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yach exceeding in price
tie manufactured any.
Superior to any cheap
that the Lockman Ma-
n immense popularity
;cell before the people -
hat the Lockman Ma-
. a position only acord-
ftoiisome effort.
trhat the Lockman. Ma-
irce of its inherit good
Me the unica,rsaI favor
hatevExy family, eith-
er city should have a
it equally undeniable
0 for tutiverEal use as
[ter 'withia the bounds
L. importune their re -
ml Father. until the
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the Sewing Machine)
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"EXFORTOR" -Offiketa
1••••••-,
MY IMPRESSIONS.
To the Editor of the Expositor :
SIR :—llavewe all a right to our own
impressions? I thiok so. Have I iiot as
-
good a right to my own -impressions, if the
lecture delivered in .your town, the other
night, as the Reverend leetarer, had to his
111.
impressions of Macaulay? but, whet)1 er I
have a right to inflict any impressions uPon •
other people, you must judge; by p. Wish-
ing, or suppressing my communication, as,
I suppose you to be itt possession of a pro -
Ter report, of the lectutT, I simply telt you,
how -I was, impressed by it. I should tell
you, that listening to public speaking, has
always possessed great ettrections for hie—
it was therefore, with no small degtee of
interest/ that 1 hear.d the annotencenrent,
" that the Rev. Mrs Punshon, was t lec-
• ture in Seaforth, on the first of April sub-
ject—MacaulaV; and the additional it in of
information, that wired and tide- being' awes,
able—we . husband and self, would hear
him. May I confide to, Mr. Editor, my
anxiety least anything should happen o de-
prive me of the promised .treat—ho anx-
iously I watched tho fast disapp arirg
snow, having the fact pressed home o my
mind, that the state of the roads wot Id be
such as to make it impossible to atte • d the
lecture,' The day .has arrived; and .., e got
to Seaforth. After oue arrival, the le ture,
and the lecturer, were the topic of Conver-
sation. T'will be splendid, said ine, 1
heard him speak, "Daniel in Bab Ion."
Tickets are to be high, for all we -ge said -
another, as he eXpressed a hope we 'mild
have a "good time." Upon my sa ing, T
had come ten. miles stroll bad roads o at-
tend, a gentleman saad, I deserved a good
lecture, as it Would take most of the night
to gee me home, but, added: he, wish t dash
of a Fneer in his meaner, this. is Apri fool
day, and don't get disappointed. Well, sir,
I have heerd the leeture, an event in my .
life. .The first thine that impressed inc was,
the ability with which the speaker fitted
his words together, they -had a beautifgl con-.
ciseneas, as if each word, and each sentence,
,
seOned to convey, or expresa as mucl4 as it
was possible for them to do, and brou ht to
my mind descriptions of Mosaic wok,.go
exactly did they fit then his langua.ge wee
so natural, was the next thing, no strain-
ing, after great jaw cracking words After
having launched the -youog Macault y on
the turbulent Sea of existence, and yling
, of a great deal, he could dooms' some things, h e
could not do—he brings him to the w eting
of that letter to Hannah Moore, Whi h he
so excellently repeated to us,. and pr ceeds
with him frein one work to another, until
he electrifies as by repeating the best attle
piece ever written, making us worm' , and.
all ready to volunteer. s But his rendering
of "floratius," (an ol ci favoriate of mine ) was
unequalled. We saw him and his brave
companions, volunteeting in spite -of the
death, that seented to await - them, they
cross .the bridge—we sa.w , the accomplish-
plishment of their patriotic putpos4, the
escan3 of part, the plunge into the river, of
the brave " Horatius" —his disappe.Arance
under the water,. waii before our eyes and
we held our breath until assured f his
safety, and couldscarce refrain Teem e ming
in the joyous exultanb cheer of the Roiitan,,
not only was the piece well recited, bi1it the
Reverend gentleman is an inimitable tetor,
as well a speaker of poetry. What can I
say about his anatomizing of the lif .and
thoughts. impulses and feelings, as N ell as
• the writings of Macaulay—his appro ation
of all that was learned and great; al that
was lofty and good, and his, deligrtfu more
alizings, .- or interpolations, applied occa-
sionally to his audience, while his well imed
pithy hits, were like spice to the wh le.—
Did not a great philosopher sav, ' it is
mach easier to analize, than create," b.nd is
• a lecture more or less than a criticism of the
subject under consideration ? • Is it not a
• much easier matter to a man of fine -abili-
ties, of first rate scholastic attainments, and
gifted with a great command of langn ge to
select his subject, and write and rewrite:
upon it, until a perfect lecture is the resulE;
than, . to write some of those heavy argu-
mentative treatise, that lie u pon almrist every
one's shelves, seldom opened, and seldom
read, yet, they are the results of great sabot-?
