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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-04-29, Page 3RIL 27, 1870. =WORT ILYEOT SIGHT ‘ble asperfectsight, and e. obtaine1 by using Realty of proeuring °enlists Optiei- uf twers of the tacks, have after year xeetion of costly ma- ) produce: that Grand pectacles, which have a satisfaction to the ates, Prince Edward's Caulada,- during the Celebrated Perfected eye,. and Iast raany T• siL Counter; from rocured. M0RILIS & 00-, Montreal. PEDLERS. T870. Factory. SEAFORTII, Y OPPOSITE, HOTEL. 'mid intimate to• the in- ortlt and surrounding on hand. a Iarge• -stock of aIGGY STUFF They orders for all kinds of made np by experienced est styles. by a first-clasa Carriage TLY ATTENDED TO. MODERATE. & MORRISON. ISM -111-tf, • THE COLDEN to inform the public that a great variety of Sad- ;. and K S, • • prepared. to -sell 0$.1 • :Unpare-ilded, Ho • -er-y description, warrant_ "horse's, neck. r of Harness RINDS, -ia a positipli to give his ralue for their money as lishment in Ontario., Laterial, employed, indis- table , prOSITE IUDD JOHN CAMPBELL. N surance. to Insure your Mills and Fac - r Stoc1K,, your lrFiarniture, • Life to A SO t, MARINE/ AND LIFE ACENT, FOR ance Company of Canada nadian). Won and- Globe Insurance y, (English), lutual InsuranceCompany. Mutual Insurance eo., anee Society of England, -nths of the profits every five Holders. usted and promptly settled. aly incited to consult the perfeV security and in the es for inaurance on all de- roperty .TO LEND, interest, and to be re -paid-, ch is, the Inost suitable and rs and.. others to pay off nussn)n Charges, and ex- narr ON EQUITABLE E RMS. O ---- MACHINES fachines. for Family Use, as uring purposes, are kept al - h Single Threaded and Doti - k Stitch Machines can be atisfaction guaranteed, and purchasers gratis. 1. N. WATSON'S Insurance wing Machine Depot, North 11S70.-, 121 - • „ .A Prince in Rags A late Francisco paper has this storY Almost every day, at. he side entrance of Ocdidental Hotel, on Bush street, may be seen an old, lame Chinamen; who impoia tunes us fottalms. A countenanee traced with furiows of care and starvation is in no way improved by its total abstinence from water. And yet, who of the many who be- stow a passing glance on that- weather- eat- en dirt-begrimmed face think for a mo ent that in these shriveled. -up -old veins col rses the blood of royality3 Yet this is eve s0. Flfty yeass ago, all toe bright clrea s of Oriental luxury' wer.e hia. He, the yo ing- est of five brothers, had for his father no less a parsonage than the soyerign of the Celestial empire. Until his tenthear, reared in the splendor of that court of which so much is told, and yet so little known, he had not a wish that was not at once gratified Mandarians of high rank were glad indeed to wait on this scion of a royal house. He, with hi's brothers had each a, little court, To one Wil8 allotted the care of the r yal towls ; to 'another, the royal sheep, o 'an- , other, he royal goats, ancl to him, the are of his mother's pet peacoek. Bine° res that exist in all well regulated goveraim nts are by no means unknown in China. - So he grew up happy in the executio.n of.bis duties and .the paternal commands. . Al- ready had he been promised the command of the •Thibeton frontier. Far froca the capital of the country where the rebels ere most powerful, WO can imagine the con ter - nation caused his mother a,t this interlignee imparted to her by her favorite sou. Oven at that early age he was eager for this lo ar tial life. He dreamed only of great d eds and war's alarms ; and when his woti er, gently braidiag bus tiny little queue, w )uld gaze into herboy's bright eyes and ead there the language which they spoke, her heart alternated between hope and ear. A gentle maiden had long been his betroth- ed. She too, felt keenly the pangs of art - ince which his hopeful, chafing heart had not time to feel.' Bright, bright, in eed was the future for him; an.c.I yet, one s iprt night cast him from his airy height Yen to the depth into whieh he is sunk-. One of those!sudden revolutions to w ich that kingdom is so subject, hurled his fa- ther from his throne, and caused the ma der of all who loved and honored 'Through the fid.elity of an old'servant this young Priace was saved from the go e era' butchery. - Stall, his name alone would 1 ave been his death warrant at any tinse. Si,he lived in poverty and constant dread, s un- ited by all, an_cl shunning, all. , When the first cargoes of Chinese ere sent to our State, he, welcoming