HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1879-2-6, Page 2TAE TilaY
PEBROAl?Y'(3, 11470,
THE CONSCIENTIOUS Ili1SHMAN.
"' Fortress Monroe there is a
littler. c etturob,conoerning'which
the foilowiug;,,, ie told ;
While 11 IoClella r ...,t mpaign q):1 the
Peninsular was in progre'...:the contra-
bands floaked down around a?Qrtresa
Monroe by thousands for food and pro-
tection. One night a party of them,
who had never seen a Catholic church,
entered the building,admiliug the altar
and etluipments, aud one, more, bold
than the rest. put on the priest's robes
which were handing in the closet. Ile
stood before his fellows to receive their
admiration, when there was a sound
like t'ae breaking of a window glass,
and he fell dead on the floor. The
supersitjtious negro, thiulting he lead
been striatum down by a bolt from out-
raged heaven, left the church in a,
tumult, aud when the man was found
there in the =ruing with a bullet in
his heart, . there was no explanation
The loan was buried and the iuoident
forgotten.
Months afterwards a message came
from the fort that.a. soldier lay dying
at tete hospital and wanted to see the
priest. Tile holy father answered the
summons aud'weut to the bedside. of
the dying man, who said he carried a
great orime on iris soul. which he
wanted to coulees. The priest then
heard the explanation of the mysteri-
ous tradgedy in the church. The
soldier said that tie was doily, gurtrd
dotty at the fort one night, ad looking
into the window of the church, he saw
a crowd of uegroes surrounding ane of
their number who had saereligously
assumed the aacredrobes. • His musket
was at his shoulder, and being a true
Catholic, he took careful hila and shut
the negro through ttie heart.
" That wee a terrible crime to perry
ou your soul so long," said the priest.
" It is au awful thing to kill a fellow
being, although, through ignorance, he
was smug wrong."
It wasn't killing the eager that lay
on me sowl, your rivereuoe," stud the
s:rldier; "it was so unceremoniously
putting a 'bullet through the howly
vestments."
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS OF 1879
GCLIPS's. — There will be three
eclipses this year, two of the sun aud
oue of the lnoon, all invisible in Cana-
da slid the Uuited States. (1). An
annular eclipse of the sun, January 22,
which will be visible in the :South At
lantio Ocean, South America, Africa,
and part of Asia. (2). An annular
eclipse of the sun, July 10th, visible in
the South Atlantic Ocean, Af,ica, and
part of A:,ia. (3). A. partial eclipse of
the moon Decemuer 2801,not visible in
America.
Morning and evening stars.—Mer.
eery will be morning star until March
the 4th ; from April 7t;: to June 18th ;•
from August 28 to Oetober 5, aud from
Dec. 10tH co the end of the year.
Venus will be evening star from
September the 23rd to the end of the,
year.
Mars a morning star nutill November
12ih.
Jupiter from February 8th to August
31st.
Saturn from March 26th to October
5th.
Mercury will be an evening star from
March 4th to April 17th ; from June
18 to August 23, and from October 5
to Dec. 10.
Venus will be morning star until
Sept. 23.
Mars an evening star from Nay.'12
to the aud of the year,
Jupiter until Feb. 8,and from August
31 to the end of the year. •
Satnru until Maros 26th, and from
Jaly 3rd to the end of tie year.
The Four Seasons.—spring begins
Marsh 20tH—.rummer begins June 21
- Autumn begins September 28dr—
Wiuter begins Deo. 21st.
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EXCELLENT INTEREST RULES.
The answer in each case being; in
Cents, ,separate the two right -hag°.
figures of austver to express in dullare
and cents.
Four per cent.—Multiply the princi-
pal by the number of drys to run,
separate right-hand figures from the
produat, and divide by 9.
Five per cent.--it!nitipiy numberf
day:+, and divide by 72.
Six per cent ----Multi yl bynumber of law ie as follows t
t Y i hes Dominion .....•.................: 565,00e'
of doss,-ePrtrate right-hand figures l,ucl . $280 Otlb
divicle4by 6. Ontario.
Ei• ht per cent.—Multiply i bytlutrlber Quebec,. ; .. 405,000,
dr y .
Nova Sootia...6t.........,..,.: 1•ii o00
Of dttya+,art)a divide by 45.
