HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Signal, 1881-04-15, Page 3THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, APRIL IS, 1881.
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She Poet's [Corner.
T • tart Fee He.
Just tslr enough u be preuy,
Just genal enough to be sweet,
Just eau oy enough to be witty,
Rot dainty enough to be neat.
Just tall enough to he graceful.
Just dight enough furs fey,
Just dress euough to be taotdel,
Just merry enough to be gay.
Just tears enough to be tender,
J AW sighs enough to be sad:
Tones son enough to remember
Your heart through the cadence made Oa.
Jest meet enough ter submlesiva.
Just bold ruou,gb it, be bra .,•,
Just pride enough for embalm.
Just thought'ul enattgh to be grave.
A tontine that can talk without harmin
Jet mlachtot enough to tame.
Manners ptca.rnt enough to be charming,
That put you et on.:ORA your tis:.
Disdain or silly presumption.
tiaressuu tusnswer r foul.
Cool contempt shown to assumption,
Proper dignity always the rule.
Flights of fairy fancy ethereal.
Devotion to scheme full paid,
Stuff of toe sort of material
Poeta and painters are ware.
Generous enough, ant kind buatt d,
Pure sl' the angels ebovr:
(/b. from her may 1oevee Do lamed.
For Guth le the nasion 110f 0.
s NM tt•y Tea r,rt.aar.
The following was written by one of the
edgers et Tn Stoma. sad originally appeared
lathe Brussels Post. From hour readers can
learn something of the practical bent of "Che
Chiefs' mind. when he falls into poetry:—
O, do not pay tLe printer,
He doesn't need your dimes,
He's never short of money,
He never feels "hard times,"
Put by your lucre, don't be rash,
What dues a printer wept with cash
0, do not pay the printer,
'Twill not do any goo:;
He never sees a grocers bill -
He never touches feiod !
Just keep your pocket -book closed tight,
A printer has nu appetite !
0 do not. pay the printer,
He never wants new clothes,
He buys no hats, nor coats, nor shoes,
As through the world he goes.
Don't pay the min who wields the quill,
He does nut nn a tailor's bill !
Owe, dot out pay the printer;
And then, my friends, some day
You'll come from the Division Court
With heavy costs to pay.
Your pocket -book will close with ease
When you have paid the legal fees.
&wi d as Between Neo -welters.
During Lincoln's time there was a
great row over the peat-osoe in jrttjur
lkckbam's tutu of Dayton, Ohio. Two
Hetapers were in the bold. Petition lif-
ter petition in favor of one or the other
poured in upon the Presideet, and dele-
gation after delegatioa hastened to
Washington to argue the case. Mr.
Lincoln was • lune, -suffering nun, but
his patience gave out at last. He weld
nut determine that one applicant was iu
the slightest degree inure ousnnpetu:rt ur
more patriotic or better Isupported than
the other. Finally, after being bored
by a fresh delegation, he said to his sec-
retary: -"Thu matter has gut to end
somehow. Bring a pair of scales.' The
scales were brought. "Now put in all
the petitions and letters in favor of one
man and see how touch they weigh, and
then weigh the other fellow's pile," It
was found that one bundle was three-
quarters of et pound heavier than the
other. "Make out an appointment at
once for the man who has the heaviest
papers," sail Mr. Linco!ii, and it was
done.
scales sad Metko,l.
rrrom Temple Bar.
Godwin wrote 'Caleb Williatua L wk -
ward, beginning on principle with the
last chapter sad working up to the first.
Il is curious to note how many poets
have clothed their thoughts first in prose..
This, Donatus tells us, was Virgil's cus-
tom. The original form which the
'.d;neid' took was a prose narrative.
This narrative was then gradually •drai-
fied, the poet writing at first fluently,
and then laboriously polishing hie linea
till he had brought them as near per-
fection as he could, T/}ue Goldsmith
worked et 'The Traveller' and 'The De -
serted Village. Thua Johnson com-
posed 'Irene,' Butler'Hudibras,' Boileau
his 'Satires,' Racine and Ben Jonson
their dra:nas, and Pupe the 'Essay on
Mart,' When Balrac was augage.l on
his novels, be sent *tithe skeleton of the
story to the printers with huge interstices
for the introduce/en of ounversations, de-
scriptions, and the like, and on receiving
the printed Medi. shut himself up in
his roots; drank nothing but water, ate
nothing but fruit and bread, till be had
completed the work by filling up the
blank spaces. Bouthey usually em-
ployed himself in passing three, or even
four, works through the press at the
same time, giving eaoh its allotted space
in the twenty-four hours. Richardson
produced his romances by painfully work-
ing out different portions at different
times, sometimes while engaged in his
shop, sometimes while sitting surrouittl-
ed by friends in his mug parlor at Hamp-
stead.
