HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-12-13, Page 6` Farm. News -and Notes.
The wealthiest farmer in the
'world is the Khedive of Egypt, who
cultivates nearly a million ,ofetteres,
is said to liave 4,000 steam -plows,>:
and whose yearly income Aino,nnts
to W000,000.-11 was demon-
.
strated rn&gland, '.40 years -ago,
that an area of land capable Of main-
taining 1,000 sheepcone year, Would,
by being thus %appropriated, ,main-
tain 1,365 sheep • the'next year.
The same is true, of other 'stock,
though in a smaller degree. --A
pony bred and owned by Mr. johfi
Tood, County of Durham, England,
lately stopped breathing at the ad-
yanced age of .39 years and s'tx -
months. H was (if a family -re-
markable for lonaevity, two brothers
-having died at the respective ages
'of 24 and 34 years.—The Food
, Journal draws attention to the
wasteful system of peeling .potatoes
before cooking. In most cases they
cook better in their jackets.' The
skins are rata more easily removed
after cooking, and where the con-
sumption is considerable the saving
wourd be worth regarding.
Drink seems to be the curse of the
_laboring papulation of England. A
recent official report states that
'throughout the year men are com-
monly supplied with two quarts of
cider each per dieni„eind women and
boys with one quart; whjie,. in the
busy times, of hay and corn ,harvest,
there is hardly any limit to the
quantity consumed. Three gallons
per man is no unusual daily allow-
ance, and the consequence is, that
Jong before night the men are not
unfrecieently in a state of semi -in-
toxication.
The God and the Bad -Farmer
The one sells all his corn ark
grain, or, should he feed some hogs,
they lie in the woods' where thl
manure is lost among the trees, or
is washed away down 'a stream of
water. = He crops year 1afier year,
ieturning no equivalent for the fer-
tility drawn from the soil on which
his crops have grown, taking -every-
thing--possible- to market. Hes Ives
money and is an excellent man, but
from the impoverished state of the
land has been a wretched farmer.
The other buys stock in a setnewhat
fat con4ition, and with his proven-
der feeds his animals, till they are
•.first-class meat, gaining an extra
price for the meat he bought, as Well
as fur the additional weight; but
; there are three sources of profit in
this transaction : in the first place
the weight bought is worth more by
a cent or two per pound for being
made fAt and ripe, and then the in-
creased weight pays for the •food,
while the manute ina.de is a third
return, foribe consumption of pro-
• duce; and the farmer -who contrives
in this -way to keep up the strength
of the soil is a senUble man and an
•excellent farmer. If it is meritor-
ious to make two blades of grass
grow where one grew before, what
is it to bring so low as only to grow
one blade :here two fotaner/y flour-
ished.---Gountrg 9e/tam/am
--see
Overwork and want of Sleet, -
Overwork causes a greet deal of
ill health in farming communities.
Very many farmers in their efforta
to avoid idleness, which the yl consid-
43r a sin and a shame, go to the other
extreme, and lose both health and
happiness thereby. While industry
tends to health. -overwork bre:drs
down the constitution and shortens
life. It injures both body and mind,
and if long continued, results either
in deathor premature old age. Now
one,has machineto -take, in a great
degree,the place of hand labor, and
the farmer who will use them need
not break down his health by work-
ing too hard. Bet it is not the
farmer who is most natio to osier -
work. The farmer's wife is general-
ly the greater sufferer. Every day
in the year, Sundays not excepted,
she has much to do. Often there is
as much required of her as two wo-
men ought to perform. As the a•e-
stilt of her overwotk health is Lost,
and she either dies long before her
time, or lives'only to suffer ttie pen-
alties of the law she has transgress-
ed. For this course there is no jus-
tifieation. No wc;rnan °tight to
work herself to death, and no Mail
is justified in alliswing or requiring
his wife to do so. He ought ID fur-
nish her with. household mrchines ;
and if her health is poor, either help
her himself or bire a gill to heti) her.
This kill:eg himself and his wife,
which so many farmers du, for the
sake of laying up a few dollats,
whieh they never expect to use, and
-which they cannot carry with them
when they die, is a miserable spec-
ulation, as far as profit ancl. loss are
concerned, and a ' sinful; shameful
thine for any man to do.
