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rAita mi. SALE IN IEULL3ITI,
OB SKLE. Lot 10, sit h COnoOnSiOn
neer Einburtt, sevenmilesm
froSeajorth and
coven -miles from Clinton, the property ot Immo
Johnson ; 100 semi, 93 cleared and in goo. cultiva-
tion; Aplendid barn, stable, sheds and onthonsee ;
Nage, yormg, bearing orchard; a stream of water
rens across the lot. Torras to snit the purchaser.
If not sad this farm WILI, BE LT,ASED for ten
veers, for $1,000, paid in Earenee. Apply to H.
ITALE, Clinton.. 255-40
FOR SALE.
Q'PORE AND DWELLING in lib.e village of
Harpurb.ey, wt. present occupied by HUGH
BOB, Esq. For particalarnapply bo KUALORAN
k RYAN, Seriterth.
DWELLING -HOUSE FOR SALE.
sebscriber offers for sale a dwellinghouse
•x• and village lot in EgmotulTille, on North F‘ront
street, opposite the Presbyteria.n Church ;Iforir
bedrooms, sitting -room, dining -room, kitchen tte ;
geed well; good garden with‘large number eetrait,
frees; stable and outhouses eomplete. The lot
vOmprisee about one acre. 'ormi 1ibcral.. -
- JOHN STODDART.
FARM FOE, SALE IN MORRIS.
VOR SALE, on sooty terms, north half of Lot NO-
-1; 12, Concession 6, Township of Morrie, contain-
ing 190 acres, 50 of which. are cleared, well fenced,
and in a good state of eultiTatdon. There is on
the- premises a good log house and barn. This
farm is Kittutted within two miles and a half of a
good road, and fonr miles and a half trete
the Tillage of kirdeyrillet at which place there.
will be a station of the Wellington Grey andi
Brice Railway this fall; it is waterediby neva-
failing stream running -through it; there is no
waste laud, and the uncleared ' portion is well
timbered with hardwood; It is one of the most
*hole° lots in the township. For farther par-
ticulars apply to R. GRANT, Ainleyrille, THOS.
HOLMES, Blyth, or to the undersigned proprietor,
Nippon Post-offiee.
0..51
ROBERT MeMORDIE.
FARM FOR SALE.
T OT 29, Concession 6, north half, Toanaship of
-A-I Morris; 100 acres, cleared; good frame hem
and house; good bearing orchard tit& aboTe farm
adjoins the Tillage of Ainleyville.. Terms liberal:
Also, lots 27 and 29, South half of COncessiort 7;
Township of Morris- For further part-jail:are, in-
suire of THOMAS WALKER,
25-1-4 ,. • Dingle I'. 0.
FROVDE ON TIM BELA-
' TIONS BETWEEN ifiNG4CAND
AND IRELAND.
•
M. FROUDIt'S 1IRS1 fAcrunz.
pecially when they have to put their ISeeenth's time, by which it a.ppeared
Mr. James: Anthony Fronde', the emi-
SEAFORTH FRIDAY, OCT. 25, 1872.
is the most righteceie measure that has
been passed as regards Ireland. in the an-
nalsof history. Rieh nn find the world
so comfortable that they can hardly be
made to thiek it wants bettering, es-
ineLEAN RUOTIGUI114; Pabliolhers.
Si 50 a Year, in advance.
Ite deserve to be hung." More than
alf of the Irish were in the latter cabs -
gory, and it irs idle to say that such a
country deserved its freedom. The lec-
turer then quoted a report made in Heery
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ands into their pockets. I know well that there were at that time sixty chief
Dent English historian, is riot's deliVering that this is 80, but an advance has been captains, who lived by the sword, and
a course of lectures in the city Of New attempted, an effort of progress has been !divers petty chiefs of the same kid;
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York, on the relations between Ireland made, and it will not stop. I invite yon, !also thirty great Norman chieftains who
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then, gentlemen, to pronounce the verdict, also JAved by the sword. All of these
and England. The object of thelectures to
give us your operion on the points of !made war, and obeyed only those who
is to create a public sentienept in Ameri- Irish affairs. You may say, " Go out of were strong enough to make them. .
e . . ble
ca, which may react on the old country it, but this is impossible, and will never But the common folks were as misera
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and be influential in settling the chronie he taitil lrelandis ancxtinet volcano. You as men contd. be and live. Such misery
way say, "Give them a separate Nation- had been -seen in latter times, indeed,
difficulties of the Green Isle. On the al Government," 1 do not say no,
I do but it was a fair question then, not
evening of the opening lecture Mr. not say yes, but I will ask 'you what you whether the English had interfered too
Fronde was received withthe most diasay at the end of my fifth lecture. You ‘ much, but whether much of this unhap-
tinguished plauditslie spoke with a are not unaware of the Irish statement piness might not have been spared if they
clear voice, and with something of theof the case. They have not been reti- had interfered a little more.
