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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-02-21, Page 1FEB, 14, in Iles €:, `. Montgomery, M. Chambers. Davis, and J. K iedy`�Motio ; eat ried. Moved by James Hays, seconded f by A. Govenlock, that dunes Rare, zging . E James Meliciwall and Samuel Smith lx little reappointed Fenceviewers fr 1873--C evay, tied. Moved A. Kerr,` seconded by nion, \' diiam 'Ben, that James Sperling end Imp's others in the vicinity of Seaforth, be al Wty. lowed to do their statute labor in making stir- sidewalks on the road opposite their places, and that James iparling be path.. master --Carried.. Moved by William M seco de€i by A. Kerr, that, Waiter Turnbull be authorized to clear the side road'20 and 21, Con. 14, front fromA. Gardner'e fence to Wm. Gardner's fence, have a wagon track ready by June 1, for \which contract he is to have the timber there+, of for his labor -Carried. Moved by A. Kerr, seconded by Wm+ Bell, that l'hil• ip Sperling, 'fir. Sm th )and 'fn. Camp4 bell be appointed 'a board of health forthis township, that a by-law be Pass. a `F ed therefor, and $4 be paid: to each for ase in- their servicee—carried, Moved by k ies, James Hays, seconded by Wm. Bel}, r, as that the following -persona be appointed } pay pathrnasters On the gravel road north of and Seaforth, and be instructed to call oat: all those liable to perform statute labor a do under their jhrisdiction immediately, to but - tion ality tiel made rence to id ta an- e not ex more clear* and level the road passable foe reams, the Clerk notifying them forth- with, viz.: Thomas Lapslie, on Con. Carried. Moved by James Hays, see, onded by A, Kerr, that Samuel -Smith be paid the sem of 085, as per agreement r two betvieen the Coattail mid Smith in the sait ani- between Smith and Johnston, being half tht the expenses incurred it taid suit, pro - too, vided he delivers the bond relative there - bout ed a four A and ot other ta to aria have toney our to--eCarried. Moved by WA]. Bell sec - coaled by A. Kerr, that the Reeve be* authorized to proceed' forthwith to God. erich to examine the vouchers of school maneys paid. for the County apportion- ment in Is6a, to correct an error relative thereto still existing—Carried. ' Jotter ifStretateon, Clerk. - —A petal& in Montreal named .Alcite ander McGibbon has comineneeci an ec- tion for ilamagea for $25;000 against Messrs, John Dougall & Son, pubfishert of the Montreal Witness, in consequence of au article which.recently appeared in that paper reflecting apon him for hav- the snow shoe dub. __An amusing incident; though a crime, - toak place a- ctry or two ago in Toron- to. A policeman discovered a thief car - near tying away a stove from the ruinsof a re - x. for - cent fire. He forced the culprit ta cariye .ar of the stove hack first, awl then dragged. i two lowing it was found that " anether " it rt52 thief had carried off theesame stave, and ember, it has not been recovered yet. p',.. on —Mrs. Sheriff Macdonald, of Goder- ti the Gut driviao on Thorsday of last week. In pasaing through a cahot hole the farm- sleigh upset, the occupapts being thrown - ' yeari out, and Mrs. Macdonald 'fell on her - ve the I shoulder, dislocating it. . ema.in -7-A young man named Bates lias ;ED. s.exiousIy injured on Tuesday of last - near Goderich, with- a load of wood. He was eitting on the load, and while peeeing through it catot hole the bad, slid forward,.throwing him off in front of the sleigh, whieh passed over him. His, injuries were at first thought to be fatal, but he is now recovering. :a tee — The annual meeting of the Sonth ,sara., Huron County Orange- Asseciation was, „beer,,, ; held at Lucan, on Tuesday, 4th Febne- . char__ ' arye The following *ere elected office t the i bearera for the ensuing year : .W. W. iime_ !-Connor, County Master ; D. Johne, .,..Neet t Donaghy, Secretary ; Thos. Cooper, Di - mean 1 rector of Ceremcades - John- Whitely, etch., t Lee -toren The annual procession will be e bet I -held at Clinton, and the next. annual ita,re ! Mathieu obtained a verdict of some hon - one ) dreds of chillers, in an action for breech I. by of promise of marriage aaainst a yeung Levies 1 lady named. Laflamme. '7ilt is rare that galas '. the scales of justice are thus reversed. t. the I ----A curiing match was played at item- ,' Wroxeter, on Friday last, between NO aide, and resulted in a victory for Wing- istra. ham by seventeen. shots - 'cried. I —A 8 -trance and- serious accid iit oc- it laii. vale, a few nights since. . ban away f, named Beaty, who was staying at the tiem-i hotel over night, retired to bed at the 'That -I usual hour. Some time during the iiiing , night he rose` up in his sleep, an& in at- ' .--ed. ! step, and fell to the bottom, Ile was. 