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reciprocal, and advise that in dap.
an, instead of declaring an oppa,
s statements as "the worst defence
er read," and then misrepresenting
thrts showing himself ramplusaedi
mcct the issue squarely when,
he may be varapushed, he will
receive credit for hanesty of iateue
which a, plaueible alias can never
Yours, Wet. Waal's.
WILL BE SOLD- BY
PIILIC AUCTION
ON
ATURDAY,MARCH 7.
Al'
IRRA'Y'S 1-10TELi
'TIM VILLAGE OF SEAPORT/1,
1,lour of /2 o*clock. noon, the fallowing val-
ffeets, belonging to the estate of Ilenjrrairt
e Insolvent 2 lumber wagons ; 1 pair of
jos; horses1 8 sets harness z I carriage ;
r and buffalo robe; I walnut sitleboard
sofa. ; 6 w.;idunt chairs; 2 skives &tut a
ey Of pipes ; 5 'bedsteads ; 7 mattresses, 4
ring; 1 writing desk and book ease ; 6 dress
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les ; 8 tables; II common_chairs ; 1 saddle;
.and reatingales, and a variety of other
mid Geode too numerous to mention- Also 1
R KANO, No -12, new, cost '4•52-5.
MS—Terms cash, except f'Clia the Piano,
NEM. bo sold on 4 mouths ' credit by furnish -
proved endorsed notes.
A. ARMITAGE, Assignee.
RINE, Auctionper. 326-1
sr ARRIVED
N DRESS GOODS,
vEirCRPY LUSTIITS
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'NTS AND OUNDAS OTTONS,
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chyth awl Ttee:ectg,
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(ETS' FURNISHINGS-
NEW BOOTS & Man.
DUNCAN.
SEAFORTH.
'ere is Lumber inMeEllop, at the
.MAtift MILLS
Ana
GOVENLOOK
Is the man to supply iL
S on hand a large stock of all ltinde of
er, whith. will be sold at prices -which
engpaesed in this County for cheapness
g FeRei;zy Lmnber
at-it-n(14race.
-GLES„ LATH, and every desmiption of
tateriai. Parties building or loving
tities will be liberally dealt with, and
ter their profit to give the
.GTORIA MiLLS
re purehaeink elsewhere.
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GUT AT; A DAY'S tr0TIGE.
ig left at the lain or addreseed to Win -
will reeeivi. prompt attention. Re-
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J(lf IN4.;(',YVENL(dCK'S
_ Victoria Mills is the place.
FOR., SALE,
iiiterest in t".'ne Seaforth end Kinbarn
c Factories. •• Apply personally to
W. S. FRO;IIERTSON, Proprietor..
L/BLId NOTICE,
on, who, or Ihe 12th or 14t2xof Fehru-
Ok from the g*nary, in Mr. Powell's,
"orth, eitho: accidentally or by design, a
age, containing twelve new and three
please return them toPowell's Hotel,
t once, otherwiale legal proceedings will
the person is known.
S. POWELL.
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HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE.
VOR .SALE, 'louse and Lot on High Street,
-1; Seaforth, next Alex. Stewart's residence;
house 18x22; lot one-fifth of an ware; two bed-
rooms; kitchen; cellar; house new. - 'Will be
sold eheap for cash, For particulars apply to
ALEX. STEWAR'_C, Seaforth, or JOHN DUNCAN,
Brussels. • '4.• 8274
FARIVI FOR SALE
TN the Township o taaley, situate 1 On the
Baytield Road, 2 miles from the. Village of Bay-
field, being the east half of Lot No. 6, Bestial
Road, north, containing 96 acres of excellent land,
and in a good state of. czativationi 56 items cleared
well watered; the balanee i. wed timbered
with beech, maple mid cedar, there is a good frame
barn and shed, and a log dwelling house. For
furtter particulare apply to R. :CHING, on the
promisee, or to PAUL CLEAVE, Lot No. 4, Bay-
field Line, Goderich Towne:rip, flair Bayfield. 327
FOR SALE.
THAN Hotel blowflies Ross' Hotel, which has
-I- been doing a good business will be sold cheap
I on private terms for eash, as the proerietor is go-
ing out of the business. Also No. 5 storehouse
I will be sold on the sante terms. It is situated on
the south side 0 f the Station. The.; is te rare chance
i for any one going into hotel or grain. business.
' Possession given iminediatoiy. For further par-
ticulars apply to X. R. ROSS en the premium
Title indisputable. 1
1 seeel • J. It, ROSS Proprietor
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, FARIVE FOR SALE. ,
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1 LOT 24, Con. 4, HeI y containing 100 acres, 75
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• cleared and in good cultivation ;.splendidland ;
l spring creck ranning through It, good young or-.
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i chard; oue aud three qoarter miles from the Lon-
don Rotut ; good frame, barn, .88x56; good log
house ; good stable. For further particulars ap-
ply on the premises• or addrees
, 826E4 ADA:Al BERLY; Kippen P. 0.
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1 FARM WANTED '
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ITN the Comity of Hilton, 100 or 200 acres, mostly.
i -L Cleared'and free fru stamps. Must be first -
10.1555 soil, with goodorehard and outeuildings, not
ipaatieular about the liouse. Apply to
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'[ INIARSDEN SMITH,
/P25 Brussels P.: O.
•VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE,
BING west4 of Lot 6, B. R., Stanley, 2 story
ffi brickhouse, frame barn, veer suprior orchard,
leuty of water, soil first quality, 98 acres, price
VW only. 4ply to
15-5 JOHN ESSON, Bayfield.
FARK FOR SALE OR TO -RENT
on reasonable term, Lot . No. 16,
Con. 8, Morris, con:endue- 79 acres, nearly all
cleared, well fenced and iiPa good state of culti-
vatien. There is a good saw mill, with a circular
saw, driven by water, with an abundance of tim-
ber convenient. There is else a good bearing
orchard, also a good frame barnand hone°. There
ist school and two churches en the tomer of the
lot. It is situated within one mile foul three:
quarters of as tatioh of the Wellington, Grey and
Bruce Railway, If the above farm be um; sold, it
will. be muted. For Anther particulars apply to
tE4 proprietor on the premises, or to Belgrs re P.O.
ale ALFRED BROWN.
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HOTEL FOR SALE.
witns. ROBERTSON, wishing to retire from the
Jay • hotel keeping busittess.: °flue for sale that
wet -knot standin. Itlermondville, now occupied
by er ; half as acre of land attaehed to the hotel;
gocd stables, good well, and every other C1011V0111-
nck.• fur carrving oa the hotel business. Part of
the parehase inoney will be required in- cash; the
remainder will be allowed to go in easy install-
ments. Apply on the premises
.310 ;ARS. ROBERTSON., Eginondviilo.
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FARMr's OR SALE.
110ZEING composed of !Lot 1 Con.10 of tile Town-
ship of Tackersmith, containing 100 aeres of
exailleut land, upon which there is a new frame
bars, 38x60 feet, andalso a good oreharel.. For
terms, -•vbieb.. are easy; aiud other int munition; ap-
ply to Mr. JAIllaIS DA,VEY; Om Lot 1, Con. 12, of
said Township, or to the veutlor, WALTER REN -
WICK, Sr., St. George P. 0., Brant Co., Onto 296
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ST4.4.-ia SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE.
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Lot 34on
, C, 7, MeRillote containing 104
. aereg, all cleared, with good barna and stables,
two good orchards in full bearing; two never -fail -
lag wringe which supply the mill. Also, lot 35,
Con • 9, containing 48 !acres of bush . The property
is situated 6. miles from Seaforth, with a good
grsvl road thereto. For farther part icnlars apply
On tItte premiees. If by post, to JOHN THOMP-
S014 Constance P. O., Kinlinan, Ont. 260
FARM FOR SALE IN MCICILLOP.
'FOR SALE, a good Farm, composed of North
loaf of lot 15 end the west half of lot 14, Con.
12, MCKillop, containiug 1.00 mazes, 50 cleared and
well Amced, and in geod Cultivation ; balance well
timbgred with hardwood; a geed frame house
and *Lew log barn; good bearing orchard;' two
milesland a half from a good gravel road; 10 miles
from the village of Seaforth ; there are two steam
sawnt'lls within 3.1 miles ; convenient to &hurdles,
schoes and sfores. For particuldrs apply to the
proprietor on the premises, or, if by letter, to
Winthrop P. 0.
280i4 :TAMES McDONALD.
-FO'R SALE OR TO RENT,
A LARGE commo•lius Blacksmith. Shop and
ilwo sets of Taal. Also a good Dwelling
House, either with the Shop or separately. The
'lot onwhich the House is contains half an acre of
land and a full supply of first-class frnit trees and
bushes; and an nufaiiing supply of water. Terms
Applv, if personally, to the Proprietor, on
the prdruises,-Ki ahem. If lip -letter, to
. JOHN STAPF,
311 Constance P. 0.
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MONEY ADVANCED
—1941-ZSI.
ON 3r9rtgage Sec" inity, in such sums and. for
Buell periods, and repayable in such manner
as the. applicant may desire. Apply to
322*52, ' A. G. McDOUGALL, Seaforth.
IMPORTANT NOTICE.
TEWlBARBER SHOP IN SEA.FORTH—The
' public are reepectfully invited to give Mr.
Oreraus A call in his -new Barber Shop in the
blallsimi Hotel. The best attention given to
Shaving.;and•Hair Cutting,. don and, see him! Give
hin3 a Trial! Razor and Scissor Sharpening
strietly !attended to. Come onn: Come all!
Satisfactilon
821 IWM. OREMITS, Seaforth._
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NOTICE.
A LL the Side Notes made in favor of Mr. Wood -
riff, 'ef dive, are in my hands for collection,
and nuiet be paid Ittunee to save costs.
S. G. Mc021.1IGHEY, Settforth,
S9-2 • Solicitor.
FOR • SALE,
411AT4E' interest in the Sea:forth and Milburn
Cletese Faetories. Apply personally to
324 4 W. S. ROBERTSON, Proprietor.
! FOR SALE..
(...RO.Ck.10.7, Pro isiou, Flour and Feed business
\-A for sale in Keaforth. The proprietor, intending
to go out of the Mildness, will sell on -.favorable
terms. 1.-4,ock not lairge, and well "assorted. Apply
` at the Stem 999, next door to W. Campbell's
clothin&establishmeiat.
