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MENTAL CULTIIRETOWTHETA
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The following essay, on "The TM-
portance of Antal Culture to the
Farming Gom,- munity," wo read at
a latetneetingt --tile-libiburn Far-
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MR. CHAIRMAN : The very pleasant
duty devolves on me this evening of pre-
senting to you, 6A through you to the
farmers' 'club of this .place, a few
thoughts concerning the propriety and
the importance of meatal maitre for the.
farmer and. the farmer's family. The
proposition itself partakes largely- of the
notate of a truism, or self-evident propo-
sitiou, and yet 1 think that neither the
time nor the effort spent in a brief illus-
tration and clefence need be unprofit-
ably occupied.
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It may safely enouglrbe affirmed- that
there ' are few subjects on -which the
community have beee. „more at fault in
their general conclusions than, the one
we are now discussing. A very strong
feeline has been indulged; that of all the
oeCupetiorts of lite in which:men engage,.
there was nothing for which so little
mental culture was required. as the pur-
suits of agriculture. A more abstract
sentiment it woald be :difficult to
conceive, as we hope in some measure to
make apparent And how little Bowser
it may redound to the credit of the farm -
sr Imes& that such a feeling should pre-
vail, it is, nevertheless, the fact, that
none seemed:more fully to eadoese the
seneiment, or more quietly lenclia help-
ing hand, passively, at least, trthave the
faets cor*apond with the ' fancy.
In pursuan6e Of this theory, it has been
no uncommon thiug to see the parents of
a large family, when they began to
east about in their mind's eye as to
what line -of life it would be most judi-
cious to select :for the different members
of their family—to see theni deciding
that, whatever might be the calling or
profession or business to which they
might severally be appointed, the small-
est share of scholastic training was ac-
corded or afforded to sueh as stlitiiihr oc-
cupy the farm. lf for a trade, a fair
share of education must be secured, to
qualify the lad at least to keep his books
and. aeeounts eottetzly. If for • any of
the professidnee a certaiu etenotint of
: 'training mut be Submitted to, qualify-
ing for the eight discharge eirthe duties
m connection therewith: i The farmer
alone might very well dispense with any.
thing deserving the name of culture, at
farthest, the most primary or partial was
all that couId possibly be required.
Nost, without the first attempt to under-
value, the propriety and the necessity as
well, of giving due heed to thorough cul-
ture for any and for every position that
other members of the family and of the
community ought to receive, I think the
position is eqiially defensible, that men-
tal training is just as needful, as indis-
pensable for the farmer as for any other.
In .the filet place, it Must be admitted
that' the calling of the husbandman lies
az the very foundation of every other oc-
eupatie -in 'which men may • engage.
No dis ute on this point can possib-
lyT arise, for , whosoever lives must eat
and wear, end food and raiment, be
the' of ,ever so primitive a ,. character,
are the result of the husbandman's ef-
forte:and just. in proportion. as! the pro -
duet. , understands his buitrmisa other
' things being equal, in just that propor-
tion will the returns from effoia be,- both
in quality and quantity ; and hence, in
this most superfitial view of the matter,
it is indispensable that whoever would
be successful, must, at least, have some
tolerable conception of the adaptation of
certain soils 'and climate foe the produe-
tiou �f anyaiven kind of 'crop. Now,
such knowlec ge _ can only be obtained
through the slow process of experience,
nor, indeed, can any 'other knowledge be
otherwise obtained. I do not say that -
no person can have any knowledge of
anything but what he has experienced
for himself, that is not my meaning, but
this: In our primary condition we are
destitute of knowledge, an& it is only as
we -come into contest with anything that
we gather any knowledge of _its -eharac-
ter, or else as we receive information
front those who have lead experience
comes alt who woull be_freemen to tine common nrnd &ria altllGUgb Oh:WY
" event &life t e Meiteit of4dueation, yet
