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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-11-22, Page 4THg ROINI EXEK)SITO NEW' ADV.- ERTIS'EMENTS. Farm for Sale--, Jam Mc' &that. Caution ---John 11 Somerville. Teacher Wanted—S. S. .No. I, Turnberry. More Thoroughbred Stock—Thos. Thorp. Pure BerkshiretBoar—F. Thompson. FletraySteere'..-4-ohn Hinckley. :Estray Steer--"-Jolm McNaught. Estray Heifer—Jonathan Moore. County Council Meeting—P. Adamson. Groceries—Thomas Lee. Estray Cattle—Charlea Dodds. Strayed Cattle—Cornelius Delaney. Strayed Heifer—John Hewitt. Clearing Sale—J. -CI Laidliev. - Christmas Show of Fat Stock Acknowledgment—Se R. Smiele, M. B. Insolvency .Netiee—L. R. Corby. urn expooitor. FRIDAY, NOV. 22, 1872. The Muieicipitl Loan Fund In- delitness. To mature alpropei plan for the collection of aerears• due bp/Mimi- eipalities to the Municipal Loin Fund has been a sourco. ofl ctn- sidetable concern to our Provincial rulers for eome time. The announce- ment, therefoie, by Mr. Pardee, Provincial Secretary, in his nomina- tion address, that the present Go element had determined to grappl with the diffic:ulty, and that the will, when Parliament meets, brin .down kmeasure which will do jus fiefs to all, will be received wit general satisfaction. - A large num ber of municipalitieg .have becom indebted to the Province througl this fund. Some of them hay striven for years to liquidate this in debtednes.s,Iancl at the present tim stand wholly or partly free. Othet again have received the money an have invested it in improveinelit and Speculations from which their leave received little or no benefit and now that the money is spen and that they have nothing to show for it, they are Cringing and whin `Mg at the feet of the Government asking to be forgiven the debt. There are still others who. have prof: litably iniested the money, and have received substantial benefits from these Investments but who, not- withstanding this, have failed to pay either principal or interest These, too, with brazen effrontery, are seek- ing forgiveness of -.their debt from the Government. What scheme the Government propose to adopt to seeurea settlement_ of their claims against these municipalities, we, of course, are not informal. Bat what- ever it may be, there is one thing certain that nothing short of clear and dean liquidation on the pert of defaulters will -.satiates the people of the Province. Neither will any- thing short of this be justice. T4e money which constituted thisfund was the general pk•cetty of the country., It had beencontributed to by every- municipality alike. It is, therefore, but right, that these who borrowed from it, and used fot their own advancement what they borrowed, should be made to refund the money. thus receiVed. It was given to them in good faith that it would be repaid,- principal and interest, and if our Government ac- cept anything short qf payment in full,' they do a .gross injcstice to those municipalities'which.have not borrowed flora the fund, or- which, having borrowed, have repaid the loan. There are, to our knowledge, a number of municiptieities whieh have borrowed ..heavily -from . this fund and which-- have never paid to the present day one .ainglee !cent either of principal -or ietteiest..4Inetead:of .endeavoring ,honeetly to pay their debts, they have 'recently incurred large additional responsibilities.in the way of .bonuses to railways and other improvements. For Mtittici- panties to grant aid to enterprises of this kind :is commendable,. but we certainly think they should be just before they are generous-. It is not right for theme and itisnot right for the Government ftiallow them, to advance their own interestS at the expense of others. It is all very well for municipalities; as well as individuals, to be enterpriSing, but they should at the same time be honest. They should pay _off old' scores before they indulge in new ex: travagances. - The cities of Hamilton, LondOn, and the thwns of Brant- ford, Stratford, Guelph and others we might name, are anteable in- stances in point. These municipalities are all heavily indebted to this fund. They have net paid one farthing of the money which they thus bor- rowed from the country, yet not- withstandieg that this debt stares them in the face, we hearof them granting and offering large bonuses to railways, and other enterprises -which are calculated to advance their interests. As we have already said, we do not object to these municipalities encouraging railway t 'and other enterprises, but We do object to their doing.so at the ex- pense of Counties,- like Huron, f which have alreadyrepaid whet they have boirowed, and others which a have not borrowed at all. It is -very fine to be generous, and to be i lauded fly eise that of others; i honest nor thing ha$ enough, ai was being authority7 that the 0 length reso up. .Wet. their haii not look b pis ted the If there bution` of municipa4 indebted I Fund short of, their in their sha would pr of collect' these def tiee to all Politics • • We are leading jo taken upon introduetio our munici of such adv taken into c ous resul t their teachi during the ourse were use might feeding. generosity.