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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1887-10-05, Page 2• The I/ tiro; N w Recorc Wcdueeday*,'Oct0er, 5tltt ISO OUR iFX.k.I B1T1ON Good Displays, a Large Attend- ance and Flue Weather. T113: LIST OF PRIZE TAKERS (Other particulars op another page) The following is the prize list HORSES, IMPOIITED.—Brood mare, A Innes, R Martin. Spring Foal, Jas Ross, 3 McMillian. Two year old filly, W Rinn, Robt Martin. One year old filly, R Martin. CANADIAN • HEAVY DRAtmwr — Heavy draught team, A Innes, E Butt. Brood mare, 3 McMillan, A Innes. Spring foal, A Innes, Thos Fear. Two year old gelding, A Monteith, 2d not known. Two year old filly, Geo Dale. One year old gelding,Jas Southcombe, JStanbury. Colt, sired by Lincolnshire Tom, Jas Lindsay, R Jenkins. AGRICULTURAL HOUSES.—Brood mare, J Izzard, J Hafillan. Spring foal, colt or filly, J Izzard, R Mason. 2 -yr old filly, G Christopher, E Eaddie. Team, R Mason, James Mair. Entire colt, C Dale, jr, 2 and 3 J Mason. Yearling stallion, W Rinn, D McGregor, W Dale. Yearling filly, W Whitmore, 2nd not known. Roan on CARRIAGE HORSES.—Brood mare, John Avery, A Gordon. Roadster team, T C Doherty, W Grieve. 2 -yr gelding or filly, C Avery, Jas Broadfoot. 3 -yr old filly, W Cuningham, Tyndall Bros. Buggy horse, R Fitzsimons, Jas Beattie, E Swarts. Saddle horse, D B Kennedy, A Cook. Spring colt, 1 and 3 John Stanbury, 2 Robert Autterson. 1 -yr old colt, Robt Beacom. J T Carter. Single carriage horse, A Forbes, T Tip - ling. Year old road or carriage colt, A Gordon, 3 Stanbury. Lady rider -Miss Swan, Miss Leitliwaite, Miss F Bowden. Lady driver, Miss Bay, Mrs W Elliott, Miss Swan. Spring foal, J T, Carter, A Angus. TnononrnD CATTLE.—Milch cow, W J Biggins, A Elcoat. 2 -yr old heifer, H Snell & Sons, .W J Biggins. 1 -yr old• heifer, Snell & Sons, W J Biggins. But calf, W 3 Biggins, Snell & Sons. Heif- er calf, W J Biggins, Snell & Sons. Female animal, W J Biggins, Snell & Sons. Herd of any breed, W 3 Biggins, Snell & Sons. Herd of Polled Angus, Jas McFarlane. NATIVE on tannins.--2-yr old heifer, W Elliott, Jas Young. Milch cow, W Cooper, W Dale. Pair 2 -yr old steers, J Stanbury, C Dale. Pair yearling steers, John Dale, J McFarlane. Year- ling heifer, W Dale, J Stanbury. 3.yr old steer, 1 and 2 J Stanbury. 2 -yr old steer, C Dale, Jas Nott. Heifer calf, W Grieve, T,Carbert. Fat cow or heif- er, B Hunter, A Elcoat. SHEET—LEIcEsTEns.—Aged ram, ram Iamb, shearling ram, pair aged ewes, pair shearling ewes, pair ewe lambs, II Snell & Sons. . COTSWOLDS. — Shearling ram, ' ram lamb, pair aged ,ewes, pair shearling ewes, pair ewe lambs, 1 and 2 John• Cuming. Pen of Sontlidowns, Robert • Marten. Pen of Oxford -or Shropshire - downs, J McFarlane, W Cooper. LARGE BREED PIGS.—Brood sow, Thos Tipling. Boar, littered in 1887, George Plewes. Sow littered in 3887, T Tipling, Sivaa BREED — BEnl:sxliE.,— Aged Boar, E Bell, T Carbert, Brood Sow, having littered in '87, J Izzard, Jas Lindsay. Boar, littered in '87, E Bell, T Wallace. Sow, littered in '87, T Wallace. Berkshire Sow, 3 Mason, C Spooner. Berkshire Boar, E Bell. SMALL BREED—SUI:TOLE—Aged Boar, Geo Plewes, J Govier. Brood Sow,hav- ing littered in '87, Geo Plewes. Boar, littered in '87, Jno Govier, Geo Plewes. Sow, littered'iii"$77TM 2 0 Plewes. POULTRY—Black Spanish, W Eliott, ° W Grieve. _Lig-ht.Brahnias - F -Beattie, 1 & 2. Dark Brahmas, F Beattie, John Worsell. Grey Dorkings, F Beattie, W Grieve. Black . Polands, F Beattie. Golden Polands,, F .Beattie, 3 Mason. Spangled IIamburgs, F. Beattie. • Hou - dans; 1 & 2 F Beattie: ' Pl'yih -oath Rocks, 1 & 2 F Beattie. ' Buff (*bins, F Beattie. White Leghorns, F Beat- tie. Brown Leghor}is, J \Vorsell, F Beattie, Game Fowls, 1 & 3 J Beattie. Bantams, 1 & 