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Prairie oh Fire.
The prairie has been burping in
the neighbourhood all the efternoon,
and towards evening the countryon
the Dacota side of the river was
seen- to be ablaze, and the winds
from the westward wafted a dense
cloud of smoke and ashes towards '
the -city. -As the night drew on the
lurid fiarnes illuminated the streets,
casting a crimson light upon the
windows of the buildings, and caus-
ing rwierd expression to overspread
the countenances of the dames
who were congregated upon the
street corners watching the leaping -
flameS as they writhed- and twisted,
like souls in purgatory, on the oppo-
site stde of the riversell was still,
and no sound W8.8 to be heard save;
the occasional cracking of the tall
bunch grass as it struggled and
fought with the fiery serpents: that
sattacked its sterna. The dtizens gaz-
ed with awe -upon the grandest. of
Western sights, and, though gather-
ed together in Attlee knots and
groups, near each Other, the sublim
ity and grandeur of he immense
panorama oveepowered all speech,
and all stood silent and motionless,
watching the approaching fires.
Hark! what means the rumbling
sounds that borne -upon the night
winds break with such dismay upon
the ears of the affrighted spectators?
Men look into ea& other's faces, and
though their lips Move not, their
eyes strive to Peek th s cause of thee°
strange noises. Uneasily they gaze
along the river banks. The river is
not rising, so it is not thence the
sounds proceed. No hurricane is
felt, so the winds can furnish no so-
lution to the mystery. What can
it be Soon the noise Of rolling
thunclerismingled with other sounds,
appearing like the click of bridle
bits or shea*ths of swords, and, anon,
the snorting, puffing breath of ani --
mals can also be clearly beard. Can
it be that the savages have filed the
country, and, with this fearful •allY,
are corning to destroy the settle-
ents ? The knots and groups of
izens began to move uneasily to -
Wards their homes, as if feeling that
Aheir arms would soon be needed to
wield• the knife and rifle for the pro-
tection of their thresholds.
Now, etrange and exciting cries
are heard from ,,those who have re-
mained the lastupon the streets,'
and the cry of " Bnffitlo 'I The Buf-
falo are -crossing the river !" was
echoed by many mouths
Men hurried out of their houses;
women appeared in their doorways
and- windows, their night garments
giving them the ghostly appearance
of the inhabitants of the sepulchre.
Rifle barrels gleamed, ahd shone
with a crimson lustrc in the light of
the fires which were DOW laving
their serpent tongues in the waters
of the river edge.
Hee,vens ! what was that a huge
body lushes pest the frightened
women, and'Iike a demon incarnate
dashes up the street, Then another,
-and still another; then the -place
resounds with clinking hoofs, and a
sea of moving hail and glistening
.-:horns fills the streets and' sidewalks.
Crash ! ,rash! crash ! the rifles re-
sound upon the streets. Crash !
crash ! and heavy bodies sink to rise
no more. A moment of horror and
bewilderment, and then t -he town
is quiet, anct the thmader of retreat-
ing hoofs :Cones almost inaudibly to
the ears of the citizens who now
cautiously sally forth, In the
streets and gutters dark shaggy
masses are dim &y to be seen by the
light of the now dying fircf3. They
struggle and vainly rise to their
feet, but soon sink back and beat
their heads 'against the hard read -
way, and, as the crimson life -stream
pours frore mouth and nostiii,. roll
their eyes in the death agony. By
the morning light naught- is to be
seen out the gory pools which yet
-
lay like miniature lakes upon the
street.
a -
with
preve
he ha
au ifaV, oi
coVer. d it w
graila is 'on
few sf4t. 'of
that VMS s I ' rising. To
urrence o the accident,
the gra 0 up to the
e earth, tit Carefully
th boards Od Sod. The
as farm, wittin a
he railroa Mr. bye
is nole'yet al old men ing barely
passe 'three -score. s hale and
heart e td tavern -
stand agonse in
wint -coacheii in
slim o • dinner and
a cha memi
ory s
store
1.t
ancIj1ives;in. t.
whet .the m
r, andIlre gay st
er, used to stop
(Ye of horses.
with
tha
f grn
rich jok
period, an
dge to the
s;
ani.4,4dven-'
tures lit owes. a
, , .,
sort locomotive
whic has deprived ,Iiiiit ,of .,his en -
tette nment and profi e'sayshe
"has 't got' used e ; pesky
chan e." and it is sot e at ' singu-
lar
t at he should tidy osen the
the is road for
his 1
The
o.
ai vicinity of thW a
st resting- lace.
