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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Expositor, 1869-05-14, Page 47 a ".• ca • (0 oraluded Pofingt page.) l'he reader:will have no diffieulty rn seeing the applicability of these eircum- Stances to those appall-idol/teases, 'where , aueli thing'aa a mark 'shetva as a proof of a sapernatural visitation: The. .. • . Irish lady may Ireadily have risen M ,her sleep, burpedbe. hand agtyinst the, bed -room grate,Lartal, c6nStious1of art un-. pleasing itensatioa, though -130q awaken- ed brit, 'her &act, may- have [brined the whole story of :the preternatural - yieitation, precise,ly as the. Irish mate ittvented' the eircureattinces -coutiected with tl-e holy -water, •When we find that KWh all explanation of the matter is accordant with observed and 1-un1nest- 1ona'e1e facts it would aa irrational __TO Overlook i, an4 s€F.ek a- solution in a supposed breach of the lama 'of na- ture. • &aides, let us think of the, apparent reasons for the majority of spectral communicatioas,[sutpOsing them- ue • supernatural • (Jan we deem it accora dant with --,the dignity of that great Power Whieh orders the universe, that a spirit shoald be sent to warn a liber- tine lording of the- hour :of his. death, • as was held. to be ,done in the famouS ease of ,Lord Lyttletehl.- Or- -that a spiritual messenger should be cora-aria sioned to walk about an bld manor - house, dressed . a . white • sheet,- aed draggiratt clanking chains, for n0. better purpose than to frighten old women, and •servant -girls, as &lid to be done in: :all .haaatedehamber cases / •Or that a sup- ernatural being should be charged with the notable task of tapping on bedheads pulhng down plate, 'and making . clatter among tea -caps, asia the case of the' Stockwell ghost, and a thous- and -others/ The supposition is •mons trous. • If to any one inhabitant of this- atarth—a _pretty • at0111;-oceupying a. -speck of a place on a ball which_ is it- self an insignificant _unit among mil- lions of - sphereSe-if-to such a one a. supernatural communication was deigtii- ed, certainly it would be for some, I/Lir-- pose_ worthy of the all wise Communi- cator, and fraught with importance to the recipient of the message, as well, perhaps, as to his _whole, race. Keep- ing this- in mind, • how absurd do the majority' of our apparition s.ories ap- pear " . A Vearful peet4. A :Chinese •merilhant having been eonvieted of murderino hie wife, dal j idges determined to _punish hira itt each a way as to inflict the utusost amount of suffering, and at the same . tinse strike terror into the hearts of all those who might entertain the idea of following the example. • Ile yeas aceordt ingly condemned - to die by acting de- psived .of sleep.... The prisoner was placed in confinment under the,care of three of tee Nike nerd, who I'd:level eteh other every alternate hour, and Werp iastructei to stipplv htta with a fdllIallowance 'of -food mid drilik, but who' prevented him falliocetasleep night or day. At first the C01171e111116a •ELD113 1 lougratulated himself oa the. mildaes; f his punishment and was rather dis- posed to regard the whole matter - as. a joke. The eacitenteet of his situation tended to keep him awa,ke and for a • day or so his guards had little to do. By the third day, however, he began to teel: very uncomfortable. Bis eyEs were red, his moutht. wits _parched, his skin dry and hot, atid his head._ ached. Theee•symptoma 'continuect to increa, in - intensity, and at the commencement of the 8th day hi§ sufferings were so acute that he was at times :deliriouS. In his moments of reason he begged the authorities to put an end to his /mit ferings. He implored theta . to grant him the. blessed opportunity •of being