The Huron Expositor, 1870-02-04, Page 6ei.
• Around therarorld
The Chicago Tribune learn* th • one of
the leadini &stern railways has 'lin iiiiiige-
ment nearly completed to -issue hrough
tickets by rail and steamer aroundth world.
It is believed the whole thing can- , ,.. , com-
pleted by the 1st of February. Th tickets
-
are to be good until used, giving t yellers
opportunities- to make excursions in Japan,
China, the Holy Land, or whereve tourists
may be disposed to leave the main line of
travel. The arangements, are new com-
plete, and prices fixed from New ork as
far east as Aletcsaidria, in Egypt, a d west
to Yokohama and Shanghai. An agent is
now on his way to arrange with $4(,,English
steamshipa,ines bst ween china gpai,hofiii
of the Red Sea •and the railwaY. tki Alex-
andria. As soon as tnis is done it will be
announced in New York by telegraph, and
the tickets will be ready for delivery. A
table of distances, with time, between im-
portant points, etc., is to be 'prin d upon
LI
them, and a synopsis of all informa ton that
will be essential •to the travell r. The.
whole trip can be made inside o ninety
days, and the entire cost willbe also it seven
hundred and fifty dollars in gold. We are
not informed whether this sum will include
stateroom andsnseals upon steam rs, and
berths on Pullician's Palace Car e from
New York to San -Francisco; but Twe pre-
sume it will, for it is intended to Oombine
the highest possible speed and corafort to
ci
the traveller. The scheme is impitant in
its magnitude and pmbable results pon the
commerce and the civilization of the world ;
but it is now certain that a few Weeks at
most will see it fully realized. Thi) cost of
an entire trip around the world will be
from a thousand to twelve hundred dollars
in eoin.
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Harem Life.
Mrs. Grey's account of this is exeeeding•
ly interesting ; it needed a quick ,OTe and
a pod memory to bring away after one
visit so many details as are setdivwn, and
though these things have before be4n parti-
ally seen by others, they have s clertainly
ne-ver been so well described. Tfile plate,
the food, the- dresses of the slave' aty3 all
n
oiced ; we are afraid that if even Mr.
_Russell had been admitted to s*t down
cross-legged by the Grande Prince se and
compelled to regale himself with ausages
and onions, rosewater and tapioca, he would
not have had sufficient presence of Mind left
.
to take note of the fringes and sil s of the
sla-ves. It would not be fair to tr nscribe
the account of this barbarous and memor-
able banquet"; how the Princess f Wales
and Mrs. Grey ever got through 'it bill of
fare we cannot imagine. Politene s over-
came disgust, until neither wine n r water
having been offered to slake the th rst taus
ed by twenty dishes alternately s jeet and
savory, Mrs. Grey seized with greatdelight
• a tortoise -shell cup with some liquid stuff in
it, offered to her by the Grand P incesse,
thinaing It was water and syrup ; tut, alas,
• it was vinegar and herbs. 'There was not
one pretty face in the whole harem, and
the discordant colors of •their silks and
satins did not serve to help out the ugliness
of the wearers. As may be supposed, the
• ladies put on their best humors as] well as
their best dresses the day the Pri_)asess of
Wales visited them, but, for all that, Mrs.
Grey contrived to gather some rather un-
comfortable details of their viv inti The
wives of the Viceroy sit at table, but do
not always live together in amity ; they are
jealous of each oiher, and their tempers and
tongues sometimes run so high that their
husband is obliged to separate then". •j_At
the time of this visit the marriage of onelof
the Viceroy's daughters was apprbaching,
and the preparations of the wedding day
were already made. Thesum settled f0
the expenses was 40,000 pounds, half to be
provided by her father and half by her hus-
band.
hus-
band. The milliners' bills of Paris and
London sometimes find their wav into the
. newspapers and scandalize us all, but- what
are they to this Egyptian trousseau whose
three chief dresses cost 3,600 pounds? The
sum fixed for the wedding Was to ipe spent -
in three days, burnt in fire -works, I thrown
to the slaves—got rid of by hoo)e or by
crook.• We are glad to hear that the Vice-
roy is doing what he can to liberate the
women of Egypt from their prisonlhouses ;
he has enacted that no one shall in future
marry more than one wife ; his own wives
may be seen driving about in the thinnest
of veils in glass windowed breughams,
•much to th.e horror of all good Mussulmen,
and he permits them to see the circus and
the play from their loges grilleei. ,
Then and Now.
