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YARN FOIt SALEn IdeltILLGP,
R sAVE, a good. Farm, coraposetl of. North
half of lot 15 and tb.e west half of. lot 14, Con.
meroloy, contaieing 100 acres, 50 cleared. and
well fantail, and in good oulth-ation; balance well
timbered with hardwoed; a good frame house
and new log barn; good bearing orehard ; two
miles and a half from a good gravel road; 10 miles
Irina the village of Seaforth, there are two amnia
saitneills within S macs ; conveuient to churches;
schools and stone. For particulars apply to the
proprietor on the premises, or, if by letter, to
Winthrop P. O.
28044 IIAMES MoDOI‘TAI,D.
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FARM FOR SALE.
nti the Harm Road, near Seaforth, west half
ef at Lae sa, Con. 1, MeKillop ; 50 aeres, all
cleared; nevr barna now driving shed; good
bouset good fences, and fine orchard. Terms
eesy, Apply on the preMises, or to
230 GEORGE CTAGEN, Seaforth P. 0.
FOR SALE_ OR TO LET.
iTousE AND LOT for side, or to let for a term
i- of years, being composed of lot 22, corner St.
Solna and Jarvie street village of Seaforth,
house contains eleven rooms and cellar ; hard and
sea water on the premiees-; possession oan be
given on the let May inst. Apply to S. JOHN-
SON, Seafimain or to JAMES W. EVANS, pro-
prietor, McGillivray P. 0. 280-4
TANNERY- FOR SALE OR TO. LET.
TANNERY in Bluevale for sale or to let; tan-
s- ated on the hank of the River; con.vement to
aathaeater and steam paver • building 28'36 feet,
21 stories above vets; 2 set' of Vats, 6 in each;
bark lead', with new heater, all in. good. working
order; also nevi bark mill and currying tables.
A ply by m'aff or personally to
D. STEWART, Proprietor.
PARK FOR SALE IN toSILLOP.
VoR SALE, on reasonable terms, Lot 20, Con
1.13, MCRIllop, containing 50 acres, 45 of whieh
are °leered and in a aeoa state of cultivation.
The soil is rolling and, of the very heed quality.
Thera is. a good. log house, barn and other build-
ings, also- a good bearing orchard. The farm is
sitnated within one mile and a' quarter of the
gravel road leafing Seaforth, from whicb. place
it isabout8 miles distant. For fartb.er partiott-
lera apply t� the proprietor on the premiims, or to
Benson & Meyer, Barristers, Seafortha
278 SENECA. EDWARDS, Proprietor.
FARM FOR SALE IN NORRIS.
VOR SALE, Lot 30, Con. 8, Morris, corteisting of
acres. 27 clear, remainder good. beech and
'hardwood- situated on the Seaforth Gravel
wad, la miles from. sesierth, si from Brussels ; a
to my horror, through my legs into the
good Iog -house - never failing well of water. For
farther partiedars apply to Tilo..q.ks- GRIEVE, hall bounded the goat with a triumphant
M -craliop, Seaforth P. 0. 271 bleat that echoed through the u pper
—
WHY I LEFT THE MASO-NS:
Want to know why' left the Masons ?
Well, Fil tell you, and I rather think
you would leave too, if you got iuto such
a scrape as I did. 4.
Years ago, when I first joined; I was
very punctual in my attend.ance .at the
Lodge meetings, much to the disgust of
my wife, who, with the whole- family,
was continually questioning me about
our doings at our meetInge, and upon my
asserting that riding the goat was part
of my business, she insisted on knowing
all the particulars about the animal, un-
til, to silence her; 1 said I would bring
him home and show him. Of course I
never intended to keep my promise, but
an unluckylate ruled otherwise.
One evening, about 11 'o'clock, as I
was plodding home from the lodge, I
heard in advance of me a continuous and
pathetic bleating, and I soon came uto
with a large goat standing upon the walk
who had evidently lost his bearings,
wandering away, and being in great
grief, was crying—" I want to go home."
