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 Dr made to iglcH kept in ?cen at our taken in ex- rk which we of merchants of FleshertoEW VOL. 4.-N0. 17. MARKDALE, ONT., JAN. 24, 1884. No. Wit* The Markdale Standard '-is issued evesy Thursday, at the office, Mill Street, llnrklale. Teems â€" $1 per year in advauce; $1.2a if ' not paid within three mouths. Professional ami business cards one inch apace and under, per yeai-, ?,L 1 YU. G itO. 3 MO. Whole column 550 'JO S27 50 $15 ft) Half column 27 dO 1-5 00 10 00 Quarter column .. .. 1^ 00 10 00 6 00 Two inch space 7 00 4 00 Three inch space lo 00 5 00 Casual advertisements H cents per line first insertion, 3 cents per line each subsequent insertion, noni'areil measure. Editorial notices, or notices in local col- mmn 10 cents per line first insertion, 5 cents «ftch subsequeiit.s insertion. Stray atnmftls Ac, advtatisetl 3 weeks for ?1, the advertisement not Vn exceed twelve lines. AP10i\E£R POE9I. ' â€" JOB PRINTING.â€" The Standard ollioe has a isplendid equip- ment of poster as well as fine job type. Spe- cial attention to orders by mail. Orders -filled with dispatch, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOK. SAMLEl, WAKDELL,, WELL DIGGKR AND DRILLER. ALL orders promptly attended to. Resi- dence â€" Snider's Hill Owen Sound 122-35 B. Ghent, M,D., M.R.CP. S., O. Physician and Surtreon, Priceville, Qtaduate of University. Vict. College. ,, ,, New York, and Hon. Graduate, of the same, „ ., Avleth Medical Institute. „ ,, Opthalmic Hospital, N.Y. Member Coll. Physicians Sargeors,0. lO-t J. P. MARSHALL, L.D.S. DE.\TBST, GRADi^VTE OF TORONTO SCHOOL of Dentistry, will be at Rutledge's ilotel, Mavkdale, on the 1st and third Wed- Jnesday of i-iicli m^nth and also at Afunshaw's Hotel, Fleshtirton, the day following the â- 'third Wednesday in each month for theprac 'tiee'of his profession. January 9th, 1883. 122-74. Frost dc Frost, BARRISTERS, AND ATTORNEYS-AT Law, Solicitors in Chancery, Convey oncers, c., Owen Sound, have resumed at Flasherton, Office open every Thursday, as heretofore. AuBED Feost, J. W. Fbobt, LL. B. County Crown Attorney. 1 J. ITIASSOI^, RISTER, MASTER ANDDEP. REG in Chancery, Notary PubUc, Convey an} tae: JD in jl kumber of farms foe bale. QjTicEs â€" Owen Sound, in Viaker's Block Poulett St.; Branch office in Markdale, over MeFarland's Store, on Friday and Satiuday every week. 57-ly Creator dr Morrison, BARRlP- -x^»,SOLICITOES. COSTVEY- ances, c. Ac, OrncES in Owen Sound, BuSerin iBlock, over W. F. Wolf's S.tore and in MARKDALE; Over W. J. MeFarland's Store on Tlrarsday and Friday of each week. lS"Fund3 to lenten reasonable terms. .John Cbeasob, Q-G, Ddncan SJorisoh Markdale, March li. 1882. 79-ly Alexander JBrowv, ISSTJER of Marriage Licenses, Fire and Life Insurance Agent. Commissioner B. R. ci'c. Conveyancer and Licensed Auctioneer for the County of Grey. Farmers, Merchants, and Land Sales, Punctually at- tended to and charges made very moderate. Priceville, Sept. 17, 1880. 1-y Wm. Brown, ISSUER OF MARRIAGE LICENSES, Ac Commissioner in B. R. c. Conveyancing in all its branches promptlj Attended to and carefully executed. N. B. â€" Money to Lend on Real Estate se «nrity. Sir. â€" The accompanying poem was ffiven as reading at the anniversary of the United Sabbath School, Meaford Road, on the evening of 15th Jan. 1884. Rtv. Mr. McDowell objected to it, stating that it contained infidel sentiment, thereby throwing the com- mittee appointed by the school, to select matter for said entertamment, in a very unpleasant position before- the public. "Will you kindly give the poem to the public through the col- umna of your popular paper. The said committee do hereby respectfully request Mr. McDowell to ehow wherein the infidelity lies supporting his views by "scripture proof and give the answer tbrotJgh your paper, aifid thereby oblige and enlighten all concerned, Wm. Buchanan ,h. Chairman of committee. W. G. RICHARDS, "DUILDER, CONTRACTOR, ABCHI- yj TECT. â€" Residence on Mill Street, Mark- dale. Markdole, Jan 2 Uh, 1883. 