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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1871-04-28, Page 2V_ 2. • • HUR•N EXPOSITOR: ROUGHING IT IN THE BUSH; • LIFE IN CANADA. BY MRa. MOODIE. CHAPTER, XIL THE LAND -JOBBER. intermechate Chapter by J. W. D. Moodie.) •It should be distinctly borne in I - mind by -the reader, that uncleared land in a remote situatiOnflom mar- kets possesses, properly -speaking, no intrinsic value iike cleared and, for a great deal of labor or money must be expended before it can be made to produce anything to sell. iNly half pay, which amounted to about X100 -per annum canadian currency, was sufficient toi keep us supplied with food, and to pay for *ming e. certain extent of land,say ten acres every year, for wheat, which is im- mediately afterwards sown -with grag-seeds to supply bay for the cat- tle during winter. Unfortunately, M this period, a', great change took place in my circumstances, which it was impo3sible, for the most prudent or can tiOuS to have foreeen. An intimation from the War -Office appeared in all the newspapers,' call- ing on half -pay officers either to sell their comm.. issions or to hold them- selves in readiness to join Sane regi- Paent. This was a hard alternative, as many of these .ollicers were situated; for a great many of them had been tempted. to emigrate to Canada by the ,grants of land which were offer- ed them by government, and had ex- pended all their means in improving these grants, which were invariably given to them in remote situations, where they were worse than worth- less to aayi class of settlers but those -AO could command sufficient labor in their own families to make the nece.s.sary, clearings and iMprove- m eats. Rather than sell .my commidsion, would at once have made -up :my mind to join a regitnent in any part of the world ; but, when I came to think of the matter, 1 Te3ollected that the expense of an outfit; and of removing my family—to say nothing of sacriecing My prpperty in. the col- ony—would. ren del- it impossible for in to accept this unpleasant alter- native, after being my own master for eighteen years, and after effectu- ally getting rid of all the habits which render a military life attrac- tive to a young man. Under these curnstances, I too basal v - deter- mined to sell out of the army. This, of course, was easily managed. I expected te get about £G00 for my: commission ; and, before the trans- action w -is concluded, 1 was inquir- ing anxiously for some mode of in - 'vesting the proceeds, so as to yield a yearly income. • UnFolturiatelv, as it turned out, I Having details of a of which many circu otherwise peed with The gov its intentio officers in officers, lik their coni us supplied. ransaction, a as necessaay stances in o ' nintelligiblie y narrative. rnmentadid with respec the colonies myself, had issions, 14114e b elision of being compel this bard alternative. 1 ly thrown eni" my own r support a,' helpless an family, without any reg onso1aticn4 l -fortune, that best mOtiVes st remote i:de comfort_a ding upon that I had people oft sitions •-t1 o _more fort, id have c ad foresight. ever, to b a, ur ill -fort in "Vidence w Who do. n i own duties in trying' END OF 'VOLi I had this der my MI ed from th out the m risking th those dope very scion, cipitate, as ordinary p result be people. wo prudence - mined, be ly against to that Pr setts those ti 0 6 e painful newledge o explain situation, shall pro - carry out o half -pay but many ready sold he appre- to accept as sudden- ources, i;o increasing r income. o vever, un - had act - and with - that I was ppiness of I found too pre - e in extra - h had the 'nate, most n ended my We deter - lip manful- ) and trust h never de- fOrget their ci -cumstances. 