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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-04-19, Page 14 s. pRn. 12, 1879. SALOON TO RENT. zz the Saloon in McGinnis' '_Block, Main, Seaforth, near the Station ; good sta- dwelling house aceommodatione ; fro.. ossessiou. Apply, at store adloining. to JAMES MeGLN1C1S. HAY FOR SALE. e.e.t:, a few tons of good Timothy }lay, on ,Fifth,tecexcession, JO.LIN ELLIOT., kpRENTicE wAtaTsoir I=1), a boy torn 16 to 17, to learn the - liege Painting- Business. JAMES WIT.T.TAIrS, Seaforth. BOY WANTED. MD, at Beatty kt a Smart active :to attendin the state. 228 - APPRENTICE WANTED', CM, an active boy, as an Apprentice ta Wagon -making business. Would Prefer has afreatly been sometime at the business_ WILT,IAM GRASSIE, Seafortia. kV—BERKSHIRE BOAR. a81:11ERCY has 17=01ex-sea the celebrated hire Pig "Huron. Conqueror," which he - ,o kei.p Pig. service. Terms, Si per th% time of service, with privilege of THomAs matey, .waghees cornersoaay. PARBSE FOR SALE OR LEASE. Mbscriber wishes to eel' or leah farm_ lag_ Ninth COaCeSSiOn., eon: Of 10ti acres; 80 -acres eleared; good frame ul shed; good spring creek, which never antl good well; high rolling land, One ot lots in M Kiliop; eight miles from Sea- -or terms and further particulars, ap- PE'PER ROSS, Seaforth P. 0. 1. FARM FOR SALE. o 1112 Acres for Sale, 20 acresjfl woode,, land and good buildings. Six relies from 'and SA ft= Baytield„ - ALFRED STO-NEHOUSE. 001102110411111111111111.11111.1111" TOralfrinE S. NO. 20. VrI101.1E NO. 22,13. j SEAFORTH FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1872. FARM FOR SALE.. . The imam -signed offers for sale a vale* able Farm in the Township of Hay, County ot Huron, containing 100 aeres of excellent hardwood lank 50 cleared, free from stiunps. The farm is within. ,1 of Exeter, and one and a -quarter miles _ ie London Road, in a most prosperOnS lo - Land. rolling end rich sandy loam, well I. The cleared Part has been in pasture for years. Terres easy. Apply to ROBERT ing,nteprietor,Let 7, Second Concession, to D. MePHAIL, MitchelL FARMS FOR SALE. 17, Secottd Concession Afeltillop, within one le of Seaforth, and Lot 17, Eleventh Con., op, eight miles from Seaforth_; and, also,. tg Lots in. Seaforth. Terros made to suit sem, .A.pply to JAMES BRATTIt, Seaforth. tAttle LOT FOR SALE IN nApowrir scorner let, on the corner of James - "I 'West streets nearly opposite the school with s neat and comfortable frame cottage a. -This lot is situated in one of the mose ut localities of the Village, and will be sold Apply to W.M. BA 1-J., kNTRSE, Seaforth. • FOR SALE t'STOM CARDING 1-FACITINE, Picker,. iling-MillNapper, Press anti Plates, Shearer, - ower Looms, ShafLing Pulleys, alt as is new. Can be seen in the Logan. Woolert ry, Goderich. A good bargain will be given. to ...HUNT, 4-, Kippen EXECUTOR'S, NOTICE. seeE. is hereby given to all parties having' inns against tlae estate of the late AT.1-41X- &It FOSTER, in his lifetime of the -village of irhey, Township of Tookersraith, County ron, to hand the same to tb,e undersigned tor, on or before the 1st of October, 1872. that date the affairs of the estate will be 1, and no further claims will be paid. All 'indebted to the -,ail estate are also no - to settle the same -with the undersigned dor forthwith. THOMAS FOSTER. Edon, March, 25, 1872. 225-5 NOTICE. RISTIAN ZAPFE, Tate hotel -keeper, Wag- es Corners,. Townline of Hay and Slanley, cp- inform his ohl elastomers in the Tailoring thatt he has commenced business again as ; and Fund' -.her, in Mato street, in the f BaxEeld V,here he will be happy to have a rota hie old friends. t, -field, March 20, 1872. 25-4 RDERS FOR ADDITION TO SCHOOL HOUSE. ii.ED TENDERS for building BRICK AD-- dTION to and making alterations in Public ol Buildings, in the Village of Seaforth, will ceived up to the SIXTRFINTE of APRIL. Ms and Specifications can -be seen- on and ;the Fourth day of April, at W. Hill's, adjoin - Lie Post -Office, Seaforth. e Committee do not bind, themselves to accept. west or any tender. W. HILL, ..See'y B. S- T.- tchell and Clinton papers to copy, and send account te this office. 224 -td IIII.4DING LOTS FOR SALE. IS. A. spARDING has a number of first -class - Building, Lots for Sale, a.dioining her present fence, on Godetich street. Also, a two-stort BRICK COTTAGE For Sale in said street. \ - e -ms reasonable. Place of Lots can be- seen at 4 Sperling & COAT Store„ er at TEte Ex20srr0x MRS, ANN SPARLING. JUST RECEIVED A fresh supply of all the LAR• R.EMEDIE FOR OUGHS AND QC)L.:E)S-r- Including MR'S CHERRY PECTORAL 'STAR'S BALSAM WILD MERRY ,LEt.i'S LUNG BALSAM. • TI-CONSUM PTI VE SYRUP )W.N'S .ETABLE ELIXIR. :teleOWS' SYRUP OF THE HYPO- - PI tOSPHATE8. tLSAM. OF IIOARIIOUND AND' HONEY. ' DON A MY'S EXPECTORANT. :.\.1.1YEN'8 COUGH SI;ECIFIL4, ETU., ETC., At LUMSDEN S CORNER 141uu.