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of horses. The minister sold the.j con
tract, and made•a handsomexthing of it.
The government was cheated. A Com-
unttee of Congress. in looking i upon
frauds in this city, turned .up th •' con-
tract.
on-tract. In a repdrt to Oongres , the
general and the minister were n no
camplimenuary terms. While these
tr:hnsactie'us were going on in New
York, the General was in the field
where thickest,
attle was the here. the'� ;�.
maintaining ahe • honor of the flag..
•t.in' which hi name was dis
The reUoi hie
honorably mentioned. reached him.- His
indignation was roused. `J TI -e sent a'
letter to the speculating preacher, sharp
as the point- of iris word., He told.
him 'if he did not clear him every way
onneoti in- in the.
from. all dishonorable
transaction com-plaine 1 of he would
shoot him in the stir et s. soon as he
fmI�
man
to New York, e was
quite as likely to do it. as to say .it. He
added, that it wasq uite enough for hurt
to put his life in peril on the 1pattle-
field for the national cause, without be-
ing slandered by apecnlators at home,
who were lining .their pockets ait the
1
e - cerise of a bleeding country. •• The
1
frightened preacher made haste to make
the demanded reparation..
These portraits are drawn free* life.
AP icture of New York Would not be
'graphic a,nd -tine without them. The,
b
character
�•� and g . standinof siich are
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well known in the City Hall. They
are held in as light esteem by the re -
P
s eGtable clergy of the'city, and by the
•
honorable men of then .own
tion, as they are by the speculators
whom they attempt to imitate. •
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SNAKD "STORY.—We . have just -re-
ceived particulars of a : veritable snake
story, which as conies from unimpeach-
able authority, is not to be classed with
the numerous lqunchausen. yarns of the
same name. Whiled number. of boys
-were playing yesterday, ' .in. a.. field ad-'
1 � by
joining the woods' in the rear of the
race' course one espied in the grass . a
Jong black reptile 'of the species known
in the Western States as the' " black
racer." but very rarely islet `with in
Canada. The ' discovery- was immed.
lately announced to
a lively chase ;•come
s'iip made: for a, pile
of the field, and had b
his body secured; when a daring Urchin
-- seized his tale,,an]. by his valorous ex-
ample induced the rest to take hold also.
Then came the ''tug of war. The- at-
tempt was about to be abandoned, when
a happy idea struck one of the boys,
who accordingly, bent down the top of
a hickory sapling, and, with the assis-
tance of the .others, made the snake's
tail fist by tying it with all the fish -
lines which the party could Muster.
The expedient succeeded to ;a charm.
After about .half an hours straining the
sapling prevailed, and Mr. Snake was
dangling in • the air, when the boys
quickly despatched him. He measured
over six feet. -St Oatlzarinas :Limes.
is companions, and
enced. His snake-
if stones in a, corner
got about Half of
PROOF READING.—There` are a good
many people who think proof-reading
one of the easiest things.,in the world,
,and who get very impatient over mis-
ta,kes in books' and newspapers: A
writer in a.recent number of the Ga-
laxy gives sohle iu.teresting 'instances of
. typographidal errors. He mentions
one edition of the Bible which contains
6000 mistakes. He gives the follow-
ing example of the dif i.culties in the
way of getting out a perfect book.
Soule, professors of the , University at
Edinbur&li reaelved to publish a book
which she aid be a model of typegraphi-'
cal accuracy. Sid proof-readers were
employed ; and -after it was thought to
be perfect, the sheets were pasted up
in the hall of the 'University, and a ; e -
ward of two hundred and fifty dollars
was offeree- for every mistake that
should be discovereu.
was printed it was fol
t.lined several er ors,
title page, another -In
the first chapter. TbE
are believed to be enti
ro. s are an Axford' edit
•
When! the book
rid that it con-
ane being in the
she first line in
only books that
rely free from er-
,ion of the Bible,
a London and Leipsic .l Horace, and an
American repr>'tt of Dante.
