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NDAYt AUGUST 31.
ed Pexformancess Ititernoon at 2- P.
LOR takes pleasure in announcing to
of SEAFORTH and the Comity that
nts, organized for the express purpose
the Dominion, and no axpense hat
t to, make, it without exception the
OS ever banada.
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!71T BRASS ETD
gTRING BAND.
.1v: DARING RIDERS, BOTH
.ES AND GENTLEMEN.
FUNNIEST. CLOWNS.:
est Tronpe of_ GYM1148tEr, Aoragtgl
antortionists, ever assembled under
ANDSOMEST LADIES:
attention is called to the barge Stui
E Trained: Thoroughbred Hanes; the
?onies and the Comical Mules„magrig
WORLD'S CIRCUS, as the Artigt1
:arefully. leeted from, all partg gi•
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'ORGET THE DAY OR DATE -
MONDAY, Aug„
Ma TUESDAY, Sept. I-
bRD-,WEDNESDAY, Sept, 2.
O CAMBRIDGE,
General and Contracting Agent'
asammemmerannene•maa...
1.4.44.444
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. WHOLE No, 352. c
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, SEPT. 4, 1
eat 60tair tor Jab.
FARM FOR SALE IN BRUCE.
VOR Sale, Cheap, Lot No. 30, Con. 6, Township
-if of Bniee County of Blame, containiug 100
acres, 30 of Which are eleared This farm is situaed within five miles of the rapidly growing vg-
lage of Paisley. The uncleared portion is well
timbered. There is also a Spring Creek runniug
through the place. It is a desirable property.
For further particulars apply to the Proprietor,
Box 24, Seaforth P. 0.
852 A, M. '01111PBELL.
•FARM FOR SALE.
11, SALE, Lot No.33, Con. 3, L. R. S., `flick-
ersmith, containing 100 aeres, 76 of which are
cleared, well fenced, and in a state of good culti-
vation. There is a good new frame HOUSE and
excellent frame barns, sheds and stables, also a
good beariiig orchard. The farra is nattered. by ,a
never -failing spring and well This farm, is situ,
cited within one mile and a half of Brucefield, and
within about six miles of Clinton and Seaforth,
with good gravel roads running to each of these
places. For further particulars apply to the prop-
rietor on th e premises, or to Brucetield P. 0.
851 KENNETH MeLELLAN.
-FARM FOR SALE.
VOR Sale, List 23, Con. 7, Usborne, containing
-I: 74 acres. 56 of which are cleared and in a state
of good cultivation. There is a good frame BARN
and The farm is .located on a good,
gravel road, is conveniently situated tq sehools,
churches and post office, anis within 13 miles
from Seaforth and 7 from Eteter. For further
particularapply to the proprietor on the promises.
WILLIAM DINNIN, Jr.,
351 Lranley P. O.
FARM FOR SALE.
T OT 39, Con. 4, East Wttwartosh, Huron Oouu
ty, containing 100 acres of excellent land; 80
• acres cleared. There are good. Buildings, a bear-
ing Orcharit and a never -failing, SPRING on the
farm. TERMS -One-fourth cash; the balance in
tune to suit the purchaser. For further particu-
lars apply on the premises, or to
WIL MUSTARD, Glammis P. 0.
Victoria. Mille, Aug. 20, 1874: 3314'8
,FARM FOR - .SA.LE,
-pt-EING east half of Lot 4, don. 6, Gxey, about
-L" three miles from 13russele, 0 acres in all; 35
cleared, remainder containing good hard. and soft
wood. Also, a good bearing orehatd. The owner
is giving up farming, on acconnit of entering into
the saw mill business. Possession given imme-
diately, witia or without tlae crap or implements.
Title indisputable ipply to OLIVER SMITH,
Lots 5 and 6, Con. 5, Grey, or to JAMES SMITH,
on the premises. , 35O*4
FARM FOR SALE.
LOT 18, Con. 6, Itullett; leto acres, 65 acres
cleared, rem:dudes: wooded with beech mud
maple; frame dwelling, Rivet! Maitland and a
i,
good sluing on lot ; 2i miles lc Milburn and 6
miles from Clinton. Terms o suit purchaser.