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tone that is -usually associated with di- cent of their wrongs. I will constitute '
.---ese•-ea----.-
vine service. Whenever he made a hit, mysely an advocate on the other side, 00unty Versus Branch Asetrioul-
and the entire audience was conviilsed and will await your opinion. tural Societies, 1 ,
with his easy sarcasm, his eyes gleamed From this point the lecturer commen-
PARISI S FOR SALE IN molmiz.
n..NE N1)RED ACRES, being Soh half of
\-•Lot2.6, Sth Concessionof Morris ; 70 acres clear
of stumps and well fenced, tb.e remaining 30 hard
wood bush; good orchard of about 100 fruit trees,
apple,.pear, plum, cherry, -peach, and grape Tinem ;
Iog barn 60x84 and stable; log hone() lutlf ruile
from school house 1.1 miles from. gra-rel road lam-
ming from Seaforitt to Aittleytille, 5i miles from
Abalervilie. where a atation of the W. G. and B.
Railwa-v will be erected this falyand 14 miles from
Seaforib. Also 100 acres -of valueble bnah land,
being north half of lot 26, 8th Concession of
Morris ; there is a large quantity (If pine. cedar,
Meek ash. hemlock, arid hard_ wood on this lot.
No inerrmbern.nce, title indispu.table, being Crown
with pleasure, but his countenance re. ced the history of the Norman conquest To the Editor of the Huron .gepos-itor.
mained unmoved. The following is st of Ireland_ He began by describing the Being a farmer in Huron, and deeply
synopsis of the lecture : ' religioes and social condition of the Holy interested in. the progress and well-being
I have come to this country to addrees Tale; ethe peaceful character of the of our agricultural interests, I thank
you on the connection between two is- inhabitants, and the scholarly attain- you for calling our attention as you r.lid
lands, in both of which 1 presume you talents of the ecclesiastics as pictured by in the leading 'artiole of your last issue
take sincere interest, and I canuot better early . narrators. There was 'much of to the working of our Agricultural. So-
introduoe my subject than. by re:Kling a _ truth in this, he admitted, but the peace- cieties. While, however, thanking you
letter written at the time of the revtolu- ful part of the programme was clearly for having broached the Babied, I nanat
tion in 1799, conceening the seventy gen- mythic, since all the early poems relate say that I am not at all prepared to agree
tlernen who were confined in Castle rein- to war, and war only, To pitinder his with your conclusions. Would you al -
on. They had. been betrayed by their neighbor's goods and to split his head low me space in your columns to show in
confederates, as has always been the case with re battle axe was considered the my own, perhapa, rather simple manner,
with Irish conspiracies, but owing to right thrng for a young chief to do. It why'[ do not agree with you in thinking
some perplexities there Was an objection was a fact that . there were no martyrs in that Branch A.grioulturai Societiesare a
to trying them, and it was proposed to Ireland. and this proves that the clergy benefit to the county and should not be .,
banish them to some foreign Country. It had managed from the very first to ob- abolished' I thiuk the importance of the
was understood that this country was the tam a powerful coutrol over the minds of subject warrants attention, many of Your
United States, and Mr. Rufus King, who the early Irish. In reading the accounts readers, will, no doubt, be benefiteti by
was then your Minieter to ,England, of the saints, and the powerful impreca- the further discussion of a subject npon
wrote a letter of reutonstrance, stet- ' trona which they launched from heaven .which few of them perhaps, have lever
ing that *there was no country in upon offenders, the conclusion became thought much. 1
which. the Irish leaders could work more inevitable that they were pretty serious I am not among those who mainttain=
mischief than his own. The letter was a antagonists when on earth. However and you say such exist, that County Sot
curious one, and it will readily be admit- this may be, they certainly implanted a cieties should be abolished and Ceetra'
ted that no American Minister could superstitious reverence in the hearts of Fairs eitablished," as this would neees-
now write such a letter and retain his the Irish, which has nob yet disappeared. sitatelegislation, and we have had fer too
pose It, is Unnecessary to say that his That Ireland had a civilization of its owe much tinkering in that line' already in
remonstrance was not acted on, and. the is not to be denied, but that they hadi connection with our agricultural ques-
majority of the gentlemen who awoke industries, as understood now, is erronel tions, and we CAU drop Branch Societies
such apprehensions in his breast lived. ous. Beyond a few cyelopian templea without further legislation, if we think
and died .quiet citizens of this great and a dozen ecclesiastical structures) fit -to do so, as the itatute now Stand'a.