this a an opportunity for escape from an atmosp iere of death. to him, sinu„agled himself on b )arcl ane of the ships. The close confinement which he had to undergo, and the tos ing of the cargo in the hold, ruined his he lth and crippled him for life. Too weak to eg, and too honest to steal, nothing was left him but to accept the bounty which the stranger, in the strange land, sa-w fit to bestow upon 'him. Who could tell the pangs it cost that proud heart before it could descend to this? As you sees uim now, so has he lived for the last ten y ars. ,Through. the aid of an interpreter, we gleaned the sad history of the poor old prince. That hardship and Want may ave affected the brain of the unfortunate rea.- ture is more than likely ; but his tale as told with so much apparent truthfulnes so inuel earnestness, that yeeihave though it worthy the hearing of our readers. Bri ht, brighter was his starting in life than. on in ten thousand ; dark, darker, perhaps, iis closing than one in ten milliens: Eccentricietie of the Pulpit. It is related of two old Scotch mini ters chat the one asked the other if he were not solely tempted at times to go -fishing on. the Sunday afternoons. "Oh, man," plied his fellow laborer, "I'm never te ed lanaaI just gang." A c1ep4tatiou from a parish' in Scotland artieed ii Glasgow on a Saturday not ery long ago, m ▪ search of a pastor, and in the course of the Sunday they went to he a aermon from Dr. McLeod. Next day, diey waited upon the doctor and enquired he could recommend a suitable person, sta ing at the same time that the . stipend was .t100 a year. " A hundred a year !." 'ex- claimed the doctor in astornsament ; "N laai kind of a man do you expect to get for sa stipend such as that ?" The spokesma of the party replied : "Oh, doctor. we're not -looking for a great man, but just a. minis : - ter that could gie us. a CO111131011 pl ace dis- eour•se, like the ane we got frae ye ye ter - day t" A clergyman in Scotland desired_ his on- giegaticn never to call one another i•s ' I hat when any said the "thing was not." they ought to whistle. One Sunday he preached -a sermon. on the parable of the loaves and fishes, and being at a loss how to explain it, he said the loaves were not ike those now-asdays-L-they were as big as some of the hills of Scotland. He 1 ad scarcely pronounced these words -whe he heard a loud whistle. "Wha's that ca's me a liar ?" "It is I, Willy Macdonald; the baker." "Well' Willy, what -- -objec ion have ye to what I ha' told your N ihe, Mess John, only I -Want to know what- ort of ovens they had to bake those lo-Ves is 7" At a church where there was a call for a minister, two names appeared whose na les were Adam and Low. The latter preae eed an -eloquent discourse in the forenoon f om the text 'Adam, where art thou r In the afternoon Adam preached from the words, _.`Lo, here am I.' - A clergyman chose for hu' text the fol- lowing words: 'Which of you will go with me to Rarnath Gilead'' Then pausing, he re- pt - again rind again repeated the words, when a gallant tar started from his seat, and looking around him, with an eye of indig- nation, he exclaimed, ecVitil none .of you go with the gentleman? As for my part I go for one I' • e Some very eccentric expressions were used in the prayers of the clergymen of the last century. , An Edinburgh minister was inclined to grumble when he prayed, 'Give us not need to think thee neglectful of thine own, for we are thine own family, and we have been but scurvily provided fou this long time.' The following is a specimen of baptismal prayer: 'Lord bless and pre- serve this little calf, that he may grow an ox, to draw Christ's plow.' Mr. Erskine once prayed tin* : '0, Lord, have mercy oa all fools and Molts, and particularly on the magistrates of Edinburgh.' Mr. Dick- son once engaged in the following' kitchen garden allegory : Thou the kail of Thy grace into our hearts, and if we grow not up in the stature of gOod kail, Lord make us good sprouts at least.' A Terrible'Fall From the Reese. River (Col.) Reveille. On Saturday afternoon an accident oc- !cursed to a .rni er in this city, the extrema . . :dtmary result f which challenges belief 'A man name Thomas Jones, about 30 years of age, and weighing perhaps 150 pounds, fell down a shaft 128 feet deer; without breaking a bone or receiving any apparent injury. Jones is a Lessee of a mine i. i. Lander, Hill, belonging to the Manhattan Company, which he and his companions hafre been working with a vim. About three o'clock on Saturday afternoon Jones and a fellow