2 Beattie. Ducks;Pekii, J Mason, W Grieve. Rollin Ducks, F Beattie. Geese, 1 & 2, W Griebe. Tur- keys, A Weir, T Fear. Collection of •Pigeons,. F Beattie. Collection of Fowls, I' Beattie. I\II'r,EmesTs--Display of buggies, etc., John Bransdon. Two horse buggy.open, 5 A Cantelon. •One horse buggy, cover- ed, T Tipling. One horse buggy, open, 5 A. Cautelon. Cutter, J Brunsdon. Fanning mill, Mclfurchie & Co. Gang plow, 5 Beattv, W Weir. Iron harrows, T Tipling. Field -roller, W Smithson. Turnip cutter, 'W Weir. Set horse shoes, T Tipling 1 & 2. Wooden pump, J Ross. Lumber wagg en, J Brunsrdon. Plow, T Tipling, W Weir. Horse hoe - or-scuffler, \V Weir. GR:IIN AND Fnurr.—White Winter Wheat, J Salkeld, Thos Colo. Red Winter Wheat, Jas Lindsay. Spring Wheat, A Johnston, J Salkeld. White Oats, A Johnston, J Mason. Barley-, J Salkeld•, J Lindsay. Small peas, Geol Cooper, J Lindsay. Large peas, Geo Cooper, J Salkeld. Winter apples, H Elford, G Crossman. Collection of fruit, W Wise. Golden Russets,L Crich, Robt Martin. Northern spy, J Woon, L Crich. 20 oz Pippins, J Mason; V Diehl & Son. Snow apples, W H Scott, A Innes. Rhode Island Greenings, J Salkeld, A Innes. Baldwins, J Salkeld, L' Crich. Fall Pippins, G A Cooper, W Wise. Strawberry apples, J Sonthcombe, T Fear. Clinton grapes, 5 Cook, J Rat tenbm'y. Concord grapes,M Schwarz 5 Cook. Rogers' No. 4, J Rattenbury. Hartford Prolific, J Rattenbury. Var- ieties of plums, T Holloway, T Fear. Collection of plums, T Holloway. Pea- ches, A Johnston, 0 Cooper. Winter pears, Jno Mason. Fall pears, J Sal- keld, W Wise. MANI:e•AcruttEs---HOMO made cloth, A Johnston, Home-made flannel, A. John- ston, Geo Nott. Factory -maple cloth, D Graham. Factory -made flannel, D Graham, Pair Blankets, A Johnston, Mrs \Vhite. Double Set Harness, G. A. Sharman. Set Single buggy harness, G A Sharman. Gentleman's sewed boots, C Cruickshank, Taylor & Sons. Gentleman's pegged boots, U •.Cruick shank, Taylor & Sons. Parlor sot, A A Bennett, Marble Work, WH Cooper. Grape wine, J Worsell, A Johnston.,, VEOCTAOT"ea.—Collection garden vege- table : Allanson, J Al1 son, A Johnston. Var- ieties potatoes, ,7 Rattenbury-, S ('ook, Early roso potatoes, J Rattenbury, T Holloway, Beauty of Hebron, T Hol- loway. White Elephant, T Fear. Man- gold Wuartz,el>atC`7 $_13000,C0 Wean.; 1fe1- low globe Mul►golct Wu m els, A asa: C Spooner. Altriughsus etI;otet , H ollq!w y. bong Ors�ue carrot*, T Floltgwa,y, J 4l14l4 Ergrly WO :car- rots, T 'Bollowayt, Ailtl,uson. 'White Belgraq;carrots, J Salkeld, C Spooner. Swede turnips, J Southcombe, J 0 El- liott. Grey Stone turnipps, J ,Masan, J Allanson. White Globo (Wra=ps, J llf as - on, J Allanson, Short Garden carrots, T Holloway, A Johnston, Long blood beets, J Allanson, 5 Cook. Blood tur- nip beets, for table use, ft Cook; A Johnston. Parsnips, S Cook, T Hollo- way. Winter oabbage, J O IMliott, Al- lanson. Pickling oabbage,;J Allanson. Cauliflower, Allanson. Onions, from seed, Cook, Allanson. Potato onions, J Rattenbury, J Woon. Ear Corn, J 0 Elliott, Adam Weir. Water Melons, A Johnston, J Allanson. Musk Melons,A Johnston, J Allanson. Citrons, W Fos- ter, A Johnston. Red tomatoes, Hollo- way, Allanson. Pumpkin, A Johnston, G Cooper. Squash,Johnston, Allanson. Celery, Allanson, J 0 Elliott. DAIRY PRODUCE—Home-made tub but- ter, J Townsend, W Robinson. Ten lbs crock butter, W Dale, W Robinson. Creamery butter,Londesboro Oreamery. Eutter, rolls or 'prints, W Robinson, M Schwarz. 25 lbs. Crook Butter, M Schwarz, Geo Nott.' Extracted honey, H Elford, W B Forster. Honey in oombe, H R Walker. One cheese, lac - tory made, T Cooper. Home-made cheese, A Johnston, G Nott. Bread made with breadmaker's yeast, Mrs -Robert Mason, Mrs John Worsell. 