326 S. YOUNG.
PUBLIC NOTICE.
00. ttriaaspai, of Seaforth, hae been appoint-
ed agent for the eelebrotedMathushek P1 -
in thrie County of Hurou,and Ulla instillment can
only be purchased through him or his duly anth,or-
ized agehts. Orders given to others than my agents
Or myself will not be tilled. The following gentle -
teen hatie been appointed to apt as my agents in
tb,e Connty of Huron e Thos. Connors, U. P.
White° and L. Murphy., Seaforth ; C. Doherty,
Clinton. andll
L. S. Willson, Goderieh.
0. WILLSON, Seaforth.
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II, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 18714.
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THE BIC CO NTY COUNCIL.
A Protracted Debate in th elgiocal Leg-
Islatitre—lirdalln log the Committee.'
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Peons an 0 cdsint/ Correvoncleitt,
anowro, Marah 7, 1874.
Happening o be present in the House
of Assembly d xrng the debate on Mr.
Mowat's moti n t insert Mr. Fraser's
name on the ubli Accounts Commit-
tee, insteadof his wn, I send you the.
following nail, so e of which may not
possibly appealin the dailyorgans : The
debate was co rime ced on Wednesday
evening and k pt u 1 '
TILL. AFT R 1:MIDNIGHT
on Thursday. Aft r ' the routine busi-
ness Vo'p.S disposed f, the Premier stated
in a short tem era e Speech his reasons
for the motion, tha he found it impos-
sible to atten 1 t le Public Accounts
Committee, his tiin being taken up with
public business, ad ed to which he was
the Chairman elf n e !Select Cominittee
on the School MR, o that ;he could not
attend; Mr. droo s was: Chairman of
the Medicaid bi4S aid also' of railways
mane could_ Mat a te d. The Opposi-
tion WAS represeated 1)3! -
FOUR. ABLE LAytirYBRS,.
.
Messrs. Richards, Canieron, Rykert and
Lauder, and seeing that was the case, it
was not to be -thou ht 'that Mr. Hardy,
the only- other law a• On the Committee,
on the Governme it iside, could. cope
with the other ,fat r. 1, He courted full
exairaination, and. wenteclthe truth fully,
as well as hotly, brought out. Mr.
'Cameron commence 1 by saying that he
lcould speak. six hp is, apt that he was
going to use every 1 e'ers he could to do -
feat such a motile ; He delivered a
peech in which th 1 re seemed to be little
original, the sarne.i eas.'having appeared
Several times in: 1 the Olobe and elicsi/
Ouring the session, onlYthe gave himeelf
a wider scope than. usrai", throwing some-
. P .
al =hat more vituperati*strid vim into his
earmarks. Mr. Boultheeithen followed. in
a very grating; voluble style, bringing
o\ne in mind of - 1 .
1 a THRESHING' ifACHINE.
Lauder then. spa , With a ' grandllo-
qhent, mock -soler a Self-satistied air.
-After him followed Rykert, who speaks
ix a rattling, jerk Manner. He said
i , .
s methmg about sp aking till daylight ;
h had little more ti anicommenceel when
the Speaker said it was .6 o'clockim-
mediately apon his loihg se Mr. Webb
the firet who had et °ken On the Govern-
ment benches, ask Cleave to make a
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motion, if in order, o the effect that the
member for Liamehe aq.ruld take up part
, . .
of due time by co.11 trnun1g his speech
durMg.reeess, a ino,ion, Ma the honor-
able member didno see alto relish.
When the Renee Ime-ti about au hour
was taken up with Pa -irate Bills, after
which Mr. Rykett. sigain resumed, speak -
till about 10, when he had to come to
a Close. Mr. Code then moved that Mr.
Merrick's name be' inserted instead of
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Fraser's. Upon - a rich Mr. Cameron
again took the floor 1- In a short while
his remarks became !feeble and. disjoint-
ed, and before he cl ',Bed he seemed hard-
ly to know what , a say.: During his
speech be seemet to get a note, delivered
by oneof the pag is, which seemed to
stagger him, ae los r marks became more
incoherent, and, 110 sat down about
twelve, after which i Dr. Boater moved
that Mr. Fraser's ne le be added, as in
Mr. Mowat's motion but that Mr. Mere-
dith's and Mr. Hodg ne' be added along
with it, a. Motion whlich in effect
GAVE UP TUE INHOLlir THING.
The Govermtent, side of the House gave
no sige, quietly letting them speak away
and expend their f4arce. Mr. Boulton
then. spoke in the lame strain as his
leaders, traveling outlof the record away
to the timber license* , and other irrele-
vant subjects: 411 the time the Gov-
ernment members seenied to go out and
in,- evidently taking care that -there could
not be a count out !The House by this
time being thinned Own to twenty-fonr
or twenty-five; the unimbers of the Gov-
ernment keeping then seats_ but saying
nothing. About 1 rI t
MR. : SINdLA111
broke the monotony hy taking the floor.
He sits on the Opp sitien' side of the
House but is a Gove nneent Supporter.
