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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1879-1-16, Page 67 "T.1HIt TIMES JANUAfer 16, 1870 Now, Grandma Instead of tit:, x r, f(it1 y Don't you know; Itt1'auia heave bean married Jost i, far star its a;;o 'eiester'titty ? Aro we'.ra per ' etly happy,and will be; 1'ollieeieed 't'be tlolstxtl,'know, • If they dett:'t; loy�k for, troubles' -11Ud worries, Attdhelr Ratrli;cs, My Httl'tliinks jest so'; Now Veit' a sit lzing 1 1 huow what you're staying "The Babes in the Wood." But you -. see That'Ilat's tweitty.ose in. Novotuber, And T shall soon seventeen, be. And ~we're seen a great deal of the world, too, \Vs know how to battle with, lifts ; And Ilal says there can be nb sor: row \\'lien a mart has a tree little wife. You've had lots of troubles and trials, But maybe we won't Soenla to ono You old folks bring sorrow by looking. There 1 you want to say, " Wait, and you'll see., But you only look over your glasses, And clasp hands, as though you would preys And whisper, " God bless you, try' children,. Ana keep you iu sunshine alway." Fire k ear.4 After. Grtiudrna, won't you come int and help' us? I'm worn out with wa citing and work, For the. children are sick, baby teething, And the cook (that al fsiddyMacQ:xiik.) Went away in a huff, wit:heat warning, And I Cannot manege the range ; So Hal takes his meals in the city- Yoa know -a man inure have a Change, Ali night I was up with the eliildret't, For Hal says, •' It's bard on a ivas, To be wakened all s•ilrht with the baby." On, grandma, clear, Come if yottvau, Ten 1 eters After. TeL:me, graudtnethnr, dear. the old Rtory Of the heavenly c,.ni, and its rest, And hold me &030 141, as you used to, And lay my hired down on your breast; I'll try to look yonder to meet them, My two little saints gone before, Aittl forget the sharp pain of the arrow That shattered the ring I once wore. Ah 1 '1 sec it allnow why you whispered, " The Babes in the Wood," long ago, When I trusted the reed that has broken, The sand -chain, the knot made of snow; And though neither gray hair nor wrinkle Has come to hie, now 1 es». see Other babes in the wood, and am. silent, Foreboding, as you lookedat ma. THE PLAGUE OF 542. The "pest:a:nee of 720 swept away 52,000, or atlor.eu two-thirds of the 75,00(1 itthathita,uts.,--Q,L,MAraeillea, in lees than five weeks ; but of ttitl'trF �;iT abstentious Spa ti=irds that inhabited the "Snbnrbs of Catalans" only 200 died, or less than four pie cent: Tire most destructive epedemio recorded in anthentic'history was the four years' plague that commenced in A. D. 542, and raged through the dominions of Ohosrnss the Great, thin Byzantine E4npire, Northern Africa and South- westeru .Euror e. It commenced in Egypt; spread to the East over Persia and the Indies, and penetrated to the West along the coast of Africa and over the Continent of Europe, A; i -Minor, with its plethoric cities, Con- etantinoi)1e‘l4Ortllern Dale,and France suffered fearfully ; entire proviecce were abandoned,cities died out and remained vacant for1 a man y }'cars, an during three months 5,000, and at least 10,000, pt rsous died at .Cdn.stan- tinnple each cloy ! (Gibbon's ''History," vnl.yii,, chap. xiii.); and the total• ntunber of victims is the three. • conti- nents iH variously estimated frons 75,. 000,000 to 120,000,000 (''recti}ring, The giant reals again. There is an " Anecdote;" cap. xvtii ; Cousin's Tel wire andtraitairtrat? may bo stretelte titt7 e;i %1 a> llU a hot g.t%tau qtt li pi ulcer rs Qli4 4 way Y,1 oat ,(,1 ening the sound. A disk of pairchment,. 40,1 or,wood, etlxroeueletl Le a ripe, 'is -attached ' to'obeln erid to serve as ti a 11Ot1't 9,ayi ear -piece., and ewe ol,thei', preparation is necessary; ana. it' pilin been prune ' thee if two 'eopl.(ei;, irtl•il. tu' attaebod 150 yards apartto. a tele- grap.ii Wire,. the woe& spekon at due cud wilt still be dearth tit tits other. Sin1111e as these apolianoos are, they may pur1teps be turned to account iu sttedyiug the L)heutinena of acoustics. S , ..rNE` fCIAL TO CATTLE? A �.