5 lbs crock but er, Wm Robinson, James Lindsay. Assortment of baking made from James' Baking Powder, Mrs R Mason, Mrs J -Worsell, home-made bread, Mrs J Worsell, Mrs Jas Ross. Baker's Bread, J R Evans, W Young. LA�a' Wonn.—Collection Ladies' work, 1lfiss Nott, Mrs Hovey. Fancy Braiding, Miss McEwan, Mise Nott. Tatting, Miss Nott, Miss McEwan. Crochet work, wool, Louis Crich. Lace Work, A Johnston, Miss McEwan. Em- broidery in Cotton or Muslin, Miss Me. Ewan. Embroidery in Silk, Miss Mc - Ewan. Bead word, A Johnston. Knit- ting, fancy, Miss Nott, Louis Crich Knitting, cotton stockings, A Johnston Crochet work, cotton, Mrs =toss, Mise • Nott. Patch work in silk or velvet. Mies Rumball. Patch Work quilt, oth• er than Log Cabin, 1 & 2 MissMeEwan, Berlin Wool work, raised, Miss Mc. Ewan, A. Johnston. Braiding on Silk, Miss Nott. Twine work, MissMc. Ewan, W B Forster. Flowers silver wire, A. Johnston. Farmer's Wreath, W B Forster, Woolen stockings, Geo Nott, Miss AlcEwan. Gent's Linen Shirt, hand -made, Miss MoEwan, Geo Nott. Gent's Cotton Shirts, linen bosom, Miss McEwan, A Johnston. Gent's Fancy flannel shirt, Geo Nott, A Johnston. Plain Hand Sewing, Miss 1%fcEwan, Miss Nott. Berlin wool work, fiat, Miss McEwan, A. Johnston. Wool- len socks, Miss Nott, Miss McEwan. Woolen gloves, Mies MoEwan, A John- ston. Log Cabin Quilt, Miss McEwan, L Crich. Rag Mat, Miss' McEwan, Geo Nott. Rag Carpet, A Johnston, W Haw- kins. Hand painting, on silk or velvet, Miss Cruickshank, Miss Nimmons. FINE Arrrs—Pencil drawing, Miss Cruickshank. Painting in Oil, Corne- lius Hoare, Master Hovey. Photographs H. Foster. Penmanship by •boy under 10, Jas Stanbury. • FLOWEnS.—Ten Weeks Stooks, \V Taylor, W Robinson. Verbenas, W Robinson. Petunias, W .J Biggins, W Taylor. Dahlias, T Fear. Geraniums in flower, J Worsell. Hanging Basket, filled with plants, W J Biggins, J Wor- sell. Boquet of natural flowers,W Tay- lor, W Robinson, ,TUDOES. HEAVY HORSES—W Grainger, Hullett; Jas -Gaunt, St Helens; W B Harris, Wroxeter. • Limn. HonsEs--A Young, Seaforth ; W J McCutcheon, Wingham. r CATTLE—D McLaren, Hullett ; Jas Smith, Maple Grove ; ' G Nicholson, Wrozeter. SHEEP—Pros—C Proctor, Belgrave ; J Cowan, McKiliop. Forts—Dr J G Scott ; Seaforth ; Dr Young, Londesboro. 13Axim:tTuRREs�H Plumsteel; Clinton. VEGETABLES -0 Girvin, West Wawan- osla ; G Middleton, Goderich township: L. Plummer, Clinton. DAIRY Pnontcio—T Stanbnry,Olinton. H. Plumsteel, Clinton. Jas McMichael, Seaforth, • .- LADIES' WORK—Mrs Dr Young, Lon- desboro. Mrs G Middleton, Goderich township. Mrs J McMichael, Seaforth, BAD BUSH FIRES.' Navigation Interrupted on the St. Lawrence—Many Farm- ers Suffer Serious Loss. Kingston, Ont., Sept. 27.—The bush !fres arc raging about the city with unabated fury. They aro do- ing incalculable injury, and have driven • the farining community to despair. Some people have fought the fire for days in•defence of their homes, and then had to abandon them. , Pembroke, Ont., Sept. 27.—Ex- tensive bush fires aro raging in al- most every .direction. Some farm ers have lost their whole season's crop of hay which was stacked out in the open field. In some cases cattle have bee'- burned to death and buildings swept away. The groat drouth has caused sad havoc at nearly every point. Fanners, in some cases, have had to haul water for their stock for iniles. Montreal, Sept. 2"7.—Owing to the dense -smoke, caused by bush fires, navigation has been stopped for .the time bei g. The ferry boats which usually start from Longueuil and Laprairie early in the morning did not do so to -day, The smoke is so dense in the city to day that peo- ple's oyes are affected by it. Serious bush fires are raging about Chateauguay, Caughnawaga, St. Jer- ome and Terrebonne. The people in the burning districts Ire suffer- ing terribly. Ottawa, Sept. 27,—A gentleman who has just arrived from Vinton, on the Upper Ottawa, says that the bush fires thorn aro raging with ter- rible fury. Last Friday sixteen families wore burnt out, and had the wind nottchanged the fire would have swept throughout Guigon vil- lage. As it is the fires are raging fiercely, and there is much danger to property in the vicinity. 