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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-03-11, Page 74, 1_1170. tering I S air IE '4' large, and furtxer pure ases. staple articles t'eung Hysen Tea, ren .ba Su 'efined Sttgar, --!brador herrings; fall catch, .*Vii.alser Whiskey, Lad, Malt dor selected stock of OCEMES kz1 to' mention. and e for yourselves. NN and RY crIns - t, !MU I) BY ONT. MS, PRIZES B$ BY Instruments, ToraNTO: 18431 • *k.FD :DIPLOMA I ion, Toronto, Ef 1862. LOMA Ix, fulagaton 1863. • .ItafLY COMMENDED • . nitten„ via TzP, ibi Lion, London, rize and Highly 1.roviiicia1 Ex- anada, Mon - Toronto, ISM 1, 1. " P ItitOtIMEN n, Kingston, 1867. _ of County Exhibition& ents have al:ways taken enever exhibited in with others. FORTE -re.1 large and well select - land second-elass approved r Union Piano iterepany's is solieited before buying. wuwims. Toronte, Ont. 112-iy. March 11, 1870. THE 'KvAQN gxposyroaf,... Still More Horrible. A FARMER CHOPPED TO DEATH WITH AN AXE BY A NEGRO MUTE. ' Asterlible affair, a brief account of which hag already appeared in the Free PC888, oc- curred in -Ulster county, near a little town called Ohioville, twelve mile e west of the andson River. ----There lived in the neigh- borhood a wealthy and influentialfarmer, Daniel _ A. Hasbrouck. He. was known throughout' the eetira length -and breadth of the county, and was much respected. Some year's ago, taking pity on ,a deaf and dumb negro; named Gardner, he gave him em- ployment on his farm. The new band soon began to make himself very useful, although - at times he would act stubbornly and be- come. sullen and morose for days: His periodical fits of despondency caused much nneasinesb. among the female members of Mr. HasbouckV family, and they often urged Daniel to get rid of the negro, fear ing he would se& the house on fire or do some other mischief of a serious- nature. Mr. Ilasbouck's neighbers also hinted the inatter to him, but to all, he replied, laugh- ingly, "Oh, he'll get along,- T can menage him easily." Thus matters progressed :till Monday night last, when it was observed that Gardner had..a fit of the "sulks." He theelt no supper, but roamed about the barn, net deigning to ' hold communication with any member 'of the family. Tie went to *bed at an early hour. Tuesday morning When he got up the "sulks"- were still on. him, and he refused breakfast. Mr. 'Has- brouck directed him to 0-o to the., wood -pile and split some wood. -111-iking one or two motions with his hands, the mate started for the pile, Mr. Hasbrouck following. Tak- ing upthe axe he commenced his work, but, stopping suddenly, he. whirled around and seized Mr. Hasbrouck by the throat, and, letting the handle of the 'axe slip through his hand till it came to the blade, raised it and -commenced 'lopping the fiumer in, the face. The first blow was aeross the left eye, and the second over the jaw and lip; A woman coming to the -door of Mr. Has- . beuck'a residence, saw the affray, and screarnit g NS ith all her might, ran back into the house. By thisl time the farmer, after a desperate struggle, broke away from his assailant, and started to trim, closely pur- sued by the black, who glided swiftly after the vietim, with the axe high in the air. Faint with the loss of blpod, tie farmer could not move fasteenougle and Gardner catching up to him, the murderous axe fell again, this time upon Mr. Hasbrouck's right shoulder, sinking four inches deep in- to the shoulder blade. - The victim fell uP- on his face on the MO QV. Once more he raised the weapon, and -with the butt end of it crush- ed in the back of the farmer's skull. He was about to make a fourth .stroke, when seine neighbors arrivesr upon the scene, a- mong them Dr. Holt, w -ho ceased the arrest of the man Gardner. As they led the deaf and dumb monster away he encircled his throat with bi8 bands, and then held one hand above his head, as if he expected to be hung for, bis bloody transaction. Mr. Has- brouck was conveyed to his residence in a dying condition; perfectly unconscious, and -w-hen Dr. John R. Cooper, of Poughkeepse,‘ left his bedside, at half -past four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, it was supposed he could not live two hours. Mr. Hasbrouck ex- pired without -uttering a word about five o'clock the same day. The negro was taken before a New Peitz