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BRUSSEL, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, SEPT.
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COMMUNICATIONS,
110115E RACING.
To the Editor of Tn19 POST.
I)8An Sin,—In reply to your correspond
out of the 8rd inst., I might say that ib i
not my intention to take up your v,tluabl
space by descending to abusive language
as he ham done, but I moan to come rigb
to business and inform himthat we ar
anxious to match "Little Billy" wins
„Little Judy," the best 8 in 5, half mil
heats, 1or $100, and deoide, once for all
which is the hotter animal, This being th
distance trotted in Fordwioh, in wiricl
your correspondent claims he was ill-treat
ed, also the same terms upon which ho o
hie friends issued a previous challenge and
which wo wore Always prepared to accept
Your correspondent is very well known fo
his abusive qualities but if he is as ready
with his money to make a matoh as he is
with abuse wo will bo glad to cover it, at
once, if pined in the hands of some re-
sponsible person, who is known to both
parties. If this should suit your earns -
pendent wo are prepared to go forward with
the match at once. Wo do not want our
own race, our own track and our own judg-
08, but we Oro prepared for a fair honest
race. Thanking you for your valuable
space I remain, yours truoly,
R. 0. Bnuamrox.
Moorefield, Sopt. Sth.
A TRIP TO NEW YORK.
(C0)T1NII151) r11011 LAST)Sae1:.)
Raving remained in the crawled and
noisy metropolis as long as pecuniary oil•-
- ountstauoca would admit, Hunter and I ro-
e lnotantly resolved to return hone, via the
e picturesque line, "Tho Lehigh Valley rail-
road," leaving our friend A. B. Smith with
his cousin, who resides an Newark, The
Lehigh Valley road, which commands a
large sharp of pnblio attention for its ad-
mirabie road bad, free from dust, its steal
rails and its elegant equipments plane it in
the front solea in the favor of the travel-
ling public Smoke, dust and cinders,
- those dratvbaaks to the delight of a rapid
r and luxurious ride through a picturoogos
portion of the country, are overcome by
. the exclusive use of anthrttoito coal. After
r leaving the depot at Sonny City the Lehigh
Valley runs through the richest part of
Now Jersey and Iwo hours ride brings you
to Easton, Pa., a flourishing town at the
confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh
rivers, beautifully located on and about a
cluster of steep hills commanding delight-
ful views of the surrounding mountains,
Tnis town is 75 miles;from New York and
tho tourist after passing Phillipsburg gets
an entrancing view op the broad Delaware
aathe train 0x00506 the high bridge. From
this town, oapping.tho distanthighlands,
may bo seen the imposing building of La-
fayette College, an institution of learning,
having a wide -spread repute both at home
and abroad. Penn, the founder of Penn-
sylvania, gave this town its name in com-
pliment to his father.in-law, Lord Pomfret,
whose country house in Northampton bore
the name of Easton.
Leaving Easton, the next place of im.
patience is Bethlehem, situated on both
banks of the Lehigh river. Packer Rail,
built on the Lehigh mountain range, is one
al the most handsome colleges in the coun-
try. This university is situated in the
midst of a beautiful park and commands a
view of upwards of 20 miles. This town
is chiefly noted for its iron and steel works,
which occupy a largo area along Ithe river.
Near the river is St. Luke's Hospital, a free
retreat for poor invalids of the region and
any persona, employers or otherwise, who
may he injured by accident upon the rail-
road. The finest natural feature of the
vicinity is the picturesque island of Caly•
pso, in the river just above the town.
Passing rillentown we clomp to Catena-
qua, a town taking its name from the creek
which- here enters the river, This town is
the resultant effect of the clustering iron
industries, the greatest establishment be-
ing that of the Crane Iron Company, All
the pursuits, sympathetic with ironmaking
exist at thin point. The Crane Iron Works
are termed the pioneer anthracite pig -iron
works of the United States.