- but to. exer- nerosity at experulte , to say the leest, neither' honorable. This sort of now gone -quite far it is hightimeia stoP put to it 'by those in We are glad, therefore,:, tario Government have at ved to take the matter ustIliat when they put s to the plow they will ck until they heve come ork' is to be a general distri- the stirplas among the ies, those municipalities ,o tbe •Municipal Loan d have the entire amount ebtedness deducted from of the 'surplus. This bly be the easiest Mode g the amounts slue by ters, and would do jus - e c d 8 Municipal Election.s. orry that some of the rnals in Ontario have - themselves to advise the of political issues into ij elections. The givers ce can surely not have nsideration the dististr- ieli would follow should gs be acted upon. If eat and excitement of a ction such a dangerous recommefidecl, some ex - e .offered for the pro. t, after all this has .su'b- sided, audit! e calm after the storm set in, for o irnals which aspire to a leading poi attempt -to lawers to &could not bu ly to ties effieiency o' - dons, is trul objeet of -oe the advance I I 1) ion in the -coentry to eite theit fol - arse which, if pursued, result most disastrous- ccessful working and oar municipal institu- lam en table. If the w "pie existence wee wet of certain political parties, it mieht be well t�endeavor to bring into operation for that pur- plisse every eans at our dispesal. But if, in id ancing the interests of colitipal ,pa It es, we do so merely to carry but e in principles, weoan- not see tha here is, or shoulit- be, the slightest •onnection between; the questions 7 ich shouldeform and divide prude, at municipel dections timid those wh oh should -divide them et Parlianieo ary elections. For in - Stance, a Ref rraer and a Conserva- tive may, a freqeently do, epee upon a cert. course to be pursued in the regulat-on and government of whereas at the smite hold widely different e proper mode of gov:- The. one is en - le other general. As ey should be kept as ✓ as possible. There connection between ndeavor to make •the subserve the .greater, to cause inextricable consequently • result os s to the rnunicipali- re, ho W ever, unferturt- als who care not whit nflict upon others -so dvance their own per - hose who advise that s and discords should municipal elections_ ranked with this cle&s. given with a corn -11A We cannot see what' rty, even in a political wouldJeec. • elections were con - political grounds, • perfornsed theit , If, however, they shonestly, we admit. itical parties which rity in the Municipal have a slight advan- their position to anipulate the asseise d thus manufacture the only way which ain could be effected. for journals, profess - table, to, advocate •a bey know, if carried he means of causing ces to i be resorted to believe that. the in. of this country will s vile attempt on the litical charlatans to and Corruption, and how that they prize sty far above all po- al considerations. e County of Huron for the .absence of municipal affairs. - n, One and all, seem th each other in their seep .munieipal and distinct. The re- lainly visible. In- ing their time l in politibal questions, fficials have directed Mward improving ities. Our County plied with all the ary for the advance- erity of the people,, er always kept , whereas, in- adjoin.ere already the po- . a m imicipali t time they ma views as to, t evening a Pres tirdy t such, then, th widely asund is no nature them and to lesser interee would: be but confusion, in peouniar ties: There • ately, individ injury they long as they sonal strif permeate o nAy fairly be The advice object in vie gain to any point of vie though all ea ducted, on stri if those elec duties lionest1 _chose to act d that the p (mined a ma Council would tage by usin fraudulently ment rolls e votes. This even political Now, is iterigh ing to be resp Course which_ out, would b dishonest pt. -act We trust and telligent peopl frown down th part of these encourage frail that they will honor and bon litical or pers Hitherto, has been note politics .from Our public in to have vied st endeavors to political matte stilt •of this is stead. of was wrangling over our municipal' heir' energies their municiiia is _liberally sn aciiities nece ment and pr nd the exchei well replenish ng counties, W