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Ay 22, 1874.
The Pigmy People f .Afriott.
Bayard Taylor, who Is at present
ti.aveling in, Egypt, writes ias. follows of
the recently discovered pignily race in
Africa :
" The Khedive spoke qf a /lace of pig-
mies which had been discovered in the
very heart of Central Afri a, beyond the
land of the Nyam-Nyams a4d advisecl
us to look at two natives O the tribe
which had recently reach ilairo.' . On.
leaving the palace of Abd en, therefore,
we drove immediately- to th4 palaCe of
the Nile near Botilak, whe e they are
now kept. On making in pa ry the sol-
diers in the inner court} immediately
pointed out two small boy (apparently),
wearing the fez, and (Tree edi in jackets
and trowsers of white w401.1 I should
have taken them for ehildren of some
Ethiopian tribe at the firt glance, and
was not satisfied, until af er a close in-
spection, that one of theija Was a full-
.
!
I
grown man.
The sokliers brought thcj ginies for-
ward for our inspection. fhey came,
'tali willingly, half with ap. air of defi-
ance or of protest agains t, e superior.
1.
.A.
strength which surround& th M. .tall
Dinka from the White N. e, blacker
than eha,rcoal, who accon pa ied them,
spoke a little Arabic, an II. was thus
able to get a little additioi al information
through him. He assured me that the
pigmies were called it aau; • that their
country was a journey of a year and b,
JM from Khartoum (prol ably the time
occupied by a trading ex edition. in go-
ing thither and returning, and that the
place from which they . tame had the
name of Talskatikat. Th taller one of
the two pigmies, Tubbul,I by name, was
2 r0 years old. ; the young r, Ka al, only
i:
10 or12.
The little fellows lookedat me with
bright, questioning steady eyes while I
examined and measured t em. Tubbul
Iin
L
was 46 inches in height, e legs beg
22 niches, and the body vith the head.
24. Head and. -arrna w re 4juite sym-
metrical, but the spine urv d. in re-
markably from. the shoal lers to the hip
joint, throwing out the a domen, which
was already distended, froiab1y from.
their diet of 'beams and b nanat. Yet
the head was erect, the s oulders on the
line of gravity, and- ther was no stoop
in the posture of the b dylas„ in the
South Africaaa bushrnen. Tuligul measured 26 inches around t e breast and
28 arouncl the abdomen; his hands and
feet were coarsely formed, but not large,
only the knee joints being disproportion-
ately thick and clunisy. The facial an-.
gle was fully up to the a.iera,ge ; there
was a good. developnient f brain, fine
intelligent eyes, :ancl a no e so flattened
that in looking down the iforehead froin
above one saw only the lips projecting
beyond it. The nostrils were astonish-
ingly -wide and square ; he 'complexion
was that of a dark mulat
The boy Karal was 4 - Mahe§ high,
with the same genera proportions.
Both had woolly hair, cut short in front,
but covering the crown nf1i a circular
cap of crisp little rolls. Tubbul's age
showed. itself, on nearer amination, in
his hands, feet and. joints, as. well as his
face.- He had nch beard, but was evi-
dently of viriile years. I lifted him
• from the ground, and sh uld not esti-
mate his weight at more t -Ian 65 pounds.
The soldiers related that Fieither of the
two had. learned more than_ a few words
of Arabic, but that theyitalked a great
deal to each Other in their l own language.
At a recent meeting of t
stitute it -waS stated that
of these pigmies has no
that of any other in Gen.
The countay of Naam,
or Whatever may be its
reported to be an eqau
covered with low, den
which the pigmies hide,
tOld me that they are pn
.by no means despicab
larger negro neighbors,
active ancl difficult to. fi
native, jungles. Dr. S
poses them to be the pi
by Herodotus. The
hardly find. an inter
tween man and monkey
curious -physical peculi
the curvature. of the s
mouth, with fiat but di
lips and the squreness
the nostrils are not of a si
In fast, they look less Lk
zee than several of -the
negro tribes."
