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RetuarktabIe Daya _Of the w......,cek.- -... T
the, great „etorm had commenced .its of infoeming the relatives of Mr,
work. No-somier ;were the teets,vacat- Quaekenbtisb in ,:Watcssi.cic, ,fie was
, .
St Martine re rBisheR of Tours, in the ed;than' two' or thtee fell aeross sine Of received thereat first with stisPiciarel
outhe produced ,satisfa,dtory references;
and the family have taken steps to re-
cover the fortune which awaits them in
England." '
fourth century -els sea te heve been the 1 them, .cruelang it to the ground, • Had
,013. of a Roman military tribune; and' e men, een in the tent, a terrible A,C;
frOln MS earliest da'srwaS remarkable eident would have occurred, In theiv
for mildness of -temper. ,*Although corn- deocent, the falling trees struck.against
pelled to serve for aseeme as a soldier ahother, and canted it over, the roots of
he soon retired from tif profession of which, beieg under the bed e in the terve
arms, and rose • in thet0hUreh until smut them keing outside'. ,..Itbeing-very.
elected bishop in, 3T•f; ''. tie Was highly datk, a large fire was kindled by two or
suaceesful in hiS ecclesiastical eareer, three of the of -the men, ,atfter sortie dif- The Great Pienelt Sardine,
1114 the first cdnfeeeor tO whom the ficulty, lo, while they were so engaged is conducted ire a, Way that is q
' L Ltin elpIrch offered puldic pro yorfi, se they had to play a grow of dodge with markable for the extravaganc
teat he is remembered tes the father of some of the fal.ing trtes. The light of volves. , The spirit fisheries
that church. A legend tells us that the fire enabled the men to see the de- British coast— indeed, ail the n
having to viSit Borne be set out on foot, scending trees, and avoid the danger, cries of our coast are carried on
aud thet the devil met him and reviled otherwise they could nap:have done somost primitive Way, and wi
him for not using a conveyance. The Soon -after, the other tents were levell- gent success. The French
saint immediately- converted his Satan- ed tothe ground. ( From 10 till 3 fishery iseconducted in an tilt
ie. ..),IajPSLy into ft. mule, and made him o'clock, while the storm lasted; the men different way ; it presents this ai
cerey him. Ween the mule travelled had quite an ex.:citing time of it. In namely, that the French have m
slowly, tho, Sain tk. quickened hiui the light thrown round by the fire, their bait fishery, requiring the annu
hy- the 1.1.3 of Iris cross, until at last the forms could be seen jumping from ono Denature of an enormous Emm 0
devil exclaimed, ,:-- . place to another forehelter, not daring ey for a substance with which to
" Signe te pipua :-ternsia me frangis et ex& ; to elitHr the darkness; trees were snapp- the`iish, this substance being the
Roma tibi alibito malls ibit-smor." . edby the Storm King like pipe stems, the cod—a figurative whale to c
. This diet±ch ie what is termed a pa- and fell around them thick and fast, sprat. On the 81101'.eS of the
lindrome, and whha read backwards causing immihent danger.; some of the 6ea fisheries have been estal
contains the same wozels as when eead men were engaged cutting down trees in solely for the purpose of providin
forwarde. , . order to make a clearance' where it eggs of the codfish as a . bait f
Breed's Popule4; Antiquities 4-11s would be safe to stand, not LPOwing sateline catchers of Concarmeau.
bow Martinmam, or Martilmase, as it how long the storm might lest—othere This roe, which ie prepared,
is more commonly termed, was the seas- were employed in 'bracing the tneee to fifty fvancs per barrel ; each 'boa
oa of cattle killing with our ancestors keep them from falling—and when the ployed in the sardine fishery Neil
throngliont Great Brit:Lin, and he ad- gale did subside, .ard the trees main- about fifteen barrels every season f
duces many instances, of the custom.. tatined their perpendicular, it W:AS a as there are about 3000 sardine boats on 1
Tusser Lays :-- - source of thaekfullueL:s to all. Truly the coast of Pritanny, the money 'peid
it must have been a fearful time, and for bait cannot be much under £100,
one which will not soon he forgottose 000 per annum. The number of cod -
There were many narrow escapes, and it fish which must be killed, or at least
,
WaS only with the utmost watchfullilese are killed, for the. Purpose of obtaining
that the party escaped with° u b dam itge this ground bait, is therefore enormous;
Ho* Sardines are Caug
Prepared.