some _early irapressions are always most
durable, 1 would have every mother a
cultivated, an edacatecl,• an mtellectual
and intetligerit *omen, mid oo thoroughitapressed is My awn miad with this
idea that I. would like to throw all the
weight of all the powers with which I
am endowed, to emulate, to urge, and to
establish the value and the initiortance
of this sentiment. For jest as surely at
like produces like, and just as certainly
as effects fellow causes, just so surely,
,and just so certainly, will the character
of the moth.ers leave their impresi either
for weal Or woe • inthe coming genera-
tiops. I may perhaps be told that men-
tal culture has a tendeecy to blunt the
fineness of female seesibility, but, sir,
_1; fearlessly affirm, that true cultivation,
that moral aiftlintellectual elevation, has
not, and in the natiere of things never can
have such a tendency. It may, indeed,
make the subject thereof lees of a gaudy -
toy, but never less -of a true weman. -
Just one other thought with its con-
nection and I have done e The necessity
for cultivated and. expanded intellect is
foeming itself upon us now as never be -
fere in our county's histoty. Our
national limits are expanding, and can
only be said to be bounded from east to
west, by the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
In that vast extent thus bounded, possi-
bilities he dormant that only reciteire suf-
licientemental and moral cajabthties to
develop, in ordet to present one of the
grandest, if e not, indeed,. the brandest
country on‘the habitable globe. Scores,
if not hundreds of millions of acres of
soil waiting to be occupied. Lakes and
inland seas that have no•equals on the
earths sierface. Water communicationWthoot a .parellele and, Neter power
practically unlimited and: inexhausti-
ble. Our mineral resources already
developed excite the , envy and ad-
miration of the world, add to all
this a climate of unsurpassed sake.
brity, sufficiently to northWerd. to
preserve the system of man and •beast
from torpidity and lassitude, yet enough
within the temperate zoue to produce all
the fruits of the earth needed for whole-
some nutrition, and very many, of the
luxuries as well. With such a -dean*
and with such resources it reqiiires;-no
stretch of the imaginative faculties, it
requires no stretch of sober settled
thought to discover that in launching our
ship of state we require pilots and helms-
men of no infelitoe mehta.1 or mehal calibre
to giese us safetsailing in the,comparative-
ly untried channel. And as, already in-
timated. so here I would. repeat, that if
the agricultural classes. are to have a fair
der
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Out scholastic or literary-tramnrg mist
essailly be either fools -or bloeliheadk,
I do.,:affirm, if a 'peteett possesses the.
raishapabilityll to analyze any given
, hi et capebilities, therefore, will be
Lely increased by a thorougheneental
seholeatie -discipline, tor will he
y be assisted in mak-Mite his _analysis,
he :Will find espeaially ini-
vedsia any attempt he .may wish •
eke for its advocacy and defe-nce.
have. • said. that ire,- and
tancl,' in what their.'rightsconsist,
to be prepixred to dethand.tbeir 'ree•
tion,. in a manly::_eSid intelligent
net, , , , •
ow, I do not say, livould not be un-
tood:to insinuate, that persons with-
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that we are likely to be; govern-
ed by a representatiye system, in
(which dase it is specially important that
slavery department of soeiety should. have
-persons eof its oven class competent to
erepre,ssait its own intereet an especial
mannere, For, how capable 0.11(1.110w im-
• partial,eoever some -ro.a,y be -for taking 'a
broad, kgenerous view of the whole sub -
Jett of rights, yet, if a tierson. h.as given
arty ma
tention,
that, at
ter his chief, his ,particular at -
Ahem cau. be no reasonable doubt
leaste, his advocaat' of that par-
ticular . epartment wilf-be eonsideredeas
being e titledlt greater weightlhan an
eet ally good advocacy from one Who
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of US nutoii consequence as any other, are
t slenderly • represented by'. persons
m the rural' districts, and from the
=Rural classes. , You will scarcely
d an intelligent person- but what will
plore the uudue proportion ofeprofes,-
als ,iu j legislative assembligs.
rhaps some: of bur greatest anct someef
r hest men are from the cities, end.