I think I have heard some speakers, who
could arrange their ideas as, well, and others
who were more poetical in the construction
of their tt.ddresses, than Mr. Punshon -; but,
they failed to make me see wit,h their eyes,
as he did, anyperson who can paint .in
words so that his hearers can see his snbject
as he sees it himself, is a word painter, and
an artist of high order ; this Amen Mr.
Purishon possesses in an eminent c egree
'Of course, I had dmeeMacaulay, and t1ought
I valued his writings highly, but now have
A. new interest in him. Is it from the sev.'d
leacturer's earnestness, as Well as his ability;
was it his tenderness, his pathos, or was it
his imaginative powers f that threw a glow
over all like a bright halo? I cannot aha-
lize, the secret of his power satisfactorily,
but I can declare, thathe held his audience
spell bound. with an interest, nnfte.tering.
until he placed his .hero- in WestMinster
Abbey, and in the wdrde of the beautilful re-
quiem, -composed for him ---" Lail him
down." We were very loth to depart -when
all was over, and bad roads, and all, I was
well repaid for my journey. I am sure, 1
was not:April fooled. • • M. A. W.
Kinburn, Hallett, April 2, 1870..
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The intensity with which a youth framed
Maxon, in Buffalo, exerted himself io. order
to save his character,_ nearly resulted in the
loss of his life. He• wished the reputation
of being robbed to conteal the fact Oot he
intended being a robber, and designing to
appear as a victim at the hands of other
thieves, narrowly escaped death by his own.
He desired to possess wring belonging to a
young lady who boarded in the same house,
and, after borrowing it, became enamored
thereof to the extent of kleptomania. In
pursuance of a plan with which his inge-
nuity must be credited; while the rest of
the occupants of the hour were absent on
a sleigh -ride, he_ hid -his own watch and Miss
Thompson'sring in a sofa. (Then, after
scattering things about' the hope in a pro-
miscuous manner, and disarbuiging his
toilet, he gagged himself by Istufling one
handkerchief into, and tying another over
his Mouth. Still further to secure his pre-
cious. character, he ;fastened his hands be-
hind his back with -ropes --a gymnastic feat
of special difficultythus prepered, he laid
down on the sofa, and awaited the retern
of the family. It seems the sleighieg was
good, and their absence :was protracted be-
yond the expected hour When discovered,
the unfortunate Maxon was nearly choked
to death ; the "sensation" was magnificent,
but if it had been much longer delayed it'
would have concluded a suicide. • Upon
his recovery of consciousness, the police who
had been called, incredulously investigated
his story of having been knocked down,
beaten and gagged by thieves, and the ac-
tual facts were at length elicited. In view
of the particularsr that have transpired,- it
would have been beLter for his reputation
if he had expired.
Men and Mud.
THE TRIALS OF HOUSE WIVES-7–TUE DUTIES
OF MEN.
I am no advocate of angel-isin iu its popu-
lar sense, unless of the avenging sort. I
„would rather be scolded out of my wits, or
my' wits out of me, several times a week,
then always be my dearied from maiming
lentil right. • But if ever the meekest of
the meek has her patience tried beyond calm
enduranceit is in the spring of the year,
when " the buds begin to ,put forth theia
tiny leaves, and the birds come -hack," and
—the men folks track in mud enotigh to
stack a mountain. There is, really, nothing
more vexing than to clean the -porch sand
floors, and as soon as dried, have a. man or
small army' of men or boys come stalking
in with muddy boots and upect all the la-
1',icirs tor cleanliness. You men\ need not
-wonder that _women scold, .and follOs you
'arouncl. with a house cloth or .mop. -If you
never expect to do another act in your life,
clean your boots well before enteling a clean
apartment.' Don't e.xpect to be greeted
with smiles, if you bring in mud. Et is ex-
pecting, ..,flogether too much. -It is not a
ministration of lovo that women delight in,
• to be eternally cleaning after some careless,
heedless fellow.
