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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-10-18, Page 1- _ , (2. - Sa11€10M. Six • lat R. hIanne twediels turnips, e 2d S Gibson, verote,11 entry, Belgian, carrots, NI R. Manning. inn 15 entries, Sweet. Three lat John ie musk melons, r heads of cauli- earieuel. Peek entrye Wm. tsf entnes, 1st Eve- phands far talYle rise, alen, 2d. Wm. butter without - e. Bowden, ed hatter, not Testi- ef $5.. a special old 3c1 prizes by le; Rolet. Bell, ming. Single We., made at is With milk, lm, 2e1 Robt. - Single elmese, e at- factories v, patrons with ming. Single- -be-, made in ory appliances+, en home-made hicEsvert, 2(.1 single harness, Double set of • W. Fanson. :retry, W., Fan-, ,utry, W. Fart- toper*s work, 2 et.seortaieut of etetries, ht E. elesiog machine,. ie, 2d Peter the furniture of actured hv Jonese 2d D tior drawing, 1 mg in oil color, reed sketch, *es 2c1 Mr. J. • photographs, 1 ff home-made S. McEwen,24 Lenin, 24 entries, 21 Mrs, Wilson. Quilt entries, Mr. McLeod. qies F',Iliott, 2d c.;-liet work, 19' Mise Ks eretrie.s, 1st Cs ‘Vhite. Fancy. firet, 21 Mrs„ ;airs of woolen e James Thorn, Two pairs ot ee„ 1st Mrs .Tas. roar, Pair of at Mrs. James I Pair of woolen e. James- Thom, :Gent's shirt, .2 e, 2.1 Alex, Bn- ! entry, Miss K. eatiy, Miss cemb, 19 lbs., ter. 2d 'William otiev, G lbs., 1 C'ollection of tries, ht John it. Lace work, a, Berlin wool (lidley, 2d Mr. !flower work, 4 Wan, 2d Mrs. e 2 entries*, Nisa t or carpet, 12 so Mc Luod, 2a .it of Canadian s, 1 eutry-, ist Flower wreath, !Allen,. 2d 3.1rst Xs. ' e„ let Miss F.- . Lig cabin, ems, 2c1 Mrs. J, Alfred Charley. ; Jamieson. 2.d d -slippers, lat It• Pickard, Welke-. 2d Miee • 1st Mrs. J. - t,. Misa E. H. Misa Carling. 4,en. Rag cars- : Tatting, Mrs. Oitieres on flan- * frhet wool work, ,,Vre. &Leyden. S, -William Wile Collection of 2c1 *thee Here WelL Cutter,- 63furniture, *Iseensert. & Wile elands-, W. H. - sleigh runnerst • :Titan, London ; and Jno. zee, Wm. War -- tore jeer. Stew - fatties Hacking, awe Sha.w. = Clinton; W, •,leo, Met -Alford, iticKenziee et Waugh. ;1. Um -vs -mon. • Poe!, Mrs, _Mrs. Shilling- Kinloess Sy wee held, in, on XV eduestlary tuoat favorable, of entries ever* L etock ex- ior clase, which ti the eection are introthwing bur had. The as well repree ired, contained id Lelia work, th to keep vour aud •Ceieelide stand, at (ad stock of men's, toets and Shoes ilothee, and the ag in the County-, Lsiet CAN & Dree VOILITTIE 5, NO. 46. WitOLE NO • SEAFORTIL FR Y, OCT. 18, 18 1111014EAN BROTIIIEBS, Pablimbers. A ea 50 a Year, In advance. a Atilt gotate tor 4.11.Ic. FOR SALE. . QTORE AND DWELLING in the village of Harpurhey, at present occupied by HUGH Ran. Esq. For particulars pply te KILLORAN -at RYAN, Seaforth: 252 DWELLING HOUSE FOR SALE. rrtHR subscriber offers for sale a dwelling Ilona° and village lot in Egmondville, on North Front Street, opposite the Presbyterian Church; four bedrooms, sitting -room, dining -room, kitehen, tac ; good well; good garden with largo number of fruit trees; stttble and outhouses complete. The lot cOmprises about one wire. Terms liberal. 252-4 ' JOHN STODDART. FARM FOR SALE IN MORRIS. voR sAI,E, oa easy terms, north half of Lot No. X 12, Concession 6, Towiaship of Morris contain- ing,100 acres 50 of which are cleared:swell fenced, and ha. a gout' state of cultivation. There is on the premises a good log house and barn. This fermis situateil within two miles and a half of a t, gravel road, and four miles and a half from the village of Adnleyville, nt Whieh place there will be a station ofthe WellingtontGrey and Bruce Railway this hill; it is wateredby a never - failing stream ,running through it ; there is no waste land, and the uncleared portion is well timbered with hardwood; It is one of the most choice lots in the township. For farther par- ticulars apply to Ja. R. GRANT, Ainleyrille, THOS. _HOLMES, B13 -tat, or to the undersigned proprietor, Xippen Post -office.- ; 251 ' ROBERT MeMORDIE. FARM FOR SALE. LTOT 28, Concession 12, Grey, 100 acres, 60 edclear- s 40 free from stamps; good bearing orch- ard; well watered.; good. frame house, barn and stable. The above farm is eight miles from Ainley- ville, arid the Concession Line is -gravelled within two and a half miles of this farm. Price, $8,000. For farther particulars address prepaid, to 0:R. COOPER,. 251-4 Land Agent, Dingle Post -office. FARM FOR SALE. 3.LOT .