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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-12-26, Page 1• • 1. • • .4.„••••.;• • • • • : „ • - „, ; • • itlIXT111. .VEA svuotaK NO. STYLES, .iMATERIALS. • 'thDL .41r2 DE AND TRIMMED. ECEMBER 26,• 1873. ALL -EARLY . AT CAN 84: pUNCANYS.,• 4-4 0 •-•t ;-r re "4 ere tar m a4 o nat e•••••t c---1 ••••••4 •7.4 ,1•••`f ••-.• •-•••-a ••••4 - •••••••• •-•-4 4.K§, -.AND DRESS; • • GOODS. LYMAN & DUNCAN 'nOntli are showing *nether lot of very "me isACK AND COLORED SILKS AND: EW FANCY DRESS MOBS. nest Goods ever shoe ia Seriforth, and at that def v competition., Inspectioli Invited: 1)-UNGAN--& •••-• 0 -7-'• * CO C..1 = CC CA - ...1 CD r--• ',....) S4 - ▪ Ca a c'? ,a. a CI aas 0, ca ;,.4 , 0 .... • L •IQ' 4-4 < :-.: ...,•-•` Is.,..f °- '-° •-• -o ° re el .4c1 8 CD o 0 ;--• ,---. •::. ,.., ..-. i___, © 0 . -t. ..., 1-.1 .o e doe es 0 - -R ,'• C- ""`" .--.• C. CO C, '-`,,,z•- __, .....4-1 = = Er ‘-'1 .•••••• w • --`-' .i•••• cd ,....• i.. On. 0 ct i -r 6 • Ea- ca - a *-4 ca aa a e:C 1,-- 0 •-...1 a., c> Q- ..1 L---• -• ,--3 al ' c..• --- a cx e a . . ea. es- _ a e- -se --- fele ar 0 es set es tee g ,--, . 4 sz.e tir Cr2 •=i :.• ›.• 0 ..--t ;P' 0 ••••••I k ... r...• 0 r-• Ca •-▪ -.-- LIU •-• ."--f •ILLIE ›••• 0 0 0 FURS 1 FURS • HE.'ROUND END- MUFF Fana Oh. l The Splendid Value that • CaLkiN & DUNCAN Are giving this Seasca. Is a novelty Of vai. (woHT TO SEE THEM, piece or &lithe Ladies' Furs are IO- 31E,1"S _et.VI, BOYS' CAPS. aery nice lot cif BC.Yer. Sea'. German, Mink and ter, hx ClotliCapa of all patterns, 0-ur Stock•i.3' Complete for the Seds'an. DUNGAN & DUNCAN. Aral (1.4.44 att tor cf,att. •rARM FOR SALE IN STANLEY. BEING LOt 6, Be} Ott Road, 2 from irtiles Bay- . eeleei mile fro the enevel road; eeateinine 07 Saes Of good lank , a splendid brick house, good frame barns and sup nor orchard, with plenty of goOd 'water. TOMB OgLSY, -41)1V- to 81:5-6 JOHN ESSON, Bayfteld. • FARM WANTED , 1fAN1ED to rent for a term of Years, 'a good TT Farm, of ..rthout 100 atresawith net less than 60 cleaed. Must be convenient to markets. A. farm with good buildings preferred. For fUrther particulars apply to Um undersigned at Rippe). P.O. 8144 0 ISAAC HUMERSTON. WANTED TO RENT. A GOOD FARM aithin 6 Miles of Seaforth, one in Taekersmitax preferred. Will be leaSed for a term of yars, and for a suitable place a liberal rent will be pid. farm of about 100 or more acres, with 80 er 9 acres cleared., desired. For further particulars tppiy at the Exeoseron Seaforth. 814-4 rAR FOR SALE. T OT No. 29, Co . 8• Hibbert • 100' ares; 80 Jai cleared; 'rattle aria 56x86; Blied,72x26; good stable and catte-ho se; good uever-failinae spring creek runs through he .lot; land in good condi- tion, a splendid ore aril of one acre, 7. miles from eaforth. Terms • about $,000 required Own, the xemaind( r ni instllmnts. Apply a.the subscriber at i`gmondville. 3134%1 BAILEY LUPTON. FARM FOR SALE OR TO ItENT T€0 SALE,On. ,asouable tems, Lot No. 16, Con. 8, Morris, ontaining 70 aei.e, uearly all cleaed, well fenced and hi a good state of culti- . salaam. nacre is :Li good saw mill, with a cireular sw, driven by writ a. with an almrtdance of tim- ber coavnient. here is also a good bearing orchard, also a gool frame barn and house. There hid school and twoj husehes en the corner of the lot. It ituatc4I within one mile and three-. quarters of a stati of the We/lington, Grey and Bruce Railway. I the above farm be not, sold, it will be rented. 1 o further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premies, or to 1eier1.s-0.1).0. 312 .• ALFRED1 BROWN. • se HO siltS. ROBERT, hotel keepiu well-known stad, by her; I half an aer good stables, good ence fo carryiug o the per remain ments. 310 se moue. er will be a .kpray on t MR, FOR SALE. I ON, wishing fo retire fromthe • business, offers !fr sale Ghia n Eganondville; unw- occupied of land atteehed to the hotel; ell, anal every cither coueni- the hotel buiuFss. Part of will be required i. cash; the lowed to go inasy install - e premises t� . RO1ERTSON, gmbudville. • . FAR FOR SALE:. pEINGompoee of Lot 1. on. 10 of th.c Town- -2-• ship of Tucke ruith, contaiuing 100 acres of excellent land, up which t ere is a new -frame barn, 31-.60 feet, hid also a rood oehard. For teruis, Which are as sy, and ot er hiformation, ap ply to Mr. JAMES iDAVM, ob Lot 1, Con. 12, of said Twnship, or 4o the vent or WALTEB BEN- WICE, Sr., St. Geo ge P. O., rant C., Ont. 