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tendeney to purify the useof our-
tive
Yranesluse.
all always advocate cennection
the mother country, and MY dear -
vista
is to see us always fonn part
Eited ead copsolidated Mitish ir
hallat all times vindicate the IllOst
economy in the adminietration of
publie affairs consistent with the
ress of our countiy.
nally, gentlemen, I shall never
ge myself to give slavish or factioua
ient to any Gavernnient ineonsisteut
your interests and privileges, but
always, vindicate raeasunes having a,
,ency to iuiprove year financial con-
nst and eiorate the moral standing of
country at large.
onfidently placing the matter rn the
is of the intelligent electorelof North
un, 1 ism yours, faithfully,
Jo TaErKrE.:
1VIR. HORTON'S ADDRESS'.
the mecumon ceotte !nura
T
• TLEmEHaving again received
aaninious nominatiou as the Reform
&date of the CeritreRiding of Huron
he Huseof Commons, 'ben to so-
t your vote ancl influence ia iner be -
k. If elected I Audi afford thepresent
orm Government a fair and generous
Port and shall do all in ray power to
tame our local interests and -t-cf, pro -
Le the general welfare of the gauntry.
the pain°, takes place on, Thursday,
a 29th, I :hall be unable to Can per-
inton an the °teeters, but trast
1 you and my personal and pelitieal
hula generally will leave nothing un -
ie to seestre ray return:. I !remain,
obedient servant,
Honacte Hotrrots.
'0-DER1C1f, Jan. 19, 1874.
11,
,
VAIL CONTRAIT.-Mr. Thomas Nee-
,
is, Postmaster at Harlock, has obtain -
the contract for carrying the mail
Me times a week, between Seaforth,
kistauce, Bandon and Harlocik. The
nartment asked for tenders for convey -
the mail between Seaforth ancl Con-
ence daily. but it was found that the
perm would be too great, and the pro -
it. of 'establishing a daily mail between
&forth and Constance has, for the
eeent, been, abandoned. .
Cettsem. MEETING. -The members
e.t.' of the Municipal council of ' the
wnehip of BuIlett met at Londeaboro
'Ite 19th inst., according to law, made
[dettbseribed their declarations of office
A qualification, and en: red upon their
fities for the present ear. The min=
be of former meeting-, were need and
ranned. Moved by • Ir. Monteith,
tended by Mr. Stiver, that J. McMil-
n be an Auditor for the prestfitt year--
4died. James Campbeli was.; also ap-
intecl an Auditor by the Reeve. -Mov-
! by Mr, _Mouteith secondedby Mr-
dttorothat Walter Cunningliato be As -
sot, , at a salary of $70- - (Janie&
eyed, by Mr. Monteith, semnded, by,
r. Warwick, that Thomas tc;eilans' be
dlector, at a salary of $80 -Carried.
oded by Mr. Stiver, seconded. -by Mr.
itton, that Henry Allen be Tavern
.speetor, at a salary of $25, and that
: give security for the faithful per-
rmaoce of his duty in the stun of $25,--
)hried. A by -taw was then read and
sesed, confirming the above . appoint -
oat Of officers. Moved , by Mr.
eriteith., seconded by Mr. Warwick,
Lat George Pope be paid $10, for extra
tendance on J. Mc:Shen-3' for 1873, and
at he be paid $16 for keeping the said.
. MeSherry from Jan. f, 1874, to this
ite, and at the rate of Si eer !day from
is date, during -his. illness, 'ender the
iaectioe of the Reeve -Carried. A pc.
tion was read from J. D. Staples, eray-
t
es for 30 for extra services in keeping
et .
ie late Sarah Wailes -Petition not grant -
1. Moved.by Mr. Britton. seenncled by ;
,fr., Stiven that the following accounts
e paid, vsz. : Dr. Appleton $'11, for
iedioine and attendance on J. McSherry; i
Stepf-$1 37, for repairing scrapers, i
C.-Mavec by Mr. Warwick, secunded ;
y Mr. Britton, that -If, Snell,. A. .-N-lon-
th and F'. Stiver are hereby authorized 1
let the building of the bridge, known ;
's Bingham's, bridge, either by contract 1
r otherwise -J. -Carried. Moved, by Mr. I
rarsvialt, sctconcled by Mr. Britton. that
0 be gtanted for filling gravel on -side
ad :71, a, COrt. 11, 12, and that $30 be
anted for the same parpose on side
ad. 5-, 6, Con. 9, 10, the gravel to be
1,
- ea under the supervision of J. War-
`elt-Carri ai, Moved by Mr. Stiver,
gentled by Mr. -Monteith, that Widow
!orstey he IP:ranted. 50 cents per week,
Om ;feu 1,11874, and that John Buckle
granted 75 cents per week aleo, from
n. 1, 1874" to be placed in the hands of
Britton -Carried. The Canaan then
ltourned, to meet at Lotdesboro, on
eb. 23-, at /0 o'clock A. M. '
Jaerea BRAITHWAITE; Clerk.
-EVENT. II 167.-E-4,11.11
W1104.E NO; 421. j
§EAFORTH, FRIDAYi JANUAR 30, 1
74
IlteLEAN 1111.0TilIFIRS, Publishers.
$1. 50 a Year, in advance.
6$tate tot of44..
HOUSE FOR SALE. , .
1 GOOD BAJA Cottage in Harpurhey ior sale
cheap, -with good stone cellar, 5- rooms on
gr wad floor, and haal and frame 'kitchen attached.
Th reis also a -large stable and garden, with a
_le fruit trees therein. There is also a .good well
of titer and pump. For price and terms apply to
MoCAUGHEY & HOLM1$STED,
'3 . SeafOrth.
