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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-09-23, Page 2• r>: Newfoundland. All around the thousand miles of coast, are tishing settlements, every bay, cove, creek and harbor having its village( or vil- lag es. The interior of the island is 'trim: plored, and, is left flto the deer, of which vast herds ii • s wander through its savrnahs, undis turbed by man, tied, with the wolves and beaver, share those solitudes on which hu- man eye has never looked. The inhabit- ants are of British and Trim descent, two- thirds of the foi Hier and ore -third of the lat- ter. They are a. stalwart race, their lives mostly tly p assed in the open air,' in' a a healthy bracing climate, and their habits of life simple ; while in battling with the bil- lows, amid those stormy and ice -coveted seas, they acquire that bodily vigor,,_.,_ that. only and n�uSGiP., wri-ch on y the hardy sea rangers can boast of. No pale, crin_3nd-tum.sold stiint d, en dv� eller in the "gust . - cities, or degenerated factory workers, are these fearless cod and seal catcher, but a ruddy, broad -shouldered race ; their women, too, in bodily developinent and 'freedom from the habits of more civilizedc,untries, are worthy of being the mothersof stout rovers of the deep. ' They are a kindly, hospitable, simple people ; like all fisher - folk, having their peculiarities and super- - stitions, and being remxikable for their in- disposition to change. As their fathers have been before them,. so they are content to be ; the word progress does not enter, in- to the vocabulary. }low orderly and free from serious crime they are, may be judged of from the fact that, at the present mo - merit, there are. only nine -prisoners in the whole island, undergoing sentence or await- ing trial. The population now nioun,ts . The capital contains about }50,.000 P. about 24,000 inhabitants. Fishing is the staple. industry—the attractions and excitement of a sea -faring life Etre-^o powerful that they decline to set clown to the plodding labors of a farm.. , The - cons_equence is, tit times, great poverty'andsuffering among thework- ing people when bad fisheries come, as they frequently_ do: Yet here are vast acres of excellent land unoccupied. In three dis- tricts on the western side of this island there are 446,000 acres of fertile land, hav- ing excellent timber and. extensive coal- beds, and only a few families are found in the whole areal. In the north a mineral region of great value has been recently opened up. One copper minis there is yield- ing $20,000 worth of ore anirnally. New- foendland hat all the elernestts of greatness ; splendid fisheries, extensive areas of tine land, vast mieeial treasures, and a healthy climate. The extremes of heat and cold are - not nearly so great as in Canada, the ther- monieter°rarely sinking below zero in wint- er, or rising higher in summer than seven- ty-eight degrees. All the country wants, to rise in wealth and prosperity, is,an influx of capital and enterprising men, to develops her resources, and an impertation of new ideas from heigh ioring communities that have, got the start of her in'the race of .ci- vilization. Here is just now ample field for mining enterprise. The fever is rising fast, and fortunes will be made during the next few. years. Lind for settlement can be had for two shillings an acre, covered with fine timber, and, having, in many:lo- calities, gypsum, marble, and coal beds Were the French method of manufacturing fish guano from offal. and soarse fish intro- duced, thousands of pounds worth of this fish guano, equal to the best Peruvian,, might be exported with profit. The her- ring fishery is yet in its . infancy, and ,the proper cure is not even attempted or under- stood.It might be expanded to any extent. The Labrador and Bay of Islands herrings are the finest in, the world. 