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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-12-13, Page 1thl t. Law-I:ewe, per cent. ef ehlsike 'bona fide AY suit them. MODS, *Collartieaa • t-elass Yew - and Silver 00dSs ha ago -- stmound.. T PO , - r opening a - ti Saueerss 6% nowledge of !tie and de. conduct, all ty invited to good value :P • , 111 11.11.1111113....moommemese •Vekti.V111E 5, NO. 54. ) %MOLE NO 2011. j SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DEC. 13, 1872. 7 Itte1.11AN BEOTILECIEtS, PubIlsbera., 1 till 50 a Year, in aairamee. 4cal eltate tor Atic FOR SALE. TN the Vinna of Behnore, Township bf HOWiek; in a good etand, a good Wagon andp, two lots and two Dwelling Houses will. be sold on reason- able terms. For further partimilaxs apply to JpEIN -LUXTON, proprietor, Belmore Post -onion, Ont. Parties indebted to the proprietor are earnestly requested to call mud settie all aceounts before or by .fan. 15, 1873. JOHN I.LUX.TON. 2614 --__ FARM FOR SALE. LOT 11, Con. 15, Grey, I00 acres, 60 acres -cleared; goo€l log barn and log house, and small larch- ; `-'\ aril. A good farm. Terms and prices madeknown Nby applying to DAVID LOGA., the proprietor, Ilford', or t0 MeCAITGILIEY & HOLAIESTED,- lase Solicitors, Seaforth. 260-4* FARM FOR SALE IN BleKILLOP. jTHE undersigned, offers for sale his farm being composed of Lot 8, Con. 5, McKillop, containing des tiered, more or less, of which 85 acres are clear - aid,. well fenced, andin a good state .of cultivation ; the balttrie.e is timbered with hard wood. There is on the preinisee a good frame house and barn, with all necessa.ry sheds and other out buildings. Also, an orchard of bearing fruit trees, and abundance of _living water. This farm is situated within six miles aud a half of the Village of Seaforth, and two and a half from agood gravel road. For furtlier particulars applyto the proprietor on the premises. 260-4 W t LLTAM BAYNORD. STEAM SAW BULL AND FARM FOR SALE. TtaEiN.13- Lot 84, Con. 7, McKillop, containing -104 acres, all eleared, with good barns and. stables, two good orchards in full bearinat two never -fail- ing springs which supply the min. Also, lot 85, Con. 9, containing 48 acres of basil. The property is situated _6 miles from Seaforth, with a good gravel road thereto. For further particulars apply on thepreraises. If by post, to JOHN THOMP- SON, Obi:stance P. O., Kinburn, Ont. 260 - FARM FOR SALE. • NTORTitt half of Lot 18, Con. 7, Morris, oonsIt- L. ing of 100 acres, 60 cleared, well foneed, and in a good state of cultiNattion ; 15 acres of goed pine and oetlar in front, the rest of bush hardwood; one mile mail tL lialf froal a saw-rnill ; frame shed 66 x28, log barn 52. x 32; good log house; good; thriving archard. Terius easy. For further par- . iiatelare inquire on the premises, or address JOHN 7110ARTIIU1t, Bus alield. O. 259 FARM FOR SALE. vemhat 132 acres for sale, 20 acres in woods, -a: good laud and good. buildings. Sian:riles from Clinton and three and a half from Ilaytield.. 257 •ALFRED STONEHOUSE. FARMS FOR SALE IN Ide1cT7.7.0P: V02 t .§.41,E, on reasonable terms, the north hall of Lot 26, -Con. 14, McKillop, containing 40 acres, 2t: Of whiGh are cleared, in a good state of cultivation anal well fenced, the balanceIs timber land; this lot adjoins the village of Wal- ton and is well situated; there is on the premise a fr:rme house and barn. Also, for sale, a LOT contazillug 25 acres of land, on the Gravel Road four e.tilles north a seakrrth; this lot is all wood Iandatnad is well timbered with hardwood; the nf excellent quality and dry. ,For further particulars, apply to the;nnilersigned, if by latter, addrees Seaferth P. 0. • 256 N. H. YOUNG. STORE AND PARK LOTS FOR SALE IN 1,V110XETE1., rpHE enbscriber offers for sale the building in the -1 railing° of Wroxeter now occupiedas a store by Mt..A. Hood. Also, eight PARK LOTS near the village, containing in all about ten acres, in a good istate uf cultivation. The store and lots will bo sou( jointly or separately, and on easy terms, as theembsciiher is about to leave this country. JOHN- MOORE. Turnberry, _ Wialtin a mile of \Vroxater, ort the Settfortli Road. Vie:atter, Oet. 28, 1872. '256-8 - FOR SALE- QTA)RE AND DWELLING in the village of " Harpurhey, at present–occupied by 1.111G11 BOMB, Esq. For psaticuleas apply to KILLOR AN & RYAN, Seatorth. . 