atrangled, gullotined, burned to death, drowned, gasTotted, shot, quartered, blown up with 'gunpowder; cut into small pieces, or killed in any conceiv- able way their' humanity or ferocity • • might dictate. All was in vain ; his tormentors coolly did -their work till :there was no occasion for their interfernce. A period was reamed at which he could not have slept eVen if left alone .7 The wain. was foodin,g on the products of his own disentergration, strid sleep waS impot7sible. He wag now .;insane. Illusions of his sigict and hearina were almost coastant, and erroneous fancies fillets his. thoughts. At wie moment he fight his guards with the fury of a'maniac ; at the next be cowered with terror before some imaginasy monsterand then, relapsing into calmness, would smile with delight at some enchanting vision which flitted through his mind.' Finally itature gave way altogetherHe lay upon t1 e floor of his prison, breathing slowly and • heavily, °stupor then ensued, and on the - innteenth day, death releasedhfin from his sufferings. In a church 116-' t f:LAr frotn this, city, the ladies, having re -carpeted it, put up 11. notice requesting, all gentlemen -who chew tobacco to "leave their mouths at the door." THE SEAFC)}1TH EXPO ST'140 ,R.. f A Josh Billings a Rea i Estate .A.gent. k 4.) I kin sell for eighteen hundred and -as tf) thirty-nine dollars a palla.a, a net and -,- pensive recirmetit, 10cated onethe virg- lafl1/e 1/0 P CD PJ in :banks uv the' Hudson, kontaining 85 k grant Life at the,Oape of Ciood , . '• i4c.-4pe. - ' ' • he subjoined letter ., to L)ndon pa - pets, giveS a vivid picture of ernigartut- lif at :the °ape :— .. ' co ' This -is. a mrmountain county, and is ered -with' •sheep • •aad..cattlef ...tans: by the band of natuae and arf into pas- . . Ou - prineipal export- is wool, and we tures and tillageainto p1 'in and deela am yieing With each °thee which .can vity, into steles abritpb ess and darn- ', a -et it up in the best manner . The ance"aw Mom,stufted n.eddor ; streams hot ses .a.te thinly s -at- e ed. , I keep qv sparkling gladness (thick with tron9 A fe and there is not a white inasfe dance thin this wilderness of laity to boi se to be -Snail from oars. . -Sheep the low moosic uv the cricket and grass - far Dill°. is a pro . 0 , fitable undertaking, and- , hoppen The evergreen sighs ILS the me often do Well wl.o begin with a evening zephyr flirts thru is shodowy .1it le. [landed with only , a crowfl. in buzziiii, and •the serpent trembles ltke my pocket, and I bebe-an again after, the - tle love smit ten heart of a de msd wa in . 1851 with eigilt sheepe. x have Fruits of the tropike in golden 'laity on, sol I nearly -1500, and killed nearly 100 the bows, andthe be go hevy and . we: thers a year . of late -years, and .:'I sweet from thelields to their gtreer in hoe e-1400 left, which cost •the II.00, hives. The mansion is, uv Patian mer - an the rams 112v. -Ibis year. the 'ide, the porch is a single diainond set wo I money,. I eapect, will Jay • the - with ruLeiz, and the a other tv Pearl Pj ront, of tuy • two : places ; . pay my two the.floors are of roseWood, and the ces shepherds, -and leave' £20 otter. Then- lins are more beautifal than the start y we have slaughtered: aeventrfive wet - fie -s, and we have 540 increase beside:: vault int lieaviu. . :Hot and cold water . . 0 0 bullbles and squirts in ever -, ap:trtmeat all those killed tor ,whiete haVe died,- and nothin ia-,7 nted that a pet could n' Si .4 mouth:. avocit dirty, is sold" here' at pi for or art c uld taa-ti.e. . CO fro ). 