 p111 gm. gamma 3mm haze n! T01'011b0,ha.s purchased the. lexidence of Dr ()1'1', Maple, WM an we pmcaice from :uuuul “411‘ v. Office hourwâ€" Bélmru 10 Aumm 15:, 6th, 16th, null Q‘Zud Richn’: ml Hi” ..... 9L1: mm 2M1) (a. cue Palmel liuusm Stnutfvillo Markhmn . . . Victoria S g M} ThornhilLWuL ‘<l \Voo‘lbrixlgo . .. 8th Kleiuburg "0th obletou V. talizficrl Air always on hand at ‘58:: per annum, in advance] Barristers, Solicitors, 850. Toronto Officeâ€"No. 15 Toronto Street. Richmond Hill Ofiice open every Saturday. A G F LAWRENCE 6C LA WRENCE. ORMISTON & DREW MONEY TO LOAN AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES Barristers Solicitors Conveymxcers 8w. Totonto Officeâ€"(333mm: Llle Brandi: g. 416 Kim: St. “'esl. (Take Elevutnr) Markham Ofificc-Town Hall. lip-slairsz. Private Funds to Loam on Mortgage at Lowest Rates of Interest. Mr Gregory Wixl be at the Markâ€" ham Omco every Saturday from n n m to 4 30 p. 111‘; 1lede \Vehber's Hotel, Uniunvflle. every Saturday from 51). m.;to 8 11.111. Fullerton. (700k a; “’allace. BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS &c OFFICE: 18 KING mmcm EAST, Tonox'ro Richmond Hill P. 0. Every Saturday. J SFuIlm’tol}, 'W Cook, â€"\Vallace IS? PRIVATE FUNDS T0 LOAN. '3 HQLMES gas QEEQQEY, ME Toronto Office~34 Bani: of Commerce Buildmgs, 19 King Street West. Thom'nill Otfice-â€" P05 t Office every Wed- nesday fmm 10 to 12 .m Richmond Hm Or’fi: eVPost Office every Wednesdayfrom 1&0 4 p. m. Gollections in City and Connhrv promptly attended to. Money to loan .. .. ”mun .(u u._nl-umuxuem Works like a churn . Free from 1min. Address A ROBINSON L.I).S.,AnromOnt. 10,} Adelaide street East Telephone 311 BARRISTEHS_ SOLICITORS. NOTARIES_ &C‘ W 1) GREGORY BA & M B Toronto 1 uivomity and M C P S U, m: Em 51m 01's, AN Kl“.\\7 DUDE BARRISI‘FRS, SOLKCITOIIS AND NOTARIES. J. B. MILLER BENTON & DODS, G HMO NI) H {LIA ONT. MAPLE, iDITOR @1314? @ MAW/Nagy, Manes“ to loan at lowest rates. 0:;ch BY Dr. A. “whiz-1M2“. (“2.1 31 aw m! (L) p- (:2 makings Ahvays on Hand SURGEOL DENTIST. £6”an mn’iui. W S ()mns'rox, L L B J J DREW Rf} ,Gl‘JLU‘ITUB. 2m :5 p 111,7t09pm r-‘ NK 1: DEFTUN, B C L E. J. B. DUNCAN of each month do. G W HOLMES appointments H TORONTO 1‘91. TESIEP‘Y. NOTARY PUBLIC. HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, lc. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. Gold Medalist of the Ontario Veterinary College Toronto. Will visit Richmond Hill Wednoaday 0.11:1 Sahib day Etta)" mm 01‘ each week, Day or night, culls pmnmily tendcd m. A full sup- -I]\ of medicines r onstant]; on hand. 11â€" 4 31mm: Saleem Etxkau'cfl ‘ Licensed Auctionesrfm‘ the (Iounttevgof York Untzu‘mnnd Pen]. Goods Sold on cunuignment Gennmlwles offikmk, etc., promptly attended to at- reusmmple rules. I’. 0. address, Licensed Auctioneer for tho (.‘nvnty of York, re- spoot-fufly solicits your ”er u and friendly influence. sales uttom' on t e sLortest notice uni a runsouabc rates. 1‘. 0. uduress King Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York. Sales attended to on shortest, native and at ran.â€" sonablo rates. Patronage Salicibod. Residenc. Maple. GOLDEN LIGN‘EKWETL Good accommodation and every travelling public 20-11~’90â€"tf QUEEN S HOTEL, Ten miles THORNHHLL. fromTort-uto A Family and Commercial Hotel replete with every nomfort. Exculleut stables. Special arrangements made for duviug parties March 27, ‘90 This large and commodious hotel is fitted up with all the modern conveniences. Bar stocked with the best brands of wines. liquors undcigus. (:oucl stabling and 1m attentlve hostler. P. DOYLE, Prom. Thornhill Dec 5th. 1889 Every accommodation or travellers. First-clmss stahling and an attentive hustler. Issuer Marrmgc Licenses for the County of York THE DOMINION HOUSE, Richmond Hill, Benj. Brillin gar. Proprietor. ADVANCING LOANS Z'Mazwgmg flaw», Havingrefitted the above