in, the.profeeeions, Perhaps lawyers
y be a neceesay in the halls of tegielt,-
ne-e-•admit ande yet, it is pos-
h,* to_have -too much even of a Kood
ing, for; whatever May be said ,,to the
trary, therte 'ean be in solid doubt
t the obstructionists on the wheels Of
p ogiess' are the professiouels from the
centres populatione The working
man's interese it' but pea tially represen f-
ed, and. measures ath tonstantly being
promoted, calculated to aggrandize the
few at the expense of the 'many. But
-then, so-- -long as we ate, content to per-
petuate the system of selecting our rep-
resentatives from among outsiders, and
y be sespeceed of giting his views for
againing of a" little pepularity. . And
, gave come to siMpla matters of
t, and take 'things .ave find them,
hink we will be obliged. to confess
-4 incur highest reitresentativeenstie
ions, the fernier, whose interests -are:
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espeeially from the towns and. cities, and
more especially from. the profeseions, and
more especially from the legal"frater-
nay', just so long may we expect this
stateof things to centunie, and just so
Meg as the rural constituencies call for
-the cities to represent them, ill a majority
of cases, at least, vvill they be misrepre-
stilted., 1 do not sayebut On leading
questions such aspirante for Parliamen-
tary honors will apledge themselves in the
same direction as the eteetori really re-
qaire, atat on these particular items will
be, and remain, entirtly. sound for the
time being, but in a majority of cases
the rural must yield to. the mercaetife
and. the professional, where any question
or rivalty, comes to the earface. Nor
Would f. urge Viet, because a repi•eseu-
tative has been chosen of the people and
by the people, he Must; tberetore, of ne-
cessity, be a _PUre," out, being
one �t- the people, ,a better hold by the
-people is pretty certain, and better op-
pertunittes are afforded of 'bringing tue
delinquent to book, if any attempt to
shirk his retponsibilities should be' de-
veloped. Aud then, let none inatigine
that the geheral cultivation will not tend of being assured that they have contid-
directly to the particular. "1 Would be bitted at least their fate quota in secutMg
walking with the wise, that wiser I may so -desireble a corasummation by every (/)
grow," es qiiite'as mach a dictate of good legitimate means mithin our power, but
sense, established- by experience, ae, it is by none more effectually than by the
correct poetical effusion. Rest assur- motto with which we conimericed this
ed, wherever there is endive capability, e-ssee's the mental culeure of the farmer
the full development mill -be the yetter , and the farmer's family.
secured by having favorable surrOund-
.
'Inge. If the rural eonstituencies) are
81101V in the equipment and management
of our noble' cra f they matof necessity
find among,st themselves .persons who
dare to think, and Who dare fearlessly to
give utterance to their maturedthoughts.
'rhe country alrea,dy developed is essen-
tially an agricultural country.-- Ho*
much mere te this, to be the case in refer-
ence to our almost bouedlest prairies in CO
the greet Northetest, Wrileh
our cousins south of 45'°- erefree to confess
is destined to be the greatest bread pro.- <
ducing country on the habitable globe.
Now, making every allowance for the
exuberance of th.e American itnagination,
we shall then haveahno _clisttinttclay
vast extended. field, a big agriculthral
spreada- Let us, then; by all 'means, be
ready to go in and assert •a-uri defend �r
rights, not at the expense of the mercan-
tile, the mechanical, the scientific, or the
professional claws, but in happy lear-
n-Lofty:with all so that the best good of
all illy be secured and the resources of
our noble country may be .made to tend.
to ha-ppintesthrough moral and material
growth, arid thus may the fernier's club,..
of Kinburn, have the ep ro ad satisfaction -
lVe rard noto prep;rea to show mo8t Attractive Stock of •
Straw, Chips Palmetto, °
BRILLIANT JEAN AND PARIS PRESSED HATS AND BONNETS,
In all the new shapes for Liadies, Misses and Children.
OUR MANTLE DEPARTMENT
Comprises the largest stock in town, and made from the newest materials in all the
fashionable style -s.
-MOURNING AND WEDDING ORDERS
Are executed from one to three days notice, in style and elegance equal if not miser-
ior to any city. production.
We have on exhibition the latest novelties in Chignons, Switches, Cornet Braids,
Puffs and...Face Curls.
Also d-fich lot of Flowers, Feathers, Ribbons, and Dress Caps, *
Oar Stock is unrivalled in • variety, and our pricee speak for themselves. An in-
spection of our departments will convince ladies of the inducements we are offering.
THOMAS KIDD.