4. s , 014r Wtat ld o1 qes, ,: he. ublin re88 sojrs Arch- bishop Walsh has..lfp ressed strong displeasure at ;the lariycattinn of the sistes of Mr, Seagrtsvo, the official who superintended affairs at Mitch- ellstown on the 9th, on the occasion of the fight between the police and tho populace. The Express alleges that the Archbishop has warned the clergy that .if the boycotting of the ladies again occurs at the church at Mitchellstown ho will close it. —Blatherskite O'Brien was found guilty and sentenced to 3 months' imprisonment. Notice of appeal was given. Immediately after the sentence on the fist charge, O'Brien was placed on trial on the second charge. This was of the same nature as the other. Upon this he was also found guilty and. sentenced to three months' impiisontnent, the tonne to be concurrent. O'Brien •appealed from both judgments and was liberated ou bail. —Dr. Tanner, Irish 'Nationalist member of Parliament, iu response to the demands of a crowd, made a speech at Fermoy from. the balcony of his hotel. Ho denounced the action of the police at Mitchellstown, and the trial of O'Brien as brutal when the police charged upon the crowd and a melee was the result. The crowd stoned the policeMany of whom received serious injuries. The • police used their batons and injured fourteen persons, who were nearly all conveyed to the hospital. Dr. Tanner mingled with the com- batants and had his hat smashed by a baton. —Mr. John Mandeville, Chair- man of the Board of Poor Law 'Guardians-- of Mitchollstown, 'who was jointly indicted with O'Brien for using seditious language on the -same occasion as \fr. O'Brien, was also convicted and sentenced to two months' int prison men t, Mandeville appealed and was released on bail. —Mr. John Bright, in a letter approving the action of tho North- umberland Minors' Association in refusing to longer .subscribe toward the payment of salaries to the repre- sentatives of their districts in the House .of Commons, says= he does not favor the payment of salaries to members because he does not wish that Parliamentary life should be a trade, as it is enough so al- ready. —A Lutheran clergyman in Prus- sia has been sentenced, by a Pro- testant tribunal, to nine months' imprisonment because iu a pamphlet he declared that Romanism is."built upon superstition and idolatry." This is the fruitage of Bismarck's recent arrangement with the Vatican, • WOUND UP IN ELECTRIC WIRES Terrible Fate of a workman Who Picked Up a Stray End on the street. Lincoln, Neb.—A workingman named Smith was horribly rnutllat, eel here in a remarkable manner last evening. On 0 street., at the corner of Ninth,• hanging from a telegraph pole and lying along the ground for a distance' was a broken telephone wire, which. had„ in some manner became crossed, or in con- ueeti.,u wit h.one. of the electric.Iiglt .wires. • As Smith was passing along the street he -saw the wire burning, and attracted by the strange appear- ance, and not realizing what.it was, evidently took bold of it to ascertain what it meant. The shock he rrl.