House and furnish» ed it in first»c]ass style, I am prepared to give the public the best 0‘ accommodation Excellent stabling and attentive Imstle: s. Sample Rooms for commercial brave 101's. Terms 91 war dnv. THORNHILL, ONT., Lansing, Yohge St. BEST BRANDS 0F LIQUORS & CIGARS. Every accommodation (10 guestfi. Board, $1.00 @aufl’fi II Gran 1 armnmmintimu far 0m, Best brands (vf 111511013: stublmg and un thLenUve I ALWAYS UN HAND VVelLbrcd Horses, Durham Cattle, Shropshire Sheep, Dec 4390 Berkshire Pigs. H.QUET’I()N ST. GEORGE, 0sz Ridges P. O THOSHUGHES, Prop. RESIDENCE, Aidresa PER GENT. UPWARDS. Velenina 'i'r) Surgeon, Fine Wines, Liquors and ngars. I have unequalled facilities for Farm; flaémms. Leeds Richardson. 158 KING J zunes (I. Surkesj. Wm. Skin-don, Prop. 7 inn C‘ \Z‘IESSIONF R !N THE ’l‘hos. Cosgrove. Prop ERNEST V" LANAFS-V‘AFF At rates from “ I 77, E sxmtials, Um'ty ; an; STREET EAST. TORONTO RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1891. 1) or (111)} “an . £3 E LEA. Prep annugh, UNIONVILLJU . MAPLE 011' Ev: Emu. travellers and bonni- undcigurs. Warm oatlm‘, V attention to the To the: waiter of THE LIBERAL SIR â€"-Yuur correspondent argues (hat the. death penalty for the crime of murder belunws to the 01d Mosaic CUdC â€"â€"is bur ban 1:8,:111d is not. binding 01‘ present, civilization. Bcfule going farther I will try and re- move this obstacle. Nearly eight hundred years before the birth of Moses, the law~giver of Israel». God said, “Whose sheddeth man’s blood by man shall his blood be shed.” At that time there was neither Jew nor Gon- tile, heathen nor christian; there were but eight persons in the whole world. There was but one family, and that the family of ii. men saved from the almost uniVersal destruction that had been pour- ed upon a wicked world. because of his rigidcmwncss. Noah and his family were neither heathen nor barbaric anal were as good a representative of morality (al- though they did make a. couplr of mis- takes) as any family of that size since that day. They at least did not need so severe a law, for crime had not yet lifted its hydra head among mankind, and Gal’s recent terrible visitation on the wicked had not yet passed from niernsry. But that familv were to be the progenitors of the whole human race, and that law through them passing down through all the centuries, entirely independent of any other lawmheathen. Jewish or christian â€"-is obligatory on all past, presmit and future generations, through all the ages to come, as an ordinance instituted by the Supreme Enter for the protection of ‘ man as a preventative of the greatest of all crimes ~ the taking of human life. The death penalty was so wise, so neces- sary. as a Warning, and so fitted; to meet the ends of justice that when the statut: s were consolidated untahles of stone by the finger of God in the days (of Muses, to guard against any misunderstanding of this particular section, there was this clause added, “If a mm Mine pre- sumptiunsly upon his neigiigrpi‘ to slay him with guile thou shalt take him from mine altar that he may die.” This was done afterwards in the case of Joel) who shed the blood of war in time of peace when the nfiicers of the law arrested him in the Sanctuary whither he had lied to screen himselt from justice. But Mr. Booth says the civil law is ruled out, and he who carries the Mosaic civil law into the christian dispensation makes nonsense of Christ’s teaching. I will attend to the latter statement. in a future letter, but in reference to the first surely he must have been minus his thinking cap when he wandered so far from fact. First the world had the nat- ural or moral law. God gave to man the power of discerning between good and evil, and a liberty of choice in the use of those means which will lead to his hap- piness or misery. Next followed the Ceremonial, or as it is sometimes called