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The Huron Expositor, 1870-02-25, Page 2fi THE HURON EXPOSITOR. • Singular Story of Good Fortune --- An exeiiiplificatioi of the old proverb, that "it is better to be bol n lucky than riche has just come to light in Newark, N. J. in the person of a young married German lady, the wife of Mr.. John VI. Neiber, re- siding in Prince street, in the above city. According to reliable authority, it appears she and her husband are natives of, Wur- temberg, Germany. They have only been in this county y some eight or nice months and'had just got married prior to leaving home.. Twenty ye. rs ago an uncle of Mrs. Neiber, named. Reisse, r left Germany and started for California.., where for a time he mase some progress in the road to wealth. With sturdy persistence he kept: at the dig- gings, until at last the fickle goddess Dame Fortune smiled a most gracious smile, and in the twinkling of an eye Mr. Reisse from being iii a state of great need we.s the joy- ful' possessor ' of a $1,000 nugget, His luck had changed, and in the course of a few years he was worth at least $50,000. In the Golden State Mr. Reisse remained for a consider a' le length of time, subsequent- ly meeting m ny ups and downs monetar- ily. He left there, however, quite wealthy, eamo. east All'd settled down into blissful bachelorhood. In the mean time he had frequently written for his niece, but she de- ferred crossing the Atlantic until.'she had changed her name. At about the time she and her newly elected "sposa" arrived in New York the uncle was half way on his wav back to Germany. He arrived in Bre- men, Where he was attacked by cut-throats. and fatally stabbed, so that he died in a few days. It has since transpired that by the provisions of his will the bulk of his property is bequeathed to his niece, who with her husband and legal adviser is now nnaking P re T °erations to stint for Germany on an early day. The fortune left Mrs. Neiber is said to be in excess of $100,000. The foregoing statemeut is vouched for by several Germans of Newark of the highest respe,tibility. If it be true, and their ap- pears not the slightest doubt that it is, one may well exclaim tha'., " truth is stranger than fiction." - An Underground Cathedral a clean hearth, and a plentiful table? Well, he wants just one thing more, and which she will not give him—peace. •Ow Female Free Masonry It may not generally be = known that an order of Masonry admitting ladies to mem- bership is in_ existence and in successful operation in this country, but such is the care. Not only is it in existence in the United States, but in our own city. A charter has already been obtained for a lodge in Bloom-, ington, and the proper organization of the same will be effected in a few days. In an- nouncing this, it may not lie amiss to give some idea of the character of the newly re- vived order. It is called the Older of the Eastern Star." The system is known as ' Adopted Masonry,' because the lodges are said to be adopted into the Masonic communion. The proper persons to receive the degrees a►e the wives widows, sisters daughters and mothers of Master Masons in good stand- ing. There are five degrees each with their dif- ferent symbols and emblems. The signet cf the order is a five pointed star, each point of a different colored jewel', being respective- ly blue, yellow, white; green and red. Any - lady who belongs to the Order of , the East- ern Star `can, if necessary, , make the ac- quaintance of any Master Mason, by using the appropriate signs which are common to both orders; and will be recognized as such. A writer upon the subject says : " Many systems of Adopted Masonry have from time to time been introduced with varied success. N one, however, seemed to possess the elements of ,permanency, except the Or der of the Eastern Star, which was estab- lished in 1778." Its recent revival has bean undertaken with apparent success. Over 40,000 copies of the Manual " describing its .workings. have been printed and -sold. Several ladies of this city have secured the charter for their new lodge, and are anticipating soon, to have the pleasure of j oining in'the Adoptive Rite of Masonry.—B,onsington Pantayraplc_. Feb. 25, 1870. nut is young and fresh,. it forms a -better substitute for Milk than anything I know. In the South Sea Islands -they not only get milk but butter also from the cocoa nuts, which are called cows by the Island boys. Eno Burrit, writing from Birmingham, England, to the .New York Tribune, gives an interesting descriptiorr of religious ser- vices and sermons among -the coal miners, twelve hundred feet below the surface "of the ground. As the dinner hour approach- ed, we made our way to the place of that rude and hasty meal.. It was at the function , of one broad passage with another at right' angles, forming the chancel and transcept of this underground Cathedral of St. Jonas. It was of the old Gothic order, both in shape and material.