252 FARM FOR SALE IN MORRIS. yucii SALE, on ettsy terms, north hall of Lot No. :12, Concession 6, Township of Morris, contain- ing 100 acres, 50 of which are cleared, well fenced, and in a good state of cultivation. There is on the premises a good. log house and barn. This farm is situated within two miles said a half of a goo(1 gativel road, and four miles netd a half from the village of Aiuleyville, at. whieh place there will be a station ,of the Welliugton Grey and Brace Bailtway this fall; it is watered a ttever- 'fang stream running through. it; there is no waste 'mid, and the uncleared portion is well timbered with hardwood; It la one of the moet choice lots in the townehip. For further par- tiratlars apply to T• R• GRANT, Ainleyrille, THOS. F.; , Blyth, or to the undersrgned proprietor, Kippen Poet-oflice. -631 ROBERT. MallOBDIE. FARM FOR SALE. QOUTT1 HALF of the Sonth halt of Lot No, 4,.'2 " Fifth, Coueessiou of the townahip of Morris, containing 50 acres 35 cleared; riv.11 watered by a earring creek; good log honse and frame stable. The above feria is only a mile and a half on, a good road from the rising village of Airattyville, where a etation of the Wellington, G-rey and Bruce Rail- way will be opened this fall. For price and terms int:11E1a (if by' letter, prepaid) of A C. ReCO_OPER, 1.116 Ainleyvilla_Land Agency, Dingle P. O. HOIISE & LOT FOR SALE111 IIAPIIR,HEY FOR SALE, in the Village of IlarparheY, ne?, .Seafortli, s. welling -house and lot. -There is on the premises a good bearing Otechard, a never - failing :Nall of water; also, a good work -shop and .stables, together with all other meeessary out- builaings. The housb -is frame, well finished anti pleasantly located. For terms and other partica- larsaapply to PETER .McCONNELL, Harpurhev, nr to stbe undersigned, proprietor, Harpurhey, or "Seaforth Post -Office. •• • :248*13 TORN REEDY. . Innouraw CAUTION. • f hereby caution all persons not to give my wife • -a- Miry Ann Berry, any thing on tey account, as I • will not pay or acknowledge anyttang whatever in • connection with any debts she may contract, as tithe has left my bed and board without cense. ADAM BERRY. Doe. 6.1872. 262-3* • CAUTION. , . 44LL pe ma are hereby cautioned against giving any parson or pertains credit on iny SCC0111.3 t Inv written or(1er or piss -book, as I will • not:Ite responsible for the same. • WILLIAM N.ENNEY, • lafentlopaLot 1, Con. 2, I)ec. 4,'72. 261*4 CAUTION - TILE 14-tblic are hereby cautioned against pur- chaeiQg or negotiating a note &hand &awn by Deniel•Cinaphell, in favor of •Toina H. 801nel-dile, /or the Sll /1.1, of forty-t(.101111TS anti fifty tante, and beariag date akuut the 14th of April, 1872, and aavable oa or beftere the 1st • of January. The above netet.atis been .ost., and payment et the Rattle - hale been st.eppetl. JOHN 11 SOIILL , N.;fiv. 14, 1K-2. 1 239-4 Hamilton. 'Correspondence,. Halarbrow, Dec. 7,1872. The ambitious city is all astir. Busi- ness of every description is brisk. The markets are :arge y attended. The arti- -des in greatest inipply at present are beef and poultry. Produce of every de- sctiption brings. a fait price Wood is very high. The first quality of maple sells at priees ranging from $7 to $8. Many df the citizens are puttiag away the wood stoves and replacing them with coal, which is a great saving, as coal ,can be procured at $7 to $7 60 per ton. - . The tea meeting and lecture season has fairly opened, and the everlasting ticket-sellenis to be met on almost every corner and in every house. e Fair hands preeent the ticket and sweet lips plead their .caOse, and the heart is indeed a flinty one that can resist the strong and powerful influenee brought to bear. May of :the churches have held success- ful anniversanes, as well as most of the societies, such as 1 Young Men's Chris- tian Association," " Ministerial Associa- tion," iStc. The latter of which held its anniversary last week, which was a grand success. .. The terceriteary of the birth of the great Reformer, John Knox, was cele- brated with a dinner at the Royal, and a public meeting in the evening at Knox's church. The preeence of such persons as Hien. Mr. Mackenzie and Rev. Mr. Pear- son, of Detroit, added much to the in- terest of the occasion, On Monday evening our -citizens were treated to the first of a course Of lectures, under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A., by the celebrated Elihu Burritt, the learned blacksmith." His subject was "The Social Age, ts Faeultieti and Tend- oncies." The lec 'ure was a rare produc- tion. Mr. Burri t is not an orator, but a scholar, his wor s are well chnsen and few, his thought rilliant, and delivered in an easy though not grand style. Mr. Barritt is a Mary 1 to the world in what he has accornplisl ed by his own persist- ent effort. Rev. Mr. Punshon is an - pounced for a lec ture, on the 16th inst., on " Florence and hes memories." That, wonderful creature known as "g, Blind Tom," gee e three entertainments in the Mechanics' Hall last --week. Tom is a negro and bit id from birth and well nigh an idiotin everything but music, but in this he is wonder, playing any- thing he hears alt ough knowing nothing of the scienceof Oleic. Hisexhibitions are always given in the Piano, although he plays any inst ument yon -give hien He renders the ost difficult piece hu hears in a very in perior. style. He was greeted with large audiences. The appoietme t of " Hon. 0. Mowat to the Peemiershi of Ontario gives com- plete eatisfaction the Reformers here, and the Tories— xcept the Press—say very -little in op minion to the course taken. Even .11,1 ao or Chisholm and H. B. Witton, M. Ps. fo the city, think it pru. dent to keep still, especially the former, as the new year i so close at hand and the Alderman's el ction decides who the Mayor will be. The feeling Is pretty general that the aw in reference to the election of Mayo should be, changed, and that he shodd ,be elected by the voice of the peopl direct. I have writ- ten sufficient to 1 •t your readere know something of the oings of our city. As Christmas is neer, I hope, Mr. Edi- tor, your sanctum may be grace with the cheerful counten ce of numerous good fat -turkeys for h liday dinneis, and if circumstances won d only admit 1 should not object steping in to help you to pick -the bones. Bopit g sthe,Exhosrrott may have the inereased circulation it So richly merits, I close for he present. The Bible an the Ten (3om- • mandmen El in Schools. • To the Editor of t .e Huron Expositor. • Sin, —I find- t at my letter on the above subject h 0 brought forth tevo curious productio s, each of which the writers (no doubt) consider a sufficient answer. But if e ch had come out in his propee colors, . ncl subscribed himself. , " Anti -Christian . it would be in perfect accordance with te e principles expressed by them. For est ely no person worthy • the nameof Chris an could speak of the Bi:ble a.they ha e dime. One labors hard to show it to be a most dangerous book. And says hat the greatest crimes have been commit ed by those who have been taught from i . The other is sorely troubled lest its "barren knowledge" should be taught our conimon schools and thus offend tb tender- conscience of the infidel, that is he inmates), if I sup- • pose infidels to ha' e a conscience. 1 an- swer that I e infidels may have a conscience, for the conscience of the arch irifidel Torn Paine, compelled him to ac- • hnowledge that th purest system of mor- ality is to be foun in ths Bible. And one who was as gr at a blessing to man- kind as Tom Pa ne was a curse, thus speaks of that sac Book, "Let him who would expert( and elevate, and in: Vigorate his irnagi ation to the highest degree go, not to toe creations of human fancy, to the dras a of Greece, to the oeatory of _Rome, lr to the romances of German genius ; 6 ut go to the Bible, where alone is to be from 1 the beau- tiful and ennoblin , umningled with the degrading and t e poisonous." This, sir, is the kind of owledge I plead. for, to be taught to th youth of our coun- try, the teaching o which needs not that our common sob ol teachers be theolo- gians, or be reenter el to- " elucidate, ex- plain and discuss ' disputed passages, for "the wayfaii man, though a fool, "cannot err in; s tidying its beautiful and moral truths. Aud I for one would so far respect the onscientious scruples of the man who • ould object to teach them. aS to pronoi4nce him an unfit pre- • ceptor of youth ini a Christian commu- nity. Study the leistory of any -nation where the Bible hais not been taught and you will find. their highest morality, to be malice, envy, hatred and revenge, and the mases ali4ost in every instance to be fit disciples o Such benefactors as espondents extols as- vdid not know, but rejected. the Chris- NOTICE._ NOTICE is nereby .given that I will. not be re- ; Stemeible for any debts constrozted au net- no inc from this date, withoat any written order. DAVID LOGAla. late (a Grey Township. Seaferth, Nov. 23, 1872.. 260-4* • NOTE LOST. OST, gNote a Hanth bearing date Sepia 12, in lata, made by Hugh MeLwen, fnvor of of Patrick Murphy, for the anra of :7:`,20, and pay- able two neettlis after dete. The public are here- by cautiened against ptirchasing or negoriatima, the above note, as payment of the same has been atopped.