1241y JOHN NOBLE, MARKDALE. GEMLBLAGKSMITH HpeSE SHOEING A SPECIALiy. If we accord an honored plaia To benefactors of our race, A noble record will be read Of those who bravely went ahead And led our forest armies on From Plymouth Rock to Oregon. Fighting their way through smoko and fire And savage beasts and savage ire, Across this continent entire Changing the savage wilderness To the fair homes we now possess. We nave assembled here to-day A tribute of respect to pay To those whom we may well address As veterans of the wUdemcs*. To these our local pioneers Whose patient toil in by-gone years Wrought out from nature's stern array These well tilled farms we see to-day And that we may appreciate The blessings of our present state. Compare oui present situation With theirs in pioneer relation. Compare the fields you're tilling now With those your fathers' had to plow Your farming implements compare With their old stile of farming ware. Your roads o'er which you glide with ease With theirs amongst the stumps and trees, Compare your dwellings large and fine With their rude cabins seven by nine, Sometimes so small as to reiqaire To aook before 'an out-door fire â- ; CoHipMe your tables now supplied With luxuries from land and tide, With theirs, in piomtering d«ys When the best meal that they could raise At sundry times was Johnny cake Mi;ced with cold water from the lake. Think of men selling first grade ndieat Fitted for market all complete Two weary days UDon the road For marketing a single load. For forty cents per bushel paid. And even that in store pay trade. Think cS men working half a day To set ten cents with which to pay The postage on a single letter, Becouse they couldn't do any better. What would you think to pay a ten And walk eight miles to get it then. Now you have markets, shops and stores And mail brought even to your doors These things we name in part to show The obligations that we owe To those who pioneered the way For these adyautages to-day, And may their children ne're lorget Their obligations, er the debt For where we owe a sacred clim. And have not means to meet the same. It helps somewhat to bring ccjntent To make a fair acknowledgnient Bat this you pan in part repijy By fihal kindness every day Aijiu by preserving in your turn Whijt they there worked so hard to earn These noble farms the homesteads dear On 'which they toiled for many a year And leave a sacred trust to you Transmit them to your children too/ The tree beneath whose sheltering qoade In early childhood you have played Preserve it with especial care Because your father set it there. The handiwork your mothers made For household omamerts displayed. Save it, preserve it to the last A sacred rehc of the past. You see these aged pioneers Are bending with the weight of years These frosty locks so thin and gray Were thinned by many a toil-spent day. And nights of watchfulness and care Have furrowed the brows that once were fair. A few more tide-waves ebb and flow Will bear them on where all must go. They'll leave behind a monument The record of a life well spent. In these fair farms their hands haye cleared In buildings that their hands have reared. In these green fruit trees everywhere Planted and cultured by their care. An when upon the burial plain They rest These records shall reioain In witness of their grand success in battling with the wilderness. Oh make the evening of their days Light with affection's filial rays Steady their steps as they desoead On life's last grading to its end Doing as yon'd haye children do When you are old and feeble too. But will tbese ladies be content Without one word of compliment Didn't th^e old mothers do their share Of pioneer work everywhere. Bearing with perfect resignation Toil, sieknss, hardship and privation, In the rude wilderness to mikke, A home for their dear childrena sake In all the toils and cares of life A man's real helper is his wife. And these old fathers would have died Had not their wives stood by their side. Now in these modem, social fights, I take the side for woman's right*. Although to-day I'll not declare Entirely what I think they are I know St. Paul has strangely said The man should always go ahead. In other words should have his way And that the wum^n should ob^ And further seemed the thought to carry That 'twas not best for men to marry. If Paul had been a pioneer And had your forest lauds to clear After he'd tried it for a year. Had had old fashioned ague shake him, And bilious fever