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eral -de Bittenfeld
neral de -Manstein
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masists of 72,44G
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DISTRICT MATTERS
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W. Scow ROBERTSON'S 60c.- tea is worth tryiag.
Wairiatuvra-ea correspondence is in type, but
has been unavoidably crowded out e it will ap-
pear next -week. -
RECEIVED at J. R.. Grant's Drug mulBook Store,
Airdeyville, a fresh, supply -of Di sraeW s ,` 'Lethal:le
and "Man and Wife,' by Wilkie Collins.
GRAND TRUNK OFFICIALS.—On Thursday, last
Week, Seaforth was honored by a visit. from the
following Grand Trunk Officials Messrs. C. J.
Bridges, P. 8. Stevenson, J. St Stephenson,' .R.
Larmour, W. J.apicer,E. ?. Hanniforl —Broth-
erhood, H. Yates and N. Savage.
SALE OF CHEESE.-7-0De day this week, Messrs.
S. Hickson & Co.„ 'proprietors of the Brucefield
Cheese Factory, made a sale of 20,000 lbs: of
cheese, to Messrs. CaVana,gh & Ai mitage. at the
rate of 11 cents per lb. We are informed, by
disinterested parties, that the entire lot was "Very
auperior.
,... TEE REASON WHY.—Mr. Fellows, in his trea-
tise "Plain Rules for Invalids." gives reasons for
the peculiar action of his Hypophosphites in tlut
cure of diseases; which seem to be borne out by
facts. .Frorn tonic action on the sympathetic
nerves all the organic maseles are strengthened,
and the patient ot-el comes his malady simply,
pleasantly, and tapially. Price $1:50 a bottle ;. 6
for $7.50. Sold by apothecaries and by F. Cund-
_ ill & 0o., wholesale agents, montreal. •
Deal -rap Dake.—On Thursday hist, a painter,
well known in this Comity, by the name of Tho-
mas Brown, entered Cavanagh's confectionary
store, and oder a glass of soda water. While par-
taking of the beverage he dro-pped, aria expired
shortly after, without uttering a 8mgle word.. An
inquest was held ori the body by TYi TiaeV. and
the jury returned the following verdict: "Thom-
as Brown died from exhaustation, diarrigea; and
-habitual and excessive drinking."
THE FA/R.—The fair, orf Tuesday last, was not
quite so well attended as the previous -ones.
ClaURCH DEDICATION.
The ROMAD Catho4c Church, in this place, was
dedicated on Sunday' last by the Right Rev. Dr.
Walsh, R. C, Bishop of London, assisted by the
Very Reverend Pa S. Crinnon, Vicar General,
Stratford, Rev. Father Bayard, Ingersoll, Rev.
Father Boubatt, Goderieh, Rev. Father Brennan,
Moimt Carmel, Rev. Father Killtoy, St. Marys,
an&Rev. Father Flannery, of Amherstburg.
ThiS handsome churchis of gothic style, cruci-
form shape, and is a monument to the faith, an
ornament to our village, and an object command-
ing the admiration of all beholders. It is a stand-
ing credit to the skill of the contractor, Mr. Hob -
mina who Met with many adverse circumstances
in carrying out his engagetheuts.
Notwi hstanding the very muddy state of the
roads c usequent *upon the falling of immense
quantiti 's of rain, on the morning of the dedica-
tion, befpre the :doors were opened, the assembled
multitude was something. extraordinary. The
first part of the proceedings was
THE DEMO:MON. 9
His Lordship, assisted by other members -of
the clergy, robed. in the peculiar ecclesiastical
vestments, performed the soleme ceremony, ob-
serVed in sacred silence by the gathering. The ad-
dress by his Lordship, was, as nearly as possible,
as follows :
" DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN : You have
just witnessed the soleam ceremony of consecra-
tion. By the fall of man all things became curs-
ed. For four thousand years the earth was un-
• der this curse, until the Son of God came to undo
what Adam had. done ; 'hence the church. blesses
natural objects, and conseerates them., by -prayer,
to the -service of God. The whole earth is His
teikile, yet God ch-ooses certain spots as his rnerey
seats. He manifested his power, mercy, wisdom,
and iminensity, at Jacob's Ladder; in the Taber-
nacle ofl the swilaerness, and. in the Toniple of
Jerusalem. During the first centuries ot Christi-
anity, When believers had to hid
ue in the cata-
combes of Rome, evea there, under the earth, the
church had her ehaples. • The world even now,
in this age of inventioneantl progress, wonders at
thm
e agnificent runts and stately piles of Europe;
°dedicated to our ancestors in the (dorGod.
,You
of Go,
You have . here et magnificent and substantial
chureh ; *must have cost you many a acrifice.