For particulars apply to L. M YER, Harptuthey,
or BENSON & MEYER, Seafor h. 343
, .
FARM FOR SALE IN iHULLETT.
T OT 13, Con.. 7, Hallett, I00 acres, 80 acres
'LA cleared, remainder good biteech and maple;
good frame barn 66a10, excellen stables for both
horses and cattle, snug frame house, a never -
failing spring near the house; 4 acres good bear-
ing -orchard; 7 miles from Clinton, 8 _from Sea -
forth, li from Riuburn '• gravel road passes the
farm ; 1111`M in high state of cultivation; splendid
dry clay Gail, free of stone or sand. For terms
and further particulate apply to the proprietor.
349-1*13- illiGH BELL, Cou.stance P.O.
FARM FOR SALE.
WOR SALE, Lae 24 and 25, CCus. 3 and 4, Mc-
, -12 Killop, containing 175 acres, 150 acres are
Cleared and in a first-class state of cultivation,
and thoroughly unclerdrainecl. There is a large
two-story brick house, geed out -buildings, also -two
large frame barns and sheds. There is a large
bearing orchard. The farm is mattered bya never -
failing spring. It is situated ion the Northern
Gravel Road, withia two miles ef the vills.se 'of
Seaforth. For farther paatieulire apply on the
premises or to Seaforth O.
342 ROBERT GOVENLOCK.;
`f FARM F9R SALE.
THAT well-known Farm, owned by lIngh.
MUR-
-- toad, adjoining the village of Brucetield, com-
prising 145 acres, 100 acres cleared and in a high
state of criltivationr36 acres uncalled brash of best
quality, all well fenced; good frame house 44x30,
frarae bam„ shed, granary and cow house, all in
good state of repair, onesha,lf nenaly new; present
insurance $1,600, in the London Mutual ; also a
very good orchard and 3 wells on the premises;
gravel road running along side and front, conveni-
ent to churches-, schools, stores, cheese,faetory and
market. Any person wishing to foam for profit
- or pleasnre can hardly find 4 better situation.
Far particulars apply to the proprietor on the
premises, or if by letter to Brucefield P. 0.
343-12 HUGH MUSTARD.
FARM FOR SALE.
LOT No. 5, Con. 4,1fullett ; 140 .aeres, more or
less, 80 acres cleared. Plenty of water, and the
north branch of the Maitland River runniaig
through the 18 acre bush ;,good fences. Apply on
the premises to the proprietor,
" - JAMES MARTIN,
508 or a.ddress Constance P. 0,
STEAM SAW MILL AND FARM FOR SALE.
110tEING Lot 34, Con. 7, MaKillop, containing 104
acres, all cleared, with good barns and stables,
two good orehards in full bearing ; two never -fail-
ing springs which supply the mill. Also, lot 36,
Con. 9, containing 48 acres of bush. The property
is situated 6 miles from Seaforth, with a good
gravel road thereto. For further particulars apply
on the premises. If by post, to JOHN THCQMP-
SON, Constance P. 0., Kinburia, Ont. 1260
41 •
FARM FOR SALE.
L0T No. 22, Con. 7, MeKillop, containing 104
acres, 85 acres cleared; 41 milefrom Seaforth;
of a mile from the Northern Grahel Road; large
bank barn, with stabling below; also, other out-
houses; large new concrete house)! well finished;
a good never -failing spring, creek; also a good
well; the land is clean and of good quality •, three
acres of orchard of very best fruit ' trees, all bear-
ing. For ternis and other particulars apply on the
premises, or address•
34U ANDREW CON4N, SeLforth. •
FARM FOR SALE IN MCBILL, P.
FOR SALE, a geed Farm, com,Posed Of North
half of lot 15 and: the weat half of lot 14, Con.
12, MeKillop, contaiuing 100 acres, 50 cleared and
well fenced, and in good, cultivation; bal nee well
timbered with hardwood; a p,00d fra e house
and new log barn; good bearingi ()rah rd; two
mules and a half from a good gravel road; 10 miles
from the village of Sea -forth; there are two steam
sawmills within 34- miles ; convenient to churches,
schools and stores. For particular -I apply to the
proprietor on the premises, or, if by letter, to
•Winthrep P. 0.
