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Land Reform in Ireland.
A correettpudent of the Nesit,Yock:
World, Writing ifroni Ireland,thus cle-
ecribea the . land reform desired by the
ultras, inclticling some .of the Roma
Catholic Clergy :-",It is based* upon
the, principle, as neat as 1 could make
it out; that the soil is a sacred heritage
belengineeto the; people; for whom the
got/eminent should be the: trustee anct
the guardian, regulating the distribu-
tion and the texturee-so that the omit -
pante ssliteild be the .virtual if ,not the
aatual owners of the land they tilled.
4f, Ma Gladstone' is *to be held to this,
lie has a hard and thtorny path before
him!! This Means. Socialism. or Fourier -
13111 scarcely disguised Or adulterated, a
scheme for ro'obing the industrious and
the thrifty of :the rewards of tneir ene
ierprise, .and.industry, and thrift, and
bestowing them upon. the indolent.
-kAreles8arid unworthy.. What would
Some of 'orir Irish landholders in Mon-
treal think of the interference of a pa-
tereal goyernmenti here to maintain a
---. thriftless tenant in possession of a half
cultivated potato or cabbage ga,rclen,
when (Jia,ving himself earnecrthe monej7.
and.paid for it) Our _proprietor sought a
: better return for hisinvestment-say,
to convert ' it into building lots ! • Or,
., principle-ehat .he only aesired s
t‘il
. ten-
suppose --and there is no differe ce in
ant who would earn andpay.iiis.rent,
' instead of one whb was running down
the property and never paying, would
he not 'reSelat: the; interference of an -Y
..
government who kept a tenept On his-
-property to his manifest disadvantege.
and against his will'? The doctrine. is
as impracticable and noxious -fts-,:U• is
- false: The man Whet owns lana, as eve
Ana.y still call it, holds it because of Mo-
ney furnished to the people out of his
earnings or those ofhi. ancestors, and
with whieh they have procured clothes;
Ittod, -and other necessaries or luxuries.
They can bave.no right tostlie, land and
the .use of thatmoney also, unless upon
-the princiPle of eommunisme unless;
industry; thlift and intelligence must'
confer no advantage' on their possessor
-sinless he must toil and scheme, a.nd
perchance, . weaa,. himself out 'while
others are idle,. and reap no reward
either for himself or his family, but di-
• vide all with those who have , deserved
lose, or nothing at all. .- No other blow
80 terrible as this could be struck at
industrial progre.se and development -
none so fatal to the itnpreveraent of the
land or the advancement of agriculture
as the geneial adoption Of this princi-
• ple. No magic is required now, no
court favor or*political influence, to..eie-
able the" ppor man in Ireland to- become
the proprietor of landetsonly industry,
economy, ' ateshenterprise. Without
these no men -deserves to have this
world's good, 'for he -would net use
them wisely t. to force, propertyspertna-
nently into sticli hands as a reward for
. oppoeite. qt-tafities, by Act of Parlia-
ment, would be to curse the pOssessor
and the couni-y.. Tenants should be
given a legaletecourse for fthe value of
improvementsmade . upon- land. Far-
- ther thanetliat it seems te.,Ius, pai-lia-
- tnentary Meddling with the land tenure
would oulYt-12-0-- tmischievoue.--.3forctreal
Gazette.
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' A Op1134tial Phenomenon.
The • night*sgenge of men employed
near VirginiaiCity Nevada, ewitnessed
a beautiful celestial phendmenon at Vur.
o'clock On titea. morning of: No-t?t!-'sl.
