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Clearing Sale at Dent's.,
Estray Sheep --Michael Bewley.
School of Telegraphy—Wm.
Land Sale in Wingliam—J. Moffatt.
Horse Blanket Lost.
Organ for Sale.
Clearing Sale at Hill's.
Union S. S. Pie-nie—A. Armitage.
Cow Strayed—A. Sttaiton, -
Farm for Sale—E. ClutpMatc.
List of LetteriirtS. Dickson, P. M.
Knox's Hotel—Thomas Knox.
Locket Lost.
lir011 P54q)ooitor.
FRIDAY, JULY 4,1873.
Unprofitable
It is very desire) le that a flow of
immigration should be directed to
our conotry. We have a vast do-
main of new territory which needs
peopling, and even the older portions
of the country are capable of sustain-.
ing a much larger population. The
nese are Raid to be a peaceable, in-
offensive, religious people. But, al
the same time, their pe liner t
reli-
gious tenets, as well as their ems -
toms and traditions, pre ent their
ever becoming citizens of the coun-
ty they live in, and render almost
impossible their mixing or inter-
mingling with its inhebitants. They
have lived in ,Russia for nearly a
hundred yeare," but still, we are in-
formed, they are not Russians, but
Germans in all respects, save their
place of birth. Doubtless, as long a
residenc,e among us would be equal-
ly ineffectual in changing' their 'na-
tionality or character. They, ate,
moreover, almost entirely a nee of
Immigrants. non-consemers. They, use almost
impotence of immigration ie fully
recognized by byth our Dominion
andtgOutario Governments, and each
of them expend considerable sums
in endeavoring toattractto our
shores the stuplus population of the
Old World. Bat, while the de-
sirability of, thus increasing our
poimateima must be patent to every-
one, there is another matter which
should net -be lost sight of; The
quality of the immigration, •eo to
speak, should be regarded quite' as
milt& as lits quantity. For some
kinds of inartigran4s Canada offers
an excellent field. for others it is,
perhaps, as poor a place as they
could come to. For every kind of
agrioultural laborer, we have abund-
. auce of employe -eta, and any such
corning to Canada froai any country
in Europe will certainly better their
condition, and, if possessed �f in-
dustry hetelligence, may Attain
to competency and even wealth.
For men of small capital who have
been accuttomed to farming, our
Northe est country offer% especial
inducements, and for capitaliste also
who would invest rn manufacturing
we have ample room, but the mer-
cantile business in this country is
already over -crowded, arid little en-
couragement can be offered to en-
gage in that line. For :some kinds
of tradesmen, also, we have room,
but men of this class would have- to
look rather to the ultimate advan-
tage of themselves and their families
than to the immediate profit which
would result from their change.
Only this week the Montreal papers
nothing which they do not them-
selves produce, their food is of
their own raising; their clothing of
their own manufacture. They are,
likewise, non combatants, which, we
believe, is the cause or their expul-
ts;on frcm Russia. We are at a loss
to know what considerable benefit
a colony like the Mennonites could
be to any country. It is fortunate,
howeaert that there is ample room
for. them in the Northwest, and
though they may not make desirable
citizens. they cannot be more ob-
jectionable thpn the Indians and
wild beastj3 who now 'occupy that
territory.
ME. Greets has again been elected
have done ptiblie setvice, would be
better dispensed With. What good
are theyIs the memory of the
deed really ioneredl- Though a
oleo's !littera precession reached
across e Provi ce, or his monument
were built a4 high as heaven, his
contemporarie and posterity would
still estimate him by the record of
his deeds, which are his only true
memorial. , Of course, if this holds
good with respect to those whothave
occupied et higa position in1life, it
applies with greater force to private.
individuals. Let the poor clay of
our dead be carried to the grave de-
cently, tenderly, but with no lavish
expenditure or-unseeinly show.
for South ontasio. The contest
was short but sharp, and terminated
on Monday last. Mr., Globs' ma-
jority is 242. For this majority he
may thank his friends of the niann-
factur)tg centres of Oshawa and
Whitby. The ,f9rmer, of which he
is a resident, gave hiai a majority
of 304,, and the latter 36. Mr.
Holden carried a majority of the
rural municipalities. Mr.. Gabbs'
personal popularity was never dis-
puted, but even with that in his
favor, ha ' e ot been for the al-
most una im
hat ot
support he receiv-
"ed in his own town he wokid he
been defeated. As it is,
the Reform
party hat e no reason for discour-
agement. Although Mr. Gibbs has
gained ground in the towns, lie has
lost in the • townships. .Another
election may entirely change the
current, as the support of populous
manufacturing towns is by no
means to 'te relied on.