Iitioal demon has entered the muni- cipal arena, the Ieacting roads are in 'many 'places in an itnnassable con- dition, and the county. treasury ,is con tin ually in an im poem ished state.: We 'trust, therefore, that the pee- ple of Huron, both Reform and Conservative, Will turn a deaf ear to the bad advice so gratuitously given, and continue to purene tbe course under which they have so greedy prospered. Politics are all well enough in their place, but let us keep them out of municipal matters. Not, Quite Correct. "We think the assertion needs no fur • their proof than that which is Well known to every one in Canada, that from the day Mr Brown left the 'Government, his friends and" allies- in Nova Scotia were the very men who were then bitterly 'as: sailing the government—the 'men who were striving with all their might to force Nova Scotia out of the Union !"—Mail. Our Toronto coutemporary has a twit -column article of which the above is a specimen brick. We think it is well known to every one in CanaJa" that theleaclers of those • who "were striving with all their might to force Nova Scotia mit .of the Union" were Mr. Joseph Elowe and Mr. E. M. MeDcinald, It is equally well known that, shortly af- ter Mr. Brown left the Cabinet, these two worthies, with their fol- lowers, received from the Govern- ment their price, and became co - :workers withand subservient follow- ers of, not M. Brown, but Sir John Macdonald and Sir George Cartier. Instead, therefore, of the "men who were striving with all their might to ftirce No Scotia out of the TTnion " becoming thle "friends and allies in Nova Scotia" of Mr. Browne they became the "-friends and allies" of the leaders of the pres- ent Government. This the Mail knows well, but misrepresentation seems to suit its purpose better than facts. - NEWS OF THE WEEK. • —___. The latter part of the season of lake' navigation just closing has -seen very prolific in disaiters to shipping. For the past .two weeks a series of gales' have been in constant succession upon the lakes, and since the furious equinoctial storms_navis gators aver that they have encoun- tered it longer spell Of continued and iolent winds than during any pre- vions fall. Not one-half of the dis- asters which have occurred have come to the notice of the Press. Steady progress is reported in the work of ctearing u2 the burnt dis- trict of- Boston. The insurance companies are generally finding then., losses leas than the first estimates. • The. application of steam to the propelling of beats on the Elie Canal has at -last been successfully accom- plished. A trial steam canal boat, the Wm. Baxter, has twice made the round trip from Buffalo to New Yoek and return in 14 days, the time occupied by the horse boats being about 30 days. This will make quite a revolution in the shipping of grain and produce from the lakes to the seaboard. Even Spam is beginning to make progress. Trial by jury will be in- troduced on the sist of December; A. movement has also been made in the Senatefor the abolition ' of _slave- ry in the colonies. Thiers again threatens to resign. The Government was blamed in the Assembly on account of Garubetta'd harng made inflammatory speeches in the 'Provinces. Thiers immedi- ately deniaaded a vote of confidence which was accorded him, 267 to 117. But this did not satisfy bins, and he demanded a full vote and a larger majority, under threat of resigning. His requirements, by this time, have doubtless been complied with. ter Thiers the deluge!' Seems' to be the foreboding in France, and every- thing possible. will be done to pro- long his term of office The fical trial of "Boss " Tweed, of Nevi York, for his connection with the'Tamtnany "Ring frauds' has been peremptorily fixed for Tues- day next. Stanley, the discoverer of Living- stone, who lately arrived in Ameri- ca, is about to commence a lecturing tour throughout the principal ities of the Unised States' and -thiti Do- minion. His subject will be "now I found Livingstone." He has also a book in press with the same title, Mr. Stanley evidently believes in making hay while` the sun shines. The working of the ballot has been tested in the municipal elec- tions throughout England, the re- sults being highly satisfactory. Its positive benefits were an increase of political activity in most places, secrecy of 'the votes, and the defeat of the undue influence where it has been • heretofore most notorious. Negatively, there appears to have been everywhere an absence of the rowdyism, drunkenness rioting and bribery, which were ;he bane of elections with open voting. After a long retirement from act- ive life, in compliance with the ad- vice of his physicians, it is announc- ed that Mr. John Bright, M. s• will resume his seatin