The sky was 'pe! rfectly cleatin -'eVei:y di-
rections .and the eastern horiZon Was
peculiarly blue and bright not the
slightest aigli of mist about, the ridge§ of
the -distant eastern zangea e yettethe
morning stet rose of a'bluered colors
and with,e light white halo; appareeitly
five or six feet in .sliametere surrounding
it. From. the lower pert . of the halo
extemred downward a tail apparentlY
eight feet long and two feet in breadth
'at the upper part This tail was slight-
ly curved, of a sabre swipe, bluntly -
rounded at the lower end, and -both it'
4 and. the haleappeaa-ed to be filleCt with
, thcretands of smell -" and exceedingly
.leeilliLtnt sterS. ThiS strangelight lasted'
.some fifteen or twenty inimates; or until
the star liad risen so high that the • tail
of the halo appeared to be two or three
feet above the erect- of the -distant a, ,iige,
when it suddenly faced out. The plie-
• nomenoe was witnessed by hundreds of
• pereons. . c • - -
. i 1 ' 1,0 • e
es -A certein pan hit toe against
a pebble, and fell headlong to the
ground. -He. was .vexed, 611d , Under'
t he in fl uance of anger .,,,,,,a self-suffici-
ency, he ki•::ked _ Mother earth right
'saucily. With impertuxbable gravity,
he looked to see the earth itself' dis-
solve and come to naught - But the
• earth eemeined, and only his poor foot
e Ives. injured in the encounter. This is
/5
the- -ay of men. Aiatarticle in a news -
pap 9, teuchee him in a w&d.t. spot, and
stratglitway . he eends to stop his Paper.
Wiih great self -complacency- he looks°
to see the crash, when the Object of his
spleen Shall cease . to be. Poor fool, he
has onlir- hit hie orentoe ageinst a world
, that does not perceptibly feel the shock
end_injures ne one but himself.-Itranz-
..
• 0077, TOMS.
THE sgA704.vi.:
•.Whor'vcras Jolut CY.Groat.
I
Itt'the reign of efames, IV. of Scot-
land, three brothers, Malcom, Gavin,
'and John. de Groat, natives of Holland;
caMe to the country', carrying • With
them a letter in Latin, *from, the mon-
arch, recommending _them to the pro-
tection and countenance ofhis loving
subjects in Caithness, They purchased,
or obtained by royal charter, the lands
of Warse and Duncansbay, in the parish
of Canistay ;` in process of time by the
increase of their- families, and time,
sub-
chvision of the property, their came -to
be eight different proprietors of the
name of Groat. An annual festive
meeting having been established to coin-
Memorate the annivsrsary,of the arrival
in Caithness, a dispute arose 013. one Of
these ohcasions respecting the riglit of
takingthe door, the head of the table,
"&e., which increased - te such a iheight
threatened to be attended with very
ditegreerble • consequences, whentJohn,
who was now considerably advanced in-
Yeara, happily interposed ile expati-
ated *on the comforts which they had
hitherto enjoyed in the land of their
adoption., and conjured • them, by, the
ties of blood • and their mutual. sefety,
to return quietly keine, pledging him-
self 'that he would satisfy them on all
points of precedency at the next meet -
tinge They a:equiesecd, and departed
in peace. In due time, to fulfil his en-
.
gagement, John built' a house, distinct
by itself; of an octagonal form -with
eight doors and windows; and jiaving
placed a table of oak, of the same shape
in the middle, when the next- meetng
took place, he desired each of his friends
to enter at his own door, and sit at. the
head of the teble. s By this happy con-
trivance any dispute in. regard to rank
was prevented, and the former harmony*
and good nature Of the party, was re-
stOred. Such. was the origins of John s
.0:Groat's House.
0
Desolation of Sebastopol.
•
Up the -wide street, igrass-grown and
silent, there is nothielg but ruin. T
doer -ways of some of the r tined hott
have been_blocked with
-
elude those who have iic
the walls 3 but in palac
1'
es
tones, to e x -
right with'n
s and
alike, weeds are growillg high and ran
their green luxuriance chooking tie
cellar -stirs, and waving above the
Ot‘the ground floor,n
the summit of theetidge, about the ce
-tre of the town, stands a tolerably w all
executed model ofthe Temple of Th s-
eus at Athens; the design is copit d
with much fidelity,- butth Inkerire n _
freestone is imworthY of comparis
with marble from Mount Pentelicu .
from a distance this bitilding. like tl e
origioal • of. Athens, appears perfect ;
but front a neer Tiew, day -light can le
seen through the hole a .cannon-sh t
has• made in. the ,uPper angle of t e
pediment. One 'column has been struc
at the base, iind the -pavement spl
away from it ; another has received
ruel blow in the • middle of the .shaft ;
and the soft stone has split into fra,e-
ments, lettering only one thir4- of th
tiameter of the column to support thi
portion of the messive 'entablatur.