CHILDREN'S
COLORED AND WHIT g COTTON HOSE.
Misses' White and Colored Cotton Hose,
Lacks' White awl "dalored =Cotton Hose,
Bo's' Brown, and Blue Cotton Sox,
Men's Brown with, Merino feet, -
Plain Csptton and Colored Merino Sox, at
OGANI J AMIESON'S.
Small Men's, Medium, Sized Men's and Large Men's
UNDERPHIRTS AND DRAWERS
AT
LOCAN JA
ever to be duly appreciated, and 'their
JOHN SEATTER,
Oghts secured:, it can, and only be, '01/EtlitiST AY,0 DRUOGIST,
"[Ins now 'on hand a full as-
sortmei 001 the leading
medicines of the day, compris-
ing Dr. Wheeler's 'Compound
Elixir of Phosphates, Drs.
Ayer's; Radway's Depew's and
Hugyard's modicineit, Thomas'
Ecleetrie Kennedy's Medi-
cal -Dif3COVe Extract , of
B n eh n, }Ionic and Cattle Medi -
When their own native talent is develop- e
therewith. This doetriue is true, beyond ed and applied. And - then, Mr. (Arme-
e successful cavil,- to the ends ot thea hien, this is a work in which all may,
earth, and not more true, in referance to rend ought, heartily to &twee, and the
any other matter or thing, thanas it re- sooner the better. . I .have .sZul all somegards the scienie and system of • agricul- Whet thoughtlessly,- .perhaps, yet. I
ture, and hence, he who would be able caunot recall it, and - wili that
now say lat
,
to take a foremost position in those on mature theught, my meaning is just
things, must not mile keep hie eyes open
to What traneeiree Within his oivn.obseie
vation, but mast also keep himself post-
ed touching the experience of others who
have Made -obseevations, and made a
record of their experience: This, Mr.
Chairman, only another method of
saying that he who would take a fore-
most position, in his vocation, must
make himself familiar -with the utter-
ances on this, and kindred subjects,
found in nearly ali ourrespectable news-
papers, but particularly dwelt upon by
journals devoted especially to that inter -
.est. And, indeed, when we consider the
vast amount of information, the result of
the experience of some of the cleverest
minds cf the age, that may be found in
the agricultural journals of our day, the
only wonder is. that they are not more
generally patronized. So fully is pay
own naiad impressed with this idea, that
if the effort of your prgrartization should
" be prodnctive, and ouly productive, of
securing a recognition of this principle,
to the -extent of inducing partieS to take
if only three extra copies of any of our re-
spectable j ou rnals. such as the Canada
Farmer, or the Farmers' Adrocate, I
should consider that your effort had
neither beenta vein teor fruitless.
Now, what has thus far been. said.
would seem to peint, chiedy at least. to
stecceasful effort in the husbandman's
.ealling, but bow desirable soever it may
be to make two blades of grass to grow
where only one had been wont to make
its appearance, yet this is not the only
reason why the wind, of the farmer, and
the farmer's family, should be cultivat-
ed. You *ill perceive, Mr. Chairman, I
aiim detertnified not only to keep the far-
mer in view, but his family as well.
But to the subject. Theta is one idea In
this connection that seems- to press for
spec1a„1 recogaition, oue thdught or two
that deserves more than .a superficial
.glance. The tenuency--of ourt age is
in the three tion of progress. The watela
word of all classes is advauce, and the
farmer must be ready to fall into line, or
submit to be b -ft behind in the _ general
pursuit.: And tierce we are now, and al-
most certain always to he, go-verned by
representatiye institutions, it becomes
the farmer to stand prepired to demand
a becoming recognition. jjv the nature
of things, it is highly intbrobable that
we shall ever be under the control of an
abeolute despotiesin, and lenof3, it be-
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iiii cempreheneive as the expression will nines, Superior Dye 8 tuffs, PaWuniery Combs and
legitimately bearNene are exempt .
Brnahes, Heir Oils and Ponmdeu,Sehool Books and
D . .
o you wish Stationery
sh to enquire if I would thus • -
include females ? My answer is decided- • EXCHANGE OFFICE,. ' ,
ly yes ! Any work, or any organization In connection, where all parties going to the
that ignores the female influence and the United States ean be supplied with Ameneen ear -
female presence id not of heaven's ar- istelYio 2117,teeIstoof !Bele..00; nelitIsetheier.
