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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-01-31, Page 1trried. set at hesect erk. A aaadel. • LLSADEL iS in the teatitaltip ef Howl& ana County of Huron. The population is about 150. A. breach of the Maitland River -flows through the village, on the margin of which are two grist and saw - millee Besides these, there, are several wagon makers blacksmiths, earpenters n that and other workshops. An excellent ea at limestone quarry is in the neighborhood, matey and the farms around partake Of the Bee- general characteristics of the country Rev.. reach caply h the he at - others yols to ection Act. ustees er, al - )y the la this t the along the line from Harriston or, to. Teeswater- -rich in the emality of its timber and the fertility of its cleared lands—T. G. and B. Hand: -Book.. Game. Gonera is a, thriving village, and has, some just elaira to beauty of situation., It is built on the ridges, slopes and in- tervening hollows of rolling hued, skirted OU all sides with wood, and having the Maitland River &Wing through its cen- tre. Near the vilta.ge this stream runs through 'a channel whose banks are of some elevatiou, and ie consequence hay= Mg a natural formation for gathering a considerable head of water to give power for rolls or other works. It is in the township of liewick, ell through which the -water power is abundant, affording dealer ample opportunity for making it a pre - deal_ eminently manufacthring toivnahip. Gorrie is 23 miles from Mount Forest, heats- awl has a. Population of 400 There is here one of the largest saw mills through- out- Ali this sectiondoing a business of ever one naillion feet of lumber anntt- y, which alone will give a large carry- ing ttade. to the railway from this sta- tion, espethally so when conjoined: with. the product of another extensive saw mill at Wroxeter„ which sends out three armee quarters a a million feet annually. The seen timber cut at this mill is pitia hemlock, Neat, and some beech, maple and elm. Be- [- La sides the saw mill there is a large shunrtforee gle mill and a flour mill, two tanneries, with- . a foundry a carriage factory and a cheese a will factory. Irethe mteeests ofthe apical- th, tural population a monthly fair bee been I. established. There is a fine country of the arouna with a good. loam soil and riohly er ate prodtictive.,-11. G. and R. Hanel -Rook. 80 to ,stem, • are very vett- ended ri are rarda ; their - patbe Wrarxretere PRESENTATION. ----Mr. George Eyvel, who has for the past three years been principal teacher in the Wroxeter public school, was waited upon by a• namber of his late pupils and .presented with a beautiful writing tease and a complimen- I met taiy eclarese°expressive of their esteem ehaita for harrae a teacher, elect their regret at their his. departuee. eaface, veRoxxiliza, three miles from Gorrie aenrY and in the game township, has a popula- estas.e. tion of 700. It a ale° situated on the *era- Maiden(' River, which gathers. addition - .hair, al al volume of water, after leaving Gerrie, . read from an adjoining creek. This is a place as aP-' of (mowing, importance far produce of all year, kia%s. - A large quantity of grain, but- : and I ter, pork and wool is brought here. One A for I buyer alone purchased, last season, 12, - was. 000 pounds of wool. There are 'four - re- grain warehouses. aheep and cattle are jVrat I reared extensively in the district, and au of I the monthly cattle fair add here is well Peti- ! attended. The village trade is various. la bUd There is the large saw mill already re - :le ae ; ferred to---conjnined with Which is a 1.8 not planing mill. and sash and door faetory ; :week. I a Roar and grist mill, with three run of 4 to stones, and two run of stones about to iith be added, as the proprietors intend- to :aunts- prosecute flour milling largely for ship- atbata • meek, as sow aaehe railway is complet- aarcla mama iTras- ames ifljses poses; r seeds, ficere, ation- ar The - i ea to this point. There is a cabinet fac- tory carrying on a considerable business; an iron fotteclrytis in course Of erection; aed there are several carriage and wagon factories. As in all villages, in proper- tionto size, there are several amen:rak- ing and tailoring eetablisaments, and carpenters' shops. The general store business is extensive and yearly increas- ing. Ae an evidence of the business importance of the place, it is represent- ed, on good authority, that there is more nted. money passes through the post office of a the Wroxeter than any other post oEce in eaik's the conaties of Huron, Grey and Bruce. Of course, places where there are bank agenciesestablished must be exempted from comparison under this representa- tion. Tlee village of Belmore, about five o sta- miles distant, near which there is alarge the cheese factory,' will, in all probability, ll the send its traffic with the east by Gerrie sent. and Wroxeter Station. Howick- is the ea of most peen:tams township in the Comity Mess; of Huron, its numbers being 5,500, with re- 1,100 ratepayers. Many of the fanners ev- of the adjoining township of Carrick, in B. its south-western section., will bring their atitoe trade to this station, although their posi- : 'rite tiou may be nearer to Clifford, on the ; the Welling -to -la Grey and Brube line, as the Rick, roads to Clifford are very hilly and. - e fel- rough, while to Wrexeter they are of a year different character. _Besides, Toronto uehip t and the east is evidently considered by eller, the majority of the pea.