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THE HURON SIGNAL.
,r published every Friday horning, by Mc-
• DLit ire.. pi their O®•e, Nortb Yt.
telt UM Square)
GODERICH, ONTARIO.
A ud a despatc
country
Hy fences,
taau than any
for country, and
rod tuoet re
to ail ports of tM surround
trains
We=
anPooseestos, sett els
Madly an1ldingoboes, a claw
mist desspeele ad it M thseskgee •
itasda«►
Trans. also i• ad pwtye peep'
t• uhli.he $$1.rs, H_�_�a1d ell
oUD it nut w paid, 7ftgs win bxe
,. forted.
!tarts or A -$Ike mate pe
one for drat l$.ertlen; three teem per line for
each sab.enwmeat lasertlsn. Yearly. halt -yearly
and quarterly contracts at redeoed rates.
sem rosewesin—,{aher Noralint-etas
Jobbing depsztsseat toe and posses.
tor the rtoppimust ngut Work a aad faculties
see n,eMred
to du business in that line at prices thatea•Nt
be baateR sad ul Qat wand be
surpassed.- Terns Coo
FRIDAY, MAY 13, 1881.
THE RAILWAY AGITATION!
Thanks to the efforts of Tux Sli:Itat,,
the railway question is now a topic of
general conveteatien in Goderich, and
an awakening on the suuject among the
residents of the town is likely to result.
Sone our last issue we have been in
c,.nversation, concerning the matte
with a number of the prominent men
the place, and all have expressed a de
sire for the inbringing of another line,
THE HURON S1bNAL, FRIUA', MAY 13, til.
Sla Cwasl.r_ rtli6r til! Jiit!tates-
atan (sic) returned home last week.
UiraIFPY Ireland is still in a state of
unrest. Dublin, and Upper and Lower
Dtyngsautin have bgpn proclaimed ruder
the Ari s Act,
As t ie sakry dye bt'winner are at
band/pKttaps the fulluwusg mot way
not be oonsidere/ out of place :
Heckles ears 1 a+t* • long manse.
• g0011 etas tt seed oat ba 1m:s, asd 1f
tad ens it might art le be istr,
1111 be
it bra
Ma. Jose Ro•avaea, member for
East Durham in the l►ntarioLegislature,
diced last week. The crop of candidates
kw the 'vacant seat is very large, fully
iaVi-Honen on emit aide of the political
fence laving eperlagtmto the field.
IT is announced that the Dominion
(intaniment has concluded an arrange-
ment with the Syndicate in regard to
the prices of lands in the North-West.
The Geventment pre-emption lands will
be sold at 8l50 per acre, without any
rebate.
r � Tits action of Sir John A. Macdonald
in calling Mr. J. A. Boyd to the Chan -
of I celloethip of Ontario is one that reflects
credit upon the Premier. Sir John has
many faults, but, as a rule, he has been
above suspicion in his judicial appoint-
, ments.
should a feaaible scheme be fortiulat
ed.
We understand an arrangement is be-
ing made by the Hamilton & North
Western line with the object of ob-
taining,00ntrol of the Toronto, Grey &
Bruce road. If the efforts of the H. d
N W. are successful it will be in orde
for Goderich to bestir itself and divert
the line from Winghatn to the Lake
shore ria Goderich.
Failing auceessful negotiations fur the
getting of aline by Wingharn, an effort
should be made by Goderich to tap the
Great Western at Brucefield or HenaaUand
.being a branch north by Bayfield and
other intervening villages.
There are other schemes which night
be worked up advantageously, but we
believe we have said enough to keep the
ball a -rolling. It will be in order next
to get a requisition signed for presenta-
tion to the Mayor, asking.. that function-
ary to call a public 'fleeting to discuss
the different railway projects and deter-
mine which scheme it would be the in-
terest of Goderich t, support. What is
wanted now ie united action—a lung
pull, and a strong pull, and a pull all
together will enable us ere long to cry,
"Eureka." Aa for THE SIGNAL, it has
put its hand to the plow, and it will not
look back until the question is settled
definitely one way or the other.
i
'Tres British Rogue of Commons on
Wednesday decided by a rote of 110 to
101 that ministers shall not be permitted
to sit in Parliament. So far, so good.
