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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-07-31, Page 2Ju Lt 24, 1874 PUNT N011et ber being &bent to Retire freeniBuSi nese in. 3RUSS ELS, histarge aut wen asSorted stoe AND FANCY: DRY GOODS, rZLVERY,111,4 'TLES, AND C GROGERESI 32)W.A.11, 9O7S it7D SITOEgs AS THE STOOK Sy E COST. tStE Be Reclued TO a:gotta= amount by the OF OCTOBER le on which he retires in favor ofhs Successor, ROGERS, ESQ. O DELAWARE, purchasers will find this a rare 0 !airy to obtain Goods at porttt- ,LESALE PRICE& ANY Qt1-ANTITY OF PRODIM "e in EX la nge or Goods Ader Cbst twill continue ta sell to his old friewirs- Mere on the usual terms of credie. LIVINGST BRUSSELS. lemeneememeemenimenamosnomenina SlEVENT11 Ii10:111{. WHOLE NO. 347. f EAFORTII FRIDAY, JULY 31 1874. BleLEAN BROTHERS, Publishers. Si 50 a Year, ID fl4flH4. 4tillt (*Ade tor Ade. FARM FOR SALE. G-OQD FARM, being West 4 of Lot No., 4, Con. 6, Grey, coritaining 50 sores, 85 acres cleared and in good cendition; frame barn, frame house and good oellar; a never -failing -well of water oloso by themes also a fine bearing oreh- ard attaelted; this property is situated about 3 miles from Brussels, a station on the Wellington, Grey an.d Bruce Railway ; and will be sold on reasonable terms, pouSeseion can be given on Jan. 1, 1675. For furth0 partienlers apply to the proprietor on the premises, or, if by letter, to Brusaels P. 0. 347-4 WM. lAeD ON ALD BUILDING LOT FdIR. SALE BY AUCTION, b1.0 Buildng Lot, situated on Mill a .t -Street, oppoeite $h.e Railway Station, will be sold by Public Audio , on. the ground, on SAT- URD.A.Y, AUGUST 8, t 2 o'c look P. M. Title in- disputable. Terris ilade known on the day of sale. For farther pa ticulars apply to Mr. DALY, Egraondville, or to th undersigned proprietor. e4.6*8 SAMUEL IIA -RT. HOTEL FOR SALE. Tf'UE subscriber wisl bag to retire -from the Hotel business, offers fo sale his hotel known as the Vietoria House,hi th thriving village of Brussels. The house is comma( ons with good stable and oattle yards attached, and is situated in the centre of the business part ot the -village. Satisfactory reason given for Belli g. For further partici-liars apply, if byletter pre aid. to the proprietor on the preraises,or to0. R. C OPER & Oo„ Brussels P, O. 346 VA. SIMPSON, Proprietor. FARM FOR SALE. ST half of Lot 22, •Cori. 14, Hibbert, con- taining 50 acres, about 45 of which are clear- ed, well fenced and in a state of first-class cultiva- tion; good log house and first-clasS frame barn and stables; 2 good ells -with pumps in them. For feather pertionlar pply on the ?retrains, or by letter to Lan dey P O. 346 JAMES MeRENZIE. HOUSE & LOT in EGMONDVILLE for SALE , VOR SALE, that lesirable and handsomely -I: situated privatere idence in the Village of Eg- mondville, Inaciwn a. the Egmondville Meals°. Thehonse is please') ly situated and is commo- dious and comforts de. There is a good well, woodhouseand other ienessary conveniences. The lot contains one acre , Of land, a.nd is well planted with bearing fruit ti eea of various kinds. For further particulars apply at the ExPOSITOrs 01TICE, Seaforth.. 846 FARM FOR SALE, LOP 23. Con.4, If y, half mile from Zurich Gravelltoatl,100 ems, 70 acres cleared; frame barn and stables ; ood orchard; well watered. Will be sold either ith or without crop, as pre- ferred. For further inxticulters enquire on the premises, or by lette to Rodgerville P. 0. 34248. JOHN JOHNSON. FARI FOR SALE. . L0T No. 5, Con. 4,Itullett ; 140 acres, more or less, 80 acres cleaed. Plenty of water, and the north branch of the. Maitland River runnine through the 18 acre busb; good fences. Apply or the premises to the roprietor, JAMES MARTIN, 308 / or address Constance P-. 0 .. ;TEAM SAW Mid, RE [Ner Lot 34, Co '" acres, all eleared„ ',-wo good orchards in Mg springs which supply on. 9 containing 48 :s situated 6 miles ravel road thereto. an the premises. If 30N, Constance P. 0r' AND FARM FOR SALE , 7, McKillop, containing kith good barns and stables 'fell bearing; two never -fail the mill. Also, lot. acres of bnall. The propertl from Seaforth, with a gooc For 1 urther partieul a rs apple by post to JOHN THOMP Kinburn, Ont. 260 10' 35 Mc- are ion. twc s FARM FOR SA.LE, Lots 26 Killop, containing eleared and in a first-eilass and thoroughly undelnirained. two-story brick housel, large fraane barns and bearing orchard. The FOR, SALE. and 27, Cons: 3 and 4, 175 acres, 150 acres state of cultiva There is a lfirgi good ont-buildings, also sheds. There is a large farm is watered by a never. failing: spring. It is situated on the .Northern Gravel Road, within two miles of the village of S-eaforth. For further particulars apply on. the prethises or to Seaford). P. 0. 