* in these" parts arta as the best outlet for then- produce trade, bort , for although Harriston has had railway ata; cannection with Hamilton and the Great tate-f. 'Westera Rue since the beginning of last sec- winter, and naturally, (rpm its proximity hf $11 to Howiek. the people of that township 1872, might have been supposed*to have gen- aaryt erally sent their grain there for slap- -tang merit, along the Wellington, Grey Ana y J. Bruce line, yet the greater part of the traffic in produce from Wroxeter and in uf other pldees around has gone a much n his i ftirther distance to Seaforth. for ship- Ovea ment on the Grand Dunk line to Torone Tick, . to. and ()tiler places east. This traffic, i4eut •then, will naturally find its way to the (tang ToroatebGrey- aua Bruce line-..athen the Gerrie -and Wroxeter station is opened see- for busaiess. The railway as projected itt Gf will be carried through from Wroxeter etlay to Teeswater, in the C`ounty of Bruce, se of and, may ultimately be extended to Lake the Huron.- at at end la Rand -Book. txhi- - mad HulIett. tthat lain - to burg Ran- = the Leaa yank, oads ; for a 'ea tidal eting ea at Eetearoe 0•FFICERS. —The following °facers of the Hullett Branch Agnelli - tura' Society were elected at the annual meetine which took place in Clinton on Jan. LC: J. Biggins., President ; J. Ma - eon, Vice -President ; J A. NelleS, Sec- retary' - T. - Cooper, Treasurer. Direc- terse --James Sutherland, Wm. Caldwell, James Southcombe, Richard (ole, J. Shipley, Wm. Wise, 11. Ford, F. Wal- ters, S. Anarews. Auditors—N. Rob - on and R. la 1). Brown. The Treas. urees report saowea a balance on liana tala 71. NOTICE. LL persons iralebted to me by BOOK AO.- COVNT or NOTE -win please settle at once IOW and save the disagreeable work of the CURT, ftieS- ; which mast be resorted to in the event of further aiicil; delay. Messrs. LOGAN & JAMESON are author- lOnth ized to nethe payment and ghereceipts. LAST WARNING. 2,47 JNO. 11.0GAN. taillET-11 YEAH. W1101.16 O. 260. I SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JAN. 31, 1873. 31c3LICAN 1111110TWEBA, Publiishers. Si 30 a Year, ill advance. *at tOtaii tor *W. FOR SALE. (111EAP AND ON TIME. Lot 19 lith comics - k Hi�u, Turnberry. Apply to - CAMERON & GARROW, ,• Bari isters 265-8 Goderil. TO CARPENTERS. TO be solt1 cheap, a good carpenter Shop and Dwelling, with a quarter of au ace of garden,. Stable Pump, and other conveniences, situate in the Village of Kinbitru, Ifullett. An extensive business may be done. 2.66'4 WM. COATS. Proprietor. FOR SALE.' T _OTS Nos. 10 and 11, Con. 13, Grey, containing -1-1•900 acres, 100 acres cleared; balance well tim- bered.; good frame house and log barn and stable; a never -failing spring of water runs through the property; the fe.nees are all frood;' a young or- chard of 160 trees. The aaveroperty • is 21 miles from a loading gravel roadansI 4 miles from ' ,firussels (lateAinleyville,) where a tation of the Welling,tOn, Grey and Bruce Railmn - will be open- ed this coming spring. - The above I ts will be sold either together or siugly. For further partie.ulars address FRANCIS BRYDON or 0. It. COOPER, ikusaels P. 0., (late Dingle.) 267e4 Blues YARD TORT. HN rroBENT, the Briek Yard on the econd Conees- 1 sion of Tnekersmith, at Egmoh tile the pro- perty of Mr. Thomas Govenioek, Iiillop. This is a large yard, Nate.. four large mills, and a batik of splendid Clay eight feet thiok, a never -failing supply of -water, the yard is fur- nished with every convenience ahd facility for tuanufactining. •PLOCSE and STABLE" on the yard will be sold; also, te be sold the carts, bar- rows, and otherimplements used heretofore in the yard, and about 5,000 feet Of good hunbe4. Rent ot yard $1.00 a year. The house and stable will be sold for $100 cash, the other articles will also be disposed of very low. This is an ex ellertt chance for any one wishing to engage in tit Brickmaking business, as bricks are now selling t from t36 to :$7 50 per 1,000, and wood obteinable at $2 50 a cord. For further particulars apply t4ri, 2654'26 JOHN BOWDEN, Egmoudville P. 0 STEAM .SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE. 101,tELNG- Lot 34, Con. 7, 11,1eKi1lop, eontaining 104 -L-1 acres, all cleared, with good barns and stables, two good orchards in full bearing; two neVer-fail- • lug springs which supply the mill. :Also, lot 35, (Ion. 9, containing 48 acres of bush.. The property is situated 6 miles from Seaforth with a good ravel road thereto. For further particulars apply on the premises. If by post, to JOHN THOMP- SON, Constance P. 0., Kinburn, Ont. 260 ARCHITECTURE. THE undersiguea ls prepared to urnish 1-• Specifications, &e., of Public arid Private Buildings, and also to superiutend the erection of the same. Carpenters, Plasterers': and Masons' work nicAsured and