- ceived was terrific, and • his shrieks brought hundreds to the street. He could not loosen ,his hold ou the wire, and it burned his hands to the bone. In his writhings and con- tortions the charged wire came in contact. with his head, burning out one of his eyes and laying the aide of his face open. Wherever it struck his body it cut like a knife. A. Bystander, realizing the peril of the gran ran to him, grabbed him to pull him from the wire, but by the shock he received when he male in contact -with the holy of the mail ho was knocked ten feet into the street and utterly prostrated, so that it wis feared he. was also killed. By this time the electricity had either burned the man Smith loose from the wire or he had succeeded in his struggle in breaking away. Ho was picked up' and carried into an ad- joining, restaurant and a half dozen physicians summoned. Tho man presented a horrible appearance, and despite the physicians' efforts to put hint under the influence of moi' pline he shrieked and writhe= in the agony he Buttered uutill taken to the hospital. The doctors express the opinion that he may survive. bis injuries although it appears impos. Bible. —It is reported that L. W. Richardson, tho well-known Strath- roy cheese manufacturer and dealoi•, has eloped lvith a married woman from the same neighborhood. It is thought that Richardson has carried oT with hint about $10,000. Tho Bank of Commerce has an attach- ment against his property. The woman with whom ho is supposed to have gong once figured in a se- duction ease at th© Assizes there sho being the injured party. Tho woman's name is Mrs. Fawcett. Richardson had a grown-up family DIG MEN, •• t.” G'Iants of Pae and Ftf, Sept ages,;, ,.r Alt figures and facts confu-to too impression that mankind bas de- generated in size. The evidence goes far to show on the contrary, that the average man of the nine- teenth century is a larger individ- ual every way than the man of 300 years back. The armor of the mid- dle ages preserved in the museums of Europe..is usually a very tight fit. Tho Egyptians considered t► a man six feet high a giant. Com • parisous frequently created a stan- dark that would fall before modern ideas.Strabo says that ancient Britons and Germans attracted the wonder of the Roulau soldiers. Yet the descendents of these people du not average over five feet ton inches. The Patagouians were supposed to be a race of gigantic people until American explorers proved their tallest men to avorage`tess thou six feet. But aside from the exagger- ations of travelers and early writers there:is abundant evidence that many have been men of greaterstaturo than any seen by persons now' living are upon the earth. Og, king of Bas- ilan, and Goliath were giants, no doubt. Too many particulars con- cerning them aro given to leave room for denial: Pliny, a narrator of facts, Mentions Gabbaras, an Arab it►n, who was ten fent high, and two others, Pose and Teeuntiilla, each six inches taller. Their bones are yet iri the Salgustian gardens. To show that nature could go from cue extreme as well M another, Pliny relates that he discovered a race of pigmy men and horses in- habiting the caves near the River Nile. The horses he says, wore the size of partridges.' Another author mentions the pigmies also, and says attempts to capture one of them had boon made, but hacl always failed. On the aut'rority of Lo Cat, a stone tomb was uncovered near Rouen, France, in 1503, in which was a copper plate bearing the inscription, "Isere lips the noble puissant lord, the Chevalier de Ricon Vallemout, and his bones." The skull of Ricou hold a bushel of corn and his sketelon indicated that wheu clothed in , flesh the Chevalier stood 19 feet in his stockings. As unsettling to a se- rene mind as his appearance must lulvo been ou a dark night, he was quite a pigmy beside Thentobo- chus, king of the Teutons, who tow- ered up 25 feet. Le. Cat says this monster's bones were found January. llth, 1613, mentioning the date particularly. The skeleton of another monster30 'feet long, was found at Maze No. 3 Sicily, in.151.6` and .till another at Pollnow, in 1543, which 'ineasured the same. Tho