•
Largest Si4$.
1313hool in
ittte, World. . .
" tockpert I . Stock rt l" The
porter's clear Voice rangihtough Lhe
c,arri• ge in which I ha 1 been for
some three kesiirs,seated nd remind-
ed in that 'I must aligh 'here if I
inte I ded to see the -larg_st Sunday-
scho.Iin the world. ',' It was on the
even ng of i.itinday, 44 ' 1160, 1805
that he committee iiii , eachers and
child en met on the site f the pre-
sent euildifig,cthe founc ation stone
of w 1 ich laid een hail lie evening
befo e, "to caelbratl i a soleAin
man d er the omnienceii gat; of this ,
male taking," At that ti e Stock-
poit was much smal �ithau it is
now, -and theL4,060 hi t' he build-
ing ea estimated to os as a vat
SUM The building h n Complet-
ed ould i accommod te i 000 aril-.
dren but it was soon i 1 ed end four
bran h schools Were ui t n various .
part of thti town. ; e • thousand '
chil ren ire now e ti ig under
the, sare of four him
t nd forty
teac ers, and, on who .e e1 isters s*re
insc bed the names o s vi nty thou-
sand scholars and .thr et e mend fire
hunc red gratuitous te el era, who
1180 he Bil+,, witho it note, coin-
'.
men ,, or Apocrypha, 8 th ir class -
boo and Offer to ev ry p . child
in t le town pr ne g bi rhood of
Stoc port hoapplie fir dmission
the nestirn ble bless r; o a moral
and eligious education. rom the
last lublished report, ( 869,) I find
that the number of sch 1. rs is five
thou and one .kundrect a d fifty. and
four hundrec: and that -two teach-
er*; of. wticnt four til uSand and
thiny five neholers and three hull-
drel and tiventy-threo, l eaeliers are
in tl e central scnool. 1. ' f these four
tho sand incl thirtY-fisLe3 scholars,
two housancl and eighty-three ; and
of tl e three hundlell , and twenty
thre teachers, one
eigh y-touri are on th
the choo1.1 The nu
rebal. tered Scholar is
the last registered t.ea
The total working exp
• seh ol last year amount
17s.19d.-451. AS'. Journal
THE
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tiRON EXPOSITO 7
ish d with a loeg epd iideotis heard.
He ha e n crooked nose large squint.
, ,
ing eyes, a face frightfelly inflamed,
fingers crOoked, like talons, and
le s rather than feet. His breasts
ha. g.down upon his beily, where his
ha I dslane laid in anegligent posture ;
fro e )iie belly arises nother bead,
ugl ea if possible than he Arst, -with
two horns, and a tongue' hanging
like a ow'sOle c. his
, pirdigiously large, and behind
his, tail
ou
to , gue and in his hand there are
two figures, almost round, i which
th Indians say are soils he id ipre-
pae in to devour.- istory lof the
E , .t (ndiee. .,
iitien" red and
rnale side of
per �f the las
4,2163, and o
lihr, 4.650.
lilies of th
Lo ...£85G
Digging his own Grave.
a
An Indianapolis correspondent of
the Cincinnati Commercial tells te
following John Dye, an old and
reapected citizen of Hancock Coun-
ty, in the State, has had his grave
dug for a number of yearS. He ao-
complished this work with his own
hande, excavating the earth to a
pioper depth, laying a stone slab, on
the bottom And walling up the sides
with brick. A similar- slab iS in-
nanie t certain title
tended to cover the gave, and what in g to then, of highness or lord. The
is singula,r, Mr. Dyehascooped but aBe ljans., in the Ea s Indic& (accord -
of the nether stone a -hollow for his in g to ,the Abbe d Cuyon, in his
body to rest in, with an elevntion, in
wilich there is another. hollow for
the
the head. It is his desire that when
W' rshiri of Demo •41
, d Devils.
r. Iveji, in his t a elc through
.
