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The Exeter Times, 1879-3-27, Page 8TGr IGG, BOOKSELLER, AND STATION - ti I'M bens to aftvis° of the annexed list of elo- VkxtpteuuhhWill bo !ousel well assorted ands a c' SCHOOLf300PRf.t XIV.iRT.'; The fall Public School list and principal books required forlliale eoaools and 'reaoaers' Exam- inations. Sa. 7702,FRII*I' DEEA1U M.L.VI' Envelopes, l+lotl+'l'a pare, l oolacal,s, Seals, Inks; Blink Books, tec. Piibtod Stationery sup1>liea is quantities at lots eselees alI taIT:tiBO 0 la T)EP:4I '1'MRNT: i;ulbra.+ius 5.8. l',ibreriee, and S. Sehool sup: flies inaniahed at Toronto rates, FANO!. GOOI)S:Dkl?c111:11E1t'3'; Choice va:toty, sniteblo for wedding gifts an di presouratiens. AVolt 'croon' and \Window 11'incis ',vat be c ulueletec'by the :1st inst. cisme prices' ess eteelers. Any books sent poet, paid, ou receipt of Mate Street, - - Exeter LOCAL NEWS. g ase x to ' aotle THURSDAY, i1. LTCB 27, 1879. Tun London Standaa'cd is no more. THERE is neither good sleighing nor good 'Wheeling at preseut Seems:a—One Might last week Mr. E. Spada, man's clothes line was 1i„htened. Tussexa next will be all fools' day. Don't try to pick up pennies from the sidewalks nod be careful when you kick a parcehlest you Bunt your toe. SacIAL,—The Exeter Dit'ision 8; 0.• T. in- tend giving a social at an early date, perhaps Good Friday. Further notice will bo given. txolcx.—Benjamin, soft of Mr. Joeeph Case, of Bodgerville, left for Winnipeg on Tuesday last, with the iuteution' of teaching school. Success to him: ACCEPTED.—The Exeter Gun Club have ae- eptad aaehalieuge given by the Ailsa Craig club to shoot a, glass ball match in Exeter shortly, Poeta ClIAN1ED,—The Blyth Record is now issued in an eight page form. It is well print- ed and neatly got um Its general appearance augurs well for its ln•os1'c1'ity. Tern MAnxue. During the last three or four days—in fact ever since the Nutiona policy crime into force—there has been a large,. amount of grain brought to the Exciter mark- et, for which good prices have been paid. Point Son.— On Monday last P. Selly, Esq., of Bay th, purchased two car loads of cured pork from Messrs. G. J. Petty, of Hensel Ile meat was purchaseal for Mr. Whitehead, a C. P. R. contractor. A Goon Siur. We notice that since the new tariff came iuto force there has been os:1y one case brought befure our magistrates for settle- ment, and that one was dismissed. That is a good omen for the poor fellows who figure therein. Sralro.—The season has come when we will not only be pestered with poetical eflu- signs; but fever and diseases of various kind will be prevalent unless great care is taken to have all the filth that has accumulated during the winter oleaued up. Cellars and back yards should be thouroughly cleansed. Mr. Geo. May, of Exeter,tlhenotorionspeace breaker, has been sentenced to two months in the common jail. It is too bad that George Should be confined in a common institution like that in Goderich. He should be in a more stylish place. He is worthy of it. FUNERAL SEaaroxs.—Rev. J. W. Butcher preached the funeral sermon of the late Mrs. Welsh on Sunday evening. —In the English church on Sunday morning a sermon in connexion with the late Miss Maria Drew's death was preached by Rev. E. J. Robinson. Cor;vreTxoe s: By the table of convictions for the County of Hltron for the quarter end- ing 12th. March, we find the number convfoted in the towns and villages as follows :—Blyth, 8; Brussels, d0; Clinton, 20; Exeter, 18; Goderich, 23 ; Seaforth, 14; Wingham, 12. There aro a number of individual convictions not summarised, making in all 153 as against 137 last quarter. she total amount of fines imposed is $401. CLosixo or TEE AsssmxnLIEs.—Tate I. K. TJ. K. Assemblies which have been held fortnight- ly iu Fanson's Hall during the winter, were terminated on Thursday evening last. The light fantastic toe .was tripped until a late hour, when the party broke up, every-oue ex- pressing their satisfaction with the manner in which the Assemblies have beau conducted daring the season. Purvis Bros, who supplied the excellout music have loft town, They in- tend going t,, Italy, thalami of their birth, da- ring the summer. LeoeL.