The entertainment being got up by the Druids for the benefit of the widow and family of.their late Brother J. W, Webb,pro mises to be a brilliant success, and from all we hear it is likely to be attended by an im mense audience. The programme (which is advertised in another column) is really an unusually attractive one. In addition to or chestral music there are songs, part songs and a violin solo by Mr Wood, the accomplished head of the orchestral Society. The second part consists of a “ domestic drama ” in which Mr T. J. Kennedy sustains a leading part,and in which he has been coaching the performers. In conclusion there will be a “druidical tableau,” which from a spectacular point of view, will doubtless be most interesting. Tho Foresters and Oddfellows are cordially and fraternally supporting the benevolent project.
CAPITAL, LABOUR, AND PROTECTION.
Writing to the Neic York Herald, Mr N.L. Gatio thus intelligently discusses tho great American questions : Mr Dupuy said in a recent speech at Pittsburg that there was something wrong with the labouring classes, but that they did not know exactly what it was, or if " they did know they were uuable..-to explain the trouble in a clear way and give it definite shape. Having been a wage earner for twenty years, and believing with Mr Dupuy that there is something wrong with the condi tion of my class, I Want to throw what light I can on the dark spots of the diffi culty for the benefit of whom it may con cern.