ht and
Fishery
uite re -
e it Ili-
on the
et fish -
in the
th very
sardine
ogether
toniely,1
ade, it a
_al ek-
f mon-
entice
roe of
etch a
North
ish ed
g the
et the
Costs
em -
1 use
.and
OF THE
COTCH COLLAR.
SEAFoRTH
FURNITURF WARE DONIS!'
M ROBETUSON
Importer and manufacturer of all hinds d
hat h3 has opened a first class -
Min undersigned begs to inform the farm -
k ers and others a the County of .Huron,
1
1
Such as
HARNESS & SADDLERY I
HOUSEHOLD FURNiTtiehe,
, 80FASIor Ni-lEs
IN
P
And being in a positio to ay cash for all
material used at his establishment. he Can
and will offer superior inducements to an
other party doing business here.
COLLAR8 partieulaft are acknow-
JJ ledged by co,,,petant judges to be sn-
parlor to any made in the. county, and from I
his thorough uguaintance with the wants i
of the community, he is satisfied that all who I
favour bin). with their patronage win Irave
no cause to regret doing so. .
• His personal supervision being given to all
work manufactured. at his shop, piaeo% him
in. position to warrant all work sold by
hini,l_and his motto will be "the nimble six-
pence 'before the slow shilling." Come along
farmers and judge for yourselves. No charge
or showing goods.
" When Easter comes who knows not -than,
That veal and bacon is the man?
And Martilmass beaf cloth bear good tacke,
When countrey folke do dainties lacke."
,Another writer speaks of
i
--":Dried flitches of some smoken beef,
Hangld on a writhen wy the since Martin's
Some writers assert that in Scotland
anl. in the north of England a fat ox is
called " a mar t," from the- fact that
these •rnimais were killed at the festi-
sell of St. Martin. Others say.that this
name comes from the purchase of the
auitnals at a market .or mart. On the
. continent, and especially in Germany,
the feast of St. Martin was the day set
apaet for the first tasting of new wiees,
and this Sidra bacame the Bacchus of
- the wine -growers: In Norway. as in
England, in the ancient clogs, anewer-
ing to oer a-it/terrace, St Martin's dav
was Marked with a gooseand -get*30
were freely killed 'and eaten at this Mr. Buck wee with his Teen- and leaci a're put in train. tor the cure by being
to share the dengers Witt' them. gutted, beheaded, sorted in sizes, a.nd
time ae"-now, at Michaelmas. . Iu old . • _ waehed in sea water, chiefly by women,
'times, iads exposed vessels of water' 'Peve, Romantic Incidents in Real who can eivii from twelve to twenty
tents to -be ehanged into wine. Barna-
upon this night, expecting their con- iel,.e.
francs!a week at the curing establish -
by George, says that
Paul (Minn.) Pre8S of Oct. 20 : ents.. - _1
The cure is begun by dryingthefish
The first is told as follows in the St. l'n
"To belly- cher, yet once zigain, ‘•
" Soine yens since, a lady who had on nets or willows, generally in the
Whom all the people worS
Doth Martin more incline,
hippeth ' open air, but soul: times from stress of
been a teacher, married :. a miaLloetary
, .With wa,sted geeSe and wme. and went to India. Arnong there ac- weather it mnst be done under cover.