THE PACIFIC SCANDAL Conamittee
met at Montreal on Wednesday
last. Another difficulty has been
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drfigged forward to prevent the pro -
contained a letter signezi by a munt gress of the Committee. It seems
ber of machinists from Glasgow, coin- that 'Sir John has persuaded His
plaining that they had been induced Excellency to issue- his proclama-
tion disallowing the Oaths bill.
The proclamation was • iSsued on
Dominion. Day. When the Com-
mittee met Mr. Dorion moved that
Sir Francis Hincks be examined.
N.La Macdonald moved that the *
Committee adjourn. The Commit-
tee accordingly adjourned till the
following day without any action
being taken. The plea of the
friends of the accused on the Com-
mittee is .that the instructions of
of the House to the Committee were
to examine witnesses under oath,
but the statute empowering the
Committee to do this has been dis-
tillbwed, consequently the Commit-
tee cannot proceed with theinvesti-
gation without new instructions.
Whatever the result may oe, it is
now plain as day that the deter-
mination- of the Government and
their friends on the Committee is
to bark enquiry at all hazards.
to come here by a Cenadian Immi-
gration Agent, under representa-
tions Ihat they wOuld- hate receive..,,
$2 tO $3 a dty, whereas they could
scarcely obtain einploynient at
$1, 50 a day, the letter goes on to
state that in the, Old Country they
earned- upwards of 30 shillings a
week for only 51 hours' workand
they complain bitterly of the clecep
tion practiced upon them and warn
mechanics in Eegland and Scotland
-against emigrating to Canada. Ob-
viously, men of the above class we
have no place for. Mechanics spoil-
ed by the English trades unions will
find little in Canada to meet their
expectations. Bookkeepers, clerks,
and men of no particular calling or
occupation form another class who
rarely improte-their condition here,
and who, therefore, should not be in.
diced to come. I m uigration agents
should_ be instructed, to be very care -
in -their representations to
tending immigrant& Every immi-
grant who comes here and is diettp-
pointed in his expectations will be
likely, by- the representations he
sends back to his home, to keep back
half -a -dozen others who might be
valuable acquisitions to our •coun-.
- try. We have in the foregoing in-
dicated the kind of immigrants like-
ly to be benefited, by coming to
Canada and, who would benefit us.
BLit the immediate benefit of •im-
mieration to a country like this is
triPting when COLO pared with the
ultimate results, and this should be
carefully pointed out to and borne
in mind' by the intending immigrant.
There is another class of immi-
gration which we --do, not consider.
entirely desirableS e refer to
that of people who are not homo-
geneous with ourselves. We do not
believe that a people who -maintain
their own nationality-, language and
• customs, througha long series of
generations, -cau be a benefit to any
-country when added to its popula-
tion. The experience of our Ameri-
can neighbors amply demonstrates
this Since the beginning of their
national existence, the greatest curse
of the United°Stetes has been the
exieteace of an inhomogeneous peo-
ple in their midst --tee negro popu-
lation, and of late years a fresh
cause of trouble has been developed
in the Chinese, another inhomogene-
ous element. In view of this, we
do not hail the expected settlement
of a half -million Mennonites in the
Northwest with the satisfaction.
with which it is regarded by some
of our contemporaries The Men -
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master General front 1859 to 1860,
Surveyor General front 1866 to '67.
• He was returned at the last election
by acclamation. He wawa Liberal
in politics.
At the meeting of the Synod of
the Presbyterian Church of the Low-
er Provinces, ai Truro, on Monday,
30eh ult., a vote was taken on the
report • of the Union Committee.
Eighty voted • for Union --one
against. Theproposalsadopted by
the Synod will be sent to „the Pres-
byteries; sessioes and congregations
for approval during the year, arid
final arrangements will be made in
1874. 'The Union will probably
take place in the autumn of 1874.
Work was commenced in New
York On Saturday last upon a mam-
moth balloon by Messrs. Rice and
Donaldson, under the auspices of
the Graphic Cornpany, the builders
agreeing to make an aerial voyage
to Europe. The expedition will
start about the 20th of August.
Daylight nobberthe in Toronto.
REPORTS respecting; Russian op-
erations in Asia aro by no means
full or satisfactory. It would ap-
pear, however, that the Russian
troops have advanced as far as the
lahivan seat of Government and
A CunAN DisPa_TcH says the
Spanish Minister of Colonies has re-
quested iar telegraphic proclamation
that the insurgents.. of, Oda fay
e.
down their arms, and end an inglori-
ous war. . The _proclamation prob-
ably conveyed an offer of amnesty
to the insnrgents, although the dis-
patch does not inform us On this
point. _For nearly four years the
Cuban insurgents have carried on a
struggle against the most terrible
odds, with a courage and fortitude un-
surpassed. Though there have been
several changes in the Spanish Goy.
eminent in that time, there has
heretofore been no disposition shown
to coMpromise with the rebels.