842. ROBERT GOVENLOCRe LOT No. 22, acres 85 acres of a mile from bank bern, with b.ouses.' large a good.never-failine well- the land acresof orchard Mg. For terms premises, or 310 FAR1 FOR. SALE. Con. 7, McKillop, containing eI o.red ; 41 miles from Seafprth; the 'orthern Gravel Roed ; large sta "hale below ; also, other new c nerete house, well finie spring creek; also, a is cle u end of good quality three of very best fruit trees, all andlother particulars apply on adrese d I A.NDREW COWAN, Seafc4h. 104 out- ed ; ood ear - the FARM VOR SALE, --half of lot 12, McKillop, well fenced, and timbered with end new log belles and a half from the village sawmille within ichoals and stores. proprietor on Winthrop P. 280',4 FOR pALE IN McKILLOP.I ti, god Farm, composed. of North 15 and. the west half of lot 14, Con. (, contab ing 100 acres, 50 eleered and in good cultivation; balance well hardwood; a good frame house barn; good bearing or -cloud; two froi 1 a good gravel road; 10 miles of ,7_ eaforth ; there are two steam 8.1 Iles; convenient to chtrehes, For partienlare apply to the the remises, or, if by letter, to 0. JAMES lefoDON.A.L13. FAR. FO•R SALE. . _ VOR SALE, Lot No. 33, Con. 3, L. R. S. Tuok ' ersmith, ctai ling 100 acres, 75 of which are on domed, well fenced, end in a state of geed cultiva- tion. There ie a goc(1 new fraane house and ex- cellent frame barns, sheds and stables, also a goed bearing orchard.; T e farm is watered by a never - failing spring and ell., This farm is situated within one mile tu (1 f/. ' half of Brneefield, and within about 6 mile of Clinton and Seaforth, with good gravel roads rn fling to each of t,hese pieces. For further partici] ars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to rneefield P. 0. 3.1 " KENNETH McLELLAN. FAR THAT Nir011-1:110W11 - tante nabob:line. prisiug 145 acres, 10i state of cultivetione quality, all web fen frame barn, shed, gijanary good state of repair, inaureuee 1,00U, iu very giiod orchard aid gravel road running ent to alone:hes, sehools, market. Ally per, o or pie entre can hardly For partieulars amply premises, Or if by 10ter 348-12 FOR SALE.. • IIITC1. owned by Hugh the village of Brueefiend,,sQ/ acres cleared and in a 5 acres unt..ulled bush of ed ; good frame house 44e.30, and cow house, all one-half nearly new; present the Loirdon Mutuel ; also 3 wells on the promisee along side and front, conveni- stores, cheese frmtory A wishing to farm for profit find a better situation. to the proprietor on to Brueetiele P. 0. . .HUGII MUSTARD. Mn- LI - high best in a ; and the FARM FOR SALE. FUM TORQNTO TO DULUTH. IWorthern llitilway Sig 1 i---Collingwood—Th ' The Itlettottitee—In Wu-, &c. ON BOARD TAR STEAM BAKE EtuRON Corresiindence of the I,Prom Toronto to Bi Northetn Railway, is a try,. The fields are apperently well till- ed and the farm, house i and buildings are handsome and col odioue. Near Torontol the country se ins to be quite clad -settled, es it doubtl ss is, but as we recede from thatcity it ssurnes a newer appearance. Barrie is situated some short dietance from the ailway, a switch running, from Allendale erounct the bay , to the town. From .All n.dale we look across at Barrie, which i.., situated a rnile or So off, on the opposit hill. A prettier situation for a town it ould be difficult to imagine. The by is a beautiful sheet of water running out frc in Lake Simcoe, and a finer place for boating could not be conceived, At Allan ale, while the train takes the "Barrie assengers down to the town, those going on have an op- portunity to take suppet. The fare af- ta; and Scenes Prexe-Ganeg— identei by the R COMBilitLAND, July. 23 1874. arm Exposit07 rrie, along the beautiful corm - forded at railway eating - Sly improved of late y possible at some of the country to get a Christi, moatrate price. This ' Allandale, as also of L ford nearer home. W wrong, I ascribe this ij railway catering to .th brilliant writer who laic plainly before the worl a Mugby Junction." railway travelers the wo doable gratitad.e to poo ory; not only for enlivening the tedium of many a dull journe and wholesome stories them against the el: following the coiasum cooked victuals. COLLIN GW(DOD. From Barrie to Collhigwood the coun- try is rather rough and indifferent look- ing. You will observe, that in my re- marks on the appearance of the country, I assume the euetomary travelers' license to make up my Mind and tell all about it from an occasional;g1 rice from the car n these Matters, e quite setisfac- armers whe read. link the .Vierdict 'at or sutveyor However this ng I can state as crops in all the rough , are look - e people I con- ig reports of the ouses has greet- ers. It is now stations in this n meal, and at a notably true of udon and Stmt. ether right or appy change