H USE & LOT IN SEAFORTH
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE,
ING No. 104, on the,Sbuth side of St. Jelin
-L.' Street. Offers to be 'made by letter, post
pai to
DUNCAN MeFARLAlsTE, Agent*
199 St. janies St., 4ntreat Jan. 20;1874. 320-4
TWO LO S FOR SALE. •
TWO LOTS for st6, below Mabee's, nice location,
-1- Convenient to ton, could not be beaten, Auy
one whowants to b a Lot now is the time. Ap-
ply 'to " JOHN MoDONALD,
817 Seitforth.
F M FOR SALE IN TUCKERSMITH-.
R SNLE, on rea °table terms, the West half
•f Lot No. 4, Co , 11, Tuckerstuith, containing
50 cres, 40 of wino are cleared and in a state -of
good eultivation, e balance is well thnbered
with beech and mai e. The cleared land is well
fen ed and in a stet of good cultivation. There
is a small frame bar and a frame stable. Thero
is 8 acres of fall wh at, which will be sold with
,farii. This farm i situated on a good gravel
road, and is within miles of Seaforth. For ftir-
th particulars ap ly to the proprietor on the
p ses.
317 DONALD MoDONALD.
FARM. FOR SALE IN STANLEY..
-WING LOt 5, Bayfield Road, 2 from miles Bay -
67 itcrea of good land, a splendid b houseagood
field, *Mile from the gravel pad, containing
^ frame barns and soperior orchard,, with plenty of
good water. Tetras easy. Apply to
• 315-6 JOHN ESSOW, Bayfleld.
' Mitchell,
,
It'ren.---St. George's Cabinet Factory,
aned by 1 . L. Fox, of West Moack-
, and leased by Messrs. Pierson
droomant was completely cleetrosred
r fire at abaut half -past 11 or 12 o'clock,
uesday night. The owner of the
iIdiug and engine had no insurance.
he lessees had 51,290 an machinery, in -
.sagera Mutual ; their loss will be about
i'l
-t,509, afte deducting insutance - Mt.
ex's 10S8, bout $2.000. Men luth been.
work in the factory until within two
oars of the occurrence; and report all
.entingly safe when they- left. Still, it
supposed tame accidental spark must
ave ignited before they left the shop,
though not discovered. The building
ing'frame !and the whole materials corn-
ustibie in 'their nature, nothing could
ve it afterthe fire gut headway. Sav-
ed of the irteu have lint valuable sets
' tools. Altogether, it is a serious cal- .
ity. as it!afferded employment to sev-
ral. hands, ancl the proprietors were all
oat deserving citizons.
entre unctn Polling Places
SfeKtdnota-No. 1 -At School House,
iction No.15, Lot 10, Con. 6. No. 2 -
Amid Hoene, Section ,Na. 7, Lot 26,
, 1.2. ! .3.o. a -school liousce Suction
4, 144121, Con. 4. No. 5-Sc1iool
an M1Seetiodu No, 2, Lot 30, Con. 3.
E..1
f E-1.1. nit -No, 1-4clued House No.
tn.-I:Scheel House No, 2_ No. 3
. tied! Ilktuse No. 6, No. 4 -Bruns -
IL 8 At'agdu Shop, lenidesletro.. No.
--Sthm4 nouse No. 9.
-Tu( K E ttaiiIITH . -No. 1--Solioa1 litalSe,
'etiu I:l. 1 ICo. 2-Schou1 Kansa, Sec-
- - ;- N. 3--Se1oo1 House, Sec-
lre No 2 '
f
"( .11.F.V. L0 1 - Cameron's ' Sehool
et -tee. :dd. 2- School House, Section
No. 3-Sc1ioo1 House:, Section 10.
a 4---SeehPal House, Sectieu 1 1-
8E4E0-ATI:C.-No. I --At Cash`s store.
o. tY,- VIA -Wu Hall.
c t ,
I I
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FARM FOR SALE OR TO RENT
VOR. SALE, on reaeoturble terms, Lot No. 16,
Con. 3, Morrie, aontainiug 70 'acres, nearly all
(geared, fenced and in a good state of pulti-
vation. There is a good saw mill, with a Circular
eawi, driven by water, with an abundance of tim-
ber convenient. There is also a good 'bearing
orchard, also a good frame barn and house, There
is a school and two churches un the corner of the
lot. It is Bituated withili one mile. and three-
quarters of a station of the Wellington, Grey and
Brn¼e Railway. If the al)oye farm be not sold, it
willibe rented. For further particulars apply to
the proprietor on the premises, or to Belgrave P.O..
-812 ' ALFRED BROWN.
FRANCE AND ITHE -FRENCH.
C utracteristies-T
°my and Thrift
Handy, Int ellt
than the Men-
otti Travel, &e.
etr ilabfts,of Econ.
The Women irlore
nt, and Sagacious
hy Frenchmen Mel -
PARIS, Doe. 27,1878, ,
The a,mazing ra sdity: with which
F ance is recciverin [from the crushing
b ows inflicted by t e -Germans gives one
a exalted idea of the resources and
weealthnf this count y. Th productive
p Wer of thenation a °great, but t e sue -
c ss in overcomin stupen ous losses
so brief a time m st be a tribu ed as
uch to the habith f econo y an thrift
to the amplitude of pro uctio . No
ople in the world
P.R-ACTICE FRANKLIN'S fAXIb S
s generally and continuot sly s the
F ench. They. neVer cea e thinking
t at a penny saved ia Worth wo
e rned, and that a bird in • he h
orth two in the bush. Th y hal
1 save everything that is ossibl
✓ nture nothing :where t ere i
c ance of losing theenVeStM nt.