The Belleville Inatelligenzer says: "W
H. Palmer, field geologist, informs us
that amongst his other discoveries'in the
granites and slates of Tudor is a. strong
vain of autimoniai galena,( a sulphuret
of antimony andlead,) which from its
situation in a true -auriferous granite,
must naturally lead to -somethin rich
in depth. Even as an ore of antimony
and lead it is an -iniportant:discovery,
Also, in the same neighborhood, fhe has
found and opened a=`wesin of copper ore,
containing blue malachite and gdld
A true picture of despair, is a pig
reaching through a hole in.the-f f nce to
get a cabbage that is only a few inches
beyond his reach;
Last summer the grasshoppers ate up
half an acre of tobacco for a ma.atin
_Lowe., a,icu Ninen the owner went; out to
look at it they sat on 'thefenge and
su ;uu•te ..t tobacco juice in his 'eyes.;
tXPOSIT011 SE.A.F'VRTH
The Pacific RaailvvaY.
A TB.IP THROUGH THE AMERICAN DESERT.
Promontory Point, where the Union
P .c ifie and Central Pacific Divisions of
the great railway join, is neither city
nor solitude neither camp nor settle-
ment. It is bivouac without comfort.
it is delay without rest, it is sun that
kali that blinds. It is
scorches, 14 lid al
vile whiskey, vile cigars, petty gam-
bling,
ambluig, and stale newspapers at 25 cents
apiece. It would drive. a morbid mind
to suicide. It is thirty tents upon the
Great Sahara, sans trees, sans water,
sans comfort, sans everything. • •
For Hours we wore in view of Great
Salt Lake, now cr ssing. arms of it up-
on trestle work , now skirtinga its
northreu bank, where thousands of acres
are white with fine salt deposited by
floods, and now miles away, but catch-
ing, through breaks in the hills, �,lim p
ses of its deeilla blue waters, and its
mountain islands , tipped With snow.
Passengers who would really see it and
enjoy a delicious bath, 'should. stop for
a dayin the vilage of Ogden.
Another -d upon the -desert.' It
seems to stretch out on the crack of
doom. Nobody can . realize the great
work this has been until he takes the
1.)iig ride of four or` five days or nights
through dreary wastes of unbroken soli-
tudes. On this . inuuediate portion of
t''ae road the a,lkalia water wouid corrode
bo•lers and destroy them. For a hun-
dred
•miles therefore , water is carried
in trunks upon platform cars, for the
locomotives. A. supply will ultimately
be brought from the Truckee River,
thirty-three miles, through bored tam-
arack logs. Several stations are al-
ready ftrniWed inthis war from. springs
six or eight miles dtstant. On the
Union Pacific, also, througli the Bit-
ter Creek country, water is carried
-thirty or forty miles upon trains to.
overcome the same. difficulty.
For the last night .(tles4, fifth since
leaving Omaha) we go to bed in a sleep-
ing car. At dark the air is sultry •
but we beg'n to' ascend; before midnight
we call for blankets; at daylight we
wake among noble forests, and -grand
snow • drifts, with Donner Lake, cool,
blue, and sparkling, on our left. Adieu
to -'the desert !... Hail to the Sierras !
Were ever there pines, and spruces and
firs, so darkly green before, or the
mosses on their trunks so brightly yel-
low, or the tuimbling waters of such
foamy whiteness ? Were 'ever the
rocks overhead so vast and threatening
or the chasams ilelow so deep to our
standing eyes.
•
Animals Sagacity at the North Pole
According to the Esquimax, the seal
constructs its habitation beneath the
surface of the ice in such a manner that
it ; can enter from the water below
here the young seal passes its infancy,
and when the icturning heartof.sum-
rner has destroyed its igloo, or ldwelling
the young seal is old enough to take
care of itself ; by this mode of lodging
its young beneath the ice is well -known
to the bear, who with its keen scent
soon detects the whereabouts of the
seal's nursery, and in order to gain t.in
entrance the bear, retiring a short dis-
tance, makes a spring and comes down
with all its weight on the roof of the
igloo, crushes it in, and_immedintely
•seizes the young seal with its paw.
Here it might be supposed tee hungry
bear at once devours its prey; but no,
itis to weary to do so ,, it knows full
well that where there is a babe there
must of necessity be a mother, and then
she. will be in search of her darling
therefore theT bear scrapes away the
snow from the sealx hole, and holdings
the young sealx by the flipper allows it
to flounder about, and when the mother
approaches, the bear slyly draws the
young sealx towards it until the old one
is within reach, when he seizes her
with the other paw, and thus captures
both. The mode in, which the hear
captures the sealx on the ice is very sim-
ilar to that' followed by the Esquimax.