31 1. TER II. -1 13 VOLUME IL—C A A. JOURNEY TO THE It was a bright, frosty morning when I bade adieu to. the farm, the birthplace of my little, Agnes, who, nestled beneath my cloak, was sweet- ly sleeping on my knee,lunconscious of the long_ journey before us into the wilderness. The' Sun had not -as 'yet risen. Anxious to get to our place of destination before dark, -tve started as early as we could. Our own fine team had been sold for for- ty pounds ; and one.. of our neigh- borS, a• 11Xr. D—, was to convey us and our household. pods to Douro for the sem of twenty dollars. Dur ing the week he had'inade several journeys,. 'iwith furniture and, stores; and all that now remained was to be conveyed to the woods in two large luinber-sleighs, and driven by himself, the other by a younger brother. It was not,without regret that I Alelsetta, for so my husband had called the place, after his father's estiate,in.Orkney. It was a beau ti - fill picturesque spot; and, in spite of the evil neighborhood, I had -learned to love it; indeed, it was much against my wish that ie was sold. I hada great dislike to re- moving, which involves a.necessary loss, and is apt to give to the emi- grant roving and unsettled habits. But all regrets were now useless • and happily unconscious of the of toil' and anxiety which- awaite us in those dreadful woods, I triet my best to be cheerful, and to re gard the filter% with a hopeful eye n her W f death. g oods bur 'been ev same suibject as ot ere one in the wo pion bas stepped a Made ot r'n a clea ciliary. When I his co ntry, for very s ele of ns, s to eterboroug nknow ; not a asset] t irough the some 4 them belie the end of the worl " Wh t swamp i Oh the great Weare ust two nu I tell ,) ou the ho good- re t7 and ours ner, by he time w Ah ! 11, rs. Moodi travel t at way in • know omething roads. I was 'mos last fall; I thongh been n bad notion my teet before X really expected t have b n shook ot fore we had done the big logs." w will in the ext slei the roa 1 is such am afr id that I whole )1:ate to D "Oh ! the sno —it mi lees -all r But wi h 1 regard have s thing ten yea ag,e, n the otl er side of cattle s a prey were Scotch himsel lost hi duiring, and e there takes bag of forget oft he wife t and. li on th was d inding-shee upon h.e sier, ness you ill fi d the. pretty los esome, said ver, whos thong ts had dently em loyed the r own. We •• APRIL 28 1871. NE11111111111171121MWINIMORMW made a bargain with Mr. Q for Our driver was a shrewd, clevei twenty -live share -.3, of £25 each, in a: mau, for his .epportunities. HE took charge of the living cargo which consisted of my husuand, bun maid servant, the te,Vo clail drcn, and myself—besides larg hamper, full of poultrY----a dog, an a cat. The ldrdly sultansof the it fit to con,- ry eccentric arn-yard wi clapped hi and lout tine. steamer, which had just been lsuiltitb Ca (: bourg, anwliich was ex- pected to pay at least twenty -five --e iin - per cent. to shareholders. This 'amount of stock Q"--- offered me for the proceeds of my commission, whatever amount it might be sold Fisoned seragliothou for; offering at tbe same time to re- duct himself in " -turn al). he should receive above manner, for at ever sterling. As had nothing happened to passe lee. but his ward for this Dart of the agree- wings, and crowed so 1 ment, he. did net recoile,ct it. when that it afforded great amusement to obtztined CTOO, which was .7E:100 the -whole party, d 4oubtless was more tlian'I expected_ Some beets very edifying to th dor hens; wh on Lake ()ntuio, hile1 the great lay. huddled -toget le as mute 'a etnig ration histed, and there was less competition, yielded more an thir-, "That 'ere roost r tiinks lie's o ty per cent.; and thtue seemed then- the top of the heap si id our driN- lio reason to doubt that the new boat er, laughing. "1 upss he's n t - would be equally prolita.bleused to travellii'(;• in close convee - It is possible that Q - foresaw anee. ?Listen, ! 