I thank- you' my good people for your generous
arid pious I -return thanks to your pastor,
. Father. Murphy, for hu real energy and persever-
.
ance in. raising this substantial church.- May the -
which was VelY reasonable to expec.b in view Of blessings of God flow out from this sanctuary, to
the good of -the people -of the aurrounding country. "
Uponthe conclusion of the address, the very
excellent choir, struck tip a thrilling and soul -in-
spiring anthem, that sent awe and admiration
through the entire gathering. The. novelty of
mass, -the dazzling splendor of the clerical robes,
cure - Of the amountof business dote cannot the babuy perfume ofthe binning incenise, aaulthe
. - , .
the brtsy season of the year. and the extremely
treacherousliay-weather, scarcely a single farmer
can afford to allow a day to pass without muster -
mg all his force in the field. As it was, however. -
the fair was by Iln means a failure. Fat cattle
were sold for high figures, still aentimber held
their stock at a higher price that they could se-
give a very close approximation, probably some-
.
ecoiatec and alter, coin in
where in the viennty of a1,000.
THE HARVEST —From the reports, which we
have obtained, in response to diligent enquiries,
made in all parts of this county, we conclude ea -
Hay is over an average crop, and at this time the
greaterpart is eut, though,perhaps, not more
than one-third is housed; what is lying out, is be-
ing very much damaged by the heavy and con-
tinual rains, and, thereforte, the lia,y crop, of this
season, will be, as a whole-, of poor quality.—The
Fall 'wheat, that was not ploughed up in the
Sprinea,, wilt be a trifle over a half average crop,
though thewet season is very prejudicial to its rt-
pening properly ; we hear of none being cut —
d to make
ne
ogrand spectacle strange,- solemn, at. blime and.
impressive,. •
THE DEMOATORY SERMON.
The dedicatory sermon was delivered by the
Rev. FatherKillroy , proceeded. : " THE
NAME OF THE FATHER. AND OF THESON .AND OF nu?
HOLY.GHOST.4r MY BELOVED BRETHREN :7 -it 13
said by a_ Frenela essayist that there is no people
on earth without a religion, The religiona of the
earth are elivided into four classes : lillilatry,
Judaism, Mahomedanism, and -the religion of
our .Lord. Jesus Christ. Regasaling the three first,
we have little to say, as they are sleeping'in the
regions and vaLley of d.eath. The greatest minds
of these religions have ienounced 'kindred, aillu-
Spring grain promites, at least, -one-fourth over
ence, linq potition, to lead the humble and pious
an average, though, as yet, it is atlittle too early .
life of a (I' iristian. Buit history never records an'
to begin to speculate en them, as their ordinary instance When a Christian became a believer in
0 f i i: Mahomet to live a more humble
on Lie o is, or ,
troubles are mostly yet to come. We have not .
yet heard of any msect enemies. - For root crops and pious -life. But,. unfortunately. Christianity
the 4leason has been very good. Potatoes • prom -
is not a unit There are two bodies of Christians
ise exceedingly well; on turnips, etc, it is top
-who aaree in some truth, but differ on other es -
early to offer any remarks. •
. ., sentiarpoints. Though these contending bodies
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profess to believe in the Scripture, they 'each have
Seaforth Council.
not faith, They have strong opinions, but doubts
and misgivings do not constitute faith. Divine
The Council of the village of Seaforth, met on faith is distinguished from mere human belief, by
Tuesday evening last: Present, the Reeve; and the authority on which it is grounded. Divine
Councillors Broadfoot, Strong, and. Segmilierfaith is io.believe, without doubting, what God.,
The miautes of last meeting were read and adopt- has taught, "lie that helieveth in Chi it shall
ed. The Bread Inspector's report was received be saved, buthewho believeth nob shall be damn -
and. adofited. A petition for -filling in ditch oppo- ed." ," Whosoever hate -tit ' you," saitlt Christ,
site Messrs. McIntosh & Morrison's, and Rept.- ' ' hateth me, and he that despiteth you, 0 espis-
old's briildings, was presented, and the Street eith me; and he 11 -ho despiseth me, despiseth him
Committee was authorized to attend to the samethat sent me," amlif a man despise God.' he must
Samuel Harris' account of $6.25, for work done, go to hall, and. be damned. " 'Whosoever," says
was ordered to be pail Messrs, Strong-, Broad:, Christ, "shall deny me 'before man, I will also
foot and Segmiller, were appointed. the Street deny him before my Father, who is in Heaven:).
Committee for the present year. The Council 'Therefore we must believe in Christ or Perish. It
then adjourned.
Orange Celebration of North Huron at
Gorrie.
behoves every _one to discover what to believe.
Christ, as a loving Saviour, left us a Plaine and
certain way,. a way in which the fool cannot err.