• STORE, SEAFORTIL NOTICE., - 111F, undersigned will be happy to be patronized by his brother farmers of the TOWNSHIPS OF HAY AND STANLEY As an Auctioneer. rtc is prepared to act aa such at very mo aerate rms. MoNEY TO LOAN, private lurale, at 8 per cent-- cpenses Iossr. Conveys.neing done cheap. HUGE -LOVE, Senr., - Tom:dine Hay and Stanley, Hill's Green F. 0, elee gtzt urrits dxpoottor IS PUBLISHED SVEBY FRIDAY MORNING, IN SE.A.FORTH. Tlitus.—$1.60 per _year in advance, or 2 at the ail of the year. Advertising Bates. IDANSIENT. First ingortian, per line, 8 cents ; subsequent in sertione, 2 cents each time, per line. 1, CoNTBAOT EKTE's. One column one year $60 0°- 14 g‘ 46 3 mopths ............. ... . 20 00 1' one year- 85 00 Si 11 hall44 - 20 00 is '‘ mouths . ... . . • . ....... 12 00 One-fourth cam year .... . .... 20 00 4' " half " ' • 12 00 11 a 3 months .............. 8 00 Onereighth one year .. . . . . 12 00 half.(100 " 6 months .. .. ... -5-00 One -twelfth ono year . 8 00 is 41 half 6 00 " " 3 months 3 00 'Business Cards, (6 line d under, V' year.. 4 00 ' Advertisements of S ayed, Lost, Found, &c., Vat exceeding 10 lines—first month, $i; after first month, 50 cents each month. Advertiaements of FARMS and REAL ESTATE ler sale, not exceeding 15 lines—arat month, $1 50, each subsequent mouth, 75 cents. Births,,Marrieges, Deaths—Gratis. AdNertiSOMOIlt0 -without specific directions Will be inserted till forbid, and charged accordbagly. MoLEAN BROTHERS, Munno Y. MeLaax, Publishers. A.1.1.ati 11014:Jac I- A fflOTHER'! WORK. "She looketh -well to the ways of her honSehold, and eateth not the bread of idieness."—Pnov. xxxx, —401"'"'""""".!—* inEnicAL. fro the inhabitants of Seaforth and surrounding country. Dr. J. G. BULL having been 6alled. through sickness in his finally, to suspend lmainess _for some time. in this place, has pleasure in an- nom:ming to the public, that through a kind Pro- vidence he has been permitted to return to the rooms formerly occupied by him, over Mr. A. G. NcDougall's Store, Main street, where he intends permanently to remain, and_ -will be pleased to eee is old patrons and as many now ones as may favor hin with a call. All operations performed accord- ing to the latest approved style, and fees al low as to be found elkowhere. Office hours from 8 &M. to 6 P. M. 224 re aim AlITPRELL, M. D., G-xsduste of Via°. -IL" xis College,. Physician, Surgeon, etc., etc., KIEBuBN, ONT.—Coroner of the Cbunty `of Huron. Office and residence, at Thompson & Stanley's. Early. ii the morning tip as soon as light, Overseeing breakfast, _Putting all things, right ; Dreseing littleohildren, ',Hearing lessons said, Washing baby faces, ._ Toasting husbancre bread. •After breakfast reading, Holding one at prayers ; ratting up the dinners, • Mending little tears ; Good-bye kissing children, ,Sending off to school, With a prayer and blessing, Mother's heart is full. Washing up the dishes, - Sweeping carpets Doing up the chamber work; , Sewing on Machine ; a Baby lies a crying— Bulking little eyes; Mother leaves hey sewing To sing lullabies. Cutting little garments, • Trimming children's hats, Writing for the papers, :With callers having chats; Bearing little footsteps Running through the hall, Telling school is over, As mainma's name- they Talking with the children All about the school, Soothing little troubles, Teaching grammar rules; • Seeing about supper, -Lighting up the room, Maidntr home look cheerful. Expecting husband, eoon. Q., Them, with,all her headaches • Keeping to lerself, .Always looking cheerful, Other tivesfto bless. Putting to bed children— - Hearing say their prayers, • Giving all a geod night kiss, Before. she goes- 49wn stairs. T1R. W. R. SMITH, Physieian, Surgeon, etc. CoMce—OPposite Scott Robertson's Grocery, Idain stFeet, Seaforth. • 53 TAMES STEWART, Id. D., C. M., Graduate of ." McGill, Univrity, Montreal, Physician, Sax - goon, etc. Office ?and, Resiclence--Brucefield. T_T L. TERCOE, M.. D., C. M., Physician, Sur - goon, etc. Office- and Resilience, corner of Market and High streets, next to the Planing MilL TAB. CAMPBELL, Coroner for_the County. Office and Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main street, Seaforth. Office hours, from 11 to 4, each day, and all day Saturday. 159 If;130/1.1,. 31,LEET, Solieitor, 'Winghana, has been ate pointed Agent for the Colonial Securities Com- pany of England, he is also Agent for several pri- vate Capitalists of 'Toronto, who loan Money at very reasonable rates Interest payable yearly. . Charges moderate. Wingham, Dec. 15,4871. 213 AfeCITIGIEEY & HOLMESTED, Barristers, At- torneys at Law, Solieitors in 'Chancery and Insolvency( Notaries Public and Conveyancers'. Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Sealorth. A.gents for the Canada Life Assurance Company, N. B.