-0n Wednesday of last week three Usborue .farmers appeared. before Squires Gidleyend McPhillips, in the court room of ' the Commercial Hotel, Exeter, to answer a .oliarge of cutting and removing timber from the property of another.man. It appears that these fermiers had purchased some timber from another farrier, but their limits were not marked out. The eine who had sold the timb- er charged them with cutting more than they had purchased, but being unable to sustain the charge, 'the case was dismissed with costs, amounting to about $11; i3xasis rat i s. -0n Mouday last Mr. R. Garn- er, a knight of the stick and rule, was united in the bonds of matrimony, taking for his helpmate a Miss Lyons. To use an old joke familiar among printers, we might say that her fair form has been locked in his em- brace. Some no doubt will think bine cour- ageous becauscrlie has taken a "Lye:," to be his partner through life, The young couple ,, went north by train cia Tuesday aflertiacn on a weddingtaur. A printer's life is a checker- ed eine. PRESENT/Mr/FT.—On Monday evening last a large cotnaauy met at the residence of Mr. T Groenwty' Centralia, and' preeoletctl aim with We a purse drontarng the sung anal of jl.,Otl pxovi- ous to his leaving for Manitoba. All who were present heartily jnitleu ill wishing Mr. Green way success in the Weeteru country, Several gtrnticniau made Moat biaed,eclles" in which they spoke iu high terms of Mr. 0. Mr. Greenway replied ill, an appropriate alieet4r. Ile and his party left Centralia station on Tuesday night. A GENUISIR 1'4.nnine—Wo have been in- formed that some gentlemen liavo expressed the oplinon that the lettorin our issue of last weelr, which oondernued Mr. Bishop, and was signed by au "Usliorue Farmer," : was. not written by a farmer at all but by seine' person in 'I'rci; TIMES Aire. We beg to mattes the gentlemen wlio entertain this opinion that we kaew nothing of the letter until it came to this office by mail ; and we have reason to be- lieve that the seutiinerits so well exprossod therein aro endorsed by a good many geuniee Reformers of the tbwnship-incl not of Us - borne alone, but of all the other townships in the riding. Tho people cannot be deceived forever. But we are not given to publishing ;our opli'n.ions under the Nailing of oomluuni- estious. What we think,' we ray boldly and are prepared for the consequence. TZCIrnes SoLn,—Tieltets were soul to the following persons for Emerson at Centralia sta- tion on Tuesday last :—John Patterson. 2 tickets ; Thos. Sands), 2 ; Wm. Sande, 1 8, Handford, 2 ; G. A, Schram, 2 Samuel Oke, 1 ; James McNiumee, 1 ; — Carey, 1; 3. P. Smith, 1; John Sinith,1; John Britton, 1 ; T. Hudgins, 7 ; P. Folies, 1; Thos, Pollick, 6 ; M. Kieft, 2; C. Grill, 1; Jos. Balser, 1; — Henry, 1; Ralvh Brown, s; W. Morrow, 1; Robert 'Armstrong, 2 Jos. Morrow,.!; Mrs. Sains. 1; John Bissott, 1; :Mary Cailesoue, 1 ; John Vesey, 1; J. la. Humble, 1; D. Ellambaum, 1; H. Weber, T; C. Cromer, 8; Ed. Bowes, 3; John Freeovor, 3 ; W. C. Ling, 2 ; S. Dunn, 2, and the following oue each :—J. Serniglian, H. Eheues, Z. D. Johns, Win. Snell,Alex. Mean, Chas Snell, Silas Sweet, W. Burgess, George Tapson, Win. Merry, Jas. Creech, Jos. Finlay, Thos. Stnalllnnhne, H. Outliner°, Trios 1-iaucl- foral, Win. Brown, 3. 11, Elliott, W. 1ligCy and J. 3. Ring. BEATTY'S ,SENTENCE.-The prisoner Fullington, alias Beatry, who was arrested in this town about the 1st of February last far stealing a pair of boots from Mr. John Treble, and for having unlawful weapons concealed on his person, has received his senteuee. It will be remembered that a short thee after being im- prisoned in Goderich he broke jail, taking with him a pair of trowsers which belonged to Another person. He was re -captured at Inger- soll. He was disposed of as follows :s -For the first offence—larceny of boots from Mr. Treble, of Exeter—he was sentenced to six months in the County Jail with hard labor. For escap- ing from jail, two years in the Central Prison,. and for stealing a pair of pants from County Jail at the time of his escape, three years in the Provincial Penitentiary-. The sentences are to follow-each other, thus giving this dis- reputable character the opportunity of testing the relative privilege and beauties of the three institutions without any intervening loss of time. He attempted to break jail a few nights ago, but was unsuccessful. 