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T E HURON EXPOSITOR.
The "Fat Contributor "011 Water.
When hazelpressed for aschenae we some-
timeetake a scientific -subject and treat onl
it. Some ofourreaders, we know, will turn!
away in disgust when they ifind us going to,
treat on water, preferring to have us treat
on somethingelse, beer, far instance ;- but
if they don't like the treat we have invited
theca to, they needn't have tit. There are
those %rho eould not wnite on water all by
itself—they would require tto have, some-
thing stronger 'mixed with it—but we are
resolved to put it through on the inferior
element alone. We remern.ber trying to
wilt° on water once, but failed miserably.
We were out on Lake Erie in a gale, and
sea -sick. We were returning from an ex-
cursion, and had a good deal, to write up.
Took something to help rat right up before
we wrote up, but it came right up.
Three-fourths. of the face of the globe is
covered with water perpetually. What a
lesson for a large portion of the earth's irr-
ha.bitants whose faces water never touches.
During a great flood which occurred furth-
er than any of us can remember, the entire
globe was covered with water for some
time. The water has not wholy retired in
some places to this day. It furnishes great
impetus to ship building, however, which
had been rather neglected up to that time,
and gave us the Tower of Babel, besides
pioviding employment for numerous profes-
sors of ianguages.
There are a great many kinds of water,
such as fresh water, salt water, well water,
Congress water, dish water, Kissengee wa-
ter, bilge water, water on the brain, Deer
Creek water, hydrant water, Blue Lick wa-
ter, joint water, break water, and brandy -
and water.
Salt water, found mostly at sea, differs
from fresh water, in containing a large in-
fusion of table salt.- Sailors are very fond
of salt water, and actually live on it for
months at a time. The effect of it on most
people is to make them dry, which accounts
for sailors being such hard .drinkers. In
former days it is supposed a much larger
surface of ground was covered with salt wa-
ter than now. When it retired it left dry
land, and it has been dry ever since. [In-
terroission to take a glass of water.
All the rivers in the world find t1 eir way
to the sea. We don't know how they do
it, but they do. We tried to find our way
to the sea once when a boy, resolved to go
for a sailor, but we were overtaken before
we got there, and brought ignominously
back, amid the jeers of the villagers.
We remember gazing tearfully on abrook
that went murmuring back of the house
and sighed to think the brook could run off
to sea and we couldn't. We can'etellwhat
the brook was naurmuring about. Perhaps
it was because it had to go to sea and did
not want to, like one ofl the nafig,hty boys
that are sometimes carried off and shipped
on board a whaler, -because they daren't
whale her at hoine.
The waters of rivers are fresh, although it
don't taste ye/7 fresh, when furniahed by
the Water Work's Company, We have
heard of "Salt River," but as we are suc-
cessful in allying ourselves with the win-
ning party, we never sailed up -it. -
The lakes abound in fresh water, except
Salt Lake ; yet a friend brought us a bottle
of Salt Lake water not longage and although
it was ten days on the way, we found it
quite fresh when we came to open it. There
is a briny moisture in the atmosphele about
Salt Lake, and we are told that it is noun -
usual thing for an excessively paarrieel Mor-
mon to find himself in 'a pickle With all his
wives.
With so many rivers of fresh water emp-
tying themselves into the sea (Sundays not
excepting) it is strange the saltness of the
water exhibits no perceptible diminution.
The wind freshens at eea quite often, but
the sea never does.
Fresh water fish. are caught for the most
par& in fresh water. Occasional-
ly one is caught in salt water, but he
wouldn't be caught there again if he could
help it. Fish will get out of their proper
element, sometimes, like other feed. The
sardine, a salt water fish, is often) found in
oil, and we may add in parenthieels, that no
body but a "Sardine" would be in oil nevi -
*days, anyway.
Chemically coresidered, water is a combi-
nation of oxygen and hytrogen. Some peo-
ple, thinking to improve on nature, add a
little Holland gin if they want it for a bev-
erage. Milkmen put milk in it befoie ped -
ling it out to their customers, to give color,
to their transactions. Chemists say that
at the lowest estimate, five -sixths of the
living human body isisimply water. This
is a grave warning to people who are given
to the intenaperate use of cold water as a
'beverage, for they are in danger of adding
the other sixth and becoming alt water.
An old toper, who had read somewhere
that five -sixths of his body was water,
said it was none ofliiielfault--he hadn't take
en any in over forty years. He wept bit -
because he had to have so much water
with his Whisky.