2804'4 JAMES MeDONALD.
FARM FOE SALE
FOti, SALE, 150 acres of land, being composed
of Lot No. 23, Con. 5, McKillop, and *est half
of Lot. No. 22. This property is flaunted within
3 miles of Seaferth. A good graael road - rens
pat the place. There ie school 'house within
half a mile. There are 135 acres cleared, well
felled(' and mostly free from stumps, and clean
and in good order. On the 50 acre lot there is a
good fatale barn, dwelling house .na orchard. On
the 100 acre farm there is a good Mune house, 2
frame barns with underground cellar, and a large
orchard. The farm is well watered. These -farms
will be sold separately or together tot suit puachas-
ers. Fur further particulars apply to the proprie-
tor on the premises, or to WALTER COWAN,
Seaforth P. O., or to 8. G. McCAVGHEY, Soft -
forth. ! 841
FARM FOR SALE.
LOT 2 Con. 1, Stanley, containing 100 acres, to -
gather with east half of Lot 2, Con. 2, oontain-
ing 50 acres; situated on the London Road, ono-
. (Inarter of a Mile north of Kippen ; upward. of 100
acres cleared and in goodenItivatior'
i, good frame
barns and stables, and frame house; two orchards
in full bearing; a branch of the Bayfield riverruns
through a corner of the farm; there are also two
good wells. Terms reasonable, one-half of the
purchase money will be required oasha the ie-
inctinder in equal mutual instnllxaenf.43 for 5 years.
Alegi to WK. BLa. R, Hippen.
E GRAIN TRADE.
from the Monetary Th . es.
The h rvest has now been allgat I erecl
i•
en -with , trifling, exceptions, i thres 4 ing
lhas beg+ and very shortly we sha,1 be
!in the midst of that highlyli° po tant
Operation which is generally call d " el ow-
ing tlie °top."' It is a necessary N ork,
and so j to speak -the founclatio of
nearly ali the rest of our busiqss, et it
is melancholy to think .of the; fate that
has overtaken nearly 411 whol ave &i-
t
gaged in it. The grainItrade is he s aple
business of Canada, but we ha e on y to
look; around antl think' of themen who
have been eugaged in it, to feel th t of
all the occupations engaged. M am. ngst
us, it is the most risky and unsati fac-
tory. The number of men l that *aye
been brought to poverty and Iruin y it
is painful to contemplate - and w be-
lieve it to be a fact that th"kauks i ave
sustaind eheavier losses by this br nch
of business than by any other, if not by
all others put together. And lot king
,
forward ito the business that inu t be
atme during the present year!befort the
liaxylest is entirely marketed and real) zed,
i;t i
impossible to avoid a 1 feelii g of
anxiety and apprehension. If tite wis st of
us c nnot tell what a day may briig forth,
who can tell, what may bct deve oped
during ? the innumerable contingencies of
a year. . 1
Certainly those who cailly on this
trade deserve to succeed. They si pply
the -whole of the funds milhich flow
through a thousand channels t(our OWDS
and cities, and fertilize everyti ing . here
they pass. They undertake for thi pr-
ose very many liabilities, w ich li bill -
ties may fall upon them ancl crush uhern,
as many have been crushair atly.
They deserve then to succeed --if a y of
our traders do -and it is with a vie , at
the very outset of the season's opera ions,
Of giving a few hints which may vert
failure and. assist in bringing abou sue-
dess, that we have penned thee re arks.
1 What have been the reasot s of f ilure
in this trade? is a very practi al qu stion
at the outset. In answer, re ha e to
ask another, viz.: Has it no, to napy
who have been engaged in it, be n no
real trade at all? Trad.e, ii the old-
fashioned and very proper i earth g of
the word, is a steady and re ular bnsi-
ness, and carried on by men who • ad a
certain amount of preparation for i and
experience in it. Now, has the bu iness
of moving the crop been man. ged al va,ys
or even generaily on this principle ? Has
not the Suying of grain been const ntly
engaged in by men who know ne, t to
nothing of it, who had had , o pre taxa-
tion and training for it, and whose o era -
tions were really rather . " pIayin at
-
,business " than by leg,itim te t ade ?