Probably the proclamatiOn above
alluded to is intended to lead to a.
peaceful solution of the matter in
dispute, as we are informed that a
Committee of the insurgents has
been appointed to go to Madrid to
_represent their grievances. The
war has certainly been " inglorious"
to the Spaniards, as it has been
characterized -by the most revolting
cruelty and cowardice on their part,
hut to the insurgents it has been
highly honorable, and whether suc-
cessful or not, their conduct in it
will -always redound to their glory.
memeemeametnesnemee
THE WRANOLING which has lately
taken place respecting the obsequiet'
of a, distinguished baronet suggests
the thought that the imposing
funeral processions and -ceremonies,
with which it is the custom to bear
to the grave the bodies of those who
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that it has fallen' into their hands.
And now cable -despatches bring us
the intelligence that the Russian
Government has given assurances
that the troops • will retire from
Khiva as soon as the Klein has been
sufficiently punished for his treat-
ment of Russian subjects. This
would ,..seem to indicate that the
Czar intends following the example
of England in the Abyssinian ex-
pedition. If Russia can thus over-
come her lust for conquest alid leave
unappropriated a possession her
hands have clutched, the world
may yet expect -great things in the
way of national recognition of right
and justice. We are *rather inclin-
ed to thiuk, however, that it will he
a long tirne,before the Khan is suf-
ficieutly punished in the Russian
estimation. , Siuce the time of Peter
the Great the history of Reasia
shows a series of aggressions. She
has always gone forward in eerri-
to t ial acquisition—never backward,
and it will be marvellons indeed if'
her traditional policy shall now be
reversed. Without taking into con-
sideration the (tenger involeed to
the right's of ,other nations, as, for
instani;e. the British interests in
India, it would, perhaps, be the best
thing which could happen should
the Russians permanently occupy
Khiva.. The condition of that coun-
try could not be worse than at pres-
ent, groaning under the most rigor-
ous and bigoted tyranny known
even in Oriental lands and the
change to the more enlightened and
broader despotism of the Czar would
be a hapi4 relief.
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Sir Samuel Baker, the African
explorer, has been heard from. De-
spatches have 'heed received from
him, dated Khartoum, on the Nile,
May 29, at which place he had
A short time ago we made mention of
a broker on Kiog street, Toronto, who
was kuecked down in his office, and an
attempt made to rob his safe between 9
and 10 o'clock in the forenoon. The fol-
lowing account of a second daring day-
light robbery is recorded in the Toronto
papers: Mr. Malcolm Taylor, a res-
pectable man, acting as agent for an
Agricultural Implement firm in South
Ontario, came to the city by Saturday
morning's train, and at one of the hotels
fell in with a stranger with whom he got
into a casual -conversation. This
appeared to be an inoffensive and
geetlemanly person, and soon command-
ed Mr. Taylor's respect. The latter,
wishing to teke a view of the Queen's
Park before the departure of the next
train, asked his newly made acquain-
tance to take a -walkl with him in that
direction, which invitation was at once
accepted and they set out together. The
party treated once on the way, and. en-
terteined his coinpanion in a pleasant
chat -until that, had, reached the locality
indicated. gliortly after entering the
Avenue, they were Joined by two others,
who appeared to be acquainted with Mr.
Taylor's attendant, and all four proceed-
ed. to the Park. This point was reached.
• between 8 and 9 o'clock, and nothing
whatever had occurred in the walk to
suggest the idea _of dauger ; but they
had not gone far amongst the trees when
one of the men suddenly seized Mr. Tay-
lor by the arm and struck him a heavy
blow in the face with his clinched fist,
which felled him. Another of the ruf-
fians then drew a, revolver and held it to
the prostrate man's head, threatening to
blow his brains out if he made any noise.
The "third in the meantime rifted the.
pockets of their victim, abstractink be-
tween $15 and $20 from his lithe and
pocket book, and throwing the empty
wallets down. Having finished their
work, they warned Mr. Taylor not to
speak or move for half an hour on- pain
of being shot; and then they took to
their heels. The detect:ves Wer e corn -
opportunity of seeing part of. the coun-
municated with, but no arrest has yet
try around the city. I don't see how
the people live theie. The land seems to
be. lower than the lake, and is covered
and be right ; but that proves nothing.