It would be ineonsistant of Christ to require our
belief, under pain of eternal death, without leata
The 180th • anniversary of the Battle of the
Boyne, for the North Riding of Huron, was cele-
brated at Gorrienn July 12-th. The rain poured
down all the day before,. and the morning of the
12th. broke farth very inauspiciously, for those
who wished. to publicly commemorate the day.
:But, fortunately. the clouds began to • disappear
at about ten, and by eleven o'clock the rain. had
ceased On On account of the -weather the vane'
'Was not dressed in as many flags, etc, as it would
have.otherivise been, but we noticed two or three -
arches built over the street, and the Canadian
ilag, with a, beaver in the centre-, flyina from the
• village flag staff. Great preparations bhad been.
made by those in ther.village to provide for all
who might honor it with a visit.- Dinner had
bum provided by four different persons, and
tables set to aecomodate 400 each, or a total of
• 1600. The tables fairly groaned_ under the
weight of the edibles. La us here remark, that
Jas. Perkins, ESq., and the Good Templars, who
gave their dinner at the drill shed, each gave a
• free supper to all who took dinner with them:
SPEECHES.
At two o'clock the Orangemen got into proces-
sion artd.raarched. to the grove, where Benjamin
Gerry, Esq., County Master. took the chair, and
called upon ?Lewd. Mr. Hulbert to open the pro-
ceedings, by prayer, after which the chainnan
• called on the
• REV'D. MR.PRESTON, Of Ainleyville, to address
the audience: lie came forward and first ansiver-
• ed some arguments used by its opponents agiinst
Or augism. Next he expect the fallacy of Popery,
and then he showed. how Popery had worked it-
• self trite our Government, and how Cartier was
• not ito be trusted, after going Arra in arm through
the streets of Ottawa, with one Whose hand was
stained by the blood of a loyal Canadian.
• REV. MR. MILLIOEN followed, who said the
Manitoba Bill was a sop for rebels and Roman
• Catholics, and he advised all who listened to him
as well as all true Orangemen. to vote against
• every membeetwho. voted for the Bill, and every
canclidate who would support the Go-vernrnent
that brought in such a Bill. The -Orangemen
present seethed. well pleased with the remarks of
the Rev. Gentleman, and when they were giving
the Government the Se----vere handling. were cheer-
ed to the
A collection was taken up for the benefit of the
Protestant Orphan Asylum, Toronto, which
amounted to 824.45.
REV, MR. HAGGARD next addressed the audi-
ence, and made the speech of the day.
REV. Mn. IVICKENZIE spoke of the eat re-
forms introduced by William III., an compli-
• mented the Brethren on the number who had
• turned, out, and the respectable and gentlemanly
manner in which they had conducted themselves.
The numbers present, of the Brotherh
amounted to about 1,000, and -about 1;200 spec-
tators.
Mg us cettata means of comingto that knowledge.
The way ought to be plain, clear, easy, and cona
prehensive. We have that clear, sure, and com-
prehensive way. These contending bodies oppos-
ed. to us are waging an intellectual war with each
other. Is it the Bible as read by a man of goat
common sense.? This is not a certaan rule, for the •
unlearned wrest it to their own destruction. • Thu
most learned disagree about the sense of it. -Even
the same persous.altertheir opinion, being carried
too and fro by every wind of strange 'doctrine.
The -whole .Catholic Church is against -their inter-
pretation. *r..C.he only certain and sure way, is thc
living voice of the church. It is the whole Word
of God, both written and. unwritten; • awl as
taught and explained by the Church. It is the
teaching of -the church. The .Bible is a common
draw bank, from which. each • contending party
draws . its instructions, We cannot find :that
Christ sent his *apostles to write and. read; but.
"Go teach all nations," says -Christ, and he com-
• manded to hear, Dot read. What is. the object of
building this ehurch, but that you m.ay learn the
. truth, the whole truth. • Cliristsent by God, the
'Father, to redeem mankind, assumed our nature,
and sent his apostles to teach all nations. The
apostles could. not live for ever. They werafilled
with the Holy Ghost, they reveived the spirit of
truth to abide with them for ever, (ie.), their suc-
cessors. . St. Paul was not a deciplo, yet he was
sent. Paul sent Tinaothy, and Timothy ordained
others. From Peter to Pius, all were commis-
sioned to preach the gospel, to teach Christ and
denounce those who will not hear. th.em. The
written and unwritten. way, is the only easy way, -
for thousands of mankind cannot read. Great '
Multitudes are uneducated, and the learned men
are differently constituted, and. of different minds.