•., Concession I. north half, Township of ala AI -s; 100 sores, 70 cleared; good frame barn and h use; good bearing orchard; the above faritt iitlioirta.the village of Ainleyville. Terms liberal. Also, los_ts 27 and 29, Sonth half of Coneession 7, Township of Morris. For further particulars, in- quire of T1101TA.S WALKER, 251-4. Dingle. P. 0. FARMS FOR SALE IN MORRIS.. NE HUNDRED ACRES, being South half of Lot 2-3, Sth. Concession of Morris ; 70 acres clear _ ly the low ranks of the service that of stumps and well fenced; the remaining 80 hard on woodbush; good orchard of about 100 fruit trees, int-ermarried with the Indian women of apple, pear, pluza,, cherry, pencil, and grape lines; log barn 80x84 awl table;alog house half mile from school house, la miles from graael road run- ning from Seaforth. to Ainlerville, 5.1 miles from AinteaTille. where a station of the W. G. and B. Railway will he erectea this fall, and 14 miles from Seaforth. Also 100 acres of rainable bush laud, being north half of lot 26, 8th Concession of Morris; there is a large quantity of pine, cedar, black ash, hemlock, And hard wood on this lot. No ineamberance, title iralispntable, being Crown Pat:mt for both loth. Terms easy. Apply to THOS. _KELLY, on the promises, or by letter to Walton Post (}co. 94941 TRE HALFTBREEDS OF RED RIVER. _ Their Habits and 'phoneme. , . From diffetent causes a great deal of attention has of late been directed to the Red River Territory, which before had. been a "terra incognita." Without re- often be peen corning out of the li dson ferrine to the different rontes by which. Bay Bay Compan '8 store with mall fl the eerritery eau be reaehed, we - will bottles filled with _ m, which they pro- ' proceed to- give a short epitome of its ceed to emptybefo ;e leaving the yare . A history, before we touch upon the pres- day never passes but some are see • r&- ent conditien of the people and their peculiarities and custom.s. In. 1811,', Lewd Alexander Selkirk ob- tained a grant of land from the Hudson Bay Company, in the Assiniboia terri- tory. In 1812 a sireell party of settlere, from Scotland, arrived in the territory„ and erected houses* for those who were to follow. And in 1814 the 'lumber had in- creased to about two hundred. After undergoing -many reverses, enduring great hardships, having twice to give up their farms and leave the settlement, the peeple overcame all their difficulties, and attained to their present prosperous con- dition. . , Aboot the same time. that Lord Selkirk started his settlement of Scotch, or with- in two or :three years after that date, a few straggling families,- principally of French half-breeds, toek up their abode on the banks of the Red River. It was customary for the employees of the Hutt. son Bay and North-West Companies either to marry or cohabit with the In- dian women around the posts 'to which they were attached. In time, and after having children, many ef them looked upon their concubines as their wives, and treated them as such, taking them about from post to post. These men, after a service of from twenty to forty years, be- coming tired of it joined the previous settlers, and sought a retreat and, a quiet old age in tilling the soil on the beautiful banks of the Red River. The officers of the companies usually entered the service when from fourteen to sixteen years of age; and it was not money mot freely, ahd after drink na a gain ay - to rate can good deal come out, and dash •off, in the same wild, ;reckless, devil - care style. They lire Tether give gambling, and are, a very iietemp race, particularly the French. The • FARM FOR SALE. H.ALF of the South half of Lot No 21, laF Fifth Conceadon of the tovrnahip of Morris, containing 50 acres 85 cleared ; well watered by a apring creek; good leg house and frame stable. The above farm is only a mile and. a half on a good road from the riming Tillage of Ainleyaille, where a station of the Wellington. Grey and. Bruce Rail- way will be °petted thia fall. For price and terms inquire (if by letter, prepaid) of C. R. COOPER. Z15 Ainleyaille Land Ageacy, Dingier'. 0. the country ; those holding the highest positions, the chief traders and chief factors, did the same. The consequence wes, that men receiving large pay, and occupying good positions., on retiring from the service found that they had re- cognized families of half-breeds looking :to them for support. When deciding upon a place to settle, they naturally took up their quarters where they could spend their old age among a people with, whom they felt at home, and eould live in the free 'and easy manner to which they had been accustomed from their earliest de;ys. They aid this rather than take home to the old *country families that their relatives mightbe ashamed of — rather:thau undergo the restraints of a• civilized life; now grown irksonie to them —rather than return, after a lengthened( absence to their homes, either to find' - their old friend* dead; or themselves un - CHOICE FARM FOR SALE. recognized eird forgotten, i LOT No. 7, Sixth ConcesaionaTurnberry, consist- Many of the rorts and posts of the bag of 120 acres. nearly 100 being cleared and Hudson Bay Company are now in charge in a good state of cultivation. There is a good of the half-breed children of the earlier frame barn 55x36, a• frame shea 80x60. There is turn ing ho me in toxicatedon foot, orre .,lin4 about on their