'pH of : discovered in the morning lying at. the :read : foot of the stairs, in an insensible condi- race- '. tion, with his shoulder dislocated., and ttira- ' injured internally. . After gaining con - !1: and i sentusness he had no recollection of hay - A dcipal net at 1873. Mara - Mr. -the. — onae few dayi ago, three or four 1: the /Den mid two haya were assembled' in a the workshop, in the town of Brantfard, all 12/11°1 of whom. were telline stories about -the that consequences of doeTbetes, One of the 6 In- apprentices had bec'en bit -tea twice - by alarer dogs, and such an effeet hacV the Barra' 't the .! tivea upon his mind, that he became con. vulsed, the blood rushing to his face ima tv$T head, and completely proetratine him, tceg mentally and physically. _A docar was called in, who attended to him, and cau- ?.d to timed the men against further converse- 'arittr tion on the aubject in his presence, as it [eved ; might endanger his life or mental fac- Me- nities, The bay was several times, ',Lt ad- seized with similar attacks dining, the .7, at day, bat haa became petty again- Put- Wm. Chtistv of Halldwen, slung up the earniogs of eight cows chir- ;geTt41-tt iog eight -and a haa f months of the sum- mer of 1872, as follows : Ambant of ilk eat delivered at the tactary, 32,886 pounds e ; culi received tor cheese, $373 51 t • cash .! received for butter at 17 cenis, ,tii8 45 ; La ad- total, .$1-1-21 06.!,. Average earnings per the --A young man named William Ham, holies mill. of the township of Garafra.e.a, that Couoty Wellingteu, (fat his hands n.ge badir frozen during- the 0071(1. Snap of the !their ' Week before‘last. Oa 3,1 outlay morning red to lie started to drive from Owen tiound' ; 01 and arrived at home on Tuesday evening. ritd, e got along all right ;until within about iky eight acree of the house, when he drove rat- into 8110w -drift and the horse lay the harness, aud take the oeast fram the -it;0, cutter, the yotme man had his hands next frozen stiff. Urea blisters came out on best the back af them, aud at the beginning Jima r cif this week he was entirely helpless,- lllitten being unable to so Chu& as feed himself, ear be Ilia sister, seeing the difficulty which,' sea. be he was in, came to his assista_nce, ono- esent- she, too, got her hands and feet badly:, j. frozen. SIXTH YEAR. WHOLE NO. 27.2. FARIYI FOR SALE. A VALUABLE FARM, 100 acres, Fired, Cow -43.- cession, McKillop, near Sdaforth, on the main gravel road to Godench 85 acres cleared and free from 'stumps; 35 acres plowed, the rota' ander gran; well watered. and fenced, with large frame side, and good orchard ; possession immediately • title good and. tonne easy.' For further particulars apply to ' 272 LUDWIG MEYER-, Seaforth P. 0. FARM FOR SALE. , VOR SALE, on reasonable ternis, a farm of 125 -raeres, being Composed of part ofImts $1 and 32, in the 9th Coneeesion of McKilloai. There are about 45 acres cleared, well -fenced and in -a good stath of cultivation; about 28 acreeof this is seed- ed with grass ; the remainder is fall plowed and ready for spiiug crop ; the uncleared portion is well timbered with hardwood ; there is no waste . or swampy land on the fann; there is a good log house and other- out buildings ; also, a splendid roing orchard of fruit trees. This farm is within one mile and a quarter of a leading gravel road, and of a store and post-offiee and is but six miles 'from the village of Seaf rth. For further par- ticulars apply to the propr etor onthe premises, or YOR.51 FOR SALE IN MORRIS. .- volt SALE, lot,30, Con. 0, Morris, consisting of -1- 40 acres, 27 !clear, reniainder good beech and maple hardwood ; situated ot the Seaforth Gravel Road, lla miles from Seaforth, si frem Bnissels; good log house; never failing well of water. Fox . farther particatlars apply to THOMAS GRIEVE, FOR SALE. °HEAP AND ON TIME, Lot 19, llth minces: ‘-1 sion, Tarnberry. Apply to FOR saug. OTS Nos. 10 and 11, Con.' 13, Grey, containing, .-1-A 200 acres, DO acres cleared ; balance well tim- bered ; good frame hell's° and log barn and -stable; aever-failing spring, of water ru.ns through the property; the fenCes are all good; a yoong or- chard_ of 160 trees. The aboaa property is 2f miles4rom a leadfrig gravel toad and 4 miles- from Brussels, (late Ainleyvilledavhere a station of the Wellington, Grey and Bruee Railway will be open- ed this coining epriug. The above lots will be sold either together or singly: For further particutirs address FRANCIS 13RIDON or C. R. COOPER, Bruesele P. O.,. (late Dingle.) 26704 BRICK yARD TO RENT. . Pro RENT, the Brick 1* on the Second Concea- -t- -Sion of Tuakersiaith, a Egmondville, the pro- perty of Mr. Thomas Gov nlock, McKillop. This is a large yard, with four large ruins, and a bank of spleedid clay eight feet thick, a never -failing supply of water ; the yarns fur- - nished with every convenience and facility for manufacturing. HO'USE and STABLE on the yard will be sold ; also, to be sold the carte, bar- -.rows; and other implethento naetlheretofore hi the yard; and about 5,000 feet of good lumber. Rent oiyard ..,4,1.00 a year. The tense and. stable will be sold for $100 cash ; the other articles will aloe be . disposed of very low. Thia is an excellent chance for arty one wishing to engage in the Bricktnaking business, as bricka are now selling, at from. $5 to $7 50 per 1,000, and wood obtainable at '$2 50 a cord. For further particulars apply to STEAM. SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE. REOG Lot 34, Con. 7, MeKillop, containing 104 acres, all cleared, with good barns and stables, two good orchards in fall bearing; two never -fail- ing springs whioh eupply the mill. Also, lot 35, Con. 9, containing 48 acres of bush. The property - is situated. 