r Now let it also be enacted that clergy-
men shall not have a seat in the House
1 of Lords, and let the Bishops be hoisted
from the Upper Chamber.
tee brother quill of the Star grumbl-
ed in his last issue because he did not
receive credit from Tes Sweet. for his
description of the St. George's Church
edifice„ and would create the impression
that •ve were beholden to the Star in the
premises. As a matter of fact arrange-
ments were made by THE SIGNAL for
obtaining the necessary information for
a description of the Church fully two
weeks before our contemporary's report
appeared. It is true the ,'far published
u description the week before the open-
ing, but as there were a number of in-
accuracies in it, and as its publication
was premature, we did not consider we
did wrong in giving the correct description
of the edifice at the proper time and in the
proper place. Even if the .`tor had not
published its description of the Church,
a full and reliable sketch of the edifice
woudd have appeared in Tim SIGNAL'in
the account of the opening.- Our totem.
might as well claim a patent right to the
report of the vestry meeting which ap-
peared simultaneously in the Moe and
SIGNAL last week, as to imagine that his
privileges were infringed on by our pub-
lication of the description of the Church.
He has himself to blame if he published
the description prematurely.
Hague is a legal trick. The Brant
House, a well-known hotel, stands on the
boundary line between Wentworth and
Halton. The Scott Act will shortly
onme into operation in the latter county,
and the enterprising proprietor of the
hotel is having the bar removed from the
Halton side, where it formerly stood, to
the westward or anti -Scott side, and
there. doubtless, he will do a roaring
liquor trade. Probably the rooms of
the more bibulous gweeta will also be plac-
on that aide of the house when they can
fee) the evening sun --and get legally
drunk. Thirsty travellers arriviug at the
Halton end "f the house and naming
their drink, will be gaietly Odd to "Go
West, young man,,
BRA nLArnw has now a good opportun-
ity to pose as a martyr. The bigntted es -
tion of the House of Commons in relate
hag to allow the elected' free thinker to
take the oath is nee that must defeat the
• rids of those whohaveso unwiselyoppos-
el him. if Bradlaugh remains firm, and
he appears to be a man of greet deter.
urination, he will ultimately win. ft is
not the sincere Christians, we think. who
refuse to allow the wsenrber-elect fur
Nu thamption to Lake the oath, and Rive
the constituency, which he represents by
Mit. Ptyalin denies that he was on a
government commission when he visited
I the New York state authorities at Al-
bany, and talked up the International
Park affair. If Mr. Plumb chooses to
nose around the State capital on his own
Iaccount, of course he u at perfect liberty
to do so, but he is not a man likely to
have much influence at Albany.
COMPLAINTS are being made by salt
naanufactureirs that there is no Govern-
ment regulation regarding the proper
branding of barrels of salt. It is asser-
ted that some makers are in the habit of
putting salt poor in color into barrels,
and sending them out as "Huron Salt,"
for instance, without putting the name
of the maker on the barrels. This it is
claimed, injures the reputation of mak-
er of first class Huron Salt in the
marketa, and is therefore an injustice to
the careful packer. There appears to
be a need for legislation in the matter.
Ir seems the cow by-law is a dead let-
ter in Goderich, and it is interesting to
observe the shifts resorted to, to with-
stand the depredations of the bovines.
The entrances to the Court House
t*quar•e are kept constantly open, and
what should be the pride of the town is
fast degenerating into a pasture field for
cows, geese, &c. It has been found f
necessary to put guards around then
small trees inside the chains, and this
last act puts the cap -sheaf upon the farce
of having by-laws which are not enforc-
ed. What do the authorities propose to
do in the matter ?
THE action of Gladstone in moving for
a grant to erect a monument to the
memory of Beaconsfield will doubtless
he seized upon as a justification by those
ear Iseane Mtee`1 testae,, .
The Olobe says the fsature delivered
hes Friday night by Sir ?`sue Hiseks
was a luminous eaptwt c u of the whole
M $Ree tispudid bettailatias of
terio. Those wh„ baps ouareely
ignorantly ...ailed the award he;
wigwag gloves, and an reeptese to a
dial vote .vi Omaha stated the asttaor-
dinary fact that though the papers rela-
ting to the gpestion had been laid be-
fore each ar ,tzator separately, the
y
found when they plus together that
they had unanimots)y arrived at the
same result. The obvious inference s
the one Sir Francis drew, timet an award
so luade is entitled to an unser./ amount
of weight.