Nine Per taut.—Multiply )1 Trr hnrrrbei New Brunswick ............ 11,000
pt Y i' P ... r. '....,.., 35,0.00
" 't, FEARFUL JOKE.
dreadful lloy on Main street ranged
a saw -bunk, a jetleelbarrow and a wash.
tab at short intervals in front of his
father's door, j bcut nine o'clock last
Saturday niglt, and then gave the bell
a violent jerk, and jelled "fire !" im-
mediately plac.ug himself ou the other
'side of the fe e, A prooeseion was
lustanily Ilea' 1 formiug all over the
house, and th next a otneut the door
opened and • e famly willed forth,
somewhat sag r1y, into the damn, dart(
night` air. A rash was heard. The
old man " ras ed" with the saw -bunt
for full ten mi utes before he managed
to fall over th wheelbarrow, and when
he' got throng' with th,t and doubled
up in the wast tub, the retainers just
carried him in the house iu that use-
ful reeeptablot The doctors hav'nt
found ant yet which of the six lumps
on his face arable eyes, and they could
only find Ins mouth by asking him if
it hurt hila mush, aud then stooping
down' to listenfwhere the \verars came
from. He haeh't a piece of skid on hist
leg as big as a\twenty-five cent piece
aid they had to,buru the saw buck to
get. his shirt off it,and the wheelbarrow
can't le founcdauywhere, and it is sup-
posed to be somewhere inside of the.
unfortunate man, The ouly way they
can arouse him and bring hila back to
life is to statn(i the boy whore he eau
hear him trriuble, and place a skate
strap iu the i valid's nerveless hands.
And the boy, lie stands there waiting
for his father's aouvaleseuce, with a
anti throbbing pang in hie heart and
his atlas under his shirt, feeling that a.
great black shadow of woo hangs over
his 'future like a pall, and that the
budding spring -time or summer, with
all its flowers and odor -laden zephyrs
will bring no balm to his soul if that
atlas slips when the old marl gets well.
THE COST OFOVL+'r,NMENT.
We in this Dominion are governed
by a Governor-General, seven Lieut..
Governors of provinces. and the Lie,it.-
Goveruor of the North West Territories
•—nine governors in all.. We have 65
Executive Councillors, viz : —
Dominion 13
U to tdrio (i
Quebec 7
Nova i3outie 0
New Brunswick 8
P. E. Island 6
Manitoba •4
British Oc:luintift
3
North-West Territories 8
Keewatin 6
Total65
We have 660 representatives,the Ex.
eoutive Conuclllors inoluded, viz :—
Hone of Commons 206
enate 77
Ontario Assembly 88
Qnebeo Assam bly • 65
Quebec Legislative Council 24
Nova Scotia, Assembly 38
Nova Scotia Legislative Compal19
New Brunswick Assembly ° 89
New Brunswick Legislative0ounoil 16
P. E. Island Assembly 28
P.. E. Island Legislative Uouneil7
Manitoba Assembly 28
British Columbia A.seembly 25
Total 060
This is one representative for over 6,-
00n snide, or one for every 600 voters,
reckoning every tenth person a voter.
in the same proportion, the • United
States would have 7,260 and Great
Britain, 6,000 -representatives. The
British Empire with its 280,000,000
people would have over 46,000. repre-
sentatives. The cost of Civil Govern.
rnent, i.e.,of the salaries, cnlltingeuciee,
&e., of gtrvsrnorb, ministers and depart.
mental clerks, is as failure's :
Dominion...
Ontario •
Queb'c.
NovaSootia
New Bruuseiok
Other Provinces ,•....,.
$813,000
159,000
165,000
34.000
21,000
32,000
Total $1,224,000
The cost of Legislation, 1. a., indernni-
ties to members, salaries of the Speak'=
ere, clerks, &lc., is as follows ;—
Dominion $590,000
1;x,2,000
Quebec:.. 108,000
Nova Scalia 39,000
New Brunswick 41,000
Other Provinces 50,000
Total
$1,016;000
The cost of the A.dministraticn of ,.Jas.
o tico, i. e., of maintaining the machiuery
or divas. seiparate right-hlind flgute, and
(Saler rovluces
Ten per Bent. ---Multiply by number Total $1,380,00(
of days and divide by36. The est of Education, whish is paid
Twelve pertit13p,
yel e pest. iii lv by trim. wholly by the P('ovitiees ie as follows:
x
,$550,0.00
3oi,udo
divider by 4. • t .
