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The Ohassepot Rifle.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
The Chassepot musket used by the French
army is thus described : This gun insures
great rapidity of firing. A man with a lot
of loose cartridge beside him can fire the
Chassepot musket twelve times In a minute ;
but that rate the ntost skillful. and robust
soldier cannot keep up beyond thirty sec-
onds. The same thing occurs with the
Prussian needle_ gain, after the twenty-fiftii
round. The cause is purely physical ; that
is, the fatigue of the man whose left arm
hap often to support unaided . the whole
weight of the weapon, It instead of having
loose cartridges by the soldier's side, he has
to take them out of his pouch, the rate of
firing declines six -rounds per minute ; but
it averages seven or eight rounds ter min-
ute if the man is allowed to take his cart-
ridges from the right hand pocket of his
trousers. The accuracy of this weapon has
been ascertained by making the men fire at
targets two French metres high by two in
breadth, at a range of fiye hundred metres,
using a rest for the gun., r- At that range a
great many men firing a hundred rounds
lodged a hundred bullets in. the target ; the
point-blank range of the Chassepot -Musket
is fixed at 600 metres, but the extreme
range exceeds 1,000 metres, -and the weap-
or requires no cleaning before 250 rounds
have been -tired ; 1,000 and 1,200 shots
have been fired from the same musket with-
out its sustaining any damage. The Chasse -
pot musket may therefore sustain very ad-
vantageously, a competition.with the needle -
gun. its superiority arises chiefly from
the more . perfect closing of the breach,
which is complete, whilst it is very defect-
ive in the needle -gun. All the gases de-
veloped by the ignition of !the charge are
utilized to propel the bullet, which adds to
its penetrating power, whilst the perfect
combustion of the powder naturally obviates
the necessity of frequent cleanings, which;.
the Prussian weapon cannot do without."
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Canada Thistles.
I have been: amused at the great. amount
of anxiety shown by some of, your eorres
pondents in regard to the extinction. of the
Canada thistle.- I have worked at farthing
all . my life, and are still on the young side,
and I hold that any farmer that cannot ex-
tirpate Canada thistles is not worthy of the
name. I have killed them in so many dif-
ferent ways that it would be tedious to
specify them all. Good summer -fallowing
in a dry_ season will kill them. On pea
ground immediately after the peas have
been harvested, it the ground is dry and
loose, plow the land two furrows deep, one
plough following the other ; then as soon
as plowed, cultivate and harrow effectually,
and continue doing so at inteivals of a few
days, as long as the land -remains in a fit
state for work. Manure on the surface,
plow again in spring, sow with, wheat or
barley, and seed with clover (ten or twelve
pounds to the acre—if more all 'the .better)
cut the first crop of clover about the end 'of
June, and as soon .as the second crop is about
a foot high, plough it under ; cultivate and
harrow _ as after the peas, and if properly
tilled, afterwards, you have done with Can-
ada thistles on that piece of land. I have
bought and partially cleaned two of the
worst farms with thistles I_ ever saw ; and
I do not want any better recommendation
of a farm than ;that it is able to produce a
Canada thistle four or five feet high and an
inch in diameter at the root. Such land,
when properly tilled, will produce the best
crops.—Correspondence Canada Raymer.
A BUTTER STORY.—The Railway Repdr't-
er;published at Tonawanda,Bradford county,
New York, tells a curious story about but-
ter, as follows : "About the year 7863, a
family named Stickler,_ or Van Sickler,
moved intp Tonawanda, and took as 'their
residence, it. place formerly occupiecL as a
_ hotel. On the premises was a deep well,
originally dug for Mr. Means, . the hotel
keeper. At the time of building. or stoning
up of the well, a stone shelf was insert-
ed by order of the landlord, about ten feet
down, for the purpose of depositing in a
cool place, butter, beef, and such articles as
might be considered necessary...to its preser-
vation. Thenew corners, the Van Sicklers,
soon detected, or thought they did, the
presence of decaying wood in the water, and
it - was decided upon to have the well clean-
ed out. Accordingly, two pat.ribts were
detailed for the job. Their combined ef-
forts resulted in fishing up a butter firkin,
tightly sealed, :but very old, and its staves
rotted through. 'Mr. Meats, the olcl land-
lord, long since retired from business, and
residing a short distance from the place,
was sent for and came • down, white-haired
and venerable, leaning on his cane. After
looking at it for a moment, the old than
said he could explain the -Matter. The tub
had been let down on the stone shelf 'long
years ago when he kept the hotel. As near
as he could remember, it was over - thirty
years pact ions. The tub disappeared in the
night, and it was suppoSed that it had been
stolen. The well had never been cleated
a
out before to his knowledge: b , The tub p w cis
now opened in the presence of the little
crowd that had gathered. The lid was re-
moved, the white -linen cloth taken off, and
there was the butter, yellow as gold, and as
it proved on tasting, sweet as if made but
the clay before, a(bougl) thirty-one -years
Baca ;.elapsed. since if first went, to the bot -
tofu "of the well, wtrere it was now found,
like Truth, unimi )aired by its long residence.
