The Huron Expositor, 1874-01-09, Page 1a
SliXTIIL YEAR )
W11014E NO. :1 S. j
itcat 6ota cf) tic
TWO LOTS' FOR SA L.E.
WO LO.T S for saleaJjy Mabee's,ni•elocation,
convenient to town, email not be be ten. Any
ue WhO wants to buy• Lot now is the time. Ap-
ly to JOHN MeD0a ALD,
7 Seaforth.
EARIvr FOR SALEJN_ TUCK.ER TOTH.
OR SALE, ou reasorlible terma, the west half
of Lot No. 4, Oen. 1 , Teckeramith, entainina
• e
acres, 40 of which. arti)cleared and m state of
Oa ealtivation, the lit is well timbered
ith beeeli and maple. The eleared la d is well
eneed and in a atate oil good c.altivati• n. There
small frame barn al a a frame *tab e. There
3 sere.% of fall. wheat, -which will be sold with
This farm is s tecited on a a ot gravel
aecal„ land is within 7 ni les of Seafottl Fox fur-
ther particulars apply to the propiietor on the
remises. ,
•17 ONA_LD latcD NALD.
, •
FARM FM SALE. INSTAN' EY.,
10tEING Let 5, Bityfi.ellal Road, 2 from iles Bay-
," field, al mile from the gravel road, °attaining
acres a goo1 land, a ',splendid briek. 1 use, good
frame barna andaauperit)r orchard, wit plenty of
good water. TellitS eady. Apply to
315:6 OHN ESSON, ayfield.
rAitti FOR S OR, TO ENT
R SALE, oh teas able ternia, Lt No. 16,
Con. 3,Morri,
s coca wining 70 aere., nearly all
aleare.d, well fenced. and in a good stab of culti-
ivation. There is a goild saw mill, witl a dreular
w, driven by water, Aith an abundan e of tim-
ber convenient. Theta is also a go d bearing
orchard, also a good frame barn and ho tse. There
;is a sabool and two cluirches en the c- rner of the
lot. It is situated_wi hin. one mile and three-
quarters of a station 011 the Wellimatm , Grey and
Bruce Railv.-ay. If th above farm be ot sold, it
iwill be rented. For f rther particular apply to
yU1E proprietor on the p eraisee, or -al Btlgrave P.O.
•HOTEL ORASLALFIIEED, R°I.v14-
ei2
MRS. ROBERTSON wishing to reti e from the
-.L5- hotel keeping b isiness, offers f r sale that
ell-loa-Own stand, in gmondville, no v oceupied
y her ; half an acre a and attae-hed t the hotel;
ood stables, good well and every oth r convem-
ce for carrying on th hotel busines . Part of
i • eputehase money wil be' required in cash; the
keniaimier will be alloa d to go in e y install-
imealts. Apply on the remises to
10 ..MRS. It BERTSON, E a ondville.
EAFORTIT, FRT
amalloolowninIP
The Season of 13'rother1y d-
.
ness.
The days of shaking hands have come,
The kindest in the yell- : •
The Candidates go smiliegroend
With, such profuse good che r ! -
The applicants'for ,civic eats,
• The gents who would .be M• yor,
Commissioners, and School ustee
Comfront you everywhere.
Each wears a gracious, genial senile
;All day -from door to door,
And suck intense good will t men -
You never_ knew before •
FARM- FOR SALE
ELNG composed of ot 1, Con. 10 of the Town-
ship of Tuckersmiph, containing 100 acres of
'excellent land, upon waich there is a new fraine
t• arn, 3800 feet, ams, which are eaother infori ation, ap-
nd also a good orchard. For
• Oaid Township, -Or to t 4e vender, WAL ER, REN-
' WIGE, Sr, _ St. George 0., Brant Co., Ont. 296
iu
eray, lid
ly to Mr. XAMES DA -EY, on Lot 1, on. 12, of
FARM OR SALE.
OT No. 5, Goncessi n 4, Ifullett; 140 mires,
more or less, 80 a.cr s cleared. Plenty of water,
d the north branch of, the Maitland litiver ran -
3 DS g through the 18'aer . bash; good -fences. Ap-
y on the premises to the proptietor
JAMES MARTtN:a
90-_
' r addtess Constance P. 0.
.....
EAM SAW KM', 41D FARM FOR SALE.
High, gentlemenewith
Have thrown. away t
And shakeIhe "horny
With, unexampled ze
And though -they didn'
: For you a Week ago,
-They ask about your fa
. With interest all agle
,
oft w nte kils,
eir e ste'
lands of toil"
t. .
seem to care
ily
w.
Hath the millenium co-ne at
That everything's so ?
Doth 'Christ -Inas worl this
Change,
Or No-mination Day
OW,
last,
wond
'rous
Grip.
THE .COLD (.30AST A D ITS PEOPLE.
Savage Spirit -of the shantees—Pacir
Method of Warfare-1;haracteilistics
of the IFautees. 1
Correspondence:of the _47ew York Ti thane.
",
ErAG Lot 34, Con. 7 MeKili.op„ containing 104.
, acres,. all elearedaw' th good barns ca., d. stables,.