Passing with a mere mention the pict-
uresque villages of Copely, Whitehall and
Laury's wo roach Rockdale, ,where s bar-
rier of slate rock dips to the river, presort.
ng a bold and rugged promontory through
which there is a out over 100 feet deep for
he railroad. Adjoining this point is Slat-
ngton where a number of firms are engag.
d in quarrying elates, which they ship to
11 parte of the II. S. and Europe for &cad-
mic purposes, roofing slates, billard tables,
lackboarde, lours, mantels, eta. Beyond
latington we approadt the more rugged
eights and gorge of Lehigh Gaps- Tho
ar-reached slopes of the Kittatinny are
ruly majestic in the gradual rounding of
ontour. We next come to Paekerton, the
Ito of the repair andconstruction car-
hops of S. V. 11. Cempany and the head
starters for the weighing and chipping of
cal. The coal trains pass over the plat -
m of the weighing soalos at full speed
hile the office clerks determine the oxaot
onnago. These scales are remarkable for
eir size and perfect adjustment, their
opacity being 800,000 pounds, awl, by them
ver 20,000 tons of coal have been weighed
n day—a remarkable achievement, the
earth of American skill and energy. 120
'los from New York city, situated on the
ehigh river is Manch Chunk, proudly do-
gnatod by the natives the 'Switzerland
America." Sitting upon the hotel piss -
gazing at the graceful outlines of Boar
Guntain for Mauch Chunk, as the In.
ons called it) looming up against the blue
y mercies the river. Ono can easily itn-
ne himself at some Swiss resort beyond
e Atlantic, and that Mont -Blanc Gannet
far distant. This village is 000 feet
ab
the water, posing in an atmosphere
lightfully clear and cool even hi the mid.
of enamor, Tho scenery along the
Lo
Valley seems to posses a 010000ter
culler to itself, To say that it is bro.
ndor,sly grand would smack of extrava•
toe but to my mind it mates grandeur
th poetry in a manner that cannot fail
excite the livoliaet euthneiasm. In and
t among groat mountains 1,600 ft. high,
ing itself in ravines only to flow out
sin through trse•dotted meadow lands
ieved by gentle elevations, curves the
oeful Lehigh river, ns if in search of a
ny spot where its waters long to dance
sparkle. In this valley aro all phasoe
scenery, deep outs, broken ravines, bold
gas of rook sparkling with many tinny
eamlets trickling down their adamantine
WS. Many a peculiar sensation is ex-
ienced in travelling over this picturesque.
d. In passing through tunnels, over a
long, a person has time to feel a fore-
sation of the horrors el a dungeon, os-
aiaDy when the lamps are not lit in the
Whon away up hundreds of foot above
cop ravine you require no Ayer's hair
r, for a look down would almost matte
Bair stand on a bald hoed, and again
n looking up at the huge cliffs you feel
arming into a holo and pulling it in
r yon. A serious eptlealiueenTenieneo
so experienced from the feet that the
aro greedy to take in the situation on
sides of you at the some time,
other this difficulty would be obviated
a'esa.oyed portion I am not prepared
O next plow of interest on this mag.
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"The Truth of the 3fatter,"
TO tint Editor Of Inn roar.
Dein Sia.—Please allow me a small space
in your valuable paper to say a few words
concerning "The Truth of the Matter" in
question between W. T. Hunter and my-
self. Mr. Hunter has made a mistake.
This is the truth of the matter in the first
place. Ho dories, putting me out of his
shop, what else was it when he came and
told me he had been to see a lawyer and
he was only going to give me 24 hours to
get out. These are just his words which
S can prove. I don't quite understand what
Mr. hunter means by saying I have yet to
offer him the first five cents for rent, If it
is for the past three years he is alluding to
itis a dolibernto falsehood as I paid bine
every cent and that before it was due. I
did not make him an offer for the Inters
for I thought it was no use as I was told
by two different persons that he told them
he trould not let me have the shop any
longer and I had too mush trouble with
him since I had had it rented to feel like
coaxing ]lira very much. Sir, this is the
truth of the matter and Mr. Hunter for
once is caught in hie own trap. I have
purabased a lot from Vanetone & Sons, en
Turnberry street, the building is let and I
I1ope to he in a position very soon to supply
the public with the best work in my line.
