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VOL. XVII. “ Ellis IS PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT THE LIBERAL PRINTING ct PUBLISHINGHOUSE RICHMOND HILL, ONT. T. F. McMAHON. EDITOR & Pnornmros. glitz 'ul ” IVIORNING alumni. BU SINE S S CARDS. D B. LANGSTAFF. RICHMOND HILL. ormcn HOURS 8t010a.m.; 6toSp.m. I MAPLE. u. wsz sasur THCRNHILL. all outstanding places. Ofl'lce hoursâ€"8 to 10 a. m. 1 to 2 p. in. sec. 5.. tcrssrsrms raduate Toronto University. Member College Physicians and Surgwus. Ont, two years As sistaut Surgeon Toronto General Hospital. esideuce~Two doors north of post oflice. Tel- phone communication by private line with OFFICE HOURS 1/8 to 10 a. m.; and 6 to 8 p. m. l brutal. Vlfl’flfl Ififlfl #1? USED BY Dr. A. Robinson. scncnon DENTIST, Aurora lst,8th,16th.aud 22nd of each month Richmond Hill .....9th and ?4th do (at the Palmer House) Stoufiville .. Markham.... ..20th of each month Mt. Albert do \Voodbridge . do Kleiuburg .. .. do ooletou......... . . do Reliable Gum Applications used when required. LfGet your Cheap Teeth of Robinson. Address A ROBINSON L.D.S. AuroraOnt. . J. WILSON, M. 11, RICHMOND HILL. Ont. ........18th, it Sunday, 21st W. ROGERS, DENTIST, A little east of Pei-kdnle station. over W. Collins'store,corner of Queen and N orthcote Avenue, TORONTO Sanctuary . humanity-z: THORNHILL, ONT.. Veterinary Surgeon. of each week. ill visit Richmond Hill Wednesday afternoon V ETERINARY SURGEON ‘-'ANDâ€" I CONCORD, - ONT. / mduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, ith diploma from the Ontario Veterinary' gental School. will visit Maple on Monday and , Calls promptly attended riday of each week. 0 proved. methods. Ewan” archives. 9 $1.00 IN ADVANCE. J. T. McElroy, VETERINARY DENTIST, \, biseusos of horses. cattle and other domesticatr ed annuals trenhed by the latest and most ap- RICHMOND HILL, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. 1894. illegal. DH . TEE FY. NOTARY PUBLIC. C(lMllIISSIONER IN THE HIGH COURT OF jUSTICE, &c. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. RICHMOND HILL POST OFFICE. A G F LAWRENCE \V S onmsrou, L L B LAWRENCE & URMISTON. Ba. risters, Solicitors, 55:). Toronto Office-No.15 Toronto Street. Richmond Hill Office open every Saturday. ___0_ . MONEY T0 LOAN AT LOWEST CURRENT RATES J. R. MILLER E. J. B. DUNCAN wrench .c QWJVEJQM BARRISTV'RS, SOLICITORS AND NOTARIES. Toronto Officeâ€"34 Bank of Commerce Buildmgs.19 King Street West. I‘hornlnllOfiiceâ€"Postoffice every Wed- nesday from 10 to :2 a. m. 7 Uollectionsiu City and Country promptly attended to. Money toloan G.G. S. LINDSEY LYON LINDSEY , LINDSEY & lINDSEY, Barristers, Solicitors. Notaries and Conveyancere. Pacific Buildings. 23 Scott St. Toronto. Telephone 2984 Money to Loan ROBINSON, LEN NOX & MACLEOD Barristers, solicitors, (Ye. TORONTO AND AURORA. Mr. T. Herbert Lennox will be at Kelly‘s Hotel. Richmond Hill every Wednesday, for the trans- action of business. W Salem Eckardr Licensed Auctioneer for the Counties of York Ontario and Peel. Goods sold on consignment Generalsalee 0 stock. eto.. promptly attended to at reasonable rates. P. 0. address, ' UNIONVILLL‘. .ll ames C. Stokes. Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York, re- spectfully solicits your patronage and friendly influence. and A reasonabe rates. P. 0. address King J. T. Saigeon, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York Sales attended to on shortest notice and at rea- sonablemtes. Patronage solicited. Residence Maple J. .l. Luna“, Licensed Auctioneer for the County of York. General sales of implements. furnituremtanding timber, etc... attended on the shortest notice and at reasonable rates. Stock sales a specialty. Patronage solicited. P. 0. address Unionvillc. E. Lane”. cusps nouns, 158 KING s'rnna'r EAST. TORONTO Every accommodation to guests. Board, $1. per day THE PALMER HOUSE RICHMOND HILL. This fine hotel is fitted up with all the modern appliances for health and comfort. Best brands of liquors and Cigars. Sample rooms for com- mercial travellers. 'Busses meet all trains. Rates $1.00 per day. JOHN KELLY, Proprietor. RIBHABUSUN NINE, MAPLE Having refitted the above house I am prepared to furnish the best accommodation to boarders and the travelling public. Best brands of Liquors and Cigars. Excellent stapling and efficient hustlers. Sample rooms for commercial men First-class Livery in con- nection. WM. RICHARDSON, Proprietor Nov 20-91 lVIISS c. HARRISON, DRESS - MAKER, RICHMOND HILL. A - CALL - SOLICITED. WRIGHT BROS, Undertaken; dc Embalmers, Funeral Furnishings Always on Hand __..,A, sales attended on the sLortest notice Our Ottawa Letter. Whether a general election is hear at hand or not the government and its sup- pI-rlers are leaving no stone unturned to :ecuie a full and complete revision of the tli‘UlllTal lists now in the hands of the re- vising ollicors. The interest that has been aroused In this respect among the Tories is phenomenal. They rculiZe that tll<‘l!