horses. They are natu' ally quiet ancl inoffensive if unprovoked, fond of a joke, and laugh. „a good deal, but, when under the influence of liquor, heir worse nature shows itself, and the Vin- dian passions appear for the time t dominate. In a'fight they would p'oba- - ad - was d of blybe cowardly, and take an unfai vantage of an adversary where it ossible. They are passionately fo Lancing and of the fiddle. In nearly every family, one can be found who the instruments After the show they . have numberless gathering dancing. They do not, as we do as- semble at 10 p. m. and break up at 1 or 2 in the morning—that woulki be e ered utterly aheurd—they meet a reasonable -hour of 6 in evening, c all night until about eight the foll morning, breakfast inthe house le light, and then return home, often driv- ing as nsany as twenty miles. Alter - weddings these dances have been k town to be kept op for two and even three days, until the guests have eat. everything in the house. The dam always crowded, as the Red. Rive tage usually contains but two or rooms. The principal dance, he their only one, is called. a Red Riv which somewhat resembles a horn male and female participating every little while some new * coupl ting out those dancing ; so that go on for hourshogether, till the fit and their .reliefs- are all exhausted.. As a dance for females it es most un trace- ful. Another curious custom of Red is that at eor chance meeting on Year's day, whether at one of thei ees, or in calling, or elsewhere, th and women kisseach other. Itue indulged in on all hands, from th eat -to the Indian, the women their kiss .as a matter of course, times from entire strangers. It i dying out, since -the advent of str, ngers and the opening- up of the settl ment. Red River has changed greatly in the last two or three years : before, it was fifty years behind the 'rest of the . As a rule the shalf-breed, like t dian, eats inordinately. lf he has for a time his cravings seem never satisfied. The writer recollects an Indian aril a half-breed sit do% pot •filled • with a fish that mus weighed, before it Was cooked, eke upon twenty-five pounds, and finish it before they stopped, leaving only the he d and bones uutouched• ; after whic a they swallowed a quantity of pem iican. Eventhen they looked. as hungry s ever, and as if it would be dangerous 3 leave any edible within their reach . At a citizens' ball in the village of Winnipeg, a stout half-breed ha to place himself beside the write supper table. Taking up a fork liberately transferred a whole duc the dish on to his °Win plate, am: totally demolishing it proceed° the rest of his supper. There are • tions. t� all rules, and some half- - of course, do not est to excess. On Sundays the French wom be seen in crowds crossing the f St..Bonifaoel. When delayed the have •-• a way of resting themsel lays falls for nsid- the ance wing day - also a good bearing orehard. Will be sold. on easy Chief traders &Ad chief factors, and the terms. Apply on the premises to name half-breedeif it ever was 'so, has JAMES IIENN1N as s. ceased to be a term of reproach. One old. Wroxeter, July 8, 1872. . 2 tO4f officer of the Company, who died last FARM FOR SALE IN HAY. 376.r.- was a descendant of one of the 170R SALE, soon' part Lot 21,Ninth Concession, faltlest and best families in Montreal. He r Hay, known as the "Troyer Farm ;" one-half entered the service sof the Company mile from Ztuich, on the GraYel Road ; 70 acres : 50 cleared; dwellina-hortse and barn ,• good yonna about fifty years ago,marriedor cahabit- bearing orchard: the land is in a good state of cull ed with an Indian woman when he was tivatiort and well fenced. For farther particulars apply to, W. G. WILSON, 240,4 0 Zurich, Ont. young, and had a son by her who is now in charge of one of the Company's ,posts. The father died, leaving a property vat - FOR SALE. tied at twenty-five thousand pour -ids, and A -VALUABLE FARM, DO acres, First Comma about a dozen half-breed children. ' . A. Rion, McKillop, near Seaforth, on the main gravel road to Croderien; 85 acres oleared and free A n intelligent half-breed thus descend- ed -hem" with ten mores of a fallow, the rest ed is tbe best mat that can be found for squatting down on the ground, under g -as; well watered and fenced, with, large the Charge of the interior posts. He has ing whether,there is grass or not- a habit frame born, stable undenmath; log ,farm -house, the iitelligence of the white mare with they have enherited from their Indian boarded outable, and good tomboy"; poqsession mediately; title good and terms easy. For fur- the „melian sagacity. He CAD live on the mothers. . them particultvs apply (if by letter, eseeetl) to coarsest food, ctn. endure the greatest It is not an uncommon thing to see a 242 1,0wariG MEYER, Seatorth P. O. 