6- rniles from Seaforth, with a good gravel road thereto. For farther particulars apply on the premises. If by post, to-SOHN THOMP- SON, Constance P. 0, Kinburn, Ont. - 260 STORE AND D ti; HOUSE TO RENT. • A STORE! AND DWELI,ING HOUSE in the Walton, on the Gravel Road, 30 miles north of Seaforth, to rent. The store 'is well situated for doing a good country trade. Both Store and Dwelliag ace commodious. Rent reasou- able. Apply to the undersigned, Walton P. 0. 269 JAMES CAMPBELL. STORE TO RENT OR SELL IN SEAPORTS. THAT oM aud favorably -known stand, the MAN- -A- CHESTER HOUSE, lately oecapied by Mr. JOHN LOGAN will be sold, or rented on reason- able terms. A-pPly at the store of THE undersigned is prepared to furnish Plans, Specifications, •&c., of Public and Private Thaildings, aud also -to superintend the erection of the same. Carpenters , Plasterers' and Masons'. work remarried:and valued. ADAM GRAY, 262 Second Concession, McKillop. - WANTED. A N energetic man to cituaass certain townships Jaz- in Htlr0/1 Pexth, as Assistant Agent for the Agricultaral Mutual AsSurance Association of London. The moat popular farm company -doing business. Apgy, stating past sad present employ- ment, with refertatees, to CHARLES T. DOYLE, aag Agent, Clinton', I Ir ,ENTIRE COLT FOB( SALE. VCR. S ,on reasonable terms, a first-class -a- entire Coltathree years old this Spring. This Colt was sired by Fisher's celebrated horse "Eng-. Landis Glory," and -teed fro* a goal mare. He is of bitty color andarie goodactien and is pilot, For further particulars apply to the undersigned pro- prietor, Lot 29, Ccrneession 7, Hibbert, or to' Sea - forth II:est-office. °AXE into ihe:premisee of the undersigned, lot 16, Concession 3, Tuckersinith, on or aboutthe 20th, .of December, a red and white heifer, one year old. The tamer iie roaaested to prove property, NOT:10E1V CREDITORS. A LLatavieg claims agaiust the estate of the late -"I- MIL KAY, of Farquhar, in the TOwnship of Paborme, are aequated to send in their ace.ounts not later than the ast.day of March next. N. J. CLARK, Executor. 'VILE pulaie are `hereby cautioned against chaaiug or negotiating a NOTE of HaND for the sana of .$10U, .payable 12 months after date, drawn bv .MaINTOSH in favor of J. G.- IIICHARD8„.dated Januaey 2,4, 1873, as value has not be= reoeiRettlor the same. 1;11,'G-11 MciNTOSH. Hallett, Fell. 4, 1878. 270*4 Manufacturer ad Iroa. Heave's. pedal attention . to Joh work and Horae Shoehig. TERMS REASONABLE. Shep latelyneenpiecl la- G. Barfaisr, in rear of 270c13 CHEAP BOKETS. ' OF EXETER, T_TAS FOR SALE handsome and excellent 13askets -Li- of all sizea and of the best qoality. Tfaey are made by himself and are warranted. to give excel - 4 Next hoose west of the School House, Exeter. ENGLISH COHRESPONDEN6E. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY FEB. 21, 18 Bonapartism—Political nal fere —UP e •-.Long Strike —Sporting Mutters— Pio Surrender to Russia, &cc. Correspondence of the Huron Expositor. - Last week we had an awful close of Bonapartism. Few odder things have happened to middle-aged people in this generation then that they should have lived to hear .Louis Napoleon apostrophis- ed as one of the " great and goad." He has hit good points, no doubt. He was amiable, and, in a kind of way, gener- ous. The Etnpire was not unmixed evil for Fiance, and its faults -must be shared by the people as well as the monarch. All this may be admitted, and on the day of a - man's death, especially when it has i been a sudden, mis- erable death. it is natural and deeent that the mind should dwell rather on the biight than on the dark side of his life and character. But the newtpapers here have certainly' 'overdone the thing. , Nothing could extenuate or excuse the atrocities of the coup d'etat, and Napol- eon's whole career was a tissue of false- hood and rapacity. He broke. his oath to France ; he gotup the- Otimeen war to serve his own ends, and tried to cheat his ally out of the fruits of the struggle ; in the Italian war, he was almost equally false to Austria and Italy ;. in thg Ger- Man war, he seught to betray both com- batants. During the American war he repeatedly urged Eegland to join him in supporting the Sonth, and he stole into Mexico on his Own accohnt. As for the commercial treaty, about which so much is Said, it was only a bone flung to a dog to lr eep _him quiet while the burglar sack- ed the house. That was our hush - money. 