‘ only hope of securing another lease of power is in cramming the voters’ lists will good Tory Voters, and in doing this they have thrown an energy into their work that our Liberal friends may well take pattern after. Let me draw your “Huntlun to the way our Tory friends are throwing themselves into the \VuI’k in this city. Over the signature of nine active and enthusinstic young Tory bar- risters the following notice is published, and it will be wall for nlll‘ young Liberals of the legal pl‘lJeSslou to imitate it in other cities, towns and villages where the some idea has not already been adopted. The notice roads: “ The revxsion of lhe Dominion voters’ lists being about to be umde, the undersigned Liberal Conserva- llVb barristers and commissioners for tuking alliLlaVlis have consented to pre- puro the applications of persons desiring to have tlwll‘ names placed upon the lists and who may apply at their offices; and on and after Monday next, the 3rd Sept., one or more of them will attend fur the same purpose every evening from 7.30 to 10 o'clock. at premises which Will be so- cured, for the convenience of such per- sons who may be unable to attend in the day time." These young men are earnest in their work; they are the kind of Workers who keep their party in power and the Liber- uls out. They are Workers who do not stand by and watch others work and when Victory comes shout “ We Won 1” You may talk politics all day; you may write column after column condemning your opponents’ policy; you may prove to be delusive and dishonest, but when the day comes for counting up the ballots, if your electoral lists are not all right, “ you are not in it.” but find your party elected to remain in the shades of oppo- sition for another five years. If you could only realize What is at stake, how much depends upon your putting forth an extra. effort just now, you would throw a. little more energy into the work. Col. Oulmet, Minister of Public \Vorks, has been all this week in Montreal working up Conservative organization in that city and district, with a view to having the voters” lists gut in proper shape. When asked why this unusual enthusiasm just now, the Minister of Public Works said: “ We are going (0 see that our friends do not suffer in the revision of the voters’ lists. It is practically the same precaut- ion the Liberals are taking, for we can- not be caught napping any better than they can.” Well, it is true that in cer- tain districts the Liberals are already actively at work with a determination to win, but unfortunately this interest in their work has not reached many districts where it is known the Liberals can cap~ tun-i seats with a little extra exertion. So impressed am I of the importance of this work that I cannot refrain from drawing attention to it at every opportunity. In this connection 1 will now lay a few interesting facts before you, figures hear- ing on the result of the last general elect- ion, which I have obtained from official sources here. According to these figures, at the general election in 1891, there were 1.132300 names on the voters’ lists, an increase of 138,287, or 14 per cent over the number on the list at the general election of 1887. The total number of votes polloi was 730,056 which. according to the official figures stood 378,355 for the government Candidate, and 352,101 for the opposition. For Ontario the total number on the list was 568.799; Quebec 30i,568; Nova Scotia 90,045; New Brunswick 70,521; P. E. Island 24,065; Manitoba 46,669; N. W. Territo- rics 16.044; British Columbia 14,400. The number of votes polled by provinces, during: the last general election was, 011- tario, Conservative 181,593; Liberal 178- 871; total 360.464. Quebec, Conserva- tive, 97,052; Liberal 94,063; total 191- 715. Nova Scotia, C(lnservallve,36, 694; Liberal, 31,131; total 67,825. N. Bruns- wick. Conservative, 30,094; Liberal. 23, 694: total 53,743. P. E. Island, Conser- vative, 8,094; Liberal 9,433; total 18,427. N. W. Territories, Conservatives, 6,752; Liberal, 3,579;tota1 10,331. Manitoba. Conservative, 10.450; Liberal, 9,059; to- tal 19,509. British Columbia, Conserva- tive, 6,170; Liberal, 2,267; total 8,44”. \Nhat deduction do you draw from the foregoing factsl It is certainly pointed out to you that the Liberal party at the last general election, With all the popular- ity and personal magnetism of Sir John Macdouald arrayed against you; with the Combined influence of a government in power,and with the contractors' and man- ufucturel‘s’ bank account placed to the credit of lhe government to defeat. you the Liberals secured 48.2 per cent of the total vote polled or only a. fraction under one-half the total vote recorded. Had the volers’ lists been in proper shape the result would have been reversed. What our friends have now to ask themselves is, has the government strengthened its position