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CurtOett1e8 of Pantos.
We hear it said very often that there
Weems to be a panic about every ten
year or eo. There was one in' '57 ;
there viae a limited. oee in '66, and now
we have another in '7,t. There are cer-
tain natural and - not at all 'mysterious
periods of apparent prosperity and de-
pressian. It would, of course be foolish
to attempt to limit these periods by any
-set number of months or years, .but it
stands to reason that the climax and.
crisis, however naild, can never be very
far apart. We may, moreover, reconcile
ourselves to the truth, because " good
times"- are neVer so good, and " bed. times"
are never so bed as we are apt to think.
Two things are necessary to produce a
period. of real prosperity. There must be
a large general production, thet is, all or
a very large part of the labor and capital
of society must be employed. But this
is not enough. The labor and capital
mustbe rightly employed. The tailor
must, make a coat, and the shoemaker a
• pair of boots, but the tailor must need.
the boots and the shoemaker the coat.
• A period in which there is a very gen-
eral production of the right articles, or
a goeal time," is generally inaugurated.
by some particular fortunate acident . or
group accidents. If the price of a
grea necessary like cotton falls, people
have all the more money to spend on
othe1r things. This is especially true of
bread. Everybody must have bread,
and everybody must have enough of
it. !But there is in America and else-
where a great crop—the price of corn at
once falls. -A portion of the money
which a family has before spent upon.
breed. may be now spent upon shoes.
The retail dealer in shoes finds his stock
•too small and must go to his manufac-
turer, who also finds that he must in-
crease his business. He needs more
labor, he needs more, money :; according-
ly artisans find work and people with a
•surplus find nee for money. Labor, ma• -
terial, and money all rise in price,
•
the projector -went
—John ArbUckle.,
T
•
E URON E
POSI. OR.,
the afte
egul r
There is jnuob said b
as by others, whiz& i
and not trub either—es
ing. Nature classes
doctors ; and the rig
at
wheneeny ne is hung
quire to h ve feed ofte
and the kind of food p
differenee
oftener an
sary ; but
free access
nibbling
jury from
is a prao
had bread
molasses,
whenever
ingly hea
on 40 pounds heavier
of the sante age, and s
ail in any respect ;
full stomach and ple
clothing enables .the
doors and get wet oc
puuity. On the othe
or three instances of
by rule and great ;stre
ity, &c. , i where a do
called ill to , clrug t e poor littl
with filthy medicine.
It is high time the P was a re
physic and in the 'ter of. using
as medieme ; and astonishin,
extreme that the in igence of t
ignorant us
ash vended
ruggists, a
et -a living
r than in
f 10,000 pe
esale- adult
knovet w
drug store
hurt may o
uide as to w
t when peo
done with
oned and s
cesstry to
stuff to pa
their sto
This cheerful and apparently'prosper-
ous state of things will run- for a time
but after e few' year e there may be a bail
crop or a succession of bad crops. Then
bread will risetshoes are not so necessary
as bread, and; a portion of the money
which was formerly spent on shoes must
be spent on bread. - The dealer and the
manufacturer find they have too large a
stock on hand Must produce less and
mast dispense l'with a portion of their
le.bor. Less Money is wanted and less is• -,
paid for it. ,Wee have then. what -is
• called "hard times," a period in which.
little is produced, in which there are, or
appear to be, few profitable investments,
and. in which a great deal of labor and
capital lies idle. Now the reason why
• these are cycles of very near the same
t
duration, ' and. that, never more than ,
• - few years intervene between the clime ,
and the crisis, however mild these ex-
tremes may Ise, is that "accidents must
happen." There must be occassionally
good crops of corn and cotton and bad
crops of corn aid cotton. •
We musttbe careful also to distinguish
in "good. times" between what is real
• and what is only apparent prosperity.
As far as the production of needed ar-
ticle e is increased so far is the world's
wealth hicreated. But people have •a
notion that when they are getting thigh
'• prices for what they produce they are in
I some way better off than when they get.