-Pereia, gimes the fo lb i g cuticle
_acc unt Of devil -we -811) : These
peo le 011ie Salejack a nation in
hab ting the countr, ' b ve Mosul
the ancienIt Nineveh; one professed
Chr-stianity, then alibmetanisme
last of all devilisth. They say
,
true, that the d Nil 11i1.9 at pres-
a quarrel with Gbd, bet the time
coin , when dile pride of lith
t being subdued, he will -hake
subnaissien to he Almillity ;
as the Deity cannot be implaca-
1
.
gi
ki
ed
an
w.
pa
bl
of
Aro
no
ti
ne
in
fia
h.
t:
fo
Ta
fr
Murder cifTa.iellner in Mani-
tobab Manitoba h of il a late !date,
,
es the following iapcount 'of the
ling of Mr. Tannerr: s
9 Wednesda2.,r evening a crowd -
meeting was: hel' at. Poplar
1
int. The chief ' beakers -, were
..
apses Tanner,
Lynch. Od
s ratted at intervi
ti t but the res
Lynch had it
vernment as corruPt and iricapa-
- hich
ouse
ed a
James "Ross,
identble noise
Is by certain
it was when
matized. the
4Ir: Tanner, in a speech
uld have done hono to the
C 1111110138 in Engl nd, mo
e f entire confide ce in , over -
n hree to one. I3't t the d rchibald, and c. Tied hi ter-
nationmo-
was to cb e. e Mr Ten-
on his way borne adlnot riven
o bundred yards, 1when som ruf-
s rushed towards his horse way -
their overcoats land thr wing
ssiles, evidently tle terrif the
e, which was prdrerbially skit -
In; They succeeded to a in rade,
the horse started, poor ol Mt.
nner (60 years of age) was ti rowu
m' the waggon, his skull was
dr ven in, and he die on the spot.
Aid this was " loy lty's re ard."
M ,litoss and other gentlemen who
were riding immediately behind Mr,
Tanner, had to run the gauntlet
through a shower of clubs, stones,
aid snow -balls. How long 's this
oya.1" rowdyism to continue?
11
4
and
it 1
ent
wil
hea
his
an
ble,
doi
bor.
att Tifton during he
be tdmitted into ti
sio s. This .th
the r hope, and -this
the deVil will re (love a full par -
for all his tie), sg essions. and
he, aid all tho e! who paid him
is_grace, w ill
6 blessed ruttn-
fipundatio R of
liance for heav-
en • they esteem to be a better lone
the that of truStin a to their own
waits, or the merits ef the leader of
son, e other religion vhatsoever. The
pe OD of he devil
sac ed,• and when
thi solemnly. th
he look on as
hey ffirm any -
y do it by bis
tau ie. All disrespectful xpressions
of ; him they , would punish with
, .
death, 'clic not the ,Turkish power
pre -ent them. Whenever they
spe Lk of 1 im it is with the .unnost.
res iect einithey always' put before
h orrespond-
hisory-1oI that cot ntry), fill their
teMplee ay pagodas with his statues,
des
igned 'in all .the ho
he dies he shall be dressed in' cer- garce of the Indian tas
ntin specilied clothing, and that a of -tlelicutt in pal -6961i
hlanleet shall he laid in the tomb di wholly filled Viri
11: 0 1 Wiliell hiS retIlilillS are to be 'frightful tig,urS8 of till devil, which
bud. Anothet blanket is to be receives ao ether _ieht tlian what
spread oker hien and the 1:irge slab proem:464'0cm the g1� rW of a multi -
of stone pbteed on the tomb, and the tine of hurips. l",ia the midst of this
earth filled in above. ft will be kir d of cavern is a copper throne,
seen that he does away with the use whereon 't dei; of iie same metal.
of a coffin entirely, and he fulther is seatexl, with a, ia a tot' several
requests that no binAal service
:be , rows on his head, tl.i re large horn,
used or sermon preached, zuld thate end four others th, t spring out
ed.
a huge g.