'there is no greater mistake than to suppose that New- foundland is a barren or worthless spot. The remarkable discovery made by Dr. Pettigrew in 1867, that the wings of all ani- mals are twisted upon themselves, and that they twist and unt wist during their action, has €Mute recently been confirmed by Prof. Marcy, of the College of France. This gen- tleman, has experimentally demonstrated the character of the air path of the vibrat- ing wing, and as shown, as Dr. Pettigrew has already proved, that the wing during its oscillations describes a :figure of 8 track, which, in horizontal motion, becomes con- verted into a waving -track. Dr. Petti- grew's discovery and Prof. Marck's demon- stration are of great -interest to aeronauts. to.a� There is a remarkably successful cotton factory at Augusta, Ga., the annual report, of which has just been submitted to the stockholders. The capital stock of -the com- pany is $609,000, the factory consumed during the year 2,907,775 pounds of cotton at an average cost of 24.29 cents a pound, made 228,181 yards of cloth, and employed at an average 489 hands, who were paid $159,976 in wages. On this busines the -gross earnings, with interest, were $175.- 380, and the net earnings, after deducting expense account, repairs and taxes and wat- er rent, $121,779 to be added to the surplus fund, which now amounts to $233.295. This establishment has found cotton manufactur- ing anufactur-ing at the South so profitable, it is a wond- er that more enterprises of the same sort are not started there. THE HURON EXPOSITOR. Its hills and glens, its streams and rivers, its mountain tarns and clear blue lakes, have been glorified in song for ages. In the days of the great continential vara, when so many of our countryiinen went stbroad to join , such army as seemed best to them, songs that spoke of home `were caiiriecd ever fresh in -the memory. By the Rhine or Loire, with Gustavius Adolphus or Louis Onze, the fighting men sung of the Tay and the Tweed, and of the sunny knower and Pleasant fields round their fathers' home. They marched to battle with Seotlarir for their war cry, no matter for whom they fought, and round their camp fires in the German land, or ih the remoter regions, where the fierce Turk struggled for mastery they sang the songs of home which kind: titothets atitau ht them king. a o. How t,ave maiden ' p18ai�ant fliers ods 1`vi•ieH inns under such circums' antes 1 One feels as. sured that, in listening to`them, and joining in their chc,ruses, even doughty Lesleys and Durwards and _ Crichtons must have felt a unaccustomed tears . damping their cheeks. There: is 4.n old story which,tells that a Brit- ish gentleman was one day; during the six- teenth century, passing through as town in Palestine. AE he went up the streets, he came to where a woman at a door wersdang ling a young child, to which she wag sing- ing. The tune and words, strange in -such a place, caught the gentleman's attention— it was the'plaintive _ditty, "Oh, Bothwell Bank thou bloomest fair," and the song- stress was a Scotch woman, .wheliad wand- ered thus far from home. Though she had forgotten her religion, for she was married to a Turk of high rank, and must have been a Mohammedan, . she had not. forgot her country's songs. They had been grateful to her young ear when sung by her mother, so she sang them now in the land of the strang- sr, and loved them all• the more in her alt- erei circumstances.----Loncfon Scotsman. A Balloon Duel. LUMBER..! LUMBER SmarrEmEn 23, 1870. undersi ed •have on hand "t 'their Mills, THE half a mile -North from: the Villagge of Ain- leyville, 500,000 feet of : Good :DRY PINE ',TIMBER; of the following different kinds; viz --inoh, inoh and a half, and two inch, clear. large lot, (over 100,000,) inch and a quarter, ane inoh and a half flooring both dressed and under- dressed half inch siding, common boards ani plank, 12, 14 and 16 feet long. Board and stril LATH, all of which will be sold. at reducer prices. • They y have latel 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 uon being able toprocure any of the above articles of Lumber at their Mills. so long as it is hero adve•tised. Perhaps the most remarkable duel ever .1fought took place in 1868, It was peculi- arly.French in its tone, and could hardly have occurred . under any other than a French state of society. -M. de •Grandpre andM. Le Pique had a quarrel, arising out of jealousy concerning a lady engaged at the Imperial Opera, one Mademoselle 1 revit. They agreed to fight a duel to settle -their respective claims : and in order that• the heat of angry passions should not interfere with the elegance of the proceeding, . they postponed the kluel for a month—the lady agreeing to bestow her smiles on the sur- vivor, if the other was billed ; at all events this wKs;inferred by the two men, if not ac- tually expressed. .. The