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any note of hand
ring the iyear 1870,
for any note given
TAM COOPER
130.3.
ies against pii•chas
romis0ry note, dat-
payable one year
me in favor of ----
no value therefor,
STARLING,
130 4ins.
FOR S.E.
sale ;a large Frame
Village Lot on the
;Church, Seaforth..
m exchange, Ap
McAURTHER
112-6m..
ABLE.
inform the public
Livery Stable in
ere parties eau be
-lass horses and
97-tf..
0.
,sal Property in the
Ci. to 10 per cent,,,
'F SQUIER,
ters, Goderich.
LEND. -
[ age property at 61
.de to suit the bora
I. GALL,.
ce Agent and
+l issioner, Seaforth,
orth-
ERS'
i r 0:
DAR D, AT THErR
LE are preyared
cif MILLINERY,
apectfully solicited.
128-tf--
ll Ti erg ,
r tallio AnEz
7ABLIS MENT
anik the Ladies of
Or their liberal pa-
she is just rev eiv ing
of
GOODS
the season, and at
tion and please the
will receive her usu-
regardstaste, latest
h& has confidence in
'al in the country.
c ionto Fashions re
lery and braiding
crzk done with neat -
CAPS
F ON HAND.
ed before purehas-
124-tf..
rFORT
tFECT SIGHT.
as perfect sight, and
lxtaired by i sing
lty of procuring
Deulists & Optici
ufacturers of the
es, have after years
;ion of costly ma
educe that Grand
ales, which have
atisfaction to the
Prince Edward's
made, during the
laratecl Perfected
, ,and last many
R. Counter, from
!ed.
:ORRIS & CO:,
Montreal.
MEDLEYS.
7f -1y.
Surgeon" Dentis.
sin by the use o
",-0-ver the `Bea-
ante in Seaforth,
day and Wednes
e at the Commere
s Thurs€Iays and.
are requested to
on the first days
.d teeth extracted
Coulton'a offices.
1.14-.
JULY 8, 1 b10.
THE 'HURON, EXPOSITOR.
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Terrible Scene in a Colliery.
A colliery accident of a most exciting
character occurred recently in a pit belong
ing to Messrs Melldrum cot Co , near Bath
gate, =Scotland, and unfortunately resulted
in the loss of seven lives. A spark from
the furnace set fire to the soot in the upcast
shaft, and thie. ignited the wooden partition.
In a few minutes the shaft was a roaring
column -of fire, and fifty men and boys were
rescued, with the flames literally hissing and
curling around them. _Several ascents and.
decents were actually made whilst the rope
was burning—.the depth being about forty
fathoms. Thanks to Steele's (the engine -
man) nerve and presence of mind, no time
was lost, the cage being raised and lowered
in little less thana minute. For five or six
trips it Came up crowded with miners, eight
or nine having in each case packed them-
selves into a space intended for four. So
deftly was the operation managed that as
fast as the poor fellows, running from vari-
ous distances in the workings, arrived at
the bottom, the carriage was their to receive
them and whirl them 'aloft to safety. It
may be readily supposed, however, that the
passage to the open air, swift as it was
seemed all too long to the orupants of the
cage. The woods ork of the apparatus
caught fire ; the ironwork was nearly red-
hot in the` upcast shaft, separated from them
only by a thin partition, a raging furnace
threatened destruction, while the burning
rope by which they were suspended seemed
likely every instant to give way and leave
them to their fate. 'At length, after several
batches of eight or nine each had been safe-
. ly brought to the bank, the cage on its next
descent came up empty. By this time the
fire had burst thr oueth the top of the parti-
tion, and was blazing in full volume from
both sections of the shaft, cutting off.all pos-
sibility of ventilation, and giving rise .t� the
most serious apprehensions as to the safety
of those still in the pit. The cage was forth-
with sent clown again, and presently return-
ed with two men, named Grant an forrist-
er. So 'Minding were the 'flames and smoke
that the men were not seen by those on the
•
pit band, and some called out the cage was
empty, it was straightway lowered again
before the occupants had the chance of get-
ting out.
The feelings of the poor miners on being
thus sent back to the frightful prison from
from which they had all but escaped, may
be more easily imagined than described. On
reaching the bottom, Grant, in desperation,
was on the point of throwing himself out of
the cage, but fortunately the apparatus was
whirled but
again before he could accomplish
his purpose, and this. time he and his com-
panion lost no time in scramt,ling out. Not-
withstanding that they had passed three
times through the burning shaft both inen
escaped with comparative little injury. Af-
ter they had been rescued, the cage made
three fruitless descents ;_ but at the fourth
it came up with two other risen, named T.
