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The Expositor, 1869-06-04, Page 1(AWE of the 1 kt, 1)unty ADV±.TXE rapers published in th IS MEWED AND PUBLISITED EVERY FRIDAY MUM ROSS & LUXTON re,i)q ORS AND PLTBLISTIERS. STREET, SEAPORTIL TEMS-$L 56 per annum, in advance - If not so paid, $2.00 war iavariably be , charged. RATES OF ADVERTISING. YEARLY AGRESMENTS. The following rates will be charged to mer - ants awl -others es -Ito advertise by the year?. endm no ease twill exceptions be Made: L One column for twelve months, - s ,S60 en for *ix months, — 35 un for three montS 20 00 olurnui fortwelve dries - - at ee for six.. plaudit, - - 20 04 for three radii -tits, - - 12 aa of a oltunuferetweive moaths, 20 oat ,fw six moieties, - • 12 for three months, t a 00. & r each line over ten, first iesertion, 0 08. L'aelt aebeequent hieertioi, - - 0 02. The number ef lines to tie reckoned by the space occunied, ineasured ley a scale of solid. Brivier.- Advertisemente1. ithtnit apaeifire directions rill be published till forbid, and charged ac- GEO. W ROS Proprietor. NEW IVIILLkNERY TRIK GLOVER, beketo announce to the I inhabitants of eteatorth, and surowicL- in that she haa opened a livAlt muli- iter3, inthe shop OPPOSITE THE POST OR-FICE STORE, Where she will atteud to all orders in hers me. Millinery, Stase.sping &c., and all kinds ni Fancy Workdone on the shortest notice. Seaforthe Feb. 25th 1809. 54-tf. BLACKSMITH SHOP. THOMAS WATSON Begs to inform the public generally that he. n still earries on geeeral Blacksmithing at his Old Steed. NEARLY OPPOSITE ARMSTRONG'S HOTEL AINLEYVILLE 1 Specie attention paid to Home -Shoeing. A.Mleyetillo, Feb. 9th, '69, Hi:R:AM COLL:DAY & SON, Jet -tuning thanks for past fav -ors, have the pleasure of annomming to the mer - !cheats and. business ram of Seeforththatthey are prepared to receive orders for all kinds or DRAY WORK. eerGoods handled with care, and satisfaoe tion guaranteed -1 January 2Iet, '1809. 58-1y- NI.OTFIER WONtERFUL CURE OF- ' CONSUMPTION IN CANADA. ES.% .5 YOUNG & CI1AMBERLIN,—S rs, 1' el it a duty I owe to you, as well as to the Welie to infester you of the most wonderful re of Consumption, accoraphslied in Mt rsen, by the use of the Groat Shoshonees emedy and Pills. I coughed a great deal t and nights expectorating a great quanti- - of matter, and had a great pain about ray - ft lung. I had cold chills every day, and vere night meats every night, and between e racking cough, and great sweating,1 was most deprived of sleep ; by these miseries. well as the loss of appetite, I was so I e- ced that I could hardly atand alone. I aa -ander the care of a physician for a ngtli of time, and finding no relief, cd different receipea, hut all without any od effect. Squire Peterson of Bath, re-- seecled me to use the Great Shoshoriees-• ,eraedy procnrecl three battles at once,- ith the Pills, so soon as 'commenced using 1 began to get better, and when 1 had flee • ed thi-a complement, the cough, expectora- of naatter, pain about the lung, chills,. eatiag, &a., left me ; and by continuing s use I became strong and healthy. It is - ever two months since 1 quit the reme- - wad there havebeen no symptoms of the seasse returning, and 1 have been, and ism w, healthier aud better than 1 have been r s• -ears. 1 trust you will make this known. the public, that they May be aware of the ember virtues of this truly wonderful lin- -- .Remedy., PETER C. V. MILLER.. esteem, Ceanty of Lennox arel 'Addington, ()uteri°. Te all to whom it way come. --This js to tify that I have been acquainted with the ove mentioned gentleman, Peter C. V- iler, _Esq., for many years, and have - hire alwaya to be of.thevery high'. respectability land a very candid and ditai,le person, arid r am confident that I afely -testicle for the truth of the above, aiiv other statement made by hire. itEV. W. F. ,$. IIA -ly 11-e-et(t. of •Ball, ROSS & LIIXTON, EDITORS & PUBLISHERS. "Freedom, in Trade.—Liberty in Religion.—EquaUty in Civil Rights." -GEORGE. W. •ROSS, iPROPRKTER VOL. 2, NO. 26. a SEAFORTH, FRIDAY JUNE 4, 1869. WHOLE NO. 78. HARP'S HOTEL, Livery Stable, and, General Stage Office, Main Street, •• R. L.SHARP,. Proprietor. Seaforth, Jan. 8th, 1869 534f. CAMERON, .BARRISTER AND Attorney -at -Law, Godertch, Ont Dee..14, 1868. 