Justice, and, after a ex -amination, was sent to King- ston jail to await thepction of the Grand Jury. This is the most horrible affair that hattoccurred in Ulster county for a long and the farmers in the neighborhood are in a high state of excitement over it. Had ;the negro been held near the scene for afit; length of time, there is no doubt he viAaldhatT been lynched. Mr. Hasbrouck -att1tea,ebout forty-tive eare of age, a man of fortune, and leaven a wife iuld one child. The *murderer is twenty-two year of age. Canada Thistles During the smellier we have visited raft/1y of the western countries, and gone far into the country at Vaeious,points, and nothing has struck us .so much as the en- ormetts increase of that most pestiferous weed the Canada' Thistle. It covers %thole fields, eyelet country road is filled with it. Many -crops of spring !grain at so tilled with it as to be almoa indistinguishable. Even the best of farmers find it encroach- ing upon their land in spite of all their et.* 1 forts to keep it down. We have seen thous- ands of acres of it in full bloom, and asked some land owners why they did not try to keep it -from geowing by (7itttmg the plais down before they blossom , to which the answer AVZ18, it is too much) troubie and we have been kept so busy with the late and long delayed liarvestin 0, work. Thera is a law, we fielieve, which7empowers the path - masters to cause all thistles and other nox- ious weeds that grow on the road be . cut down, and the expense assessed- on those. who, from their own neglect, allow th n to grow on the roads adjoining their lots. But the law is only nominal, and cannot be en- forced to any advantage unless it is made obligatory to every path inaster. The great evil of this matter of the spread of this most noxious weed, lies in the fact that there are so many- careless shiftless farmers' who will not talc'e the trouble to destroy the thistles, and from their' fauns it spreads -all over the neighboring ones, and the best cultivators find -their good Culture is but encouraging the inroads of the weed, as their well' tilled- fields.offer such a nice seed -bed for the ftfarig tistle seeds, in this case the only cure of the evil that can be, depended upon is perfect prevention of its spread, and. that can only be done by the- legislaturegiving us a law that will enable the, better and more intelligent class of farmers to appoint some of their numbers' to _see that the thistles are cut down wherever found, as often as they -may show their heads, and be - before they bloom. The expense of doing the work to be assessed upon the land where they aie found growing. Such a law is pow in operation in some parts of the States with good effeet, and were something of the kind put in practice heist, there would be more encouragement given to the better class of farmers to continue their ef- forts of irnprovin,g our agriculture, and few- er of our,farnata-s' sons would leave for the western praries to escape the disagreeable ii ecessity of continually contending against and working among the vilest of the vile weeds, the Canada Thistle. An Indian Town Bombarded- Irrom the San Francisco Chronicle. Since Alaska became annexed to the United States, and a 41N9eSfi soldiery entered ppon that Territory, we have nothing to chronicle but scenes of horror and bloodshed, brought about sometimes by the licentious soldiers and their dissolute commanders, and at other tunes by the reckless tradets -who have overrun the new Territory. The principal instrument in the trade thus •caeried on has been, whiskey—no, not whiskey t it would almost confer ignity upon the villianous compound that they barter t� call it by that name. Captain Leonidas SMith as quartered et Fort . Wrangel as post trader ,or suitor. Here Captain Smith had opened a small store, not unlike a grocery, 'where everything was sold or bartered that the Indian heart might covet, not omitting, of course, the inevit- able fiery liquors. All Was going well with the Captain, who, besides making money, enjoyed the comparative CciBfOr0 of aeltome, his -wife, now in this city, havirigaCcome panied him to his northern exile, Attached to the Captain's bousehold was a natite Wibulan, employeC:4:*at housekeeper, who had a large', theuglit:iiiyoluntary share in bringing about fragile- Ciiiiitmas at Felt Wrangel.'Early. on the morning of Christ ends day