Ai.
-Osvo- good orchards in. I t li bearing-; two never -I a'ila
a --,g springs which supp y the moill. - . so„ lot 35,
tea..1„,ecantanina g 48 cm ,es of -bush. T - e property .
i , aituated 6, mi -les fr, an Seaforth. Nall,. a good.
1,500
to do.
befor
mate
IS no
fabul
purel
to an
iuittii
this i
you: re about t engages;" .11e, w
pause in his wed-, look rt the with" open
eyes' end a smile n his lips, and say :
" Re i ly, it is ten hot for chaff. Are 31rou
diepo ed for anyt iing to drink ? 1 c !IA
get a VL y now, bi. t if you go up to my
quarters and shoe t for my boy he
give 7,ou some claret and water, Or sohle
cold ea, if yon'd like that betterr
• Seeing, then, that no one here Idoebts,
ceasesto doubt myself '• but I fear that
thosewho return to the Prah will be but
a re nant of ti e gallant fellows who
cros,
noth
I he
Dec
bye.
peea
Woe
`kep
mei
to p
l' CAPE COAST 'WrLB, Deo. 1, 1S78. '
First and most important is th, con-
sideratien of the gei end , prospe ' ts of
this, war upon which the British nation
has embarked. It isl evident that no
course reinained to EnIglandobut to 'dire
altogether- from this coast upon which
she has been settled fer 300 years,' r en-
tirely to o•v-erthrow the power f ethe
is empire pos esses
try, and can place
0,000 men fo the
ad perhaps double
urpo e of de ence, .
aggiessive plower,
eca nown
llow-
r ter-
th)
Ian
tee
ted
in
on,
, a
oi:
an -
hat
10,-
eral
h at
t of.
one
well
lies,
o the busl and
•void. the (Iloom
them. Should
ccused of crime
malefactors he
nficant people
thout pre ext,
11 is the
is now involved
uree and extent I
capital., Cooniase
. eShe does not '
far as is known,
•-te or Meek, to
penetrate beyond the ca iital, and she al-
lows no -traffic or passage whatever to
the tribe lying beyond j her. The Ashed
.antees are fanaticallY• b ave If eitiler a,
,
'put
tee
elye
against him in a battle, is to sit upo 1 a
powder barrel and flash his gun into it.
AsHANTEB SOLDIER.Y.
Brave as the Ashamtee is, he n ver
--;
AY, 'JANUARY 9, • 18 r 4.
• ritish tro Ts have set themse yes
There ar no great inducem LLtS
theni, sue] as those which ,
ni-
the Spaniel' adventurers. 'T ere
C' world to be :wore. no ci Of
as .evealth to be reached ; i .is
a case of uty. It I were to, ay
of these officefe wotkie. hi re-
gly in a sue of 150° of heat "' 'he
a great ana glorious deed • '-ivh•eh
..A.shaeetee enipire. - T.
a large extent of cou
figh.ting force of 1
purposes of attack,
that number for the
inthe field. - It is .an
and has, ever since it
to European, been d
ing up her neighbors,.
ritories -and reducin
slavery. _Although
less sanguinary and
its neighbor, Daho
atvel read. thereto. F
n the premises. If Ira
a ON, Constance P. 0.,
_
FAR.111 FM S
SA,LE, a good arra, composec of North
half of lot 15 -and th west half of kt 14, Oona
1, contamm i 100 acres, c eared and
a ell fend -ad, and in good cultivation; b• lance -well
• bered with hardwo d; a goo _house
a. d new log bam; gocd bearing reharcl; two
es and a half from a ood gtavel road; I0 miles
om the village of Seat rth; there are two steam
\mills within 34 miles -convenient, to charches,
particulars apply to the
iseaa or, if by •letter, to
r further particalars apply
post, to JOHN TICOMP-
inbtini, Ont. 260
E IN IYIe OP.
s hook- and stores. For
p oprietor on the air
inthrop P. 0.
280*4.
JAMES McD NALD.
cup.
man
th
erha,
Moo
e first
d sw
:Mg the
en' peoe le
s just el lit
-thirstyttl
the Ashlan
kingdom may be sail to be &men
and watered by blood. B ood is elied
streams upon every public occasi
eVhether be a coronation, a birthday
fimeral, or: the declaration of peace
war: There is one grand " custom.'"
nually at which it is calculated• t
10,000 slaves.' are put tb death, and
probable that as many mbre are sl
tered upon the monthly and other
• eustOmS." What haSpenS up
grand, sc.ale at the capital, takes
Upon. a smaller scale else -Where. If
000 slaves are slanghtered 'at the fen
rites Of a king, 1,000 -are put to cleat
that of • a great tributary, 100 at tile
minerachief and 10 at that of an
station or position. This is so
understood, that, when a great man
his slaves instantly take
elle-leaver • to escape. to
whith they know awaits
slaVes- be short, any one
is seized, and. should
wanting, poor and Mei
are kidnapped., with or
and made to suffer. Su
with which_ Great Brita:
M war. The nature]. fea
o Ashantee south of the
sie are entirely miknoe
all; w, and never has, as
allowed a traveler, w
rArazi FOR S Lt IN GRE • •
OT No.12 and. part f Lot No. 11 in the 18th
- Concession of grey, consisting of 78 acres,
cleared. and 'good e Itivation; 24 miles from
avel Road, 12 miles frc ra Seaforth. Apply to
arc, ANGUS MC LAN, <pi the premises.