296 FAR FOR SALE. . , LOT No. 5, Con essiou 4, Httllett ; 140 acres, more or Ices, 80 acres deal ed. Plenty of water, and the north branch of the Maitland River run ning through the 18 acre bush; good, fupes. Ap ply1 n the preraises to the proprietor, jAglilS M.A.RTIN, 90- or address Constance P. 0. _ . . _ _......._ _ STliA.31 SAW MILL AND TARMIFOR SALE. TOM+ Lot 34, Cn. 7, Mclillop, dintadeing 104 4-'1 acres, till eleiac.d, with good barns and stable, two good orehards iii full bearing ; two never -fail- ing sill -jugs 'Mich ki pply the mill. Also, lot 85, Cn. 9, containing 4 acres of bush. The property F3 Situated 6 raileij from Seafortle, with a good gravelroad thereto. For farther particulars apply on the premises. I by posteto JOHN THOMP• - SON, Constance P. O., Kiuburn, Out,. 260 FARM FOR SALE IN MckILLOP. : •pcm SALE, a ' go d Farm, compelled of North •- half of lot 15 and the west half of lot 14, Can. 12, McKillop, coated in g.; 100ores, 50 cleared and ti. well feneed, und in ood cul 'vation; balance well timbered with hex •wood; good. frame hose and new log barn; good 'braing orchard; two miles and. a half fro' a good gravel road; 10 miles from t e village of Scaforth; there are two steam • sawmill within. 3,1., miles ; coevenient to ehurches, schools ml stores. For particulars apply to the proprie at on the promiee, or, if by letter, to Wintlar )p P. O. 28V4 •SA IES McDONALD. OA= FOR SALE/IN GREY. JOT No. 12 and part of Lr t No. 11' in the 18th Coneseion of Grey, cot setting of 78 acres, 50 clear e d and in good eniti‘ Mien '- i2i miles frOm Gravel Road, 12 miles from Seatortla Apply to 276 1 A.NCrUS Mc MILLAN, on: the premises. VALUABLE PROPERTY TOR 'SALE. 013, SALE, cheap, two Stores, with ko d dwell- ingver-head, in the centre of the usiuess part of the village of Seafortlx. The lot is 30 feet frontage For further partieulars apply to 294 . I McCAUGHEY & EfOLMESTED. oasisoomSoasomoosssowsevossmoo.w..-4; BERKSHIRE SOAR. r HE n . clersigned will keep for- service at Wag- ner's Comers, towia 1-inc Hay and Stanley, a thoroug. bred Berkshire boar. Terms -81, pay- able at ie time of service, privilege of returning if necess aT. 314-8 ERIC THOR OGHBRED BE 1\11131- VID DUNCAN h ege of hemon Berkshire (Boar, from Dixo known t oroughbred Bo r, the improvement of atoCk di son. Ter -us -81, with the if necessa y, payable et th 318 DAVI THOMAS 'PERCY. RE BOAR.. '! ICSIIIRE BOAR. sails premises, in ville, a thoroughbred 's (Brucefield,)'.well- vhich he will keep for ring the present sea- rivilege of returning ime of ,aervice. UNC4N, Proprietor. "JA K OF EARTS," The Superior a olk Bear. -- 1TACK 0 HEARTS will e kept far the improve- ! 'tient of Stook dining t e present season at Mr. Themes T .oip's farm, L t 25, Con. 2, Tucker- mith, H. IL. S., one mile aiLd a quarter aiiactly south of _ I ortous Hotel, R., also three miles east of Gm uton. Rotel, and thxel and three-quar- ter miles rest of Elmo -nth it e. Terms -$1, striet-' ly payable at the time of . e.vice, privilege of re- turuing di ring season. - i The sub Triber will alao keep foe service, at the Same place, ii CO QUERN Of THE: WEST," The pure Iferkshire Boer. These bOars have token prizes wherever show. Tel m-$11, sarietly pa - able at tin time of S ex r it e . Privilere of returning 31-8 during sea on, ame 9. Trt4P. Proprietor -'1 g NJ TICE TO IFARMERS. THE und rasigned has 011 hs preanisesa thorough- -I- bred B icshirs330AP. that willsTerve sows this year et Ha purhey, beter kinown as the bite Dr. Chalks brick house, at $1 etch.'to be paid at the time of s rvice, with the 1,nivilee of 3:atm-II if ELOCC8Sary. 309 TITUS, MeLELLAND. II:HYNES:FOR C RISTfil S. cep thy Ellemoric of Clay stna Vrecci. WINTER SIO VG - • When icicles hang by the -wall, And Dick the shepherd blow Aid Tom bears logs into theeh And milk collies frozen benne When bloodis nipped inn]. way Then nightly sings the staring To-Whoo ; To-wliit, to-whoo, a irry note While greasy Joan dqtlk keel th, S ee. LAB( E BREED TO -STOCK BilEEDE . 