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A Story of the Lost Cause.
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The long and wavering lines of Lee had
at last yielded. , Richmondhad inetSucc ;tithed
I!
to itable fate, and the fortune .o : war.
The conference at Appomattox had taken.
place. !The. army of Northern . .t•ginitt
with is deeds of hereism and -val s t had
passed- into history • `but, there vtal 'other
armies and Other-'iletachments that . were
still trying to uphold the -ill-fated banner of
the doomed confederacy. A mong them
were Gilter'it.brigade of Kentucky cavalry,
which at the time of the surrender of Apt
Pomattox was tryingeby forced Marches to
reach Fitzhugh . Lee's 'command. Many
brave and gellent men, who had met and
defied -death in 6 thousand:Tomas for which
„they- believedto. bea sacredecuste had be-
come almost mutinous, and desertions were
80 numerous that the ceirtmanders were' corn-
• pelled either to punish the guilty . or die --
bar -id the. brigade. . Thus :after a brihf con-
sultation with his staff, the commander de,
termined to punish those - who attenalptedto
desert, and immediately gave erders to that
effeot. On Saturday night, Apri 20th,
while we were encamped upon the heights
of the Aleghenies, two brothers - ,by the.
name of MayeKentuckians, who hal pass-
ed three yeata battling for the " Btnner of
Right," attertirted to desert and re urn to
their homes. The felled in. the t tempt,
and being arrested in the very ac
, .
taken to brigade headquarters, cou
tialed, and sentenced to be -exec
eight o'clock in the nierniRg Ear
Were
t mer-
ited at
y next
day the brigade commander and hs staff,
being ditrimented, marel:ed to wh re the
risoners were, and the order " At ention,
brigade being given by the ;tClipt Ant, the
rs were
to ex-
() order
munted
arehed
L lieu -
of the
Their
etenaut
did all,
stood
The
in case
k, they
of the
of two
to
death sentence of tle, two broth
read. and prejeirations at eitce med
emit° them. Immediately after ti
was read eight files more of dist
Cavalry. with unloaded caabine,
into the square, under the charebe -0
tenant, and were brought up iufro
first squad, facing the oriseners.
arms vert gro t nded , and the li
„ proceeded to load them, which he
:save one. '.1.1he squad in front no
-with their pieces at "shoulder arm,
squad in the rear at " order arms,'
the first pla.L0011 failed to do the wo
were to finish it. Every sel-dier
command was now to witness death
•of their coal rades. Many Wished
mount, that they might not be compelled
to view the dreadfui scene. The ttrisoetet s
steed before their executionte Ts • With an
arm of each bandaged together—brothers
in _bloed, brother in arms, and now isoon to
be brothers in death. Not a muscle moved,
not a cheek blanched, and each one throw-
ing the arm that as unpinioned around
the other, embrachig each other ,fer the
last time. At this critical and exciting
moment, a perfect hum of voices ou1d be
heerd along the line, and many cutbursts of
denunciation could be heard, :old an entente
seemed to be inevitable, but these, out-
bursts of disapprobation were eilenc'ed in an
instaut by the order of the lidutenent cone
-mending the squad, who gave the com-
mand. "Make ready"—"Take
'"Fire !" At the crash of the rifles, the
fetters that bound the eondertulied together
.1;;Urst asunder, and throwing ulp their arms,
they reeled and fell to theeartli, pierced by
balls.. Immediately the blip. e wer order-
ed icto-colunia, and marched[by the re-
mains as they lay covered with gore. -Thus
ended the last execatiou under the govern-
ment of the ".Lost Cause."
Agricultural.
CELLAR VENTILATION. —Whene'et•
warm i
day or two occurs n winter, cellars
shOuld be.ventilated. It is a practice .of
trianY of ottr Camel's to bank up their cel -
lite, and ctose the windows in fall, leaving
no methotiof. ventilation or chance for the
effluvia Meting from decaying vegetables to
escape, except thro' the rooms occupied by
their. families 1 To such we would say, if
some of your children are sick next spring
with fevers, do not call it a dispensation of
Providence, or lay the blame on climate,
but ask yourself haw many times the 'cellar
was ventilated last wititer.--A pod cellar'
under a house is often quite a convenience,
but when filled with vegetables, some of
whiclaare lin a decating state, they become
store -houses of dieease. unless often and
thoroughly ventilated. An open, wild
winter is often followed by an unhealthy
summer, and the OttU80 of the 'latter is
usually found nearer home than many peo-
ple imagine.