Another thing :—Tidy houseWives rejoice
in well kept stoves, bright; clean looking
stoves: Ah ! but what work a beast" of
a man will make with one in ten minutes ;
mounting his boots en the hearth, to thaw
off the half -frozen mud, he makes it look
like a mud pond. Some men have the habit
of pawing the ashes out on the hearth, open-
ing the weong doors, putting in eome hue()
" chunk" that is altogether too large, which
simmers and sraokes eveeybody to distrac-
tion before it settles down in to the stove's
'comprehension. And _ then the men who
spit on the stove", at the stove, in it, and con-
vert the wood box into a spitoon ! Indeed
it is sufficient cause for a divorce. When 1
get- to be Judge-in.Chief of- the Divorce
Courts, I shall inquire particularly into the
spitting habits of the raere and if they look
well to their- boots. If Their record in thee
matters is not clear, there will be no hope
for them. Only a woman! can sympathiie
with a WOMail in such matters.. If you
think it a silly thing for a weman to make
such a jiess about such small matters," you
may take the unction home to your soul,
that .you don't know anything about large
matters. We can get along with stinginess,
crabbedness, CrOSSDOSS, all your manish egot-
ism, but we cannot stand your careless
slovenliness ? You Must -either look to your
boots, or expect to be annihilated the moe
merit you cross our threshold. It is our
duty to provide scrapers, and brooms and
rugs, sticks, stones and planks, if need be,
to facilitate boot cleaning.
There' I intended at the outset to talk
gently to you about the muddy season,"
and with winning words and ways show
you what monsters of heedlemess you have
hitherto been. But instead, I have scolded
like a fish -woman; and unless it is a new
thing to you, you will go on as heretofore,
just the same as if I hadn't lifted up my voice
in behalf of cleart stoves and floors.
Sum days in My Diaree.
BY JOSH BILLIXOS.
Monday.—Had suckers for breakfast,
sackers and sassinges are 2 luxuries ov life;
the other luxury is easy boots.
Tuesday.—Awoke with a splendid hed-
ake, caused by drinking too much spring
water the evening previously, and going to
bed at nine o'clock precisely. Breakfasted
on the but end of a sossige, and felt like a
dorg.
Wedriesday.—Rekolected being iuNu
Hampshire during a severe snu storm, and
innocently enough remarked that I never
see anything like it, and was told by one ov
the bar -room boorders that it warn't noth-
ing :—Ire had seen a fall over a thoneand
feet, " what " said I, "a thousand feet on
high." I reflected how easy it was for
some folks to lie and tell the truth at the
same time.
Friday.—Visited my washerwoman and
blowed her up for sewing ruffles and tucks
ihto the bottom of my drawers. She was
thunderstruck at first, but explained the
mystery by saying she had sent me by mis-
take a pair that belonged --, I biushed
like boiled lobsters'and told her she couldn'd
be too keerfnl about such things. I might
have been ruined for life.
The Lady of the Itey.
- One of the Pitri; journals announces the
death, at Versailles, of a Russian lady who
appeared inthe drawing room in Paris in
1848 and 1849, and was _nicknamed the
Darne a la Clef." She died aged forty-
five, in the most complete solitude. It is
eaid that her husband, who was older than
she, came to see her for 6 week or two every
six months, and went away again no OTle
knew whether. ' .All wits mysterious about
this • Lady of the Key. • Last month the
husband did not return as usual, but a letter
came announcing his death. The widow
survived him a few days only, and 4 - Cis sup-
posed she allowed herself to die of hunger
Whether true or not, this was the story
that'was whispered about her when she ap-
peared in Paris, young and beautiful, more
than twenty years ago. It is said that her
husband . surprised hr in a little country
house which he possessed near Moscow at
the moment she was hastily shutting some-
body up in a wardrobe. A servant had
betrayed her. The Muscovite Othello turn-
ed the key twice in the wardrobe, took it
onte and then told his wife to follow him.
A travelling britzke stood a few paces
from the villa. More dead than alive, th'
unhappy woman obeyed. When the hus-
br.nd .had placed her in the carriage, and
given an order in a low voice to the coach-
man, " Keep this key," he said to his wife ;
" I have forgotten something and will re-
turn," and then went back to the house.
He returned according to his promise, but
the -poor woman saw the flames issuing from
the windows of the countrf.house and tak-
ing full possession of it. She fainted away
and on regaining her senses preceived that
rit, gold chain was riveted round her neck to
wriich the little key of the wardrobe was
Ittached. She wished to kill herself, but
her husband threatened her that if she com-*
i t led suicide hewou Id reveal her misconduct
,and cover her and her family with dishonor.
She was therefore condemned to live, and
her strange necklace excited much curiosity
in Paris. At last he tyrant allowed her to
retire into a quiet retreat, on the express
stipulaticit that she would not attempt to
destroy herself during his lifetime. His death
released her from this condition ; but she
had languished for more than twenty years,
havine the witness of her guilt alwitys ue-
fore lier eyes. Tt is a envious story ; we
wonder whether it is true?