When the great founder of the Christian
religion entered the Temple of God in Jeru-
alem, "He cast out all them that sold and
bought in the Temple, 'afid overthrew the
table of the money -changers, and the seats
of them that sold doves, and said unto them:
" It is written, My House shall be called the
House of Prayer; but ye have made it a
den of thieves." In juxtaposition with the
above, we place the following item : "The
sale of seats at Beecher's Tabeinacle netted
$57,513 this year, against $54,473 in 1869."
We observe only this difference in the two
cases, though it is an important one—that
the Temple at Jerusalem was "the House
of God," while it is Beecher's Tabernacle at
New York. If a man is willing to pay
fitom $500 to $1,000 for a seat at _Beech-
er's Tabernacle, he may hear comment on
the Word of God. and perhaps secure his
salvation ; but it was not sold at such a
price by the founder of Christianity.
THE
Arteinus Ward' and the Oardiff Giant
It is now suggested, that the Cardiff Gis
ant its one of Artemus liiritia's lass, We fig.:
'tires. One of the papers quotesithe follow-
ing account of the 'Feat, showman's visit to
Utica as corroborative evidence
In the fall of 056, I showed my show
in Utikv, a truly great' city in the state_of
New York.
• The people gave me a cordyl recepshun.
The press was loud in my praises.
1 day as Ras giving a descripshun of
my Beesta and Snaiks in my usual flowery
stile, what was my scorn and disgust to see
a big. burley feller walk up to the cage con-
tainin my wax figures Of:the Lord's last
Supper, and cease Judas Iscariet by the
feet and drag him out on the ground. Ile
then commenced for to pound him as harci
as he cood. •
,
"What under the son, are you about
criedI.
Sez he, "What did you bring this putsyl-
anermoua cuss here fur l" and he hit ,the
wax figure a tremenjus blow on the bead.
Bez I, "You egrejus ass, that air's a wax
figger, a representation of the false Postle."
gez he, "That's very well fur you to say;
but I tell you,.oid man, that Judas Iscariot
can't show hisself in Utiky with impunity
by a darn site." With which observashun
he caved in Judassis hed. The young man
belonged to 1 of the fust families m Utiky.
I sood him, and the joory brawt in a ver -
dick of arson in the 3rd degree.
Popular Similes
As wet as a fish—as dry as a bone,
As live as a bird—as dead as a stone;
As plump as a partridge—as poor as a rat,
As strong as a horse—as weak as a eat;
As strong as a flint—as soft as a mole,
As white as a lily—as black as a coat;
As plain as a pike staff—as rough as a bear.
As tight as a dram—as-free as the air:
As heavy as lead—as light as a feather,
As steady as time—uncertain as weather;
As hot as an oven—as cold as a frog,
As gay as a lark—as sick as a dog ;
-As slow as a tortoise—as swift as the wind,
As true as the gospel—as false as mankind;
As thin as a herring—as fat as a, pig,
As proud as a peacock—as blithe as a grig,
As savage as tigers --as mild as a dove,
As stiff as a poker—as limp as a glove ;
As blind as a bat—as deaf as a post,
As cool as a cucumber—as warm as a toast;
As flat as a ffunder—as round as a ball,
As blunt as a hammer—as sharp as an awl;
As red as a ferret—as safe as the. stocks,
As bold as a thief—as sly as a fox ;
As straight as an arrow -as crooked as a bow,
As yellow as saffron—as black as a sole ;
As brittle as glass—as tough as a gristle,
As neat as my nail—as clean as a whistle ;
As good as a feast—as bad as a witch,
As light as is day—as dark as is pith;
As brisk as a bee—as dull as an ass,
As full as a tick—as solid as brass ,
As poor as a church mouse -as rich as a Jew,
And ten thousand similes equally new.