, Both all the -day long, and the night,
quaintances, she met a gentleman con- After being dried they are ready for the
Now each man open anakes -
'fleeted With the British Artily. In her process of the pan, winch is kept over
His vessels all, and of the must,
Oft tunes the last he takes, ipossession were pictures of several a furnace aud is tilled with boiling oil.
Which. holy Martiee afterwards friends and acquaintances in this Setaibe Into the cauldron the fish are plunged
ThereLre they him, unto -the skies, ,
Alio wes!..th to be wine, '
which she exhibited to his gentleman. :two rows deep, arranged on wire glut-
Extele with praise divine." -
est alive oil) they remain for a brief
. (inc of Lhe pictures was of a Missie "'figs' In this I)" of 011 (the-verv Bus
The French know Indian Summer, Jennie Shaw, of Lakeland, Alion• It
We pleased him so well that he at once I-Pell'udt till, in the judgment of the
as the eummer of St. Martin,
• , a
' cook, they are done sufficiently. The
cloee our uotice, of this Festival ev41).
, , i. at re . , , .„,.. o. -,... , , a) e place( to cll.]. ) t le dii. 1 ra e ' '
operied a correspondence, which finally'. .
a ceps, of an old ballad. descris Live of uum l'1. - t
. . In an (.1 babewent. _Licuit 11
tho (loiters of the day, containina
•-) Felneerry he arrived here, aud innue- ' ' I 'I, I *ri. g, of, oryl
in uch ;Ls ha placable now as when .rt ! (irately went over to Lakeland to visit
was written. - ,i
t his eflianced. Both weie so well pleas-
ere.P.TILMASSE DAY.,_ ed that a, marria,s,re. bet,,veen them 'was
It is the.. (by of Martilinasse cons limited in a few weeks. They
, ( emees of ztle freelie pa.ssee ; - Immediately 'left for Europe. Yester
. .
Whet tilt,Lieli Wester has bagman° day the English oentleruan and hiS
b
TO yislt (1 m-ne th8 summer simile . bride retuened from their tour and
To our tip we can betake, went by carriage frotn . hr ti
to Lake -
to life or limb. Miblreed Graham, of .and the fisher'y exhibitions now
Newcastle, who was in cati)p at the time open m France achieve nothing MOM
with a span of horses, lutd quite, a ng r- than the teaching of the men of Con-
rOw eseape. When he bean] the ,firet carneau to catch their sardiees as the
tree fall he hurried on his clothes and British fisherenen catch their sprats,
rushed to the horses, and removed them thev will indeed be a great success.
to the road, in front of the tent, ; he had The, capture and cure of the sardine
no sooner done this, than the spot lie. is a great business in France, and es -
had left :was torn' rp and piled with peeially at Concarneau, where an many
trees. A few minutes later, and there as thirteen thousand men aid in the
would- have been a sad tare to tell. fishery.
When all was over, the tents were again It is a interestie-ig sight to witness
put up—a few entered -them for rest., the Lirrival of the beats, and to see the
but thq.' greater nu tn her took Shelter rush to the curing establishments of
wider' tie fallen trees, fee ri ng the storm the men, women, and childreu inter
-
might aglein come on. The above Ras ested in the sales.
were obtained from an eve WitueSs. AS soon as the boats arrive the fish
And enjoy the e.rackling braks,
Winter's face, land. During their absence they
On the day of Martilmasse, hew: visited all the principal cities and
noted pieces in Europe, and have now
Nei in,c1 left her wool at hom:a.
The rlauderkin hath.sta3red. his loom,
No Beame cloth swinge, nor wheele g�
round, •
Upon aurgUnturu's walled ground.
Where now no anchorite doth dwell,
To rise and pray at Lenard's bell.
Martyr( hath kicked at Balaam's ass, .
8o merrie be old Martilmasse,.
When, he do.ilie sportes be donne,
,Rounde the rnif,rket crosse they runne ;
Prontis laddies, and gallant bla les,
Daneinz with th ir camesome
Till the beadle. stout and soare,
Shakes hisbeile and calls the hours :
Than farewell iadde and. tarewell lasse
To the merry night of Roatilraarstsb.