� � �I( , One of our substantial subscribers. in a recent.convereatiou,- gave his ex- perience) in treating neat' stook affected with the habit of eating wood, chewing btes, eto. His cattle were olio spring affected in this way; they became thin. in flesh,_ refused to eat hay, and pre- souted a sickly appearance. He put. four bushels of leached ashes in hie barnyard and threw ont to them a shovelful every day. They all ate it with evident relish. After turning t lrem out to pasture he put a pack of ashes per, week upon the ground in the pasture.* They: ate it all up and gnaw. ed off where it had been lying. The cattle began to improve, gaining flesh and looking better tllau the had for several earl, Ile now gives eye' quirt of ;�shee, mixed with the same quantity of salt, to twelve head of cat tle, about once a week, nail finds it to agree with them. wonderfully.—Ex. ACOIDEN i' ATNIGAiiA FALLS. a� I pAINTING1 uel Gold,arrived A. II. Pwith ape at Niagara I P . I t 2 G Gould, arrived with a party at Niagaeri Falls, yesterday rporuing, and attempt- ed to make a trip behind the ,roa►ing cataract on the Canada side. At this season of the year the experiment is ostially' perilous on account of the ice, 5nd the person undertaking it must pick his way with great caution and liave plenty of nerve. The gentlemen named did not heed the pleadings' of the other members of the party, bot took the gaide's word for it that there was no danger, and followed him down the steep and slippery steps to the river beide below the Falls. Along this bank the path' is narrow and dangea ons in summer, but now it is ragged and hazardous in consequence of the frozeu spray. Huge :icicles overhung` the path, atta eed to the socks above, and it requires „e them ,and t± it nq the, andat !pile same lima find a et, ),ot- inp- fr.Samuel Gould ran against e. of these immense frozen pendants with such force as to cause him to fail upon the rough path and to loosen the ieit le, which fell with a crash 'upon bite. An . ugly ons in the back of the bead and a bruised back made it neves. sary for his companions to assist him back to the hotel. There he received proper attention, and was sufficiently recovered after dinner to tatce the Central train with His friends for New York. Soon after starting the injured man, lost his re•tsou, It required several men to keep hien still. Arriv- ing. in this city, the unfortunate young plan wag conveyed be the'ht)gpital, and foe friends rom iiued oyez until his re- covery. A.t last aceon.Tits this morning he wagcenscions,and slowly recovering. —Buffalo Connmercial. a iia iii fill61i"` 11't�l fot•tf, P iii , l pay tive'f g�s o "yh r, t a' can pay t ,cent i '4U )� , ticket, en t' theatre, yet they are too 'poor to buy a Ile wepapei 4` IIODGSON, , (I 0 a Auctioneers. Eiullesprang• ttlyattendttti to. Ds ys of sales arranged twt this ()glee. 1 GANADIAW PACIFIC RAILWAY MEE TIME FOB ItBOEIVING =inns for the Sections b4twuun Lake Superior autl Red River is extended until noon.on'W sn rtssnA1, January' 15th, 1879. The time for receiving Tenders for the Sec- tions in British Oolurubia is extended nu'tilWun- PnssDAx, the'l2th day of February, 187c9. For furtherinforzntttion., apply at the,offnce of the Engineer -in -Chief, Ottawo. By order, I'. I3RAUP7, $eoretary. Dept, of Public Works; • td, Ottawa, December 15th.1878. ST. 'S LIMEWORKS. ourdrawnblins'beinguow in full operation and buruingoutclaily a Large ouantits of LIEIVEEK tilt¢ t for a1l,purizoee s cannot be surpassed in the Domin. len. ertiestro,n a dtstane"e oanalwaysbeevnplied either at the kilns or do'liverilbyteams atle,w est ,roznunorativerates, 1.)rdorseronx a. distance promptly attends n to WHITSON & SOLATER. • Three English tourists, named Sam- TII1 NEWSPAPEit. The great press slowly mcves; i.t;, arms aro reaching for their strong em• brace. Stop the; press ! J. 6>; 0 T G H 9 N G Is prepared to do all kinds of RousePainting, Paper -hanging Whitening,, £c. atreasonable prices and punctually. • J. IiITJkIIN(U. Maio st Exeter. :Exeter N ovtl1 FLOUR and GRIST MILL, Beiug