country, widch then ettablished herself there were no honaes, save wattled huts, - You maintain "hat Branch Societies
as that. home for distressed patriotism before the 'armed of the Danish -free- are as useful ea County Sooieties or Oen-
which the world now ecknowledges her
to be. To thie land the Irishman looks
Patent for both lots. Terms easy. A-Pply to as a natural protector, and. the men of
all. Another farmer has had the hick to
get some sheep enormously fat, in splen-
did trim for the butoher, but eptirely
useless for breeding parpoees, he too,
goes the round of the shows, gets prizes
at them all, and all this is considered
great success. • But I ask any candid
man if anytInng of this is in any way
calculate -no meet a single requirement
of the spirit or intention ef the Agricul-
tural Act, or if it is hkelt to benefit the
cause of Agriculture in `our County one
iota? It is a pity that you had no high-
er opinions of enterprising importeris and
breeders of first-class stock, than to class
them' with the men who never -exhibited.
at all, they ehould not be mentioned in
the same year together, let alone in the
same sentence. Importers and breeders,
as a general thing, are_not wealthy --their
very enthusiasm m the cause keeps them
poor—they mostly go in for the honor of
the thing, for many of them have been
heard to say that they would rather own
the bests herd or flock in their County
than be its representative in Parliament,
or would rather have the honor of pos-
sessing the best herd or flock in the Pro-
vince than be Lieutenant -Governor there-
of, and I assert without fear of success-
ful •contradietion, that generally, the
country is ten times more benefited by
their enterprise than ever they are -them-
selves pecnniarly. The class of farmers
whotAke no interest in .A.gricialtural So-
oieties, if wealthy, are too stingy- and
dead to risk an extra dollar on an im-
proved animal or article to exhibit, ane
therefore do not, or " the lessavealthy "
as yon put it, who are afraid to compete
at the larger shows with their tnore en -
enterprising neigltbors (I am afraid their
poverty is a poorness of spirit and want
of pluck, for but few are on). Canada -
with a silver spoon in their mouth) I ask of a
during a storm, and no trace of her body
you what consideration should be had
could be found until swashed ashore) as
above steted. She had on her person
bank receipts to the amount of $600, a
marriage certificate and two golderings.
—At the recent meeting of the Grand
Tempters, held at Kingaton, Mr. James
Somerville, of Luckaow, Was appointed
Graud Worthy Chief Templar.
—The Canadian Government, on the
recommendation of the Postmaster -Gen-
eral. Leta reiinced. the letter postage be-
tween Canada and Newfoundland from
boaters. They built Dublin and other tral Fain," while directly after you say
cities, and introduced some ideas into the "that you do- not believe in keeping. or
country, for which it was the better. But even in atterapting'to. keep alive, 'miser -
they were ferocious to the last degree. able, sickly Township Societie,s rucrely
and the begot an answering ferocity iri for the nauie of the thing," and that in
- sach cases " union between two or more
THOS. KELLY. on the premises, or b,y letter to
Walton Post °Mae 2-4J-tf
Munster and Connaught consider this ita
their true home. Whether this is natural
or otherwise I shalt not inquire, but the
fact cannot be ignored in a consideration
of lrish.politics, in which America must
hold. a considerable piece. But if an
.Aniericaltaiut'98ecoulil have Buell ideas of
Irishmen; surely his canary men. will per -
don some, English inisconctptions of lr
land too.
England and Ireland are married by
nature, and caamot be separated. Though
Englishmen are not desirous to hold men
in :subjection, Yet to gii e up
Ireland would. be simply to commit
political suicide. Political freedom, also,
is not a thing to be lightly earned. The
fates do -not award political independence
to oratory, and to newspaper eloquence.
Nature in this has wisely wroughti. for
those Who conquer liberty must forget
their feuds and fuse themselves into. one
common homogeneous body. To give a
people incapable of governing themselves
the privilege of auarchy would be to
Mast them with the acutest misery.. Ire-
land in all her frenzied (pies a.gainst
Eugland, has always. shrieked for others
to come and help her, never relying upon
herself to do the work That had to be
done., Compare the efforts of the Scotch
when conquered by Edward I. He beat
their armies in the field and that was all.
He could not kill an entire people. So
the contest was like holding wolf by
the throat. The beast could not be
strangled, and the effort to hold it down
was too exhausting. So the attempt
FARM FOR SALE. failed and the two countries when •
FARM FOR SALE.