the Mosaic law, as it related to Jewish worship. Then came the Civil, or what may be called the Political law. The first, God’s moral government teaching man his duty towards his Creator and the regulation of his conduct towards his followers, is still in force. The Ceremon- ial, as first instituted, being, highly typi- cal, was superseded by the christian dis~ pensatiou, and the Civil law, which in , itself contains the Moral law, sometimes ‘ with penalties attached, is today the motive power of the political machinery of all civilized governments. The civil or political portion of the Mosaic law has been the foundation on which all nations have built their judicial codes, and if it has been ruled out it has swept the Dec- alogue along with it, for if the law that forfeits the life of the murderer is not bil.dlllg, then every kind of punishment for every kind of crime is abrogated. The Creator has placed within every man a deep 1nstinctive dread of death under any circumstances, but when to death is added the solemn preliminaries of ‘ Ice a state execution and all the awful sur- roundings of the scaffold, it acts as an in- valnuhlu deterrent to the wilfully vicious and n sufeguard tn society. All other laws have hem made subsequently to the giving of this great; cumumnd. Many of [hvsu laws have been revised, smne allew ed and some rescinded, but the penalty of life, for life has never been abrogated, substituted, or even changed by its All W139, ()zigiuntor, the (lud of Justim‘, Whu first plncvd lL 0n the Wurld’s statute bouk. “'9 will now revert tn the right of the slim: to lake lilo in the interests of jutt- Capital Punishment. There is a vast 6011‘! of difl‘mw‘nce be- tween 111: 1111111 111111 wilfnhy 111:1131111111fc of 11 fellow} 11in; '11111 1.111 s!.111:- which takes the life of the criminal who delib- erately \‘iulau-zs 11111111111 11f God and the) 111w 111' the gnvornmont ‘11) which he has 511111111111cgizz11c11. 0111: takes 111111 life of the innocent 11L the instigation of :1'.‘:11ic1_1, he other the {11111111611 the :1dn1inis‘11'111iun 11f unnnund 11. (-11”: 11‘11131'1'2‘111’10115, 1f 1'111‘y'11’we A REPLY TO REV. w. B. DJUTH. PRERA :GATIVE. in Non-Essentials, Liberty; in all things, Charity.” their senses, me sulpriscd into a. murder. Light suihcient; t0 wam even the most. irmorant of the consequences of deliberate mmder shines upon the path of every membvr of civilized society, and tells him that if he 51113 with impunity that he will be subject to retributive justice. (pg-Jute . nay-aw , much more so. . t N But Mr. Booth says thiit ”God gives life, and that he alone can take it.” Well, God gives liberty, on the same principle none but God can take it away. He also gives light. Liberty and light are inalienable gifts, no man has a right to deprive me of either, yet if T wilfully Vlnlllle a known law, I forfeit my right to enjoy them, my liberty would be circumscribed by justice and my light diminished by incarceration. We see that even in a state of nature, irrespect- ive of all other law, a man can take the life of another if circumstances require it. 'tht a man can do individually, a state can do collectively, because the right of the individual to protect himself is trans- ferred to the community. If the state has a right to protect its members from disturbance, it has a. right to make puni- tire laws adtqnate to the untimenance of its safety. It we admit its power to pun- ish to any extent we must allow that it has the right to punish until the object (the welfare and safety of the community) is obtained. The graded penalties in flicted for minor violations of the law do not result in the prevention of all crime, but they act as deterrents, as the recent report of the criminal statistics of the city of Toronto for 1890 show. In accordance with this experience the state adopts the death penalty, because