valued. ADAM GRAY, -262 Second. Conee:,sion. McKillop. NOTICE TO'SAW LOG OWNERS. • A LL parties desiring to have logs saw'n at JOHN GOTENLOOK'S Saw Mill shout bring them at once, as he intends removing is mill about the ist of March. Iintil that date parties bringing logs in (AU have their lumber sawn flo as to tnke it 'tome with them.. JOHN GOVENLOCK. McKillop, Nov. 26, 1872. ' . • 260 DANIEL McGrli. GOB, y Bookbinder, Harpurhey, S�farth, TTAs just received it large Stock of the materials -I -I- used in the bu' siness andlis no - fully prepar- ed to execute, on the shortest noti -e and in the latest styles, all orders he inky be favoured with. REGISTERS, A 0 FAS & BLANK BOOKS OF ANY KIND, Lulea, Printed and made to order, o the shortest notice, and at prices win& defy e nipetition. Ladies.' Work Boxes (C. ney. Cases Made to order. OLD AND NEW BOOKS • • Bound and repaired at city prices. All communications addressed to the undersign- ed, will receive prompt attlentioo, DANIEL Ale.GICEGOR, Seaforth, (1Iarpurhey. _ SUFFOLK BOAR. THE proprietor will keep for servive during the •-4- present season a first-elass . • SUFFOLK BOAR, .. 'Sired. by the Snffolk boar imported from England. by Mr. Fisher, of Colborne. TER MS. . • ()e dollar cash, with privilege of returning :luring • season. JA2JE.S LANDESBOROUGH, Tucker - smith, Lot 28, Con. 3, H. R. S. ' 262 CORDWOOD WANTED. PRICES ADVANCED ON CORDWOOT), DELIVERED IN ANY Qt ANTITIES All along the 0. T. R. Railway `Creek between. Ntratford, iS'aforth, Cilile";Lnd (Ioderich. Vrompt payment monthly as wood is received. A PFIY to ALEXALNI)ER NAIRN. 268-4 Roekwood P. 0. TO DAIRYMEN. MILK • CANS ANT) PAILS. Alia. WHITNEY Wettld state to Dairymentitat'she connuenced • to manufacture • Milk Cans and Pails, Of all kinds, and can supply them IS CHEAP AS ANY IN THE T RADE. . stove.( and Tinware oa Itand cos vxmal. COAL 01 L for sale Wholesale and Retail. •Repairing and Eave Trim gh keg promptly attend - ea to. MRS. WHITN,EY, Main -Street, • NOTICE. ?ilia undersigned, on behalf of the 134 p tis t Church, -A- Sootorth, will offer for sale, by Public Auction at the otIke of Mr. John S. Porter. Seaforth, on the 19th day of February, -A. D. 1873, at the hour o t 2 &clock itt the afternoon. that vertain parcel of land, being village lot No. 92, 4)f the .Ta t vis Siu-ve3- of part of tbe said village of Settfortit. Terms -- ten per cent. of the purchase money te be paid by • pureliaser on the day of sale. and the balance of the said purchase money upon being- funiished with a valid conveyance of the said premises. saicl •eonve3-ance to be prepawd at the expense of the purchaser by the Solicitors for the 551(1Trustees. Dated Jiumary 16,1873. I/013T. N. 131lETT, 1 SAMUEL TROTT, - Trustees. A. McDOITGA,LL„) BENSON & MEI:ER, 2.63 Solicit.om for Trustt.s. • he felt, in the nature of things, be some shadow, and he was grateful to the gods, OOR RAB. Oor Rab's in his bed, an' he's sleepin' sae .soun' That Afore he 'wad wauken the. hoose micht fa' doon. Sae juist steer the fire'up, an' mak' some repair ;On his troosers, an' cover his huidies ance mair • For anfacie as I'm leevin' I thocht per- fect shame, 4 When an auld neebor leis cam' to see my snug hame, When hebarig'd in amang us, clemandin' apiece, His rags hangin' doon like a half-cuisten , fleece. But ane needna think ony shame o' their ain, - Though nae mither wi' han's could keep Claes on sic wean, For free mornin' till nicht there's nae rest -for his feet, But a constant tin on till I'm weary tae see't. Na, when suppin' his parritch at nicht I declare Re keeps thumpin' on u4' his heels ore the fluir. It's a wuuner tae me thattl hae wit hale banes This wee wararin' Jew o' a' ill steerixa weans. . •_ Then whatwark he has makira wee boats • that maun soom, •' Though the last ane he made he near sniggit his thoom ; An' brew paper mills to whirl roun' wi the wun , Whoa set oot on the knotie wi' their shanks in the gran'; For bye itber things I 'nicht coont by the • score That he mak's oot o' sticks that lie bing'd at the door. 'Deed, his faither aimed' weinners hoo he can mak' Siccan things—he's a perfect mechanic, irrfack. But wae tae that day when the sodgers cam' rount An' geed fifin' an' prancin' like mad througa the toon ; For months after that t).'_ the auld broken boards That his hands got a hand o' he turned into sword; An' gaed stoggin' abdot in his sodger-like pride, Wi' ane near as tang a; halm)! at ilk • sale. I laticht, till:I scarce could draw yairn through a,- sock, At the way he could mimic the red -coat- ed fol.. But it caw' tae an en' wi! the wee war- like fnle, , For ridin' ae day on the lang-leggit stale, The great big braid bonnet o' brew tar- tan claith, That his faither got matte waen the chaps play'd Macbeth, - Fell clean oe'r his een and it bitted him sae sair, -That he fell wi? his heed against the edge - • o' a' chair, But I thoeht as I cuddled the wee sab- bin' limb, A' wha gi' vvark fee sodgers should tumble • like him. e • But he's nu ill ava though at times dae ye see, • He raises ciirmurs 'tween. his faither an' rte, For he cries when he happens to bear o' e his tricks, " WiaaS fack as ocht, Jean, ye should gi'e him his licks." . But I say to him, "John, what's the use o' this rage, - The bairn's nae wheet waur tban the rest at Mane ; " An' the rogue (for he kens that he's dear • tae my heart) • Fu's my goon a' the while that I'm telt- • in' his pairt. 