Lf Alivthe;e01;eielettRateiss:
raUeemeet,' is not natural, is not ,essen- eaties -wahine to brine out their friends from
malty good. • -.• Europe cell be supPlied with tickets here to send
.
'Do ask if I would have women leave tooth mac7 JOHN SEATTER.
their social and domestic duties to mix -
in the turmoil of polieies, and. witness the - THE
rotigh and. tunable of an election sciamble ?
T do not think it requires any profound
discrimination to detect a flaw in the
enquiry whereby the asking of the ques-,
ton goes far to furnish- -a..conclusive an-
swer. I need not tell you, sir, that the
people of Canada a,re not so far lost to :sPiR, CBS E LS,
'all sense of propriety as thikt the pt eience
LATEST ;EXCITEMENT.
J LECKIE,
Of ladies in any eatheriu-g, vould not be 1
Has just received and opened 'out
an effectual cheelto the rowdy element OVER
if it,should chance to be present. And, ,
sir, I am made very glad to know that
ia connection with (nit late political
campaign), -several oe the very best meetSPRNC
-
ings that were held, were graced by the •
presence of refinedand intelligent ladies, I
in Which case. no evidence has yet .been
developed to show that the ladies were
dearaded utir the gentlemen scandalized,
$10,000 W ORTH
NO SUMMER
ODS,
T/tN:lt OF
Tat place that is either socially, or in- D.RY GOODS,
man
tellectually, moriAly mitit for a Wo -
(Fancy tcand Staple,)
t occopy is utterly unfit for the •
Woman's husband.or brother, utterly un-
fit for a man. , .
And thea, sir, in the good time .com- READYMADE (2LOTHING,
hag, if we may judge of the future as in-
dicated froth the past, we can entertain BOOTS AND. SHOES,.
ALILLINEItY,
no intelligent doubt that this state of -
ARDWARE, .
things Will yet lareely Hprevail. lu any
case, I would have, every woman so • *GROCERIES &C.
thoroughly cultiyated that no question
. fared to the public havin‘, )ilbeen u • •h • .1 th
pOlitics, but what* she could grapple N'erv closest terms:e in thevery bestmt'keftT, and
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meth, and analyze, and if her husband,
comprsiing over -20,0(001 Good,.
ier brother,
her neighbor, or her special BARGAINS in Prints and Dress Go 1
04 s•
Selling at -usual wholesale cost price.
lever, if _you please, required. a . men Selling
in great profusion. Goods made
'Lai lift, would have leer emu e
Ptttle alp and triramed to older on the shortest notice:
to afford . the needed aid. .11 at --Goods bf all ill be sold at prices that will
not' Emphatically, -why 'riot 9 Have defy competon.
women _ no eights to be respected? Has .1 Special discounts for CASH. ..
Woraanno *mugs that require teelbe cor- Call and see the goods and prices before pur-
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meted ?' If so, why- not cultivate and'chasing elsewhere,
educate everY mental faculty with whom-
1ESON'S.
LIVE AND LET LIVE.
BUY YOTJR
ERIES
WHERE EVERY A.TTENTION IS DEVOTED TO ONE BRANCH OF pusneess.
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Good Teas, 50c. to 75c.
* Bright Sugars, 11 lbs for $1.
INSPECTION INVITED.
GOODS ORDERED PROMPTLY DELIVERED, FREE OF- CHARGE,
J. C. LAIDLAW.
JUN
HILL'S BRITANNIA HOUSE,
GENTS' FVRNISIIINGs)
SHIRTS,
cOLLARS, TIES,
HARVEST OF
1873.
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The prospects for a bonn.tifullarvest were, never better then this year, and
Has for sale the very Implements which will reap it .speediliand economically.
REAPERS AND MOWERS.