The C.aservative ltrndersadav
A new leader for the Conservative
patty, isone of the subjecfsthat will have
to be taken up and settled before the
world is very touch older. It is the
opinion of some of Sir John's au E
ier,
that the Galt cook will tart fr "if
nothing else stood in the way theure
fiasco in Toronto under Sir William
Howland's auspices would be en„ugh to
kill him.” Sir Alexander Campbell will
be Sir John Macdonald's choice as bis
successor, if Sir- Charles Tupper is brok-
en down and out of the running, but
Sir Leonard Tilley is the most available
man in the present House. As a prom-
inent supporter of the party tells us,
"we in Outario could stomach Tilley,
bat not the others.' —[Telegram.
Tiley leas Retire.
Retire.
We are glad to hear on the authority
of the Mod that Sir Leonard Tilley did
got mean what he said last session, and
that be has no intention of retiring from
public life at the close of the present
parliamentary term. There will be no
excitement in the curtest if Sir John,
Sir Charles and Sir Leonard resolve to
seek the repose of private life and leave
the election of 1883 a walk -over for the
Liberals. TLe Liberals want to enjoy a
good square fight with the gallant
knights, and the satisfaction of knocking
them out of time. Of course, there is a
difference between the finance minister's
intention to retire and the obligation to
retire. The Liberals of St. John will be
consulted on that subject.—[World.
The l'naaeeller shlp et Ontario.
The appointment of Mr. John A. Boyd
to the position in the Court of Chancery
rendered vegan by the well -merited two -
motion of Chancellor Spragge to the
Court of Appeals is a very good one.
The selection of Mr. Boyd • is one to
which no-one will be found to take ex-
ception. He has long held high rank at
the Equity Bar, and though under the
operation of the new Judicature Act an
equity training is not indispensable for
the Chancellorship, still for some time to
come cases of a certain kind will tend
naturally towards the Chancery Division
of the High Court of Justice, and it will
be ezoeedingly convenient to have men
accustomed to the equity practice there
to deal with them. The Chancery Divi-
sion will lost nothing in strength by the'
changes which have taken place, and the
Ontario judiciary will lose nothing in
character. —[ World.
The Flecked lrfdleoes.
It seems that they pluck medical stu-
dents in Montreal as well as in Toronto;
only eighteen out of fifty-seven managed
to get through. It is no doubt very
dispiriting to astudent to be rejected af-
ter working industriously for years.—
But the thing equalizes itself. If every
student who sane up 'for examination
was allowed to go through, the ranks
!of: the medical profession would be so
crowded that there would not be patients
enough to keep the doctors alive.
The doctor is perhaps the greatest hu -
ani
mty can have, and it is well that no
student should be authorized to go nut
and practice the art of healing unless
he is thorough in the teachings of the
profession. On the other hand, we can
all sympathise with the young student
who feels that he has come up to the
mark and deserves to go through, but
finds himself rejected. It trust be dis-
heartening.
in Canada who are in favour of having
a statue erected in honor of Sir. G. E.
Cartier. The true place for the nation's
great ones is a niche in the pantheon of
history. If the admirers of the French-
Canadian statesman desire a statue to
be raised in his honor, let them follow
the example of those who inaugurated
the Brown monumental fund, and pay for
the memorial marble nut of their own
pocket.. It is a good way of testing the
the sincerity of the affection for the de-
ceased great
Mask Iris Pohl$ uR,
It will be a source of great satisfaction
to the Liberal party in Canada to learn
that Sir William Howland, ex•Lieuten-
ant -Governor of Ontario, is disposed to
serve his country once more in Parlia-
ment. The sneers of the Mail may be
taken as the measure of the fear it en-
tertains of the consequences of Bir Wil.
liam's return to public life as a supporter
of Mr. Blake. Sir William is an able
and influential man and the country will
rejoice to des him in the early pnemesion
of a seat. - [Beacon.