4c1 to 5d. Tani lba ; Washed. (-sprung), The stables are worthy of the Fteeds- tha . is the sheep 'pitched inro„the Water; .uv Nimrod and the s ucts we Akillee 8d 9d, washed.white, 4s to Is Id for and its henry -was ill. expresac ly for ou - year's gro w th. .1 heard' of some the birds uv *Partuti :e ; wbilo son) ore fet hing as high as is 1 ld at the Lond. in the distane, like the, cave tiv a her - On ool, sails. I :mil giving. Yoti atis mit, glimpses are caught - of the dog ,it if news to show you life at the Cape. house. Here poets bey come and warb- I pty my -black herds' 10's a month, ledthAir. laZe ; liere - sculptures hey f y L. tobacco a week. -2 11)meat and 1 skulpt j here painters have robben the. l Le seal, (Indian coi-n. t r K :air coal)) -S2etie of dreary landseypes, and her a d sit, and a glaSe of good Cape &telly a the philoSefer the study which made da (at night). They'have no rent to 1; aim the alkernist of mitur. Next pay , ail,(1 get grazing. for th'Iir cattle • northward tiv this thieg uv buty, sleeps an , go•ats often (net here). -.They- are the demain of the Datke John Smith : fat, for theyhaveabltridance of food ; while southward ° aid neer the spice. Inc Ian corn and Kaffar eorn (round breathing tropiks, May been .eeit the mil et), 4s to 6S . -for 200. lb. -net. Good o1as,taa.tia ; , ;el vtay uv the Earl Brown and fat, weathers 8s 61; ewes, 48 6d. to 8.8 Dechee wideler Betsy Stevens. Walls GI I once bought a goat, which _after uv primitive roeli, laid in Rorqen ee- dr eliCtiti 5: the fat and skin; left the car- went bound the 'estate ; while 'upward 'as ..for 2s 6d, and. nearly. as -good as and . downward the eye ketches, far ,l -a rs..flosh.. I onee also ty.i n el t- a ewe away, 1 . 0 . arandto. the magesty and slow for 4s 6d, aot a nice. lamb froth her, uv the ,Hudson. As the young mem. the -1 she gree fat. -and I slaughtered hingslike a curling of silver front the her : she weighted 50 lb: without the blue breast ef the sky, an angel may .offal; In fact, this 's the pla.ce to live be seen- each,night dancin with golded ehe tp -and one of the most healthy di tiptoes on the green: tna es in the world. Perhaps it 114s 'N. B.----4-This angel bee as hot to day as any day, with a place. hot wisd ; now to -night it is delightful. ' Di:la-rams ken be seen at the offls riv sue ti a nice copc-lasm eeze , coea up aaw le e the btokee. Terms flatterin. None the Sea. ,But We are high Tip. The but principles dt al b with. Titles as 'W•i tterbeig is 8400 ftab )V0 the sea, pine as the bretth of a white male in - 1 st ppoSe As e ate 1500 ft. ta 2G00ft coat, and possessions • given with the low ir. We have lots of fi.uit—i eaches, lark. :For Wore fnli desmiption 'read apt' tots,*pears, and plums ; but .qiiinces Ovid's art tivt: or call (in '.your carriage) are the beat to -make jam. of, -or foripies on or juddiugs, and to drY,they last so lon ' and are so ;11)111'1cl:int Then .w'gt hay, rhtibarb, for pies, at two seas( Ili spri g and autunme I generally getl a' fevS currants, or rather 1 used to do SO, bes les strawberries, and 'gooseberries 1-m4d hundreds this year ; hn t.the-birds eat helot as they nave time die apples ; the are all gone. But never mind ; time are plenty inoee about In fact, Sir, things, are plentiful; living cheap, ren- low, but firewood scarce, and a mai or woman must be careful of it. Go (t farmscoat lOs an acre ; poor ones, Gd to is 6c1, to - bey; to have, and to -twit] :forever, if the lawym s will let you. Oti ltw.of inheiitanee is a ctivje N il ,' divide, still some people are as 0111113 h . There-. ere some splen- did farms, with very- industrious men on hem, most of whom have :get on by the r own or their fathets' inclustrv. stoti0 ef the.farrnets are -planting -cott- on, eeffee, and linseed, and they. de wel 1 The natives t's•o not like. work, the, :eant live so cl eip. I had tweivs of tie natives, a mixed lot, yesterday, she ring sheep, -and they gpt throurth 400, 411 but