• 260-1 ROOMS TO LET. 0 LET, iu Scott's Block, tiro commodions Rooms on the second flat. Apply o AleCAUGHEY & HOLMSTED. one of your cor r men who not onl men who knew en tian religion." For let the •seeptic and the infidel' blink the -meteor as they mai, the amount of morality which is found among them comes indirectly from the Bible, and from their intercourse with those who believein its godly precepts. Again, look to India, where before the mutiny, the British Government expended thousands in teaching knowledge, with- out the Bible, and. you will find Many of those thus instructed were foremost in the inhuman butcheries perpetrated in that country. And such in almostevety case, is the result of secular knowledge withcut moral training. But, sir, with- -out further reference to these, curione productions, I will say that as all Chris.. tian sects believe in oneAlmightyFather, and as in the Bible is made known His attributes, His commandments, and our obligations to Him; and Our dependenee upon Him, it cannot be sectarian to -have these these truths' taught to our children in the public schools.- And as the great object of the State, in expending each large sump on education is to prevent the increase Of crime, the perpetrators of . which are punishable by the law . of the -land, it surely is the duty of the Stete to see that our youth be made ecquaint- ed with those higher laws which were written by the finger of God, the obefer- vane° of which elevate both nations and individuals. And although some may misuse such knowledge like eVery other blessing of Providence. It is certain that a higher degree of moral perfection can be attained by such teaching, than -with- out it. • And now, having directed attention to this important subjoct, 1 again com- mand its consideration to the Teachers' Association,trusting that among them mapy will be found to agree with the views expressed by 'A Teacher" in your last issue. . With apologies for taking up so much your valuable space. I am, sir' - yours • Hullett, Dec. 3, 1872. J. A. respectfully. • _ Canada Thistles Etna. Weeds. To the- Editor of the Ituron. Expositor. SIR, —Two weeks ago. I saw in your columns the question—What is the best W8 y to clean our land from thistles and other weeds.? Awl I looked -for a reply anxiously, as any method of keeping these pests of therarrner down -would be inteiesting. Now, as no one else has undertaken to answer the query; I will give you briefly the results of my experi- ence. 1 find the oily way by which I ean succeed iii ridding myself of those toe - mentors is by 81.1111 tiler -fallowing, plowing first in June When there is not usually much moisture in the ground, as roughly as • possible, leavieg it • unharrowed, eloughing it sgaiu a second tune in e fortnight or BO in order to prevent the thistles and. weeds obtaining a secone root -hold, cross ploughing it •the thiril tinie aud so on, continuing to plough now and then until the wet season sets in, not harrowing, as that tends to cover the cast out roots, and prevents their drying by the sun ; a gang plough might be used after the first ploughing. - If •• Inquirer" follows this plan I can assure hitn he wit not be long troubled with thistles or weeds. Now, sir, I would ask a ques- tiOn—Why do not our township Couucils see that the pathmaeters do their duty in enforcing the Thistle act? I may lean an.' reclean, but my neighbor— probably either lazy .or careless —allows his thistles to rise in endless succession. never trying to stop their krowth. Of Course they go to seed and the first windy day deluges me with thousands of seede —thus disappointing me --thwarting my labor and, hindering his -own and my pro - grew. Again I ask why is not the Thistle act put in force to enable those who do strive, to enjoy the results of their labor. . I am, yoMs truly, A TUCK ERSMITH FARMER. DECEMBER 4, 1872. , eit "Aes. Rose- by • Otner Name, &c." . • NORTH GREY, DE4 6, 1971. To the Editor of the•Huron Expositor. SIR: My necessities lead me' often to visit the pleasant little town of Ainley - vine. It is there that I run up my nice little store bills, and gather the news of the outside world •' as a matter of course I have a. pretty fair: knowledge of the men and mannere of that lively clachtue • I had occasion to visit the said -village ab -out nine days ago, and was thillider- struck •at perceiving a most remarkable change in the speech and conversation of the inhabitants-. As a general,rule the conversatiou of the natives had been about the prices of pork or wheat, or the scarcity o the almightt, dollar. Now , all orris c1anged, high sounding names 1 from the cient classic authors, or the modern British Poets, met the car, in the stores„ barrooms, and on the public streets. The words, Snowdon, Lothair, Abydos, Achilles, &c.. were repeated from mooth to mouth, end knowing something of the tastes' of the natives anent the matter of the Poete, I marvelled exceed- ingly. • Meeting an acquaintance on the street, he accosted me with the question, what I thought of Agamemnon ? Know - in e that my friend