Egyptian In -
the language
esembIance to
al Africa.
or Talckatikat,
orrect naine, is
rial table -land
thickets, in
The Khedive .
e waxlike, and
foes to their '
ince they are
among their
einfurth sup -
es mentioned
winians will
iate race be -
them. Their
r tiee; especially
Me, the ' wide
tinctly marked
tid breadth of
ian character.
the chirnpan-
tall and. athletic
• e
. , J
Governor Reynol
Some thirty odal year
an uncouth, illiterate ikx
named. Reynolds. He 1
of cOnamOn sense, much
ness, with some comic
been Governor of the
Commissioner, and seen
uncommonly popular
.At that time Illinois
State, sparsely ponula
the means of education
ment or much culture o
• Reynolds spoke frequei
yoking merriment, in st
without caring, apparen
Rouse was laughing wit
His phraseology was
oddities and quaintness
man. Every body wa
friend.." In opposing
for the navy he provok
Mr. Winthrop, Of Bost
the most courteous of
of the want of appreciati
noss and necessity of a
ed force for the water s
by Western men. jr.
ed. "My worthy 'Erie
does me wrong in Sayiu
navy. On the contraol
of Illinois.
go Illinois sent
n to Congress
d a strong vein
Mural shrewd -
mon He had
ate and Fund
d to have been
th his pc()
vas a, frontier
d, deficient in irom them.
vithout refine- found the stuff
• ny kind. Mr. ordeal very mac
y; always pro- • and aroma. Li
ieh he joined, nothing, but to
y, whether the a lot of ovens
•• . • Yard Snuff—o
up at the Astor Hou
gas and bellropes .w
comprehension.. Lying on
being a brilliant light in the
gan playing with th13 bell
finding it to yield. on pullin
a vigorous jerk. It was
immediately. " 'What di
Sir?" "Nothing at 411. C
glad to see you. Take a
getting to feel sort d lon
waiter, slightly as nishe I, sat clown
Without a word. The Gov rnOr had ta-
ken off his boots, and John Thomas took
them out to be polished wit out attract-
ing the attention of the F nd Commis-
sioner. After repea ed. efforts to blow
ont.the gas, andhudzug it iinpossiblc, he
went to bed.
In the morning he' miss cl his boots.
Rushing -into the ha11 half undrcssed, he
shouted. and shrieke tint' _he brought
up one of the propri4ors, a clerlt or two,
and no end of waiters. " Itr loots is
stole ! my boots is stble !" He was ask-
ed -what kind. of boot i he wore. " Num-
ber thirteen," he sere uned, " and pegged
at that."—The Old tager in .11arper's.
_ . -10-411 illik-
Happy A?cidents.
The cracking .of a itictureaolaced in the
sunshine set fan Eyck experimenting to
produce a varnish that would dry in the
shade. He found Wilat he sought, and
found besides that ijy mixing it with
d greater force and
ed no subseq-uent
e about the dis-
•'••
•••.,
e. $n.h things as
re far beyond his
e bed, there
room, he be -
handle, and,
g,he gave it
esponcled to
you wish,
me in. I'm
eat. I was
some." The
his colors they acquir
brilliancy, and requi
varnishing ; and so c
covery, or rediscovemof the art of paint-
ing in oil. Mezzotint, owed its inven-
tion by Prince Ruper., to the simple ac-
cident of a sentry's gan-barrel being rus-
ted by the dew. lidnry Schanward, a
Nuremberg glass-cuttdr, happened to let
some aquafortis fall
and noticed. the glass
softened where the aq
ed it. Taking the h '
accordingly, drew so
piece of glass, covere
mall and applied his
away th.e glass. aroun
that when he remov
figures appeared rai
ground; and etchin
added to the4srnamen
; Alois Senefelder, p1
thinking it possible
lieu of copper, polish
purpose. He was
mother coming into
with a request that h
her list of things fo
wonaan was Waiting'
away. There being
ink handy, Senefeld e
on his stone with his,etching preparation,
that he might copy 'them at his leisure.
Some time afterward, when about to
.elean the stone, he thought he might as
well see what wouldlbe"the effect of bit-
ing the stone with aqu.afortis, and in a,
few minutes saw the writing standing out
in relief. Taking up a pelt ball charged '
with printing ink,j he inked the stone,
took off a few im ressions upon paper,
and, he had. invent d lithography. • The
pelt ball used. by Seuefeldet was long in-
despensa.ble in a printing office. A Sal-
opian printer in a hurry to get on with
a job, could nota, find his ball, and inked
the form with 44i;ece of soft glue that
had. fallen out df the glue pot, with such
excellent results that he thenceforth dis-
caaded the pelt -ball altogether, and by
adding treacle t
from hardening,
tion of which pr.
since been'made.