come fon
boar.
risid extravas
e.: Theking
has a pagoa
111 the most
no monument be erected to his kis foiehe
memory. Itecently a heavy rain He has
caved in the earth about the tomb, of which
and Mr. 1)ve set about repairs ! tusks of
I 1
Lt
g mouth, obit
eth, like tile
IS chin is furn-
OHAR,LE8 DICKENS' GRAVE. -Jut
w a friend has come from t e old
rld, and. tells me that in L ndon
went to see the grave of harles
ckens The greaCeld abb y was
serted, he said, except in th t orie
ot. But there a multitude stoqd,
si ent ani everent, . looking where
ti e dead 1y.. There was a li tle ens -
el sure ate, t the gate e ; it w s half
ft 11 of flowers, which the peoele-n ere'
st 11 casting in; at the foot of the
g ave these words, woven in holly
a d ivy,." Lord, , keep My memory'
een." It is the 14st word in one
c those Christmas gifts he gave us.
We trea.suie those g4ts among our
h liest and best things ; and they
b •ing the giver neater, and make
li m dearer to us than all be did be-
si le. It is because they area'noble
SI i MOTIS as were ever prekci ed to
an. -Robert Collyer.
I -.4 • tii
HOW THE MATE9V IS OF LORNE_
LOOKS. -Mi. Edm,und Yate in a
London contemporeSy, desert )es the
a. )pearaiace of the %minis of Lorne
on the occasion of his takteg his
sat in the iouse.oflCornmons. It
ay not» be unintetesting to some
c our readers : 'EEe looked,' says
r. Yates, "so Very young, and
€ emed determined to look so yery
ol d ; complexion delicate and pink, ,
nely cut and feminine features ; a
s ight red mustache, his oily facial
adornment ; genuin Rufus locks,
s sell ears, hands 4nd feet, a light
s mingly step ; head high in the air,
nd a gait ,which. expresSed gene.' al -
1 4 full consciousness of the rights
-
nd titles and belongings of the
u edom of Argyle such as -the
,
larva§ of Lorne, a he app fired to
e from the Speake s galler . Let
e tali that he is widely po tiler in
lis syn seat, andthat one heal on all
l
ids, i is is a fine nature, a d one
b ch will be improved by ti le like
enerous wine.
asse . --
4.SNAKE STORY.1 They have a big
sake story " ii[ Montaomery
minty, Ohio. A *ell-to:do farmer
,
hile ploughing near Dickey's stone
civarry, in Van Buren township, saw
th
i
e reptile passing ithin a few rods
qf him at a rate of peed faster than
a man could run, with its head ele-
vated four or five feet, and evidently
in pursuit of prey.' - The farMer re -
resents the " varinint " ag about
wenty feet lone, d a, as thick as a
all's thigh:, Another person, who
refesses to have een it two weeks
)efiire this, think it, was tailty feet
long, and a local r porter' vouches
hat the story is humbug, and
hat be can prod e some of the
oldest inhabitan s in tha neigh-
orbood who evil swear t let his
nakeship has b -en dome ticated
vith them for five years past
aekelors
GET MARRIED
AT: ONCE, AS
FURNITUR
Is
25 Per Cent Cheaper
A T
THO BELL'S
Mit0 0
TIE HAS ADDED
Steafn Powpr
To his Facilities, and is now seUing
Whole ale and Retail.
BE SUB -TO CALL BEFORE
PURCHA ING ELSEWHERE.
WARE ROOMS OrPOSITE THOMAS
KIDD'S.
WORK SFIOP, CORNER OF MAR -
CET SQUARE.
TURNI t G done on the
Sh rtest Notice.
COFFINS kept constanOy on
hanel.
A HE RSE FOR HIRE.
SEAFORTH, J NS 30, 1870.
1
1
I I
" All of a sucic.in the fair girl
ontinued to sit on he sands, gazing
pon the briny deep, osi whose hea.v.
ng bosom the tall ships went nserri-
y by, freighted -eh! who can tell
ith how much of joy and sorrow,
nd pine lumber and emignants, and
opes and salt fish !"
onta 10 ilouke.