had not a solitary idea in hi head, but `such as had some con- • nection with the qualities of a race horse, • I naturally thought that his question re- ferred to some new animal of that breed, • and I at once replied. that I never hearci of . easy such horses. " Horse !" he ex- • claimed, with a withering smile of con • tempt on his face, "it ain't no horse, Sir !" I msall a new name for our Town; every one has a name to propose, and Agamemnon is the one I chose ; I got it out of Mary's School Dictionary. Ain't • it fine. The phenomenon that astonished rhe at first was now solved. The natives were going to re -christen their beloved Village, and. the magnates of the place were about to have a public meeting to test the opinions of some of the people on the important matter. Said meeting being announced by a method peculiar to Ainleyville. I at once determined to go to that rneeting to see, or rather hear, the Elephant. Upon entering the ball, I found the meeting in full operation, every oae bad a name to propose, and was deeply impressed with the glory and lion- or which his favorite name would bring upon theT illage. I did not hear a single argument I -worthy of the least considera- tion, for discarding' the old name, but that was no matter, the thing had to be crone. In the corner ofthe room where I sat, there vves an individual somewhat elevated; he was possessed. of a very luminous nose and twinkling grey eyes, which* became more and more brilliant as his excitement rose with the occasion. At bathe declared that he was about to propose a oame ; upon being asked what that was, he declared, with:much vehe- mence, tl4t he would propose the name of "Diaoull" I asked him if that was the name of his native town? 'No, : air," he replied, "that is the name of the prince of ' the power of the air." He -was just about to rise to propose that 1 ery signika.ut name, when it was sug- gested to him that it was scarcely good manners to propose the name of any gentleman, without the sanction - of the gentleman himself. '10h," he exclaimed, "that is all right, ---the devil has a heavy inortgage on this place, and has the best right to the -tame." It was still further suggested to him that, althougk his friend might have a very heavy intseest in the village, yet it was just possible ' that, after all, his Satanic Majesty might hot feel very much flattered by having his name attached to the new municipal- • ity. This idea rather staggered him, and I know not what might have happened, •when a gentleman rose to impress upon the audience the extreme advaptaefes that would accrue to the village bby hoisting on toit the name of "Brussels" There was a little noise in. the room just at that moment, and the name sounded like "Bristles," whereupon our demon- Strative Celtic friend declared that he was ready to die now, unless he got a born immediatery. In pity for his case, We accompanied hint to the bar. What became of the name Brussels must be left to the futnre historian. • For myself, I went home in a very bewildered condi- tion. SYLVAN. • 1 Incorporation - o the 1;(1.tor of the*R147102 Aty04titOr, Sin :— hider • shelter of Ainleyville orrespon eirce in your paper of the 6th inst., som faultfinding puritan end.eav- ors to ctitt.cizethe manner in which the preliminaries of Iucerporation of this vil- lage were 'oerried out, and, from. his in- tensity of ;spleen evidently oversteps the mark, and laueches out in a tirade of abuse • of- certtsin “r4agnates," potentates and autocrats," as he is pleaed to desig- nate them, and either frorn a morbid de- sire to pervert the truth', and slander his neighbors, , or from lack of information Ori the subject, he pens a number of 1/1:1- Ipious aud deliberate falsehoods. I therefore ask, the liberty of your columns for the purpose of refa tine some of the charges. made in the article referred to, and placing the matter in its -true light, so that yoor readers inthisvillage, and the public, in general, may not be mis- ted. He states that afew weeks ago our villaae had the preliminaries of incor- O0, i oration '',thrust' upon it; by one or two �f its 'resident magnates, and now they have the presumption to change its name from ..Aialeyville to 13ittssels, without consulting the opinions or wishes of the Majority of 'the ratepayers. Now the facts of the case, are as follows : Some throe weeks ago, an impromptu meeting 9f about thirty ratepayers of the village was held, ocit in a bar -room or store, but ilu a large sitting -mom in Armstrong, Hotel. The question of incorportion was discussed, and resulting in a Coat- i ittee of Seven, from those present, be- ing appointed to ascertain whether we 1 ad the requisite