Yours, bo., C. W. HOLLAND.
Brussels, Sept. lith. .
Perish County Notes.
Blansbard Fall Show will beheld at
Kirkton, Oct. 7th and 8th.
St. Marys Collegiate Institute takes
$8,900 for teachers' salaries,
The crop report for Perth says a
fair average has been sustained over
the County.
The rate of taxation in St. Marys
is 17 mills on the $. Their assess.
mentis $1,142,285.
Bov. Jas. Hamilton, son of Rev. B.
Hamilton, of Motherwell, is home
from Edinburgh University.
An empty house, on Erie street,
Stratford, near the etation, is said
to be the headquarters of a ghost.
A. Campbell, of Attwood, who was
shot in the thigh two weeks ago, is
progressing favorably towards r000v•
ery.
The editor of the Illitehell Adver•
tlser is rubbing it on to his confrere
in that town. He is giving it to them
red hot.
W. R. Davis, of Mitchell, is push.
ing /limeelf forward ae the Tory can •
didato for South Perth for the Isocal
House. Tho Convention meets next
Wednesday.
Jos. Chambers, of Stratford, rode
from Stratford to Clinton, the whole
distance -88 miles—in about three
hours awl a half, being an average
of nearly ten miles an hour on his
bioyole.
The Stratford Curling and Skating
Rink Company have purchased a
piece of land close to the pond, and
are having the plans of a handsome
and eommodroua building prepared.
It will cost in tho neighborhood of
$6,000.
Rev. Dr. Bilroy suffered consider-
able loss and annoyance from an ex-
change of valises on a trip from Strat-
ford to London. He got one half full
of apples and some soiled linen, while
the ono he loot contained a full suit
of clothes, about $20 in money and
some other articles of valve,
J. H. Tromanhauser, son of Mie.
Tromanhaueer, of St. Marys, has the
euperintendance of the mechanical
department of tho Minneapolis Indus-
trial Exposition, which opened Aug-
ust 28rd, and continues to Oot. 2nd.
Tho exhibition building is 260 fest in
lengthr and tho 'main tower reaches
the height of 210 feet.
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nifloont road Is Glen Summit, among the vatrves. ,
reoeut improvements in which is the
tion of the Glen Summit Hotel, 0n the
of Noneopock MeenLain, the dividing r
between Lehigh and Wyoming valleys,
000 feet above tire sea. Glen Summit
delightful
h Jere theot ' peirednd 4 tous forces oinorm
invalids are restored by the re0upera
propertioo of the pure mountain air
the supply of water of unequalled recto
Pee qualities at the mineral springs,
Wilkes Barre the view is magnifloent
yowl description. Por 20 miles moan
ing among green meadows and fertile 11
may be seen the noble Susquehanna r
entering the m0unbran ridge. These mo
tains are very irregular in their format
and in general are in their native wildn
being clothed with pines, dwarf oaks,
laurels, interspersed with other woods,
cidiouo and evergreens
Wilkes Bares Is situated on the north
branch of the Susquehanna river, has a
population of about 25,000 and derived its
210100 conjointly from John Wilkes, of Lon-
don, and Colonel Barre, a distinguished
British °iacer. Many of the remarkable
scenes of the Indian war were located with-
in the city limits and Fort Wyoming as
said to have stood on the river bank close
to the street of the same name.
The last point of interest on the road
the Wyoming Valley so fraught with h
toricsl reminiecenses of the Indian wa
with the white people. On the train
met in with a gentleman whose gran
father had been one of the pioneers of th
valley and who had to flee for slid life d
fug the Indian war.