1 do not say it wail accepted as such, but as such assuredly.it was given. " If England wants three-fmirths of the commerce of the ;world,' !said . Louis XIV, " she can have it, but she mast respec't my political and territorial ar- rangements." And this was pretty muckwhat the Emperor meant' by the commercial' treaty. There is soinething sickening in the coerse, viilgar adulation, and utter obliviousnest ef -moral right and wrong which have ' been exhibited. by iliost of the English newspapers in their panegyrics on the Emperor. The Empress and Prince imperial have received every mark of attention from the English royal family. It was thought that it might be misupderstood if any of them went to the fuiletal, so the Prince Of Wales had to be content with two private visits to Camden House. The Queen was represented at the funeral by the Lord Chamberlain. Prince Arthur has heea very intimate with the Prince imperial siece his arrival at ChiseIhurst, and they frequently visited. each other. The Empress ie pretty wcal known by this time, and whet is known is not very favorable. She is yain and egotistical, and fond of every kind of display. She is fond of Showing off what she cnnsiders her profundity in talk, and -talks much and. pompously ; but she is really of a e low order of intelligence, end very ignor- ant into the bargain. . Dresttinaking end the small arts of society she understands, • and that is about all. The kind of liter- ature she patronized when in France, Ad the amusements of. the court, were all of the low•est kind, Herself a wortme of strict and decorous life, she certainly did nothing to elevate either the moral or intellectual tone of French society. Queen Victoria is not, in the ordinery sense a clever woma.n. But she is shrewd, tensible, and well informed on a ; great variety of sabjects. The Empress, on the other hand, is ignorant ahd desti- tote of common sense, ahd her pretense of intellectual deoth only makee her ridiculous. . The Prince Imperial takes after his mother rather than after his father. He is extremely self-confident and fond of expressing his opinion on everything in a pompous, aethoritatiVe way. His father's faculty of silence would perhaps be more aseful to him. Ther • are two sorts of stupidity --the dull nd the pretentious. It 1.8 ip the her boy must -be ranged. The chances of Napoleon IV. are, 1 should say, slight in the extreme. It is very doubtful whether Napoleon III. (was a Bonaparte , at all. At any rate" . ho wever, he Was the son of his mother. •Nobody- ever disputed that. But Napoleon IV. is- not, believed by most Frenchmen to be the bon of either his father or his mother. They believe him to be an anonymous infant, out of the Hotel 'Dieu, or Some foundlirig hos- pital, a,doptecl for the oecasion. There, I think, they are! wrong, for he is mare velously like his mother, and especially, in his talk"; but, of course, what French; people think of him -is really the main question. A Legitimist prete4der, whose and wlio, even if he coald get people to believe him the son of his father, wouhl still have to overcome the dmibta as to h his being -any relation to his grandfather,. p it. It will also be proposed that, cases of intestacy, a man's landed pr perby should be divided, like his perso ingleft in billk to his eldest son. M Mill has already- expressed att opinio that the abolition of the entail and prim ogeniture will but materially tend t multiply the namber of smell properties The third important measure of the Gov- ernment will be one for creating a sys- tem of university examinations in Ire- land, sothat a man can go ap from any Catholic, er mixed, and offer himself for examination, and if he answers the ques- tions he will be entitled to the prizes The difficulty here is to seCure that the form of examination shall be indepen- dent and fully abreast oT modern science. The State must insisI tpon the highest scientific attainments every branch, and rau.st not submit to Roman Catho- lic dictation. The OpPosition Will, of course, do its best to pick boles in the nieasures of the Government, but it has also smite aggressive projects of its own. ,It is tolerately certain that the system of international arbitration which resulted in the 'Alabama damages and the surren- der of San Juan will be hotly attacked. The Central Asian question and Count Schou valofit'a mission will also supply materials for animated debates. " NO SURREN1 ER " TO RUSSIA. in e r. n half hearted defence of !the French sys- - tem of land -ownership are not likely, at o the peesent janettire, to have any other . effect than that of stimulatine inquiry into land preblems nearer home. If John Bright has set his heart on this country's taking a leaf out of the French- man's book be may as well make up his. mind to be disappointed. However, the great man has again spoken, and that of itself is enough to carry comfort to the heart of the Radical camp. 3. 1 $1 50 Year, in advance? it is the spontaneity of the utterance which constitues its most encoureging clearm. As for Cobden's letter, it might have lain perdu much lon,,aer for the Cob- denite touches therein. A description and There is one question as to which more information will perhaps be obtained. when Parliament meets, and that -is the negotiations with the Russian Govern- ment as to its advances in the east. And upon this information the popularity of the Government is more likely to turn than upon almost anything else. Ai present it is believed that the Govern- ment has taken high ground with Russia, and has warned her that England is not always going to give way, and is not afraid of war, If wat is forced on her. And thit belief has done a great deal to strengthen the Government. -There has been a swing of the pendulum of public opinion in this country in