1 like my bit ba4inie, an whiles as 1 shoo, I 1 big up air castles tae _pleaae my ain view; Then I see him geown up buirdly, sonsie an' brew, • The prop o' oor age, an' the pride o' us a' draighlin' wi' horses, an' stannin' the brash 0' the cauld tvietr day, - but a job wi' some cash,„ An' aye a gucle coat that he buttons, in- stead 0' flingin't clean aff him tae win his bit cency. The prosperity of the year hae had its dingy lining. But "still; it is im- possible not to see that thete is consider- able -uneasiness. A very good year is al- ways distrusted. It is feared that it may have led to recklessness and ever - trailing, to lavish personal expenditure and desperate efforts to bring upbusiness to keep pace with new habits; and then there is also an instinctive and perhaps somewhat superstitious faith in the doe: trine �f compensation. Expetience in- deed seems to show that periods ef finan- cial inflation and 4epression come, like good and bad seasons, in periodical cy- cles. That the year has been a very erospereus • one cannot be doubted. Trade has been active ancl profitable be- yond all precedent? and a great deal of money has been made. Prices have been high, and people with .small fixed incomes must have suffered, but, as a rule, the influx of money has been greater than the increased expenditure. The revenue returns show in a striking manner the - abundant riches of the country. There is every reason to expect that the Gov- ernment will next April be able to show a surplus of nearly three millions and a half. In any case. however, the coun- try has certainly been making money fast. • Whether it will continue to make money at the same rate. or whether there may not be a dangerous reaction, is an- other question. Dear bread, dear coal, dear iron — these are three formidable facts Which encounter us on the threshold of the year. The harvest was bad last year, but the French had good crops, • and that helpedlonnoderate the market. But for some weeks. all Europe seems to have been more or less under water,:a_nd there is no appearance as yet of '•tthe weather settling- down to its nate al _condition. Inundations in France and Italy, and •the richest parts of England converted into swamps, do not pronate well for next year's harvest. Two days ago we had fearful thunder -storms ad more floods.' To -day it rains as briskly as if it bid ohly just begun. Altogeth- er it Wirdly needs a piophet to predict bad harvests in .Europe next autumn. The price of bread is more lieela to rise than to fall, and people are also threaten- -ea with a scarcity of coal._ THE GREAT COAL STRIKE • On tbe first week in. January a great coal strike began in Wales, which throws 60,000 men out of work. The Welsh colliers are dividedicato' three Classes, ac- cording to the uses to which the coals are applied. Some supply the iron -works, • while others *vide household coalsand coals for stead,. purposes. It is •the iron- • workers' collides who have just struca, and the ironworkers, who would fain have kept to their eniployment, are also thrown out against their will. Six months ago they got an advance of ten per cent. on their wages. • Soon after they demanded another ten per cent. -This was refusea, ancl on a threat of a locl, out the demand was withdrawn. Now the mestere, finding prices declin- ing, insist upon taking off the t 'per cent. already coneded. and going beck to the old scale. The masters propose that if m&rkets • ve the men should get their Share of the increaied prices, and in the meantime they offer to submit their booksfor examination by delegates chosen ;from among the men. To this the colliers answer that if they saw the books .they would not know • what to make of theta. and that tbey would pre- • fer arbitration. The masters, however, have declined to be bound by the deci- sion • of- irresponsible outsiders. They will have nothing to :ilea they sny. with anybody bat their own men ; with them they -will discuss the question in every way, and will keep back no secrets of trade. But they ca_nnet recoguize the right of other person., to interfere. The men have accordingly struck. There is some hope, apparently, that matters will be arranged, but I doubt it. The quar- rel goes deeper than the rate of wages. • Of late the men have fancied. that they. Were masters, and the masters think that the time has emne for determining who shall have the upper hand,. The - colliers come to work when they like, dawdle and doze when at work, and con- sider it a great favor that they show face at all. It is often Wednesday before they begin the week, a.nd 'three days' hard drinking does not improve the quality of their work. It takes more iron now to make a ton of rails than it used to do, simply on account of the bad workmanship. Ibis feeling on the part of the men has been fostered by the lead- • ers of the Union, who are really at the bottom of the strike. They think they have been slighted by the masters, and