1 er delis, separate right -Mind $guess Ontario..
nil '.ivido Ly L. ' Quebec
Nova. Scotia ..... ............... 220,000
New Brunswick..( ,. 119,000
Other Pro vins
ce.,;:„.,,.,.;,. 82,000
Total $1,832,000
Lastly, the oast of Customs, Excise;
Post 011ioe, (overnment railways, &o.,
being the salaries of Government em-
ployes in those branches of the service
which belong to the Federal Govern-
ment is as follows ;
Pedsione and Superannliation 4217,000
Customs ............... 722,000,
Excise 211,000
Weights and Measures • 114,000
Post Office 1,705,000
Gov't Raillery') e, Canals, &e2,852.000
Fisheries & Lighthouse Service 567,000
Total $5,885,000
These figures throughout are those
for 1877; the latest obtainable. To
sum up the totid cost of governmelit;
Dominion and Proviuoial—expansive of
the amounts spent on Iiumigratinn,
Po;ioe, Penitentiaries, Debt Manage.
anent and interest, Hospitals and
Chatit'es, Indians, Public Works Mnin-
teeallce,&C,-•-ie upward of $10.750,000
a year, or over $2.50 per head of the
population. In addition to' this toed,
moreover, we have to carry our muni-
cipal governments, of the cost of which
it is impossible to form an estimate.
In Ontario alone, there are 39 counties:
with county governments, and 4911
townships municipalities, aud 172 in-
corporated cities, towns, and villages,
each with its little gnvernment, its
oflioeholders and paraphernalia.
It needs no argument to prove that
all this is a tremendous tax upon the
energies of the people, nor is it nee( s-
cary to go into argurneuts to show that
a reduction is desirable. That is self-
evident. And wo know of no better
time to begirt to out down than the
present ; no more appropriate place to
begiu than the Local Legislatures, and
no better subject on (attach to begin
than the indemnity to members and
salaries of Minister's.—J1ftoi1.
E W BLACKSMITH SHOP
Y AT WIN. ., CRLT, ,A„
W. RUCKING RAM. late of
Exeter, has cowmoocod
bushman the aL•'xebraii z
et Winchelsea (and is no.-
1,a••ecltodoalla ..a„ Mindofbleek
untbllingwork Norse shoo-.
hippo !tally attended to, Promptness, cheapness
an(lgood work guaranteed, A call solicited, •
xo•sln W, BUCI(INGHAM— '
(. US4'0..718 DIEP.fdItT,IPtPA' 7.
1TO DISCOUNT WILL BE AL
Lowed on American Invoices until further
notice.
J..TOtINSON,
l)oo. 4,'78-tf Conimisionor of Coustoms,
Fa shi3nab1eDressmarking.
Dresses cut and made to order
•—= BY
1\ ES. G. ROSS,
Main tree(, Exeter,
OVE le TIIE POST 0 FFIci lt1,
0) (JIM soLami,
Has just oommenood business one half utile
West of Doshwuoa, and is prepared to clean
Clocks,Watolles and Sewing Machines. Um-
brellas repaired and Organs and vIel(;dianp at-
tended a a tG, Time n1 want of his services
should give him a call before goil.g away from
home. Ohm gas moderate and ontiresatisfac.
tion guarnteod„
I► E 32 U V`.
RA.0 would remind hie numerous'
..
Customers that ho has removed to the
,hop forwerl • ucott iod by Ur. Ito.t,l, whore 113
will be tuiuiU ever toady to etto-:d to all business
in the 1300T cud SL'.OJ .Lino.
0. BAIT,
Crediton.
THE FALLAND W1..t TER TRADE
0. Southoott Som.
TAILORS and CLOTIIIEIc8,
CA-l.T1C?N T ! ! 'rake pleasure to it form the innubituntFofExeter
V i add surrounding country, that they havo just
optued out an 0Anelient assortment of
` Tireerls, Cortin,:, Testings ale.,
1 in the latest stylus end patterns, end feel assured
thatiutnom atter ofctot:ing, they can suit the
um etfa stidious tastes.