1 low prices. They are to better off, for
if they get more for what they sell they
must pay more for what they buy ; so it
is all the same in the end. The only
man who makes money by a rise in
• prices is he who has on hand. a lot of stuff
' which he has bought before the rise oc-
curred. It must be remembered also
• that people of fixed incomes are better
off -in "hard times" than in "good times,"
because their money will buy more.
• • Good times produce an elasticity and
buoyancy of spirits- in the community
which are very apt to ran into excesses.
' Public confidence is so strong that people
are apt to trust things which do not de-
serve confidence. We have recently had
• in this community some such exaggerated
faith in railroads, .a great many of which
- have been built on credit. The "good
times" of the last three or four years is
• precisely like any . similar period since
': the South Sea bubble, or, for aught I
know, since the beginning of man.
There is a vast strife emote,- competing
• investments for the money a the public,
which is disposed to believe pretty much
all it hears. 1 The ' investraent," • it
should be understood, is an institution
• confined to al very small portion of the
globe. A great majority of even civ-
ilized people hoard. their savings and do
not put them out on interest. In Spain,
• for insauce, there are;very few -invest-
ments that the people can trust. Before
the credit system had acquired its prat-
• ent elaborate' delicacy such investments
were very rare, even in England. "The
cry for a new East India Company,"
' Lord Macaulay says, " was made by
persons who wanted to invest money."
T e practice of hoarding was then com‘
tir el from &tailless about 1688 and cu-
ll
} ra n. The father of Pope, the poet, re-
ried into the country his strong box with
him. It contained nearly $100,000, an
enormous sum in those days ; and he
• used to take money out of it as he need -
edit. At present there is very little
hoarded coin in ' England or America.
Economical write* of that day always
took it as a matte* of course that there -
was an immense Sunount of money bid-
• den away in drawers and behind panels.
A great min:1)er id companies started
into existence to 'compete for and. attract
this money, such as the Paper Company,
. the Lutestring ompany, • the Pearl-
, fishery Company, , tc.
• It is well to read the . accounts of such
' things as the "South Sea bubble." Our
ancestors appear very foolish - to us, but
some of their mistakes were not so un-
like our own, and our posterity may
have perhaps equal reason to laugh at us.
These are the titles of some of the
schemes of that time : "Wrecks to be
fished for on the Irish Coast ;" "Insur-
ance of loses by Servants ;" ."To make
Salt Water Fresh ;", " For Building of
Ships against -Pirates- ;" " For making
Oil from Sunflower -seeds ;" " For Im-
proving Malt Liquors;" " For extract-
ing Silver from Lead ;" "For Transmut-
ing of Quicksilver into a malleable and
firm metal;" "Fr making of Iron with
Pilecoal ;" "For Importing a number of
large Jackasses from Spain ;" " For
Trhding in Human Hair ;" " For Fat-
- ting of hogs ;" "or a Wheel of Perpet-
ual Motion." But the 'oddeat of all was
" For an Undertaking which shall in
• due time be reteeled." ." Each sub-
• se -ber," we are told, "was to pay dowel
tw guineas and hereafter to receive a
sh re of one hundred, with a disclosure
of he object - and so tempting was the
off r that 1,000 0 these subscriptions
.
were paid in the morning, with which
too. -Do
more at a
I know tha
to the cup
etween me
so doing ;
ical one, fit
and. bu 'ter,
or aug t
they oh se.
thy and 'stro
ating,
doctors, as well
not ander tood
eoially abou 00-
igher than. any
t time to e t la
y. Childre re-
er than ad lts ;
ople eat ma es a
btless man eat
ime than is I ems -
children h ving
oard, and oen be
Es, receive o in-
nd Day stet ment
my feta have
butter cake:and
Ise of plai food.