,
Ifas not every country store eeper con-
sider cl ililnself competent to guy g ain ;
.ancl not hinitelf only, but • s son and.
clerks, and often his wife? ' ave here
not been a very large number 0 f so -c lled
"gentlemen" at one time or at other dab -
blind inl grainaoperations, jutt be ause
ei they wanted something something to di to e -cite
thent, and keep tin3e from han ing h avy
on their h
,
ands ? When we t ink o the
rap tha have done the busin ss, ca we
wonder, after all, that they ha e be n to
so large n extent unsuccessful? Fo4the
trade in drain, easy as it seem;, is rally
quite as difficult a trade to c rry. o 1 as
any other occupation amongst s. oth-
inde seems easier at first sight t tan t buy
wheat ; but to buy it with jut gmen , to
buy it so as to make a profit on t, req ires
a practised eye, a cool head, and a ood
deal of experience. It will no more .ear
plating With than trade in any oi he de-
partment. A novice is as Icertai to
come to grief in it, as he would be if sent
to the old country to buy a stJek- of dry
goods in Manchester.
Our first advice then is-letthose
do notnederstand the busiriesii, and
not been regularly trained to it, kee_
of it.
It can scarcely have failed to s rik.e
those who have observed the trde nar-
rowly • that the men who are overt ken
by misfortune in it are gen rally bOld
opeor
rat,. The men. who are not a raid
of lakeI ventures, and can fee perf ctly
easy under a heavy load of liabilt es,
these! are the men who, as a rule • re
caught at last and ruined. The chai ces
and chandes of the trade are such to
• • •
develop ext'treme caution -one ough al-
most saY thai.dity-in men t at a re-.
ciate theiresponsibilyof borrowing m y.
, •
And On borrowed money the -eater part
of the trade must always be carrie on.
The amounts _ to be handled are so age
that there is scarcely a firm ii the Do-
rniuion that can find the necessary ca tal
. from its own resources. What are c Iled
bank credits are universal 'in the t ade,
and every dealer must lay his ace its
with having to contract . 1) o liga, o 8 s.
Ther are some men to whom1debts Ind
liabilities arena burden at all
To twe
fifty or a hundred thousand effects ih-na
no more thgn it would to have a w
trad.e4men's bills outstanding. Ther, re
i
others who feel such liabilities hae ng
It 4
over their heads to be a PerPCtu1Ll c re
until they are discharged. Vre at p e-
t
hencl that such as these very Irani„„ et
,
into troubleeethemselvea, and are ry
seldom the canse of trouble to otl e s.
Neither endorers nor banks, s a, tile,
suffer by them. On the contrary, ey '
generally manage to pay off all they ve
borrowed, and have a respe table 1(1
increasing matgin to the good Bu t •he i
ina,n -wh ca4 carry a load of liab1 ty
without feelipg it, is precisely the
who wilil some day or other be unab
dii liarge it.
who
• ave
out
does ri
to som
Butthate
beyond
There
them-
calcula, len
format tn,
great It ent
future
ed up t
and it i
the gr
the va det
they di
it must
menit ,n
enas
disa,ste
into r
banks
dorsers
e, they find it ea, y enough to sell
body.
ing is more c urtain than this,
urse of the rain market is
Power of an to calculate.
en -we must have met with
have very g eat powers of
and very wi e ranges of in-
andwho oftc exercise their
ot
th
re
11
1 capacity in forecasting the
• men are look -
in the market,
be struck with
reasoning and
• rmation when
You feel that
heir lead. Yet
precisely such
th the heaviest
e the deepest
such men that
ey-that en-
tly found them -
scores of small-'
ruined by ollowing their
king their advice? These
nly too well known in the
truth is, tha all such cal -
e perfect " m onshine." The
flowsthe mo t is aa much
deceived as t e merest tyro
ess; ancl all peculation for
lean and si nple game of-
f t e trade. Suc
as a kind of oracl
im ossible not t
at orce of their
of their •inf
cus the subject.