• Want of sleep is one of. the chief
causes of m ugh of the physical and
mental trouble' of farmers and their
fam4ies. During the busy season,
-when the farmer rises at four in the
morning, and 'works until six or
seven in the evening, eats his sup
-
Fes, does his chores, and sits up an
hoar or twe later to read his paper
artaxa with a neighbor, he does no
obtain gee t -enough to keep either
body or mi d in perfect health or
vgot Tbell I. consequekei oit his
cpursa ma, not be apparent- for
many years, but sooner orilater they
• will come. The waste of tbe-brain
is net hilly made up. ‘Little 1:;.y lit-
tle it decay , and 'insanity or incur-
able disease is tbe final, result Of us -
„jog the hon which should be de-
voted, to sl ep fot other purposes
Farmers' Wves who are often kept
awake at n ght by the eXhanstion
caused. by o erwork or by the cry-
ing and fret MI; of bildren, are the
• greatest suffierers, d yrby year
a vast nun) ' r of this class go to the
'insane asyl M. or title grave. It is
slow _but c rtain suicide to curtail
the hours of -sleep, a d no man, wo-
man or chi d, need expect to long
continue- in -health without taking
the fullest • Mount if quiet reat. —
TY orking F
Prices of' art-li roes in Eng-
• -land -
-
Perhaps any o your readers
would like, to hea of the prices
wcrking car -horses ell for in Eng-
land, •I yest rcley att Tided in Liier-
pool, the s le of orty-nine such
horses.' b.' were the property of
the late M . Tipping, Ra extensive
ceartowner,' who did an extensive
business i as Stith on the docks of
'Liverpool. The stock :consisted,
with one exc ption, of geldings and
mares, and ere botight for workers.
Mr. Tipping ied a few weeks since,
and the sale was entirely 14ithout
reserve by o clier-of the administrat-
ors of his est' te. The average price
of the forty-nine horses Sold was
£336 per hea1. Thewhole lot were
in fine ord r, , and of great size.
Tey would efrerage seventeen hands
in beight, and probably 2,000
pounds each n weight; and a finer
collection of 1sound, great, muscular
horses, just Ifeow bard work, have
probably- ne er been, collected at
one sale. AI lost everyone of them
• showed fine 4tyie and action. •It is
especially wo thy of . notice that the
above were not • fancy prices for
breeding ani ials — nearly all of
them were eldings — but every
other item hould also be noted.
horse was pur based I r work. An -
With horses t such prices, drayage
is done in L verpool I for one-third
the price tha it is in New York,
and is at that a very good business.
Any two of t e above horses could
draw ten or welve tons 'aleng the
streets of L verpool with •ease.—
JV. Cry4., in Turf:
-
Co
The Iowa I
that the fartne
corn at anyof
in ail the west
from 10 to
el„ such are t
imposed for ft
scarce in all
State, coal rail
a bushel, it is
the farmer to
To take,a load
Market scarce!
for it:to pay a
the • time exp
and hiinselt
estimated, will
as 4 n:ishel of
is lieaper, by
per cent, all co
ed, to burn cot
than to born e
In some of the
bis eourse is p
qinestea(1 says : A 11
can obtain for his
the railroad stations
ru, half of Iowa, is
7 or 18 ceuts a bush -
e ,pxtt vagant rates
ight east. 4‘.8 fuel is
this p. rtion of our
g from 7 to 20 cents
ood eco omy for the
urn his surplus corn.
of corn to a railroad
suffici nt it obtained
moderat estimate on
nded 1 r the team
bush I of corn, it is
produce as much neat
nal, consequently it
at least twenty-five
• tingeneies consider-
• a t its present prices
tiler coii or wood.
countiP north of us
rcticed.
INSURE Y UR PROPERTY'
• AND Y UR TAVES
A. Stron4, •Seaforth.
• AGENT FOR
The Scottlah Provileial Insurance Compan--
y
• Fire and Life.
The 'Western Insurance • Oempany, of Toronto—
Fire end Life.
-The Isolated Risk
Canada. r.
- Terme- as reasonab
agent doing business
MO.NE
Insurance Company, of
e as offered by any; other
reliable iflompanies.
TO LOAN.
Also, Agent for • t$ Agricultiural Investment
Society, London. Th,, Company offers better in-
ducements to borro ers than any others doing
baminesm in this ProN' ce. Call and get circulars
giving full partionlars- before prmeheshig eh -where
OFFICE—over •St ong & Fairley'a Grocery
Store, Main Street, Se forth. 252
;REM�VEDj REMOVED.