The feet is that with sfl the statistics
and other fnformation that an be col-
leeted at the most central *points, The
elements that influence the- price of
wheat are so numerous and diversified;
and are liable to so sudden changes
that no calculation is bettet than mere
guess work. We have *seen mane
shrewd and. clever men attempt to keep
on the right side of prices but know of
. ..
scarcely one speculator that at has net
been completely outwitted. If, then, countryf ever sawSometimes tt
rocks wilarise up 300 feet and aneee.
those who devote their days and nights
JULY 4, Isig
lellassenammi
steam. The brakes have to be on all the
time.
All day Friday we. were deseenti.
ing the Rocky Mountains Somenmeo
we are down in the valley ; sometimes
crossing from one range of mountains
to the other, on trestlowork perhaps 20,0
feet high. At other times eve are wing. .
ing erected the foot of some rammteen ,
and I can bee the engine far ahead of 14
wessing her . passage through the rode
bravely- ' We now enter the wildest
to produce , operations, and with the
very best information accessible Always
at oommand, cannot forecast the market,
how is it possible for country storekeep-
ers to do it ? And yet this is just what
every one of those merchants now hold-
ing grain in Toronto warehouses are as. _
surning to do. If these traders can fore-
see the future of prices, let them go into
the produce business altogether. We
will guarantee every man of them a for-
tune right off;'them is no necessity for
storekeeping any longer.
The only produce men who succeed
are those who buy and sell for a commis-
sion all others faiL A n a the rule we
times 400 feet as plumb as the side of h*
brick wall -We are walled. in here Bum
At other tunes the rocks will hang over,
so that one would think they would fa
Ogden is the last place •wbere we have
to change cars, 600 miles from Truckee, -
Ogden is on Salt Lake. We left 'Ogden
En on Fay night, at 8 o'clock. The can
run along the shore of the lake for four
or five miles. Ogden ie .a swat place
but it leoks very well. We are now ie
the great Salt Desert—there is nothing
to be seen but sand and. salt • no trees,
no houses. For. the last 1,460 miles I
have not seen a richt of grain, nor may
roots nor vegetables. Truckee is not
No produce is raised
would. lay down here for every retailer much of a place,
.here. There is nothing growing. hist
who is compelled to take produce in ex -
rocks and pule trees. 'There are some
change for goods, or to buy it for the Re-
very high mouutains to the west of tee
commodation of his customers, : Get
it to market at the earliest moment and
sell it at the current price. If a profit is
made, well; if a loss, -meet it siquarelV
and at once. " Tlae first loss is always
the least," is a true maxim that is ap-
plicable here. The capital error is in
thinking to avoid a loss by falling back
on delusive hopes of a rise in prices.
It is -an unpleasant thipg to make a
loss. It requires moral courage to meet
it full in, the face. Most men get
frightened at the very shadow of it, and
avert their -heads. Futile efforts to
escape what must be met it lest, only
aggravate the first error. The man of
town, which are covered with snow all
the year round.
H. C.
The Ealt Deposits of Ontario.
The superficial area of the Ontatio -salt
deposits is comparatively small, and. the
whole salt bearing district may he he
chided. within the counties of Huron and
Bruce. Mr. John Gibson, R A., a
paper to the American Journal of Scknce
and Arts. gives some interesting facts
regarding the principal wells, eight ef
which he has recently examined; The
Brussels :well was sunk 1,245 feet, and
then abandoned. The position of the
true courage will strangle the first one boring marked the north eastern margin.
in the germ and destroy the progeny in
its loins. If a loss is made) face it, find
out the cause and make a note of it for
future guidance. If the mistake of buy-
ing produce too dear is made. do not add.
to it the folly of holding too long.
Should the lesson so learned be- an ex-
nei
nsive ene it will not soon be forgot-
ten; the. knowledge most dearly bought
is longest retained.—Monetary Times.
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Notes of a TriP to California.
TirecKE*, Cal., June 15, 1873.
Leaving Seaforth on Monday, June 2,
we made Stktford' about noon. The
country does not improve much between
Stratford. and. Sarnia, and • crops are
rather poor looking. After crossing the
River St. Clair, we enter Port Huron.