■r. M1skey*arblasr mine. -_
Mr. Butte will leave for hi• ethic M
the maritime pruvinees in the latter end
of .lune. After spending a few days in
Quebec and Mathes he will open the
ball at et. John• and amtinu• • series of
twenty-two meetings throughout New
Brunswick, Priam pad ward Wend and
Nova gentle, returning home about the
list of September. it is understood
that some tins• during that month he
will visit Manitoba, accompanied by Mr.
Mills. Meetings will be held in every
enestitueney e/ Ontario throughout the
eusamer, at whist addresses wv1 be de -
yawl by lending insenbls et the pretty.
t h. liberals were never in better spirits
than now, and by the shore .4 the
their nrwlantstiom • will leave eothinv t•
•. abeire) exeepting n gein-rd Wee-
11
'hie temerity • ,Voids on the floor of 1
•t
1 fun 11,C. ip• • •••
1'11
mime !tales ter Farmers.
How to make farmers' daughters, eons,
hired girls and men get distrusted with
agricultural pursuits, and seek for soft
jobs in towns and cities:—let. Keep the
clock one hour fast; waken the girls and
men when it strikes tive, make the girls
light the fires and milk the cows by lan-
tern light, before the Stables have been
cleaned, Let them break their fast at five
o'clock by the right time and before their
eyes are thoroughly opened, give them
sour burned bread and rusty pork, cheap
tea without sugar and never allow them
to eat an egg or fresh meat. 2nd, Never
allow them any tinge to rest at noon
while the horses are feeding and have
them at work as soon as they have swal-
lowed their food; never give them lunch
at hay or harvest time, take their tea to
the harvest fields, instead of allowing
them to go to the house to get it in a
comfortable manner. 3rd. Never allow
them to keep holidays, make the ggrls
sew after dark until bed time, make the
men clean horses, feed cattle and do
most of the chores after dark, instead of
letting them enlighten their minds by
reading good newspapers. By enforcing
these rules our cities and towns are being
elmewded with women and men, some of
whom lead fast lives and come t, an un-
timely end.
Mstyering Mradloogk.
LIMBS PROM TRXAQ.
t e:Nereeh Itaab *pinion sr lire "1...s
alar mese.^
Casae RAat•Y,
Basque G•uaty, Teras,
April
Tears iaitar of the Na/ 48th, 1881.
Thinking a
eetsatry would e i letter from this
nteresting to your
numerous readers, I will endeavor W
give you a few fame regar i at. This,
without bombe, is a good Musk raising
country, ands
splendid one for good but-
ter, milk, eggs and poultry, if Ibe in-
habitants would only give proper atten-
tiva to it We get plenty of butter from
Id to 20 cents per lb., gm7to 8 cents
per due, and patio? 10 eents each. I
have travelled a good deal, but this is
the best watered county ($hetes) I have
seen, g,.od spriegs and a number of
creek•, of the best pure, cold spring wa-
ter. It is a manly our all kinds of grain:
wheat, rye, barley, oats, buckwheat,
millet. cotton and corn. As for vegeta-
bles, 1 am sure it canoe be excelled by
any other country.
This has been a remarkably dry
spring, the grain and vegetables suffered
very much from the drought, not hay-
iug had anyrain from the middle of
Mareb, untiWednosdey night, the 20th
inst. , when we had a glorious rain which
makes a)1 things take a fresh start, and
spring up with such vigor, you can al-
most see then) grow. We had a very
severe frost on Wednesday night,
the 13th., which killed a good deal of
late corn, beans, cucumbers, grapes.
peaches, &c. ; but such a frost is unusual
}here at this .esson,it is not the pee every
year by any means. I am informed by
the oid settlers, It has only been equal-
led twice, and surpassed once in their
life time here. When it rains it certain-
ly rains in earnest; ss I had an opportu-
nity of witnessing a few days after my
arrival, which in a great measure de-
struys the crops by making great fur-
rows through the fields, and running
rivulets during, its continuance. I feel
satisfied this washing -out could be pre-
vented if they would only cultivate pro-
perly with a regular heavy two horse
plough, instead of hull -tongueing with a
one horse affair, as the land would then
be thoroughly broken up deep enough,
so as to absorb and drink up all the
rain that fell, instead of running away
in rivulets, furrows and wash -outs fur
want of enough depth of loose earth to
properly absorb it.