• Three very di
recorded to have
tentional applic
Pliny attributes
to some in.ercha
who, stopping. or the banks of a river to
take a meal, wele at a loss for Stones to.
rest their kettles upon. - Putting them
upon pieces of i
fires; the nitre
mixecl with the
on his spectacles,
was corroded and
afortis had touch -
t he made a liquid
e figures upon a
them with var-
orroding fluid, cut
his drawing, so
the varnish the
ed upon a dark
upon glass was
al arts. .
ywright and actor,
etch bpon stone in
d a slab for the
clisturb1. by his
s small laboratory
would jot down
the wash, as the
to take the basket
neither paper nor
scribbled the items
the glue, to keep it
it upon the composi-
ter's rollers have ever
&rent discoveries are
resulted from the unin-
tion of intense heat.
the discovery of glass
s travelling with nitre,
BYLAWS NO, 1,
• 1874,
To raiSe by way of Loan the sum of
Twenty Thousand Dollars for the
‘- purinse of Purcb.asing the Northern
Gravel Road.
HEREAS, the Council of t
the,County of Hurou have
chase the NORTHERN GRA
tlae view of aboliehing the collec
all the Gravel Roads in the said
And. w-nunEAs, to carry int
remted objeet, it will be necessary for the Council
of the said Corporation to raise the sum of Twenty
Thousand Dollars -in the manner ?mreinafter men-
tioned.
• And WfaEREAS, the amountf elle-whole Inte-
1
able property in the County of H on, irrespective
of any future increase in the sa e and irrespec-
tive of any income to be derived. from the tenapar-
ary investment of the sinking fund hereinafter
• mentioned, or any part thereof accordileg to the
• last revised anti equalize:A Assessment Rolls of the
• said County, being for the year One Thousand
Eight Hundred and Seventy -Three, was Thirteen
Millions One Mancha and Ninety Thousand
Three Hundred and Seventy-FiveDollars.
And WHEREAS, the amount , of the existing
debt of the said County is as follows: Prinoipal,
Two Hundred and Fifty -Nine Thousand Eight
Hundred. and Thirty Dollars, for Gravel Road
Debentures, bearing interest at the rate of she per
cent. per annum. The annual interest to be paid
on the said debt is Fifteen Thousand Five Hund-
red and Eighteen Dollars and. Eighty Cents, upon
which debt there is no interest in arrear.
• And WHEREAS, it will require the sum of Twe
• Thousand Two Hundred Dollars to be raised an-
nually by special rate for the payment of the
said debb and interest, as also hereinafter men-
• tioned.
• And WHEREAS, for paying the interest and
• creating an equal annual Sinking Fund for paying
• the said sum of Twenty Thousand. Dollars and
interest all hOreillafterlllellti011ed, it will require
an equal annual epeoial rate of One Hundred and
Sixty Nine Handled andFifty-Ninths (160-959) of
a Mill in the Dollar, in addition to all other rates
and taxes to be levied in each year.
• Be it therefore enacted by the Connell of the
• Corporation of the County of Huron:
e Corporation -of
resolved to pur-
L ROAD, with
ion of Tells on
oun V.
effect the said
lst.---"Th&tit shall be lawful for the Warden of
the said County of Huron to raise by way of loan
from any person or persons, body or bodies cor-
porate, Who maybe willing to advance the same
upon the credit ofethe Debentures hereinafter
x.nentioned, a num not exceeding in the whole tho
sure of Twenty Thousand Dollars, and cause the
same to be paid into the hands oitlhe Treasurer of
the Contity aforesaid for the pm oses and with
the object above recited.
2(1.—That it shall be lawful for the said War-
den to cause any Amber of Debentures to be
• made for such stens of money, not less than One
Hundred Dollarsl each, and that thee said Deben-
• tures shall be settled with the seal of the se. id Cor-
poration and be signed by the Warden and coun-
tersigned by the Treasurer of the said County.