thatat is necessary to make them smart for it. The chances are, however, that the men will suffer more than the mas- ters. One of the latter, a Mr. Cramshay, 18 reported to be worth seven or eight I millions sterling; and other iron masters and coal proprietors in the same district are.only a little less wealthy, and quite capable of bearing the loss of a protract- ed struggle. They evidently think it • worth while to give • the men a lesson. At present it is a comparatively small body ei calliers who are putting a stop to the indastry of the district at the dic- tation..of the managers of the mon. Alreecly the iron -workers and many of the colliers resent the despotic 'way in • which the Unionists have treated them, and their love for the Union will not be increased by their ex-perience of the con- sequences ot the strike. The itmonests, who know they are no matefor indivi- dual proptietors with large fortunes at their back, and responsible for tbeir con- • duct to no one but themselves. fix their hopes mainly- on the joint-stock com- paniee. It is supposed that the manag- ers of these companies dere not expose themselves to the anger of she share- holders if a-strikeshould involve, as it would, a loss of dividends. There is something in this. perhaps, but, on the whole, it would seem as if there had been a turn of the tide in regard to unionism, and the employers who have sufficient courage and resources to confront it gen- erally get the best of the encounter. • MR. CARDWELL AND MR. HARCOURT. Mr. Cardwell, the War,Searetary, and Mr, Vernon Harcourt, "Historicus," Nae doot but l'm wrangi tee look ow'r far ,afore, Though somehow I think that i a' thii is • in store, ' An aften my heart giies a loup ai I think Hoe the - neebors will say, a Fegs her lad's nae sma' drink" , 1 say this tae Johatelbut he tuft's UDC° •sgnhI e-li' Thounkeit a' the time that he thinks • sae himselt Lod, wha ken but some heiress may think • bim a grab, - When we ca' hint oor Robert, intead oor Rab. • SURFACEMAN. ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE. Promiperity—The Probability of a Criala --The Great Cial cal, dm. LONDON, aan. 1813. The new year finds people here in a tolerably sober, not to say half -frighten- ed, state of mind. There is a terror in great material prosperity, and something of .this kind seems to press on the con. science of the people. • The country has of late been growing rich not in a small, steady way, but, as Gladstone put it, by a leaps and bounds." Man the old Rot man slipped on the altar •steps as he was going up to return thanks for a victory, he became easier. in his mind;. to such good fortunes as he had enjoyed there must, ESTRAY WE. • 4 &ME to the premises of the subscriber, Lot 27, "--) Can. 2, Hibbert, last summer, it black EWE L eNia. The owner is requested to prove property, • yay.expteaoes and take it away. -?6714• JOHN cnon.,N. 14to'huochhaodf tltte vetrhh: grtle that point of view the*Geneva and Berlin awards may be regarded with compla- • have this week delivered. two speeches apiece to their constituents at Oxford. They are members. of the town, not the University, which has two members who are both Constrvatives. • Cardwell is the very ideal of a safe man in politics—slow, measured,' cautious, yet not too cauti- ous to mote, at all. Be not the first by whom the new is tried, Nor yeti:wind to lay the old aside, is his motto. He began life as a Feelite, as, indeed, did Gladstone, and he has kept pace with the latter, as far as actual .legislation has gone, without forfeiting his character for prudence and consisten- cy. He talks in a sad, solemn, funereal sort of way, with a distinct enunciation of every syllable, and a pause between every word; and anything more removed from passion -or temper than his speeches cannot be conceived. It is an old rule, when anybody catches fire, to wrap the Unfortunate person in a blanket or some dense covering; and in political contro- versy Cardwell's oratory is similarly use - imam Ile overcomes his victims by a gen- tle soinnolence. There • never was a more inflammable subject than the Army bill, -Which affected the abolition of pur- chase ; and if anybody but Cerdwell had been War Minister, there would have been a perpetual series of explosions. But Cardwell wrapped the hot, fiery hissing Colonels and Lordlings in las mantle, and the flames died out for want of air. There can hardly be an odder sight than to see this fish-blobded, cleric- al looking man, with his long, grave face and pueific demeanor, riding his quiet • little cob at the bead of the army during the Autumn manoeuvres. Mr. Cardwell had little to say, except that England could no tj us t yet afford to dispense with an army. Mr. Vernon Hantourt is a poli- tician of a different stamp, essentially ag- gressive: and by no means careful to bal- ance his arguments, either for or against any particular course of policy. He took up what promises to be a popular line in regard to what he called 'the grand- maternel Government, which ties night- • caps on a growieep nation, by act of Parliament." He was referring especial- ly to the Licensing act, which deals stringently with the p u blie houses, and sends people home to bed at an early hour. "We no longer," be said, ‘` pre- scribe the course of trade by act of Par- liament, but it seems we are to establish protective prohibitory duties upon the the habits of the people. One set of people want to attack liberty of actiou in one respect, another set of people want to attack it in another respect." A CLERICAL FORGER. 