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We are,tolsave the &anthem. Railroad.
Of this there is nO longer a ,dpubt. 'Bet-
ter, it is to be t raib.ead far stsperior to any-
thing ever expected. :We 94leu1ated upon
an ordinary line that, would cost from five
to seven millions. We ase to'get one that
is to cost fifteen million!. One that is to
be a first-class road from the beginning. It
to tSa.verse the table land-whil forms the
heart -of the Lake Shore Counties from Buf
falo to this Tewn. Frotn this place it will
send one arm to Detroit to receive there the
travel from 'San Francisco over the Union
Pacific, the Chicago and Rock Island, and
the Michigan and Soli them Railroads. It
will send another branch to Stlair to in-
vite over its short routes and easy. grades the
immense traffic of the Michigan Peninsula,
and the travel which will come thtough it
from British Columbia over the prOjectet1
Northern Pacific. Such are the magnifi-
cent connexions formed for the 'Canada
Southern rin the West. When it goes to
Buffalo it has its ehoice of three routes to
the Atlantic ONISt. For the character of
the structure we have the word sof Milton
Courtwright, as the representatisie of the
American capitalists who have. undertaken
to build and equip theroad. The piers and
abutments of the bridges are to be of stone
or iron, the superstructure of irons- and the
rails of steel We have learned further
rorasthe Hon. Isaac Buchannun, who has
been lending his assistance to these negoti-
ations, tlett the intention is to lay a double
track. One of theni is. to be used exclusive-
ly for passeugers; who will be carried on
their journey at the rate of fifty miles an
hour. The other will be the freight track.
—By this atTangemelit frequent detention
to passengers (so often experienced on the
existing lines) will be avoided, as will also
the many lamentable aecidents that arises
from the collision of freight with passengee
trains, either directly on tbe track or tiro'
the freight trains not being sufficiently shun-
ted out of the wpty of the coming passen-
ger engine. With such an arrangement cf
the Canada Southern -route couM be adver-
tised the- safest as well as the quickest: and
we shouldindeed be proud of our County
and of our Board, if it should be the first to
gia e piacticai shape to this grand idea. k\ e
should then witnesa on it the highest pos-
sible speed, combined with absolute safety
to the passengers; and the freight cars speed-
ing their course as so many produce and
mercantile warehouses as such a rate as cir-
cumstances might dictate. 1 To provide 'for
this plan -being canied ill ;0 execution the
Company will take the full width the Sta-
tute allows -150 feet.
TJpon the orginization of the Company.
the Buffalo Expires,/ ciamments in the most
favorab'le terms, and 'declares that is "most
excellent news for Buffalo."
Yes, and it is most excellent news for St.
Thomas too, qnd equally excellent for the
section of country east and West of it The
proposition now efore the ratepayers, and
by which all this good news is to be felly
realized, is a simple one. On condition that
the people themselves will contribute one
million dollars, foreign capitalists wiil bring
into the country fourteen millions, and will
build our road for us far better in every
respect than we ever anticipated to see.
Ratepayer, sylsat is your answer to this pro-
pcsition?—Yes or no. Wisl you forbid
people to make your country richer by four-
teen million dollars at a single stroke than
it is now, and that by many a Million fold.