McLean and Rufus Rankin, who had in the
interim managed to crawl to the shaft. On
getting into the cage thrdy had endeavored
to bring along with thein a third man nam-
ed W. Wands, but he was too much over-
come by the heat and smoke to keep his po-
sition, and slipped off as the cage began to
ascend. McLean anci Rankin were unfor-
tunately without their coats, and as they
were drawn up through the burning shaft,
the flames told with terrible effect on their
naked arms and shoulders. When they
reached the top, the, exposed portions of
their bodies were so badly scorched that the
skin. pealed off at the touch, McLean was
able to stagger from the cage, but Rankin,
in getting out, entangled his foot wirh some
portion of the apparatus, and falling heavily,
broke his 'leg. After the cage had made.
one or two snore descents, each time coming -
up' empty, the burning rope gave way,
thus cutting off all hope from the seven
miners below.
One of the rescued, John Boyd, gives the
following account of the affair —" I was
working in the rear workings, a natter Of
two hundred fathoms from the bottom cif the shaft. My son was working with nie,
but when the 'corning' hour came I sent
him out. Before he had time to go past the
bottom of the pit, I heard him coming back
and crying 'Father, father, come on.' T was
speaking to another man at the time, and
when I heard my son cry, I ran to nay road -
head and cried to him to know if their was
anything wrong. Says he, ' The pit's on
fire—come out quick or you will lose your
life.' I asked him if it was a gas fire. 'No,'
says lie, ` it comes from the tube. The
tube's on fire ()lithe rising side of the shaft,'
So says I, ' Make you the best road you
can to_ the bottom, and never mind me.'
No,' says he, 'go you on and I will over-
take you.' There were four men working
beside me at the time, and when they heard
what my son said they made for the shaft.
I again told my son to push on and save
himself. I am an old man,' I says, 'and
`so it's not much matter about me ; but you
are young, and must save yourself:'—' No;'
says he, ' I am not going till I see the whole`
of the men out." He then ran to the
road head and Called to some Jan
men
that if they were not at the foot of the
shaft in two minutes their lives were done.
I hada gone twenty or thirty yards towards
the shaft bottom, but retnrning, I again
'called on my son to come and save him-
self: The only answer that I got was
that lie would perish rather than not warn
all the men. At last I got him induced
to come with me to the shaft. When we
got to the bottom of tke shaft the trap
doors were on fire, and all about was thick
with smoke. The cage was at the bottom
and seven men were in it. They cried for
more and my son pushed me into it. As
I got in somebody objected that there were
too many ; but some, one else cried, 'Let
as many come as there is room for.' The
signal bell was thenrung, and the cage be-
gan to rise. For 'a distance of ten or twelve
feet the soot of the shaft was in flames,
and all the way up it was -filled with smoke,
but we shot through it so quickly that
none of us were injured. My son came
up .with the .next Ioad. )
The History of The Sault.
The Sault Ste. Marie historically is one of
the most ancient names connected with
civilization in the not thern part of the con-
tinent. Long before the Pilgrims landed
,on the shores of New England, a small com-
pany of Pilgrim Jesuits, made their way ;up
Lake Huron, and pitched their little settle-
ment at the foot of the rapids, to which they
gave the name of Sault Ste Marie, which
by interpretation means " the Leap of the
Holy Virgin." And for nearly three hun-
dred years the Sault has -continued to be
the seat of a'Jesuit settlement. The reason
for the Jesuits settling in this locality was
the fact that it was the headquarters of the
Chippewa Indians. For the most part the
Indians have disappeared.. A miserable
chief is to be seen now and again, with the
ragged leggings of his pants ornamented
with bead work, and a bead belt fastening
his ragged coat, going about', begging' for
surreptuous doses of whiskey. A few half-
breeds loaf around and fish a little, and that
is about all the indication to be seen here,
telling of thefact that the Sault was once
the great rendezvous of the mighty Chippe-
was.
In 1770, the Sault was taken possession
of for France in this wise. Two hundred
years ago, St. Lusson was here with his
men, fifteen in number. Among them was
Louis Jolie and Indians were fast throng-
ing in from their wintering grounds, attract-
ed as usual by the fishery of the rapids, or
moved by the message sent by Perrot—
Creaes, Monsoiiis, Arrickones, Nippissings,
and' many more. When fourteen tribes or
their representatives had arrived, St. Lus-
son prepared to execute the - commission
with which he was charged.