We have plenty of wood here, for
miles around Iredell it is like an English
park, not very heavily timbered, but ex-
tending over thousands of acres. We are
surrounded here where the boys are
located, by mountains off which they get
good cedar posts for barbed wire fencing
at 4 cents each where cut and haul them
themse)ves. Cows range in price
from $10 to 120; horses 820 to $60, and
every necessary of consumption as cheap
as at home. In this section theyy have a
peculiarity of climate called Northers,
which sweeps over this region, begin-
ning, so far as I can ascertain by diligent
enquiry, in the north at the Indian Ter-
ritory by the valley of the Red River,
the northern boundary of Texas, and
sweeing southward through the centre
i of the State. It is very strange that
;north of the State line they are never
felt, indeed, not known of.. Myexpe-
rience here has found their duration
about two days, but fa, rther south, at
Corpus Christi, they last for a week or
more, and at Vers Cruztwo weeks or
over; in Eastern Texas they are not
known. The Norther commences with
it violence equal to its force throughout,
just before it commences the south wind
lulls, and the still air becomes very op-
pressive,tougits black would pour down often Train, lls but
instead it is intensely dry and drinks up
all the moisture from the earth, a reduc-
tion of temperature takes place, whish
compels me at once to resort to the old
Canadian overeat, and good fire at
night, it is more felt of course in the win-
ter wonths, as it is more refreshing than
otherwise in the warn weather. The
nervous, rheumatic and like people suf-
fer from it, bet persons of weak lungs
are not affected by it. I can speak of
this from my own experience. I am in -
ed fora fact by the medical men
that consumption does not origi-
over the area of the Norther; on
mtrary persons affected with weak
seamed lungs, resort to this region
find almost immediate relief. The
ms w fere I am now visiting, and to
orth and west of me, are most sale-
s, and best adapted to weak lungs;
the Norther arrives, or just before
is a distinct odor, such as we often
at Goderich before a Nor -wester, a
of fishy smell, here it is a mixture
t odor and of burnt straw smoke;
early spring' season it is often destruc-
o vegetation even before the frost
rs which usually follow it.
LIT*RARY NOTICH8.
Berctwuou'N MALuALIOUL, reprinted by the
Leonard Sego Publishing Cu., al Barclay
stye* New fork.
The April number of Blackwusd's is t,
band, and tnaintaiva the acknowledgedss
standard of its predeceor& The nun -
Unita are: The Private Secretary - Part
117; Shadwell's Life of Lord Clyde;
Freaks of the Telegraph; Lighter Span-
ish Poetry in English Metre; Valliant-
brume;
and -
bruse; Round Delia's Basket; Old Sout-
tish Society; Greeher Claims. To
clubs uf four pentane a discount of twen-
ty per cent will he allowed; and for
clubs of ten or more persons, • G olry
gratis will be allowed to the getter up of
the dub. The motley in all cases to ac-
company the MUMS.
C•N•I,IAN MICTuoUggT MA IAai\L -- Itl Pp-.
sou,. Wm. Whims. Toronto, SS a year.
The illustrated articles of the 'lay
number are, "(keen Grow e"and '•Round
about Jerusalem." The Rev. F. A.
Wallace gives a graphic ace oust of the
great Methodist Sea -side Assembly, and
the Rev. D. G. Sutherland describes
with growing interest his visit t, the
scenes of Bible story. A sketch, with
partrait, is also given of "Uncle Joe
se
Little," a alous lay missionary of the
Methodist Church of Cannel., The
Editor gives a life -sketch of the romantic
career of Bernard Paliasy, the Huguenot
potter, great alike in art, in science, and
in religion. In his history of ole
Roman life, he gives else a graphic
sketch of Roman slavern and a slave
market. Professor Shaw answers the
often-sakedquestion, "What is the Creed
of the Methodist Church T' The deaths
of Dr. Punahon and Lord Beaconrfield,
Prohibition, and Anglo -Israelis,., aro
Age
ports a large increase of circulation.
also fully treated. '1Ti
Magazine re
HAtrata' Maoas,Ys for June published by
•
The beginning of the sixty-third
volume of Harpers' Magazine is a bril-
liant number. It u not more attractive
from the artist's point of view than it is
impressive in a literary sense, having
contributions from the best writers in
every one of the many fields covered by
its contents, es follows:—The White
Mountains, Samuel Adams Drake, illus-
trated; The Deed Child and the Mock-
ing Bird, Paul H. Hayne; The Mad
Maples' Song, Robt. Herrick, illustrat-
ed; Our Ruby -Throat, Mrs. Sara A.
