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TO THE FARMERS OF HURON.
tROWS & GANG PLOWS.
75,74.7114SCIY1\172
SEA FORTHe
• • now on hand a hirge Steck et cerzrargs
ANANAQUE
RON HARROWS,.
...A.lame number of these Harrows were sold ire
this parnt Th.st year, and gave the high.est satiable-,
tioo. Pftrtida desiring to perehase are referind tO•
the following gentlemen who have used them; Oa
Edwin Cresswell, andAlexander Eroatifoot, Tucker-
muith; James Scotia aud James Kerr McKillop ;-
John Whitefteld, Grey ; John Troyer, Hay; Peter
Crentr. Stardey, and many othere. who
want these Harrows would do well to pierehase as.
soon fee possible, as tle‘re is likely to be great
demsoacj for them this season.
ICES LOW AND TERms LIBERAL
PLO
Also, on band, fl ib of the. Massey Manatee--;
taring Company's superior Gang Plowe. These
-
Plows have had several valuabie improsements
added thi.s season., and are now consequently ea. -e
Table of performing, better work than ever before.
Price tlxe same as last season.
0, O. ILSON"
zed Agricultural Implement Agent.
MOULDING .&" PAPER:
TUE malte•signed luts on hand a sndendid lot or
ROSEWOOD AND '; GILT
IMO
,LDING
Also, a Fine Lot of Straw
WRAPPING PAPER
-
FOR SALE, CHEAP..
Neve is the time to buy as it is on the rise-
Xnin Steet. Seaforth.
C. -ARMSTRONG..
221.
200
.
Pan- 'fetes Boots, -
Worth $3 for $2. '45.
Pair Women's Boots, -
orth $1 75 for $1. 60, aced
ob Lot of Girls' Boots,
F •
or 75e. worth $1. 251
Also, a JobLot uf
'4.A.DTESJAC.KETS,.
Saittable for Spring, at half their value.
the SIGN of the BLACK BEAR,
A •G. MeDOITGALL.
Instructjon,
INT :N-,
pe of St. Iarnes' Choir, Wakefield.„England, au&
R known to the people of Seaforth as Precenter
S t. Thomas' Choir, Seaforth, respeetfully an- *
awes to the inhabitante of this town that he •
s! has commenced giving Instructions in
cal - Instrumental illzisic..
Ir. T. assure e the people that the closest attetta
will be paid to his pupils, and no effort arffiaAe
. pared to impart a thorougb prautiealkocre-Iedges
nusic.
TERMS;
ml -Meek, Inetumental Music,
Apply at •the Mansion Itotel, Seaforth, feonr
) 11 o'ehaelt„ A. M. • 219-
- STEAM TO
LVERPOOLLONDONDERRY
AND GLASGOW,
THE ALLAN LINE
a. *ratty from Portland during Winter, aud
from Quebe.c during Summer.
1e _Fleet Mass Clyde built Iron Steamships of
tmc carrying: the Canadian and United. States
ils, will be despatched from Portland Mr Liver -
d, calling at Derry, as follows
kNI>INATIAN, _Feb.; 17.
DERNIAN, . . et. • Feb.. 24-
.2,
...March
'slaIAN, March:16s
.. . .
Mawh2.
ser Rates of Passage au low as by any Fir- fit
e•jeo.
• Pt:esteem WISTIDTO To fiuxn Fan FitinanaS.—
neigh booking arraugements have been made by
ielt persons wishing to bring out their friends
iatain passage certificates at Rawest rates from
i.;land, Ireland or Scotland, to any railway eta-
ia Canada or th' United Statis.
'he first etefunships for Quebee will be despatch-
ceera Liverpool, (calliug at Derry) %limit. the 25th
Sprit, and from Glasgow, icraling at Ri-ngstowuY
eit the 23rd of April.
In steamships of the Allen Line come direct to •
-.rrailway whar:f at Point j j (South Quebec.) •
wt. ,e is checked threugh to destination free
herge, and passengers are forwarded on at once,
reby madding all incidental expellees.
Tiekets and an farther particulars, applY to
R. B. .ttooneR,
Pe T. Railway Station, Seaforth.
2294
• AGENT WANTED.
_ea:NV WfieNTED, in Seaforth and vicinity, for
She North British Cattle Food comp/nay. A
L salesman amt realize a large- Income. To-
il, testimonials furniehed,
BLAKP, Toronto -
ESTRAY SHEEptME .
into the promisee .of the subscriber, Lot
\o 1Conceseion 1, McKillop, previous to -titer
sd December last, a EIVII and LAMB. The
ier ia requested to prove property, pay ehargen
take them away.
Alat-• PATRICK evooDe.
YOKE OP OXEN WANTED.
TAINTED, a yoke of good 'WORKING OXEN -
A liberal priee will be paid for a good yoke.
Sy to the subscriber, Lot 314, lat Con„ Tucker-
th, 11. It. S., or address Clinton Poet Office,
19-4* CHARLES CARTER.
NOTICE.
It lurbite ntre hereby cautioned against Pur -e.*
(hexing a Note of Hand made by inc in inlrore
lessrs. McCaughey Sc Hohnested, .Attorneys,
village or Seaforth dated 'II y,
1871, eight
Ails after date, as I 'have rectiv el no value far-
g&tatt.
