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THE HURON EXPOSITOR
March 4, 187th_
Terrible Deetitutidn and Death
A HUNTING PARTY STRICKEN DOWN. BY DIS
EASE—DELTH OF FOUR OUT OF ME MEN.
A dispatch from Bangor Me., to the Boa.,
Poat conveys the following terrible de-
tails reported at thatplace by one of tree
survivors of a hunting and fishing party,
consisting of five individuals (French Ca-
nadians) who were stricken down with dis-
-
ease and perished in their- camp on, -the (a -
nada. side, not many-milesfrom the Amen -
lean ltorder, The party (of which Was the
informant, a Frenchman, who speaks Eng-
lish imperfectly) set out with two horses
and a pung, about Christmas, upon a h un t-
ing expedition in the wildneress near. the
American line. They were well equipped
with gains, traps, fishing -tackle, and pro-
visions intending to spend a month or two
in that uninhabitable' region. The first
two weeks. they had good luck and
some fine` sport, capturing several otter,
mink, sable, etc., and making a good catch.
of trout in the -lakes. Returning to camp,
one evening, one of the men complained of
the sore throat. Not much was thought of it
by the party, till toward the middle of the
night the ni►in gave evidence of severe suf-
fering, his throat being so swollen that he
could not swallow. He continued to grow
worse daring the night, and when morning
came he was quite insensible. He, had been
attacked by that most loathsome and fatal
disease-dyptheria, which is most malignant
and terrible in the city andin the; forest 1
Without medicine of any discript.ion, and'
near,; 50 i.,iles from any human hab-
itation, they could hut anxiously await the
crisis_
They had not long to wait, for before
night the mail was a corpse: Before. the
first victim expired, however, another of
the party began to complain of the same
diflict.Ity, and on the second day died of
strangulation, or from : the filling up of the
threat. The three survivors took the two
bodies out of the camp and covered them.
up with snow, for the purpose of preserving
them till they could carry them out of the
forest. Determined to break up camp the
next day,aril return with their dead -com-
rades, and were doomed to disappointment,
in consequence of two of the remaining
thrae being prostrated by the same terrible
agent. The last two survived about 48
hours, 'when they, in turn, were carried out
by the only one remaining, to be buried in
the snow. 'Alone in the wilderness, 50
f
miles from any human beimc,, excepting the
grim, co -id bodies of his lifeless companions, -
the sole survivor resolved to start early in
the morning to the abode of civilization,
with his freight of pulseless humanity. But
griefs rever come singly. During the night
the deadly contagion fastened upon himself.
In his own words he "felt the monster at
his throat," and resigned himself as well as
he could: to his fate. The poor fellow suf-
fered the ag nnies of a hundred deaths, alone
and uncared for in a literally "howling
wilderness," with the prospect of no one ev-
• er being able to tell the horrid tale. He
lay, as he thinks, some four or five days be-
fore he woke to consciousness of his fearful
condition. The mildness of the weather,
and ar, good sepply of -blankets and boughs,
saved him from freezing, in the absence of a
fire, which he was too weak to. kindle.
As soon as he could crawl, he went to
tI e hovel, and to his amazement and ° grief
fount both of his horses dead. They had
died of starvation.: Returning to his camp,
he thought he would take a look at his dead
companions. Judge of his horror, when he
found his companies almost Paten by
wolves and other wild beasts that inhabit
that wild and desolate „region: ; Nothing
now was left to him. to do but to make his
wary alone out of the .forest. With- a pair
of snow shoes upon his feet, and as Mucin
provisions as his weak and feeble frame
could bear he started forth; and on the third
day he reached. an Indien camp, where he
rested till he was able to pro eed on his
journey. He gave his name asbLe Roix or
Le Broix., and states that he wasborn near•
the River de Loupe.
Facts about Rich Englishmen
An English writer sends us the follow-
ing : The probate of Lord Westniiuister's
i4i11 frarnili another istance of the fact
that gr eat ru.bl.ernan are very free spenders.
With an inco'ne of certainly not le;,s than.
a clear £:300,000 a year, his
a..
y ,personal 'Dual estate
is only v shied : t 800,000, and this, it must
be remembered, includes the furniture and.
n
plate, etc.,at four residences, and a-nagni-
tic:ant gallery of paintings. So that the act-
ual money which heJ:eft behind him is pro
b tb:ly not half the sum named, and only. a.
