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he re -built;
Lay
felt an
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Chiselhurst
prisoner on
)ty is felt for
have decided
id dollars to
Railway.
am co.mmt-
morning of
of W rds-
York cele-
vin'the sway
publie'meet-
Kincardine
L on Friday
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sfa de.stroye
ngland, an
11 in torrent
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in all direct-
oss Stra,
wounded,
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,000,00
'IS occurred
ono Fenian.
ounty, w
untied by an
belief in Mi -
President
e Le.Novveato
sent Manito-
s been occa-
rtalian cities
sons by bri-
City, in the.
of the Great
'rise(' so that
Le top of the
without fear
structures.
)arroll, while
Lnty, had an
.rtook to pry
with a jack-
nilararaation
and he died
ed on Thum
1 factory of
aain lids had
id tar inside
The still
rs supported
it $2,700.
ji
Newmarket
r. R. Simp-
t, loae of over
stock, which
said dollars.
store, but
damage was
„le announce
aye already
recent. insur•
-
ave been ar-
t The opiate
xiefid Oil the
astigated by
Iencoe Loop
y as the
a contractor
nail gangs of,
is the inten-
-
amtracts for
irobers may
,niey aged '
t the ether
reslaing ma -1
and dragged
(table force.
tally leving •
-
waistbands
.1,ised badly,
out. p
iounces that
'nese for the•
rare march- .
accordingly.
aused much
nd French
re.' 'Active '
111 certainly
i.i.concerned.
-
plan - analo-
lerated. En -
re ilways.--:-
frequently
ed t!aerebte
-etc* these
'S.sians place
amts on the
to, riava, the ,
attire, which
iral the dan
occurred
;a. re_
tlae Vic-
( and swift
:bast one of
s broken. to
plunged in-.
battle for
lerate ener-
ley were all
the raft,
parties in
tht von txpo*or.:
DisTmc,77-, MATTERS..
We, hitt wgek, saw a curiosity in the way of. o
grey squirrel, ;which was killed M McKillop.
The South Huron. Agricultural Society propose
having an annual dinner, on the evening of the
day, of the amnia], meeting. .
ThOmas Kidd has opened oat a large and varied
stock of new goods, in Kidd & Mc ullein's old
• stand. -See advertisement next week. -
*
From SuturdayTevening till Monday noon lest,
one 4 the greatest storms ofwind. and rain pre-
. veiled, eeer known in ti s part of the country,
• .
Jas, Kelly,- of Morris, ha e fleft, at this office,
two mammoth. potatoes, weighing,together,.3 lbs.
ozs- They are of the variety, known as
" Jenny Lind. '
Ort Wednesday evening ,next, Rev. Goldsmith
will deliver the first lecture of the series, under
the auspices of the Mechanics' institute, in the
Presbyterian Church. 'See bills.
At the London Assizes, Edward Blackwell woe
found guilty on a. charge of horse stealing, On
two counts. Sentence was deferred till altered-
jourmeet of the court, which was till the 14th
instant.
In the orchard of of Jas. Johnston, Stanley,
there is, atree that has the second atop of apples,
for the seaeon, well on to maturity; ancl. another
tree that was never before known to bear, has
now a reungerop..
In mentioning the donations to the South Huron
Agricultural Society, as -prizes for the Plowing
Match,in a previous iesu.e, we inadvertently
overlooked $20, by M. 0, Cain' eron. Esq„ M. P.,
for the Boys' class. -
J. It. Grant's Drug Store, Ainleyville, is noted
for the quality as well as cheapness of his Dye
Stuffs, (reliable Dye Recipes gratis), full stock of
Proprietary and Patent Medicines, Chemicals,
etc. Books and. Stationery, ajull supply at city
prices. Leave your orders and be Convinced..
Mrs. Win. Fowler, of uckersmith, has during
the season, just ended, wth the assistance of her
three daughters, made, fr la twenty-eight cows,
$1.075 worth of cheese, besides having supplied a
household of fourteen persons, with butter, _and
selling between $75 and $100 Worth. '
.NoRTIL HuRoN ROOT CROP. -The judges of
root crops for the North Heron Agricultural So-
ciety, have completed their daties and trepott as
follows e -CARROTS : 1st, Jas. Dickson 2nd, P..
Taylor' • 3rd, R Manning. MAN`c•-„...EL:ir.
. URTzEts:
1st, It Manning; 2nd Jas. Dickson. eTuaenis :
lst, C. Spooner, 2nd, S. Andrews • 3rd, T. Tay -
lar : lst, James Dickson,. 2nd, IL
'Baker.