The Catholic rule of faith is the most comprehen-
sive. There were different. gospels, but the
church declared which was the authentic cannon
of Scripture. None of the books of the New Tes-
tament were written for many years after the
deathofChrist. Thus the early fathers Tertuli-
on, Origon, etc„ quoted the books of Hermus
2,nd implicitely believed. in their inspiration, and
were received as such until the. Council of Laodi-
tha, in the y ear 320, whichomittad themfromtheir
selection of the books composing the caamon of
Scripture. By the church we learn what is Scrip-
ture. TheProtestantruleof taking the Seriptures,
alone, is not a univtrsal rule ; it does not contain
all revealed truth. .The Bible forbids certain
meat and. blood .! • By what authority have we
changed the Sabbath from the first to the seventh
day of the week? We do not read that all truth
is in the scripture! We never heard. Christ wrote
to the deciples and commanded thein to write.
He wrote oBee`with his fmger in the sand, but
who read that writing. The Church takes the
scripture and. explains it. . Those who oppose her
say she is unchangeable. The world has seen
her stability. Truth is unchangeable. The faith
She taught 2,000 years ago, she teaches now. Is
it not beaCto take the testimony of the ancient
uelversal church? The common man cannot un-
derstand the law, and so he employs a counsellor
to defend him. If he errs in law, how Much more
likely in. private jadgement, 4: reading the scrip-
. tures? • The teachings .of the apustolie church is
the surest Way. It is impossible to believe that
Christ- is God, and not Gel as one body;believes.
Some argue that thereis a Holy Ghost, and others
that it is a myth. Private judgement leads into
these varieties and contradictory beliefs. We all
wish to go to heaven ; we should endeavor to
learn the true way, and if catholic, having the
whole truth, they ' should not . despise
those who -Possess only part.- They
should lead, purer and. holier lives'and let the
light of their good example outshine that of their
Protestant neighbours as the 'sun outshines the
light of the Stars. We are building a new and
glorious Dominion ; we should be ready with our.
Protestant neighbour to defend our liberty mut
id
country, our homes and family altars,
-Catholic and Protestant fought side by side on
many a bloody field. Now let them live together
in the bonds of charity.. We worship the same
God. Peay foi them. Let your lives be sober.
Let the future be your object in life, not the;
present. Frequent the sacrament. ofith.e altar,
when th.e bre t d of angels. will strengthen you in
all graces."•
THE EVENING SERVICE.
In the evening a large cougregation again as-
sembled. at Vespers. :Rev. Father Crimion, _of
Stratford,. • gave a discourse, in which. he pointed.
out the symbolic meaning, and interpreted the
emblematical language of the -various adornments
of a Catholic church.. The tabernacle, is the re-
ceptaCle for the sacred Host—the pledge of his
-hive. The lights represent eninistering angels.
=The church, itself, is the voice of God, which has
pittefied the world. • Mass rept esents, perpetual-
ly, the death. of Christ ; it is a continuation of
the sacrifice of the Cross. 'Sacrifice is co -existent
-with man. The fbur great ends which the ser-
vants of God, have always- had in view ip, offer-
ing -sticrifiae, Eon : To adore God by giving hill
supreme homage ; to thank him for his blessings ;
to appeast his artger, and satisfy his justice; and
to obtain his graces and. all the • blessings we
stand in need of. God ordained that sacrifice,
should continue; • " From the • rising of the sun
even to the going clown thereof, my name is great
among the Gentiles, and in: every place there is a
sacrifice; and there ie offered- in my name a cleanj
oblation, for my name is great among the Gen -1
tiles, saith the Lord," A clean oblation is the
precious body and. blood of Ghrist M the euchara
ist. We decorate our alters, we adorn .the-ni
with oar hands, and. bow (Iowa before Goa. We
must enter this holy sanctuary with reverence;
for here peace is found, and the sinner is recon-
ciled with his God." •
McKILLOP.
.The introduction of the Rev. • Archibald Mc=
Dermief, late of Antherstburg, to the pastorial
charge of the congregation of the MelCillop, 0:P
Church; No. 2, will take place on Thursday next,
the 28t1i int., at 11 o'clock, a. m. The Rev. F.
A.leCraig, Of -Clinton, will preacl1 and preside. A
Soiree, in aid of the Manse Fund, will also be
held in the church -on the evening of the same
day, when the follo-wing gentlemen. are expected
to address. the audienee on subjects of interest :—
Rerds Brown, MeQuaig, Jones Fergasonattle-
Lean, Croly, Price, as well as -t•fr. John Grey, of
Egmondyille, and. Dr: (iampbell, of Sea•forth. . A
choir is expected to be ,in attendance, to cheer
the people with "the harmony of sweet sound."
The public generally are cordially invited.
BERNE.
