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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-03-06, Page 1-ASECIMMIUMErtiglinamil , FE 1874. ithat the follon-ing peraons be l. Loertiticate for tavein license for, xt year, viz.: Conrad Wagner, rs Hotel, Nicludae Dieehart, tel. John Prann, Huron Hotel, tt1htune Hill, "Victoria Hotel, iliin Hes-noble, San pt a Hotel— ). ovea, Mr, Ramile, accolade ' tleet this Coancil do ourn, to meet again (et Tuesday, at the Toss -n Zurich, a oetz A. M.—Carried. Hume Love, Su., Clerk, • Hullett. 0, .'on. He Hullett, has sold his Ailen.----Mr. Andrew Younge of 0 acres, to Mr. Jain ea 'Holmes, . Iivnshp of Cartwright, Couety ,bJi. for '$1,500 caeh. The. YOUng nptattsreinoving to the States, for -se of -taking up a. larger farm_ te els selling his farm stock by otice of width Will be found ia e register. rseirtt Coenneif..--The .1Itinielpal .il 4 the toivuship of Hullett , met tdeabero on Feb: 23, All the mera. nesent. Minutes ef fermer meeting' zeriti confirmed. MoVed by Mr. SE clouded by Mr. Monteith, the followiage aeceunts be paid e Epinensori; $11, for coffins. &e, for 'atherry ; Dr. Appleton, far medical ante eat deceased, T. Rice, 80c,„ tier for deceased, aud G. -Pope, $2, rging grae-e for deceased—Cartieda • was read, from Thomas Car- nd !eaters, pram g the Council to ze new sailed seeteoe. : A petition lso teed from Themes McIlvain and 'eying to be attaehed t(1 , . derich Township. Moved by eith, eeconded by Mr. War - :that the petition of Thos. Carbert theta praying for a new school 1sec- lay Over for future cousideration, hat the petition of Thee. Mellvain theta, praying th be attached to S. , -t , Goderich ToWnship, also lay .ior.-xifuture consideration—Carried.. F:ttiou was read from. _Relit. Thompe W others, praylag the Council to sortee relief to John D. 'Staples, an lad 'indigent man. Moved. by Mr. eitle seconded by Mr. Stiver, that reyer of R. Thompson and 'others toted, and that John D. Staples be ed esq per week,. to, be placed in the ; (If J. Britton.— Carried. Moved r. igonteith, seconded by Mr. Sti- theft Messrs. Snell, Warwick and m are hereby appointed to examine te for a bridge on side -road 10-11, i 3, - n d also be authorized to build a LA& lbridge or said side -road, if nec- eneCarried. Moved by Mr. Stiver, ,ded by Mr. Britton -that $20 be ed for for fellieg gravel on side road (1on. 13-14, under the supervision . Warwick---eCarried. Moved by Meeteith, seconded by Mr. War- , that 'a bylaw, be prepared and ti, authorizing the Trustees of 8. S. ), to borrow $1,200 at seven per Cent. ,.st.., for the purpose of building a . iehoolhonse, said 611M to berepaidha quel annual installments, the flint in- nent to become payable' on Dec. 31, -Carried. Moved by Mr:Monteith, AO by Mr, Wanwiek, that the .:1- ef the petitions of the following iemen. for tavern licences be granted: ' having coraplied with the Provineial ttei -ancl our township by-laws rela- te tavern licences, viz.: George s.atlee, of Aline ; R„ J. Cook, ,f Man - ter '-, Jeremiah Whitely„ ef Summer - Sohn Lasham, of Lenclesboro, and zat Brownlee, of Kinbura—Cartied. ed by Mr. Warwick, seconded by ,itiver, that by-law NO. 4,- of 1869, iv e to tavern licences, be continaed iirce for the preseet year Carried. -ed by Mr. Monteith, seconded. by Stiver that -the Treasurer's report for , as audited, be passed, and that the L get 50 copies of said report- printed lege form for distribution—Carried. ed by Mr. Stiver, seconded by Mr. oi-r,- that the account of the Treas- . for the amount of $20, paid to T.. face for one acre of land for site and each to bridge, known, as " Bing- n.Bridge," and also- $3 90 for deed registering. be passed.—Carried. : GemaciI then adjoarned to meet t at Londesboro, when called be, the .n.1 James Baerretwarra, Clerk. , Honelek. ;FISENTATION AND ADDRESS. —On the Ing of Friday, Feb. 20, the pupils of NO, 4, township of Howick, assent - at the reeidence of Mr. Robert aeon, their former teacher,- and pre - 'him With a beautiful album, con - ng the photograph_ of a large Member accompanied by an. ad- coutaining warm expressions of take to him for the services he had ered during the three years -wed a in which he was engaged as their 'et The following is the address, h was read ley Mary E. Tamer, in a ,Tid forcible mariner -which I shall 7 verb -calm t titeratim : "Mr. Desk - our beloved, teacher and friend, the past three years and a half, tour pupils for -that time, request o eccept this triiling gift as al token tr affection and respect toward e you, as en acknowledgement of your abit- as :our teacher, and of the trouble labor you bestowed upon us in year esefal endeavors to advance us- nthe ale branches of learning. Pleasa to et the gift„ and with it, our most est wishes for _your happiness and aerity."Tneeplying, Mr. Deakman ' that., if there be anything whieh rs a teacher in his arduous duties it O- know that his services are atteeln 'We have tangible prof to- n ia t1e feet of so Mau of nay po- ijntesent to do me honer. It is ,I have oftee chastin d. you, but it !been said of -oar Heavenly Master„ hum he loveth, them he elseicb.a,s- d " I,. too, have Often felt : that st my hand