duelists were to fight- in the air. Two balloons were con- structed, precisely .alike. On the day de- noted, M.. de -randpre and his second en- tered the car of .one balloon, M. Le Pique and his second tnat of the other ; it was in the garden of the _Tuilleries, amid an im- nMense concourse of spectators. The gen- tlemen were to fire, not ateach other but at each other's balloon. in order to bring there down by the escape of gas, and as pistols might hardly have served for this purpose, each aeronaut took a blunderbuss in his car. • At agiven signal the ropes that re- tained -the cars were cut, and the balloons ascended. The wind was moderate, and kept the balloons at about their original distance of eighty yards apart. When about half a mile above the surtace of the !earth, a preconcerted signal for firing was :givens M. Le Pique fired and missed. M... de Grandpre fired and sent a ball through- ; M. Le Pieque's balloon. The balloon - col= lapsed, the car descending with frightful ra- pidity, and M. Le Pique and his second were dashed to pieces. M. •-de Grandpre continued his ascent triumphantly, and ter- minated his -ariel voyage successfully at a distance of seven leagues from Paris. Parties sending lumber to the mill can have it dressed on the shortest notice and lowest possible • M. & T. SMITT3. Ainleyviile, Feb. 11,.-1.870. 114-tf GREAT CLEARINC: SALE • 4 THE terns 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. WE HAVE DETERMINED TO SELL At and Below Cost Scottish Song and Patriotism. Next to love for woman, the most,distin guishing characteristic of the Scottish min- stresly stresly is the adoration which is breathed in it for native land. At no time have our own singers lacked, patriotism ; had they been wanting in this quality, they never never would have gained that hold on the Scottish people that for ages they have had.. Scotland to its minstrels has ever been the dearest and fairest land in all the world. A prominent manufacturinghouse of New York, it is understood, has quietly made arrangements to employ 1000 Chinese hands. They are expected to begin - work in the fall. 44 J. SEATTER EXCHANGE BROKER, - And dealer in Pure DRAGS. CHEMICALS. AND DYE STUFFS The Drug Department is under the specie Dare of an experienced Clemist. •JSEATTER, Seaforth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870. - 59-tf. ' f �M IMONEYTO LEND. ON Farm or desirable village property at 61 per cent. • Payments made to suit the bor- rower. Apply' to A. G. McDOUGALL, [assurance Agent and Commissioner, Seaforth, or to JOHN SEATTER, Exchange Broker, Seaforth. March 25th, 1870. ly. FOR NOTICE. BATHS ! BATIISJ 'E MONTH, FOR CASH OR RADE. FARMERS AND OTHERS MR. PULLMAN, HAS leasure in announiiiiegtiethegentlemen of Seaforth and'. icinity, that the BATHS formerly kept by Mr. Lubelski are new ready for use, and he hopes -that by keeping everything clean and comfortable to receive a liberal share of public patronage. TAILOR1NC! MR. PILLMAN, WOULD also beg to state that he is carrying on the TAILO I N C BUSINESS, 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 theirorders, will have there garments made in a manner which will be second to the work of n� other establish- ment in Ssaforth. A TRIAL 1 RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Seaforth, April 14, 1870. 123-tf. MAY DEPEND ON GETTING BARGAINS " HEIFERS STRAYED. ►STRAYED from thep mire sea of the Subscriber, . Lot 28, concession 13, _ McKillop, about the latter part of May, TWO YEARLING HEIF- ERS ; one with white body, red neck and face, and lame white star in forehead; the other a - dark brindle, with white face, ' and had indicati- ons of warts around the eyes, when last seen. Such information, left with the subscriber, or at the ExrosrrOR Office, as will lead to their re- covery, will be suitably rewarded. WM. POLLARD, Walton P. 0; McKillop, Sept. 2, 1870. - 143 -4 -- AS THE STOCK MUST BE: SOLD: N. B.—No goods entered during the sale, "TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOU1 PAIN. . CCARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentis, Extracts teeth without pain by the use of the Nitrous -Oxide 1las. Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' store Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc- ial Hotel, on the following - Thursdays' and Fridays. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to cail, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first days of attendance. Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracte3 by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's, offices. New York. Stratford, Fed. 11, 1870. 114-tf— KIDD & MCMULKIN. Seaforth, June 14th, 1870. 131. 44 4, WATCHES. WATOHES ,CLOCKS WATCHES , .CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS • WATCHES CLOCKS WATCHES CLOCKS ARMERS GO TO - M'NAUCHT AND TEEPLE, MIL]LIN�;_ DRESS °MATLN; MA.1�?Z>TC�•� MISS MCINTdSH, A KES this opportunity of returning thanks for the liberal patronage extended tobersince coming to Seaforth, and would respectfully inti- mate to customers and others, that she is still to be found OVER MR, CORBY'S STORE. All orders will receive the 10'TMOST` ATTENTION". With regard to TASTE, NEATNESS and the LATEST STYLES, cannot be EXCELLED IN SEAFORTH. STRAW and H A I R -W O R K CLEANED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE. SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 121-- Fit!I GOODS ! T. K. A-TFERSON'S FALL STOCK, HasRecentlyArrved FOR WAGGONS. BUGGIES. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and in fact, anything drawn by the horse. A large assortment always kept on hand. and for first- class HORSE SHOEING & JOBBINGthatis the place. - A large stock of Dry Oak, and other Lumber, also Dry Waggon Spokes, for Sale. Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. - 11-1y. One of -the Largest and Best Assorted Stock in this line, s to be found at M. R. COUNTER'S, OPPOSITE CARMICHAEL'S S HOTEL. SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870. 52— MARE STRRYED. STRAYED from the premises of the subscriber, Lot No. 2, 4th concession Tuckersmith. on Saturday the 20th August, a BLACK MARE, with white spot on her face, and lame on the off hind foot, also one white hindfoot. She is thought to be somewhere in the vicinity of Seaforth. Any person giving such information as will lead to her recovery will be suitably rewarded. SAMUEL WALLACE, Egmondville P. 0. Tuckersmith, .&ugust 25, 1870. - k 124--4 _MUSIC, MTTS1C. A HANDSOME FIVE OCTAVE NOTE .LOST. LOST, in or near Exeter, on the 24th o1 Aug. net, a P.RQMISORY NOTE, made by Thos. Robertson, in favour of James Gordon, dated Exeter, for $16.50, payable three days after date. Allparties are hereby forbid purchasing or ne- gotiating for said note, as payment' has been stopped. JAMES GORDON. Exeter, Aug. 26, 1870. - 1434—, MELODEON FOR SALE, MANUFACTURED i Y IT CONSISTS OF PLAIN AND FANCY TWEEDS MEL TONS$ Broad Cloths & Doeskins, ALSO BEAVER AND PILOT. 0 —NT C A 11\TC -s . .AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE GOODS IN THE LINE. Everything made up in the Latest or any Style, to suit Customers. ALL WORK WARANTED, AND . RERFEGT FITS GUARANTEED. , R. S. WILLIAMS, TORONTO. PRICES TO SUIT THETIMES. or SHOP ONE DOOR SOUTH OF ROB- ERTSON &co OBERTSON"&CO'S HARDWARE STORE. SEAFORTH, September 1, 1870. The undersigried will receive orders for PIANOS or MELODEONS, and for piano tuning. Orders left at the TELEGRAPH BOON STORE. C. ARMSTRONG. Soaforth, June 3, 1870. 131-tf. 115 --- ONTARIO' HOUSE JOHN LOGAN'S BALL GOODS EDWAI4D* CASH, FOR 1870, POSSESS ALL THOSE GOOD QUALITIES WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED THE WILL COMMENCE ON! SEPTEMBER THE: FIRST, TO CLEAR OFF HI , DRY GOODS STOCK, AT AND UNDER COST. GOOD VALUE FOR READY PAY. Cash for Butter and Other Produce. FreshTeaC&Groceri's MANCHESTER HOUSE AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES FOR DO- ING BUSINESS IN CANADA. SEAFORTH, April 28, 187e 152-tf. ALWAYS ON HAND. SEAFORTH, Sept. 1, 1870. 53— HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE! o-- OR SALE. CHEAP, A DESIRABLE PAL- LING HOUSE Pleasantly situated, on St. John Street, Seaforth. - For further particulars apply to JOHN SEATTER, Druggist, &c., Main St. SEAFORTH, July 14, ,1870. 136-tf.— DANIEL MCPHAIL, LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE COUNTIES OF PERTH AND HURON R. • LTJMSDEN Has just received a Fresh Stock of PURE DRUGS AND CHEMICALS Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Haar, Toot and Nail Brushes, French, English, and American. PERFUMERY. 