•
• STEP RBA-TING.-
u ckersmith, Feb. 10, 1871 /19-54
VOIeltr.7XE, 3-, PIO. 14.
ifFLOJLE Pi O. '222. j
Zitt• largo •dxpoOltot
YE BALLAD OF !YE STOLEII pAss.
editor is Miste Sq ibbs,
man of lordly will;
A e.ighty man liketvis to wield.
e scissors and .ye ilL
Y humble honors-lf press
ith lofty pride he ears;
Al hough no inillio ai , he hath
nieh a miflibn irs. •
,runtisnED
EVERY PlIfIDAY 11.0tNINO,
IN SEA.FORTH.
Tattees.—$1:50„ per yea in advance, or $2at the
• end of the year.
•
Advertising Bates. •
Tn.ANSIsN'T.
a First insertion, per line, 8 cents; subsequent in
aertions 2 cents each time, per line.
00NTRACT UATEs.
One column one year .. $60 00
ball lit 8500 •
8 months . 20 00
Half " one year35 00'
t6 )11,11 20 00
rs 3 months . • • • • • • • • • • . ... • •
One-fourth one year .. . . ......... .... . . .
it LC holt 4( ......
" " 3 months
egnim year .
EAFORTH • FRIDA.Y MARCH 8, 1872.
•ten ti es as much work as the Registrar,
gets on y a tenth of his salary, about
11. stri:Tea with di it to feed •
e little Squibb cent h bread,
-Ai dee Upon ye ing of fame
re name of Squibbs-, o spread.
Retakes his little per uisites-
-e which each Press .man knows—
W thready, gracions ir,
or which he " rings." -bestows. .
No , Mr. Squibbs he ad a pass
Tpon ye railway tr. 'n; •
Ye which was dole , • e loss of which
t vexed him sor wi h pain..
12 00
20 00
12 00
' 800
. . ... ; 12 00
a a hale 64• 8
"• " 8 mo4hs
One-te
welfth one sea ......... :.• 00
" it heti .1 • • 500
" " 3 moktb.s 800
Business Cards, (b lines and under, ta. year4 00
Advertisements of Strayed, Lost, Found, &c.,
not exceeding 10 lines --first raontln $1, after first
naonth, 50 cen.ts each month. , •
Advertisements of FARMS,and REAL ESTATE
-for sale, not exceeding 15 linos—first month, $1 50;
each subseettent mouth, 75 cente.
Births, Marriages, Deatite—Gratia.
Advertisements without specific' direetions will
be insortecl till forbid, and charged accordingly.
I McLEAN •BROTHERS
MUDD° Y. MoLEAN, Publishers.
ALLAN MCLEAN.
n with a frown f d gnity
• quibbs- sought y esident ; ,
ive ordereto yoi4r h relings straight,
hrough all your lroa 's extent,
4 t o seize the man,
rho to coy name
Ye orders flew; and
•• ith 'dignity red
FARMS. FOR SALE.
LOT 27, Second Concession Metillop, within one
mile of Seaforth ; and Let 17, Eleventh Con.,
31cKillop, eight nines from Sea -forth; and, nlso,
Building Lots in Seaforth.. Terms made to suit
purchasers. Ap•ply te
•218.8• jaOsselS 1EATTD, Senforth.
• FARM FOR SALE.
1-40R SALE, in the Township of Stanley, County
-a: of Huron, an excellent farm, being composed
*f .Lot No. 13, Sixth Concession, containing 100
sores 80 of which are oleared, well fenced, and in a
good state pf eultivation. There axe 18 acres un-
der /all wheat. There are son the premises a log
house, log barn, and frame driving -house; aleo,la
loung orchard; thero is a good spring well con-
venient -to the Stables, also a good spring creek.
This farm is situated one mile and a half soath of
Varna, on the gravel road. For 'further particulars
apply to the proprietor on t o premises, (* to
Varna Post -Office.
212-13 •
wh
as
M r
-es.
rever.found
res."
-Squibbe
No many days thereaf er, Squibbs
ith dignity aro e,
An olid his dignit a a limbs
in his Sunday cli thes ;
For Squibbs .was bid te
• 11 in ye distant ow •
An merrily he cut his pen
T note ye:doings do
An • while he viewe hi toilet o'er,
All by a luckless ch ce, .•
iit upon ye stul p ss,
in his Sundal pa its. -
cenes of mirth
ro.MeT CHEM
FARM AND .PHOTOGRAPH ROOMS FOR
SALE. -•
-L'OR Sale, lot No. 29, cen. 7, towdship O 1orris,.
.-1-= containing 100 acres, 70 of which are cleared
• and in a state of good cultivation. The whole is
well fenced. There are on the premises a good
trae barn and hewed log -house, alp, two evells
*ncl a young bearing orchard. This farm is within
Erne mile of Ainleyville, a thriring village, where n
atation of the Wellington'Grey and Brace Railway
• will be located, also the breadth of a lot from the
• Northern Gravel Road. Alec), a 'frame dwelling -
house, with the upper part fitted for a P otograeh
• Gallery. There Is a good well and eta e On dm
premises, also is• good garden. This roperfy is
seituftted near Wee business centre of the village of,
Wroxeter'through which the Toronto Grey end
Bruce Railway will be running within! .one year.
