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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1872-12-27, Page 1ilifficient ens Propoeed Robertson irrangementa Y. and hare the dairying " Theepees V -St under- Dierty,. near fal accident inst., in the Ras Wilsou'a kiegh, resi- bout twenty chile reino about the ft ill a stoep- MNT ted, and uns !tand erect, head in con - dieted a ter - sing nestat lace on 'skins tuber d his adcompaniecl grave, He eel te mourn He was an sho it might The anal- 4an church, M1 Wed - A sermon A. M. , Oen-rine. A e.1 at as.I3er s Children pecchea L and Beers nee at a.,3o. Joiiitle, of lens- of Exee Pe.%ittOaC0 Off purchased lore ha a Firs, Mr. Johns '—As a num- leeing driven. the barn, aere an aile- d -Man nam - over and, a two hears , very dull of ; to have had ;. ; meetmg of their Lodge the 2d, the ted fOr the Perkins, :ler J. :Sic- Itrother &other S.; Brother Ross, (re- iJanses Per - Brother G. itterson, (re- ; j. Roberts,- . ation „,?:epostror. sour last John On to one of Surely the 01-1 when he ,7rettls gener- 4y titaat tie- ptian, judg- Jd. profligate St to bear and not on t you with a -would now enseion, brut 3 points in subject. is thiag Ieficiency in iy iroaeinas ed infer - p at ornielu- rine: to say na store or perusal he scheme was s one of his ein, he ac- 4;Ilf a pare- etated there the village, f identitica- (I, it *sizzles Hie egotism, ion aeul Mi- es me with chutes, 1,aera• tiihself, ea have al- Oteessina an ;commodity r the main the retract stated,. ey are man- : any means ie partially the very ex- , I would ee nor love article in .t:et the very ch tueinese e. Before your comes - economical !of holguage (se of print- . !tu giety Of an desirous, ;see ee-ctisee .Rruee Iii of lowic k 4, tulle:town, esS,800 of Cs leaving w1ips e County ef corthinathei bra market, prim to a 'gets paid to Ira- class. ighin300 arwriship of srthe toWn. e was ship - his captor, Cite a /rum- en killed in ;aeon. — VOILUIIE 6, NO. 4. WitelLE NO 264. t.1 1 -- SEAFORTHI FRIDAY, DEC. 27, 187,2. I f 111c1.4EAN BROTHERS, Publishers. 50 a Year, iu advance. Atal Oti5tivie for Sac. HOTEL FOR SALE OR TO RENT. voR SALE, on reasonable terms, that well- known HOTEL on the Gravel Road, 5 miles horth of. Sealorth, . at present occupied by Mr. 'Montgomery. If not sold, it will be leased for a term of years; possession given on Jan. 3, 1873, for further particulars, apply to 26311 ROBT. HANNAH, Winthrop. FOR SALE. - T.IN the Tillage of Edmore, Township of Howick, a. good stand, a good. Wagon Shop, two lots and two Dwelling Houses -will be sold on reason- able terms.- For further partidulars apkly oXOHN LUXTON, proprietor, Belmore Posboce, Ont. Parties indebted to the proprietor are earnestly requested to call_ and settle all accounts before or by- Jan. 15, lase. JOHN 'LIJXTON. 2614 STEAM SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE. TitEING Lot 34, Con. 7, Meliillop, containing 104 acres, all cleared, with good barns and stable, two good orehards in full bearing; two never -fail- ing springs which suiply the mill. Also, lot 35, Con. 9, eoutairaing 48 -limes of bush. The property is situated G miles from, Seaforth, with a good gravel road thereto. For farther partioulars apply on the premises. If hy post, to JOHN THOMP- SON, Constance P. O., Kinburn, Out. , 260 FARMS OR SALE IN Iffewns,OP. WOE SALE, on. reasonable terms, the north half of Lot 26, Con. 14, MeKillop, containing 40 acres, 20 of which are cleared, in a good state of cultivation, and well fenced, thebalanee . is timber land; this .lot adjoins the village of I -Wel- ton, and is well situated; there is on the premises' a frame honse and barn. Also, for sate, a LOT nontaining 25 acres of land, on the Gravel Road four miles north of Seaforthz this lot is all -wood land, and is well timbered with hardwood; the land is of excellent quality and dry. .For` further particulars, apply to the undersigned, if by letter, siddress Seaferth. P. 0. 256 N. II, YOUNG. FOR SALE:- 1 - QTORE- AND DWELLING in the village of Flarintrite3-. at present occupied by HUGH ROBB, Esq. For particulars- apply to KILLORAN & RYANT:, Seaforth. 252 FART& FOR SALE INMORRIS. VOR SALE, fni easy terms, north half of Lot No. -R-" 12, Concession 6, Township of Morris, contain- ing 100 aetres, 50 of which are eleared, well fenced, aud in a. goad state of cultivation. There, is on • the premises a good log house and barn.- This farm is situated within two mapa- and t half of a good grave1 road, and lour miles and. a half from the village of Ainle-yvil le, at v.