STANLEY PLOUGHING MATCH -On Tuesday
last, the Stanley Agricultural Society's Plowing
-Match was held on Mr. John Ratteeihury's farm,
Bracefield. On account of :the extremely .busy
season- farmers been all engaged in getting in
their Met crops= neither the competition, nor the
attendance of spectators, w -as as large, as under
other circumstances, might have been expected ,
Thera were four entries, three inFirst-class men,
and one in Boys., The number of spectators did
not probably .exceed. one hundred, still the inteie
est in. the work Was lively, and the plowing, it-
self, waae very geed. The prizes were taken is
follows- MEN:, lst, Alex. Thompson, 2nd,
John Cameron, 3rd. Doneld ROSE. BOYS: 14,
Hugh McGregor.- Tho plowmen were all resi-
dents.of Stanley, During the -da, our hospitable
friend, Mr. Rattenburysuppliettall hands with
all kinds, and any quantity, of "basket edibles,"
in the field, and when the, work was done, all
gathered round his truly festive board, and ate
like "plowmen" of the choice viands that John
had so bountifully provided, and nought but a
pressure of business constrained our reporter to
leave so social a circle as was there that evening.
The Judges of tbe plowlag were. Messrs. James
Young, Wm. Bell and Robert Allen- .
Grey Ploterin•g -Match.
The Grey Iilow•mg Match came off on the farm
of Peter McDonald. Esq.,- Lot No. 1, (ton. 15,
Grey, on Tuesday the lst inst. The weather
was all that could. be desired, and the ground
was in gcled cwrder, with the exception of some
places which. w ere low and wet. There was a .
cod turn out in -both classes, and the plowing
one by men and. bat's, was very creditable ia-
dee& Mr, McDonald, withe goodly eheet; did
eVery thing in his power to make the affair as
pleasant and agreeable as possible, and all par-
ties left for home satisfied that he had.accom-
plished his object admirably. ,
, Pam LIST.
Mabee-11st, Alex. Forsyth, 2nd, John Calder,
3rd, Wfflie. Johnson, 4th, James Johnsonatt ,
BoYS,-lst, Robt.,Burns ; 2nd, Alex Stewart,
3rd, Dond. Scott, 4th, J. Smilat. Best rigged...
and groomed team Willie J0118011.
JuDGEs,-Wm. Walker, .MeKillop ; Arch, MP
Donald, Grey; Mr. Charters, 'Tuckersmitli.
•
A Coincidence, (?) 1
Upon the first appearance of the Brantford
Expositor, after the destruction of its _office by
fire,in the course of an article, alluding to its Con-
duct, 0:nd intentions, appeared the following
paragraph :---
" Everything calculated to promote the inter-
- esta of Brantford, and, its citizenswill receive
particular attention. A new era in the prosperi-
ty- of Brantford is just opening. . fAlsiness of all
kinds is being rapidly increased and extended.,
buildings of a substantial class, and in large num-
bers, are either in process of erection` or soon will
be ; and 1871 promises to be the busiest, most
progressive and prosperous year the town has yet
witnessed. . It will be the privilege of the Exposi-
tor to keep a faitful record of all our .local im-
provements -to urge- them on and extend them
when praeticable. ,Correspondence of an inter-
esting character, and of a more or less'general
interest, is respectfully sOlicited ; tend in this de-
partment our motto will always be, - • Pair play,
and no favor.' "
The week after, the following was embodied in
an original (?) "blow -hard" article published in
the Clinton New Era :----
fTverything calculated to promote the inter-
ests of Clinton and its people, Will: receive par-
ticular attention. A new era in the prosperity of
Clinton is just opening. Business of all kinds is
being rapidly increased and. extended ; .buildings
of a substantial class, and in large numbers, are
either in process of erection or soon will be, and
1.871 promisee to be the brisiestmost progressive
and. prosperote's year the village has yet witnessed.
It will be the privilege of the New Era to keep a
faithful record of all our local improvements --to
urge thene oni and extend them when practicable.
Corresponcleniee of an interesting character, and
of a more Or less general inteeest, is respectfully
solicited, and M this'departnient °whiled° will
always be, Pair play; and no favor.'"
If this was a coincidence, it was a peculiar one,
celtainly ; and if 1 a plagerisra, evidences good
judgment, for the gold-niedalist, in thus dis-
erim. i,nating between the productions- of a Brent-
ford cotemporary, and his own.
T E UR
South urou Plowing Match.
,
Th Plowin Match under the auspices of the
out
Huron - iriculturad Society' carne off, as
, er a oiince ent, on the London. Ro , Town-
' hip f Saillei , on Thursday,127th ult.
THE pAY '
Th day did
et, ut by a
Way ai4I so
ette day cou
Th competi
entries having
The entries 'we
en, 11 ; Seco
'
not promise viery well at the out-
ut 10 o'cldele the clouds wore
ar as weather was concerned a
¬ have been seleeted.
THE COMPETITION. ,
n was large, in all, no less than 31
een made, though only 30 plowed.
e divided as folic:dye : First-ola,ss
d -class men, 12; &lye, 8.
THE PLOWING.'
•
The excellen quality 0 the: plowing was the
ubjeet of tin' ersal cominent by the thousand
spectators. ongst the work of the First-class
n, anything i ot tirkit-class was not to be found.