resard to for- eign policy, and just no w there is a strong reaction aeainst yielding 'anything to anybody. e'On the Continent there iea.n utter misapprehension as to the feelings of Englishmen. It is thought that Eng= lishmen would rather pay any amount of money than fight, and that there is a constant pressure on the Government to keep it. meek and civil to other powers. In reality, the pressure is just the other way. It is the Government which is always pulling back anel soothing down the country. It is true that the English Government is a peace Government. Mr. Gladstone and one or two others would yield almost anythiug rather than rim a risk of war. But Mr. Gladstone is not. exactly the people of England. Hither- to the country has submitte.d. to a policy qf this kind, but reluctantly and impa- tieetly. Two yeart ago the country would have gone to war with a light heart over theltlack Sea business ; and it was the GovernMent which had to do all it could to hold the country back. Lord Granville Would have given Russia a 'bold answer, which might not have turned away wrath, but he was overrul- d in the Cabinet, and a very soft an- swer was sent instead. It is believed that Lord Granville has ha& his own way on the present occasion, and it is certain that the Government would be in serious jeopardy if it were supposed that there -had been any more truckling. Mr. Gladstone will be sharpry question- ed about the matter, and I do not think either the House of Commons or the pub- lic will submit to any shuffling. The people in the streets do not seem to me to have Afghan or Khiva very much on their minds, and Perhaps, - they are not very clear as to the latitude of the Oxus; but itis impossible to mix with them and to hear their talk without coiiiing to the cenclution that there is a strong feeling that of late England has _given way at least as much as is good fot her, and that it is time to try a firmer' and bolder him of policy. Englishmen feel wofully let down in Europe,. and wince under the teunte of French and Germans. The danger is lest they should go out of their way to Laid some means of showing their pluck. Perhaps Mr. Lowe had this in view when he devoted the sur- plus- ot this year to payieg off debt and the Alabama damages. THE GREAT COAL STRTICE. The great coal strike of Welsh collier** still continues, and thre,e days ago one of the agents of the union arrived in. the district with f7,000 for -distribution among the men. Each side is determin- ed to hold out as long as possible, but the chances are all agamst the colliers. There is; a difficulty as to how the non - unionist colliers are to bo maintained, for they have no money of their owni; and then there are the iron -workers, too, who have very • scanty resources to fall back tipon, their union being . small and of temper is shown on each side, especial- ly 'on the side of the men. The Welsh ave always been a ferocious set of peo- le when angered, and the- outrages of he Welsh Rebecca m other days present uite as horrible a picture as those of lary Ann at Sheffield. The Govern - lent have beeh gradually eollecting the Ales of the volunteers and putting them way where they will- be beyond the each of mischevious hands. There is a atents are `perfectly aware that it is a gilt to the death, in which neither will we up unless compelled. by exhaust - on of resources. JOHN BRIGHT. starts in tne world somewhat at- a d Lead- t shoddy heiress would be a better specu- lation. than. the throne -of I ranee. n are both busy preparing their plans for ig) fi be a d.ecisil-e campaign, for a general election will take pla,ce next year, and. fi both parties will ha-ve their eye on the • chances of the elections, aud will be mote anxious to get up cries than to pass ; bills_ t is understood that the Govern- jo inent leie on hand three greet measures, ' in none of which are likely to be passed, fr but which will sripnly mottoes for their • v banners dining the -elections. First b there win be a scheme of local taxation, I for relievine tenants at the expense of g landlords.. Then there will be a propos- al to abolish entails, and thus confine the authority of testators to a single gener- ation. ,When property is 'left, it will have to be left absolutely to the heir, who will be free to do what he likes with yfelly accepted by his friends, as an timation of his resolve to finally emerge om his enforced. retirement, with a iew to the great Pailiamentary attle on the Land Question. t is hoped and believed that the reat orator is at leneth girding up is loins for ariother bout. There is °thing ..of moment in his note to the ally Sews, which is simply a request for the republication of a long letter by the late Richard Cobden, that originally appeared in the defunct iforning Star ; CRICKETTNG. ohn Lillywhite has just published the 29th edition of the " Ciicketer's Com- panion," and thereby afforded enthusias- tic lo ,ers of the noble game a glimpse of the sunny future. Are there any criek- eters within the sound of my voice: or within sight of these lines ? If so, let them not fail to ask their respective booksellers to send for the " Compan- ion." The little book improves as the year