Mn.. EDITOR . :—DEAR t --Te evelything there
is an end, and your journey to Berne is no excep-
tion to the rule, although you are not yet quite
there. To continue standing on this hill, (we
hope you remember where you are) and feast yoar
eyes en "the chaems which nature to her votary
yields," is, doebtless, deliahtful indeed ; but
to protract your stay nail the revolving earth
should bear .you into the shades of night, would
not only deprive you of a clear view of the vil-
lage, but might bring disagreeable consequences
on your ram-re—such as facing the gloomy hor-
rors of the "Big Marsh." in the darksome hoar
when the spirits of the few are on the -watch for
the unwary traveller. Influenced by these appall-
ing considerations, you teat yourself away from
the roinantic seem, and hurrying forward, soon
find yourself within the limits of the "Corpora-
tion of Bern c. " -The " limits" are iiot yet very
wide not deafly defined,. and " Corporation"
must betaken in a figurative sense; nevertheless,
it cannot be successfully contradicted, that Berne
15 110 inythe of imagination, but has a palpable,
-
material existence, and, in broad daylight, is de-
lightfully visible to the naked eye. • As is natur-
al, your first thought is to compare it with your
own: ambitious village. You observe that it is
not so large as Seaforth, but you mast remember
that, as in men, so havillages, size is not a meas-
ure oepower or importance ; and Berne possesses thera, and will be on hand. With nay contribution
certain advantages over Seaforth, which may yet as usual ; but L beg leave most humbly to decline
give ib the ascendancy. Ammar these advantages, going 1)1.k to the be:Rfiiw and dunning for money
(if you hatc any feat' that the publication of the andfitid to IN, ork .
follol,vnig particulars Inv injure the prosperity of In shert, I like trials of reaPerse-they have
your vilrage, you may leave this part oat) is the done a great deal of good, and I hope will yet do
cheapness of village lets 'tura building sites, in mach more ; and upon certain .conditians I am
thisplace,as compared withthe. large sums de --
mended for them in your locality. o striking is
this despatity that it is quite a auzzle in political
economy to explain why the people of Seaforth,
if aware of the ftta, do not maize a universal and
simultaneouerush to this place. But this is not
mar only advaatage Over you. Divers modern
prophets have affirmed that there a cloud,
rather over the bigness of a 11111Tes hand, suspend-
etj. M the northern horizon of Seaforth, which,
1 it htir,' Win hi; the in os writ of Your HiettOREEN Ha,y, July 12th, 1870.
of salt, and all the kingdotas of the earth, groan-
ing M tribulation for the same. will send numer-
ous deputations to Berne, praying for the speedy
opening of the mines so that they may be reliev-
ed from their exceeding great distress. To grant
-the petition of the sufferers, and dispose of .our
salt at the fabulous rates it will then command,'
will be, at once, a master. stroke of business and
benevolence. Berne will then grown") like the
great tree from the diminutiye mustard seed, antl
spread its mighty branches abroad. to the four
corners of the earth, and. Seaforth no longer. the
great salt centre of:the world. will be darkened
beneath its shadow. In the meantime, however,
it. cannot be denied that Seaforth ,is slightly
alead, but certain improvenients have been made
here lately, which augur well for the • fatale.
Eirstly,-.—a steam mill has been- erected, which
rattles away in splendid. style, and turns out the
very best quality of flour; and secondly,—a great
number of the inhabitants have subscribed for the
" EXEOSITOR." Both are creditable, but the lat-
ter alone, you will readily allow, is a sufficient
guarantee that the place go ahead. It was
our intention to give you a more substantial ac-
count of the village in population, buildings, etc.,
but the figures of die last census having escaped
our memory, and the plan. of our stTeets and
squares not being at present within reach, we
must reserve the subject for a future occasion.
Hoping you may meet with no untoward accident
in your return trip, we hid you- affectionate
farewell.
Communication.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor:
DEAR There is no doubt, that many of
your readers will expect that some reply, or ex-
planation, is °required. from the Directors of -the
8. H. Agricultural Society, in conneetion with -a
letter from Mr. Robert McMordie, which appear-
ed in the "EXPOSITOR" of the lst. inst., I am not
stire, though Secretary of the Society, that I a.m
;called upon, or that it is my duty, to be its
month -piece at all times, to explain its proceed-
ings or defend the course of action the Directors of
tilsaid. Society may be disposed to follo-w, from
all, and sundrY, who may be disposed_to at-
tack them; bat as there will be no meeting of the
board for some tithe, and Mr. McMordie being
loud and. urgent, and the public led to believe
_that there -is something rotten in Denmark, and
that some l dire calamity will befall mankind, if
there ism) mowing or reaping' Matches at Kippen
this year, I think, under such circumstances,
I will be excused for troubling you with
this eommunicatiora No one can deny the im-
portance of, and benefit to be derived. from, trials
of reaping and mowing machines. I have always
been deeply interested in them. What I have
done for their maintainance is not for me to say -
their past history can best testify. But I think
I am in a position to tell the truth, and I am
determined to take neither the one side or the
other, but simply to state facts as I know them.
