et us do the next best thing--curb and control
the evil in the best manner possible.

"A dozen wrongs will never make a single right, and the wrongs
that are being committed in this Smith case have appealed to one
who believes in

"_Brome, Oct. 8th, '94._ FAIR PLAY."

The following comments appeared in an editorial in the same paper:

"It is impossible to shut one's eyes to the ill-feeling that is
growing throughout the County of Brome, and spreading itself over
the district, as a result of what is known as the Smith assault
case. Hitherto, only one side of the case has found an echo in
the public press, but to-day we open our columns to a
correspondent who expresses in moderate language the sentiments
of those who think there is something to be said on the other
side. We commend his letter to the attention of our readers
without in any sense committing ourselves to the writer's
conclusions. Everybody must feel sorry for the misfortunes of Mr.
Smith, and if, as it is alleged by some, he has allowed his zeal
to get the better of his discretion, he is not the first man who
has been carried away by a superabundance of enthusiasm, or who
has suffered therefor. Mr. Smith's friends will try to make a
martyr of him. We doubt that they will succeed."

If, as the Editor of _The News_ seems to consider, "the sentiments of
those who think there is something to be said on the other side" are
expressed in the above letter in "moderate language," how must those
views sound when expressed in the most forcible terms of angry barroom
parlance? Let us thank God that we are not compelled to hear these
opinions when thus declared, nor even to see them made known through
the press.

It is said in the above note that Mr. Smith's _friends_ would try to
make a martyr of him, but it was doubtful if they would succeed. We
think the Editor of _The News_ is mistaken in this, it was Mr. Smith's
_enemies_ who appeared desirous of making a martyr of him, and they
very nearly succeeded; but, through the providence of God, he is still
in the ranks of temperance workers. We are told that "one with God, is
a majority," and more than one in Brome County are true to the right,
therefore, the liquor party with all their efforts are still in the
minority there. In the next issue of _The News_, dated Oct. 19th,
appeared the following replies to the above