21111 almost ashamed to mention as a pieceof news of any interest in Can. ada a paltry forgery of some £22,000 worth of joint stock scrip. It is reported, however, that the case will, as it is dis- closed, swell into larger proportions, and the fact that a highly respected and popular clergyman is the accused person takes it out of the entegory of common- • place crimes. •Mr. Moyle, who has just been arrested on this charge, has been for some time a beneficed clergyman of the Church of Eneland at Middles- borough. fie was very earnest and as- efduous in the discharge df his ministerial' • duties, and was • pronounced by all classes a " good. fellow." He was on good terms even With the infidels of the town, and piesented them with an en- graving of Holmoh Hunt's "Light of the World," to haag up in the smoking room of their club. His attention to clerical work did not prevent him from being a director of sevei al joiet stock companies and taking an active part in their management. aliddlesborougk is one of the new parts of England, and owes its rapid rise to large aiscoveries of are. It is full of men who have been sud- denly enriched, and who give their time to the social life of the place. It is sup- posed that the contagion was too much for the getrial parson, *he first got be- yond his depth in speculation, and then, sought relief by imitating other people's handwriting. • The clergy are making great efforts to hush up the matter, but, Mi. Moyle is in the.hands of the police, and bail has been refused. Bow BELTS. London Railway Bonus. Stn, --In the last lame of your esteem- ed journal appetite a letter from. Mr. Cresswell, Reeve of Tuekersmith, which he puts hie objections to the above in a tangible shape. He does not • touch upon the propriety or advantage of securing the road. His objections seem to be as to matters of detail. he wishes U8 to show our agreement with the Great • Westene. He might just as well ask for a written guarantee that we would get the Government subeidy. • We went to the Government, explain- ed our scheme, and the reply was, " get yonr bonuses voted, prove that you are willing to help yourselves, and you'll get your subsidy'; but we can give you nothing, till you show us that with our help, you can build the road." The ar- rangement with the Great Western is of the same character, if we can raise $6,000 per mile, they will enter into an • agreement to build, equip and run the road; if we don't raise the, money we can't expect theru to. But, says an ob- jector, "1 wish to make sure that the Great Western will get it before I vote my bonus." Grant the necessity of the road, and what difference who builds it ? Wawanosh voted her money on condi- tion that it would not be called for till the engine reaches Belgrave. Hallett • has done the same and will pay -when it comes to Londeslx;rough, and 'if it never • • comes there she- has 'nothing to pay. If Tuckersmith should vote her money, to • be paid when Brucefield was reached, what difference to the people who build the road to that point ? I exclude the Grand Trunk, which can't raise money . enough to change its guage, and, there- fore, is in no position to build new rail, ways. Mr. Cresswell's sneer at our $20,000," was certainly uncalled for. Surely, if any number of men sub- scribe $100,000 of their private funds, and pay eneefiftli of it down, tobe 'mental sur- veying routes, and discovering whether a great public undertaking can be suc- cessfully carried out, they have a right to expect aid' and sympathy from a gen- tleman_ occupying the position of Reeve pf a township largely -interested in- its construction. Then Mr. Cresswell thinks his money is not safe because some mon- strous bills have been presented to the Board. History shows us that in all such enterpriees you will find men animated more by selfish thau patriotic aims • but does that for a moment effect the chart. aeter of the enterprise itself .? Did the fact that a Buffalo •sharper gotposses- sion of the money voted by us fpr the Buffalo and Lake Haron Railway by which we were kept out of the road for three years, render that enterprise less important to the County of -Huron ? And • does the fact that certain parties have made claims of which they have not re- ceived a shilling. and which if they live till they do receive, their longevity will eurpass that of alethasa.leh, militate against the •advantages to be derived from the construction of the London Road_? These are' merely side issues • brought forward. to detract from the real questiens at issue, which are, will it pay, • and, is it within our each?'tYou have yourself answered the first in an able re- • view of the question a few 'weeks ago, in which you- showed that the benefits to be derived. by the 'township from the pee - session of the