• The whole will be sold on easy ternul. For parti-
aulars apply to• the Proprietor. •
•SAMUEL WALICF.R,
' Photographer, Wroxeter.
N. B.—The Photoferaphic Instruments will be
• sold with or without the gallery. 210-ain .
•Or to C. It: COOPER,
Lana Agent, 14ing1e
Property for Sali in Weiltpn.
A (loop OPENING FORA WAGON -MAKER
WOE SALE, CHEAP, in the village of Walton,
-a: three. Building Lots. These late are situated
agood business part of the village. There is
on one of the lots, a good. Frame Dwelling -house
and Frame Wagon Shop; also, a stable, wood -shed,
and. a never -failing well of water. On one of the
other lots there is a Frame Dwelling-h.ouse, and
upon the the third lot there aro ma:Math/Ts, Also,
a good stock of oak and other lumbet togethonwith
spokes and hubs. This property will he sold in a '
block, cheap, for Cash. There is not a better open-
ing for a good Wagon -maker in the County than
this offers, as there are none others in. the same
businese within several, miles. For ,further parti-
eulars apply to the Proprietor on the Premises, or
to Walton P•. O.
• RICHARD_ LAWRASON,".. '
2214* Proprietor.
GOOD FARM WANTED TO RENT.
NITANTED te rent, a -'good Farm of from 75 to
'a• 100 acres, cleared. Must have good out -build -
lags, and be in geed woildng order, to be me good
woad s and convenient to markets. For further pax-
ticulare apply at MR EXPOSITOR Office. '
JAMES COATES, -
• MIA* • Tuckersmith.
TO LET. ..
• RTORE and. Dwelling -House to tlent, in the ,vil-
.
L-'1 lageof Walton, on the gravel feed, ' ten miles
' NOrth of Beefed , e the house is coramdious and
in good repair an has been. used as it*ore for
about ton ,years, the building is occupied at present
by Mrs. Ann Moore. The store is well situated,
• being in the centre of a first-class farming commn-
nay, and has a lively Saul thriving hueiness. Sittig-
lactory reasons given for the present tenant leaving
the brimin.ess. Terms easy. For further particulars
apply to , •, •
yams CAMPRtLL,
21n.4*1 Waltoak. O., Out.
ROOMS TO LET,„
TO LW, ill Scott's Block, two eommodions
• Rooms on the second flat. Apply to
195 •MeCAUGet HOLMSTED. '
NOTICE.
TH" undersigned_ willthe happy to bo patronized
' by his brother farnaOrs-of the
ToweraiTTP,p oeilaY AN' STANLEY
Asan "Auctioneer.
Ile is prepared to sot as such at ysery moderato
Tates.
• MONEY TO LOAN, private binds, at 8 por cent.
Zxpetisee low. .Conveyancing done cheap.
HUGH LOVE? Sant.,
Townline 'Hay and Stanley,,
2i9*•• 111111's Groan P. O. .
AUQTIOI4 SALES.
A.R.,.011.1BALD BISH.OP
BECT
.to inform the public- that he has taken
out County Auctisneer's License, and, will,
hereafter, bo prepared- te attend Auction Sales of.
• Beal Estate or Personal Property in any part of
She County, on the shortest notice_ From the
nuclease he has had since commenciug this business
he feels confident that :he _can give the utmost
eatisfaetion. •
AU orders left with. Robert Brown, Zurich, S.
Saunders, Pea Office, Exeter, or eddreesed to the
undersigned will receive proMpt Attention.
• AliCRil3ALD BISROP,.
217
P. O.
• SEED POTATOES FOR SALE,
0? THE_ following new varieties:
CLIMAX, •
• EXCELSIOR,• '
B.RISSITS PROLIFIC, -
and WILLARD StEDIUNG.
'These varieties are ad the befit quality, ruiner -
Passed for productiveness and wairanted Imre
and trner to -
"The best varieties of the day." ---C. ARNOLD.
JAMES LA.NDESBOROUGH,
.24)• LotA Concession 8, Tackerstli;
He
Wit
E
Y
lofty Squibbs
to ye ticeet mai;
reka muttere I he aad turned
face of Sqtribb4 to scan.
ave ye pass
The# with his flam•
- He smote Squibbs
Three bloody brake
• Who bore him on
g 1 ntern, sore,
on e head ;
en hen he called,
as ead.
Upoa ye lordly S,qui bs
Three brakemen. rea
Ye while the wrathf 1 t
HIS clothes did ovrki
They fetnicl a pass on
That rune ye worl
They bound him fast
Ye king of pass-th
ev,
ar
an
eve
then sat
and small,
aket man
ul. •
ry road
und ;
I swore they had
found.
His freeclorh was at lftst estored;
His dignity, alas,
Was wreeked, and e 'en o this day
Squibbs won't ride on a pass.
Po
tryi
leen
Can d
t Ffope amateu s re playing, or
to play, Dion IBO eicault's " Col -
awn."