He gavct it as his opidon that the only
reason the Opposition hail in opposing
such a reasoua,blepropcyeition as Mr. Mow-
at's, was owing to the fact that Ma. Fre-
ser's religious views were not in accord
with those of a majority of this House,
`and he believed that t4e country would
hold them strictly to 4ccOunt for their
illiberality. He charaoterized the Op-
position ae unfair, seeing the whole talent
legal and debating, wah on that Com-
mittee. He being a member Of it could
speak from obsert-ationl that laymen as
they were, all with the exception of Mr.
Hardy, they could not! (pope with four
lawyers in . examination of 1witnesses,
which, as professional men, Was one of
their specialities, and it was their en-
deavor to make witnesses Say what
they 1 1 *
DID NOT BX.Ecl'TLY MEAN
to say, in regard to thematter of the •
Central Prison, Which iti is their evident '
intention as a party to make all the .
capital of they can. He further char-
acterized their motion :s' stupid, inas-
much as they would have to give in. It
was only a question of trine ; they 'were
not going to charige a, vote ; it was only
a wasting of the time of .the House. Mr.
Sinclair's speech enlivened the dreari-
ness of the debate. After sitting down,
he was followed by Mr. Daly and others, 4
after which
MR. O'DONOOlIllt, '
the new Member from Ottawa, made a
few sensible reina4s, sar-ng that he in-
tended to support the 9tion. The Op-
position, he said, had vaetually all their
debating and legal talent on that Cont-
mittee, which he understood was being
used to the fullest exteAs neither
the Attorney -General nor the Treasurer
could attenfl it was only fair that Mr.
Fraser should be there to assist Mr..
Hardy.in the examination. It was evi-
dent that the debate was -corning to a
close. A few of the' Ispoke
skleiavi:fif
spoken, Mr. Cameron
weak and distracted manner. After
half -past 2 D10100k all the fight was on
,
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small peiuts of order. lome of tlae mem-
bers on the GoVernmen side became more
demonstrative, raid La, tiler was made to
sit down, until the points of order were
disposed of. -The points raised were
only discernible to a legal or long trained
parliamentary ni4id. Two votes having
been taken, sane, time1was lost dismiss-.
ing whe her MesSrs. Fraser, Meredith or
Hardyvas first up. Mr. Freser was
clearly 1.,, first one tune, but he:was not
in ereler The next tune Mr. Meredith
was a li tle ahead, but Mr. Fraser first
caught tjhe Speak r s et e, after which
TUE FI -AL °TING
then to( k place, the 0 position evident-
ly as we11 satisfie( as heir opponents to
be quit f the bus 'less which they had
commen ed with e gre, t flourish of trum-
pets. he -final vote a as 41 to 122. Like
many g eater atteinpts at making a noise
this der onstratioo we t up a rocket and.
came do vn a stick.
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Mr. Bishop's Spee
istration
The fo lowing is e syn
of Mr. ishop, -AL P. P. for South .Hu-
ron, in support of th bill reuniting th
North 4nd Sonth Ricl ngs of Huron for
Registration purposes •
Mr. 1 isstoP said the it was with con-
siderabl reluctence he rose to Sdly a few
words 01 this matter, tit he °Old not
sit in 1iii seat and give a silent vote on a
questioi in which the County of Huron
was -so t eeply interestel. • Were be to do
so, he d cl not think hI would be doing
his dut . He might say that:he b
lieved the South Ridir g was deeply in-
terested end the North' a- great deal
more so. He was nod r the imereseion,
when he came down h re, that -a gees -
tion of this kind wohld be setled on its
merita.but, in the IComniittee, what he
considered a purely local matter received
a pure party vote. 1 le then read an ex-
tract from 'the speeth of Hon.•El •1
Blake at the time Wet gentleman moved
the second reading of the bill respecting
. the establishment of gd t -3Y 'ffius in
Ridings, showing that 't was quite corn.
peten t ler any ho [kora il member to bring
in a bill to reunite th ingS 'forteeeistra-
tion pu pnses. He i I kewise read the
opinion . of the honOr ble meMber for
'North L ed.s, who had just spoken, and
-ShOWect that his vie s of the matter'
nenst. h ve changedl very materially.
He haderever heard an, reason given for
the division of the County of Huron for
Itegistration . purposes . until lie came
down_ here, and then the only season
he heard offered was tlbat a large peti-
tiou had been sent (lova to the Govern-
ment a4ing thein to ( ivide the 0ourity,
but with regard to th 't petition he had
only to , ay that a gen leman belongiug
.to the vi lage of Blytb' and any .r.erson
acquaintin d with the I.! entlemawould
not dispute his woe& for an instant,
stated b -fore -C
the ommittee how that
petition els- got up,' Which was. iti this
way, at funeral Mr. Pat Kelly stood at
the gate of the graveyard and . got the
co n se,n t cif the . parties .las they ' paseed.