The natural resources of France are
g eat, agriculturally ; but i the useful
a d important minerals' the are quite
B 0 all. France has but a -ery canty
pply of either eoad or iro -th two
most important minetaln he pr duces
b t little lead, copper, .or alt, and no
ti ; and imports from Engl lid. and Bel-
gi rn the greater part of t e coal con-
s med and the iron need d. If the
at ength of nations were easuretl by
t eir production of ion, as s roe writers
contend, France wo Id rank Among. the
,sdoond-class Powers. The c ief coal and
n mines of France were in Alsace and
L driaine, and thee.) the Germans have
sd.ized; with the. double object of
at' engthening their .*; own - auufactures
ad d production of i n,-ait weakening
t I os e of France.
But the remarka le capa ity of. the
F ench people for
: MAKING HE MOS
of every eircumstanc , of tur mg every -
t ing to the best ac ount, e ables them
t produce greater r sults fr ni a given
s dek'of materials th n any ther people,
w th the exception, perhaps, f the Swiss,
woo are essentially Frenc in their
h bits of mind and omesti econ mies,
a d may be included with th Frei ch in
a d y survey ot nasi nal ch racte istics.
F ance. is' improved land fin shed tp to
re emble a garden r park in Inauty.
Tie comforts of life ave be u pr. vided.
fo to a, wond.erful egree, and, t the
e e of the traveler there eems little
le t to be done in th, way f im rove-
nt. climate:is genii, an the
p °pie universally industrious. t is
ti:e there are half -a illion f men lay -
111! soldier in time of Peace, ho c ntri-
b te nothing to the public wealth, but
ar "tax -caters," a d have to be sup-
; .rted by those 'who do lab r. But, on
the other hand, th re are one or two
.m ions mere womm who w rid" th n in
A erica. The idle -lady cla s in Fleece
is very sinall in corur arisen th; t in
A t erica. Women s ern alm st to ono -
p. lize ever atocati n in t e citie for
w ich they )possess t e physi al strei gth.
T1 ey constitute the 'great ulk of the
vi ible shop -keeping lass, fele cl ran
ar scarce France,
• E WOMEN HAVING "EUN HEM
lerking s not ioo -ed' upon as n's
w rk in this -count+ The hotels and
bo .ding -houses are manage by fem les,
w o keep ac ounts, Make o t bills, and
lo k after the business of t e estab ish-
• nt generally. the ighter e -
ch nical tr44es ar largely filled rith
w roam, wh man ifecture ost of the
cl thing, he -gear slippers, d.olls, t ys,
an a thou and dicks o comm rce
he Fr nch supp tr the n an
OM.. In the ountry, all
n wor out of d ors on t eir
y side with ther male r la -
omen Seem to 1 e
Y, INTELLIGEN' , AND S
CAPIO US
sharper at a argain, • ncl
and adroit in verreac ing
foreigners w io pure ase
They are all sir iles and ro-
truth ancl since ity are ot
aside barbari ns, in t eir
them. In thi respect he
uch behind th women.
n which the reuch more
• xcel eCODOM
e onjust abouto
a
HOTEIa FOR SALE.
AiritS. ROBERTSON, wishing to retire front the
-LT-2- hotel keeping business, offers for sale that
well-known stand, in Egmondville, now occupied
byther ; half aere of land attached to the hotel;
good stables, good well, and every. other conveni-
ence for carrying on the hotel business. Part of
the purehaee money will be required in cash r the
remainder will be allevred to go in easy install-
ments. Apply on the premises to
310 MRS. ROBERTSON, Egraendville.
FARM FOR SALE.
WING composed of Lot 1. Con. 10 of the Town-
ship of Tuckerstaith, containing 100 acres of
excellent land, upon which there is a new frame
barn, 38x60 feet, and also a good orchard. For
terms, whieh are easy, and other information, ap-
ply to Mr. JAMES DAVEY, on Lot 1, Con. 12, of
said Township, or to the ven.dor, WALTER REN
-
WICK, Sr., St. George 1'. 0., Brant Co., Ont. -296
STEAM SAW.,MILL AND FAR* FOR SALE.
BE'bTG Lot 34, Con. 7, McKillop, containing 104
acres, all cleared, with good barns and stables,
two good orchards lu full bearing; two never -fail-
ing springs which. supply the mill. Also, lot 85,
Con. 9, containing 48 *Lures of heath. The property
is situated 6 miles from •Seaforth, with a good
gravelioad thereto. For further particulate apply
on the premises. If by post, to JOHN THOMP-
SON, Coustance P. 0., Kinburn, Ont. 260
FARM FOR SALE IN, Me 31 OP.
POE SALE, a good Farm, !composed of North
--1; half of lot 15 and. the west half of lot 14,.Con:
12, McKillop, containing 100 acres, 50 cleared and
well fenced, and in good cultivation; balance well
timbered with hardwood; a good. frame house
and new log barn; good beating orchard; two
miles and a half from a good gravel road; 10 miles
from the village of Seaforth; there are two steam
sawmills within 8h miles ; convenient to churches,
'schools and stores. For particulars apply to the
proprietor on the premises, or,' if by letter, to
Winthrop P. 0.
280*4 JAMES MoDONALD. .
FARM FOR SALE IN GREY.
'LOT No. 12 and. pfkrt of Lot No. 11 in the 18th
-1-4 Concession of Grey, consiating of 78 acres,
50 cleared and in good cultivation ,• 2i milee from
Gravel Itoad, 12 railed trona Seaforth. Apply to
276 ANGUS Mu MILLAN„ on the premises.
VALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.