0:E N•U I N E DYESTUFFS Guaranteed to be of the best quality . Horse and Cattle Medicines Condition Powder. Physicians perscriptions carefully and ace atel1 dispensed. R LUIVISDEN. BEGS to return his sincere thanks to thein- habitants of Perth for their liberal patronage during the past six years. He would respectf►illy announce that he will attend to all orders in PERTH or HURON for 1870. Orders left at the "ExPosrroa" Office, in. Seaforth, the Beacon Office, Stratford, or the Advocate, is Mitchell, will be promptly attended to. Conveyancing, and Real EatateAgency attend ed to, and loans negotiated. OFFICE—East side of the market. Mitch,;. Ont. - Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870. ' 116-tf. MR. JOHN THOMPSON HANKS his numerous customers for their T liberal patronage during the last fifteen years, and trusts he will receive its continuance, He has now on hand a large assortment of Good Sound Green Hemlock r Which he warrants will give satisfaction. ALSO 200,000 FEET OF .PINE I - Cu'r Fop. 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 ACCOUNTS I To which he calls the attention of his olcl cam - niers, whowill find it to their advantage to re' tire them promptly, and without legal prose° wigs. • 84-th Seaforth, :Jan'y. 21st, .1870: HOUSE TO. RENT. DWELLINGA HOUSE consisting of six + Dose, t� eleven roomsin the New York airs, :a11 rooms down stairs an the balance up l lr &c. app Y w, gci. �ndttipn nr tcz proprietor, . ' MPBE Seaforth, July :27th 1870.'. 138 - SEPTEMBER Monsters of About one hurj Jr of Hamilton is a hip taining an extensii shells, And the fossil riety of extinct spec curiosity which mos est and investigation petrified form of wl an immense sea me high plateau, in -a • the theoryhat its It shoal, and that the ai floundered and perisl water receded. The feet, and estimated tc Itpresents a dual app body that of a hum; . it tremities extend into like the polypus or ale, ception that they wer; lined with a hard and eyes are set in each=is is lilt and oblong, s inches apart, The i tripiti rows of teeth, sl derneath and well int into grinders, capped enation, running back tions of the head. In bles the celebrated ma America, amphibious I rous on land and carni: length of this singular wage has not yet been tt -.‘the boil *-I,lende into t to so small a size, that, mace, its entire weight_ from that stated. abounds in ciriou:, ranter. We have::en crustacea, found irecu which puzzles sientists How Sarat ga .Lost At the close of t an old Hessian soidid farm situated about the tenter , of was aittaisiltietin ire at the time w lic road by adense pin of the farm bouse'is al its printi,tive state, shado-wmt by tall tr illumined its mirror= (pence was, its waters, of summer, ifire of an It was, -gid is indeed, trout. Xo this roman visitors of Saratoga w inclineeeused to carr and indulged -in their_ trout caught from " Ba The owner was con man, for when e estab farm ileistated-that the pond'', more than oo hospitable winter dim° As time wore on, how vindicated frog tke sa came a sours' of pot humble al—welling the be Among the visitors of 'these' memorable oc Bonaparte. He had in this -eountry, and about for some eligible could build himself, princely home." He had beeii king of Sicil that was, favored by nat and scenery was to him; suit of his p`nlpoe of fo America, he:lad visite celebrated localities of Middle States, but wave lection. - The moment, little trout lake and exz, ings he seemed inspired.: all ceremony when cone er, he gratified the old ing in familiar eonversa; one of his "corn -cob pip ex -majesty announced hi the farm. Contrary to all expec fused to sell. The real v. at the time might hal thousand dollars, and Jo creased his offer from th enormous one, as then c thousand dollars ; but prietor refused to part his trout pond, he sail other than his while he 1 ed SarataFthe fhion ing a pale incl park, quentiy created at Bord and such was- the estim- brother of Napoleon pi ponds and scenery - in world-renowned . aratog 'A Modern Bill - of THonre, in tuner's tember. THE HOTTEST Smut --According to the weal. College, the past las bee ninety-two years. This the Yale record enlighte tenarian who was ruxinin; ed during the Summer o years, remembers ftn theref-ore safely. for a century, 15, 1870, the Vel dall at New Haven, 85 degr-ea at least since -17781 has s secutive hot days . itur ture this summer was (J 98 degrees; and tea has ly ti_raeis.durin* the catedr . ;at New Haven,, rising to 100 degrees one 17843480D, and 18115. 101. ea•tford Cowan