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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
Domestic Habits of the Scotch in theI
latter part of the Sixteenth Century.
The following curious account of some
domescie.usuages in the northern pait of
the island, upwards ot two centuries ago, is
from Fyne Moryson's Itieerary.' Mory-
son travelled in Scotland in 1598. ,
"Myself was at knights 'house,who
had many servants to attend him, that
brought in his meat with their heads cover-
ed with blue Caps, the table 'being, more
thsn half furnished with great platters ,of
porridge, each haying a little piece oi sod-
den mt.; and, when the tables were serv-
ed', the rvantcTidit down with us ; but
the upper mess, iAttlead of porridge had a
pullet,with some planes in the broth. And -
observed no art of 'cookery, or furniture
of household stuff, but rather rude neglect
of both, thengh myself "and. my companion,
sent by the governor of,Bgrw.ick upon bor-
dering affairg,'Were entertained' in the best
manner. The Scots, living then in factions,
used to keep many.followers, and so con-;
slimed their revenue of victuals, living ii
great want of money. They vulgarly eat
hearth -cakes Of oats, but in cities have also
wheaten bread, which, for the most part
was bought by courtiers, gentlemen, and
the best sort of citizens. When 1 lived at
Berwick. the Scots, weekly, upon the mar-
ket -day, obtainecl leave, in writing, of the
governor to buy peas and beans, whereof,
as also of wheat, 'their merehants at this
day. send great quantities frorh London into
Scotland. They drink pure wines, not
with sugar, as the English, yet at feasts
they put comfits in the wine, after the
French manner; but they had notour vin-
ters' fraud to mix their wines. I did never
see or hear that they have any public inns
with signs hangingLeut ; but the better sort
of citizens brew ale, theiri usual drink
(whieh will distemper a stranger's body),
and the same citizens will entertain passen.-
.J gers upon acquaintance orentreaty. Their
bedsteads were the like -'etipboards in the
wall, with doors to be open or shut at plea-
sure, so as vte climbed up to our beds.
They.nsed but one sheet, open at the sides
and top, but colsed at the fleet and so doub-
led.. Passengers did seek a stable for their
horses in some other places, ahd• rdid there
buy horse -meat, and if, perhaps, the same
house yielded a stable, yet the payment for
the berse did not reske tliern have beds free
as in England. * * When. passen-
gers go to Led, their custom was to present
them with a sleeping Cup of wine' at part-
ing. Th„e country -people and merchants
used to drink largely, the gentlemen some-
what more sparingly ; yet the very cour-
tiers, at feasts, by night-meeting,and enter-
taining any stranger, used to drink healths
not w;thouzt excess ; and to speak the trutb
without offence, the-eeccess of drinking was
then far more general among the Scots than
among the English Myself being, at the
court, invited by somegentlenien to supper,
and being .forewarned to fear this excess,
Winild not promise to sup with them but
upon conditicn that my iuvitet wouldbe
nay protection from large drinking, which I
was many times forced to invoke, being
courteously entertained, and much provok-
ed to carousing, and so for that time avoid-
ed any great intemperance. Rememberin
this, and having since observed in my c
versation at the English court with th
Scots of the better sort that they spend a
great part of the night in drinking, not.on-
ly wine, but even beer; as myself will: not
accuse them of great intemperance, so I can -
mot altogether free them from the imputa-
tion of excess, wherewith the popular voice
chargeth them:"
Rob Roy's Tartan.