VCR: SALE, cheap, two Stores,•with good dwell-
ing over -head, in the centre of the business
part of the village of Seaforth. The lot is 30 feet
frontage. For further particulars apply to
294 MeGAUGHEY & 110LMESTED:
enmes
nd is
, and
any:
•1
•
•
w' th which
ke s of the
• wom
la inn side
ties. The
ORE IIAR
thi the me
m re subtle
au' cheatin
fr d m them.
-fes-ions, but
w. sted on
cl aelings wit
m n are not
ut that
p rticularly
to lethey li
A
to
co
th
fe
ounce of foo
pr paring fo
nit an ounc
fist or fowl
is really nee
or kettle, or
w fe of ever
ni ety what
fo d is the 1
a
.111
fu
af
of
bc
re
BERKSHIRE BOAR.
THEt undersigned. will keep for service at Wag-
ner's Corners, town line Hay sad Stanley, a
thoroughbred Berkshire boar. 'Terms -$1, pay-
able at the -time of serVice, privilege of 'returning
if necessary.
314-8 THOMAS PERCY.
BERKSHIRE BOAR.
THOROUGHBRED BERKSHIRE BOAR.
Air! It. DAVID DUNCAN has at his premises, in
-1-‘-k the village of Egmonlville, a thoroughbred
Berkshire 30a.r, from Dixon's (Brucefield,) well-
known thoroughbred Boar, which he will keep for
the imp ovement of stock during the present sea-
son. T rins-$1, with the privilege of returning
if neces. eta', payable at the time of service.
313 DAVID DUNCAN, Proprietor
DURHAIYI BUM; CALVES for SALE
rpw0 thoroughbred. Ball Calves for eale,
sonable prices. Apply to
314-8 M. IticTAGGART, Clinton.
AVOID QUACKS.
A -VICTIM of early indiscrotiou, causing nerrou.s
debility, premature decay, ttc, having tried in
vain every advertised remedy, has discovered a
simple meaus of self-eure, which he will scud freo
to his fellow -sufferers. Address, J. H. REEVES,
78 Nags= Street, New York.
LIST OF
TaEMAININ'G in the
-LV. called for on San. 7,
Archer, E. J.
Barton, Eishor
Burns, Thomas
Corbitt, C.
Cardiff, H. G.
Corkners, ;Tattles
Clinton, JIMA'S
Campbell, ,Tohn
Doyle, Peri -a, -
Doherty, J.
Dobson, John
Fairbeirn, Lucinda
Fligg, B,
Gerameil, W,
Green, Hour,/
Hallenbeck, b.
Kirkby, John
Kennedy, Ewen
Lodurt,
Loan, T. or M.
Law, John
Moorehead, James
Manning, W.
Moffatt, Robert
Murray, James,
• 318
LETTERS
(Seaforth Post Office un -
1874 :
Montgoinery, J. W.
Moore, Christopher.
-McCandless, John
McLatichlin, Elizabeth
McKinnon, D., agent
McArthur, A. D,
" 1,IeDonald, Adam
11cLyinont, Mex.
-McLean, Miss Bella
McInnes, Norman
Powell. J. A.
Robinson, Robert
Boddie, Johnnie R.
ltindell, A.
Robertson, Charles
_Sperling, Richard
Shaw, Miss Mary
SteWart, Mrs.
Smith, 11. H.
Scott, Edward
•Sage, Charley
Stubing, August
Taylor, James -
Wilson, L. s.
'Wilson,
S. DICKSON, P. M.
It se
e -half w
ericans dp. They have a knack
speak, of baking a little go a
y, and 0) extracting subsistence
fort fro,. things Americans wo
ow;awa,y r.never notice.
t may be 'nstructive to point ou
of the in tters to which ' referenc
e made In the first place, not
is wasted in harvesting
market. In th next pi , cc,
more of vege ables, fi-sh,
groceries, or 1 quids, t an
ed, ever goes 'ilto the I ot
is placed on th table. he
French fantily knows t. a
quantity of e eh kin. of
ast that will su Hee to m ke
t a part cle
served.
TICETS
on a t
be thr
Ms
at
. BO
eat
or
ld
a
is -
an
or
omfortab e meal, and n
re tha,n t at is cooked or
THERE ARE NO fiLOP-B
of brok n victuals lef
er breakf, st or dinner, t
the stree or manure-hea
gs or ssvin aS in merim
bread, o meat,
rowel. ' aw ; such
ught as t become
e cellar or pan.try.
rmitted t • waste, o
atolls, as in Atoe
t e house looks after
ki cheu, an her pcntry,
ey es and en haring care.
Take nen the article of
of the Frene
conspicuous 1
the fashions,
en as they please, midst
liable world of i ots sla
lely adopt them,
re far too shre
i
ay their gar=
ers and ailors
les. Th�y
°THING OF THE
on, in France in
0
the Wiris- f shions. The masses never
change the style of their working clothes.
Each person has one or more Stenday-go-
th-meetieg Suits of apparel, but these are
not laid' aside or cast away with .every
change of fashion, but are kept until they
are well worn, when they find their way
to sea:Ma-hand clothing stores in Eng-
land, Germany or elsewhere or are put
on. and. worn as everyday Clothes. No
money is wasted in trying to imitate the
chameleon et epees of the demi-monde of
Paris, that is lab for foreign fools to do.
They are far I too sensible and practical
a people to do' anything of the sort, and.:
it affords the M many a hearty laugh to
see foreigners' aping Parisian fashions;
and tryine to follow them as often as
they are chat
, Take one
ing,that of
stitutes in t
moat serious bills in household expense.