be afe to follow
ta act that it is
the -e who meet
s, nd who plun
m? Is it not by
av lost most m
hav most frequei
selves caugl t'? Have not
er men bee
itehains
clg4'• re dt
trade. Th
s
man w e 0 1'
liable o be
in the msi
a rise iu a
chance
The trut
only d ffers
of the hist:.
grain Ire
than acks
but s far
both i con lerned, they
chance tog ther. Now,
ing to say with redate
chance; it s foreign''to
but we have to
notion of g mbling under
trade, for 't is clestructi
busines. Competition 1
is kee • but fair enough, b
ets ha e to eompete with
ie not ine f it. it but loss.
much o sa, in this mat
clistinuish asily enough
ing an I gin bliug. And certainly it is
not th ir i tterests to fos er the latter.
They 1 nd 1 rge amounts of money for
grain urpo es. They ne d not lend to
speed, tors at all. if ustomer were
to app y for a. credit -of $ 0,000 for the
amrpos of !slaying at car s, with heavy
stakes he tonld have s mil chance of
succes . B t let banker look matters
fairly i th face,. and as themselves if
they ai e justifiecl on bus ess principles
in gra iting credits for ambling with
rain
-Y • ore than for •am.bline with
cards? Baid ers cailry on b isinessZ -make
money in ti e long run ou of the profits
of gan blin ? It is cont ary to experi-
ence, a d, i deed, to 'coin on sense.
• The sum •f the matter s this : Men.
have tildd n the grain In siness because
they c gag d in it without experience,
and. ra her ilayecl with it than. worked
at it. The have failed becauee, though
tradinelegitimately, they were of a bold
aud vei ture ome spirit, a d acted on a
judgin nt al out the futur4 which no liv-
ing ma, i. can possess: Fin lly, they -have
failed 1 ecau e they did lot carry on a
steady, regu ar, legitimatj business, be- .
ing con ent vith small buhl certain profits
like men in .thr branche of trade ; but
model. rd0e peculative vei tures, the sole
object of w ich was to make a fortune
at a stie ke.
The ppo *te of all this, we venture to
say. I leato as much success in the
grain t ade s the avera,g in any other
depart ent f industi17.
_ .
is that gr in speculation
from gamblin in the weight
ments of pl y. Cargoes of
ore troubles une to handle
of cards or b • xes of dice, -
as the essen 'al. element in
re all games of
ve have noth-
to games of -
•at- business-
•eprobate the
the. pretence of
,e of legitimate
etween traders
it when trad-
amblers, there
Bankers have
er. They can
between trad--
I I
Note of a Trip D
Lawrence
CGT2t81 mule ce of the Hu
BROCKVILL
As a few particulars co
clown he t. Lawrence
terest t. the readers of t
I hope ou ill find room
ing: Ve embarked at
Steame Cor nthian, enjoy
sail in 1 ale Ontario,. afte
tered he liver St. La
Kingst n, ai d came in vie
LAS OF THE THOUSAN
These slan a are among
of the St. awrence, sit
miles- b low' ingston. T
no less tha 1,.800 islan
from the isl t a. few yard
mile in eng 11. .
THE RAPIDS.
The apid of the St.
Glalop ape , 6 miles b
which asily passed
althoug ijhe prevent the
the St -La rence- by s
Rapid u P at, 18 miles
burg, e tenci about 21 rail
Sault apid, extending fro
.Landin 40 miles beloa
Cornw 11, is ne of the lo
import nt r
We no v ent
niticen expa
above oat
miles, nd i
islands. At
above 1 on t
the same na,•
Seven niles
Cedar Rapi
miles. Then
Rock a d Ca,
ie he.