one. I. paid Gs thetone to death, upsetting horses: end waggons, h u o died NV (-lath ers. It avas very hot ; .1 - smashing chitken koops into fliaders but they do not wear -many cl ot..1 CS. ----- • - • • acres. • The land isluxurioualy 'divided -- - (Toes with the JOSH BILLINGS. Real Estate Agent. Freetkii§ of an Elephant• The most remarkable events in the career of any menagerie ce cured in Fm - est, Miss., last week, during- a Inpriaing exhibition of the great Mexican gym- nasitus and menaaerie be hrta-e- de- • • n Herculi s, which had been pee- vish and unruly for several days, be- came frantic when a rustic foisted on him a piece of tebacco. The elephant ;woke his chain, after some violent struggles during whieh the large crowd fled in the 'wildest haste.,—The ponder- ous beast attacked a freight train that was swiftly approaching, Striking it with such force that 1-e broke a tusk, was overset and instantly killed. The locontotivewas thrown of the tract, 11111 into the, 'canvass tent erected beside the read, butted into the- lion's cage, killing the lioness rind freeing her mate. Thelatter took a. flight out of town, scaring p aiding country folks nigh int and otherwise violating rural etiquette: At hist adVanees twenty mounted hone men, with guns and doge, were pur- suit of tie 1.-oyal monster. MEN WANTED.—The great want 0 the age is men. Men who are not fat sale. Men who are honest, Falllid ft cm centre to ci e inft nce, tine to tl.e heart's core. Men who will con- demn wrong in. frif nd or foe, selveS ;1l t]idn- as well as otlikrs. Men whom consciences are as steady as the needle to the pole. Men who will stand for the right if the Heavens totter and the earth reels. Men who can tell the truth and look the world and the Devil right in the eye Men that neither brag nor run. Men that neither flag nor flinch. Men who can have courage witheut shouting to it. Men in whom the courage of everlasting life runs still, deep and sti-ong.---Men who do not cry or cause their veices to be heard on the streets, but who will not fail nor be disconreged till jitdgment be set in the earth.. Men who know 'TURPENTINE their messaae and tell it Men who a BENZINE, know their places and fill them. Men 'VARNISHES who know their own business. Men !who will not he. Men who are not to GLA.SS, New York paper says : "Doctor I lazy to walk, and to proud to be poor. tisc„ ie explo er is really happy until have earned, and wear what they have care of ats. experienced Chemist, _ The Dialg.Department mader the &lima! s wishes to o-,0 North again —No Men who ale willing to eat what they MO c I 11 Oa teeil ty the wiil n un el s 200 accl she ifcl to ft.o ses, 1 the %Ali the don me a g( bee ind wai Mal Wit it. 011 -he i as I titi a sa:rt., and that very ehort. Goveinor Fa id in his last speech :the surecy( WI were surveying six- clistricts, so their will soon be plai- t.' farms to "let ; they are letting for twenty -mat yettas at what they fttclat---froui £20 ,to i',120 per an- . • Now is the time for ycung fmna to come out ; they could:get from to- 6000 acres at the anove pric ,s, eding to quality ; .hey could Lily to stock the land for 4s 6d, to 6s e ch, cows 30 to .E5 °oats 4s 6d, s 6d ; angerar, lOs to £i0; horses, 30s to LO ; plenty of "kaffar hors s to lOs ; and if they will shea- r Wool once a -yerr and wash it t either on the cheep's back or at ashirg-places and send it to Lon t will pay. So would preserved .There are many ways Of getting • d living here. , 'Many a big ox has bought for 30s. But, Sir, it is trious labouring men we ; for instance, I waytt a white to _take care of my c'teep ; to ata them uPon the mountains to reug% have a niee van, mhde of boards -o Wheels, for him to sleep in ; but utt watch the sheep niglit'and day, used to do." . 