0% al I the. cro - what ttallAlly happened ; or more 'ors in. the neighbc qod 'give in probably, lie thought he could em- back the note of dJ nce. But b ploy his money better in laud specu- knows he's safe eil 4h at the bo Lanni's. As Soon as the steamer be- : to run, a quarrel took place be- tween the shareholders who resided ds, but em era- ead of us and ed part of the was a boy all hirty miles on was bu h land. he pc was ettler had ever reat swamp and ed that it was 11 • that'?" k d I. Cavan syvainp. es from it and -ses will need a Ives a good din - are'. thkangh it. , if e+er yoa um mer, ;iron will bont orduroy jolted ° teeth it wo ld have to have inured left COb . I at the would t of my head beH neuviiing over y rocker st nd it h ' • quoth I. " If a you d sc itie, I s iall not b ng a Duro." ✓ is a great I veler u di place . s ooth. t this Swa p, 1 m o tell you. About o le had ever seen it ; and if pigs or irayed aa into it, they fell o the wolves and -bea s and eldom recevered. A oid e ligran who- had 1 cated o this ,i e of it, .so often 1 easts t lat he deter imid tile suir er season to y pl re th . lace, and See if vee any e d to it. Se he n taxe on h s shoulder, and a provisiO-ns or the week. n t n k of whiskey, a d 't Ise,liand tells 1 is h n ver returned, s le must try and car h ut him ; but to see the end if it reached t ie. . . He fell -upon a which he follow d y, aid, toward night e i elf iv the heart of a t 1 mess of bushes, at11 hi ten N -i h mosquitoes and les. e was inor than .(1 -to give in, and return home :first glin pse of light. "Te Scotch' a e a tough !people ; , they are not ei sily dannted-La few difiiculti -s-only s em to make them in ore .2ea,ret to et on; an d h e felt ashan,e, . the iekt moment,' as he told the, of giv'ng up. So be finds ont ala .g thic bed„ 411 bs up, amon tie bra was s o fast aeleep. t " h e next o he co ti tied 1 is getir ti ;o blaze trees t the light and left: as he went &Ong. 1 le .ground was so spon IT end xe that at 'eve ey step be plunged up o his knees iii wa- ter, ut he seei ie 1 no neaeer of the swamp 1r n he had b day before. e saw seer• a raceon, and ground -I og, his alk, bit was unin lested by hear4 or wolv s Having passed thro gn severa reeks, alid Pied a great -miwy sm k e,s, he felt sOTweary rds the s Cond -day that he de- nied to go h )rne the next morn - But ;just n he began Ib think arch was fi itless,°he obServed a tlio cedar. id tamarackis which . b tructed 1 is path becgme less 1 ere succeeded by a ple. . Ifli e ground. moist, ahd be was ising slope, covered ecli which shaded best quality. The w fully convinced d the great swamp - ' of leading to th a tom of the basket.' The day was so time cf year ,(the fir, .5 HARDWARE e a fla rts all , if he tl Jock fl rin wi i termined the sWanip evei end of the worl le-trac d. fresh at all th a found hil oled. b ' eelf h If black - tempt by th SIGN OF THE SPADES, SHOVELS, HOES. '37! c. cedar tree tor his and coiling himself dos like a I. ear, he CUT NAILS •ning, by diiylight, journey; not for - with his ate the zi oOZava IcaCTO-0 PRES'D NAILS. T. HINGES, BARN -DOOR HthGES, (Blacksmith raade.) be end 011 the 1 deer, during tow' tern ing. his s e that had numerous, and bass' and soft also 'be4ame le. s sooni aseen d ing a, e with oak and b f land l of the very old linen Was n t le at l lie had el e ix It and th?it inste . 