-430,000 to lend at 8 per cent Farms, Houses and Lets for sale. 53 RENsoNBarristers and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insolvency, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Offices—Sea- forth and Wroxeter. $23,000 of -Private Funds to inveat at once, at Eight per cent. Interest, payable yearly. - 53 las. tr. BENsoN. H. W. 0. ItilITRIc. TAOTIMS. Once more in the parlor Sitting down to rest, Reading in the Bible How His promises are blessed ; Taking all her sorrows . And every care to One, With tliattrusting, hopefill heart Which pone but mothers ,own. --New England Farmer. no single one beaatito be fo specimen of th 'country; and t brought alive't are c nd at girafl Le only A.me rtam of therarer all. One solitary is living in the ippopotamus ever ica died ten years ago, and his St ffed s in now ornaments ,an up -town m seum.• It may be inter- dsting to note that no less than three showmen vrer made rich by the exhibi- tion of this one huge -unwieldly brute, and so convi ced. are all men in the sure and. certain return of business of th huge profits ifrom - an investment in a ffippo," that for years there has been a standing offer for one of these monsters living an.d in good health, a sum which _any one of hall a dozen responsible men stands ready to pay on the very day that Mr. 11. is introduced.. • It is,asserted,.however, thak with the exception of this individual specimen, all other importations of 'the more deli- cate animals have proved disastrous failures, and • the showmen have 'lost. heavily. 'Several hippopotami, a score of gioaffes, and hundreds of the more rare • and fragile antelopes and other animals most susceptible to the influences of •climate have been brought from their* native - wilds to-tlais cpuntry, but the keen cold of our inhospitable climate has rah- • lessly slaughtered them so speedily that it is asserted no manager. ever has got a full retureof his money th-us invested. One well -,k lown firm lost in a single season $40,000tif valuable imported arn- • male Happ sartee, the ,wretched,)nan who, a. few months ago, as literally torn to pieces and almost devoured. alive in the very presence of an audience in England by his own troupe of "tamed .and trained animals," the original attack, was made on -hire. and •the first blood drawn by a lion that had- been bern in the show, brought up by hand," and fed from the emosimmensweera weeks of rai poor brutes d that could b TAMED imp BEASTS. • Lions. Tigers, Camels, Elephant.; -and other Insects ,of the lyientsgerie— What they Cost—Dow they are _Fed and Treated, and all About Them. T.CNOX'S 13.0TEL, ( Late, Sharp's.), The =der- ' " signed begs to thank the public for the liberal patronage awarded to him in times, past in the hotel business, and also to informlheni that he Inis again resureed business in the above stand, where he will be happy to have a calif Isom old friends, and many new ones. ' 126 THOMAS KNOX pRINCE GT WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont., .4- C. J. etteterouBeese Proprietor. Firet-class aceemmodatiiu for travellers. The Bar is stip. plied. with the very beat liquors and. cigars. Good stabling atzsched. The stage leaves this House every day for Wingtam. • • 204-4t -pearessu EXCHANGE HOTEL, Goderich, Ont., 1. GALLAWAY, PX013riotor ; J. S. WILLiams, (late of Am arietna Hotel, Warsaw, N. Y.,) Manager. This hotel ins reeently been newly furnished, and re- fitted throughout, and is now one ef the most com- Sertabla and conunodious in the Province. Good Sar_iple Rooms for Com.naercial Travellers. ..." Terms liberal. • 123 fling to encounter several . . y, inclement weather the ed rapidly off in spite of all done for them. . T 14, IMPORTATION , clay of its birth brittle very roan- vrhom tience are requisite The first thing is to supply each and every one :with the amplest sufficiency of its own favorite food, so there will be no temptation to _attack a cage mate in order to make a meal of him. it was afterward. the first to strike and slay. - THE RUIN. OCEROS. rhinoceros costs from $8,000 to $10,- 000, and is always a most attractive fea- ture of the exhibition. At the Zoologi- cal Gardena in London has lately been received what is known as the double horned Sun:maul" " rhinoceros, the great peculiarity of Which is that it is covered. with hair, instead of having the usaal .sole -leather trunk .look of the more fa- miliar species. This particular specimen, the like of which was never seen before in, England, ctst in Calcutta 1;000 ster- ling, or $5;000 in gold, to which must be added the cost of transportation, at- tendants, food on shipboard, before the sum at which the ugly beastis valued can be definitely arrived. at. The imp° tation of wild. beasts and other ciiriosi ies for exhibition is a regular business in. hicli • seyerel wealthy firms heve fitr fnaaey year been engaged. These men are not, as rule, angaged in exhib- iting anim.als, or interested iu any of the many shows before the public—they are simply wholesalers: in the wild beast trade, and andin th.e samerelation to the menagerie proprietor that the import- er of teas lsy the cargo does to tilt corner groceryman, whoeells by the half pound. H4 procures his wares from the ends of the earth and. then sells to the highest bidder. They keep a large force of Inca constantly employed