13)%.B -Tile undersigned -L-•1 will eep on his pren ises, Lot No. 2, Con. 8, Hullett, fo • the improveniE lit of stock, a 'first-class large breet BOAR. Term -75 cents for the seta son, with ti e inivilege of returning if necessary - 8154 ROBERT MeMICIIAEL, an. - • a ALL Per rcque Debts over 812 NOTIOE. ns indebted t, the undersigned are tecl to call full settle their accounts. ue year due Avii be stied. DR, VERCOE. his nail, rn pail; be foul, wi, When all aloud the Is cloth A nil s coughing dron it the par. And birds sit broodingin the s And iVarian's nose looks red When roasted crabs his in the Then nightly sings the staring To-whoo To-wlfit, to -white, a m rny not While greasy Joan dothkeel. t CHRISTMAS I2T [THE 0 'JL1TE n WALTER 8Cor1. sorb d again in the -An t rdam • Van Den Dag, which I the fist station when t et bug Iddoo°t- ol coal ,-of which I had, bee ' the sole pant until-then'open dr again, a an of forty. , en ered wi your g. lady. After the s lad s twhiel selves he watched h r quietly u rapt attention. A c en e veil c ed h r face. NeVerthel as, I saw her yes were closed, 1: 0 her lap lay two 'ar ably . mall whi e hands holding a I ht. olored baby' jack t and two childrei 's iJias w th a mos nervous grasp, •Tr ey did not seem to e man and wife no ,eid they war wed me; rings ; still less 'brother, andl sister, here not jeing the lightest resemblane between tibem. N t a word was spoke , ,and the silence was broken only by. he ' monot nous rum ling of the train. The situation bec me almost painful f r me, for no- tice only too plainly th: t I was a' Int - 1 wel ome compnion to t em. I dic kno what better tours coursi to adopt to 1 ok out of the windo aud gaze the onotonous' Flemish landscape, - its ndless Meadows ani ated only and. there by herds of ca tie. 1 e had ridden a good . while wh sud enly heard a..‘ noise. I , turned, saw the woman oppoei e me wit veil thrown back, her head .ben wai , ' :Ind • g1 -icing at. nd in a frig tened manner. He face was fee y livid. Then her ompanion toop- ed. ver her, pressed her gently bacL into the .cushions, drew the veil back over her face, and laid his hand upol her for head. Under his t uch he s owly closed her eyes, and so° she was ying eesa•n in her previous a athetic m tion - less ess. I vainly tried to divin who the mys. ten us couple could be. What a g ilf in her case mightslie betwe n the - pas and pre ent. For I could. ot doubt but that these wild :eyes of hers had once looked gaily into the wo Id. . And. what Were lsis r lations to her ? Whiat inflCI, uenee impart to his ands the sympathetic power which my 'eyes had just beheld ? - Or was she a lunatic, nd he her phy- sician who was escortin her to a uiet asylum ? •so . I must confess that 1 eltdecidec 3 ill at ase. • I counted the minutes which wo ld. elapse- before th train reached An werp, where I was t get rid 0 this leasant company. t last we were there. alighted, and bent sews t at the ccn an cl ha ated •bu t ver - that pot. • on' e saw, oW,1 nd raw, ;. •owl, wi,. e pot. aDEN He, p on more Wood the wine is chill; Bu let it whistle as it will, ; 11 keep our Christ as merr Eael age has Ueemed te new- orn year Th; fittest time for f shal chee .; Am well our Christian sires of old Lohen the .year its •:c urs had r An brought blithe Qhfistmas s ac le again Wi h all its hospitab &train. * We All ailed with uconttolledd 1ijt, An • general voice, tie happy lig :Tht t to the cottage, s the Cr° Bro ght tidings of sa1vtion d wn. * • * ,; En land was merry rgland, hen Ok Christmas brought his sp rts gain. 'Tv as Christmas bro ched the mightiest Christmas told the merriest tale.;i A Shristmas gambol o4 could cheer Th poor man s heart through half the rt.r. • TINTER gillE II ILI' B CELUILES aCK.4.Y. .Ye ho have scornes each oth Or njured friend or sr ether, this fast -fading ar • Ye ho, by word or ki ed, • Ha e made a kind hoe t bleed ome gather here. Let For Be Be Ye Sis Mo Yoi sinned againt, and sinning, . et their strifes' beginning nd join in friendship now inks no longer broken, weet feirgivenessoken, n s der the holly bough. ho have loved each othe r and friend and brother, 1 this fast -fading year her and sire aind child, ng man anctinaideis mild, eine gather here II I, Anc let your hearts grew fon er, As emory shall ponder Each broken vow. Oldloves and younger wooing Are sweet in the rene ng - -Crider the holly bigh. Ye • ho have nourished` sadn as, Est angecl fronr-hope nd gl nese, I this fast -fading y ar ; Ye, with o'erbuidened mind, Ma le aliens fromyou kind, ome gather he. Let not the useless sor lew Pu ue you night -and orro ere you hoped., ho e now T e heart; unclond e our fa es If Am join in our embra es, ncler the holly bou h. • RING OUT IVIED B LES. TENNYS )N Ring out wild belle, to the wild sky. ` he flying cloudethe frosty light; lhe year is dying M he ni ht ; Ri g out wild bells, am let him Ba g out the old, ring in