And besides th t of those who took prizes in this
lass, the work a Mr. Chesney, of Tuckersmith,
nd. r:I'hipp , of Goderich Township, was Neely
highlyesteemd. But, as neither of them,
fin'sli d ., in f e they were ineligible for prizes;
t
otherwise the:. prize list. would in all probe-
ility have bem .different from whet it now is.
on st the w rk of the Second-class Men, there
as some gos plowing, yet again theke was a
ery c nsidereb e thOteerasscarcely ordinary. And
en the . "Bo: s." 'Well the fact of the matter
mply was th y had no chance, as th ground,
as so, rough O d stoney. The Directors held all
e ,plttymen -sla rp to tirae, the result of which
as that not 0. e e -half of the whole' -number en-
ged were ou This created some little dia.
tisfaction, in smuch, as it seethe that On -
previ
s oeeasions, i me has not been looked closely
ter ;' but the irectors considering that wrong
ing, .couldnobe too soon stopped, acted as we
ire said. A other regulation that , did not
einmeet ' th universal approval was that
e green
S le the' Di ectors eared upon the stiggesti n
t)
sod t riled; was ,fieished. - In adopting
the.Judge, d it is to be regretted that
aiy-
lirig but the b st of satisfaction was the res It
a measure, t) at the Directors adopted with the
•st of iUtepti /M.\ When the tirae flag went
wn, only ttve of the Boys" class were ifinished;
t as the Direc ors considered , it especially de -
t this class should be encouraged, they
dge,s atter awarding the first and.
the twO finished,to distribute the
amongst the other competitors.
THE pRIzE UST. "
I
EN. -L-- 1st, L. Curtis, -Goderich
Jas., Patterson, Tuckersmith ;
, Hibbert; 4th, Alex. Thomp-
.
t.
it
able th
instructed! the‘t
second .priaeete
remem iglprizes
• 1 I
.
Township; 2nd;
3-d, JHarbu
s n, S,i ey.!
SEccl. D-CL*sa
le ; 2 d, ,Peltet
;3rd, John Came
1-1 nett; • 5thi,'
Bo
2d, W. McMie
g. die Hibbert
5t', I hneWat
1 cker mith ; 7
he lowneen'
co clus'on of th
K ppenopoi,
st le, hi h is
RTso
t a °meeting
ev nin , the foil
oved by Mr.
so : That the t
ar her by. teede
'C rap y, NA
in the shape of'a
p e a the P1
th t su h gener
fr nt tbe agricul
eyed by Mr.
so : T at the t
ar hee by teade
hi present of a
a • rim or
co d iisti
So iety,
m label
rie
he
to
pl
wi
1 11
OU
SO
ar
ove
at t
eby
11; f
•1
MEN.-lst, Donald Ross, Stan -
McDougall, Goderich Township;
on,
.Stanley 4th, R. McMichael,
. Logan, Stanley„
. Beacom, Goderich Township;
ael, Hullett ,• 3rd, Jose 011 Hog -
4th, Wm. Gardiner, ibbert ;
, Startley ; 6th, James {cLean,
h, John McMillan, McKillop.
THE DINNER.
dinner was served up at the
match, by "mine host ' of the
as.' Shaw, .after his, rdinary
excelled in the country
UTIONS OF THANKS.
of the Directors held 'tie same
wing resolutions were a opted
Luxton, °seconded by r. Wil-
anks of this Society are due and
ed the "Massey Manufacturing
math, for their mimificrnt-gifte
valuable reaping machine, as a
wing Match, and furthermore
sity Merits a liberal petronage
urists of Huron. --Carried.
Hunter, seeonded by*. Simp-
anks of this Society are due and
ed Mr. Bell, of -St. Geerge, for
ew and imprOved cultivator, as
he Plowing Match, this being the 'se-
ce o Mr. Bell's generosity to this
d that such conduct deserves to be' re;
ed. y th farmers of this CountY,
d by Mr. Bell, eeconded by Mr. alining:
e. thanks sf this Society aee due nd are
eniered. lepra. Verity &Ross, F
their eir erality in presenting itwitha
asl a,prize a the Plowing Match, and, that
recognize slid conduct as an evidence f their
be prosperity of agricu ture in
ried.
nxten, :seconded by M
nks of this Society are
ed Messrs. Zapfe & Cart
nerosity in presenting it
rthe Plowing Match, a
•ze in such conduct, en
d, Nei
(Ju
love b
: Thiel
he for
t
Mr.
he th
herelley.te_nde
for E, for their g
plow as aprizef
the Seciety Tea)
that deserves a
Moved by Mr.
That the thanks
:hereby teiadered
s his gift of $20 as
at the Plowing M
Moved by Mr
•
s
3
. Simp-
ue, and
r, -Sea-
with a
d that
erprize
eral patronage. -Carried.
ishote seconded by Mr, Bell:
f thial Society are due, and are
. C..Cameron, Lsc, M. P•, for
rize money, for the Boys' dass
tele +Carried.
Ma ing. seconded by Mr.
Hunter : That lt essrs. Oliver Ce Wilson and
Alex. 4r ompson, agents, for the "Massey Mana-
fac min Company," and Mr. B. Bell, respective-
ly, lare e titled to the tanks of this Society for
ther ex rtions in securing the handsome presents
r principals, 4° this Society, and that we
llect their conduct with gratitude. -
fron the
-wilil rec
Ca ried.
was resolved that oopies of the above resolu;
tie' s of thanks be forwarded to tbe parties to
wh m t ey are respectively tendered.
