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A Mormon Family Picture.
Hei.e in the hotel where " we stopis the
landlord; a Mornton elder, a man t betw+
fiftyand sixty yearsof age; one Of your
sleek, welbconditioned SailitS, little bur-
dened with responsibility or at who does
not work, but site in his limit as a sign of
contentment and good living -a -and he has
three wives. The young wife hetook,
years ago, away off in Vermont, promising
to be true to her; and _her only, has grown
old faster than he She lives in narrow
apartments in the back yard ef the hotel,
separate from the house. The Saili b. is very
kind t� her For the poor yeoutau's hair is
gray, and her face is wriukled; and she
isn't pretty or young now ; but the good
elder has not turned her off to starve ; he
_built a, place for her, and though he rarely
sees hei, she is allowed to go into the kit-
. olien and get her meals with the ...servants.
She must be quite an expense to him, but
the genermiahearted saint does not com-
e plain. The Mormons will tell you that
the assiduity and tenderness with which the
older wives are waited upon by the young-
er, is -something very touching. The
family of the hotel -keeper heretisf-one of
the examples they refer you to. nett; second
wife of this inan is a liuxoin En41ish wo-
man' who drestes' plays tilP piano,
It -
and seems to have the superintendence of
the.dining-reom. The first wife has none
of these cares, but drones away her age in
the solitude of her chamber. - The second
wife was greatly tried when the old man
took his third. 1 was told she kicked up
quite a healthy rumpus about it, and even
went so far as to go and beg the old wo-
man, the first wife,to talk with then;
mutual lutsband and try to dissuade him
from taking another woinan.. A ud , the old
woman, listening to her with a dreary
shook her head wearily and 'said :
"No, no, it is not my coneern at all; I've
had my day of sorrow, and I don't know
why you should not have.yours " He took
his third, but did not bring her hoeue. She
" lives outside," as they say here. You
will meet this portly saint rioiug out with
his thirdand youngest Wife almost -any
day; an effectionate Blue Beard exhibiting
his last captive. ---:-Letter. fronk the CitY of
the Saints.
Horrible Revelations of Chinese Cus-
toms
•
A San Francisco correspondent gives 4.111
following sketch of Chinese "hospital" :
Very few of the women brougrlit here are
wi‘, es, and they live, for the most part, in
the most abject manner: When one of! . -
IN -nth -mg, heap on the floor.—From "Wimp-
ese poor unfortunates becomes weak and
. .
sick, and a Chinese physician pronounces
her case hopeless, she is notified that she -
must die. She kn6ws vety well that pro-
testations and prayers are unavailing, and
submits without a Tritirmur to, ler fate.
If the hundreds of men who occupy re-
spectable positions in society, and their
avocations acquire liberal incomes, out wno
wear somewhat seedy apparel, live in
humble houses, and otherwise seem not to
be as prosperous as their neighbors, were
to take into consideration an item of per-
sDnal expensethe secret ivould be disclosed.
-No longer wobld these gentlemen wonder
how such and such an one could afford so
notch style in their4.:amilies, and themselves
be able to afford a thousand luxuries, in
dress, in the table, in furniture and in
rational amusement-. Let any man who
in the habit of tippling, be it ever as tem-
perately in" his own opinion, soberly count
the cost.t• "A penny a day is a pound a
year, is an old maxim particularly applic-
able to the use—even moderately—of in-
toxicating beverages. Three drinks a day
may be very moderate allowance, but .at 30
cert" a day it amounts to $109 50 in the
course of a year ; or the interest at 6 per
cent on $1,825, and at the end of ten years
$1,095, -without any interest, has been
needlessly guzzled.
How would this appty in domestic econo-
my ? Five persons in the course of a year
will consume four barrels of flour at $7
all of the noblest houses in Franca The
projector of mischief had a quantity of tow
and apitehepet in readiness, and the tight
drosses of the group Were speedily covered
with the,tilittiegy hide Df the bear. ;Masks
for the faeielyiere always at hand, ana thus
the travesti4 Was effected in a very few
minutes, -t.Five of the gang were then
bound together by means of -a silken rope
cut from -the tapestry, -and the sixth; the
King, led them into the hall, where the
thing took 'amazingly. Whoare they !"
.was the general cry; but that, of course,
nobody could tell. At this instant entered
the wildest of all the Dukes of Orleans.—
Hearing of theauperior order of the .fun
going on at the palace, he had left his OWn
amusements in another quarter, and hur-
ried thither. He found the torchbearers
ranged close along the walls and the inquisi-
tive company Let -ahem& round the maskers.