Pope always carried a notebook with
him, and never hesitated to jot down
anything which struck hire in conversa-
tion. A great deal of his "Homer" was
executed in bed on odd scraps of paper,
and many of his beautiful couplets were
rounded off while taking the air in his bath -
chair or driving in his little chariot. ,
Prideaux's groat work was written to
while away the time while the author
was recovering from the effects of an
agunisittg operation, Shelley composed
the 'Revolt of Llum' while lying in a
boat on the Manus at Marlow; Keats,
his 'Ode to the Nightingale' in a lane at
Hampstead. Almon' all Wordsworth's
poetry was meditated in the open air,
and committed to paper on his return
home Burns composed his magnificent
lyric 'Soots wha' ha wi' Wallace bled'
while galloping on horseback over a wild
moor in Scotland, and 'Tam O'Shanter'
in the woods overhanging the Doon.
Washington Irving's favorite studio was
fl, t riameadallea sf " L. -
Ninety -nine out of every hundred
northerners will say inatiteot instead of
institute, Booty for duty -es perfect
rhyme to, the word beauty. They will
call new and news noo and noos and so
on through the dozens and hundreds of
similar words. Not a dictionary in the
English language authorizes this. In
student and stupid the "u" has the same
sound as in could, and should not be pro-
nounced stoodent and etotpid, as so
n atty teachers are in the habit of sound-
ing them. It is a vulgarism to call a
door • deah--as we all admit-ient't it
as a much of a vulgarism to tall
a newspaper a nouspeper 1 One vulgar-
ism is northern, and the other southern,
that's the only difference. When the
London Pond wishes to burlesque the
psonounoiation of servants it makes them
call the duke the (lock, the tutor the
tooter, and a tube a toob. You never
find the best northern speakers, such as
Wendell Phillips, Geurge win. Curtis,
Emerson, Holmes, and men of that Blass
saying noo for new, To,sday for Tues-
day, avenoo for avenue, or calling •
dupe • doop. It is a fault that a south-
erner never falls into. He has slips
enough of another kind, but he doesn't
slip un the long "u." As many of our
teachers have never had their attention
called to this, I hope they will excuse
this notice. -'Southern Letter,
Farm arta Ibaraen.
Saes sono•.
There are 6,000,000 square iuches to
en acre; iu a bushel of timothy grad
there are 40,010,000 seeds, or nearly sev
en seeds to the square inch.
The raising of sheep is of the greater
benefit to the land, because wherever
they feed, new and sweet greases grow
and, flourish, and the weeds are destroyed
Fanners should raise turnips and feed
them to cheep.
One of the best things in the world to
give a horse after he has been drivel' is
a quart of oatmeal stirred Tutu a pail of
water. It refresher and strengtheug
him, relieves his thirst, and prepares his
stomach for more solid food.
Snow melts away upon drained lands
gainer than on those mtdrained; hence
the drained -soil* are ready fur plowing
much sooner. In Scotland it is claimed
that the harvest is from ten to fifteen
days earlier on drained than undrained
lands.
Milk Fools more ntpidly in metal pans
than in porcelain; but iron pans rust.
Zinc is acted upon by sugar of milk and
lastic acid. Copper produces verdigris.
Tin costa too much, and so tin plate is
used as the safest and at the same time
least expensive.
Leached ashes are celleut applica-
tion on poor grana land. They may be
spread now or in the spring, as early as
possible. It • would be well to run a
harrow over the poor spots and sow
some fresh grass -seed. Apply twenty to
forty bushels per acre, ur even ten bush-
els will he useful:
Many farriers injure their farm imple-
ments more by exposure to the weather
than by the use of the farm. An imple-
ment which, with good care, would last
twenty years, will, when exposed to the
weather, become useless in ire years or
even lees. A farm cart,whioh with good
usage, would last almost a lifetime, will
last tmly a few years when exposed to
weather.