Gray'sSyrui Gf ;RedSpruceGuin.
FOR
(loughs, Colds, ('o' snnlptinn, flonrseuess,.t,oss of
Voice, aud all affections of the Thi oat euaiLuugs,
TRADE NARK NOTIu1.
This is to lint -mate that the wants, "SvnrT' OP
Itnn SPauc1 GUM” con titute our Trade M1lsrk,
which is duly secured according to 1,w both c t
Ottawa and Washington. Any person infringing
the seine, or imitating tho wrapper, widish is also
rogistern.t..vih1 be proscuted fur.'thtvislt; (tart with-
out further notice,
N. B, Any one offering for sale, tot being he
)nanufarturer,an article for coughs and colds benri
in:; the above Trade Mark, is eu.TuLly Liable with
the mauttfaetnrer. '
(Sea Trade Mark Act of 1858).
KEIi;RY, WATS ON ee. CO.,
5 holosalo Druggists, ltiohtreai.
Sole proprietors of the above Tule Mark.
Feb. B'
pAINTIN G
PAINTING
.11. HITCHING •
Is prepared to do all kfixis of;
Hous e Paintin g, Pap rill }'
Whitening, &c. •
at reasonable prices and punctually.
J.1{il'CHIAl(#:'Main st
BILW r oLL GOODS..
•
A. K.'Li4
has j list received a large stook, of
6i Patches, Clot:k8, Jetvet,tery,
tris Strtie rs, Spectacles, Lctltees) •
meet Gents' Pocet'Ara oA►B.
A. large'etoek, of 'Fancy Cr' odts hon-
stautly on liana, •
H 'Naxl_it_i:.
PORK PACKING :HOOSE
13aving e ssemeneod business fox the, t
I andWi rate rT rade
y
We are .propared t(, pnro1 ase ally tlliarltity of
Pork; subject to thefollowing regulations: •
We will taal4e off'', twa pounds per lnindrod if,
dry, taut thkeopounil if soft. 8houjaor stack,
twenty=five cents. 'I€ ;trig 0 of 'the 'brusg gut is
left in, 25 cents extra avi1115e'cledneted. •
'N ior'k ail°l ire bought at' anyfikoo
t warm
S
dark Cuttins'
si
Timid at reasonable rates.'
We' rant all Ilogs Chitlings :light through
breast; to head, Mid . atns'opened oat to tail
G. 86 I TT3 .
NEW BUTCHER SHOP
The undersigned would inform the inhabi-
tants of Exeter and vicinity that he has
OPENED A NEW BUTOLIE± 5.1101'
ole'toox south of hisnlachsmitbehnp anclhopes
thesame liberal patronage that has bean ac
corded to hint Lathe .
aLAQAFMITrr AND wAGON ALAI(ING
line wfllbeextendodtohim in his new branch of
mildness, Ris heat wagon wilieall attlio resi-
•lents of the villapethree timesoaol.weekend
FRESH NI l:AT
all kinds kept constantly ou hand at hie
butcher shop, ,,
Rleckemithtng awl wagon malcingoarr3od,en
as metal in alike bral,tbee
• R. DAVIS.
TEE GREATEST
Wonder of Modern Tittles
ongways Fills -&Ointment
PhoPills Purifytlre Blood.correctellafsardera
of the4,iver, Stonluoh, Kidney's awl33owels,,tnd
are invaluable in alI complaints incidental to
Fciliaiee.
•
The Ointment is the only ieliablore Sedy for
Rad Dogs, OIcd \Votu,ds, Soros and i3loer, ; of how
ever longstanding. Far Bronchitis, Diphtheria•
Cold e,:Got3t,Bheuntatisru,and all kind ofdiaoeec
it hes no equal.
BEArARE OF .
Never York Counterfeits.
Spurious imitations of "Holloway's iPil10
anc Otn,ment aro manufactured and sold
iuoder the (mane of " }rollaway 8c• Co.," by J.:s'-
Henry,. Curran 84
gists anti also
pnldtsib... Medi -
NowU..Alodi-
Naw York, witl
ma,k, thus--••—
Joeoplt R-aydoo)
ise 3)139800 o1T•'nk .,.•
'own make •undor the name of1lol.
loway,&Co. having forp,tratlo mark a Orosent
'Serpent moxossen & Robbins of New work
are •agohts for t13., same'.