Hubbard, illustrated; A NeglectedCorn-
er of Europe, Mrs. Lizzie W. Champney,
illustrated; Ballads and Ballad music
illustrating Shakespeare; Amelia E.
Barr, illustrated; Edwin Booth, William
Winter, with portrait; Annie: A Novel,
Miss Constance Fenimore Woolson, with
one illustration; Benedetto Civiletti,
Luigionti, with three illustrations;
The nrat Settler's Story, a poem, Will
Carleton, with one Illustration; The
Trial of Jeanne Dsrc, James Parton,
illustrated, Miss Millington and her
Librarian, a story, Saxe Holm; Ken -
here tucky Farms, Edward Atkinson; A Ltiu•
di
Harper it Brother New
York
form
here
nate
the c
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and
porta.
the n
brim"when
there
have
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tive t
appea
Now as to raising of sheep and cattle,
to the South -wed and west of us are
those prairies with natural grasses and
pasture upon which they can get support
throughout the entire year, but here and
north of us as you ascend the necessity
for artificial winter food gradually in-
creases, the idea we have at home of
being able to winter stock all over Texas
without artificial food is erroneous, al-
though some who do not care what ap.
pearan a their cattle may hare in the
spring, pnctioe it, but such • sorry look-
ing lot of cattle as they turn out you
would never want to see except as a curi-
oaity, all horns and banes covered with a
Ws, and will horns were 110 ,Irate the
3011 mat trait it eo
attempt gating dimende ma In
uth-wMMll pint of the slate it is
e'0 t�� sheepcattle
he fsome
come, or
or pay test for the land they nee,
les w►ieh send lase d any of the requisi-
tes running�' the la$ et wood
wear in thea am& wedges
plains will previa emir_ rim in Sr 551
W for • long pullet -sommant ere
acid to he tires** eves ie est new
mhoreh, so i rein est this shore, trndiew
to see you shnrtH v'i t ran r' • . 1
I won't
in the House of Common. on Tuesday ' the loo
Bradlaugh again advanced to the her to I not n
be sworn. The Speaker ordered him to time to
withdraw. Hs refused, and the Ser ; to .own
giant -at -Arne at the Speaker'. rerpuest ! which a
Halide
torched Rer6dia rh'e
Hs ref teed to with-
dtaw, still, and was fnrethl removed.
Northern* moved that he he removed
e*fl he promised not to further disturb
ago•
maid that Brsdleugh had a
statutory right bonnie to the bar .•f ►he
Iime
rt -';ere • , y.. ..-top •to t
Lilt ` • .i'. -..A -3a• hesuie-
th
ti,.n
The motion carried. and Rrtdlaugh
lett the House
t r.. roan say-
..., eat here unless they ars
doing, tap well at home and want to set
rid of their sorplim feeds.
viers truly,
gran Jolt/gyros
cean, $ novel, Thomas Hardy, illus-
trated; together with the Easy Chair,
Literary Record, Historical Record, and
Editor's Drawer,
Spring Cleaning.
Tis morn! On leaving home around [glance -
And here in luxury and elegance;
The My sweet wife kisses mead hearth -nig and cat upon the g oe.
Nile servants bringy dO oat, a
cane. my hat,and coat, and
With so much comfort, how could man con.
plain!
T1s noon. As to my home I then draw near
I hear the sound of blows. The atmosphere
1s but a stifling, blinding cloud of dust;
Tis from the carpets beaten, i mistrust; a
And, horror stricken to the house I fly,
A scene of desolation greets my eye.