was extended to infiet penishmeat. I felt the rod was atur- with lave, and the heavier the kee the more love accompanied them, the teacher) said he had often felt ,great reVOnsibilities restiner 1 upon- &> far as their education wee con- ed. He hoped he weuld ever en - air to do hie duty in adveuming the in whatever set:tit-al he may be en- d. He strongly tir"ed upon them 4nessity of diligence in the several (.:11e8 of education, and if only faith - o thcAr dutie.s, Some of those present talit Might become the honored in- int'ntS in the hands of nod of leading from darkness to the marvellous th(.. Go.peL te ret of the evening was spent in kmg einging and other amusements the ,midnight heur closed this inter - and protita,ble meeting, leaving !, teacher with a heart full of gratF- te the parents and pupils of S. S. SAW' SEVENTH 'V EAR. ) WHOLE O. 326.1 SEAFORTHI FRIDAY MARCH seuuseaUrille 4k*ai. �1°fiat. • FARM FOR SALE. T 24, Con. 4, Hay, containing 100 acme, 75 -11-1 leered and in good cultivation; splexididland ; sri g creek running through ; good young or - d; due and three quarter mehlL ilesfrau the Lon - eon Road; good frame balm, 36x56;' good log house ; good stable. For further prirtical.ars ap- ply on ihe premises,or anirsss 326*4• 1.kDAINI 13111tRY; Kippen P. 0. -FARM WANTED TN the County of Huron, 100 or 200 acres, ittostly -1- cleared and free from stumps. I Must, be first- class soil, With good orchard and autetienines, not particular about the house. A.pplY to - MARSDEN SMITH,. 825 ' Brussels P. 0. • VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, TIELNG west of Lot 6, 13. It., Stanley, 2 story- -1-J brick house, frame barn, very superior orchard, plenty of water, soil first quality, 98 acres, pica $4,000 only. Apply to . 315-5 JOHN ESSON, 13ayfield, FARM FOR SALE OR TO RENT WI SALE, on reasonable terms, Lot No. 16, 1- a *- •nil oletIed, Well fermed and iu a good state of culti- vati n. There is a good saw mill, with a circular Saw, driven, by water, with ft. -11 abundance of tim- ber onvement. There is also 'a good bearing oreh . d, also a good frame barn mad house. There is a ehool and two churches on. the coruer of the lot. It is situated within one mile aud three- quar .ers of a station of the'Wellington, 'Grey and Brim .. BallwIly. If the above lane be not sold, it will . e rented. For further partieulars apply to the topiietor on the premieea, hr to 13elgrave P.O. 314 ALFRED I3ROWN. .. HOTEL FOR SALE. - nt ' S. ROBERTSON, wishing to retire from the 1."- hotel keeping • buemess, offers for sale that well -1 own stand, in Egmondville, now occupieg by h.' ; half an acre of lead attaehed to the hotel; g.. stables, good well, and every other convenil arm for carrying on the hotel business. Part of the, =chase money will be required in email; the rem inder will be allowed to go in easy install - men s. Apply on'th.e premises to • 310 MRS. ROBERTSON,Egineuelville FARM 'FOR SALE.' . 10 of e Town - 1'composed of Lot 1. Conth 13 'G- hip of Trickersmith, containing 100 acres of eit, d ent laud, upon which there is a new frame te , 38x60 feet,-ancl also a goed orchard. , For ter s, which are easy, and othcir information, ap- ply o Mr. JAMES DA_VEY, on Lot 1, Con.. 12,01 said Township, or to the vendor, WALTER REN - WI i K, Sr., St. George P. 0., Brant Co., Ont. 1296 IT a pt 0 1 -fl AVO :rig on s 11 7avled m tie 30: 11 12, .'$Ielnllop, veil im aidi nils !roil law ;eh me> Wi • M. SAW MILL AND FARM rog SALE. LNG Lot 34, Con. 7, McKillop, containing 104 Gres, all cleared, with good barns and 8 tftb1.08, Zood orchards in„full bearing; two never -fail - prings which supply the mill. Also, lot 85, 9, containing 48ares of bush. The property tuated 6 miles from Sonforth, with a good road thereto. Fin le rth er particulars apply premises. If by poet, to 10EtN TEIOMPr , Constance P. 0, Milburn, Ont. _ , 260 FARM FOR SALE IN Me:KIM:LOP. , R SALE, a good. Farm, composed:. of "North .11 01 lot 15 and the west half ef lot 14, Con. containing•100 acres, 50 cleared and fenced., and in good cultivation; balance well erect with hardwood; a good frame house new log- barn; good hearing orchard; two and a half from ri good gravel road; 10 miles the village of Seaforth ; there are two steara Ils within 31 miles; convenient to churches, Gig and stores-. For particulars apply to .the deter on the premises, or, if by letter, to throp P. 0. *4 ;TAMES MoDONALD. rAitra FPR SALE IN GREY. T No. 12 and part of Lot No. 11 in the 18th onceeeion of G-rey, Iconsisting of 78 acres, Rle eared and in good eultivation •' 2,i miles from Ira el Road, 12 miles from Seaforlh. Apply to ns - ANGUS MCMILLAN, on the premises. A L --t• Elo ot an4 >ns1xes, ibe he P2 FOR SALE OR TO RENT, LARGE commodious Blacksmith Shop and two sets of Tools. 