goes on, and, to put the matter briefly, it really was never sCgood as it is now. "The winter edition for 1873 far excels its predecessors both in relation to its comprehensiveness and the attractive variety of its voluminous contents. Pos- sibly there are readers of these w,ords who will be interested in Inowing that Mr. R. Fitzgerald, the Secretary of the Maeylebone Cricket Club, has contribut- ed. to the " Companion an amusing des- cription of the campaign of the English Cricketers among you Canucks " and in the States. It is worthy- of him, and when I say that I accord it itught but; faiat praise. Mr. Fitzgerald * one of the best hutnorists of the date as hiti 0:ever book—" Jerks in from Short Leg" —abundantly teitifiese Sporting mat- ters are dull. The votaries of football keep the sphere moving but slowly, owing to the bed state' of the ground ; and coursing, the winter sport pctr excel- lence, suffers in common with other out- door diversions from -the prevalence of a superabundance of moisture. SPORTING MATTERS. There is very little betting on any of the great future events. Even 'the Dog Derby " as it is called, the Waterloo Cup, provoket next 'to, no excitement, and the winter wagering on the Derby is scarcely worth mentioning. Sportitig men are looking forward with some tre- pidation to what:promises to be a try- ing year. We are threatened with a GlitonSsion in the House of Commons on the manner in which the Queetes plate money is fooled away in Ireland. (An- other Irish grievance, whuroo 1) and this betting act to be extended to Scotland. • The effect of this latter measure will be te suppress a large number of tins offices, and to cripple teveral o the sporting papers. More power the promoters of a most salutary social re - To the Editor of the Buron Expositor. In last week's issue, in alluding to the Canadian Dairymen's Association on but- ter making, your report gave a wrong impression by stating that I accounted for the poor quality of butter in the western portiou of the country from the strong' Scotch and German element per- vading the inhabitants," whicla is wrong. I said it was -not Ca.nadian salt, or un- cleanliness, for the ladies in tide part were as clean as anywhere, and they used Ca- nadian salt at Brockville for both butter aul cheese, but the men there either helped to churn, or had machines to churn, and did not leave a woman to churn herself, as was generally the case in this part- of the; country, and I ac- counted for the drudgery of the women to the Scotch and Get -man element pre - :veiling in the western portion of the country, as they got the Credit of being the hardest on the women. It was stated.. at the meeting cheese factories weie not as numerous at Brockville as here because butter was a better price than here. I said the people there pre- ferred gtving milk to factories than to sell the butter from 16 cents to 20 cents per pound. The Globe States I said from 10 cents to 12 cents. Mr. Casswell stated he could. Make more selling Canadian salt than Liver- pool. but he advised to use the latter for dairy purposes. The Globe stetes said he could -make more .on Itiverpeol salt. There are numerous other thingi different in the Globe from what was said, and I hope these few remarks will be sufficient to give your readers the cor- rect impression of what 1 said. Yours truly, JOHN MORRISON, -- Winthrop. Where the Good tutter-Makers Come From. To the Editor of the Huron Ex,positor. SIR : In your last iseue you printed a report of the proceedmes of the Cana - than Dairynien's Association, held at Ingersoll, wherein a Mr. Morrison makes ' the following statement : Mr. Morrison said " he accounted for the poor butter in- the western portion of the country by the large Scotch and German element pervading the inhabitants ;" he also said " the Scotch got the credit of being the b.ardest on their women of any class in the world, the Indians excepted." Now, Mr. Editor, I do not know what this Mr. Morrison's nationality may be, neither more ignorant or prejudiced statenient I never read. before. From my residence in this Country of nearly thirty years and the greater part of that time s being connected with the butter business as buyer and seller, my own knowledge and observation of the matter leads me to make the following asser- tion, that the Seotch dairy -women as a class both in this country anti the mother country are not behind. any other in the art of butter -making, or cheese -making either. And, I ,have no deubt, if Mr. Mnirison enquires, he may find as much of the Scotch element among the famed butter -makers of the eastern townships as any othea With Mr. Morrison's opinion that the Scotch farmer should leave the dressing of his headlands and assist his vtife and daughters in washing the milk dishes and ehurning the milk, I will not at this time deal, although it may appear as trenehing 071 women's rights. I am, Sir, yours, EDWARD CASH. • A laborer named -Edward Tailing, was committed to Stratford jail, a few days ago, for etealing a trunk and valise, oon- taming clothing, money and other valu- able articles front a sleigh in a hotel stable in Mitchell. It seems that this man has been making