in la,mented and the matter so in "The Boy f I am correct, rld over owe a r Dickens' mem- by his pleasant but for securing speptic horrors tion - of poorly - wind() I have tory to the E: of a pr et-Ould may b a act, that is, that the to mshlips we passed t ing lire. -rate, and all t rsed with gave cheer' harvest and of the prospects for business. When ur train arrived! at Collingwood, it was , bout 9 o'clock 'in the evening. Here v) , the gentlemen of the Pres Ex- cursion (what a conspoi ncl, congloinerat- ed see that should. be, t work for so many indiv met bti a deputation of Council, who read. an a invited us to a luncheon spread was provided for Hotel. The chair. was Reeve of the town also editor of the town, Mr and the M vice -chairs were taken by other big guns of the town. On s, our de, representing the Press excursionists, Clarke, the ex -President are nearly always tiinel ate; .Mr. John King, with the ready words ai cl quick percep- tion of a barrister comb'nes the dignified presence appropriate t a judge; Mr. Jaeleson, of the Newma, ket Bra, a fine sitecimen of the countr printer and the litre village Reeve rollcci into one ; Mr. Flough the neve President, concise and correct a ready talker -he don't say too uch ; there -are others f our part who oke tio the toasts, but cape me just now.. " Collingwoocl," elicited a ' Hogg, who was glad to Was pr sperous ; they population since the visited them before, tie, 1,600 te 5,000 ; they jtv 1,-,,,„:15,,,t,,, $11,000 in rub s. Melopmion no doubt, will myself, but the )0.SITOR 2might t. actical agricultu more reliable there is one th V do a pronoun's dual we's,) were the Collingtsood ddress to us] and A very _nice us at the Globe occupied- by the . Hoeg, who: is were Mr. W. F. , whose remark s and appropri- of Berlin, who res ot lami, ocrng n. 5, MeKillop, and west half property is situated within A good gravel road rune re is a school house within are 135acres cleared, I well free &Aril stamps,and dean On the 50 acre lot . there is a ening house and orchard. On ere is a good frame house, 2 derground cellar, and a large is well watered. Thee fnams iv or together to suit purehas- -deniers apply to the proprie- et, or to WALTER COWAN, to S. G. MeCAUCrHEY, Sea - 341'4 of Lot No. 23. 0 or Lot No. 22. Thi: 8 miles of -Seaferth pat t the place. Thi half: a mile. They fenced and mostly and in gootl order. good frame barn, dr the 100 acre farm t , frame bares with u or.cherd. The farm will be sold separat ere. For further pa -tor on the premis Seaford' P. 0., oe forth. FAR L0T 2, 0on.1, S ta felher with east ing 5Cr acres; situa quarter of a mile lit acres elpftred and in h. erns and stables, a m full bearing; ab through a corner o good wells. Term purchase moiler FOR SALE. ley, containing 100 acres to - half of Lot 2, COO. 2, coneain- ed on the London Road, one- rfle of Karmen; upward of 100 good cultivation, good frame d frame house; two orcherds maci of the Bayfield river rums the farm; there are also two reasonable, one-half of the be required cash; the re- mainder in equal annual installments for 5 years. Apply to I WM. BLAIR, R,ippen. Also, HOUSE and ONE ACRE OF LAND at the Village of Kippen; good orchard and garden; frame honse41 robms MO wells; frame stable and cow house; cotenient to churches and. post office. Apply to 340 WM. BLAIR, rdepen. 18 their na he Prosei • es- it5). of reply' feisty Mr. say theirjtown ad increaed• in ess Asso iatign years -ago from re this yci r et- ic schools • their lake tr sde was constant y inereaSi fact, tl eir town was de tined. to " ChicAgo of Canada.", Mr. Wyl the Br8clevi11e Recorder called att to the 7:act that six yearh ago, wht4 excursionized to Lake Superior there was. only one boat the Algo the mite, and it had. v ry little f or pass ngers either, to carry. Nos , was a -regular line of et 'amers fro lingWo d, and every trip they ceowdei. with passengers and : oyerlac en with freight. This :specini n of the way t e Northw tiiade isf Canada wee .increasin , showed hew quickly th.Northwe being developed. It be no- dark t carman seeing lee 001 ists had not mue he town, but th versed with ass fthe plece Of this w able- to speak on our will pass through it b friend, will ho me the He, bitiself, is in the g there tvere five other him wde bought some w and had a few buyers. teal, t the quality of not eq some s there ; that. points of beauty and p lingwo d, which I hop oh my homeward journ 1 EN ROU'TE FOR LA. Saying good. bye to wood friends, we got er Cumberland., n.ow about 12 o'clock s on as the steamer ost of, the passengers t steep. Here 1 shoul what I ought to have t that this present write edito al excursion fro , I Mr. Hewitt, ev Id in lasting' re netnbrance, told y bad an excellent .graln arket. aia bu sine- s, an (.1 buyers. told. .aeat .in Staforth not yet Yes, he 011T Whe g.; in e the ie, of ntion they efore, sce eight, there Col - were lmost as a stern and ,• t was re ex- opportm ity of se of the eople ired us it was a will be etter °turn., wh n we , daylight My mse kind ess I lingwood, to Fort William and Duluth: that this xcursion left Toronto on Tues- day after! oon, July 21 ; reached Coiling - wood th same night, and, after the lunch spo en of above, got aboard the Cumberla d. We to-iched at Owen Sound ab ut 5 o'clock 'Wednesday morn- ing, at w iich hour few of the passen- gers are stirring. The next stomiing place is P 'ESQUE ISLE (r tE.V.EEL, where w take wood. ana mak some stay. In company with there -of the passenger I go ash -ore, a d fortun- ate to In ke the acrinain ance of Mr. John M Kenzie, the sto ekeeper arid postmaste • of the place: From hina I learn the. Presque fele is in the town- ship of . larass•als-, .about 1 miles from Owen So north. Mr. McKenzie comes fro the stoney old township of Puslinch, which, like New Hampshire, is a good place to come from.. Besides being pos master and lighthouse -keeper, he i$ a fa • er, a large dealer in cord- wood, a v ry extensive manufacturer of and deale • in pressed hay, and the keep- er of a ge eral store. Ten years ago, he cut the fi st tree in that .district, now, he says, tae country back is all settled and prom- erous, :no country Canada, _Mes -Mc enzie say, having progressed as. rapisll in 20 years as the Bruce Pen- insula la in the last 10. There is here a splendi harbor, deep . water to the very edge, so that the steamer bumps right againet the gravel. Mr. McKenzie hopes to ee Presque Isle a .city, and I don't d.ou t bat he expects it, too. OUR PASSENGERS. Leavin fast, and our fellos 30 connec are about gers. Ou by degre now we We have -cellent e President able and Bu ch an a and file Mercuty, contente, be ; Dr. known s Fahey, " most ea "gilt of Wyllie,io "Poet of the Thous Gurnett, f the Ingersol perform ices at euchre Mr. Gissirg, of -the W the hand o aest coun tr ers, rnaki e altogether party. along the. ot am glad to meet Mr. B Canadian Bank, Seafor us to 1 Presque Isle we have break- ake time to look aro.und. among -voyagers.• lesides the 20 or ecl with the press-gang, there 60 or 70 oth a.s cabin. passer); press-gang as grown small s since leavi ig Toronto, and nake rather; a small muster. till with us; h wever, our ex- -President, r Clarke, our Mr. Hough, m our indefatig- jolly Secreta Y -Treasurer, Mr. • Besides s ich of the rank s Mr. Innes of , the Guelph burly, happy looking and self- , as such a g .od. fellow should 'lark, of .Pr i eceton, the well - etch -writer 41: d lecturer; Jas. f the GuelPh /Jerald, that kastic cuss," possessed of the he gab wery e, llopin' ;" Father the Brockv lle Recorder, the nd Isles ;" Mr. Chronicle, whose are unparalleled; odstock Review, ;paper, and oth- most agreeable er passengers I •ent, of the Royal h, who goes with rince Arthur's Landing. We ime in eatin drinking, smok- ing on deck nil:leafing in the - his with a li tle :reading mid a of talking an a little card and laying make up the employ- ments ant recreations i f the passengers. The grea events of -th day are the three meal tin there h sickness of us. . pass the ing, strol cabin. good dea checker es, ou which ve been fel, not yet hay occasions, so far, 'absentees, sea - rig troubled any THE MEN-0,1TM . As dee - passengers We have a large party of Menonites, ho are on their way to anitoba. Th sie the first party of Men onites which has yet arrived. They cane to Quebec, hence to Toronto and Corn gwood, whe ce our boat takes them to )uluth, from vbich they will be convey& by rail to heir. destination. It will h remembered thee people .- are from So thorn Russia, whence they are driven b the conscrip 'on; law, their re- ligious f. ith being opp sec.• to the bear- ing of ar s. They ca, Germane, and speak guage, a id have the G and chaiacteristics. he e are 330 of 1 c ildren, on our lay imagine it is he are well clad Mines. -Last night We touched. MI Killarney, about the head of Georgia (Bay, at the entrance to the channel be tween. the. Manitoulin Islands and th ,North Shore. This is a little villag composed mostly of Indians and half breeds. Many of us go l ashore, for th purpose of a stroll, andsome of th ladies of the party succ eded in makin beautiful bnquets fto the numerott -wild flowers which g ow plentifull among the rocks. iron Killarney t Little Current, three or our hours jour ney, the North Shore can be seen on -on side and the Islands ing the channel, whi er hand with islands the St.. Lawrence an lands. This was the on our trip, so far, b best is to come. The Steam To the Editor of the Sin: We have j headed " The Fire by lir. Coleman, in