VALUABLE PROFIERTY FOR SALE .
SALEachesp, two Stores, With good dwell-
ing over-hecul, in tiv Centre of the business
p t of the village of Sea orth. Tihe lot is 30 feet
ntage. For further particuIt4 apply t
94 mccAuu•IEY iim,arg TED.
it on their
ig about cli
r the climat
mbar to the
o means hig
s, and will
d otherwis
tip by the
dance. 1 leyve said
•ate, because from all
e from the middle , of
Utile Of February, is
ily injurious to Eero-f
e felt even less than'
be the case by meif
-Unities of -high excite-;
Of the o eers now working here
some the w y for the troops, it is
probable that fc • will go right throngli
the xpedition. The eliniate is already
tell rg upon thei Although they hav
bee a here but a ronth, eight or ten hav
alr a ly been doe with fever ; -and, al
tho attacks • have been., a
th.e slight, they weaken
sys* er it liable to other, am
figl
in
th
Sti•
up
• bo-
ar
00
th
he
:011
go e tout, follow
fi Mine men, the women hunt up ethe
st •aggfers, heap buse upon them, strike
nd drive
ecu sevee
laianq
heir the
it is
ugh-
inor
lace.
BER,KSHI E BOAR.
rill§ undersigned will k ep for service at •Wag-
nefa Corners, town e Hay and Stanley, a
thOroughbred Berkshire boar. Terms -61, pay-
able at the tiree a servic , privilege of returning
if necessary.
314-8 THomAs PERCY.
_
BERKSHI E BOAR
Th. the firs
usually are,
ern, and rent
e'esingly sev
mnor was
ting was going on, and. all the women
he town Wh se husbands : were r out
r appearance ;the
t daubs of , whitel. paint
eek.s, shoulders,
h. White ham kerchief
end their heals. This is supposed t
aliitute a gtea fetish and to pieserv
ir husbands fichn harm. The evoinen
O ssist .grea, ly in getting the hien
t fight. W en the chiefs have Once
d.- by'ethe bulk :of .the
re attacks.
urrent here to -day tha
woman had disap
He found his (loor
fastened, and, on
fears, he at once le
)eared mysteriously.
nd winelew securely
reseed with terrible
t the hoitse and went
home.- He told ha mother of the strange
adtventueel and sh a noted down a de-
scriptions Of the be,
the night,: precediii
hiS mother was vele
ed to go :to the
ahout 2 in the nun
itiful murderess. On
g his next birthday,
ill, and he was olslig-
lector's for medicine
ling. While there, a
wOman entered. the surgery and wished
to! purchaSe a butt
dOctor refused. to
bUt -waited. outside
beautiful women
e of laudanum.. The
sell it, and she left, ;
foi Francis. She was
and. remiuded him of
something cub 1. not distiectly
She walked with
helm, and in sh.
hoe She had. be
lost her' position
employment and
be married. He
mother; and. the
ieia Warlock, 1
ref made the
ets with gre
ul their el
oths, and wi
•
hiin to his mother's
rt, he fell in love With
n thfeeturiate and had
society. He gather
they were " engaged to
4iresehted her to ,his
.latter redognized, • in
er future -daughter-in-
law, the dream ee oinah who had. tried to
Murder her son a
end Alicia were 1
Pily for some th
to drinking hard
ard her hue -band
his mother died,
the influence o
.
jommg the fuller
Maddened, strue
house at once.
ward, she came
it in imitation of older thieves and. t
had been reading works descriptiv
Kith criMes. Such is the in:flume
perniciou literature.
pert .of the Wesleyan Methodist Miesion-
-The >elides Wesleyan Institute, d:e-
ary Society, shows the amount of collec-
signed to )0, an Educational Institution,
tons in aid of the Society by the
one step below the Uollversities, where
he gala_ $Cizr.c.5h4e;s iLliptilledeesGboo(11.0eri'coliirDenisitt,r71:66G.1o5d-;
the youth of the Province may
eriehl Circuit, 3192.81 ;= Clinton Circuit,
.i.
ered and guarded with home -like ate,
while ben g prepared for enteiing pon
Holinesville Circuit, $121.10 ; Seaforth
a University COurSe, or edlicated for -the
Circuit; $163.57 ; Mitchell . Circuit,
various vocations in life, will be aliened
$109.50 ; Stratford Circuit, $,233:11 ;
on Jan. 14. The 'handsome residence
Harmony Circuit, $191,88 ; Bayfield
and. beautiful grounds of the Colema.n
and suitably ,..Circuit, $123.15.; Dungannon Circuit,
estate have been purchased
Rae al. B. $130.34 ; Kincardine Circuit,. $232.83 ;
fitted up for the College.