'hardships, can bear to be isolated from leather tent standieg near the houses of 11 UP s are eo b - three fact r jig, pipe, it ; cut. - can dlers River New clan - men to be high - eking Some - DOW erld. *e In- fested to be seeing n to ft have paned, at the he de - from , after with exoep- n may rry at e they es by ot car- - FOR SALE. I the world. year after year. No one better the half-breeds, and used a good deal in JOT .,)Zo.21-1, Con. 5, Township of Morris; 50 d tan is the Indian character, or can summer months , it is cooler for eleepin. acres eleored; leg hou4a • there is A mummy deal th greater advantage with the race. in, and they oan have their smt breeds—the English and -French. The fy a taste for out -door life. .1 of two good sawanills. For further partieulars, • .247-18c Dingle P. O. former appear to take 'more after the ' It has Always been considered address WILLIAM AMOSS, white and less after the Indian, while I unneoessary to have locks on th Bolin AN.D LOT FOR SALE IN SEAFORTII the latter, on the contrary, seem. to de- of the houses ; doors can he le ) i FOR SALE, a house and lot on Godericb. street. 4cend more to the Indian level. This is articles left lying about in the mo 240-tf M. la. COUNTER, Seaferth. show -n in vario-us waye. They care less leas manlier, Without any ilanger For Author particulant, apply to ehan the English half-breeds for cultivat- being stolen or the hells° entered HOTEL FOR SALE IN AINLRYVILLE. itig the soil, are satisfied with coarser and, lately crime was almost 1 nkhowl lainer food, are more improvideat, and settlement. There was only on of good Pine en the Int, within one mile and a half There are two large klases of the half- keeping of the musquitoes, and o THE Hotel at present 9coupied by James Leon- wi11 besold cheap for cash. Buildings all new. Possessien given i mediately. Apply to L. LECKIE. Ainleyrille, May 28, 1872. 233 HOUSE & LOT FOR SALE in HAPUR.HEY. r011. SALE, in the Village of Harporhey, nt ar on the premises a good bearing Orehard, never- Tney renuezvous at a certain point in Seaforth, owelling-house and lot. There is . stalrles, together wilh all other necessarylo-iunners, and their whole families—in buildines. The house is frame, well finished and pleasantly locatea. For terins anti other partien- lars, apply to l'ETER McCONNELL. Harporhey, or to the tin/ler:signed propietor, Harptrrhey, or Seaforth Post -Office. ‘24813 -JOHN REEDY. • , tor the whole place, who held. Tort G-arry about every three -The kid! was e wooden I:midair nearly always uuo'acupied. During the suunner many ef flora -employ their time in what "tripping," that is, iremeking tween 1 Fort Garry and St. Pa Minnesota. They go with loads and return with ell sorts of mer ;ince greater fondness for buffalo hunt - ng and its gipsy life.. From the earliest istory of the settlement, it has been the ustom to go out to summer and winter uffalo hunts. These parties are made up lmost exclusively ofFrench half-breeds. • . . 11 failing well of water, also. a good work -shop and the settlement, with their oxcarts, buff - bine years having been known to rium- er as many as fifteen hundred carts. for the shop -keepers of Red Rive fter (gritting the settlement, they agree take with them all their world'', of -which some have only six o otherd thirty or forty. The o harnessed singly to • dares mar . . iongst themselves upon a captain, .hosenfor his boldness,j experience and access in the hunting field. Ile is to. The Kenvosa Why . ay when they shall start in t e morn pletely of wood, 'without tire Ditp`h\S„ t-FleallitEijeatitiSsaGy°11MisTidiValt)i Echlietrng, how long they shall travel, and being the most convenient, t ana ezatemee Tome, because Phosphates cousti- vhen they shall carnp at pight. All dis- be flosted over the strenma on t pproaeh the buffalo, they mount their a general thing there is a man i body, and are ahsolately essential to the growth of Bone, Nerve, Id lett cannot attain 1 - tute nitna thlot half the artaterial of the human u tes are referred tie him. When . they- where there are no ferry. -boa development without Thev promote a E;ood runers, their trained horses are call- of every fiee eix carts, to load litips a glove or something by way of ox of the trein is an old stelerth ake the carcasses belonging, to their the driver need not be always at as appetiaa psrfaet die -cation, areste pare, he . cle andpursue the herd. On bringing load, attend to the oxen more sb. hoots it evenin and. other work: ; The lown a buffalo, the mum °kenWomen, followiug with certs fast. He usually has bine. a on din him on a, call being eno nto peril m Can second ox is tied by the horns w ordinar th the second, and 80 on all th vitalizina blood., and gnpplv the waste cons an. .