ON
Cabinet -mak and und rtaker,
HAS REMOVED hi, ware-roo s to
• I
JOHNIZION'l OLD STAND,
• - Ma in-str .et, Seafort
Where he has cm hand
• tura of ev
imperior stook of Furni•
ry description.
CALL A.VD SEA IT.
IIN3
TAKING.
Having purchased M . Thomas Bell's HEARSE.
I am prepared to attent funerals on the shortest
notiet, either in town o country.
Coffins All Sizer;
Kept constantly on han 1.
SHROUDS SHROUDS
M. RO ERTSON,
CABINET 3t4KER D UN EllTAKER,
Johnson's Old Stand,
main street, Seaforth, its now o hand a good
assor inent of
81—IR T_T S
Which he can furnish heriper thaltithey CUI be
205
• got elots here.
Urt
N
--OF—.
Dry Goods and Small Ware.
. Now is the time to get
• Good Bargains for Holiday •Presents*
Just received a good assl:niment of the . following articles, Which will be sold cheap:
LADIES' and- CHILDREN'S WOOI. JACKETS,
-BREAKFAST SHAWLS,
S0NTAGS3 .CI64,OUDS, SCARFS,' WOOL AND KID
Mits, Gloves, liosiery,
CHILDREN'S MERINO CLOAKS
AND MERINO BRAIDED DRESSES,
FURS, CHIGNONS, MILLINERY, &c.
HOFFMAN BROTHE'RS'
. CH-pAP CASH STORE..
” Money Saved is Money Earned."
1-6IT CAN SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR
OCERIES Lie tre
—AT—
WILSON & YOUNC"S,
MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH.
JUST RECEIVED, PER, stpAmER, D T FROM CHINA,
1
:
A LARCE CONSIGNMENT OF TEA,
1
Consisting of the folio winkindET
s FINE YOUNG HYSON, PING SUY,
j
MO YU.N E, GUNP WDER, CONGO, SOUGH3NG, ORANGE
' PEKO . and other •first-class brands.
As a very large stock of these TeaS has been received, they will be sold Tery cheap. •
FRUITS.
,R-AISINS—New Valentia, 'Layer, Sultana and Mousquetel, fresh and new. -
CURRANTS --In great quantity and surprisingly cheap.
ORANGE, LEMON and CITRON PEELS.
PRUNES—Very nice, and good value.
•
LIQUORS
Of all kilads, and of the best brsuds,.whelesale and retail
WINES AND BRANDIES, for medicinal purpeses, warranted pure.
ALES AND PORTER, in bottles or on draft, warranted good,
FLOUR- AND, FEED.
All kinds, delivered promptly in any part of Seaforth, ,Egmondville and flarpurhey.
POULTRY;
CASH paid for any quantitpof well-dressed PoulttY•
All kin& of FARM PRODUCI}..; taken at the highest market prices.
. .
300 Packages No. 1 BUTTER wanted.
-WILSON Jr YOUNG, Scotes.Block, Seaforth.
•
FUR'
DARK MINK SETS IN LARGE .VARIETY.
C1•11,437.Z SMT'S,
Black Lamb Sets, South Sea Seal Sets, White Fur jackets, in all sizes, Black Astrioan Jackets,
South Sea Seal Mantles
MADE'
TO ORDER.
Grebe Sets always on hand and made to order.
Ladies' Furs Repaired and Altered.
235
• The Finest „and Best
CENTS' FUR CAPS
OF ALL KINDS.
Buffalo Robes, Wolf Roliefs. Coon Robes. All Fur Cioods made to order.
I
Highest, Price paid for 1?mol Furs.
• • !
NoTIci THE PLACE.
Ni.,, B. POWTER, MarketSquare,
STRATFORD.
Dm. 13, 1872.
DE€EMBER Ti, 187,
_
*.The following let of
DAL -AGED GOODS
Will be offered for --sale at
McDOTIGALTIS CHEAT" 'CASH STORE,
-7777 Main -street, Seaforth,
Pive hutidred and: six yard TAPESTRY CARPET at from 15 tO 25 obs., worth 90 etsper yard.