1 Also a good Dielling se, either with the Shop or separately. The n Which the House is contains half an acre of and a full supply of firet-clase fruit trees and and an unfailing supply of water. Terms tb Apply, if personally, to ,e Proprietor, on manses, Milburn. If by letter, to • JDEric STAFF, ' • Constance P. O. . . , - • MONEY ADVANCED . , LU hUIJU UJUb•tLUU LV `-' sneh periods, and. repayable in aueli manner as the applicant may desire. A,pply tO 322* -52 A. G. MoDOUGALL, Seaforth. IMPORTANT NOTICE. NIEW BARBER SECOP IN SEAFORTH—The 'I public are respectfully invited to give Mr. OITTIVIS 11 Mil in his new Barber Shop in the Mansion Rotel. The best attention given to Saving andllair Cutting. Call and see•hirnI Give him a, ,Trial! Razor ird Scissor . Sharpening striStly attended to. Come one I Come all! Sati faction given. - OREMUS, Seaforth. NOTICE. • Farmer who gold the undersigned two-- HAMS and a SHOULDER, on Fridtiy, Feb 9, Will please call for the purpose of .mairing further arrangements about them, otheraiae he „will be proseeuted as the law provides. ' • 323474 ALEX.'AULT. NOTICE. A1 L the Sale Notes made in favor of Mr. Weod- riff, of Grey, are 'in my ha-nd a for collc:ction, and must be imid at once to save cost. S. ,G. MaCAUGECEY; Seaforth, 322 ; Solicitor. PUBLIC iNto-ricig. Q C. WILLS'ON, of Seaforth, has been appoint:- 'if • eC1 sole agent for the celebroted.Mathuehek Fi- arto n the County of 'linen, and Ghia instrument can oxI be purchased through him or his duly author - =l. agents. Orders given to others than my agents Q1. vself will not be filled_ The (ollowing gentle - e have been appointed to act as my agents in' the County of Huron : Thos. Couriers, U. P. hien ana L. Murphy, Seaforth ; C. Doherty, Clinton; and L. SWillson, Goderich. .820 0. C. WILLSON, Sealorth. 824 WOOD WANTED. exchange for a few new wagons, bob sleighs nd harrows. Apply to D. MeNAUGHT, Veterinary Surgeon, Seaforth. I CORDWOOD WANTED. TxDERS will be received by the undersignel tuntil MONDAY, MARCH' 2, 1874, foi• 30 cords of Ifirst-class green Maple, Beech or 13irth Cod-woed. to be four feet in length, and to be deliver- edion the Public: School Ground.Sea-forth, ou or before the 1st day of July, 1874. The subscriber does not bind himself to accept t te lowest or any 1 tel. der. 82-2 WM. " GRASSIE. THE WHOLE 1 Stock of Jackets At half their Value At HOFFMAN BROTHERS'„ Seaforth. TERRIBLE RAILWAY ACCIDENT. Accident on the reat Western !Rail ay. A. Passenger Car AI --Ten PUMM ell ger§ !tinny Ettore .111a19 anted to the Wrote.' Blunted to Deflat— ed. and Wounded. Afrightful accide t qccurred on Sat- urday night on the 3i rnia,bianch of . the Great Westein Rt 1w -eye three Miles east of Komoka•ant even mileswestof London, by which a! 1 umber of lives were lost, and many perso s badly hurt. ; It originated by a larnpI in the water -closet of the car failing on jbe floor and Mune- diately taking Inc. Efforte were made to subdue it, but w itlhout avail, and the fire comemmicated rjpid1y to the whole car. The passengeis rushed to the hinder part of the cat, and it was impos- sible for a great -many to get out. Some escaped.by the I. .' (10*S, whil, others were burned. to 4 Cri p.. , NO COMMUNICATION ' mei THE ENGINE. , The bell rope wee! lot -attached to the engine, 4nd conseger ntly there was no M ay of stopping the l rain. It Was run- ning at the rate of a. • ut thirty miles an 'hour, and ran about'hree miles burning. The car was des0 red in: about Fax minutes, burning li1 tinder. At pres- ent it is supposed ti i t there were about ten persons burned ( death, and About the same number infi red, some very seri- ously, by jumping te the train, ., DEAD A1l WOUNDED. . Th following is , ist of those killed and a minded as Lira s ascertained thus far 'eorge Blued a trona ; H 1 arriette u Dunn, aged 25, of 51 m aged 10, of ,Pe- : •Lorid n; an Indiai woman and infant from Munceytow 1 John McKellar, echo& teacher; of b athroy ; Miss Pur- vis, 'o Petrone, as enclaughter of Rev. Mr. hie, of Ga t Annie Seercliff, of Komoka'aged 1: 1 ears, seriously in- jured ; John C. ,obinson, Watford, bad scalp wound, ant face burned—can- not survive; Ne 1 reGougaii, Strath - toy, scalp wound ;john Hay, Toronto ; Mrs. 8. Crawler( , .I4, nclon ; J. 13. Hers - den, Simeoe ; J. H. Ereathous, -London; A. Blessing, Stetin y ; Mies Lawrence, .Paris., About ts eur otheis were slight-. ly initirecl. Scv rah of the bodies were burned to cinder- a ' cl it will be i os- sible to recogniz the n. . ' PASSEN4RS' TATEMENTS. . Mr.! Geo. Mencrie ,of Petrone, gives . , a vary circu -ta,nti 1 account - of the originof the: 're. e says : " I heard a slight noise in the r orward saloon, and went to ascertain ie cause, I found that the lamp had, fellen, and that a small quantity of cil that had escaped lead taken, fire on th43 floor. I went for a cushion; quietly, 14 avoid excitement, but found that it ws securely attached. I tried another and frrenohed it off, but fOundthat it was S tiff and would not stifle the flames. I'1 then got another, but found on my ie irn that the fuelled climbed the sides 011 the closet inside. All thistook- but a , oment. I ran to the rear of the car for the conductor, at the same time telling the people in the rear to sit quiet, that there was no dan- ger. At this, some que_cried out, " Isn't there• !" 