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The • 1l wime ere deltas of the fall' exhi
bitiane Agraeultea rel Sooieties fu. ttliig riot:
Stephenand U'eborne, at Exeter, on 'Pima -
slay an�1 Wednesdaly, Sopptein:ier 23rd and 24th.
Snath Fliaron, tut Selafortlt, on Phudgday and
a`
Fritlay,ptember 25th and' 20th.
Last Huron, at Bruesels, on Thursday and
k relay, Weber a and and 31e1.
West Huron,, rat (xoderioh, ou Wednesday
and Thursday, September 17 ant 16.
Turnbexri' at \V ighat &, Vor `Thursday and
Friday, ' Ste; teiuber 25 and 20.
J Ile ".i f o° �is,p
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4;1879.
LOCAL NEWS.
GkNE Hirai'.—Mr.11. Willis, after spooling
his holidays in Exeter, left for his home in
L:xiugton, Michigan, ou Monday morning.
A Ce.m.-1tlr. S. P. Balls, formerly teacher
of the I'.lmville public school, bat now a
teacher in the Goderich High School, favored
us with a dell on Friday morning. lie looks
as happy as ever.
B>;•run IED,—Bev. George A. Mitchell, B. A.,
pastor of the Exeter Canada Methodist C1111,,011,
returned from Toronto last week after an ab-
sence of. about a mouth, lite health is some -
went improved. The Sabbath services wore
condu etod by Mr. Mitchell,
\ erre u Orr.—ou Friday night last Mr.
'Wm. Wright, while driving through town, lost
two wheels of his wagon; t1u' unts came off, al-
lowing the wheels to run oil, Ji'ortttuatoly no
Cameo was done.
Reueertes.—Lsatliorn ,G McCoubroy have
changed their advertisement this week, and
as they are gentlemen who metre what they
say, it is no doubt wanly of perusal. They
have received a large stoek of goods, which
they aro offering cheap. Drop in and see
them.
Arcrroxurits.—Mr. Teomas M. Carliug, of
the Mansion Hunse,ai:d;afr. W. J. Armstrong,
hive taken out license for auctioueoriug in
the County of Huron and Townships of Mc. t
Gillivray and I3iddlulph, and are prepared to 1
ceaduet sales on re. asonable terms. Road their
o trd, which may be found iu our advertising
c..lunins.
Ti;ecnras' Ieseircri;.—The Exeter Teach-
ers' Institute will meet on Saturday, the 13th t
fust. at ten d Block a, m., when. the lolloeiug t
pgogramme nyl1 be carried out : A. Hoblcirk'
subject to be ' oseii ; Ii, Eaerett, Music t 11.
E. Huston, Conipositiiiat,;• A. ;;Caveehili, sub-
ject to be chosen ; Thos. Gregory, Recent 2nd
class Algebra Paper.
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time to spare it breaking any, But if lie ever
shmild have a ofsere a:lute- 41lie should. To
- think of the ooue xiuencee makes that bad
butcher boy shudder.
Suaorute 1wW Dir, --A pigeon shooting match
took place botweeet the Exeter and London
teams. yesterday, Exeter: won by a snore of.
41 to 80. The match was concluded just, as
wo were goiug to prose. Tho full score will
appear next week'.
Pack. Doulsa,—This gentleman will appear
in Drew's Hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings or next week. A. slexght-
of-haud exhibition will be given, and a number
of valuable presents will be distributed, stead
the extreet from ;the Brantford Eaposiror,
which appears in another column.