the Indians, all prepared for merry making, left theirsettlernent and rekred in SWarnIS to the garrison. Here the soldiers had made ample preperetions for the enter- tainment, and the whole day was continued • round of pleasures and fe8tivities. :Liquors were freely circulated,e and the Indian's .Paradise had been ,fullN itttained. Towards evening, however, the nttivet, now full of corrosive stimulants, exhibited a disposition to be unruly. One Indian seized Captain Smith's housekeeper, the native woman al- ready spoke -n Of, and insisted upon kissieg her handot liberty which that person re- sented by shrieking for the Captain and making . a great hubbub generally, The Indian, inea.ntinte, had obtained possession of her hand, and retained one of her fingers between hie teeth with a fieaveness, the re- sult no doubt of love .and -whiskey .inju- diciously mixed. Captain Smith sprang to the assistance of his housekeeper, and, call- ing his Men about him, threatened to shoot down the natives. The too amorous In- dian,theeettpon released the woman's finger, and, with ferocity and hate gleaming in his eyes, he turned like a baffled tiger upon the white man who had interfered with his pleasure. The captain detected his dispo- sition to fight, and, our informant says, struck the first blow. The scene that follow- ed was indescrbable. The Indians pitched in, .one and all, and the fight *soon became general. Being named however, they -were quickly defeated by their white opponents, and driven from the Fort, and -half-drunk as they were, the Indians slumbering .fer- ocity was aroused, and their thirst for re venge overcame all considerations. Witht ont council or debate, they rushed to:their. encampment, and seizing their weapons of war, rushed back to the fort, filling tilt, air with hoots. and cries and demoniac 'yells. Arriving!iti*.p*kiii*pp., they. began to fire, bu t wereg. epOtti,V .44100'4 -WO -Ttbtrt a few well dirWteit slietts-,t Aikthigliiiictiii4 Capt. Smith' stepped outtcrebriClitty- he had DO scant ex' crossed the Aite#414liert he' fell back wounded in several- places by the shot of the enemy-. 'The commander of the fort ordered a sortie, and the body of the un- fortunate Captain &pith was immediately, recovered and brought within the fort, where he expired a few hours after. The bembardetent then commenced in earnest. Shot and shell flew about like hailstoneet, the dismayed Indians, were fain th beat a ilisty 'retreat, and shoitly afterwards to show a flag Of truce. They were unused to this style of welfare, and were glad to have the murderer surrendered. The Indian whoa had fired the fatal bullet was accord- ingly bro-ughei int%) the camp- by the chiefs of the tribe—where he was sumutarily tried found guilty, and sentenced to be hung. The sentence of this man was ietimedtately executed. The hanging of this plan ended the war, the other Indians retiring sub- missivelyi to -their camp. 4.411 4110. EFFECT OF CoLD ON CTAS.—Jt may sur- prise some. of our readers, who have givee no attention to such subjeets, to learn that the illuminating power of ordinary gas de- pends,* in a very marked ratio, npon the air in which it is burned. Thus, it has been found, taking the amount of light emitted at 95 degrees of Fahrenheit as a standard of one hundred parts, that at 32 degrees, or the freezing -point, the percentage of light is only .76; and that at 4 degrees above.zere it is only .36, or about one third of -whatit is at 65 degrees. On the other band,, in- creased heat is not accompanied by a corres- ponding amount of light, since. the temper - atm e of boiling water °nit.' causes an .in- cifease cif bnly four per cent, oyer the ttaill- ard; and that of 320 degrees, or of boiling paraffine, only 18 per cent. - The loss of — illuthinating power upon the application of cold is supposed to depend directly upon the condensation of the hydrocarbon vapors; since at a temperature of 4 degrees a solid mass was found congealed upon the sides of the tube, containing, among other substan- ces, benzoic), amenorda, and nitric r• liarper's Magazine jor March. . _ Starved to Death A REVOLTING OUTRAGE BY A llYWENIC FAg- Atte. The case of the alleged starvation of Flora Stoddard, of Brattleboi-o, Vt., by her, half-sister, Mrs. Geo.