It costs the people of the United States
$400,000;000 to $500,060,000 per annum
for feet-gentn But , in Franc% where
hides an ' leather are much dearer than
dl
in the United States, the expense of shoe,
ing the popthlation is less by one-half :
perhapti is not a third; and the reason
is, that t ree-fourths or more of the en-
tire inha itants wear
. AyOODEN SHOES, -
sabots th y are called. The French. in-
sist that he sabots are warmer in winter;
cooler in ummer, dryer in wet weather,
.
and hea4iet at all times, than leather-
wear, whre not costing a tenth' part as
much, as the -Y last much. longer. Even
in Paris, a large majority of the popula-
tion wear these wooden clogs; not the
:fashionable kind, but the laboring
-biasses, will° fre the majerity everywhere.
Thus, in thiS one article of personal wear,
the Fret
compare
cans, mo
mous int
al debt.
Take -
pretty la
Latin or Arabic; and they p
fadt that 1?rench i the langu.
CO1rtS, Of polite Society, of t
in -ti national conventions at
tio
tor
ort
att
siaa
111 t to the
Cle of the
avelers, of
d exposi-
s. What need have they, then, to
er English
we in nein
or Rue-
tire their memories to mas
ography, or strain their j
mpts to pronoinice Germa
gutturals ?
• IN THEIR SOCIAL,
ell as their enonomical rel tions, the
ich pride thentselves ti eir super.
y. They have a special a
cold Puritaniam of the El
divorce -system of the
rule, the mon marry let
ilies are sinall, and the
ionary. The 8 is little or
lumbers in ranee. Ma riages are'
contracted, a a rule, after a long
tship„ and:upen a profession of =-
attachment atid affection, as in Eng -
and Ameriets. On the contrary,
are affairs of convenience, -a part.
hip: made to conduct the business
1.8 of life. The contra.ct is nearly al -
s negotiated between the mother of
ming lady and the applicant for her
, not her heart. The future hus-
has barely seen her a few times.
conversed with her in the presence
he mother, and,never alone. No-th-
that would be °ailed a courtship in
American sense takes place before
nage. It would ruin the girl's char -
r if she should go to a ball or out
g in a carriage or on horseback,
hurch, with him, unaccompanied by -
her 'mother or a maiden -aunt, or some
oth
° ced.
ther item in the cost of liv-
nots and shoes. This con-
e United States one of tfie
The Fr
tenth pa
worth, of
They den
well as us
entere. th
,
save in the aggregate a sum, as
with what it costs the Amen -
e than enough to pay the enor-
rest on their stupendous natien-
1 ,
mother article which enters
Lady into'household expenses :
CARPETS.
•neh do not use or consume one -
t _as- Many yards, or dollars'
carpeting as the Americans.,
uncle carpets as unhealthy. as
lees ; as gatherine dust, which
d
nostrils anmcnbith, ancl. soil-
ing clothes and furniture. One rarely,
sees an ofliee, a church or public ball
carpeted ; and carpets are., used very
sparinglSein hotels, and indeed only in
those frequented by Americans. Figure
up the co le of all the carpets as purchas-
ed at iet
out 90 p
then hav
Bents wha
article of
classesgainof ranee .
NEVER TRAVEL ABROAD,
and spend tens of millions a year in
other countries. Their opinion is that
the arts, literature and methods of other
countries are far inferior to what can be
found in France.; that foreign standards
of civilization are lower, tastes ruder,
manners . less refined, and the whole
structure of Society coarser. The Firench
call themselves the " Greeks of modern
times," -the only really refined, polish-
ed, elegant people in the world ; all the
other nations being, in their view, imere
imitators, and barbarians of variou's de-
erefinenient, •but none
less surpassing the
I
- 1
TRAVELING ABROAD,
g to be seen in foreign
lands equal to whet they have produced
at home, and that they cannot endure
the barbarous cookery of other countries,
which imperils their health, destroys
their digestion, api injures their peace
of mind ; beeides, the habits of the peo-
ple of other zOtiona lacerate their delicate
susceptibilities,and cause them gre,at
mental distress iniwitnessing such vul-
'l in the United States, strike
r pent. thereof, and you will
a BUM which more than relive -
the French expend on this one
iniversal use in America.
the- wealthy and fashionable
grees of rudeness
approaching, mute
French.
They give, as
REASONS FOB NOT
that there is mothi
garities. They ac
of their supdriorit
'the fact that the
duce, as an esidence
over other peoples,
ealthy classes of all,
other countriee flock to France to e joy
its superior oivillization ; then lwhy
should they go abroad to study dther
people, whet numerous speci1nen4 of
every nation .oree to France, where they
can be seen a id innestigated at leiehre ?
Other nation,
in dress,.ador
hibit, except
France, or in,
productions.
" YOU INVA,i-IABLy BORROW FROM
they Say, an "originate nothing
selves, exce t the coarser elasse
mechanism. What have you in a
science, mum
what may be
then, should.
money in t
have better t
and when it 1
to observe o
hither to be
Crapeau tema
frica,seecl frogs
himself in the
1 measurable su
mankind. If
ble Channel into
wn few days, it is
or flung to subjects for ti
Nopieces Bull's menstr
e. ye< etables, are tions and Pu
qu ant' ties are not massy is rarely
tale r spoiled in tonic tribes be
Serve ts are never ed with the av
steal octd. for -tCoor which the froi tie
ica. "he. lady of hold the savag. tribes of the plains,
her m rketbag, her ing but desp sing them. When
with sharp hangs heavily n Isis hands, to thr
the ennui, som times a Frenchma
lothing, and. make an exc
stands out view Alpine s
iy,ht. While takes to climb
and cha,nge pect is not con
the for the labor;
ish- visit Rome to i
admire Greek s
The French
ANY LANG
They think
spoken, and d
superior to E
ancient times,
have no elegant fashions
ment or furniture to l ex-
wha are imported from
de in imitation of French
s,
our -
of
t or
as
Fr
ion
the
th e
As
fat
ate
of
not
cou
tua
Ian
the
net
affa
wa,
the
[ban
ban
land
of
ing
the
ma
act
ridi
to
ersion for
glish and
mericans.