-hich place there will be a station of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Itailway this fall; it is watered by a never - failing stream running through it, there is no waste land, and the imelea.red portion is well timbered with hardwood; It is one of the most choice lots in the township_ For further par- ticulars p1ilvtoJ R. GRANT, Ainleyville, THOS. HOLMES, B11 th,or to the undersigned proprietor, Kippen Post -office. 251 ROBERT McIlEORDIE. • FARM FOR SALE. OTH TIATY of the South hall of Lot No. 24, 1•-1 Fifth Concession of the town.siiip of Morris, containing 50 acres'35 cleared; well watered by a spring creek; good log house and frame stable. The 0)0N-of:mix is only a mile and a half on a good rola from the rising village of Ainleyville,.where a station of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Rail- way will be opened this fallt. For price and terms Inquire (if byietter, prepaid) Of - C. R. COOPER, see Aiuleyville Lands Agency, Dingle P. 0. NOTICE TO DEBTORS. - TilliOSE indebted to thenraler.signedfor more than -I- one year prior to this date` are hereby notified that, unless Weir accounts are settled promptly they will be plaCed in Court for colleetion. . H. L. VERCOE, M. D Seaforth, Dee. 12, 1872. 262- i NOTICE TO DEBTORS. K0TicE is hereby given ehat all prrties indebt- ed to the undersignetl for Subscription, Job Printing or Advertising, for •otte year or over, are required to_settle the amount of their indebtedness before the 6th January, 1873, otherwise the accounts will positively be SUED, without respect to persons. McLEAN BROTHERS. EXPOsIToR OFFICE, Senforth, Dec. 10, 1872. 162 NOTICE.' A LL persons indebted to the undersigned are -C1- requested to forward the amount of their ac- counts te him ni a letter, REGISTERED. Adeti`!ess :ox 48, STRATFORD, All accounts remaining unpaid after the 1st of Januarynext will be placed in Court for collection. JOHN WALSH. Stratford, Dec.14, 1872. 268*2 ARCHITECTURE. THE undersigned is prepare& to furnish Vans, -L Specifications, &c., of Public and Private Buildings, and also.to superintend the erection of the same. Carpenters, Plasterers' and Masons' work measured and valued. • - ADAM GRAY, 26:2 Second Conces'sion, _ BOILER. FQR. SA.I.E. 7F. OR SALE., cheap, LocomotiveBoiler, nearly new, and in exteR4nt conifition. Capacity, 25 horse power. Apply to JOHN GOVENI,OCE, Seaforth, Ont. 257 NOTICE TO SAW LOG OWNERS. A LT, parties deiring.,-to have logs sawn at JOILV GO VENLOGE'S Saw Mill should bring them in at once, as he intends removing his mill about the lst of March. Until that date parties bring,ing Jogs in can have their lumber sawn. -so as to take it home with them. jOILN GOVENLOGE. MeNillop, Nov. 26, 1872. 260 .CAU TION. fhereby maim -all persona mot to -give my wife i Iikribrr Ann Berry, any thngon my account, as 1 -win not pay or ac.-I'utowled e anything Whatever in connection with a -..y. debt she naay contract, as -he has left my bed and board without cruise. ADAM BERRY. Nay, Dee. Q,1872. 264-3* THE CHRISTMAS CIFT. Around theChristrna.S-tree we stood, : And watched the children's faces, As they thei.r little gifts received With childish airs and graces. We grown folks had our share of fun In making wee ones merry, And laughed to see tho juveniles Kiss 'neath the "holly berry," Besides me sat sweet 1Jessie Moore, A lovely dark -eyed Maiden, While near her stood our little Eve, Her arms With lovse-gifts laden, Until around -the room she went, , The blue-eyed baby, shyly; ' And, bluebing red, into each lap Her offerings dropped slyly. But when to ei,e the darling came All empty-handed was she, AM when I asked, •" Why slight me thus ?" : - She answered, "Oh, beta,Use ve— We din na know yon tumming here !" And then, with blde eyes shining, To Bessie's side she went, her arms Rei sister's neck entwining, "But soinething 1 must have," said I, ," My Christmas -night to gladden." , AS shade of thought the baby face Seemed presently to sadden; Till all at once, with gleeful laugh.— " Oh ! I know what I do, Sir.! I've only sister Bessie left, But I'll div her to you, Sir !" Amid the laugh that came from all I drew my new gift to me, While with flushed cheeks her eyes met . , mine; And sent a thrill all through me. "Oh! blessed little Eve !" cried I ; " Your gift I welcome gladly !" The little one looked up at me, Half wonderingly, half sadly. Then to her father straight.I turned, And humbly a'Sked hie blessing Upon my Christinas gift,' the while - . My long-etored hopes confessing. And as, his aged hands, were raised. Above our heads, bowed lowly, The blessed time of Christmas ne'er- Had seemed to me so holy, • - —M. D. Brine, in Harper's Magazine. THE PARTING gUEST. Where are the good -things promised. Inc By this Old. Year that's dying? And what care I how ill he be - Who was SO given th lying ? A cozening youth, he sought my door, And tarried till his locks were hoar ; A fair and foul, capricious guest, WInesevore to give me of his best, ; Who pledged himself a true year; .But he was then—the New. Year. Where are the silver and the gold Ere now should fillmy wallet? 