At the foot of the rapids was the village
:of Sinters ; above the village was a hill,
and. hard by stood the fort of the Jesuits.
On the moaning of the 14th of June, St.
Lissori led his fullowers too the tool of the
hill, all fully equipped end under arms.
Here, too, in the vestments of their priest-
ly office, were four Jesuits. All around
the great throng of Indians stood or crouch-
ed, or reclined at length, with eyes and ears
intent. A cross of wood had been made.
Dablon, in solemn form, pronounced his
blessing upon it, and then it was reared and
planted in the ground, while the French-
men uncovered and sang Vezina Regi8.
Then a post of cedar wits planted beside it,
with a metal plate attached, enggaven with
the Royal Arnis, while St. Lusson's follow-
ers sang the Exaudiat, and one of the Jesu-
its uttered a prayer for the king. St. Lus-
son now advanced, holding his sword iri one
hand, and raising a sod of earth, proclaimed
in a loud voice ;-'—' In the name of the most
high, mighty, and redoubtable monarch,
Louis, fourteenth of that name, Most Chris.
tian King of France and Navarre, I take
possession of this place, Saint Maire clu
Sault, as also of Lakes Huron ahcl Superior,
the .Island of Manitoulin, and all countries
contiguous and adjacent thereunto, both
those that have been discovered, and those
which may be discovered, in all their length
and breadth, bounded on thei one side by
the seas of the north and west, and on the
other by the seas of the south, etc;., Vive le
Roi!'
-The Frenchmen fired their guns and
shouted, Vive ,le Roi. !' and the yelps of the
astonished Inllians mingled with the din,
and the play ended by the Int- ns tearing
down the Royal Arms and insignia as soon
a;, St: Lamson left. To the Jesuit settle-
ment succeeded Fort Brady, which was
founded by the American General of that
name, and for a long time Sault St. Marie,
on the American side, remained a mere
Jesuit and hunting station,—Toronto Tele-
graph:
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GREEK BRIGANDS. —A Frenchman, resid-
ing in Athens, has told how his servant one
day timidly accosted him, twisting his cap
`between his.fingers. " You have something
to ask me !" " Yes, Effendi, but I dare
not." " Dare; nevertheless." "Effendi,
I want to spend a month on the mountain."
-" On the mountain'? What for `l" " To
stretch my limbs, saving your respect, Ef-
fendi.
ffendi. I get rusty here. In Athens you
are a heap of civilises, (I have no intention
of offending you,) and 1 am afraid of catch-
ing your complaint." The master, touched
by such lalid reasons allowed his valet to
take a month's man -shooting. Ho return-
ed at the expiration of his -leave of absence,
'and never touched so much as a pin of his
master's property. There was a poor gen-
darme who, for long years aspired after the
rank of corporal. He was a good soldier,.
brave enough, and the least refractory in.
his company ; but his only patron was him=
self So he deserted and turned brigand.
Here he was able to display. his. talents.
He was soon well known to all the heads of
the gendarmerie. They tried to catch him,
and missed catching five or six times. Giv-
ing up that game, they sent a friend to
treat with him. '1 You shall have your
pardon, and to- make up for your' trouble,
:you shall be made a corporal to -morrow,
and a sergeant in the course of the year."
His ambition was satisfied. He • consented
to be made a corporal, 'awaiting patiently
his sergeant's stripes. He -had long to wait
for them. One day his patience was worn
out, and he returned to the mountain. He
had not killed three seen before they made
haste to make him a sergeant. He after-
wards rose to be an officer, with no other
patrons than the peisons he haci put under-
ground. There did exist one amazing com-
mandant of the gendarmerie, who seiriously
endeavoured to put down brigandage. In
a few months he made all the brigands hide
their diminished heads in their rocky dens.
But the authorities lost no time in dismiss-
ing him. He ,was sapping the foundations
of society.—" Greek Brigands.," in All the
Year Round.
GOOD NEWS!
—FOR THE—
People of , Seaforth
A
SFW BAKERY!
AND
CONFECTIONERY STORE.
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tT CAVANAC-i-H,
(LATE OF STRATFORD,)
BEGS to inform the inhabitants of Seaforth
that he has opened a Bakery and Confection-
ery Store, in the premfses lately occupied as
Carmichael's Hotel, one door South of Mr. F.