The building, which was a church, ha
received many lees significant bu
sever e blows. Not a vestage of th
covering or any •part of the interne
wood-woik remains, and where the \roo
rested upon the walls'--tvild flowers ay
growing. 1 made my way towards th
building through the enclosures ir
which it stands,- knee-deep in weeds
my e footsteps embarassed by hiddei
ones, the ruins of the 411 which n
eted ground
aad present,
ed grandeur.
• escattchcons,
ing holes, o
• 1
longer sequesters the negl
$trept after eb-eeet the, gr
tae same 'aspect .of raii
Broken pillars', defaced
Walls •pierced with 'gap
deeplyout into. with -artillery ; these
things are never out of sight L-Fronz
the -Levalit; the Black S'ea aitd the. Dan-
ube.
• SEEING THE HEART A.ND" LUNGS OF
LIVING MAN -A man 'named Jack
'Stead, who had been shot by an Indian,
was brought recently to, a hospital in
San Francisco, being bonsidered almost
incurable,- and it 'W118 there concluded
best to cut the man open and take, a
look inside of hitu. He, was placed un-
der the influence of cheloform, and an
incision of :tix or•Seven.inches in length
Made-tht ough. his left side, through the
eevity containing the heart and langs.
Looking through this incision, when it
was helciopen, the heart could be plain-
ly seep. The lungs could also be di -S-
ting* seen, and the left one was found
to be cola,psed,_.flat and dead -he waF.1
only 'breathing by aid of the left lung.
Oneofhis ribs'rwas found to be shatter-
ed, and a section some three inches
length was cut out of it, leaving ;the the envelope,.and bad•metal plates made
.1 .
EXPOSITOR.
Thteving
Some persons haft an irresistible._ des
sire to steal, without any Other of insan-
ity- Gall says that the first ICing of
Sweden was always stealii g .
Instances are mentioned. of a German
who was constantly pilfering ; and of
another who, having the desire to steal,
entered the army, hoping the severe ca
ciplme there would restrain him. But
he ga-ve way to the ' propensity . even
there, and was very nigh being bane'.
He then became a friar, with the same.
hope : but be still felt the sa,me desire.
and carried all the things he could to his
Cell : but as he could only get trifles, he
was not noticed, Gall also mentiens
that a person at Vienna, in the habit
of stealing, hired a lodging in which to
deposit his thefts : and, when. he got a
stOck he sold them. He stole only
hauseheld matters. The wife Of a, cele-
brated Physican at Leyden never went
into a shop to 'buy anything without
stealing ; and a countess at 'Frankfort
had the saniepropensity. Another lady,
notwithstanding' all the care with which
she had been brought up had the same
desire to pilfer. You will find it re-
lated of a phyeican that his -wife was
always obliged to search hie pockets. in
the evening and restore to his- patients
the things she found there. He always
took something as well as his fee.
Meritz epeaks of a criminal 'who, at the
moment he was about to be executed,
Stole the confessor's snuff box. Dr.
Burner, who was on.e of the physicans
to the king of Barvaria, speaks of a
person who enjoyed attendance, and
-had been Well educated,' • but -who,-
nOtwithstanding, was always stealing s
• a )(.1 was made a Soldier by his father,
and at last got hanged. The son of a
celebrated .and learned man -himself
--Very clever and respectible connected
-
in every respect -could not resist his
propensity ; and I could go on to furn-
ish instances without -end ofindividuals
who acted thus (as. it would appear)
fienainsanity ; not from any criminal
motives, but from a blind desire too
stong for them to resist.
• Death -Dealing Invention.