appearance in the -flesh of these creatures, had better be loft to the imagination, As if determined to show that his country»as,eminent in the product of skeleton's of giants, an 'Italian' • writer of the'.15th• or 16th century, relates the finding of a human skeleton 300 feet high 1 It was iinmodietoly pronounced to be the skeleton ot'. the giant Poly- phemes, and treated, with various ceremonies by tho • awe-strikeu dis- coverers . and the people of the country. The bones, the author naively observes, differed somewhat from those of the ordinary human frame, but that was to be expected in a • Hurn se tall, This evident compounding of prehistoric animals with human remains, was one of many cases.. The stories of human skeletons ono hundred, two ILUO• dred and even five hundred feet high, which began with the Poly- phomous • incident, belong to 'the same category of mistakes. . Thera is, however good ground forsup- posing that F,erragus, the Tyrant, slain by Orlando, nephew of Char- lemagne, was a huge man 18 foot high. 13ucart, of Vivaus; whose bones were found on the banks of the Moderi river, in the mountains of Crussol, on grave authority, was stated to be 22 feet six inches. Richland, a celebrated anatomist, saw in the suburbs of St. Germain, in 1614, the skeleton of a man 20 feet tall. ' Mon and women of a less terrifying stature have always been plentiful. Ono of them bo- gan lite a common soldier in the Roman army. Iiis Dight foot four inches of bong and sinew, his enor- mous strength and dauntless brave- ry, singled him out among his fol- lows. But the star of his destiny did not stop hero. IIo became au officer, and when, on the assassin- ation of the roiguing •monarch, his vast bulk was seen towering above the army assembled to choose a now wearer of the imperial purple, a hundaed thousand voices took up his name and proclaimed him em- peror. This was Maximin. Ho reigned only a short time. His subjects tired of an:emperor remark- able for nothing but his gluttony c andgigantic stature, and one evo- nggto was quietly stabbed to j c;yatk': Frederick William; King of Pri ' sig, th; `, last century re stored:; he ghtnt tOisetnething of his fo ntej pos` tion,.' He put a pre- na',tutnsn hi$1headlwhen he t'ornred his fajnous giantilegimen t. There were three bataflions of" them, 2,000 men in alt. The shortest was Seven feet, and the tallest, a'brawuy Scot, towered nine feet in the air and looked doubtless three feet higher with a huge cap on. The The old King was extraordinary fond of his Titantic regiment. Ho was too fond of them even to ex- pose then to the fire of the enemy and they saw no active service. Fifteen thousand pounds was freely paid by the King for a good heal- thy giant. His agents ransacked Europe and once kidnapped boldly, every tall man they could lay their hands on. The Kong, stingy in the ektrewo in everythingelse, had• the portraits of all his giants painted. He ;sought to propagate a race of giants by marrying tlr lu to giant- esses. The =attempt failed. Giants aro always the children of ordinary sized people. ,In times still more modern there aro numerous giants spoken of in medical works. ,Chas. Berne, an Irishman, was eight foot four inches. He died in 1783, sand his skeleton is now in the College of Surgeons. Patrick Cotter, another Celt, was eight feet seven and three-quarter inches. He died in - 1783, and his skeleton is now in the College of Surgeons. Still another native of the 'Emerald Isle, Edward Malone by name, was seven feet seven inches. Miller, a native of Leipsic, who died in London, was eight feet;, the brothers Knipe, sevou--- feel_ two inches.eac.h ; M. Logit', a Frenchman, nearly eight feet. The two sisters of the latter were nearly as tall as himself. Miles Darden, of 'Tennessee, at