They are e teed
g ; in fact, axe 30
han other c ildren
ldoni take told or
or I argue hat a
ty of good, warm
to play tut of,
asionally w th im-
hand, I len w two
shilciren bei g fed
s laid on r pier -
tor is -cont nually
dears
orm in
Gilson s
in the
e days
of all
by men
d who
some
oabe:bininotn.g8;
•
at they
con."
ma
it i
te
we live inn permit the
kinds of disgusting t
called chemists and
oust te be made to
more reputable mann
the public by profits
for between the who
and the retail, nobod
get when they go to
Plain food. will not 0. Let
•the stomach be the when and
• how much to eat '; b ole pam-
per and. have 000kins
apices and highly se oemteredy
articles, it may be n: ve time
for the vile unnatural s awey,
Many "make a god • 11 achs, '
and pay more attent on to the ashion-
able manner of 11Iisg them an. think
more about the* ni als than th y clo of
aught which would senefit the mind or
do good of any kin. in the wo Id.— A
Working Farmer.
Gallantry, of a
ritish S aman
How the Remaining assengers o
• ginitts were satied Narrated b
cis Coffin, itite8S.
the Vir-
Fran-
- On the 7th of N ember the remain-
der of the passenger -1 were to be execut-
ed --fifty in all ; , but - on the mo 'g of
that day an •ng sh man -of- ar, the
Niobe, arrived. its p • it. The caftain, on ;
coming into the' ha bor, did no salute
the Spanish forte. e was in is boat
before his ancher t ched the bottom,
and on landing proc eded straig to the
Governor's house, a perempto y de-
manded that the ex: butions shou d cease.
The Governor at fi st declared hat he
had no right to iii rfere, but he cap-
tain said that in th hbsence of • Amer-
ican man-of-war he Would take the re-
spontibility of prote ting Ameri an citi-
zens, and. guardin the honor of the
American flag, It ez said he we the
Governor-Geueral It s choice 1. :tween
yielding to his demi ds or ha ing the
city bombarded, a.. the Gove or ac-
cordingly gave wa I Only for the ar-
rival of the Niobe t ere can be ni doubt
but that the fifty ev.ild have b en shot
that afternoon. the Amer cans in
port were loud in p ise of the manner
in which the captai of the Nio e acted.
I ascertained a few days after h s arrival
that he came in ans er to a te egraphic
message from the teerican co sul, sent
after the massacre of Captain h -y and
•the crew, asking • I have an oaerican
eaaa-of-war despat hed. to Sat tiago de
Cuba. There happ ned to be n Ameri-
can man-of-war at i ingston at he time,
but the -coromander of the Nio e imme-
diately got up eteale and ever though
he had not his full eoniplernent of men,
many of them rbei g on shore without
delay started fOr S. ntiago de Cr be. One
of his first acts wa ; to compel he Span-
iards to remove the American' ii ag from
the place ou the • eck of the Tornado,
where it had : bee I thrown bout and
trampled upon for • ays more -1 ke a rag
than a flag. He a so eompelle the Gov-
ernor of Santiago to furnish him with
five copies of the o cial proc:edings ;in
regard to the trials clue for hi self, one
for his Commodore one for tl e Ameri-
can Governmeut, o e for the 13 •itish, and
the remaining on for the American
Cornmod&e. Whe 1 concluclin his story,
Mr. Coffin assured the reporte i that the
•tpanish autheriti s somehow seem to
have no respect fo • the Amer can Gov-
ernment, and, do not hesitat on the
slightest pretext t insult the American
flag. --New York, "imes.
• 41.
,
'Itching of the Tails of Horses.
•To the Editor of t le Chronicle.
DEAR.SIR : In e our last we k's issue I
:see " W. It G." s ys his hors is troubl-
ed with an " ite ng of the ail," and
want S to know th • cause. In answer, I
beg to enlighten im. He as named
the cause precise y, 'tis the tching of
the under part • f the tail 'here the
groom fails to "c Try," • The e are two
simple remedies, I believe, not generally
known. First, ap ly freely, t o or three
times,; softsop leder and a viand the
tail, and the torsi, will soon ce Ise to rub.