I was not delayed more than half an
hour there. Between Port Huron and
Detroit the country is ye/ y flat. The
land seems to be poor, and the crops look. and salt in a mixed state natural y sug-
just like the land—rather red for gests the utility of a. shaft by which not.
fancy. [got to Detroit about 6 o'clock. only could pure rock salt be obtained,
I did not see much of the town and I bet also the combine. gypsum and salt
cannot say anything about it. We pass- for agricultural purposes The drilling
ed through the State of Michigan dming done in Coleman & Gouinlock's well,
the night, but from what I saw of it before Seaforth, is .said to be unprecedented,
dark, I think they may make a living, both for 'speed and absence of mishaps.
and that will be all. A person should Actual boring commenced on the 10th of
riot judge a country, however, altogether March, 1870, and the salt bearing stra.
from the cals. We did not get to tum was reached .on the eve of the 22d,
cago till 7 in the morning. I had a good of the sa-me month, at a depth of 1,4Xitt
feet Aftee_passing -through 100 feet of
pure rock salt, without the least evidence
of change, the boring was abandoned.
In no other portion Of the American
with water, and there is nothing growl 1 ha magnificently great The sup
Continent has there been suelt a deposit
of the ancient salt line, and the gook h
cal horizon. of the salt was passed with
out the least evidence of its occurrence.
The Kincardine well reached the depth -
of 975 feet. and the Goderich company's
boring struck salt rock at exact1y-1,000
feet below the surface. From this depth
was obtained, by pumping, a saturated
brine from whichelarge quantities of -salt
continue to be manufactured. The salt
bearing stratum lies inameaiately at the
ncl
base of the Onoao°a formation, and is
at once recognizedby the prescience of
saliferous and gypsifetous magniemn
marels, 'yin(' as a general rule above the
salt bed. The Dominion well was sunk
1,113 feet, and the brine . pumped up
constantly marks 87 ° salinometers with
a tendency of 62 ° Fah. Hawley well,
957 feet, with the Clinton well 1,136
feet. From. the Sta.pleton well, 1,220
fret in depth, brines of great purity are
-yielded. It day be mentioned that the
prevalence of vast quantities of (73rpsura
been made."
ea wee
Speculative Storekeepers.
It would be impossible to eliminate on it but rushes and wild. gras
the speculative element from trade ; and to stay three hours in Chicago. After
of salt so ifi-
' s.
were that practicable it would yet re- leaving the city, we see the prairies. It ply is practically illimitable, and may
favorably compare with the production
main to be proven that a speculative is very tiresome looking at the same
of the salt mines of Draitwich, in central
disposition, placed under due restraints, thing over and over again For miles
. The cars run England, or with that of the salt hilliof
-8 ialtogether in3hirioue In a new country and. miles it is the same • Cordovi.
safely arrived with the other Euro--
little fearful wh ere th
ere is so ttle wealth ready to at a speed, and my eyes are sore
peans of his command. Ile reports hand, and where so much expertinental from gazing so much. There is 'hurt -
that the country south of the Rena- effort has to be put forth, a certain dreds of acres of corn planted here. It
ter has been annexed to Egypt. amount of risk has to be encountered; is just corning through the ground.
the chances have to be carefully weigh- The land seems to be very rich. Ton-
ne slave trade has been suppressed,
ed, and much of the problem involved in ber is very scarce. The farmers have
and all. rebellious movements ,and many undertakings can not be resolved planted she trees, which look very
count ry is orderly and its govern- til the, solution which actual experience cross the _Mississippi River over an iron
ment is perfectly organized. A
road has been opened to Zanzibar
free from interruption. Ile won a
victoly on the 6th of May with only
105 men, over the army of the Afri-
can Chief Oniosa. His mission has
been perfectly successful.
The Carlist insurrection in Spain
, is constantly assuniing more gigantic
_proportions. The struggle is for the
mastery between theRepublican par-
ty, who now hokl possession of the
Government, and the Carlists, who
seek to place Don Alphonso, thelegi-
timate descendant of Prince Charles,
upon the throne. The numerous
sensions among the Republicans add
to theritrength of the Car lists. A late
cable dispatch states that 4,000 men
of the Province of Biscay have declar-
ed against the Republican Govern-
ment andin favorof Don Carlos. The
insurgents have appointed offiaers for
the Province and the municipalities
from among their Iown number, in
the interest of the' Carlist move-
ment.uantity of go npo
wder stored in
Roat's building, in the rear of the
Bank of Califonia, Virginia City,
Nevada, explodect with terrific
effect. Both buildings are complete
wreks. Ten ot twelve persons were
killed.
The United Rates Government
have pui chased the Newfoundland
whaling ship, Tigress, with the in-
tention of sending her out in search
of the Polaris. Nearly all the men
who escaped from the Polaris on the
ice floe have volunteered- to accona
pany the Tigress expedition. The
Juanita, which is to accompany the
Tigress, ai•rived at St. John, N.
on Monday, and after taking pre-
visions on board and having her
bcrws strengthened, she will proceed
in search of the Polaris, which it is
expected is ice -embedded.