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well-known Maebines, incleding Wood's Patent Single Deeper, Johnson's Patent Single
Reaper, -Wood'a-I,ight Mower—with iron frame, Wool's Light 3lower—with wooden fn rine, celebrated
Buekeye. Mower—iron frame, Hubbard 3lower,
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THE BEST IN 1.1S/1. SAMPLE VaCHINES ON EXHIBITION AT THE
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TEA! TEA!! TEA111
TUFTS & HAMBLE101
Having on hand a very large stock of
.CEI --.LENT TEAS,
And being hard up for money, have determinedu
sell Teas at
GREATLY REDUCED VRICIS
For ono month.
All parties wanting a choice article of Tea, and
wishing to 811,Ve money, will find it to their advae.
tage to give them a call. They have also mixed a
very large stock of
GENERAL GROCERIES.,
Crockery, Glassware, Wines and Liquors,
Oatmeal, Cornmeal, Lake Huron Hening,
which they will sell very cheap for -cash er
produce.
TUFTS & HAMBLETON,
Brussels, -Ont.
WHO WANTS MONEY?
A. STRONG, SEA.FORTH,,
/Will Loan Money at a LOW RATE OF INTEll,
EST. either on Farm or Village Property.
Parties requiring money Should apply to him.
INSURE YOUR PROPERTY
AND. YOUR LIVES.
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Strong, Seaforth.
' 18 ALSO AGENT FOR
Thej•Scottish, Provincial Insurance Company—
Fire and Life.
The Western InsuranceCompany, of Toronto—
Fire and Life.
The t„Isolated Risk Insurance Company, or
Canada.
Terms as reasonable as offered by sue other -
agent -doing business for reliable Comptmies.
OFFICE—over Strong & Fairley's Grneery
Store, Main,Street, Seaforth. 252
BASE AND CRICKET
BALLS AND BATS
AT
R. LtUMSDENS
DRUG STORE.
P• UBI..10 NOTICE.
ozicz • is hereby given that the undereign&
--1-` have this day entered into Partnership tee
Millers and Produce Corninissionlferchants in the
Tillage of Seaforth, under the name, style and:
firm ol jAS. P. KENDALL & CO."
[Signed,) JAS. P, KENDALL,
MARTIN ClIAALESWORTIt-
A-GRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS I
Of all Made, such as Plows, Cnitivators, Harrows, Gang Plows, Turnip Seed Drills, Horse Hoes and
Weeders-, always on hand es iisnal.
• Points and Castiuge. All kinds of Plow Points and Castings constantly on.hand at the Warehouse.
The stock is the largest and cheapest ever of -
could arise, not even of 'local or general
• JOHN LEOKIE,
seever found ? There is yet another Brussels.
thou 'at in this connection and that is
this i The history ofthe world bears
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testinionyto the correctness of the aoeti-
cal apherme, that education forms the , 273 81111 1
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BOY WANTED.
, immediately, a BOY for the Black -
g business. APply to
McINTOSH & MORRISON.
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SEWING
The best selectea Stock of
Sewing Machiues 'West of Toron-
to, cOmprieing the
FLORENCE,
. Singer, Lockman, Venus, Ray-
mond, Webster and other make.
On hand a large stock of Sing-
er's heavy Machines for mannfite-
taring purposes. Sewing Ma-
chine needles for Olin& of Ma -
MACHINES.
chines kept constantly on hend.
Sold at reduced rates. Agents. --
The following gentlemen have
been appointed agents for the
FLORENCE
Sewing Machine, and none others
71 have the privileLTe- of selling:
'LAWRENCE MURPHY, Sea-
- fmth; 'THOMAS CONNORS,
Seaforth; LOCKMAN 8. WILL -
:40.N, Goderieh.
SECON D HAN D 'MACH I N ES.—A number of good Second Hand Machines for
sale cheap, or to rent on reasonable terms.
muSICAL INsTRONTENTS.-0. C. Willson is Agent for Musical Instrnments tbe following
makes: Pianoe—Mathusek, Labelle, J. & O. Fisher, Steck, Weber and others. Organs—Prince's, of Buf-
falo, anl others. Melodeons—Prince's end others. Samples of the above in.strunients can be seen tit
the Warerooms,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM, MARKET -STREET.
. OLIVER C. WILLGSONENRAL, ASGettfopr.th, Opnt.,
OE ENT R THE DOMINIOX.