" Who are they hiccupped the three -
parts intoxicated prince. "We'll soon find
that out:" And snatching a toi•ch from one
of the bearers, he staggered forward. Sonie
gentlemen attempted to stay him, but he
was obstinate and quairelsome, and refuted
to be restrained' except by main force;
and as this was not to be thought of with a
prince of the ,bloo1, however fuddled or
anischieveue, they gave way. The prince
lowered his toach to examitie-the neat est of
the maskers. . But hand and foot being
equally unstt.ady, he broeght the flame in
contact with -tlie tow, and the group was
instantly in a bright flame. Presence of
mind or common sobriety on the pars of
spectators or actors, might have averted tne
results. But there was none of the latter
there, and but two instances of the former.
The youthful 001ISOrt of the aged Duke of •
Berry seized the King, and envelope 1 him
in her ample robe ; thus he was saved. An-
other of the maskers, the youug ,Lord of
Naatouillot noted foestrength and agility,
rent the siheen rope with a WrenRh of
his stroller teeth—pitched himself 1Hce
meteor throegh the next window, and
plinaging into a cistern in the court, escap-
ed:with scarce a scar. As fcr the other
four, they :dragged hither and thither
through the horrified amob, fighting with
each other and the flame, and tittering the
-must awful shrieks.—Men who. had gene
enfalteringly through a hundred fighs
sickened at the sight, and women fainted
by SeOreS. 11011Sed by the uproar, all Paris
was soon afoot in ;wild excitement, and
Crowded round the palace A hundred re-
ports were current—that the princee were
engaged in deadly strife being the one
most credited. At last the flame • burnt
out, and the four maskers have black and
ses of Christmas in the Days of -ON," in
the Cornhill Magazine for January.
• el.
The Cost of Tippling
• Led by night to some miserable tenement
that goes by the name of a "hospit41," (how
it gained such a signiticantantithetieal name
we do not know,) she is forced N‘ ithin the
door and made to lie down upotiea shelf.
A cup of water, another of boiled rice, and
a little metal oil -lamp is placed- by her
side. The assassins pass out of the death -
cell, the heavy door is locked, and the mis-
erable creature is left to die alone. What
agonies the poor victims suffer in their
Engel_ ing death, no one knows. The smoth-
ered shrieks of despair; the dreadful moans
with which weakened nature announces
its sufferings, May be „heard by those who
live in that immediate vicinity; but they
either pay no attention to them, orsimply
vent nededietiOns on the suffering cause of
their anolayance. No one thinks of interfer-
ing with the doomed one, all, know the
taws, and none are brae enough to inter-
fere with the drefidful edicts. After a few
days the lamp Burns out a the light fails
for lack of oil; the rice cup and water cup
are e pty and dry r andthe joss -sticks,
whielt were lighted when the woman, was
brought to the cell, are nothing' but char -
bred splinters of bamboo. Those who have
- immediate charge of the establishment know
how pong the oil should last, and when the
limit is reached, they return io the ''hospi-
tal," unbar the door and enter, that they
may remove the unhappy victim of such
barbarous usuage. Generally the woman is
dead, either by starvation or her own band,
but sometimes life. is not extinct ; the spaik
yet remains when the " doctors" enter,
but this makes little difference with them.
They come for the corpse, and they will
„ not go away without it. If the victim be
not already dead, the circuinstance only de-
lays the removal of the re -mains- a few min-
utes. When they enter the woman is still
alive, but they soon come forth _ bearing A
body—only a body, the heart has ceased
to beat., the breath comes and gees no
more, the soul has fled. How the deed is
done—whether blood is drawn, the victim
slaughtered or smothered, none save those
itt the secret know.. The result is past
dispute. A poor, erring woman, help-
less and unlovedais murdered, and this
in the heart of a Christian and enlightened
city. Such is a single chapter in the book
of crimes of a cosmopolitanAcity. The
truthfulness of the recital is vouched for
by police ofeteers, who aided the reporters in
ferreting out the facts.
Tragic end ot a Mask
Towards midnight, when all were half
mad with wine, De Guisay suggested a
mask. These things, rough as they were,
usually prearranged. Everybody knew
when to look for and in most
instances, who they were. But the mar-
riage had:been too hasty for this; nobody
0.0W expected anything of the kind, and
the King to3k achint all the more eagerly.