in life;
op illation
increase
or 1
can
be
it c
hoo
do
r ancient female relation.
no SPARKING IS A ['LOWED
olerated. The courtship is really
ied on with the mother, and, if she
ot living, then with the aunt; and
iefly relates to the means of liveli-
on one side and the amount of
er on the other and the future dis-
pos tion of property and endowment of
chi
the
the
all
cus
dren, if any there be, together with
exaction of a solemn promise that
intended son-in-law shall treat the
gently and kindly, and accord to her
he rights and privileges which long
om concedes to married women. .
fter they are married, if the husband
•ens to have had any children that
be made useful for domestic or other
strial purpose, they are brought
e, and,
:so QUESTIONS ASKED
their maternity. If the wife finds
emper and habits of mind. of her
and. pot perfectly in harmony with
wn, by the custom of the country
the rights pertaining to married
en, she is at liberty to select an
&flip ty and carry on a delicate intrigue.
On the other hand, the husband 13 not
required to cast off his favorite mistress
and Cleave only to the lady whom his
mother-in-law aud. the Church made his
wife .i Thus dishonors are easy, and in-
compatibility of temper is not sufficient
to cause separation or divorce. Indeed,
divorces are extremely rare in France,
though fidelity to the marriage -vow is
almost equally so. And yet it is claim-
ed that the married people of France, as
a whole, live together as happy and con-
tentedly as the married people of Great
Britain or America. I suppose it very
much depends on how people are brought
up and are trained to regard such mat-
terIsn. all
business-naatters the French are
the most cautious and conservative peo-
ple in Europe; but, in what is of greater
importance, the management of their
Government, they are the most
ERRATIC, RECKLESS AND CHANGE/03LE
people in the world, -upsetting law,
constitution and authority with as little
conapuncticn, hesitation or reflection as
children knock over cob -houses, or a
vicious horse runs away with the driver
and vehicle, breaking the neck of the
one, and smashing the othern But, tak-
ing them all in all, they are 'a most ex-
traordinary people, and famish a per-
petual puzzle to the statesman and.
philosopher, at oncerealizing the worst
critcisins of the cynic, and awakening the
!liveliest anticipation of the optimist.
J. M.
hap
can
inch
ho
as t
the
usl
her
and
wo
l• • 01.
Canada.
I A large new saw mill is soon to be
started at Amberley, Ashfield. township,
I by Messrs. (Stant & Boyd. The same
firm propose to start a grist mill at the
same place.
! -The conductors on the Wellington,
IGrey and. Bruce Railway recently pre-
sented Mr. P. Heffernan, landlord of the
' Royal Hotel, at Southampton, with a .
gold chain and locket as a token of their
appreciation of the uniform kindness
or Iliterature, superior to with which he has treated them while.
fou d in France? V}Thy, t stopping at his house
we 1 waste• our time and. r -An odd election bet has been Made
vehiig abroad, whet - we ; between two gentlemen in St.. °ether
sle-
is to be seen at home, 1 ines. The terms are that the loser must
. 0
not necessary to go Away saw a cord of wood the next morning
after the day of election on the public
street in ftont of the Murray House -in
broad daylight. .
,-Sinallepox in various parts of the
country is raging with no little viru-
lence. In Toronto, Montreal and other
' the
:or a places of considerable extent the disease
is spteadnig despite earnest efforts to
ding circumseribe and stamp it out. Anil al-
ohn though it is perhaps inore general in
cities and large places'yet country vil-
lages hay not escaped. In small ham -
it
m
lets in vat ions parts of Ontario the or-
tality .fro this terrible disease has been
e,onsideralde, and. in Tavisteck and vi-
cinity, in the County of Oxford, several
have died' from its effects. 1
-A hog weighing 513 pounds was
brought to Harriston .Market last , week,
-by Thomas Reading, of Minna
-One-third of the entire length of the
Prince; Edward Island.. Railway, viz.:
from Charlottetown to ' Surnmerside, is
now in renaing order, this section being
fifty miles in length. It Will be remem-
bered that this is a 3 ft. 6 in. road; rails
from Tignish on the north-east to Souris
on the south-east, the main. trunk ex-
tending from Georgetown to Albertan.
The entire length of the road when com-
pleted Will be nearly 200 nines. We be-
lieve the road is being conitructed at a
her races, as they
exai lined ? So Mon.
ns 4t home to enjoy
red wine, ancl
dent belief of his
a,nc
con
eriority over .the ret of
se ventures to cross
ngland occasioually,
for the purpose of flu
mule or burleqsue
us gotism, .class-dietinc-
ita ical- pretences. 'Ger-
ev r visited, s the Teu- -
ont the Rhine are re ard-
rsi n and in the lig1tt in
settlers of Amferica
fear -
time
off
will
rsion to Svvitzerla d. to
en ry, but rarely libeler-
ountain, as the pros -
red a sufficient reward
.1 occasionally one will
ect ancient ruin h and
-uipture.
pnely ever study
AGE BUT THEIR. Ow -N.
ther tongue is fitl to be
are that it is as !much
:sh or German las, in
Greek was snipetior to
ome
ieur
his
u
i111 -
th
in
ly
a
vi
e econom
an equal'
ey inven
em as of
ole fashi
and serv
entselves
throw a
the milli
e new st
DO
t one p
the French
cl and wise
ts as Often
of Paris de -
IND.
ten follows
1
11
•
•
•
id
li
vete moderate cost, and_ must, therefore,
prove a Most excellent investment for
the inhabitants of Prince Edward ishuni.