1 What means these scanty clothes and old, Tine attic room and pallet? The purse he dangled in my view • Betwixt his juggling hnnds slipped through: He found me poor, he felt me poorer ; But now a richer friend, and surer, Awaits me ---in the New Year. Where are the poet's bays he said My tuneful song should gain inc? The wreath that was to crown my head, Th' applause that should sustain me ? Alack ! round other brews then mine I see the fresh -Won laurels twine ; Still, for the music's _sake I sing'; The world my listen yet. and fling - Its garlands—in the New Year. Where is the (Inc dear face to love His golden Months should. bring me, Whose smile 4 recompense should prove For all the ills that stint, me? My heart still beats in loneliness ; There Olio darling hand to press-; But oh ! I dream we yet shall meet, -And I shall find per kisses sweet, * And win her—in the New Year. - Where are the ekorks in patience 1 wrought f The grace to love my heighbor ; - The sins left off.; the wisdom taught Of suffering and labor--; The fuller life ; the strength to wait ; The equal heart for either fate? Well may 1 speed the parting guest, And take this stranger to niy breast ! Be then indeed a true year, - V fair -and welcome New Year ! - EDMUND C.-STEDMAN. annuommasa. ENGLISH COSSIP. - • A. Little Stranger:2-% Frank .10tulthrud and his Eccentricities -0 ur Mono - lariat System—Miss O'Neill. LONDON, Dec. 6,-1872. Never since the -birth of our heir -ap- parent has " welcome " been given to any *.ii &de st-ranger" more cordial than that which hailed therbirth of the young hippopotamus on. Guy Fawkes' Day. The infant was quite full grown, and it is said to be the finest that has ye4lad- clened the .eyes of its parents. The de- light is the greatest since this is the first ALL msPtrsorts fp..(.; heray cautianed against giving of their offspring which has -survived any person or prrsons cretlit on nie ftC001.111u, -without in written order or pa'.-bodk, as 1 will more than a few days, and which prom- -not -be responsible for the same. • . ises by its robust appearance to be a WILLIIIVM KENNEY, -.,- • • And prop to ti nen dechnmg years . yet Alt,Killop, Lot L Con..2., Dec. 4, (2. AL.. • . • ° it is doubtful whether their setisfaction BLABESMITTI WAVED.. is greater Ile= that exhibited by Mr. Ivis:\TEri innueainie.ty7., a first-elass country Frank Buckland, who, as you are donbt- s V N omBIACESMITH, axle to take charge of a Aop. less a ware, is volunteer medical attend- : 'but one proficient in horse shoeing kud ant kant accoucheur extraordinary to all plot i. need apply, to grboni &liberal sali ry -win la. f.eif4f.n., Single nom preferred_ Apply to eur fel'a itatlece, When roused from his )11-111°`VIN, Wag(m-"1"ker-t 13erne* - 261 bed on the 5-th ultby a special meseen- MIEN TS WANTED. ger freni the ' Zoological- Gardens an- e A see:OTTO wanted., $150 parr month. To sell eh& flouncing tniS important arrival, he is -`-- TIMMS, the most useful honseihad article said to have exclaimed, "Hip- -hip--hip ever--413vairted- =kar"s IL IC211N7DME.143'N.),,,,P•ACV --kalTah," then, correcting himself, to 13°' :1'.)11` N'llth-eal? iN Q. • --- have added, " I. mean--epotemus." ln. TEACH ER WANTED. . all things connected with natural history, nraNTED toe School Section Ick). 1, Township with savage life, or with eccentric .forms of Toreleeree a TEACHER holding- 11ene-e- ,ef human existence, he is an entluisiast ; clue certi,ict. D atuties tobegin Jan. 2, ISIS 1 to "WM_ MAI ETAT, DrNC7.21c McNAUGH- and he has a genuine vein of rough hu- ToN, aud -WM. E.INM-, Trustees, 3forrisbank post- ' won m 1 reember seeing him at a sale ,affice. 