in good working order gives every &cooing dation possible in existing and flouring. Flour and mill feed delivered to parties leaving their orders before cue o'clock at J.I31ILI: S Bakery, or ;0'13YRNt tO ,' ur at mil same days Li IS C .A.SI-1. --0-- WM. 1,TW £ ciIC, EXETER 'TER if' 0. MEDIUM. . I\R. COWN. OFFICE — MAIN Street, Exeter, upstairs, opposite Central Hotel. Side entr:Lnco, on tido south—street lead- ign to B. C. Church. r "Orders loft at Elino's shoe store will rooeive prompt attention. • 40-1y. DR. HUTCHINSON, Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario,.cbc„ am, Main Streot,lixotor, Da .HYNliMIAN.--CORONER FOB the County of Huron. Office, next door to Hr. I. Carling's store, Ilxeter. T W. BEOWNING 11I. D., C. M. s P. S, Graduate VictoriaUniversity• Office and residence. Don. pion Laboratory, Exeter. tee C. MOORE, :ti. D, C. M. 11. Graduate of doeiUUniversity, Montreal Wilco nudresideuoe,ltxeter,Ont. Office) cure- atolOa.mand,7to1011.m DR, J. A. ROLLINS, M. 0. P. S. 0., Victoria 11' Crediton, Ont Office hours from 9to10a.ra.; 2to5p.m. ply, LUTZ, M. D., J . Office ,at his residence, Exeter. F' R. IRVING, GRADUA:'T111 UNI LJ Vi1P.SITY Trinity Collegeen"t or Col Loge envsicians and snrgeour Ont„ ()dice Iiirkton. 'r Iiia '" (cane ii 1) 178) Yat in error of statement to be corrected, or . Sieily. Morocco and Albania, the .die- i,len objectionable article to be with ease tvas confined to a few, se.prnt towns, awl the (utile esus and. Arabia escaped entirely. The dreadful plague made • it,s first eppr;trtenoe in Alexandria, Egypt, then eu I11'\nli' us eiQ,y ,b1 800,00(9'i tirebie���yjtntts,,- ntzt'°Psitrlus D erdu's :a �tenili 'rl,ry historian, speaks of the " reckless gIuttoily by which "the, i ilittibitan ts of the great capital incurred yearly fevers and cl'a,tgerous iudigestinns : and at haat bronglht this terrible jndgemeut upon tbetnsolve;t and their icnncent neighbors," (lib, ii,, elute). iv.) Alex- andria lost 50,000 of her inhabitant', in 2 1 and for miles arnnucl the oir`y tio'fielda" 54 , am 130,000111 the following ,year, drawn. The types are taken out and 1 borne away—corpses of dead thonght. .°''Look now again at themeless of type -dead;l inert as the earth yon. trend cm. But see 1 The white sheet hr►, I fallen op their, upturned, faces • tlt,e i ;ouch ,e4lie.press'tins baptized .tlletil« the life that was in "them has ` passee' upon paper, arid the, new creation it pregnant with thought—a thing with l .eon), for it can move the souls of men. That sheet se b niikbefrtre is'a living power now. A. change i!nA pass- ed over it as rtiftl•bellfirs as if in an iustant the unwritten face of the boy should piit on the furrows of age, the linel of dare, the impress of manhood's experience, thought and toil. but the monks of the Nitrian Desert were covered cvJtti' °itubllr',cl ,co.rlrses;. ;,ns the paper is born and goes out (3,001} of thein had devoted themselves totask �collecting the , f and burying the dead) lost only 50 of the fraternity,. who, with few e:iceptione, confessed thnt they bad secretly violated the ascetic rules of their order. SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY, into the world. No messenger Dari: overtake it. Its utterance is unalter- able now. It may bei •eglained but not erased,. The p,ri'rted word can no more be `ii'eri1'led' than the departed sp5f tt e€s>i, be wooed back to the cold body which it hes left. Pere new we have it —the news- paper ! "'Wonderful product of brain end toilet ., Clete ue .wool t ,till ,it, sl ►cold 111;. *titre tt tri 4l�a t pia rtit� t{ i' e' of "tlr •be „tle�ArrJ`y : l),Olight fin gingers shies Mile; mil ere, in Sentlair , , and yet it le the cheapest thing in they 1108 aserrtaitted that sonnaAtttetallIAS VeatilOtwo or three coots will buy it.' epef►kirr,g; sin : in,, whistli lg, can be One or two dollars will bring it to yours transmitted tllr'Onf fr r�itttt Ore3 3' home every week iu' the year. And 1$41k4A FALL GOODS • • .A.: 3i'LL.1..1717- y 1f 1Ty ,,has 01,et,reoemvei+alle ge,stockof, , gi,clltcfiri{tftttt'?LR Tettfpriurl-F'eo- ion