'OnrTuu tr. Wo have clipped the following from the Loudon Free friss of Monday lest. It was written by a correspondent iu this dis- trfct:—On Monday, 17th of March, last., at the residence of her son-iu-law, James Pickard, Esq., Exeter, passed away the spirit of Diary, relict of the late Thomas Welsh, of the Township of Usborne, aged 90 years and 3 months. Deceased, with her husband and family, emigrated from the Parish of Martfu, Devoe, Euglaud, some 37 years ago, and was thus one of the earliest settlers in the town• ship—at that time almost an uubroken bush, but now, throughout its entire area, a most fruitful field, teeming with a prosperous popu- lation, enjoying all the advantages common to the best parts of this highly -favored Province. Grandma Welsh !vas amongst the earliest converts of the Bible Christian denomination in. England, her ticket of admission dating back about sixty years, and all through her long and eventful life, whether in England or in. Canada, her exemplary life, her generous support of God's cause, and her unwavering faith combined to insure for her universal esteem anis respect. Mrs. Welsh leaves a large family of children, one of whom is Mrs. Robert Dareh, of London, and these with their offrspring, and an immense concourse of the general community, paid the last sad token of respect for departed worth by attending at the funeral obsequies, which took place on Wed- nesday, the 1051t inst, from the residence of Mr. Pickard, in whose family the deceased had been an honored inmate during the long years of her widowhood. G. T. T'Ir.TLneenniixNT.---Tho entertainment given under the auspices of HarinonyLodgoL 0. G. T. on the evening of the I9th lust., was a decided ancceei. The hall was well filled, and that the audience wore pleased with the eutertailnnent oferecl thorn may be inferred from the fact that, thnugn the programme was a lengthy ono and was nee completed until 10.45, all remained to the end and joined loy- ally in the National Anthem, which formed the appropriate finale. The programme embraced no fewer than 22 items of very varied charac- ter, and which were rendered in very various etylss. To notice each item would occupy More space than we have et disposal. We must confine our remarks to those which struck us as' baying been rendered with the best effect, The Masters Knight, two little boys, sorts of our sta;iouMaster, deserve praise for their two pianoforte dilate. Tho latter was encored, when the elder boy played a sole. ' v wastheir era appearance be. This, we believe, h n f1 s a1 peals 4 fore An Exeter sudieuce. The ever fresh and beautiful air by Handel, "Angela Ever bright auci Fair," was sung by Miss Mattie Verity with great taste and feeling, though the lolly would kayo done it more justice if she eonld have conquered her evident nervousness, Mr's, R, Piekarcl's two songs, wad simple, plaiirtivo melodies, were rendered in her usual pleasing style. The duet "Two Merry Girls" by the Misses Marshall was well received+ but wield have been more effective if snug with greater animation. And here wo would, suggest. to. our singers geuorally the advisablity of facing their mediate() whenkver praeticable, and not standing at the instrument with face partially tamed, as seotus'to be the' custom—ie feet, We remember a gentleman. who sang with his back fairly turned to the anthem's, at one' of the concerts given during the winter. Ole may lady reader, Miss Schram,. gave "The . Convict Ship" with dramatic effect. The oth- er lady reader whose nanhe appeared on the programme, Mies Mahan, being unavoidably absent, Mr. Brower kindly took her place and recited with telling effect "The Knight and the Lady," one of the oel:ebrated Iugoldsby Legends, and later in the programme intro- clamed ntro-clam d Mr'..Piokwick and Mrs. Bardell to the mullein*. Mr. H. Verity's reading "On Char- aoter" was a capital selection and well render- ed, andlir. Pr. W. England's "A young Hero" was a highly dramatic story, well told. The Rev. Mr. A11iu, wlionfillod the chair, iu view of the length of the programme, very consider- ately curtailed bis opening address to a few pertinent remarks on the aim and object of the 1. 