Beraie Circuit, $141.25 ; Teeswater Mis-
Rycleman will be the Principal. ' s,on, $131.20; •.Brus. soh Mission, $107.79;
e —The law M respect to weights and Ti owbridg,e Slission, $141.90 ; II owick
measures came into force on the let of Circuity $174.93 e Wingham Circuit,
.Tanuary and. all • ' 1.1 b ' 11
,, gi am will now e, so ( .
$155 ; Luelmow Mission, $173.72. The
by the 100 pounds and net by the blushel report -shows the Church and its Missions
as formerly. This may be a lit% in- to be.iii a &wishing dondition.
convenient at -first, but when all cone to
—At a social of the Exeter Wesleyan
i
understand it, it will be much ram' con- ch held Christmas everniag, Mr.
venient and easy in reckonMg. T e law
Richard Manning -gave a brief sketch of
is very strict in. this matter, •a.n im-
buy_ his late trip to California, relating some
poses a fine of $50 npon any person
curious instances of. the peculiar charac-
ing or selling in any other way than by
teristics of the people, their modes of •
100 lbs., unless by measure, when the
traveling, and what kind of coirveyances
half bushel may be used.
they -used ; one team which he saw was
—The managers of the Grand Trunk composed •of three steers, blidled. and.
Railway have agreed -to restore to coins with. bits in their Mouths, and a horse.
mercial fravellers the privilege, recently He also showed a specimen of the cotton
taken from them, of carrying, free, three flower ; he considers cotton the most
hundred poun.ds of baggage consisting of profitable commodity to -raise, as it does
samPles, on eiresentation Of a ticket to not lessen the strength. of the soil, as to -
the baggage -men. . bacco doe'
— P. McArthur, a Saugeen fai•mer, —The once notorious Francis Evans
sold in Paisley last week upwards of Cornish has been elected first Mayor of :
two tons of pork, which had. been raised the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba, in op- '
on his own farm. position to Mr.. W. -F. Luxton. *Mr.
Cornish received the support of the Hude
—Hon. John Young has been re-ap-
son's -Bay Company, which elected him.
peiuted to the ofitce of Flour Inspector
at Montreal. This, says the Ottawa
—Sir John A. Macdonald is again the
Times, is a very proper proceeding on the
Conservative nominee for the representa-
part of the -Government. The manner in
tion of the -City-of Ringstoh. His op --
which Mr. 'Young was chiselled out Of
ponent has not yet been named.
that office was illegal and disgraceful,
, —The Ottawa municipal elections Were
and his resteration was nothing more
than justice to one who has, wepeearned this year contested on a _purely political
in the interests of the country the honor basis, and Mr. Featherstone the Reform_
candidate for the Mayoralty was elected
and the emolument which it 'confers.
by 4 large majority. -Prior to the change
—The tendency in money is toward
of government it was scarcel3r safe for a
greater ease • the best cnstomers of the
r esident of the aapital City to openly
Bank Of Montreal are now accommodated
proclaim that he was a Reformer.
at 7 per cent. -
—The agitation for new Counties is as** OP-
111c1AVAINT 11110110111E1{S, Publishers.
$1 50 a -Year, in advance.
ey
of
of
through the ice and was drowned.
The -
body was recovered about three 'hours
later. •
"----The following, from the anmial. re -
year before. Francis
arried, and lived hap -
e, but finally. she took
and her . feelings to -w-
og= to thange. Soon
ind. Alicia, while under
liquor, insisted upon
1 procession. Francis,
c her, and she left his
ut some nights . after -
Nick, and . tried. to stab
him. Then he recognized in hey again,
the terrible woman of his dream. , He
cencludes his story by saying that he
1.10147S Alicia, is lookang for him, and
will some day kill him esith the knife.
The third narrative, told by Mr. pair -
banks, is to the effect that, at the in-
stance . of his ;wife. Who possessed. a
strong feeling df curiosity, he en4aged
Francis Raven via groom, and took . him
with them to France, where they princi-
pally resided. Francis was •unfortunate,
and had one of his legs broken. • Mr.
Fairbanks had to employ a French groom
- named.Joseph I icoband, and he. sat .up
with Raven, on the night of the 1 st of
March. The t stimony of this French-
man, on a seciet examination before a
Judge, formg the fourth and concluding
narrative. It was that he • was in • 'the
city of of Metz oi the 27th of February,
before Raven as murdered, and while
there Met with a beautiful English wo„
o, is made man.- She agr ed te, take supper with
receded by 4 flacreand him oh the fat night. They were sit -
en sing a ihonoeoilous ting in ithe nex room, and the sick man
h. erowd round waaing called Ricoba d. - She started, and aP-
ring. and dancing, nd peered. to i•e ognize the voice. Soon
ould. make the fort itie RaVen got so e
Could represent it ae- i gagged him.
en and -w men I ere ; inin soon after
scanty attire ; bn it he found Rave
at the men }year tl eir i two mortal w
gracefully ;than : the anl. the other
their clothes- over' Ile'
ng them fall in natural
en. alter the -Whole ut-
by wearing a bustis as
'Upon this a chile is
, and the Cloth is 1
th
ra
A
cl
ti-
�iti
.
enasrt
air
om
s ioul
fi lds.