I never liked goats, and my first im-
pulse was to kick this one (and I have
always regretted I didn't d.o it), but the
mournful tone of his voice created a little
sympathy for him in my- breast, and I
patted him kindly on the head, and went
on; But the Oat followed ,close to my
heels; and although 1 assured hiin his
• home did not he this way, but was prob-
ably down the street we had just crossed,
he persisted. As we approached my
hame I more. earnestly remontrated with
hrn on his folly, and finally persuaded
1111131 by going with him and, constantly
patting him on the rear with the toe of
my boot, to return one bloat I wets
much out of breath myself, and I said to
the goat, " Now; olclfellow, sit down on
the curb and rest yourself—you re tired
—I'll be back in a sainute—just want to
go round the corner— and. I started on
the run, but in a moinent tate -goat was
at my heels. I reached home, darted, up
the steps, opened the door. and with a
feeling
of great relief stepped' in, When
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, APRIL 18; 1873
NY PARTIES wishinq to emigrate to the
Smith can obtean full information from the
undersigned, who .have been appointed. agents for
the sale of lands in Southern Virginia, the most
fertile portion of the South. Farther particulars
and. lists of Lands will be ftlfaished shortly. Ap-
ply or address
276 E. HICKSON & CO., Seaforth.
halls -and chambers, awakening the
air, with legs wide apart, and his head
and neck passing under me, I lit square
on his boa, seized, his short tail, giving
it a twist under him. ' I felt that 1 was
getting the best of it this time, and as I
gave the tail an extra twist, I shouted
"Now goat!" but he must have under-
stood me to say, "now go it;" for away
he Went up and down that hall, back-
wards and forwards, the goat wild and
I nearly so, but beginning rather to en-
joy the ride as I heard the laughs and
cheers of the spectators, and knewthy
were for me this time, and especially
when, through all the chorus of shouts,
I heard the cchnraendatory words of my
wife, •4Don't he ride nine for a new be-
ginner ?" 1
At this point the goat, • disgusted
either with the tise he was being put to,
or at the peculiar curve I was getting on
his tail, bolted out the door and as he
(lid so I let go; rolled off, sprang up and
shut the door, just as the goat, having
turned on the step, charged on me again
and came with.his whole force crashing
against one of the panels of the door,
-which he split; but from the noise out-
side I judged th.e concusision threw him
down on the steps, and extorted from
him a loud bleat -of mingled despair and
contemptuous indignation. .•
" Roiled three—G-oat flung out the
ring," came down the stairs followed. by
ringing, cheers and cries of "bravo,.
bravo ! ' I put out the light, and as I
ascended the stairs, my wife commenced
singing,
"See the conquering hero comes,"—
with chorus by the whole company.
For some time I had a tender spot,
which my chair greatly interfered with,
1 and. I was invariably saddest when I sat.
A chaige for wheat 'bran appeared in
my grocery bills, which m -y wife said was
for the goat, although 6I had msed. it for
poultices. Batteries opened upon me
every ledge night, and at last I
could stand it no longer, and f ef-
fected a compronnse by giving ups the
Lodge and remaining hornet at nights.
Oar compromise has been faithfully
kept, and I would. advise all masons no
matter how importunate their wives may
be in their. curiosity about the goat,
never to attempt to bring hirn home to
whole household. The hall lamp was gratify it, or they may repent as I did
burning brightly, but up the stairway ett •to.
all was dark, and. I saw that everything ENGLISH CORRESPONDENCE
was arranged. for the special convenience
of gazers from above. LoNpme, April 2, 1873.
The goat It ad retired to the farther end of
The prospects of the Government are
the hall. and. •stood. facing me, occasional -
still ra•ther gloomy. On Wednesday the
_ FARIC FOR 'RPM OR TO RENT. what exercised int ii.y mind ebout then,
-Lord Mayor of London invited We .Nlin-
.
isters to meet all the Protincial Mayors
•
they went too far in the direction of
denominationalism: to please the Non-
conformists, and not far enough to earn
much gratitude from the Roman Cathol-
ics, who, besides, attach more impor-
ta,nce to what they can get in Irelknd
than in. England. The breach with the
Nonconformists was widened by the dis-
position of the Government to:givethe
Roman Catholic bishops power to shape
university education in Ireland to suit
their own purposes. If the Government.
had on this question succeeded ia con-
ciliating the bishops, they would.
havebeen better able to bear the dis-
affection of the Dissenters, but as it
happened, they estranged both. Those
who pull the sitrings of the Illtramon-
tane organ' tion hare decidet that their
best policy is to get up a third party in
the House of Commons, which shall be
neither Liberal nor Conservative but de-
voted exchmivelytoRoman Catho'lic inter-
ests. It will treat on independent terms
with Gladstone or Disraeli, as the case
maybe; will offer its support to the highest
bidder, and do its best to disttact and
divide English *politics in the, hope that
the scramble may bring some profit to
itself. On this side, therefore, the Gov-
ernment has nothing to hope for. The
question now is whether it can restore it -
Steil in the good graces of the Dissenters.