When at a distance from the sealx, the
bear throws itself down and , stealthily
crawls or hitches along towards
the sealx, and if the sealx. looks upit
lies perfectly still, and makes at the.
same time a noise which lulls the seal
the bear, repeats its operation until
approaches its victim so near that es-
cape is impossible, when it falls a prey
to Bruin's appetite. Another mode of
obtaining food' by the bear is to watch
from a cliff the movements of the walrus
who are fond of sunning` themselves on
the rocks, and when one of these has
t•tken up a convenient position for the
bear's purpose, the latter lifts a large -
piece of rock, and, with astonishing ac
cahracy, throws it down on the animal',
walrus is only stunned
es down, and with the
-is its victim on the head
until it is dead. When attempting to
capture a seal in water; the bear si
its body beneaththe surface of the
leaving only the head above wa
• which resembles a piece of floating
when the seal raiaes its head above
surface, • Bruin quietly sinks, a
swimming, under the seal, sezes it.
head. if t
the bear rus
rock hamm
s
ea,
er,
ce;
he
gid,
PROPERTY FOR SALE.
JOT
.No. 9, Sparling's Survey of Seaforth,
with Store, Storehouse, Stable and
Dwelling on it, and situated on the first lot
North of Downey's Hotel, Main Street.
For particulars apply to the proprietor,
'41 Wr. N. WATSON,
Insurance Agent.
Seaforth, June llth. '%9ttf.
' GO TO
T. J. SIlVIONS'
FRTTIT OYSTER
O '1-"
For Fresh Oysters, Sardines, Lobsters, Pies,
Cakes, and Sweets of. every description.
CALL AND
zs Fresh
Opposite e McC
ANNiS 0
Saforth, Feb. 12, 1369.
E
tock..
d
Stand.
63 -ti r
ONTARIO H
EDWA D
USE,
AS ' .
}JAS just received a fine lot of
HAY AND
HARVEST TOOLS,
Of all kinds. The only genuine Morgan
CRADLES AND CYTHES !
In town. Best Linseed oils extraordinary i
cheap
GODER6CH STREET StCAF'O
RTH.
EDWARD CASH.
Seaforth, April 14, 1869. 53-1y.
DR. J. ROLPH MA
4ATE DRS. HUNTER
Of 18 Ad.elade Street, '\
will be at
SHARP'S HOTEL S
On Friday July 2, August 6, S
October 1, for consultation.
consulted on all forms of ch
including Bronchitis, Consu ..
Rheumatism and hleuralgic
fections of females, etc.
Consultation and advice fr
Toronto, Jund 28, 1869.1
O LivJ,
MAIX OLM, )
est, Toronto,
AFORTH,
ptember3, and
r. M., can be
onic diseases,
ption, asthma,
affections, af-
82:-lin
I'`IOT10E.
—OTICE is hereby given t
sory Note dated the
1869, payable two months aft
sum of twelve dollars, sigi
Thompson, tn. favor of the un
been lost, and payment of the
stopped.
HENRY S
Hay; July 5th, 186.9..
hat a Proinis-
l6th Frebuary
rr date. for the
ed by Smith
lersigned, has
same has been
FFER.
3 -lin.
Ne
PRI
ood�s.
DRESS GOODS.
MUSLINS,
TICKINGS,
CHEAP PRINTS,
SHIRTINGS,
LADIES' STRAW HATS
GENTS
tic
GENTS FELT
Ready -Made Clot ing,
BOOTS ittS
Also a Nice S och of
CC
Fresh Groe
ries.
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To be had at
J. Bonthro et Sons,
Opposite Hicksou's 101d Stand.
Seaforth, May 7.
52-tf
LA.ZARUS, MORS, & Co.,
Practical Opticians & Oculists,
London, Great Britain; Hartford, Von.
U. S:; and Montreal, :D. C
SEA CRT
URNITUE ARERUOIS'
appointed Mr. M. R. Counter,
J'AVJ
Watchmaker, Jeweller and optician,
sole agent for Seaforth and vicinity, for the
sale of their Celebrated Perfected Spectacles,
which have been extensively used in Great
Britain anclthe United States, the past eigglt
years, and for which they claiin the under-
mentioned advantages over those in ordinary
use, the proof of which may be seen in their
constantly increasing business during the
past eight years. •
lst. That from the perfect construction
of the lenses, they assist and preserve the
sight, rendering frequent changes=unneces-
sary.
2nd. That they confer a brilliancy and
distinctness of vision, with an amount of
ease and comfort not hitherto enjoyed by
spectacle wearers.