SAVING FRU IT TRE ES. —1 t may be a
matter of interest to soine of our readers
to state that girdled fruit trees can be sav-
ed ; and we see no good reason why the
same treatment will net have the same effect
upon all teem The experitoent has been
tried with satisfactory results. The meth,
is as follows: To graft -five or six seions,
as ergo around as a pipe stem, and long
.enough to reach over the girdled place into
the tree. First, notch the live bark above
and below the girdle, then spring the shoots
or scious hit° the notches and fasten the
ends with wax. The principle is that the
scions grow rapidly irnd spread over the
girdled surface. We have been told by a
gentleman who gave this method a trial
that he saved some very fine fruit trees in
this way, after they had been apparently
ruined by the gnawing of mice.
-40 • Ow-
- Fast Life in New York'.
A young Bosteo lady, by an eligible
martiege with a princely merchant, became
:the mistress of an extensive mansion in
Fadison square: While in France she cap-
ttivated the Emperor by her superb dancing
• and graceful skating. his Majesty sent
ber a costly present. At Saratoga and
te•
Newport she drove her own dashing team
with her footman bellied, and became the
•triost conspicuous of the -visitors at'those gay
'places. She resolved to give a fancy ball,
and all the elite were in a fever excitement.
Brown, of Grace Church, had charge of the
invitations, and five hundred were given
out. All the guests were 'in !costume.
--Three-fourths of the guests wore Masks .=
_7he dresses were tide elegant and costly.
e8uits were ordered from Paris and Londom
...The hostess appeared ae the goddess of
-music. The dress was'short, aid her boots
'scarlet and trimmed with small b lls. On
her .head was a lyre, from wnijli issued
-.burning jets of burning gt4. Stool brokers,
eten.in high lifeeand New Yorker, , appear-
ed in various characters, among Willa the
„representatives of a monkey and of Satan
.attractedT the most attention. s
• - The mansion was superbly fitted .up.—
in floral
ver, china
he table.
er livery
ds sent
e supper,
iousands of dollars were spent
-edecorations. Plate of gold and sil
from beyond the seas, adorned
-8ervants,in brilliant gold and sil
'waited on the guests. Hidden b
.music through the mansion. TI
Health of European .Notabilities.
The severe . cold 'titbit+ is now ltreveiling
over Europe- has told seriously ontte health
of several continental personageS. -of note.
The Queen of Portugal, who ie of languid
and cbmsumptive deposition,- has been
suffering from varions- symptoms of chest
diSettee. She is now somewhat better, and
her medical attendants entertain a more
favorable opinion of her condition. The
Pope, who has been suffering from an atteck
of bronchitis, grafted en*chronic catarrh of
the itings,, is also -Nell enough at present to
be able to discherge the i•aried and arauous
dirties entailed by the sittings – of the
, Fathers. -4-he Imperial finnily of France
has been affected with influenza. Two or
three days ago the symptoms presented by
the Empresa were, sufficiently intense to
give rise to a fear of the existence of •pul-
monary congestion. In addition to ia-
fluenza, the Emperor heeltad a touch of
rheumatism ; but he is looking very well,
And has at no time been compelled to re-
nounce his usual pursuits. A report has
L'ie'n set afloat touching the Prince Imperi-
al, who was affected it was said, with a re-
turn ef the complaint whieh some time ago
imperilled his existence ; but in reality,
their exists no foundation for the report.
There is no chenge for the better in the
ENRICH! NG TILE SOI L —The collection
and application of manure should go con-
tinually, for the grasses itnd cereal and all
kinds of cultiyated plants Make an annual
draft o the soil for ehe ingredients which
enable them to build up their stems, fo-
liage and seeds. No -liquid or solid man-
ure suited for -enriching the soil, should be
allowed to go to loss about the homestead.