The attempt, at least, is to be made. On
Wednesda,y the Government supported
the bill for- throwing ppen the parish
church -yards to the services of all relig-
tons denominations on a footing of perfect
equality. At present the clergy of the
Church have alone the right of officiating
in the church -yards, and the Nonconfor-
mists have refused to accept the offer of
diepensing with a service of any kind if
it ier objected. to. There is really no
practical grievance in the matter, for the
Dissenters of the towns are well provid-
ed with free cemeteries, and the Dissen-
ters of secluded rural districts who have
no grave -yards near at hand, save that
of the parish church, are perfectly con-
tent with the ordinary burial service,
and would, in fact, feel aggrieved it it
were t6 be withheld from them. 'The
strength of the Church consists not so
mach In the numerical foree of actual
churchmen as in the hold which the rites
and ceremonies of the church have on
many who go elsewhere for their ordin-
ary preaching and praying. The major-
ity of DisCenters are married in churches
connected with the Established Chutch,
and not. by their own ministers. The
opponents of the Burials bill argue that
-
the throwing open of the church -yards to
every kind of service, without reetric-
tions--and the restrictions of the bill are
:certainly only nominal—would produce
scenes of scandal and disorder, and next,
that gtdmission to the church -yard . is
sought only as a means of obtaining ac-
cess to the church.. There can be no
doubt that the claim; though plausable
in some respects, is really advanced as a
plan of annoying and humiliating the
()hutch, and breaking clown its nation -at
position. It is an attempt to disestab-
lish the church by a side blow. The de-
bate on the bill took the form of a party
struggle. - . Disraeliled the opponents
of the measure; the Government voted
in av•or of it, and carried the day by a
re' tirity of sixty-three. This, how-
ever, is no indication of the feeling of the
country, and the Cdaservatives contend
that they will- gain at the elections
through the Government having taken
thia line. It is expected that this step
will be followed up by the announce-
ment of important concessions to the
Nonconformists in regard to the Educa-
tionact. On the whole, the elections
will probably be a pitched battle between
the Noneonformists on one hand, and
churchmen, or those Who, if not church-
men, are at least disposed to stick by the
old ways, and to resist innovations on the
other.
THE BOAT RACE.
The University boat race was rowed.
on Saturday afternoon. Cambridge, as .
the telegraph will have informed you,
beating Oxford by pome three lengths.
The Oxford men had not enough phys-
ical weight for their work, but neither
crew was very good. The rowing was
ragged and uneven. The most remark-
able feature of the race was the vast inal-
titude—larger than was ever known be-
fore- -which gathered from all parts to,
witness it. A few years ago the Univer-
sity race was just mentioned in at short
paragraph in the papers, and there were
not, perhaps, more than a few hundreds
Of people assenibled to witness it, almost
exclusively University men, young and
old, and their friends. • It was then
usually rowed early in the mornings But
the betting men soon seized upon it, and
as betting has become more general, so
the boat race has risen in importance.
It does not strike one as a vety noble -
ambition to supnly the betting fraternity
with a basis for gambling and swindling
transactions, and. the moral influence of
the affair on'the young men of the uni-
vereities, and especially on the crews, is
very he'd. The clews and their friends
-have usually a large sum depending on
the race ; false weights and false time as
regards the preliminary trials are syste-
maticallY published. Several of the mu-.
sic halls which have a special licence to
be open to two or three o'clock in the
morning, on the eve of the race are
thronged with the sous of gentlemen,
who go there to get on bets with the dir-
ty erew who ordinarily frequent these
haunts. It has become almost impos-
sible for respeetable people to see the
race. It is attended by- all the scum of
the metropolis, and in the way of scum
Loudon beats any other city in the
world. The abominable language which
is heard on eyery side, and the foul man-
ners of the drunken crowd render it quite
impossible for any decent woman, except
at unspeakable hazatas, to venture near
the scene. Anybody Who has been
agoing the throng en the hill at Epsom'
on the Derby Day will have a faint idea of
tfile noisy and noisome rabble for whom it
is the pride and glory of young Oxford and
Cambridge to exhibit their rowing prow-
ess. To get to Epsom you must either
walk twenty miles there and twenty
miles back or pay a few shillings for con-
veyance, but Putney is alntost part of
ly bleating, but as I began to be sorn.e-
F" 8 ty, OR TO RENT,,en reasonable terms,
Lot s, Concession 8, Hallett, consisting of
10e leres„ 80 of whisk are cleared and in a state of
50041 e ti , and well fenced. There is a
good trame bent 60x40, and suitable sheds, also
a splendid orchard; well watered; one and a -half
miles from the villege of Milburn, and within half
a mile of a good gravel road; there are 30 acres
fall plowed.; immediste possession will be given.