road, were vastlyin excess of the small amounts staked of them for its construction; • If more is needed, it is furnished in your last issue wherein you state that 700 car loads of produce are • detained at Seaforth, and that the man- ufacture of salt is nearly stopped for want of means to ship it. It is the same • in Clinton, and is it not just a repetition of what we have had for many years, and is the difficulty not likely to in- crease? . Mr. Cresswell belittles the London Road. Does he propose any substitute? Does he hint at any •other plan to relieve our farming, commercial and • manufacturing interests ? •Should he not have carefully examined this pro- jeca to see if it were feasible, or lent us his valuable aid F 11d. assistanceto make it so. Ile might have said, Here is an- other highway to the ocean, here is a •competing line which will remove our surplus grain, lower our freights, and thereby bring money, into our pockets. can we secure.it ?" But like the child in the nursery, terrified at the idea of a skeleton he never saw, he fears to vote his bonus lest the Medicine man of Lon- don will get it for extra services. Is the " pitiful" $15,000 of the wealthy fern). ers of Tuckersmith of more importance to them, than $25,000 to Wawanosh or Hallett? Consider for a sample merely, the fol- lowing facts. The Grand Trunk carries wheat from Clinton to _Montreal for 22 cents. • It carries it from Chicago to • Montreal, more than twice the distance; for the same money. If the latter is a fair rate it should carry our wheat from Clinton or Seaforth to Montreal, for 11 • cents. Hence every fanner shipping wbeat loses ten cents a bushel at least, compared with the farmer on the West- ern Prairie, and each of you who have sold 500 bushels this )ear have lost $50 in extra, freight, which you would have saved, had you had the competition of the Great Western as they have at Chi- cago, 1 have not time to multiply facts or to discuss the second question. Is the road within our reach—I think it is. Let Tackersniith and Stanley vote the small amounts asked of them, which will enable the promoters to -press the Great *Western, and say, here are our bonuses voted, we have done one peat,. now do yours. Vote your money, but keep it till the road is nonana to Bruce - field, and before' ten year you will admit that " pitiful " $15,000 was the best investment Tuckersmith ever Made. 1 reinain, yours tnily, - • WILLIAM Setae. Beene Jan. 28, 1873. -- Canada. Mr. Edmund Wragge, l'hief Engineer of the Toronto, Geey and Bruce Railway, •-with his family, sailed from New York for England ou Friday last. --On Saturday night last a party of nine -engineers and surveyors arrived at ()wen Sound, having completed a prelim- inary survey, • from Paisley to Owen Sound, in the interests • of the Welling- ton, Grey and Bruce Railway Company. They report favorably upon the route —A married woman_ of respectable connections, but of bad repute, wandered into the house of Mr. Boyd., of Napa - nee, one night last week,. He gave her shelter for the night, but she was found dead the following morning, it is simpts- ed from exposure and fatigue. —Two gentlemen beloncdog to the town of Perth are about esta.baishitig a manufactory for the production ef dye- stuff from log -wood, fustic, and caber ravr materials from which dyes are made. The home market for the naanufactured article is very large, and fully warrants the prediction that ready sale for all that can be turned out of this factory will be got. It being the only one of the kind now in Canada. ..—Thirteen months ago Mr. William Lamb, of Meaford, became the father of a child that bas since become phenomen- al.. At three months the baby's weight was twenty-eight pounds; his present weight, at thirteen inouths, is upwards of sixty pounds. measures fifteen inches round the thick of the thigh, and thirty- six inches round the chest. Eyes light blue, hair light brown, fair complexion, a pleasing and. intelligent countenance, and ;lever suffered from any sickness. Who wouldn't like to father such a trea- sure as this ? —At a seating match which recently kook place at Halifax, N.. S. between two celebrated ska.tists for ai0 a side, the wineer of the match made the dis- tance of four miles in fourteen minutes and twenty-four seconds. —On Friday last as an express train goiaig east was within a. few miles of Grafton station the baggage and mail car was dimwitted to be' on fire; The fire spread so rapidly that the greater portion of the contents of the ear was destroyed; -including the baggage of the aassengere, the mails for England, and a portion of the Canadian mail. > The loss will probably be a serious one for She company as they will have to make good the baggage and any Money or other veluables which was among the mail anattere The fire is supposed to have erieinated from the stove in the cat. —At a fashionable wedding which took piece in Kingston a few evenings ago a rather exciting scene—not M the progranaine—took pla-ce. The church edifice M which She ceremony took place was filled with. people to an alarm* ex- tent. The gallery front began to sway outwards and at Once alarm was. given. A areadiul panic