a habit of thieving from sleighs and stores for some time, but until he committed. the present of - considerable; amount of other stolen property has been found in his house. tie has a wife and a large family depend- ing on him for support. These will now; no doubt, have to be tupported by pri- vate and public charity. - --A young man !was recently arrested in Toronto for shamefully beating his wife and child. His mode of pumshing the child, which it about two years of' aoe, was to. take it by the heels and knock its heed against the wall and floor of the house. --- In the course of a debate in the House a fewi evenings ego, Mr. Wood said that in the rural districts the Satur- day night liquor law- was generally strictly obeyed and worked well. If Mr. Wood lived in this part of Her Majesty's dominion he. would be very apt to chagege his mind 'and come to the conclusion that it is of but little praeti. dal benefit to the rural dittricts.. There is asimuch liquor drank on Saturday nights and Sundays ae there ever was. of Kincardine celebrated their •golden wedding by a'family re -union at their residence on the 17tb. The old couple are still hale and hearty, were surround- ed by their children and grand -children, and enjoyed the fiftieth anniversary of theirmarriage virith the greatest zest. — The house of the Great Western freight agent at Paris Station was en- tered by robbers on .Siendity night last while he wee absent at church. A geld. watch, thirty dollars in money and other valuable articles ?vere stolen. The , rail - Way ticket office and a grocery etore were also broken open but there being no money in either there WaS /lathing taken. No clue to the robbers has yet been as- certained. Hon. R. Caron was sworn in as Lieutenant -Governor of the Province of Quebec, on Monday lash — Rev. John Potts, a popular Wes- leyan Methodist miuister of Montreal; is shortly to reniove from that city. Much regret ia being expressed by his congre- gation on amount of his proposed de- parture. —The mineral lands in the townships on the north side of the Ottawa River are just now attracting considerable at- tention. Within the last few days 5,000 acres have been purchased for miniug purposes. Operations in mining of iron and phosphates are expected to be quite active on the opening of spring. --The Grey Nuns, of Ottawa, are said to have invested P,000 in the projected Hemlock Bark Extraet Company of that city. They are alsoirfaid. to have pur- chased 9,000 acres' of mining land in the townships of Hull and Eardly, they are, in addition, repoited. to be largely inter- ested in lumbering operations, and are credited with having taken out some of the best Wilber cut on the Gatineau River this Winter. —A return has been laid upon the table of the House, showing the expenses of the Pre -ton Outrage " investigation to have been as follows : Expenses of witnesses . . .$277 70 Expenses of bailiffs serving summonses— 4-00 Expenses of reporter in artendanee 300 00 Expenses of printing and printing paper... 206 00 Total ' $707 70 Montreal have formed themselves Lute a societe for the 'revention of cruelty to -- During the present session of the Legislature a bill was introduced asking for a chatter to build an independent railway from London to Part Stanley to be ran in oppoaition to the present Lon- don and Port Stanley Railway at pres- ent under lease to the Great Western. This bill came l;efore the railway com- mittee last week andwas unceremonious- ly thrown out. This is the second time that a movement of this kind has been knocked on thh head in a similar . man- ---- The Wingham and Wroxeter Curl- ing Clubs pla,yed a return match at Wingham nu Friday last, two -rinks a side. The following is the score • Ne. foe Wroxeter, E8. - 1-a- A female college is to be erected during- the empiric, summer in_ Oshawa, which will cost $2.5,000. A new feature of this institution is that it is proposed to give the young ladies a thoroughly domestic education as well as literary, by letting them do all the domestic work of the institution. — It is said that a man effected With the small -pox was recently allowed to wander through the streets of Wood- stock on a bitterly cold day with no helter to offer protection and•with every door barred against him—shunned as if he were a mad dog at large. The poor man died. —A few days the boiler of the shunting engine in t e Grand Trunk sta- tion, at Montreal, exploded, hurline the driver, who was standing,in front of the - engine, agairesE a, house some 40 or 50 feet distant. The chimney stack was blown across the track, while a vast fragment of the boiler was flung into the adjacent street, and broken aiiti bent. pieces were streten in all directions, one . portion knoekmg a hole in the roof of a house. The driver was taken up dead. Aswoman who was standing he her doorway, about 20 yards from the traek, was 86 -rick on the head by a piece of the boiler, and it is feared she may not mover ; also, a youth -who act- ed as stoker Was badly scalded. -:- 'At present there is about one mil- lion feet of timber_in the harbor at Port Dover ready for rifting, which quantity is likely to be largeiy augmented before the snow has