Parliament daring the ensuineeoession. Further accounts shOiv that. the hurricane, which proved last, week so deetructive upon the'? Beide, like- wise occasioned serioas disasters in Schleswig-Holstein, and Pomerania. lt appears .ftlso that the loss of life and extent of the damage in Den- mark and on her coast were very •ee•vete. It is gratifying, however, to learn that tbe authorities have adopted „prompt measures for the relief of the sufferers, and that tbe King and Queen have shown e• right royal example of benevolence.; Ambitious Villages. In order to give our readers some idea of the number of. ambitious villages in the North, desirous 'Of becoming County seats, we publish below a sketch of the various different seheenes promulgated for the formation of the new counties. Our best ,wish for these ambitious clach- ans is that they may all get to'be county towns. Front the Herndon Tribune we quote: ' THE HARRISTON SCIIEME. The new County, to be called the County of Blake, and to embrace the townships of Mitt°, Arthur and Mary- btfro, and, the villages of Mount Forest • -and Arthur, from the County of Wel- lington; Nonnanby end Egremont from the County of Grey ; gioveiok and Tern - berry, from the County qf Huron, and Wallace from the County of Perth. Har- riston to be the Count3eseat ' THE MOUNT FOREST SCHEME. The new County, to. be called the County Palmerston,- and to entbrace the townships of Proton, Egremant and Normanby, from the County of Grey; Lather, Arthur, and. ,the villages of Mount Forest and .A.rthur, from the County of Wellington, Mount Forest to be the County Beet TItEI ORANGEVILLE SCHEME. The Cou ty to be called the County of Dufferin, end to embrace ,the towoships of Amaranth, East Garafraxa, Luther, Melanotho , Mulmer and Mono. Orange- ville to be he County seat T E. DURHAM SCHEME. The Cou ity to be called the County 'of Ilowlend, nd to embrace the townships of Egrem nt, Normanby, zBentinck, Glenelg, Pi oton and Arteraesia. Durham to be the ounty seat. . T1 E LISTO W EL SCHEME. The new County to be called the Coun- ty of Maitl nd, and to embrace the, town- ships of M rnington, Elmo, and Walface, from the 'ounty of Perth.; Grey and Howick fro n the County of Huron; and Maryboro from the County al Welling- tcine Listo vel to be the County seat. - T E ARTHUR SCHEME. The new County to embrace the town- ships of Mieto,Aarthur, Maryhoro, Peel, West. Girafraxa, Luther, and the vil- lages of Mount Forest and Arthur. Ar- ther to be County -seat. sees eie Pinching Times in the West. These are pinching times in the We.St: Think of the plight of the farmer who at the end of his season's work hauls his eiops a dozen miles to market and then gets Only a shilling a bushel for shellecl corn and eight cents a bushel for mete, t A -*hole -load will not buy a pair of cowhide boots. But that is bet- tor than many farmers are doing in Iowa this fall. In such circumstances, of course, they realize less than the actual cost of production, and must find where they can the money to pay taxes, buy tools aud make improvements. And ollt this way, -when the farmer shivers, every • one else must buttou. up his coat. Crops are large this year, and that :is one of the sad things about it, It is just is much work to handle a load of =In when it is fifteen cents a bushel as when it is fifty. Another trouble is the lack of transportation facilities to the sea- board. People wonder at the plans for new through routes, and do not see how they can pay. They do not realize that the mere increase in the business, and particularly in the products, of this de- veloping -West in a single year is almost enough to keep an extra railroad to the seaweed markets busy to its best.. - And so long as there is more freight to be yaoved than the trains and the boats can readily carry,. they will charge all they can get. Vessels plying between Chica- go and Buffalo have in many instenees yielded their owners net profits this sewn equal to . half then* cost. Corn which brings the farmer but fifteen cents a bushel in ; Illinois, sells in New York for sixty-five, the difference being mostly swallowed up in transportation charges. But while the through routes are deing a prosperous- business—for despatch lines and sleeping -car companies, if not for stockholders—it does not follow as it matter of course that the numberless new railroads which are gridiioning every State in the West, and whbse bonds are offered at such seductive rates of interest in every newspaper, will Step right into a paying business,. Let those who buy railroad bonds - save a good part of their money for other invest- ments. They may be very glad of it some time. Doubtless roads so enriched by Government grants as the Northern Pacific offer a secure