„ going en in the ayatern as the result of auental and Physical ex errIt Being c ()Jabal ea with Col isa , the nen-Item Bark, the (rola specific for Chills awl Eever, ana fiat t cond it i on -of NeryortS Prost rat ion ana cienersi Dabilitv arising from low vitaliak am lords, mid, commence COD% el g os The half-breeds are uneommonly fond lo thongs to the leading 'cart, manner as oar daily total. sole by ail Druggists ccorrence in Winnipeg. to see a horse train, consequently they are]. ace between half-breeds • p and down lag. exhauative Ti ;: atiW•z, it 1:)rrivi an elegant aut a ,. rade, invigorating Tonic purely physiological in itg aetion, thlt mav'he talten safely rattler all eir- . enezeteeeet nee diseased 3eonditiont4 t • all hotly, aa it anilds up the conatitation in the same cif horse racine. NOTICE OP DISSOLUTION OF FART- pile street. There are impromptu matches As winter sets in the traffic ie -lade for small stakes. Often' a couple and many then go for the whit f half-breeds may be seen ea ' ei, d - hunting. Those left devote the he street on horseback with their hair : pleasure, drive about iti their 1 dying and arms working, amid the ape- oles, or in small sleighs with ra dause of the bystanders. They all ride own handiwork, and appear to incommonly well, being used to it Irene .as well as thetbest of us. A c' ' . falls all long journeys into t . are made 'With dog trains, cm three or more dogs harnessed. i fashion with Dutch colliers, TIIIS is to certifs that the nreleraitaied, Josarat ITERSHIP. CARTKit anti. SOLIS GO -M -VS, ha,VO heretofore earried briginesq es enuaers arta eontractora se the vitae. of 'Myth, in the County of Hrtronainaea the style or firm of C UtTF.R. G(1531 VS, And that tbe said partnershio hag this day been dissolved Ira mutual eons:pot. All debta due to the late firm w fil be psal by Joaeph Carter, arta all accounts owlag to the fiftltIP will be colleeted 1)y hint. witnesa oer hands this twenty-fourth -day 'of Beatasaber, A. D. la7a. „ eeien GOglIAN. SitueJOSEPH CAIITER. Witticsaa1V11. SHAN253-3 heir infancy, and almost living m e Saddles. They . dash up the street in mall troops at full gallopeStop suddenly ff their tan hotel, throw themse v mrses, which, if wild, are cobbled with carioles, or, as we should call heir lassoes, enter the hotel; spend their. boggans, a half-breed driver wi ..„ dge fo grati- to t door t open, t cere f thei Til • in th .Tudg 'ourt onths g, an he set call e ips be i of fur h andia . The oxen eight en ar o OOM , thee ey cal e- rou a. A cliarg and un ng ant le.adi n. at walk so tha his hen gh. Th th buff thir ugh th nable-t steppe( buffe. iselVe8 ttle car ks, the njoy li ter ono e interi sisting tande . I ompleting the turn -out. he huskies" r Esquimaux dogs, from the north, are onsidered the beet for this purpo 'e. hey are Only fed once a day, that is he evening the meal consisting of fi .11 r about a pound of pemmican. • This eeps them in good. condition. In the log cariole the passengers can sit or lie 'own with greatest comfort and vvarmth ; t being low, little wind is Caught. The river by pra.ctice ca,a run all day, ma ng from forty to sixty miles, only oc ionally jumping on the rear of tie ariole, which projects beyond the pla e here the occupant sit; or where the oad is placed. 1 I The inhabitants of Red. River, Scotch or half-breed, invariably wear moccasins made of moose or buffalo skin, called by them shoes. Winter or simmier, cold or warm, dry or mudd.y, they always wear their moccasins—in summer generally without socks or stockiegs. When it is muddy their feet of course are always wet or damp; they are accustomed to this, and it does not appear to injure their health in the least. Dnring the cold weather they wear inside the shoes pieces of warm cloth like blanket, techni- . They are the fortunate „etossessors of a splendid country. As regards soil, it is one of the gard.ens of the I earth. -it is impossible to travel over these countless acres of waving grass, without meditat- ing on the great future which awaits Canada when they shall have been con- verted into thriving theme by our indus- trious aid loy 1 fellow-subjects.—Cana- (lion Monthly. cally terrned "duffel." I i . Canada; —Track laying on -the Listowel section of the Southern extension of the Wel- lington Railway commenced last week. It is expected that the road will be open for traffic in about a month. —Servant girls in Montreal and Que- bec are now demanding and receiving as high wages as $10 and $12 per month. —The disease which caimed so much loss and inconvenience to horse -wieners in Toronto has now broken out among horses in Hamilton, Dundas, and other Western towns. —There are thirty-six marriageable 0 bachelors boarding at one boarding house in Park Hill. We should. think pice young ladies would be in geed demand in maintains that it has 437 duly qualified that village. electors, and a population of 2,0(e). —A memoir of the late Rev. John Bayne, The cold struck into the lungs -arra 'in- flammation set in, which got too far -be- fore the -proper remedies were applied. The animal was a very valuable one, Mr. Coulter having been offered $1,200 for it about a week previously at Hamilton. —Lord