Bd.—That the said Debentures shall be made
payable in tweut • years at furthe t from the day
hereinafter meut oned for this -Law to take ef-
fect, at the offic of the Trees lir of the said
County of Huron, and shall have attached to
he interest an -
and Tretiourer.
them coupone for the payment of
nually, signed by the said Warde
4th/—That the said Debeotur
I shall be made out in the currenc3
sq that whole amount of said
not ed.ceed the before mentioned
Thousand Dollars, and they shall
the rate of six per cent. per ann
est shell be payable on the firstday of July in
each y' ar, and every year during the continuance
of the
73.
tre, they kindled their
dissolved by the heat,
and, and the merchants
were astonished Ito see a transparent mat-
ter flowing ove4 the ground, which was
nothing else bult glass. Charles Good-
year had for a number of years experi-
mented in vain, hoping to deprive India. -
rubber of its s sceptibility to the action
of heat or cold. Conversing with a friend
on the sabject, ie emphasized au. asser-
tion by flinging a piece Of sulphured rub-
ber across the room. It 'lighted. upon
the stove, and jwheu he picked it up, a
jew days after, rd, he fouud the intense
heat to which ii had been isubjected had
cronfer red upon he In dia- riibber just the
, qaality he had so long striven to impart
to it. Accord.* to some, he stumbled
upon the discovery in a different tna,n.ner ;
but, at any ratdo vulcanized India. -rubber
was the creatio4i. of an accident. . A Lim-,
erick tobacco .st looking dolefully at
his poor neigh .ors groping among the
smoulclerin,g ru)ins of his burned -out
shop, noticed tl,h.at some of them, after
trying the cont nts of certain canisters,
carefully loadedl their waistcoat pockets
e followed suit, and
Lad come ont of the fiery
improved in pungency
e the wise man he said
another iiplace, set up w
and before long Black.
herwise ii Irish, Black -
d " was alb the ra e with lovers t
11.1ged with the- guar - g ° al
nasal titillatio ; and in a few years 4:1 Ft3i
Lunclyfoot was rich mau, owing to the co
accident he thot ght had ruined him. A 1-1
would-be alcherliist, seeking to discover
what mixture ol earths would make the ri
strongest crucib,es, one day found he had n
made porcelain. Instead. of transmuting 6
metals, as he hitcl fondly hoped. to do,
Bottger transmuted himself; "as if he
s and Coupons
of this Donato
ebenturoa shall
oum of Twenty
bear interest at
which inter -
said. debentures, at the ofthe of the Treas-
urer -0 . the said County of Huron!
• 5th.—That for the purpose of 'forming a sinking
fund for the payment of the said Debentures and
the interest at the rate aforesaid, to become due
thereon an eqnal special rate of One Hundred and
Sixty Nine Hundred end Fifty -Ninths (160-959) of
a Millin the Dollar, shall in adilibion to all other
rates and taxes be raised, leviedi and collected in
each year upon all the rat4able property within
• the County of Huroo, during the cofttinuance of
the said -Debentures or any of them.
6th.—That this By-law shall take effect and
come into operation upon the first day of July,
One Thousand. Eight Hundred and Seventy -Four.
1• NOTIC
i .
i , • i
The above ts a true copy of fa proposed By -Law
i to be taken into consideration by the Municipal
' Council of the County of Huron, at Godelich, in
the amid. County, on the Fourth Day of June, 1874,
at the hour of two o'clock iu the afternoon, at
which time and place the members of the Council
are hereby required to attend for the purpose
aforesaid. , ,
PETER ADAMSON,
County Clerk.
County Clerk's Office, 1
925-14
Goderich, Feb. 26,1874. f.
EGG EMPORIUM.
•
The subscriber hereby thanks his nemerous
customers (=relents and others) for their liberal
patronage during the past seven years, and hopes,
by stria integrity and olose attention to business,
to merit their confidence and trade in the future.
Having greatly enlarged his premises during
-the winter, he is now prepared to pay the .
HIGHEST• CASH PRICE.
For any quantity of good fresh eggs, delivered
itt the
EGG EMPORIUM,
Main Street, SeafOrth.
Wanted by the aubscriber 25 ions of good dry
clean WHEAT STRAW.
D. D. WILSON.
Snenonmer, March 18,-1874. 828
TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.