ensued. Individuals were . helplessly earned along in the stream of excited people. Several ladies fainted, and others were severely crush- ed. --The Free Masons of Hainiltoia con- template the erection of a Masonic Hall at a cost of $40,000. The buildiim will beproceeded with. early in the spring. • —In the Ontario Legislature on Friday evening last a rather lively and amus- ing scene eccurred. On the motion for the adjournment of the House being car- ried, Mr. Speaker waa about to retire • wb en it ;was found. that, the sergeant -at - arms being absent, no one was ready to precede the Speaker with the mace. In the absence of this importent accessory to his dignity,. Mr- Speaker sat in his cbair as helpless as the King of Spain be- fore the lire, etiquette having ip the case of His Majesty required that hetahou!d. be roasted alive rather that move with- out prepeaattendants. At length, amid the cheers of the Rouse, Ma Sergeant ap- peared and looked wonderingly on for a moment before he realized the nature of the situation; then seizing the mace he made for the door, and the apeaker with due gravity followed, the members cheer- ing as he retired. Dia* Mty before com- mon sense. -On the person of a pauper woman who recently died M a New Brunswick workhouse were found notes of the dif- ferent banks of the Province, a Norwe- gian coin, Mexican and other opanish dollars, and a great variety of English gold and silver coins, amounting in all to $314. ---An idant daughter of a farmer name ed Baz ber. in the County of Waterloo, aged about sixteen months, was smother- ed. in bed a 'few evenings ago.. Her mother put her to bed at night as usual, and beim, surprised at her not wakenMg lap at her usual time in •the morning went to the bed, and upon removing the clothing found her with her face closely pressed into the pillow, and quite dead. It is supposed she had turned into this po- sition in her sleep, and get smothered in the pillow. • —Mr. Skinner, of Schoenberg, has on his farm a barrow pig which- weighs 1,140 pounds, and stands over four feet high. The owner of this monster has been offered $90 for him, but refuses to sell him for leas than $100. • —It is feared that Mr. and Mrs. Hen- ry Stephens, of • the township of Bin - brook, County of Wentworth, have been lost M the 'mow during the late starlit On Thursday afternoon of lest week they left home for Hamilton, and have not since been beard from. It is feared that in the blinding storm they mistook their way and drove over one of the awful precipices which abound in the vicinity of Albion Mille, about five miles from the city, on the: mountain ridge. Although diligpnt searah has since been made, nothing can either be beard or seen of either themselves or their team. -a-The contract for building -the line between Wingham and Kincardine, on the Kincardine bran_ eh of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway, has been • awarded to Mr. William flenehie, of Hamilton, • Anold lady named Janet Heskite of the village of Mitchell, aged. about 85 years. was discovered dead m her bed on Tuesday et laet week. It seems 81.,e has lived alone for -many years, her eccentric aisaosition being •such that no person could he with .her. 15 18 supposed from her appearance when found that she had been dead for two or -three days. The cause of death is not definitely known. It is the general opinion, however, that •old age was the principal cause. She leaves an estate and effects worth some two or three thousand dollars. —At the County Treasurer's sale of lands for taxes recently held in Strat- ford, one fifth part of the fifth of an acre, situated in the village of Carronbrook, weasel& for ninety dollars, being at the rate of over two thousand &tilers per acre. How is this for Carronbrook ? - --One night- last week some •of the members of the Libbert congregation of the Canada Presbyterian Church, in re- turning from Mitchell, called at the Manse, at Cromarty, and M the natne of the ladies of the congregation presented • their pastor, Rev. P. Scott, with a very handsome sofa, —The council of Strathroy recently purchased a steam fire -engine from Messrs. Hyslop & Ronald, of Chatham, of which it is reported that at a trial on Weduesday it "threw 20 feet above one of the church (mires, which is 157 feet high, end through a long lengtb of hose. The committee were unanimous in pur- chasing it. It throws four streams of water. Raised thirty pouuds stealer and. started the engine in exactly live min- utes." It seems to 118 this is the sort of engine that is:required in •Seaforth, or else the Waterous system ot water- -works. • —04 Monday last an old man named Frank McKenzie was instantly killed on the track, half a mile east of Ailea Craig, by an express train on the Grand Trunk Railway. The deceased was going to see his son, who recently lost his armby a railway accident at that village. His wife was killed by the cars at Point Ed- ward a few weeks ago, while endeavor- ing to -send something to the son. And another son was killed. in & ffiihilnr man. nee. stead two years ago. The old man was lyinta on the track. ft is not known whether he -as under the hillueu7s of Liquor or not. -