number uf inhabitants ; and if so, I to prepare and get a petition signed to the County- Council ,-: to decide _oil the mites and . bounds of the village. end Betlectia name, as the meeting were nearly all in favor of changing the name n account of the ieconvemence of hav• * a different name for- the post office. °few days alter this first meeting, an [ anti -incorporation meeting was got up, encl largely atteeded by those who were not present at the other, and, on the matter being discussed' and explained, it turned gut in favor of incorporation and: the whole !meeting, except some three or four, signed the petition for incorpora- tion, and, debelieve, the petition praying the County Commit -to incorporate the .+illage wee afterwards signed by nearly every freeholder and householder in the place, end contained over. 100 names. This fact, I think, effectually settles the charge,. Of I incorporation being thrust on the peoplei . ' The Committee had onlya very short time to complete their business, and held three meetings, the last of which took place on t e Thursday evening previous to meetin of County Commit. All the ,1.1 Oreliminariesbeing completed, except the selectioO 9f auarne, which we found a very difficult matter. Everything welt done openly and above boatel ; Historiets, post office:lists and. Canadian Almanac *ere ransacked, and we -found that; nearly all I the favorite 'lathes were al- eadyin use, either in the -immediate lo- dality, o 'ciao near that to adopt them inigh t give rise to confusion. The Com- mittee then coeclude.d to cell a public meeting on the Monday night following, to settle1his question. Objection was Made that .another meeting took place on that evening, which ' would interfere, and we had to select 'Saturday evening instead. There was nn time to get post- ers, a id 'each member of committee O,greed to notify verbally all those in his neighbourhood. The meeting was held dccordingly, and attended by upwards of thirty, 're6itleut ratepayers. - A long , list of names was proposed, and voted on ; . Brussels was carried; and 1 be:ieve the minority expressed themselves con- tent.• ! Your irate correspondent. may not have been ware of the final meeeing tak- ing pl. cc, bet the majority of the people in the village were notified, and aware of it, and the prebability is, that he was also, and was absent designedly, for the purpose of gaining notoriety by fault- finNdhoimg., Mr. Editor'the foregoing is a true- and. unvarnished statement of the proceedings, which your correspondent chooses to characterize: as being "stealthy, arbitrary, 'underhanded and. most repre- • hensible." No one can regret more than I do that there should be the least cause of complaint, and that the time was so limit- ed that we could.not give notice by print- ed hand bills to be of any service, but it is certainly a very small matter, to say the least ot i0 for a person claim* for himself the high standard of respectabil- ity, morality, and intelligence that your correspondent does, to endeavor to raise a division of feeling among the residents of a village on the eve ot its incorporation, —an era -in its history that should be hailed with general satisfaction, and at a time when every inhabitant should work shoulder to shoulder, as one man, for its interests and advancement. I am sorry your correspondent was not present at the meeting to submit a list of names for - the village, for if his mind was only as productive of beautiful and appropriate names for that purpose as it was in copiously supplying the article in ques- tion with complimentary epithets to re- presentative men, it would have peen an extensive one. lie wishes the public particularly to understand that he is very respectable, and does not spend his evenings in bar- rooms and stores, and the inference which he evidently -wishes to be drawn from this ver Y flattering description of his own clearectar is that those municipal " antocrhes " and aspirants to office to whom he refers, are not respectable and do spend their evenings in such places. Well, Mn Editor, one of these, at. least. whose private and public character be wishes to malign. has the misfortune to in a store, for want of some more fitting and-respectable'place. I am only sorry that there are so many ip every community Who might be classed with . those unfortnnate bar -room loafers, who hold their hole-and-corner meetings around the heating apparatus of the bar- room or store, an.c1 I sincerely regret that this model- of virtue, morality and re- •upectability did not write the article in question over his own signature,_so that he might be kuown, and that his example might oe copied by the present