overtake him. With no one near to sosthe 4ii8 woes. Or hold the camphor to his nose, Do you suppose he woald have-said It wos-not best for ttieti te wed 9 I cannot say, I do not know. About their wives so long ago, Tbey may bav« been so worthless thMi They were a nuisance to the men, â- knd he liad reason in his head ^o doubt for saying what he said. But if St.,Paul were here to-day. To look upon this fine array Of faithful and devoted wives Could read the record of their lives Could look oipon these lovely girls Their sparkling eyes and glossy earls, He'd doubtless say, â€" I do declare I must have been mistaken there And thin acknowledge to his credit He had dyspepsia when he said it. For if there is a heaven below Where purest draughts of nectar flow, 'Tis where two pure congenial hearts Are wedded fast by cupida arts, And beat in perfect unison. Their hopes, their joys and sorrows one. Yet it requires peculiar skill To run the matrimonial mill Smoothly and kindly year by year And haye no clashing in the gear. To selfishness we all incline We have too much of me and mine Toe much I went too much I will To clog the matrimonial mill. And discord, too, is sometim'es made. About the stock each puts in trade, The wife may bring a smaller sack Of corn to mill upon her back. Still if she does the best she vcan, CaU'ti ^t^^eal and be a man. Allow CO qealonsy or strife To sour the very meal of tfe. Let all the nroducts of the trade. fectly right last week in reference to our roads, they have certainly been neglected, a greater effort might haye been sxpected on the part of some of the ratepayers when they have a chance to remedy the evil. Our school is now being conducted satisfactory by Mr. Oxenden. 'Williamsford. A sort of common stock be made. And use it only as you should In common for the mutual good Have no dividing wall or Une. Let all be oun, not mine and thine. A man may say my boots, my plow, But he had better say our cow. To make a proper application, I give you here an illustration A gentleman but newly wed. One morning to his new wife said, "1 now propose my plans to vary," "And think I shall enlarge my dairy,*? "Our dairv, dear," the wife replied, "Would sound much better to your hf jde." "My dairy," said the man of cows, "Oitr dairy," say, replied his spouse, "My dairy." still the man persisted, •'Our dairy, sir," the wife insisted. Her eyes were snapping sparks of fii;p, She seized the broomsick raised it jwdier. And on his lackless head and back Blow followed blow whack folloiwed \whack. The man had heard old people say. That he wJno mns from fight away May live to fight another day. Afid hoping thus to save his head fie 'quickly dove beneath the bed. Ee saw at once the wife He'd ,?ot, Was dressed for business on the spot Was even pleased to find that trait So well ^veloped in his mate. And fvirther saw it was not best With soch a spirit to contest. And wisely thought it beet to yield. To her the well contested field Then cautiously put out his head From neath the covering of the bed, "What do you wont she fierely cried?" "I want our hat" the man rephed. That was eneugh, the fight was done Thenceforth their interests were one They'd no more jarring, balks or hitches 'Twas our oows now, oar boots, our panta- loons. Let busbaads learn our cows to say. Before the broomstick comes in play. i From our own correspondent. Times are some what dull recently Vet a vast improvement has been ex- perienced this winter over that of pre- vious ones, chiefly owing to the fact of haying a grain Market in oar vil- lage, many thanks to our enterprising mercbaut Mr. Foster. Quite a flutter was evident on Monday last when our little parliment met here, this being the capital. Mr. Wm. Norton, the newly elected Deputy-Reeve was unable to qualify, owing to begin under contract to the township as collector of taxes. The consequences are not yet known but a new election for that office is prob- able. The annual meeting of Holland Centre Agricultural Society will meet here on Tuesday the 29th for the election of officers c. a foil attendance is expected. i^»u. REVERE HOTEL, PROPRIETOR. THIS popular Hotel has changed hands and the above men cater to the wants of the public. Good vtabling and attentive hostlers. The best brands of liquor and cigars, good meals and comfortable rooms, large ommercial room. Barber shop in con- nection. 