— She -riff reeltie -of rince Edward
Con tyti left for part u known. on Fi
day night, taking lit him several
thou and .dollars, nio tly private funds.
e I-- A leald-eagle wae tr pped last Week
. .
,
Y Iniouth township, ear St. Thomas.
g inches fr p to tip. The
It is • fine' specimen,1the Wings meaeur-
inmost prominent -dis osi ion it has yet
mani ested is toWard t e consumption
of -enormous quantiti s o raw flesh.
r. William He dr e, he coitract-
or
fo the Ainleville sec ion of the Wel-
. lingt n, Grey and Brice, Railway, when.
the reat Western eveS, uilding drove a
dirt aeont
renen
ligen
Calla
tion
for t
.tiona
. .—
PaP•Y
point
Rail
ment
well
sehe
contir
Otte
aged
behin
prise
of ju
profit
turiti
them to the owners when
conkl be obtained' for s
• -have kept a yard- in W
thirty or forty canines p
ti.Pee-1 Their eStablishm
disco
who
en it
enter
quite
evang
-york,
Osha
stock•
whole
stock
he . latest:. name for the Tory
nt hasbeen inven d by the intel-
Supporters of ,Mr Lachlin . Me-
in Monk—" Mai erate Constitu-
Party. The dlitle is approiriate,
11
ey, are only -mode ately constitu-
after all.- • •
he Great Western Railway Com -
propose to .erept hops at some
on the Wellington; rey and Bruce
ay.. Guelph o ering induce-
.,
lfred Waddington, whose name is
'flown from his conn ction with the
e of building a rail ay across the
ent to 'British Col mbia, died at
a last week, fr m small -pox,
he boys of Canada ill not fall far
their yarikee nei hboa's in enter-
nd business capaci y. A cornpany,
miles in Toronto h ve carried on a
bletusiness for so e time by cep-
• dogs on the stree and restoring
ibetal rewards
doing. They
ich they had-
isoners all the
nt having been
s of the city,
es, have brok-
nuragement qf
eration.
ered, the aufhoriti
re evidently old fo
ip, to the great dis
rise,,in the rising ge
(rimless' Russell, *
a celebrity thi
list anti revivali ,
where.he is holdin
he Joseph Hall
h_ave • increase
/ram $300,0Q0 to
being taken up 1
holders. It is sai
o has. obtained
country as an _
s now in New
meetings.
Ars Com.pany,
their capital
$400,000, the
y the present
that the Com-
pany' has on contract m chinery worth
$100, 00. •
(1
•• --- be Parliament of 0 itario waspro-
rogne
the
Lieut
the b.
the s
twent
1 lon Saturday last
rorogation Hi
Governor gave for
Is which had bee
ssion. There wer
;four of these- tele
Previous to
xcellency the
al assent pc,
passed during
hi all 124;
to railways.
— ilie Walkerton Tel •cope is very
illy p eased with the ne bill affecting
Regis rars'„ fees, whieh - it. considers,
does • ot go far ;en.ougl;e The Bruce
Reg,iet ar, with over $5,0 0 a year, will
only, h v� to refund $750, and put the
remai • er, except about $800 for ex-
penses in his .p9cket. The Telescope
thinks eovernment officials -very unequal-
°
1 ree nensed for their services. Thus,
the Wa&erton Postmaster, who doce
$500.
ether new railway scheme is
'about being inaugurated. It is proposed
to construct a line from Guelph to Orange-
ville, to intersect the 'Toton to,' Grey and
Bruce at„the latter point, and unite with
-the Gijeat Western' at the former. A
=number of the promoters of the scheme
weited upon Messrs, Muir and Price of
the. Great Western a few clays ago, and
laid their scheme before these gentlemen,
and it receieed their approval and pro-
mises of assistance.
M the last meeting of the S. Marys
Town Council the following reeolution
was unanimousle passed : That a com-
mittee be appointed to d.evise a plan ,for
the eneiyaragement of manufacturers inn
the town,of St. Marys, and report to this
Council at its first 'meeting, the result of
their investigations. We h pe this para-
graph will hava the effect of bringing the
manufactory question back to the minds
of our village fathers once more,
-- All over the country the towns and
villages are granting bonuses and estab-
lishing manufactories. Peterborough
has submitted a by-law giving Messrs.
Paton, Moir & Co. $10,000 to enable
them to extend their woolen manufactory
to th r e times its present capacity.
Oshawa is tb have a straw hat manufac-
tory, tbe village granting $5,000 ',bonus
to the c mpany.
The good eld-fashoned way of
"teachi g the youngidea howeto shoot,"
by frequent land vigorous applications!
of the r d, seems to be getting more and
more out of favor. Very often, in our
exchanges, we fina records of -the arrest
ishment Of teachers for the °or-
nishment of their pupils. The
that of a Miss Standish, in Erin
p, who was fined, dismissed from
ation, and' had her certificate
for unduly punishing a little
and pu
poral p
latest is
Townsh
her sit
cancelle
girl.,
— Pe) contra : i. scholar in a school
in the ounty of tambton was,'a Short
time ag , taken before a magistrate and
fined te dollar§ and costs, amMinting in
all to about thirt en dollars, for using
abusive and insulting. language to his
teacher in school.