53_tt TT L. VIM -(.OE, M. Da C. M., • CIAN, Surgeon,.etc' . •Egmondville. stgineadville, Dee. 14, 1868'„ 53-tf.' • R W. R. SMITH, PHYSICIAN, STJR- JJ &c.- Office, —Opposite V eal'S Grocery. Residenee,—Main street, North,' Seaforth, Dee. 14, 1863. 53-ly CO.R0 N -ER: FOR, R tzriiitAeCCM. p oYa'nty.of.duronUFFICE and Itzeeseerle---One door East of the Methodist ensiseenal &lurch. ' Seaforth, Dee. 14, 1868. 53-ly T MetlOSH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Sodeitor in Chancery,0011Veyanzer, etc., Paris, Ont. Money to loan on farm "secu- ity: Terms. easy.. Offise—First fiat, 1-'azis iSetr Budding. Paris, Dee. 14, 1868. t•53-tf -DFetTdON & • MEYEPL., BA El RISTE RS , and Attorneys at Lew Solicitoi•s in Orinaeery and. Insolvency, 'Conveyancers, Notaries Public, &c. Ortioes, -Seaforth and. Wroeeter. JAS. IL' BENSON, IL W. C. MEYER. Seaforth, Dec, l Oth. 1868. 53-1y. & W. McPHILLIPS, PROVINCIAL kjt, Land Surveyors, Civil Engineers, &G. Ail manner of Conveyancing done with neatness and dispatch. G. ele:Shillips, Com- missioner inB. Office --Next door south of Sherp's Seaforth. Seefortle Dec. 14, 1838. 53-ly HAYS & ELWOOD, BAR RISTERei and Attorneys at Law, So- licitors in Chancery, Notaries Public, --Conveyancers. &a Office,—Over Mr. Arehibald's Store, Crabh's Block, Goderich, Ont.- Money to Lend- w. To.RRANOE HAYS. J. Y. ELWO0b., Seaforth, Dec. 14th. 186S. 53-1f LJ; McCLEA.RY, ATTORNEY -AT- I T • • AW Solicitor in Chancery, CODVey- ancer, &c., &c. Oilice—In Scott's New Briek Block. Money to loan at 8 per cent. Interest, on good Mortgage security on real estate. • Seaforth, Dec. 12. 1868. 53-ly W. HARRIS, L. D. S. Artificial Den- tures inserted With &lithe letest improvements. The greatest care taken for th'epreserVation of decayed and. tender teeth. Teeth. estracted without pain. Rooms over Collier's Store, . Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. -ly A RMSTRONG'S HOTEL,'A.--ND GEN- etie ERAL Stage House, Ainleyville, Onto, rio. This House offers the best accommoda- tion to. travellers. Stages leo.ie daily fer Seder% ond Wroxeter, connecting with stages to Walkerton and the G. T. Railway at Segforth. • W. ARMSTRONG, Proprietor Ainleyville, April 23,-1868. 20 ly TR. ROSS, Proprietor New Dominion t.) „ Hotel, begs to inform the people of Sea - forth aad the travelling community general; ly, thet he keeps irst-class accoramodatioe in every thine requited by travellers. A good stable and willing hostler always -on hand Regular Boarders will receive every necessary attention. Seaforth, Fe,b. 8th, 1569. 63sly ROL'S ...31 SISTERS., Attorneys -a in Chancery and Insolvency and Conveyancers; Solieito Bank, Seaforth, Aeents for • STEAD, BAR- -Law, Solicitors - Notaries rs for the R. C. the Canada Life Assunince el.B.—$30` 000 to lend at %. llou@es and Lots for sale. Seaforth,, Dec. 14, 1868. , r53 tf SMJJ& CROOKE ARCHITECTS,' &c., Plans and. Specilicetions drawn correctly, Carpentee's, Plasterer's, and Mason's work, measured and valued, Office -lever Goderich Auction Market, Court-liouse Square, God - rich. Goderich, April. 23, $1869. 70-1y. efOMMERCIAL HOTEL, AINLEY- kes viiie, JamesLeirdproprietor, affords first class a.ceoutodation for the travelling public. The larder and bar are always spplied with the best -the markets afford.. Excellent stabling in connection. Ainleyville, April 23 1869. 70.if. TAR. LITBELSKI, SURGEON CIIIRO- ,PODIST, respectfully informs the. public.: of See -forth, and surrounding cou.ntry that he is prepared_ to cure Corns, Bunions, Chile blains, Ingrowing Nails, Large Joints, and sil diseases of the human foot Guarantees 311ceessfu1 treatment, without pain or sore- ness. Office directly opposite Griffith Davis's Dry Goods Store, Main Street. Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. .54-tf ATOTICE.—LITTLE WONDER HAIR - 11 U utting and Shaving Saloon. ° If you want a good. Shave, or your hair cut, or Shampooned, as it ought to be, go to , the " Little Wonder,"i South side of Sharp's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. The Bath Rooms in connection will be opened to the public on Aril 1st. Lubelski's tonic for - making the b, sir grow and preventing it from eoruintt out, wq,s never known to fail. Sold in bottles at $1 each. Come and buy it. Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 53tf S. LUBELSKI. v PLEASANT SPRINGTIME. . The breath of spring is blowing,- love Along the coo e aud pleasant shore The Modest, blue-eyed violet Peeps oat in wood and vale once more. • The golden primrose firmly steeds On grassy lawn, and spreading lea, 4m1, in its gentle beauty, scents Fit int type of maiden purity. In su ny spots and st ade- haunts Tb4 larkspur hangs its purple bells, The. llright and lovely daisy flower 811' es forth in pleasant dells. Whe • An Abro Oe' And An And twilight's gentle hour appears, stars shine out o'er land and tea, a we'll wander thro' the wood., pleasant vale and flowery lea. here we'll tell Mir vows‘of love, fast will fele the joyous hours, - aught silall listen, and naught shall hear. . Sete sihmt stars. and gentle flowers. :Traits of ..LOAge'Wity, astonialted at •.the beneficial clange which took place in bis system, and in less than. a year he found his health completely restored. He ever after most rigiuly adhered to bis spare' diet, which amounted t� twelve ounces in all daily, and. consisted of bread, meat of he simplest kinu, yolk of egg, and. soup, wieu fourteen cunces of mild wiue. On this allowance he eujoyed perfect uodily health and vigour, and a, freedom froin all physical aliments His mind, teo; seethed to share in the bentlieial regimen. His passions be- came less irritable, his spirits more buoyant,' and his judgment more cool and cuaeiderate. Not only did this re- gimen procure him the enjoyment of excellent health, but on two trying oc- casions it enabled him to sustain disee- ters which have proved fatal to nut.] y others. While a grievous and protract- ed lawsuit was carried on gams by po .,-erful iiva1, by which his patri- monial estate was immediately endan- gered, joined to the 4agrin of being deptived a his _nobility through the 'bac' conduct of ome of relations, he ,remained cool and undistutLed till an THERE are -certain constitutions forth- honorable decivion at last was given in ed by nature so robust, with all the his favour, whereas his brotner and auimel organs. 80 tterfeet, that they en_ :some other relations' sank 'under the wile to a great age, even the defiance of all rules of regimen. They can beer i,oth excess and privatiouA mode if living that would be too.tich and stimu- lating tot ordinary frames, only condu- ces to their perfect health ar, vi go u r, while out uf poor nip±orial th ir vigor - (ins digesiion can concoct a IA holesome .ribu rid went, on which weaker stomachs would be thrown into disease and atro- Thy. It does not follow f on, this, however, that a strict regimen is use- less, or excess te the generdli is not highly in j u rio us. . constituted tempera,ent man pendent.of rules, and may re;.4 facts of their imfringetnent ; the other' hand, the observane of sobriety and moderation wP1 have a dedcled and wonderful effect on those constitutions in which there are such weakuesses as produce tae tendency to disease. • Generally spraa.king, too, it will be fouud that the niost perfe ttera- perteem:,s are less disposed to excess or irregelarties than feebler ales. 1 litre is a, happy c'onditio t of animal exist- ence in which the enjoyment of health., of simple fare, and of tfic. free air of heaven, are all the stimulenis necess- :ery wlale a, craving ler undue excite- ment is too frequeatly the character s- ac of an itreguler physical as well as dn en tal co ns tit u floc. The effect of health on longivity is no where more istrikingly exhibited, than the celebrated example of C.ornaro. Previous to detailina the case, howeve,r, it mitet be rerinirld, teat Cornero's canstitution appears to have been n• - turally of a peculiar kind, so that the strict regimen which he pi actiseu is not intended to be held up as a model for all ordinary livers ; ,his case affords, however, an instructive example of the effects of diet and regimen, both on the body and on the mind, and in this view -cannbt be too frequently appealed to. . Lewis Corner° was of a noble Vene- tian faraill, and was born about the middle of the fifteenth -century. 