He letired, unobserved by the crowd, with
De Guisay and four other _wild ones—scions
and still fewer can in Tho same amount of
time accomplish as much ; and we are SUIT
that if he takes to clearing wood or sawing -
planks he will do it with a will.. Even his
amusements will be energetic and he can-
not be surprised at the curiosity of the
people who like to see their great men at
play when they throw off their official rooes
and airs, and become ordinary mem -
"Much of a statesman's popularity de-
pends on the ease with which he can take
us into his contidence—and, so to speak,
into his family. We seem to know him
and to like him bettor if we can. follow him
like Lord Palmerston to the hunting -field,
°alike Mr, Bright to a day's fishing, cm.' like
Mr. Gladstone to a bout of wood -cutting
and kilning. This is, indeed, one ,of the
great sources of the pleasure which the
Eng1ish take in political d;rmers. We like
TO see that wonderful old man, Lord IN-
rnerston, eat With the zest.4 an Etcn
schoolboy. Aud so it did one good to see
Sir Robert Peel oobbing in his saddle in
Rotten row. Perhaps it may also do us
good to see Mr. Gladstone, . after a hard
morning's work over state papers, throw off
the.cares of office tvith his coat, and pro-
ceed to wield the axe, the saw, and the
plane."
per barrel ; but $28 a year would be re-
quired for the.family offive peisons ; or
$81 50 will comfortably clothe a boy or
girl, or add many luxulies for the family
enjoyment. If put at 7 per centinterest
the yearly expenditure for only three
drinks a day would at the end of ten years
arneunt to over $2,000, or a nice little
homestead. Now these figures tell a story
worth heeding. They show simply what
a mere daily driblet amounts to. Add
three cigars per day at 10c, each, and in
ten years over $4000 have been used in the
indulgence of worse than useless habits.—
Is it net plain that Smith, who neither
smokes nor drinks, can dress better, live
better, and be healthier than Jones, who
does loth '1 Mrs. Smith and the little
Smiths always look nicer than the Joneses.
Is not the reason plain ?
Mr Gladstone at Home -
A Liverpool paper having 'published an
account of a visit to Mr. Gladstone's house,
the London Daily News makes the follow-
ing comments
"The Premier will not grudge us to
p ep at him in his private life. One day
e find him with his son and his nephew
busily engaged by way of recreation, in
.eutting down a beech tree near Hagley
that measured fourteen feet in circumfer-
ence. The process lof felling the great
tree takes three days of tliree hours each.—
Another day we visit him at Hawarden in
company with the Archbishop of Syra and
Tenos, and we discover him in the act of
sawing planks for a job of joinets' work
which, he had undertaken and nearly
finished. Mr. GladstOne has the reputation
of being the hardest working man in. Eng-
land. Few men can work as hard as he,
- ------ ---
The Indian Massacre in Montana.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-THREE
RIORS KILLED.
The Helena (Ma.) Gazette of the 1st inst.
WAR -
says :---
'The expedition against the hostile In-
dians set out from Fort Shaw on --Wednes-
day. The. weathet 1% as fearfully cold, the
thermometer ranging 10° to 20° below, zero,
and the icy winds swept across the exposed
and bleak plains with a keenness and pene-
tration that defy description. About dawn
on Sunday morning they reached the tepee
of an Indian called Gray -Wolf, who was
encamped alone, with his family, in -which
there, were two eases of small -pox. Ex-
torting. from Gray Wolf the intelligence
Red Horn .and Bear Chief's camp was
about eight miles turtle". on -in the Big
Bend of the Marias, the command started
on a -gallop and came upon the camp like a
whirlwind, - about 7 o'clock a. m. There
was only one Indian stirring, and he, see-,
ing the cavalry as they dashed across the
Creek, fired and killed a soldier. The next
second the command were in the camp,
around evely tepee, in front of every lodge
door, and opening a fusilade from their -re-
peating rifles. The a w a- ken ed Indiaiis
jumped to their feet with terrific yells; but
no sooner would one put his head out of
the lodge door than be was riddled. Some
fired through tne lodges, others endeavored
to escape by running. (inc " buck" was
found alive afterwards, in his tepee, . who
had killed two of his squaws with his
knife and piled ,their demi bodies over him-
self to hide him. • This is an act of strata-
gem, meanness and cowardice unexampled
even im Indian history. It is unnecessary
to say that wretch did. not l“ e long after
he was found in this condition. Soon it
appeared that the warriors of the camp
were thoroughly wiped out and the troops
took a view of the situation. The camp
consisted of 37 lodgvs, with a wealth of
buffalo robes, furs, meat whiskey and every-
thing that an Indian considers necessaryto
wake him rich, that astonished the trbops.