disappeared. —At a recent meeting of the Bluevale Presbyterian congregation they uriani- moualy agreed to increase the salary of their pastot, Rev. Jaines Pritchard, to - $800 per annum. Mr. Waterous, of Biantfoi d, has been invited by the Cpuncil of Mitchell to visit that village in order to give int formation is regards his system of -fire protection and the probable cost ef carry- ing out and sustaining the same. --- The Vital number of persons appre- hend.ed er summoned be. the Toronto city police during 1872 wee 4,735=2,682 males and e1,053 females, being a- de- crease from. 1871 of 2. The inationality of the offenders was as follows : Ite- Germeny, 49 ; Colored, 51 ; other coun- tries, 221 — The Mitchel: Advocate of last week says: " A person representing himself - to be deaf and dumb, ancl in indigent -- nircumstances, -has been soliciting aid thrOUgh the township of Ilibbert for days ptist. He generally paises the - nights in school buitdings or churches, where:he lights tires and cooks his own victuals, from a kettle whiai he -carries with him.. Re ii- a perfect, impostor, and is as quick at hearing and fluene of speech at most men.' He is strong and able te work, but laziness -prevents him." —As soon as the weather will permit, the gaage between Goderich and Strat- ford, on the Buffalo saki Lake Huron branch of the Grand Trunk. will be changed tO cerrespond with. the narrow guage from Sarnia to Fort Erie. --- A farmer named George Betz, resid- ing three miles from Eerily- in the • Countyof Waterloo, was last week found dead, and his body tearfnlly crushed. It appears deceased was engaiied in hauling stone into town, and whilae 'walking be- side his load going up a hill.. something gave way and caught him between' the load.of stone end a tree, in which posit: tion he was found quite dead. a state of partial intoxication, came -to a woman who keeps. a -hotel in London to Follect an account. A dispute arose end- ing in an ancoueter. The woman scratch- ed. the cothitryman's face very badly, cutting Ole flesh deeply. A few days afterwards erysipelas set in, spreading over the face and chest. At pretent the injured mini is at the point of death,. asid the worain has been arrested pending the issue. —The Village of ,.Orangeville is likely. to become the centre of quite a number of railways. In addition to the Toron- to, Grey and Bruce Railway, which they already harve; and the Credit Valley atd Hamilton and Collingwood lines which they expect soon to see, another railroad is projected to run midway between Lakes Ontarie and Huron from Ottawa to Sarnia. It will help io relieve the Grand Ttunk of part of its excessive —On Friday last a.most bratel murder was committed, and lynch -law cariied out, in the tburnship of Abbinger, County of Hastings. ft appears there weie two men working in a shanty who had been - quarreling with one 'another all winter, and on Friday nig* they fooght it out. During the night the rnan who got badly beaten, stole out of his bed, procured a butcher knife, and stabbed his .opponent fatal/y. The other men sprang up, end seeing what had occurred, their feelings were groused, and they took him and lashed him fast till morning, when they formed. a jury, tried him, ea. then took Itim Amato a tree and hanged him. till he was dead ; then cut him down and buried him. Twelve of the party were attested on Saturday and taken to Belleville for trial. The ina,n who was stabbed has since died. self William Patterson,- procured. it horse' from Mr. Bishop, livery keeper, Wood- stoch, premising to teturn the smile day. Not returning, and on hearing.that the horse was in Stratford, Mr. Bishop visit - e& that place and found his property. The young mati had played the same trick in.Stratford with Mr. John Forbes, only passing in payment for the use of the honie a note putporting to -have been made by a party residing in Harrington, West Zorra. Before cashing the note, which Wati to have given Patterson a sum over paying all expenses, Mr. Forbes took the preeantiOn to send to Harring- ton. There he found the note wee a for- gery, and steps were taken for the arrest of Patterson. fie was found. seereted under a bed in. a house in Woodstock, and upon. examination fully committed. --On Thursday of last week, Mr. W. H. K. Talbot, of London Gore, a butch- er, purchaeed near the village of Avon, in Dorchester, a fat cow for butchminge On Friday he killeti beaet, and upon laying her open, found a curious object, which cannot be eallecl a calf, but which is described_ as an odd roiXture of parts of the human and bovine'. species. The head was round like a man's, and verY large, devoid of hair; with a white fore- head, human chin and eyes, but with a nose and mouth resembling those portions of h bull -dog's face. The body, shaped. like the body of a man, Was quite black, with a entail patch of colorless hair dose to eine shoulder. The arms , an& legs were out of proportion. to the body, be- ing very short, but 'shaped like a child's, while in place of hands and feet the un- , mistakable hoofs of the -calf.Were to be seen turned contrariwise. And. withal thegbeast possessed a tail which would d:oeredit to a full grown muskrat.