'T•Te appears originally to have been of an tkl'dent, sanguine disposition, fond of pleaiure ano enjoyment, and of excit- able passions. This temperment over - hurried him into a career of sensu- al enjoyment, which he pursued till his thirty fifth year. About this period his corstittition gave way ; pains in his se sides and stomach tormented him enjoyed uninterrupted good health till symptoms of gout niade their • . appear_ his death. dVaaced in years before a a,nce, with irregular appetite, thirst, Although he niarried early, he was and a slow coestuning feverIn this pretty far a . anxious wretched conditiou he struggfed on for child was born to him some time; trying the effect of medi- wish for a successor to his ample posses - eines without any benefit, while his dons was at last realised ia the birth Of . - constitution sank mOre and more, till a daughterThis, hisonly child, lie last his pnysicion declared, that nothing could rescue him out a total mother of eight sons and three ,daught- chane of his mode of Itfe, and a rigid eislived to see become a matrynl and die h restriction of his diet and regimen, 'treaties ' whieh be has left to posterity e'• It is delightful toread in the Cornaro had sufficient strength of mini the manner in which he passed his old and nrinne:s of purpose at last to ..dopt age- He seemes ttohave be one of this advice : he restricted his diet to those few beings especially tired by, the 'siropelest fare, and took of this a Heaven, and by his,practice so worthy very nioderate allowance—renotificed of its favour, as if in order to shew to ,the irregular dissipated life—avoided excess of heat, cold, and extraordinary fatigue --took timely repose—aad, in short, observed a strict and proper. re- gimen. In a very short time rhe • was y of Wen . happil be tin de- st the ef- idle, on e. of rules per,,ecutiou and died; On another oc- casion, he was thrown from. his Carriage and besides liehig much breised, had his leg and arm eiislocated. The most seerious apprehensions for hie life- were entertained by his friends Aid .physici- awe and the most active treatment wae urg-d upon him; but Confident in hi - own constitution, he would not eeen w , bleeding, cr other evaouAtions, and by the most sirr isle means recoveted in a very shott '..Mereover, it is known in What matulkl iflISS timaso as not to find life a birclen; seeing I can contrive to spend every, 'hour of ft with the great - etc delight and pleasure, having fre- quen of conversing with many hottorable gentlemen. Then , when I cannot enjoy their conversation I betake myself to reiteing of some good hook. When I have read as much as 1- like I wr'te., endeavouring - in this as in everything t� be of service to others to the utmost of my:: power. " At the same seasons every year, I re -visit some of the.uei,ghbotning citiep, and tee such of my friends as live thet e, taking, the. greatest pleasure in their coMpany and conversation, and by their means I also enjoy the 'con -versa, Lion of other men of parts who live in the same place, .such as architc cts, painters, Sculptors, musician, and bus- bandmen. But weat delights me most iu these journeys, is the contemplation of the scenery aud other beauties of the place§ 1 pass through. At the age of seventy-eight, in com- pliance with the entreat es of friends, be iticeeased his allowance both of solid and liquid. food by the rcblition of four deed children from three to five are on - ounces daily ; even tit's slight change ly fit for play. Those above that age 1 he found had such ear eT et upon him, make companions of ; and as nature has that in eight days, from Lie usual cat•e- beptowed very fine voices upon _ them, ful habits, he became pcevith and mel- amuse myself beside,s with seeing and ancholy, so that nothing could please hearing them sing and play on various hine and he wat; 80 strangely, disposed, instruments. Nay, I sing myself, as I that he knew not what) o saa to others, have a better voice now, and.d. clearer or what to'do with himself. , On the and louder pipe, than at any other pe- twelith, day, he was attacked with a riod of life. Such. are the recreations violent pain in the side, whiel. confirm- of my. old age.' ed for many hout's. and was Succeeded Thus the good old man continued to by a