Martilmasse—shall come againe,
Spite of wind: and snow and raine ;
But many a strange thing must be done,
Many a cause be.lost and wdn,
Many a toormust leave his belfe,
Many a worldling cheat himselfe,
And many a marvel come to passe.
Before return of Martibnasse.
come to make a brief sojourn
relatives of the bride when
sail for India, and he will re
military duties."
And the second is thus narrrated in
the Richmond gnquirer and ExaMiner
of. Saturday Last:
" About ten learl o a young' man
named Quackenbush left his hOnie War-
wick Orange County, with a drove of cat
tie for New Yerk city. •He arrived at
his destination, sold his cattle, and
-froth that tirue' up to last Saturday his,
relatives lost all trace of him -1 On
Saturday a man of about eighty years
arrived. at Warwick, bringing intellia
gence of the missing young man. lt
;seems that Quackenbush WAS robbed in
New York City after selling his cattle,
and in desperation at his less he ship-
ped for California. He went to the
mines and formed an association " with
two young men to care for e`ach tither
in sickness and during life, and to
share_fach other's fortune in ca.se 'of
death. 'When the gold fever broke
out in Austnilia, the trio went thither
and labored 'together with success
Last year, however, M. Qeacken bush's
with the
hey -will
utile. his
ins, a conree, carefully collected,
after which they are packed .by Women
and girls Into the nice clean boxes in
which they are sold. Again they are
ecl to drip by the boxes being
Fdoped ; then each box, by Means of a
tap, is filled carefully up to its lid with
pure olive oil. when it is ready for the
next procese, which is the soldering on
of the lids, or, as it may' be called, the
hermetical eealing up of the box—a
most particular part of the proce.ss, at
which the men can earn very large wa-
ges, with this drawback --that they
.have to buy all fish that ay') spoiled.
After the soldering has been act om-
plished the boxes have to be boiled in
a steam chest. Those that do not
bulge after the .boiling are condemned
as "dead," for when the progress is
thoroughly- gone through the perfec-
tion of the cure is known by the bulg-
iug of the boxes, which are of various
sizes, according to the purl ose for which
are designed. There are boxds six
pounds weight, and two pounds weight
as also half and quarter boxes, • with
from wenty-four to twelve fishinthem,
filled with sardines cured as ancho-
vies,
according, to size. Little kegs are also
•
The finishing process of the sardines'
cure is to stamp the boxes and affix
the thin brass labels which are always
s.
found upon them. There are little in -
Night of Adventure_
cure which may be noticed. 'The debris
c:dental industries connected -with the
is sold for agripultural 'purposes, then
a large quantity of oil is exuded from
the sprat during the process of the cure,
and on the total fishery thin oil is of
considerable value. The . dead" fish
as we have said, are sold to the men,
but the success of the enre is usually So.
great that the "dead" form but a very
small percentage of the total number of
2.) men, had camped _for sae eielet or•Leverpools There he was taken 0 j_ . •
L submitted to the test —Ladies
•
. HOW A LOCATING PARTY ON THE penal-
,
COLONIAL', SPENT A NIGHT IN THE
GREAT STORM.
Mi. Buck'3 party, who were .locattng associges died, and a'S their heir, rind -
r •
on the section of the in teveplonial Rail -lee
a the agreement, he found himself
possessed of about £35,900. He de-
termined to return to his earl v home,
and crat-hering up his treastne,s, sailed
e, _
way et ween. ewcastle and Bethurst,
had adventote ddring the great
st,ifin. The party consieein-g of about
• • • ,
W27, ourfial.
aboutit twelve :jives in a ,straight line sick and died last Sprit- g, 'The aged
from Bathurst; and liad retired to rest. , messenger.referied to was stopping at
About 10 o'clock they were awakened! the same house with Mr. Quackenbush, I -
from steep by the sound of tree fall_ I and as he intended to cometh ' to ia I er" If you want good value for our
lee rine alone sicr'm the tent, they im-
country as soon as he could_ arrange his money in Boots ana 8hoes go tYo T.