Hon. Charles Connell, died at
Woodstock, N. B., on Saturday,
28th ult. The deceased gentleman
was a native of Connecticut, but
moved into New Brunswick at an
early age. He was a member of the
Ekeautive Council (N. Ba and Post -
secret intrigues checked. The except by the they of erobabilities un- well. Before entermg Burlington we
gives is reached.
A speculative operation always implies
the possibility of an adverse turn; the
bridge half a mile in. length. The river
was very large when we crossed, and the
water white. There had been some
venture may be fortunate or the reverse. heavy rains here and every place was
If a business man ihvolves in such 'flooded. Whole cornfields were under
transactions only the spare funds at his water. We stopped at Burlington
command -a -only what he can afford to
lose and still pay everybody—no Fin-
eiple is violated, sno harmis done. But
if the funds with which honest'debts are more rolling, the land seems to be
should be liquidated are so dealt with, richer, and there is some timber. There
an act which antuunts to a breach of is a good deal of wheat sown, and it
trhst is com—mitted. This would not ap- 'looks well.
ply where money is loaned for speculative Wednesdey, at 11 o'clock, we crossed
purposes, but where the trader is trestee the Missouri River, over another iron
to help him in his legitimate business, bridge half, a mile in length, and then
and he 'diverts his funds in the manner we are at Omaha, 500 miles from Chicago
indicated, there is a clear breach- of and 1,656 from Truckee. Omaha is not
trust, a misapplication -of funds that no a very large place.. It is awful muddy
man who desires to succeed and preserve and not very well laid. out. We are
his good name should permitnow in. Nebraska. The land is as level
.
A too commorni fault with the traders as your kitchen floor, as far as the eye
of our market towns and villages is the can reach. For 200 miles Win the same.
looking up of funds in outside specula- We follow the Platte Rivet all the way
tions. The business of a country mer- from Omaha to Fort Kearney. Some
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chant constantly involves the buying of times the cars run quite close to the
produce, such as wheat, barley, peas, but- river, sometimes it may be half t mile
.ter, &c. The exchange of 'imported and from the cats. This stream is as N -white
home manufactured goods for these and. RS milk, and very large. We got . to
other raw products, forms a large and Fort Kearney .about ,6 o'clook m the
wholly legitimate part of his trade. evening.
But those who set out as storekeepers When 1 awoke on Thursday morning,
merely, often become speculators instead. 0, the sight that met my eyes' 1 shall
From simply exchanging goods it a nevet forget it, We are on the plans,
profit for these products, they come to there is no green. thing, no trees, no
rook for profit to speculative ventures houses, nothing but white sandy plains
in what they buy frem farmers rather and white hills. Away off in the dis-
than in their legitimate business. But tance I saw the first antelope) but I saw
the other day we were reminded of this hundreds of them before night The
fact by the statement of a Toronto deal- prairie dogs are in hundreds all along
er that he held in store a large quantity the side of the track. The railroad fol-
d wheat for traders in various towns of lows the old emigrant trail neaely all the
western Ontario for which he could not way, The trail is quite visible. All
get within 10c to 12c per bushel of the ,Thnesclay and Friday we have been on
price he was offered a fortnight 'igo 1.Is the plains. These plains are in the
spite of his advice given some time ago Wyoming Territory. Nebraska is a fine
that now is a good time to sell," his State., but not much cultivated. The
principals insisted on holding for their prairies are very flat.
advanced figures. Meantime expenses Thursday, at noon, we came to the
for insurance, storage and interest are town of Cheyenne. It is built right on
eating up the grain rapidly, while the the open plain. , Thei•e are no trees to be
price is also falling: Those who are seen—nothing but white sand and sago
passing through this experience will brush. This town has more saloons
probably not need any admonition from that any place I ever saw.
us about their folly, but we wish to re- On Friday evening we enter the Rocky
mind the trade eenerally how thorough- llountains. We live beem ascending
ly mistaken and'n'suicidal this pblicy is, 80 feet ise a mile for the last 100 miles.