Water is a capital thing for running saw
mills, factories and canal boats, putting out
fires, rinsing tumblers, sprinkliug the streets
and starting a thunder shower, and it is an
indispensible aid in the formation of tem-
perance societies.
We can't write on water, oh no!
Aman is said to be absent minded when
he thinks he has left his watch at home
and takes it out of his pocket to see has he
got time to return home to get it.
series.
From an qd'
e,_Wilitary h. p. Man—Why
are the volunteeeritlike Nelson? Because
tlieq„:,/'itst thing he ',did was to die for his'
ddo. and that is just about the last
tiattg they'll do.
Sir Walter Scottie Story of a Med Bull
I was once (says Sir Walter Scott) pro-
ceeding from the Oki to the Neve Town of
Edinburgh, by the Earthen Mound, at the
.head of which I was led for a few rainutes
to look at a bull that hact got into an en-
closure there, after the unmerciful butcher
lade had driven him fairly mad. The crowd'
thategethered on the outside of the fence
increased the brutes fierceness. At last
they began to cast ropesover his home, and
mound its neck, thereby to pull it to a
stronghold, that it might be slain where it
was, 'which drove it to its most desperate
fury_ Its eyes now glared madness ; there
were handsful of foam from its mouth;
with its fore -feet it pawed the ground,
throwing lumps as high as the, adjoining
houses; and it bellowed so as to make one
quake. It was anything but on agreeable
sight, so I moved away homewards. But
before I got to the foot of the mound, an
alarming" &eat caused me to look back,
when 1 perceived the animal at no great
dis'tande behind me, coming on with all
rage. 1 had just time to spring to the top
oftthe wall that lined the foot _path, and to
behold its further progress. I shudder to
to this hour when I think of what I imme-
diately saw. Among the people near me,
and in jeopardy, was a young lady, and she
wore a red mantle, which is a veay offien-
sive color to many of the brute eleation.
As 1 did she also made for the wall; but
had neither time nor strength to gain its
top ere the infuriated animal drove towards
her. She turned her back, however, to the
inaccesible eminepce, as if to see the full
extent of her fate, and then stood as nailed
to it, save only her arms, which she threw
aloft in despair; which wout, indeed, have
been as fragile inilher defence as a broken
reed. Her tend* body would have been
nothing against ailloe that could have brok-
en bars of brass, and had horns that might
have transfixed an animal of its own sive
As I have said, directly towards the unpro-
tected young lady, the bull drove forward ;
with steadfast eye he came onhe mistook
his mark not an. inch.; for as the multitude
behind him yelled their horror, he dashed
with prodigious strength and madness
against her. Was it net a miracle that the
dear young woman escaped unhurt? Yet
it is true ; for the terrific animal struck so
accurately that a horn smote the dead wall
on either hand, thus embracing, but from
their great length, shielding her peeson
from even the slightest damage. But the
staunch wall stood the tremendous thrust,
and sent back with rebounding force to a
great distance the huge and horrible brute,
throwing him prostrate, never to rise again;
for numberless destructive weapons were
plunged into him before he had time to re-
cover from his recoil.
Jehial Slab's Remarks.
FROM LIVELY TO SEVERE.
If
Sin rides the sled down the hill. Re-
fientance drags it back again.
Selfishness, like a rooster, is bound to
whip everything that attempts to crow on
its own dung -hill.
Charities are like tiles laid in swampy
ground. The influences at work are all
silent and unseen-ebut'you know this:
the more bounteously.
I bless you.
The more yoe, la
the future crops wi
Some people see
the enjoyment of se
peculiarly adapted for
ndal. Like swine the
are extiernely happy only when they have
succeeded in finding a good sized mucl-pud-
,dle to wallow in. •
No matter how unshapely and crooked
the man, there are plenty of angles in God's
world that will fit him without chinkling.
Even if he is ,as homely as Horace Greely,
he need not despair, if he will only hunt
his angle faithfully!
How often those who try to make inen
better, defeated the object they have in view
through tlie lack of a little of love's genial
sunshine.The iwberg must rbe brought
down within the influence of the warm sure-
ny zones before it will begin to yield. It
never melts in the Polar Sea:
I don't think it at all strange that Ben
Butler made the spoon business a success
in New Orleans. With the position and
disposition, most - any one, cross-eyed
enough to hunt thr e or four ways at once,
could have done it.
ewe..
Importing Death.