the new, ing happy bells, ac oss t esnow- e year is going, let- him Ri g ont the fele, ring in thi tree. g out the grief that or those that here w Mg out the feud of reh a Ri• g in redress to all in g out a slowly dying mils ncl ancientforros cif Arty ing in the nobler mo es e• Wi h sweeter mannrs, nue saps he mind, • see id more; sdpoor, • d. strife ; life, lawee Ri g mit the want, the c re, he faithless coldness of t ing out, ring ont rhymes, Bu ring the fuller Mine i • he am, e times ; mournful Ri g out false pi-ide#t p ace and blood e civil slander and • e pite I ing in the leve of tru h a, id right, Ris g in the common love of Jooa. g out olcl shapes of •f isease, mg out the -narrowia in t of gold ldng out the thousand. waie of old, Psfo g in the thousandyeaes ef peace. Rii g in the valiant man rid free, .heleirger heart, the 1 ind ler hand ; mg out the darkness of he land, Rij gin the Christ that to be. - • A CITY .OF L A iCS.. " Malines 1." shouted • th the railroad coupe. int Tb pec, and the platform of the Station pre, lemish girls with the ress peeping peasants in their short 11 not than upon with here - en I and her for- a& per, I) 1.111 I cow At ped. ion • " To Gheel," said the These 'word e seemed conductor gretly, and 1 cant glance upOn the ve The next day at the d by the side of several (33 talked about G eel. -, I asked one f my neighbors to tell 'in what made G-hel so rem ricable. Why," he !esked iii urprise, " have you never before heard Id our Belgian city of luna.tics ?" " A city of lunatics ? ' I exclaimed, greatly puzzled. • r " es, Gheel has a poanlation of lunae tics, ' at least in great pa t. "You see," • he c ntinted,, " perhaps ha largest and most celebrated lunatic a ylum in Eil rope is L ' Infir merle .iti Gheel. 'he patients are firet taken to the asyl m and closely watehed there for a ti e. When the back into the e in order to remov my carpe -bag he same moment the conduetor step- up and asked my ttLaveling compel - ow far he intended o go. • enlemane to snrpris eeast a s; ed lady. nner-teble hysiciaue the nifi. • I sat who prec. been ers t ase sent ton:tastes-a of then- e at their trade. The wea may lo what they please. at what if they es ?" hen they are take m and put into t the fit is over, whe a.gaiu. • This syst m has proved ntly successful. There are now hree thousand lunaticsiin Gheel." this interestestme sp nuch that I resole ed to pay this uniqle ity a per- eonal. visit. . At an early hour on Ithe i following morni g I rode in a rumbling I old stage- coach L'heti• a few luster ed. at Some and oi laugh ticed and r They and gi their d ascertained, they ar o citizens and live ir Itirely free persons. se nature m asyll until lease emin over • All rangement has eent as board - their families Artisans are tend work Osier patients ecOme raving hack to the e etrait-jacket they are re- past the magnificent building of vnerie into the city There were pedestrians in the stre ts. Their ess eyes and dell exPre sion show - once that they were deranged. f them leoked at me irao rtinently, e of them burst iito uproarious er. Driving past a ¶smitliy I no - our blacksmiths with't. th hammers d -hot iron bars i. their heeds. Und reache my w im.men with a railing 1341ckens to me. "As a general thin th t etoterriciers (the citizens with whQln the free lunatics board) themselves ar able to master the maniacs until assis an e arrives." But are not these nourriciers, syl ha bar these lnuatics among their wive anl children, constantly afraid ? Ai no their lives in constant claneer ? An is t not terrible for them to be incei sa ttly in the company. of crazy men ?" '01 !" replied my fair companio , 1C hey are accnetorned to it from the r ve y childhood. They grow up with t e lu tatic, they often beeome greatly a - ta hed to them; for, although derange tit, poor creatures are susceptible of gra itt de. Their attachmeet may be like ).