Unless seed corn has been selected
with care,'it is useless to look for large
yields. It is not a very costly matter
for each farmer to procure half a dozen
varieties of corn which in other places
he knows have yielded heavily. These
inay be planted on small plots 33 x.33
feet square 'one -fortieth of an acre), on
different parts of the farm, and the
most prolific kinds thus determined for
future guidance.
Colts should be accustomed to the
harness early in life. If well trained
they will not need "breakin•'. " Gentle-
ness and kindness should always be
shown a colt, and they will be found
better tamers of horseflesh t1.an whips
and brutal treatment. Tn training a
colt one should show him what is want-
ed of him, and if the trainer fails in this
he is to blame, and not the colt. It
would be folly to abuse the colt bemuse
ho did not uncial -Mend what an ignorant
trainer wanted him to do.
The Fes-inPrs' .1,Iro-.ate says: -It is our
impression that the days of raising and
depending on spring wheat, as a source
of profit, in Ontario, are fast passing
away, and thos3 who aband,.n its culti-
vation first will be the best offMani-
toba and the Northwest Territory can
raise spring wheat cheaper than we can.
We can raise beef, mutton, wool, but-
ter, cheese, poultry, fruit, etc., cheaper
and better than they can. Devote your
attention to these, and let the farmers
that say they cannot learn anything
from agricultural papers stick to their
spring wheat. Leave your land in grass,
or sow cos, barley or oats, and feed the
produce to year sheep, cattle, horses or
poultry, and you will find the profit in
your favor.
Seeds! Seeds!
The subscriber bags to draw the atten-
tion of the public generally to his
large and varied stuck of
Fall and GARDIN SEEDS
cusauting ut
CLOVER, TIMOTHY,
HUN(IARIAN, MILLET,
PEAS, OATS,
BARLEY, and choice WHEAT;
also
TURNIP, MANGOLD, CARA T,
and all otter
GARDEN AND VEGETABLE SEE S,
at rates that cannot be beaten.
S. S1 -,ANE.
Generta Seed Dealer,
Hamilton Street,
ark -our houses to let on Newgate street in a
thorough state of repair.- e. S. 1774.
A Say'. clislinieen len nn Sable..
There are four or five different kinds
of babies. There is the big baby, the
little baby. the white baby, and the
poodle dog, and there is the baby ele-
phant. A white baby is pottier nor a
elephant baby, but he can't eat so much
hay. All the babies what I have ever
Been were born very Teeing, and they
cant nous of thein talk the United
Sates language.
My folks had • baby ones. It was a
little white baby. It Dosed one day
when there was no one at home. It
was a funny looking fellow, just'like a
lobster. His name is bluish. He
don't look like nay father nor my mother,
but he looks just like my uncle Tom,
'cause the little baby eiu'n got no hair
on his head. t Me day i asked my Untie
Tom what was the reason he ain't got no
hair, and the little baby ain't got no
lair. He says he don't know, 'oept
that the little baby was born s„ and he
was a married item.
Ono day 1 pulled a feather out of the
old states'e tag, and steiek it up the
baby's noes, and it tickled his en he al-
most died. It was may a bit of • fea-
ther. anti 1 did't gas what he wanted to
mike such a files about it for My
nether sail f „ught be ashamed of my•
self, gap I loin t get n" bread on toy
butter 1„r more n • week.
1 think rd rather be a girl, not boy,
cause when a girl gets a whipping she
a stile in some pleasant meadow, where,
with his portfolio on his knees, he used
to mould his graceful periods. The
greater part of Arnold's `Roman His'ory'
was written in his drawing -room with
his children playing about him, and live-
ly conversation, in which he frequently
joined, going on round the table on
which his manuscript rested. Priestly
and Beddoes were fond of writing under
similar circumstances. What would to
nine men out of ten be an intolerable
distraction wee to them a gentle and wel-
come stimulus. Johnson's 'Vanity of
Human Wishes' was composed as he
trudged backward and forward from
Hampstead, and Tom Paine usually
ehothed hie thoughts in expression while
walking rapidly in the streets. Hooker
o ften meditated the 'Ecclesiastical Poli-
ty' when rocking the cradle of his child,
and Spinosa his 'Trustee while grind-
ing glasses. Robert Stephens thought
out many of hu works on horseback.