The revenue authorities of N. Y„ having
reason to believe that smuggling operations
have been carried on to a considerable ex-
tent, detailed several special officers tor ser-
vice in tile lower bay. Last Friday they
went on board the brig H. G. Berry, then
anchored in the Horse Shoe, near Sandy
Hook. Mr. Fideau and his assistants, on
neerink the vessel, noted a sickening
stench, which wes explained to them when
they boarded the brig. Inquiring for the
captain, they were informed that he had
gone on shore with the pilot ana four of
his Men. He then asked to see the ves-
sel's manifest, but the mate said that the
captain had locked, taking the key with
him. At length the mate informed him
that four of the crew had been taken
down by yellow fever, in the voyage from
Havana, and that the captain, Stephen
Paine, had' died of cholera, and that one
of the ,crew had died of yellow fever. He
added that the body of the captain. was
*fel in -the lower hold of the brig. Di -
crediting the story, the officere prosecuted
e search, and descending to the lower hold
t iey found there, in contact with the car-
go of 'sugar, the box containing the de-
composed -corpse of the captain. The of-
ficers went to Tompkinsville and filed an
affidavit setting forth th q facts as related
above.
tilt
won expoitor,
THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE
COUNTY OF HURON,
IS jaiblished.,every Friday IVIorning, in Seaforth..
It is the largest paper in the County.
.o:
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$1.50 per annum, in advance ; if not so paid
$2.00 will be charged. No subscription taken
for a shorter period than three months.
•o: —
ADVERTISING RATES.
TRANSIENT.
--Per line, first insertion, 8ats ; subsepient in-
sertions,.2 cts, each time. Advertisements meas
ured by a 'scale of solid brevier- No advertise-
naent taken for less than One Dollar.
CONTRACT RATES:
One Column for One Year, - - $60 00
" Six Months, - 35 00
" Three " •. 20 00
Half One Year, :35 00
" Six Months, - 20 00
" Three " - -- ;12 00
Quarter " One Year, 20 00
" Six Months - 12 00
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" Three " - - 8- 00
Eighth • " One Year, - , 12 00
( 1
‘) i . SixMonths ' 1 8 00
Thtee ". - - - - .5 00
Advertisements, without specific. directions,
will be inserted till forbid, and charged accord- i.
ingly:
119-tf..
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SIGN OF THE
Golden Padloe0
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Seaforth, Sept. 21st, 1870.
101
TORONTO MILLINERY.
MISS ERWIN;
T\ESIRES to respectfully inform the ladies of
Seaf 'rth and. vicinity, that she has removed
her Milliijery Establishment to
R YNOLD'S BLOCK'
NEAR THE RAILWAY STATION.
Miss Erwin would also take this opportunity
of saying that she has very considerably increas-
ed her stock which consists of
MANTLES,
HATS
AND BON -NETS,
Ready trimmed.
DRESS CAPS,
&c., &c.
Orders for all kind of work, such as
MANTLE
AND DRESSMAKING,
. TRIMMING,
• BRAIDING. ETC.
PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. .
A stock of piece Satins of all shades on hand.
_ Seaforth, Sept. 210, 1870. 146-tf--.
MONEY!
$51000 TO LEND.
T HAVE the above sum on hand for invest -
1 ment °la good Farm Security, at 8 and 9 per
cent.,—Private Funds.
JOHN S. PORTER.
SEAFORTH, July 25, 1870.
139.—
OCTOBER 7, 1870_
NOTICE.
BATAS BATHS !
MR. PILLMAN,
HAS pleasure in announcing to the gentlemen
of Seaforth and a ieinity, that the BATHS
formerly kept by Mr. Lubelski are now ready
for use, and he hopes that by keeping everything
clean and comfortable to receive a hberal share
of public patronage.
•
TAILORING'
MR. PILLMAN,
WOULD'also beg to state that he is carrying
on the
TAILORING 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 their orders, will
have there garments made in a manner which
will be second to the work.of no other establish-
ment in Ssaforth.
A TRIAL I RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED.
Seaforth, April 14, 1870.
123-tf.
,T5ETH EXTRACTED WITROUT PAIN.
jflj CARTWRIGHT. L. D.S., Surgeon Dohs,
k j„ Extracts teeth without pain by the use of
the Nitrous -Oxide Gas. Office, --Over the 'Bea-
con' store, Stratford. Attendance in Seaforth,
ratSha,rp-s Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes-
alay of each month ; in Clinton, at the Commerc-
ial Hotel, on the following Thursdays and
Fridays. •
Parties requiring new teeth are requested to
call, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on thelfirst days
of attendance.
Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extractei
by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coul-ton'S of6.ces.
New York. ,
Stratford, Fed. 11, 1870. 114-tf—
FARAIER.S GO TO
ITNAUCHT AND TEEPLE,
FOR
WAGGONS. BUGGIES,
A GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS, and in
1-1_ 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.