investment, but niuLtitudes of these shorter lines, es- pecially those which cut the great routes of travel and traffic at right angles, can- not more than pay their running ex. pen per ail vail es, for years. There seems to be a ect mania just now for building new oads—veey much such a one as pre- • d before the great crash of 1857. The great advance in the price of iron is tu extension of the' Nianchises, se as to grant the rights of Suffrage to persons itt possession of a certain rate of ineome, was another question whieh . would en- gage the attention of the Government. In reference to the prevalence of intem- perance, 'which might well be said 'tine the curse of the age, its it seemed to be impossible to entirely prevent it, he be- lieved it to be the dety of the State as ,far as possible to ameliorate its evils,. and the Government had in contemplation the erection of an Tnebriate Asylum, where persons, who had unfortunately betome addicted to this habit, !night be subjected to a course Of medical treate ment, and by this means restored to so- ciety. Amendments to the School laev were also -in contemplation, it being de. simple that every facility should be given to people of all.claeses to obtain a, gootl education for their children, to fit them for whatever position they might afterwards occupy in society. The con- solidation of the municipal law was also necessary, it being nowvery difficult to say What the law was, in consequence of the niimberless amendments which have recently been made to it, by introducing a mord ' here, and leaving out a line there." 'ot* eft. Notable Discovery. The researches of the United States Signal Office, at Washington, have been rewarded by a beautiful and highly im- portant meteorological discovery. On the coast of. England from time immem- orial the phenomenon of the great No yember atmospheric wave hits been the speculation' of scientists and seamen, but: Sir John Herschel and others have sup -- sed it was peculiar and confined to England aud Weetern Europe, which it reached from the South Atlantic and over which it rolls in long centinued nn- dulatibns from Uctober to Amery, 'con- stituting an important element in, the phenomenal character eof the European winter. On the 12th of Novpmber a similar at- mospheric wave began to break over the shores of, Oregonsand British Columbia as shown by the weather telegrams By the evening of. the 13th it bad spread over nearly all of the Pacific States mid' Territories of Utah and Nevada, and at midnight was pouring through the paises of the Rocky Mountains. On Thursday, - the 14th, it descended upon Colerado Nebraska, Kansas, and the Indian Ter- ritory. On_Fliday morning it extendee in unbroken magnitude and magnificence' from Oregon and Washington Teoitory eastward throueli a greet trough. or 'des is/colon of the Rock.y, Mountain ' back- bone into :Idaho and Montan* 'iind stretched thenee to Lower bliss:ion-wed Lower Mi4sisiiippi 'Valleys, and eveethe western eheres of Mexico and the - This discovery will, enable meteoroIO- gists to antic;nate by Many days the ap-- proach of winter &reit advances from the Pacific coast eastward in the great cur- rent of westerly winds. It serves to clear Up the oli mystery • of American winter storms, showing that they origin- ate in the Rocky Mountains upon whose cold. and loftiest summits in Nevada„ Utah; Colorado. and southern Wyoming the vapor -laden air of this wave, coming from the warm Pacific, is now Seen to be condensed in the overwhelming snows of the 41st parallel. As this vast aerial wave is probably like the English. wave, continued in successive undulations for two or three months, it may assist in ex- plaining the comparatively high temper- ature aud light precipitation in the win- ter along Puget's Sound and easteverd. , es • . ACool-Headed Young WoMan's Narrow Escape from Death. A short distance this side of Union, on the Union and Titusville Railroad, there is a very long and very high trestle, and one upon which nobody ventures who is at all inclined to be light-headed. Immediately this 'side Of the trestle there is a sharp curve in the road, so that a person walking, on it cannot be seen by. the engineertof an approachingtiain un- til it is nearly upon him. On -Friday last, as Mr. William Toles, engineer of r. Holmes' train, mine -around the etirve at good tate of speedehe wahorrified to discover a lady about the middle. of the trestle, and nearly a train's length from him. Quick as thought, "Billy" whistled "clown breaks," gave her sand, and 'threw back- the :revetsing lever, while at the same tune he. ,knew that it was an utter impossibility, to check the .heaver train before the victim would.be overtaken and Crushed td death, and with fixed eyes