- Butments of round, unhewn timber supported a flat roofage of round beams of old English oak, laid thickly in their bark overhead If a scene could be photographed by candle light, what a pic- ture might have been brought un of that eating and listening congregation! There sat in transcept owl chancel about eighty men and boys, each with his lighted candle, whi.eli . he continued to hold, or placed 11D - right while he ate his bread and cheese or bread and bacon. Poets have dilated -with reverent ilated•withreverent admiration upon the "dim reli- gious light of grand cathedrals. If one of them should attempt to describe the pale and flickering .-illuminations which those tallow candles.sbed over that swart-faced congre- gation, squatted on that rough, black pave- ment to their ,midday meal and religious ministration, be would have a theme that wouldtest his genius wetter than the tinted light of painted windows. Hero was a con- gregation of men and boys, who, to give light and heat to thousands of luxurious homes, -toiled in these grimy bowels of the earth full six mouths in the year without seeing the sun more than once in seven days, even if it were always to be seen on Sunday. The average life of miners is only twenty-seven years, not because diseases are generated by:their occupation, but because there are so many accidents -by fire and flood, and the fall of crushing masses of undermined coal and rocks. Fresh Starts Parlor Plants. Among the hundreds of plants which crowd the greenhouse there are compara- tively few which can be grown to advan- tage in the parlor. A plant which will grow, flourish and bloom in the window, which will" thrive with little ears, and re- pay that care by healthy foliage and cheer- ful bloom, is of far greater value than one which will only do well under greenhouse treatment. Plants in rooms generally suffer from dust, by which the leaves become clogged and the vital functions of the plant is in - paired. To remedy this, it is only neces- sary to sponge or syringe the plant as often at least as once a week. The syringing or showering can easily ,be done in the kitchen sink, the pot being laid on its side, and both sides of the_ leaves thoroughly wet ; a common small watering pot with a fine rose will answer every purpose. Sponging, which is better for plants with hard, glossy foliage, should be.done with a soft sponge or a bit of flannel. in every case where water is applied to a plant, either at roots or at branches, it should be of the temperature of the room where the plant grows. Rain "water is preferable to any other ; and, where hard water, only can be obtained, it should 1,e allowed to stand some hours before being applied to the plants:' In sponging, where Llai: is are very dirty, lukewarm water may 1'e used to advantage ; but, after- the opera - tarn, a good showering with colder water should be given. The soil used may be much the same for all window plants, and -rnay generally be described as "good garden loam ;" in this Most plants will grow well. An excellent compost may be made of leaf -mould, well rotted manure, or old hot -bed and peat, each one part, with enough sharp sand to keep the soil open. Drainage is of the first importance, for if the soil becomes wet, sour and sodden, the plant will. not flourish. Broken pots- herds are the best materials ; though peb- bles, charcoal, and many, other articles may be used. As a general rule, every pot `should have at least an inch of drainage at the bottom. We make no unguarded state- ment in saying that very few people know how to water plants. The secret is, how- ever, veru simple. When you water your plants, do it thoroughly, not administering little dribles, by which only the surface is wet, but thoroughly saturate all the ,earth in the pot. Water thus again when ne- cessary, according to the nature of the --plant and as often as required but do not allow water to stand in saucers or plates under the pot. 'Calla-liliesflike it: Dutch bulbs will hear it ; but to most plants it o is a .lingering death ; therefore allow all water which the earth in pits will not retain to run off. How are we to do this in the par- lor 1 Simply by growing plants in hollow &soles lined with zinc, which is the neatest, cleanest, and prettiest way of growing par- lor - plants. If we cannot =do this, empty all water out of the saucers. Air is of vital importance. Money plants are roasted to death. On every .fine day, or whenever air above freezing can be admitted, thoroughly' ventilate the room ; but be careful no cold draught blows over the plants.