1 inge a
• ener
t 'ght
I1 tear.: oft heir clothes, •
ein, from the t.wn.: I have
Very esingel r seems of • t
great fuss, t
iefS put, I
The
on se the wom
:eir hands, eih
es hole scene
t eatre whic
mat Both
somewhat
ie owned t
far 'More
n, draping
ler andlett
The worn
f theiesfigur
a pillow.
llar perches
y wrapped
'aerie g the child
-bout on ohe si
ome
.ashio
ng st
ome.•
ome
•egul
s
neettniii-
tether
• mlles
road
THOROUGHBRED v RKSHIRE BOAR.
^UR. DAVID DUNGAN-bias at his prernises, in
-13-1- the village of Egm niville, a thoroughbred
ix
Berkshixe f Boar, from D ou'e (Brudefield„) well- ,
anovea thoroughbred Boa a which he will keep for
the iraprovement of stockaluring Um present Bona sea -
Perms—$ -1, with thp privilege of returning
if neeessary, payable at Oa time of service.
sia , DAVI DUNCAN-, Proprietor.
"JACK- OF HEARTS-,"
. The Superior &folk Beal:.
2 '1 -
TACK. OF HEARTS w be kept for the improve-
" remit of Stock during he present seasou at Mr.
Thomas Thorp's farm, ot 2.5, Con. 2, Tuaker-
smith, H -C.111. S., one mile and. a quarter directly
south of Merton's Hotel, H. R., also, three italet
east of Granton Hotel, a
• ter miles west of Egmon
y payable at the time of
turning daring season.
The subscriber will al1
same place,
"CONQUEROR! Of THE WEST,"
The ptire Berkshire Boar[ These boars have taken.
prizOS wherever shown. Terms—ail, strictly pay-
able at the time of servic e. Privilege of returning
dining season,.
s12-8 TilOS. THORP, Prenrietor,
. NiOTICE Te FAIIMEr '
a.
Tilt nuderaitmed has (in his prerniacai a thoroaglit
, Praire wide enough for four men t
-1- bred Berkshire 13OAit that will serve sca,vs th4 ithr east, a-ncl that the troops will •
gear at Ilarpurhey, betfir known as the late Di. ter no opposition. 1.11p031 their
. Chttik's• brick honae, at 11 each. to be paid at th march until they arriie On, 'bike b,
time of aeraice, with the privilege of return.
309 THOS. McLELLAND. ta,sk willbe arduous and.dangerous
necessary. , I • .
To stroc BREEDERS. . [ The3r will haVe to fight their,: Wa
to satisfy the most aclven I °us
Sankt, for the imprO OmOnt oi atock, a titst-cla s inies, and through whicb,_ they c
a three and three-quar-
ville. Terms -$14 strict -
service, privilegd of re -
o keep for service, at the
general or a soldier ru
to death, and. the cours
general, when things ar
a he is
of an ,Ashae
going defini
fights in the open field e he will hold
bush—as has already been proved. in
skinnislewiththeBritish—with a coin
the
the
age
and tenacity unsurpassable by any w
iute
troops. But his tradition is neve to
fight -uncovered. In this he some hat,
resembles the Red Lethal). From his
description of the Ashantee, it is evident
that the task which England. has set her-
self is by no means an easy one. In the
plain, the 1,500 British soldiers could no
doubt ,withstand the• onslaught of 'the
whole fighting force of the Ashantees
for the superior range of the Englisll
rifle wonld, enable them to sweep away
the AshanteeS without the latter being
able to approach within range of their•
own firearms ; but between Cape Coast
and Cooneassie there is not an. acre of
open ground. The distance to be travers-
ed is 150 miles. The River Prah, which
fornas the proper boundary ofethe Ashan-
tee Kingdom, is about 70 miles _from
Cape Coast, and• au- the, Ashantees are
breaking up their carapg , within a few
miles of this town, ahd are retiring slo*-
1 homeward it' is probable that the
still apparent in several 'quarters, al -
Brevities.
though the notices asking for legislation Marshal Bazaine is still confined in'the
are fewer than last year. The town ;of Palace of the Trianon.
Strathroy will ask the Legislature to. re- —It is reported that Henri Rochefort
move the West Middlesex Registry Of has died at the penal settlement in New
flee froni Glencoe to that town, and also Caledonia. _
---The late, Mr. Thomas Baring, left
one year's sala,ry to all clerks and sa-
vants in the employment of Bantle,
Brothers. '
—IVIessrs. Fisk A:, Hatch, well knoWn
financiers of New York, have resumed
business, having settled all claims :against
them in fall.
isy and frantic that he to set apart the townships of Adelaide,
licobaud's mistress called Oaradoc Ekfrid, Mosa, Metcalfe, the.
and when he came back, town of Strathroy, and the villages of
lying dead in bed with Wardsville and leliewbury as a new Coen
-
wads, one M the throat • ty, with StrathAy as County town. • An
n the heert. His beauti- Act will be sought to carve a new Cdfin-
ty, to be called the County of Howland,
out of the present Comity of Grey, with
Durham as the County- town, and. an-
other shuffle of nearly the same town-
ships is proposed in the interests of Dun-
keld, which also aspires to County
notation from Shake- , honors.,
—The wolves are very numerous this
winter in the Ottawa lumbermg districts.