Having reached Buffalo we remain
there over night and in the morning to
train for Port Dalhousie, where we a
meted with boat. After a delightful s
1n Lake Ontario we found ourselves in T
ronto—remarkable quiet compared w1
New York. Having spent 4 daye in T
ronto I set out for home fully realizing t
foot that although my feet had been pros
fag American soil where nature wooed
with the vast grandeur of her mountain
the still beauty of her lakes, fields an
streams, yet ono bar of "Home ewes
Homo,' like the wand of an enohante
painted a picture which caused my eyes t
fill and every pulse to throb with sudd
tenderness over the vision. A. Haltom
Oranbrook, Sept. 15th, 1880.
arae- THE Goderich Signal has pale
is p another mile stone and is as fre
n, newsy and original as ever. The M.
ie a Gilliouddy Broth deserve great ere
re- for the way they have succeeded a
it shows that there is push, tact a
ability. Wo 'wish them oontinu
prosperity in the management
their excellent weekly..
ANY man who can handle piok and she
or build board and post forme, that is wi
Mg to work and wants a spot cash jo
apply at this office at 040e.
LAST Sunday Rev. W. T. Cluff an
Rev. R. McOosh, of Wingham, e
changed pulpits. At the inornin
service Mr. ItfoOosh based his normo
an the well known worde of the 28r
Psalm, "The Lord is my Shepherd.
For a plain, praotioal talk and cal
oulated to do the hearers gond, Sun
day morning's dikcourse will be har
to beat. The rev. gentleman will al
ways be heartily received in Brussels
Emmy last Monday morning th
le hostler at the Queen's hotel decide
is- to go south, so after appropriating
05 coat, . ho borrowed "Tronblasom
we Jim," without the owner's consent
a however, and sped away. Although
ur- telegrams were sent to the leading
towns and villages the whareabout
k' of the horse and aulky was not asoe
on- tamed until Tuesday when the pro
ail prietor of the Queen's recovered his
0- stolen 'property at Granton. The
o thief had skipped out, going Park
he Hill way, wo believe.
e- THls,week Bev. Geo. Lounds, of
10 Amberly, purchased a new top buggy
d from Jas. Buyers. It was got up on
t the most approved style with best
r, patent Sarven wheels, patent steel
on tires, MoLauehlin gear, fan -tail steel
r, axles with brass washers and rubber
packing, patent shaft coupling, single-
treo attachment, perfectly noiseless
and Gonboy'a leather top, with pat-
_ out levers to raise or lower the top
from the inside. - The gear and
wheels are wood finished, the piano
box painted black with gold. It is
trimmed throughout with leather.
t The rig 15 a nice one.
Bnor Toowooes.—Persons wanting to.
matoee for preserves, pickles or .sauce Oen
get any quantity of splendid ones from
Thos. Kelly, the well known gardener. Se-
cure them before the frosts come.
WE have been requested to call the
attention of teachers and candidates
to the following changes OD the work
for next examination, For entrance
the history has beau increased by the
addition of the Outlinee of Canadian
History, with particular attention to
the events subsequent to 1841, the
municipal institutions of Ontario and
the Federal Government of the Dom.
inion. For drawing books No. 4 or
No, 6 is required. For Third class
the Literature will not as hitherto bo
the sante as for Second, but will con-
sist of 19 selections from the now
High School reader, viz :—Noe. 15,
22, 85, 56, 57, 68, 67, 69, 72, 74, 79,
81, 87, 00, 92, 98,101, 105.
FOREeTRY.—On Sunday afternoon
Si. John's church was filled to over-
flowing, it being the anniversary ser-
vice of Princess Alexandra, 0.0.F.,
Brussele, After the usual prelimin-
aries Rev. Mr. MoOosh, of Wingham,
announced his text, Numbers, 10th
chapter and 29th verse, "Come thou
with us and we will do thee good.''