he awaited the catastro- phe. The lady heard the Warning whis- tle, and turning her heed saw the iron monster almost upon her. Escape seem- ed inipossible, to remain was ceitein death, to junap to the -ground beneath, a distance of thirty or forty feet, equall3 certain death, and to attempt to run ahead and escape was out of the ques- tion. thilike ten thousand young ladies —and she is said to have been young and fair—out af ten thousand and one, elle did not scream or faint or indulge in any nonsense of any kind, but realizing the eituation in an instant, and taking the chances all in, she 'proceeded to an ac- tion which saved her !life. About thirty inches below the ends of the ties, and. - immediately under the stringer which supports them, there isa joist five inches wide running from one support of the trestle to another, and to this the clear- headed girl resorted for safety. Step- Eing to the end of the ties she swung erself down to this narrow thread. with the apparent ease of a gymnast, and with her arms clasped around it stretched her: self at full length along it_ as the train thundered by almost over her. As soon as the engineer saw her action he threw off his brakes, and putting on steam hur- ried past as soon as possible, when she nimbly sprang to the track again and rsued her journey as though nothing happened.--Tituroille Herald. doubtless_ chiefly due to this immense ad inerease itt t e demand of the railroads for veils _ and rolling stock. The wash- erwoman in the la,rthist corner of the country payt. fifty-five per cent more for her new flat -irons on ecaount of it. -- _Letter from Chicago. • • —"Blini -Tom," the celebrated blind negro pianist will give two concerte in Toronto on the 20th and 21st of Novem- ber. • "'Blind Tem" is a musical phe- nomenon. Ugly, weak in intellect ami . blind, he is yet capable of making the Th Wor o the Next Local most exquisite musicHe was born a Swanton slave on a Southern, plantation, and . , In his speeeh at the Lambton nomina- sion, Mr. Pardee, the Provincial Secre- tary, thus foreshadowed the Govern- ment progra me for the session : " The divis on. of the surpluswasone of the subje s which would be dealt with, and as miectedwith it, the Mun- icipel Loan F nd mdebteduess. He ad- mitted that this was a difficult question to deal with, its it .woulde be difficult to give Satisfaction to all parties iuterested ; but this would be done on the broad basis; of justice to all parte of the coun- try, as fir as, that was possible, The used to roll about the yard and verandas of his master's house, after the manner of the little darkies on the large planta- tions in the slavery times. One day the family were greatly surpriaed to hear the most beautiful music from the piano, and on going to find the musician, they discovered Tom it the keys, in a state of the most rapturous delight, playing the pieces he had overheard the ladies of the family perforne btit in a style greatly excelling anything he could have heard before. - Without any teachingesor without ever having seen the, instrument on which he played,. this boy could per. Nov. 22 form pieces of music in a manner equal- ed by few who had devoted a lifetime of study and, practice to the art This ing wherever he has gone astonishment principal cities of A meriea, Great Brite ain'ancl the Continent of Europe, excl.& at his brilliant nuisical talent. was 12 or 15 years f:041):(.), and ‘sirice then: " Blind Tom " has given concerts in'the Change' of Gauge. The gauge on the Grand Trunk Rail- way between Sarnia and. Fort Erie, a. distance. of 200 mileswas on . Sunday last changed from five feet six inches to four feet eight and a half inches. A vast force of laborers, comprising -all the sec-. tion gangs between Montreal end Sar- nia, were employed to effect the trans- formation of the line from, the " broad " to' the " universal " gauge e The details of the operation: are somewhat as fol- lows : On Friday, a train carrying a number of section gangs, employed at and. near Montreal, left that city, and at the' end 'of "each section the 'men ems ployed in keeping- the permanent way in repair were taken onboard and conveyed.. to the section where the change was to, be effected. By midnight; on Saturday, the line was all eleared.'of trains by Mr. Spicer, . and the Work was performed during the following day. This ena- bled the Company to run its express trains,,from. • Sarnia direct to New York, without delay,- on and after - Monday, as •the ferry steamers at Fort Erie aid Sarnia are sufficient for the carriage Of a whole train at once, the .Sarnia item:nee being large enough to ' convey twenty one loaded freight cars at one trip. In Order to accomodate the , rolling stock to both gaugee, machinery