A man named. Goodwin had a narrow
escape from being devoured by a lning,ry
ful cbmpamon, •who was no other than
Alicia, was ne and. never afterward
boatel of. Ri. °baud was tried for mur-
der and acqu tted, and the river was
dra,gged for tl e body of Alicia without
rn • • succese; The story concludes with the
round. the. figure just well-known
head free. to d'angle 'speare's " Tempest."
le or the other. The • " re slash stuff,
• de of, awl our little hfe
sleep."
s in the mot elaborate I • •
ear their hair • quite short; the As -c ems
dress thei
• some do
lily up fro weird and gro
, . .
lo it in two sume it leave
liyide thee minds of mos
Is rounded with a
The above s the substance of the pack while. on ins way through the
it in ohe spike sti k- esque story, and We pre- 1 Woods to a shanty, He heard the howl
the top of, the held, unpleasant thoughts in the of wolves on his track, and he at once
spikes, spine fo tr.
of those who hear it. It knew that his life depended on his get -
hole of the. bead i to ting within calling distance of the shanty
ing it the appeara c
11
is someevhat
• shapes, gi for an eveni
nil prepar
e but with le reader. Mr. (_
,
0.. Ile has a flu
centre' of
their ways of ,doing their hair re to run along
, . and th- Most aecomplishied
I. becomes wea
vay hair -dresser would be surpris- reading is n
d to ee how much is to be Made out of•. wraer• Hac
been written and read bY all unknown overtook -him, but the piercing cry he
he si gbt est materials ; for; the imest
author, it woNal excite but little inkiest littered for help and the howils of the
avore 1 of theke 1 'dies cannot boast off a
(1 for a phrenologi
little fee -wife -11 'pl
each division. Al
a
oo harrowing end sombre
g's entertainment. As a
ollins is hardly a success.
voice, but allows himself
a. raOnotonous tone, that
isome. Evidently public
t the :forte of this great
the Dteam. Woman"
before they caught up to him. He was
swift runner, but the fastest time he
ever made was eclipsed. on this occasion.
Every hewl of the wolves as they came
closer on his heels seemed faitly to lift
him forward with terror. When within
half a mile of the shanty the fierce brutes
--Southern people are trying to raise
by subscription $20,000, which remeans
unpaid upon the statue of "Stonewall"
'3.--ck4soune'en :Victoria has a cask of fresh
sea water sent daily to London, for .her
morning beth, during her resideneel
th_a\ciitry.
'Brigham, Young has ordered bis
missionaries in EnroPe sera over Ino
-more old maids. Female saints over- 30
yeare of age he regards as improtitable
converts.
—A remarkable instance of discipline
in the Russian army has just occurred at
a fire in the Small town of Bardo.lck,
esechetre. T1.1192e, houses were bullied. A en-
tinel'who was on duty having been or -
box was consumed, and his clothes were
gotteh, remained at ins post. His wa ch -
the order of St. Anne and gave just
aheady on fire, when a Corporal arilved
to relieve him. The Emperor, 'pen
bearing of the circumstance; sent
man fifty roubles, decorated him
tions for him to be made a Denecb
skirled officer.
desirreg to have his OW11 adopted as the
connMm language of diploma.cy, recently
owa will be about 1,500,000.
sian, a language which he •does not
sent a note in German to Prince Gort-
schakoff,1 who, much to the Gennan.
Chancellor's annoyance, replied_ m _
—Maine's bay crop of 1873 is w
d,erstand.
$40,000,000. 1
-j-The number of' hogs raised this
in
froken in the grord in Walling
A New Hampshire farmer has
18,000 bushels of pOtatoes into stare
[—Prince Bismarck, Ga,lignani s ys,
Ten thousand bushels of turnip
prohibitd,ry law of M ssa-
. .
ch sett& is only executed. " by starts
ength of hair suepassing eight inch ,S. 416, wolves reached the ears of some men
The chess of men z nd woinen alike is panacl.a.
who were, on their way to the shanty
square of colored calico ofsabent six- f 1Ya. and ,trs'. John Brockie, two old from their work, and they came to his
either way. The pre,Vailing color 18 i' settlers of the township of Nichol, died aid. in time to save him froin being torn
blue, but SOMe em iloy pink or red, and to pieces and devoured. .
a I recently, within a fortnight of ea,ch •,
many f the men wear white. Tleer.y other. The had. settled "n that town- —Mr. Samuel Hutchinson has sold out
either year them
et .
the Galt Reformer, and has gone to Ot-:'
Waists !and failin
drapeclf gracefully
the women wear
rouhd their ' body
very seldom, 'Cover
twisted •ound , their ship in 1837. ,
, to their heels, r --The El ra Observer says : Railway
over ow .shouldel , matters are ipot as flourishing as former-
-them bonnd tight y
. - - ess of the money market
and sometimes, but the cause. The southern
ng the shoulders. th ' Wellington Grey and
,
British will be able to cut a road to the
o march
enconn-
upwan
anks o
the boulidary liver. Beyond that, their
enough
t spirit.