Some of lieldingi eosedie trere scrawl-
ed in favor ls. Desositi., Berri, the
italic poet, trod Beyse, the author of
the claw oeiebSwMa 'Deity,' usually wrote
while lying in bed, Byron tells es that
be onmposed the greater part of 'Inca'
at the toilet table, sad the prologue on
tbe opening of Dewey seas Theatre in a
stage reach. Mauna splendid Resters
reslanee. 'IsdLl l;ookh,' was written
in eottage Wooled up by snow, with
an 'Modish winter howling rowed. Tas-
eo iodated some of lea loveliest entasia
HOP BITT : e
l♦ eledkiue, sot a Drink,)
CONTAlNs
noted, DLCHC, MANDJE►fiE,
DANDELION.
Ain Tea ?rpm ase Meer MEDICAL QrALI
TIM Or ALL mina lnTTraae,
THEY CL:ItE
11 Diseases of tbe Stomach. Rowels, Blood,
P svrr, klderisand l'rn.aryOrgan.. rrr-
vouroosa t.l, eple.,uc. and especWly
e Com .alum.
81000111 COLD.
be paid for a rase they wilt not rare or
kelp, ur tut aortbtng nr.pure or tainrtous
found in th,m.
ask your drarrtet for flop Bitten and try
(efore you alr.p. Take as Other.
igUas absolute ant lrr-esetete cure fur
atase.8. use of 0,^l um. tobacco gad
narcuucs
BM cog C :wcLal.
ices saw by I.apl.e..
attrv84. Co., Loco. -, v V.,41 Tonate,
SEBGMILLER
Chilled
-AND
AGRICULTURAL
Plow
WORKS.
Having pureba•ed the Godcrich Foundry, I
am fitting the ppremises for the mann cture
of CHILLED PLOWS and AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS on a large soak. Mill Work,
General Repairing Anil -Jobbing will be con-
tinued. All work guaranteed.
Mr. 1). Itnnciman is tht• only man authorized
to collect payments and give rowipts on be-
half
o-halt of the late firm of ltunciman ( Co., and
all persons indebted are requested to govern
themselves accordingly.
S. BELGMILLER,
Proprietor.
Mew Is Nave a _o; Selma,.
Elect the most ignorent, bigoted, close
fisted old fogies in the district for trus-
tees.
ruestees. 2. Employ the cheapest teacher
you can get, regardless of qualifications
reputation or experience. 3. Find all
the fault you can with the teacher,
and tell everybody; especially let the
pupils hear it 4. When you heara bed
report about the teacher or the school,
circulate it as fast as you can. 5. Never
visit the school or teeming* the teacher.
6. The close notice of what seems to go
wrong, and tell everybody about it but
the teacher. 7. Never advise your
children to be obedient to the teacher,
Obi when one is psnished, rush to the
room before yout passion uaooled
'Med give the feather a hearing in the
matter in the presence of the Belated. 8.
As indifferent about seeding your chil-
dren to school regularly. 9 Do not be
concerned whether they Have the neces-
sary books. I0. if any of the scholars
nuke slow pregame, blame the teacher
for it. 11. Occupy your old, tumble-
down school -house u long as you can,
and de not go to any expense to repair it.
12. 1)o not go to any expense to get ap-
p•rates, improved furniture, etc 1a if
the teacher or pupils should complain of
an unoomfortoble or inconvenient school-
room, do not consider it worthy of no-
tice. I4, fiat the cheapest f nel yon can.
la eseeral, etotlduct your school on the
ebespest possible pleat, and let your chief
oeeeera be to And fault and devise ways
..f retrenchment if there rales are
feithhally carried out, gee are net liken
v... fad n• having a hod ach..J
The People's Drag Rote.
Owing to felling health 1 have disposed of the good will of my business to MR. GEORGE
!MYNAS. sad would nxomaeud him to the public fur their patronage,
(g GED. CATTLE.
In regard to the above I toowld osrwaotasre to the people of fiudericA and risinity that
I haat opened tut u Drug Business ie the corner of Blake's Block rteur the
market, and have purcAased a fresh stuck of Pure Drugs and Chemicals, and bt,
cupful attention to business tori/ endeavor to merit your patronage.