We notice ti at the editor of the
Mitchell Advocate declines to act ,upon
the 'well -meant -ac vice which we gave
him two or three -eeks ago, to get one
of the in ior pupils of,the Mitchell school
to revise his manu_cript each week be-
fore placing it in th hands of the printers;
but, i stead, has purchased a.
cheap di tionary, iith the aid. of which
• he hopes in future, to be prevented from
loweri ig the dinitj of joirenalism."
We regr to obser however, that his
laboriou studies h ve not yet produced
any beneficial chan e in his orthography.
Th Rev. Janles Pritchard, paitor
of the nada Pre byterian Church' at
Parkhill has reei ned the charge of his
congreg ticn in tha place.' The resigna-
tion has been acce ted by the congrega-
tion.
On Wednesd y last two of Mr.
John Malcho's daugihters, near Stratford.
proceede
they lieu
out the i
while th
was engaged in cho
top of thevved1,. she
head r4 and was
tinge ou (Ube procu
to a wellsin the field, where
lly water the cattle, to chop
e frone the water troagh, and
-younger, about 12 years of age,
ping the ice from the
slipped and fell in
rowned before assist-
ed.
- - e much reeer t to learn of the de-
mise •f McIei1 Clarke, Esq.., M. P. P.,
forth S nth Rithig of Granville. Mr,
Clark c 'right a sev, re cold while return-
- ing h me from his Parliamentary duties
at th 6 ristmas holidays; from the ef-
fieets f hich he cl ed at his residence,
in .Pr sc tt, on the ifternoon . of Ffiday
last.' M . Clarke as a young man of
much pr mise. H occuPied a foremost
positi n Ioth as a lawyer and a Parlia-
ment rm. and hie early death will be
deepl. regretted. by his many" friends
through° t the entire Province. .
- The following Ifs the vete on the
,
sectio al bonus by-law, granting to the
t
Welli let n, Grey nd Bruce Railway
south rti oxtension bonus of $54000,
and hi h was voted upon on Wednes-
• day o la t week: Kinloss, 343 for, 148
again t; .11.uron,-67 for, 16 against;
Kinca -cli ie, 168 for, 407 against.
. _
perlations at the Waterloo -test
well 1ave jCpeell stopped. The well is now
a littl over 1,800 feet deep, and the last
48 fe t of it have been eink through a
very har4 and -White limestone rock.
;
-- Last Friday the revenue officers
seized a Isisky still] in full operation in
a swamp n Adjala. 1 They destroyed the
mash tub, and sent the boiler to Angus
to be shi ped. to Toronto.
-- The Iarnilton imeg says :—" The
reaeon, if.s we are informed, why the'
Governm nt made no railway grant to
the Sout ern Exten ion of the Welling-
ton, Gm and Bruc Railway, was that
two oth r compan es desire, running
powers ca that bra ch, and no arrange-
ment has . yet been effected for that pur-
pe3e betiseen the parties in feces ted."
— Lucan contains a Draught Club
whieh is Said to be superior to any be-
tween Salinia and Guielph. Where are the
veterans f Brucefield?
—As tie stage which carries the mail
from London to. Clinton was passing
through Lucan one day recently, one- of
the sleigh runners struck a prominence i
on the sid of the road, when the vehicle
was cornpl.etely oyer
becoming at the s
own teaan out of the way the other was
upon -him.,. and. became so entangled in
his sleigh as to arrest their further pro-
gress. Unfortunately, however, Mr.
Delancemeceived severe iujuries.
-- The Gederich Star, after a auspen-
sion of seveeal months, on account of its
office, be lug !burnt, resumed publication
three weeks ago. It has been enlarged
to 36 long columns, is printed with new
type, and its now one of the largest and
handsomest .16cal paper's in the country.
The same -editorial vigor which formerly
characterized the Star still graces its
cohunns. . • . • . . There,—we
hope the Star wili be more good-natured
now, and not try to rake up limits.
where none were intended and where no
one else could find them. ' r
— Mr. William' Hoskin, of Hibbert,
met with a serious accident on Wednes-
day of last week. Ile -was 1corning
through the gate of his father's farm
(now occupied by Mr. Jas. Hopwood), on
a loaci of hay, and on approaching the
road, the decent was somewhat sudden,
and his horses 'being spirited, they made
a sudden bound forward, when, as is sup-
posed, they displaced the rack, and im-
mediately sprang down the embankment
on the oppolite side of the road.. Mr.
Hoskin :was throWn from the load, his
•head coming in con tact with the hard
ground, producing 3evere concussion of
rthadbii:ead• .
brain, and eind it is feared the skull is
fetu
— The Rees Mr. TJre, pastor of Knox
Church, Godeich, last week retrirned
home -from a tour to Scotland, looking
haleand heart . ,
Mr..Robe t Matheson, 'editor of the
Brantford Expositor, has received from.
the Ontario • Government the appoint-
ment of &user of the London Lunatic
Asylum. Strokes of good fortune -like
this don't often fall to the lot of "Grit"
editors. ••
,
--- From the London papers we learn
that the twenty per centum upon the
subscribed stock of the London, Huron
and Bruce Railway Company hag been
most heartily responded to. On Satur-
day, the sums paid in to the office
anmenthd to fourteen thousand dollars.