3rd. That the `material from which the
Lenses are ground is manufactured specially
for otic purposes, and is pure, hard ail
1' p ur p
brilliant, and not liable to become scratched..
" 4th. That the frames in. whieh they are
set, whether gold, silver or steel; are of the
fines t quality and finish, and guarantteed per-
fect in every respect.
Spectacles are the only Spectacles that preserve
as well as assist the sight. And are Cheap-
est, because the best, always lasting many
years without change being necessary.
One of - the firm will visit at Seaforth, at
the store of their Agent, every six months,
for the purpose of fitting those having dffi
cult sights, when any spectacles sold by
their agent during the interval will be ez
changed free of charge if not properly fitted
WE EMPLOY NO PEDLEES.'
Ssafortb, May 21st, 13(19.
7�6-Y7
WAGGONS, BUGGIES,
A ND all implements , for farm use mann
factu ed by . -
'NA!CHT & TEEPLE,
Good and Cheap.
Remember the stand.
NORTH ROAD SEAFORTH.
Seaforth,Feb. 20, 1868. 11-1y
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SHOVELS, SPADES,
SPADING AND
MANURE FORKS,
GARDEN RAKES,
HOES, &C.,
In Great Variety, . -
At JOHNSON
Seaforth, April 9th, 1869.
."1
C AN ADIA.N
TI N' 1
ANNEX.A. �
ti.E underslgned �� annexed a large
1 quanti'new
of
New Goods
To his old stock, and
REMOVED'
The whole . across the Street,
TO M'CANN'§ OLD STAND.
Combined, they fohn the_ best selected
Sto kc of
Boots and Shoes
Ever offered to the inhabitants of Seaforth,
and parties who trade there, comprising La-
cues', gents, and Childrens' wear in great
variety, of the very Latest 'Styles and best
quality, -and which will • be disposed of at
the Very;Lowest Possible Remurative Prices
for CASH. . Also alarge quantity of Homo -
made Work always on hand. -
ORDERED WORK: of all kinds got up inn
a style that cannot fail to give satisfaction,
.[iEPAIRING Neatly Executed
N. B.—Don't forget 14cCann's Old Stand. '
SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT.
THOS. COVENTRY.
Seaforth, April 29th. 7-itf,
YOU WANT
IF
C H E'AP
pAINTS,
-TLS,
tURPENTINE,
• RAINING COMBS,
PThLwiY.i
0OLQRS, &c.,
• Go to ROLLS'
—o
FOR PURE
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
AND
PATENT MEDICINES,
Go to ROLLS'.
M. ROBERTSON, -
Importer and manufacturer of all kind of
HOUSEHOLD 'FURNITURE,
Such as
SOFAS,
-LOUNGES.
CENTRE TABLES,��'�
MA L LRASSES,
DII�7ING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS,
CHAIRS, and.
E
BED5T13ADS,
In Great Variety,
Mr. R. has.eat confidence in offering his
great
goods to the public, as they are made of
`Good Seasoned Lumber, and. by First -Class
Worlrmen.
CO FF F N MADE TO ORDER
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch.
'arerooms
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S- HOTEL
MainStreet.
Seaforth, .Tan. 6th, 1861). 57-tt.
DfSY-
PINF LUMBER.
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THE undersigned have on hand at their
Mill, one half mile
NORTH OF AINLEYVILLE
100,000 feet of dry inch pine ; over 20,000
feet ()if dry inch itooring, 11 and 1 inches.
thick. Also about 30,000 feet of board and
strip Lath ; a lot of Siding, two-inch Plank
and green lura ' er, Pine and Hemlock, all or
which willbe sold
AT VERY LOW PRICES I
In order to make room for . piling the maim
thousands yet to be cut.
.Orders from a distance will be promptly
attended to.
1VI. S& T. S IIT I.
May l2th, 1869. 75-3m.
MILLINERY- AND
DRESS 1�f1�A.KIN-
MRS G UTHRZE & MISS CLEGG
ARE now prepared to execute all orders
in Millinery, Dress and Mantle Mak-
ing, in the Latest Style and Fashion. Par-
ticiular attention devoted to Straw Goods,
Oorders left at the house of Mrs. Guthrie,
Main Street, will - receive immediate atten-
tion. 70-tf.
Seaforth, April 9tb, 1869.
SUTHERLAND BRO.'S;_
TA.ILOR.S!