whieli adts the reason A large proportion
of the- s'gliatures were- written .in the
-.mule hat d., As to the yell c of petitions,
he relate. 4 to -what the] honor:( ele mein-
-ber for incoln had sail t ie other day, ,
'tto thtfe ect that he h d received two
petitibn*, one asking o re thing and the
other ex; etiv the res e se, and; in look-
ing them. over, he found the same names
on both petitions. In the that place,
Mr. Speaker, we Will lpave to tax the
ratepayers the sum of 1$8,000 to build
a Registry Office, and, lose from $1,500
to $2,000 yearly, and then the ratepay-
ers of the North Riding will. 'be pat to
an unnecessary annoya ice,, trouble and
expense. I 'Then they -have' anything to
do in the pibile departtnents, they will
first Inive to go to Blyt, and then go to
Goderichto search tilie Sheriff's and
Treaertrer's ffices. lie next showed_ by
the enmity *ouricil minutes the unani-
mous feeling of the County Council with
regard. to th - matter ; that.in three dif-
ferent years ; no anim ous Vot , was passed,
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petitronnag t re Legislature th reurtite the
County. TI e gentlemen on the Pppoei-
tion had mac 6 this question .a political
cry, but he e old .also tell thein. it had.
'been made a cry against him' in his elec-
tion, and. th question !was aseed of the
electors who her they \Ole 1prepared to
vote foi• the man who was going1to sap:
port a Gover nment whech would :not re-
anite thetRidings for . legis ration pur-
poses. He put the oJuesti9n,if every
County in the Province iad been divided
and the same grieva,n e felt iti each,
would this House dare olrefu-se to rem--
i
etly the evil, and, forsooth; because we
were di ided against ou wishes, and,
nother Governro ut had done
-e to suffer forall time?1 Have
ere to do what is Iwrong Or what
Tbe laws of this Heine are
he Jaws of the Medes aid Per-
alterable.In &inclusion, all .
say was, that the question for ,
gentleman to decide was,
the interests of a single iudia
the rights, interedt and. ' conve-
h on the Reg -
Bill.
psis of the speech
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because
it, were
we met -
is right?
not like
siane—u
he had t
honora.b1
whether
vidual o
nience of the wholepeopleref the County
of Hurohl shonld be deemed the more
im.por b aut.
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shall notithink of it the:less,"
ens; and he seemed much
That man occupied in sever
labor rarely see threeeeere
that thei end when it does co
sudden, ire facts which me
may be ab1e to explain to the'
isfaction, but which are not to
Recently we recorded the deal
of the few surviving members
of writer
mark in
present
the edito
his friend ark Lenion in
four years o. 1 He w a s
robust inan, took good e of
and could not have
worked. Yet he has
before passing the fat
years. The little band who e tablished
or worked at an early period f rePiarch
are nearly ell dead—Douglas Jerrold,
Gilbert A'Beckett, Thacketa , Leech,
Tom Hood, he bialthers Brough, Lemon,
and now Shiney Brooks. Je rold was
only lifty-foUr when he died, and Thule-
eray fifty-two. Poor Leech Was' only
forty-seven. Yet these men all accom-
plished an cLormous amount of work in
the scanty years allotted to them, and
some of them built up undying • reputa-
tions. Few men of fifty-two have so
much to show for twenty years of -work
as Thackerey—and it is. within the
period of twenty years that almost all
his work was done. The name of Ma-
cealay is imperishable—yet Macaulay
died in his fifty-ninth year, Of Mr.
Shirley Btooks we can only say that he
wasia Most genial and witty man, an ac-
complished .scholar, a writer of some of
the best English to be found in the peri-
odical literature of the d.ay, a thoroughly
upright man, a faithful:friend. was
the author. Of 'many :of the best things
which have appeared in Punch of late
years—such as the parody on Hiawatha,
the Essenee of Parliament, most of the
best1versee, and nearly all the charming
papers on the social follies or extrava-
gances of the (ley which have often ren-
dered J'anch a distinct power for good.
Witlt him, to the best ,of our belief,.
dies dre lag of the old. staff of Punch.
His I ss will be greatly regretted in his
OWn 3Oufltry ; and perhaps everywhere
- it wilil remind. his comrades of the pea
that they are engaged in a field which 4s
coveredwith the slain, &lid that ler all
of. us' the night is near at hand in
which 1 no man can work.—Ke-w York.
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t From Muskoka.
ThOollowing is an extract froin a pri-
vate latter recently received from Mr,
John Parlincr, formerly of McKillop, and
now r•eiaidiue in the township 6f Stisted,
Muskoka. -Mr. 'Darling's many sfriende
iu this ‘Isection will join with us in an ea-
pressitix of pleasure et his continued
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prosper'ty in Muskoka. Be says:
' 'We, have bad a busy time lately witb.
the election, but new ie is over, and
we hate gotsettled doan to our old
WATS again. The .11eform caudidate was
elected 1. by -a majority of 309,—not bad
for a piece like this, Three years ago,
when I 4e4leit here; there was not any
person living in this. township, and now
there is carcely a let but is taken up,
.There w11 be a Council elected itt a week
or two,• so you will see that we are
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making some progress. The .Govera-
-ment eo nmenced to make a new road
into thi township last simmer. It is
now co pleted tO within e mile and a
, 1 -.
coatinued ose past 1)(31 elmy farm.