For fartherparticabirs apply to the proprietor on
the premises or address Constance P. co.
273 JOHN STEPTfENS, Proprietor.
FARM TO RENT.
RENT, for a. tenn of years, a Farm contain-
ing 100 acres, 80 of which are cleared and
well fenced. into 10 -acre fields; being Lot 23, Con.
12,McKi110p ; in a.state of excellent enItivation ;
32 acres are fall plowed. and 9 are sown, with fall
wheat; good log house, Iog barn and la.rgo
fraie
granary; good. young orchard; the farm is well
watered; situated within two miles of the grae-el
road leading to Seaforth, -which village is 9 miles
distant. Tor further particulars apply to the
proprietar on the premises, or if by later to
Winthrop P. G.
2.76*4 THOMI'SON MORRISON.
FARM FOR SALE IN GREY.
OT No. 12 and part a Lot, No. 11- in the 18t11
I cannot say whet
those of triumph and
mice. Whatever th
war at once and made for the goat, who
show in their blue and scarlet robes,
seemed to understand that I nieant busi-
d h with glietening chains and badges hung
er the tones were
at dinner, and Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe,
ridieule or of defi-theLord Chancellor, and one or two
y were, I declared ethers .went. The Mayors madfi
e a ne
ness, an e me mehallvray
witIi a about them, and the meats and wines
were t e .
blow from his head which staggered me, oth best But somehow the
following it up with another and an- .
sters were not 7at_their ease, and a
other, till'I. began to imagine myself a ,
tone of discomfort and despondency ran
fortress assaulad by a small battering
through thei4 speeches. It is known
ram, ani about to yield to the enemy.
that they now want to push off the dr -
When he he had driven Me babk to the foot
solution. a Parliament as long. as pose
sible, but they could not help alluding to
at the other end. of the hall and again
of the stairs, he retreated to his position . -
this uncomfortable topic, and in a way
faced me.• .
"Round No. i I—Firsthrt or t e go , of being able to effect their purpose. Ju
came to my ears from aloft, and as I cast --,
r. 'Lowe tried to make merry over Mr.
my eyes upward and a, peal of laughter
Disraeli's midden dislike' to a House of
came tearing down the stairs, I could
Commons which had done nothing ex-,
just perceive a crowd hanging over the
cept put office in his grasp, but he ad-
• • • • ,, that showed they have very little hope
banistets of both flights, which I knew
u we the ga.nie or
a waggish young friend, who lived with
his own hands and. could force on the
,
us, two visitors and the servants—a full
elections if he chose. One rather . seri-
Coneession of Grey, conmating a , audience in the dress circle, looking
ons difficulty the Government yesterday
to clearest and in good cultivation, 21 miles from down intd the pit to see the fun'.
are -vanes& 12 utiles from Seaforth. Apply tocontnved to manceuvre out of their way •
" Oh, Pa's brought home the goat'"
276 ANGUS lldealILLAN. on the nrainises.
t Said one of the children. , Although their Own measure had been
defeated, the. Irish University -question
FARM FOR SALE. "Yes, and. he's practicing with it "' ,
1_,JOT 221 north half, Con. 7, Township of Morrie, said another. . ' stul stared there in the face, in the shape
''4* of Prof. Fawcett's rival bill. The ob-
County of Huron, 100 stems, 20 acres cleared; ,,
What degrreet is that perfonnance 1.
balance iu good hardwdod bush; a ileW bililk ject of this bill is to leave things ea they
frame bare, 36 x , a good. young orchard. in ?" asked my wife. .- are, with the exception of secolarizing
The above lot is 'only two miles off the Gravel
Road between Settforth and Wroxeter, and 3 miles • "O -lad we didn't go to the theatre to Trinity College, and the main argument
from Brussele, a, station of the Southern 1.Ixten- a e .,, .. against it was that it did not do enough
night " chimed one of my visitors.
siou of the'vaenington, Grey and Brace Railway. " Time ! Time ! shoated my young
for the Romaa Catholics. Since the
Will he sold cheap for cash, or on other terms. friend from the upper tier,, and I thought
' n5e8 so too, a I w large concessions.? it has been seen that
— round. - • it is aseless tryint to please them, and
f 11 ll was made up of wife. children, mitted ,that after all, Mr. :Disraeli had
f thepresentprettymuch in
For further particulars enquire of C. R. 000PER, . ,Catholics shave rejected Mr. Gla.dstone's
Land Agent, Brussels P. 0. t • ud in went for the second.