'and I looked. around . and saw that the flames had eaten through to the main eompartment of the car, and someone had opened the closet door, which I had closed liehincl me. Flames Were also issuing froirn this opening. I then hang with my eight on the jvbell- rope, but the car dic not stop. ' The ex- .citement by this tie beearne a panic, and after a moment's thought, -I con :chided that I had be -ter try to get air. The sMoke was stt 'nee and travelled :otet Of the rear doon winch was kept raven by those trying to escape, as if car- : Tied by a whirlwind. It seemed as if a thousand pairs of . bellows fanned the fiames. -I took my valise _and smashed „three ivindows in snecesaion, and by this :time s w that the fliTemes were gaining 'so itap'dly that my !only safety lay in escape -I did not xealize this when I 'first b oke the wind9Ws, and w en I did ait was impossible to aid any on else. I • climbed through a window, 1 myself drob, hauling up at thekot of an em- bankMent about twenty feet hig When I got np, I thanked Geel for m narrow escape ver about six feet erom wher I first alig e r I saw the ntxt 'name a cul- t ted on the ground. W. 1;T Murray wasthen getting up on the othe side of the rack a few feet On the wes of the sainii culvert. The:pitiable e es that rent the air' -on all: sides as I dropped ere indescribable, and I hope o never eat their like again.' - Mr. Daniel Deco, who .:wae in the smoking car, states hat whenlhe first saw the fire coming rough the forward door he closed it to revent 4 draught, but the nextgnomen two Indians open- ed: it and jumped oft the first class car pletforin. He stood n the platform to try to elose it, but d alt not, owing to the intensity of the flames, which shot up with frightful r pidity. Conducter Mitchell rushed thn ugh themi. and he tried to help him up to the. top of the smoking car, but he could not get up. The conductor then lirectecl the brakes - man to try to uneonple the passenger coach while he ra-n through to the bag- gage car, He ope.n eI the side door. and ascended by the sid s. Meanwhile Mr. Decow saw the fire dirive the:ems:Seegers towards the rear enc tl of the train, all ex- cept onem , heavy ane supposed to be Mr. Lee, who seemed rrotecl to his place. The cries were now heartrending in the extreme, and by To iking over the side he could see men ad women drop off - the platform and o1it of- the windows, some uninjured, oth s laying where they fell. As the train ;stopped, Conductor Mitchell, who did 4b1y, asked him to come back and ai4 the injured.. The first he found was alman who was all on fire,. and whorn he railed on the ground. Others; men and +nen, lay along the track for a distaace If ri over a mile and a - half. , A STRANGE ATALITY. A stra,nge fatality ow attaches to the locality of the accid4it. - The first seri- ous accident on this eection of the Great Western occurred c4 the 7th of June, 1854, on the same p ecisespot.. On that occasion there webe •seven emigrants • killed,byhe carr, in *Inch they were t seated, tiinbling over aid embankinent. i l'Erg BURNING CAR, The scene on the • bora* car, jest as it entered- Komoka abaut two hours af- ter the accident, Was horrible, eickeoing. The charred limbs, heads and truaks of bodies lay among the iron.; work of the car On ,which the wood "Wf ork hadbeen entirely -consumed. It w'as a frightful -sight, and the smell filled the air as at a barboeue. THE TNQU4sT ;On Monday, an m U St was being lheltVat wlncb the foll W'ag was given as the ; - EVIDE-NCE Olit THE CONDUCTORe .:JOIIN MOOHELL, coinlnctor, sworn : The first intimation I had of the trouble was when I was inthe relit- end of the coach. I taw some snen leave their seats and Opposed there Was a quarrel t among someof the parties ! standing up. I hurried forward. to see, and beard a - party say ere was a fire in the saloon or water closet. I pusliec- throagh and opeaed the saloon demi Myself. I saw it was in flames, and immediately told my brakesnaan, Burke, to go over the car and tell George. Williabes to stop,.' Af- ter doing this, I intended , coming :back to my little girl in the first-clees car, but ou. looking through the door saw 1 could not get through. ••The brakesman almost immediately returned, and :said he could not get oveil to ,George. T immediately rushed over myself, cliMbed on the bag- gage car, dropped down on to the -plat- form of the baggage car, called out to George, " For God's sake etop, the first- class car is all on fire," 1w -inch he at pee did by shutting off steatite and putting on the air brake. After seeing that done, I returned, and assisted to uncouple the burning car 1 from the second-class car, and to see What assistance I could ren- der the . wounded. We left London at about 6:28 P. M. The! train was com- posed of three oil tank earn one baggage car, one second-class car, and' one first- class car. When the fire broke out 1 think we were froni three and a half to four miles from Koneolta, r two and a half or. three miles west of Sifton's Out. The . train, at th time of the accident, was piing hiom 20 to 22 miles per hour. I think the traii ran about half or three- quarters of e mile after we discovered the car' to be on firei but not niore. As to the origin of the fire, the 1 tnp either fell down and eaploiled, or Sonle one tamper- ed with it. I have no other way of ac- counting for the -accident. - I incline to the belief that the lamp fell, for it was on the floor when the door was opened by me. I immediately I closed the door, ;tad 'went to call the brake an. I don't know whether the saloon door was opened after that. 1 at quee. closed the passenger car door after p ssing litihroagla When I looked in the closet t e fire ;was 'com- ing up over the ide, and. the . end :next the window,1 on lhc opposite side from Which the lamp riginaily liung. There was fire also wlie.rc the oil had spread over the flora-. he glass of the. lamp was broken,' but I cannot say whether the lamp itself was broken .or not. : The -damps are secured upon, a frame screwed .to•the wall of t e car, by a spring: and small catches. 