259 of the .effeets of Consul • Petherick, a ' geratle.man supposed_ to have been lost in REM6VAL. , Central Africa, but who afterwards turn- } ed un again without the intervention of _The .Exr0sITOR Ofre ka-q been retnOred a Stanley. The articles which the auc- th tyranny ; and so it turns o tioneter had, to dispose were mostly from tA the neve Prentisett Ott JOhn .I.SYreet, sheaf of arrows, which one of the porters was carrying rather carelessly to the ros- trum,. ' If you value your life, sir," cried Buckland, " be more careful with those arrows-; do you know that, hey are pOisoned with the Don't-know-ye-1u- againlia, and that a toll& of their barbs evould be fatal ?" The pofter dropped ethem like_a hot potato, but the auctioneer disposed of them in 'separate lots at a. good- price. "Why on earth," exclaimed I, after- ward, " didyou invent that tale about the poison?" " Oh, things were going slack," 're- plied Buckland, " a,nd Petherick was a good. fellow." I remember a still better story of. F. 13. Ile went to Cremorne one day to see, " the long-haired negress and the "Cornwall Giant ;" the former had one long woolly lock, which the public were permitted to take hold of, and even tug at, weenier to convince themselves that it was no chiemi ; the latter was a gen- tleman much above any such liberties, and, indeed, the ta,llestman at that time we had ever seen in London. Buckland was charmed with him, and, by help of e ladder, entered into confidential conver- sation with this son of Anak. " You are the most interesting object I have met with this long time," he said; " it quite distresses me to see you on the same (moral) level with that long-haired negress, and even exhibited for the same _shilling. You should look a little higher. Ask Mr. Smith" (the proprietor of the Gardens) " to permit you to be exhibit- ed alone; and if he refuses, set up on your own account. That' S my advice.", F. B had the imprudence to leave * card; and in a fele-days this terrible cat- astrophe took plaee : The giant called at his address, With Several hundred peeple at his heels.Ile had hired a „hansom cab, but his -head came right Outside it, and interfered with the driver's visiono so that he had been obliged to Walk, nod half the population of the distriet N. W. veere seeinghina for nothing. "Well, M. Buckland,, 1 says he '" have done What you told me, and Mr. Smith has kieked me out of- the Gardens ; so r am comet° set up upon my own account, and int* mean time (for 1 have but a few shilling) to live with you.' And this be did for weeks, until poor Buckland was almost literaily "eaten out of house and home."; At last, however, he gave him "a very high recommendation" --which he eery literally deserved --to spme -peripatetic showman -of his acquaintance, and so got rid of him. Frank Buckland knows every body Of that calling, and 'most - people of all others; but in his youth he made himself very unpopnlar—for a few days—at Oxford. His father, Dr. Bruit - land, the great geologist, and afterward's' -Dean of Westminster, -was at that time Canon of Christ Church College, and his son lived in his house. A most shock- ing effluvium was at one time • perceived to come from the canon's residence, which made every body very uncomfortable, except the. doctor and his family, who were all scientific, and used to such odors. At last, investigation being made, a donkey was discevered in Frank's work -room, which had been dead about a monht or so, and which he was en- gaged in dissecting very leisurely. So far had matters gone that it is said that the remains of the departed hacl to be takenlaway in brickets. With that ex- ception, Frank Buckland has made him- self popular with all classes, not except- ing even the government, anci it has made him an inspector of fisheries. Nothing has been talked. about so much of late as the so-called "discipline" of our public schools. A boy at Win- chester has been half killed ty a thrash- ing administered to him under the color of authority by a prefect, or head boy, and locally termed a " tunding." This is always inflicted by ash sticks, and if not salutery, must be rather hurt- ful, since boys have been lamed for life by it in more than one instance. The partic- ular offence was that, as a new boy, the vietim had omitted to -make himself ac- quainted with the school. terms for cer- tain localities in the neighborhood. Un- der these circumstances, you may be surprised' to learn that a legion of fathers have written to the newspapers to say that they approve of " Wading " and were all the better for its infliction on themselves. I think our public schools turn out a greater number of fools annually than all other educational establishments .in the ' civilized world. More dogmatists, more prigs, .more ignoramuses, they certainly do. I was at a public school myself, and ought to :know. Nothing is learned there, or next to nothing, but Gree - and ngu- hem, they OOto • ac- s and_ more Latin, "the dead: and damned 1 ages," as 1 am acoustomed to call t on account of the sufferings which have entailed upon Inc. From -£1 ,250 per annum is the sum, paid fo quiring a smatteying of these tongtt 'the tone," which latter is nothing than a frantic resolution to-. stand b the