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.leav-e to fender his -than -1;s
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ars, and also to state that
ay the •
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125-tf,
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)thers, that she is still to
OR,BY'S STORE. All
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Brucefield P. 0,
Agent for Huron.
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June 10 1870.
ASterOiel.B.
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Modern astronomers do not attach much.
value to °leer's theory, that the asteroids
are fragments of a shattered planet If we
grant the possibility that a planet might be
rent in fragments by S00103 great internal
coat ulsion, or else by collision with some
visitant from the interstellar spaces, we
seem still to find .a difficulty in accepting
()net's theory. For the careful investiga-
tion made by Or. Nateccrab, an American
astronomer, into the -motions of the, aster-
oids, ppears to negative the supposition
that these bodies could evdr have -had orbits
intersecting in one -point, as w?uld have
been the caee for some time afterthe sup-
posed catastrophe. But, in reality, the
(treat objeution to Mr. Other's thecu lies
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in the nature of the catastrophe itself, not
in any of its consequences. If a mass large
enough to smash a planet into fragments
had ever visited the platetery system, it
would have disturbed (by its overpowering
attraction) the whole economy of the • syst-
em, and there should no longer kave exist-
ed those orderly motions and symmetrical
relations which 'We now admire. On the
other hand, there is immense difficulty in
the supposition that internal forces should
have produced the effect imagined by Olber.
There is nothing in the analogy of our own
earth to warrant th supposition that such a
catastrophe is possi le. Wide -spread as the
destructive effects of volcanoes and earth-
quakes may appear to the inhabitants of the
disturbed districts, they are in reality
of insignificantextent, when viewed
in relation to the magnitude of the terres-
trial globe. The lofty Himalayas, which
may be looked upon as the most gigantic
known results of subterranean forces, are
The Chioora.
THRILLING CHASE—A DAUNTLESS liERoiNE.
• The story of the Chicora, the noble little
steamer employed by Government to ccnvey
military supplies to Red River, is not gen-
erally known to Canadian readers. There
is something in that history which doubt-
less had its influence upon the American
mind,,when it was resolved.to prevent her
passage through Op Sault Ste. Marie Canal.
The Algoma, with less significant memories
clustering about her, was. allowed to pass
unchallenged, but "that d—d little rebel
cruiser" (as -the commander of the Sault
Ste. Marie' dlls the Chicora) could not be
allowed the privilege! The Chicon& was
b•uilteon the Clyde for the Bee line, and vas
employed during the American, civil war in
running the blockade between Charleston
and Ole Bahama Islands. On one occasion
she ran out from Charleston through the
A.merican squadron which was closely
t,
(muffin°. the harbour and after Leine chas-
ed for 14 hours•by :the fast American gun-
boats Atlanta and Connecticut, she managed _
to reach her haven in eafety. On this oc-
casion the captain's wife (Mrs.- Coxter) stood
at the 'wheel house defiantly waving the
British flag in the face of the pursuers. Her
undaunted conduct instilled a spirit of hero-
ic bravery into the crew, and cheel- after
cheer rolled ovef the deep as shot after shot
boomed from the chasers, who did their ut-
most to destroy or capture the gallant blo-
ckade rfmner. The Chicon& long haunted
those 'waters, and though chased on many
occasions, always escaped without a serious
scratch. The steward of the vessel, • a
Scotchman and eyewitnessof the chase above
described, composed the following lines in
memory of the event:
THE H.IIRON EXPOSITOR
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so minute in comparison with the earth's
'volume, that they would scarcely be percep-
tible if figured on the true scale upon a six
foot globe. But we have the dearest evi-
dence that -those mountains, and all the
large mountain ranges of the earth, - have
been due—not to the sudden action of sub-
terranean forces, but to -a, process of upheav-
aloccupying thousands of years. To con-
ceive, therefore, that the forces have exist-
ed within another planet, sufficient to scat-
ter its mass into fragments, and to'propel
these forth. upon independent orbits, may
suit the fanciful theoryiem, intent only on
finding a ready soltition for a perplexing
phenomenon—but certainly such a specula-
tion requires much stronger evidence than
has yet been forthcoming, before many sober
reas-oners can feel themselves justifiea m ac-
cepting .