- y.
bout a 'ear's income. Local Westrrainister.
died at his estate at Fontl ill, a place which
twine 1►. -f .1e has been conueetefl with_ met! fa -e
mous for their riches. Forthill Abbey,
which was considered in former days eue
.)f the wonders of the west of .England. Was
erigir<ally- built . by ` Beckford -called 1t1
Byron. '• Er,glaanu's wealthiest gbrr, "-the
eeleb1•at !(I author of " \ratheck, " and no
mansion la the; whole country excited great-
er cut osrty- partly on itecount of its splen.-
;lop anti the extraordinary collection of
works Of art which it ccontait ed,'but: still
more: from the fact that the ow.ue.i would
carctely eve permit any one to, pass its
gates, Eventually, however„ Mr. Beckford
suffered enormous losses by the depreciation
of his West India, property, and the,: gates
which had refus.=a admission tee . royality,
were thrust open by -the sheriff's officer. The
estate then passed throughone or two hands
until one part of it became thep prop eity of
Lord W estniirrister, and the other part that
of Mr. Morrison of f t}le celebrated
dry goods
It•iaase in Fore street, London. Mr. Morris-
on's will was proved under £4,000,000, and
he left besides immense landed estates. t
Lord. Westminister had always the reputa-
tion f being• a very careful and, in some
respe ts, penurious than, .and. it might have
been expected that he would have left be-
hind hien an enormous sum of money ; but
English noblemen, no matter what their in-
comes seldom save to any great extent. The
calls upon them are fully in proportion to
their wealth than nobleeee,if nothing else,
oblige to give and spend. A merchant, on
+he other hand, although enjoyinga colos-
a
sal fortune, can live in a moderate manner,
just as Mr. Morrison did. Moreover, there
is amongst members of the great mercantile
world in England a strong pride in dying
rich. This is with many apparently the end
and aim of existence; whereas English
noblemen have noambition of the kind.
The .King and the Scotch Cook.
The Earl of Rochester being in company
with ging Charles II., his queen, chaplain,
and some ministers of state, after they had.
been discoursing on business, the king
suddenly exclaimed, "Let our thoughts be
unbended from the cares of state, and give
us a generous glass of wine, that cheereth,
as the Scriptur*A saith, both God and man."
The queen, hearing this, modestly said she
thought there could be no such text in the
Bible ; and that the idea was little less
than blasphemy. The king replied he was
not prepared to turn to the chapter and
verse ; but he .was sure be had met it in his
scripture reading. The chaplain was ap-
plied to, and he was of the same opinion as
the queen.
Rochester suspecting the king to be
right, and being no friend to the clergy,
slipped out of the room to enquire among
the servants for a Bible, The servants
named David, the Scotch cook, who they
said, always carried a Bible about him. --
David being called, . recollected the text
and where to find it. Rochester told
David to be in waiting, and returned to
the king. .
The text wasstill the topic of
conver-
sation.
onvex-sation. Rochester proposed to call in
David, who, he said, was well 1 acquainted
-with the Scriptures. David. was called,
and being asked the question, produced his
Bible and read the text ; it was from the
parable of the trees in the wood going forth
to appoint a king over them—Judges lx.,
12. And the vine said unto them, shall
I leave my wine, which cheereth God and
man, and go to be promoted over the trees?"
Thepardon,
king smiled, the queen asked p ,
•and the chaplain blushed. Rochester asked
this doctor of divinity if he could interpret
the text, now it was produced. The chap-
lain was mute ; the Earl therefore applied
to David for the exposition, The cook
immediately replied, How much wine
cheereth a man, (lookilg Rochester full in
the face,) your lordship knoweth. ; -(no
doubt David had seen hila fou' (tipsy) or
daft, as we say in Scotlaiid, often ;) and,
that it cheereth God, I beg' leave to say,
that under the`old Testament dispensation
there were meat -offering and drink -offer-
ings --the latter consisted of wine, which.
by a metaphor, was said to cheer (rod, as
he was well pleased with the way of sal.
vation that he had appointed ; whereby
his justice was satisfied, his law fulfilled,
his mercy reigned,' his gra e triumphed, all
hisiperfections harmonized, the sinner was
saved, and God in Christ glorified."
The King looked_astonished, the Queen
shed tears, the chaplain looked confounded,
and Rochester applauded. After some
very severe reflections upon the doctor,
Rochester gravely moved that his majesty
would be pleased to send the chaplain into
the kitchen to turn cook, and that he would
make his cook his chap! ain.Scrap Book.