S11VENTZ YEAR.—Willi this issue, we eom-
nieuce the seventh year's publication of the
Times, last week's issue oompletiug the sixth
volume. Slime the publication of this paper
was commenced in August, 1873, many ehaug-
es have taken place in 'irur little town. We
have now the accommodation of a railroad in.
stead of having to travel by stage; we have
a line spacious brick seliool house instead of
the small one, we have some of tbo finest brick
blocks of nue town in the Dominion, several
handsome churches have been erected and the
streets have been vastly improved by tlio pru-
dent expeudituro of money, iu fact a person
who has not seen Exeter for six years
would hardly recoguizo the piece wore he to
visit it now. Exeter has now a Hanle in the
world, and we think Tire Times can justly
Oahu some credit for bringing it into promi.
nonce. We have always tothe best of Our ability
advocated what was in our opinion fertile best in•
tercet of the town. In politios,tts is well kuown,
Tire Tillers never gave any uncertain sound,
In election contests we ;have fought fairly,
and although we have witnessed the defeat
within the past six years o1.the party whose
principles we consoieutiously advocate, yet we
derive great satisfaetiou rrein the fact that we
bave lived to see the policy which the Con-
servative party originated, and which we ad-
vucatod, heartily approved of by the people, in
preference to the "fly -on -the -wheel" policy of
tho so-called Reform party (we refer to the
victory aehieved on the 17th. of September last.)
The acts of public Wren have been condemned
by ns when wo deemed them worthy of con-
demnation, but when in our opinion they
merited commendation', they received it at.
our hauls. If any ono has taken of-
fence at anything that has appeared in the
columns of Tics TIMES at any. time, we can
assure them that it was not written with the in-
eution of hurting their feelings, but in justice
o ourselves and in the interest of the public.
Wo have not resorted to falsehood to snake a
point against an euoiny, as some papers do, in
tlio absence of facts on which to base their
statements. We are truly grateful to our num-
erous friends for genorotas support accorded to
us in the past,aud would ask for a oontinuauoe
of the same in the fatnre,assuriugtheuethat we
shall always strive to merit their patronage.
Weaox WsntxL BnOZEN —On Main Street,
in the vicinity of the market, on Saturday last
Mr. Richard :Marquis, of tlsborne, was driving
along with a heavy load of shingles, when the
tire carie off one of the wheels of the wagon.
Mr. Marquis dice not know that the tire was
off until hewvas apprised of the fact by a boy
six the side+vplk, and when lie get off the load
sa th_, a re lying on the road a good dis.
1 he also perceived that the
he iron band used to encircle
roken. 11 the wagon.had gone a
nee farther the end of the axle
dropped to the ground and Mr.
fight s ve been rpt sly hurt. The
the shingles
r. gt,'to get home
as b
ftishort
• ca would h
Menem
wheel,
deliver
in good
fry
GARDEN PecT1:— A garden party, the second
of the season, Was given by the ladies of the
English church oil luescday afternoon and ev-
ening. in Dr.Hynthnan's beautiful grounds. An
excellent tea of which a large crowd partook,
was .served. Amueements of redone kinds
were provided, but the favorite was teu pins, a
sery interesting game. During the evening a
handsome ottoman, whieh was presented by
Mrs. Pobieson, was voted for at 10 Dents a
vote, the cantPdates being Mrs. Dr. Ryyudmad
and Miss McDonnell. 805 votes were oast for
lets. H,yndmau and 202 for Mise McDonnell.
The net proceeds of the party were 000. The
• singing of tido song retitled "Nancy Lee" by
Miss T, Stretton, of Brussels, was listened to
with interest, and Miss McDonnell sang several
pieces in her usuul elegant style. Tho party
altogether was a grand success.
scutArros VEns1 S MEAT. -0n Tuesday
last there was a little disturbance in town,
which, had it not been fortunatly terminated
jest when it was, would have threatened the
safety of the nation. A meek and humble fol-
lower of Eeculnpius, well kuowu for his modest
and gentle tlisposition, . accused a meat boy
with calliug hiui names. The meat boy de-
nied the aceuraoy of the statement, and in the
course of the interview proved it to be fusee by
telling his iuterleentor that be was a "hscrp for
maria." Esonlepius challenged his insulter
'and defamer into the yard to see it out, but
forturiatly for the, boy, just ae' . he was going
to accept the challenge, some person ((lame
not given) fell violently ill inUsborne, and the
dioili'.e leaving an uistiuetive knowledge that he
was wanted, precipitately retired--notlthat he
was afraid in the least but "business bafoxo
pleasure" is his motto. He is more than oceu-
plied note in mending bones, so that he has no
PROF. DOBLEIR.