—Vegetable as well as animal organizatioi: breathe, and the air of many "living -rooms" and parlors is rank poison. Plants are delicate, and soon show the effects. On man the poison acts more slow- ly, but no less .surely. Gas is always injurious to plants, and from all burners, more or less, passes un - consumed into the atmosphere ; therefore if -possible, grow your plants in rooms which are not gaslighted. The plants which are injured by gas are very few in number. Furnace -heat is injurious only because it is usually very dry, and almost always impregnated with escaped gases. Evapor- ate plenty of water, and see that the fur- nace is tight, and. your plants will - not suffer. Plenty of light should be given ; and plants in windows should he frequently turned, lest they become s drawn and one-sided. The morning sun is better than the. afternoon, and the more sun the better. The surface of the soil in pets should be frequently stirred, as the aerntiou thus produced contributes to the health of the plant. Worms should not be allowed in pots. . They way be removed by turning the pot upside down, and giving the edge a sharp stroke, when the ball may be removed from the pot and the worms, which will usually be found on the outside of the ball, may be picked out. Watering with weak lime -wa- ter will usually make the worms come to the surface. and is not injurious to the plants. Insects seldom trauble plants that are washed or syringed once a week. All are easily removed—the green fly-; or aphis, by smoking with tobacco ;; mealy bug, and the various kinds of scale, by washing ; and red spider, .by syringing.—Journal of Hor- ticulture, - - The wish to begin again is one of those longings which are so universally common to the human race, and felt so very early in the course of each man's experience, that we call them native impulses or instincts. As it is human to err, to think that we erred, so it is human to wish to repair real or fancied errors. And, like all natur- al impulses, the desire is to start afresh may, under certain circumstances—such as the suffering produced by misconduct, or the higher tone of mind produced by educa- tion, by the discipline of study, and by con- versation with noble natures—rise , and swell into a passionate irresistible longing. In the domain of politics—that is to say, when the impulse acts upon men aggregat- ed in society—it is called the revolutionary or reforming spirit. In the domain of eth- -ics, when it acts upon men severally, it is called- she spirit of self-improvement. And in either case it is one of the most -vale- able stiinulents, and. restoratives that hu- man nature exhibits. It is' to the spiritual and intellectual life pretty much what chloride of sodium is to the physical life. It is the salt' of the social and moral world, The nation or the man that does not feel this desire must either be in a morbid state of sel:f satisfactiou or in the exhaustation of despair. ' So long as thereis a healthful energy,' whether of conscienc or 'of hope, there must be a desire to begin again Nathan Rothschild TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. CARTWRIGHT, L. Surgeon Dentist Extracts teeth without pain by the use of the.Nitrous-Oxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' store, Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day of each month ; in Clinton,, at the Commerc- ial Hotel, on the following Thursdays and Fridays. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to aril, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days of attendance. - . Over 54,000 patients patients have Ihad teeth extracte-i by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices. New York. z _ Stratford, Feb. 11; 1870. - 114-tf, During the .