fever, which did (not leave him for enjoy life until he passed his hundredth a month, rendeting 41im restless an.d year. He slept away, without diaease sleepless, and reducing him to a mere or pain or agony, in the spring of skeleton. After this he attempted no 1556. further change in his usual diet, and The history of John Macalpin, a Highland drover, will foup. a good com- panion to that of Cornaro, as illustra- tive to the effects of temperance under geaere climate, -and in a different sta- tiosta- tionof life feom that of the noble Itali- an. John Macalpin was a native of Jura, one. of the .liebridian Islands. He: lived to the age of 119 years, and re- tained all his faculties till his death, his country, of his species, and of his boat, he fell, and 'struck his foot God—rescued ft•om a career of .sirriul against the ground. The contusion de- ! folly, he had his life extended to 100 generated (into user, which confirm - years, and spert an active existence in ed, under neglect Or had treatment, to the improvement of his estate, in ser- increase for two years. During title vices of the community, in the pleasures period he paid no regard to his diet, eat - of literature, and in the bosom of his ing salt meat, fish or anything that family—an old man, vigorous, cheerful, came in the way, and drinking frequen- and playful to the last, among a happy ily to excess. . The consequence was, group of playful grandchildren. - that nis constitution gave way, and the With all the excusable garrulity of ulser continued to_increitse. A Medical an ectogenarian, he thus tells of his friend to whom he applied, in order to habits : 'I will now give an account of compel him to give over his habits of my recreations, and the relisn which I life, took him to live at his house dur- find at this stage of life,- in order to ing the period Of treatritent 1- and by en - convince the public that the state forcing a strict regimen to his patient, have now attained to is by no means brought about a complete cure in the ,death, but real life ; such a life as by course of three months. 111acalpin, on many is. deemed happy, since it abounds his ietutn borne, was so inpressedwith with all the happiness which can be the benefiCient effects of temperance, enjoyed in this world. And this ',les- both for his comfort and health, that he timony they will give in the first place, ever afterwards practised it, and in cone - because tney see, anti not Wit110Ut ,the sequence enjeyed uninterrupted good greatest amazement, the g od state- of health fir the remaincter of his Jong health and spirits which now enjoy— life. As illustrative of local manners, how -I mount my horse without any as- it may not be uninteresting to give a sistance or advantage of situation, and detail of his mode of living. how I not only ascend a single flight of It was the custom at the 'time over stairs, but climb up a hill irom bantam all the Highlan is, and:especially among - to top. Then how gay, pleasant, and the common people of the isles,. to take gooc.Lhiunored I am !--how free from but two meals a day. They breakfast every perturbation of mind, and every about nine or ten in the monaing, and eietgreeable thought l—the plains, the supped about six or seven • this last be - hills, the rivers, and fountains, amid intathe principal meal: fol - which are situated many „line houses lowed this custom : he went to bed with and gardem. Nor am I prevented from the son, and rose with the lark. If he these enjoyments by any/ decay of my. went out as soon as he got up, and the senses ; they being•all, thank God, in morning appeared foggy, be generally their highest perfection, Oatticularly my ate a mouthful of bleed,- and no more palate, which now relishea better the till breakfastetime. His constant break. Simple fare.' eat vtlizrever 1 may be, fast was bread, butter, and cheese, or than it formerly did the most delicate eggs, with gruel made rofhalf-water and dishes when I led an irregular life. half-roilk Bus supper wite fish cr flesh But his enjoyments are not personal for the most. part boiled. Th -e flesh or stdfieh ; he enters warmly into the was boiled with greens or roots, the soup agriculturs 1 improvements of his coup- of whitlr was thickened with