and Lady Dufferin have'again returned to Toro*, and have taken up their abode for a time, in a honse on Wellington street, which had been pre- pared for them by the city authorities, —The prize keg of butter at the West- ern Fair, London, manufactured. and ex- hibited by a Miss McLurg, of the town- ship of Lobo, was purchased by Lady Dufferin for use at her table. Lord Duff- erin also purchased at the fair, a span of matched carriage horses, said • to - be the handsomest in the Province. The h.orses were purchased from a farmer nemed Deity, of Aylmer. --A lad about twelve years of age, son of Mr. Malcolm McIntyre, of East Wil- liams, was drowned in the River-SW.)1e on Monday last. While on horse -tack he attempted. to ford the river opposite McIntyre s farm, but by some means slipped from the horse and not being able to swim was lost. —Favorable accounts respecting the health of Sir George Cartier ha-ve been received from London, England. * —An Ottawa telegram announces the approaching marriage of Mr. W. 11. Howland, son of Lieut. Howland, to Miss Chipman, daughter of Mr.' Z. Chipman, of St. Stephen, N. B. The marriage will take place at St. John, N. B. —Mr. Raggert, of the firm of Raggert & Shea, of Oshawa, on his way from Port Hope to Oshawa, by Saturday night's express, happened to be asleep when the tram passed -that place. He awoke about half a mile west of Whitby station and leaped off, intending to walk back. The train was going faster than he expected, and he fell close to the trade. and the wheels crushed one of his hands at the wrist. He was also severely injured in- ternally. _ He was able to walk to the nearest house, but died from the effects of his injuries a few hours after reaching it. —The Victoria, B. C., CO/oniet con- tradicts the statement thetin Valicouver District, Sir Francis Hinctsx new con- stituency, there are only 16 voters, and —At the assizes recently held at St. D. D., of Galt, had been wi Uteri by Itev. Catherines, Judge Lander presiding, a Mr. Smellie, of iFergus, and recently colored boy was sentenced to five ;ears published. Dr. Bayne in his time was one of the most able and eloquent of Canadian divines, and thin history of his life wille uo doubt, be "gladly received and read by many. The volume gives in I very smell compass a cle. r and very: in- tecaresbotti4nginpicture of the man as he appear - public and private life. Ap- pended to the volume is Dr. 13ayne's famofteresaay &livered in Hamilton, on the question--" Is man responsible for his belief ?" i - . —11r. D. D. Hay, Reeve of Listowul- offers a grant of laud as a- mill site, cout venient to the railway station in the village, to any pereon who will ereee thereon a flouring and oatmeal mill. Uri. . liberal offer on the part of Mr. Hay will no doubt, soon be accepted. —Two young ladies, sisters, named Lyons, da.ughters tief a fanner in Elam- boro, County of Wentworth, carried off twenty first prizes at the Guelph Ceetral Fair for fancy work. They also took . a large number of prize S in the same de- pertment at the Provlincial and Weeitern Fairs. Here is a chance for some epter- I 'prising young man. , —Five persons who .wero summoned to act as jurymen at the late London As- sizes not being present to answer their e 0 the Little Lakes, a few miles below Stria - names at roll call, were fined $5, and ford station, he was overtaken by the train, caught up on the cowcatcher and carried over a mile before the train was stopped. He only received one or two cuts on the head,and a, bruise on the leg. . Of course he Was not sober, or he would have been killed. There seems to be a special. Providence for drunken people_ i made at Chaudiere, Province of Quebec:, —The estate and effects of the late I which is likely to give an impetus to John Hicks of Mitchell, consisting of mining in that district. three farms, farm stock and stage prop- -The Hamilton Times says : "We erty are to be sold by auction to -day, are enabled to state, ou good authority, that ot the ensuing session of the Ontario Legislature the Government will ask an appropriation for the erection of an Inc- the village of Mitchell that they have l consideration, which should carry weight with our Provincial authorities in locat- ing this institution. —The following statement of . "big sawing, is from the Ottawa Citizen— "On Wednesday last, Parson's gang in Mr. McLaughlin's saw mill, Arnprior, cutwith the • bio* circular' 20,300 feet of inch luinber in an hours time. It took two men with four -wheelbarrows to wheel away the sawdust". —An aged man named Patrick Mono. 1 gban, a resident of• Cohourg, lost is life in a strange way. When some of he m.; mates of the house where he resided arose in the morning, they found him sticking head -foremost in a rain water barrel, and quite dead. How he came to occupy euch a position eould not be ex- plained. —Thos. Coyle has been thrashed in a tavern in London by an indignant