the time of his death, some years ago, was seven foot six inches. In certain sections of the United Stats—Ken- tuck and Minnesota—men measur- ing nearly seven feet are not un- coltlltlon. DISTRESS FOR RENT. Terms sr the law Which took Et%ot3October 1. . • A correspondent iilqures what aro the terins of the new law as to distress for rent. As the law goes into effect on Oct. ht, it will short- ly become a' matter of public in- terest. An important change brought about by the Act of distress is that which exempts the goods of lodgers from being seized for rent duo the landlord by the tenant, The goods seized must belong to the tenant. If the tenant makes a general as- signment to his creditors the laInd- lord can only collect the arrears of rent duo a year from the time of the assignment, , Tho goods of a tenant aro exempt from seizure up- on certain conditions. ' For ex- ample, a tenant is in arrears for rent end at the same time refuses to- a,-- cate the house when •warned to do -so by the landlord, his goods aro , not _exempted jsfi+tr..-,•_t}eizure. The purpose of the -Act is to give pro- tection to those tenants • who will do right 'themselves. by complying with the conditional clauses of the Act. If a truant is say two months behind in rent, the landlord, • if he chooses, can give. hint fifteen clays' notice to leave. If at" tits" end of that period the tenant leaves, his goods aro exempt from seizure; but if he does not do so the landlord has the power to distrain goods and chattels as by former Acts, and apply the money to the payment of the rent and the cost of the seizure. The goods exempt .from seizure, providing tdio'Tenailt complies with tho,law, are: Tho bed, bedding and bedsteads in ordinary use by the debtor and his family. The necessary wearing apparel of himself and his family. Cooking stove with pipes and furnishings .1. other heating stove,. 1 crane and its appendages, 1 pair handirons, 1 set of cooking utensils, 1 pair of tongs and shovel, 1 coal scuttle, 1 lamp, l table, 6 chairs, 1 washstand, 6 towels, 1 looking - glass, .1 hair brush, 1 comb, 1 bureau, 1 clothes press, 1 clock, 1 carpet, 1 cupboard, 1 broom, 12 • knives, 12 forks, 12 plates, 12 tea- cups, 12 saucers, 1 sugar bowl, 1 milk jug. 1 tea put., 12 teaspoons. Two palls, 1 wash tub, 2 scrub- bing brushes, 1 washboard, 3 smoothing irons, all spinning wheels and weaving looms in do- mestic use, 1 sewing machine and attachments, 30 volumes of books, 1'axe, 1 saw, 1 gun, 6 traps, such fishing nets and seines as are in common use. The articles in the above subdi- vision must not exceed $150 iu value. All fuel, moat, fish, t=our, veg- etables, for tho use of the family, and not to exceed $40 in 'value. Ono cow, 6 sheep, 4 hogs, 12 hos 11 n a of which not to exceed in 'valu$75, Tools and implements to the value of $100. -10 AMP, }r!1 Th/ 1?merenti: Q.t 4.iiatiico 'khat ,phe 4.0 ed Man • Flund "I hate to live in anew country," said Jones, as related by the Salt Lake Tribune, "where there is ito taw," "Yer bet yep," chimed in Thomp- son. "Law is the only thing that: keeps us out of everlasting Uhl os." "Yes, indeed," said a legal gen- tleman present. "It is the bulwark: oldie poor man's liberty—the which the strong arm of justice throws over the weak—the solace and the balm of the unfortunate and wronged—the—" "Oh, stop 'er," remarked a man r with one eye. "I won't have it that way. Lary is a boss invention for rascals of all grades. Give me a country where there is no law and I can take care of' myself every time. Now, for instance, when I lived in Ohio I got a dose of law that I will never forget. I was iu partnership with a man named Butler, and one morning we found our cashier miss- ing with $3,000. He bad dragged the safe and put out. Well, I start- ed