Losses of Farmers ion Grain.
The Chicago Tribztue, in ` an editorial on
the loss of farmers by grain raisin° during
the past year says they have found partial
compensaticn inthe high price realized for
hogs, the receipttt from this crop having
saved many of them from bankruptcy. If
hors had been sold at a piles corresponding
with wheat there would have been wide-
spread distress in the Wast, and all classes
of business men 'would have felt the sharp
'pinch which prevented farmers from - buy
ing,new bills of goods. But the farmers
Chave not made the most of the situation
Though shrewd enough in driving ordinar
bargains, encouraged by the anticipation. of
a short crop, 'many of them bought pork
options at high prices to -.the full tent of
their Means and have -recentlyhad the
satisfaction .of settling with the sellers at a.:
loss of two 'or more dollars per barrel, thus&
losing every cent made by, the sale of their
frogs. The speculation on pork has been
much° more rampant this winter than in any
former year since the close of the ,,vaar, and
much trading. has been done for parties in,.
the cour►try,. While :this has benefited the
- commission /lien and pit t. money into the
sharp'•oue here, it has been.'. so conducive to
the interests of farrners and drovers that
they can afford to_ repeat the experiment.
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PREE MASONRY IN SCOTLAND.—ID a lec-
ture recently delivered before the New
York Caledonian Club, on the Scottish- `pee
Masons, it was stated that the that lodge
of Masons was .formed in Scotland at
Kil‘vi.nning, in 743. In 1680, at the time of
James 1., Masonry in Scotland began to
assume its form;and formand that monarch
a,.ppointed William St. Clair, his heirs and
Successors, to be Grand- Master. The in-.
stitution, however,' declined, and became al-
most extinct in 1700. The old members of
thattrme relaxed the ancient rigor in. ra-
ference to admissions, and initiated persons,
who were not qualified Masons, and from
this circumstance the terms ".1 mee and .ac-
cepted Masons" arose. The Order now
numbers over 100,000 -members in Scot -
and, :or more than, two and a half per cert
of the entire population, -
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TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN,,
CCARTWRIGHT, L'.D.S., Surgeon Dentist
Extracts teeth without pain by the use of
the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea-
con' store, Stratford. ,Attendance in aeafortle
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
tail, if at Seaforth and Clinton,on the first days
of attendance.
Oyer 54,000 pPaatients have had teeth extracted
by ttie use of the• Gas, at Dr. ' Coulton's offices.
New York.
Stratford, Feb. 11, 1870. ,114-tf,
NOTICE OF
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 FAMILY GROCERIES and
BROVISIONS, XXX FAMILY FLOUR, and all
kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed.
Conntry Produce taken in exchange for Groce-
ries, Provisions, Flour and Feed.
All goods purchased from us will be delivered
free of charge in any part of Saaforth, Harpur
hey, or Egmondville.
Farmers 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
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 GOODS!
READY-MADE CLOTFINC,
AND
C- R,b0ERT:S t
Seaforth Jan. 21st, 1870.
GEORGE _)ENT'S
LUMSDEN
Has just received a Fresh Stock of.
PURE DRUGS
AND
CHEMICALS,
Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, Tooth
and Nail `Brushes, French, English,
and American.
PERFUMERY
GENUINE DYE STUFFS.
Guaranteed to be of the beat quality.
Horse and Cattle Medicines I
Condition Powder.
Physicians perscriptions carefully and :accur-
ately dispensed.
R LUMSDEN;
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N EW STORE
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Imo+ TriE PLACE FOR THE
BEST AND CHEAPEST
DRY QOODS!
AND
GROCERIES 1 I
He has just opened -out an immense stock of
everything in both lines, and would say to his
old friend and all others,
Please call and giee us a trial..
Ourinrotto 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... 11 t-tf,
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of
MAXWELL. & WHITEL W'S
Celebrated
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S°T I��A-W CUT � E.�'.
HORSE AND .HAND POWER.
Also for _Mansey'sinrproved
GRAIN- CR1JS 1EI- .
A stook kept eonstantly on hand.
OL1V''ER €', WILSON,
Market Square.
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 192-tf
R An Insolvent;.•
ONEY LOST
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 under the said Act;
Dated at. the City of London, in the Count} of
Middlesex, this 28th day of December, .A.-1).