'the care -takers at Senna and London, are epecttd. fo see that the lamps are all ri ht. it is none of my ditty to look. aft r them, Although -if I. think there is an hing -wiong I see thein attended to. I aye net recently looked at any of the I men. The brakeman lights them,:. and generally reports to Inc if he finds anyth ng wrong. He had not reported an hin wrong for six menthe or more. T e leinps are almost invari- ably in goo order. I don't recollect one - ever falling] efore. I think the vibration of a car could not loaseni them. The train that night was running about the ordinary speed. William Burke; ithe brakesman, 'ght the lame s in my train. He has been over six ment is engaged on nay train. . T thi k he naa- running on the road before t at. He is very iatel- ligent. and in the perfoilmaeice of his duty careful, not inclined to shirk his duties at all He said lie lit the lamps that night. There_ was no bell -rope on the train. We always carry one, a,ncle invariably nae it When we have no oil tanks on. We i don't take oil• tanks every night. • Sornetien s two or three or -foil'. nights out of the weck. We don't carry the rope with the oil tanks bedause there is no place for the ro e. It would be apt to catch, rendering it unservice- able. I tho ght bettero depend upon S our own exertions tha i Upon th.e , bell rope. The rule of the onipany always supposes us to carry a bell rope no • Mat- ter what tUi train is made up of. I don't think wood, gravel, and irOn trains darry them. No permission from head quar- ters was ever granted to me to go with- out a bell rope. The station master at London, Mr - Knight, kneel,- I was in the habit of going without a bell rope, I hav- ing tad_ him that I wishedihe would - lei , me go with it tank cars because I could. ',pot put a bell rope over et ern. At the speed. we were running tiiiat nightthe train usually goes a few h indeed yards 'before stopping. Had we a bell rope on that night and had worke( , it, we might have stopped . within 'a few hundred yards. If t erbrakesap. ' ad got over 1 m 'the cars instead of coming lack we could have had the train steppe(l !aearly as soon as if we had had the bell oord on: ,brakesman came back be 'ease he was 'afraid he wo ild .ea killelj between. the " (MUS. In this instance it s very diffi- cult to get o rer the cars, Xi account of the character of the bagg re car, which h -ad no ladder at the el (1. of it.. The -first-class- car had an a r-bra,ke: The seeoncl-class land the bagg ge car an or- dinary brake. There mere Miller's couplings between the fi st, second, and baggage care. These co iplings couple themselves, but require iii meal efforts to uncouple them. I did net try to un- -couple the car which wa 'burning, but one of my brakesm.en. did. They can be managed very readily wh A in good con- dition. Those on my tra' were in good order; The first-class ca Was not un- coupled till after the tra i stopped. I am certain, taking time nth considera- tion, that we did not r n over . three- quarters of a! mile after he fire broke 1 - 6 1874. leereourseen out. I was greatly excited, but I tin nk I cannot be mistaken.. I am sure we did not run a mile:and e half. Several other -witnesses were examin- ed, but no additional particulars of im- portance were e kited. The hie rest. was adjourned untlii Monday next. • see tings and Leeds. farmers in the village Cheese in Ha At a meeting of of Cannington, on the Toronto and Yin* i-ssing Railway, peeches were by K. Graham, M. P. P. for South Hastir gs, and George Mor on, of the County of Leeds, on the alibi et of cheese manufa.c- tute. The folio mg is a synopsis of their remarks : Mr. GRAHAM sa d it was hardly ne es- sary for him to t 11 them who he was, further than th t he wag a Can- adian and a pt actical farmer, end he would be gl d to know that he could tell them so ething that naight ben- efit them. In cent ection with the man- ufacture of cheese, he said it was a gr te- ful reflection that one feature about it was it would relieve farmers from he heavy and increasi g toil that afteu ed the cultivationof he ground, and _ ive them and their/ fan flies time for mental cultivation. Agaie the farms would be enriched by the m, mire, and would scion be better adapted e grain growing. He described a visit o Herkimer Colin y, N. Y., in 1864, to, see the process nd .purposes of cheese manufacture th re, and was convincer that we could rise 1 cows and manufantere that commorlty here to greater advantage than they id. He commenced to teak of starting a fact iry in Hastings