y inces
a dens -
ed ene
on13
a fee
rbevd.
e sentry for eig ty raileS through
Tilit
-Lea wilt keep un his itemises Lot No. 2, Con. i , wrest, y eee,ee, aetermin
A LARGE BREED 1 BOAR.—The undersigned e held 1 r.:(1 Anh e
flarge breed BOAtt. 'I' •rmS--75 cents for the sea- advance in s'nele me by a path
son, with the ptivilega of returning if neeessary. . '") i i a
B15a4 110BERT .1\lelfICHAEL, 2
inches wide hamperet ey a c
1
_
ly, the tigh
,)eing part].
extension o
Bruce B.ailro
laaid there
Wilkie Colli n
, The folioiving
Wilkie Collins' rea
lance and style:
1 The celebrated.
kie Collins, sine,
pleasan.t, hands°
beard. Doubtless
tend the readings
of seeing one of th
propria p6rsono,.
The story is a r
ed version. of a sk
years ago, and th
it has a tharacter•
ten in that g
etyle the
Men in White " a
knows how to elle
antage. 1The st(
font narratives, ax
esting, is at the
mysterious and
of the mystery ar
an English gentle
lhis -wife ; Alici,
s as a Reader,
•
a brief deseription of
ing and. hie appear-
nglish novelist, Wil -
lin stature, with. a
d is finished to Kine
re thousands Of bus
grain, many er tads of pork ar
ions upon illi ns of feet of
aiting s111ment, but the con
Mr. liendrie, liolds the road unt I paid
he trifling Sum f $229,000, w ' h the
ommancl. At o e time
1 that th6 Goveiniment
er mile over th ' whole
il
relieve the Dir ctors ;
e the endorse ent of
n. on their bon& to the
0 a mile ,for thedings
in track, amid this beihg
1 lies idle, the:
wises derive no
reline;
els of
1 mil-
utaber
actoi,
'Company cannot
e l face, and. ;white Was mid erstoo
half his audienCes at-
nainly fdr the purpose
ir favorite authorsi in,
i I I
-written arid
tch published
ugh necessarily
tic and,. ,writ-
aphic and .powetful
author of the " Wo -
d. "The Mbonetone,4
iloy to such telling ,ad- L-mr7
ford, was k
ry is in two parts and
kicked. by
d though very inter- ding logs.
ametime impleasantly
nearly d
ernble.. The pereons
Waeleck, th:e: dream
of the next
Mr. Pcecy Fairbanks,
; Mrs. Fairbanks, / ford, has b
Preebyteri
--Last y
Kent Com
feet high.
7—By a
though -
sleigh, a A'
prov-
everal
short,
tawa, to engage in the morel lucrative
lmsiness of laW reporter. Theik;former
is now published by Anderson I:Bros.
i—The dinner givento Mrir William:
Buckingham, in Stratford; onf the 31.st:
of December, was a decided succer,„
There was a very large attendance coin -
posed of persons of all sh.acles of'
although the notice given of the affair
was so short as .to prevent hinny, es-
pecially those at a distance, fr
Mg. Mr. Buckingham goes,
where he will be private Secte
Premier, on. Mr. Mackenzi
m attend -
0. Ottawa,
ary to the
11 bonus of $2,poo — The total cheese ship ents froin
distance w mid Stratford ',for the past season were 14,
now they -Neu 902 boxesl or 1,166,029 pounde. -
the Great STeste
Cialder of Grey, cut, on the
extent of 12,0
—(J JLL1.Lfarm of R. V. Rit'ter, Con. 13, Grey; last
as well as t O m I elveel.z, 61., eornis. of hardwood in seven -
refused, th roa bPeencTirt i .icaus, sesi h. a Clmton machine. ,
who gave e 1). Medcalf has been elected May -
therefrom ncl 11 who hoped to 'use the 1 —1?.
or of Toronto, and Mr. Featherstone of
May -
road are sill erin great losses. • .
Ottawa. ! -
n -.White, fanner, near Clif- -
•
died on ANTeclnesday, 1 y being —A 'fzirmer went to Barrie market
last wee1-4 with. a load of hay. While his
ne of his horses, while skide
The same horse kicked /him assistantlwas making arrangements for
weighing the load, the farmer, who can
ath last spring. ,
&rat. .easily turn 160 lbs., secreted _himself iii
homes McPhersbn, a the hay, ancl. came neatly bane- suceess-
en nominated as 11.16derator
ful in hiS gan4 but fpr the • silIevecluess
General Assembly h several
• s. • , . of the eV igh-mister.
,
ar, ;nit of 24 membe s of the whooCroy.,fromHaersep eii.ee;
ty Council, 13 were :over six
- s, in a letter to the
inc;h1.11; .,(111aeliii'• mEaanrur --a&ct
have paid sixty per
owing his legs t dangle
r goods to the States,
hole in the botto ' 1 of his
ufa,ctureis pay fifteen
r. Wiley, of New Sar um, had.