- ed to that of a faithinVanimal, and, b - sit QS, not a few of the 'citizens dei -ie th dr support from. the hmatics." midst such remarks, we set out n ot r walk, accompanied by a keeper. We first inspected the female depat -in nt. Several of the patients sat m large pleasant hall. All gazed in gloo silence into vacancy, ;only every nfr and then one of them raised her ine, pressive eyes to cast a timid glance to. werd us. It was a frightful spectacle - these figures : in their brutish, bluited initmobility, with their minds wrapp4-1 illi c ntinuous drkness. I The dormitories and bath -rooms els re s rupulously neat, and.t remarked " It ranst be exceedingly difficult o a custom the patients to cleanliness Well," said the lady, " such is tie a se with many of them, it is true; t 11 o hers on the contrary can never ret t ings clean enough. , Besides, rnany of the patients meke themselves quite u 0- -fil about the etablishment. The you g rl who sits over there in profound I • nce, becomes every two weeks a ravi g aniac, and for this reason she has to re- ain here all the time ; but during tier uiet intervals, she makes the finest e roideries and works indefatigably fr oreing until nght." We pssed-on ancl came to the solitary cOls for the raving patients. One of t tem, which was teniporarily vexes! t, nlas opened to me. It was a small, cla is out, the walls and ceiling heavily w d - (lied so that the maniacs ate, unable to i ijure themselves. The adjoining c 41 as -occupied and its unfortunate ill -D1 s reamed and cursed in the most sho i g menace. But the most terrible sight awaited. ,us hen we stepped out into a closed yard all trees end lawns. Chan-Ld by the hands, body and feet a tree, a young woman lay harefoo d the gras. Her feafures were v y 1 egular, and, aside -from, the furious ression of -her .violently rolling eys, yen beautiful. She 'thrw her hetel. lazily back and forward and rolled ma • on the grouod, tried desperately reek her fetters, screaming and utteri onstantly-the most- bla.phemous phras -a most horrible spectacle. She h, rrived only a few days before as quiet saint, but had then become more u overnable than a wild bast. , I was glad. when we lefttheyarcl a urned toward. the male department. 1 asked Mlle Brdckens how many 111 te 1 1 • -71012122i121172.a• f N 113111#1aTIIIIMS, Pubiishiasaa. 1 $3, 50 a Vear, ne advance. in which Mr. McGiverin is held, the fel- oldest 1 oys, but they succeeded in tak- ing exhibited toward him was of the kindesfneture ; and the meeting seemed satisfied with evhat appears iver' partial and. unsatisfactory explanations of the ing the knife from hint, when they fled for help to some of their neihbors, On their return they found he had cut .1fis own th oat. Insanity, induced by finn- reasons for so large a deficiency as the cial trqubles, is suppoited to be the canse. a••••• .•.-••••••-y proposal to pay only50c implies. _Tie ceensepseseee Knitting mine • -The basiness men of LiStowel enter- Paris, Ovncd bY Messrs. Adams & 114e- tained Mr. D. D. Ray at a compliment- land, Were totally destroyed by fire Ion ary supper, and presented him .with a Friday aftrnoon. The fire caught lin valnable gold chain and locket, prior to the picking room, shortly after twlte, • his departure for Scotland. on his emission and m a few minutes the whole buildieig as Emigration Agent. Mr. Ray wellde- was in a blaze, and. it: was with niUch serves all the good thingsListowel can be- difficulty that the PatiS foundry inane - stow upon him, (IS he has long been the diately adjoining 1Nas Isaved. The -Iss life and the soul of the place. • is estilyiated at :$26,000, on which theze 7 -A. hitch has been discovered in the is an insurance of $13,000. Over seventy . proceedings to incorporate Wingham. einployes have been thrown out of em The law requires that a village should be ployment by the destruction of this es- , incorporated three months before the tablisliment close of the year, in order to elect muni- -The next ammal convention of the cipal officers of their own. As Wingliam Ontario Dairymen will be held at Belle - was incorporated' only about four weeks ville o the second Wednesday in _Feb - before the close of the present year no ruary. officers can be elected until January, - -r. Luxton is to have as his opponent 1875, unless a special Act of incorpora tion is granted by the Ontario Paella- teitilepnta.ndTcliaeerlie'is).many a slip between the -The barn of Mr. Angust Kruz far- mer, Goclerich township, :was tOtally destroyed by fire on Thursda,y night, 18th inst, together with its contents, consisting of seventeen head of cattle, five horse, besides a large quantity of grain and other products. . It was par- tially insured. : I - -At their last session the County Council of Perth- passed a by-law fer the making a clouble- tracks on the Logan. and Elma and Northern gravel roads during slighing. This is a good. move, and will be duly appreciated by the tra- velling public. , • • • -The Stratford Beacon says: ",Through the kindeess of1 a friend we recently came into posseSsion of a copy of the G/obf, dated March 2, 1845, being the 12th 'number of the second 'volume. As a matter of local interest; we notice that a delegation from Goclerich had_ arrived at the capital to represent tlA clepirability of the former .place as a terminus of the Huron and. Ontario Raileve.y, instead of Saugeen. The deputation consisted of M0Sri3. 