4
VARNA..
-
TPLE MATCH. A rifle match between 10 men
of o. Company, and the same number from
No. 7 Os mpany, of the 33rd Battalion, took place
in ayfi ld; on Mandate 24th ult. Ranges 200
an 400 ards. Five shots at each range. Con -
aid ring. he unfavorable state of the weather, the,
•
sho brig wa.s vete, goodi indeed.' A youth of 17
yea. s headed the list with a score of 34 points,
out of a possible 40. The match resulted in fa-
vor of ji 7 I Compel by 31 points. In the
evening the shooters ,an 1 a few invited guests sat
down to excellent inner in Joslin's Hotel.
Among th mvited1 guests we noticed Mr. Ritchie,
Major 0 =Ors, and Drs. Woods and Garners, of
Bayfield, anct Dr. Ste art of Varna. Captain
Jacs.son,I f No. 5 Com any, occupied the chair,
and Caplan Shepherd, of No. 7, the vice chair.
After th usual patriotic toasts and songs were
gone ove • the chairmaii proposed the health of
.the vic4 rous tea. Capt. Shepherd responded.
He 'said ie would be most happy to give .No. 5
-Pompon p.n Opportunity of retrieving their lost
laurels: heers). He ended up by proposing the
unsuccessful ten. _ Responded to by Capt. Jack-
son and Lieut. McDonald. Mr. Ritcbderespond-
edeto the invited gees s: The ladies, proposed
and repon ed to by Mr. Foote'ancl Dr. Stewart.
SPEC IA.L NOTICES.
ckr & Co. have a lot of Ne. ,1 Spanish
sole teat er, that they will sell cheap to the trade.
4 or 5 fir t- ass shoema,kers wanted.
JUST r cei ed at Lamsden's drug store, a fresh
supply.o F Rows' Compound Syrup of the AY-
pophosp • e Panoreatie Emulsion, Liebegs ex-
tract of •• eat (the best article offered, for weak
and delic: • stomachs,) Shoshonees Remedy, Al-
iens Lula, Bisn, and all the popular cough re-
medies • • Use. R. Lumoden.
N :gx.pos
HA.14E TOWN.
ELIO ATIONS.-D. H.W. Hamniel's
at e, and apid inereasing business has nec
ed an en' argement of his already unrivalle
moth If tel. Althea° , Wright &
workmen buunly engaged in fabricating
sive liverstable, which is to be in, coni
with Ha • 'id's Hotel. In conclusion
highly gr• tified in chronicling that H. Min
trick has erected a very fine saddle and
es. lais • • ent. '
QUIRE; --Galbraith, the world renowned
nologist i pouring forth showers of eloqu
this place ; his unequalled witticisms have
dewy to draw forth pcals of laughter, "an
umles of 4iplausc.-The Pattie Fail on T
last, was attended with good results, the
being large, farmers realizing high prices.
are pleased. to learn, that the School T
have secured, for the %suing year, the e
seivices of Mr. Jas. AMt"son, jr„ who is
sido as principal teacher, assisted by
W ight.
EXETER.
HUROH OPENING,. -The new Wesleyan C
in 'he village of Exeter -was dedicated to th
shi of Almighty- (led On Sabbath, 23rd
La ge . c� gregOtions assembled at each
thr e serv ces to listen to the Word of Life
Th Rev. W. M. Ponshon, M. A„ Presid
'the Confe ence, preached at 10:30 o'clock
- in is usu 1 eloquent style, keeping the an
sin . apt a ention for neatly an hour. Rev.
Lea.royd, f Ingersoll, delivered a -useful s
in the a terneon, and the Rev: Wm.
preeehed n eloquenteer on in the evenia
the sermo s were faithfu expositions of th
pel truth. The lecture n Monday evenin
the Rev. .-111. Punsho M. A.'on '• Da
Babylon, was a success. Long before the
the church was filled to its utmost copaci
an appreciatfve audience. The church is a
tiful atructure, of white brick, about 45x7
gothic stye Of architec ure, tevith lecture
class roo in the basem nt(The cost of
ing is $4,(0). Proceeds of lecture and. dedi
on Monde , evening ainouated .to the nobl
of $340.-Londet, Advertiser:
SQUIRREL HUNT. In these times of na
wars and. social, feed!, it is pleasing to n
happy characteristic of the young People of
pen, and surrbundieg country, when circu
ces allow of their being brought into dos
familiarand
intercourse: Such an occasion occ
here on Friday,. 28th Ult., when a sho
match took place, between twenty choice in
men, and proved to be superior to any held
previous to this; whether ewe consider the w
er; the place of meeting, the number th t at
edit, or t e energetic spirit with Which it
conducted Messrs. Thomas Brinton and
Doig were
nig of
were
ther
ay, fr
ded
e was
I owe
came
the spoils of the forest, in the shape of
been
en gathering from fat and near,
. owls' heads, squirrels' tails, etc.
a
had 1 arrived, the fu•st thing to co
whose
mpire
r, were at one called upon. The
counted, 1Captain Briaton s side w
iced vietoridus 215 peints. Althoug
valrant Nimrods, on the other side, made e
• ord. my efforts; th
, lea es, figuring ove
inc wighes on Ca
the ill for the "ait
the other entertain
folio g were some
Jas. Doig, 370; Rob
220 Paul Doig, 215
Rd) rt Doig, 200.
ceed
tit'
ente
in r
Vs,
quis
go t
the
the
o'do
tabl
shpp
v tan
eve
the
all
Fri
sou
The
ble
nes
hay
wit
akin
the
was
+he'
Edg
bein
nou
captains. , The hnnters -met a
the 23rd ult. ,1 at Mr. Edgar's,
chosen their respective sides, and
eparitions Made for the contest On
BU arise" Until sunset; the wood re -
h the reports of the opposing uns.