the man who commits murder commits the greatest of all crimes, and therefore should suffer the greatest of all penalties. Judging from this experience, and allowmg for the in- . crease in populationmtlie crowding: toâ€" gether of man in our large cities and the multiplied facilities for the taking of human lifeâ€"very few are prepared to say that the death penalty is a. failure, for life is certainly more sacred and vio- lence against the person less; frequent than in the past, and were it not for the sale of intoxicating drinks would be very He says that state executions "‘T are cruel and show a vindictive spirit.” All punishment is cruel, especially to those who suffer, for “None who feel the halter draw Have a good opinion of the law.” It would not be punishment. if it was not felt. The state has no right to inflict unnecessary cruelty, but severity is re- quired when dealing with the hardened and the incorrigible. It lines, imprisons ani Hogs, keeps on low diet and forces to labor. It has the right- to punish by solâ€" itary confinement, to shut man out from all society, or even transport him beyond the limits of civilization. All these pun- ishments have a tendency to shorten life by weakening the criminal’s constitution, for under such treatment the wicked sel- dom “live out half their days.” If then the state can legally shorten life gradual ly, it can. if in the interests of the com- munity, shorten still more the time of a. criminal existence. In doing so the state is the only impartial tribunal before a (.1 r1 lâ€"ah‘u we!» as which a murderer can be tried. for in it there is neither vindictivenesa nor maliue. There is none in the officer who arrests him, in the council who arraigns him, in the jury who weighs the evidence, in the judge who condemns him, or even in the Radclive who hangs him. it; is but the administration of retributive justice on the guilty for the yiolation of a known law and for the protection of the lives of the innocent. The man who takes the life of another shows unmistakably that he 18 unfit for, and does not deserve a place in a civilized eiummunity. The Word of Gud says that, he is no longer fit to live, and the en- dursation of centuries deciam that there is no punishment commensurate with the. deliberattly planned assassination of a Citizm but a, sulenm dismissal from the. society of earth. £13.91. The third page of the Toronto DAILY MAIL is noted for “\Vant” Advertise- ment. 1f ynu want to buy or sell any- thing. If you want a situation, a nwrflmnic, a buainesa, machinery, lodg- ings, if you have lost or found anything], or if yun want U) [ind nub where anyone is, advertise in the ’l‘m‘mxto DAILY MAIL and read the :u‘tvertisnmcnts (m the third page-J that page. The charge is Two Cantu a mm! each insertion, Address THE MAIL, anflntn, (‘mmr‘lm The Culmcil of the Municipality of the ’lnwnship of V auuhan met at ‘Le Town 1'13” 011 Tuesday, the 14th day of April, The room in Um chair. Numbers pres~ out Khan‘s. High, Arnold, \‘v’ntsnn and I‘srysnn. The minnica of last meeting were, read, and (m mntion affirmed. A pvtitiml Vim prescnicd frpn‘. Thug. x ‘91) others for aid to T‘ ‘ ‘ l \ P HILL'Iz :: _ (TO BE CONTINUED ) qâ€"m no!» a LAbLlaJ-f}. Council Daniel Othen who is at present a patient in the Toronto General VHyospital. Blvved by MU Arnold, scconded by Mr. Bryson, that the petition of Thomas Rumble and six'ceu uthers be referred to Messrs. Russell 312:! High, to enquire in» to the cucumshnces of the case and act as they think advisable. Carried. Mowd by Mr \Vatson, seconded by Mr Bryson, that the treasurer be and is hereby auchuuized to pay to T. F. MC- Muhou fur priming hills. instructions in mud. o'wrsevrs, and 300 cupies of AC- counta. $12 2“ “Carried, Muved hy Mr Hiuh wounded 19y “1‘ Ar: ,uld, that the (was urer he. and is here- by authorized to pay the following road accounts :w Dist. No 1.