Strings, Apertntciax Ladies, atn(E Gents Pocket ,4�Ctr Boons. A large stool; of Fahey Goode con' etantly on hand; TEE EXE 'Ii' i Planing Mill ; Sash, , DOOR ,# ,;- • ALL KINDS OF V nit A =•x w.,'v,.e OV Y1,I'I.r.Ft;,� 1) SU Bit PA) -1" Nate tlee Grist Dry greeds Itetadiers of London, i Out, , teve,t a ch eoided n o e it rac n their inn nonce business, a f BU tit© rvL1 0 w tQr a• .fn the Past, they -vitt). ether Lomita DMorcltmntsitliodtght that a largo Misinbus could; not be done withoutgivinl indiscriminate credit: , A. 13,' Sri Co. hay° now determined, after duo deliberation, to discontinue site nrodlt.par't of their burliness. by ad- horing as they will, strictly to this rule, as onoei their safe businessplot:awes, they will he enabled • to pay cash for all their purchases, and demand frena' Wholesale Manufacturers it large diseusnti which advantage will enable them to soli thou gouda trtail t ordinary wholesale prices, o •faznillos living some distance front London, they wo,tl,l ratty that you will save at the very least, froze 10 to 15 per 'oent.by'making your purelutse from them, This groat saving will pay the expenses Your times over, whiuh you may incur by coining to Loudon, elther1)1 euuveytul a orllazl way. Their stook of goods, fervolumo or quality is unequaltad in Ontario. The snare o tveer' „,lzo length - of a whole plock,P o1u Dundas to Carling sts. flash of tine four f1.tts of the entire buthliqg is ed tot 801110 -ono of the Departments of the business or for Manufacturing purposes; Their stile isto p101186 -'- the people by attention to business. GOOD BUSINESS HABITS, Our house has risen Inavery few years frome,. sumallretail store to one of the largest in Western Ontario, A call on is will be mado profitable to purchasers. A,. E. r ovrEILL d°C5,9 154 Dundas st,, through to 185 Oarliug st. opposite Moisous:l3,wnit, Sept. 19, 3m , LONDON. .A Complete Stook, cm NEW and Cii4isti FURNITURE at W. D2EW.S. IBEG LEAVE TO CALLYOUR ATTENTIO N p� to my now stock of Parlor and B adroom Fur ni tune, Spring Bods laud Mattresses, Pillows and 13 ul- "` stirs. I have made a very great reduction in my .prices, anti still being resolved to supply goons of the first quality, I confidently hope to give: you every ssat- siaction. My stook .of Beds, Chairs, Cane -work, fza fact everything in the Ournituro Line is bring dis- posed dial a discount of 10 per pent. for opt -h, The Undertaking a specialty, at tn., cheapest pos Bible rates. Feather and Wool Pillows for sale. 4 W. DREW. T.FIIS IS NO BOMBAST True Concerns You More Than Counterfeit, ' Therefore, rend, purchase, and enjoy its bargain's, When.I say nnanufacturo my own furniture I am prepared with my proof -sheet that the people eau inspect at any time by ealling at my Ware gouts where they will see it superb dis play of r Furniture inAil Its Branches Is manufactured by .myself and my combined artistic s'dU,wtt'z good w,rlauaneitip. I de, Are not iusetisfyiug the, people with a class of F!'u.niture that cannot bo equalled for quality or price in 1; xetor, all blowing to the contrary, notwithstanding. WREN YOU WANT 4NY FURNITUR GIVE J. BRAWN A RAIL. Corner of Main and Gidley's Street, Ereter. THE BEST OF FERYET! L6 T H E TI.M JL S AND TEIE FREE PRESS" � will be given to all cash subscribers. FROM NOW UNTIL JANUARY, 1880, FOR $2.60 FOR $2.6O This is the best offer we ever made.` Send aiongyour names at once: REMMBER- ONLY $,2.60 FOR THE TWQPAP EP S. GFOBrI;,.; F.OU.ND' Founders, Engineers and Machinists. 1 1.IA1411F'ACTVIi.1111S 1 OF • ENGINES AND BOILERS, FLOURING, GRIST AND SAW MILLS bTAVE AND HEADING M a0HINERY Zb1idJlingr Ptirif8ers of improved kinds. Aci ric u1 ural Implements, 4` 64 lliti4 P ,1.`AN? BOX STONES i .d Potash Kettles, Schyeleieats, he. , Iron and. Brass Oas ino?'s. to'arr".ier I, c4,r bl ;For ani oh p: Sieo nd,. l lipid Boilers and Engires Steve and !t' tr0�t ' Repairs on' Boilers, Engines,Diills•;''tl&l ,p.ronrept1;yrtttendcd to. Done to order.� ' liemereber'tlheplic. is -001)E tC FO' NI ,Y and II*co; � or O1 a cSk lIciv e.tbd GrODiliCii. Ont. ..1