Countin 1866, and did s art it, meeting opposit en and ridicule ev ry- itil where ; they said e had " cheese on he brain," and when lse was driving al ng the road. the boys eeed to yell "Chee e ! Cheese !" But he liad worked thro gh it all, and to -clay there were forty -se en cheese factories in healthy operation in -that County. He, gave figures to s ow that not only wae the manufactur of cheese much more profitable than the of butter, but it lvas more profit, ble by 50 to 100 per c et. to a certainty than . any species of cropting was. He gave examples of farmers on 100 acres Who realized from their 'cows last season an average of $550 ; and who had also grown a considerable quantity of grain. No better proof of the correctness ofbis statements • could be had than the acl- vance-in value of feel estate in those, dis- tricts devoted to this branch of husband- ry ; the land deveted to that purPose yield e 50 per cent. more grain than it did eightlyears ago, w de rents and va uea of land have incre sec] amazingly. F om these 47 factories here were shipped to Britain last yea $740,000 worth of cheese f—the prod ct of six months' op- erations. He des ribed at some length the system of the joint stock compa ies in operation in 118 coantry, and the method they had, adopted to put their cheese on Liverpoel market 'without the assistanetbof agents, thus saving all the profits for the stodltholdera. He had no purpose in coming before them bu tie give them the beaefit of an experi nee tint he had. not a quired without s me cost. One of th moat successful ac- tories in Hastings had been started. a a meeting of four fa mere, and now t ere are branches of ti at factory working the produce of over 3, 00 cows. The cha ces of over productio end flooding the ng- lish market ver discussed and i ro- flounced utterly h4ijrobab1e. He ui ged .. them to go into th s Industry ; their 11 lid ' was suitable; th 'scheme was a n ost practical one, and it was unquestion bly to their interest. Whenever they wis ed to start a cheese actory. he would ive them all the assistance they required in in figures and plans, for the best con- struction, and advice in working it. In answer to Mr. Laidlaw, he stated that a factory would cost from $2,000 to $7.000, which would include the plant. And he would send. Iheiiia good cheese maker who wouldput up the factory, and find the plantethey finding the sqte, and would make the cheese for two cents a pound for the first year, if they would engage to have 300 cows' milk to maim - facture the second year. His experience was that the profits of two years' sde- cessful working of a factory paid for the 'factory. all the costs and the price of the COWS added ! ft Mr. MORTON was i▪ ntroduced, and gave a description of his operations' in cheese -making in South Leeds, where, he has eight factories in operation. In these he manufactures the only Caned an "cheddar" that is made. Last year he made 781,000 lbs. He could also sp ak from experience, like his friend, r. Graham, and he assured the assem ly that ebeese making :was the most pro t- able engagement or the farmers. In . the past season he bad paid Mr. Peck of Lansdowne. 8800 f r the milk of 22 c ws for six months; and the butter nd calves and pigs fed besides from the • re- duce of these co s, would bring t eir profits up to $i,00(?.,:It was impossi le to doubt the advantage of cheese ma iu- facture. He own d these factories h m - self, but he Would advise the farmers _to start on the joint Stock principle desc ib - ed. by Me_Grahain, when they would se- cure all the profits -if the enterprise. For $25,000 he would ngage to establish ten factories in their 4onnty, but they c Uld do it for themse ves. There were 65 factories in Leeds and Grenville, and all of them in activ operation. He had studied the quest on, and was prepared to say there was o danger of not finding a market. Far ers would make 751per cent. more out of their farms. He !put it as a fair avera e for a good cow that the product of h r milk would be 460 lbs. in the season. He reminded them that the subject as not one of experi- ment, or on trial pierely. If he wag not already engaged, he was so well pleased with the appearance of the surrounding country; he wou d come here, and en- gage to make 8,0 .0 boxes the first Year. He cultivated western corn for fodder, and raised eightone to the acre, :end he ii reconimended th$t crop to every farmer. There was not ing visionary in evhat they had beard. He had related nothing but facts; the farmers in Leed.s were get- ting rich and improving their property by going into this manufacture, and the same means were at the hands of the -far- mers round Cannington. ee • ell. Canada. Mr. Thomas Ballantyne„ proprietor of the Black Creek Cheese: Factory, Downie, well known m this County, left for England en a business tona .last week. . --Mrs. ',John Nevin, of -Carronbrook, has let the contract for the ereetioi of a large and. commodious new had. The new build:ng Will be built On tie 'site now occupied by the old one, whic is to be movedto the rear. --A ten Dello race came off* V Ones - day afternobn betweea Butcher :Boy •and. Halton Boy, two fast trotting