in the course of 'a series of years? What
say -you ? Will you permit the Ship to sink -
for want of a little tat to caulk it? Would
that be wise? Will .you hinder a great rail-
road enterprise for . which you. have been
clamoring for 30 yesrs by refusing to be
;taxed five dollars a year for the next tWen-
ly-five years? That is our average annual
payment -:falling upon each 100 acres. You
have abused' Members of Parliament, land
you have abused Thomson, and you ha -re
abused the Great Western without stint for
not doing what they ought to do in the mat-
ter of this Great Canada Southern. Curses
come home to roost Let' us see 'whether
you are Content they will rest upon' your
head. Half a cent on the aSsessed value' of
your property, or an average payment of
-$3,26 per annum on eaeh person °lithe as-
sessment roll will do it Act now, or for-
ever after hold your peace.—St. Thomas
&me Journal,
Sleep
Every man must sleep according to his
temperreent But eight hours i3 the aver-
age. If one requires a -little more or a lit-
tle less, he will find it out for himself. Who-
ever, by work, pleasure, sorrow, or by any
other cause, is regularly diminishing his
sleep, is destroying this life. A man may
hold out for a time, but nature keeps close
accounts, and no man can dodge her settle-
ments, We have seen impoverished rail-
roads that could not keep the tract in or-
der, nor spare the engines to be thoroughly
repaired. Every year track and equipment
is deteriorated. By and by comes a crash, and
the road is in a state of confusion and de-
struction. So it is with men. They cannot
find time to sleep enough. They ,slowly
run behind. Symptoms of general waste ap-
pear. Premature wrinkles, weak eyes,
depression of spirits, failure of digestion,
feebleness in the morning, and overwhelmn-
ins melancholy; these and other signs show
a general 'dilapidation. If, now, sudden
calamity causes an extraordinary pressure,
they go down under it. They have no re-
sources to draw upon.—They have been
living up to the verge of their whole vitality
every day.—E. E. H.
The Provincial Exhibition will take
place this year on the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and
7th of October in Toronto.
Don't CloselY Cover Your Water
Cistern
Ara, the Medical Officer of Health
for 40144, 1England, says : A .severe
outbreak of typhqd (enteric) fever occurred"
in the school belonging to II, olboim Union
on the rise of Highgate Hill. As I receive
no sickness returns, from that establishment,
I knew nothing of it until twenty-six cases
had been received into the London Fever
Hospital. The first death from typhoid was
recorded in the mortuary schedule which
reached me on the 31st of March, that is to
say,jfive weeks after the first recognized
ase of typhoid had occurred in the house.
I mention thio because it is a striking illus-
tration of the necessity of weekly returns of
public sickness being forwarded to sanitary
authorities, as well as returns of deaths. I
am morally certairethat the disease might
have been prevented from spreading as it
(lid in the school had I been in a position to
interfere at its first onset. The first recog-
nized case occuried in a boy sent to the Fe-
ver Hospital on February 24th ; afterwards
the fever attacked both boys and girls. On
visiting the house on March 31st. I found
that the children were in the habit of drink-
ing from a closely covered cistern, the waste
pipe; of which, tint -rapped, entered dhectly
into the drain which conducted the overflow
of a cesspool communicating with the boys'
closet. Both the boys' and the girls' closets,
iu seperate parts of the premises, (are • de-
fective in construction. Up to the close of
the month of March, 31 cases, including a
nurse and washerwoman, had been sent to
the hospital. I ditected the waste pipes of
the cisterns to be at mice disconnected from
the drains, and the cisterns themselves to
be cleansed and disinfected, and that carbolic
acid should be thrown daily into each drain
inlet on the- premises, and used for flushing
the closets, and the nightstools in the infir-
naary and dortnottries should be charged with
the same disinfectant. Up to the date. of
this report, only three fresh cases have been
sent to the hospital, ancl one- of -these pa-
tients was ailings,at the time of my first vi-
sit. Five cases* of typhoid fever, with two
deaths in a house in the Barnsbury rottU,
hwee been trac d to a similar cause. House-
holders are s rcely even DOW aware of the
danger to syTneh they are exposed from the
stupid but Common practice of covering the
water cistern and then ea/Tying a waste -
pipe from the vacant space directly into the
house drain, by which this space becomes
virtually a recepatele for! the foul gases gen-
eratol in the latter, and for any poisonous
matter which they convey. .The inmates of
houses where this arrangement exists are
at the mercy of an accident which may hap-
pen any day."