said -institutions, with all their absurdi- ties and. extravagances,' in the teeth of comnaon-sense. and gOod feeling. ' The eurns paid to masters at our public schools are stnpendoue. - ear Im ters Harrow and Eton; for example, have a gross ineome of little less than zro, 000 a year, and the- assistant • hies - fees proportion. This is -accomplished Partly by the high prices of the.school self but chiefly by keeping r as few 'mese ters and as many boys as possible ; and since,- under these circumstances, - every thing approaching to due supervision is impossible, the • monitorial," or " pre- fect," or "sixtheform'' system is adopted. her which the proper work.of the masters - is shifted to the shotilders of the head - boys. -They are suppoeed to look after the moral behavior of their younger school -fellows, and to punish them at their discretion. To persons acquainted with human nature this absolute author- ity pieced in such hands will appear nothing else than a direct encouragement toh . , that locality, and compehended war- power, and, of course, still fewer half - Very tee; grown men are fit to wield such Inpdiately in 1wn. of the 01(I Post Officewsyhsoilem,am.msiotti..- bail(ting. 1 tic utensils. ekmong ochera there was a grownrytosaoynesinauljouriaAterdnotlIdris c is, gods, javelins, aut. -similar domes- . gated its abuse by studying, tbe charac- • ter of hie boys, and only intrusting this dangerous prerogative to those he eon- sidered would use it judiciously ,• but- in less conscientious hands the effect has been deplorable. Whenever I see an outrageous prig in society I say to my- self. ' Surely that man has been a 'moni- tor'; at some public school," and I am al- most always cornet in the surmise. The popular notion—which I need not say is encouraged by the anasters—is that this method of supervision prevents' deceit, for that boys will lie to their masters, but not to their comrades—a very curi- ous theory of paterfamilias, and not ex- hibiting much' confidenee in the integrity of his offspring. Moreover, " A boy should •rough it, Sir; it takes .all non- sense out of•him. When a lord, for ex- ample, goes to Eton, he gets kicked and. , bullied Just like any -other lad, and :that prevents mm giving himself airs in after- lifeb" It i3 by no means my experience. even if these premises were correct, that o ir lords do have -"no nonsense about em," or omitlo " give themselves airs" after -life, but the fact is, that the premises are slot correct. Boys are often sent to Eton by rich fathers with the ex- press intention—for education they must be sanguine indeed to expect them to get there—of 'forming a good connection," of scraping acquaintance with the sons of noblemen, in order that they may "move in good society" in after -life ; nor do these young gentlemen despise the pat- ernal advice, or exhibit their personal in- dependence by maltreating our "junior nobility," I do assure you. That plant peculiarly, indigenous to English soil, called Snobbism. is a very early grower, and begins, to spring up in the breast of our British youth long before they take to coat tails ; nor do I know any place -wherein a young lord is more carefully, ,t` cultivated" than at our public schools. On One thing I will stake my existence— no youthful nobleman was ever " tunde ed," nor ever will be. Among our obituaries of the last -few weeks there is none more noteworthy than the death of the once great actress, Miss O'Neill, It is the misfortune of persons in her profession when out of .sight to be out of mind, and she had withdrawn from, the stage so many years that 1 dare say many have suppeseed her to be deed long since. On her marriage with Sir William Beecher, while yet a young woman, she left the stage, where she 'had made a 'figure (as Juliet, in par- t ticular) second tonoEnglish actress save Mrs. Siddonse L'ady Beecher was tall and fair and stately still when I had. the pleasure of staying in the same country - house with her twenty years ago, 'and was' fond of recounting experiences of her old profess:on. I recollect her declaim- ing the poem Hohentinden one evening in the drawing -room with ren-tarkable force and *—all now, alas ! quenched for- ever . tow BELLS. -Canada.' Last week, on the farm of Mr. Tisdale, Lot 7 3d concessicio, Metcalfe, County of Milllesex,i three hundred -and thirty bushels of oats were threshed in one hour and thirty minutes:, . —Another new salt well has been sunk, and works erected on the farm • of Mr. Kingston, in the . township of War- wick„-; County . of Larnbton. It is said that at this place a solid bed of salt one hundred feet thick has been