y he evidently misund thin, please allow us elusions. First, h engine in Montreal once, although sever ed—the hand and ch -found sufficient bef could be got on. the evident facts of the real fires have occu chimneys have bur trifling fires that did no All fire companies wi 1 t large steamers are as handled as _hand c being so large and p 8 boys will trot wi Seaforth and. take it as any hand engine„ or a man with Chemical Babcock ori his back. ":Th teal fire departmenit heMical engines at f a fire are muca ngines." He must iest commencement, •f water or a wt plieh the same pu engine is eimply e Water, soda en ixture, ordinar isl es flames . muc ter, but the -groub itself in 2it. to minutes. The soda water must be pi on the fire close from it travels say 20 reaches the flame it properties destructiv ing qualities, so that these so-called che claim their advan tag ning of a fire, and householders' own tels, &c., proving th stitch in time •save a fire has once coin headway at all, bot the Babcock an hand -engines are en 'rely useless, hence the Insurance Comp. nies will. make no allowance or reductio such protection, hut is commensurate to it feel safe that if a fire end is soon come to h i. fin the other, cams dotted on eith remind one 0 e Thoueand. Is st lot of scenery hey tell us the Engine. 071 Expositor. read an articl. gine Question." in late issue. A a-nds the quee correct his cen ys ,"the stean not been use es have occur mired engines being re the larger on greund.'"fhe se a,b ve are that n re4, perhaps som t out or simile need the engine. 11 you that th e ily and quick' gines, the wheel rfectly made, 6 o the one now i o a fire as quick rs sa as 1 fi engineer of the Mon thinks several small the commendement superior to water mean at the very ear when a pail or .two blanket would acco pose. A chemical veesel that holds Son sulphuric Thi - soda water, extingt quicker than put, w is the engine emptie the machine, as eet only before 't bs 3rbs atmospheri to its extinguis even the makers ical engines onl at the very begin arconly fitted fo se, 1 steamboats, hot air maxim that a nine." But when ended and got an 1 of any kind. wit et ,a steamer whic claties the peopl does get started it With two larg streams of water Ste- dily maintained. fo only a short time, no hing can resist 'th deluge of 500 gallo s per minute, an a large conflagration, perhaps the half of yout7town, is saved rotla destruction a r 1 i each time the steeme is palled into use I thus protecting from. ruin a whole coin munity, which witho t its aid. would be completely helpless, enee the Inauranc Companies sire so anx ou for towns to ge steamers, that they 1 'ill reduce the rate one quarter, and speeal • rate each tow possessing these eng es as less hazard ous, so that it is actu lly money in you e riginally from peopk's pockets who oWn property anc the Gerinen lan- insure it to get a stea nee, as the rates of insurance reduced so :mach will exceed ripen appearance the cost of the engine osier and aboge all the security derived. : How is it young American towns of the eize of Seaforth, and Canadian ones too, of no larger pre; , them, m lower de pretty w and pries this part in gold, as at ev purchase ly havin( very int u, women. an k, and you e 11 crowded. erous-lookin, 7 have among her nd see no r asc ry gtopping pla , paying in g plenty of it. T lligent and me ny their time in reading b ok trade in the German ugi across o e fellow poring o Euglish ihrase-book. t it his hand, and, turning the phrase " Were aa• pointed i ut the Germa when h . grinned am daw." suppose the " Kawn daw to him. of their ime in singin . them wi I sit down wi htiaul, an 1 read oet al ym the full cost of maintenance. The hose A group will gather, abon in a call to a minister for that confer will sing after his linina, t re women and men, &c., are invariably, -.Volnuteers. Dr. Coleman winds up by saying "don't vote me klilint, tion, the choice lay between Rev. tection." With the above fact he will Bakie - f Brampton o rampton. A show of ha Widder, and Rev. - even the smallest children joining,hea,rt- ily with the men. • Th y vill thus - sing for each an expensiVe system of fire pro - page aft r page of the iyn a book, seem - now admit, if he ha,s. any business ca- was taken, but the vote being so ilea mg ' nev to tire.