miner stepped into :r.tub for the -purpose of being lowered down the shaft ; they got into the tub in the usual manner, each having his right leg hanging outside to view its decent, At the mo- ment they stepped in, the tub suddenly fell a short distance. owing to the whim being ungeared, theh "brought up," 'but the men thinking that the brake had given way, at- tempted to get out of the tub -before it pas- sed throngh the shaft. One of them suc- ceeded in springing out of the tub upon the ground, 6ut in his attempt Jones lost his bidance and fell head -long into the shaft. The shaft is only four feet_ in. diameter, and extending through solid granite, present- ing rough and jagged sides from top to bot- tom. At the bottom of this uncouth pit there were several large picks and a ladder. It is believed that Jones must have clutch- ed and caught the ladder, which " broke his " and preserved his limbs and saved his life. Almost at the moment of two men got in the bucket and were sent speedily down the shaft, where, to their in- tense surprise, they found Jones alive, on his feet, sensible, and able to talk. He was hoisted to the surface and carried home, where Dr. Wixom speedily attended him. An examination showed that not a bone was broken or dislocated. There was a slight cut in the scalp; one of his shoul- ders severely bruised, and the skin tern from both hands, and over his body there were as many is sixty to severalty slight lacerations. This was the sum of his ex- ternal injuries : During Saturday night his circulation was greatly disturbed, but yesterday his pulse was becoming more reg- ular. Jones is bruised and painfully sore from head to foot, but there is goad reason to believe that he will be ap and about in a short time. That he was not instantly kil- led is marvellous; but that a man should fall 128 feet down a narrow and rugged :shaft withotit breaking as mach as a bone 'almost passes belief There was an • ex- traordinary case in this city several years ago, in which a boy, 11 years old; fell down the shaft of the South Atherican, 168 feet dee, and escaped with two broken limbs, which, in about ninety days, were as good and firm as ever. 1 Wearing Mourning Concerning this subject the Central Bap- tist say a "We long for the day when this custom• shall be obsolete. lt is unbecom- ing the truly afflicted one. The wearer Says, by the black garments, have lost a dear friend. I am in deep SO1TOW. But true arief does not wish to parade itself before the eye of the stranger ; much less does it assert its extent. The stricken one natur- ally goes apart from the world to pour out its tears Real afflictions sees.- privacy. - It is no respect to the departed frie,nd to say we are in SO1TO W. If we have seal grief it will be discovered. When God has en- tered a hou;Sehold, in the awful chastise. inept of deathit is time for religious medi- tation and coinmunion with God on the part of their survivors. How sadly out of place are the milliner and dress -maker -- The tying on of dresses and the trimming of bonnets. There is something profane in excitingthe vanity of a young girl by fit- tiag a Waist, or trying on a hat, when the corpse of a father or mother is lying in an adjoining roorn. It is a sacrilege to draK the widow' forth from her grief to be fitted! for a gown, or to select a veil. .)Itis often terribly oppressive to the poor. e Widow left desplate, with a 'half dozen lit le childrenthe family means already re- duced by the long sickness of the father I '- must draw on her scanty purse to !buy a new wardrobe throughout for herself and children, throwing away the goodly stock of garments already prepared, when she most likelY knows not where she is to get bread for those little ones. Truly may fashion be called a tyrant when it robs a widow of her last dollar. Surely your sor- row will not be "questionedeven if you dent call in, a milliner to help you.. to dis- play it. Do not in your affliction help or uphold a custom which will turn the af- flictions of your poorer neighbor to deeper poverty, as well as sorrow. Should lAtomenVote or Darp Stookiths - ' - A discussion teak place in the Church Convention at Dublin on March 9th., on the question of giving *mien the power to vote at the vestries. The Rev. Mr. Hick - ley 'wished to give the vote to anv "female head of a family,' whereupon Sir Willihn Osborne hoped that his own wife would be excepted, haying qaite, enough to do at home without cantering and trotting off to every diocesan meeting, and to every vestry that may be held in the parish of the