Your ub'dt servant,
01-3E3O_ R1-1 YNAB_
A PUL.1. LINE OF
PATENT MEDICINES, PERFUMERY, TOBACCOES, CIGARS, AC.
ALR*YS ON RANI,.
Physician's Prucriptiona Carefully Prepared.
L4) V ELL'S
AT THE OLD STAND.
D. C. STRACIHAN
HAM REMOVED BI,
G-R.00ERY BUSINESS
To the
toold
westand ne all is oldlcustoion merss and the formerly ugenerally. pied by A where
large quantity of pleased
NEW, FRESH GROCERIES
511
CHEAP AS THE CHE.4PENT.
D, C_ STRACHAN,
Province of Ontario Directory
FOR 1881-188SZ_
TO BE PUBL1>lilED IN NOVEMBER 1851.
Price *5.00.
UR. LOV ELL at the request of several
RI Merchants and othcre of the Province of
Ontario of the City of Montreal, &e„ begs to
announce that hie firm will publish a PRO-
VINCE OFONTARIO DIRECTORY, in No-
vember next, containing an
Alphabetical Directory
REMOVED
SAIJNDERS' VARIETY STORE,
AND A THOROUGH
Classified Business Directory
to NEST ST. next door to the POST OFFICE.
-=w COOT S
opened out this week.
WALL PAPERS,
CRUET STANDS,
PICTURE GOODS,
FANCY BASKETS.
STOVES AT C01E3rr
to clear out stock.
AS -Tinsmith work attended to on shortest notice and charges moxleiate' 7
"THE CHEAPEST HOUSE r'NDEI: THE .SU„'4." 1777
I HAVB BOUGHT THE
ARDWARE STOCK.
—OF
D. FERGUSON
—AT ♦-
VERY GREAT DISCOUNT!
Nearly all of said Stock, as well as my own original ht.�•k " ,- nought before the .►dvanc
of lsirlwase. I am therefore in a position to sell 4Ilea per than sup' other,
Same to tie Coital).
of the Rugines acd Professional men in th •
Cities.. TO WIRE, and Villages of Ontario, with a
Classified Business Directory
OF Ti C.
CITY OF MONTR AL.
Th. tame ears and erten'. n be snwe,l on
the De Minion and Pelle,:: Dir •ctoriea of
0171 eta he given to this wer' .ubactibera
names re'pet tinily solicited. 'ler in of Ad-
vert intrae made known upon net Ito item.
JOHN LOVELL & SON
Montreal. Dec. 1811. I'ubtisiera 1709
gets it on her fingers: bit schwa a hey on the walls el tie toll in. whist' he was
p•, .,e. rots it .11 over. i don t like eenbtred as a lunatic; sad Achene her
Mitres very teeth anyhow. ramie they Start his 'Snag of the Deity.' ase of the
make act tiittcll noise. 1 never knew but Deni steered lyvw
we ten ,. •
n1N
eaiet baby and he died aadAnwes
MY STOCK OF
farmas',11lliks&Gnial lii ihi is 6ill>l�t�
which I want w run off quickly.
OOMZ AND BVT{AT 540E PZIOZ8 AS7WrLL PLEA= Y017.
Fresh Ch -round Water Lime in Stook.
AGENT FOR BERT STEEL BARR FENCE WIRE.
R_ W_ MIKE NZIE
1751-4 .
HURON : CARRIAGE WORKS.
Ta & J. STORY,
,,uccESSORS TO JOHN KNOX), MANUFACTURERS OF
t8t.C_,T.I1V 6:3 1LsL:- `6°-
ANY
6C_ANY STYLE OF VEHICLE BUILT TO ORDER.
REPAIRING and JOBBING done with Neatness and Despatch, and at Rens•
onable Rates. Call and examine before pnrcha.ing elsew-hcr..
T_ 8s J_ STORY,
Carries
IKNOX'S OLD STND.-
HAMILTON STREET.
GRAND CLEARING SALE
t) F
Boots and Shoes,
—A T—
CAMPBELL'S BOOT and SHOE EMIRIUM,
FOR ONE MONTH.
rn .
� RrtJsnw.
4 i)rnggia•
Previous to Stock taking My Stock is Lrgeand well -assorted,
and
GREAT BARGAINS
will be given.
'T=IP..Sv2S • — CAS=
WM. CAMPBELL.
lioderich Jan 13, 1881 17A4