1 s othe • World, it n I to a col-litrY \V veiy bet re 1 His favorable e inaton of the T .e te_ cross,' an .1 Peterborough, most promisi district, and splendid lack TO BE :tight -for ti e. t week in...Feb- lit (,'0100111.g, \\ 1e WaS built, rualy), that )ve suffe".6 1 110 incoriv and ti-oe who lived ab -the capital of nience from the co 'the pper fi olio( .—Ci k, as lit J ,‘,1S end), nted witl Little lint he jingling • was then called.. The conse.queuce the sleighbeile, and, tled among was that she renutined idle a long the pack ages, kepi, sineing or tall -- time, zind at last she came' "under the. ing to the horses in I er baby ling tall'e Conti 01 Of the sharelieldel•s at Trifling as :these ittle incid eh York, who- manqged thd boat as they were before we had proceeded t liked, zuld to ,snit their own iuter- miles on, our long je urney, they r !esti. Afterwards, though- the boztt vived mv drooping spirits, and =continued to be protitablv employed, began to feel a lively iterest itt t some how or other all her earninge scenes through; which we we were con,urned in repairs, &e., and passing -Ter several ycarsel never received a The first tWenty n iles of the w, penny for my shares. At last the was over' a hilly old wellclean sr:earner was sold, and I only receiv- country ; and as in winter the de ed a fiwth 'art Pi'mv oriental stock. Snow fills up the inequalities, al 0 This, as may he .ste >Used," was i bite makes all roads di1e,I\ 6 glided. - "ter disAppeietinent to me ; for I had swiftly and steadily along as if th y 'every reitsou to thinl- that 1 had not had been the best hghways in -ti 0 onlyinvested my ne ney -well; 'but world. -Anon, the learinge n eine - from the to diminish,: and tal woods ar4e ir a vet y profitabl y, jut pro ts of the other boats on the lake. on either side ,.of tie path ; th 'Bad 1 received the proceeds- of my golemn aspect andthe deep silen eettimis:iion, and ',aught batik stock that brooded over their vast so in the colony---Whieh then :and•Still_-. tucks, inspiring ' the nlin4 witla -yields eight per cent.—my ,E7-00 strange awe. Not a bieath Of wi eteriing, (suet' to .,-CS40 (2111Tonev, stirred the leaflese branches, who e would have -given. me £60 per ane huge shadows, refleked upon t daezline white co' erin of snow, new, which, with my own would have kept my- family:tolerably well, have helped "to "pay servants, and have„saveil us all. much priva- tion and karrasiing anxiety. se perfecPy still, thiA it seethed if Nature had suspended her ope tions, that life and motion n ceased, an4 that she was sleepi a- a( "hadconduced hi h Yield the 'ns for cultivation. report led to [the for- te d that we are about o the settleMent of wi ich is one of the sr settlements in this is surrounded by a c untry. :ONTINUED. ME Court o hip of Sta R Do CHIN( an "M()NPAY, ten WILL V ma, ;April FARM rririE Subsc r,M, Lot of iTay,! Londo Kip )en.', consis celleint !land, 6. For particulars ,AL 170-tf TICE. li.evision for ttie Town- iley. will be he d at Mr. 's HoTtL, Bayfield road, he 15th day of MAY, at TT, p Clerk-. JOHNSON BR 174-tcl AM rLunc.: Towns 6, 1871. DRTBURG'S PLANES. AMERICAN WATIlltLI ME —AND -- CALCINED PLASTER. JACKSCREWS TO HIRE, —AT— JOHNSION BROTHERS'. STOCK 0111:1 -A -A_ IRON -CLAD xs IRON -CLAD DAIRY PAIL • CHEESE VATS! Carrying Cans! Made to order. DAIRYMEN'S 5 PPL1E.S, Of all kinds KEPT ON B. ND, —AT -- FOR SALE. r offers for sale his o. 28, First Concession Road, halfa mile from ing of 100 acres of ex - of which are cleared. apply to XANDER MIINN 17O-tf. On the Premises. OWN & CAPS iCv TJe fak AND SEE THEM. GRIAISSIE matt NEW BOOKS. -LKIEGN OP LAW, by Duke of rgyle. HUXLEY'S LAY SE,RMONS. HEOLOG Y AND SCIENCE, (Brewer) CRITICAL NEW TESTAMENT. EADIES' BIBLICAL CYCLOPEDI A ADIES'BIBLICALCONCORD