1 think Mr. McMordie is scarcely candid-- I am
very sorry, indeed, to find it •so—in trying -to
make it appear, that the old Kippen Reaping and
:Mowing Society, hadnever any trouble in raising
• funds; for no one knows better than he, that
the few—hbaself included—who bore the burden
of heat of the day, had got perfectly tired dunn-
iny and beuying for funds, and that this same mat-
ter.; of hard to raise the ways and ?newts, was the
grand primary reason 'why a move wah made to
turn the whole thing. ova: to the legally consti-
tuted, legally organized, agricultural sobiety.
What were the terms and. conditions? Simply,
• that the County Society would. continue to have
reaping and mowing matches somewhere in the
„
vicinity of happen, aral that whenever they ceast
ed to do so, . they were to return thefunds. For
two years they have faithfully carried out their
• contract, •but at a loss to themselves, as the
matches have not been self-sustaining. It ap-
pears that this year, some three or four machine
men, or their agents, had. stated to the President,
that as there were no improvements this year,
and as it put them to a considerable amount of
expense to attend these niatcnes, it would be as
well to have none. This taken in connection
with the fact, that the County Society saerificed
their plowing match last year, for the sake of the
matches, induced tlie Directors to unanimously
pass a resolution, "That their shouldbe no mow-
ing or leaping matches this year, *but plowiug
match instead." Now, where is the violation of
the contract? Where is Mr. MeMordie's -bond
that the C`ounty Society was to have a match
every year ? And even if he had, to whom is the
money to be paid? He -would surely be swal-
lowing the largest of the big camels, who would
try to make it appear, or to prowl that the Direct-
ors of the S. H. Agricultural Society, was to have
no discretion in the matter, as to when they
would hold their matches, or trigs of mowers and.
reapets.rf Mr. Ma -fatale and his cbadjutors are
perfectly sure that it is solely and alone, in the
interests of mowing and reaping, that they wish
to have matches in the vicinity of Kippen this
year, then go in, in the old. *style -I am with
ready to aid. to -the utmost of my humble abilities
in getting up one this year ; but for the hfe of Wheat, (Pall) 1.7 bushel, 1 :06 to 1, 20
me, 111 view of the whole,circumstances from my Wheat (Spring) it' bushel, I :05 to 1:10
sta.ndeoint, 1 cannot find fault with tile Directors • Barley ta bushel,
0 AS to 0:51
1
of lot 22, con. 4, certified by A. McDonald ; ac't
of Duncan Mc. Martin, in sum of $11,75,- for re-
pairing side line between lots 10 and 11, ..on .17,
certified by T, Williamson ; account of David
Clarke, in sum of $450, for repairing side line, lots
.10 and 11, con 17. certified by T. Williamson ;
account of Neil Duncanson M sum of $4.25, for
repairing side line, 'lots 10 and. 11, con 17. certifi-
ed by T. Williamson , account of Wm. McAllist-
er, in sum of $3, for repairing side line, lots 10
and 11, con. 17, certified by T. 'Williamson ; ac't
of A;Duncanson in suin of $2.75, for repairing.
side line on lots 10 and 11, con. 17, certified by T.
Williamson ; account of Nicholas Long in sum of
$20, for crosswaying side road, lots :10 aml 31,
con. 18, certified. by Wei. MeAchan ; account of
-Win. Bishop in sum or $10, for repairing side
road, lots 10 and II, con. 6 and 7, certified by J.
Strachan. Moved by A. McDonald, secondedby
J. Strachan—That the smn of 84 be remitted to
J. Hawkins, .being for statute labour charged.and
certified. to being perforniea since —Carried.
Moved. by J. Strachan, seconded by T. William-
son—That the Reeve make out a debenture for
the sum of $6f for flour supplied. to Mrs. Allan.
In reference to the petition of Adam Ferguson
and others presented- at a previous meeting pray-
ing that lots 13 to I6 inclusive, on eon. 17 and
18, be struck off ftom school section no. 8. and
attached to section no. ---, it is moved. by A.- Me -
Donald. seconded by T. Williamson—That the
Clerk notify the trustees of the sections interest-
ed, that the. Council will at their next meeting
pass -a By-law for the purpose above stated. Car-
ried. Moved by Jno. Strachan, seconded by A.