Scap suds, wood ashes, SUOt, elliAFGOal, saw-
dust, etc, may be apptied to the soil with
much benefit to the crops. Leached wood
eshes are Very useful for top -dressing gt•ass
land, deepening the color of the plants and
increasing their productiveness,' so Much s
to double the acreabie yield of hav When-
ever they are applied in sufficient quanti-
ties.
health of the Emperor of Russia, who is
affected- with hypochendriasis, as I mention-
ed in a recent number, and not rupture,
as certain German Journals have recently
reported. The Radical portion of the
French Chamber is quite disabled at pres-
ent through the ill -health of several of - its
ine mbers. G AID betta, its most distinguish-
ed orator, is a sufferer from phthisis. accom-
panied by frequent, lnemoptysis*. &Inca
has had an atteek of eternalgia, Which seri-
ously threatened his , existence ; while
Raspaii, who has just recovered from an
attack of pneumonia, has left Pari tt for the
more genial climate of Cannes.--Parie
Correspondent oldie Lancet.
CORN VS. POTATOES, -1--A correspondent
sent to the New York Farmers' Club for
answer to the question,, what is the com-
parative value of corn and potatoes as food
for stock 3-- One of the members. gave the
following answer to the question :—Dry
corn contains from eighty to eighty-five per
cent. of nutritive roatter, a considerable
part of which is nitrogeeized, and helps to
nrike red flesh, while the starch and sugar
tend to make fat. Average potatoes have
only seine twenty-seven per cent. of nutri-
tion, and with the exception •of less than
ene-half per cent. of albumen. this is mostly
starCh. In round figures, one bushel of
corn would be worth as much as four bush-
els of potatoes."
. 'HEAVES. —Th f' best food for hot ees •af-
fected with the heaves, is such as is nu-
tritious and succulent, and should be con-
densed into as small a compass as possible.
Dry and dusty hay is injurious, and makes*
the animal wheeze distressingly. Moisten-
ed ground: feed, potatoes, carrots, and luta
bagas, aretthe best food animals having the
disease, and if the water to drink would be
given to the horse out of a cask with slack-
ed lime at the bottom, and sttired occasion-
ally, it would materially lessen the difficul-
ty of breathing. . •
NEVER whip your, horse for becoming
frightened at any object by the roadside;
for if he sees a stump, a leg, or a heap of
tan bark in the road, and while he is eyeing
it carefully, and about to pass it, you strike
'him with the whip, it is the log, or the
stump, the tan bark that is hurting hitn,
in his way of reasoning, and the next time
he will act more frightened,. 'Give him
time to examine and'smell of all these ob-
jects, and: use the war bridle to assist you
in bringing him carefully to these objects, of
Sear. Bring all objects, if possible, to his
nose, and let him smell of them, and then
you can commence,. to gentle hine with
them.
THE following beautiful lines nom Mrs.
Sigouriney, give a lively and triithful pic-
ture of life upcn. a farna:
,lasted till five in the morning. The last
.strains of music for the dances closed at
• ix. The counting rooms were thrown
.open, the hammer of the artisan Was heard,
.,tatabrnen and laborers were at iheir work,
!before the festivites ended end 1 he door
• ,elosed on the last departing gust. Such
is high life in New York.
• Mr. A. T. Stewart is said to be the object
fet great deal of harsh criticism by the
jperchants of New York, itt comsequence of
lns persistent efforts to break down the mar-
ket' for both cotton and woolen goods, If
continues his present course, it is pre-
.* 'tied that he .•‘1.11 ruin a large number of
a small dealers/ Mr. Stewart, however,
•Aisys he is deterneined to bring prices down
40 where they should be. •
Saw ye the fArtner at his plow,
As ye were riding by !
Or wearied 'neath the noontday toil,
• When the summer suns were high?
And thought you that his lot was hard,
And did you thank your God .
That you and yours were not condemned
Thus like a slave to plow'?
, Come and see him at his; harvest home,
When garden, field and tree.
t Conspire with flowing store to fill
- :His barn and granary.
Ills heathful children gaily sport
Amid the new mown hay,
Or proudly aid with vigorous arm
His tasks as best they may.