HOUSE MM LOT FOR BALE. But now I ohanged my tactics ; I ad- this has brought rof. Fawcett's policy
Itest. SALE, th,e, Ifonae and. Lot on North Main- vanced slowly, keeping close to the wall, fresh suppott. The Government would
r- street formerly otenpied by Mr. T. P. Bull. and endeavored to get behind the beast,
Terme reasonable. For porta-tilers apply to not bring themselves to pocket their
273 thinking I would. try the pats on his pride and accept the project of a private
- rear with my boats again, in hopes they' member; and at the same time they
A. G. VAN EGMOND, Senforta.
SOPERIOR FARM FOR SALE CREAP. would calm him and persuade him to re-
. were exposed to serious donger if they
Vakreta the west half of Lot 6 in the Bayfield tire as. they had clone before out doors :
„ bad. to go into a division on the goesCoanty of Hawn, abutting the Gravel Road in change *tion. Happily for them, the Professor
" Road North Concession, Township of Stanley, but he evidently objected. to any
0 aS ,
f b e " and. once more "charged. home ' •
front and. the River Bayfield in rear, commandine ,matte some.alterations in his bill, with a
a view ef Lake Huron. The Farm contains otg , upon nieview to make it more palatable to Mi.
acres, the areaker part, of which, is char and free I This time 1 caught him by the horns,
_
from stumps. There is a new two-storyan
brick .Gladstone, and Mr. Gladstone has seized
dwelling -house, bent. and a large ancl very d the struggle commenced in -earnest . upon this as a means of shelving it alto -
superior orchardfraine, bearing fruit, ort the premises The goat lif.ted up his voice in loud pro- gether. It is a rule of the House of
awl plenty of water; it is convenient to all the testa.tiOns of foul play, and I opened my
Commons that when a bill has been
corner of the lot and several charehes near- .as mouth and. gave utteraoce to hopes and read a second time, it ie • the property of
County markets; there is a school house on tit, e
the propm
erty eet be HOU this seeing, parties in wishee in regard to goats in general and
flEcIARAIV BROMERi§, Publit§herti.
50 a Year, in advance.
London—it is only fain. or five miles to
vvalk there, and the omnibus fare is only
a few pence. The consequence is that
that the residuum of the capital is pretty
etirred up for the occasion. It is
probable that in another year or so -the
race will be- removed front London to
some other part of the country, or given
up altogether, which would be' better.
FLOATING COFFINS.
-Mr. Plimsoll' continues to prosecute
his noble Mission against the coffintrhips
and the. undertaker shipowners. There
seems a disposition on the part of the
thoughtless, or if not the thoughtless
the conventional public, to thwart him
in his praiseworthy efforts to obtain at
provisional bill for preventing the char-
tering of unseaworthy ships. Certain
newspapers, the Time 8 among the num-
ber, are,disposed to think—at le.ast they
say—that the pocr shipowners would be
badly used if on inspection -their rotten
hulks were condemned and they lost
their cargoes. Those newspapers don't
put the case in that way, I admit, but
that is- what it amounts to. Mr. Plim-
soll has got his Commission of Inquiry,
but pending the conclusion of the labors
of that body he wants to clip the ways
of the iniquitous shipoveners. And the
iniquitous shipowners complain ! Is it
not wonderful? I happen to know that
Mr. Plimsoll has already s ent £1.900
of his own money in the pro cution of
his rigiateous pilgrimage.
Canada.
The Mitchell High School building has
been completed and is ready for occu-
pancy. It is On ornament to the village
and creditable to the contractor, Mr. R.
Fisher, of Seaforth.
1
want of a ferns should apply ; a more beantifu
the House, and can be altereo. only by
t t
e articular, '
which ht no
resident* =tenet be found in Ilmem. The soil is be proper to repeat here, as I had my
of the best
bush adjoining for sale. Apply to hands so full at the time that I could Dot
qualityThere itab
. e out 300 acres of
273 SOHN ESSON. Bayfield, give my usual thought and attention to
. the selection of ,the elegant words and -
FARM FOR SALE
A VALUABLE FARM, 100 acres, First Cone exptessions whirl usually characterize
cession, MeKillop, near Seefortle, on the main my conversation. I finally said—
you
gravel road to Godericla ; 85 acres cleared and free brute ! you won't go out, ha ! but—and
grass; well watered. end fenced, with . laree frame
e he butted, and he was the strongest but
stumps; 35 acres plowed, the rest under
bet -eatable underneath; log farm house bonadeclon - . ter I ever met with—so strong, 'that. in
side, and good orchard, POSSeSsion immediately spite of my holding by his horns, he
bound to adjourn at that hour. There is
title good awl terms easy.. For further partienlars spread himself all - over the hall, .80 no chance of getting another day for it
27:?.