Secondly, place a piu in a po t or wall
length, a
se' s back,
nished to
ili e said
e Duke of
RONG
CHRISTMAS AND
URRANTS
Valencia RaisinsLayer Raisins, o
toulance, to be had
LEMON PE41, ORANGE
,
leing Sr.gar,Flalloring pitracts in Lemo
! 1
DESIOATED CO
•
•
• CANNED GO
& FAIRLEY.
EW YE
R'S GRQCERIES.
NEW AND CLEAN. I
ndon Layers, Black Betake; andi 4u.ltanas in
• n boxes, half b Xe8 and quarters. !
f
•
CITRON PEEL, STIELLE131, ALMONDS,
Orange, Almond!, Strawberry", Vanilla, keppermint, &c.
OANUT JUST ARRIVED.
DS IN GREAT VARIETY. i
Our Stock of GrOceries comprising Teas, Sugars, Coffees, Tnbaccoes, &a., will bb fund equal in
quality to any in tie mart
, •
PROVISIONS, FLOUR AND FOED AS USUAL.
•
N. B.!—A lot of ISresiked White Fish and !Trout just reeetimd from Goderich—coMe and 61.7 them.
All Goods boughtlfrom las delivered in Town, Harpurhey or llgmOndville free of chafrger
us a Call whether you Buy or not.
STRbING- & FAIRLEY.
-hat
•
behind the hOrse,
little below the le
and ", W. *D.. G."
sce how soon the
accomModatien, a
Argyle." Yours,
T
GERSOLT Dec
- Abou
Next to ha,vine
portance - of liavi
propetly clone.
some ecure place
barn dr a shied e
pose, with a good
weath r. e Tie ph
immix g Nose in t
and di agreeable ';
as cleenly as in
-they (lb as welltoi
are th greater pa
by flie . There s
formitc in the ho
sible. Before -hot
udder hould be e
milker should
throng* the seas
der. Harsh treat
toIerat
treated
milk as
d ; for cc
will not
when use(
one foot m
el of the he
Will be ast
erse will u.
"bless tl
4see '
IjE
HoRSE'S
I 1873.
1 •
1
lVLilking.
good cows
milking
vs should b
R
END.
is the im-
well and
put into
to niilk, eith )r in - the
1
)ressly for hat pur-
.=entilation or • warm
Qtice of mil mg cows
0 yard is Mc nvenient
neither' can t be done
, .
Kancmons ; nor will
t dbors, w ere they
t of the seaton teased
itield be as
irs of milkin
mencine to
itirely cream
iilk the sa
and in the
ent should
ws that are
ve so great
gently
uch uni-
s pos-
lk, the
ai4cl each
e cows
same ort
ever he
not well
• flow of
E
SALE
c24- A. T s 1.,1
OF
TRAORDINARY BARGAINS.
TS OF FINE TEAS IN LOTS TO SUIT PUR0114.S.E_RS.
•••••••••10MPRIMMI
BOUGHT- AT A DISCOUNT.
OW GOING ON TO :MAKE ROOM FOR NEW STOCK, &cal ttc.
TORS
TO SEAFORTH ARE INVITED TO CALL
AND INSPECT MY STOCK,
At Prices that will satisfy the crowds of Cash Buyers.
J. C. LAIDLAW.
JUST
Another lot of those Patent
A
RECEIVED
asks Fur Sets, the nicest things of the Season.
ALSO
resh Supply Of Wineeys.
SPLENDID VALUE
And a Lot of
BROCADED
•
I
POPLINS
At $5 801 worth $8 the dress. Those Goods
Opposite
W.
are all in 'stock at
•
the Commercial Hotel, Soaforth.
N E,
COME ALL,
AND BUY YOUR
HARNESS
•; FROM
J. WARD, SEAFORTH.
1
1 beg to sate for the information of armors and the public generally, that I have as good a stock of
Harness n hand as an-%- in town, an4t I am determined not to be undersold by any other establish-
ment in t e County.
—I
•
0
s.tt
to
m
c
r
'HSINIA CONY
BRUSSELS FOUNDRY.