-latter years of his life, the famous London banker, Nathan Rothschild was said to be always ,,in fear of assassin- ation. "You must be a very happy man; , Mr. Rothschild," said a guest at one of the splendid banquet' for which his Picadilly house was famous "Happy' Me._happy !" he exclaimed. " hat, happy ! when just as you are going ;to dine you have a letter placed in your hands saying; "If you don't send me £500 1 will blow your brains out." "Me happy!" One day two strangers were admitted" into his private room at the bank. They were tall foreigners, with moustaches and beards such as were not -often seen in London thirty of forty years ago, and Rothschild, always timid was frightened from the moment of their entrance. He put his own interpretation upon the excited movennents with which they fumbled about in their pockets, aua before the expected pistols could be produced, he had thrown a great ledger in the direction of their heads, and brought in a bevy of clerks by his cries of "murder !" The strangers were then pinioned; and then, after long questionings and explanations', it appeared they were wealthy bankers from the continent, who, nervous in the prseence of a banker` so much more wealthy, had- some difficulty in finding the letters of introduction which they were to present, The Tyranny of Temper lu some houses the whole character of the life therein may be summed up in one word, scolding. - This is specially the case - when it is the woman who isthe energising principle of ill -temper, and she who has ad- opted the line of scolding as her -special pro- vince. ° ,And a scolding woman is as bad in her way as a drinking or a flirting oiaa. In her way, mark : it not being said th. her way is as bad as theirs. • Obnoxious as hers is, thereare yet lower, levels to be reached. And what has a scold done after she has talked herself hoarse, and used up the clic- tionary in her vocabulary of vituperation? Simply sent all flying before her ; her very presence at last - gaining a certain centri- fugal or diamagnetic force, by which not one of her own household `willingly and without coercion remains within her r sphere. Her. bisband. leaves the house if he is a wise man; and most probably takes' to ,dis- tractions more or less severe according to his termperrnent, and the power ,bestowed on him'•by nature of arresting the - develop- ffient4:qf .dissipation, ,She may be, and very pro124bleis, desperately distressed, and thinks hien given over to Satan unredeemed. More likely than not she is a good -woman, who meanno harm—who simply has not cared to conquer a bad habit while she eould, and who how; ' if she would, could not. She does not mean to drive her husband into the arms of folly or of pleasure, and she can- not think 'why he should , leave his home as he does - Does she not love him 1.. Has he not got the e - children about hips ? What more does he want than wife and little ones, NOTICE :OF ,t; U, a_ REMOVAL!! THE subscribers beg to notify their customers - and the public generally that _they have re- moved To the Store lately occupied by A. Mitchell, Second Door Above W. ,S' Robertson's Italian Ware- house, - Where. they will keep constantly on hand a large stock of FRESH FAMIL Y GROCERIES and BROVISIONS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed. Country Produce taken in exchange for Groce- r:es, Provisions, Flour and -Feed. All goods purchased from us will be delivered free of charge in any part of Saaforth, Harpur hey, orEgmondville. Fanners may exchange wheat, &c.,, for Flour and Feed. at our Mill, at the highest value. W. A. SHEARSON & CO. Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y. JOHN LOGAN HAS No Wheel of Fortune Coco -A. -NUT MILK.—As in England you would ask at a cottage door for a glass s of water, so in Ceylon you ask for a coda nut and immed'ately some one, generally a child, climbs the nearest tree like, a squirrel, and in. a moment more two or three huge cocoa nuts come tumbling down at your feet. Then he scrambles down again, cuts off the top of one with a hatchet, trims the edge a little to prevent the lip of the cup from being too thick, and presents the way - worn traveller with the most delicious, cool, ' refreshing draught. - In England this co- coa but water is called cocoa nut milk, but her the fatter is quite different, and is made by scraping the nut, .mixing it with water and straining it ; when, if the cocoa INSOLVENT ACT OF.1869. In the Matter of HENRY HARVY SMITH. An Insolvent. I the undersigned John Ilaldan, the:younger, of the Town of Goderich,. in the County of Huron. have beeni appointed Assignee in this matter. Creditors ate requested to file their claims be- fore me within one month. - - . r i JOHN HALDAN. Jr.. Assignee. Goderich, 5th -day of 'February, -1870. 