has been. provided at Stratford whereby thethrough ears are lifted bodily from: the narrow gauge tricks and transferred to broad {gauge trucks, and. vice versa, so that the break in the gauge' atthat point will he attended with as little de- lay and inconvenience to. passengees as possible. - AUCTION BALES. Saturday, ,Nov.. 23, on Lot415,' Con. 5, Morris, Farm Stock and Implements. James Carney, proprietor; James Stret- ton, auctioneer. Tuesday, Nov. 26, on Lot 14, Oon. 8, Rolla% Farm Stock and, Implements. . Hcpper Watson, proprietor ; J. P. Brine, auctioneer. - Tuesday. Nov. 26, on Lot 13, 'Con. 1, Usbonie; Farm Stock and Implements. James. Vanatone, proprietbr .; A. Bishop, auctioneer.. • . Friday, NOv. 29, on Lot: 14, Con. 9 McKillop, Peim Stock and Implementle - Peter Stewart,' proprietor ;` John Bull- ard, sanCtionder. BIFTRS McMeciteiseee-In Hullett, on Teesday, the 19th inst., the wife of Mr. itobert McMichael, hf a son. - MeDonaaise—Beeerrv.---On Nov. 18, Iby Rev J. B. Hinvard, Hon, Wm. Mc- Dougall, C. R; of Toronto, to Mary • Adelaide, third da'ughter of John Beatty, Esq., M.D., of Cobourg. WAvroet—Lowes.---In Seaforth, on the 14th inst., by Rev Charles Lavell, M. A., Mr. Henry Walton,' -of Tucker - smith, to Miss Mary Jan Lowes, Lowes, of Seaiorth. DEATHS. McDotreeme.—At his residence, Con. 3, Stanley, on the 18th-inst., Donald Mc- Dougall, ,agett 55 year's. His end was peace. MCGRFA;OR.---bn the 19th inst.,. at the residence of her son, Gregor McGregor, Con. 3; Stanley, Ann Campbell, edict of Captain Alexander McGregor, of „ the Breada.lbane Foncibles, aged 55 • . HILLIARD. —In Goderich. on Nov. 11, Mr. John Hilliard, aged .83 yeers. WneciNsojo—rn Gederich township, o; Oct: Oct' 30, Mr. Daniel Wilkinton, aged. 71 years. •" years. THE' ATAAKETS.1 BEAFOTOR, November 21, 1872. - During the present week business in town has been very brisk.. Farmers have: already commenced te-take advantage of sleighing to bring 'their produce to mar- ket,- and make their purchases. The.. prices in grain remain firm nearly at old e quotations. There is a considerable amoent of all kinds now coming forward, e all of which is readily purchased by pur buyers on the market. The wood famine has how eodede. „4. considerable amount has been brought in • during the past three or fourdays. There is yet, how- ever, plepty demand at good prices for all that -can be brought forward. There has been a good supply .of beef and poul- try in the‘market during the week, all, of which met with ready sale. We visite : Fal1Wheet. $0 08 to -1 12 Spring Wheat. . - 008 to1 12 0 48 to 0 52 Oats 0 00 to 088 Peas 0 65 to 0 47. Butter, No. 1................. 0 14 No. 2 .. . . ....... — o9 No. 8. A- 6 „ 000to 03.7 our. 6 25 to Do Hay. . 1200 to -14 0() Hides. . . 5 50 to 6 00 Sheep Skina.. .. . 0 50 to 1 SO Calf Skins, (veal) per lb., 0 09 to I) 10 , Salt (retail) per barxel........ , 0 00 to 1 25 Potatoes, (new) per bushel........ 0 40 to 0 50 Freak Pork per 1001bs. 4 50 to 45 Dried Pork—Bacon. 0 09 to 0 10 Dried Pork—Ham. .. ............. 0 15 to 0 13 Oatmeal '19. . - 0 00 to 5 SO Apples per bushel. 0 60 to 0 80 Beef, per quarter, ip 0 04 to 0 44 Wood.............. ....... 2 50 to 8 00 Pall'Wheat .., I* Spring Whes.t— Oats,. . . Barley Peas Butter Eggs.. Hay, per ton, CLINTON, Nov. 21, 1872. 12 0 1 14 1 10 112 . 0 88 0 85 -.................055 0 058 0 14 0 015 (2 14 0 0i& . 11 00 0 12 00 Tocoeue, Nov. 21, 1872.. STREET PRICES. —Wheat sold to -day at $1. 22 to $1 28 for fall, $1 25 for treadweil, and $1 17 to $1 18' for sprilig. Of oats there'were 200 bushels sold at 42c to 43c. • .Receipts of Barley were about 4,000 bushels. Prices ranged from 60c to 67e, with the general run about 65c. About 200`bushels of peas sold at 65e to 70c. Hay was abundant; one load of inferior sold at $12; the range was from $17 to $27 50, with the average about $24. • MONTREAL, Nov. 20. . Flour--LMarket quiet with fair =100# of business reported, rates slig4alr * No -v% 22 72. favoring buyers, on spot sold 4 from $7 10 to $7 15, and to Ur-1We a fane3Y pressed sales est $6 55 to $6 50, 2,300 barrels Welland Canal Super sold at $6, ordinary 'Canada ranging from $6 to $6 10, and medium to choice strong SO 15 to $6 30- • . Grain—NO reported transactions, Tates -nominal. Butter —.1sTorainal in absence of de - gland. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 20. Flour, 29s fid, red. wheat, lIa to lls .9d ; red. winter, lit ; white, 12s 4s1 to 12s 6d. club„ 13s -to 13s 3d, corn, 286 ; barley; -3s (id, - eats, 3s 2d, peas, 39s, pork, 568; lard., 39e. Receipts of wheat for the last three days, -32.000 ,qrs., of which 22,000 was American. UTICA: CHEESE MARKET. UTICA, NoV. IS, 1872. Cheese &IL Prices ranged- from lale to 14c. - At Little Fells abott '1,000 boxes psi- ,vate dairy cheeie sold. at 10c to 14c. The ruling figureseheiag ne to 13o. The offerings of factory reached. 