THE SUBSCRIBER 'wishes to call the attention
-1- of the farming community in general to his
large and varied stook of
Agricultural Implemo'nts,
.OFFMA.
•
BROTHER&
CiIEAP
CASH STORE
Consisting of
IRON AND WOOD PLOWS,
With the latest improved Steel Mould! Board,
GANG PLOW,
CULTIVATORS, LAND 1104ERS,
HARROWS, SCtIITLERS, 8!1.
He would beg to call special attention to the
• celebrated
BELL and HORSE !14LANKETS, an kind, constantly on liand. Also TRINES and General
0-I.NT 17-3 Moll
Furnishi aRS.
;
313
J. W.A.4D';
kain•street, Seaforth.
COM
TE
vouNG
- educe
lege dux'
of this in
number o
the year e
that Of an
Doreit ion
course of
systemati
business
Specim
ns 'are g
Our grade
and grveg
have amp
Circular
lication.
London 0
- LONDON
ERCIAL COLLEGE.
EGRAPII INSTITUTE.
N, if you Wa ta first-class busing
ion, attend the ondon Comnsercial Col -
the coming winter. Theprosperity
itution is constantly increasing. The
stadentain actual attendance during
ding September 1878, was !larger than
other institution of . the ltind in the
sing OVER TWO HUNDAED. Our
nsiness instruction is the renet thorough,
land progressive ever introduced in any
liege in Canada.
s of Penmanship exhibited or sent by
nuine—neither printed no imported_
tes are sought for by huffiness men,
neral satisfaction. Te1egra-47h ssudents
time for practice every day,
with full information sent free on ap-
Address
GEORGE A. SWAYZE,
Manaer.
t. 1, 1873. • 368-3m-eow
DU HAM BULL CALVES for SALE
1710021treng bred Bull Calves for ! Elsie, rea-
..biprices. Applylt o
814-4 ' . • M. MoTAGGAIll T, Clinton.
•-•
*run txpoitor
• IS PUBLIMIZI)
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING
IN SEAFORTH
• I
TEans..—$1.50 per year in a vince, or $2 at the
end of the year.
Advertising nates.
First insertion, per line, 8 cents subsequent in-
ertiens, 2 cents each time, per line.
• CONTItAOT
One column one year
ti it hall ts
cg " 3 mouths ... .
Half " one year
!It
•-t 4 4 , hall i - 20 00
, .
! " " 8 months ' • • • • • •
One-feurth one year
" " half 44
• 8 months . . . .. 8 00
One-eighth. oneyear • . 12 00
4 4 " . half " 1j 8 00
5 00
" 4', 8 months 1
One -twelfth one year 1•
• 8 00
44 :4' half • "•
5 00
" " 8 months 8 00
Business Cards, (6 lines and in4cr, V' year..' 4 00
McLlEN BROTHERS
$60Q0
85 00
20 00
85 00
12 00
20 00
12 00
...••••••••-.41.$014;00...
FARMERS' PLOW,
Which has given universal fiatisfactima wherever
used, to which is now added a Thistle Point, so
much required in this part. Also, to some first-
class
STAVE -DRUM LAND ROLLERS,
- From $22 to $85. Also, a few
First -Class Wagons,
Getting up for Spring use, warranted of very best
SEASONEDTIMBER.
• All of which will be sold at the very
LOWEST PRICES FOR CASH
Or approved credit.
WM. R. WILSON.
Brussels, Feb. 12, 1878. • 271ey
FALL SHOW, 1873.
Is noted the e
eapest spot in town for
DRY GOODS AND
MILLINERY,
JUST OPENED 3 CASES
TM', UNDERSIGNED is just receiving the lug-
-L est Stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS,
Consistiug of
Beavers,
Pilots,
President,
Whit4eys,
• Nap Cloths,
Persians,
Astracans,
Sealettes,
D OgSki..Wia
• GROCERIES, HARDWARE,
l3OOTS AND SHOES, READYNCAD E CLOTH-
ING, MILLINERY, &C.,
Ever brought into BRUSSELS, -which will be full
and eomplete by the 25th Instant.