`f)hoep persons, the better. to deceive' you, na-
blunhingly cautionthe pub/loin the small books
bf directions affixed . to .their ifebidiolnes, which
'idll
are rorM1lt9,'llvf,0it.tltirospuriotys imitations, to Beware o
•
Uuscrppulous Dealers Obtain• them *5 very'
low 'irides and sell them to,tho uublo iu Cana
'iia an my genuine PMI's and Oihbmonte. '
C llnostrearnnstly and respectfully apboa,ltrf the;
!1. iA blip gener+tlty of British Nhrth Miler -f-
oe.,
that they may be pleased to denounce ,un-
spakingly these'frair5s. •
Pu 5Lhallors sbouldlooktotile labelonthe pots,
and nzo5.' If the audross is not 688, ,pxf rel
Stro,.t,7,ondbi,, taey are bho counterfeits, Each"
pot anrlbox ofthe (Icnulue3.Xodicbneta boars the,.
13ri d C,over,rmont stamp, with* 'word'.
wAX s ?z .r t. AND.UINM heap Lowlen,
ougravo,T thereon; 'n the /shags 1lle.act ress,
,es Oleiifd Street, tvoncloli,', ho*e ttionetees 'aro
?rb,ulfaaturud, ;parties lvho may be'tlefrandod
byVo,idora selling spurfon8 "llofloways,Tills aud
Oiiltmont ea traygereittie '',wake • ah, on corn-
mt1nteeting the p+ l•ticu ars tame, be.a.o(ply r'o-
rtdtlydratod,anrT t75a1r'fritne 'nevorclivtf go(1.. t
Company, Drug.
bythe Metro'
cine company of
nn assumed trade
---Again one.
of New Yor:'k,tike•
counterfeited his:
JEWELRY l JJ W1iLRY 1 i J1 WE,L] Y 1 I
Ilas s fine assortment of
GOLD AND
SILVD1t WATG'xrr,8,
FINE GOLD JEWELRY,
In all the latest styles,°and at •
Prices to suit the Times
----.o.----
CAhL AND EXAMINE !--
Before you buy elsewhere.
Special attention Maid to Repair -
'
S. E. JONES,
THE EXETER • .
P1arth gMill Sash,
DOOR AND
BLIND Eittliill
ALL KINDS OF
T U R N I lei G
Done to order.
nenlomber they/see
aver Oka ( iXowa.rcc,
NEW FIRM, INGRAM'S OLD STAND.
Horse Shneing, wagon and. Carriage 1itkzting,T) in -
mond Barrows, and Plows. Genera113aloksmittl-
ing in all its branches, at the lowest ratoe, and sat -
guaranteed. (13 0 us., a call and examine our
work before t:,vling elsewhere,
MOULT. AN & 1 1I IDIs, King St.,Honeall,
Rousall,June Su. 18741. 1,313
Mowers and Reapers.
WE OFFER A TRIAL
of our celebrated
Single
—4ND
owers
Single • Reapers
n;a1L kinds of Gras's and Grein, end ou ail con
itions ofsoiland surface,
•
AND GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
OR i O SALE
Wo also oiler a Trial of oar Wrought Iron ,•
Two Bar
JOHNSTON'S COMBINED SEA"ER
A O+ JWE ,'.
..,DLachhiessupniled with • •
¶I wo.Pitmane,
, JlwoDrag-bere,
- Two Finger•bax's.
sour T nivee,
Forked and I{eyed: :.
Self-oilers0`
etc., to.
'r
a,u kye' moth
o hofs of fan, lion auci of )el laches
TE1OMAS HOLLOWAY
sxme1Jt1 St,,, W.C., London,3tugland
can b0,c.ia:ed #rein Moser
co. R,eai er
AND REAPER '110 MOVIER•,
13yrio>"ao'waref fen,'belts'`a ilinleas ghnnftftoen ''
mtllutos'timo. '
Ylease'caal' lit Olil, :worfie and inspee
oiir1 106•Phineg,l efo e:pu1(113arsing
eleewlieee.
Send fo :'Catalogues.
TH011'1PSOli& WILLIAMS
Manufacturing Co., Stratford.