130-ly. CHATSWORTH HOUSE (lats mokbow house,) CHATSWORTH, Out. l^UCK fc McLEOD Pbopeiktors. Dundalk. From our own correipondent. Cold weather. Deep snow. Drifted roads. News scearce. Proten ^Council held their first ses- sion on. Monday last. Tbj^ were said to be well pleased witk their! efforts on that account. The reeve and Deputv- reeve are now in attend- ance at the County Council. Mr. H. Dryden, left on Monday last for New-Brunswick, The Band loses on excellent player, his friends entertained him before he left the oysters were served up at sangley. Mr. E. Montgomery died on Sat- erday last after a lingering illness. The Band concert was not so well attended as it should have been. Miss Reynolds has formed a class here for instructins in instrumental music. Bills are extensively circulated ansou- ncing for an entertainment by the Markdale Gymnasium Club on Tues- day next. The best brand of liquors and cigars al- ways to stock. Good meals and comfortable rooms guaranteed. Good stabling and at- tentive hostler. 11^ COMMERCiAL HOTEL. PRICEVILJ-.E. Ont. Large and commodious Sample Booms Good Bed Kooms, etc. The Bar and larde well supplied with the best the market af fords good Stabling and attentive Hostler's TH03. ATKINSON. Proprietor JOSEPH GIBSON CONTRACTORS. Contracts taken for all kinds of BRICK AND STOKE WORK, Plain Ornamental Plastering. Calsomininq in all Shade* and Colert. Charges moderate and satisfaction guar- anteed. Orders left at ahe Sianbabd office will receive prompt attention. Markdale. Feb. 6th, 1883. 126-ly.. GEORGE WILSON, Wholesale and Retail IBUTCHER!} BEEF, POKK OR MUTTON SUPPLIED, from a single pound to a whole carcass, at the lowest market prices. FISH FOWL IN THEIR SEASON East Orey AgricultUFal Society. Crlascott. From a correipondent. Many of the xeaders of the Standabd are donbdess ignorant as to where Glascott is. It is a pust-offioe on the line between G-lenelg and Holland township about 4 miles South West of Berkley, on the T. G. B. Cold stormy weather since the year came in. Times are dull owing to the late summer frost and, low market for grain. Mr. Wm. Williamson is prepairing to erect a fine bank bam the coming season. Messrs. Franois and Charles Boyle will also build firame stable's. Quite a nnittber of homes baYO ibe distemper. Yout other correspondent yas per- The anaal meeting of this Society was held m the Town Hall, Flesherton, on Wednesday afternoon, when the following officers were elected for the ensuing year â€" Thos. Kells, President. J. Abbott, 1st Vice-President. D. E. Ellis, 2nd Vice-President. Directors. â€" S. Damude, A. Mun- shaw, Wm. HewgiU, H. Hurd, John, Cameron, S. Stokes, A. S. Vandusen, John Johnston, and George Biehard* son. Auditors. â€" B. J. Sproule aud J. I. Graham. Mr. Hugh Eeid was nominated representative of this Division at Council, of the Association. It is decided to hold a Spring Show on the Society's grounds, Flesherton, on the 29th April next, for sire stock. At a meeting of the Directors held subsequent to the annual meeting, S. Damude was re-elected Secretary and Treasurer. â€" Advance. Farmers having Fat Cattle, Sheep, Pigs to dispose of will do well to calL Markdale, Oct. 25th. 1881 or for the Onion Carriage Works. All work manufactured from First Cliss Material In the Latest and Best Improved Style, and finished with Engflish. Vartiisli. South Grey Agfricultural Society. Officers for the year 1884 were elect- ed as follows â€" James Edge re-elected Prasident James Murdoch Ist Vice-President H- J. Middangh, 8nd Vice-President Di- rectors â€" Chas. Mofiat, Geo. Binnie, Harry WUlis, Qaiaten Campbell, Geo. Stewart, Jno. Booth, Petev Dickscm, Wm. Lawrence, and Dr. Jamieson. â€" Grey Beview. Painting Tumming Rigs â- m. receive prompt attention. All Kepairs executed in the shortest possible time consistent with good workmanship. Good Work a Speciality. Eemember the Shop, opposite the Cheapside D. J. SHAJSTAHAN, Proprietor Markdale. Dec. 2nd, 1881. 64. jM William McLeod, BOOT AND SHOEMAKER, MARKDALE- Orders promptly attended to. Sewl work a specialty. All our work gnarai eed.. Teims strictly car" Eemember the standi opposite Revere K'jtcl. lC9-3m