- 'le heve sweet tie no deeision could be arrived at. , musical voices, and ballot was then taken, which resulte plaintive strain. remei ber 55 votce being cast for- Me. MeAlp of the o d Scotch ps dm and 51 for Mr. Balsie. . ; said the are welt ( res —In the County of Stormont, grants, cl are stout yid schools have been vacant since the The larg proportion f c of the present year, o -wing to the scar scene to ndicate that lirg - of school teacher e . in that section, me out of fa hie the.re ts no present prospect of obtai Limit- In personal appearanc th supplies. t was as good , show as any 300 —Fall wheat harvest was comme Lal to theirs. Then I sail. ere had reatders ( f the. EXPOeT 'OR , this year in the neighborhood of Gal oyage f more than ,00) miles in . an i -en ent of -64 i I goes into his- pocket, ndep cl he -couldn't go- me one be ter on emigran ship and a ourney of nearly security and. satisf ction derive( 1 eroeli the 14th of July. The crop is said. t 1 Lit in Seaforth, and I- hal him v Mr. Hewitt pointed me ou other _1,000 h emigrant cars. Altogether, the steamer., also an nclacement for cap- .heavy,.an , ., d to have ripened evenly, n Col- they wil be a splendi class of settlers italista to settle here preservation of t will give a (mod. yield. ie ee for Man toba. The o ily.thing that can town and. its healthf 1 rowth all accr — . —Crops in the County of 11 e - llin be broue it against th m is their reluct- Mg from such protec io . Very respect- have not been better for years than- ance to mix with o her people. But fully Yours, are this year. Winter wheat will from th ir evident de ire to learn. Eng- . H -nit & RONALD. age from 30 to 33 bushels per a lish a,nd from their 0 neral intelligence N. B.—We refer you o St. Catherines, Galt spring wheat, 25 bushels, and o it may b hoped that r' his inhomogeneous sltshr eolyi,tNo anpanehe,r Ow nh . ound, Chathame& ., spring crops are equally good. It trait in heir chareet r May be totally atinie sautisfaction9Istheey egivive ale sold engines to Id meadows have yielded thee tons of overcom and eradicat d. : —The following t le am was received to the acre. 1, OUR VOAGE. by Mr. Ronald befo e eaving Seaforth: - —About ten days ago, as -Mrs. Mein - So far we are havin -splendid weather "We reduce rates ere steam fire tosh, of the First Concession of Puslinch, and. a. Bp enclid voyag . We are new in ." engines are ava e.—B. Isletancet, :visas in the field loading hay, she met the wat rs of Lake Hu mai north of grand. " President Weste enrance Com- with a severe accident. She, -was stand - ale g for Bruce. "pony.' . mg on the load, while her husband was 7 ' y It is .said that ten -Eons, are getting steamers, w en so over ,,$40, 000 many hand engines are to be had se n to doubt it, . cheap—one-fourth their Cost—simply, be e they inake and apparent . . and. they cerise the day hes passeclfor hand engines; save more by getting steami- eY seem to be ers M insurance reductions. Dr. Cole - of them spend man says a team of horses must alwaye and religious he ready. for it, engineer and pro -per staff , . 1 came of men, &c. If Dr. Coleman saw the, age.. a German- half dean boys trot etrith the steamer on rok it out of Friday he must be reconciled to, the savS over, came .to Mg of so much at least as a team. The iti going ?" 1 engineer is essential. A good .ordiriar rsion to him, sa il, " Kaw-na- rho tt continent is Th h, h engine driver can handle the steamere Look how. efficiently a Stranger handled our engine at the first fire in Owen SoUnd I y spend much ten days ago, and :saveci an TR11110.718 mire, One of amount of .propetty with the engine book in his Pay the engineer say $5 ti -s $10 each fire.. a line by line, $100 per year at the. outSule will thus be him; and all Canada. Messrs, Marsden & Dai ricey-----theiat ter gentleman is well nd favorably known in this vicinity—h Ve leased the large flour mills of Mr. Thomas Knight, Parkhill, and intend going into the raffl- ing business extensively. — A few days since an unknown man applied for admission to the St. Catharmes hospital, being in a Very lex- hausted condition. He Was .adinitted, and ill a. few minutes expired. On an examination, it was found that the lungs of the deceased were almost gone from disease, but no traceasf food was found. in the stomach. The innuediate cause of death was waub of food. It is.not often that peopk are allowed to starve for want of food in this land of plenty. --Dr. William Johnston died at residence, in,Brampton'a few clays at the advanced age of 83 years. was a native of Barrett, Vermont St He emigrated in 1819 to Chipp where he married, and thence in moved to Brampton. He was thus of the pioneers of eshinguacousy. golden wedding was celebrated a years ago: The worthy Doctor reta his industrious habits till within a, of the expiration of his allotted t 1. his o, He te. Wa, 821 one His few ned. ear rm, and his faculties were nearly undim reed until the last. .1 —At a late meeting of the North Perth Agricultural Society, a resolution unanimously passed by the Board, unite with the Mitchell Horticult Society, and hold a fair every alternate year at Stratford and Mitchell res tively, each Society to pay to each o an equal -amount