Cultivation of the Melon
'Alluding to the cultivation of the melon
family, Downing give.s the following direct-
ions :--L"Early in May a piece of rich, light
soil should be selected, well manured and
thoroughly dug or prepared by deep plow-
ing or harrowing. Hills are then marked
out six feet apart each way. These hills
are prepared by digging a foot deep and two
feet across, which -are filled 'half full with
well -rotted manure: Upon the latter are
thrown three or four inches of soil are then
weil mixed. togethei. More soil,' well pul-
veriest is now thrown over the top, so as
to complete the hill, making it three inches
higher than the surfaceUpon this plant
eight or ten grains of seed, covering them
about half an inch deep. When the plants
have made two reugh leaves thin them so as
to leave but two or three in each hill. To
prevent the attack of the stripped cucumber
bug, the great enemy to the melon and cu. -
cumber plants, sprinkle the soil just be-
neath the plants as soon as they come with
guano. The pungent smell of this man -tire
rrenders it a 'protection both figain4t this in-
sect and the flee -beetle; 6, little black, jump-
ing insect, that frequently devours, the
leaves of plants. The guano also. gives the
plants a fine start in the early part of the.
season. As soon as the runners show the
first blossom buds, stop them by punching
out the buds at the cxtremeties; this will
cause. an increased production and add to
the size of the fruit. To retain a fine sort
of melon iri perfection, it should be grown at
some distance from any abei'. variety or
seperate from the cucumber family, other-
wise the seed of the next generation offruit
will be spoiled by the mixture of the
len. The. ivater melon requires more room
than other varieties, consequently the hills
should be placed further apart, say eight or
ten feet each way."
Social Honor •
Eyery person. should cultivate a nice sense
of honor. In a hundred different ;ways this
fitting adjunct of the true lady or sentleman
is often tried. For instance, one is a guest
in a family where, perhaps, the domestic
machinery does not run sraoothly. There
is sorrow in the house unsuspected by the
enter world. Sometimes it is a dissipated
son, whose conduct is a shame aud grief to
his parents; sometimes a relative whose ec-
centricities and peculiarities are a cloud on
the honie. Or, worst of al.', husband and
wife may not be in accord, and there may
be often bitter words spoken, and harsh re-
criminations. In any of these cases the guest
is in honor bound to be blind and deaf, so
far as people -without are concerned. If a
gentle word within can do good, it may well
be said; but to go forth and reveal the shad-
ow of an unhappy secret to any one, even
your nearest friend, is an act of indelicacy
and meanness almost unparalleled. Once
in the sacred precincts of any home, admit-
ted to its privacy, sharing its life, all that
you see and hear should become a sacred
trust. It is at really contemptible to gossip
about such things as it wouldbe to steal the
silver, or borrow the books and forget to re-
turn them.
_ A Queer Custom in Naples
- They have a singularcustorn at the Found-
ling Hospital at the Annunziata, Naples, on
the 25th March, Lady nay, on the Neztadell
Anrunziata. The building is thrown open
to the publio, and any young mau who
wishes to provide himself with a wile, in
case he, can prove to the satisfaction
of the governors of the institu-
tion that he is able to maintain- her. We
have, unfortunately, never had the good
fortune to be present; but the business of
the day is, we hear, managed pretty much
as follows :—All the girls who have arrived
at a marriageable age are.brought up in a.
line in one of the large rooms, where the
cavaliers are allowed to enter. A regular
inspection then, we suppose, commences,
from left to right; front and rear. Some
prefer dark beauties, of course; and othet
blondes, and each is allowed to suit his own
t articular taste or fancy. When smitten
the swain drops his pocket -handkerchief In
front of the lady of his choice, and if she
acceptt it they waik off arm -in -arm to sig-
nify their intention to the authorities and
make the necessary preliminaties previous
to their marriage. The bride receives
small stint of money by the way of dowry.
and a few necessaries *which comprise her
trosseau, a few sheets and -a blanket or two.
These marriages, contrary to what one would
naturally supp6te, generally turn out hap-
pilly, asa man must have greatly felt the
want of woman's soothing influence to en-
able him ist muster up courage to undergo
such an ordeal previous to entering the hap-
py state. This is what one might almost
call marriage at sight, or marriage Ct la
ootilon.