I beg to refer you to the following prices of
4es.ding hues, and other Goods will be found in
proportion;
Heavy 36 in. Grey cotton, at 12t cents
per yard.
Heavy 36 tn. Bleaehed Cotton, at 10 cents
per yard.
Heavy Scottred Wncey, at 15 cents per
yard. .
Madder Prints (fast color), at 10 cents
per yard.
No. 1 Lybster Mills 33 and 36 in. CV
tone, and Egbster Mills Cotton yarn,
always on, hand„
TEAS.
Good Young Hyson Tea, at 87i and 50 cents per lb.
Finest Monne Tea, at 871 cents per lb.'usual
price, $1. Setenty-five cents per lb. by the
half chest or Caddie.
Gunpowders, Congouith Japans, Pekoes, &c., at
equally good value.
Special value in Carpets, Hernps,- Stair, Tap-
pstrys, two and three ply, all wools andfelts
Call and see the goods and prices, end . ge
for yourselves.
NO TROUBLE TO SNOW GOODS.
Higlest price paid for Grain, and all other kinds
of produce.
JOHN LECKIE.
Brusels, Sept. 18, 1878.
All Colors, suitable for Ladies' Jnelrats.
VELVETENS.
Black, Brcimn, Blue, Green, Purple, 'umeon, Crime.
son, White, 8co., ao.
Also- another lot ot
Jackets,
Striped and.
Long Shawl,
Breakfast 'Shawls,
Sontags,
Cloud;s,
Scarfs,
Wool Mitts,
Wool- Cuffs,
Wool Gaiters,
• Bootees,
Infantes,
Gloves,
- Hosiery,
tsc., 8:e
•
We i will Show
ON SATURDAY3 Novt 1
A rat:elect° line of
LADIES' AND CIIILDRENS' FURS
Real Mink,
German Mink,
South Sea Seal,
Plain Seal,
• Grebeand
Ermine.
•
hich we will sell cheap for cash only.
REMEMBER . TEE• PLACE :
Opposite M. R. Canter', jeweler.
HOFFMA: BROS.
raw thee Mee
tiva
The first even
tertainment is 4
of the " fair mai
seta in crowds )
sembled outside
great entertai
watching for a
guests,
end pass
V&T/011S r.etinues
received. Long
duct the maide
hospitable host.
the maiden, her
of the former
genIntehrea silecY oapoondsle
with the jewel
meats and cak
maidens are alve
ents for the dom
they are about to
low friends and
the more numerr
cording to the le
honor and glo
house at Which
sion as it appro
babia pozywa.tk
the family.
On arriving th
ately descend f
ajiwnarliit; thdstthe
si
and clamor of
gathered in th
hostess, who, on
soend to the ga
ceive them. Th
in many cerem
times perforined,
broken. until the
court -yard toge
then -introduced
having prayed
saints, exehang
neighbors and
and, after other
been gone throu
persuaded. to tak
The young la
gether, though t
each ther befor
mate
„ pedruzand:elnkadre„st
by the master an
and all the do
ltrasnyja die
They spend the
games for the m
fraessina the
abound in Russ'
ofthetfavorite
When hehour
they are eonduc
which feather
floor, and. in tiles
pose during the
that they re-noe
as the festival la
Next morning'
lage is early in
sips are abroad
fonnation as to t
ing evening. In
the other hand,
turmoil. ofyto 13Tr he re. an;
for the " fair me
enieture of wine,
whilst the reit Kr..
freely to the nem
00efiSIOnS is dea.11
manner, that the
perform the nth
housewife entru
maidens" alone
the bell tolls for
the Thistrees of
venture to awak.
herself on the t
and cries out
maidens, it is tin
are up Long ago1
beaten the dust
looked about the
eold three swine
the steppes,- anS'
quired for -their
now say what le
and who appearei
The answers
listened to with
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