NCB. OSEPHUS'. WORKS. EXETER HALL LECTURES. MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC; GIBBONS' RISE & FALL, ROMAN EMPIRE, MACAULEY'S HISTORY OE E1 -GL ND. MARKHAM'S HISTOR ENGLAND, COTTAGE LIBRARY, choice and cheap MIILY READING, SABBATH 8CH0OL LIBRARIES, HYMN BOOKS, ETC.. —AL:A/— DAY BOOKS, JOURNALS, LEDG EBS, CASH BOOKS. WIIIT1.NG PAPER, ENVELOPES Commercial and fancy, at LUMSD.EN'S Drug and Book Store. Seaforth, Nov. 3, 1870. CARRIAGE AND SLEIGHS, CUTTERS, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, WAGON'S, &c., &c., Built in a superior mann r, to order, on short natio &Fe Particular attentio !pa• id. to _Horse. Shoeing and General lila ksmithing. 163. THERS", Main Street, VIOLET !SEAFOBTIL J. SEAT ER., EXCHANGE 3ROKER, And dealet in Pure DRUCS CHEMICALS AND UYE SiiJ:FFS, PERFUMERY, FANCYAN D TOILET ARTICLES Agent for Sewing Machines. Money to lend on easy term gt-T Pure Wines aiicl Liquers for medi- cinal purposes. SEATTER, Seaforth,.Nov. 3, 1870. 59-tf. FLAX! FLAX! THE nudersigned s now prepared. to furnish FLAX SEED to all parties Who wish to embark in:. the .cultivation of Fla,x- during the c ming season. The FLAX SEED ! can be had. at the Sores of the under- signed : Scott Robertson, Killoran and Ryan, J. C. Laidlaw,1 Grocers; John Logan, E. Dickson & -Co., S. It Corley and. A. G. McDougalL The Seed. can be had from -any of the abovd parties, on and after the 20th a March next. 169-tf. !Pi. SHANTZ, POTA1TOES.- FIRST-PIAZE POTA.TOES POR SALE. THE subscriber has on hand; on Lo o. 23, Concession 4, McKillop, th following vaxicties SEED POTIATOES, Which he offers for sale, viz. :—Earl Goodrich, Early Illansworth ; Earl) Rose; G le abon, . UG has also the right for the County o Huron, to sell and manfaeture j, H • I THOMAS' PATENT BEE HIVES. Individual and Township Rights fo Sale. He will also have a few SWARMS :OP BEES I For Sale in:the Spring: 168-tf it..GOVENLOCK. MONEY 0,000 TO LEND. IH AVE the above sum on hand for investrnent on good Farm Security, at 8 and. 9 per cent.,--HPrivate Funds. T • JOHN S. PORTER. SEAFORTH, July 23,1870. 139.— NOTICE. A---OTICE is hereby given to all perso s not to cut any timber or trespass o lois N. 18, E. 19 and 20 in the 5t concession Hay, as the owner, PA CL 14. BELL, is determined to punish to the utmost extreme of the law all so doing, 165-tf M LLS FOR SALE OR TO RENT! MHE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS !,FOR I. SALE or to Rent, oic easy terms, THE NIRNA Consisiing, of a Flour; Oatmeal, and. Raw arof which are in gooti ruiming order. The Flour Mill contains Four run of Stones and the interor is well finished, and all the machinery in first class eon- dition. There is in connection a good Dam, and an abundant supply of wain to run all the mills the year round. 'These mills are situated in the centre of a splendid Agricultural country, and a rare chance is offered to any person desi- - roils of embarking inthe milling business. There is also an excellent opportunity of BDRINC FOR SALT on the all the works for whieh could be driven by-re ter. T . above property is situated Six miles from Clipton ; Six from mid Eleven from Seaforth, with good. gravel roads leading to !eachplace. • 'For furthcr particulars !apply to the proprietor, on the prenrises, or to Varna P. 0, A VOID QUACIcS.--A victim of eai'ibr I-1 indiscretion, causing nervous debi ity. premature decay, etc., having tri d in vain every advertised remedy, has ja simple means of self -cure, which he wi11 send free to his fellow -sufferers. Addre s J. H. TUTTLE, 78 Nassau st., Ne York 162-0ml W. TURNER,. VARNA, August 11, 1870. 