masses of surfaces ot rock, from which it
oozes out gradually at every pore. This in-
ference is justified from the phenomena of
other fountains of natural gas, of which so
many are known to have flowed froth im-
memorial without exhoitation. As to the
geographical age of the bed from which the
gas comes, I was told that Professor Hall,
having been consulted, considers it most
probably to be the Marcelius shale, and a
consultation with Dr. R. P. Stevens, whose
acquaintance, with both the geology and to-
pography of this section is minute, I find
to agree that a bore hole 500 feet deep, in
the locality, would be very likely to termin-
ate in the Marcellus, the beds which
are here probably a hundred feet in thick-
ness,
The Enchanted Mountain
Distressnig Case of Suicide
A most distressing and determined case
of 6nicide occured in this -village on the
evening of Saturday last. The trar'tieulars
are these : A. few months siace, Mr. H.
Purcell, who has been a resident of Mitch-
ell for the past five years, left for the Wes-
tren.States, promising to send for his wife
:ma family as soon as he could obtain steady
employment. Mrs. Purcell was left with
very little means of subsistence, and, had it
not been for the kindness of a charitable so-
ciety in. this place, of which her hueband
was a member," both herself and children
must have suffered considerably. On •the
17th of May she was delivered of a sou, and
-up to about the eigth day was improving
nicely under the treatment ef Dr. Horin-
brook. About this time a favourite cow,
and the only animal of the of which. she was
owner, was seized for, debt and sold. This
had the effect of bringing on a relapse, but
just as she was about getting . over the
trouble,tecerlet fever carried off her eldest
child, a little girl who had just seen four
years, and one other was so bad with the
same, disease, that little hopes were enter-
tained of its recovery. Again the unfortu-
nate woman became WGIECI and gave evi-
dence on Frblay last of being deranged in
her mind: At times she was so unman. -
affable that fears were entertained that she
would not only do harm to herself but to
the woman in whose charge she was. At
about five o'clock on Saturday morning he
made her escape from the house, going in
the direction of the River Thames. The
alarm was given, but before assistance could
be obtained she had thrown herself into the
river, and when the body was taken out life.
was found to be extinct. Coroner Bowie
held an inquest on her remains, Mr. D.
McPhail, foreman of the jury, when the.
following vet dict was returned_ ;—"That de-
ceased came to her death by throwing her-
self into River Thames while labouring -an-
d er a. fit of temporary insanity. '—Mitchell
Advocate."
The moon sinks to rest and the elouds darken oe'r,
Our anchor's weigh, and -Nye steer from the shore;
Nor beacon, nor buoy, no marks as our guide,
But the 'enemy's- fleet, as they ripple the tide, .
Chicora ! Chicora ! hopes rest on thy -flight,
As thou ,Dalidest along through the dangers to -night;
-While the sound of the this, as. the flash lights
the foam,.
Brings a thrill to theheart of the loved ones at
home.
IIa,rd, a port; steady so quick, a cast of the lead,
'There are breakers to starboard, a sail right
ahead.,
And. another to port, ha !a rocket • gun,
And "a quarter less thred," "open wide," let
her run.
Fleet -winged Chicora speed quick on thy way,
.For the cruisers are closing fast on their prey;
"And they gloat even new o'er their prize of
io-
night, •
But the Captain is firm, and. tb e pilot "alt right,"
in. one of the .northeastern counties of
°Georgia is a natural curiosity, called, from
Indian tradition, the Enchanted Mountain.
The mountain is not large, and their is
nothing remarkable about it -until you get
on the top, when human tracks, or impres-
sions in, the solid rock, which appear to be
human tracks' are seen.