bored.' through, and thatthe brine _pumped - from the well is as strong and. pure as that obtained from the Seaforth wells. This discovery has created quite a com- motion in that quiet neighborhood, and an attempt is being ina,de for -the forma- tion of a joint stock company to sink 'another well. —There are upwards of three hen- dred men constantly employed at fie Canada Car Works in London, and the Company pay in wages alone more than 810,000 per month. ., —The Kincardine jerks(' in referring to the action of the Hiram County Council in abolishing the system of tell - collections thus remarks "This is a wise step, and one which should be imi- tated by every county throughout the length and breadth of Canada: The toll gate is a relic of an age of ignorance—an obstruction, :nuisance, and expense -which the enlightenment of our days should speedily do away with every- where." _ 1 —The Toronto, Grey and Bruce Rail- way, which.was oaeued to Mount Forest, in Sei.Iember last, during thelOreeett year: carried 14,000 cords of wood. into To- ron—toT.he —The -survey Of the new townships west of Fort XVillia,m, on Thunder Bay, together with the late discoveries of aver lodes in its vicinity, have had the effect of causing quite a demand for lots in Fort William among Toronto specu- lators. - —On the ]5th inst., while John Mc- Kellar, a farmer of the township of Mose, was hanging up a beeve by means of a the rope broke andthe pulley flew up in his face, fracturing his skull and otherwise injured him. --A. meeting of the Inspectors of Pub- lic Schools in the Province of Ontario is called for the 7th of Januery, - in the To- ronto Normal School. for the purpose of mutual consultation on the practical working of the New School Act. and the regulations of the Council of Public In-_ struction. te in la ntants of Manitoba are not likely to suffer very severely for lack of stiniulants. The Fan Press saysthere are twenty-five licensed whiskey mills in the toWn of Winnipeg, and a total of ftft-eigh1; in the whole Province. - —1 -The Hamilton Times of Saturday last says : We deeply regret to an- nounce he severe illness of Mrs. Wil- liamson, wife of the esteemed pastor of the ;Methodist Episcopal Church, John 'street. Hopes of her recovery .e.re- now slmest abandoned by her friends. We are 'sure- that a strong feeling of sym- pathy will be felt for the reverend gen- tleman in his present affliction; and trust that .this great calamity may yet be averted from him." The many friends • of Mrs. Williamson in this vicinity virill' regret to hear of her illness. • —The -way the people of Clinton try the strength of their horses is to bitch them up in opposite directions and beat them with clubs until one Luis the other away. An instance of this feat oc- curred in thht village last week. After some time one of the horses got a start, and as the other could not walk as quick - ll and was dragged a distance of 30 313.Tardsbac. kward as this one did forwaid, he fe --Sending a message over the .same wire both, ways at the same Mlle is the 1 atest and one of the most marvellous discoveries in telegraphy. Messages are being sent -in this way between Mon- treal and Toronto constantly -on the lines of the Montreal Telegraph Company. This will greatly add to the working capacity of the lines and between large cities where a -great many messages are going both ways, the sending of them will be greatly expedited. —A_ farmer ot the township of Era- mosa, named Griffith, last week sold in the Guelph market, sixteen dressed hogs, the total weight of which was 5,615 pounds.' For these sixteen hogs Mr. Griffith received the handsome sum of $300. This This is the way farmers make 131 . —In referring to the abolition of tolls in.the County of Huron, the Guelph Mer- enry remarks : "Wore than a year ago the toll -gate in the County of Welling - too were ab has been th heard a singe individual say hewould wish them reimposed. We may safely predict that, after a year's trial, the County ot Huron will be equally well pleased with the removal of these annoy- ing imposts.". -e-Mr. John &acling, ofPaisley Block, Guelph township, has solcl within one month 35 sheep and. 4 head of cattle, raised on his hundred acre farm, for the sum of $790. The following are thee sales :—To Dr. Brown, of Kentucky, 24 Cotswold sheep for $250 • 11 ram lambs to parties in th neighboroocl for $150 ; I 2 heifer calves o flenry Larter. of Pilk- ington, for $10 ; a grade heifer to Mr. McQueen, of Salem, for 80;$also to the same gentleman a pure bred short horned heiter for $150. Mr. Reading also refus- ed an offer of $1,200 from Dr. Brown, of Kentucky, for 3 