MUSIC, MUSIC.
HANDSOME FIVE OCTAVE
LODEON
FOR SALE,
MANUFACTURED BY
R. S WILLIAMS TORONTO
The rinde, signed will receive orders for PIANOS
or MELODEONS, arid for piano tuning. Orders
left at. the
TELEGRAPH 13001( STORE.
C. ARMSTRONG.
::;oaforth, June 3, 1870. 131-tf.
JOHr LOGAN'S
FALL GOODS
POP; 1870,
POSSESS ALL THOSE GOOD QUALITIES
WHICH HAVE ESTABLISHED
THE
MANCHESTER HOUSE
-
AS ONE OF THE BEST PLACES FOR DO-
ING 11"UkNESS, IN- C A -NIA DA .
SEAFORTII, April 28, 187e 152-tf.
•
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE!
VOR SALE. CHEAP, A DF.STRABLE DWEL-
LING HOUSE Pleasantly situated, on St.
John Street, Seaforth.
For further particulars apply to
Main St.
4OHNDuSgEgAisTt,TezEcR.,,
—
SEA.FORTII, July 14, 1870.
1364L
DANIEL MCPHAIL,
LICENSED AUCTIONEER
FOR THIC
COUNTIES OF PERTH AND AVON
prEGS td 'return his stnegeetleukkalo the in. Bfr hicbitants of erth fo.i tAeir' libt4ra1 p'tronage
during the'paateix years. 'would respectfnlly
announ6e-that he will attend.- d all orders itt
PERTH- 'or•HURON for 1870. Orders left at
the "ExPosrron" Office, in Seafofth, the Bekiya
Office, Stratford, or the _Advocate, in Mitchell,
will be promptly attended te.. ,
Conveyancing, and Real Estate Agency attend
eti:to, and. loans ugoLi4teiL:
OFFICE --East side of the mark. • Kiecheal,
Ont. •
• 1144'
Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870.
. .
MILLINERY,
DRESSINTANTLE
MISS McINTOSH
-TAKES this opportunity of returning thanks
for the liberal patronage extended to hersince
coming to Seaforth, and would respectfully inti-
mate to customers and others, that she isrstill to
be found OVER MR, CORBY'S STORE. Ali
prders will reeeive the UTMOST ATTENTION.
With regaatd. to TASTE, NEATNESS and the
LATEST STYLES, cannot be EXCELLED IN
SEAFORTH. STRAW and HAIR -WO RIC
CLEANED ON THE SHORTEST NOTICE.
SEAFORTH, March 31, 1870.
121 --
FILL GOODS!
T. K. ANDERSON'S
FALL STOCK,
HasReeentlyArrived
IT COSTS OF
PLAIN AND FANCY TWEED 1
MELTONS,
Broad Cloths & Doeskins,
ALSO BEAVER AND PILOT
o it 0 o rrai\TG-s_
AND ALL OTHER SEASONABLE 003DS
IN THE LINE.
Everythiiig made up in. the Latest,
or any -SbIe, to suit Customer&
ALL WORK WAI3ANTED, AND PERFECT
FITS /GUARANTEED,
PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.
41/11" SHOP ONE DOOR SOUTH OF ROB-
ERTSON & CO'S HARDWA RE STORE
SEAFORTH, September 1, 1870.
115 --
ONTARIO HOUSE!
EDWARD CASK
-WILL COM1VIENCE ON
SEPTEMBER THE FIRST,
TO CLEAR OFF HIS
DRY GOODS STOCK,
AT AND UNDER COST.
GOOD VALUE FOR READY
PAY.
Cas:b. for Butter and Other
Produce.
FreshTeas&Groeees
ALWAYS ON HAND.
SE/IFORTH, Sep. 1, 1870. 53—
LUMSDEN
Has just received a Fresh Stock of
PURE DRUGS
AND
CHEMICALS
Toilet ant Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair, To
andfNail Brushes, French, English,
and ..k•aierican.
PERF MERy.
GENUINE DYE STUFFS
Guaranteed to be of the best quality
Horse and Cattle Medicines
Conditi6n Powder
Physicians perscriptions carefully and aoc
ately dispensed.
R LUMSDEN,
MR. JOHN THOMPSON
MHANKS his numerous customers for their.
liberal patrOnage during the last fifteen.
years, and trusts he will receive its continnaasze,
He has now on hand a large assortment of
Goccd Sound
Green Hemlock I
Which he warrants will give satisfaction..
ALSO
200,000 FEET OF PINE,
C UT Foli.