EDW RD CASH,
WIL COMMENCE ON
SEPTE BER THE FIRST,
TO LEAR OFF HIS
DR GOODS
rrOCIC,
AT ND UNDER COSTI
GOOD VA 1 -OE FOR READY PVY.
Cash
Ot
Fresh
AL
r Butter Eind
er Produce.
eas and Groeeries
AYS ON HAND.
SEAFORTH, ept. 1, 1870. 53 -
SI N OF THE
JANUARY 6, 1 87 1.
Ataigazaammigv-immig-
Auction Rooms,
Main Steet. Seaforth.
•,_.
All kinds of Goods sold on Commission.
Sales atten d ed to in all parts of the COnnty
Cashyaid for Second-hand Furniture.
Auction Sales every Saturday.
Private Sales through the week.
After 22 years' experience he feels con-
fident in being able to give every satis-
faction to those ivhofavour him with their
patronage,
C. YEO,
Auctioneer and Commission
Merchant, Seaforth, October 5, 1870.
148-3m-
WANTED !
20,000 DRESSED
TURKEYS,
GEESE. OHICKENS.
--AND-- b-
IDT.TOICS4.
..,�I.
MHE subscriber will pay the highest
1 cash price for the ab�ve quantity of
well -fatted and nicely dressed poultry,
delivered at the
. Egg Emporium.
Main Street, Seaforth.
The poultry should not -be drawn and
the heads and feet -should be left on.
()ash paid for Venison, either saddles
or whole deer.
D. D. WILSON,
Seaforth, Nov. 3o, 1870. 125-tf.
-^
•s‘eoratt Kosxllor
a
SEJ.ECT SCHOOL
YOUNG LADIES' Select School
will he opened by MRS. R .T.
MILLER, on Oct. 24th, in 'Mr. Kidd's
Block, over the store. A liberal patro
nage by the people of Seaforth, is selicit-
ed, For terms, see Mrs. Miller, at- DR.
VEROOE' .
Oct. 20, 1870. 1504.
Seaforth
AT THE SICN OF THE
LUMSDEN
Has just recev-ed a Frei Stock of
PURE DRUGS ,
AND
iC;FIENtICALS
Toilet and Fancy Soaps, Combs, Hair,
-Toothand Nail Brushes, French,
English, and American.
PERFU
MERY.
GENUINE DYE STUFFS.
Guaranteed to be of the best quality..
Horse and Cattle Medicines.
Condition Powders
Physicians prescriptions carefully and
accurately dispensed,
R LUMSDEN,
THE LONDON
Commecial College
AND
Telegraphic Institute,
Is the oldest and best known in the Do-
minion, and has furnished Principals and
Professors for seVeral of the other Com-
mercial Schools.
BOOK-KEEIbING)
By Single and Double Entry is taught on
the improved and superior plan of
Actuar Business Transacton
Thof-ough Instruction in Short Hand
Writing and Telegtaphing, at reasonable
rates.
For full information in regard to Forms
Courses of instruction, etc., address'
JONES & BELL,
148- London, Out.
SEAFORTH
FURNITURE WAREROOMS
•
1
M. ROBERTSON
Importer and manufacturer of all kinds
OF
HOUSEHOLD Ft:Ilan-TURA
Such as
SOFAS,
LOUNGES,
CENTRE TABLES,
MATTRASSES,
DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES,
BUREAUS;
CHAIRS, and
BEDSTEADS,
In Great Variety.
Mr. R. has great conidence in offer-
ing his goods to the public, as they are
made of Good Seasoned Lumber. and
by First -Class Workmen.
Coffins made to Order
On the Shortest Notice.
WOOD TURNING
Done with Neatness and Despatch.
1/STarerooms:
TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S
HOTEL, Main Street.
Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870. 57 •tf.
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A_ BANKRUPT STOCK
OF
CLOTHS,
TWEEDS,
BLANKETS,
SHAWLS,
ETC., ETO
Just arrived at Dent's which he has
bought at less than 4 their value and is
seiiing
At Less than Original Cost.