How these almost humentracks came to
be impressed on the rock of‘this mountain
is erne of the many mysteries in this land of
ours. There were 6 great many traditions
among the Indians in regard to this moun-
tain, but 110110 of them are satisfactory, and
it probably never will be known who it was
that left their tracks upon the summit of
the Enchanted Mountain. One of the In-
dian traditions is curious, for it shows that
they had a vague idea of Noah's flood, be-
fore the advent of the white man. The
story has been handed down among the abo-
riginals that it was the Ian -ding place of the
great canoe of the deluge, and the tracks
were made by the people in the canoe as
they stepped out upon the' rocks, which. had
been nAcle soft by long inundation. _
One of the tracks, and the largest one,
is seventeen and a half inches in length,
and seven and three fourths wide. Unlike
the others, it has six toes. This must have
been Noah's track, and if -there was any-
-thing in the Mosaic accounts of the flood
cencerning the eize of Noah's feet, we might
have a confirmation -of the Indian tradition.
. The size of the track would indicate that he
wore number eighteens.
There are one hundred ancl thirty-six ilia-
_pressions of feet and hands visible on the
face of the rock. The smallest foot track is
four inches in length and of perfect shape.
Another Indian tradition is that a great
battle was onbe fonght there and the large
track -with six toes is thatofa victotious
commander. This is essentially Indian as
their- ideas of mental greatness were circum-
scribed by physical size.- To be a great
warrior with them was to be of gi e,at. size
and strength. They did not recognize the
size or quality of the brain as having any-
-1 thing to do with it
But who made these tracks upon. the En-
ch.antecl-Mountain? If it Was human feet,
then whose teet, and at what age of the
world? Were they chiseled out, by human
hands, and when 1 Alas! that the learn-
ing of the world amounts to EO little, for no
man can tell.
. Experiruents are making in England with
a new fashioned railway, called the Pannier
system. A single row of piles carries a
continuous girder on Which the train runs,
I
The day opens clear, not a cloud in the sky,
But a light curl of smoke marks our course as we
ilY
Light-hearted. and jovial, right onward. we go,
With a look -out aloft and good engines below,
'White -winged Chicora, make speed. while you
may, -
Leave the gulls in your wake to the crumbs of
to -day ;
For those who would be at th.e feast of the
Must come frota the east where the sunrise is
born.
Hark ! .a hail from aloft, "There's a cruiser a-
beam:"
Keep her off, steady so, pass the word for all
steam ;
-And now, Mr, Yank, if you're sharp, you may
see,
Our name op. the stern,—but look our -"Let
Her B."
Chicora Chicora ! glide swiftly o'er the sea,.
And bring back (pay love with his fond heart to
me •
The spray from the wheels glistens bright in the
- sun,
But the cruiser's hull down, and your welcome
at home. •
Progress of Agriculture.
Tie present age is the beginning of a
mighty progress in agricultuee, and we may
therefore look torward with confidence to
better cultivation, larger erops, improved
stock, and more perfect instruments of hus-
bandry. The intelligence and skilled in-
dustry of the country are to be largely .ine
volved in this movetnent, mad it is import-
ant for us to know and 'understand how best
to promote this great object question
naturally arises, then, what can be done to
ma,ke farming more popular with our young
men, so as to induce them -to become farm-
ers and help forward this work? We must
first make them feel that the pursuit of the
farmer is a dignified and honorable one ;
that it is as honorable to be a farmer as a
lawyer, doctor, or merchalt. We must cre-
ate an enthusiasm among our toys, and
teach them that the habit of the hand is
not incompatible with the brain. With
the mind to help the hand, labor becomes
light. We must acquire an earnest love
for the calling. How can one enjoy great-
er independence and freedom than as a til-
ler of the soil 7 Think of the folly of ex=
changing the implement life of a farmer for
the narrow life of a clerk in one of our
cities, doomed for a life time to measure
tape, and grow effeminate behind_ a countei.
earning hardly en.tnigh to pay for one's
board and clothes. Boys, stick to the farm;
educate yourselves for the work ; cultivate
the mind, and so add intelligence to manual
toil. Make Your home the centre of taste,
refinement, beauty, honesty, frugality and
industry, end out of these will spring the
purest life, and the holiest example. There
is DO oblect that _gives more pleasure and
,delight to the farmer's home than that which
is dictated by native simplicity and a natur-
al love of beauty.- It is the stuff out of
which states ,and empires are built. It is
the summit of civilization.