k wa
ence
eseel
arafT7i
the .'t. Lawrence,
ecl ti c most dange
navig tion. They
aachi e Canal, 81
nag a descent of 44,
IE DE,TENT OF 1.11E
10St Xciting 'part
of tie St. Lawr
rce nd precision
(piled in pilo ing, so as to
sel's heed str ight with the
rapid, for if he diverges
presenting her side to the
ntly run agro
'IOTORIA BRI
he traveler
e, spanning
ate at t
She da
St. La
lave a
Rapids,
the last
occur 0
consid.e
cult of
by the
over=
rri
s the 1
Jassage
nerve, f
IP
Ve a re so'far been speakieg of
grain u bless' as a trade ; that is,
carrying on ota regular business of i
inn. ana,e ling, sepplying the egiti
wants of known circle of lusto e
and buyieg te meet their known w n
exacqa a dry goods or grocery 31
1;
client do s for his. But in this bus e
inore than in any other, there is a
deal don4 that is not trade at all.
buy, and:buy very large quantities,
out the slightedt notion of who is gil
to buylfrisna them. They generally In
certainly, on , some supposed probab li
of a rising market. And if the ma
an
e to
Y-
te
se, i
,rs,
r -
s,
st
i•
•
et
.on Expositor.
a Aug. 31, 1874.
cerning a trip
ay be of in -
e EXPOSITOR,
or the follow -
Toronto per
ng a pleasant
which we en-
ence below
of the
ISLANDS.
t the wonders
ated about 6
ere are in fact
of all sizes,
square to a
awrence are:
ow Prescott,
y steamboats,
navigation of
iling vessels. -
elow Ogdens-
s. The Long
Dickinson's
Prescott, to
gest and most
pi& of the 't. Lawrence.
r Lake St. rancis, mag-
tsion of the • t. Lawrence,
au du Lac, extending 36
studded wi h picturesque
Coateau du - Lac, 50 miles
eal, cernmene•s a rapid of
e, extending bove 2 miles.
below, this e minences the
, which ext nds about 3
comes Coteal , Cedar, Split
caele Rapids, hich termiu.-
d of Lake St. Louis, where 1-
ers of the Ot awa join the
these rapid- in 11 miles
t of 821 feet. Tlt Lachine
miles above Ion eal, are
s of any iortance that
nd are now
ous and diffi-
are obviated
es in length,
, feet.
RAPIDS
of the whole
nee. Great
are here re-
• eep the ves-
course of the
in the least,
current, she
nd.
GE. -
omes to the
he St. Law -
would. be hist,
THE
And now
Victoria Brid
•
•
rence River, and nearly
after which the traveler
view of the City of Mon
prominent object being th
the Church of Notre Dam
large amount of travel o
rence just now, princip
tourists, and. it is money
taking a trip dowu this be
4.
miles long;
comes in Wl
real, the most
two towers of
. There i3 a
the St. Law-
lly American
well spent, in
utiful
R. 0
,
i Canada.
names
of
i certificate that Messrs. 0 rpenter & Co.
i . Among the n hose signing a
. are doing all they can to eep the Da --
son route in order, we not ce that of lk r.
William Douglas, Walton. , ,
, -During the "Herd Laddie's " visit
! to St. Marys, over one hundred persons
'played with him, but not one of them
succeeded in getting a game from him.
,Mr. Thomas McIittyre made one draw in
five games, and Mr. H. F. Sharp one
draw in twelve games. 1 ,
-Mr. A. C. Beamer, of Grimsby towie
ship, has this year threshed 431 bushels
of blackkMadne oats, astheyield of 10_
bushels ,Isown last spring. The samle
gentlenianta day or two ago threshed 34
bushels of clean oats in -11 minutes. I
--Mr. Sargeant, the new Manager of
the Grand. Trunk Railway, being about
to proceed on a visit of inspection over
the road, some of ,the officials at Montreal
rdered the Directors' car to be placed at
is disposal. When the, new Manager
heard of this, he at once eountermand.efi
the order, remarking that an ordina y
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passenger car or a Pullinan was go td
has made a stood cotinnenc ment, anyw y.
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' ---Michau°d, the soldier' who Was co ,-
icted •of xnurdering young Brown,
IViunipeg, Manitoba, in linue last, w 8
hanged in that city, on Tilursda,y of 1. st
Weelc. Mich.aucl acknowl dged his gui t,
and, in a paper which he i tended to re, cl
in the scaffold, but did not, attiribut a
is crime to drunkenness and bad co
jady.