0 exact time appointed to reas em-
er, from 5 o'clock p.m., and as •ark -
n apace, these expert hunters 'gilt
a,ch
ink
ter
ider
id.e would come off number one; so
, •Messrs. Jam( s Cooper and W iam
ore
an -
the
tra-
Captain and two of his col -
200 each. And so the
•aln Doig's side had to
' ani drinkin'," as we
ents in the evening.
st scores m
TGR.
exten-
ssitat-
Mam-
have
mas-
ection
o are
o Pa-
rness
Phre-
ce in
ten-
vol-
esday
sales
-We
stees
cient
o pre-
. N.
urch
wor-
inst.
I the
The
nt of
. m „
ience
John
rnion
riggs
. All
Gos-
, by
id in
hour
y by
eau-
;• of
and
uild-
tion
SUM
wnal
tea
Kip-
tan -
and
rred
ting
• s -
here
ath-
nd-
was
aul
the
here
I 51
ngs werebroug
y couples present, to engage in the even
inment ; and as Mt. Edgar had all t
adines, as well las the assistance of
orn, violinist, mic was brought int
tion, aod those who felt inplined -bega
rough
=teat
oor as
p.
The
Ly of tli
of thO highe
t. Dick, 2401
; ThOmas
y the tim
t to a close
• Peter Co
hiteman;
the day's
therewere
he mazes of
c toe, as , neatl
possible, aad s
., when, all repaired tq the su
supper was-an1exce11ent ind gene
e good things of life, hot the ord.
s used on such occasions, but the beat
coi1d be p ovidecl, and all present seeme
appre iate the meal.
he dance by touc
and elegantly
contlimed till tw
- This part of the
tert4nment being satisfactorily dealt with,
who wished to engageagaiiin terusichorean e
cues began
un -
foot
as
The
e :
per,
10;
ro-
ver,
ng's
MT.
to
ing
pon
lve
per
ous
ary
hat
to
en
all
er-
o chase the glowing !hours with fly-
ing feet; and so continued,ill nearly morn, en
i
they wended their way, hoi eward, seemingl all
well r• lease with the pro eedings. The th ks
of the gue ts are hereby tendeted to Mr. d
Mrs. Edgar, who 80 gener
o
usly prepared for, nd
carriO out uch admira,ble, arrangements for the
pleasures of so many. ' May such another oon
'come again. Com.
WROXETER.
W A.THER -The first snow this season fell wit
Sunday nig it. It was only a slight fall aiid
passed off n xt slay. Sunday an•I Monday were
very eold an wet; to -day (Tuesday) the weath-
er is beautiful.
M NTHLY FAIi.-The next monthly fair 11
be held in tads village on Monday,- 14t1i Novem-
ber.
1 • i
Wtristee . - Wroxetor • now sports a st am
whistle. 1. is attached to Ireland's shingle ea-
tery.
ITAJLLQW 1: Or passed off,quietly, evithout any of
the 4isgra. :efu1 pranks, that are generally sap -
pose to be necessary to its celebration. • ' -
NI are &moot.- oung men who wsh to
spen the long winter evenings profitObl could
do no betterithan att net the evening school 1 is
wint r .- It; commen es next week.
NO THEO" GRAVE BOA -D.- -The majority of
the r tepayets in this vicinity seem to be in fa or
of th proPosecl purch se of the Northern Cra el
.Road .
REn RIVER FEVER. This epidemic is rapi sy
increasing inland erou 4 Wroxetcr to an alarin ng
extent. ,_. tenbert of our well-to-do farmets re
tryingto sell their farms with the inten io i of
emigrating thither. .
Er, OTION 1 Marrea e -There 30 c nsider sle
talk as to the men who are going tk mil n xt
election. Several are talked of as the. "men for
Galway," but so far all is mere conjectural'
PIIRENOLO Y. -Galbraith is lectuting to cro d,
ed houses out in the Township of Howicle. i e
is " i. thewing" towards.Molesworth.