of money for such pose." The union is to go into effe soon as the law will permit. Was To iral —A large number of the meinher the Wesleyan congregation . of Mit surprised. their pastor'Rev. Mr. Will a few evenings ago, by calling on hir maw, and presenting him with a flattering and complimentary add and a purse containing over $100. —The lovers of Scottish song will pleased to learn that Cana:da, is to b vorecl by another visit'from the fa artists, Miss Jeannie Watson and M F. Hardy. This will be their final and will commence early in October. —A farm laborer named Nathan anis, of the township of Dereham, arrested a few days ago for forgi note of hand for $350. —Horse thieves have commenced operations in the neighborhood of don. On Monday a hotse was s frond Mr. John Watson, of the t ship of Adelaide, and the thief .fle London. On the following day stolen horse was found near Belm where it had been traded to a ferule another horse. The thief has flown, as word has been received of the the a horse a few miles from Ingersoll the Tilsonburg road, it is suppose has gone in that direction. tee - her ur- t as of hell on, en rery ess, be fa - ens . J. 11T, Acf- was Cr a heir on - len vn- to the nt, for and t of on he —The present seems to be a seaso scandal, greatand small. In Port* ver they have a scandal just now. church member, who always assure prominent position at all public ,gat ings, religious or otherwise, is b hauled over the coals for immoral duct, and it is said his wife intends ewe for a separation cs memi et t The affair has created intense citem ent. —A number of farmers in the to ship of North Norwich, County of ford, were summoned before a rnagist a few days ago, and fined $1 each costs, for drawing milk to a cheese tory on Sunday. "Six days shalt t labor, &c." —Mr. Maxwell, of Paris, has recei an order from the States for 40 of celebrated straw cutters. This spe to their reputation, when we rernel that these machines are exported the line in the face of a duty of 35 of o- s. a er- ng on. to 7'0. ex - vire x - ate 11(1. ac- rou ed his Its ber ver per cent. This is an item which .anti -f 'ee- traders might digest with profit.. —Several cows have recently die( in the vicinity of Guelph, from hiing poisoned by eating potato tops wi ich hadbeen. sprinkled with Paris Farmers who have used Paris Gree their potato cro1)3 for the destructio the bug, should be careful to pre' their etoclafrom eating them, lest ser loss may ensue. —A gang of thieves have been g through the cellars of several farmer altlieet, and: considerable quantitie butter, whieh was ready for mai- nave been taken. —A Man named Sinith„ of -tIre.to fillip of Arthur, County of Welling on, 'tied a few days ago, from the effect of eating too many iivw potatoes.: —At a congregational meeting, hel in the Widder Street iPresbyterian chu ch, St. Marts, on Monday last, to mode ate en. on of ent 0118 ing in of et, - , th;st the seamer is n :actually s eine in a sidemn PacitY, t , . ng mo of some _. dollars and ceets. the cheapest system by tune. - As 1 far he canevote. for. Prove it by Mires ed for ;flume tratum 7 -Dr. Coleman has ptoperby vat - lardy looking. ued as insured for say $8,000,• he pays 1, iieren wane' per cent. or $120premium per year, wit .famthes ateee stea-mer he will get it for li or $100, per 1 ainong teem. year; in five years be 'will save 5100'; -y make quite . during that time the taX for the engine of the averaee 071 the above property would be likelt would tfter'e 610 to $20 at the Outside, the balance rosperity to duly inspect y. SUPERIOR. ur kind Coiling- boarclithe etea,m- Parsons. It is t night, and as ets under way, turn in and get tell my readers, id them before, is a part of an Toronto, by Col- ea- ir. Ir.. ds A in nc, 14 rst ity '11(1 ing ced OIL be and ton hey ver- ; her any hay Manitoulin Island ab reaching up the hay to her from the ground. Suddehly the horses made a start, throwing Mrs. :McIntosh forward, and, in her endeavors to break the fall by throwing out her at -ins, they were both broken above the -wrists. Her spine was also injured by the sudden shock. Loading bay is no fit work for women. ; —In view of the ecturrence of sun- stroke during the heatel term, we give the following simple rule, which will be found to act as a certain preventative Remove the lining but of your bat, and substitute one of orange yellow and an- other of green; the material may be either silk or paper. The most powerful rays of the sun can then be endured without thefeat of sunstroke. The in- jary does not, as many suppose,- proceeci from the ray of heat, but, as has been. proved, fron!) the chemical ray. The green color will arrest 'the former, and the orange the latter. , —The London Silver Mining Com- pany, working in 