T,he Harvest Giver is his friend,
The Maker of the soil, *
. And earth, the mother, gives them bread,,
And cheers their patient toil;
° Come join them round their wintryhearth
ihft heartfelt pleasure see;
And you cen better judge how blest
The farmer's life may be.
0
Wolf Horrors
The first week of December was so cold
Polland and Gallicia that hundreds of
wolves wet•e found dead in the fields.
Hunger bad driven them from the forests,
to seek for tbed. in the villages, but the in-
tense cold had killed them, a. great many
accidents are reported; in some instances
the infariated animals aetacked lonley
houses, and killed or wounded whole fam-
ilies. At Gre.oronow the priest was sitting
with three of crat
is fiends the supper table.
Suddenly the gate leading out of his yard
fell dowu with a tremendeous noise. The
priest took a candle, and accompanied by
one of his friends, went out into the yard to
sde what was the matter. Bet he had hard-
ly left the room when he was attacked by-
sevet al eniormous wolves, width. threw him
to the ground and or him. friend
ran back to the room pursued by half a
dozen wolves, which boldly entered the
house and fell upon the three men. Two of
them were overpowered by the infuriated
beasts, but the third, a man of herculean
strength) succeededed in shaking off the two
wolves which had beset him, and in get-
ting hold of his rifle. He shot three of the
wolves and the others fled. Going out into
the yard, he found but the skeleton of his
friend, Olt priest. In less than ten min-
utes the terrible animals had torn and de-
voured all the flesh ; only crushed and mu-
tilated bones were left of what, but fifteen
minutes before, had been a man in good
health and full vigor.
FARMERS GO TO
WHAUCIIT AND TEEPLE,
FOR
1.
ALM& 25 18470,
-t.
• sea .
WAGGONS, BUGGIES.
GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and in
fact, anything drawn by the horse. A large
assortnient always kept on hand. And for first-
class HORSE SHOEING & JOBBING that is the
place. • •
A large stock of Dry Oak, and other Lumber,
also Dry Waggon Spokes, for Sale.
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, -1870. 11-1y.
•R.
LUMSDEN
Has just received a Freidi Stock of
PURE DRUGS
AND
CHEMICALS/
Toilet and Fancy Soap, Combs, Hair, Tooth
• and Nail Brushes, French, English,
and American.
THEY tell a good story of a certain well
known professor of natural science. It was
the custom of the doctor to encourage his
geology class to collect specimens and bring
them into the clam for analysis and claesiti-
cation. So, one day a number of specimens
were laid on the table, and among them one
broken bit, which although streaked and
stained to impose on the doctor, was really
nothing but a piece of common, brick. Itt
due time the professor came to the speci-
mens. Taking up one, he says at a glance,
"This is a piece of baryta from the Ches-
hire mines ;" holding up another, "This is
a piece of fieldspar front the Portland quar-
ries ; the next is -a piece- of quartz from
Haden ;" and, this, corning to the 'tricks.
"is a piece of impudence from some mem-
ber of this class."
P.ERFUMERY,
GENUINE DYESTUFFS.
Guaranteed to be of the best quality. .•
a
Horse and Cattle Medicines!
Condition Powder.
Physicians peracriptions carefully and accur-
ately dispensed. .
4 LUMSDEN,
STRAW CUTTER.
The subscriber desires to intimate to the pub-
lic that he is sole agent in S'eaforth for the sale
of
REMEDY FOR SMALL-PC.X.--A D. effectual
remedy for small -pox is said to have been
recently found by a surgeon of the British
army in China. The mode of treatment is
as follows :—When the preceding fever is
at its height, and just before the eruption
appears, the chett is rubbed with crotcn oil
and tartaric ointment. This causes the
whole of the eruption to appear on that
part of the body, to the relief of the rest.
It also secures a full and complete eruption,
and thus prevents pie disease from attack-
ing the internal organs. This is now the
established mode of treatment in the Eng–
lish army in China.
.0**e
SOXE one has recommended giving a cow
from which the greatest quantity of milk is
expected, a pailful of slightly warm water,
in which a quart of bran tas been mixed,
and a little salt added. This is to be given
to the cow three times ,daily.
•
Money to Lend.
Mcent. to Lend on Farm Lands at 8 per
Apply to
P. F. WALKER,
. Solicitor, Goderich.