2in: No deluding buncombe, No free gifts of nostrums, No clap traps to decoy one, BUT He has on hand a large and varied otock of STAPLE and FANCY DRY GOOD -S! READY-MADE CLOTHING, AND C -GROCERIES 1 Seaforth Jan. 21st, 1870. - EASE AND COMFORT THE BLESSING- OF PERFECT SIGHT, - - There is nothing so valuable as perfect sight, and. perfect sight can :only be obtained by - using Perfect Speeteles,; the difficulty of procuring which is well known. Oculists r: tici- Messrs. Lazarus & Morris, p cans Hartford, Conn:, Manufacturers of the Celebrated Perfected Spectacles, have after years of Experience; and the erection of costly ma- chinery, been! enabled to produce that Grand Desideratum, Perfect Spectacles, which have been sold with unlimited satisfaction to the, wearers in the United States, Prince Edward's Island, and Dominien of Canada. during the Past nine years those Celebrated Perfected Speotacles never tire the eye, and last many years without change. - Sole Agent for Seaforth, M. R. Counter, from whom only . they can be procured. LAZARUS, MORRIS & ., MontreCOal. WE EMPLOY NO PEDLERS. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 76-1y. INSOLVENT ACT OF 1864, AND 1860: Canada, In the County Province of Ontario, ( Court of the County County of Huron, ( of Huron. To Wit : ) In the Matter of JAMES WATLING, An insolvent. On Friday the 25th day of February next, at ten of the clock in the forenoon, the undersign- ed will apply to the Judge of the said Court for a discharge under the` said Act. Dated at Goderich, in tte County of Huron this 10th clay of January. A. D:, 1870- JAMES WATLING, - By HAYS & ELWOOD, His Attornies ad litem_ 110 -td. GEORGE DENT'S -' NEW STORE S .A. MI0RT11, 1S TUB FLACt FOR THE BEST AND CHEAPEST DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES!! Agents ! Read - This WEwill pay agent a salary of $30 per wek and expenses, o allow a large commission, t . to sell our new wonde inventions. ui Address, M. WAGNER. & Co., Marshall, Mich. Carriage Factory. MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH ANI) NEARLY OPPOSITE, - - SHARP'S - HOTEL. He has` just opened out an immense stock of everything - in both lines, and would say to his old friends and all others, . Please call and give us a trial.` Ouriinotto is quick sales, small profits and sa- tisfaction to all Remember the address, Third door north of Scott Robertson's Grocery. GEORGE DENT. Seaforth, Jan. 21st. 187.). 111-tf. INSOLVENT ACT OF 1864. AND Insolvent Act of 1869. M13E undersigned would intimate to the in - 1 - habitants of Seaforth and -surrounding country, that they have on hand a large stock of first-class HICKORY BUGGY STUFF- They are now -ready to receive orders for all kinds of Buggies, Carriages &c., made up by experienced Workmen, in the very latest styles. Old Work repainted by a first-class Carriage Painter. - REPAIRING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. CHARGES MODERATE. - GIVE THEM -A CALL. McINTOSH & M'ORRISON. Seaforth, Jan'y, 21st, 1870. 111-tf_ SNR. JOHN THOMPSON THANKS his numerous customers for their liberal patronage during the last fifteen. years, and trusts he will receive its continnanee, He has now on hand a large assortment of Good Sound Canada, Cu the County Province of Ontario, Court of the County County of Huron, of Huron. To Wit : In the Matter of MATTHEW RODG,ER,. - An Insolvent, On Saturday, the 26th day of March next, at, eleven of the clock in the forenoon, the under- signed will apply to the Jndge of the said Court for a discharge un4r the said Act, Dated • at the City of London, in the County of Middlesex, this 28th day of ` December, A. D. 1869. = • MATTHEW RO DGER, By JAMES MA:GEE; 106 -td. His Attorney ad litem. Green Hemlock_ Which he warrants will give satisfaction. ALSO 200,000 'FEET OF PINE! CUT IFR. - BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES Which he offers on liberal terms-. Orders will be promptly attended. to. He has also on hand a large assortment of WELL SEASONED ACCOUNTS 1 To which he calls the attention of his old custo- mers, who will find it to their advantage to re- tire them promptly, and without legal proceed- ings. Seaforth, Jany. 21st, 1870. 84-tf. NOTiCF. TO CHEESE MAKERS. The Thames Road Cheese Factory, which is situated in the Township of Hibbert, County of Perth. Which is situated m a first-class dairyin locality, is for sale or rent. Sealed Tenders w be taken up to the - 1 -5th Feb, next, 12 o'clock noon. For further particulars apply on the premises. ANDREW MALCOLM. Farquhar, P.O. 112. Hibbert, Jan'y, 28, 1870. If you want good value for your meney in _Boots and. Shoes go to T. Coventry's. 87-tf . M'GREGOR & SON, BOOKBINDERS, HULLETT. ARE *prepared to execute binding in every .style. Persons residing at a distance by leaving their books at the Signal Boole • Store, . Goderich, - or at the ExrosrTc R office, Seaforth. stating.style, may rely . upon them being well bound. - - AT THE LOWEST PRICES. And returned without delay. 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