and itself in the Confidence of the people siHCe1891. Those who have watched the developments of the past few sessions would probably say certainly not unless renewed confidence has been inspired by a. complete and unbroken rec- ord of reckless and dishonest administra- tion of our public affairs. The Curran bridge scandal should, in itself, have aroused sufficient indignation among the tax-payers of Canada to wipe out of ex- istence a government who could have been so criminally guilty of allowing its political friends to rob the treasury to the extent the Curran bridge Job has deple- ted it. Haggart, as Minister of Railways says he was ignorant of what was going on in his department. In that the sort of man to enlrust the expenditure of your hard earned wages to? Within two or three months a work inVolving the ex- penditure of nearly half a million dollars can go on undir his direction without his ‘ taking the trouble to ascertain whether 02‘ not the money was being properly ex- pended. \Vhat is a. Minister placed at the head of a department for anyway? Certainly not to play “ seven up” at the club and throw the whole responsibility of running the machine upon subordinate officials. It is the worst case on reocrd, and Haggart knows it. It is for this reason I say the Liberals should take courage for the country is ready to resent the maladmiuistratiou of its affairs for the past sixteen years. It is only en- couragement you want to incite you to greater efforts you will find it the records of Conservative governments during the past five years without going further back into their history. Ottawa, Sept. 8th, 1894. Beading Aloud. To the Editor of THE LIBERAL : Sm,â€"~"Is reading neglected?” An editorial question in last week’s LIBERAL is one worthy of consideration, especially when you state on good authority that “ of all the candidates from one district at the recent entrance examination not one could be looked upon as having a good knowledge of reading,” and thatIuâ€" spector Fotheringham says “ reading is too rapid, monotonous and lacking in true expression.” The relerence, I suppose, is not so much to reading in the abstract as to the art of reading aloud. It might be observed that in the last few years reading in the presence of others has almost entirely gone out of fashion, except by those who make it a profession. Perhaps it may be partly accounted for in the floods of literature within the reach of all, to compose which requires much silent reading. To the praise of our young people be it said they all belong to the reading public, yet there are many families where a. book or a chapter is never read aloud from one year’s end to another. The individual members of the family all read: father reads the newspaper; mother reads the Bible; John the book from the Institute; Mary the one from the Sunday School; Tommy devours a dime novel, and Charlie reads the Buffalo Express. All read but no one reads aloud. There is no grouping of the members of the family. no reading circles, no profitable evenings spent with authors. This is very much to be regretted because reading aloud is one of the best of educational disciplines. No one can read aloud with careful re. gard to punctuation, modulation of voice, and proper emphasis. without thoroughly understanding the aim of the author. and even when reading‘silently the force of habit is such that it prevents mental slurring over what is read, resulting in the memory having a. firmer hold on the instruction received. Clear enunciation that makes speaking pleasing to the ear, and conversation agreeable, is an attain- ment that only can be obtained by the practice of reading aloud. Whatever may be the cause, that there is a scarcity of good readers is evident. Although surrounded by students who are getting loaded up with science, math- ematics and classics, how difficult it is to obtain material for a. literary entertain- ment. Conscious inability makes cowuds of us all. Outside of professionals there seems to be a growing carelessness even in those who do read before the public. Our pul- pits are sometimes occupied by “monoto- nous aud lllBXpl‘eBSlVe readers.” The Bible, the must drumstic of all books, filled as it is with exquisitely beautiful lit- erary varieties, is sometimes read so prosily that were it not for the subject matter selected it would not be tolerated by even a sleepy congregation. If an actor at the Lyceum were to appear be- fore the footâ€"lights and render his part with no more realism. force and vim than some of those who read portions of the most stirring and vivul descriptions of Holy Writ. his exit from the stage would be sure and sudden. No.11 St. Paul’s sage advice to the youthful Timothy to give umzntion, tr) rustlinng as valuable to the young pcopln of to-day as to those of 13 centuries ago. Very few intelligent young men pass through life without being called upon to read some- thing before