The old man claimed the prize, and carried
it off rejoicing. Witnesses are still living
who were present at -.the timnne, who with
our informant will make affidavit to the
truth,' in every particular, of this butter
story. Tn those days ;butter was only worth
six cents per pound; now see the difference
—thirty-five to fifty dents. and not the best
at that.
Dickens as a Reporter.
A large sheet was started at this period
of his life, in which all the important speech-
es of Parliament were to be reportedverbatfnn
for future reference. Dickens was engaged
on this gigantic journal. Mr. Stanley had
spoken at great length upon the condition
of Ireland. .[t was a very long and elo
quent speech, occupying many hours in de-
livery. Eight reporters were sent in to do
the work.; Each one was required to report
three quarters of an hour, then to retire,
write out his portion,' and to be succeeded
by the next. Yoting Dickens was detailed
to lead off with the first. part. It also fell
to his lot, when the time came round, to re-
port the closing portions of the speech. On
Saturday the whole was given to the press,
and Dickens ran dower to the country for a
Sunday's rest. Sunday morning had scarce-
ly dawned, when his father, who was aman
of .immense energy, made his appearance in
his son's sleeping room. Mr. Stanley was
so dissatisfied with what he found in his
print except the beginning and ending of
his speech. ( just what Dickens had report-
ed),. and he sent immediately to the office
and obtained the sheets of these parts of the
report. He there found the name of the
reporter, which, according to custom was
written on the margin. Then he requested
that the young man bearing the name of
Dickens should be immediately sent for.
Dicken's father, all aglow with the prospect
of probable promotion in the office, went
immediately to his son's stopping -place in
the country alad brought him back to Lon-
don. In telling the story, Dickens said :
" I remember perf4ftly ti11 this day the as-
pect of the room w ioh I was shown into
and the two gentlemen in -it, Mr. Stanley
and his father. Both gentlemen were ex-
tremely courteous to me, but I noted their
evident surprise at the appearance of so
young a man. While we spoke together, I
'had taken a seat extended to me in the
middle of the room. `Mr Stanley told me
he wished to go over the whole speech and
have it written out by the, and if I were
ready he would begin now. Where would
I like to sit I I told him I was very well.
*here I was, and we would begin immedi-
ately. He tried to induce -me to sit at the
desk, but at that time in the' House of Come
moue there was nothing but one's knees' to
write upon, and I had formed the habit of
doing my .work in this way. Without fur-
ther pause he began and went rapidly on,
hour after hour to the end, often becoming
very much excited and frequently bringing
down his hand with great violence upon the
desk near which he stood."—Erom the At-
lantic Monthly tor August;
'We •Ow
A PERSIA- TALE.—There was once a
prince, who being much displeased with one
of his nobles, determined to punish him.
The prince commanded that he should be
shut up in a high .tower. Into this tower
there was only one entrance, -which was
walled up immediately after the nobleman
had been placed there. Thus all hope of es-
cape seemed to be cut off, and the unhappy
man was left to perish. Inside the tower
.there was a long winding staircase, bywhich
the prisoner -reached the top. While look-
ing down from there, he observed his wife
who had come, indulged a faint hope that
she might be able, by some means or other,
to,aid her husband in escaping from his
place of confinement. On inquiring if she
could be of piny •service to him, hie replied,
" Oh! yes, go and proem e a black .beetle, a
little grease, a skein .of silk, a skein of twine,
- and a long rope." The poor wife hastened
to obtain what ber clear husband asked for
—wondering no doubt at the strangeness of
his request.. She soon returned, furnished
with the things. Her husband then direct-
ed- her to put the grease on the beetle's head
to fasten the silk to its hind leg, the twine
to the silk, and the rope to the twine, and
then to place the beetle on the wall of the
to wer. On being set at liberty on the wall
the beetle smelling the grease on its head,
and not being able todi.scover where it was,
crept up the tower in search of it, till it ar-
rived at the top. The nobleman caught it,
and taking the silk from its hind leg, care
fully -drew it up. When he 'came to the
end of the silk he found the twine, ancdnext
he came to the rope. Fastening this to a
crook, he let himself down and made his es-
cape. .
GOOD NEWS!