1-turgeon Bay, is re- ported to have struck a very good vein of silevere Mining prospects on the North Shore are on the whole very fa- vorable, and business is good at Prince A rthur's-Landing. We believe that sev- eral of our Seaforth capitalists own stock in the Loudon Company. —The 11.,egistrar-G•eneral a Ontario has issued notice, warning all persons concerned against failure to comply with the law requiring the official registration of all births, deaths and marriages. The tine for violating this kw is $20, and Division Registrars are directed to pro- ceed against all persons neglecting to. comply with it. —A new and desirable class of immi, 'grants are being attracted to the Domi- nion of Canada. They are Icelanders, of whom- i00 or more are now on their way to Nova Scotia. Hardy, industri- ous, and intelligent, -the Icelanders are people Who will probably fornr a valuable addition to our population, if they can be induced to come in any consideralile numbers, and- to remain after they get here. —.Evidently in a state of mild. aberra- tion, ! a farmer near Lindsay recently tried i on his brood of ducks a very strange and cruel experiment, which rivals the records of French vivisection. He had fifteen ducks, and he cut up one and fed it to the remaining fourteen- s then cut up another and another until, only 'one was left. This one had devour- ed ail. conitades in succession, and proved an .adept in the business, and might have called for more, had not fate decreed that it should grace the boatel of the owner.: - —Jas. McKenzie, of Adelaide, met with a terrible accident last week. He was 'driving with a lay rake on his wagon when the horse ran away, throw- ing him on to the rake, one of the forks of which pierced his lungs. In this con- dition he was dragged twice a -cross the road. —A few days ago, in the vicinity of Quebec, a boy found a gold dollar on an ant hill. The following day three dollars were found in the same place. They had evidently been brought up by the ants. Search was made, and a small wooden box; badly decayed, containhig 180 dollars, was found. about a foot be- low the surface. —A gentleman who bas, within the past two weeks made a tour through the Counties of Lincoln, Welland, Heidi- mand, Norfolk, Elgiri, . Brant, Ox- ford, Middlesex, _Kent, Lambton, Waterloo, Wellington and Bruce, states that frone observation and hearing the remarks of a great num- ber of merchants, farmers and others, the universal opinion was that the crop prospects were most encouraging and a very large yield of abi kinds of tercels was looked. for. In Most places the hay and. wheat harvest were goieg mond the weather was splendid for securing there in fine condition. Many large fields of potatoes were seen in various parts of the country looking svery well, and they did tot appear to have suffered from the Colorado beetle. .The country gen- erally has had plenty of rain except in the, vicinity of Southampton. On the' high lands between Fergus and Walker- ton the crops were still green, except here and there a field of fall wheat whick will eoon be ready for the reaper. . young girl in Kingston, named Siiiton, accustomed to fits, fell while in one, from the fourth story of a house, and broke her right arm and thigh. —The Teeswater salt well company have determined to resume boring in their well, and continue until they find salt or bore through,—if the money _holds out. If perseverance deserves success, the Teesevaterites should get salt. —An exchange says: " Some of our farmer friends inform us that a very large quantitY of butter is being "salted down" in hope of higher prices being realized next fall and winter. The ex- periment is a dangerous one, and may pro ve a mos t disastronsspeculation. There is no probability that such fancy prices will be obtained for butter during the next twelve months, as coahl be got last March. It is now admitted that hay and other kinds of fodder will he most abundant this season, thus insuring a mu& larger yield of milk and butter than usual. The best time to pack but- - ter is in September- or October, just when cheese factories stop working for the season: To do so now, before the heat of ,the summer has fairly set in, re- quires extraordinary skill, care and. su- perioriacilities, ih order to prevent al- most total loss. Rancid summer butter was 'pressed on the Toronto market during the last two winters at 10 cents per pound, when 30 cents could be had for good fresh butter." --The appointment- of Mr. C. J. Brydges as Superintendent of Govern- ment Railways is said to be now occupy- ing the attention of `the Dominion Gov- ernment, and it is expected he wili be gazetted next Saturday,. The next movement will be to create a Bureau of Railways, with Mr. Brydges as itsehief.