-A-sad and rare occurrence took place
at the Paris Station on Monday morning
last with Mr. John McKie and wife, the
former aged 60 and the latter aged 61
years. At 5' A. M. the wife died, and
at 8 .o'clock the husband, being only
three hours between them. .
-A man named' Robert Moyles, re-.
cently returned from California, and
lately living in Ayr, Waterloo Ceenty,
on Monday last, fell in 'D°nine to the 'as
m -
as-
sistance of a an who had &len on the
ice near his doer, receiving a severe. blow
on the side of the head, causing concus-
sion a the brain. He diedin a few
hours.
-The investigation of the charge of
robbing the mail, preferred 'by Mt.
Sweetman, Pest Office Inspector, against
Samuel Leap, for A number of years
employed as hi1I clerk on the Welling-
ton, Geey and Buce Railway, took place
before the Police Magistrate at Guelph
011 Sattaday afternoon. After the • evi-
dence of the several Witnesses called hacl
been heard, McLean was committed to
take his trial at the next cempetent
crintinatcourt.
-Mt. John Clark, of. Hamilton, a
member of the firm of Morrison & Clark,
engine -builder% met with a fatal accident
on the 20th 'inst., while inspecting the
boilers of the propeller Lake Michigan,
by falling through a hatchway. He was
taken up in a swoon, and diell three
hours afterwadd, never recovering his
consciousness. The deceased was an
exemplary man, and much respected by
all who knew him.
-An old wood -sawyer in. Kincardine,
named Jeremiah Casey, committed sui-
cide last week by poisoning. One glass
of beer and an ounce of sulphuric acid,
the Coroner found, was the cause of his
death. ,
-John Bonnalie, a farmer who sold
out a beautiful farm in Pilkington some
four years ago, to tgo :to Kansas, has be-
come disgusted with Uncle Sam and, his
idea of happiness, and returned to Cena-
da; his first love.
-Mr. -James Buchanan, of Donegal,
sawed 92 cords of wood in the short
space of 14 hour* on theofarm of John
Hodge, township of Grey. The machine
used was one manufactured by Thom-
son & Williams, Mitchell.
-James Ainslie„ _an old resident of
Galt, and the foimder of the Galt Re-
former, died lately at his residence,
township of Dumfries, from the effects
of a stroke of paralysis. •
-On Sunday of last week, one of the
Christian Brethremcknown as Brother
Prudenteneceived a 'tensible fall at St.
Bartholomew'sChurch, Guelph. • It
seems that communication between the
gallery and. the belfry has been hail by
means of two planks, laid over a portion
of the gallery story, upon which the
flooring had not been laid down. Brother
Prudent, having a lamp in his hand, was
proceeding into the belfry for some pin -
pose connected with the coming vespers
service, and put down his foot, withant
looking, in. the place Where one of, the
planks usually was. The plank had
been removed, however, and the unfind
tunate man fell through to the Nor
below, a distance of twelve or fourteen
feet. His face. was cut by the broken
glass, and his arm badly hurt. The
wrist was dislocated :and - two of the
Wrist bones Were brekenithere being
what is called. a Colles' fracture. -The
thumb was also badly dislobated.
-One thousand dollars has been sub' -
scribed by the Presbyterian cougregation
of Palmerston to build a church, which
will be proceeded with as soon as the
sPring"ens'
-OnSaturday last, a man ie
Marys named „Fitzpatrick, while in
grocery store that town pickedda
cracker off a shell and began to eat it.
Just as he had it- nearly devoured some
one discovered that the biscuit was one
into which strychnine had. been put fOr
the purpose of killing rats. The poison
took immed:ate effect, and Fitzpatrick
droptied to the floor. Doctors were
mediately called, emetics administered,
and the man's life was saved.' He wi
be more careful next time lie goes brunet-
ing around a strange grocery store.
-St. Joseph's Church, Stratford, Was
reopened on. SundaY lest. His Lordship,
Bishop Walsh, preached an able die -
course in the forenoon, and Father Kil-
roy, Of London, in the eveniag.
-The Perth County Council at their
meeting thinweek passed a iesolution of
regret at the death of the late Thomas
Ford, of Mitchell, and of symPathy with
his family. Mr. Ford was a member nif
the Perth County Council for several
years, and on _one or more occasions was
Warden.
-There is great activity in. lumbering
operations, and considerable cutting is
being done. As yet there is but little
snow in the forests, but the streams ade
full and no ttouble is anticipated in
"driving" the produce to the rniils. The
amount of lumber *on hand at the Millie
not shipped last fall on account of the
stringency in the money market, and
the amount wilt& will -be manufactured,
will bring the stock above an average
supply, and we may look forward to
immense receipts the coining Season. I
1
-It is proposed, to start a -cheese fae-
tory at the village of Wolverton top*
ship of Blenheim. A Mr. Wood is to
be the proprietor. He offers to buy the
milk at eight cents a gallon.
-The Independent O'rder of Go id
Tenaplars' Lodge in Winnipeg has start !d
a free reading -room.
-The Presbytery of the Presbyterir
Church of the Lower Provinces held a
meeting in Halifax last week, and una
mously approved of the proposed UM
with the Kirk of Scotland and the C-
ada Presbyterian Church.