There are some smart people ,who We are now 8,000 feet above the level
think they can see the rise and fall of of the sea. They had to put another
markets ie. the distance, and are willing engine on ahead. One was not equal to
to wager largely on their visions of • fu- . the task. There. were 12 cars, and
turity. They don't believe in dreams of every one of them crowded. It is not
the night, and yet are following visions often that you see so large a train as
of the day with implicit faith. That a that in Canada. We passed through
man lives in a distant bountry village is
no bar to the indulgence of this foolish
conceit It is a settled conviction with
us that no one living can trace the course
of the wheat market any distance in the
twenty minutes for supper. After leav-
ing Burlington, we enter the State of
Iowa,. This is a tine State. The prairies
some snowsheds. Sometimes we . see
snow here, and any amount of rocks:—
rocks piled. on rocks, and they seem to
have been just aid up there. We are
now clescenthn - The whole train:Will
future. He may prophesy once or 'twice run for miles and miles without any
-
Travelling Doctors:,
The most dangerous elass of the com-
munity are travelingedoctors. Clever
plausible, cunning scoundrels, with suf.'
ficient medical education to ena.ble -them
to play successfully upon all the secret
springs and passions of the human sys-
tem,. and, without regar or or fear
of man, go round the country as moral
pests. One of .them settles in a city or
village
show of respectability.- He has any
amount of certificates and the laudatory
paragraphs coped from. newspapers in
other pla,ces, which have been cursed by
his visits, said praises having been fur-
nished by himself and paid for as adver-
tisements, or, more likely, promised to
be paid for. He bribes; the newspapers
of the place to which he comes by long
advertisements and certificates for which
he promises to pay, and perhaps pays in
part, and. forthwith worms himself Into
the secrets of individuals and families,
whom he afterwards blackmails Most um
conscionably. He can cure a,nything and
.everything but he must have a heavy
fee first. A patient suffering from dis-
ease is assured of immediate and perma-
nent relief, but only •upon condition of
paying the largest amount the quack
thinks the patient can raise. This fee is
often paid, and the relief is a myth. The
quack, by fair pretenses, gets into a cer-
tain kmd of respectability,. and is admit-
ted to confidential medical relations with
females which are frequently followed
by seduction, or if the female be wealthy,
by a marnage and. a subsequent scientifie
poisoning. Such wretches deserve the
penitentiary much more than the high-
waynian or burglar, and if there were a
treadmill in that institution, they should
wear out their unruly passions upon it,
instead of feeding them on the fattest of
hotel fare. We do not know the circum-
stances of the Maine murder, but she.
pect trom the following' paragraph dated
Rockland, Me., 24th May, that Dr.
Baker must have had some of the char-
acteristics of the travelling doctor :
The public feeling in this vicinity is
now strongly in favor of Miss Mink, the
general course of talk being that Dr.
Baker brought Inc death upon himself,
he not only ruined the girl, but has fol-
lowed her for years, he installed an-
other woman as his housekeeper, hut
contirmed to visit the one he had -wrong-
ed
sd; friends,hni solilrieafhhteeals.l.iibzespebenae wteenial df warnings
ce a aski
in
the bedchamber of his victim."
Murder is not the proper remedy, butf
what is to be done to nd the e,ountry 0
the irig quacks?
—.Y.
iht.a.ivveilitieugsrd advertis-
hil with onderful
Gorrie.
BASE 13". ALL. —A game of base ball WaS
played betweert the first and second
nines of the NaiTOW Guage base hall
club of Gorrie, on Dominion Day. First
nine 3 outs, second " nine 5 outs each in'
flings. The game was to commence at
o'clock, hut the morning being wet, it
was about 8 before it started. The game
78
witat eight iuthngseacb side,
ve the playeTs a cbance to
the other athietie sports of
Win. Manson, cf Wrox.„
umpire, and discharged his
credit to hiraself and to the
'on of all concerned. After the 1et
,yer, all returned to Gilmore's
be they did justicetoan ex-
er, whieh. WAS .3AVRiting theme
the scorn stood, first nine,
soond nine, 64.
fr
Hay.
,ealp MErtesen.--The people in the
OA settlements in the tovenship of 8.
ay have been engaged for some tune in
camp meeting, which luta we are hi-
ed, been largely attended, partieu
- on Sunday last. as large numbers
Exeter, Stephen and other neigh -
g -townships were itt attendance.
minnethhe rood
and it is said u accomplished, especially sunong
ng people.
e
1be.0e8i-reajj;u:Aami:ele.:t1;1:2;teahlael:eirnaltab eialen -err skthoringhef 4, Oathsadtahlaet _
eetiug would on'Alyebti a formal one, at
ouse need not attend in. August, as the
Tile whole, thing is trartsparent. When
ettioh. no business requiring their pre.s-
etlielhknGewovt,ehar:
7 net :e a nee time r rn oguutl ti
ii .11 ad! er ns:00,0neontele ,tlyhateHthseeiBdw: ir remark
with the aid of his friends then in Eng- .