They found that they had killed 173 In- -
dians, and had, besides, between 130 and
140 captives, women and children. These
they had no use for: and assigning them a
lodge for their shelter, with such necessar-
ie,s' as they needed, the ti oops burned the
robes, furs, peltries, meats, arms, lodges
and everything else.
While a detachment remained at the
work of destruction, the main command
had resumed the march to attack the Moun-
tain Chief's band which .they supposed was
only three miles further ; but a ntarch of
16 miles scarcely brought them to .the Camp.
The Indians here had received the alarm
and fled, barely taking their ponies with
them. The lodges were struck, but noth-
ing had been moved. The pots were still
boiling on the fires. There were forty-four
lodges in this camp, with a similar wealth
of Indian goods, proving that they were
the richest Indians in America. Everything
was destroyed. The guides and citizens
were much disgusted at the distruction of
bales of buffalo robes and rich furs; but the
doctor announcedthat they all had the
small pox contagion in them. Then the
oomma.nd made for. the Blood Camp, near
the agenCy. Here the small pox was rag-
ing fearfully. The -warriors had skedaddled ;
but Col. Baker sent a half-breed after
them, who induced them to come back.
They came back to their campt mighty good
Indians, delivered up about a dozen Ameri-
can horses that they had, including, Broad-
water's brown horse, and were for peace all
the time. They then brought meat and all
forts of presents to the soldiers—being the
te
first Indian treaty on . record where the
presents were not made by the whites.
Col. Baker made a speech and told them
that as they had no part in the murder he
would spare them, and warned them never
to trespass on the whites. The command
was then 2athered up and went into camp,
Where they got a square meal, the first they
had for -thirty-six hours. From the camp
they returned to Frit Shaw, bringing with
them over 300 captured horses. All these
particulars are authentic, teceived from
offleers of the command.
Agents! Read This!
Victoria Organs
AND:
MANUFACTURED BY
S. WILLIAMS,
TORONTO ONT.
LIST OF PRIZES
TA K EN BY
R. S. Williams' Instruments.
UNION EXHIBITION, TORONTO, 1861.
FIRST PRIZE AND DIPLOMA 1
FIRST PRIZE,
pr„,„eial Exhibition,Toronto, 1862.
FIRST PRIZE AND DEPLOMA9
Provincial Exhibition, Kingston, 1863.
FIRST PRIZE AND HIGHLY COMMENDED
Provincial Exhibition, Hamilton, 1864.
PaRaz,
Provincial Exhibition, London,
1865. FirstPrize and Highly
Recommended, Provincial Ex-
hibition, Lower Canada, Mon-
-
treat 1865.
E will pay agents 'a salary. of PO per week
and expenses, ,or, allow a large commission,
our new wonderful inventions.
dress, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich.
FIRST PRIZE,
Provincial Exhibition, Toronto, 1866.
FIRST PRIZE & SPECIALL-Y RECOMMEN-
DED, -
Provincial Exhibition, Kingston, ; 1867.
We have kept no record of County Exhibitions,
at which Our Instruments have always taken
FIRST PmzEs, whenever exhibited in
competition with others.
•
PIANO FORTE
(Jur sock will be found large and well select-
ed, and comprises first and second-class approved.
makes, and the new Union Piano Company's
Piano. An inspection is solicited before buying.
Address,
R. S. WILLIAMS..
Toronto, Ont.
112-1y.
Toronto, Jan'y. 28, 1870.
• SIGN OF THE
COTCI-1 COLLAR,
March 4, 1870.
THE CANTON
1. T.
R HO.USE
IN THE
NEW POST OFFICE BLOCK,
15 THE PLACE FOR
CHOICE TEAS.
The fact that the subscriber makes tins article
a speciality, shouli lead all intending -purchasers
who like the best market affords. to, at least tiy
his stock.
The Finest Liquors !
And a select stock of Stapk and Fancy
Groceries, always on hand.
JAMES C. LAIDL,.kW.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 2.1st, 1870, ;- 99-tf.
st•
FIT RNITUR
CHEAPER THAN EVE]..