ineClietely rushee out, and found that
affair, to him was intrusted the duty I OoYventr '
s• 87-tf
easeShop opposite the Post Office, Seaforth,
11311 11. OL EVER,
Seaforth, jane 18, 180:
in the- 13th. 80-tf. Conces- 1
corrcct time, purchaso. 011ft of Thomas
-FOR SAL•E. I FP you watt a Watch that will keep the
.Russell & Sou's celebrated Watches. A
641
CENTRE TABLES'
DIN IN G & BR li. PA ST TABLES,
I BUREAUS,
1
ATT iASSE'S
CITA R and
13E1)8 -TEA DS,
In t ;rya': Vari'etv.
Mr. R. has ts-.;reat conn(lowe thl*,..rinr,r
goods to the Tini)i1C, as th..y are tilt of
Good :-:easoncd Lit r, and
Workmen,
00 Fr. rtf2ADL. TO
031 the 8hortezt Notice.
WOOD TURN;NG
Done with Neatness a,nd DePpateh.
Warerooms
TWO DOORS 80 UTII SHA.1.1.1"8 HOTEL
ain Street.
Seaforth, ;ram (Rh. 1Cila Pr/ -tt
T' iT T rfla
j OR Sale, Lot 15
sion of the
Township of Stephen
'On very easy terms. and at a Moderate -
a,r-re stock.of them for sale at
4,0 'It 4$1
Price.
This farm is conveniently situated to Saw.
•
and Grist Mill, has 30 acres cleared, - and a
good well of water. •
For further particulars apply -to Wm. F.
Luxton, •'Exposit" Office, 4.ezt.forth. or to
Et). W. ROSS, Strathroy.
August 13th, 1861.
11/PCIRE.040S3toN,88-ti
B001
ARE prepartd to execute binding in every
o• their books at -Elie
style. Persons residiny at a distance
by laavin
Store, Gobderich, or .at the ''Sfitaols.
nTT
office, Seaforth, stating style, may rely uponL.Vrf
A "l-rli
them being well bound.
AT. THE LOWEST PRICES,
And returned without delay.,
Seaforth, June 11, 1b6.9. 78-tf,
Book
SEAFORTH.
He has also on hand a laro-,e assTrtment of •
Clocks, Jell-al-(ry, Fancy Goos, Toys, &e.,
all to be sold Cheap for Cash.
Every description of Watches, Cloeks.
said ,lelleiT li(paired on the Shortest
Notice, and Warranted to give satisfaction.
'The highest price paid for OM Gold and
Silver.
M. 1.1.' GO GINTI!:31,.
Seafortli, A pilr 27ft h,
SERTTER,
Rn ()KIER
CASH
FOR
rr HE subserMer, haying • RE:NTOVED to
(4. .• -
1Z
IAnd dealer in Pure
DELias, CliErVir9ALS (t riE
The Dru2; Department is under the special
cai-e of an experienced Chemist,
E. M. PEAR.SON.
January Ist, 1869.
the preinises lately occupied by E. Hick- --
son & Co., is now prepared. to pay the high-
est Cash Price. for any quantity of good 1
Fresh Eggs delivered at his shop, Main St.,
Seaforth.
DAVID D. -WILSON.
Seaforth, April 22. • 12-tf.
INSOGVENT ACTor 1864.
In the Matter of WILLTA ivJ FER-
GUSON - •An Insolvent.
fAN Saturday the sixth day of No-
vember nexteahe undersigned will
apply to the Judge of the County Court
or the County of Heron for.a,disellarge
under the said Act. t
WILLIAM FERGUSON,
By M. C. CAAIERON,
His Attorney:
Goclerich 2OthAn g. A. D. 1869. 91-2
ONTARIO HOUSE,
FALL Si- WINTER
S TQc s,
Very Complete, and selling at
greOtly
Reduced Prices
CLOTHS, FLANNELS,
SHAWLS and HOODS,
In great variety.
resh Groceries
And 'Crockery.