10,000 boxes, .of which $7,000 sold- at 1340 to we, ;mostly at at laic to,14e. BUFFALO LIVE STOCK MA.RKET. On account of there being no Buffalo mail to -day, our report of the Buffalo. live stock raarket has not come to hana. TORONTO CATTLE MARKET. TORONTO, NOV,: 31. BEEVES—The receipts of cattle durhig the week have been faireetitabrac" better proportion than formerly of first - dies animals. Prices for the latter have ' been firm at from 4c to 4c,whi1e second- class and inferior have eold at from. 3e to IIEEP—The supply hae been fair= -- -more than were required foeity con- - sumptimf ; but the surplus Ruud ready „ buyers for shipment, ana prices are well sustained at $5 to $6" for first-class, to $5 for second-class, and $3 to $3 50 for third-class. Leeres—There has been a good supply fin during the week, but nearly all found ,purchasers at $1 to $5 50 for first-class, :$3 to $3 50 -for second-class, and 82 50 -.Ad $2 75 for third-class. - Hoes—Are easier to buy, reeeipts hair -bag been large and demand limited: - :Sales have been principally at $4 NEW YORK HORSE MARKET_ ; Ty -Baia -la Nov. 19, 187. - The sales effected dining this week *have been.limited es to numbers and in- ferior as regards the quality of the hones in demands- The hasebeen hardly any, business beyond the supplying of titer; railroad and stage lines, and. prices reit- lizeclaia not exceed the average of $150' per head. These iyinpteins-bfa reviving trade, however weak, did not fail to have an encouraging -effect -upon-the de- pressed spirits of horse dealers generally, and the. ina,rket, if favored by fair wee,' ther, is :yet expected to have a brief season of universal 'briskness before the gates of this year's trade shall be finally closed. with the end of the' W1. se'ilicason. percentage of deaths fromthe - mpid.enaie has been tOrapaaatively email among horses kept for sale and the ma= joriese of those that have sale, and.attacked by the disease are now=in a fair way -convalescences More than one-half of those ranging under' tbe category ...el -pleasure or fancy horses Aare already in._ fit condition to be Offered itt the markets. Horses from the West are once InOrS rapidly arriving. Gala). —The rite of gold New York is quoted at 114 - THE QUANTITY of goods sold at DIYN4 CAN & DUNCAN'S proves that is the place Seaforth to get the greatest hargaanrai Hickson'sold stand- IMRE TITOROTT3HBREO ATOM ItivE notice that Mr. THOMAS TORP, of tot - " 25, Second Concession, Tuckeremith, H. R S.; ds keeping, for the improvement of stock. a tho; roughbred Berkshire BOAR, which took two firs1 prizes and one second prize. PURE BOKRHIRE BOAR. FIRST CLASS. At Service of Famers. 259-1 Tznms—$1; Cf.so. _ Privilege of returning during season. F. THOMI1SON, 259-6 I- Hunan Ro CHRISTMAS SHOW - OP FAT STI The Annual Christ -nos SheveaTat Stbel4 -maw -the auspices of the Tnekersmith Branch tural Society, will be held in the 'Plage of Sea - _forth, WI TUESDAY DEC 0 1872, 'When the following Prizes *ill be 4 -Zama -fa — 'competition: • Pest fatted Ox or Steer.....t - 41 0( :g i‘ 3 Th Sd, " tt` L.. . . . 2 Ot 33est fatted Cow or . . . . 411 " " 3 61 Best pair of 1st S " . 20 gd, 4$ Best fatted 1,1%24 241. " `4t . 3d, 04 Best pair of Turkeys (dressed). ,— 04 ' " " *. 0 51 Best Pair of -Geese (dressed). ... 1 01 2d u " ... ............ 0 5 The Bxhibition will Ulm plaee on the grounds 111 the Society. All entries mmit he made with tht Secretary, in the Agricultural "Ten, not 1atr .eleven o'clock on. -the dayof the show. The judge' .will commence their &Ilea at 12 'o'clock, sharp. IL CXESNEY, Secretary. -JAS. BROADFOOT, Jr., President 259 ACKNOWLEDCMENT. To THE EDITOR OP THE EXPOSITOR. DEAR S/R— I vigil to oceupy a small space in your widyl .eirculated paper, for the purpose Oztknovri. the prompt and satisfactory manner itt'which inj claims against the A,grictdtttral Insurance Con panyt of Watertown, New 'York, on account of foto sustained by the late Rio iu Wroxeter, was settle by them. This popular Company are doing alalVi and increasing business in CiLnada. Having cow plied with all the demands made by our -Govern /tient upon foreign. Companies doing business in OA zonntry. 1 have every confidenee in xecoramendini the Agricultural to the patronage of those requir ing to effect insurance en their property. s B smAt,r,11. B NV3ioxarEit, Nov. 20, 1872. ' 259 Insolvent Act of 1869 , TN the matter of ANNIE A. ERWIN. 211.5:21.n, -1.- solvent. A Dividend Sheet has been prepared, open to ob., jecsteafionortintil:Ntohevi 1216:1a.:1aDy„oisl D;2.cembor next, aftel which divid.ends will be paid. L. 31.COBBEY, Assignee.