-4•40-
A Roetamrre ROYAL PAIR.—The Figaro
relates the following romantic story: The
Prince of .Schleswig-Holstein, on returning
from a scientific voyage which had lasted
for several years, found his library in a state
of great disorder._ He asked his steward to
reCommend some one who could re -arrange
it, and the latter replied that the only per-
son he was acquainted with was a young
h ctecl as companion to his wife.
An Extraordinary Gas Well
A new and copious outburst of gas has
been observed in the township of West
Bloomfield, county of Ontario and State of
New York, about twenty rt:iles west of
Rochester, and sbdeen miles west of Can-
: 7
andaiguna. -
It is nave about four years since the own-
er of the ground, Mr. Beebe, while boring
with the hope of getting petrolum struck
the4cavity from which the gas flows, at a
depth, as he stateseof 500 feet. The bore
hole is tubed down to, and int:6, the solid
rock, and. the tube stands about ten fee+ a-
bove the surface. Shis tube is five inches
in diameter; and the issuing gas, when burn-
ing, as it was when. 1. saw it, gives in a still
atmosphere a flame SOMe thiity feet in
height. The flow has been stated indepen-
dently by two parties, who have measured
it with large. baloons of known -capacity, at-
tached to the outlet, to be from four
to five feet per second, equivalent to from
15,000 or 18,000 feet per hour, or; in the
mean at the rate of about 4,00,000 cubic
feet of gas per day. From observation on
the spot, without any Imeans of exact meas-
tuement, however, I am prepared to believe -
the probability of this enormous evolution
of combustible gas from the bowels
of the rocks. Such a flow really
corresponds to a pressure of but a few feet
of l water. Ten inches should, according to
calculation, drive through a pipe 500 feet
long and five inches in diamater, 22,000 feet
per hour of gas of the density which I have
found for this, namely 0'7. There is, how-
ever, here an important residual projetic
force, in addition to this. This flow has
now gone on. for more than four years, and,
according to the testimony of the residents
in the vicinity, without any perceptible di-
minution of energy, indicating, in the. ag-
gregate, an escape' of some660,000,000 of
feet, about half the yearly make of our
largest gas manufacturing company, the
Manhattan. The most remarkable feature
is the abseiace of diminution of flow for so
long a time, in connexion -with the very
low pressure indicated. I hence infer the
probability of an indefinate continuance, as
the gas must originate, not from a reservoir,
in a state of compression, but from huge
the cars hanging down on each side to a very
shert distance of the ground. The carri-
ages are so arranged that inequality of
weight on one side to the extent of a ton.
will not effect the equilibrium or motion of
the train. It is claimed that by this meth-
od a much higher rate- of ispeed can be at-
tained, and with greater safety, that:4y the
present system, and a scheme ieon foot by
which Manchester is to be reached by Lon-
doners in two ho -urs. The small quantity
of land required and the cheapness of con-
struction are also urged as among its ad-
vantages.
SIGN OF THE
140011C1Vd
LUMBER! LUMBER
MHE undersigned have on hand at their
1 half a mile 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. Board and. strip
LATH, all of -which will be sold at iteducA
prices.
They have lately added a, first-class planning
maclii.ne to their other machinery, and intemi.
keeping 'dressed. lumber of all kinds constantly
Ian hand.
The public may rely upon,being able taproom
any of the above ,artieles of Lumber at their
Mills. so long as it is here adve•tised.
-Parties sending Inro.ber to the mill can have it
dressed on the shortest notice a,nd. lowest possible
terms.
M. & T. SMITH.
Feb. 11, 1870. 114-tf
ONTARIO HOUSE !
EDWARD CAS
GENERAL COUNTRY MERCHANT,
AND DEALER IN ALL KINDS OP
Farmi and Dairy Produce.
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Iusurauce,Insfurance.
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When you want to Insure your
I3uildings,your Mills andFac-
tories, your Stock, your
CrOps,yourFurniture,
or Tour Life,
Apply to .
N. WATSON,
WM.