Early Dec ay
What breaks down young man? Is it
dissipation, or is it hard study? It is n ccad-
monly received notion that hard study is
the unhealthy element of college life. But
froni tables of the mortality of Harvard
University, collected by Professor Pierce
from the last triennial caualogue, it is clear-
ly demonstrated that the excess of death for
the first ten years after graduation is found
in that portion of each class inferior in
scholarship. Every one who has seen the
curriculum knows, that where J-Esch vl us
and political economy injure one, late hours
and rum punches use up a dozen ; and that
the two Jittle fingets are- heavier than the
loins of Euclid. Dissipation r, a swift and
sure destroyer, and every young man. who
follows it Is, as the early flower, exposed to
untimely frost. Those who have been in-
veigled into the path of vice are named,
"Legion," for there are many—enough to
convince every novice that he has no se-
cusity that he shall escape a similar fate. A
few short hours of sleep each nignt, high
living, plenty of "smashes," mid nameless
bad habits, make war upnn over function
of the •human body. The brains, the lungs,
the liver, the spine, the s, the bones,
the flesh, every part and fwu1ty, are over -
tasked, worn and weS.1- d by the terrific
energy of passion loose ed from restraint,
until, like a dilapidated mansion, the
"earthly house of this tabernacle" falls into
ruinous decay. Quack doctors cannot save
you. Fast young -man, right about!
40' SO.
The Best Sewing Machine.
The very best sewing machine a naan can
have is a good wife. It is one that requires
but a kind word to set it in motion, rarely
gets out of -repair, makes but little noise, is
seldom the cause of a dust, and, once in
motion, will go on uninterruptedly for
hours, without the slightest trimming, or
the smallest personal supervision being ne-
cessary. It will make shirts, darn stock-
ings, sew on buttons, mark pocket -handker-
chiefs, cut out pinafores and manufacture
children's frocks out of any old thing you
may give ib, and this it will do behind your
back just as well as before your face. In
fact, you -may leave the house for days, and
it will go on working just, the same. If it
does get out of order a little from being
over worked,it naendsitself by being left alone
for a short time, after which it returns to its
sewing with greater vigor than ever. Of
course sewing machines vary a great deal.
Some are quicker than others. It depends
in a great measure upon the particular pat-
tern you select. If you are fortunate in
picking out the choicest patterns of a ,wife,
one for instance, that sings while working
and seems never to be so happy as when the
husband's linen is in hand—the sewing ma-
chine may be perfect of its kind; there is
no make -shift in the world that can possi-
bly ieplace it, either for love or money._ In
short, no man's home may be said to be com-
plete without one of these sewing machines
in the house.
I.
How to Have Mealy Potatoes.
At this season of the year, particularly,
and until the new crop comes in, almost all
potatoes when boiled are apt to be watery
soaked and soggy, and we are sure the lov-
er S of this esculent will thank us, says an
exchange, for giving them a receipt for hav-
ing mealy potatoes every day in the year—
not a fancy one made to order for a cook
book, but one that has stood and will stand
the test of constant practice. It is very
simple, and involves only a slight increase
of trouble and labour over the method of
cooking. Pare the raw potatoes and let
them stand an hour or so in a basrn of wa-
ter in whioh a pinch of salt has been added.
Boil quit,kly. When done, drain off the
water carefully, and replace the potatoes
upon the stove, in the same vesselsin which
they were cooked, to dry for five or ten mi-
nutes. When ready to serve, take each po-
tato arid squeeze it gently, but not enough
ro destroy the form, in a dry napkin, and
place immediately on the table. The
sqeezing in the napkin takes out all the wa-
ter and leavesthe potatoes that, before were
wet and heasly, dry, mealy, and delicious.
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INSURANCE
Insurance,Insurap,ce.
When you want to Insure your
Buildings,your Mills an clFac-
tories, your Stock, your
Crops, your Furniture,
or your Life,
Apply to
WM. N. WATSON,
SEAFORD! FIRE, MARINE, AND LIFE I
INSURANCE AGENT, FOR
The Provincial Insurance Company of Canada,
(Canadian).
The Liverpool and London a,nd Globe Insurance
Company, (English).