The discourse was a very interesting
ne, the speaker taking particular
ains to impreps upon the congrega•
ion the benefits to be derived by.be-
onging to the Order, The sermon
evill not soon be forgotten. Visiting
rethren were present from Listowel,
ttwood, Melesworth,.Gerrie, Wing.
am, Belgrave, Blyth and Londes-
oro', There wore 109 •Foresters in
he proceseipn to the church. Among
he number present vers High Chief
anger Elliott, of Lietowel,. High
reasurer Neelands, of Wingham,
nd High Senior Beadle Rogers, of
russets. At the close of the ear-
ee some 70 persona were entertain-
d at the Queen's Hotel, to a splendid
pper, as the guests of Princess Al.
andra. This Court is in a thriving
edition and will no doubt receive
timorous Recensions through the ser.
eo of Snuday afternoon. Wm.
ashill is Chief Banger. We must
t forgot to stats that suitable mue10
es de000tirsocl by the ohoir of the
urah, Miss Lille O'Connor prosid•
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A. Montreal hackman has been fin-
ed $10 for refusing to accept a fare,
The Canadian Pacific Railway will
send an exhibition car to the Eastern
shows.
The Cobourg World speaks of the
local lock-up Be 'a bonded warehouse.'
Vaga bonded as it were,
Last week a seven-year-old Baugh.
ter of Mrs. Beef, of Howe Island, fell
into a earl of milk and was drowned.
Eleven English fishing boats have
been seized at Havre for infringing
the fisheries laws in the Britis}i
Channel.
The Long Point murder ease was
given to the jury Thursday night. No
verdict has yet been returned at the
jury disagreed.
W. G. Cummings, of Alliston, bas
a sword which was used by his nn.
castors at Culloden, and which is over
tont hundred years old.
Mr. Hern, of Orillia, has an apple
tree bearing fruit in three stages of
growth. Apples of good size, others
junk formed, and blossoms all over the
tree.
They have an Augean stable (for
had boys) at Stratford, according to
the Beacon, and five of them have
rbeen fined $10 each for ueing the
stable for gaming purposes.
A. Conaervabive convention is to be
held at Fullerton Corners on the
22nd, for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the Ontario and Dom-
. inion Houses of Parliament,
George Darrow, of Tilsonb'brg, in
the act of loading a gun cartridge
knocked the cap end on a ohair to get
the powder down, and tbo cartridge
exploded and blew his hand off.
In consequence of a disastrous hail-
storm not fewer than 95 or 40 per-
sons in St. Marys, Rent County, N.
B., will require assistance to enable
them to live through the winter.
Two Oremore ladies hired a horse
to drive to a berry patoh. On arriv-
ing the Horse was stabled, and while
the Mien were filling their berry pails
the animal and stable were burned.
Alexander Carr, of Bichm ond, N.
B-, now rn his ninety-third year, re-
cently raked in one day over an acre
of hay, bunched it up without help,
and in the evening helped to stow it
away in the barn, working until after
dark.
The Brant Review says :--"The
remarks made by Bev. Mr. Silcox on
Sunday night last regarding the ruin
of young women should have reached
a certain class of young men of Paris
whose immortality is as fiendish as
the rev. gentleman described."
Two women, wives of emigrants
employed in Goderich township, ,
while on their way home from attend-
ing the circus, got quarrelling, and
one struok the other with a bottle,
cutting her face open from the eye to
the chin. It vas feared the injured
woman would bleed to death, but she
is now getting better.
In view of the disagreement of the
jury in the Long Point alleged murder
case itis expected the Crown author-
ities will at once make application for
a change of venue to Oxford, Nor-
folk, or Kent, and will endeavor to '
have the third trial of the accused
proceeded with this fall in order that
Smith may not be obliged to remain
n gaol another six months.