4i3e-of the Clan Gregor writes to Notes
and Queries as follows :-"Tie scarlet and
black check, known by the name of the Rob
Roy tartan, is not the true and proper tar-
tan of the Man' Gregor. - Consequently
there has been a great blunder made in
clothing with such a tartan as Macgregor
represented in. the magnificent work pub-
lished under the auspices of her Majesty.-,
embers of the clan who have taken au in-
t rest in the matter acquit the celebrated
a tist, Mr. K. Macleay, of all blame, be-
lieving that in so doing he only followed
his instructions. There are, no doubt, sev-
eral persons who assert that RobRoy is the
clan tartan, and state that what has been
generally considered the proper tartan of
the clan is spurious, and was invented or
designed by the late Sir Evan Murray Mac-
gregor to clothe his fifty retainers when
George IV. visited, Scotland in 1822. Al-
though this is certainly rather aqueer story
still it is quite possible and probable that
Sir Evan designed a special tartan for his
followers in particular, butnot for the clan
in general, as at the period in question
there were, according to Logan, many spu-
-rious tartans brought out. . If what is con-
sidered the old, tartan of the clan was de-
signed by Sir Evan it is somewhat strange
that Logan, who Jit:,d the valuable assistance
of Captain Mackenzie, of G-ruinard, a very
competent authority on tartans should not
have known or mentioned the fact in a work
published only nine years after • the king's
visit. Another reason given in support of
the Rob Roy being an ancient tartan of the
elan is, that it is a very simple combination
of -colors, and was made before the inven-
tive genius of the clan had arrived at, ma-
turity. Well, to say the least, this asser-
tiontimplies that either the clan had a ts.r-
tan long anterior to the other clans, or that
the,14acgregors were of a lower degree of
intelligence than other clans. According
to Logan's book, to M'Laen's ',Costumes of
the Clans of the Scottish Highlands,' and
to'fiimith of Mauchline's work on the elan
tartans, the Clan Gregor tartan isquite dif-
ferent from the Rob Roy. Moreover, the
dicta of first-class manufacturers anddealers
in tartans who have been consulted is that
the Rob Roy ikonly a fancy one, and has
no claim to be considered, the true and pro-
per tartan of the clan. One of the first au-
thorities on the subject of 'tartans, has at
Invernes6 a piece of hard Macgregor elan
tartan ups % ards of two hundred years old,'
which he says is quite genuine, and some-
wliat older than the tartan said to have been
designed in 1822.- The mistake of the tar-
tan is unfortunately not the only thing that
the Macgregors have to complain of in Mac-
leay's splendid work. In the account of the
clan errors and blunders that oontinual:y oc-
cur, and it appears to have been written
more with a view to the laudation of a par-
ticular family than anything else."
Scholastic Honors in China.
.The' longsuccession of eontests cul-
minates in the designation by the Emperor
of sonie;indisidual.wh'om he reg,ards the
C1astan-:/7-sictst, or model' teholat of the empire
-the 'might consummate flower of the sea-
son. .This is net a common annual like
Idle Senior Wranglership of Camblidge, nor
the product of a ,priate garden like the Val-
edictory ot.ator of Our American colleges. Li
blooms but once in three years,, and the
whole empire yields but *a single blossom,
--7-it blossom 'dilt. is culled by the hand of
Majesty and eAeemed among the brightest
ornaments of his dominion._ Talk of aca-
demic honors such. as are bestowed by Wes-
-tern nations, in comparison with those -which
this Oriental empire lieapa on her .scholar
laureate! Provinces coetend for the shin-
ing prise, and the town that gives the vic-
tor birth becomes noted fol ever. Swift
heralds 'bear the ticrngs of his triumph, and
thehearts of the p ople leap at their ap-
proach. We have s en them enter a hum-
ble cottage, aad amid the flaunting of ban-
ners and -the blare of trumpets announce to
its startled inmates that one- of their rela-
tions had been crowned- by ile Emperor as
the laureate of the Year. And so high was
the estimation in which the people held the
success of their fellow -townsman, that his
wife was requested to visit the six gates of
the city, and to scatter before each a hand-
ful ofrice, that the whole population might
share in the,good fortune of her household.
All this has, we confess, an air of Orien-
tal.display and eXageration. It. suggests
rather the dust and sweat of the great ,na-
tional - games of antiquity -than the mental
tctil and intellectual triumphs of the modern
world.. But it is obvious theta competition
which excites so profoundly' the interest of
the whole nation must be productive of very
decided results. That it leads to the 6elec-
tion ofthe best talents for the serviceof the
public we have already seen ; but beyond
this -its primary object -it exercises a pro-
foun„d influence upon the education of the
stability of the government. It is all, in
fact, that China has to show in the way of
an educational system. She has no college's
or universities, -if we except one that is -
yet in embryo -and no national system of
commonsbhools ; yet it may be confidently
asserted that China gives to learning a more
effective patronage than she could have
done if each of her emperors were an Au-
gustus and every premier a Maacenas. She
says to all her sons, " Prosecute your studies
by such means as you may command, whe-
ther in public or in private, anIcl when you
are prepaied, present yourselves in the exa-
mination hall. The government will judge
of yourproficiency and reward your attain-
ments."