0. G. T. and the temperauce movement generally. We should acid that the Lodge choir gave several olio^uses during -the evening. It is to be hoped that the success wade/1 at- tended this entertainment may lead to others of a similar hind. r-.ao-a Zurich. SENxr..NcaD,—John Grenniger was sentenced` to six weeks impris mnient in jail, oue day 1815 week, for stealing a sett of harness from Mr. N. Deichert of this place. Ccn ralia. Ptiasiurrerxnx.—The following address was presented to Mr. J. J. Ring, of Centralia by his Sunday -school class on the eve of his leav- ing for Manitoba : Dear tea clier,.bro ther, friend, We come with one accord To say Farewell "—what memories` sad Are centred iEa that word. 'Tis sadness oft will fill our hearts, Aud tear -drops fill the eye, ' When we remember all your care And toil, in days gnus by. Aud when the Sabbath Day is come, And we. together meet In Centralia church Aud see your vacant seat, We'll miss you, brother, teacher;, friend, And. when we kneel toapray, We'll erase- a blessing on the heath Of him so far away. In memory of thy faitheulness Aud loving counsel given, I Accept from ue these Holy Books, Which point the way to Heaven; And to your helpmate we present This token—though 'tie small, Tis given with the best wishes Aud good desires of all.• You are leasing friends who love` you well, And part from you with pain But pray that ycu may quickly form Sweet friendship's ties again„ 'i4'here'er your future lot bo cast, 0, may you still be found, With ever ready heart and hoed, Spreading God's Truth around. And don't forget the little baud You leave behind you here; But pray that wo uiey still bo kopt In wisdom's ways and fear. And may the seed. which you have sown Spring forth in days to come, While other laborers gladly reap And shout the havest home. And when your earthly course is run, And all your warfare past, May wo and yon and all your °are Then meet in Heaven at last. M.urz NEIL, Maria 3. CorwIen, Signed on behalf ALvanET'rA E. EssEI Y, JosErxxxr PoouE, of the ELIZABETH Num, EMILY WIIITEroRD, class. - PRISCILLA ABBOTT, MARY A. Hemmen, pieta Murmur. seeeeses Thief Captured. One week ago Andrew Roswell,Scot; land, Ont.. advertised, offering $25 re• ward for information conceru:iug Au- gustus Winburg, and a bay mare and buggy stolen 011 the 12th of November, 1878, and it will be here remembered that a few days ago a Swede named Augustus 'Moberg, (who by the way has several ctltases), wtas arrested in London on suspicion of larceny, but owing to insufficient evidence was ac- quitted. The news of his arrest reached Seotlend,ari1 irntnediately on his clic. charge he was re -arrested on a charge of stealing the above mentioned horse and buggy from Lee. Roswell. 'His guilt was nut established, but he was remanded for future evidenoo. Last Thursday, Mr, Roswell heard, in answer to the arivrtrtiseineut, that Win- ber'g had been circulating in the vioiuity of B:teter, previous to Lis arrest. He Went to Limerick; here he learned that \Vihtbsrg bad traded the stolenbuggy to Mr, Daniel Gorman for another rig and ,.8,; The horee,lie also ascertained, had been traded to Mr. Thos. O'Rourke. The latter person could not be found, 110 having' gone into the country to purchase cattle. Ili soonls that Win• berg has been in this section for some time peddling. cheep jewelry, and trad- ing horees,and while staying at Nevill's Hotel, Limerick, had left a doubls•bar,. ,rolled gun, which no donuthas also been stolen. O'Rourke knowint; that Roswell bad found who had the hurse, went to London,and traded it to a man named John '1'iale. Some boys seeing the advertisement, allowed' it to Tale, who'ultuediately telegraphed for Res - well to come and see the horse. When Tale traded witlO'ltourke,he asked him where he carne from, and O'Rourke said he hailed from' Chatham. Roswell received another telegram to the effect that O'Rourke had arrived Mcrae with a different horse, and he (Roswell) in company with Tale, came to Exeter, where they proenred the services aeon. steb1e Crlll,who proueeded tnO'Bourke's house—arrested' him and brought both O'Rourke and, Tale's horse to Exeter, Yesterday morning the affair was set tled, and Tale got his Horse back. We understand O'Rourke's horse is somewhere in the county of ,Simone, Winburg