in foreign countries, especially iu Africa, India, and -South America, eer the tropics furnish bY tar siert of their st ITJEcialSAN BROTMERS, 'Rabb* era, In 00 -a Iliretir, in advance. TAMING - All wild animals are tamed only by brute force and by keeping conatantly before them the ungetoverable fact that man is the master and they must submit Even though brought up from infants in constant companionship -with man, like kittens, as 'they uow older the savage nature will inevitably show itself, and the heavy whip, or even more cruel ex- pedients, must be resorted to. Loaded 'whips, pitchforks, rods of iron, and. some- . times even red hot bars of steel, are re- quired to bring them to obedience and a proper sense of duty • not unfrequengy it is necessary, especially in the the case of the elephant, to invoke also the aid of hunger, and several days' starving is sometimes necessary to subdue a particu- larly sulky and obstinate brute. ' DANGER OF PERFORMING ANIMALS. The feat of going into a cage of "per-, forming a.nimals" has been growing un- popular for years, and since the killing of Massartee iu England. and the narrow es- capes of two "lion tamers" in America within a few months, the people are less inclined than ever to witness a fellow - being risk Ms life for their amusement. The man is always in danger—no matter how well-trained the animals, or how courageous and powerful the "tamer ;" he takes his life in his band. when he steps into the den, aid he is not safe again until the heavy iron door clangs behind him as he goes out. The pay of these poor felloves for the 'tremendous risk they ran was ever Most inadequate and. ridiculons, $50 to $75 a week and expenses being the most they. ever re- ceived, unlees as perhaps a partner in the exhibition. In the whiter the entire menagerie is always housed in convenient and com- fortable quarters, generally near some city where the attendants can:procure proper food and in every other way look after the health and comfort of their valuable charges. The entire amount cf capital invested in menagerie property in the -United_ States, includin&not only the animals, but all the apparatus and material re- quisite for their transportation and exhi: bition, may be fairly estimated at over two millions of dollars.—Niii McNeil, in the New York. Mail. -OTHER ANIMALS. A fine pair of royal Bengal -tigers fresh from the . Indian jungle, -were sold.lately for $7,000. This royal tiger, be it known, is a very rare and beautiful animal, al- ways advertised., though seldom seen, some inferior one of the huge felines, generally a panther, being made to per- sonate the noble beast. A panther, young and healtby, will command. about $2,500 to $3,000, and a pair, male and female, if they agree and can be exhibited. in the same cage, are worth probably $6,000. Leopards, though very beautiful and grecefule have not the large size and formidable look of their larger confreres, the lien and tiger, and being consequente ly not so attractive a feature in the exhi- bition, can be bought for much less money, being worth about $2,500 to $3,000 a pair. Ordin.ary camels are worth about $600 - each if young, strong and in good health. Four years ago a, pair of very fine White • camels were imported, being the first of that breed ever seen in this country. After having travelled through the coun- try.for a single season they were pur- chased for the manager to whom. they now belong for the handsbme SUM of $6,000. - • The smaller animals, especially the monkeys, are very expensive. Monkeys fronielfrica are by far the most valuable, those from South America not bear.ing aceliraatization well, but goon dying of consumpuion. Monkeys have no fixed price, but cost accoriling to the species (of which there are many), the age, size, state of health - said scarcity of them in the market. Hundreds of them are like parrots, cockatoos, and other strange birds brought from foreign lands by sail- ors as forecastle pets. That we maydo our part tpward satis- fying that very natural curioeity.of most. intelligent persons; to learti what, 'they may ,concerning the manners aud cus- toms, habits and cloinge, daily lives and nightly coeduct Of the vaidousbeasts, • birds, reptiles and fishes which, itt corn- monwith therdeelves, possess and inhabit the earth and serve to 'render our own particular globe °Ile teeming mass of ever -varied. life, we have been at.some pains to collate the following facts con- cerning such`_ animals as, being classed with the feroe natarx, or wild, beasts, are only captured at great cost, and re- tained in their captivity with the great- est difficulty, f THE MENAGERIES. Lityklux. T L. SHARP'S. LIVERY AND SALE STABLES. Oftics—At, Marray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good Hones and first -,class Conveyances always onharql. rpli0M3ON'S L1VJsRY, CLINTON.. -1- —AT COMNIF,RCIAL, ROTEL. Good canisi, Horses and First -Class Vehicles always on haul Zonveyanees furnished to Commercial Travellers on rbsuonehle rates. 