The Newtown bee., 1893-08-11
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Children Cry for E spected monarchs. Among these are nu- merous and quaint articles which favor the church. The one most displeas- ing to the people is the right of the church to tax all farm products except hay, collecting tithe Of one-tenth. It is commonly believed that the system
 DIsCoURAGEs MANY TILLERs
 of the soil, and although but little is said, there is a well defined opinion that it is a detriment to agriculture, many farmers of the Romish faith having little ambition to raise anything but grass. which in this case is extensively sold as hay, with the result of depressed hay market. Through the winter and spring first class timothy, which has brought SIS to $22 per ton in New York and sur rounding places, has been sold in Mon treal at from S7 to S9.50, and only the recent scarcity of the product in Eng land has forced up the price to the here tofoTe almost unknown figure of Sl4. The wharves in Montreal and Quebec are loaded down with vast stacks of baled hay, which are rapidly hoisted aboard transatlantic steamers by speculators who receive S36 or more per ton in Great Britain.
 ANOTHER CHURCH PREROGATIyE
 is right of priority over first mortgages. For instance, the man who loans money on real estate and takes as security therefor first mortgage must do so with the understanding that there are no church dues upon it unpaid. This matter is easily ascertained by consult ing the parish priest. Such church claims do not need recording to make them legal, and an eager and intrepid money lender might easily make the mistake of loaning where d first mort gage would really amount to no more than if it were second mortgage. Buy CTS of property may also be surprised at any time by orders of the clergy to have church erected within the limits of their diocese, each Roman Catholic own CT to pay his pro rata share of the cost of erecting the edifice, as we'll as his reg ular church taxes. In many cases this has amounted to from $40 to S60, and in one case with which am conversant, to several hundreds.
 PAYMENT OF THESE EXTRA SUMS is usually made easier for the property holder by extending the time for his pay
 
 Good roads are common throughout portions of the Dominion, but taken as a whole they are vastly inferior to those of the United States. The roads about St Therese are striking (not to say jolt ing) examples of the terrors of unim- proved country highways. Each land owner is supposed to make the road which passes his property, and the mak- ing usually consists in total unconcern regarding it's condition. Ruts and rocks, drops and shocks, are the rule, whether one is driving in the stubby market cart of the region, or in the lightest spring vehicle. The roads are mostly clay, with too little attention paid to side gutters, and the result in the spring, when the frost is coming out of the ground, is a dreadful upheaval, deep mud for hoofs and tires, and the formation of deep and uncomfortable ruts for the entire sum- mer. Macadam is popularly understood to mean the
 TOUGHEST KIND OF MIXTURE of clay with stones broken small enough to pass through three inch ring. The of inattention 70 this trifie | of road construction is, little or no pleas | ure driving, and the highway used only | when the stern laws of necessity de- | mand. With little more government | or even by cooperative eff fort among the people of a town, and the of civil engineers, these so- called highways could be we'll drained, neatly ridged by the use of road ma chimes, and made hard and smooth by the simple use of sand, which can be ob- tained In desirable quantities with only short hauls in most places. This ele- | nent spread over the clay would soon ningle with it and produce surface al- most equal to asphalt. The system of |
 TOLLS ON BRIDGES
 s so common and extortionate in places IS to prohibit pleasure driving, except Or the wealthy. St Therese, just mem toned, IS point of example. Only Is niles from the neighboring city of Mon- real, and yet, to drive there with a pair If horses and return costs the ownerSl 10 or tolls alone. These bridges are usu- lily owned by individuals or companies, whose charter extends back to the early ettlement of the country. At that time hey were granted for the sake of accom- nOdatlng the people, and what was ju- Ilcious franchise has now become hur- len which will hardly be frightened with ut government interp p0sition. Tue char CT in moet cases pernifA not only heavy ol1es but alao pfohihits fhe buiIdInR ot ompet1tipe hri6Gn1 Wlth(n q preocffbed