still remains in jail. Granton. Me. EDITOR; -- My attention was drawn to a scurrilous item in your last weeks edition, frotn Granton, casting a elur on one of our most resr, eoted citi• zens,lllr.J.P.Mcluty re. Tho writer aia ,not appear to care much for his vera- city, as the whole item was simply a fictitious scandal. Mr. Mo. did not !head the list as stated, as Mr. James Brown: solicited the donations, end Mr. elc. aa£ Lie request asked some two or three, whom llIr, Brown thought he might succeed better with than, him self. With reference to purchasing the articles out of Mr. Mc's store, there is not the slin"clow of truth in the Ntate- rneut, as Messrs. Mc. & B. went to Ln- son and purchased thein from a prom- inent merchant there. As to the offi- cials of the church not having tauything to do with the affair, is also falee, lir. Geo. Westl.nan, class -leader, and ex- superintendent of the Sabbath School, read tine address on the evening of the presentation. Bait when this would-be scandalizer was requested' to give some- thing, using his owuworcis,." Le buckled up the lower jaw'" of his parse and ctx corned it, -with the few coppers that were in it, into his pants pocket,. and said "Nos 1 he gets,his salary" &es Mr. Mo., no matter what employment he has been engaged in., has always acted the part of a gentleman, never playing "the -underhand game" like the sus- pected writer in last week's article, viz : to hood -wink an old couple in Granton who failed. his business, by professing 'to be their ,friend until he got their stock. We know that Mr. Mc. is taking a good deal of custom from the other merchants,both by bis cheap stock and obliging ways. Hoping that the many readers of your paper will give no cred- ence to last week's item I are., re- spectfully yours, OBSERVER. Lucan, DISTRICT MEETING.—'late Orange Young Briton District meeting will be held at I.xucan on 'Saturday next at 10 o'eloelr a: ut. A full attendance is re- quested. t1 PsO3fINs.Nr TOWN OPESOIAL.--It is currently reported that the town con- stable bus been conducting himself in such a manner on Tuesday evening th.e 13tH inst., as to call for inquiry. Re- port says, to draw it in the mildest nnanner possible, that it would have been very ettsy to tnrn the table nn hila in cease he undertook to snake a prison- er dal)/ unfortunate wight. The orrun- oil board are about ordering an investi- gation of the matter, but one or two of them say "They can't see it!" Tltey must be lineal descendants of the doubt- ing Thomas. Q. E. D. Tarns BLUES.—T'be members of the above organization in Lrucau gave it con- cert in the Town Hall, on Friday evening, 21st inst., upon which oc- casion the house was crowded. The programme announced consisted of Songs, Recitations, Duette, Overtures, otic., to wind up with the laughable farce of the "Coal Heaver's Revenge." But "Oh what a falling off was there." Your correspondent has scarcely ever had au opportunitg of witnessing any- thing so supremely ridiculous. The party of performers were made up in part by a uutnber of Young Atnateurs belonging to the village, and the re- mainder to the admirer of eight or ten, came from the city of Loudon. Had the talent employed been confined to the village, matters might have passed off pleasantly, becomes) great things would not have been expected, and consequently the audience would riot have been disappointed, It is general- ly disagreeable to . a reporter to be obliged as it wore,to "throw cold water'' on may entertainment of the hind; but ]1.ilrrx 27:i:'879 with all due consideration for those wh, are obliged to stand the lash, I muse say that the performers which put in an appeerance from the pity, nutlet cele t ihl have y Iia e t liuugh:G that they avcre• holding fol^t1n be'ore an audieuee oft Hottontots, ur Ct'oe Indians, rend that' the most vulgar rhymes., and idiotic' grit>aaces,.alld -ttictious on the stage were suilioieut for their entertainment; ,for undoubtedly:' theyshou1;14not yen tore to exhibit themeelvee before' i y gathering posseesed with the smallest degree of intelligence. The boyo beleweiug to the order in Leman are not'to be blamed.. They spitted no pains or expense to mtake the concert a complete success,. 