0.131`11 ,R.A.LF of tha South half of Lot No 24,
Li Fifth Concession of the township of Morris,
contaitting 50 e.eres, 35 eleared ; well watered by a
spring- creek; good log house and frame stable.
The above farm is only a mile and a half on a good
road from the rising vi.11age of Ainleyville, whona
station of the 'Wellington Grey and Brace Rail-
way will be opened this fail. For price and tering
inquire (if by letter, prepaid) of
C. R. COOPER,
235 Ainleyville Land Ageney, Dingle P. O.
CHOICE FARM FOR SALE.
T OT No. 7, Stith Concession Turrtberry, eonsist-
ing of 120 acres. nearly 104 -being cleared and
in good state of ealtiTation. There is a good
!rata° barn 55x36, a frame shed 303E60. There is
also a. good bearing orehard. WM be sold. on easy
terms. Apply on the premises to
IAMBS BEENN1Na‘3.
Wroxeter, July 8, 1872. 240-tf
FARM FOR SALE IN HAY.
-FOR SALE, south part Lot 21, Ninth Coneesttion,
-12 Hay, known. as the "Troyer Farra ;" one-half
mile from Zurich, on the Gravel Road ; 70 acres
SO cleared; dwelling -house and barn - good yottng
bearing orchard, the land is in a good state of cul-
tivation and well fenced. For further particulars
apply to W. G. WILSON,
Ith*4 Zurich, Ont.
FOR SALE.
A VALUA13LE -FARM, 100 *tares, First Concea-
' sion, Mclidlop, near Seaforth, on. the main
gravel rola to Godeeiert; 85 aeres eleared and free
of pita mps, with ten acres of -a fallow, the rest
ander grass; well la-atered and fenced; with large
frame barn, stable underneath; log farm -house,
boartled raitside, and good. orchard ; posseesion im-
mediately ; title good and terms may. For far-
ther particulars apply (if by letter, prepaid,) to
242 LCD WIG MitTEll, Suptforth R. 0.
unit -
there
OT No. 26, Con. 5, Township of Morris, 50 • '
• ed met on eaual terms. In Ireland
' acres cleared; log hone(' ; there is a on y
of good pine en the lot, within out mile and a half
• of two good saw -mills. For farth.er partieulars,
addreas - WILLIAM AMORS,
247-1Se • . Dingle P. O.
HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE IN SEAFORTH
VOR SAI4E, e. hotme and lot on Goderieh street-
• -L. For farther pal-tieulars, apply to
240-tf M. P. couNTER, Seiforth-
YVILLE.
James Leon -
Buildings all
HOTEL FOR SALE IN AINLE
THE Hotel. at present occupied by
-L- ard, will be sold cheap for enah.
sew. Possession given immediately:
AppSy to
Ainleyvilie, May 23, 1872.
. L.ECKI11.
233
ROUSE & 'I/3T FOR SAI.E HAPURIIEY.
VOR SAL -Ft, in the Village of Harpurhey near
Seatorth, a owelling-houet and lot. There is
on the premises a good bearing Orehard, sever -
foiling well of water; also, .good. work -shop and
stablza, together with all ether necessary out-
buildings. The house is frame, well finished and
pleaetintIy located. For terms end other portion-
,. hare, aply PETER McCONNELL. Horparhey,
or to the uridereigned propfictor, Harpurkey, or
Seatorta Potit-omea.
248-11.3 • JOHN REMY:
WINVI/N1/1/1/81T,
The Henson Why
Dn. WHEELER'S COMOTIND Elixir et Phos-
plintes and Calisaya is oiled a Chemical. Food
and Nutritive %mile,. because Phosphates toimsti-
tate more. than half the nutteriel of the 'human
body, and are libsoluttdy egseritinl to the growth of
Bone, Niesel‘t. and Nerve, whieh cannot attain full
tleveloptucrt ithottt them. Tb..)y promote a good
'appetite., pc,..(eqt Zlipstion, create pure, bealths,
vitalizing 13-1144al, and supply the waste constantly
going on in. the systoin ithe result of mental and
• physical o:zertion. Being comiximodwith Calisaya.
the Peruvian Om only $peciac for Chills and
Eever, and tbat c•oniition of Nery.ous Prostration
and Comer:11 1")eliitity alchdly, from low vitality Ord
exhaustive dIsettses,It13rms el.-ont agrcc-
able, invigorating Torii' nurely physiologic:11 in
its artion tit niarbe taken safe15- under all ci r-
eunistanceic and n.11 irkteasea cononions •
body, as it builds np the constitution the same
manner as ottr dail:y food. Sold bY all Druggists
.at 81.
VOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PART-
NERSHIP.
plus it, to certify that the undersigned, :Tosr.mi
Cksal-nt and SOLIN (10,3Ns.N, have heretofore
earlied bn-incas as buil.lers and contractors at
the lillaae of Myth, in the County of Hero er
the atc-Ie or firm Of CARTER. t, GO!,..f21.-, 14 • ft
the said partnership has this day been dissolved
by mutual consent. All debts due to the late firm
11 • onnts
will be void by Joseph Cartel, an
owing to the same will be col eeted by him.
As witiitg.s our hands thief1..ent,--fourth day of
t
floptember, A, D. 1813. ' i1 ;r0RN GoSiti AN* ,
Q. 1
'Ign"'„" t'bDSEPli CAIIT.Iillt.
IA i t n etm—W:g. $ 74N r._ 253.3
..
was no imaginary border land to
crossed, but a broad and a tempest
sea: Yet when StrOnghow came
with his Knights, the- country was
run and. held without difficulty•
from that day to the last Fenian ri
though Ireland has been writhing u
what she is pleased tit call the yo
the invader, she has never found a
or a Wallace, and he history can r
no field of Bannockbtirn. These 4
Englishmen were beaten back,
Strongbow had nevet mere than
men with hien. Arelthe Irish less
than the Scotch then? y n
they have proved their valor in a
dred fights. But the Scotch were
ed, and Irish were at strife, one, a
the other. The O'Donnels and tit
Murroghs were at swords' point, a
Irish Prhice refused to assist the B
invaders if he could help hirn elf
00
nous
over
over -
And
sing,
nder
ke of
Bruce
ecord
0,000
yet
1,500
brave
eans ;
-hun
unit-
gainst
e Me-
nd no.
ritish
to a
the Iris , who, by the time they had. e
pelled them, were no better than red I
diens. To prove that this was not a
exaggeration, the lecturer read a histor,
of murders won* the Princes of Irelan
for one year, which, multiplied by tw
Inuidred, represented Ireland's conditio
under home rulnfor two centuries beforie
the Conquest. The cure for this condi-
tion of 'affairs occupied the attention of
townships should take place." I heart-
ily say Armen to the latter propositiou,
and it is just beceuse 1 think that nine
out of every ten of the Branch Societies
are misernItle and sickly affairs, as far as
being beneficial to the Agricultural In-
tereits of our Corney is coneerued, that
they should therefore be abolished.
Why are they miserable and sickly?
the Pope Adrian, who saw that force • Simply because the gre-at majority of our
could Only be repressed by force, and farmers know that 'little good to Agri
that though freedom was good, disci- culture resulte from them, and therefore
pline was good, too. Se he sent the does not support them. Any one at all
Normans with their fe.utial system, acquainted with the working of Branch
which men consider tyranny now, but , Societies inust be aware that if the mat -
which in those days Was held as the pot • ter were left to the farming community
lice force now. For similar reasens these
Norman policemen had been sent to Eng.'
land. It was not because the Saxoes
murdered or plundered each other, like
the Irish. They, en the contrary, mind-
ed each Man his own business, and alloW-
ed the Danish hordes to march throubh
the country, doiug whatever they listed. day, and pay out $1. as a subscriptem in
order that they may Drake $10. It
alone, that two-thirds of the Branch So-
cieties would die before a twelve-month
goes round, that they are only kept up
by the induence, efforts and subscrip-
tions of the merchants and hotel keepers
of the various towns and villages, who
wish to drive a big business on the show
horses were imtnedititely stopped, and
while the driver was getting out of the
wagon they backed up, causing the
wheel to pass over the chilli the second
time, and before hecould be taken from
under the wagon, the horses again step-
ped op, him, taking the *heel over hhn
the third. time. The poor little fellow is
so seriously iijured that no hopes are
entertained. of his recovery.
—Hon. Neal Dow, ex-Govetnor of the
State of Maine, delivers a lecture on the
subiect of Temperance Prohibition, in
Brantford, this _Friday evening. Ex-
tensive preparations for his reception
have been made by the friends of the
cause in that town.
—A farmer named Fairbairn, in the
townahip of Garafraxa, County of Wel-
lington, last week. lost three'fine sheep
by wolvee, which are said to be very
elentifal in that section this fall.
—Two young men, residents of West
Zorre, who have heretofore borne a good.
name in _their neighborhood, were, last
week committed. to- stand their trial at
the next Oxford assizes, for horse -steal-
ing. At the Magistrates Court, one of,
the offenders got frightened into a con-
fession, which implicated the other.
• The probability is, that ample opportun-
ilty for repentance end moral irpprove-
merit will be afforded theta in the public
boarding house at Kingston.