LADIES RI HILY TRIMMED
VELVET HATS
FOR ONE DOLLAR
-AT- \
IDPM\Tril*S_
16 Pounds of Raisins
FOR
ONE DOLLAR,
• And the Best Tea in the
Dominion is at
D E N T' S,
3rd Door North of Robertson's Grocery,
Seaforth, Dee. 14, ISM
jANU.ARY
Modern Tolereze
Nothing perhaps can in
run be worse for I
eurnaiiitv
'lotion twat men should he
IThersecutd kr their epini
world may 4-e held to lia
this lesson. ft Aas ft, unt
And every body knows
-SOD why it is bad, and wh
never answer to persaeut
down those who think 4
from ourselves, is because
ean be certain that his vies
ie the eorreet one If one
sure upon this point, war
false oninion wouk be rigl
pedient. It can never
-cause we are really in
the stehject ; ,because u bet
" 1 bold the bath f't, and
." No, you hold feleehood ;
truth," there is no umpire
appeal can be made to
tween them. These are th
A which, as the werld he by,
pretty well learned,elesole,
tion is and'should be the ri
surely we are in danger,
latter days, of falling into I
ly mistaken converse of th
-our ferefathers ftsil into,
readily burned with a telis
heat," as Carlyle says of in
against both wrong -doers t
thinkers.- We extend
tepid tolerance to both !
may quite depend upon
mikes, to use the words 4) 1
prophet again, a suilicien1
of heroic men are ioniel-ir,
tion to stand forth with ti
dignant protest on _their
such things shell not
• things as have been too in
tolerated among us --we sh
surely, we for one, stinnbl
devil, and are every day .4.j
little as we imagine it. rio
gress thithen-eSaint Pau)
Concerning Hors
Hors4
To prevent balls of SIIONV
es' feet, let the hoofs and I
well cleaned, and then rut
soap previous to their goin
snowy weather. This will
ly Frevent baLs of snow
leafing on the foot, which
times cause the enimal to .
if not, makes- his pi og,re
toilsome. For galls on hor
1
or necks, one at the most,
. remedies known is an app/
white lead moistened wl
When milk is not on han
white lead paint .will an
I
applied in the early stag
injury, the cure is cert' in.
scratches in horses, wash v.
soap suds, then with stroi
water. Repeat twice a d;
cure is effected. To test
eyes, look at the eyecarefn
the horse in in rather a -de
Note the shape and size of
carry this carefully in
while you tnrii the horse t
strong light, If the pupil
and appears much smaller
131 st iliSta II ce, yon may
the horse has a good stt
but if theempil remains
the same size in both case.
are weak and you bad be
nothing te do with him.
lent liniment for wound.,
sprains, and swelling may
as follows : A pint of goor
a pint of soft soap, a handl
and a tablespooful of saltpi
thor °uglily had bottle for 1
is very efficacious, and
and easily prepared.- if'
Journal.
WELL SU PPLIED.
need to tompiaie of a a
clergymen. Mr. Lovellts
Direvtory now /11 80111'S8
tion gives the following
statistics Anglican Bisl
Romaii Catholic Bispops,
of England Clergs , 632 ;4
Rome Clergy, 12!6,
Scotiand Clergy, 188 ; Ptes
44; Methodists, 1067;
326 ; Congregationalists,
denominetione, 174; to
This is as nearly- as pmi
-clergymen lot every the,
habitants in the nomini
lAr0111CD, ATI4 -children- -by-
A
a scanty allowance.
THE OFP1(;1:: OF A MORM:
-The place oceupied by
wife in her husband's hod
simply that of a servant, NI
privileges than has Jane
or Lucy the waiter, in on
economy. Sbe has no ‘1
out' -no wages to doatt.
with -no fi)liowers,' and s
of a change.. But she bas
unrealieahle in our co
honsee•; the ininilege of v4, -
on the neteter of the house
ehoosee to call upon her
an believe that the,
tiently she be the cro
present, the more beautift
the ceown of the futuee hhe
wear.-Lippincotte Maga:,
NAIL IN TILE FOOT,.! --
the following for W10
worth.: To 'relieve from tl
effects of running a nail in
of a manor horse, take eie:1
bruise them, apply to th
and confine with a banda
cure at; if by magic.