head, consisting of one cow, one heifer, and one calf, all of the same strein. — The enterprising proprietors of the Mitchell Foundry, Messrs. Thomson & Williams, have secured the contract of erecting a large flouring mill at Orillia. — A German shoemaker of the village of Mitchell, named Ernst Kiesig some time ago putehased for a small. eum a ticket in a German lottery. :A month or two ago he was agreeably surprised by receiving information that his ticket had drawn a prize of $8,000, and last week he received the ammmt. It is not often that purchasers of lottery tickets fare so fortunately. ...Mr . A. McGill, teacher of the school in section No. 6. Hibbert, was last week presented by his pupils with an address, and a valuable watch as a token of their appreciation of his services as their teacher. With the close of the present year, Mr. McGill relinquishes charge of the school. lished, and So satisfactory change, that we have not —Mr. William Beemer, carpenter and builder, of Simcoe, was killed on Friday last by a load of wood upsetting upon him. The deceased leaves a wife and several children to mourn his untim.ely nd. —On 'Wednesday. as a son of Mr. David Dingman, of Zorra, was playing in the barnyard, a ram, which had been purchased by Mr. Dingman only a few alays before, made an onslaught on the young fellow and butted him so severely as to break his leg abovasthe knee. : .—A pigeon match. came off on Friday of last week, between. Geo. Rennerdson„ of Toronto, and Alex. McCtifloch'of Stratford; fifty birds each; $100 a side, resulting in favor of McCulloch. The score was : McCulloch, 36; Rennerdson, 31. --The Privy Council in England have May, about the right hight, with a blue confirmed the judgment rendered by the eyeand dark brown hair and white Vice-Admiralt Court in Qaebec dismis- teeth - rested and lodg,ed in jail. It is said that when in his right mind, he was one of the kindest and. most indulgent of husbands, but having been drinking for several. days, he was laboring under alit of de- lirium tremens, and was utterly uncon- scious of what he was ding. ----Two -weeks since the teacher of the junior department in the Fergus public school had occasion to, chastise a pupil named William Temple; for which he was assanited on his way home by an elder Temple. The latter was shortly after- ward* arrested and filled with a like, amount for costs. —A gentleman while wafting on the street the other evening, picked up some- thing which? appeared to ;him to resemble" a bonnet frame, but which on closer ex- amination turned out to be a lady's bus- tle. The article was brought to this of- fice for the purpose of being advertised, but the next day and before our paper was issued, an agent of the lad,y who suf.- iered the loss called on the finder and. requested him ; to leave it at a certain place for her. The request was complied. with, and the little thing found its own- er. Moral : Buckle your bender tight- er.--.Goderich 'Star. —The shipments of salt to the Amer- - ican market from Goderich during the past season, amounted to 64,393 barrels, and from Kincardine, 27,851 barrels. - —The complimentary dinner, of which, we made mention some time- ago, to be given to Mr. Thomas Farrow, M. P. for .North Huron, by his friends in Howick, will take place at Ketchum's Hotel, Fordwich, on Friday, the 3d of January, at 2 o'clock, p." me The committee are sparmg no pains to make it a very suc- cessful affair, and a number of prominent speakers are expected.40) be present. —Over one million dollars have been expended in building operations in the city of Ottawa during the year 1872. - It is stated that preparations', are being made for the expenditure of a much larger sum during the coming year. —Mr. W. _Murray, of the_ township of West Zorra. County of Oxford, last week. sold a pig, the weight of which was 600 pounds, dressed. For this monster porker he received the sum of 05. --s-We notice that several of the Pres- byterian congregations are taking advan- tage of the -privilege afforded them by the Synod, ami are introducing organs into their churches. A few days age a mag- nificeut organ was placed in Dr. Proud - foot's church, London, and the event was celebrated by a very pleasant social gathering. —At gathering. Garry, this winter, the thermometer has reaehed' 42 degrees be- low zero. Those who complain so bitter- ly of the cold in Ontario should. teem a trip to Manitoba, and' on their return they would be inclined to think our cli- mate very moderate. - —A regiment of sharks inhuman form. have been in attendance _upon the Do- minion Goveihment at Ottawa for sever- al weeks. negotiating