JAS. P. KENDALL & CO.
Beg to state to the Farmers, Produce Merchants -
and Dealers of the County of Hiaon that they
have pnrchased froru Messrs. SHEARSON &
the Mills known as the Seaforth Mills, and will
hereafter carry on the same.
All Kinds of Grain Purchased,
As formirly,
•
And the Highest CASI1 PRICE Paid,
FLOUR exchanged for WHEAT.
Farmers desiring to eichniage can rely upoa
getting for their Wheat No:1 Flour.
FLOUR DELIVERED in any part of the Vil-
lage free of charge.
The undersigneddanving heel the entire working
management of the Mill for the past three yearse
patrons may rest assured that they will receive
the same satisfactory treatment 'and as good work
as formerly.
AS. P. KENDALL & CO.
TN REFERENCE to -the above, the undersigned
-L• would beg to thank their numerous customers
for the extensive patronage accorded to them for
the past four 'years and trust that the same lib-
eral patronage will, be*extended to the 118W .firin
whom we have pleasure inbeing able to confident-
ly recommend to our old patrons. All debts fine
ns, in connection with the Mill must be paid to
Xas. P. Kendall & Co., -and. all debts due by us, in
connection -with the same, will be settled by the
said firm of Jas. P. Kendall 4-, Co.
W. A. SHEARSON ea CO.
BRUSSET3 FOUNDRY.
TAB SUBSCRIBER 'wishes to call the *Asensio.
-a- of the fanning connnunity in general to hia
large awl varied stock of
• 7, c
A aricultural Implenients
Consisting of
IRON AND WOOD PLows,
With the latest improved Steel Mould Beard,
GANG PLOWS,
CULTIVATORS, LAND ROLLERS, •
HARROWS, SCUTTLERS, ttc.
Re- would beg to call sPecial attention to the
celebrated
FARMERS' PLOW,
Whieh hag given universal satisfaction wlierever
'used, to whieb. ja now added a Thistle Point, so
much required. in thit pert. A189, to some first-
class
STAVE-DIM:11 LAND ROLLERS,
From $22 to $35. Also, a few
First -Class Wagons,
Getting up for Sluing uie, -warranted of very hat
SEASONED TIMBER.
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All of which will be sold the very
LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH
Or approved credit I
R. wason
• Brussels, Feb.12, 1873,
Mee_
HILL'S BRITANNIA
• HOUSE:
Choice Millinery
AND ALL THE NEW SHAPEg
HATS AND BONNETS
hers 0.--"3:- ------E''Capri 1 e -
.
th is coral fishing is -1_ the
ttioriwvieslich ntohtelaingfilsTiet:nlileten.r 11 tt4i)ontas,
intervals of a montra, and often de- ! outei
deck.1 i les rtit;it eenPhri a:nfl)it)fs ro ott:fc:oeihoi°aidsnCebtlob:abislitsetitw‘i- d' its:lerti toieji cinoilrtg: :ea:I:If:daft! .':: stftttyroilvui:illreenitey:i)e,sit"
rived of hs,i,ele.iii) esfsor ofday(4:01:0dgZtitli(;.er : 411:iits1:::,, it 1
111,1
f th
elk
-1,-.1€ '
throng ,
Ifisners are exposed to a eon -
t brutality from the masters of
their vessels which is too herribl
bei1 bard, work. The two beams
r description. Thefishing, is
of wood laid. crosswise, with hemp
se netting attached to them,
:::ronl:so, oetfbehaslef4a-b:oteetinlboweittsh -tea 11171'
tears
o iahle, Thofit
„which serve as a dredge, are dragged
:I::: pi at y i sn:noeutpet :nil ,fefi ,is, ii.,1 cbtqoi-it:ehinare.oke note it:1h; eeersoBbiojiiine
voment when
brineees_entangled in the net from i eitea
the rook, or breaks off rock and all,
reaso
Th
- t:ho.1111:boatlatrf isaeei;
is lucrative enough ; of the 8;000 ratti
francs which form the returns of a. °the
Ilene
It
.eatehersatlititil
his 'thigh over which it runs, is eut
snd a shout of joy bursts from the
to the hoee. A long
wearied fishermen as the tangled blin
villves. To the masters the Iishery his t
mass of coral appears above the the
single boat, some 2,000 are dear
profit. But measured by our Eng- fa&S
fish notions, the pay seems miserably 8°111
• inadequate to the toil and. suffering subs