others, if it is but the min» utcs of the lodge room They should be able to aquit themselves well. A young man’s greater abilities are calculated by how he performs in minor matters. If he reads well he is credited with a greater knowledge. If he scrawls and misspells in his writing it detracts from whatever else he may know. A former high school student who came from Caledon,although he could solve a difficult proposition in Euclid, was twrtted with ignorance be- cause he addressed his letters home with a. small k. If this general indifference to the prac- tice of this very essential branch of edu- cation is to be traced to the negligence of the teachers in our high and public schools, our educationists are making a. serious mistake, a. blunder that will tell lamentany in the future. If those who graduate from our high schools to take upon themselves the responsibility of teaching others, know comparatively nothing of the principles of elccution, what may we expect from their scholars. A boy’s ideal of perfection is his teacher’s ability. A stream cannot rise higher than its source. I question if there are twenty- five per cent, of the teachers in the prov- ,ince of Ontario who, if called upon to ' read in public a selection historical, poet- ical or conversational, that could do so with the appropriate gesture, pleasing modification, proper emphasis and clear enunciation that Would elicit the plaudits of an ordinary gathering, much less the approbation of a. critical listener. Some- thing should be done to save elocution from becoming a, “lost art.” Without depreciating in the least any other branch that helps to make up an educated man, I think that elocution should have a. wide space among them. Almost as soon as they are mastered the higher branches will begin to be forgot- ten, but reading to the satisfaction of ourselves and others will be a joy as long as eight and hearing lasts. There should be more time devoted to practice, and more attention to faults. A kind but severe criticism should be brought to bear on the pupil so that he may early learn that “rapid, monotonous and inex- pressive reading" cannot be tolerated. and that drawling tendencies7 incoherent expression and nasal twang do not indi- cate an educated gentleman. It would be a. great incentive to stu- dcnts to acquire greater proficiency in this and other scholastic attainments if there was an annual contest before the public. Subjects national, patriotic or historical could be chosen three months before, with judges to decide, and prizes awarded for oratory, elocution, essays, writing and spelling. The management could be under the Beard of Trustees us- sisted by the teachers. It would create a laudable ambition to excel and prove red letter days in the history of our young people. Mr. D. Fotheringham, or any other in-_ specter, will confer a favm on seciety if by agitation they bring about a revival in the study of elocutiou. Richmond Hill, Scpt. Il, 1804. Executors AZSale â€"OF VALU.IBLEâ€"-â€" iFARM - PllfiPElllY. There will be sold by public auction on Thursday, Sept. 27th. 1894 At the hour of one o’clock in the afternoon, on the premises, by Salem Eckurdt,Auct- iouesr, lot number .‘U. in the 1st. Con. of the Township of \'uu;;hun, in the County of Yorlucontainiug 210 acres, more or less. This valuable farm is the pl‘OpFn‘tV of the late Edmund Seager, nndis situate on Yonge street. l2 miles from Toronto. sun 1} miles from Rich- mond Hill, Where are tllu High school, Union Public schools, and churches or the several de- nominations. The soil )5 clay loam. partly un- dersdrained, and watered by two filling creeks. 0n the front part are the homestead residence, farm house (frume), Outhousos, cdl'rmge house. granary. curpruter’s Shun, two barns, three drive ing sheds. stables for horses, cult-1e 0nd pigs; wells at the house and stables. 'l’liere is an orchard of fine fruits, ripples, pours. plums. &c.. and the grounds are llLl\l out Wth ornamental trees. On the rear part are u fmmc house, a log house, barn. stablihg mom for horses and cattle. and several cores of woods. I'l‘lns part of the farm has been used fordnn-yiug for upwards of thirty years. The lunils are uoll fenced. The [rupelty will be oiIcrod in two parcels ench subâ€" Ject to a reserved bid. The line of the projected Street Railway from Toronto will puss this propâ€" erty. It is well adapted for a stock farm, and is a desirable location for n gentleman's country seat. Also at the same time and place a. quantity of household furniture and other efi'ccts will be sold. TERMS 2â€"Tcn per cent of purchase money to be paid at the lilnoul suln: ten per cent within thirty days thereafter, nuwl the buluuce in three months from day of sulc. Further conditions uinl purtmulars made known at the tune of or.“ . >r url upphc ution to Jollx lil' NCAN, llicbmom’. Hill. Cook. Mucdonald ll» llrigug \‘clliln 1".s Sulwitnrs, 11-2 No. l Adulunlo 5t. Last, Torouw