This gentleman appeared before a large and
delighted ant -hence last evening iu Palmer's
Hall. His entertainment is free from all ques-
tionable means of creating au interest, and his
sleight-of-hand is that of a master of the pro-
fession. The whole programme is open to
scrutiny, but the celerity of movements on the
part of Herr Dobler defies detectiou. His gen.
ial manner and witty sayings would go far to
conceal deficiences in the prog'•amme, but no
apology is needed in any department. Some
ladies and gentlemen:went away last night laden
with costly and beautiful presents, One lady
especially, was the happy recipient of a splen-
did waterpitcher , valued at 018. To.night a
gold watch will fall to the lot of some ticket -
holder, and a number of other gifts, less valu-
able, will be distributed..--BrentfordE;rpositor.
Notes of a Trip to Manitoba.
LimTTLR NO. 8.
'TRH TTh.
brought ua. to Poplar Point, T'he road
from this to Pottage la ,Prairie i$ regu-
larly laid out and dry. The country is
one of the finest in the North-West.
and is extremely fertile. This section
has boon Bottled for neatly years. T'lia
laud has been continually in crop. No
manure leas ever been returned to it.
and yet it only seems to iinpl ove by
Dropping. Field after field of the fin-
est crape of wheat, barley, oats, timo-
thy, &ot testify to the richness aud al-
most exhaustless fertility of the soil.
Those river lots are from S to 12 acres
iu width and extend bade about two
miles. They are heavily timbered
along the river and are generally welt.
fenced. The owners are chiefly half-
breoda nod old settlers from, Canada,
and do not seem to 1ltive any very pro-
groseive ideas or to care very much
about having the country opened up
and improved, Portage la Prairie,
60 miles west of Winnipeg (nearly 150
by river) is situated in a beautiful seo-
tian. It is a straggling vitlage nearly
a mile long with a population of from
800 to 1,000. It has two or three
good hotels, somo'good stores, a Hud-
son Bay Compauy's post, Church of
England, Roman Oat hello Presbyterian
and Methodist churches, and several
lumber and flouring mills. There are
more trees and shrubbery than nsnal
around the village. It1r, Ryan, M. 1?.,
has a hancleome residence, and his
lawn and grounds are ornamented with
beautiful maple shade trees, which
seem to be thriving well. During the
season of navigation boats run regular -
to and from 'Winnipeg, and last)
spring up to the middle of July they
went as far as Fort Ellice, nearly 200'
miles beyond the Portage. This sea-
son is considered to have began nnnau-
ally wet, so that geuerally the Portage
may be conbiderod the head of rivor
navigation in that direction. A com-
pany of engineers were then engaged
in surveying the route of the 0. P. R.
It. near the village. The building of
100 miles of this road west of Winni-
peg has since been contracted for, and.
as the route will bre 8 guiles north of
the village, it will be deprived of the
great advantage it has hitherto enjoy.
ed. A number of lodges of American
Sioux were encamped near the Portage,
said to have been part of the band who
were engaged in the horrible 11Tiuneso-
ts Inaseacres a number of pare ago.