McDonald—That the Reeve make out a deben-
ture for the sum of SG in 'favour of T. William-
son to furnish plank for .culvert opposite lot 7,
con. 18. —Carried.. Moved by T: Williamson,
seconded by John Straehan—That a debenturebe
made out ia favour of Wr:liamMeFadgean, Path;
master, beat no. 1, con. 17..and 18, for the sum of
$5 for statute labour returned. undone and collect-
ed with taxes.—Carried. :NT ov ea- by A. MeDon--
ald,..seconded by T. Williamson -That the clerk
be ahd is hereby instructed to advertise for tend-
ers for building and completing A bridge .on side
between lots 25 and 26, con. 7, with approaches,
turnpiking smile 10 or lrrods at soath eaa of
same; building a small bridge over a water -tun
to corner of Mr_ Sharp's land ; and chopping *out
and opening up in a passable state for travel, 2,
deviation of road through Peter McDonald's land
Ito side road again. Plans and specificatons to
be sem at Clerk's offiee on and after 20th day of
July, one half of said contract money to be paid
when the work is completed, and. balance 1st' of
-Feb. 1870.—Carried. Application of Wm, Camp-
bell for a grant of money to crossway part -of the
front of lots 23, con. 4. Moved by A. McDonald
seconded,- by J. Strachan—That the sum of $20
be granted towards opening said. road, to bapaid
on or before the lst of Feb., next.—Carried. Ap—
plication of R Bryclen- for a grant for grading part ;
of side road between lots 10 and. 11, con. 12.
Moved by A. McDonald, seconded by Thos. Wil-
liamson—That the sum of 15 be granted for im- .
pro-, e said roal—Carried. Application of Wil-
liam Lake for to be detached fromsection no. 10e
and. attached to that section referred to some fn-
ture meeting. Moved by John Strachan, second-
ed VT. Williamson—That the ,Reeve examine .
the ditching to be done on part of lots 1 and 2,
on con. 7, and let job of same to the best advan-
tage, and in accordance with the teport
of the Fence -viewers. Carried. Moved. by A.
McDonald, seconded by Jno. Strachan -That the
Coimcil do now adjourn to meet- again on the
19th day of August next.—Canied.
• J. R. GRA'NT.
' AINLEYVILLE, July 11, 1870. Tp. Clerk.
• MARRIAGE
114.11n-EsT•L-PLITT —By the Rev. W. Hayhurst,
. • ,_
-Wesleyan Minister, Kincardine, assisted by the
Rev. W. Blackstock, of Goderich, on the 14th
inst., at the residence of the bride's father, J.
D. Hayhurst, Esq., Cobourg, to Minnie,
daughter of Samuel Platt, Esq., of Galeria.
DEATHS.
SPROAT.—Th, Tuekersmitb, on the lith inst., the
youngest daughter of George Sproat, Esq.
O'St-I11—In McKillop, on the 19th inst.,
Patrick O'Sullivan, aged. 81 years.
Deceased was 0110 of the pioneers of the Huron.
District, and was very generally kalown and. es-
teemed. tile was the first clerk of the township
m which he lived, and also the first school teach-
er. The present clerk of McKillop, John. O'Sul-
livan, and Patrick O'Sullivan, are sons of. the
deceased, and Mrs. Thos. Downey, of this.plaee,
is a daughter. The funeral took place on Wed-
nesday last, and. was one of the most numerously
attended that has ever take» place in this part.
RAILWAY -TIME TABLE.
Trains leave the Seaforth station as folltws
GOING EAST.
7.18 A. If.
10.47 " "
3.30 P. M.
1.
GOING WEST.
1.37 P. M.
2.07 !'
• 8.45 " "
THE MARKETS
SEAFORTH, July 22, 1870.
of the 8. H. Ag. Society, for lather the matches
remain in aberince for tha year A. L -ID. 1870,
lam, • •
Your obedient servant,
H. LOVE, SENR.,
• See'y 8. II. Ag.
W . , g Y , • .
aad airow it into a premature decay. To
speak in pit tetins, it is supposed that the
railway pro ected through the northern town-
ships will 0 ,a,w off a large portion ot your trade.
Now, the -;,uperiority of Berne lies in this, „that
she can rezeive uo more injury from that -cause
than she a oald ,from. a railway -eonstructed by
the enteriir:sing inhabitants of the planet of Nep-
tune. It is true that your recent discovery of
salt may greatly overbalance your losses from any
other* canse ; for if anything can save you from
decay, salt certainly will ; and it is morn likely A. MeDouald—That the sum of $10 he granted to
to effect a cure when, as it may be said, in refer- Calvin Cole at present time, and that the Reeve
ence to the projectors of the enterprise it is the make out a, debenture for thesame.—Carried.
very thing the Doctors ordercl In this 'Attica- Moved by A. McDonald, seconded by T.
it must be admitted, Seaforth is soinewhat itt liamson—That the follo\iinu accounts for road
advance, but it is almost certain that underneath
the site of Berne, also, • lie, concealed, immense
stores of salt, and perhaps other minerals ; for
the very sufficient season that no one can be found.
who undertake to prove the contrary. It
may therefore lie taken for granted, that such be-
ing the case, who can say what the future of this
apparently insigthficant village may not be? That
the working of these vast mines would be remune-
rative there is no doubt, as certain local philoso-
phers, after the profoundest. cogitation, extensive
consultation of maps and diagrams, and numer-
ous chemical experiments, have boldly ventured
the opinion that the opening of an .oil well, a
salt or gold mine or the discovery of iron pyrites
in paying quantities, in this locality, would be a
matter of congratulation to the neighbourhood.