A Tennessee mechanic has invented
-Kn. instrument of warefare whiele if it
does half that is claimed fel. it, will
prove more destructive than the needle -
gun. It consists of a °range of guns of
0.76 before, and about four inches long,
mounted on a caa-riage of very simple
structure, to be hauled by one horse.
The'width of the carriage Letaveen. the
wheels is six feet. The gun barrels --
twelve ininumber-are ranged appar-
ently parallel, but divergent, so that at
three hundred yards alistant the twelve
bullets sweep e line of about thirty feet.
They are ranged. at equal distances from
each other, dxcept in the middle, where
their is a -space of ten inches,in. whichis
placed a telest,ope of considerable power,
and a nice arangement for adjusting the
guns in taking.aim. .This contrivance
enables the operator to send a bullet
theoegh the bull's eye at sixteen hun-
dred yards nine times •out of ten. The
tobee or barrels tt.ie loaded at the
breach and are conected by a rod attach-,
ed to a crank; one turn of which leper
and shuts all the ereech pieces and loads
the gun. • They are made ready for -fir-
ing by another turn of the -crank. The
whole cartridge is combustible, and
leaves nothing behind. The bullet
can ite flied a distance of three milee,
two th ousand yards, wit h accuracy.
Fierty-seven out of sixty shots filed
struck a target four feet higle at a dis-
t f
fifteen ce o -been hundred .y0,rds. The
inttentor is confident that at the dist-
ance of a mile and a halflae could shoot
down a whole regiment of men in four
minute's time; the invention weighs 500
miinds and is intended to be hauled
by one horse, and Work by two men,.
one to driVe and the other to operate.
The loading of the apparatus is so ar-
tanged that it can be destroyed in
a moment, when the other part of the
deadly engine becomes perfectly useless.
One ofthem can be finished off coni
plete, with horse, &c. for $1,000. The
contrixence is at once to be submitted
to the War Deeartment.
.7
• THE INVENTOR OF ENVELOPES. -A1)011 -t
forty years ago there lived at Brighton
a bookseller and statiener of the name
of S. 1C.. Brewer, andhe used to place
in his shopwindow piles of paper, begin-
ning at the largest up to °the small-
est size, 16mo, but to finish' off the pile
he cut cards so as to bring them tip to a
point, Laides used to go in ard ask
for that " dear litile paper," °Which in-
'cluced him. to cut paper in small sizes.
Then came the dificulty of the place for
address; and the result was he invented
ends smooth. Several pieces of splin- for cutting thein to shape and sizes.
tered bones were taken out of his chest, .this just pleased the ladies, and orders
and -weber or some other liquid 'vas came to him for the little paper and en -
then pouted into the cavity of his chest, velopes fronrall portal This? at length
agitated therein, and afterwaids turned became such a demand upon his time,
mit, When the incinion was sewed upthat he got Dobbs and Co., of London,
The man was kept half an hour under to make them for him. , Such was the,.
the influence of choloforna. It was not beginning of the envelope trade. -
supposed he could recover.
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TAKE NOTIC
THAT JOHN HALDAN;t.os been
appointed Official Assignee for th k 1 County
of Huron.
Office at SEAFORT11,-J. S.' PoR0-iaes.
Office at GODARICH,.--Pirectlyoliksite the
Post Office. -
1 •
Goclerich, March 5the 1868. '13-tf.
<142.-- • -
.04
Zi•
C=i1
k'sJ
ta-t
0
WALL PAPER,
WALL' PAPR
JUST RECEIVED,
AND FOR SALE 0
E
• A Fresh Stock of Wall Pae.
Also a splendid. assortment of I
• FAMILY AND 15,061tEi‘
TESTAMENTS,
• PRAYER BOOKS,
-
&HVi
A CHEAP EDITION 'OF THE
Byron, Bums, Scott, •
Shakespeare, &c., &c.
-2 CI -10,01J 13 0 CDTCO„
•SLATES,
• PENS,
INK,
• PAPER,
• COPY BOAS,
At LTTIVISDEN'S
Corner Drug St4re.
Seaforth. Jan. 8. 534
ONTARIO HOUS
The oldest in the trade, and the onlY
eral Stock in Seaforth.