-FOR THE—
People of Seaforth
0
MW BAKERY
CONFECTIONERY STORE
•0
J_ CAFTAN AGH
"(LATE OF STRATFORD, )
I) EGS to inform the inhabitants of - Seaforth
that he has opened a Bakery and Confection-
ery Storre, 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 alitimes a choice assortment of
Bread, 'Fancy Cakes, Wedding
(cakes, Confectionery, &c. -
AICE CREAM, and all kinds of SUMMER
DRINKS, such -as Soda,Water, Lemonade, &c.
,Customers supplied daily witlz.
Bread at their Residences.
11=2,_GIVE ME- A TRIAL.
J. CAVANAGIL
SEAFORTH, June 30, 1870.
,� . B. orders for WEDDING CAKES and sup -
promptly attended TEA PARTIES promptly attended to.
GREAT•
LEAKING SALE
rHE term of partnership having expired by li-
mitation of time, the subscribers aredisposed
to sell-off the whole of the stock at present in
their- store as quickly as possible.
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WE HA`Vr+; DETERMINED TO SELL
At and Below Cost
Agents ! Read This !
WE will pay agents a salary of $3-0 per week
and expenses, or'allow a large commission,
to sell our new wonderfu inventions.
Address, M. WAGNER & Co., Marshall, Mich.
FOR
NE MOXTH,
FOR
CASH OR TRADE. d
FARMERS AND OTHERS
MAY DEPEND ON GETTING BARGAINS
AS THE STOCK
MUST BE SOLD:
N. B.—No goods' entered during the sale
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BACHELORS ! INSTJTRANC H;;
GET M A R R I ED, Insni auce,insurance.
AT ONCE AS
FURNITURE
IS
25 per cent. Cheaper
THOMAS BELL'S
WAREROOMS_
HE HAS ADDED •
STEAM POWER
To his Facilities, and is now selling
T�holesccle sand Retail.
hole,
0
Be Sure to Call before Pur-
chasing Elsewhere.
WARE ROOMS OPPOSITE KIDD & McMUL-
KIN S.
WORK SHOP, CORNER OF MARKET
SQUARE.
TURNING done on the Shortest
Notice..
COFFINS
kept constantly on hand.
A HEARSE FOR HIRE.
.SEAFORTH, JUNE 30, 1870. .
MUSIC,` VIU SIC.
HANDSOME FIVE . OCTAVE
MELODEON
FOR SALE,
MANUFACTURED FACTURED BI
R. S. WILLIAMS, TORONTO.
Theundersigrned will receiveorders for PIANOS
or MELODEONS, and for piano tuning. Orders
left at the
TELEGRAPH 130OK STORE.
C. ARMSTRONG.
Saaforth, June 3, 1870. 131-tf.
AUGUST 12, 1870.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers for sale a large Fran
kt
Cottage, 30 x 40, new, and Village Lot on the
corner opposite the Baptist Church, Seaforth.
Farm property would be taken in exchange. Ap-
ply on the premixes.
ALEX, McAURTHER.
Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. 112.0m.
LIVERY STABLE.
JAMES ROSS desiries to inform the public
that he has opened a New Livery Stable in
connection with his hotel, where parties can he
accommodated with ;first-class horses and
vehicles, at reasonable prices.
Seatorth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.
97-tf,
$50 000.
T0 lend. on the security of Real Property in the
County of Huron at from 61 to 10 per cent.,
by
DOYLE & SQUIER,
117-6ut. Barristers, Goderich.
MILLINERY
— AiW-
Di EssM.A :E i T -j
--o
THE MISSES STDDDARD,` A�ilra
Residennce m EGMONDYlLLE, are prep ,red
to execute orders for all kinds of MILLINERY,
DRESS AND MANTLE MAKING.
J3W- A shareofpatronageis respectfully solicited.
EGMoNDVILLE, IVIay 19, 1870. 128-tf—
CASH FOR ECCS!
THE sukseriber begs leave to tender his thanks
to his numerous for their liberal patronage
during the last three years, and also to state that
he is still prepared to pay the
Highest Cash Price
For any quantity of
Good Fresh Eggs
Delivered at his shop, Mair Street, Seaforth.
D. 1). WILSON.
SEAFORTH, Feb. 28, 1870. 1Q5-tf.
SPRING
ARRIYALS.
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T. K. AKDIRSON'S
SPRING STOCK OF
English, Scotch,
and Canadian Tweeds
BROAD CLOTHS, &c
HAS ARRIVED,
A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF
When you want to Insure your
Buildings,y9ur Mills anclFac P' wnce Arthur flhec ,s.
tories, your Stock, your
Crops, your Furniture,
or your Life,
Apply to
WM. N. WATSON,
SEAFORTH FIRE, MARINE, AND LIFE
INSURANCE AGENT, FOR
The Provincial Insurance Company of Canada,
(Canadian) .