Rut it is not our intention to dig for these hidden
treakures initmediately, for several cogent reasons.
Frst, —on the principle of "waste not, want not,"
second,—we should be puzzled to find a safer
place to keep them, and third„—there is no law
in the land compelling us- to do so. Moreover,
(but you must keep this dark) we have a deep
political scheme in view. We look forward to
the time when, several billions of years from now,
the Seafoith salt mines will be exhausted, and a
grievous famine will arise because of the scarcety
Oats t? bushel. •
Butter, ti' 11). 0:55 to 0:60
035 • to 0:35
•
0:17 to 0:17
Peas It' bushel,
Eggs- • 0:12 to 0;12
Bides, 0:00 to 5:00
heeit Skins, 0.40 to 1;25
Crey Council. CLINTON, July 21, 1870.
• The Council met at Cranbrook on the llth inst.,
pursuant to adjournment. Members all present. -
The Reeve in the Chair. Minutes of last meeting
having been read and. passed,' application was
made to the Conneil to grant some assistance to
Calvin Cole, he being a very old anel delicate
man, unable to work or maintain himself and
Wife It is moved by 8. SR:lemon, seconded by
improvement be paid, and that the Reeve do
grant debentures for same Account of John
Grant in sum of $11.75, for ditching con. 7 and 8,
lot 32, certified by .A. McDonald ; Account of 3.
Gill in sum of $2, for re -pairing bridge on con. 7
and 8, lot 31, certified by A. :McDonald ; account
of William Young in part payment of tunipiking
lot 32, con. 7 and 8, in sum ot $5, certified by A.
McDonald account of Caleb Whitney in sum of
$25.45, for letting down crossway at lots 2 and 3,
con. 12, certified by John Leckie, account of Jas.
Forsyth in sum of $20, for building culvert at lot
:3, con. 2, certiaed by John -Stra,chan ; account of
George Young in sum of $5, for building culvert
on lot 4, con. 2, certified by John Strachan; ac't
of D. MeQuarie in sum of $25, for grading at lot
18, con 4, certified by John Strachan; account of
Robert Carr in sum of $10, for repairing side road
at lots 4 and 5, con. 6, certified. by John Strach-
an, account of Robert Rose in. sum of $5.62, for
crosswaying side line between lots 20 and 21, con
6, certified by John Strachan; account of William
White in sum of $6, for crosswaying side line 20
and 21, con. 6, certified by John Strachan, ac't
of Robert Atkinson in sum of $19.80, for cover-
ing crossway on side line between lots 15 and 16,
con. 15, certified by S. Slemmon ; aecount of W.
Campbell in sum of $10.50 for crosswaying front
\By Telegraph to the Huron _Expositor.)
Fall Wheat, per bushel, 1-05 to 1:20
Spring, Wheat, per bushel. 1:00 to 1:10
Oats, per bushel, 0:34 . to 0;36
PeaS, per bushel, 0:60 - to 0;63
Barley, per bushel, •0:50 to 0;50
Rutter. per per, lb, 0.00 to 0;16
Eggs, per doz000 to 0;12
ST. MARYS, July 21, 1870.
(By l'e7ey9wIt to the Huron Expositor,)
Fall Wheat, per busfiel, • 1:10 to 1 19
Spring Wheat, per bushel, 1:00 to 1 10
0,34 to 0.36
0:52 -to 060
0:46 to 0 50
0:17 to 0 17
0:12 to 0 12
Oats, per bushel,
Peas, per.bushel, •
Barley, per bushel,
Butter per lb.,
Eggs, per doz.
• LONDON, July 21, 1870.
(Advertiser Report.)
White Wintet Wheat. $1 10 to $1 21
Spring do f. 1 00 to 110
Barley.........1.......- ... .........__ 0 45 to 0 60
Oats., a ,,,,•••••.••”••• .. ese•ra-rer•vorer•••• 0 36 to 0 371
Peas. 0 65 to 0 70
Butter, in kegs,. . 0 15 to 0 161
Do, in crocks or paxis, 0 15 to 0 151
Eggs, . . . 0 14 to 017
TORONT0,-Ju1y 21, 170.
Wheat, spring, . 1 25 to 1 30
Dr°, Midge Proof......... 1 25 to 1 30
Souls . 1 40 to 150
Treadwell . 130 to 140
Barley—Inferior.. t. 0 55 to 0 60
Oats......
Peas .•—• . 0 80 to 0 86
Butter---Ohoiee iairy, new...—. 0 17 to 0 18
Eggs—per doz......... ......... 0 12 to 0 13