horses, owned in the t wn of Wiudsor, O the Hamtramack race course, above. De roit. The race resulted in a victory fo the Butcher Boy. There were abou 400 persons present, and betting was lively on both sides. —The County jail in the town of, ?erth is now so crowded with prisoners that 'some seven or eight of the inmates cannot - be accommodat d with cells, but have to - sleep on the firs of the corridors, and are gliarded byf tbe officialof the jail.: This looks baciefor the moral status of old Lanark. I —A girl, about nine years of . age,, while attemptipg to get on a sleigh, a' few days agc, in Oshawa, fell and the runner passing ever her leg smashed it so badly that it led to be amputated neer the thigh. i! , —A by -la* Was carried. a few days ago in °riffle- on a vote of 147 to 3, pro- hibiting the isseing of liquor licenses to shop keepers. The liquor store proprie- tors threateu 6 build stores for the sale of liquor outside the corporation, and get licenses from ethe township allowing them to sell, ar.d thus set at defiance the total abstainers of the town. —A large . ntimber of the oil wells at Petrelia have been. "shut down" on ac- count of the dipressed state of •,. the coal oil Market. —The person who stole Rev. Mr. Greene's horse and cutter during service at Bartonville, a few Sundays ago, has been arrested ,near Stony Creek, and seemed to be :suffering from deliraum tremen8. • —The Toronto, Grey and Beuee Rail- way Company will ask the City of To-- • ron—rurg. tioxr.Les florabtoen,of: the $100,000 to enable them to build in independent line into the city from Weston. —A man named Whitingwhile en gaged in loading saw -logs on it . sleigh, in a bash not far from Ottawa, e .few days ago, was caugh between two large logs, :Inch had rol e and. held in th s position until be was frozen to. death.When found by his , - d towards each other, friends his body was scarcely- cold, al- though life was extinct. • —On Sunday last, dining divine ser- vice in the M. E. Church, Parkhill, Rev. A. Jones, an ged and superannuated minister, was ttecked with a -sudden disarrangemen of the heart. became per- fectly insensibt and_ was carried out to a neighboring haute, where he died next mo the Fourth Conces- sion of North Dorchester has a ewe which recently gave birth to a lamb with five legs and six feet. The fifth leg is connected wit the body half between the hind and f It is fully dev sited feet, the at the loweejoi re legs on the right side. loped and has two ifull eg dividing for the 1,feet it. . ' —One year ago liast fall, at a ball given in Guelph by St. Andrew's Soeiety, Mr. Robert Chance, a Merchant ofthat tbwu, slipped and fet while dancing, breaking his leg. He never recovered from the injury, and,the leg had to be amput ted last week, Since which Mr. Chance has died froin the effects of the shock to his system caused y the operation. — Seven cow belonging to a farme in the township o Blenheim strayed On the railway track lone, day last week-. A train came alo g, and so maimed and in- jured all of .th rn that they had to be killed. —Two old Cenadian pioneers, known to many of tour readers, have re- cently departed this life. One is Mr. Andrew Lewr e, ofthe township of Blenheim, Con ty of Oxford, father of Mr. Robert Lai -rite lately of McKillop, who died lest eek at the advanced age of 72 years. Mr. Lawrie has been a resident of Canada. over 40 years. 1 IThe other was Mrs, Jane: Ea.stoe, wid.ew of the late Alexander Easton of the Sixth Concession of South Dunifries, County f Brant. Ural Easton, with her hus- band, came to Catiaila in the year 1840, and settled- on the farin on which she died. She attained the age of 80 years. — The guage of the Port 'Hope and Lindsey Railway is to be made the swum as that of the Great Western and Greed Trunk. The change is to be me.de early in the spring. 1The Company: have al- ready received two or three narroteguage engines and others are in eouree of con - 1 etruction. — A bin& of buildings ox! Wallace street, Listowel, was destroyed by fire on Sunday Morning lent. A considerable amount of store goods was burned and destroyed. The buildings burped were ftrha—em-Tle'ahtee Col. Irvine, and a son of Sir . - statement is made that a son of John B. Robinson, of Toronto, are Can- adians known to be at the front with the army at Ashantee. ! —The Drapriet7I of the Oshawa hat factory has made an assignment,• and the works are for a time stopped, throw- ing a large number, of female ; operatives out of employment —A gentleman nn Guelph, , suffering . from a severe cold, a few evenings ago, in order to effect a cure prior to refiring for the night, placed his feet in a tub of warm water, and commenced to drink hot punch. His wife retired, leaving' him thus employed. Towards morning she awoke and fining that her husband was not in bed, got up to seaech foe him. lownsumummuutunscommai rtleLVAN IGROT1113104, Pubfishers. $150 a rear,4n advance. Imagine her surprise- upon repairing to the room where she had loft .him the previous evening, at tindine 4 nn in the same position, but sound- askep—the punch done and iee beginnin to form round his lege in the tub. At last ac- connts the gentleman's cold was not muchirnaP timilved. has gain ed same credence in banking circles, to the effect that the Dominion Government account, now kept with. the Bank of Montreal, is to be transferred to the Bank of Commerce. —Mr. 