qoarter froirt myplace, aud uext summer
it will
We are going to .dilcl a chureb le the
spring, for which. ,e have got the timber
all ready. it will be Wilt of pine .tim-
ber, flattened Clow 1 to eight inches. lt
is, as yet, a hard job building a goed
house here, as all itelumbar lias tA be
sawn With A whip au;. 'tie lumber for
the Church was'7-aii sawn by hand. . Ve
had eerviee here 1111 last summer, 'he
Presbytery having sent us students ie
the vacation. Th re are two saw -m lls
in course of &tette 1 at the present tiine
in this 'township, a id a.grist=min wilt be
built next summe-. ',Crops were v ry
ear: Wheat is, i ot
are So far from a mill, ,
Two or three of my
sown last year and
rop. Oats and hey
rope grown, as there
is a featly Sale for them, the lumbermen
taking all that we bave to spate. Oats
good in here last
mech (frown. as we
but Aloes not bad
neighbors bad som
• it. was a middling
are the principal
Th Late Shirley If.rooka.
was talking to him cite day
Mr. orster tells xis that Charles
Dickens
about th, premature deathh o his old
literary_ associates. " It is f a° use
talking about it," said Forst r. "We
sid Dick-
epressed.
mental
ears, and
e is very
ical men
own sat-
e denied.
h of one
f a group
siderable
e of the
Brooks,
ceeded to
bat office
°lig an&
•ts health,
eh over -
ick down
of sixty
who have ma
the English
entu y. Mr.
of Purz-ch, o
ag
e a co
ra,tu
Shine
V sir*
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en
d lin
palmy of 60 per cent. bet -wean the jutlso
merit of two Assessors judging eimilar
property in two different townships, or
of two different Assessors in the 'sante
township in different years, and yet, in-
stead of -approximating even as closely as
this to the real value, it ver3). frequently
hieppens, nay rather is it not the rule,
that property is not assessed at more
than from 50 to 60 per cent. 61 its sitnple
left side, which wiift, it is feared, result
fatally.
--Rev. Dr. Jerreings, ISaistor of Bay
street Canada Presbyterian Church, TO-
ronto, has, on account of ill health, re-
ceived permission from the Presbytery
to retire from active ministerial deties.
The reverend Doctor has been pastor of
the'church Mimed fOr over 36 years.
—A serious affair of practical joking
value ? and so assesseal with 'the perfect was carried out at tie saw -mills of Mr.
knowledge and confeseion a- the time Wagner, on Adele de street, Toronto,
that such is the case. It is Surely high on Monday, by wbieh one of the work-
tim e that such an au omalous state of affairs men near] y lost his life. By Way of a
should. be brought to a close. Just how joke a man named Robert Aikine put
this is to be dorm may not be .quite so some eroton oil in the dinner can of a
etisy of solution, yet I think tin attempt, fellow workman, which made him very
atimprovement is worthy ofl au .fltnt ill, andewhich, had Medical aid. not been
For Barely whea the parties who appoint iromediately promired, would haVe
the Assessors wheu they come to sib- in proved fatal. 1
solemn conclave, in the forte of an Equal- —Hon: 'Mtn C'Oennor has opened. an
ization Committee, are in but little bet- office in the city of 'Ottawa, and intends
ter plight than their delniquent officers, hereafter practicing his profession in
perhaps not even quite so good. .If you that city.
think well, Mr. Editor, to yentilate this ----Pickpockets seem to be roausually
matter through the mediuni of your numerous on railway trains and at sta-
widely circulated. journal, an attempt to tions. Scarcely A day passes but report -
present a better system mae probably ed losses through -these scotindrels are
form the subject of another ar icle. This chronicled. A few deys ago a farmer
is intended as provocative of discussion. from near Galt had. a purse containing
fl Tnomi-so.N. some :$40 taken from bis pocket -while
CONST INCE, March 10,.1874. sitting in the waitina room at Harrisburg
, station. A few days previously an old
Canadagentieinan who was atterichug a Sabbath
.
School convention at Paris had a purse
Eliza Grubb, a loose character, who was containing a stmell sans of money taken
committed to Hamilton jail by Pie Reeve from his pants pockets while making his
of Dundee about two
weeks age' gAve exit in the crowd frnm a passenger car
birth to a; coup e of bouiicing Jnidren at Paris station. Parties travelline
e otber day, she havuig previous 3 should look carefully after their \s allets.
been removed to the hospital. OtIr legis- —John B.- Gotigh the celebrated tem-
lators cleim Malt immigi•ants are rorth
oerauce orator, is to lecture in }Lung-
• :'1!,1,000 apiece to the country, and if tlitils* ton on the 30th of it z-treb.
be.: so, Surely native-born citizens ought _Hate R. ler. Scott bee. purchased the
to be of still more value', and the mother residence of Hoe: Dr. Tupper ie Ottawa,.
of these nttive-born Canadians shonld and has moved froni his country resi-
dence in the Provinee of Quebee to the
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send. in a e am for the bouus.