Nothing can exceed the ardor which this
standing offer infuses into the minds of all
who have the -remotest prospect of sharing
in the prizes; They study not merely when
they.have teachers to incite them to dili-
gence, but continue their studies with un-
abated zeal long after' they have left •the
schbols ; they study in solitude ,and pover-
ty; they stu-cly amidst the cares of a fami-
ly and the turmoil of business ; and, the
shining goal -is kept steadily in view until
the eve grows dim.- . Some of the aspirants
impose On themselves the task of writing a
fresh essay every clay t and they de not he-
sitate to enter the lists as Often as the pub-
lic exan-naations recur, resolved, if they fail,
to continue trying, believing that persever-
ance has -power to command success, ' and
encouraged by the legend of the man who
needing a sewing needle, made one by grind-
ing a. crowbar on a piece of granite.
'We have met an old mandarin, who re-
lated with evident pride how, on gaining
the second degree'he had removed with his
whole family to Pekin, from the distant
province of Yunno to compete for the third;
and how at each triennial contest he had
failed, until after twenty years of patient
waiting, at -the seventh trial, and at the ma,
ture age of threeScore years, he bore off the
coveted pis°. He had worn his honors for
seven years, and was then mayor of the city
of Tientsin. In a list novion- our table of
ninety-nine succesasful competitors for the
second degree, sixteen are over forty years
of age, one sixty-two and one eighty-three.
The average age of the whole number is
above thirty ; and for the third degree the
average is of course proportionally higher.
-Wm. A. P, _Mairtini in. _Y. A. Review.
•
Men of nieans are often the meanest of
men.
gaasinanfrixieonudss.to avoid making enemies
as to
Him) TIP. -At a station on the overland
route the keeper got rather short of provis-
ions -in fact, had nothing left but a bottle
of -mustard and some batcon. As the stage
stopped there one clay to change horses, the
passengers seated themselves at the table
and the host said- s
" Shall4 help yon to a piece of bacon I"
"No, 341tank you; I never eat bacon,"
said one traveller.
Well, then," said the station keeper,
"help yourself to the mustard ?"
LOOK OTTT
BARGAINS!
•
NEW GOODS
JUST RECEIVED,
EMBRACING THE
LATEST STYLES
In English and
Canadian
T WE EDS,
B Y
WM. CAMPBELL,
Merchant Tailor,
New York House,
SEAFORTH, ONT.
CENTLEMEF:,
AT TENTIO
Hats that are HATS!
-A Fine Assortment of
GENTS' HATS!
OF THE VERY LATEST
FASHIONS, JUST RE-
CEIVED AT THE
NEW YORK HOUSE
WM. CAMPBELL.
SEAFORTH, July 28, 1870. 54-
Seaforth Foundry
ZAPF E&CARTER
DESIRE TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF
THE PUBLIC TO THEIR
These machines possess many improvements
on any heretofore made, They are mannfactur
ing Machines cif TWO SIZES, one. especially
constructed for travelling ; the other a smaller
size, calculated more especially for -HOME USE.
So far as their large machine has been intro-
FdiAiccedT,IiotN.
has given the VERY BEST SATIS-
They manufacture the Pitts' Im-
proved Horse Power.
In addition to the above, the subscribers manu-
facture almost every article in their line, such as
SAWING MACHINES,
Capable of sawing from 50 to 60 cords of wood
per day.
STRAW CUTTERS;
of a Superior kind.
GANG PLOWS,
The Latest ImprOved.
CULTIVATORS AND PLOWS,
Which cannot be surpassed. -
o
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF
.A.s 11\T ci- s 1
MADE ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
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They have ahighly approved pattern forSCH001
DESK IRONS.