genera- tion, and those yet to come. • Being an excellent Writer, no doubt he can read well, and I might state for bis informa- tion that there was not a single meeting held in either a bar -room or store, and • that the character of some of those to whom he refers, and who have lived longer in the conialunity than he has done, -may probably stand as high in the scale of respectability and morality as that of their slanderer; and I would sin- cerely advise him, before he again under- takes toe snub, as be calls it, or try to blacken the public or private charactee of his neighbors, to enquire,into the facts, so that he may be able to do 80 trIttlifn Ily: Yours faithfully, • JOHN LaCKIE. Ainleyville, Dec. 12, 1872. • Canada. A. farm of 200 acres, in tbe township of Montague, is to be raffled shertly in *Perth. at $1 per ticket. —A serious fire took place in Oshawa, on Sunday evening last. A number of stores and other buildings were destroy- ed. The total loss is estimated at about $32,000. The burned. property was all pretty well insured. —The County Council of the County of Wentworth have instructed their war. den to have a bill prepared for preeenta.- tion at the next session of the Provincial Parliament, separating the city of Ham- . ilton from the County for jail, judicial and registration purposes. 'Phe Hamil- ton people kick considerably against this movement. They don't • want to be cut loo—se. •A workman in Montreal, named Pat- rick Boyle, was on Saturday tined $10 or two mouths in jail by the Recorder for starving his horse and cows. It au- • pears thet for several days the animals were without food' or rink. and the horse in order to satisfy the cravings of hunger had gnawed its feed -box to pieces. —A man named Caruthers, living near Barrie. last week killed his wile by knocking her brains out with a club, while in a fit of passion. —A $95 horse got his foot into a hole in a bridge in the .village of Mitchell one day last week, and theanimal in its en- deavors to extricate it brqke its leg. The village authorities had to settle the amount iu, full in order to save a lawh 8U—it The Southern -Extension of the Wel- lin_gton, Grey and Bruce Railway has at length reached Listowel. The rails are now laid to that village. Arrangements are in course of progress for a grand opening celebration to take place on Thursday, 196h inst. .All the greatrail- o ay " euns " areiexpected to be present and a big time s anticipated. —On the 29th ult.'Mr. George Bolan, of East Garafraxa., had four good sheep killed by wolves. The ravenous brutes went quite close to the barn to commit the depredation. —The Stratford Beaconof last -week says: We are giad to welcome back to Stratford our old townspeople, Mr. John Cooper and family. They return. from Kausas, where they suffered a good deal • from ague; and after a somewhat length- ened experience of the United States have come to the wise conclusion that after all there is no place like Canada. —On Sunday morning last, • a man named Patrick _rowers was burned to death in his house, -which was situated near Acton Station. on the Grand Trunk Railway. The particulars of the sad af- fair are as follows: An old woman stay- ed at hie house all night, who came there drunk, and Powers and she sat up late drinking till both were drunk. He then went to bed, and about 4 o'clock his wife woke up and discovered the house on fire. It is supposed the old woman set it on fire smoking during the night. Powers got up and Iet the cow out of the stable next door, then went back into the house to recover his money, amounting to about $600, which was in a box under the bed. It is supposed he had secured the motley and was returning with it when the roof fell in on him. He was heard to cry, "Ob, save me, save me." After th tire he was found near the door wit Ihis arms and legs burned off, and. the body a mass of charcoal, burnt out of all semblance of humanity. He leaves a large family in destitutescircume stances. Deceased worked. as a section - man on the Grand Trunk Railway. —The Paris Tratescript of last week 5a3s : "We are sorry to hear -of the serious illness of Mr. Patrick Logen, of Wolvertoro a, gentleman well known in Paris, and at one time one of its leading business men. There are but slight hopes of Ins recovery -we believe." Mr. Patrick Logan is a brother of our esteem- ed. townsman. Mr. John Logan; and fa- ther of Mr. Wm. Logan, of the firm of Logan & Jamieson. - -And now Wingham wants to be a comity town. A meeting of the --maid- . eats of Turnberry was held at McIn- tosh's Hall on Monday last. for the pur- pose- -of considering the -propriety of ap- plying at the next session of the Ontario Pzuliementi for