The Village of Exeter has paid in nearly
every share taken by its citizens.
--- The wife of Mr. Peter Graham, ex -
Reeve of Warwick, While walking about
the -room on the 25th ult., suddenly fell,
and on raising her, life was found to be.
extinct. What makes the matter more
startling, she was considered very
healthy.
A Farmer on Combinations.
"Whither a -re we Drilling?"
From the unusual number of Combi-
nations that have lately taken place in.
Canada,, it may well be asked, \Vhither
are we drifting' and, whether is it the
strong or the weak that receives most
advantages from these unseemly Com-
binations? A few yeers ago was formed
the great Combination of political par-
ties, for the loyal and potriotic purpose
of effecting Combination, and that Com-
bination. has enabled John A- to hold
the reins of power to this hour, and hes
been a cloak for all kinds of political ter-
giversation aud- corruption. And there
..is no disputing the fact that john A. and
his party reaped more advantages from
that Combination than did the Reform-
ers, from the fact that be held the pat-
ronage of the Government at his finger -
ends, -and, although the Combination
Government might, to a certain extent,
prevent him. from bestowing it on certain
parties, they could not prevent him from
secretly lavishing unboueded promises,
for the purpose of drawing supportto his
Governmeat. But unfulfilled promises
will only pass current for a limited time,
hence the general corruption and open
bribery practiced by his lieutenant, John
Sandfield, to bolster up his tottering
Government, which led in the end to the
disruption and entire annihilation. of the
Combination Government of Ontario.
And there is no doubt but that the same
fate awaits John A., at no distant day.
We have also had the great Huron Salt
Combination, wlich raised the price of
Salt from $1 per barrel to $1 75, which
was the men e of checking the demand,
and which cioeed a number of the Salt
wells, and lived but a few months, dying
by litigation among the Combinationists,
and Salt is again reduced to$1 per barrel.
• We have also, I believe. the Lawyers',
Dodtorst Saddlers', Tavernkeepers',
Blecksniiths' and a host . of other com-
binations, all for the purpose of regu-
lating or making uniform their va.rieus
charges or foes and also, supponeefor
the purpose Of protecting themselves
from the avaricious grasp of their cus-
tomers.
Now, are not these combinations for
,making uniform and raising charges or
the prices of articles but a shrewd busi-
ness dodge, got up by the wealthy, for
their own particular benefitat the ex-
pense of their poorer, bot more industri-
ous, competitors, who are struggling for
exis telt ee. Every intelligent inan must
know that adhering strictly to combina-
tion prices would be the means of reduc-
ing nnany a poor industrious man to
bankruptcy. For instance, suppose a
bla.eksmith owes a note, which is due, for
$1.00, bat he has a new wagon at his
door. the combination price of which is
$110 ; a customer conies along and offers
hint $100, cash ; it would certainly be
more virtuous for the blacksmith to take
the $100 and save himself from bank-
ruptcy than to keep faith with the cone-
binationists. On the other hand, his
older -established and more wealthy com-
petitor can afford to keep his waggon
until he gets the price required. So,
you. Will at once see that the advantages
of Coinbinations, generally, are in favor
of the- fqw wealthy, at the expense of
the many poor men. This same rule will
apply to all professional and trades
unions. But, a Combination for making
uniform the charges of mechanics or
professional men is simply absnrd in the
extreme, becauee we all kndw from ex-
perience that some men's eervices are
worth double and treble that of others.
Even at day or farm labor, one man
urned, the reach be -
me time loose, the
al:
horses went -forward ee'th the poi° and
She forward runnel -31 le ring the covered
stage on the road. In a -short time a
humau heed: appear d out of the window
which was upperne st, and an elderly
passenger at the
; hough coneider-
ris el, he was, luck-
.
ce , of West Me-
ed.nesd.ay lact, with
gentlerna
time, slo%
ably shak
ily, unhu
the onl
ly emerge
n ancl sur
—Mr. 1Vm. Dela
Gillivray, Met, on
a severe and nee ly fatal _accident.
While dr ving. a eplan of horses down
the hill leading north from Parkhill, a
runaway team came uplbehind him at a
furious pate, and before 'he could get his
(ItteiLVAPI 11116TIRERS, PTO/fibers.
50 a Year, in advance.
would ibe cheap at $20 a mo.ith, while
another dozen would be dear, if you em-
ployedethem for their board.
CLODHOPPER.
For e --Natural -or - Super-
natural ?
i
MR. EDITOR, —My criticism on the in-
troduc ry part of Mr. Hayes' lecture on
the correlation .and persistence of force,
wliereiji he stated that the study of his
subjec afforded positive proofs that
these forces were of a supernatural
origin, has brought him out with a come
metrication on the subject, written, I
am happy to say, in that gentleman's
usual cpierteous and respectful style' and
free from everts taint of personal bitter-
ness, Which is allowed. too often to inspire
contro4rsalists aud beset with unneces-
sary difficulties the path of investigation.