The carpets up, the curtains down, fres out, r
Furniture all upset and piled about:
While back and forth, with heads in towels
With skirtss loo
404 armsal) bare spa toot shove tan ground,
-can
My lovely wife and seerrvantstUree near i see It be
Tearing about in those outragoos duds,
And stiring up tbisawful smell of suds,
While In their eyes there gleams a dangerous
light 1
Groat heavens, 'tis thy ! Oh, what a dreadful wt
sight
th
The dog once scalded, from them keeps aloof; t
The cat has sought for safety on the roof;
And in the dining -room, where I had thought tt
To find a toothsome dinner, they had got
A fiend of Afric blood, who joym to swing
A whitewash brush and spatter everything
But Iam not forgot. My feast Is spread
Out in the One slice of tnwoodshed
ead a plate obarrel
wa tmhed p beans.
Some waterin a mcg; adient of greens.
I've bought <•c fellow ome to f all,
with me.
DuZOT[.
�la,a
by abs way boos et.e orbs known
ire Yap-..
bre ii&ATLAaU, Dakota T.,
May 6, 1881.
Dian tiJWt.L. -As u:any of your read
ars are interested ui this county, • few
remarks on its general character would
not be out of place by one who hos re-
cently emigrated trnu the County uf
Huron, to uakuts. It is to be regretted
that Canadians, with • ouuutry untie
better oil the ouutiueut, sheu)d be tweed
!rave the laud of their birth fur Uncle
Aim's
domains, simply because we eget
better rulway facilities here, and which
is the coiner save of any prairie nuun-
try, uu aceuunt of the effect it has un the
value of grain, the great and only staple
article w this country. '('here is great
room for implruvieueut in the facilities
afforded immigrants in tuuvtug here.
Their seems a great amount of unneces-
sary delay in the transportation of live
stock. We were seven days and nights
in reaching Fargo, from Clinton, and
most of that time was consumed in de-
lays along the rad. Fargo is a lively
western teen; but whet a comparison be-
side our Ontartu towns, everything bears
a mushroom appearance. There is no
doubt that Fargo is destined t, be quite
a city, but at present its uppearunee is
warred by the Northeast Pacific track,
which passes directly'thruugh the centre
of the town and which 1 find is the case
in all their towns herb. Railways are as
necessary here as gravel nods are in On-
tario, but it is disgraceful the way they
are run. un the St. Paul, Minneapolis
and Manitoba, Irvin bt, Pauls to Fargo,
the road we came, the track is laid with
no regard to evennees, the ties are laid
simply th h some
rs you
ing to
tself to
haracter
vs in
Canada
nother
houses
they
train
a per -
cuter
stations
to a
t for -
beat
nae at
u an
and
as
short -
hat a
done.
Fargo,
ve in
more
han in
ooun-
pinion
ugh is
ve1y
It
of a
matter
tick.
o�oun-
were
heap
here
land,
one
offer-
nty,
Ter -
hole
that
raise to
t t,
eir
far -
on
or-
nty
nut
we
out
P.,
ht
on a (F,rune, without,
in
places, any ballast, and in othe
woeld imagine that the car was W,
tip over, The query presented 11
one at thetiule, is this to be the e
of the road Manitoba is going to ha
return for the immense sacrifice
has made to this sameconapany. A
feature I nc.ticed was that station
along the rigid bore no sign that
were such, nor did any of the
hands enlighten our igwo,rance. If
son wanted to get off at any parti
station they had to count the
from a particular px•imt and refer
railway guide, and if they were no
tunate enough to have one, shift the
way they could. The station ho
Fargo on the St. Pauls, M. M.
immense structure about 18130
finished in a style disgraceful to a
No doubt abetter one will be built
ly, but it only goes to show on w
temporary style buildings are
There are many fine buildings in
but nothing like so many as they ha
Goderich; but for business, there is
business done in Fargo in one day t
Goderich in one month. As for the
try, I cannot form any reliable o
with such short ezperience,bat eno
evident on the surface to show cunclusi
that the land is very rich and fertile.
seems to be a deposit, accumulation
great of years, of vegetable
something resembling .err black m
As for growing fast and settling
ly the day has not arrived yet. The
try seems to be run by men who
attracted here by information of c
herds tar speculation; not one third
have come ta make a home on their
every one grabs for land, and every
has land;forsale; there is more land
ed by private parties in this one oou
nd the most thickly settled in the
ritory at that, than there is in the w
Province of Ontario, and simply for
eason I hold that land will not
ray high h.