1 -A barn :belonging t Mr. Robe -t
lloutledge, of the towns ip of Dora].
'6,er, County of Middlesex was destroy
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The barn was full of grain, none, of whieh
-Was saved, and also _contained a number
of farming implements. Loss is est =
Mated at $2,000. _Nal ed in the Ag
cultural Mutual for $40( . . The fire
supposed to have been tl e work of n
in c en . •
-The Reformed.' Epi copal Chur li
movement, which recently created o
great a sensation in " iawa churth
circles, has spread to Toro to. Meetin s
are being held in that cit by the "R
ferraers and it ia said that mime
ade to the r
of Mennom e
nitOnnbtaa.rio la t
anctda Gazet e
tices of "
the next se
, o4s accessions are being
ranks.
i -Another detachment
.emigrauts passed throug.
*eek, on their way to M.
I -The last issue of the
contains four different n
plications for divorce" at
salon of Parliament. -
1 -There are 460 vess ls laid up b
tareen Chicago and Kingst in. Five laree
piupellers were laid up la -t week in e
fornier city, rather than o3e money . t
present freight rates. It is hoped th t
the movement of the fall crop, whic
Must shortly begin, will stimulate shi
ping interests.
. ,-At the Methodist Episcopal Ge
-era' Conference, held at Napanee lasit
week, . Rev. J. M. Reid, (if New York,
was elected Bishop by! $9 votes ou
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,..A few days ago, a dering but ver
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mean. theft was committed in Bosworth'
drug store, Lucan. A stnange man .en
tered the store, and requOsted the ma -
ager, Mr. Savage, to dress his finger
which he said had lately been , cut o
Mr. Savage had a 810- an. two $4 bill
in,his hand, which he laid . back on th
counter shelf while he performed the op
elation. -Forgetting th el money, an
while the man was in the shop, he wen
out for some fresh water. 'i On his returi
the man was gone. He t 'ought nothin
of ithg matter for a short ime, but whei
hewent to. put away the money it w
not to be found. Search was made fo
the thief, but he could no be found.
' On Monday last, tw young men
na ed Cooper and. McDo ald, went o
shOoting at a short distan e from Elora
.and, on the former discha ging his gt
the bdrrel burst and the s ock was chat
tered. into hundreds of p ecee. Coope
escaped with slight injurita on the breas
anti - face, whilst McDon Id, who wet
standing close by, was un tjured.
--a-A few days ago, the people of. th4i
town of Galt were startle, by a audden,
and. bright flash of light ng axid a loudj
peal of- thunder: 'In a f w minutes tliaP
alarm of fire was soundet through the!
town. It was ascertai ed that th4J
lightning had. struck the itchen part o
a dwelling house and. it w, s all in. flames
A lady, who was in the itchen at th ,
time of. the, shock, felt quick, shar
pain in her face, and, on e anaining som
time after, found a narro streak of th
skia peeled off one side • her nose an
down the . side of her f ce. This wa
the only injury she sustai ed. Another
peciiliarity of . the circumatance is that
there was juse the one !flash of lightt
ning and one peaLof thunder during th
t y, , .
--After a short illness, eaused by a
Chancellor of the Dioces , died in th
abscess in the a,bd.omen, ev. P. J. 0'
Boyle, Parish Priest of Kingston, and
Hotel Dieu in that city oit Friday morn-
ing, aged 35 years. He was educated a
St.. Michael's College, T ronto, and or-
clained. priest at Kingst n by .Bisho
Horan. He has labored in his church
assiduously for five years, and. was ver
-well' liked on account o his pleasan
manners.
-Bishop Crinnan returned to Hamil- .
ton from Europe on Sat rday morning
last.; The reverend gentl man had' beenf
on a visit to Europe ever since his. ap-
pointment to the Seed Hamilton. I
-The Monetary Times says : It i is,
denied. on behalf of the Great -Western
RailWay that that Company is responsi-
ble fOr the delay in opening the southerni
branch of the Wellington, Grey anclj
Bruce Railway. The Directors of the
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1 $1, 50 a Tear, in advance.
from the Wellington, Grey and Bruce
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Great Western -will not acc ,pt the road
ompany's hands until completed, and
t ere is still eonsiderable !work to be
one. The responsibility for the present
exatious delay seems therefore to lie
b tween the contractors and the Welling -
t n, Grey and Bruce Company.