The Liverpool and London and Globe insurance
Company, (English).
The Niagara District Mutual .fnsuranceConnpany
The (Dore District Mutual Insurance (?o.,
ata
The Star Life Assurance Society of England,
which divides nine -tenths of the profits every live
years.amongst Policy Holders.
Losses liberally adjusted and promptly settled.
Faritters tire 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 .
-MONEY TO LEND,
At moderate rates of Interest, and to be re -paid
by Instalments, which is therni
ost suitable and
safest method for Farmers and others to pay off
a mortgage. No Commission Charges, and ex-
penses small.
MORTGAGES BOUGHT ON EQUITABLE _
TERMS.
MACHINES. SEWING
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 to purchasers gratis.
-REMEMBER «ai. N. WATSON'S Insurance
North
Office, and Sewing Machine Depot,
Main Street.
SEAF0R'PH, March 31, 1870. 121—
Dr. Caldwell's
DYSPEPSIA
DZ: SPEPSIA can be effectually cur -
ed by using 1)R. CALDWELL'S
DYSPEPSIA REMEDY. Yee circul-
ar and certificates accompanying each
bottle.
Sold by R. LUvISDEN and E,
HICKSON & CO., Seaforth, and
medicine dealers generally.
rCD
WOODRU FF, BENTLY St CO.
117-25ins. - Brougham, Ont.
TAILORING
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, DONE IN A FIRST
CLASS MANNER, AND ACCORDING TO
THE LATEST, OR ANY OTITER
STYLE, TO SUIT
CUSTOMER STOMERs.
S EAFORTH, March 31, 1-870.
115—
StEAEORTH
FURNITURE WAREROO S
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturor of all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Such as
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
GEN E TABLES, .
MATTRASSES,.
DINING & . BR A KFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS,
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS, -
In Great Varity,.
Mr. R. has great' con'dence- fu offering his
goods to the public, as they are made -of Good
Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class - 'W ork-
men .
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COFFIN -S MADE TO ORDER.
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch-
'arerooms
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL,.
Main Street.
Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870.
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AUGUST
Row
it is impos
saunter along
the various ga
supposed to be
noticing how
ined.-Charms; to
nature. .Dtir;
odious practice
been steadily g'
conspicuous cla
.has ceased to b
cone the rule.
of Steele, we -h
us. Formerly,
a little cautious
age wend hay
citennent not h
"pointed out wit
double sense
days the young;
merit. The dis
cheeks to every;
mouth, which o
last to catch the
the most violen
men in London
he upon their lit
brows, and even
mon wares on a
thing strikes e.
forcibly than th
countenances .w
the hours that
much affected s
There is no play
they are fixed an
have compared
breaks into dim
This phenomeno `
fully explained -%
a 'single inj edicaa
bor of hours, r
that the repose 'w
Vere. de Vere is
any inherited re
ed calm grace, bur
that a moments
the study of an
ev s.
MORE SLAIN»L1
Waterloo the peon
and are still bein
know, by pedlers
samples" of teas, A.
they offer to f
prices. They exp
abled to sell at ri
stating that the go
the Province, and
the body, convey
practicing their ray
that it wonldn't tl
of excellent appeal
50 cts. to 75., anal
lb. Of course the
these articles wftl
take orders, and lir
most, .promise that
ered, when he reei
purchases and foun
good as the sample
them. Then salla
forward, of an a)i
the eye. This, too
lows, has been got
paying the duty, an
sition to dispose of
than
lishments. An or
of this cloth is also
all at once disco'e
ent with them to fid
bi:ongh t--foi th, rhea
obtained for it.
their departure, ,ani
mode of operation
clothturns out to b'
tine merest shodd-
making up, and the
hand. Lately the
MD with swindl
their wiles on the it
without stint or co
,ers had better be on�
characters, and whet
apparently, a figure:
they may test aeteH
bottom of it some
tion is necessary.—
Lady gra
Lady Jane Fran
untiring efforts, so,
iing int rotation reg
Sir John Franklin,
at present the guest
of New York. The
lin, and the respect
wide. She was. the
Griffin, a London ge
in 1795,
0 In 1828 she be
Sir John Franklin, a
him to Van Diemen'
rnent to the gov-erne
Nine years later, wh
ditionE.to the polar se
7
familiar to the pub&
made to save him or
fate, In 1848 she
for trustworthy tidin
and party, and in th
dressed a strong app
United States, throu
active co-operation i
was nobly' responded
•nell, of New Yo, w
Advance and Rescu
Government fitted
cornmand. of Oa tet
relief or discovery.
out success. Other
the funfor which w
Franklin and the Go
rain:
F' .ally, the Fox,
etain -retu
proof that Sir John