EDWARD CASH-
Seaforth. Sept, 29, 1869.. 53-1y.
FOR SALE.
-,10T No. 20, in the 13th Concession of
4
I Stephen. Term. liberal, Title good.
Apply to Messrs Benson & Meyer, Seaforth,
or to Messrs Cameron, McMichael, Fitzger-
ald & Hoskin, Solicitors, Toronto. -
Sept. 10th, 1869.• 92-tf.
AGENTS WANTED.
AGENTS wanted to so_ one of the best
paying inventions in -the Province.
A liberal discount will be given to travelling
agents, _Apply at the Expositor,.
Seaforth, Sept. 2-ith 16E4. 41=-111`
- 1 V
°s" LL -;LL has now on hand7M
largest stock in Seaforth, of every des....
criPtioli of Furniture, from the "commonest to
the hnest, and all at the lowest prices. Qual-
ity of material employed, and workmanship,
guaranteed.
In all its department's, attended to in a satis
fa.ctory manner. A Hearse for hire.
T. BELL'S
PATENT SPRING MATTRAE. S
Kept constantly on hand, and fitted to any
bedstead. This article is .the -be and cheap-
est made, as attested to by all who have us-
ed it Warranted to give satisfactim
tar Remember the
CDPPOST'T
KIDD 84 M'MULKINFS.
Seaforth, Aug, 5 1869. 87-tf
FARNI ER
•
flir Get your Homemades Cut Out -444
With Economy 4, Taste
AT
SLITHIERLAND BRO.'S,
TAILORS,
Goderich, Street.
0 0 JD S
And Workmanship Guaranteea.
CHAR -GS MODERATE
NEXT DOOR TO
Lumsden's Drug Store.
iSea.fort.b., Sept. 10th.
Fla
:name 1
singula
etiorde4
.state of
•st een
tiirto p
twen ty-
riskvl
of Prin.(
that thss
subserip
soon ant
°Allan V.
servt d
cidedly
contrast
that deas
• Johnson
-woman
in whir
heroine ('
her a/'!.11
and bet.:.
wards s
Kingslaq
rfigilia)111
.audsiwri
cron-8
• 1774.;
• to Nor• ta
broke (3ti
ist fsrcee
setined hi
Sith in 1.
itL rel
Mora an
tat -ked
while tie
bravely ai
throvin
en.eihe
at horns- e
year, iae
form• -d of
Prince.
Here are
graphy.
• the rovai
i3 igiiian'h
some of tie
ship—the
Atlantic a
war --the
and the lin
all was cha
Islands,ean
ing from .ti
Ing events
ald.
Dahomy,
Dahomee.
arelay of A,
iteelf, it be
devotion Ix
slaughter
t116.- font
'only 200,004
20,000 are',
k nem:1i
en army ill!
rla
of 5,000 Ines
this for -e tie
portion is tl
words eX1(1-
01) one of.
scribed as
/mints on ,11.
different po
themse.ivee
be Isninnionei
Each regime)
torn'
Coral necklet
advanee h0-01
ancl utter
siich as:
itTni:Ond;ecIaerl1
declare'v
-rent of War t
the review
thus pointed
kutal Altai)
vs .Abbeokuta
i.eceibelheeoakrititahei
ns7
says Mr.
Went through
proud cf these
every way. ris
the main rese
The king's ee
the produce el
warlike exped
clothed and
king end chic
pay except ag
ers they ease
bring home.
The great
le9rellresiste°sferitia'°et
ght-livu-emanbrif
Se;re:
is erected in
Place. It is (1
banners, and
tI. msa.t
ce)-'nlat°:9-
viet
ma.
C.,
made ny the k
1.e
witOuriprstheocr-
ent
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