1-iniel Lizarsis the present Clerk of the Peace, John McDonald, late Sheriff, and Phu Galt, late regitrar" - -., essrs. Moffat & Wilson, buthers. of Mtchell, astonished the natives on y, by having,' deliveyefi. at the I made a most foul aspersion on her char- t a noble specimen of the bovine embodied. hi a three-year old ;ucit;ras; hpeexerthaa.e7se,taeniiitzesdaictilhleeliiitiadsea vial. fed by Mr. James Pickard, of -, and which took the first prize at ovincial Exhibition in London, last ber. This animal, thongh only ears old, -tarns the scales at 2,220 id was purchased. by the aboe r " Christmas fare" for the ,Iltcli- d , at a figure of $220. munber of miscreants in the town -- f Blenheim, a few nights ago, stole ber of geese from a farmer, and into a church, built a fire, plucked_ astecl thegeese, and from after ape the patients were completely cured. feast. The next Sunday when people ces must have had a glorious "Only five per cent. of the whole nun - came o church, it was fall of feathers, she rephed sadly ; "but, conside and t le aisles were strewn -with cleanly or 1p:coil:he -1.0groinogsetboo:nmessaxe trying can get up the greatest novelty in the -C huech-going people in many of1-the to see evho ng the deeperate condition of nearly ng he patients tht- are sent here this r ult is looked upon as exceedingly 'au essfal. Most of the unfortunates •wl ome. to us never leave. the city agaii id some of them live to Ian, extremel , d.vanced. age. The nosiest of them ale ost frequently Cured,- lent hardly ev hose who, being at first a prey to SOM 'xed idea, fall gradually' • di,o,cAyn.'d' what iS the rea; our system over others ?" I asked. "Above all things," she answered " the poor patients are enabled to leal ere an easier and niore pleasant life tha lsewhere. If idiots remain at home the are only too often.exposed to the jeer, of heartless and stupid peopl, especiall in the rural -districts. If they ar brought to a closed asyluni, the constan company of other lunatics, whose condi tion, notwithstanding their own aliena tion remains no secret , to them, is s painful and disagreeable to them tha they attempt to escape whenever an op portunity for So doing presents itself to thein. - Attempts of that kind occur here very rarely. • The patients feel at ease here and are so kindly treated that, when their relatives take them away for a time, they have but one desire, and that is to iretanin to Gheel." , Nlls had ended out walk through the establishment, and I left the asylum deep y moved. Ilatiiiseedc.lin their worli ar nodded Th - remainder of the day 1 -passed in in th4 candidature for the mayoralty of Winni!pe, Mr. Francis Evans Cornish, formerly of London. Mr. Cornish may be a • cleverman, but he nmet have very much changed from what he nsed to be if he is ctable man. We doubt if the of Wimnpeg will confer much on theraseiVes if they elect A, man Cornish stamp aatheirfirst mayor. -A. young married. lady in Monte -eel a few nights ago, in a fit of somnambu- lism, appeared at the GeneralHospitatin her ight dress, bringingaBible forone of 11.. the p tients. , She had walked a Consid- erable dietetic°. --Mr. Jacob Stone, an old resident of Hamilton, died very suddenly in that city 011 Sunday afternoon. The deceaSed appeared in his usual health in the early part df the day, and attended Church. .Afterlservice he went home and partook of a 'hearty dinner. A few minutes afterwards it was noticed that he WaS very ill. Medical aid -was sent for, but he died. before the doctor arrived. , -David Nesbit, the man who shot Sarah Alice'llopwood at Lindsay, 011 the • 12th of July last, was hanged on Tues- day. Nesbit was a fearfully hardened wretch. Anything that was said to hirn either by the clergy or Others seemed to • have no effect upon him. Uponreaching the scaffold. on the occasion of his 'execu tion, he commenced an adclress to those present, and in a clear cairn voice pro tested his complete innocence, declared that the woman bad shot herslf, and_ Tuesd mark specie steer, Exete the P sSepte three lbs., firm f ellite res citi ze honor of. the - ship a nu broke and r peara d. 1 to downrieh,t advantauc f a the c ty, and -met everywhere lunatics. The salesman in a book store was one, r these terrible impressions* and the sexton of a church, which. ie the hotel, fromwhencq I wended otherI Thee.