—Mr. J. L. Burgess, of Viroodstock,
exhibited at the Princeton Fair, in the
township of Blenheim, a cabbage which
measured exactly five feet in eircunafer-
ence, and weighed fifty pounds.
—The -body of a woman was washed.
ashore at Port Burwell a few days ago.
It turns out to be that of a fem.ale 'cook
The Saxons were soft iron ; the Normans
came and. made them tempered. steel.
The Saxon e had lost a national spirit,
the Normans made them a great naticin.
perhaps one of the very 'greatest. But
the Normeus never made ally impression
would be hard to find a township, with
an ambitious town or village within its
boriers, which has not an annual Agri-
cultural Exhibttion. In the words of
the Statute creating Agricultural &the -
for such? Would you really misapply
Goverment funds, the people's money,
to accommodate or please them! Whe= 1
as far LIS they are concerned,* we might
have still been trying:, to plow tvit u-
diau ponies, catching buffaloes for beetor Lodge of British Aniericau Order of G-ood
trying to put pork upon the nos of a
creature that was all spout and legs.
And you thiuk that if the owners and
exhibitors of .first-clasa stock, who you
say are opponents of Branch Societies,
would cease to decry them, and would
leud their assistance towards making
them prosperous, that all would be 124 to 6 cents. All other postages haye
stronger, and they themselves feel better been reduced to Canada rates.
. sad and eingular accidettt occured
satisfied." How could this beY? If the
'less wealthy," the poor in :gent I call
them. do not compete at the larger shows
with the more enterprising for fear of
ridicule. Where would. the rulicele be
if the "wealthy menebera of thwfratern
ity," as you are pleased to tern them,
brought their animals to the small shows?
Why, .1 the less wealthy,'" the poor fa -
upon nations when their spirit -was alive. ties and giVing theni an annual grant of
They tried Se,otland, and Seotland defied money, "the obje.ct of such Societies
them. When they tried Ireland halftee should he, to eitcourage improvement in
Irish helped them to conquer the other :Agriculture, _Horticulture, or Arts and
half. The conquest' was at the end; of Manufactures, by holding meetings for
the twelfth century, rather more than a discussion, and for hearing lecteree on
hundred. years after the battle of subjects Connected with the theory and
Hastings. The Normans . C4nac with practice of improved husbandry, Or other
the bull of Pope Adrian H in industrial processes, by promoting the
their hands, for that potentate, fer circulation of Agricultural, Horticultu-
some mysterious reason, considered him- ral and Mechanical products; by import -
:self .as kipg of all islands. They intro- ing or otherwise procuring seeds, plants
dieted the feudal system, which -was eot and animals of new and 'valuable. kinds
properly understood. a ap Of land. by offering prizes for essays on questions
'rho lecturer here explained ,his view of • of scientific enquiry relating; to Agricul-
ture -Horticulture, M anu iactures, and
works of art. And by awardine premi-
ums for excellence in the raisiug and in-
troduction of atock, the invention or
land-holdine, which, abstractly consider-
ed,. could not be the property of any citi-
zen but was the State's, to be divided
according to the system of .each State.
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Before the Norman conquest land as improvement of Agricultural. implemeuts
property was but little considered.. and machinery, the production of grain,
The stiongeat and bravest gave thien- and all kinds of vegetables plants,
selves up to the noble profession of blood- flowers and freits, and generally for ex -
shed, relegating to the coward the igno- cellence in any Agricultural or Horticul-
ble occupetion of tilling the soil, without tural production or operation, article of
any rights , at all. The feudal system manufacture or work of art." I am sorry
-rights, at, least every.man iu those parts County Society, Fair, or even the Pro- attem1A• Yours= et"' = FARMER.. South Brant Fair, on Wednes ay.
gave to every Man something of his to say that. eeither Breneh Society,
-11.ch the
Ti barons had vincial, Exhibition, itself, comes up the -see et
last week, in the township of Metcalfe.
On the Wth inst., Mr. Wm. Patrick
died, and Mr. Richard Inch came to
Strathioy and got the coffin. On Mr.
Inch's return, while unhitching the
horses one of then). kicked. him so that
he dier'l on the 12th inst.
lows would, have no retreat. iett, they —Mr. --Ted Crowley, the oldest sta.g&.
would be gone and done. for entirely ! proprietor on the road. between Exeter
And this perhaps would be the best and and London, has sold. out his interest in
quickest way to wind up one half of the the line to his partner, Mr. Mtwkshaw,
Branch Societies in Ontario. But you of Exeter, who is now sole proprietor,
really should have given the enterpris- Ted. contemplates purchasing a ftrm. and
ing "owners and exhibitors of first-class euding his (tars in a more peaceful man -
stock," lime little credit for geeerosity, nor than stage driving.
inasmuch as they have as a general —.NIL John Dalgarno, of 'West Gara-
fraxa, turned up an 'Indian pipe while
plowing in his farm one day recently.