an act to incorporate e • junior comity, with Wingham as the county town. Bully for Wingham. - °—Knox's church, Galt, seems to be conducted on tempenuace principles. The pastor is a total abstainer; each one of the twenty-three elders are total ab- stainers, and every new member, ',before being admitted to the church, is urgently requested to join the church temperance society. • —At the lest meeting of • the Perth Couuty Council a motion' by MT. D. p. Hay, Reeve of Listowel, for a bonus of $30,000 to a railway from • Stratford to Listowel, was lost on a division by a vote of nine treleven. —On Wednesday morning of last week, • Mr. W. Friel, of the township of Adel- aide, having occasion to leave his house at about four o'clock, one of his sons hearing the noise, followed and called after him, supposing that a burglar was escaping. Receiving no answer, he dis- charged a gun in the direction, several shot piercing the oid man's face and ne4. lie was seriously although not • fat Ily injured. • —Mr. Thomas Sim. of lot 25, Com 1, Luther, has threshed, and the yield of his grain was about 1,200 bushels, from 50 acres. —Mr Archibald Brown, of South- wold, took to St. Thomas last Monday three- fat steers' which he sold for the Albany market. They were three years • old; and weighed as follows : the heavi- est, 1,810 lbs. ; the next, 1,770 lbs; and the this d., a younger animal, 1,6,10 lbs. The price realized for the three was $275, or neatly $92 per head. —The people of the township of FOI- lation are getting matched rapidly. An average of four Marriages a, week" has taken place "for some time past. It is generally conceded that an increase of population causes a .eoritsponding in- crease of wealth. On this issumption • Fullerton should very speedily become a. Wealthy township, as it will doubtless become a populous one. • . • —Small poxis again making ' its ap- pearanc.e in different parts of the Pro- viuce. A case of it is said to have oc- 'curred ie. the Westminster suburb of London, and anothe-t in the neighborhood_ of Dresdea. A man and two children • died of it a few days ago in Oneida town- ship, near Cayuga. As winter is the sea- son of the . year most favorable to the spread of small pox it is proper that every sauitary precaution should betaken to guard agateiet it. —The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Rail- way Cempany announce a further all of 10 per cent. 'upon their capital stock. —A tea meeting is to come off at the village of lielgrave, situated on the gravel road between Clinton and Wing. ham, a few miles south of the latter place, on Christmas Day. Proceeds to go toward paying off the debt On the new. Wesleyan Methodist church A num- ber of talented speakers have been invit- ed, and are expected to address the au- dience. • -,•A young woman in Ottawa ie play- ing a smart game. She looks for em- ployment as a servant, and when she ob- tains it, she asks for a email advance of -wagesto purchase food and medicine for her sick mother. Among • the kind- • hearted residents of the west end, she finds little difficulty in getting an ad- vance of a few dollars, but she never re - turtle to work for it. One lady has been victimized twice by the same girl. A • third attempt was made, but the impos- tor was detected and _narrowly esc eped ar- rest. -4,••.. Stephen. COUNCIL Moemra.—The Council met Dec. 2. All members present. Clerk to write to W. Porte in answer to a com- munication received from; him and Mr. Manning to attend to the repairs of Exe- • ter culvert. J. McDonald, R. C. for Exeter division, which comprises conces- sions 1,2. 3,4, 5, and boundaries corres- ponding to conceesions. C. Prouty, It C. for Crediton division, concessions 6 to 15 nem -live, and boundary lots corres- ponding. W. McDougall, R. C. for all lots wee:A of concession 15. • Poll Lehi in School house No.. 10. Nomination day, Monday, 23d December. Council. will meet same evening for business.- The • following orders were granted . R. Neil, 514; -J. Anderson, 852 ; W. Simpson, $2 50 ; D. Collins, $16; W. Dunsford, $17 50, J. Box, 85 ; P. Coughlan, 52, L. McLeod, 86 ; C. .Handford, $1 121- ; C. Prouty, 536 50 ; P. Baker, 3 50'; L. Stanley, 31, F. Anderson,, $1 50, H. Purdy, ‚314; R. Fulton, 852 28; Reeve, balance on 211 concession commission, $16 58 ; H. Witlert, $9;1bNE e 50. All above for work on road. J McDonald, gravel, 516. surveying, 54; J. rl I, . repairing Boulton,. have been entered. C. PROUTy, Clerk..::. Burke,89 hall, 52 ; L. Stahls, iron for bridge, ‚32; N. Freid, lumber, $1 95; Mrs. McIn- tyre, charity, $10. In the minutes of last meeting two orders were nientioned as given to P. Coughlan, only one should. • 'Z:7! • g 1.