-areto LUDWIG MEYER. See -Perth P. n. thorooghly stirring inc op that I lay ex.cept with the help of the Government.
,
dy
round tumb
sietitig of Lot 14, sra consession .tani.ey, for nienity, at which the goat suggested a
series of glings, which we
,
- FARM FOR SALE.
TR13.
inscriber offers his farm 01 100 aeres, eon-
e
eale. i It it4 sianktecl li miles from 1Brucetield, 6 went throt'ugh with honor to ourselves
irdlestrom elegant and 7 from Seeforth. There is and, to the great satisfaction of the de -
conseut of the House. The Professor, in
altering his bill on his own -account, had.
broken this rule, and eo had to begin his
wirrk over again. He has brought in a
new bill, (though the Government - set
themselves against it with all their
might,) and. the second -reading is fixed
for Wednesday, but the Irish members
may, be trusted ' to talk up to 6
o'clOck, when, on this day, the House is
, clown on the floor to recover my equa- and this would. seem to be hopeless.
this Manner the Government have
got out of an awkward situation, but
without much dignity or credit. A
Government that has to dodge its op -
good frame hollge awl barn lor• blirn outbuild-
, lighted audience—and at the end o (merits and dare not meet them face to
ings, foiir acres in orchards, and. two wells an the Which I pit:ked myself up from the floor P
place, acres cleared. Stelae' house and ehurch
sdiacent to the lot, and gravel roads rim watt side
. face is evidently in a bad way.
aU the stairs and saw the goat regaining
'ULTRAMON micas AND NONCONFORafKre.
9 t, . he land le heavy e_la y loam. For hie corner at the end of the hall, giving a
tar ter particulars apply to ' Vic toriou.s bleat as he did so. The difficulty of the Government in
a farm T ' •
289,3
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PETER McDOTIGALL.
—During the storm on Saturday, the
5th inst., a young lad about 16 years of
age was engaged in taking the harness
from a team of horses in the stable of
Mr. Montre, on the 13th concession of
the township of Fullarton, when the
lightning entered. the building killing
him instantly. The horses were unhurt, .
but some hay was set on fire, which was
soon extinguished. aome other boys
NV ere also in the building who escaped in-
jury. The fatal bolt struck the unfortu-
nate lad across the- eyes, passing _clown
the entire body, and coming out at his
heel.
—Mr. William Wilson, of Blanishard,
has bought a farm on the 5th concession
of the township of Hay, for the sum -of
$4,800. - •
.16,000 staves and 20,000 shingles daily.
The Railway Company are also building
a capacious engine shed, turntable and.
tank, which are M rapid process of erec-
tion, the cempa,ny occupy about 12
acres in the centre of the village, Be-
sides the above there are 3 hotels, two
Shoe shops, two waggon and blacksmith
shops, one chair factory, two sa,ddleries,
the Montreal Telegraph office, and a
neat Post .Office.
--It is expected that Sir George Car.
tier will embark for Canada about the --
20th inst., and. that he will orrive at Ot-
tawa before the close of the session.
—A company is being organized in the
vicinity of Markham with a capital of
88,000, to take up and settle eight sec-
tions of 'land. Of 640 acres each, as stock
farms inthe Province of Manitoba. The
money will be expended in making neces-
sary ' irtiprovements, buildings, fences,
and the introduction of thorough-
bred atock ; the land, it is understood,
will be a free grant from the Govern-
ment.
—The heavy draught "Old -
Netherbyt" imported- by J. Thompson,
of Markham, in 1862, and now 13 years
old, was sold a few days ago by that gene
tleman to Jonathan Porter, of Oshawa,
for $2,500.
---An 'old veteran named David Brodie
who figured imder Wellington in most of
the Peninsula battles, and who was one of
the bearers of the coffin of Bonaparte on the
occasion of the funeral of the great Em-
peror. and General, applied on Saturday
to the Mayor of Toronto for an order for
admission to the Hospital, which was, of
course, granted- at once. The poor old
fellow, who is in his 89th year, has aged.
greatly of late, but there are those in
Toronto who knew htm a few years ago
when he presented a most hale and stal-
wart appearance, be ng over six feet in
height. He is now much bent and en-
feebled.