They are inucti finer men, physieialfy,
than the Crees and Saulteaux of Mani -
tuba. Tall, well develop; d ti.nd muscu-
lar, they seem to be the wrong kind of
ineu to practice injustice upon. Their
past history proves thein to be brave
and warlike, stained, however, by
deeds of ravage ferocity. In British
territory,they are quiet and inoffensive,
and trade with the business men of the
village on the best terms. Robert
Wilkes, Eeq.,of Toronto, who was then
only trip through 11anitoba,delivered an
address to there ou the first Siniday in
July, which was interpreted to them by
one of their number, and attentively
listened to. In i\Vinnipeg, I saw Sit-
ting Bull's nephew Ile is called Wild
Spark L+.'ik. He is a half-breed, rather
insert and stout, speaks English fluent.
ly, and is said to be iutelligeut and
well-i.uferined He was about to take a
stook of drugs out to Bitting Ball's
camp, where he is to act as "medicine
man," and no doubt his drags will po-
sest; the same marvellous curative prop-
erties, in the estimation of the Indians,
that their tarks and roots do to ours.
Sittlug Bull's camp itt now at Wood
Mountain, on the frontier. several
hundred miles west. At the Portage
the river takes a sodden bend south,
and the main roads diverge across the
prairie. Of the two leadiug roads we
chose the south, as, owing to the heavy
rains and continued wet weather, the
north road was impassable. This sea-
son is said to have Moen unusually wet;
the rivers were all full or overflowing
od the marshes or sloughs (pro.
uouneed "stews"), as they are called by;
he settlers, were broad and boggy.
\Ve started across the prairie and ar•
rived at X. it1ctKeuzie's, M. P. P., be-
fore uithtfall. We grossed some bad
Aimee on the road, but in general it
v✓ as pretty fair. Mr. Mogenzie's 'lo -
anon is et Rat Creek, about 9 utiles
set of the Portage. The Government
lave built a substantial bridge over
this creek near Mr. McICenzie's house.
His farm coneiets of several sections of
and, and is well watered by Rat Creek
lid is also well supplied with timber.
There are broad fields of nearly 200
acres of tall and level grain on this
farm which 1 have since heard yield
40 bushels to the were. A considerable
Section of the country around here is
fenced and cultivated. Sections are
fended in and the read runs along the
regular surveyed :llowance. The farm
houses are small but heat and comfort-
able looking, and barns are, to use a
common phrase, conspicuous by their
absence. ' We camped some distance
west of McKenzie's farce and early itr
the morning eoittintted our journey.
We made no effort to :reach stopping
' Te the Editor of the Times.a
DEAR SIR,--Oommenning the account t
of my trip to Manitoba where I left off
c
w
laet week, we took the north road to
avoid the long lode tract Ground Baie
St, Paul, which was then impassable
on sueount of the wet weather. Cow-
ing iuto view of a house in the even-
ing, we drove towards it, passing
through a broad meadow of magnifi-
cent grass raaching to the wagon box.
The owner of thebuuse was away from
hotne, but as another thunder storm 1
pas corning np, and we did not want a
any more of the lest night's experience,
we took possession. It w;as a well-
built log hones, seemingly tenanted by
a baelieler, and it was probabiy a good
sample of the way bachelors live in the
North-West. The furnitnre was very
brant, A. cracked stove, R kettle, and
frying pan, a few scraps of grease,with
a buffalo skin fur a bed, were the con-
tents of the house. We found a bunch
of matches tied used them nearly all
trying to find is candle, but nothing of
the kind was to be found, so we have to
do with the 'lightning, which by this
time had' got to ite usttal violence. We
rested well, glad to get shelter from the
plaoes at night, indeed, eve could not
ad wo done so unless we had :divided
ur time very irregnhsrly. The days
were hot, the sun scorching, but tete
quitoe
rain and the 'moss, which were h
outside in swarms. h.nother half.day o
about the same as the preoediug one,
• 0 .1v+ .mt1ow iRR r s
500 iGS GOOD BUTTER,
100,000 DOZEN EGGS
wanted in exellauge for goods at Soutllcott dzSon's More.
A choice stock of'
BAN- _+KE W?T GOuDS !.
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11St reoeitred, consisting of Dry Goods. Groceries, Boas and -
Shoos. Come with your butter and eggs.