Three hundred and, ten yard* BRUSSELS OARPET at 55 ets., worth el 25.
One thousand and four yards French all wool PLAIDS at 25 to .80 cts., worth 60o.
Nind hundred and nine qua; FANCY ,DRESS GOODS at 20 cts., worth 40e.
Six thousand and forty yatlibfW111714,COTTIOIsiS at 11 eti., worth 170,
Forty -Aye dozeA pair Men*Braess at-10,ets" worth 80c. •
These goods were dama'ged.brliesh-water on board the barge “Cyelope " In the Bier St. Lawrence,
and when :dry will be aa good As new
Also, on Manufs,etureral:account, 50 pieces of all wool TWEEDS at 20 per cent
below the regular trade_ prices, to clear them out Twenty-four sets of Alsike
Mink Muffs and Boas from $1 25 to $6 .per set.
Call and see for yourselves and be convinced that this is no puff, but a bona fale
sale at the sign of 777 Main -street, SeafortI,
A. G. IVIoDOUGALL.
.GREAT"-' CHRISTIVIAS: SALE
AT -POWS' .
'1
3,000 LADIES' DRESSES, (every kusd• .)-
250 LADIES' JACKETS, (newest patterns.)
169 SETS LADIES' IN URS—Oheapest. to be had
• A. liagnificentplay of
Ladies' Rats and General Millinery Goods.
300 WEBS OF CLOTHS AND TWEEDS—bought 12 months ago --
no advanewon them.
q'he whole of these goods will be rut' off this month without reserve.
DON' FAJL TO CALL AT DENT'S.
THE BEST ORGAN§ .A.Di:D MELODEONS 'ALWAYS ON HAND.
STOVES, STOVES, STOVES.
COOKINC, PARLOR,
PARLOR COOK, AND BOX STOVES
'IN GREAT VARIETY, FROM
THE BEST MANUFACTURERS
THRDQmm
ITHE LOWEST PRICES.
EVERY STOVE FURNISHED WITH
SUPERIOR FURNITURE
OF OUR OWN MANIJFACTURE.
JOHNSON BROS.,
MYERS BLOCK,
M.4&.3"INT-Str_,
•CLEARING SALE
OF TEAS
AT LAIDLAW'S.
TEN POUNDS OF
>4
>4
8
0
)-4
BRIGIIT SUGAR )-1
ITI
FOR 'ONE DOLLAR.
INSPECTION INVITED.
ki„ c.H-...L.AIDLAW.
ItiffRE IS ITT.
NEXT DOOR NORTH OF THE MONTREAL TELEGRAPH OFFICE
IS THE; PLACE TO FINTD
STRONG ttc 'FAIRLEY'S
CHEAP 'GROCERY STORE.
A FULL. STOOK OF FA311.07 GROCERIES :
Kept constantly on hand, and Ivill be sold CHEAP. for CASH- and 'cash Only.
Jas. P. Kendall & Co.'s (late W.A. Shearson & Co s) Best Famill ilonr always in stock. We keep -
no other. Cuatomera are sure to get -1,vhat they aa for pare and unadulterated.
Oatwal, Coriniteal, Chopped Stuf, Sho2ls. Awn, Pea, Oat, Barley, AT., always.
•to 4 letyl at 8 ,6 FA IR LE Y 'S.
Housekeepers, leave your orders for yeur Tea Sugar, Currant:, Raisins, Apples, Potatoes, Cabbage,
or anything else you wish, and them delivered for yen free of charge.
REFINED PETIZOLEu3f.
just received 80 barrels of the best wilit4: oil and for stile Wholesale and retell.
SALT!• • SALT ! SALT!
A large stock of Salt kept constantly on hand. If you don't see it at the door, ask for it.
0 V STERt4.
Fresh oysters received daily :Ludwig be kept dnring the season. Try them—they are delicious.
N. B.—As our store is too_small to display all our goods, we would take it
favor, if customers don't see what they want, to ask for it.
Call and be.convineed that this is the right place to buy cheap Groceries.
STRONG & FAIRLEY,.
as a_
-DEe. 1S, 2.
"It is More Blesse—ca; Give tib
to Receive'
If thou deal out thy bread to the Ip
grY;
And scatter thy gift i to the poor,
The Lord of the harvest will bless the
• And double thy basket and store.-
-Ms not thine own bread thou artgbriii
God sends At to thee to bestow;---
To gladden the hearts of his poor onei
And soften their sorrow and woe.