FRESH TEAS & NEW FR LOT.
GROCERIES OF Ail:KINDS.
A WELL SELECTED STOCk OF
CROCKERY & LAMRS.
WA general stock of liardw.are id
• Glass. . A fine lot of
HATS & CAP.
ALSO
DRY GOOD8
Staple and Fancy, -suitable for All seas
qs
manneis, BinnIcets, and Buffalo Rohm
Dealer in all kinds of Produce.
EDWARD CASH,
Gederich Street, Seafostie
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 63-lyt
• INDIA cfi.:- CHINA t1E4. COMPANY,
..--........,.
Home Depots, London aid, Liverroil Can.
ada Depot, 23 gospit 1 Street, Montreal
IX 0.-OL1) MEDALSI! have /XXIII obtain
-
cd at the Pa,ris L1lLIthon for TEASfrom
India, an,/ Not vie prize f a lorreeavitrin'in.a.
tiOn. .(Vide "The Groc ," 24th August, '67
The Company import 1.these Teas - direct
from' their Plantations n Assarn and the
DE.I. RA DIIOGNS,- and sell them in Packets
and 'Oannisters through t mir Agente in every
City and -Town in. Canad . Only t1.0 qual-
ities, "Viz. 10e. awl one d ir per ib.; either
'Black, da
Green, or Mixed. gent for ei_aftforth.
MR JOHN SE:131'ER.
' Obser -c the Trade Mailk.
February 6th, 1868. .-- i9-ly
Gold Medal, London, I 1, 32, Paris, 1867.
THEOWE 'EW' VACHINES5
) - .
For Families •and le aamfacturers,
• L. G MEN
--N-TO. 3, Rossin House B
etti ,AVest, Toronto, and 0-
St. ,th_arinee. Branch
N. -WATSON.
IkTHE HOWE LOC
LETTER, A -Family .1 achine.
LETTER B-Pamily a id Manufacturing
Machine.
ock, King • Street
Si-. Paurs Street,
gency for Seaforth
STITCH.
LETTER - 0 -Best Le ther . and. Cloth
Alanufa,Auring Machine. :
LETTER, E -or Cylin er Alechine. for
Harness making, Boot ai -I Shoe- Fitiiegs,
and Saddlery Work wheere the- form of Che
work ineet be retained 11 ile Stitching-, is
the most comiilete and per .c.t i -la the world.
T.IIESE WORLD .8E3' Jr_ATED SE lr-
/-.2A-G AtAaIIIIY7,-,TS were al arded the High-
est Pi emium. at the World' Fair in London,
1836627: and Gold Medal at axis Exposition,
•
They are celebrated .fo doing the best -
work, using a much small er needle for the
same thread than any other machine, and b,y
thelintrodaction of the in st improved. ma-
chinery, we are now able to supply the very .:
best machines in the world
THE QUALITIES' lir UCH, REC:031-
21,11._VD THEM ARE : 1. Beauty and Ex-
cellency of Stitch, alike bee% sides of
the fabric sewed. • 2. SU ngth, Firmness
and Durability of Seam t at -Ted not Rip
or Ravel. • 3. Economy of ehreag. • 4, At-
tachments and wide range of application to
purposes and 'materials.
The abeve e,ahbe had at e Branch Office
m Seaforth, from W. .N- W..te-sOes. '
• 1-1-1uo is also Agent fo.i. the 'celebrated ,
S
1/71,4.YZEIZ SBIFL.VG _AfA IIIINES, which
1
for •faciliy- tof managemen , neatness and
durability of stite i, and wir1
e range of seams
and innivalled as a Family 4'eWillg Maga:43:1e.
Thread, ilk, Twi.st, Sh Ales, Bobbin;
Needles, Sprins, Oil, audj all me,,chine ap-
.
plianees for sale at the Bra, ch Office at Sea-
,k)apirriledl.'6th . 1868 ..
1AT NWA.
orth, where machines in 7 be neatly re-,
:. SON, Seaforth
1- .
lOsly.