'and the comutnuity at !targe feel sorry that they should be duped are they were, by ti ae°fronl whom, they expect- ed better things. I do believe, I1fr. Editor, that I are a superlative Ass, but I diel not find out the secret until I perused t11e'last eifa-•• siva of Jackanapes. 1 was morally certain that Jackanapes was so tiler- on. ;.hlyversed in the olaesies, that after' he read over that article by Teornavara,. 4 be would have orrnsidered the weakly hnlrrespuu productions of Borax, as en- tirely beneath. his notion, and have taken. up the cudgels against a foe ret worthy. of his steel, but instead of doing su, I ifirul the High cock-a-lurain des- cending fro.rn his rostrum, and adopt- ing a species of pingiari. ni, in his last efforts to throw oft a little, bile contain -- ed in a short paragraph of about thirty lines. I fold. that about two•thirds of that preaauue epistle ie mannfactured wholly and solely out of lily former counnunaieatron to you then week previ ons ;.so thick skulled is eroticse-lortun,. that he cannot place consecutively ono - half dozen words together, GO as to make common sense; therefore he is obliged toborrow by the yard., or else Hold his peace; and I say again your coriespoudent meet be very fool- ish to be furnishing material for high cock -a -loran', to steel from, in order to see himself in. "peal preut." In con- clusion, allow me, Mr. Editor, to return you thanks for the use of your colmuus columud,,and at the same time to say to Jackrtnapes that aanlees he produces something that continue a medium of common sense, withoat steeliitg;frora your humble servant, 1 shall certainly coneidor iris efforts beneath my notice' hereafter. Bonne. seeseees To the Editor of the Exeter Times. Ia,—In an editorial in y.iur issue „f the 13th inst., headed " The Scott, Act," yon pass some severe strictures on the present movement in getting up- the pthe petitions for the purpose of get- ting the consent of the Govazuor Gen- eral in Colwell to allow this and the adjoining counties to have the vote tak- en on the Prohibitory, or Scott Acte Now,. air•„ you etttierawi;lfully or ignor• - aptly misrepresent our position at the' present time. The- Dunkin, Act had: , nothing to do with the prosect move- ment; neirther has the County Coun- cil, and the county does not incur any expense in the election for the Sett Act ; neither are• we directed by the. Temperance Leatrue or any outside in- fluence, but by a Con veution of the ratepayers of the County of Huron, as- sembled for the purpose, and taking the Scott Act entirely for their guide.. We eaunot afford at the present time to let such ulisleadiog articles pass publicly without a strong protest on our part against them.. We all know that the Drekinn Act has not been BA suuoessful as we c:'uld have wiebed,aucl that is one principal reason why the Dotniuion Government has given no an Act which is far io advance of ther Dunkin Pout. Now, sir,I thi ,k you are`. quits rnietaken in youe position, in stating that the chances were never less rosy than they are now. The semporauce question is now engage ing the attention more than ever before in this county and all over the country of men of influence and position, and the clergymen of all denominatinus rider stirring iu the matter as by common consent. Please, es,cuse me, but I hope you will give this a place in your next issue and oblige. Yours, truly. Giroien IiioLEon.. Rodgerville, March 17, 1879. S'tin'g Bull. It ie reported that General Sheridan has information that Sitting Bull Las a. large force on both sides of the line,ant proposes to make a simultaneous attack. with three columns ou Forts Totten, Stephenson, and Burfort, as soon as She grass is high enough for his ani- mals to subsist upon. A letter from Colonel 'Walsh, in command of the Canadian Mounted Police, reports Sit - ring. Bull as showing a very ugly dis- position. As soon as the spring opens serious trouble is apprehended. Colon- el Walsh estimates the strength of Sit- ting'Bull'e hamlet 7000,inclucling 2000 warriors well armed and equipped, To guard against a laid across the frontier and a possible attack upon Forts Stev euson, Burford and Totten, it has boon decided to transport the 10th Infantry • to Atlanta to Bismark, as speedily tie preeticablti, and thence distribute` it along the border.