SIGN OF THE RED FLAG.
C. SOUTHOOTT & SON,
nights were generally 000l. We made
a fire and cooked our meals three times
a day end slept in our tents by the
roadside at night. It would have been
very enjoyable but for the swarms of
inosgnitoes which gathered at nightfall
every evening. Tbeir attacks were in-
osssant and venomous,and to sleep tin-
der the Dircntnetafcos was Rimiest im-
possible. They are very annoying to
horsed and cattle, and prevent them
gathering flesh. The settlers build
fires before their dc,ore and in their
yards every evening and cover them up
with sods or earth to make them emelte.
The cattle soon find out the benefit of
the smoke from these "smudges," and
they will stand patiently in the densest
part of it for hours in order to free
themselves from their persecutors. We
had neosquito nets for our faces, and
although close and uncomfortable, were
some protection,but the busy little in-
sects then attacked our betide and feet,
stinging rte throng)) thick socks. No-
thing thrives during the mosquito sea-
son like profanity.. It would almost
seem of is their misaion is to propagate
it, and that they are snoceasfnl in their
business. After leaving Mclienzie'e we
drove dining the day over a very wet
end boggy road with some stretches of
dry oountry. We only made about 20
miles, as the road was iu some placea
altn-ist teepasealele. Nett day we ar-
rived at Mr. McKinnon's, where we
found another good settlement ; Nods
fenced and cultivated, splendid crops
duel comfortable buildings. Mr. Mc.
Iiinnotl went from Middlesex four
years ago and has eince succeeded in
platting a comfortable home for himself
and amassing cent•iderable wealth, He
does not snake all his money out of the
soil, however ; he hes a more conven-
ient way. Fortune has given hitn a
section through which the main road
runs, crossing a creek on 1.fr. DloKin-
non's farm, He has built over this
creek a nide log structure which he
calls a bridge, and thrown some bun-
dles of twigs into the low land at one
And of it, and for the privilege of ores.
sing this structure, which certainly did
not cost him much mare than $25, he
obarges each wagon 25 centa and each
cart 10 ceuts. As the whole westaru
carrying trade was done on the south-
ernroad during the wet season, he
practically had a monopoly. Some
days it is said he collects $50 in toll.
Otto of the days on which we were
there, we counted eighty carts in the
valley, which had passed throngh, and
about a hundred and fifty about to go
through, beide a number of settlers
with wagons. His receipts that day
(Sunday) must have footed np to $30.
This is a sample of the way in which
money is made in the .Nor -West. Leav•
ing Mi'Kiunon's, we passed throngiii a
few miles of poplar forest, consisting
of tall, thin trees, suitable only for
fencing, firewood or similar purposes.
For about thirty utiles there is a gond
deal of timber in sittht, and the prairie
is iu general high and dry, covered in
some placea with small shrubbery. We
crossed the Pine. Creek 'on asul,stantial
bridge; built by Dr. Macintosh, of Rap-
id City, and wereagreeably surprised
to field that there was no toll collector
around. This bridge was built by the
euterprising Dr. to transport Iris engine
and machinery across the creek on the
"Tail many a flower is born to blosla unseen
And waste its freshness ou the desert air,"
were never more forcibly illeetrttted
than on the prairie of the North -Nest.
Whole tracts of hundreds of acres of
flower beds, with the most beautiful
roses, lilies and other flowers, growing
in the grandest profusion oxoltea our
warmest admiration. After leaving the
Sand Hills, we entered on a great
stretch of prairie, called the Greet
Plain. For about thirty miles we drove
through is vast level country with au
exceedingly rich, dry sail, having a
good natural drainage batt altogether
destitute of timber as far as we could
see from the road. This section hal
been nearly all secured before the lac
of July land regulations carne into
force, and everywhere along the tout•3
were to be seen little patches of break-
ing, done by the seaters in fulfilment
of the duties required by law. Some
of the early settlers in the spring pas-
sed this plain, under the impression
that water onnld not be easily obtained,
but we were informed that good water
can be obtained without difficulty at
about thirty feat. As good 'waiter is
one of the essentials to a gond country,.