after him and caught him iu Chicago, where he was splurging around on the money. I got hire arrested and there was an examina- tion. • Well, all the facts were brought out, and the defence moved that the case bo dismissed, as the prosecution did not make out a case in the name of the firm, and that if there was a firm the copartnership had not been shown by any evidence before the court. To my astonish- ment the court said the plea was 0. K. and dismissed the case. Before I could realize what was up the thief had walked oft. Well, I followed him to St. Louis; and there I- tackled him again. I sent for my partner, and wo made a complete case, going for him in the name of the common- wealth and Smith, Butler & Co, Well, the lawyer for the defense claimed that the money, being taken: from a private drawer in the safe, was my money exclusivoly,and that. my partner had nothing to do with it; that the case should be prosecuted by me individually and not by the firm. Tho old bloke who sat on the bench wiped his spectacles, grunted awhile .and dismissed the case. Away goes the man again. Then I got another ]titch on hint and tried to convict ]lira of theft, but tho court held that he should be charged with embezzlement. Sotne years after I tackled him again, and they lethinrgu•. Statutes of limitation, you see. Well, I concluded to give it up, and so I did. "But .about four years afterward I was clown in Colorado, and a man pointed to another and said, 'That, fellow has just made a hundred thousand in a mining swindle.' I. looked, and it was my old cashier.. I followed hila to his hotel and nailed hint in his room with the; money. Now, I says, 'Billy, do you • recognize .your old boss't' and of course' ho did. Says I : 'Bill, I want that three thousand dollste ydu stole -from me, with the interest tiid ill `1eAar-and travelling e . ponses.' 'Ah, you dol' says he; 'didn't the courts decide that—' • "'Curse the courts;'` says I; put- ting a six-shooter a foot long under his nose. 'This is the sort of legal document I'in traveiin' on` now, This is the complaint, warrant, in- dictment, judge, jury, verdict and sentence all combined, and the firm of Colt & Co., New Haven, are my attorneys in this case. When they speak they talk straight to tlio point of your mug, you bloody larceny thief. This jury of six, of which >_- am foreman, is liable to bo discharg- ed at any moment. No technicality or statute of limitation hero, and a stay of proceedings won't Iast over four seconds. I want $10,000 to. square my bill or I'll blow your blasted brains out. Well, he'passed over the money right away, and said he hoped there'd bo no hard feelings. -.Now, there's some Color- ado law for you, and it's the kind for mo. Eh, boys?" and the crowd, with one accord, concurred in the cheapness and efficacy of the plan by which a man could carry his. court on his hip, instead of appeal- ing to tho blind goddess in Chicago, and St. Loeis, Beast Wi' A Tail —\L. Donald, the kindly old schoolmaster of Boghead, used to give free teaching to the farm serv- ants of the ,listrict during the win, ter evenings. The dominie was an. enthusiastic admirer of Socrates, and thought the beet mode of teach- ing the adult mind was by asking and inviting questions, as his mast-. er did. Among the pupils was. William Thompson, better known as Stucky Wull, a young man whose gross stupidity and conceit made him a troublesome pupil. One night Mr. Donald was endeavoring to teach the rudiments of natural his... tory, and after going over the main facts he asked : 'Nog, Wull Tam-, son, what's next to man in the scale l'• 'His shirt 1' answered Wull, com- placently, 'Yc stupit blockhead, didn't I telLye it wis a Beast wi' a tail 1' 'Well, hasn't a shirt a tail l' retorted Wulf, in triumph. 6