Oh, ye who are hoarding your trea,810
In buildings of wood and of stone,
How little you know of the pleasure
Of serving the Lord with lxis own.
Your heart would enlarge with tlieg
ing,
Kind sympathies then would o'erlie
Sweet fortastes of. heavenly joy
Would brighten your pathway bele
Thus honor the Lord with thy substan
And praise Him for bl,ssingsDu in
Thy barns shall Mil be with plenty,
Thy presses burst forth with n
wine. E.
Egmondville, Dec. 2, 1872.
Envelope&
Howmany"equivocal blessing
not to say" curses,' have envein
manufactures been subjected
when, in reality, the fam.t is s
with them but - with - the use
veryone wants a heavn hard Pap
that will, write well, and this ,t
tained, they find it 'difficult tts ns
" the things stick " Of course
maker is accused of using
quality of gun', but it is a
idea, for the firmer and better'
Papel the greater the difficulty
comes. A thin, sof t paper alw
sticks easily, because the 'geni pe
trates it when put on, and lays L -
.thin coating That at once allow
darnpnem to penetiate when
tested to use. But the hkrd p5
that writes so well resists- the gu
and it usually titles upon the surfzi
by evaporation, as paint does I
For this reason, when ust
the trifling moistening from the lj
or tongue does not penetrate throu
the gum to the paper, and that
maining dry is hard and stiff- a
curls up, pulling away from
body of the envelope in order
return to its former position ---pari
open.
Pass the til9 flap of the envelope
tween the lips in such a woy as
moisten both sides of it, and it:
once becomes soft and .pitable„
object is attained, and_ no expre
ed or jepressed inuendoes are nee
sary.
AsAlety About Children. ,
The trouble which the proverbi
ly anxiou3 parent gives himself '
regard to the safety of his childi
is frequently misplaced;and not s
doin, in its excess,: hurtful. Thu
is, it is said, a providence whi
watches over the drunkard, and pi
tects him against the dangers -
which his wilful and selfassurn
imbecility exposes him. -Itrequin
however, no supposed interposi0
of any exterzial agency to expl4
the frequent esespes of the tipsy ]
their vagaries of motion, ' The 1
stinet of self-preservation is, in fa'
so strong that amidst the utmost i
wildprinent Ots tliough,:,' lina-diord
of volition it seldom loses its pi
tecting power. ltis so to a sl.,
great extent with even the Inc
Miniature and heedless of chi1di4
Fear, - with its -cautious appmhe
sion of danger and pain, is enrol
the earliest as well itS Most abitiii
of the emotions.
The liumaii offspring is certain
in infancy the most helpless of cts
tures, yet it is far fromibeing so
pendent as is generally suppose
The youngest Tahitian is Said, w' 1
poulutnNgvieth he tit
dinto the to s
of tbe
pole, leo,:afnedty.fl.oat himself instinctive
If children were net nature,
very cautious there would. be
every nurseryein , spite of the v
lance of mothers and nurses, it slai
slaughter of the innocents. it.
not necessary that. they should tond
O
thenise,lves of the conseuiene -0
fourth Story window for a dead
dive into the street, or the accong
dating proximity of an open tesq
eine chest for a mortal draught,
they could summarilyexecTite thet
selves with tbe poker on the hear
stone, or offertheir tittle= .,bodies
burnt offerings upon the domes
fire. Children show no disposit
'voluntarily to knock 'their hea
;against stone Walls, to split the
selves up on iron rails, or leap i
-,the abysses cf the area. They
coup almost iiinnediately COLISCiO
.of hardness, sharpness, and all da
gerousness and unpleasantness. -
the new, thevague, and obscure t
are singularly fearful, and eve
child shrinks back from an unfam
jar face, .an unmeasured heigh
depth, and darkness of all kinds.
Parents" whose prudent eare f
their children we would not direi
ish for .the world, may inter
much, however, of the solicit
with which they are apt mine
sarily to worry themselves. T
gratuitous anxiety often, moreos
defeats its own object. It rende
the child, by constantly remin
it of the risks to safety, unntturaI
timid, and prevents that calmness
mind and ' development of Rusin
courage essential for the Nude
avoidance of and bold resistance
tr;