• W. H OLIVER
Harness, Saddle and Collar
• MANUFACTURER,
• SEARORTH.
fa backwoods -
his. " worthy
appropriation
1 tho satire of
.always one of
en. He 'spoke
n of the useful-
spectable arm -
often betrayal
eYnolds rejoin- had. been touc ed with a conjurer
from Boston wand, he Was o4 a suddeh transformed
agin the from an alchemist into a potter." --
I love and ad- Numbers's Am:na1.
mire the navy. -Didn't inn- gallant -sail- ";"/Il'amturj'ir'll'"-- cssst— tssh-
mmrxrAmmae
RE MOV L.
ors win Imperishable ho
our worthy friends, tho
last war' Didn't them
fellows, Perry and Mac(
• hostile flag from off the.
1
make the TBritish lion
tut his tail be -
ween his legs ?"
Visiting Baltimore so
to C ongress, he was a4 lazed at many
things he saw. The aizel of the city be:
wildered him, and the "rowd of people
in the streets nearly d ove , him wild.
Passing down Pratt Stre t, early in the
morning, he came to, the Patapsco at the
time when the tide , was running strong
flood, it being nearly hig4 water. ISrnue
six hours afterward he i( ok another look
at the river, when it-a,s , almost low
tide. This rather puzz ed him, so to-
ward night he made anot mrevisit to the
wharves, and founcl the llticle coming in
again. This was too jmielt for him
" bang inersaid he, "if this don't beat
all my calculations—two I freshes in one
day, and nary a drop of la" l"
Going to New York f( r the first time
on business Connected w• ti the duties of
his office as Fund Co' issioner, he put
ors in fighting
British, in the
dashing young
onough, drive a
reat lakes, and
ihifter he citeae
- ;-
1 .
THE SEAFORD! SHAVI
- DtiESSI NC SA
T_TAsbeeu remove( to new tn.
John Logan's c4d eta.nd, ant
ertson Co. s lean ware Store
begs to state that Int has fitted
n first-class este )liehmenta
with every conveniere, and id.
it
hand a nice stockof
L4D1.ES CH1(4VaNS A
-
Of the latest styles: tlfle is also a
LA.DIES 1-.11AIR CO
AND HAIR
DON
„
raises, adjoining
opposite W. Rob -
The proprietor
up his new shop
ternained to make
He has also on
ND ,BRAI.DS
repaired to take in
And have them strilightened nd woited luta
1 Braids, Belts, $witche , ',Curls, &c,
Charges reaeonabl
' Gents' Wigs furnished on the-horteet notice
at less than city pri es. -
A call is reepectft4 solieitedt
807-52 WIT;LTAM NEWAIAN.
'
ea- e
nenaneseae
- eeee.
• SIGN OF THE SCOTCH COLLAR..
We have much pleas
The
KIRBY,
Reaping
OF HURON.
e in informing you that we have secured the services of
AtcLEOD, Kippen, aa GLeneral Agent fax the sale of
P ?:
E ,
The le.IRBY Machin s have not yet been fully introduc d into the County of Bfnron, leie. those
Farmers who were pre ent at the Eippen Reaping Match, a July, 16'7a, can form thc r own op nions
as to the merits of onr, Afachines. j
The Eirby xuachines iare simple in const etiou, Nisi). managed, very durable, ev ll do theix work
I,
equal to any machines :made,eandinc positivel the lighte t running maehines in th Dominion,. We
make and can supply Vo Farmers for the co ing WAS° the IiI1113Y COMJ3INEIk MOWER AND
REAPER, the BURDICK INDEPENDENT ELF RARI1N REAPER, and KIRB 'S NEW !TWO -
WHEEL MOWER. Me. McLEOD -will supply pamphlete, giving all informatton an4 certilicateS from
Farmers who have meld the Kirby. We trust the Farmers of Huron will sustain as in our effOrts to
supply them with firsticlass Ma -chines. Yourti truly,
4 A. HABITS, SON S.; CO.
1
•
CHARLES McLEOD, Kippen, P. O., •I .
JAMES AtAR1 TIN, S . Helens P. O., Agents.
BRANTFORD; March 1, 1874, 4
Mr. CHARLES
And
Mowing
achines.
826
G
RD
1_ -
SEWING V: ACHINE
Ligh
IS A STRONG
y Running M
_TELL ADAPTED FOR
chine
1
FAPVLY SEWING,
AND
Manufacturing Work.