- C. Haskins, is one of the most extraordinary that ever darkened the criminal annals of Velment, and is thus described by the Springfield. Republi- can : This girl's home was at Worcester, Vt., a few miles north of Montpelier. Flora went to Brattleboro last August, at the earnest solicitation of Mrs. Haskins, and from that time seems to be completely un- der the control of that woman. The latter had just graduated at the Hygienic Insti- tute, in New Jersey, where she nad become infatuated with the idea of living " hygeni- cally," that is, on .oatmeal' mixed up with water. This theory of diet seems to have ariven all else out of the wortian's mind and heart, making of her a cold, unfeeling, sys- temat- ally cruel being, laboringiunder the -t of intentiona " Under her treat - me t Flora began to loose flesh and pine awe:, though her sister Ellen declares that pre% ously she was a pretty healthy girl. Mr. Haskins asserted that Flora was free to leave at any time, but declined to do -so, a point whieh the sister and mother do not discredit. . Early in November' her sister Ellen visit- ed her, and found them living on this fare, and wade this statement : About 8 o'clock we ate our breakfast, ;which consisted chiefly of potatoes, a bowl bf raw apples, ,some Graham cakes, which 'Laura told me herself she mixed with water itnd shortened with mashed up potatoes 't'vithout any salt, and a dish of apple sauce Without saeasoning. We had the same for dinner as we had for breakfast, with the ex.- ception of some stewed beans, cooked with nothing in them but dear water, no salt, spoil, or anythingall we had to eat on them was some of that apple sauce without season- ing, instead of vinegar. Iler pudding was rice cooked 1 cle4i water, was not salted or buttered, w th nething to eat, on it. We ii had no salt, butter, meat, pepper, vinegar, or anything of the kind,on the table. She would not allow Flora or Clara, her child- ren, to eat anything, not so much as an apple, betWeen meals. They ate twice a dav the general time be- ing about 8a. m., and 2;1 p. in. Laura (Mrs, Haskins) tpld me when she got home from the hygenic institute at New ' Jersey she intended to allow her husband and Laura salt and creetu to eat on their potato, and le c them live as they have been living, but she said that Flora declared she would not live in the hygenic style—she-said she would starve first. Then Laura said she was bound Flora should live just as she did. She said she was quite turbulent at first, but shelled got to be quite docile now—had got to be e pijetty ped girVand to ob. She also said she had a pretty good coW that was the . greatest - temptation to Flora she had; and she immediately sold her. Airs. Haskins' treatment - of Ellen -was 'veiy rude. janualy 17th, the latter visited her sister again, and was turned out of the house by Mrs. Haskins -without being allowed to see her. The scene threw the invalid Flora into almost her last coughing fit, and as she begged to see her sister Ellen; the latter Was ' finally sent for. , -With a policeman she again approached the house, and was allowed to see anti comfort her sis- ter. The dying girl was lying in a fireless room, and was still fed "hygienically" by her half-sister, who .took accession to re- mark that the sufferer had given her clothes to her. 'Ellen at once roused the select , Man, and , Laura was moved on the follow- ing day to a neighbors, the sheriff and doc- tor assisting. After the most comfortable day of the whole sickness she died- in the afternoon. L. _From the evidence before us it seems un - 'deniable that the girl died through the hygi- enic diet, which her half-sister so fanatically and et uelly, net to say criminally enforced. Mrs. Haskins deserves the lunatic asylum, to say the least, and the town medical au- thorities must - be very hard-hearted or they - must have slept:ill o' night over their erim inal negligence. ----saasta--- The Tower of Babel A. writer describes the . present appear- ance of the place where languages got mixed: —"After a ride of nine miles we were at the foot of the Bier Itt unrod, Our horses' e feet were trampling upon the remains of bricks which showed here and there through the accumulated dust and rubbish of ages, befm e our eyes rose a great mountain of , earth, barren and bare. This was Bier Nim- rod, the ruins of -the Tower of Babel, by which the first builders of the earth vtinly booed to scale high heaven, Here also it was that Nebuchaduezzar