diocese. The arguinentum, ad hominem _ is very satis- factory (said Sir William), and I put it in this case in this.way ; . ,A. Man comes home after a hard days's work and asks where is Mrs. -A ? "0 sir," says the servant, "she is gone to attend a preliminary meet- ing of the diocesan synod." (Laughter.) "But where are my daughters T' 'Oh, sir, the young ladies have been sitting in yes - y these last thrf e hours." ."Well, 1 want my' dinner- " " You cannot have it, sir ; the cook is sitting along with. the young ladies --(renewed laughter -and mistress desired rue to tell you, sir, that her hands are -so full of the near church wor* that she thinks you had better order A little bit for yourself or take it at the club." (Laughter.) Eyerything should be in its right place, and a lady or head of a fatally is muCh bet- ter a home, sewing on my buttons, if you like; darning, my stockings, if you please - (laughter) -but rot forgetting her every day, wholesome, useful avocations." (Hear hear.) After some discussion, the 1'v. Dr. Foley said the real secret to the clip-. sition to women voting was a fear of the in- fluence of the clergy over the women. He submitted that the influence was moral and intellectual, and that the convention shoulci. adopt the motion. The motion was lost, however, by 158 nays to 108 ayes. A- Gallant Act It warms the heart to read the following little story told at the useetiug of the Royal Humane Society, when the silver medal was voted: While the Hercules ironclad was lying in the- Tagus, anchored in 95 fathoms of water; one of her ordinary sea- men, named 'Tau Cochrane, fell overhoard from the main rigging, and as the poor fel- low struck his bead against the chains in °Pine: down he •.ent into the water sense- - less and helpless. Besides being very deep, the Tagus is a river in. whin the tide runs frightfully strong, so that a drowning man soon sunk under by the eddies 'Jack's' chance, therefore, would have been slight if ihe erew had waited to lower a boat. But the Commandea of the Hercules, Lord Walter Kerr, saw the sailor fall, and ob- served that he had no powee to keep him- self afloat; whereupon, without a moment's hesitation he sprang from the bulwarks of the ship --a height of thirty feet -into the stream, and swam to the seaman.; whom' be succeeded in holding above the water for ten minutes of terrible endurance, until two ship's boats reached them, and took up the Commanderand his man, nearly (had. All honer to Lord Walter for. his admirable deed, which proves to us that these present days of iron mongery in the Navy have not extinguished the glorious spirit of British sailors! We thank the gallant and noble officer for an example of real Christianity, just at the time when we are all debating what religioR shall be taught in oui schools. A whole barge -load of catechesims and preachers could not have better enforced the duty of man 'to man. • How to Gammon Juries. An English judge recently zomplained that there is no getting juries too find a young and interesting woman guilty of any- thing, even when _gailt is brought borne to her without the possibility of a doubt. Coun- sel know this well, and instruct a youeg and interesting woman how to comport her- self so as to make an impression upon the jury. The stage directions are believed to be somewhat as fellows: -Enter the box (or. the dock, as the case may be) with your veil down. This gives me occasion to tell you to raise your veil and show your face to the jury. When you do this, burst into tears 1,1-K1 use your white cambric pocket - handkerchief. 'Then let the jury see 'your pretty eyes red with weeping, and your damask cheek 'rlanclied with anguish and coursed with bitter tears. When you are hardiwesmql by the opo in counsel, begin to sob, an,' grasp the mil 'Ls if for support. You will then be uceommodated with 0. seent-bott le and a choir ; and the jury wiil thinti- the eross-ex;un !ding counsel a brute; and you nal injured angel. Ohservance of these direetions by the- young And intef•est- ing culprit never failsJ She will be cleared •even if she has niurdetel her. grandmother. If women AV Ore tried before jeries of women they would not come off so easily. Keeping Lent and Health. . Dr. W. W. Hail, publisher of Hall's Journal of Health, ist his recerr ti y pUblished and most excellent work on ." Health and Good Living," has the following- on the physical benefits of keeping Lent sts ictly : "If all persons for a mouth in early spring were to abstain from all meats whatsoever, as the spirit of the doctrine of Lent re- quires, it would add greatly to thehealth of communities, by enabling the systeth to throw off the impurities of the 1;0(ly cruired by the hearty eating of winter, would cool off the heated Woodland thus de- stroy the germs of spring and summer dis- ease; and thus it is that the proper practice of the..precepts of religion promotes not only the spiritual but the physical strength of a man. These are simple measures; they are practicable; cost no money ; and are valu- able to all; and if heeded in a rational man- ner, death would be kept from many a, dwelling, and life -time sorrows would be lightened to many a bosom. NO - .,„ , ,..