1
At the Fairheld-throig'nout the Dominion, this Machine waS,pu
to some very severe testa by the
5
BEST JU )0 S THE COUNT Y COULD PRODUCE
ND BY THEM AWARDED
13 Prizeslin 1871, and 26 Prizes in 1872.
Its eiraplioity of construation, etrength and dur bility recommend it to all classes. It has a comedite
set of attachments, mi does all kinds of work.
INSTRUCTIONS IN ALL THE AT ACHMEb TS GleieN FREE OF CHARGE.
Gardner Se ving Machine ConINny, Hamilton, Ont.
PET9F! GRASSE, SEA.FORTEE:_,
th
Agent for e county of Hurien.
A ehnice assortment of light a ndheaey Harness,
Whips, Bells, Horse ClOthing, &e., -kept congtantly
. on hand. .Repairing promptly attended to, and
charges moderate. Remember the place, sign of
the Scotch Collar. W. H. OLIVER..
THE
HURON PLANING MILL.
286
- JlIESS.R8.- GRAY f SdOTT
-1-_zniG to announce that they have coinmenced
-' business in the shop lately occupied by Mr.
Martin, and are now prepared to 1111 orders for
Sashes, Doors, Blivds,
Ana all kinds of planed luruber.
CHEESE BOXES AND SETTERS,
FeeRM GATES, HAY RACKS, &c.
A good stock of Seasoned Lumber on hand.
Factory and lumber yard 011 Goderich street,
near Main, street.
Jig Sawing and Custom Planing neatly done.
A. GRAY. W. H: SCOTT.
MONEY ADVANCED
FOUNDRY.
The Gode ich Foun ry &Manufacturing Co.
B g to inform the public t at they are prepared to contractior
STEAM ENGIN ?S AND BOILERS ; FLOIJR, GRIST, AND SAW M LLS
SAWING M.A_CHINES, &c.
On hand—IRON AND WOO EN PtOWS, with steel boards;
GANG- PLOWS,1 CULTIVATORS, STRAW -CUTTER , &c
SUGAR ANij POTASH KE1 TLES iGRATE-B ARS
1 , WAGGON BOXE &e.
COOKING, PA LOB, AND BOX TOVES, ;of various kinds.
ALT PANS 1 MADE' TO ORDER.
SEAFORTII
ACE CULTURAL IMPLEMENT,
Sewing Maclaine, and.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
1\fr I) 0 b 111 M
SEWING _MACHINE DEPARTMENT.
I take pleasure in stating to tne publie, that
shall at all times have it stock of all tile different
kinds of Sewing Machines, with their varied pree-
tentions to merit, that timpurcha-sers may be able
to suit themselves at ond esteblishinent, without
inconvenience. The whole face - of the country
has beta', and still ist frequented by teens/mit
persons. My object is to cention the public
against buying anything but Standard Machines,
and of Regular Establiehed Agents, who can al-
ways be found, and whose waxmant and guarentee
can be relied on, and if the purchaser is not suited
with the kind they think they want, they can have
the privilege or caanging it for any other. We
have at all times a, new and fresh stock of the
Florence and Webster Machinee, as well es &11 the
other seanderd makes, which can be paid for on
very easy terms, en. if not satiefactory, cau be
• chenged for any other that may be desired.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
0. C. WILLSON
Can defy the world on Musical Instrumento, both
in Price and Quality, he cannot be surpassed.
The manufaeturers of Instruments which ha galls
have a reputation that dare not be questioned.
He sells for no second-chms firms. The Methu-
shek and Steinway Piano. dnce, Mason & 1(41111 -
lin, and Estey Organs and_ Melodeons.
IRON AND IBRASS CASTI GS, AND BLACKSMITH WORK.
BOILER AND SALT PAS REPAIRED ON SH.ORT NOTICE.
• TeeeNTY TO T TY -HORSE PO R TUBULAR BOILERS generally on hand. for sale.
All orde s addressed to the Comany or Secretary will receive prompt attention.
A. HODGE, 'ecretary and Trea urer. H. HORTON, President.
R. RUNCI AN, General Manager.
Lt LINTON
MARB IE WORliCS,
HIfRON' STREET,
Next door we
t of the Commercial Bte1.
MONUMENTS, HEADSTR ES)
Aid work of allelinds in American and lecireieni
Marble, designed end executed in. the b st style,
and at most reas4uable prices.