• Mr. tfiteres accepts my criticism as a
friendli challenge to discuss the broad
question on its Own:me:ribs, and expresses
his willingness to join issue on this
point, namely, that the. 'study of the
forces pf nature affords positive proofs
• that t ese forces are of supernatural
origin.
My objections to this deduction are
met by quotations from Herbert Spender,
re1ating4 to the persistence of force as
sustaining the theory of the supernatural
origin of force. This does not appear to
me cleat. as a conclusion; for, admitting
the doctrine of the persistence •of force,
'how is its supernatural origin proven?
It seem to me unfortunate for the side
ofi the question which Mr. • Hayes. sup-
ports that some argument or illustration
has not been given, showing the connec-
Tt
tion bety een the correlation of forces and
the su ernatural. It is true ethaf an
opinion is expressed by Mr. Hayes on this.
question ; but is an opinion unsupported
by proof to be received as authority up-
on any tuesdon?
• . To cl, monstrate this • question Mr.
Hayes claims is beyond the scope of a
11ewsp4er article, but it is unfortunate
that arneng the "Multitude of experi-
.ments and -various investigations," &c.,
net even one is given to illustrate this
subject) Instead of an -illustration, an
opinion iis given that "it seems then to
be dem4strated to vie that force does
exist in the universe apart from matter ;
if this force exists, then, it /mist be
eithereldrivative or self creating If the
former, then it demonstrates the exist-
• ence of A still greater and incomprehens-
ible ca* or force which caused or will-
ed.e A into. existence," &c. Even if it
could, be demonstrated that force does ex-
ist apare from matter, how isi it to be
proven that this force is of supernatural
origin? i But it devolves on Mr. Hayes
to shOw4when he assumea this position,
that theiforces have a separate existenee
from th ei matter with which we always
find them connected.. Can he shovr that
force a d matter are separable? • The
1)
very sco e of his lecture was to - show
that ne force in nature is destroyed,
that theta is the same quantity of force
in natUre that always was, that
when it is • apparently kirmihilated,
it is simplyexpended in one form
to be stored up in AnOthAr form.
Henceif this position be correct, are we
not just fied in asking- !Ifni Hayes how
force cou., d be originated; and if force was
not orig.. nated what meaning can at -
each to the statement of force having a
• supernatUral origin. • , :
15 is admitted that there are forces in
operation which are not considered as
essential property of matter, but are gen-
erated b a property of matter that is
property lof attraction. This is the only essential to its existence. That is the
actual force that may be considered as
an essential property of matter. The
rest may be said to he motive forces, de-
rived from this causation. •
.
To Utile trate this siibject, let us suppose
that the Whole solar system is resolved
into its cOnstituent atoms, diffused over
a space Aar exceeding the sphere of the
orbit of Neptune. °These atoms, by
virtue of the power of attraction, would_
condense into smaller space. • That act
ofeondeasation would generate motion;
this mottim once imparted creates a force
that can tever be destroyed, but is trans-
mitted from atom to atom, and depend-
ing, on physioal conditions, assumes the
various fclorms considered in the subject
of the correlation of the forces. Hence
it is not difficult for the mind to con-
ceive that during the act of formation of
•the innumerable worlds of the universe,
that vast volumes �f force are set
operation and that these forces may be --
come a more elevated plane of further
causation
But he.se Threes that are exhibited. to
us in their' infieity and omnipotence in
the graxi). scale of the universe can be
reproduced in the chemist's laboratory,
ad by a:simple illustration can be easily
understood. •
If twor more drops ofwater be placed
-upon a
them a globular form; if placed sulfici-
usty surface, attraction. gives
,
en tly near they will unite and .form one
bodylf two solutions of different sub-
stances are brought itt contact, a force is
eet in operation, owing to the invariable
law of attraction, that produces a sensi-
ble amount of heat. If we attach two
wires to 1 this, according to conditions
necessary this force assumes another ,
form knoten as. electricity ; if manipulat-
ed ace.or4ng to certain formula gives off
heat in seiark.s equal in quantity to that
otherwise l formed in the fluid.. .
These 41ustiations rnay possibly assist
us to understand the eloquent quotation
from DA Youmans, how • thie farce
• " governs l the movements of the Heaven-
lybodies and precidee over the genesis of
theconstellat,ions," and. that "star and.
nerve ticue ' is but a poetical synonym
for the aboriginial expression, that "all
flesh is grass," or " earth to earth," and.
" dust to I dust." •
I think it is quite safe to . say that
forte never manifests itself disaesociated
from matter, nor does A appear to me
possible to conceive of the idea of force
but in cennection with something to be
affecteil by. it Matter And force are cor-
related. We cannot think of the one
without thinking of the other. What-
ever occurs in the order of nature or bears
relation to preceding or succeeding, phe-
nomena, otieht not, for any reason that I
can discover, to be called supernatural or
ascribed to such a source ; belt as the
energies of the forces of nature are as
regular iti .their manifestatioos as any
thing of which we have any idea, they
must therefore be as natural as any thing
can be conceived to be. When it is az-
serted that force can exist apart froni
matter, it ie implie& matter can exist
apart from force ; but can we conceive of
matter a,part from gravity? " It is a
most valuable principle in physical sci-
ence," says Prof. Tait, of Ediuburgh,
" never to be lost sight of, that we must
never seek- to explain by the assumption.
of a new species of force in action, any
phenomena which have not been reeog-
nized to be inexplicable by eneanS of pro-
perties of matter or motion already prove
ed to exist." ..