1869.
106 -td.
MATTHEW I? 0 DGER,
By JAME8'MAG MAGEE
His Attorney. -ad lite°,
Lust ;rornewhere in Seaforth, on Saturday, 23rd
Jan., a 4r11 of Royal Canadian Bills amount-
ing to ahold $38. The finder will he liberally re-
warded by leaving it at the
t l EXPOSITOR" OFFICE
Seaforth
Seaforth, ... ran'y-. 28, 1870. 112.
FlffSl ARRIVAL
OF
NEW TEAS!
FRESH COFFEES!
c RXDCMR -M. ,
Wines • & Liquors.
1
I The subscriber begs to infrom the public that
he has just received a large stocs of New Teas, .
crop of 1869, which for quality is unsurpassed.
He is satisfied that he can sell
Tea by the cattle or in large
quantities, ten pet 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
Common Whiskey,
Old Ity e,
Mala,
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 hint: a call before purchasing
elsewhere, as he is satisfied he can do better for
thein than any house in this section of ithe
country.
Remember the place,
JOHN \tAISH,
Scott's New Brick Blocl
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 131-tf
SEAFORTH
FURNITURE WARER OMs
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and mannfacturor of all kinds ,of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Such .ate
SOFAS,
LOUNGES, '
CENTItE'TA,
'�°:i �[BLESTR AS`SESS
DINING & 'BREAKFAST TABLES,
BU.1EFAUS,
(HAIRnc, and
-BET STEAD,
In Great 'rarity,
Mr. F►.. has great conid.ence fn offering his
goods to the public, as they are made of :Good
Seasoned. Lumber. and by First -glass Work-
men:,
COFFINS MADE TO ORDER.
1
On theShortest Notice,
WOOD TURNING
Done with 'Neatness and T)espatch-
are o
W ro
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TWo DOOR;
Main Street.
Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870.
SOUTH SHARP'S
HOTEL,
7-ff.
ONTARIO HOUSE;
FALL & WINTER
Very Complete, and selling at greatly
'educed Prices
CLOTHS, FL N NF Ls - ..
S FFA WLS and }MODS,
In great variety
Fresh G' o ceries:
And Crockery.
EDWARD C:S}f.
Seaforth, Jan'y 21st,.1870. 53-tf.
Money ! Money !
subscriber has received another large re-
f__ �a for investment on good
T}JE
b ire a c, of money
farm property-, at 8 per cent or 10 per cent,:an
no charges.
JOHN S. PORTER.
Seaforth, .T.tn'y. 21st, 1870. 95-tt
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The co'
all /petal
,on Tnini
the eirewl
which w
summary
found, so i
more par
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which wig
the impel;
6,t100 tori
been upw•
large s{rip,
the begin
being by
creased. si
There i
owing to
mines, ant
that it is i
details.
/nation as
satisfa=ctory
clueing th',
comm//nie
mines.
give relati
tario we a
the. G eole
furnish ed
The gr,
ceased wo
pointed on
proportion=
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acid, for t
powders a
facture of
i' esidue of
after the s
want of a
vented thi
being pros:
but comet'
and it is n`
Sicilian S.
Ont., may
the Lower;
percentage
withladvai
sent to
e t`.
superphosl`
which is be
Sulphuric
for obtaini`
lasing empl
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and will d;
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obtained fo
The Hu
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depressed 1
about 240'4'
ore tieing
more. W
500 to 600'
'sent .away_
believe, has
. mei/t .and al
The Cape
about 300 ti
men being
regularly,
regains be
the most of
States. Th
ung is part
partly Eng
. The' Loi
moderately.
to Qu4ec,
In Quebec i
property of
able _capacict
tip to their t
The Jesse
James Doo
during =a ne
ing the ore.,
has been enr
pal shaft, et
dressing -ho
the ore fart
passes thre
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arran ems
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time 1:t is: l
i never ha
and sized,
are two
Rittinget's''
whole bei:'
man model'_
completed; i
. ore to be tr'�
and to dres
ore holding;
average.
copper, disc;
Douglas; wt
mile last S '
carried on
ry is conapI
a week or
lixiviators
• cess,
There,ars
hood of Le
tent, but W
anydetaile.-i°
On Lake:;
Bros. have a
the Bruce,
Bay locatio
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2,800 tons
,
.h gidWo'
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otion,
ores, and t .:
sol,
tallie copper=
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