Mantles of Various Colored Ma hie sup-
PlUl on Short Notice. JI
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Granite letonuilnenes and Headstoni imported
to order.
W. H. COOPE
277 T. OALD
11
Jr.
Agent.
SEAF RT1- AND 1-TURO.,.
MARB1L WO( 111
TT 4: BROTJIE
- (Late of Hamilton,)
Would intimate to their numerous friends and the
general public that -they are prepared to fill all
orders_ for
'Monuments,- Heaiistones, Tab e Tops,
Mantles, • 8vc,
Granite HonumentS Imported ti..Order.
Woek of the best etele and art, and. .annot be
serpassedin this part Of Ontario.
- A call respectfnlly solicited. •
Opposite Logan p- jamieeot's St re,
MAIN STREET, SE eFORTH.
H. MB 'SETT.
E. MESSETT.
s.
(IN:Mortgage Security, in ench sums and for
such periods, and repayable in such manner
as the applicant may desire. Apply to
822'.52 A. G.,McDOUGALL, Seaforth.
'NY .
FARMERS 1ATTENT ON.
The Champion 1 ron
alrrow.
ALEX. ST -c\ --LRT, HEAR) tTli,
T_TAS on hand a large number of Iron Harrows
-L-I-• of his own nanu teture, which he ean guar-
antee as being o e of tem best working and most
serviceable Harr we en ele Reference is Made to
the lollowing gen Omen inn (mg others Who have.
these Harrows in use e Emile Fowler,' Hrdlett ;
Wm. -Fowler sea N. C( eeue, Tv -teem ;gni tb ; Janice
-
McIntosh, Hug Gri *ve, Angie; McLeod ,and
1
Charles Dodds , j cli- il up ; John Sellers, Grey.
These Harrows a e emu ant (eel to eive ent'sfaction.
A number of fitst'''-cla -s IX3filleIt WA 'ONS for
- sale. Wagens al -o made to order, or minted if
desired.- lineseshoeing repairing and genelell job-
bing attended t ; promptly as usual. Charges
moderate and wo 1 goot1. ,
Remember tlti4 brie blacksmith drop, Main
Street327 . 1 ALEX,, STEW 'ART.
, Seaforth.
WHO WAN rs MONEY?
A. STRONG SEAFORT
Will Loan Mone at a LOW RATE OP' INTER-
EST. either on le en oiVilhige Propert3.
Parties requiri g money should apply to him.
INSURE YO
AND YO
A. Stro
R PROP RTY
11 LIVE,
FLAX! FLAX F A*1
Important to Farnier;
ffiHE
undersignedhaving purchased. t
Flax Mills, formerly owned b3
Shantz, intendcarrying on the bus'
prepared to contract with Fanners foi
e Seaforth
Benjamin
ess, and is
THE GROWTH- pF 1FLAX.
LIBERAL INDU(EMENTIS'
Extended to Farmers -who w 11 furnish. GOOD
CLEAN LAND, and in all cages CASH will Lie
paid ou delivery of Flex at my ills. '
SEED and further informati in can be had. at
Mr. Hill's Store.
880 JtHN BEATTIE.
TO CHEESE FA TORIES.
D. McGREGOR,
BOOKBINDER, HAI?I'1,710.1EY,
• Would 'call attentiorh to his
Milk Books, Pass Books and Large
• Sheets.
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ACRICULTUPAL IMPLEMENTS.
Such as Straw Cutters, Grain Crushers, Root
Cutters, Sewing Machines and Horse Powers, all
of the best, alTveye on hand,
I RON HARROWS.
Now is the time to purthase
4.0E12
The Best ill 116C.
A few only on hand. Cell and got Of18 before they
are all gone. In the year 1870 I sold SO of these
Harrows; )871, SO 'Were 601t1 by me* in 1872,
I sold '• and in 1873 my sales rea'cieed over
150. Th'it; is the best proof that can be offered
of the satisfaction which the Harrows give.
O. C. WILLSON,
Market -street, &Werth, 825
FARMERS, 1_00K HERE,
li you want a first-cla ss Plow doe'b forget to esslon
• (4-. WiLLIAMSO.N,
Who has taken to many prizes at the ProVincial
Exhibitions ft); seyeral yeers peat. I would call
;special attention to my IRON BEAM PLOW,
which gives stich entire satiefaction to all -who have
used it. It inekes good work and is very light of
draft. As a proof the superiority of my Plowtover
those of all other manufacturers, intending ptir-
chasere sleould remember that I took the 1st prize
at the Provincial Exhibition of 1872 and the let
and 2nd prizes at the Provincial Exhibition, 1878.