AVE removed to their new prenkises, est
GODERICH STREET,
NEXT DOOR TO
Lumsden's Drug Store,
THE'cuTT(Nt DEPARTMENT
Attended to by MR. CHAS. SUTHER-
LAND, from London England.
or Style, fit, ;and workmanship, gnara =-
teed, CHARGES MODERATE.
R. P. SUTHERi,AND. CHAS. SununrAxp.
Seaforth, June 41869. 46-Iy ;3
J. SEATTER
EXCHA. N
NGE BROKER
And dealer in Pure
DRUGS, . CHEMICALS ,,& DYE STUFFS.
. The Drug Department is under the special
care of ail experienced Chemist,
PV. M. PEARSON
January 21st, 1869. *v=167
THHO .. BELL
CABINET &CHMA.$
UNDERTAKER &C.
A Large' Stook
kinds of f urniturekeptconstantlyALL
hand, • consisting of the best varieties,
Kru*hruff's Spring Matti -asses, Children's
Carriages.. Coffins kept constantly on hat&
Work made on the premises.
filiP A Hearse for . hire. Warreroom ol?r
polite Kidd & McMuikins.
THOS. BELL,
March 2 , 186S.
t.A
IVE THE It on .—' o
Culture with any degree o
farmer must take time by
,'nal keep wellahead. Th
done by nla.kihlg good raj
resect and then going s.
mush. It must the the res
alcuiations for the tutu
s carried oat with indom
and peusever ne, One
out some experience, prop
0,te the diffiren..:e in the la
rater where his work is w
when it .is dragging be
latter ease, tache, €which
$eeius to tray -el at a do zl
incl before the joo is off
or three others are crow
for attention. He is eon,
lir; at a dish bas advanti.ge,not
not taking the work,a
ti
j
nhe. 1 o se
whose w'ii le has sonieho
with hae; summer. falai,
be ploughed: his roots
weeded and his l2
for want of attention?
be done at once,
neglect any is 111
direction. A farmer in
dition is likely to i iur_
plain of the weather, li 1-
end sully if you call
1-usiness .which may hi
ebort time. He is reall.
worry and perplexity, a.
i)lcasur e in his labor.
to be, and may, in a gre-
prevented..Let the fay
more than what he ,c,
vc;ll, and in season- Le
time, aid keep up to ti
will be all that a fair
be—one of eompaiiti.V ,
iiiet, and pleasure." - -
BOTS IN HORSES.--1-ti.
Snag -Sin;, N. Y., soliet
as to a remedy for a st'
these destroyers.—Mr.
-._,__.A cure is very die
possible. Bots are quite
et. Their victim has
colic, and is likely to ,b
ehort metre.. Thereare
well known and. worth
ing .you are in. a. hurry a
lv, . milk and molasses
deeotion of ~:Hite oak
it is best to use the omin.
If you feed a horse tato
of potatoes twice or thr'
he willbe kept out of
Trimid, in comment
gave some interesting ..'
"Bots are !curiosities of
The eggs which produ
posited on the knee j
legs. just where the he
' reach them -with his;
they hatch and predu
end the _horse licks the
they a.r e taken i:to tlhe
are furnished with a
which they hold fates
such nutriment As the
Heal affords. If such IA
furnished as is agreeseb
'or if the stomach is al
e]n pty, they:, up
cause Ilse lhorsefeed to
the stomach should.
As to the various reme
a scientific -.-eterinaria
die with them, and
certain persons who
horse doctors is sin
`y
I eGoisT:o Pon Hois
dent of the Iowa Ho
any man may dig fry
holes in eight hours
process : "The best toe
is a spade. The • hole.
and a half feet deep an
rhe spade in size, and
dug larger. After ren
strike the spade into,
side of the hole j Pull
northward and uwax
. nritin the dirt to to..
of the hole ; walk aro
peating the process on
will find the dirt
spade, provided it is n
contact with the op
left hand need not be
give direction to the
The dirt is easily re
spade by striking it el
Don't be discouraged y:
teed in getting nth: lir'
od the first day. spiv
and you will never
BEES AND RAs'nn
pouatient of the r t
---"I have a puce-,-
berries adjoining my
hundred swarms of It
an veru sure the bees_
vantage to the berrie,
sot produced a berry
thirty and forty gallon
off the quarter acre
third year after it j
-value the raspberry tali
fruit, and . think of!,
next year.