The End of the Horse
When the horse falls, he is bled, and his
blood is prIserved for the dyer. The mane
and tail are eext cut off for tha manufac-
ture of seives,•bair cloths, and bow -strings
for the violin ; the shoes are taken off for
t he n oiler ; th e hoofs are cut off for combs
and various other kind of hornewoek, and
a portion Of the feet goes to the glue -maker;
the skin is stripped off for the tanner, who
converts it into excelleet leather for boots,
harness, etc., and the collar -maker finis it,
in its rough state, the best material for cert
harness. The flesh is then cut up for carni-
vorous beasts in menageries, or for dogs,
and, though without knowing that they are
hippophagi b of horse -eater, who reg-
ularly advertise their club days), some of
our fellow creatures are regaled in the cheap
eating -houses of great cities with delicate,
bits of carcass in the form of pates, pretend-
ed beef -steaks, or soap. When the flesh
and fat have been removed the stomach and
intestines are laid aside for: machine straps
and shines for musical instruments; and
ttreoften sold, for the last purpose, as the
best Naples cords; the ribs are turned into
:buttons and children's toys ; Ifhe large
iround bones serve for tweezers ; whistles,
'ferrules, knifc-handles, cup, and balls, do-
painoee, etc., the large fiat bones are 44 use
to the toy men fur many things ; even the
• teath are useful; when polished, to the den-
tist, and for many purposes for which ivory
is required. The bones of the head are
either consumed in heating furnaces or
crushed for manure. The remainder of the
carcass is burnt, and by this process produ-
ces ivory -black, soot -black; and valuable ma-
nure. And from the fat is excr.scled
coarse oil whicleis used by mechanics.
• Founding a kitty.
•
.A. Steward, the New York dry.
goods king. proposes to go back to first prin-
ciplesane premeditatively !mild e city.
Hellas purchased a Loge tract of laud at
Hempstead Plains, Long island, and the
work of cration is now proceeding. - The
land has been accurately mapped out and the
plans of improvement. arranged. Along the
southern line there will be several parks of
from -fifty to ens hundred and fifty Items,
• the principal one midway of Hempstead
Mineola, in the form of a large spandrel,
with all the park improvement of lakes,
swards, .shades, and serpentine walks. The
blocks are to be the longest from east to
west, or from 1,000 t� 1,500 feet, by a depth
of 400 -feet fromnorth to south. • The na-
tural topographical features will be main-
tained, and diagonal avenues will run across
to accomodate the drainage slopes of the ter-
ritery. The corner lots will be _240 feet
square. The others will be'about 200 to
22 feet front by 500 feet deep.. A large
hotel near the main park is to be pot up
on a lot 1,000 by 1,500. This is to be
started this spring. It is hoped to put up
this spring about 100 houses, costing from
1,000 to 1,500 dollars. These are to be
simple, commodious, duiable, and are to be
constructed under the eye and, order of Mr.
Steward's architect. A railroad will con-
nect the new settleraents with the metrop-
olis. A small army of workmen aae busily
engaged laying out streets and avenues,
The name of the new city has not yet
transpired.
• MONEY TO LEND.
Farm or desirable village property at 6s
per cent. Payments made to suit the bor-
rower. Apply to •
A. G. MeDiNTO-A.LL;
'.nsurance Agent and
• Commissioner, Seaforth,
or to J01 -1N RATTER,
Exchange Broker,
• Seaforth.
• March 25th, .1870.
V.
DANIEL MCPHAIL,
LICENSE!) AUCTIONEER!
FOR THE -
COUNTIES OF PERTH AND HURON,
DEGS -to return his sincere thanks to tbe in -
1) habitants of Perth for their liberal patronage
during the past six years. He would respectfully
announce that he wilt attend to all orders in
PERTH or HTJRON for 1870. Orders left at
the " ExPosrron" Office, in Seaforth, the Beacon
Office'Stratford, or the Advocate, in Mitchell,
will be promptly attended to.
Conveyancing, and Real Estate Agency attend-
ed to, and loans negotiated.
OFFICE—East side of the market. Mitchell,
Ont.
• Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870. 116-tf.
SIGN OF THE
SCOTCH COLLAR,
rii:HE undersigned begs to inform the Fanners
and others of the (Aunty of Huron, that he
has opened a first class
HARNESS & SADDTIERY 1
P 0 R. fr IT 1
And• being in a position to pay cash for all
rtsed at his establishment, he can, and
will offer superior inducements to any other
party doing business here. •
fir IS COLLARS particularly, are acknow-
ledged by competant 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
nim with their patronage will have no cause to
regret doing so.