for the contract of constructing the Canadian Pacific Rail- way. It is now said that all tile are reingements have been nearly satisfactor- ily eompleted, which means that these speculators and railway jobbers have suc- ceeded in foi el:1g the Government to their own terms, and that the country will be forced to pay the fiddler, while : they dance. . —There has been such a heavy snow- storm in the vicinity of OrangeVillel that trains -on the Toronto, Grey and. Bruce Railway were blocked up for some days. —The Canadian Dairymen's Associa- tion will meet at the tarn of Ingersol; 011 the first Wednesday in February. —Joseph Rogers, sjiWilfarwick„ County of Lambton, last welt Sent the Parkhill Gazette -au unpaid lettor, written on a, dirty scrap of paper, to request the dis- centineince of a free paper which had been sent him over a year. There seems to be some. mean men left the world. yet, a& Mr. Joseph Rogers tat be one of them. Pass him round. ele • la - How to Pick out a Wife Find. a girl that iz 19 years old last _ y sing the suit instituted by Messrs. Red- pash & Sons, the great sugar refiners ot Montreal, against the Messrs. Allan as owners of the steamship Hibernian, for damages occationed by the steamer sinks inn' several barges ladeL• with sugar, a shot ti ,distance beloier Montreal. The amount involved was about $40,000. --A recent _Dominion return shows that the salaries paid eight officers in connection with the Intercolonial Rail- way amountto $22,800 per annum. The highest salaey is paid the chief engineer,. Sandford Fleming, $4,800 a year; the three Comusiesioners, Messrs. C. J. Brydaes E. B. Chandler, and A.' W. Mc- Lean, get $3,000 each. Aquila, Walsh, Chairman of the Board, gets $4.000. Such fat takes as these should. not be hard to swallow. —In the Woodstock County Court, last week, the case was -determined of Webb et at. 1)8. Sherman. ielr Ca.sewell, of Ingersoll, acting for plaintiff, tele- graphed to the defendantw hether he had any July cheese to sell, and at what price. The defendant replied by tele- gram that he haat 250 boxes and would Bell at 10e. On the sa-meda,y he sold to another party at 10j -c., before Casswell had time to reply. The aintifis claim- ed damages. Judgment eutred for plaintiff for $75, with leave reserved to move in term. Thilsis an important de- cision for cheese manhfacturers. — A law clerk, in the office of Messrs. Pardee & Gowans, of Sarnia, named Ar- thur Smith, while under the influence of last weektook from the table a bullring lamp and threw it at his wife, striking her .on the head. The lamp broke, and the oil spilled over the person of the woman, and caught fire-fromsthe flame of -the lamp. Before assistance could be rendered, the poet wonaan was burned so dreadfully that she died in a few hours, after suffering the most in- tense agony. Her husband has been ar- Let t▪ he girl be good to look atnojtoo phone)of musik, a firth clIslaeleaver ghosts, and one of six children in the same family. Look well tew the karacter ov her fa- tber ; see that he is not the member of enny klub, don't bet on elekshuns, and gits shaved at least three times a week. Find. out all about her mother, see if she haz got a heap ov good common sense, stliddy well her likes and dislikes, eat sum of her hum -made bread- and apple dumplins, notiss whether she abuzes all ov her 'labors, ask her servants how long they hav lived there, and don't fail to - observe whether her dresses are last year's ones fixt over. - If you are satiefied that the mother would make the right kincl ov a mother- in-law, you ka,n safely konclude that 1 thetuter would make the right kind. awiov After these preliminarys are all set- tled, and you *hay done a reasonable amount of sparking, ask -the young lady for her heart and hand, if she refuses yon kan konsider yourself euchered. If on the contrary she should say yez git married at once, without entry fuss and feathers, and proceed to take the chances. I say take the chances, for thaie ain't no resipee for a, perfeckt wife enny more than tha,te iz for a perfeckt husband. There. iz just az many good wives az thare iz good husbands, and I never knew two peoplemarried or single, who were determined, to make theirselves agreeable to each other, butsuckseeded. Name yure oldest boy sum good stout name, not after sum hero; but should the first boy be a girl, i ask it as a favor to. me that you kaul her Rebekker. I do want sum ov them good old- fashioned tuff girl names revived and ex- tended. —Jos', Billing& -4 • • CALL and. examine WILSO & YOUNC's. stock of Groceries, Wines and Liquors. 1 11 • 1 , 4 7; b 6i I : if 1 sf 1 - 11 ' X .