—A company has been ;formed for the city.
piirpese of sinking a salt or oils well at
Gadehill, a few miles east of .Stratford,
I in the County of Perth,
Mr. Arthur 3%IcMaster, brother of
Hon. Wm. McMaelter, of Toronto, on
Sunday night last fell dead in his pew
—The poaltry show held in Guelph in church. Mr. McMaster bad been
last week -was Udecided -success.! There well all the day, and in the evening had
were over no entries, ands nuMber of I walked from his leuse to the church
Nrery firtefofwls were shown. A i,neeting where his death occurred, He was
a of the prin ipal breeders was lidi at the beard to remark about 3 o'clock- in the
conelusion -if the fair, and a pouAry
as. afternoon that he had never felt better
sochition Mi -tis fOtMed. I since be had been in'itIontreal. He WAS
—Rev. Mr. 70 years of age. . ,
—Rev. John Scott, pastor of St. An-
drew's Church. London, has asked for
leave to reconsider his decision not to na-
iling previods, teem this cept the call extendkl to him same time
text : " Beloved, think it not Strange ago by the emigre -go -tam of North Bi uce.
concerning the fiery trial which is, to try Mr. Scott's reqaest: lass been granted,
you, as though'eome strange thing 'hap- and the matter will again come before
pened to
the Loudon Preebyiery When dit meets
you."
—At the Elora Live Stook Fair, held. on the 17th inst.
are 50 cents per bu,
and potatoes 50 pen
ing is very high in
pee barrel ; porhe f rola ten to twelve
,cents per pouad ; but in dry goods arid
groceries there ie ery little differenCe
from Seeforth. Nye had a zood crop Of
oats last year. - 1 le jl. nine acres in orie
field which was all i.early six feet ehigl..
tt
There was a mau e niug in that ha 1
land am had up, ahad ten acres to
clear. When hec, me. in he told Me
that he bad been m king uphis mind tb
settle with the men and bid. thie place
adieu. . He said things looked_ so miser-
able corning up, but when he arrived'
here, he eves so much pleased with. the
1)1fieq, instead of SettAug with his men'
he let other fifteen acres to clear, am
'took up 300 acres mote far his family.
JOHN. DARLING."
Assessors and Assessments, ;
To the. Edifor of the. Huron Expositor.
As you admit toyourcolumns an in-
telligent diseessiOn of . all questions of
pablic utility, I venture to make a few
remarks 11)OU a subject that seems not
to be suffi jenny well understood. I re-
fer to the SSOSsoi%E and their duty. At
the present time: Assessors are in , the
practice of going aroundein the perform-
ance of the task assigned them, in the
wiu ter tune, when the entire surface of
the county.- is concealed by, a marine of
snow. In meaty instances I think whole
townships :have been asdessed without
the officer ierfornling the duty ever see-
ing an aCi0 of the land. on which he is to
put a valoation. True, in some cases,
he might hit the imark closely enough,
hut surely the chances are, at least, ten
result. Now, I
the fact that the
at case made and
duty of the As -
at what it would
ent of a lawful
hel, hay $15 per ton •
s per bushel. Liv -
re. Flour is $6 75
to one against such a
submit, that, in view o
law of our lcountry int
provided, roakes it the
sessor to value the lam
be worth in the pay
debt, that such officer ought, at least, to
see the surface of th la-nd before he
pronounces his deeis on. And so of
stock and all personal property, but this
can never be, so long aa winter assess-
ments are persisted irt. Indeed, I can-
not see any reason why that season of
the year should be selected for that ser-
vice, unless it be on the prineiple that
there is then nothing else to be clone that
would. pay 80 well. There is, to be sure,
a very liberal margin allowed for the1
.Assessor's judgment, ;as compared with1
the absolute value, thatia, a margin of!
30per cent. Now, iff that means 30 per
cent. either above orb below the valtte,1
that wouldseem to 'low for a discr&
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who so narrow13
in the burning
Railway, preael
the Sabbath eve
Hooper, of -St. Marys,
escaped a terrible death
ar on Ora Great Western
ed in his oven church on
last week, Professor McCandless, of the
Ontario Model ?'arm, bought two, span
of horses. for A% ark on the farm.One
11mwas a matchet teaoi blacks, iyvhieh
stood over 16 1 ande, rising foari anci
were purchased for $370. The lother
team were dark greys, and Were bbught
for $300. ' - I
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—1,\Ir. Telfer, araimporter and biteeder
of Durham stocI, iu the County of %Yel-
lin iton, last m•eak sold a two-vear old
bull fi'a• $300. 4. week or two agio the
same geutleinan sold one of the same age
for $250.
--David A. Hopper, a School teacher
in the township of Amabel, County of
Bruce, while on his way to school, one
morning lately,, was coufronted by a
large black bear, which disputed the
thoroughfare wi- Hr
h him. opper etired
i
pirecipitately to is boarding. housea pro-
cured a gun, s rot the bear, arid, then
went and opencel his school. ,
,
—In it retrospective mood the Paisley
Advocate says: ' " Eighteen years 'ago,
and about this ti;nae of the year, thofirst
Woug Chin Fdo. the Chinese lec-
turer, and his agent left London, after
deliverinet'his lecture there, forgetting to
settle his botel and printing bills.
—An old lady named: Mre. Clarissa
Wilson died in St. Catherines on Satur-
day at the advaresed age of 110 years.
—Rev. Mr. Potts, pastor of the Metro-
politan Churcla Toronto, was lately
waited on by a deputation of five gentle-
men from the United States, with a res
quest that he woulti, accept the pastor-
ship of a church on the Aloe. side of the
border, at a salary of. 0,000 per annum, .
or at any reasonable' sum a.cceptable to
him Zile reveren4entleman informed
the deputation that ie had DO = desire pr.
ihttntion of changing his .preeent posi-
tion.