221 JOHN THOMSON, 13-t;t1113 LIVE1IX STABLES, SEAFORTH, Out. GoodHorsea and Comfortable Vehicles, always on hantt. Favorable A.rrangements made with Commercial Travellers. All orders left at E_Nox's HorEt, wili be promptly attended to; Orklact it -No STABLEs :—Third door North of Knox's Hotel, Main Street. THOAIA.S BELL, - Proprietor. niSCELLANJEO ti S. In -short, we propose to give our read- ers, whose wondering eyes will shortly be delighted by:the sight of those Wander nag menageries from which they ;must, for the most part, gatheatlieit knowledge • other than can be gleaned from books of those etrauge monsters who have their habitations in ether lauds than ours, some idea of the Coat of catching, _train - Mg end maintaining the lions, elephants, tigers and other " curioys cattle" that go to make up the aatractiveneas. of the modern wild beast show. With the huge monsters of the olden times we have nothing to do. To. the great regret of scientific naturalists the last man who had the pleasure of enjoy- ing a personal interview with the " Me- gatheriu ra," the 1` • M egolosautus," the Icthyo "—Chap 'Of the same surname— or even with the, "Dinornis " or the "Dodo" f comparatively receat extinc- „Jaen, has long since vanished from the face of the' earth, taking • with him all his isnot/ledge of his contemporaneous natural history. „But respecting some of the strange be co-e.xistent With our- selves vie will ehdeavor to give some facts and Vares of interest. the greater These m securing w articles of t lions, tiger "grate sn sT(1 al exp (-1. R. COOPER, Conveyancer, Commissioner in Qneen's Bench, Insurance and General Agent, Agent for•the Freehold Permanent Building and Savings „Society of Toronto, whose rates are as low as any Company doing basil:1E8H in Canada. cations for Leans promptly attended to. OPPIca.—Opposite -Ross' Tailor Shop., 186-tf AIN LEYVILLE. , JOHN RRIGHAM, Exchange Broker, and Rail- !' wav Ticket ...krtent, Hbughton's Both,- opposite' n are constan. y engaged in at may be ternieek the staple heir stock, such as.elephants, , leopards, the rhinoceros," hx,etc., etc. Sometimes ditionti are brganized for the the capture of particular enunals, as has been done for the hippopotamus and the gorilla. .As -to this last amiable brute, though a full-grown one alive would be a fortune -fir a. score of men, all efforts to bring One from his 'native foresbs have utterly failed. The animal is perfeetly untameable ; even baby gorillas, taken from theenother's breast, will either sulk and starve themselves, or will wear out their lives in the maddest and, most un- governabI4 paroxysms of rage. DIFFICULTIES. One e Itgent in ba ing te c two whol --the ani were alwa died inn') SXt.etcgEs. The aniounts of money invested in the exceedingly precarious business of ha - Porting and exhibiting in this country arild anirdals whose nature ind habits are all attuned :to other climates and countries, 'and *hose habits are but ime terprising manager had an tho ineerior of Africa engaged id of native savages endeavor- pture a hippopotamus. For years his efforts were in vain als were plenty enough, but ys wounded. in the capture, or ediately afterward. At last there ca.me a letter fi one Cape Town with the good news that the -agent had secur- ed a fine two-year-old half grown hippo- potamus, which, together with a white rhinoceros (an animel never seen in this country). he had. succeeded in transport- ing from the interior to the coast, end' was going. to place _them on board ship immediately, and would land them in1 New York alive, if it was within the noeSibilities. Both animals, however, died. on the passage, and the persevering agent has :Tont another two years in his endeavors, but as yet has nothing to show for his time or his money. A. travelling menagerie can never, no ow lavish the expenditure, pre- mplete an exhibition as may be in a Zoological Garden, such as be seen at London, Paris, Ber- her Euppean (ities. Certain will • not bear • transportation country and live for even a , others sicken in a. few weelss to be removed to quiet - quart - the food of still others is so pe- culiar that it could not be with certainty provide many t route of So, peri these th in a pe where the peculiarities ef their respeetive climetes cap. be successfully imitated; where t luimore can be ance. breast. He was taken out quite insen- sible, but afebywarels caare round a little, and lived. 