The Nova Scotia Drop report, ie-
ued by the Department of Agricul•
urs, shows that mote promise an
bundant yield ; oats, barley and
wheat, fine quality and average yield.
lie moot important grain is oats, of
whioh about two million bushels are
fused annually. Hay, the =skim,
octant field crop, will be average,
he apple Drop is very satisfactory.
At the annual meeting of the On.
alto Fruit Growers' Association t n
oronto, Tuesday night, the follow -
ng officers wore elected.: President,
lien MoD. Alien; vino -president, W.
, Wellington ; directors, John Grail,
A. Wright, R. J. Dunlop, P. 0,
empsey, Thos. Beall, Col. J. Mo.
ill, Murray Pettit, A. M. `Smith,
ed. Mitchell, J. A.. Morton, Wm.
undone, W. W. Hihorn and Chas.
Hiokli1g..
Mrs. Reid, of New Westminster, B.
, after a severe Dimes of floe weeks
s surprised to be so far improved
at a tonlo wag all that was rsquir-
. Her physloiau wrote a prosorip•
n which the drugg%et who put it up
scribed as vory powerful. The in-
tuitions were that a patient should
tat
a tablespoonful of the medicine
ee times a day, but the first dose
ow her into convulsions, and she
d on the following morning.
LOCAL 1TEm.S.
Seslogal.advt. of Bale of farm pro
party in Grey township on Oct. 6th
MAITLAND Presbytery will meet a
Wingham on Tuesday of next week
BLAcx,oinn's liediege and best stuff a
Grant S; Co's.
Ir's a great mistake not to have a
sidewalk on each side of the new iron
bridge.
OvR rural readers will find a copy
of the East Enron Fall Show prize
list on the inside of this issue.
X XX XXX vinegars ab A, Good's.
Tim trains from the east have been
much delayed during the past week,
owing to the exhibitions, we suppose.
0. Gnracormr has added to the rip•
pearanee of his residence, Turnberry
street, by the erection of a verandah.
prints, Peaches, Pears, Gapes. A Good.
OoIINOILLOR VAN8T0NR 1s improving
his dwelling house on Flora street, by
having a cellar, stone foundation, &c.
added to it.
ALnx. Winson has purchased a
house and lot from Wm. Buttery of
Monkton, situated on Princess street,
The price paid was $820. '
Exrus value in Pruit Jars and 'pickling
vinegars at Thomson's,
Ir is reported that W. M. Sinclair
has leased the comfortable residence
of John Leckie, on the river bank.
W. M. must be going to "batch" it.
L you or your friends are going to be
married look at Grant d Co's. Silverware.
ADAM GOOD'S advt. in this leen° an.
nouooes the arrival of his large stock
of boots and shoes for the fall and 0
winter trade. Mr. Good is hell known P,
as a reliable dealer eo react what he
bas to say.
Two Exeter Times has entered b
on its 14th year and is starting it with
a new dress of brevier. The Times_ fh
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is a good local paper and the Exeter h
people should not be slow to give it b
geuerous eupport. Tire POST wishes f
The Times success.
To those requiring aids to vision- l3e
sure in asking for Lanranee's spectacles— T
that you get B. LAuatNen's—as there aro a
imitations in the market, and see that B
exery pair is stamped B. L„ without which
none aro genuine. Do not be deceived by
any similiarity in the name. e
IT was a matter of surprise to ax
everybody the rotten condition of a
groat deal of the , timber of the old eo
bridge. The wonder seems to be n
how it stood so long with the onor• 31
mous amount of traffic that wont
over it every, Any, ' ne
AT the Voters' List Court for Dna- owh
sole, hold on Thursday of tine week
before Judge Toms, the Reformers in
struok off 8 Conssrvatiae voters and Ca tutctira.0 Netave+.
put on Beformers. The Cooservat.. —.
ives put on 16, E. E. Wade looked The Detention Government is buy -
after the interests of the Beformore ing up and slaughtering all the cattle
and E. L. Dickenson for the Censer. belonging to the farmers in tho yioig.
ily of the Levis tluarantime.
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