Nis- - sourien, Who considered that the law had. been 'cheated by his discharge. —The Pembroke Observer notes the col- lection of a drove of 101 beef cattle, in-. tended for the shanty men in the lumber- ing districts up north. Ainong the Int was one yoke weighing 3,700 lbs. —About a quarter past seven o'clock - Tuesday morning. a farmer, named Doig, living about two miles from Witider sta- tion, discovered his barn to be on lire. It was totally destroyed, together with a quantity of oats and peas. The cause of the fire is unknown. Loss, $1l,000; insutance, $600. —The Point Farm summer resort at Goderich took fire Saturday night at 12 o'clock. A steong gale was blowing from the south.west, and having but little .as- sistance on hand the extensive pile of buildings were shortly reduced to ashes, including the office and. instrument of the Montreal Telegraph Company. The cause of the fire is unknown. No insur- ance, It is the intention of the enterpris- ing proprietors to rebuild at once so ah to be ready for next season. A Land of Promise. Correspondence. qt. the Huron Expositor. Ceatuatt, County of Kent, Oetober 10, 1872. After a residence of several months in this County and neighborhood, I may be permitted to say that it is not only my opinion, but the opinion of all with whom I have come in contact, that it is the garden of Canada West. We are sit- uated aix miles south of Lake St. Clair, or thereabouts, w bet e the Great West- ern Railway has a statiou known as Stoney Point, and immediately on the imprisonment in the Provincial Pemten- Anne grounds as the Canada Southern, tiary for stealing fruit from a garden. and where they are :now grading for a His Lordship must certainly have had 3tation on their line, ;the two lines run soap recent experience of garden thieves, west to Windsor frOm here, so that or ie would scarcely have given so severe so far as ftailw4 accommodation punishment for so slight an offence. is concerned. we stand! A 1. Then we have . —Mr. Thomas Mathews, Of North a saw mill here which gives considerable Dorchester, planted two potatoes this employment to a great many people. spring, of the Jackson kind, which, on besides being a convenience to the far - arriving at maturity, yielded 340 single mers wh8 draw theirilogs �f buttonwood, potatoes, weighing lbs., over one hickery, oak, elm, ash, etc., and either bushel. sell them at the mill or have them cut —The lumberers of the 3ttaws, eri into lumber. Then ebout twelve miles view of the high price of labor, and the south is Lake Erie, ;where many little difficulty experienced lisst year, have re- teli'as are springing 4P along its north - solved to reduce their operations in the ern or Canadian shores, one place may woods this season, in a inaterial degree. be mentioned, viz., f.,eamington, where there is a ship dock !for- the purpose of —Early on Saturday morning last, .an shipping ;umber, and. where there are old lady nained Hays, living near Kint wnship of Ellice, near mill* of various kin4, and which place kora, in the to promises to become (et no distant day) Stratford, was placing some wood at an a town of considerable importance. Then open fire -place', when she fell forward on tor farniing purpose:4i the climate is all the fire and was very badly burned before that can be desired, Apples, grapes, assistance _could. be rendered her by the and 1 may say fruit i of all kings grow rest of the inmates of the house, who luxuriantly, it is 41onsidered. by some were at the time asleep in bed. who take a deep interest in cultivating --On Friday of last week, as man the grape that the climate is equal to any timed Wile. Haugh, of the township of part of California, or the best grape North Easthope, was returning home growing portions of France. We are. from the fair on -the railway track near however, in ourinfency, but I doubt that ere another century comes round the whole district will be cleated up and a wealthy and industrious population will then be reaping the benefits ef the pres- ent pioneers. in proof of the fertility 'if the land when properly attended to, Mr. Jackson whose farm is in immediate. connection with my dwelling nad 165 bushels of wheat from a field of four acre; or forty-two and a half bushels to the acre this season. Land is daily ris- ing in value and those of your readers who should like to change to a mild. and. healthy climate would -do well to pay a visit to our County and. neighborbood, any one coming to London can book to Stoney. Point Station on the Great West- ern, where they- eannot go astray as the road runs direct south to Comber, about five and a half or Rix miles. We have a Post Office. Two general stores. where goods of every description can be had at reasonable rates, and where we have also the Presbyterian and Wesleyan Metho- dist meeting houses. WILLIAM SafaT11. their pay se jurymen ordered to be kept from them. —Imports of dry gnods at Toronto for