â€"-Wm \Vright, laying and sharpening: picks and crowbar...$1 75 Dist. No. 2.â€"John Blough, 8 cedar posts at 12"; cents .......... 1 0|" Moved by Mr High, seconded by Mr \Vatsm,tlmt the treasurer be and is here- bv authorized to pay to S J Arnold the sum of $15.00 for the Kleinbm'g Agriculâ€" tural Society and to the treasurer of the Richmond Hill Sc Yonge St Agriculiural Snciety the sum of $15.00.â€"Curried. Moved by Mr High, seconded by Mr VVatsun that the petition of Thomas “70b- ster and 8 others be referred to J S A râ€" huld to enquire intu the matter, and act as he may think advisable.-â€"Garried. Moved by Mr High, seconded by Mr Watson that James. Hood and Thomas Townsend be and are hereby appointed commissioners to expend 25 days of the statute labor of mad division N0 26 in repairing and building sidewalks in the village uf Maple and that the clerk notify the pathmaster for said division, N0 26. *Carried Moved by Mr High, seconded by Mr Arnold that the treasurer be and in here~ by authurlzod m pay to James M Law- rence the sum of $4.55 for drawing deed and registering smne.~â€"-Uarried. Moved by Mr Bryaon, seconded by Mr Arnold that whereas this Council has been informed that Fullarion Gibson, the owner of the west part of lot 52 in the first concession, at the roar of said ht, has been selling sand to parties from the originhl road ailoivance whereby he has endangered the safety of the public travel- ling‘on said road allowance, therefore the clerk of this municipality is hereby in- structed on behalf of this Council to notify Mr Gibson to put said place from where the sand has been taken from said road allowance in a" proper state of repair forthwith, and further that this Council will hold him responsible for any damages that may occur, and fnlther that this Cnuncnl claims from him the amount or value of the sand so tnken.â€"Carrled. The Council then adjourned until Tues- day, the 26th day of May next to meet at 10 a. m. as a Cuurt of Revision. Spring has come. Concord has been Wrapped in its balmy embrace for some time past. As the poet sings “Here smiling spring its earliest visit paid, And mud in drying vory lang delayed .” However, it, would not be spring without the mud. Your correspondent has been silent so long that, in us with some difliculby he can accommodate himself to the office of scribe. He has lost track of. his re- porters and would therefore speak gen- erally of men 9nd things. llllle Vfall whéat is looking well through this part »Of tlle country. Seeding is ~ . y , commencing this week. The farmers have been anxiously awaiting it and full preparations haw been made. For some weeks past there might have been seen ranged round the blacksmith shop for re- pair all sorts of farm instruments, har- rows predominating: though. Certainly the blacksmith and his men have been the busiest members of the community. While the teeth and claWS were thus be- ing sharpened for the Spring campaign, numerous were 1110 WUl‘kS and preparabien in other directiotmrâ€"Ueibiug the summer wood ready, fixing the goose nests, an- swering the regulated questions and in- gnrtiating smile of the canons-taker, look- ing after the drains, hvlping the rejuven- ated tramp upon his \i':iy,ptttt1ng up gaps and fences lett. open since last year, at,- teuding Fanners’ Institutes at the store and elsewhere, boiling :lowu sap, getting: into hot, walei' “ tilt the women about house cleaning â€"â€"lHl‘L IV 3 is the climax. In tho Promotion Exxon hel-l on the 10th the following pupils “from our school were successful, passing \KiLll very good milllm ' 4 'io IV CEAHva‘IIadWin] isher, Chmlio 'leuszialc, Juan Dawes i ., Lila Usher, \ eOunper, chub liczmmn, Chnrlw Kb kvys. 'i‘o JUII ~11 n1~~CExz 0 1m RTCILS‘ ale AIM!) 1P hidtimu, 1.. m1 \an' ' {Single copies, 3 cts. LAWRENCE, Township Clerk Concord No. 43 R iddcl i, A 1lest n