a little ti•y—the draining of marshes, and the oatmeal, -which he drank plentifully. melioration Ot the soil ; and looks. with Hub fish Was "geDerally boil( d as Much: aaxiong solicitude to i the completion of water as sin ply coverid them ; this extensive improvements of the port, as water was thickened unto a•eoup with likely to contribute to the commercial a, little meal and milk, and eaten along welfaiT of the state, of whose interests wieh all white fish. Bis general rule he speaks with all the warmth an ar- Was to rise from the table with an ,appe- dour of a true patriot. tite to eat more, and the liquids he usedLike all benignant characters, tne were always at least foar times the playful innocens of youth had beculiar qnantety of °solids. If be used harder charnis for him. He thus introduces exercise at _one time than another, he us into his domesic eveaing circle : ate a little more than seal ;hot at no ‘That re COrefort might be wanting to time did he go to excess, eat of but the fulnestrof my yeto's, whereby my one 'rt of food at a meal. He never great age may be rendered less irksom, drank water until it was previously or rather, the number of my enjoyments boiled,•and poured over a toast of bread iticreased, I have the additional comfort or a little oatmeal, and afterwards al - of seeing it kind of immortality in a sue- lowed to cool. This he used fo,. his con- cession *of descendants ; for as often as etant drink between meals. His bread I return. home I find thew before me, was for the most part made of barley - not one or two, but eleven grandchild.: meal but he a,lso ate oatcake when the ren, the oldest of them eighteen, aria others could not be procured:: He never -the youngest two ; all the offspring of indulged in fermented liciaors of any one father and one mothera-all bles' ed kind, except on two occasions during with the best of health—and, by what the year, and these were at the terms as vet appears, fond of -learning; and of Wbitesanday and Martinmas, when he good parts and morals. Some cf the went to pay bis tent • to the laadlord, youngest I always play with ; and, in- and thenorly very. sparingly. Drams he forswore ; but if obliged to be long in the cold, or exposed to wt, he took the yolk of an egg, a little honey, and a glass of whisky mixed together, and drank it off, but tliiS was only done on very rare occasion.. 'He used no snuff or tobacco in any shape. He took a 'great deal of exercise ; was -of an' active„ cheerful, and intellegent mind; free from passion, but when roused, was by no means devoid of proper manly come' age. In general, his manner was mild and forbearing,:and free of the irrasci- bility of an excited- teniperment. If at any time he felt Lis system ig the 'east deranged, • he had recomo abstinence, and the promotioti of a free, prespiration ; for the latter purl o he used at bedtime a warm drink &JO:M- ed of thin oatmeal flummery, stteetemit with honey, to which was. added a butter. He Wore the usual doAingipf the cotintry-La or belted plOad, with a piece of flannel oyer'the MOW of his stomach. In going* out ilk VA.: morning, he 'went through tlie - river or pool which came bis frail mortals what a beautiful thing a good life is even to this earth. Born in a geneial climate, the possessor of an ample estate, of an active,. firm mind and cheerful temperment, a lover of _ which When a boy he was rather of s.ow thus wail:rued all day with wet. t,00k place in the year 1745. and growth, and was effected with boils and feet 'very frequently fill he wei*O. , . _ b fj eruptions of the akin. Bis father died pelitH yl.sical !disease;eraranedtthe lestf ibitgrieffortt realar. ces at the age of. eighteen. ,For 'some friends who fell in the battle of oat - an left him in cemfortable crcumstan- m den, was thought -to ha.ve brought on years the nature of his business led hi his deatb, which he met -with Christian iuto dissipated company, where he was accustomed to drink hard, sit up • fortitude and resignation, at the ageof , -ate, 119 1years. t •-, ... . 4 — tinued till he was about twenty-four ......._...,..--....... an lead an irregular life. This he con- . ' laI - r, f, ouli years of age, when, in leaping out of a feeblewishes.*have wil °the .