BUILDING AND GENERAL PURPOSES
Which he offers on liberal terms. Orden iU
be promptly attended to.
He has also onhand a large- assortment of
WELL SEASONED ACCOUNTS 1
To which he:Calls the attention' of his old. castor
niers, Who -will find it to theiradvantage Ire-
tike,them prOmPtly, and without legal- preitaias
ings.Seaforth, Saify; 21st, 1870.
-Nitrtiok OF DistourrIpti
RE •psitueialti,p heretofole ex41ecit
tIm 1110661111314e
itte who have" been' ria4tyjrie tit
bu*iti-1.4:1,the;-vfilike of Seafe#h; as
dertL 4:ilkdrd ittie of W. &
Men y
WITITV1Cft
JOHN SabBIE.'r
Seaforth, Aug let, 1870. 1444—
OCTOB R7, 187
- The Plaine of
...._
These plains. just ),
wails of the city, are th
at Quebec, It . Ape he
slopes that- Wolf 'evert
peiver of the' Freneh I
- = r •
The noble and pathetic
alle—floW Wei 11.oati'
the' little cove in
the assault, repeatedG
Con try Churchyard,"
, murmur, 441 would pre(
of that poem to the .glo
French teenorrove J" hie
canon ep, yonder step
across to the - heights; ,a
the moment of victory_
idlv over the peaceful fiel
thri'rna seems to be aga7
yeareyes - the grassy up
French and English, she
livering close volleys, an
the- hand to hand eneoi
stnoothe-bre muskets re
culverine rumble ; Wolf i
to fall anon with his t
three bullets, nearly at 1
when Montaalm too is sti
bitter struggle the two leti
surrender their brave live
On the field rises a mat
the inscription, "Here di
ousf In the chepel of 0
vent, within the city, iS i Rj
cut, a Honneur a Mont
en hal derobant la Vietoi
par ene wort glorieuse !"--i
priving him of victory, re
a elorious deat'a ri And
ie
his opponent, died glorioui
ing, a God be ]raised! tit;
when assured that the elat,-1
soldier spoke there; and
brave and gentle spirit, WI
battle repeating the tender
elegy, and coveting the p
posery, surrendered his so ,
asleep in the antis of victor
snake Fase
The gower of fassinat
snakes has often been. d
Bowker, of Alstonfieids, 4
set, when walking one d
was attracted be'r the Reid
and, upon investig,ating
ed a huge "tree -snake" eoiJ
es of a frnit ireitt surronn
of which was sk*ly app
bird fluttering around ai
twig to twig, gradually dr
nearer,nitil, when withir
of the snake's head, the la
tended its open jaws,tool
then, coiling his body arm
tine crushea ite and afterw
Mr W." tubbs, of Whit
Qucentown-, while cross:
heard the plantive ery o
peered to be in great troub
the spot Nvhence the noise
foued a rat- Walking backw-
and yet constantly diesevin
where lay a puff adder,
its mouth wide open, and
on the rat. A few inoi
bring the rat within the ad
it was 'quickly killed ane
summer of 180, Ma 13oe
tier armed and eiounted p
missioner's agent in Dast
timed at Butterworth in
teraitory. One belay, wh'I
stroll, his attention was a
squeaking of a mouse, wl
own expression, "had eve
grief in some way or ode r
tigating the tense ite foun
-which was exercising its p
tion upon a- mouse. Ile n
snalFe, but the mouse stili
continued to ,approach
Bowker took the motive in
manifested no fear of him, s
overcome by the power of
put it on the ground, whe
it actually crept to the 8po
snake was lying and set in
er a time it appeared to r
and crawled away. An
Highlands, near Graham's
ed a green -and -yellow- tree
of fascinating a wood -robin
his father, who eame wit
twa,watched the operation
thai'in another moment th
into the open mouth 4
father then raised his gun,
aimed shot, killed the snak
life of the bird,
A Noble Gellnaal
A correspondent who vi
field of Saarbruck says
whose two sons were in th
and who took part in the
bruck, related the followin
Just as it was getting dusk
of the battle, he went out
to bring in some of the w
haps, for all he knew to th
eons amongst them. Be
ibd five in the cart, the s'
Von Winterfeld. As soon
wegideposite'd in they/at— ei
faint and abrlost unintelligi
look for my sergeant—a b
I will not fereake The
full and it was quite dar
sought to excuse himself 01
being able to find the
the darkness. 'Then lift m -
the captain, 4for I -will die
Resetteent e There Was no
ai'eletitith the assistance
Eft die sergeant
was
pl3eed by the side ofhis
net day both of them di