-The Farmers' Association of 'W
Brant has, by resolution, expressed
indignation at the unsatisfactory s
of the Brantford market regulati
with respect -to the fractional sums in
which fees are collected, and also re-
_
quests the Conned to allow the seller to
dispose of goods wherever he can find a
purchaser, withotit fees, except on the
market place. 1
i
Temperance ianci Politics at
Iii1113 Green.
. • i
ra,the Editortof &Le HUr071 Expositor.
1
SIR : Hearing that a certain would-be
Minister of the pospel, who wanders
through this weary:world under the clog-.nomen of Rev.' Mr. Rice, would deliner
6. total. abstinence : lecture in the halli-in
the young • but grdwing village of Iii)Ps
Green, and being eurions to know hots a
Prohibitory Liqu* law could be carted
and enforced, I found myself at the
place and hour. appointed. 'Calm 4nd
collected was 1.-1-1 had bru-shed dawn
several old prejudices which had hitherto
molested me -in short, I thought I was in
'a good shape to be converted. ,
The hall was full, but the audience
waschiefly comPoeed of women and
children, with ad grey head here end
there, and perhaps, say a dozen or sot of
men in their prime. ' I..
The speaker, with but little preliMm-
axles, opened full tilt against old King
Alcohol, and, in good old-fashioned tem-
perance style, ma le a good hit or twe at
the old rummy fellow, whose birth dates,
1 believe, from a time when a certain
ark, which had been floating on a bound-
less sea, came to anchoron dry land.
But lol and behad ! and to my utter
astonishment, anti without either reason,
point or phce, actf. flew thespeakeret a
tangent, and, with great pathos and Sol-
emnity, characterized Wm. L. Macken -
ie, the man of P37, as 'a poor, mean,
miserable creature, who ran across the
Niagara River and tried," in somenort
of a way, the ledturer did not expain
very clearly how,1" to convert, on Navy
Island, a block 4 wood into a cannan. '
After ii good deal of this sort of Btu:ft:he
wound upthin patt of the programmeby
asserting that Hon. -Alexander Macken-
zie, the present Premier of Canada, -Was
a nephew, or some other sort of relation,
to the said Wm. L. Mackenzie. "_Ntvr,
my masters, what think ye .of thi ?"
Here is a teachei1 of the people, with 1iis
holy eloak arming him, under the guise
of a temperance lecturer, mouthing pel-
itics with a veege ince-digging up from
the grave of the dead past an old Tory
argument against the Government of thei
day, and veiling itovith the vile, maliciout
lie, that our honorable Premier is neohew
to the little man if '37 -and all tidia to
the young and rising generation. I
would stroegly recommend to onr Chief
Superintendent of Education, the neces-
sity of having Lo
port made a tex
at mice.
It is not for m
and mistakes of
d Durham's famous re-
-book in our schools
to palliate the errors
Vm. Lyon Mackenzie.
He was pardoned by his Queen --.he ret
turned to his adopted country -was a re-
spected represent -dye of a section- of our
.people in our Legi lative Halls, arid died.
respected and hi ented, ansi he is, be-
lieved now, by all impartial and intelli-
gent men, to have been an energetic,
honest, though perhaps misguided, man.
Of OM thing I am certain, that long after
the marble jaws of oblivion will have
closed over his 7 everend traducer, the
name cf Maeken e of '37 will be men-
tioned with respe-t and honor. I am,
SnanD SQUARE.
"Wach am -Rhein."
To the Editor of t ie Huron Ex23ositor.
DEAR Sin : I noticed M yonr last is-
sue an article on "Monopoets." from. the
Boston Transcript, asking; "Who heard
of the inspired private whiter who eon-
ceived the Wacht am Rhein.' Ever
sine 1870 the authorof the German war
song has been well known almost by ev-
ery German. His name is Max San eck-
enburger, of Thalheim, Wurtemberg,
born 1819, died May 3, 1840 and buried
in Bargdort, Switzerland. Ile was a
cletk in a wholesale druggist's store, and
when he made the song was about 2'2
years of age The poem was composed
when the thim Premien M. Theirs,
threatened Germany with an invasion.
It cannot be of Suich interest to any of
yOur readers abo t the author of a Ger-
man -song; 1 me ely intended to correct
the error. You, truly, L. Menen.
MST -POMMY, Jan, 6, 1874.
H.wis ?
To the Editor of he Huron Expositor.
SIR : Allow me to occupy a email
space in your ivatua,ble paper with .a
matter which I 4ave no doubt will inter-
est every ratepayer within the corpora-
tion. How is i that the Council have
the by-law with regard
nt of the Market Clerk
is it they have engaged
d not by tenders, ac -
y -law, thereby imposing
a tax of consi lerabie. amount -on the
ratepayers. Th s is wrong and shhuld
be discountena cut by every ratepayer
whose ambition tends to something high-
er than to be tr, mpled oh in such a maast-
ner as has bee4i stated.
SEAFORTH.
SEAPORTII, Jan. 8, 1.874.
acted contrary
to the appointm
for 1874? How
him privately a
cording to the
-Dair3rme 's Association or
ntario.
te.. next A nual Convention of the
above Associat on will be held at Belle-
ville, commen ing oi Wednesday, the
llth of Febru ry. The Committee are
sparing no pail s in order to make this
Convention tl e most prnfitable of any
before held_
gentlemen, bo
and Canada,
occasion. Alil parties wishing to attend
and become members should apply to
the Secretary, A:11% -J. 0. Hegler, of Inger-
soll, at once fitr certificates, en presenta-
tion of which to the ticket agents at the
different railway stations they will be
entitled to retarn tickets at one fare and
a third, owing to special arrangements
made with the diflerent railway com-
panies. Thee certificates can be had
from the Seeretary any time between
now and the bonvention.
TI
The services of eminent
h from the United States
vino been secured for the
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