Ifik personal supervision being given to all
work manufactured at his shop, places him 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 gooels.
"Shop opposite the Old Post Office, Seaforth.
WM. II. OLIVER:
Seaforth, JaWy. 21st, 1870. 80-tf.
FARMERS GO TO
WHAUCHT AND TEEPLE,
WAGGONS. BUGGIES.
A• GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and in
• fact, anything drawn by the horse. A large
assortment always kept on hand. • And for first-
class HOESE & JOB13INGthatis the
A large stock of Dry Oak, and other Lumber,
also Dry Waggon '•:ipokes, for Sale.
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. 11-1y.
JOhN OGAN
HAS
No Wheel Of Fortune
No deluding buncombe,
N9 free gifts of nostrums,
No clap traps to decoy one,
BUT
lic has on hand a large and varied' otock of
STAPLE and FANCY
DRY GOODS
• READY -MAINE CLOTHINC,
AND
Cl-ROCRIMS1
Seaforth Jan. 21st, 1870.
cn
DYSPEPSIA
TVSPEPSIA can be effectually cur -
_IJ. ed by using DR. CALDWELL'S
DYSPEPSIA REMEDY. See circul-
ar and certificates accompanying each
bottle. •
Sold by R. LTTMSDEN and E.
HICKSON & CO., Seaforth, and
medieme dealers generally.
WOODRUFF, BENTLY & CO.
117-25ins. Brougham, -Ont.
SPRING
ARRIVALS.
T. K. AIN D ERSON'S
SPRING STbek OF
English, Spotc4,
and Canadian Tweeds,„
BROAD CLOTHS, &°'
HAS ARRIVED.
A SPLENDID 'ASSORTMENT OF
Prince Arthur Checks..
TAILOR INC
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, DONE IN A MST-.
CLASS MANNER, AND ACCORDING TO
THE LATEST, OR ANY OTHER
STYLE, TO SUIT
CUSTOMERS.
SEAFORTR, March 31, 1870. 115:-
•. 1VIILPNERY,
1)RESSIMANTI,L
MAirTTRIEC4-._
MISSMcINTOSK
MAKES this opportunity of returning thank&
el for the liberal patronage extended to hersinca
coming to Seaforth, and, would respectfully inti-
mate to customers and others, that she is still to.
be found. OVER MR, CORBY'S STORE. All
orders will receive the UTMOST ATTENTION..
With regard. to TASTE, NEATNESS and the,
LATEST STYLES, cannot be EXCELLED 1N.
SEAFORTH STRAW and R -WORK
CLEANED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870.
121—
ONTARIO 11011SE I
EDWARD : CASH,
GENERAL COUNTRY MERCHANT,.
' AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
yarm and Dairy Produce.
GROCERIES
DRY GM
ODS!
OF THE BEST CLASS,
ALWAYS ON HAND,.
AND AS CHEAP AS ANY IX
SEAreoirra, March 31, 1870.
53—
INSTTRA E1
Insurance, In snrance..
,When you want to Insure, your
Btildings,your Mills and Fac--
tories, your Stock, your
Crops, yourFurniture,
or your Life,
Apply to
WM. WATSON,
SEAFORTH FIRE, MARINE, AND LIFE
INSURANCE AGENT, FOR
The Provincial Insurance Company of Canada
(Canadian).
The Liverpool and London and Globe insuranm
Company, (English).
The Niagara Districalutual Insurance Company.
• The Gore District Mutual Insurance Co.,
and
The Star Life Assurance Socity f England,.
which divides nine tenths of th pro s everyfiv
years amongst Policy Holders.
Losses liberally adjusted and promptly settled.
Farmers are specially invited to eonsult
advantages offered in perfect secutity and in the
extreme lowness of rates for insurance on all de-
scriptions of Farm Property.
MONEY TO LEND,
At moderate rates of Interest, andto be re -paid,
by Instalments, which is itte most suitable and
safest method for Fanners and others to pay eft
a znortgage. No ,Commission Chargts, and ex-
penses small.
MORTGAGES BOUGHT ON EQVITABLE
• TERM S.
o
SEWING MACHINES.
• The best Sewing Machines. for Family Use . as -
well
as for Manufacturing p , are kepia/-
ways on hand. Both Single Threadecl and Dost.
ble Threaded, or Lock Stitch Machines an be
supplied. Perfect 'satisfaction guaranteed, and
instructions given to purchasers gratis;
REMEMBER Wm. N. WATSON'S Insuranco
Agency Office, and Sewing Machine Depot,-Nortik
Main Street,
Sx.tionin, March 31., 1870- 121—