The pip t has been made a a light color-
ed stone wes well shaped and highly
sons for upholding Branch Societies, and polished, and no doubt 75 or 100 years
I have done for the. present, which is, ago, had been the property of some In -
that in a "social point of view" they dian chief, long since gone to his happy
are beneficial. This I do not for a mo- hunting ground.
ment doubt, I believe in sociality, and. —Two residents of Eatb Oxford were,
that ferniers should meet oftener thee hue week. on com.plaint Of J. G. Pettit,
they do for "social converse and friend- klig., Division Registrar, of that town -
•4 opinions," although I ehtp, tined., one in the men of, including
thing, stood quietly by and let Uie
Branch Society men have it pretty much
all their own *ay.
A brief glance at another of. your rea-
cannot coincide with you in the opinion cost" $7 10 and the other t5 60, for
that the " smaller fair oilers a better op-
portunity for this than the larger one,"
and I am somewhat doubtful as to the
" reinweigoration fo the battle of life,"
after the-A:4y spent at the small show, mance of this Important uty, w e
for I am afraid that a geodly nunibt t of should take a warning' from the above.
us are too well acquaiuted with our en- - .
terprising friends the hotel keepers, who —. 14"(111. last. Witham= son of
Mr. , Alex. Petrie, school teacher, West
have done so much to ad.vance the inter-
ests of the shows in those places, not to Garafraxa, Walt standing looking at a
mau boring an auger hole, when he put
do the generous thing by theta, and con -
his face close to the opposite side of the
sequently often get a little too ,social, and
the 1 timber. aud the auger coming through,
feel for a day or two after rather
pierced his eyeball. It is prohable the
vioratized than otaerwise. But, waiving
all this, and adinitaing,all teat, 1 decid- poor child vrill lose the sight of the eye.
telly object to the spending df one cent of Mews. Hunter, of Pilkington, 'sold
the Agricultural Igrant for . other purpo- to Mr, G. Miller, of Markham, for $600,
ses than those set forth in the preamble at the Guelph Show, their prize- bull,
of the act, and contemplated by the Oxford Duke, the winner of first prize
Legislature M passing it. And I am and diploma at London. and also a prize
almost certain the social element such as at Guelph hurt year. He also gained.
the first prize at Hemilton„ this year.
Messrs:Hunter also sold to Mr. Peter
Rennie, of Garafraxa, their two
grade heifer, whioh has stood first of
her class wherever shown, for $200..
neglecting' to register births, accordeng
to the requireineute of the Registration
Act now in force. Tnere are many in
this County, who are lax in the perfor-
1 understand you term it, is uot among
the objects intended.
Howthe $1,400 coming yearly to the
County of Huron ehould be spent so as
to meet the *spirit and intention of the
Act, and best further the interests of —Prof. Buckland, of the Bureau of
Agriculture in our County, is a theme Agriculture, and 11. C. Thomson, Secret -
that would tax an abler pen than mine. ary of the Proviucial, Agricultural and,
I hope seine one qualified will make the Art Assecietion, were present at the
—The - .41fdd says r We understend
f.Janada. that ;sir. M. H. Cochrane, the celebrated
American contest, the Irish Pretestauts ct onnectioh between It ngland am re an , Act, but I also nay and believe that the During the prevalence of the horse dis- agriculturist and cattle breeder of Comp -
slice of his neighbor'e dominwns. - In t e been able to hold. Had there been any spirit and intention of the Agricu titre
o re aui
were for the North, and the Catholics for or- could. the younger sons of the Norman . Township Societies are farthest from the ease in London, oxen were procured from ton,- is to be appointed Senator in the
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England, net because. the -latter loved the nobility have recruited the forces ef their nerrk, that even if County Societies were the suriounding country and made to do place of Mr. Sanborn.
friends in Ireland, thit cOUflrywould willina to place themselves in harmony duty in the drays and in other capacities —Alter his release from cuetody, Co_yle,,
have been altogether feudal. But this with the statute, that it is impossible for instead of horees. in answer to the enquiries of _two or
h d •ears the 'Norman cieties trifle away the funds as they are Se.hool has been located by the Ontario fdt as if the jury could bring hurt in
—The site df the new Eaetern Normal three gentlemen, stated that he never
• T but if they had convicted him he
.was not the case, and the couSequwice them to do so, as long as Township So-
' been got for it. Ottawa is imt conveni- the crime charged against him.