SEAFORD! FIRE, MARINE,. AND LIFE
INSURANCE AGENT, FOR
THE CANTON
T. T. T. T. T T.
WAREHOUSE
IN '1'1-1-E
NEW POST OFFICEBLOCK,
15 THE PLACE FOR
'-CHOICE. TEAS*
Tie fact -Chat the subscriber.make this. article
a sffeciality, should lead. all intendiYi purchasees
who like the best market affords, to, at least ti'
his stock.
The Finest Liquors
And. a select stock of Staple and. Fancy
Groceries, always on hand.
JAMES a LAIDLAW.
Seaforth,. Jan'y. 21st, MO. -
R LTIMSDEN
Has jug received a Fresh Stock •:of -
PURE DRIJGS
The Provincial Insurance Company of Canadl
(Canadian).
The Liverpool and London and. Globe insurance
Company-, (English).
The Niagara DistrictMutual Insurance Company.
The Gore District Mutual Insurance eo.,
. and
The Star Life Assurance Society of England,
which divides nine -tenths of the profits every five
years amongst Policy Holders.
Losses liberally adjusted and promptly settled.
Farmers are specially invited. to consult the
advantages offered. in perfect security and. in the
extreme lowness of rates for insurance on all de-
scriptions of Farm Property.
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MONEY TO LEND,
At moderate rates of Interest, and to be re -paid
by Instahnents, which is the most suitable and
safest method for Farmers and others to pay off
a mortgage. No Commission Charges, and ex-
penses small.
MORTGAGES BOUGHT ON tQUITABLE
TERMS.
lady -w o a
This young person, Mille. Carmelite, is
the daughter of a merchant in Calcutta, who
was formerly in wealthy circumstances ; but
on his meeting with a re -verse of fortune,
the children Were obliged to earn their own
living, and the young lady in question had
even appeared on the stage. She accepted
the 'proposals made to her,
and on her ent-
ering upon her duties, the Prince found ner
so well educated, and so intelligent, that he
was quite charmed, and at last made her an
offer of marriage: The union is to take
• place in a few days, and the bridegroom has
applied to the King of Prussia for permis-
sion to lay aside his princely rank, and as-
sume the title of Count, de Boer, so that the
marriage shall not be a morganatic one.
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AND
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Toilet and Fancy Soaps Combs, Hair Toc‘th
and Nail Brushes;French, English,
and American.
PERFUMERY
GENUINE DYESTUFFS
The best Sewing Machines, for Family Use, .as
well as for Manufacturing purposes, are kept al-
ways on hand. Both Single Threaded and Dou-
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supplied. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, a.nd
instructions given to purchasers gratis.
REMEMBER Wm. N: WATSON'S Insurance
Agency Office, and Sewing Machine Depot, North
Main Street.
SEAFORTK, March 3-1 1870. 121--
NOTICE.
Guaranteed. to be of the best quality.
Horse and Cattle Medicines !
Condition Powder.
\e'
hysicians per,scriptions carefully Dia acenr-
at ly dispensed.
T HEREBY recommend Mr. William Lowrie
as a fit and. proper person for conveyancer—
and. I resign my commission for taking affidavits.
CYRUS CARROLL.
I HAVE resumed the practice of
SURVEYINC,
R LUMSDEN,
T 0 MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
&c. &c.
The subscriber has just received a large assozt--
moat of
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Boob., Bill], Books, Counting -House
Diaries;
Pocket Diaries for 18704
Bibles, Prayer Book; Psalm Beeke—ea
large assortment ofmiscellaneous books in splend.-•
did gilt bindings, suitable for Christmas and,
New Year's Gifts.
Sabbath School Boo j!
. Reward Tickets, &c.
• Plain. and Fancy Note Paper and. Envelopes
Pens, Ink, Pencils, School Books, etc.
1VIusic21 instruments!
Accorde.ons, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Stria.
Rosin, Bridges, &c,
Briar and Mereschaum Pipes, ,and Fs
Goods of all kinds.
A large assortment of
and from this day shall promptly attend to all
business in that line; more especially the run-
ning of Meridian and Transit Lines:
CYRUS CARROLL,
Pro. land Surveyor.
Howick, April 1st, 1870. -
TOYS
For Girls awl Boys,
At LUMSDEN'S
- Corner Drug and Book iime
Seaforth, 21t,1$70, MAL