„.ir - 1 HEREBY reeonimend Mr: Wilham Lowrie 1 as a fit and,proper person for conveyancer - and I resign my commission for taking affidavits. CYRUS CARROLL. TIAVE resumed -the practice of StiRl/EYIPIC, and from this day shalt promptly attend to all business in that line ; more especially the run- ning of .1VIeridian and Transit Lines. , CYRUS CARROLL. Pro. Land Surveyor. Howick, April 18t, 1870. 14.1114 ss•d rodi Pelind mid el pm/ # off la I• A jiummi .7-42 1.1" 40 11 rdC X Immo t"i` 411° Ank (ID )3004 PIN *id (gt *NI* (111 (t) • felp Vost c ossa▪ l 0-4 \.• 1:0 •••, w.• • r•••4 tt) 011.• New' !El • • '1)110I Ol tILAA►. SEAFORTH FURNITURE WAREROONIS M. ROBERTSON Importer and mannfacturor of all kinds of HOUSEHOL. D FURNITURE Such as SOFAS, , LOUNGES, CEN Tit 1'; T ABLES, ATTRASSES, DINING & B11.111AKF A ST TABLES, BU CHAIRS, and. • BEDSTEADS, In. Great \rarity: Mr. R. has great con idenee fn offering his goods to the public, as they are made of Good Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class Wojk- men . COFFIPIS MADE TO ORDER. On the Shortest Notice. WOOD. TURNING Done with Neatnes., and Desna,teh- l/Srarerooms TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL, Main Street. Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870. 57-tf. J. SEATTERI 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. 59-tf. LTIMSDEN Has just received a Fresh Stock :of PURE DRUGS ;A:ND CHEMICALS Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, Tootle and Nail Brushes, French, English, and American. PERFUMERY.. CENUINE DYE STUFFS. MORDEN'S PATENT PEA HARVESTER, ILL raise the peas from the groundno mat- ter how they maybe laying. _The price of the Pea Harvester is $2. It can be a.ttached to any machhie. In orderingstate the Fame of your machine, the distance the teeth are apart, and length of cutting bar, and you can hrave one to suit. • GEO. BUNCE; Brucefield P. 0. 124-4ins. Agent for Huron. Guaranteed to be of the best quality. Horse and Cattle Medicines! Condition Powder. Physicians perscriptions carefully and accur- ately dispensed. R -LUMSDE"N, MR. JOHN THOMPSON THANKS his numerous customers for th-eir liberal patronage during the last fifteen years, and trusts hewillreceive its continuance, He has now on hand a large assortment of Good Sound. - • Green Hemlock Which he Warrants wili give satisfaction. • ALSO 200,000 FEET OF PINE! CUT FOR BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES Which he offers on liberal terms. Orders will be promptly -attended to. He has also 031 ban, d a large assortment of WELL SEASONED ACCOUNTS! To which he calls the attention of his old custo- mers, who will find it to their advantage to re- tire them promptly, anti without legal proceed- ings. Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 84-tf. STRAW GU TT ER. The subscriber desires to intimate to,, the pub- lic that he is sole agent in Seiforth for the sale of MAXWELL & WIIITEL A,W'S Celebrated STRAW CUTTER! HORSE -AND HAND POWER. Also for Massey's improved GRAIN CR USIIER. A Stock kept constantli o6n hand. OLIVER C, WILSON, Market Square. 192-tf. Seafortlati Jan'y. '21st, 1870. T° .MEROli ANTS, TRADERS, &e. &c. The subscriber has just received a large assort- ment of DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS, • Blank Books, Bill Books, Ccunting-llouse Diaries, Pocket Diaries for 1870 Bibles, Prayer. Books, Psalm ,Books -and a large assortment ofmiscellaneous books in splend- did gilt bindings, suitable for Christmas and New Year's Gifts. Sabbath School I3ooks ! ! Reward. Tickets, &c. Plain and Fancy Note Paper and Envelopes, Pens, Ink, Pencils, School Books, etc, Musical Instruments! Accordeons, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Strings. Rosin, Bridges, &c, Briar and lleresehaum Pipes, and Goods of all kinds. A large assortment of TOYS Palley ; For Girls and Boys, At LUMSDEN'S Corner Drug and Book Store Seaforth, Jan'y 21st, 1870. 5'34.