Veal's Grocery Store, where he will have on hand
at all times a choice assortment of
Bread, Fancy Cakes, Wedding
Cakes, Confectionery, &c.
Also ICE CREAM, and all kinds of SUMMER
DRINKS, such as Soda Water, Lemonade, &c.
Customers supplied daily with
- Bread at, their Residences.
rte. GIVE ME A TRIAL.
J . CAVA NADH.
SEA FORTH, June30, 1870.
ei. B. Orders for WEDDINC CAKES and sup-
plies for TEA PARTIES :p
romptly attended to.
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. •
•JSEATTER,
Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.. 50-tf.
LUMBER! LUMBER
THE undersigned have on hand at their Mills,
half a mise North from the Village e of Ain-
leyyvine, 6,00,000 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 100,000,) 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 reduced
prices.
They have lately added a first --class planning
machine, to their other machinery, and intend
keeping dressed lumber of all kinds constantly
an hand.
The public may rely upon being able toprocure
any of the above articles of Lumber at their
Mills. so long as it is here adve•tisecl.
Parties sending'lumbor to the mill can have it
dressed on the shortest notice and lowestpossible
terms.
M. & T. SMITH.
Ainleyviile, Feb. 11, 1870. 114 -ti
MR. JOHN THOMPSON
HANKS his numerous customers for their
_I liberal patronage during the last fifteen
years, and trusts he will receive its continnance,
He has now on hand a large assortment of
Good Sound
° Green Hemlock !
Which he warrants will give satisfaction.
- ALSO
200,600 FEET OF PINE !
CUT Fon
BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES
Which he offers on liberal terms. Orders will
be promptly attended to.
He has also on hand a large assortment of
WELL SEASONED A''COUNTS 1
To which he calls the attention of his old custo-
mers, who will find it co their advantage to re-
tire them promptly, and without legal proceed-
ings.
Seaforth, .7sr'y. 2lst, )870. 84•tf.
T°
M r .RCB ANTS, TRADERS,
&c. &c.
The subscriber has just_;received a large assort -
went of
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Books, Bill Books, Ccunting•House
Diaries,
Pocket Diaries for 1870,
Bibles, Prayer Books, -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 Envelopes
Pens, Ink, Pencils, School. Books, etc. '
Musical Instruments !
°Accorcleons, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Strin s.
Rosin, Bridges, &c.
Briar and Mereschaum - Pipes, and Fa
Goods of b,11 kinds. -
A large assortment of
TOYS
For Girls and Boys,
At LUMSDEN'S
Corner Drug and Book Stor
Seaforth, Jan'v. 21st, 1S70. 53 -
STRAYED HEIFER.
CAME into the premises of the subscriber, Lot
25, Huron Road, Tuckersmith, about the 1st
of December last, a WHITE HEIFER, rig*four
years old.
The owner is requested to prove property, pay
charges, and take her away.
WM. GIBBINGS.
TUCKERS rITH, June 28, 1870.
• 134-3--
SEAFORTH
PLANING ALL,
Sash, Door, and
BLI\ll FACTORY
0
HE Subscribers beg leave to thank their nu -
1 merous customers for the very liberal patron-
age extended to them since commencing business
In Seaforth, and trust that they will be favored
with a continuance of the same.
Parties intending to, build would do well to
give them 'a call, as they will continue to keep
on hand a large Stock of all kinds of
DRY PINE LUMBER, SASHES, DOORS
BLINDS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES,
LATH, &C.,
They feel confident of giving satisfaction to those
who may- favour them with their patronage,
as none but first class workmen are
employed.
sem' Particnlar attention daid to Custom Planing.
BROADFOOT & GRAY.
BACHELORS!
GFT MARRIED,
AT ONCE, AS
FTTRNITURE
is
25 per cent. Cheaper
THOMAS BELL'S
WAREROOA¢S.
HE HAS ADDED
STEAM POWER
To his Facilities, and is now selling
Tl/ hole ale and Retail..
Be Sure to Call before Pur-
chasing Elsewhere.
WARE ROOMS OPPOSITE KIDD & MoMUL-
KINS.
WORK SHOP, CORNER Of MARKET
SQUARE.
TURNING done on the Shortest
Notice.
COFFINS
kelt constantly on hand.
A HEARSE FOR HIRE.
SEAFORTH, JUNE 30, 1870.
Mortgage Sale !.
UNDER THE POWER OE SALE CONTAIN-
ed in a certain Mortgage, dated the lst d..y
of May, 1866, made by DONALD McGREGOE
and'Wife, to JAMES MURDOCK, default hav-
ing been made in payment, the following valuable
REAL ESTATE!
WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE BY
PUBLIC AUCTION,
BY HUGH LOVE, Senr., Auc-
tioneer, at Dixon's Hotel, in the
VILLACE OF BRUCEFIELD
N
Sattfrday July 23, '70,
AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, Viz.:
Lot No. 27, in the 3rd Con-
cession of the Township
of STANLEY,
I the County of Huron, containing 100 acres
o ` Land. more or less. There are 60 acres clear-
s 1 and under cultivation. A good Frame Barn
id Log Dwelling House; also a young and thr-
ng Orchard, and the Lot is well watered. The
t is about four miles from Brucefield.
For further particulars apply to the undersign-
, or to the Auctioneer.
McCAUGHEY & HOLMES'1'ED,
Solicitors for the Mortgagee.
SEAFORTH, June 25, 1870.
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k
134-4—
DANIEL MCPHAIL,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
FOR THE
COUNTIES OF PERTH AND HURO
BEGS to return his sincere thanks to the in-
habitants of Perth for their liberal patronage
during the past six years. He would respectfully
announce that he will attend to all orders in
PERTH or HURON for 1870. Orders left at
the "ExPOSITOR" 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 m.arketl Mitchell,
Ont.
Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870. 116-tf.
Victoria Organs
AND
MELODEONS
MANUFACTURED BY
R. 5. WILLIAMS,
TORONTO ONT.
LIST OF PRIZES
TAKEN BY
R. S• 'Williams' instruments.
UNION EXHIBITION, TORONTO, 1861-
FIRST
861_
FIRS T PRIZE AND DIPLOMA r
FIRST PRIZE,
Provincial Exhibition, Toronto, 1$62.
FIRST PRIZE AND DEPLOMA,
Provincial Exhibition, Kingston,. 1863.
FIRST PRIZE AND HIGHLY COMMENDED
Provincial Exhibition, Hamilton, 1864.
PIiR,ST
Provincial Exhibition, London,
1865. First Prize and Highly
Recommended, Provincial Ex-
hibition, Lower Canada, Mon-
treal, 1865.
FIRST PRIZE,
Provincial Exhibition, Toronto, /866.
FIRST PRIZE & SPECIALLY RECOMMEN-
DED,
Provincial -Exhibition, Kingston, 1867.
..We have kept no record of County Exhibition
at which our Instruments have a]ways taken
FIRST PRrzes, whenever exhibited in
competition with others.
PIANO 'PO RTE
Our stock will be found large and well select-
ed, and comprises first and second-class approved
snakes, and the new Union Piano Company's
Piano. An inspection is solicited before buying.
Address,
R. S. WILLIAMS.
Toronto, Jan'y. 28, 1870.
Toronto, Ont,
11'2-ly.
THE SIGN OF THE GOLDEN
THE subscriber begs to inform the public that
he has just received a great variety of Sad-
dles-and
addles-and
TR UNKS,
Which he is prepared te✓=se111
At Prices Almost Unparelleted.
=-o
(r0 L LA R S of description, warrant..
• ed not to hurt the horse'severy neck,
In ' the way of Harness
OF ALL KINDS,
He is, as heretofore, in a position to give his
customers as good value for their money as
any other establishment in Ontario.
Quality of work and material, employed, indis-
putable.
SIM?, OPPOSITE KIDD eft
McMULKIN S.
JOHN CAMPBELL.
Seaforth, Jan. 31. I870. 52-tf.
REMOVAL!!
T
HE subscribers beg to notify theircustoanerand the public generally that they have re-
moved
To the Store lately occupied by A.
Mitchell, Second Door Above W.
S Robertson's Italian, Ware
house,
Where they will keep constantly on hand a large
stock of FRESH FAMILY GROCERIES and
BROVISIONS, XXX FAMILY .FLOUR, and all
kinds of Mill and Cheap Feed.
Conntry Produce taken in exchange for Groce-
ries, Provisions, Flour and Feed.
All °goods purchased from us will be delivered
free of charge in any part of Saaforth, • Harpur
hey, or Egmondville.
Farmers:may exchange wheat, &c.,, for Flour
and Feed at our Mill, at the highest value.
W. A S H I+:ARSON & CO
Seaforth, Jan. 28th, 1870. 52-1y.
Agents ! Read This
E will pay agents a salary of $30 per week
and expenses, or allowa.large commission,
to sell our new wonderful inventions.
Address, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich.
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