ure until men go nn to i
improve their farms 'and make th
homes comfortable. Why, the biggest
men here, running three or four recti
up, du not have as good houses as the
dmary run of fain houses in the Con
of Huron, simply because they d.
nt to put capital into buildings when
ey intend to sell the first opportunity
hat offers a margin on the purchase,
a taste here of whatacountryis with
ilway competition. On the N.
passenger rates are be a mile and freig
twice, and in some cases, three times
what they are on the Grand Trunk or
Great Western Railways. The track is
laid with iron tails, and looking along it
and running over it, resembles corduroy
roads (speaking in moderation). Every
line of business is brisk, money plenty,
and profits good at Wheatland, about 30
miles west of Fargo. Flour is 87.50 to
88.00 a barrel, and not a flour mill be-
tween here and Fargo. Flour is brought
from Minnesota, railway freight and
profits added before it rea,hes the con-
sumer; wheat worth 80c a bushel. You
will see that there is an opening in this
branch of business for a man with capital
and experience. Other branches are )'usdaa
profitable. Land is worth 1110 to 820 an
acre here, according to location and im-
provements. Seeding is going on rapid-
ly, and on some farms the companies of
hones and men resemble a cavalry bri-
gade. They put two sets of harrows to -
'tether, two teams of horses draw them,
and one man drives; by doubling up one
man is saved. The weather is getting
warm- We had a small shower of rainiest
night, the first of the season. To
intending emigrants, I would say, oome
to this country, if you want to rough it
to make money, but if you want a com-
fortable home stay where you are.
Haanxm
R■etaess 1te.ss.
Come PLANTER.—No more aching
backs planting corn. The `born plant-
er" saves time and labor, and is a perfect
success. Get one at Saunders' variety
store, the cheapest hoise under the sun.
K R 0 K A.—Some very beautiful
beautiful croquet seta at very low prices
at Sheppard'.
Ova Po&T. —One of the editors of Tait
Shout says that as a poet we are not
a success. We will take his word for it,
and give up the poetry business for ever.
But if the public want proof of our suc-
cess in the dry goods trade, let them
note the fact that our sales for last
month were one third more than for the
same month last year; let them also note
Sthemith'& fact that it is low prices and gond
goods that gives such success to R. B.
G.srlu. —Croquet sets, bird cages, and
all the novelties of the season arriving
daily at Saunders' variety store.
Lunn-xi/so Rots. —It is well always
to get the hest. The Ontario Copper
Lightning Rod Co., make the best an
give ten years policy to its patron& Be
wise and bW
e safe. m. hitt, Clinton,
agent.
Gale segWer-
_or Parties getting their bills printed at this
owwill get • notice In this department nuts
of cbarae-
Saturday May 21st --Hale of 80 acres
of land, Let 26, 7th ono., of the town-
ship of Hay. Bossenbury,
°arrow and Pmuclfoot, Vendor
tors
6aturda , May 21st --Anodes gale of
dseirabls l
Lord Dufferin wait ono much for the
Russian diplomatists They found that
they were unable t, cajole or bully him,
and although the Rin
ui
flocked to his excellent entertainm�eentas,
no genuine reciprocal geed feeling was
ever dereloped, and his mission, on far
as engendering gond feeling was never de-
veloped,and his mission,en fafe,
amend -
tiring good feeling between the two na-
tions, was a failure.
At Lord Besonns5sld's funeral 'Lord
Derby walked up from the station with
Berl Manhole, and twas for arson timrefilled „
the hoe,. h,
s,.'1. who with $paurisb ideas of
Waned les believe that en great
wield travel to font.
�VOA � 2,000efrom Relie-
ves
' pardoned at 11ie boxes, ��
make
is It A/Ifl about egogle in gttaatft
mewed t yes►, but ?t a of M wifl
Pr+wtnetinw of May. 1880
f7•wtw• ch u�ldinq L't „ti West scree-. i pelieet
• luetic set ,
to 44.
r•. e. si, 1 ,t.,r•.,. seir►ty reap
�'e., re's a ,nisi- a sehlawRs
A very Legs grid mill is being erected
Maar Reek Like, Netillkirest
es a lies d the . Territory,
ii
W. MOgilvie
movie & ('n the wenn hmeos Ns
eir
ne
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