7t3 bro rrrst t'd ("4 rxri cis C.5 • C • " -a o co• g esh Stock .1 Opposite INT-e-CARYS Old Stand. Saforth, Itch. 12, 1869. 63 -ti r IF YOU 'WANT A rirr:r4 AGENTS WANTED. 1-110 lake ordem for limit Trees, &e. fle coming 811311111a, f-0.' FirstA:lasi .Rochestey.Numery, , at present dolies layge business in this uounty. Liberal Commieft. - ion allowed. eferenees reee.ired. Apply by letter, post- mid, to CA.M.P.BELL. Gen. .A gent, - April Oth, 1869. 1 47? GO TO T.J.SIMONS' ID CD T. 1 For Fresh 03-sters, Sardines, Lobsters, Pies, Cakes, and Sweets of every detcription; CALL AND EE d E4 gj More of Those. .63 1,2 - Dollar Suits ! 141:; AT • 9 OLEG ITO.RAT • A Choice Seiecti:ir o()'i and 'West of England PLOUGH tet GET A ‘`lVibtor" or Improved "Yoeum.'t Steel Mouldboard, ; that ,.ave heen ren for a short TWEEDS! AT ASTOHLSITLYGLY LOW PRICE& —A few Sewne- Machines for Sale true. Just Vie th ne- for Tailors kr:Dress-- From JOHNSON Dui"? rea-aers, Call and zee them working. . TAKE NOTICE THAT JOHN HA LDAN, has been', alaohatecl Official Assignee for the County'. ,of Huron. Office at SEAF011.TH,---/j. ORTEB. S. Office at Goiaznica,----Direct opposite th0 Post Office. Gockirich, March 5th, 1868. 13-tf. M LL1NERY DRES, AND MANTLE.MAKING. i SS MI NTOSI-11 NIT:SITES to announce to the ladiesi#C I V beaforth. and vicinity; that she is pre-; pared to execute all orders with neatness.a.nal despatch, and in the latest style and fashieat "ra N'T numerous customers and the publie • xy generally will nItase not for -et that 1 of the season, ' . , From her experience in the abovebuswea,s, have Removed from -the Old Staid to the she hones, by unremitting attention to thoi OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, wants and tastes of those who may favor with a call, -to merit a liberal share of pu.bliie] Into Scott's New 3 story Brick Block, next • to Kidd &. store, and directly patronage. 40 -ROOMS over Corby's Store. Entrancel south of Ilickson's new store, whi re 1 have Second Door North of the Telegraph Office. built the best Galkry in the County Cispeci- 69-3m.:: ally for my own work, being large and corn- 4, Seaforth, April 2, 1869. modions, and with the pm -Kir acceuic light being the only Gallery in .8eaforthconstrnet- ed on true photographic The - only light that can reflect the triit Features: I flatter myself that 1- can satisfy all wlin may Remember, 1 don't want your money for nothing ; I am bound to please or no pay. As miry have had pictures in tieafOrthl but were dissatisfied, baying conforinded my. name with another,,I woukl rtquest if you FIE subscriber has received his first in- stalment az Seaforth, '"'"• 18. 67-3m . FL:ZANE/C. RAI: ;21C -E'S • Old 'Established PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY REMOVED "CANADA •wAr EIOUSE in Scot?s Prick Block, SEAFORTH. want a. good pictore, properly made and dnrable, that you ask for Frank Paltridge, • ; Don't ask for Paltridge's, only, lefit Frank PRINGGOODSL tPhailifititheCy In‘ralengoing to get a picture made th ecausemany - by Frank Pliltridge; but by a mistake, in , not going to Frank P.'S, 'get sadly disap- pointed. LADIES & MISSES' Brown, 'Black, Colored awl White STINDOWNS. GENTLEMEN'S Straw, Canton, Panama, Felt, All -Woo and Merino HATS - V .1 Decided Bargains in Union, All -Wool and. BRUSSELS CARPETS. Also some very choice Gunpowaer, and 13 L .A. C S Sugars, Syrups, Coal Oil. &e. CLOVER AND TIMMY SEEDSt, --A large stock of BOOTS & SHOES exe pedal in a few days. wHighest price paid for Butter, Emil: &e, ARCHICALD NeDOtTGA.L14,1 Seaforth, 'Aprili 1869. 