the quarter ending eept. 30th allow a considerable increaee on the figures of last year. —A large discovery of gold has been Friday. —The Royal Insurance Company has lost frequently and so heavily by fires in briate Asylum, and will recominend that the Asylum be loceted in Ilarnilton. —While threshing at Mr. Wm. Tithes- „ter's, first concession, Morris, .Magnus 'Spence, in shifting a plank on the plate 'form at the tail end. of the machine, lost this balance and fell a distance of eight or nine feet, receiving severe injuries on the head and breast. • Merchant's &ink of Canada is about. to 'open immediately an agency M the Province of Manitoba, under the management of Mit–Dungan, McArthur, who has for the list -seven years ceindect- ' .:ed the Investment Department of the • Hudson Bay Company in Montreal. held in that section of the coup:tree —Canaha hae been well represented e --We have to thenk P. AdamsOn, et the great fair -which opened in St. Esq., for a 'copy of the June minutes of Louis on the 3rd instant. It has dis- the County Council, .ouly now published. withdrawn their agency from that place. —Mr. Wm. Bell, of the township of North Eftethope, showed a pure-bred Durham bull calf at the North Riding of Perth Agricultural show, scarcely 8 months old, which weighed 791 lbs. It was sold on the ground to Mr. James Redford_ for $200. This is a pretty good calf, but Mr. George Sproat's recent pur- chase which we noticed last week, beats it all 'hollow. —At the Wallace and Elma Fall Show, held last week at Listowel, there were 640 entries, and 108 exhibitors. It is said to be the most successful show ever The Grand Trunk Railway. The Monetary Times has reason to be- lieve that it is the settled pelicy of the Grand Trunk directors to change the gauge of their line to 4ft. 83/4 in. as soon as the condition of their finances wilt ad- mit of that step. In five or six weeks • the Buffalo and Lake Huron hoe will be thus reduced, and the portion of the am in line between Stratford and Sarnia tinguished itself by carrying off a nnule The ruinous system of taking municipal will be supplied With a third rail. This ber of most important prizes and diplo- printing at non -paving figures le DO will allow the traneit of cars without un- was.- .M.r. John Craig, of Edmonton, has ' doubt the cause of this delay on the part - taken all first prizes on his Berkshire' of the Star. We hope a coernmation of 'swine, and the same for his Cotswold such delays will teach the Council not to • sheep. W. H. Frazer, of Toronto, took ; employ those who are prepared to work six diplomas and four first prizes on Can- for nothing a day and board themselves. ashen woolen products, there being over ! —.17arriston Tribune. So say we all. - • e 76- entries in this class. —Thera is considerable commotion —A new. boot and shoe factory has I just now among the ambitious towns and been erected in Quebec which will afford smaller cities as to -which Oren be the occupatme for 1,500 hands. This branch site for new Normal Schools shertly to . be erected in this Province. Stratford, remaining sections must receive similar O of business has -assumed. large proper- , o tions in that c'ty. Labor is cheap and St. Marys. London - Hamilton, Dundas, treatment in due cotrtrse. Our informant , _ quite abundant, and there is ample capi- Guelph and a score of other places are intimetes that arraheements have been e ✓ tal employed. • putting in a good word for the one to be made with an American railway company e —Mr. Coulter, Toronto Township, met located in this Western part of the Pro- for the supply of narrotv gauge rolling ✓ with it severe lose durine the week of the vince. We think that Seaforth has good stock, temporarily no doubt. So large ✓ Guelph show. throsigh the death of his right to put in an oar here too. It is a, proportion of the traftc consisting, ne- f stallion, ” Defiance." The horse had centrally located, and although our peo- cessarily, of through freight, it is impos- 1. been suffering tinder the epidemic at press ple are a little backward in asking favors Bible to operate the line he connection te um 11 sent prevailing among horses, and caught of this kind, yet, in a moral point of with United States roads as statisfactor- hem, t - 1 cold from the exercise it was subjected view we are a long way ahead of any of ily as could be wished with the present li awl i p 1 to on being shown at the Fair at Guelph. these other places. This at least, is one disparity of enrages. loading, from the American lines centre - Me in Detroit, through Canada to the eastern roads running to New York, &c. The cars will be ferried across from Port Huron to Sarnia. There can be no doubt that important advantages will flow from this improvement. It is also rumored, that the line from Sarnia to Belleville, or thereabouts will be dealt with next sum- mer ; and. should this prove correct, the • #. 17113. 7., : _ Wat