SQuI1uuL UNT.-Some of our tillage Ninr de
trigd to get up a squirrel hunt last Mondar, sut
it geeins to have been a failure, owing, it is s id,
part].y to th ' bed weather and partly to the s is -
hones y of s me of those engaged in it. The y
being veru' c ld'and wet, some cif these yali nt
shoot sts thought that by al little , "sham" as
Pat calls it, they sould avoid the disagreeable necessity of roaming the "forest free with fle
on anu in search of squirrel tailet (beg pard n,
we mean squirrel narrative's); so they set to
work and hunted up all the muskrat and ot er ,
hides, severed the necessary appendage and .rc-
sented. them at the reckoning up, no doubt th • k-
ing they would count just as 'well as the eal
Sunon Pure. There was also quite a "slaughte of
the • °cents," as unoffendmg pullets were in s e
to do du y for partridges. Altogether itl was II
bright little scheme, but, as may be imagined, it
didn't work, and the affair nearly ended in1 a row.
Even in a squirrel hunt "Honetty is tlie best
Policy."
CORRESPONDENCE.
( We wish it to be diainctly understood that we do
not ltold ourselves in any way responsible -jor the
opinions expressed by our Correspondents.)
To the Bditor:of the Huron Expositmi-
DFAR SIR, -/it the June Meeting of theiCoun-
ty Council, a resolution was passed by a small
majority, to submit to the ratepayers & ty-law
to purchase the Northern Gravel !load for$40,000;
To pass, or attempt to give the By-law a
chance of passing, it was stated that if pasaed the
tolls would be taken of the Countyroads; mid this
is made a lever of by those deeply interested in
selling the Northern road, and the ratepayers at
the same time, to gather up votes for the By-law.
To understand the queston fully, it is necessary
that I should glance back over several years. and
as my object in addressing you is to let the pub-
lic know the nature of . the question on which
- they are called. upon to vote, at the risk of being
thought very long winded, I shall coininence
about the time • that the Municipal Loan1Fund
was instituted, when money could be ha,d, from
Government in large quantities and few questions
asked, save the 'pretext of having some public
work of importance whereon to expend it; and
peeing that it was Government money, .Many
municipalities partook of it freely, perhaps all the
more freely, that it was thought after a few years,
through the chenges and chances of different par-
ties in power, and somehow through the curns of
the wheel of fortune, Government would quash
the debt, and those who got' most would be the
greatest gainers. , Te Town of Goderich went in
for a pretty late i3lice. So large, indeed; that
quite a number of thousandsof dollars were at
its command, for which it had no use, and had to
pay per ce t. per annum interest. About this
time, five ge tlemen conceived the happy notion
that this NO hern road would be a very fine
speculation. to they laid. their heads- together
to calculate th6 cost and the ways and means of
building it: An accurate paper estixnate of the
returns taken from actual observation, made it
'appear that an immense percentage of profit
°would be made. They were in raptures with the
golden goose, which was to come out of this yet
unhatched egg. Indeed, so much were they en-
amoured with the prospective home Eldoradeethat
when Mr. Holmes then Warden of the County,
also badly taken with the Northern Gravel Road
fever, applied, for even a very few shares he coeld
not get them. No, these five gentlemen had. all
the good thing to themselves, and were resolved
to keep it, if they could only raise the funds to
go on with the work At this juncture, applica-
tion was made to the Town Council to lend to the
Company these thousands of dollars, for which
they had no use. The read would be good. for the,
'interest, and in addition, would -open -up to the
Town the only feeder now left to it. Had nt
Clinton, on the east, and Bayfield, °lathe South,
cut off the supplies! and a good road to the
northern townships, would be a much. greeter
boon than the relief from interest or unused'capi-
tal. SO the town lent the money. Thus far good.
They got the road, and for a while, Whilst the
celverts remained good, and road metal did. not
view.' out, the interest was paid, and all went
hap-
pily along. But anon, a change crept over the
spirit of the dream! Tolls were not so good, the
road -key wanted repairs, and the Company fell
back in their 'payments. Besides, had not the
County built other Northern Gravel roads, and
Clinton poached. rather extensively on the east?