49,hours after receiving ,the terrible blow. ' -- The London Free Presi says The favorable change in the ;Weather of the past week has wrought a great changein the appearance of the wheat fields, and. the tender green plant, in many places) begins to show itself. In this immediate district farmers ineline to the belief that very. little has been destroyed., wad, a fair crop raay be anticipated if nofurther misfortune befalls it ere it is harvested. The mechanics of the town of In- gersoll have formed a society in connec- tion with the Nine Hour League. At a litfiar8.e Ryan, meeting gf llofan71:(7,gsintreoungreeceselloilluy- held. in that town, and addressed. by a tions favorable to the acloptfon of the nine hour syttem were adopted. An Aasociation of Commercial Tra- vellers has been formed. with its head- quarteiseat Toronto. Besides partaking of the features of a benefit society, its object will be, to secure better hotel ac- commocla.tion in the various places visited. by commercial travellers on their busi- ness, and to establish a commercial zcom in. each place solely for the use of mem- bers -of the Association. osTitemies. Ostriches are considered worth $300 to $800-a pair. These are usually hatched from the eggs under the domestic goose or other tame bird, and then reared with the greatest care to maturity • it is al- most impossible to capture a-fu'll-grown ostrich -vvithout inflicting injuries so severe that it soon dies. These huge birds do not bear with hardihood. our climate, and the necessary confinement of the exhibition, but in a few months or years at most, piae, grow.emaciated and die. travelling they have to be watch- ed continually with the most unremitting care to see that the inquiring country boy, in his thirst for knowledge does not feed the. bird with nice littleelunchea of railroad spikes ce dainty repasts of old ehorse-shoes and ten penny nails. 'The /truth is that the ostrich is a very foolish, as well as au exceedingly greedy bird., and rea.11y will snap up and. swallow down stones; bits- of iron, or almost anything else that is gin it, but it can no more digest such. things than a, human stomach can digest a blacksmith's anvil or a 20 - inch cannon. So, if the atupid bird is not carefully watched and saved from the kindness of his horse-shoe bestowing friends. he will speedily die of surfeit` of old iron, and such sinnlar sweet morsels as suggest themeelves to the 'liberal. rustic mind as being appropriate gas- tronomic gifts. Their proper food is meat. While. on the route the strictest at- tention and the greatest care inuet, be given to all the animals. Some must be kept in warm, comfortable cages; OD els must be kept as cold as possible.; all of the bear varieties come in the last-ludned class.' Their food must be varied, of course, aecording to their several requir- ments, and shouid. always 'be ready at certain heur, else the poop brutes suffer both in health and temper. perfectly understood, must seem really amaiing tothose eels° have never rned.e special inqUiry into the .subject. The cost, too, is now a hundred per cent. greater than it was eight or ten years ago, owing te the increased price of all sorts. of necessary supplies, and the necessity of now paying Much higher wages to all employees than before the G. T. Railway Station, Seaforth, Ont. • Through w -.ar Tickets isspecl te all points in the WeStern States Vormation given respecting Land Agencies, etc. VrithOlit taking into aceount the value of , The mere ;cost of fitting out a first- llinmenagerie for the road, -California and Bed River, at reduce:1 rates, affording' the greatest facilities to Emigrants. All necessary class trave is over $10.0,00.0. * This comprehends the matter . sent so c cellected m 110 '•- lin oro animals about th few day and hay ers, an faoid. and Silver Coin, bought and Sold at bestrates: a single aniraal ia' tended for exhibition, xreenbacks, Bonds, Coupons And. unecuTentMoney, CHUB:CHILL, VETERMARY SURGEON ' Coat of tents, bazgage wagons, cages, (Mtnnbee-. of the Orttgrio Veterinary College,) begs to intimate to the inhabitants of Seaforth fitid surrounding country, that he has opened an ()Mee Seaforth, whore he may be consulted per- zonalkly or by letter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat- tle, etc.. Having received regular aud practical --edneation, and Jawing been. swanisd the Diploma of the Vetetinar- College of Ontario T .T Churchill , T. : has every ekmficljenco of giving satisfaction Lo all who may employ him. ItarEnts-eRs—A. Smith, V. S., Principal Onta4:-. rio Veterinary College; Profeseer Buekland, Maori:urn, Dr. Bowel, and Wolin, M. D., & V. Si-, Alt caUa proniptly attc:ndki tO. :I Vetennary Medicines constantly on hand. 182-2ip Oatos—Carinicluiel's Seafoith. poles, ropes, seats, banners, chariots, band .wagon, printing, etc.