bnilt,- for bricks bearing .his name have been found in the ruins. At the top of the mound a great mass of brick -work pierces the accumulated soil,. With your finger you touch the very bricks, large, square shaped and massive— that were thoroughly burned; the very mor- tar, now hard as granite, .bandled mole than 4.000 years ago by earth's impious , people. fronl}the summit of the mound far' away over the -plain we see glistening the gilded dome of a mosque, reflecting the bright rays of the morning . sun, This was the tomb of the- holy Ali, - Topray.before this at Some period of big life; to kiss the- sacred dust around there some time or other ; to bend hie body- and el:mu t his beads, is tb e daily:desire of every devout Mehantedan." "NEW YORK HOUSE." The Subscriber has JUST OPENED! In the above House, A SELECT STOCK OF FRESH ROCERIES WIN -MS! AND LIQUORS! AND, FLOUR FEED All of which he will 'sell at the LOWEST PAYING PRICES Thc fact that the entire stock is Fresh froin the wholesale markets, should be sufficient argu- ment to induce patronage. FARM PRODUCE Taken in exchange for Goods at Cash Prices. Killoran and Ryan's Old Stand. 0 PHILIP CLAP?. Seaforth, Joey. 21st, 1870. 103-tf. $1 Canada Tweeds for 80 cents. AT The Neu', York House. WINTER STOCK o. NOW COMPLETE At the New York House A Large Stock of WOOLEN AND READY-MADE CLOTHING! THE CANTON T T. T. T. T T. VVAREHOUSEI IN THE NEW POST OFFICE BLOCK, IS THE PLACE FOR CHOICE TEAS. The fact that the subscriber makes this article a speciality, shoulki leal all intending purchastri • who like the best market affords, to, at least trf his stock. The Finest Liquors And a select stock of Staple and Fancy Groceries, always on hand. JAMES C. LAIDLAW. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. FURNITURE CHEAPER THAN EVER AT THOMAS BELL'S WAREIOOM MBELL ss now prepared to furnish Houses at, , Toronto prices - In all its departments, attended,to in a satisfact, ory maxmer. A hearse for hire. 0 THOMASBELLS PATENT SPRING MATTRASS -Kept constantly on hand and fitted 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. IN -Remember the place -KIDD &IVI'MULKINS. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st. 1870. 87 -ti , LUMBER! LUMBER! rpHE undersignedhave on hand at their Mills, 1_ half anodic North from the Village of Ain-,— leyville, 500,000 feet of Good DRY PINE LUMBER, of the following different kinds; viz —inch, inch and a half, and two inch, clear. A , large lot, (over 100,0000 inch and a quarter, and . inch and a half flooring, both dressed and under- dressed ; half inch siding, common boards and plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Beard and strip LATH, all of which 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 kinds constantly ' an hand. The public may rely upon being able toproeure any of the aboli-e articles of Lumber tit their Mills. so long as it is hereadve•tut' ed. Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible - terms. M. & T. SMITH. Ainleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870, 114 -ti House and Lot jr Sale._ OR TO RENT. IN EGMON-DVI L LE. 4 rpHE undersigned has for sale or to rent, Oh • 1_ reasonable terms, a good Frame House, with wood shed, eistein, pinup and good yaH in con- nection. The above premis -es were lat-ely oceupied by Dr . Vercoe. - For particulars apply to . JOHN F. WEILAND, Hotel Keeper, Egmenclvilles Eginondville, Feb. 11, 1870, 114-4ins, .HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. THE subscriber offers for sale a 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, McAU RTHER. Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. 112-6m. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. ALL persons- imdebted to the late firm of -Zapfe & McCallum, axe hereby requested to. Call and settle the sante with the undersigned on dr before the lst. of March next, otherwise costa • will be incurred. ZAPPE & CARTER. Seaforth Foundry_ Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 115-tf omplaet.t,,„, _ Money to Lend. trONEY to Lend on Fara. Lands" at 8 ; cent. Apply to P. F. WALKER, Solieitor, Goderich., Goderich, Feb. 11, 1870. I14-8ins, NOTICE TO BUILDERS. The subscriber has at his Kiln, Con. 5, Lot 4, Tuckersmitli,, 11. R. a lax& quantity of firat- class brick, which he offers cheap for Cash, JA.M.RAS• PICKARD. Tuckeramith, Feb. 11, 1870. 114-6ino;