—Speaking of the de,struction of bridges
by the late freshet, the Woodstrick Re-
view wisely says : 4" It is the sheerest
folly to continue erecting year after year
flimsy structures that give •way at the
first ordinary spring flood. Better ex-
pend a large sum in erecting a bridge
calculated to bear any strain that may
be placed upon, it, than to continue put -
tin ft up weak affairs at a moderate ex-
pense that have to be re -built on an av-
erage about every second year."
—We de not approve of the one-horse .
little dailies they get out in small towns;
but if anything could reconcile us to
them it wont(' be the very creittable and
respectable appearance of the Brantford
Daily b;:cpositor, vvhich has been run-
ning about a fortnight now. Possibly
Brantford cool& support one little diur-
nal toberably well, so it is to be hoped
the other two may die off quick, so the
Expotitor may 13.1;,ve the field to itself.
Mr. W. C. Trimble. well known in Sea -
forth; is, we understand, the business
manager of the Expositor establishment. ,
• —Mr. D. Sutherland, of West Zona,
County of Oxford, a successful and
practical farmer. has been appointed by
the Ontario Government, immigration
agent to the north of Scotland.
—The Guelph Mercury in speaking of
the crop prospects in. its copty says:
Farmers tri whom we have been speaking
say that the other day when the snow
'cleared off the fields enough to allow the
surface of the ground to be seen, that the
grass and: wheat had quite a refreshingly
green and healthy appearance. If all
goes well for the rest of the season, they
anticipate excellent crops of wheat and
hay. They claim that they have not had
such protection from the snow for years
as there has been the past winter.-
-A few days ago a countryman was
caught in the act Of filling his coat pock-
ets with timothy seed from a bag in front
of a store door in Mitchell. When in-
terrogated as to what he was at, he very:
quietly replied that he was only get-
ting a sample." •
—Mr. George Hyde, of the township- of
North Easthope, has sold three thorough-
bred aDurham heifers—two three-year
olds. and (roe coming two ---for the sum
of $1,000 to a Mr. Bell, of the same town-
ship.
—At the nomination for Municipal
officers for the village of Exeter, held on
Tuesday of last week, the following gen-
tlemen were elected by aeclamation
Reeve, I. Carling ; J. Pickard, M.
Verity, j. Quick, and E. Drew, Coun-
cilors.
—A boy six years of age, son of Mr.
Gedrge Green, of Oxford Centre, while
runnine over the snow in his father's
yard on Sunday last, broke through the
crust and fell into a surface 'well, which
contained over four feet of water. He
was taken out ayfew minutes after quite
dead.
" Itoun.d two—First knock clown for striking out aline for the elections, is ,
STORE. TO RENT OR SELL IN sEgreartTg. the goat," came from aloft, and an out that it has hitherto been supported by
• rwr old a1id. favorebly-known stand, the MAN- burst of cheers and. clapping of hands thee Ultramontanes and Nonconformists
jogilEstrEit HOUSE, lately ocenpied by Mr. followed.
able ternne Apply tb.e store of --
270 LOGAN & ja.e0ESON.
• in combination, whereas now it must
Get on the gag and ride him, Pa," choose between the one or the other.
"* Oh, yes, do Pa," shouted another, the Irish' Church, and Ultramontanes
" that will be nice." • and Nonconformists were here as one.
" Don't you need a saddle, dear?" said The Nonconformists, objected to all
my wife. "Won't the door mat do?" establishments, and the Roman Catholics
Human nature could. stand it no longer. to this particular establishment. Their
cr for the common hatred. of the Irish Church
WCAN will be sold, or rotted on reason -
at SAW MILL AND FARM FOR BALE.
BEING Lot 34, Con. 7, MeKillop, eontaining 104
acres, all eleared, with good barns and stables,
two good orcharda in full beeline"; two never -fail -
3g springs wb.ich eupply the la . Also, Iot 35,
•Con. 9, eontaining 49 acres of. bush. The property
la situate(' mileo from Seafortle, with a good
6navel road thereto. For farther partici:Ulna apply
oil the prentiees, If by post, to JOHN THOMP-
BON.IConzettuee P. O., Milburn, Out. 260
cried one of the children. Gladstone came into office to overthrow
I was furious, an p
animal regardless of time and. situation. brought them together. In framing the
He also started for me under run sail, Englieh Education bill, the Ministry did
. .
and as we closed, I sprang high in the their best to humor both partiee, but
—The disease, cerebro -spinal menin-
gitis,is now very prevalent in Ottawa and.