Goderich, Feb. 11, 1870.
MAXWELL & WHITELAW'S
Celebrated
e•
STRA W etITTER.
HORSE AND HAND POWER.
Also for Massey's improved
GRAIN CRUSHER,.
A Stock kept constantlj- on hand.
OLIVER C, WILSON,
NEW,.
1111.013MC ESTABLISHMENT 1
K.' -ANDERSON
Begs to inform the residents of Seaforth, and
vicinity, that he is 'about opening out a new
Tailoring Establishment I
IN TIIR SROF /e11.101.NING
ROBERTSON„ik.:CO SHAPOWAIE.;TORL-
- WO* Preptretit'te 'tette Ordeett for
• ." —;41.1.17
-GUTTINC .AND MAttilfACTURINO,
Market Square.
eaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 192-tf
•
And about the
15th or March next,
He will opcn up a, fine stock of all kinds of goods
in his line.
A TRIAL SOLICITED!
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE]
Seaforth, Feb. 18th, 1870. 115-tf.
J. SEATTER,
EXCHANGE BROKER,
And dealer in Pure
DRUGS. CHEMICALS. AND .DYE STUFFS
The Drug Department is under the special
care of an experienced Clemist.
J. SEATTER,
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st„ 1870.
MEM H ANTS, TRADERS,
&c. &c.
SE/FORTH
FURNITURE WARROOMS
The Subscriber has just received a large assort-
ment of
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Books, Bill Books, Counting -House
Diaries,
Pocket Diaries for 1870,
Bibles, Prayer Books,e Psalm Books—and a
large assortment of miscellaneous books in splend-
did gilt bindings, suitable for Christmas and
New Year's Gifts.
Sabbath School Books ! ! •
Reward Tickets, &c.
Plain and Fancy Note Paper and Knardopes,
Pens, Ink, Pencils,School Books, etc..
Musical Instruments !
M.., ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturor of all kinds' of -
H OUSEHOLD FURNITURE
- Such as
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
CENTRE TABLES,
MATTRA SSES,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
B RFAtr S,
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS%
In Great Varity.
Mr. R. has great conidence fn offering hie
goods to the public, as they are made of Geed
Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class Work-
,
men.
COFFINS MADE TO ORDER.
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch-
Warerooms .
Accordeons, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Strings.,
Rosin, Bridges, &c.
Briar and Mereschaum Pipes, and Fancy
Goods of all kinds.
A large assortment of
TOYS
For Girls and Boyis,
At .LUM§DEN'S
Corner Drug and Book Store.
Seaforth, Jan'y. '21st, 1870: 534f.
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL,
Main Street:
Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870.
57-tf.
‚T IS UNDENIABLE that .the Lockman Ma-
chine is not con ly the Latest but also the best
of its kind, before the public. -
IT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
chine, although not much exceedingin Pice
the very cheapest machine manufactured any-
ivnere, is yet Incomparably Superior to anyeheap
inachine yet brought out, •
TT IS UNDENIABLE ti-atl the Lockman 31* -
1 chine has actieved an immense popularity
in the short time it has been before the people -
TT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman XII -
• chine already ocelipies a position only acord-
ed to others after year's of toilsonac effort.
IT IS UNDENIABLE that the Lockman Ma-
chine, by the mere force of its inherit good.
qualities, is bound to become the universal favor-
ite of the Canadian public.
TT IS UNDENIABLE that every family, eith-
er itt couutry, town or city, should have *
Sewing Machine, and it is equally undeniable
that none 1880well adapted for universal use as
the Lockman.
TXTIFE, Sister and Father within the bounds
V of our happy land, importune their re-
spective.
USBAND, Brother and Fatheruntil the
Millenium (which is sure to follow the
universal introduction of the Sewing Machine)
has been inaugurated.
WILSON, BOWMAN & CO.
Mr. C. H. ,CULL,
Agent, Seaforth.
Hamilton. Jan. 21, 1870, 111-tf.
Agents! Read This!
AITE Will pay. agents a salary of $30 per week
V V and epenses, or allow a large commiaiion,
to sell.our new wonderful inventions. .
Address, M. WAVNER &.Co., Marakall,
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