I may say that from only one well in •
Manitoba did I obtain water that watt.
not fit to drink, and that was in the
Mennonite Reserve. The wells and .
running streama are generally tclrtar,
pure and have a good taste. In,,
acme
few instances the water in the wells ie..
perhaps slightly alkaline an taste.
yours, truly,
JAMES Ma CLELLA vD'
TO DE CONTINUED.
rilOR SALE -77 -AN EXCELLENT
I':t'252 of one hundred acres on the London -
road,alett.couoessinu of Stephen, near the unlace(
of 'Ixe;er• Apply to MILS, V. timbrtrr, Seilei-
tor, B xoi er. &ngust 13 1870.
it LIE FA.LLAND W.L.glpTtTRA1)a±,
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Soutlloott dk Bo=
TAILORS anis CLOTt-IiElite,
Take plen:sureto ix fern', the innalitan tf ofltretes
add surrounding country, that they have just
ope,iectout ane aellentassortinontOf
T'eeerls, Coatings, l'estingsotc.,
le the latest styles n,tlelpatterns,and feel assured
thatintueni atter nfeioteing, they eau suit the
to ostfasti Mon staetes
A STunnoaN FACT.—Dr. ifowloi•'s Sxtract of
Wild Strawberry is, without a doubt, the saf-
est and most reliable remedy in existence, for
clic xhcea, dysentry, cholera erl'orbus, sour sto-
mach, sea -sickness, and d1 Primmer enm-
plaints, Its effects are marvellous—relief in-
etaneous, cure speedy. Physdcierfs and all who
use it recommend it. It should be kept in ev-
ery home at this Season, for use in cases of em-
erdency. For Bale by MILBURN, lb:NI:LEY dfk
BRARSoN, Proprietors, Toronto. 1
Insolvent Act of4875
AND AMENDING ACTS
In Use molter of trustnna lyras -
sorra, of Exeter, Aia&olvennt.
THERE WILL BE OFFERED
1. f or sale by publics section at the warerooms
Manville & liiown, in the city et Lowson,
QV1 FP]DAY9 FIFTH SEPT. i' EXT9
at the hoar of three o'clock in the a.tornoon, all
the Steekdn-Trade, loots and shop Furniture cf
the above estate, as per iuVoutory, consisting of
Boots awl Shoos 1,372 00
ase 37
573 00
158 00
02,362 00
At so mneh on the dollar per fuv^ntory, sunleat
to oorraction only as to quantities.
TitItM S—tine-third dash, balance two and
three months (approved. on torsed paper). Or ten
per cent. par annum discount for cash. Ton per
pent, of purchase ixlouoy to ee paid at the tern
of Salo.
The stock is almost entirelytturchrsod this real-.
son. The stew, which is 0310 of if ,a best in Rte.
ter,can bo had at moderato rent, and this elements
an excellent opening (for starting business fu.a
thriving town,
wXLLLtlsf 22o1Ti;1S,
MANYiLLI7 & i3Itt)AutvN �lssigne-di„
ctionew 5,
way to Rapid Oity, but the boats being xiarness anti stuhuory;
.Loather anti Tiudi,aps
Short Furniture. and :cools,.
able to carry them farther up the river
chic season, it was not needed. Iti
still remains a great boon to travellers
and a token of the Dr's enterprise and
public spirit. After crowing the Pine
Creek, the soil becomes lighter and the
country more broken till a low mage
or hills is reached, called the Sand
hills. The rivers from some of these
bluffs are very picturesque. The soil
is very light and sandy on the hilis but
heavier in the valley; which literally
bloomed with flowers. Gray's Lines,