the eastern townships. In Ottawa, in
one day last week, six funerals took
place, the greater number of which were
those of children, and the deaths were
all caused by this disease:
—A fine horse belonging to a brewer
in Belleville, fell down in the street in
that town a few days ago, its symptoms
beiug somewhat similar to those which
follow the attack of the disease cerebro-
spinal meningitis. The animal, after
lying for,a short time, was attended to
by a veterinary, who administered some
medicine to it, after which it recovered
sufficiently to be able to rise and proceed
to its stable. It is to be hoped that this a hole in the ice on the canal, and sup -
is not the first appearance of a disease posed that he had. caught a trout so large
—A Urge steam -saw mill, together
with a quantity of lumber, belonging to
Mr. W. Hamilton, of Port Burwell, wIs
destroyed by fire on Tuesday last. The
lose is very heavy and. insurance.light.
—J. F. Duncan.and 11 Brackenbury,
insolvent storekeepers of Parry Sound,
were arrested on Thursday at th6 in-
stance of Mr. -Munro, the official assignee.
They are acchsed of concealing portions
of their estatesitud falsifying their boolts.
There is said to be a good. deal of this
sort of swindlifig going on in the Pro-
vince, and it is high time the assignees
set themselves to work to stop it.
-e-Mr. Alex. C. Stewart, a farmer of
East Williams, recently met with a
strange, but severe accident. Happening
to lean over in the waggon so as to more
easily get something from his pants
pocket, a sudden jerk threw him in front
of the wheel, which, striktng hint on the
forehead, cut him fearfully from temple
to temple.
—A widow woman named. Mrs.. Craig
was washing clothes in the Hastings
House kitchen, Parkhill, on Saturday,
April 5th, when the lightning struck the
stove she was, standing near, the electric
curreat passing from the stove to her,
causing spinal injuries and paralysis of
one side. She is not likely to recover.
Strange to say neither the stove nor any
article in the room was injured. The
poor woman has a family of fonr small
children, who were entirely dependent
on her for sustenance.
—A pair of steers were recently )told
to an American Mater by a Mr. Wad-
leigh, of Kingston, for the sum of $300,
which each girthed. 8 feet, and weighed.
4,280 pounds.
--It has been decided to increase the
salaries of Dominion Civil Service em-
ployees at the tette of 25 per cent. far
the third class clerks, 15 per cent. for sec-
ond class, and 10 per cent. for first class.
There is also a rumor that a bill is in
preparation to raise the salaries of Min-
isters to $8,000, alit sessional allowance
to members of Parliament to $1,000,
Dundas fisherman had a few days
sinee rather worse than the average fish-
erman's luek. He was angling through
which is said to attack both men and
horses.
--One of the romantic incidents of the
loss of the Atlantic has been the discov-
ery that one of the common sailors whose
life was sacrificed in efforts to save others
was a young woman of about twenty or
twenry-five years of age. Her sex was
not known until the body was washed
ashore and the rude clothing removed
preparatory for burial. Sbe had ser vett
as it common sailor for three voyagesi
and was a favorite shipmate with all.
She is described as having fewer of the
vices incident to a sailor's life than is
usual, but she was nevertheless as jolly
a tar as any of them. Who she was and
where the came from, and her motive
for leading such a strange life of hard-
ship,.never was and never will be fully
known.
—The village of Palmerston, on the
Wellington, Grey and-- Bruce Railway,
already numbers among its industries a
steam saw mill, the capacity of which is
20,000 feet of lumber daily; a stave
and. shingle factory, which turns out
J
that it could not be brought -through the
orifice. So he gently played his fish with
one hand, while with the other he chop- .
ped the ice until the opening had been
safticiently eularged. Then. with a
skilful twitch he brought out a dead
cat with a brick on its neck!
How TO GET RICH. —The art of money-
making is a subject which engrosses the•
attention of almost everyone. We have
a book -before us entitled " The Art of
; or, The Road to For-
tune," which discusses the questionein all
its hearings. . It is a volume of nearly
500 pages, • well printed, haedsomely
boand, and profusely illustrated.. It
gives sketches of the career of Vander -
hitt, A. T. Stewart, Robert Bonner, the
Aston, and. other successful business
men, with an aralysis of the causes
which led to their success. The work is -
written in a racy and readable style, and.
is, on the whole, the best subecription
book ‘we have seen for a long time. Mr.
John McGregor, of Brussels, is agent for
Grey, Morris, Ifowick and Turnberry.
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