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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1870-11-04, Page 570 he re -built; Lay felt an Vales are 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 Itents. Two sfa de.stroye ngland, an 11 in torrent It and the in all direct- oss Stra, wounded, ersons. house - ,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 &not 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 51 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 15 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 -I 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 e