- have but one band in Gluiel regularly visited by many patients, is an - back to the asylu . It was an 1 and n arly every inember of it is insane. large lawn in front a high iron that Dr. city DOW in xistence. 1 - ri ile' with -two sp enclid wings, lel is. probably the most singular extending along the stret. way their have Strat burl the 8 Lond ring have or a all th ship orde curio hitcl a bat of gr f entertainnients for- the benefit of various, societies. In Dundas th had. their " apron festival;" i ord a "flannel party ;" Tilson- a " buckwheat cake supper," aml mcoeites have had an "eel festival.", ners are agitating for a "red her -' and now Hamilton is to • " crackers -and. cheese reception," hash fair," to Isineck the spots off e others. few days ago a farmer of the town - f Bidelulph named. Frank Dagg, in to gratify his MD. vanity and. -the ity of a number of tavern lofers, ell his horse to a, sleigh standing on I floor, end sifter piling on it a. cord en hard. wood made the poor ani- • mal idrew it. 8-uch inhuman conduct should be severely' punished. --lefr. K. Chisholm, the Reform can- , e for Peel, was elected on Imlay y a large majOrity, in 'room of the Mr. Coyne. This, is another con- ney gained by the Reformers.. • company is forming in Parkhill re for salt there. A gentleman from rich, experienced in the buinees, to bore 1,500 feet, -provide engine 11 machinery, for $4,500, the engine. iachinery to be the property Of the holders. A liberal amount, We un- clitla last 1 late stitu to b God offer, and. and stoe • ders and has already been subscribed., the lest Meeting df the Brace • Cou been year. Cool as TN fillet offer inns beef ty Mr. Sprolit, who has treasurer of the Cennity for ten resigned. his position. Mee eT, G. er, deputy treasurer, -was apppinted r. proat's snedes.sor. A man named Adam Spencer was $12 and costs a few • days ago for ng bull beef for sale in Cailir- narket, anition to the fine his wee confiscated; and was distributed tim of injustice, he was here • dying for that woman, though he 'was. -willing to • die for her, that was all he had th say. -The following advertisement Waslast week published in the Goderich Star: "Application will be made to the Legis- lative Assembly of the Province ; of On- tario at its next session to form the town- ships of Blanshard, Usbome ailicl Bid- dulph, and the Northerly halves . of the 1 townships of East and West c issouri and the Southerly halves of th ' town- ships of Downie, Fullerton and Itibbert, into a new County with St. Mry-'s as County Town thereof" Another new County seheme is advocated by the people of Park Hill, no doubt with the . view of having that ambitious town be- come a County seat. The following are the towniships embraced in. this new County scheme : Boeanquett from Lambton East Williams • 'Mot Wil- hams, MCeillivray, and possibly Bid- dulph, from Notth Middlesex, and Ste- phen from South Huron. 'iCounty • towns will soon become as numerOus as country newspapers, but we trust that the forMer will be better supported than i the latTer -very frequently. are. . i -The Stratford Herald says: It is our ,sad duty to chronicle the death of Rev. William Bell, M. A., for over a quarter of a century pastor of the Church of Scotland in the 'township of North East - hope. His death took place on day - day night of last week, after a sciv6e 111- .1 nes& The deceased was a nativt; of Ire- la,nd, and graduated at Glasgow Unver- City, being licenced. by the Irish .Presby- terian Church, :His remains evele ;iter - red in the church burying granite). en, Friday last, and were. escorted to their last resting place by a large concourse ,of friends and. parishioners. The late Mr_ ' Bell was much revered by the, people - of North Easthope, who looked up to him as their guide and counseller. Meesness.