rience of the seamen_ from 112 to him
which they undergo. For the °ne
varies with the strength and expe- Nv:111
the whole "peried of eight months, it Inn
not
118, the boys' receiving as little as and
44; and of this, much is absorbed by WOR
The
the extortionate eh opleeeper of Tone,
Buough, however, remains to tsmpt
The best of the Caprese fishermin to- are
sete Even _ a boy's earnings will ter,
' -pay his mother's,rent. For a young Elm;
man it is the only mode in which v
bm
he can hope to gather a. sure suffi-
cient for marriage and his start in
life. " The eerly marriages So com-
mon', at NaPles and along ,the ade
joining coast are unknown at Capri, 1
where a girl seldom weds befere 20,
peasant le-
and Where the poorest
fuses the band of his daughter to a
. suitor -who cannot furnish a, wed- 1 Tal
ding settlement of some 120. Even i rin
with the modern rise of wages it is ! "
almost impOssible for a lover to ac- cel)
annulate such a sum from the pro- j 11°1
duce of his ordinary toil, and his i 11Se
P
-oneresouree is the coral fishery.
The toil and suffering of the sup- 1
mer are soon forgotten when the 1
young fishermen. returns and adds tea
his earnings to the little store of i ,
former years. When the stole is Jar
complete, the • ceremortiel of a Ca- tar8
,.
prese betrothal begins with the " em- ai
busy," as it is termed, of his mother at.
to the parents of his future bride.
Clad :in lier best array, and holding wn
in her hand the favorite nosegay of ,..,
th
the island, a branch of sweet basil,
2prinkled with cinnamon powder,
and a rose-colored carnation in the str
midst of it, the old fishwife makes
her way through the dark lanes to
the vaulted. room where het friends
ignorant° as to the errand on which
she co- mes. Half an hour passes in ! a'
diplomatic fence, in chat over the 1
,
weather, the crops, or the -price of'
maccaroni, till, at. a given signal,_, °
'the girl herself leaves the room, -
and the " embassadress " breaks
out in praise of her good looks, her
industry, and her good repute.
The parents retort by praise ef the
Yoemg fisherman, and. compliments
Pass quickly *into business, und. a
vow of eternal friendship between
the families is sworn over a, dish of 1
_ figs and e. bottle of . roeolie. The I f
priest iS eoon called in, and the lev-
ees are formally betrothed for six 1 f.
months, a ceremony which is soon
followed by a new appearance- of
theambas,sadress with the customary
effering of trinkets from the lover
to his promised spouse. The old 4
Caprese custom has disappeared; ,
hut the girls still pride themselves '
on the number and value of their
erna-ments--the ," spadella," or stil-
brded mast: of then Jena hiretto, which 'nimbi the elaboretely.
the circular gold ear -rings with in-
er laccetta, worn fold upon fol
ter circles of pearls, the gold chai
round the neck ; the bunch of gold
talismans snspeneled on the breast ;
tile profusion of heavy silver rings 1
:which load every finger. The Sun-
3aaY ater the betrotriel, when she i
"g1)13Para at high mass in all her
Pri- gill's life ; but love has few of
tile tenderer incidents Whith mak
'inerY, is the proudest -day of a Ca-
% poetry in the North. There is
" lover's lane" in Capri, for a
inaiden may not walk- with her be-
ty-othed save in the presence of wit-
L'e}5ses ; and a, kiss before me.rriaee
es a9 e , ,, .:,
a°t) 13 -11s -y with less romantie J.rat-
rs ; it is his business to provide
, _ - Auld R,obin Gray calls it,
f'''"xTs• The future husband St, in ,
.4.8. 3111" to which no modest _girl
vnin. lq-alAgs of the Madonna and fa-
-
e bed
nte Saints of the day. The inide
aild bedaing, table and
__44irs, drawers and. looking glass,
c1-, above all, -a dozen gaudy prints
en
await her with a charming air -of