-, etc. The additional cost of the animals and curiosities depends of course liPon the number of the cages and th completeness of the entire estab- lishment. T pd. horses lamps, Canada. -a-Complaints some from various sec- tions that, owing to the unusually pro- tracted winter, and the tensequent scarc- ity of fodder, cattle and other live Stock are dying dein large numbers This ap- phes more particularly to the newer dis- tricts of the Provhsee. —Lumbermen in the Ottawa distaict find labor very scarce and high.; the 18 -ages demanded for the spring operations are in some cases as high. as $28 to $30 per inonth. — The Monetary Times has lost faith in wooden railways. It saye: We ,were at one time hopeful that wooden railways would be found well eedated to meet the wants of certain. sections Of this country where the traffic is light and the means to build' a more substantial line wanting, but the action taken in Quebec with reference to the Gosford road tends to anise serious doubts on the subject. After long and tedious delays and much disappointment in trying to place this line on a satisfactory fotting, it is now proposed to convert it into an iron rail- way and extend it to Lake St.. John, a distance of 120 miles. The other wooden read. in the Province of Quebec is alto to be so changed, at least snch is the state- ment that has reached u -s. If these lines are: feasible at all the extraordinary ad. vaiice in iron shenild. be a ureat induce-, ment to their constructi6n.” The Paris Tran.seript has a sweettooth for maple sugar. The last number had the follo-vving modest hint: " Splendid sugar weather this; who's going to bring that cake ?" — Pigeons are plenty about Paris this spring. A gentleman in that to wn sit - tin on his deorste&la,st week, shot 30 wit an hour. — The snow is off in the Bobiaygeon section, and the faU wheat never looked. better than now. A. much greater breadth was sown last fall than in pre- vious years. • The lakes can hardly be open for navigation in less than three vveeks. Great fears are entertained. that there will not be water enough to earry legs and timber from the north. Hay is selling at $29 per ton. -- The Goclerich people are "be -ginning to entertain apprehensions that their town will this year be deprived of the an- n.ual camp that has for several years been established there. The military auth- orities have lately been looking out for a a suitable site near Sandwich, where it is eaid they intend. coaceutrating 10,000 men. It it is correct, as stated, filet that camp will absorb all the available volunteers of the western nection, then Goderich will have tu content itself with- out -the usual display of the military.. — A party ef over one hundred, inclu- ding women and chiliren, from Liatowel ancl vicinity left, on Tuesday last, for tslanitobat They intend taking up land, su,flicienvquantity at all the wns which dot the Sumer a travelling Wild Beast Show. rce, all animels coming. under ee categories can be only seen manent Zoological Exhibition, , . RARE BEASTS. r There are at present. in the United States about a dozen so-called me.nager- ies. Ofethern but three or foil' possess really good collections of animals, and in, • heir habits can be 'studied and , and wher-e appropriate food lways fouud stfficient abuncl- ELEPHANTS. An elepaant costs f.rom $5,000 to.$8,- 000for what are called sneall ones, up to $12,000 for a very large one. The price is, however, naturally somewhat affected by the lege, cloCility, and education of the speeimen ; an animal that has been taught to go threngh _an interestine. series qf tricks- may, though b°0 Inure velaable than a mueh larger one -wlesse arty sehooling has been neglected. LIONS. Ther are .1)0 few specimene of -fine lions i the country, probably the la,. gest 'pair beingtwo that were at one time said.to'be the finest mu all Europe, but hich .imhapnai3g aniMal were secured by an American r and brought to this country. ice was $7;500 in gold. Single s bring from Sl,200 to -$2,500 each, according to age, size and education, Those 1)(;n in the cage *have fornerly -been c nsidered more doeile and tract - ole than those rec:ainied from their Da- ve, ilains, but certain odcurrences. of . te y ars have led showmen to distriist em • s being almost beyond belief, false ad t eacherous. In the case of Mas- ti ti a HoW THEY BAT. Of course the lions, tigers, leopards aud all that are knowu as the "eat ani- mals " must be fed with raw Meat. A erst-class 'menagerie will consume from 300 to 500 pounds of beef per day for this claei of eunnals. Elephants eat from E00 to 700 pounds of hay e.ach per day. it being a univer- sal eastini e. with sight-seeing people to feed the elephants, ehey aro generally kept pretty buyduring exiebnion hours munching epples, ghtgerbr....J.d, and oth- er free gift.; ot tho-matiy headed public. Camels are fed on hay, oats and corn, of which the allowance for one is about as much again as for a horse. Giraffe.,3 receive hay, oats and corn, and. also are allowed, -when feasible, to help themselvee to the tender twigs of certain trees. Bears are given bread. and vegetables, ver, seldom or never receividng meat. The sea, lions will each devour 100 ernr • Mr. Moyer, the freight agent at Chfforcl,' was crushed between two cars and it is feared. fatally injured on Fri- d.ay last. James BOY& the nominee of the SOuth Perth Reform Convention, ad-, dressed a meeting in St Malys on Wed- nesday evening last. He is to be in ,Miteliell to -night (Friday). • and settlang together, thus torming a colony of themselves. They have taken horses, implements, etc., with thene We believe that Waller party from the same vicinity. will Shortly follow this one. - Farmers along the gravel road be- tween Stratford and