Another celebrated author says : "11
.by nature be meant a heap of dead
matter destitute of properties, purely
passive, we must unquestionably seek
out of this nature the principle of her mo-
tion ; but if by nature lee meant or un-
derstood the whole Of that vast asseme
blage of existences of which the numer-
ous parts are endowed with diverse and
various properties, which.oblige them to
act irsla.ccordance with these properties,
which are in perpetual reciprocity of ac-
tion and reaction, which attract and re-
pel ; which unite and. separate ; which
by continual approximation and constant
collisimi produce all the bodies we be-
hold, then there is no need to look be-
yond this nature for the principle of her
motion and activity."
In conclusion, I accept the following,
among others, of the conclusions at which
Mr. Hayes has deliberately arrived, after
carefully considering the subject from
the best light he sia.s been able to obtain,
namely :''That we have established a
mutual relation or identity between the
various fgrins of energy in action through-
out inorganic nature ancl the phenomena
of life, including mental and emotional
activity," but - fail to see how this con-
clusion, important as its worth is, will
help to demonstrate his proposition.
W. CAMPBELL.
Melchizedek.
When I was a boy about thirteenyeare
old, I started off to see some friends who
lived Several Irish miles from 'our town,
but the afternoon becoming very wet, I
was obliged to take shelter en a way side
tavern. There were quite' a number of
persons in the house, who like myself,
were caught in the rain, and -aniong
them three comfortable looking farmers,
who were sitting at a table drinking
porter, and by their load talk seemed to
be enjoying themeelves hugely. About
the time .1 had got myself dry and. some-
what coenforeable, one of them cattle to the
fire, and haying looked at me for some
time, ceneeneaced questiordng me at fol-
1":isiVel
viz1;my boy, where :have you come
fro,mFTr"
•"From the town of B—."
" You are a Protestant ?"
"You readthe •Bible ?"
, yes. e •
"Now, tell me, my boy, if you ever
,
read in the Bible of a man who had.
neither father nor mother?" .
"What was his name ?"
Ii.` hMaealcslicaiereedeelyk.
Melchizedek."
,
red the war when
. b
i:
he jumped up, eltpped me on the should-
er, and exclaimed, "By dad, pee are a
clever fellow
cried out, "'"-and in the same reath
Here, landlord, :bring this
boy a pint of porter." •r
It was useless to refuse, and when I
received his treat, "Now," said he, "['11
tell you why I think so mach of Yoti'for
answering that question I live in this
neighborhood, and am courting a girl
over yonder (pointing in some direction),
and anether fellow was trying to dut me .
out; and having somehow found out
about Melchizedek, he thought nobody
else knew so much. So he told the girl
to ask me, when we next met, if;I bad.
ever heard of a man who had neither
father nor mother. And, lifting my
right hand, 1 said, ' Melchizedek.' Did.
n't 1 surprise them with my knowledge'
Didn't lee feel small of himself?: And
didn't 1 secure the girl's greatest re-
spect? and he has no more bnsiness
there'. Words can convey ne idea of
the triumph which • lie considered
he had gained.' He took care to let every
one in the room know of his knowledge.
And 1 assure you that I enjoyed it :moan-
ingly, and wished I had some of my cora-
ra.des to help • me in the laugh. Little
did the Canaanitish priest think that rn
the nineteenth century of the Christian
era the mention of his magic name would
secure to a love-sick Irishman the affec.
tions of his sweetheart. -But truly .
"knowledge is power." J. A.
Bayfield.
-.• a a.
0 u a Pees err READING'S. —1 have heard
that it is the opinion of those residinn at
a distance., that Bayfield is ahnotebe-
yond the bounds of civilization, Now I
think if any person leacl been here this
-winter, who held such an idea of the
place, he would surely have changed his
opinion. We have had Penny Readings
every two weeks, meet of She young
ladies and gentlemen in or near the vil-
lage aseisting by turns. The readiugs
were got up in the first place by the Rev,
Mr. Davis, for the benefit of the Church
of England Sabbath School, and have
been most succeesful ; it being found
after last evening's reading, that about
$150 have been taken in this winters
Last evening's entertainment was'anost
interesting„ and lively, , The performers
were MrHarrison, who cannot be sur-
passed in comedy, H. F. Morgan, who
is an excellent singer, though blind, O.
Wilson, J. Rutledge, R. H. Mrs'
H.
Harrison, Mrs. Purvis, Mree, Bing:ton,
Misses Backe, 11a.rrisone Morrison, Mc-
Dougall, and Miss Hall, who, inoompany
with her little brother, sang a fine duett
and. encore The band gave life to the
whole entertainment So wishing MT,
Davis every strccesse I am—Coen
Saturday, March 2,1872.