GUELPH
ELOD ON AND CAS
FACT• OR
BELL, WOOD
OULD intimate to. th
Dominion that they
lodeons and Cabinet Organs
on the continent, at prices a,
• any other good maker. The
tion and challenge coraparis
firm are practical Melodeon
Mr. Wood has worked as
the best faetories of Canada
States. His tuning hag inva
'first prize 'Wherever exhibit
locl.eons are all Piano styled,
anid durable than the portabl
All instruments are war
-years. -Perfect satisfaction
lustrated Catalogues contain'
from a great number of.celeb
sent free on application.
FIRST-CLASS PIANOS
Factory- and Ware -rooms
Square, Guelph.
W241. BELL, •
H. B. WOOD,• J. . WILKIE,
January 16.. 1868.
Co,
• public of the
anufacture
Uperier to any
low as those of ,
defy conipeti-
m. All of the
-fakers.
head turner for
nd the United
iably taken the
d. Their Me- -.
)eing more firm
style.
anted for five
aranteed. • 11-
g testimonials
ated musicians
OR SALE.
East Market .
t. W. BELL;
. MeLEOD.
ent, Clinton.
6-1 y
REDUCTION IN LOU111
SEAFORTH 'ILLS.
MITE Sdbscribers are now p epared. tosup-
.
ply thO inhabitants .$)f ekaforth with
FL.UR tk :FEED!
• AT REDUCED R1ATE$.
•.ORDERS 1.;EPT AT
erte
MILL •
OF ICE,
Or at W. Scott Robe EMI'S
Itaii4n. Warehouse
will have ieanaediate attentiorj, 'and be de-
liverea at the residence of the party.
V. A. Shear46 &c9
a
Seaforth, Dec. 2nd 1868. 2-3m.
a -a
At Leetko
ho 14114 be en'
ben, - received
-with the tat -o
• hall of the
•angle, ninth
• 3.4r1iiertq in- s
prisoners were
that the eittn.
15.-- -caused t
sv.ozilistIrrottbi,t;
r• .„-t!.e.eiryti soto 11;o:
sere nu of -
7and howling ,
ie had receiye
t'k;iity'-fivo 1.
twel ve striike
the cat. For
• he teas perfect
itud firmly
Nva
brought to thc
fr
• 4liki he groan
besk.tringly,
811tt of bus att
to his cjL
11 me
full of fear
e _
hen -Tits .
Solomon Bohii
to the ordeal
4in to put Oit
Though the
Was infinitely
Ile never ttttet
• stroke to the 1;
The
uituqnit
• sPecimine Of ti)
abut three a..
• Adis:teetered by
of
t
-e,tali‘,11e
,nnN'tlefile:Otzh
*
It was bieW1ri
• then. hollow
has engraves!
'ofist8aligioTi.l.:' a
e
the 'Iattstr
giass head, be
wbo h\ ed ab
numente tart.
then thie.
•On the e
which. belong
I, who reign.
•--figures of gl
stioilenen.i.to.‘itiTat:en,;
tlrdwings of bl
•7containing red
tlit)ioliiine:_ at .sntocipibil
iil,
• here must Ix
eonsequenee'
'Whieh tithe ea
the glasi-Vie
:and scene
•produtti
•ltutlae insa*me traue:
_found :‘no rnit
• specimen of t
served, eIt
by one41i-4cl i
in thickness,
*bird resembliri
• and varied ,6151
• mThe Most
titre xt-iiater
greater` sharpn
ball or the-
-Wings."
Themost'
'is that the pif
glass, so that -
figures. Ti
been mad s wa
of colored an
a manner as t
fgure at eae
threads weie
• thread. being
1. ar ef glass ti
to horizontal
course eoitai
cases of snnk
1ui1yti
acco:4
fin its maiml
int-ecorveseting
r,iint
• PoBAiLi
the returils
of marriage o
Slightly- supe
and ineompa
a widow oft
lapse a y
probabilitie8
•
being for
seven; fora
and for a-wid
flow of the
-the spinster
of five to one,
-ber mystieallt
live reaslinest
a ee of atul
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