1tnglish, but because they hated the ro-
testants of Ulster. If fact, in the words
of an old. hiatorian, whenever one ris
could eltVays be found to turn it barons hail become Celtic c 1 e g .p . g.1 Thet the funds are man was on the spit, three other Irish was thatlir
beefs stroll - ' at resent (loinGovernment m -Oeta.wa. e s ou c 0
The aspect of England may be summed
• The Gerablines the Plankets, and few who have a knowledge of the
er, fiercer, more cruet than taeir prede- trifled. away, is think eat), of. proof, think a more central. place could. have was prepared to die, though innocent of -
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ture before their eyes, will be prepered .
int- of last week, wa.s not very anccess-
also. The Irishman Lies between us two. llred to no ideas of chivalry end kurght- • mit many instances i proof might be i already.
up in this.. Separation we cannot grant, .
all else we are willing to accede to. You the De Burgos, adopted Irish ;habits.
gentlemen who have so many Irishmen In their boyhood, the youlig chiefs,. un-
' .11 like their brethren in England, were
. F II ' Anniversary
share of public buildings and institutions•Ball, held at Mitchell, on Tneeday even -
to deny the statement. Did space per -
facts, and. the int awns of the Legisla- ently located, and has beetles, its u
a.mong you must wtsa. wello
bke
—1ncentliaryism is again becoming fig. There were only about thirty
America may. if ehe pleases, form a ly courtesy. They were nursed. ae the giveu in abundance, b t thist commuui-
rife in the town of Woodstock and. other couples present. A very pleasant time
combination yet unheard of. She may breasts of leish nurses, who taught ehem cation will get beyond *reasonable limits,
places. In that town an ,empty fraane wa-s spent.
pronounce Whie We I 11 b Irish legends. and they listened in the SO one or two must suffice for the pres-
house in a, cent:evens position to valuable ; —Several hones in Newmarket and
unable, and I think unwilling to oppose. hall. to the old harpers who sa, t e . A 11 -to-do farmer is fortunate in
bl1LLocks of buildings was set on fire a few vicinity ha,ve died from the horse dist
On' the other Inlaid, when the v_oice of the glories oi intestine bloodshe Ed- having a good crop, be goes to work, -and
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evepings ago. The prompt action of the , ease, S3 prevalent among horses in this .
had justice done him, and that if he I anti !endeavored to stem the tide. 11-u much time and care, he selects from his
ing in which it origina.ted and another been properly cared for or the disease
fire briga.de confined the lire to the build- , virlinity just now. They could not have.
America tells the Irishman that he has ward III. saw this decadeace with grief, by dint of farming mill and. fingers, am',
.1 vio eted Celtic habits ; barley, peas and oats, with perlia,ps some frame building of little value alongside. 1 would not have proved fatal.
' he must couquer it, framed strong edicts against the Irish whole crop, say a bag fall each of wheat,
t 1 — A. sad. accident .r r1 a few days ; —The finest wheat and root crops in
wants mdependen
T believe the Irishin u will be satisfied. Norman .
The Irishman in A erica is a proof of , but he might as well have whistled to fruit, and it inset be some roots . . ..t
what he can become in Ireland. He has 1 the partridges of the hills as ask a Geral- has forced to an unnatural growth. His ago, to a young child, son of Mr- Hector i the world may be produced In Marntoba,
been alternately whipped and. patted ou 1. to cast off the usaties that had pene- good wife, not behied in energy for a ! McLellan, a farmer residing on the town- 1 as provedby experiment, and as witness -
the back managed on English ideate trated to his toul. The Attempt WAS spec, ' brushesi` het•'Iti ilts that have 1 line between. McGillivray and Stephen. i ed at the late Agricultural Exhibition in
netnad. on Irish ideas, hu never
, 'ven up, and Ireland was left to itselfbeen prize takers at the shows, for it It seems the little fellow was riding in. a I that ProvhIce ; and tomatoes ripen m the
God Almighty's ideas. 1 say the Irish Slie was free indeed, but her People vi ere t y 1 ., tl last ten years. Off they lumber wagon, when the hoves gave a. 1. open air ; but there a.re no fruits of any
should be managed ou principles of plain slaves. 44
Mankind are to be divided in- , start to the first show in the County, i sudden jerk, throwine him over the side 1 kind there, except a species of small
ge.
natural justice. A. movement in this to those who work aud those who steal, i they go the. round of all the showsin the I and immediately in °front of the hind •I wild plum. which grows in. the woods,
quarter has begun. The Trish Land Act into those who deserve to live and thosel 'tiding, anti quito. likely take prizes at i wheel which passed over him. The and is cultivated in gardens.
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