REPAIRS- IN ALL BRANCHES
Attended to Promptly.
They era -ploy no Agents, and can therefore
give the purchaser the aevanta,ge of the com-
mission.
They employ none but the best skilled labor,
and material, which warrants them in guaran-
teeing satisfaction.
INTENDING PURCHASERS WILL PLEASE GIVE US
A CALL BEFORE BITTING FROM mins.
ZAPPE Jr CARTER.
Seaforth, September, 1870.
143 -1y -
sl•
CASH FOR ECM!
mHE subscriber begs leave to tenclex hie thano
to his numerous for their liberal patronage.
during the last three years, and also to itate that
he is still prepared to pay the
Highest Cash Price
For any quantity -of
Good Fresh tggs
Delivered at his shop, Main Street, Seaforth.
D. D. W ILSON.
125-tf.
SEAFORTH, Feb. 28, 1870.
CUSTOM
TAILORES
rpHA.NKING the public for their liberal patron-
age extended to us since commencing busi-
ness, we hope by strict attention to merit a con-
tinuance of the same. •
CITTrl'I1•TO-
Parties who may require Cutting done. can
have it executed with Accuracy, Neatness, and
Despatch, at MODERATE PRICES.
SUTHERLAND BROS.
SEAFORTH, September 1, 1870.
82-
SEAFORTH
FURNITEE WAREROOMS
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturor of all kinds of
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE
Such as
SOFAS,
• LOUNGES,
CENTRE TABLES,
ATTRASSES,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS,
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS,
In Great Varity.
Mr. R. has great conidence fn offering his
goods to the public, as they are Made of Good
Seasoned Lumber. and by First -Class Work-
men.
COFFINS MADE TO ORDER.
• On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness p,nd Despatch-
War'erooms :
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL,
Main Street.
Seafprth, Ja.n'y 21st, 1870. 57-tf.
T 0 MERCHANTS, TRADERS,
&c. &c.
The subscriber has just received a large -assort-
ment of
DAY BOOKS, LEDGERS, JOURNALS,
Blank Books, Bill Books, Ccunting-House
Diaries,
Pocket Diaries for 1870
3
Bibles, Prayer Books, Psalm Books -and a
large assortment of miscellaneous books in: splend-
dicl gilt bindings, suitable. for Christmas and
New Year's Cliffs.
Sabbath. School Books
Reward Tickets, &c.
Plain and Fancy Note Paper and Envelopes
Pens, Ink, Peneils, School Books, etc.
Musical Instruments !
Accordeous, Concertinas, Violins, Violin Strin s.
Rosin, Bridges, &c.
Briar and Mereschaum Pipes, and Fa
Goods of all kinds.
A large assortment of
TOYS
For Girls and,Boys,
_ At TiUMSDEI\T'S
Corner Drug and Book Stor
Seaforth, Jan'v- 21st, 1870. 3-5
GOOD NEWS!
FOR THE-.
People of Seaforth
NEW BAKERY
AND
CONFECTIONERY STORE.
_
_ cA_ "V A. 1•TA Gl- E1,
(LATE OF STRATFORD,)
BOGS 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 be will have on hand
at all times a choice assortment of
Bread, Fancy. Cakes, Wedding
- Cakes, Confectionery, &c.
Auo ICE CREAM, and all kinds of SUMPAER
DRINKS,
such as Soda Water, Lemonade,
Customers supplied daily with
Bread at their Residences.
VOL. GIVE ME A TRIAL.
J. CAVANAGH.
SBAFoRTH, June 30, 1870.
x. B. Orders for WEDDING SAKES and sup -
Plies for TEA PARTIES promptly attended to.
OCTOBER 71 1870.
THOMSON & WILLIAMS.
Are introducing the celebrated
*‘`.CIIMMING'S" STRAW CUTTER
Which has already met with Unrivalled sue -
seas in other parts of Canada.
Warranted to give perfect satisfaction when
driven either by horse or hand power.