St. Marya coeemenc, ed. plowing on Tuesday of last week, al- though at the tune there was still snow on the ground in some places. — There is a village called. Lorne (after tbe Marquis) in eeldboro ugh Township. _ A manefactory of malleable iron is U' be establishe.d.iit Osha-teaby an Ameri- —Some days ago a man in the em- ployment of Mr. John Hawkshaw, of Exeter, itage proprietor, with the inten- tion of punishMg a kicking horse, attack- ed it with a pitchfork, and inflicted so many stabs that fears are entertained for the animal's life. - —There is quite a number of horses and cattle dying in the neighborhood of Fordwich. Feed is very scarce and. aw- fully high in price, some of the farmers in that neighborhood, are selling hay at $20 per ton at their. barns, .and straw hae been sold at $7 per load., and onlyesome twenty-four hours given to re- move it iu. can firm. They begin with a capital of $t00,000, and intend to build malleable inn works on a scale unattemtited in the Dominion. The town , gives a liberal cash -:bonus and site, and wealthy citizens. take a considerable amount of stock. — At Petrol* on Saturday, a tank containing 150 barrels of crude oil, took fire and was rapidly consumed. The lire was, with great difficulty, prevebeed from spreading. - — Rev. John McTavish, formerly of Woodville, was, on Tuesday of last week, inducted to the pastoral charge of Chal- mers Church, Ingersoll. Iu the eveniog of the same day a soiree was given in the churchawhich was very largely attended, and which was addressed by lle,s, W. Cochrane, of Brantford, and otherse — At a meeting of the Stratfard Driv- ing Park Association, recently held, Mr. John 13 oseie, Deputy sheriff, was elected. Pre.sident ; James Troik, P.P.,_Vice-J'Pesident; J. Corte% Treasur- er, and A. d O'Higgin' s Secretary. The Association is reportedto be in a flour- ishireD con d nien, a good balance bebeg, itt Hop'wood. of the second. eeneeese Hibbert, , owns a ewe that birth to a lamb some days aeo. and one week after, he was se Trisect to find that the we same egave birth tol another fine lamb, but tu e ewe a,ppt.: ailed to take less notice of thi, stoond than she did of the first, tbielsiag. no doubt it was rather slow in ioeleing, its appeaxance. — Maria Van Noort, beautifulyoung girl, fourteen yeare of age liaing in Pat- terson, near Richmond, Hill, was buried Friday afsernciou, her death having been the result 'of excessive indulgence in " jumping the rope." With her aom- panious she ‚wastrying to see how'rnany - thaws she. could jump without stopping for breath_ She bucceeded - in jumping 400 times; but it brought on internal pains which resulted in her death as stated. — The lumbering season just closed has been one of almost unexampled suc- cess. The fearful conflagrations with -Which. this continent wae visited last year have created. an uneqnalled demand for building material, from which che lumbelenen of Canada will °Melly profit. The greater portion of the lumber cut around the shores of the Georgian Bay and Lake Exxon will be sent to Chicago, leaving the eastern markets to be sup- plied. by the Peterboro and Ottawa dis- tricts. it is eetimated. that this year at least 1,500,000 saw -logs -will pass through the Chaudiere, Hull and Gatineau slides, - compared with 1,100,000 which passed. througli last year. pounds of fieli per day. 1 he seals aud.—Robert MeLanaghan, of Douglas the otters are also fed with fish which Township, died on Sunday, froin injuries saould be from the salt sea, ina.smuch as received while digging a wellTlie -un- will cause these dainty nimals to grow . er en a few days' diet on fresh water fish 1 fartunate inan was in the well, which. I had. been sunk to a depth of 21 feet, and a thin aeid pine away. while a -bucketful of earth, weighing ' A HAPPY FAMILY.I about 200 lbs. was being raised, the bail, To train a _Happy Family " of beast's I or handle, broke and the bucleet fell and birds of opposite natures to live liar- , from the top to the well, striking the in.oniously together much thne and. pa- ; poor fellow on the side of the head and _ — The employers of labor in Toronto, to the number of 159, have signed a deen- meut against tic nine hours movement, agreeing to resist any attempt' on the part of their employees to dictate to th can by a hat rules they shall govern their busiuess, or how many haws shall constitute a day's work. —John Charleswoeth & Co., _of Toron- to, dry goods merchants, have effected compromise with their creditors for ten. shillings ie the pound, liabilities said to - amount to it15,000. —The barn of Dennis Sullivan, conces- sion .4, lot 16, Township of Bentincle. County of Bruce, was.totally d,etatroyed by lire, on the 27th ult.; together with all his seed gram'hay, and farming ntensils, rend ering him entirely destitute. There was no ineurance On the property. — Mr. Andrew Riddell, of South. Ea.sthope, has entered upon the twenty- third. year of his uninterrupted occupancy of the office of treasurer of that township.