Then up sprang Seaforth, and both in Seaforth
and Clinton were to be found plenty of men of
active business habits, not fossilized by long years
of peculiar ways of truck. Alas, far the good old
times in Goderich, when a load of wheat would
not produce to the farmer, a pound of tea, or of
tobacco, or an axe' No; these were the cash
articles, and the good. day went from Goderich
for a season, a' long season too it Would have been,
I fsncy, save for the energy of Mr, Platt, who
built mills and paid cath for wheat; and sabse-
cmently conferred on the Town in particular, and
the County in general, a most material, and I
make no doubt, enduring benefit, by his indomit-
Ole energy in sinking the quasi oil well, When
the others concerned, almost to a man, :shrunk
out of the concern, 'until salt, not oil, blessed his
• efforts. To return to -my theme. When the road
needed repairs, and culverts shewed signs of
giving up, and the travelling public protested
against paying toll 1 for roads scarcely pasEable,
and the Company 'ceased to pay interest to the
town, and the Town Council failed to squeeze
aught but an occasional few hundrecl dollars; out
of the Company by very energetic pressure, then
it became painfully evident that something else
must be done, or the Town would lose the cash
which it had lent to the Company, who after all
did not manage to hatch Out EIO fine a. goose as
they otiginally counted. on. No, it was a bad
speculation for the Company, and not a good one
for the Town; but to the enterprising, difficulties
only enhance the pursuit; and to an enterprising
people, such as compose the bone and sinew of
the town, why should not this difficulty be over-
come? They put all the energy and talent; for
'which they are rather retaarleable, into the solu-
tion of it, and, lo, they solved Pit! What more
easy than taking the right means to p.ersuade the
combined wisdom of the County, as represented
by the ro.embera of the County Council, that they
should purchase this threadbare, decayed specu-
lation, and tax theratepayersto recuperate an in-
solvent Company and their creditors? TO de this
$40,000 was needed, and as the County Council
could. not expend over $20,000 without a By-law
passed by the ratepayers, a By-law was needed;
and as the -By-law, on its own merits, had nt a
ghost of a chance of passing, it became necessary
to disguise the real purpose of it So the taking
off of the tolls was made the flimsy veil to °-cover
the hideous deformity beneath. A proper sugar-
coated pill, very naueeous and bitter inside and
in bulk, but having a pleasing exterior. -Why,
more than one-half of those with whom I have
spoken, think that the question is, tolls or no
to1114 pureland simple! When this County was
younger, say 18 or 20 years younger, but SUffi-
ciently adeanced. to require better modes of in-
gress and .4gress than mud roads and corduroys
afforded, it was wise and, politic to embark in
railroads and gravel roads, ,and. to borrow money
, for those schemes. At this day I maintain it is
equally wise and politic to eschew any further
debt. The ratepayers have borne patiently the
very he County tax, which for the last 20
years'ha Oppressed. them, and now when they
begin to see a little glimpse of relief, when only
three years more of taxation -will pay of the
County indebtedness, is it not the extent of
cruelty to ask them to plunge themselves again
over head ancl ears in debt, even before the old
scores are wiped off? No. first let us pay what ,
we owe, hen begin, and by direct taxation, (not
by way of loan), carry out our improvements.
What wise man, having purchased a farm. on
credit, would attempt to purchase another,
which he did not require; before the first pur-
chased was paid for? Why not do in public what,
as sensible men, we would do in private? Again,
it is argued that in justice, we should buy this
Northern road, because we made - other roads.
How is this? Because the County chose to build
certain roads are the ratepayers to be called upon
to foot the bill for a close company of speculators,
and to pay for the indiscretions of the TOwn
Comma 1 say this -road was simply a private
speculation, and is to this day, only the venue is
changed. Not the travelling public, but the
whole ratepayers of the County, are the parties
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speculated on. If the Bayfield harbor were to be
paid for by the County, there would be a show of
justiee in the move. The haihor was for general
public good, and the work of a, municipality, not
a Private speculation. The Stanley people do not
ask the County to pay for their scheme. They .
pay their own way, and humbly pretest • against
being entrapped into paying for theTown and for
private parties. gain, I say .wait three years,
then your public debt will be cleared off, and
with the debt -- go the tolls as a matter of
course. - You ar asked, : modestly asked, for
$40,000, not cash down, only to be extended over
Inch being interpreted,- means, .
t round l the ratepayers' neck,
used. to the yoke, keep the
eans. I regret to say that a
the foiegoing is constantly
County' Council, and from a
mber of it in particular It is
: Why should we (to all, let
er take a share in the cost! I.
do not participate in the feel -
a series of years,
keep the rope tig
now you have the
yoke on. by all
feeling very like
cropping out in th
very prominent in
put in this fashio
those who come af
cau only say that
mg, and would se rcely feel myself warranted in
hampering my children for what must of necessi-
ty prove an unprofitable scheme, not only unpro-
erale source of much further
be sure we are told by
nty Engiaeer, that he passed
rate of 12 miles an hour, and
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htable but a very
expenditure. T
the very clever Co
over the line at th
in his very' delibe •ate progress, discovered only
one bridge, and soifae one hendred or so of cul-
verts wanting to irake it a:very good line. This
may be so. I recollect many curious little inci-
dents of engineeri g, since the gravel roads were
first being built, a lfew of velii,eh are in this neigh-
borhood. In fact I do not like new jobs, and
doubtless the less 4vork for the Engineer the less
the County will b called upon to 1pay 1 won-
der whose ent s d d the 12 miles an hour, and
would like to havel the deliberate opinion of Mr.
Philo White or s me other respectable son of
Jehu, on the ad treble stpte of repair of this
road! My own crude idea le that if the Bylaw
be passed, Some $60,000 oil $70,000 will be the
price inclu ing set mg m cider. 'Say aleaverage
of $4,000 aken f each Municipality in the
County tog ther N th interest A. sum, which
if expended on the public roads *here most need-
ed, would e o infinitely more good to the ratppay-
ers than ev e they can hope to gain by rrelieviag-
the Town a id Company from the unpleasant ef-
fects of a b speculation.
ONE OF THE COUNTY COUNCIL.
Stanley, a. 25th, 1870.:i
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EDITOR'S OTE. -We offer no objections to our
corre.spond.e Vs statements, pure and simple, that
the Town o Goderich, and. those of its citizens
who comp se the Company, were actuated by
selfishness building the Northern Gravel Road,
and now, t at their '-goideh" anticipations have
not been r alized, the same principle prompts
them iiithe endeavours to get the County to
assume the r enterprise; but we affirm, that,
with this he ratepayers of the County have
nothing to do. It is for them to consider the
By-law, sol ly, as a matter -,pf .hu;sinees indepen-
dent of prej dices either for or againstwrthe Town
n
of God.erich and its people. The ter deals far
too largely hyperbole in speak' g of the state
• of the road, in regard to culverts, bridges, etc.