ALSO MANUFACTURE A NEW 6 A.ND 8
HORSEPOWER,
SUITABLE FOR DRIVING STRAW CUTTERS, SAWING
MACHINES, OPEN CYLINDERS, AND rams GIANT
THRESHERS.
Also, all kinds of Farming Implements includ-
ing-
-Reapers, J Fanning Mills.
Mowers; Cultivators,
Combined Machines', . Horse Hoes,
Separators, Weeders,
" Pitts' Power, Plows,
Sawing Machines, Gang Plows,
- - -DOuble.Mouldboarcl Plows, &c.
MILLWRIGHTING Jr,EN GINEERIN G
DEPARTMENT.
Steam Engines of all Sizes 13nilt.
Grist Mills,'Flo-ur.
Saw Mills, Flax 11/1.
by. Water or Steam, -
And. all kinds of
FACTORIES CONTRACTED F09 AND EX-
ECUTED IN THE MOST APPROVED
STYLE.
TURBINE WATER- WHEELS, LATH
MILLS, SHINGLE MILLS,
BRAN DTJSTE
And all kinds of machinery of the best con-
s truction, supplied on shortnotice.
REPAIRING ENGINES AND MACHINERY
Promptly attended to.
Add ress,
THOMSON & WILLIAMS,
Mitchell, P. O.
Seaforth, Sept. 6th, 1870.:144 ly-
THE
CHEAPEST TEAS
• ARE THOSE SOLD BY THE
Toronto Tea Company 1
Or their Aizents. A single trial and comparison
with any ther teas, at the same pricea-willprove
this.
Our 50c. Teas wiIl be found equal to anyat 60c.;
our 60c. equal to any at 70c. to 75c., our 80e.
equal to any at $1.; and our $1 green equal to
any, however high the price charged. Our Black
Teas ser: from 600. to 90c.; mixed same prices.
Green Teas, from 50c. to $L Japan (all unco-
lored) 55c. to 80c.
All our Teas are sold for cash. at wholesale
prices, in pound, pound, and 5 pound packages.
THE BEST PROOF
That the Teas'of the Toronto Tea Company give
satisfaction is the immense trade we are now do-
ing in them. Families who tried them once, now
get them regularly.
TRY BEFORE YOU BUY.
In towns where we have agents, parties are in-
vited to buy a small quantity to see how theylike
thin. In districts where we have no agents,
persons can write to us for samples of Teas of any
kind, at any price, and we will send them by
mail, free. We send 15 lbs. or more to any Rail-
road Depot in Ontario, freight paid, and collect
through the Express Agent. Put up in pound,
pound, and 5 pound packages.
Address all orders to the
TORONTO TEA COMPANY,
168 Yonge Street, Toronto.
Sold in Seaforth by
ELLIOTT & ARMSTRONG.
Seaforth, Sept. 6th, 1870.
M ILLS
FOR SALE 01170 RENT!
rrillE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR SALE,
- 1 or to Rent, on easy terms,
THE VARNA MILLS
Consisting of a Flour, Oatmeal, and Saw Mill, all
of which are in good running order.
The Flour Mill contains Four run of Stones,
and the interor is well finished, and all the ma-
chinery in first class condition. There is in
connection a good Dam, ancl an abundant supply
of water to run all the mills the year round.
These mills are situated in the centre of a
splendid Agricultural country, and a rare chance
is offered to any person desirous of embarking in
the milling business.
There is also an excsllent opportunity of BOR-
ING FOR SAIT on the premises, all the works
for which could be driven by water.
The above property is situated Six miles from
Clinton; Six from Bayfield, and Eleven from
place. Seaforth, with good gravel roads leading to each
For further particulars apply to the proprietor,
on the premises; -or to Varna P. 0.
WM. TURNER
VARNA, August 11, 1870.
140 -
ASK FOR IT -INSIST UPON IT -BUY NO OTHER,
THE ONLY I
SURE CURE
DOSE ONLY
SO DROPS.
No CHANGE
OF D / ET
REQUIRED
CURES ALL FORMS OF
INDIGESTION _AT ONCE.
TRY IT! 501.1) BY ALL
DRUGGISTS.
Sold by R. LUMSDEN and E. HICKSON'S
CO., Seaforth. and medicine dealers generally,
HORSES!