The Niagara District Mu :nal Insurance Company.
The Gore District Mutual Insurance eo.,
anrt
The Star Life Assurance Society of England,
which divides nine:tenths of the profits every five
years amongst Policy Holders.
Losses liberally adjasted and promptly settled.
Farmers are specially invited to consult the
advantages offered in perfect security and in the
extrenie lowness of rates for insurance on all de-
scriptions of Farm Property.
----o
MONEY TO LEND
At moderate rates of Interest, and to be re -paid
by Instalments, which is the most suitable and
safest method for Farmers and others to- pay off
a mortgage. No Conamission Charges, and ex-
penses small.
MORTGAGES BOUGHT ON EQUITABLE
„,TERMS.
SEWING MACHINES.
The best Sewing Machines, for Family 'Use, as
well as for Manufacturing purposes, are kept al-
ways on hand. Both Single Threaded and Dou-
ble Threaded, or Lock Stitch Machines can be
supplied. Perfect satisfaction guaranteed, and
instructions given t� purchasers gratis.
REMEMBER Wm. N. WATSON'S Insurance
Agency Office, and SewinglVlachine Depot, North
Main Street.
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 121—
NOTICE.
T HEREBY recommend Mr. Williant Lowrie
1 as a fit and proper person for conveyancer--
and I resign my commission for taking affidavits.
CYRUS CARROLL.
I HAVE resumed the practice of
SURVEYINC9
and from this day shall promptly attencl 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.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS.
A LL persons inadehted to the late firm of
Zapfe & McCallum,- are hereby requested to
call and settle the same With the underEugned on
or before the ist. of March next, otherwise costs
will be incurred.
ZAPPE & CARTER.
Seaforth Foundry.
Seaforth, Feb. 15, 1870. 115-tf.
OFFICES TO LET.
rnwooffices on the second flat in Scott's Block
The best, and most convenient rooms in th
village. Apply to
McCAULiHEY & ROLMESTED.
Seaforth, April 14, 1870. 123-tf.
A HANDSOME FIVE OCTAVE
MELODEON
FOR SALE,
DIA1..TUFACTIIR ED BY
R S. WILLIAMS TORONTO.
Theundersigned will receive orders for PIANOS
or MELODEONS, and for. piano tuning. Orders
left at the
TELEGRAPHBOOK STORE.
C. ARMSTRONG.
Seaforth, June 3, 1870. 131-tf.
FURNITITilE
CHEAPER THAN EVER
AT
HT.HamAys:
WAREROOMS
0
BELL ss -now prepared to furnish Houses at
Toronto prices-
T_Tl\T3DM
In all its departments, attended to in a satisfact-
ory manner. A hearse for hire.
THOMAS BELL'S
PATENT SPRING MATTRASS
Kept constantly on hand and fitted to any be
stead. This articleis the best and cheape
made, as attested to by all who have used it.
Warranted to give satisfaction.
ay -Remember the place
0 1' ID 0 S 1 T -M
KIDD(& HMULKINS.
SMAPOIM-1_
SPRING GOODS.
New Suits,
New Dress Goods,
Boots & Shoes.
ALSO A NICE STOCK OF
CROCERIES,
AT
Bonthron & Son's.
Seaforth, April, 14 1870. 52-tf-
NOTICE.
BATHS ! BATHS!
MR. PILLMAN,
T_TAS pleasure in announcing to the gentlemen
11. of Seaforth and vicinity, that the BATHS
formerly kept by Mr. Lubelski are now ready _
for use, and he hopes that by keeping everything
clean and conifortable to receive a liberal share
of public patronage.
TAILORINC
MR. PILLMAN,
WOULD also beg to state that he is carrying
on the
TAILORING BUSJ
NESS,
In all its branches, in the shop formerly occupied
as a Barber Shop, and from his long experience
in this business, feels confident in saying that
parties favouring him with their orders, will
-have there garments made in a manner which
will be second to the work of no other establish-
ment in Ssaforth.
A TRIAL IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
Seaforth April 14, 1870. 123-tf.
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