THOMAS BELL'S
W ARE-R.00AI
rp BELL ss now prepared to fainish. Houses at
• Toronto prices-
T.TINT '11..A.Iril•T
In all its departments, attended to in a satisfact-
,
ory manner. A hsArse for hire.
THE nridersigned begs to inform the Farmers
and others of the county of Buron, that he
,has opened a first class
HARNESS & SA.DDLERY1
S 1=t 11" 1
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.
ledged by cempetant judges to be superior
to any made in the County and from his
thorough acquaintance with the wants of the
community. ..he is satisfied that all who favor
nun with theirpatronage will have no cause to
regret doing so.
• His personal supervision being given to all
work manufactured at his shop, places hira in a
position to warrant all work. sold by him, and his
motto will be "the nimble sixpence before the
slow shilling." • Come along Farmers and judge
for youselves. No charge for showing goods.
Or Shop opposite the Old Post Office, Seaforth.
WM. H. OLIVER.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. - 80-tf.
HIS COLLA RS particularly, are acknow-
FARMERS!
CirGet your Homenia.dss Cut Out.%) •
With, Economy and Taste
AT
SUTHERLAND BRONS.
TAILORS.
Goderich Street.
0 ID PIT S 1
And Workmanship Guaranteed.
CHARGES MODERATE.
NEXT DOOR TO
Lumsden's Drug Store.
Seaforth Jan'y. 21st 1870. 82-tf.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SAIJE
MYER Subscriber offers for sale a large Frame
Cottage; 30 x 40, new, and Villagtl Lot,
opposite the Baptist Church, Seaforth. Farm
property would be taken in exchange. Apply on
the Premises.
ALEX. MeAURTHER.
Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. , 112-6ra •
THOMAS BELL'S
PATENT SPRING- MATTRASS
Kept constantly on hand and fitteAl,to any bed-
stead. This article is the best and cheapest
made, as attested. to by all who have used it.
Warranted to give satisfaction.
dir Remember the place
0' _ID I' CD s i r
KIDD & MIITTLKINS.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st. 1870.
87-tf.
LUMBER?. LUMBER!
MHE undersigned have on hand at their Mills,
half a mile North from the _Village of Ain-
leyville, 500,000 feet of Good DRY PINE
LITMBER.,, of the followingdifferent khads; viz
—inch, i3ach and a half,"and two inch, clear. A
large lot, (over 100,000, );inch and a quarter, and
inch and a half flooring, both dressed and under-
dressed; half inch siding, comraon boards and
plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Board. and strip
LATH, all of which will be sold at reduced
prices.
They have lately added a first-class planning
machine, to their other machinery, and intend
keeping dressed lumber of all kfinis constantly
an hand. - •
The public may rely upon being able toprocure
any of the above articles of Lumber at their
Mills. so long as it is here adve-tised.
Parties sending lumber" to the nfill can have it
dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible
terms.
M. & T. SMITH.
-.A-inleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-tf
House and Lot for Sale
OR TO RENT.
IN EGMONDVILLE
THE undersigned has for sale or to rent; on
reasonable terms, a good Frame House, with
wood shed, cistein, pump and good yard in con-
nection.
The above premises were lately occupied by
Dr. Vercoe.
For particulars apply to
JOHN F. WEILAND,
Hotel Keeper, Egniondville,
Egmondville, Feb. 11, ino, 114-4ins,
!
HOUSE AN D LOT FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale 3 large Frame
Cottage, 30 x 40, new, and Village Lot on the
corner opposite the Baptist Church, Seaforth.
Farm property would be taken in exchange. Ap-
ply on the premises.
ALEX, MeAURTHER.
Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. • 112-6m:
NOTICE 'TO DEBTORS.
A LL personseiradebted to the late firm of
Zapfe & McCallum, are hereby requested to
call and settle the same with the undersigned on
or before the lst, of March next, otherwise -costs
will be incurred.
ZAPFE & CARTER.
Seaforth Foundry.
Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 115-tf,
Money to Lend.
lUrONEY t,co Lend on Farm Lands at 8. per
131.1 cent.
Apply to
P.. F. WALKER,
Solicitor, Goderieh:
Goderich, Feb. 11, 1870.
"NOTICE TO BUILDERS.
,
The subactiber has at his Kiln, Con. 5, Lot 4,
Tuckenimith, H. R. S., a large quantity of st-
lass biick; which. he ofers cheap for Cash,.
• JAMES PICKARD,
Tucker:math, Feb. II, 1870. 1,14-6ius.
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