TWO OR THREE SPAN OF GOOD HOR-
SES, rising three, four, and five years of
age, for sale, From Fisherr's Hard Fortune.
Well matched.
ROBERT SCOTT,
Roxborough.
McKillop, Sept. 15, 1870.
145 --
LIVERY STABLE.
TAMES ROSS desiries to • inforni the public
.that he has opened a ew' Liyery Stable in
coniieetfon with his hotel_Ovileie paitips. can be
accominodatid. *nth. .Brst-class horses ibud.
vehicle*, atrealionable prices,
Seatorth, Jan'y. 21st, 1870.
I)
t.
f.4
se..,
OCTOB
tt.
A. Wild Oat mid
A Terrible*
West Hickory, -I
its big wells, dry h
has anew and char)
ion in the vast nu
amount, that are
boringiforest, and w
with their ineliflub
rage. Since the u
wildcat at Fagmadas
counter with a bull,
been seen, and it wa,
said aninattIs would
have a rest. But su
be -and now eones
Near the htan'wat
creek lives an htniabl
twist, by the name
who, after engaging
tion of an oil operato
ed and epened a ken
ziCCUDIulation of set -et
business, out of the 0:
officer entered the fie
few acres of soil, beg:
baying previously stIn
work entitled 44 What
his first yeat's vrkw
pumpkins were devot
grasshoppers carried
vil got Into his sheep,
failed under the, eom
hoof -rot and m
was himself attacked
This was the situati
- when from a dreamles,
ened by- an unearthly
glass. and the striking
upon his breast. At
was a horrible nightn
rich viands, but Wilt•H
fact that there were n
miles of his cabin, and
he had pantaken ot met,
wheat cakes, such re.
neou& AHwas quiet,
it must have been an 0
a raid, he 'dismissed th
preparints,to settle int
when a seratching was
bed. liastity rising h
mentionables, and, droi
began, to ,claw 'beneath.
midnight inti uder.
He fiknd it and in
-York mihuteaii the clo
Itixn would not hase, ma
doli.Ile-finallY found
ner partly scalped, with
leaking as though he ha
wool carding. machine
moment Italia spit and
disappeared through the
Such is Ae sireAe tai
mail. He now desires
spot where the insects
some. His farm is a go
that he cannot stand t
New Street Car
One afternoon last
model ef a car, to be pr
plieation of the prot'ectil
rubber, wtts esthibited at
Ship Island Canal COM
Olidelet street, by the in
tees, Messrs. Solomon Jt
Terfloth, h&a of whom
chanics, and citizens of IS
result of the trial convin
ent that a new eta had co
ion of the mechanic arts
There is a strong platfor
car is to rest, and to this
. ed the, by no means con
tion of kegs and wheels NY%
upon by the elastie powe
moves the car with stead)
any given rate or si,eed.
the pl.atform, there is a la
in the specification of the
pulleyeameng the mechai
master --wheel. It acts
which is wound the ma
The India rubber being ,
under part of the platfo'
along by being passed arm
of which therelare five on
platform; by this means ai
of India rubber bandis obi'
- in a street car of the ord
one hundred and twent
means of a circular lever,
horizontal wheel so regulat,
orditytry cars, the master
and the India rubbet wo
that remaining on the pu
treme tension.. When
tractile power of the Ind
will give the requisite m
chinery for the propulsion
bands of India rubber to h
ling street' ears„ are sligh
round in shape and two
in diameter. ior the' be
readers, we mag say here,
India rubber means In
more or less with sulphur,
prevent the rubber from
heat. The propelling mac
is provided with a means
motion, ;which is acted
adapted to the -feot ; by thi,
can be made to run hackw
forward -with
the circular lever or luatima
in winding the- machine, its
gulated with the utnaoef nic
no tecessity to stop thO'-e'r
un the machinery.- ft can
While Mfuh1peedwjth a
a Lepine watchstan be wo
No attempt at dew
vexation whereby India rub
motive power, can .possibl
elear idea. of its isorkings.
has seen it, however, is satis
be a full success on a, fair t