I s • r goods into canada.
keel under this 'jug
•t long :enough, and
bandoh the unequal
cl. the forificatiens.”
the
ith
11C-
iS-
I
ear
ade
are
ord;
/ -woman ; Fra,nci Raven., the; groom ;
Ricoliaucl, seri. ant ; 'Bernell, pro-
prietor of a win The scenes are
partly in Englan 1 an.cl• partly in ,Fran.ce.
Mr. and Mrs. Fa
ing one day, i
with Francis
ler at a small i
take them back
cowaielly de -es carrying -provisions anc on the -way, tell
vith th the substance o
yea,rs previous,
calm. self-coi 'clence Peculiar to the A
glo-Sa,xon. r ce, there not la sda her inn, he was aw,
•who doubts for ae. instant that Sir Ga,r rnorningof the
net Weisel will reach Coomassie. I by a fearful se
ful woman, wi
one were to hint at the possibility of de
feat he wo id, be laughed. at, na,y tb.
suggestion would be treated. as a Joke!
and yet the expeditions Cortes an
Pizarro to the capital of the Incas wer
'child's- play:. to the work which. theS
THE .AL15..AIIINIUM AVA.T(JI-1. I s Are 'amine iition And yet 1
THE Latest NOve14,—Every person should have
-L• one. Wears equal to g -old ; and the clifference
in quality can only be detected ou the closest
i
scrutiny. Warrant(' I. to keep cOrrea time for two
years without clean ng, or the money returned.
Th0E1.8011(18 are now i4o. use throughout Great Brit-
ain. Price, only -$2.1 Sent, post-paid, to any part
a the Dominion, tate whether lady Or gentle-
man's size xequircid. Alta), elegant Altuninium
Chains. 75e postpiticl. Address, CU.VH13BAS ec
THOU:WON Torout , Ont. Agents wanted every-
where. gis-s
3 ,,,,
rbanks, being out hunt-
Somersetshire; fell i
en, the groom, or host
n. Be is employed tc
to their --residence, ail
• them a terrible stor
which is, that some te
-hil e staying at a certai
rkened about 2 o'clock i
st of Mveb., hisbirthela ,
sotion, and saw a beau' i -
a knife in her han 1,
raised ready t; stab 1 • . He •parri d
the stroke as i descende , and the lin e
pierced the m ttre.ss. She again str ck
at him, and. rpiased the Mark. Then he
aroused. the hue with his cries, but he
;
1
1
;
to the nited7Stat
Mad, si-by : "W
cent. city to get o
and_ An erican ma
per cent. to get th
Now, IN e have wo
hanslle'l arrangenie
have c .nclucled to
fight and get behii
—T13.e fees of Clinton Market have
been sbld for $800. William Smart is
the pitchaser. I
an
le of his )cgs broken.
—Major John Walker is Out
poneet of Ir. Carling for the
tation of ILondon. - Major W
hitherto a
. but comes
fOr the
says : ." I
and. a strii
my utmost
grEinted."
—A_ number of boys, meMieers of re-
spectable families, have be n a,nested
for shop- ting in Montreal.f They did
tecl With the - Con
as an op-
represen-
er has
ervatives,
utnew promising a fair trial
Goveriameht.
am in favor of vote
gent election law,
to have an incom
e further
e
nd. -will do
franchise
spills." 1 -
Michigan man proposes a benevol-
et plan to prevent dogs from killing
sheep. ;It is by xtracting their
teeth. '
A Parke County, Ind., fanneit
sown 000 a,cres of winter wheat.
farm contains 2,500 acres of land.
—A Russian Imperial Ukase req
that SIX 1)1(111 out of every 1,000 inh
ants shall be draftpci into the army.
--A new theatr ato 1)e called "
inghainr and to cover 13,042 s Dare
feet', is to be built in New York cit{'.
, --A Well autheOicated incident ih the
Exeter (England)! election deserves rec-
ord.- A_ voter -pIe4.cling that he cotell not
ti
leave his business to vote, because b had
no_ one to mind. his shop, Sir Ed, ard
Watkin volunteered to mind the shop
nter
But
less.
tone
rout
hts
His
iires
bit-
uck-
-Op. Monday morning a man. named
John Ourson., aged thirty yeats, of the
township of Storrington, while skatheg
acrosa Loughborough Lake,.: about one
and. a half miles fi•one the village of •Babe
terse!), County of Fronteiaac, bro
himself, and staled behind the co
while -the voter etent away to poll.
Sir Edward_ wasl defeated, neverth
He was the nominee of the Glad
Party., , •
Arizona,isa:gigtiitie, "-prairie scho ner" •
--Among the guriosities at Fort
uren.lwan.'
obly2iOrm0Out osii. lade! capacity. It is d
' The Memplfes physicians preP se to
erect a siiitablel memorial to the ra dical
. ,
heroes who fell; in the discharge of duty
during the fearful pestilence iihieh
scontrged that city. -• l
IA Penneylvania laborer has raised.
e
ten 7
children ion $1. 50 per day i .and
prcached. twice a week for fifteen yqars it
thailt, and for ligthing.
• 1
1
e.