140 -- TAVERN FOR SALE. min: well-known and old. establislml Hotel, ".The Roxburgh hotel," sit- uated in the thriving village of Rox- burgh ' - along with the house is one-half are ofland. and good. stabling. Right opposite is "'Rock's Mill," doing the largest- gristing business in the County. To a party with a small capital this is one of the best stands in the Comity of Huron. Apply to the proprietor, THOS. \VILSON, Walton P. 0. 171 --Lf NEW LINE OF STAGES) Between Seaforth land Wroxeter, We, the under—signt, beg to inform the inhabitants of 6caforth, -Wroxater, and the public generally, that we are now runninff a DAILY ) STAGE, (Sundays excepted,) each way, as follows,. Leavin-. Seaford' at 11 a. Pl.,' leaving AirileAlle at 3 p. ; leaving Wroxeter at 12 noon; leaving Ainleyville at :3 p. m.;—eonneeting with nun ning ami e'ven- ing trains, going east and west, also with Walkerton 'sad Harriston stages. Com- fortable vehicles and fast time. Livery in connection at Seaforth. 167-tf ROSS & J0111,'CroTil/E,ra, LEAVING HURON. TOT 3 1N THE 3rd CONCESSION, .4 Better known as the WILLIAM THOMPSON FARM - Is offered for sale, it is admitted by all who -know this Lot, that for crops and stuck- it has no superior in die county. Address, BOX 173 Seaforth. 1:52— Scaforth, Nov. 3, 1810. • inoesmotamzemiregeolseeemmusen BRIEF NOT3 Lady Lorne bast t, pairs of shoes. and -t ]i*. " number eights." —Kossuth, who, in feeble health, )ms ntobiography, has as piablisting-ii-onst, in 1 to accept it. He now ing the Li iiu_blisllerc.orrespon per urges tile. igrafion t) the young th-en of ew England- has women ; the West ik and—edA11 it(:1.srgeol!'111.':111.11;ITsi'll have ar1angts4 t4 3 in; ike 4 the Uniteelatee, and 1tavc r1i June next,' vi — It is kelnark:14 11 11 citizens of nil at an age ja-hen mos I. firm for affillis, :tt .unlja;I1in1eattivtitg:tritT t. tthiuess. AVin. B ; Alex -ander T. ornelins Vanderbil 'Drew, 71 ; Peter Coo.Ial NV, while a e ew York iilliounii — Within' the last ant 1,73 01,001; Bri lave left th el United hole nunibi-r of B): resident in the 12:ni tstimated in 1861 at 000, and t1ii.1 niranbe %rot been dituinished year; A.43e1;.stinal,, daily a week ago, john Smith, !,fortit rhia, will calitat No. - hear of soutethin itage." Johnj !about 250 ofilaim, fCalline. at thei rate of 1 pine° the persona,. --A chap in II3os or a "self-supporting well-eclucated," — Eagtern lads -,- !4 laundress %WI° will . Take her pak ittle uitar. — Mr. Greeley, re 4anall .smns paid to NN ears ago, says. "J r ng,fe' graild til)eived in nralluserip popular aiid vbich paid fifteen (10 hundred suebt would !quickly at one hun 'dollars each; and ti !Avould look iinxionsle" for more -- In th miimter Rentic, no A- lias evinced in prose thing lik-e the genius --CharleS James !).bly the voungest to the 13ritis-li Parli lieen -chosen for ineteen yeats io At seventeen Le wa terms with ildnutud 1 liinetee,n yeats his -time Waii .1 "0%000 by'gam wily ..ays of 'lila, " Verb. '!e'oitngLtaSa1 CilV.4:;7 iai1111‘ 4iant5. Then this w wrvier.-1, it \VW; asSel them througlti - inedium allege "Bi 'i member of; the „ .s*ipixeafttt,if !Rsitre el,ef sthv .. from head to hetet p(4E" N'ilr !is i)atagonian'‘NrOiL.2",113.1 '265 pounds. With ; physieal Aar race ie deeeeneraiin Ilse of tobacco and over, \V 1tbei ,the people 4.11qt Said '4X) ard 1 lust o ore give)) fro'in tlnv have. :social front titeir V0i then- degeneration slower. --in, 1.7 1,1" A man !seneite f Pompeii, sa p.)sing citx, but v repair. .neigli'.)or firh :'.kin question, ." r\hii ii and. ,aseured ets it afovesaid immedifitelV left. The fellowing , _winow a.; a fehov-sufTerers t ,oe,ta,ion. °fliers 7,-- pleasante!..t kind " th•Str 13. i'14 A 'W(a,) thS btir 11! .1 hand. a Ileialt ‘t. .e caught itisp the fair. 111111L f•fl' 11•111"t•Z:y •• tli Vi),111- Of