'George Young, of North Mona- ghan, are*. to Port Hope, in one load, last week, 123 bushels and 25 lbs. of wheat. -This load wee drawn on a wag- on, 28 miles, and the beam was only stopped once on the read to be watered. —The St. Marys -Er:evil Council have increased the fee for tavern and shop licenses from $50 to $15. Including the Government fee this Makes the license $100. • 4 i —Mr. James Bryanie of Kirkton, ha; receutly lost a valuable horse, its death resulting from over-exertion in the recent election campaign in South Huron, - —A stable, belonging to Mr. Forbes, of Hamilton, was destroyed by fire, on Monday night last. The stable contain- ed six horses, one coW, several vehicles and e quantity of harness. Four of the blinorrsnee_sdg.the cow and other articles were . —Wong .Chin Foo, 4 Chinese lecturer, is at present on a lectnring toor through this Province. His lactures are said to embrace an interestin0 descriptien of the charactenand habits of the Chinese, aa well as of some of theprineipal 'feature of the country. • —One of the most reMarkable instances . of speed in the action Of the law on re- cord, took place in the Province of Q e- bec a few days ago.- A postmaster arrested, tried and aentenced to fi e years imprisonment ih the Penitentiary for mail robbery. The arrest, examina- tion, trial and sentence all took place within 20 hours. ._ ' --A Toronto exchan0 says. "JUdgs hag from the number and thickness of the veils which the fair sex have begun to wear, the tanning busibess 'me commenc- ed, and with it a deSire for 'protection.'" The same paper giVees as a " sign of spring" the fact that- " a lady was to be seen on -Monday, walking on King street, with a sunshade in her hand." —A correspondent of 4 St- John, New Brunswick, paper Senn8 the following particulars of a matter which has caused a flutter among a certain class ini. that city : A fox, _belonging to a bar -ream keeper of that place.' Was killed recently by a number of dogs, !The owners of the canines were at once shed. for $200 darn -ages. The case went to trial, and the bar -keeper, testifying !that very many persons were induced to visit his shop, -where they invested in drinks so that they might learn the history of thefox, which had been kept chained by the door, and was awarded a verdict of $25. —The following, film the Brantford Expositor, is a spech en of the local ,ICAV8 they have in t at town : At a t very rGcent party held not a thousand miles from Brantford, a young gentleman aeose to dance a round dance with ss lady. His 'partner was attired in 4 silk of very delicate shade, and having received rigid home instructions to " look out for spots," was dutifully On atfhteer "mqaukui viigyea" tofewptruer\nt n-esshtehieomok.e up at the gentle- man whose one han was on her dress, and whispered. softl ." Use your hand- kerchief." The re rk, simple enough in its real meaning, their the 'young man home again to the slippy. days of child- hood, when he sat on his mother's knee, and. beard that same innocent expression on an average once eaoh half hour. Se he blushed, halted, out with his hande kerehief, and—blew Ins nose long, loud and systematically. Not till then did his convulsed paetner explain her mean- ing more fully, and as for him—well, he hasidt been happy einct. —A grand Indian COuncil Was lately held. in Napanee. The present acts re- lating to Indians are ,unsatisfactory to the majority of the chefs, and they ap- pointed Dr. Oronliyatekha to - visit Ottawa, during the approaching session of Parliament, , with a view to having them amended. Tt 4 -a singulae fact that dthe delegates faom the different tribes could not underStand each other, eacli chief's speech heel to be translated into English, and then back again into the various languages. ! t Howl*. . g I Conn= MEETING.-iA special Meet- ing of the Howick Council, called by the Reeve to appoint a Cleek and receive ap- plicationfor tavern license, was held at Gorrie on Saturday last Isloved. by Mr, Gibson, seconded by Mr. Evans, that William Dane, Jr., be. appointed Clerk in the morn of Mr. Geerge Dane, lately deceased—Carried. Moved. by Mr. Gib- son; seconded by Mr.: Weir, that this Corweil record in their minutes an ex- pression of their synipathy with the farnelY of the late George Dane, Esq., lately •-removed by death ; also an ex- pression of their high etteem and respect for him as an upright and Christian igen- tleman, and as a testiniony to the effici- ent manner in whiclk . he diechargecl the duties of Township leak and Treasurer, which united offices e held for a period of eleven years, andlthe office of Clerk for seven years, whieh Office he held till :the time of his death, from the time the township was organized as a municipali- ty in the year 1856, and the Reeve to transmit a copy of tais.resolution to Mrs. Dane—Carried. The Council then ad- journed to meet on Wednesday, the 4th of March, at 2 o'cloek1). 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