We could n 0 t expect that aread costing between
$70,000 ani $80,000, and -which is offered for
$40;000, wo Id be in first-class order, certainly;
but bad and all as our correspondent would per-
suade us it s, still stands out the incontroverti-
ble fact, t • • t it is worth &Ore than the County
proposes to ay for it. Welds) not, however, ad-
vise its purls ase as a sheer ,speeulat;on, butas a
means to a reat and desirable end; but it is, at
least, 'pleas ,! to know, that the means, is not
ruinously b • in itself, "ONE OF THE COUNTY
COUNCiL 3 t the contrary notwithstanding,
COD CIL
GREY. --1- special meetiag of Council was held.
at 'Moor's otel, Ainleyville, by order of the
Reeve, on T • ursday, the . 27th Oct, Councillors
Strachan an3 Sleraon present, the Reeve in the
chair. The minutes of kat meeting were read
and adopted Messrs. Little and Mills, of Wal-
lace, were ifeceived as a deputation from their
Township toj hear what arguments' may be ad-
vanced iet support of the project of forming a new
County, froi±i portions of the Counties of Wel-
lington, Peifth and Hun:in; and including the
Township of Grey as a portion thereof. Moved
by S. Slam° , seconded by :John Strachan, that
after hearing the cleiegatesi from the municipal
Council of Wallace, relative to the formation of a
new Countyt it is resolved that no action can be
taken at tins meeting in the matter; but, that
this Council endeavor to obtain an expression of
feeling of ratepayers; at a general vote to be
taken in the Township, on the 14th prox., and
report the samo officially to 1 the Municipality. of
Wallace imnlediately after ot,ir Council meeting,
to be held on the 17th' prox.;1--Carried. The fol-
lowing ace° nts were then jkesented. Account
of W. F. Lu ton for print. g to the 00th April
last, amount lig to $21, also iccount of ReLow--
raaon, for nnking coffin and. urying James e
Intosh, a pauper, amountingeto $9, and cert ed
by Dr. Holniee, also account of Thos. Dunfoixt,
for digging grave for James McIntosh, the sum of
$e,- and certified by Dr. Holmes. Moved by
John Strachan, seco cled by;S, ;Sleraon, that the
forego-' g accounts bis paid, and the Reeve grant
debentures for the Isame,-Carxied. Moved. by
S. Slemon, scondedl by Joh e Strachan, that the
Council now adjouijn to meet again at Darned'
Hotel, Craribroo_k, oii the 17th Nov, pursue:little
adjournment from 1ast meeting.e-Carried.
R
IJ.L1T,T'pClerk..
IRTHO.
Soruzimaian.- In 8 aforth, On the lst ins, the
wife of Mr. R. P. utherlaud, of a daughter.
FOSTER. -1A Seafort on thd 28th tilt, the •wife
of Mr. ThoS. Fest r, of apin.
RIEts.
EARLS-MONTGOMERi '.-At the residence of M.
Street, Esq., brother-inAaw of the bride.
Strathroy, by the Rev. Go Goodson, on the
26th ult., Mr. John Earls, cashier, G. T, R,
Portland, ige., to Sarah, yOungest daughter of
Edward MOntgomery, Eiq.4 Brantford.
FiNeetvsoN-Lltleeesotr.-At Mansfield, E onct- -
ville, on the 28th ult., Mr. iWilliam Finla, son,
to Miss Janet Manson, both of the Township
of Tuckersmith.
•
D.
BLAKE. -4n Grey,
ouDtEhe2
t
d ult., Ellen, the
youngest daughter !of Mr. Pl. Blake, aged 1 year
and 10 months.
,1
KE:NNEDY.-Ii Tuckersmith,i on the 31st alt.,
gatherine, daughter of Angus Kennedy, aged
5 years and 10 dayt.
AUCTION SALEI AtEGISTER.
Nov. 8th. --Farm Stock and Iinplements, thee
latter of the most improved., kinds, and nearly
new, John MeEwea, Proprietor, Hay. A.
Bishop, Auctioneer
Nov. 14th. -Farm. Stock and Implements,
on Lot. 30, Con 7, t wnship Of Morris. Itobert
Burgess, proprietor, Jas.Stretton, Auctioneer.
Nov. Ilth.-On. J4t No,. 1, - Con, 8, towaship of
Grey, Farm Stock and ImPlements. Robert -
Sample, proprietor. . Jas. Stretton, Auctioneer,
Nov. 8th. -On Lo1 No. 17, Con. 7, Morris, ,
Farm Stock, Impiemlents and Household_ Furni-
ture. David Maxwell proprietor. Jas. Stretton:
Auctioneer.
N..3133ffija.cr-eg,e.Salar:eafdrti ovrewich bills are printed. at this
as Aove without extra
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