53-ly 300 KEGS JAMES' 140. It AND 13EST QUALITY LINSEED OIL BOILED AND RAW. 12rASK FOR, AND GO TO FRANK, In the Brick Block, up one flight of stairs, and tarn to the right hand. My specimens at the door are all own make, and are not bought or borrowed tc,- 4coy the public. , ; Come any day, Frank is alway,s at 'home and in Goa Toi7per. Pictures of deceased carefully copied. bite, any kind of Picture desired: Remember, it is to ,r rattridge's atm ha' to go to.get a good" Photograph. Revs ami rich Furniture, Scenery? &c,, that will make p.ntr picture Ionic 11CA and, wont% sending to your friends. Who does net know FRANK PALTRIDtit ? Seaforqi, Jan. lith. 53 -kr Note The Fact it VRAT IQ Pal:fridge's E GALLERY, Is ovs complete with. a new LAi4DIE:171. iliStRUIVIENT0 EW kgrounds, &e. None but: first- ass pieture.s taken, and sa.tisface- tion gtkara, teed. GALLER over Smith's Office, next 00 tot Meyer's. Seaforth Aug 13, 186S, 36-6m. J.( SEATTER EXCHANGE BROKEE ct4 And deafer in Fare DHUCgi CHEMICALS & DYE STUFFS. - At Johnson Bro's., s tailed to come back." paid for. ISeaforth, April gth. 70 it. M. PEARSON. 1 January 21.st, 1869. ea The inflateitde pa De /10 11;43.3. . 'The De ic impel ,taentis aletined tole f:ar,eof SO 1(t. The 1114n4, utpitant to tr0n..eivi,1 which in A-si»41e .eentat under aalea. oieratie gover treated with. a 6.011. This pi i t Ij1li i otte of safeguardsof power, be so OftOil to the papiel. Hie oyinitmsl, repres( troAft p gi.tythe ema /Med nationa—Vactler this I'M merit, dem ki 711i-e;s5i, 0.4 of an. arsto :racy, is real - goad'account ; and v11 tit the prejudices; off '0 -el his direet attsbantaaitiey; is, A guarantee 'th it he their'obesth itt aris47.0.1716A.%, - - 'CO:Id-erred ACIWW gogne is 'iZeaessf,il, tbot Ay arra agtinst on. the siaelof the art the alititocrakic, ov tweet gove!nmen Another gieat Winge- this irequent ch:ingi.of practioal katowled gOVerilllienurto -the Teo" going up in. the shape O petitione fttrt red 4.?„Srs from tbe. peeple to. tie tne'iiri the ere -t If layer.% in ;i:_)oragretis, 4.11 lave .otr tea:tit/tatty in pa Stead of Yealrs imsse- a in of Geek and Latin been deep JAI su h questi ,es of national wealth7, foreign trado, the -eJsp Manufactni-es ano nature of p-apernioney,' taxatiOn. Stieret of this industri- the unioapWed..develo.pai enterprise. , - • D.,,mocraey is the It government; as it contal the power to generate own powlei4 Po7,Tin. lo ii ning and tdent, win be chltivated foi-th and the constant ,retnrj to the pe,olile will'oper4 check to tlfe ins thity 2i iii demoerlq the tour of the world; the monstrous err.:rs s - :minds, linkl)s, and heli ,ers of tt-e -Worla Mora -lit Does not the m ap of the old 'school, put the start on the ..ivro intei-ested actions are g graceful ; that the deeds are ibottom:. lanthroa and tbe j , These17.3i rtites.nra7lei has neitheii• wants lior vwni 4)44 offnli&O. Ithroue.b. y xnent it cannot oast -witnout . : and -lodging_ The yo from the 1 trammels searches for such ideal worlu, and can only siom to t alliongst swindlei% 18 deMved, 4ind pendu the other ttieme, an hevmg nil niankin4 impart1li111 examm aDy of hisactions, that he g;Oe the prefei • not do- otherwise, to ti tho Tut at the time ai est quantum of pleasw on. One day, wa along the 'Bav goneteatt of his tipy A -foreigliner pere plunged in and saved on the shore galler* were IaviSh Of their /) Fo /141" sag,he, in what 1 htive' done that it g.tve mem dro-wning; than td most -correct 3of j would be to give Always exident, ami atto, e all selfish la, third p itty his nod mustbe florever A. repparl w-TMtotile 141t, said ,Agusta, and tOol.,c Right beside vie sat /of the back toWIIS dinner More at a Before his plate sat ftaalf.itihIge kwt1;.!11.-,tlirg)wicialsig•: on the things, he u in less t!tan no tim- 'his mouth. A' -ii grinders • the te irs e At last, spitting hand, lie.1;3.111 it 4 his plate, ard with a whole table in, a Just lie their an