-The following are the ap- pointments for missionary meetings in the Huron Presbytery, for 1874 First Division -4. Logie, J. S. Pritch ard, H. Gracey, deputation. ,Tn. 19, Bayfield, 1 P. M; Jan. 19, Berne, 7 P. M; Jan. 20, Francestown, I P. M.; Jn. 20, Thames Road, 7 P. M.; ,Iran, 21, Kirktn, 11 A. M, ; Jan. 21, Wartens- villa, 7 P. M. cowl, . Grhm, S. Jones, . McLean depietation. Jan. 19 MKA- I rat 0- the bell and was told a• Bulcke is, the principal physician and one of the most eminent psychiatrists, was no - at borne, but his daughter would gladly -eceive ac. I was on lucted to priva e residence, and was mut there by a yt. ung lady of excel' nt ,manners, XIypoitiou was at first d cidedly em- harrasina, as she took m fbr a phy- sician , but after 1 had tidy assured her th t such was not the c• se, and that • nothin but aahumanitaria i terest in • the fat of the poor patients al d the celebra ed city of lunatics ha brought me thi her, she kindly consent d to con- duct m through the establislaent eanaTa. lop, No. 2, '1 P :\f. ; Jan. 19, No. 1, 7 P. M.; Jan. 20, Egmodvlle,• 11 A 1\1- Jan 20 Brucefield, 7 IP. 11.;, Jan. 21, f'etaforth, 7 P. M. A ew paper, entitled the Oxford le, has been started in Ingersoll, by Mr. Harry Rowlsnd. At the subscription ng the poor of the town. Thi,71 D:r3.4i0A-4. Ross, R. F price of Si per annum, it either be own, man named. McGrath .-scin) • e. MCitig, deputation. Jan. 19, Clinton, Y shoet lived, or .become a very useless WaS entwined_ at the last (-e,neral ties - will arn. ; 17).,etih,211),yr, ;1 j in the County of I)sincoln to three . Port AlLert, J l A. M. e an, 21,;- Dune fair: No man can publish a respectable ' i" - i year - in the Kingston. I enitentiary, has . local leper at $1 a year, 1 _ beet iined sise, times in. Canada and four gaanon, 7 1'. 1.1. ie 08 • tl St t tile fineS amounting ; 1-th D;riion-A. “1.-aait, J. Ferg,u- the Povincial I,uatie Asylum, t - Brown, deputation. Jan. 19, at London, them are now 560 patients. to f to 12n each case. He was on 1. • Bluevale, 1 . M.- Jan: 19, Winglaara, thre years in the :made, Reformatory There is at present no room for any P M / 00 E Kinloss, C six ma es. no 1 so than ten thnes ha the common Jen, 20, St. Helens, 7 P. M.; Jan. 21, , .; an. _ , East 1 P. M.; 1 liv° • pris n time years in States' prison, and I 1 more female patients, and only for -Mr. E. J. enkler, of Brockville, has jail., Ilt.'ver getinglOss than -two Months ; Ea$t Aellield, 11 A. M. e Jan. 2; Ash- teonductor At t a,t time there were ab nt 3100 I • been appointed Judge of the. County . eac time. Although only twety-one 7 I?. M. train sto- liniatic in the city, and onky 35 in the se wi gil tel an animated scene h coquettish white cover of their h for h here and there, stu bh e blouses a,ncl smok cla pipes. Belgian sold ers with their sin ular pointed caps, to me dal travelers, all N mot hurry to get aboar int rsecting ea,ch other a I had leaned back a ap i dy ris re id and coma - in the tt, railroacts lines. beeome ab- aslun , Some ot the latter had been free fca some time, and veere Only tem- • • poraril confined °Wing to sudden fits, whilst thers were patients but recently arrived There are ten regular physicians and a 1 rge nuinber of keglers, most of whom )atrol the streets of the city to be on han in case of sudden acidetts. "E rything has been sq thorou,ghly organiz d that sudden attaCks of mania in the ity oecasion but VerY rarely mis- chief orth e mentioning," • ts4id ...L....L., • F;ith-Divis;on-R. Leask, m . Danby, Cana in the County of Leeds M the. yea s of a age he has already spent seveli - em in priOn, and when he completes deputation, Jan. 19, Cranbrook. 11 'A. resent term he will have spent ten M.; 'Jan. 19, Melville, Brussels, 7 P. s of his twenty-four in confinement , Jan. 20, Ethel. 11 A. M.; Jim 20, Knox, A man. in Inrtersoll named_ p;, -,-ii, P131-11--A.sislisja7m1321, Mijrojxalr2, 17, P. M. 4, 1 iff crimes. place ef Judge Mallck. deceased; and ...Ur. Ambrose, of Hamilton, Judge of the C:ouny County Court of IN' entworth, yea vicejudge Logie deceased. for The creditors of Messrs. McGiverin & Col, hardware m.erchants, of 1- Hamil- ton, eitere sorctewhat disappointed at the statement presented to the meeting held on the llth. The assets were stated at about $340,000, and the liabilities at 4;350,000. Owiut,q to the personal esteem of ti his Top coll for Fri tin He Ang luetioneer and at one time 1 al e-th .Dirion-M. Barr, T. Gold.- _ ctor for the township of West O- i smth S Young deputation Jan. 19, r' ----- , killed his wife and four children on liullett, 11 A. V; Jan, 19, Manchester, ay morning about 6 o'clock by cut- 7 P. M.; Jan. 20, Belgrave, 11 A. M.; their throats With a butcher knife. Jan. 20, Blythe 7 P. M; Jan. 21, Will - then tried to take the life of his two ton, 11 A. M. ••• • • 4 •