—A man named Edward Snaith, a
moulder in a foundrY Oshawa, recent-
ly met withitvery painful accierent.
While carrying a ladle of molten iron
from i$ fl
a furnace to hask, he, by some
accident, spilled some of the liquid on
his leg. • Having hit boots outside his
pants the -burning flaul ran down inside
grave was made in the Pai.adey burying tbe boot, seam,' th&tlesh on the sole of
ground. The co n Was conveyed aerose
the river on the ice, aud takea threugh
the woods on athand sleigh, 'and1the
grave was alug1 beneath overhanging
maple; in the alMost embrokea :foreat."
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_ —The shipment of timber over *le
Wellington, Grey and. &neer Railway
has commenced, four treins,:per (ley pass-
ing over the main line especially for this:
purpose. An itniense enrount of thia
winter, and it is calculated that, it wili
timber has beer got out during 1the
take two or three months to get it all
away, even at the rate mentioaed,
sides this timber., the, general' freight
business of the road is now very :good4
—The last mar ieipal ceuens of Oshawa
village gives it 0- population of 3,775.
--Jacob Helfotd, of Oshasta, 'while
dubgimg in a bender, smashed a pane of
glass in a bar -room window, awl in 1he
operation cut his wrist and severed an
artery; he will likely lose the use :of
his band.
--The British Avtericam Presbyterian
is an excellent religious and family paper,
which grows better as it gets older. ft
shoulc1 have a larger circulation than it
has in -this County, where there are eo
many Presbyterians. TWa dollars sent
to the office in Toronto will obtain it for
oue year. .
--A movement is on foot in London
to raise funds for:the purchase of e tes-
timonial for Rev. Father Crinnan ripen
.his departure fronr London i diocese to
Itecortie Bishop of Hamilton. _
d -s -Mr. Desbarats, pnblielier of the
Montreal Canaclianillustrated _Yews and
ovteinme.
rypuhlicatione, lia,s gone into insq.-
— A petition is being largely signed in
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London, having or its object the releade
of J. B. Cornwal from the Penitentiar, ,
where he is undergoing iinprisenmer t
for kidnapping a 'Southern refugee named
Britton. - -
—The burglaries which have been.
gomg on for some tone back in Torento
were surpassed by one that- took plaee
on Wednesday morning at an earlyhour,
when two men eatered the premises of
Mr. Dean, a butcher ou Blom. 'street,
Dean, hearing a noise, got up and enter-
ed into an encouriter wita the burglars.
They overma,steied him, threw him to
the ground, and. fted. Dean soon re-
coyered and gave chase, and was gaining
rapidly on'them, when one turned round
and fired a pistol, wOunding him in the
his foot so severely that -he had to be
carried home, where be will be confined
to bed for several weeks. •
— The recent snow Aorta seems to have
.been much :more seitere aorth east of -
this than it was- here. Reports from
Barrie an i. Colliegwood say the roads
leading iilto the wintry were blocked
up. The , cold was intense, and. travel
was very ranch impeded. It was by far
the worst Snow etoraf of the season. 1
Usbcime. 4
COUNCIL M.Eene-ad—Council met pur-
suant to adjournment, on March 7, 1874.
All the members resent. Minutes of
last regular and special meetings read
confirmed. Moved. by Mr. Elder, sec-
onded by Mr. Htieter, that Mrs. Clack
receiee $10 for relief—Carried. On a
petition from N. J. Clark and others
praying that a ta,verti license be granted
to Mr. James Davis being read, it was
moved by Mr. Edo, seconded by Mr.
Hunter, that the prayer of said petition
be not granted—Carned. Moved by
:Nit*. Hackney, seconded by Mr. Hunter,
that Messrs. Thomas Oase, D. Kirk and
Wm. Quinton be fehiseviewers for the
present year---Carried2 Moved by- Mr.
Hunter, seconded by Mr. Brock, that
the applications of Messrs. Snell, Potts,
St. John and Moffatt for certificateaefor
tavern licenses be granted, as the Inspec-
tors report they hate the accommoda-
tions required by law—Carried. Moved
by Mr. Hackney, secondud by Hun-
ter, that Messrs. Wm. Harding, John
Dempsey, Sr., James Gilmore, Simon
Campbell, Matthew Routly, John Hazel-
wood, George Low aed Thomas Pollard
be poundeeepers for the present year—
Carried. Moved by Mr. Elder, seconded
by Mr. Brock, that Messrs. J• Hackney,
L. Hunter and the mover be it committee
to xamine certain bridges in the north
west ward and on the north and north
east boundary Catried. Moved by
Mr. Hackney, seconded by Mr. Elder,
that the Clerk notify Mr. T. Jacques
that unless he removes his fence off the
side road between between Lots A and.
3, before the 1st day of May next, legal
proceelings will he taken against him—
Carried. Moved by Mr. Elder, second-
ed by Mr. Brock, that the account of
White & Sons, for printing, lie over till
next meetihg of Corkapil--Cateded. On
motion Cknencil adjoarotel to first Satur-
day in April.
SANDEL P. HALLS, Clerk
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