All kinds of repairing doneto plows onthe shortest
notice. Also Grey -plows properly repaired. Call
and examine before purchasing elsewhere.
827-12 G. IN'ILLIAIISON, Seafortle.
THE SEAFORTH
PLOW FACTORY.
MONROE, 8f. HOGAN,
SEAFORTH,
Beg to direct the -attention of fhe terming corn-
paunity to their Superior PLOWS.
THEIR, IRON PLOW
, Has become a general favorite, and with improve -
The Beet and Cheapest for Keeping Accounts in ments made since laet season, thley have no hesita-
the Province. Sold by 1 tion in guaranteeing it to be ut leaet (eine]. to any
other plow manufactured.
JOHNSON 1.3110THERSi
33-6 Hardware Merchants, Seaforth.
LUMBER, LUMBER..
THE Subscriber ieturne thanks to hie minierous
fri elide and custom ere for thelibetal patrenage
theei have slenviehini for tee :last 1 yetirs, and
bop4s for it eontinuance of thear favors. All par-
ties 'in want of
LUIViaen
For Building,
Fencing,' or
'Draining,
it to tlitir advantage Ito him a call.
J (MN .
33reH Steam Saw Mill, McKillop.
BRICKS BRIOKS
JOHN & JAMES ,SPROAT
T_TKVE now their Mick Yard in full operation,
ha-l-slevlictolinv Iles east, of Egemenlville, nhere , they
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Tjtoesontle of Be;ek
THEIR IRON` BEAM PLOW,
With wooden handles, is One of the best and moat
useful plows, for general nee, manufactured.
MONTIOE HOGA.:3.
Now manufacture the cell-brateit
THISTLE CUTTER PLOW
With Vv-rought Iron Beitm, They are the only
inanufacturers who eupplv this favorite plow with
a. Wrought Iron Bonn. this pilow is said. for $17,
the }quer! price at welch. other manufatturere sdll
the cast iron beam.
. Both in iron andSCwI(7,0Fdr,LnEn:ISe' to aerder on the
shorteet notiee.
HEPAIRIN(.=
of every deserint ion promptly attended to.
None hot tbs. very beet materiel, both in iron
and na,od, used, and s porde:aim from us
may rely upon ;letting a geo-1 aue, aurahie article.
:MONROE & HOGAN,
Plow Manufacturers, Seaforth.
N. 11,-- Graye's Menld Boenle kept on hand for
repairing. • 326
THE - FARM RS' FRIEND1
GRASSIE,
Of the Scaforth Carriage \Wein, having a Id off
all hie :sleighs and. cutters, is lauw hnt.Ry niantz-.
Already 7ilon)tle1 of a E;;.1 perior (reality and sitee. fadurilig
335 J. e'n SPROAT. WAGONS AND BUGGIES.
e
n
y eirly1.18:; eBIeVtli;grefgfie xngliiele:'uttilT1711i1r)1; 4:1111:illettld-:::1)1rittili-1;11:it.•o lanai, are
made. of the
SeafOrth. THE SEAFORTII PA r . .
IS A SO GENT TOR
The Scottish Provinci
Fire and Life.
The Western Insuranc4 Company, of T erento—
Fire and Life.
The Isolated Risk l'insurance Com any, of
Canada.
Terms as reasonable is offered by a v other
agent doing business for eliable Companies.
OFFICE—over Stron Fa.irley's lurocery
Store, Main Street Seafoth. 252
1 Insurance Co npany—
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RAIN AND BACON-
Thoronliiy cured and ofieenent quality for
sale wholesale and retell,
The Trade liberally deal with. 'All orders
promptly attenses to.
THOMAS ;STEPHENS,
B271 proprietor.
1:itIlatopeoriseitei(enaittiosfetheitieuni,
Ho ii nat; itvoritbit tams
as any in the trade.
NO LONG CREDIT.
Mr. Grassie is determined to evil cheap, end will
hereafter give only short ertelit.
Repelling and General lelacksmithing attended
to r.s usual.
WILLIAM GRASSIE,