Put an Englishman into the garden of
Eden, and he would find faul with it ; put
a Yankee in, and he would see where he
could alter it to advantage ; put an Irish-
man in; and he would want to boss the
thing ; put a Dutchman in, and he would
proceed at once to plant it with cabbages.
A Mathematical.Preciigy.
At or near.Warrensburge Johnson coun-
ty,. in this. State, a poor widow -woman,
who has a son, Reuben Field; a mere boy,
Untutored. and seemingly incapable of liter-
ary cultuie, who yet possesses most remark-
able power of mental -cultivation. As evi-
dence- of the among many others evidence
that might be cited. A gentleman af St.
Louis„ who had heard of his possessing this
faculty, sent him the following figures, viz:
145,145,145,145, asking himtosquare this
number mentally, that is, miiltiply th.e num-
ber by itself, •and send him -the result, with
the time taken to perform it, scarcely believ-
ing, however, notwithstanding the extraor-
dinary accounts related of him, that he
would be capable of the task. In this,
however, he was mistaken, as were othersi
to whorn. the proposition had been named.
A letter has been ;received by the gentle-
man named, from abighly respected and re-
liable citizen of Warrensburg, who states
that • in three minutes'. time the boy Field
mentally and accurately pronounced the
result, 21,0-67,113,159,117.071,025, 'or writ-
ten in words twenty-one sextillions, Sixty-
seven quintillions, one hundred and
thirteen quadrilions, one hundred and fifty
nine • trillions, one hundred -and seventeen
millions, seventy-one thousand and twen-
ty-five. •
- Though :such exhibitions of mental pow-,
ers of calculation as the one exhibited in'
the above are not altogether unheard of,
they are nevertheless exceedingly rare. In
this instance, it will appear all the more
marvellous when- it is stated that this boy
Reuben Field is almost uneducated. In-
sleed, the • letter referred to above Field
maintains it is "of no use for him to go to
Scheolsas he can't learn anything and never
could." . In fact,except in this matter of
calculation, in which he is. a -marvel, be is
said to be "very ignorant in all other mat-
ters," lazy, uncouth, disposed/ \ to wander
idly fmui place to place, and worst of all,
perhaps, "is very fond of drink." " Yet,"
the letter states, "he -can repeat the eighty-
- seventh tine in multipicationbaekwards and
forwards, and does many remarkable things
in calculating mentally.—St. Louis Repub-
lican.
LIR N EXPO
For the cheapest Boots and Shoes •Seafortk If you want good value for your meney in
87'g. Boots and. Shoes go to T. Coven ry's. 87-tf Jan. 28, 1870.
according to quality go to Coventry's.
IVAL
• •
- -EWTEAS-
FRESH -:OPFFiE8.
Wines Liquors.
The subscriber begs to iufrom the ptiblipi that
he has just 'received ' 'are stock of ,Ne'w Teas,
crop of 1869, which for quality is ansurpaiied.
He is satisfied that he can sell
Tea by the 'cattie or in. large
quantities, ten per cent
cheaper than any
house in the
County.
HIS COFFEES is also cheaper
and better than can be had
elsewhere.
He has also on hand a large stock
of Liquors, consisting of
Qommon Whiskey,
Old Rye,
• Malt,
Gins,
Which
equalled.
Wines,
Brandies,
Rum &c.,
for quality cannot be
Hotel Keepers, Country Merchants and
others wishing to make large purchasers are re •
quested to give him a call before 'purchasing
elsewhere, as he is satisfied he can do better for
them than any house , in this seztion of the
country:
• Remember the place,
JOHN WALSH,
Scott's New Brick Block.
• Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 111-tf.
SIGN OF THE
COTCH COLLAR,
ripnE undersigned begs to inform the Farmers
I and others of the County of Huron, that he
has opened a first class
HARNESS - & SADDLERY 1
IN
•
SMA-POIR•rr
And being in -a position to pay cash for all
material used, at his establishment, he can, and
will offer superior inducements to any other
party doing business here.
IT'S COLLARS particularly, are acknow-
ledged by competent judges to be superior
to any made in the County and from his
thorough acquaintance with the wants of the
community hej.s satisfied that all who favor
nim with their patronage will have no cause •to
regret doing_ so.
1€ personal sapervision .being given to all
work manufactured at his shop, places him in a
position to warrant all work sold by him-, anlhis
motto will be " the nimble sixpence before the
slow shilling." ,Come along Farmers and judge
for youselves. No charge for showing goods.
(Shop opposite the Old Post Office, Seaforth.
WM. H. OLIVER.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 80-tf.
INSOLVENT ACT OF 1869.
uanada, ) In the. County Court
Province of Ontaria. ) of the
County of Huron ) County of Huron.
In the Matter of CHANCY KING,
An Insolvent.
On Thursday, the tenth dayttif March next, at
the hour of eleven o'clock in ithe forenoon, the
un4ersigned will apply to the -judge of the said
Court for a discharge under tibe said. Act.
Dated at Goderich, this .2fIth day of January,
A. D. 1870
• CHANCY KING,
by JOHN BELL GORDON,
his Attorney ad litem,
Goderich, Jan'y. 28, 1870. 112-7ins.
WATCH LOST
LUMSDEN
'Has just received a Fresh Stock of
PURE -DRUGS
AND
CHEMICAL,
Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, Tooth
• and Nail Brushes, French, English,
• and Ansericare
P R F E R Y .
GENUINE DYE STUFFS.
Guaranteed to be of the best quality.
Horse and Cattle Medicines !
Condition 1 Powder.
1
• Physicians perseriptions carefully !ancl accur-
ately dispensed.
Lost on the 9th Con, Township of Morris, a
Hunting Case SilverVatch,—Detached Lever,—
Number on case 0748, Between Seaforth Gravel
Road and farm ofMr. James McDonald's. Any
person leaving it with Wm.' Farquharson, Black-
smith, Walton, will'be suitably rewarded,
• HUGH MCKAY,
HoNvili16t1 Con: Lot No. 12.
112.
tri
Fj0
H
R.. LUMSDEN,
description of Build(
• VP
JAMES' ENCLISH GROUND WHITE
STRAW CUTTER.
The subscriber desires to intimate to the pub -
lie 'that he is sole agent in Seaforth for the sale
of
MAXWELL & WHITELAW'S
Celebrated
STRAW CUTTER!
HORSE AND HAND POWER,
Also for Massey's improved
GRAIN CRUSHER.
A Stock kept constantly on hand.
OLIVER C, WILSON,
Market Square.
192-tf
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.
Money! Money!
METE subscriber has receivecl.another large re-
l. _Mittance of money I for investment ou gooa
farra property, at 'reeior10 per cent, and
no obarges,
JOHN S. PORTER.
SesfOrth,-Jaii'y. 21st, 1870. 95-tf:
-.•
Feb. 4, 1870.
$.1 Canada Tweeds
for 80 cents.
AT.
The New York Ifouse
WINTER. STOCK
NOW COMPLETE
At the New York House.
A Large Stock of
WOOLENS •
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING!
WM. CAMPBELL.
CLEARING SALE
OF
WINTER GOODS
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
CANADA TWEEDS
Flannels,
Clouds,
aa.
Hoods,
Also a large assortment/of
WOOLEN GOODS.:
10 peri cent - allowed on all
Cash purchases ovef$2.00.
J. Bonthron eic Sons
Seaforth, Jan'yv 28, 1870.
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