Digit to act on. s advice in Canadian'
Lord Dufferin, under-
1:anvistat:naes: ''' edIvra .hiig'16:-:turEllianitt'‘'ll Igu, re of the charges against
aa.4.in dBrealizing Bnglisht h em:ourece7
. of the public demand for an investigation, 4
would not withol1 his assent from the
act, as Sir John tried tt iiiduce him to
do by expressing doubts' of its legality,
lkit . the Colonial Office proved more 1
pliable. The disallowance of the act i
Peei:ottifgno.fenITna(heteu°irGtyoh. Government
e rat Nnu'Initiee duties
:alb have
thevti 1eeap ote °w::,,5 rt- i
to swear witnesses the Committee can do
isuceeeded in preventing an inquiry into
the charges on which we may now, with-
out any injustice, pronounce them guilty.
—11f14:14:UCCitizet;i:OITaISALES.
0
'Monda.y.and Tuesday, July 7 and
at Exeter, Real Eetsste, florses, Wagons'
&C. also $5,000 worth of Furniture.
Bei!ed Drew, preprietor ; A. Bishop,
auctioneer.
BIRTHS..
REitteiree—In Seaforth, on June 29, the
wife of Mr, James Redman, efia &ugh.
ter.
STEPELENSON.—In HuRett, ion June 23,
the wife of Mr. George ).Splientson, of ,.
a daughter. _
nrEn.—In Goderich, ,on June 23, Mrs,.
W. R. &pier, of a son.
` MARRIAGES.
GRAHAM --- WRIGHT. -- In Toronto,
june 25, by Rev. Alec. Topp, D. D.,
William Graham, M. D., Brussels, to t
Jennie youngest daughter of Mr.
.Aslex.
Jennie, youngest
DEATHS-
ROWAN. --On June 19, At his own rem -
deuce, Stony Island, Kincardine towne
ship, Mr. James Rowan, aged 78 years
and 3 months.
THE MARKETS.
• SEAPORT31, Tuly 8, 1873.
There is little change -in prices this,
week. Considerable wheat is _coming itt
for the season, but the -coarse grains are
entirely out of the market, We qiiote
Pal1Wheat.. 15 to
t 18
SprinWhest 1 13 to 0 00 d
-Barley 'T. . 0 50 to 0 55
Oats, . .. 0 00 to i45
Peas, . 0 55' to 004)
Butter, No. 1, Loose.. — 13 15
010
No.4 .
Patter, tennets.,-.33c, 13c.„ 10., Ie.
gg ... •
Flour •
. 88:
,„, 4 00 to 4 00i
Lamb 15
Pelts, each...........— 10 to 15,
Sheep Skins-- ................. 0 50 to 1 at!
(Ulf Skins, (ves.I) per11).............0 418 to -0
Nunabillides. 0 04 to 0
Salt (retail) per bariel,....-..... 08 to 1
0(1
Potatoes perbushel—....„......„ 0 00 to
egtmealV -0 00 to
. az to 3
-
-
0 00 to 210
13 00 to 600
*Wool ss to
Tan Baru. • s .50 to
. CLINTON. July -3, 1873:
I I
Spring-Ny beat.
Oats. ".
Barley., „
Peas
Butter.
Rggs.
Esy, per ton,.
1 13 ee21
0000- 041
50 05
13 5$ 10 0 0
o oo
e—_
IN-GERSOLL CHEESE MARKET
Innnesoah, July
At the -cheese market to -day,
boxes of June make offered, 3,373 so
one lotsold at 91c, two hots at 10gc,
:balance at 10e. and. IOje,' Titis I*
Dominion Day the ,attendance was
large.
LITTLE FALLS DAIRY MARK
LITTLE FAx„Ls, N. t, June 28, 1873
The fallittg off in the price of eh
last week carried rates down below th
for the corresponding week last y
The top price last week at Little It
at Iierkinter and at Utica, Was
Last year, for the corresponding w
7,500 boxes of cheese were sold at Li
Falls, and 21 factories reeeived 13
while four factories got 13ge, au
lactories 131e. The difference of lc
seem trilling at first glance, but w
is aPplied to over half a -million pound
one day's sale, the difference e°
quite a respectable eum. Tb.e q
may he -considered. in another wa
the cheese is sold in both instanoes
low the cost of production, the diffe
of a quarter of a cent per pound.
loss presents an aspect not very plc
to fanners, who, at best, earn their ni
slowly and with much hard labor.
The lack of rain last week is
ildatiiy upon grass, both in
and meadow. In meadows theme
clover has matured rapidly, and in
places is ready to be cut, thongb
-crop will not yield more than hal
nand quantity, The question
Presents itself to many farmers is w
er it is best to cut grass 310W, OLOW r
VtreekS in the)) ope that copious
.1vill -WI and a good crop of timier,
secured. Some will do one wa3