--And now the village of •Palmerston
i desirous of putting on town airs. No-
t ce is given in the • OntarioGaz-ette that
a plication will be made te the Ontario
eg,islature at its next sihssion for a
special act incorporating th village as a
Own.
i -Mr. Oliver, of Galt, rece tly speared,
ih the Grand River, at t at place, an
ipimense eel which measure over 3 feet
i length, and weighed o r 4 pounds
d a half.
-Henry B. Bowman, one of the oldest
and most respected citiee s of Berlin,
'ed. on Sunday, 16th ult., in the 695h
,ear of his age. The d ceased came
ftom Beats County, Pennsy vania, about
0 years ago, and settled i I the Town-
ip of Waterloo, whence e removed to
erlin, where he died.
- The following literary curiosity we
d in the advertising co minis of the
litehell Advocate of last eveek, which
e take as a specimen o the literary
bility of the Mitchell tow council.: 1
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"Take notice, that the Board o Itealth, of the
own of Mitchell, will lama() al* complaitts miat
ay be made in regard to neglec of keeping their
ut-houses and other nuisances 1 a proper state
1 cleanliness, under a penalty, b. the Act of Gav-
rnment, of 25 dollars for the firs offence; thee -
ore the Chief Constable and said Board will make
raid on such places when least •xpected. , By ar-
er of the Board, X. M. O'CONNOR J. T. Riess, EL
ETCALF.'' ,
-The Wesleyan Method st Church in
ort Hope was destroyed y fire on. Ili -
lay evening last. The fir isl supposed
o be the work of an inc ndiary. The
milding was an old wood n structure,
nd as it was insured for $• ,000, the loss
o the congregation will n t be so very
eavy. .. 1
-The Teeswater Salt 0 mpany have
et the job of sinking the r salt Well a
undred feet deeper, and o erations have
1. dready commenced. Alth ugh the pres-
nt bed of salt -fifteen f eta-wa:S con-
iderecl sufficient to yield n ample snp-
ly of brine, it was concl led advisable
efore putting clown the unzip pernaan-
ntly, to try for the low r and heavier
trata. From the differe t formations
iassed through, and prese t indications,
treat hopes are entertain d of striking
I, bed at least fifty feet thic
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-The Manitoba Free Pr !ss of the 22d
dt. says : "Farmers are'n w busy with
heir wheat harvest in all parts of the
rovirree. It is estimated t at the wheat
vil average twenty-five ushels to the
ere, which would be co sidered vety
good any where outside of aintoba."
, -A street railway horse in Ottawa, a
lew days ago, tumbled over bridge, and
lel]. a distance of 30 feet ti the ground
below. Strange to say he as uninjured
y the fall. Had he been a y other than
street railway horse, he would likely
ave been killed.
-Mr. Robert Wilson, ondon town -
hip, threshed out 550 buS els of barley,
he proceeds of a nine acre eld, being an
verage of over 55 bushels o the acre. •
-A Mr. Waddell, Of laingston, has
he construe-
egra.ph Line
ipeg.
ome from afl
e vicinity of -
le long pro -
acted drouth. In some D aces pasture
he excessiVe
s cattle are
f rain does
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btained the contract for
ton of the Government T
f om Thunder Bay to Win
-Most alarming reports
s ctions of the country in t
ttawa, of the- effeets of t
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completely scorched by
eat, and in some instane
ying for want of water.
ot soon come most serious ,onsequences
e apprehended.
-A curious incident oc urred as a
t ain on the Port Stanley
nearing London on Tuesday
ack squirrel jumped frona
tiers of a bridge .down upo
✓ of the train while in r
a d went through the sky
chr, breaking a pane of gl
captured alive, and apparent
, -Mr. H. C. R. Beech
don, Ont, was married in
Thursday last, to Mrs. Robinson. This
lady, a sister of the late IMr. Street,
.P ., was first married.to Dut. Cumming,
bsequently to Mr. Mackie , merchant,
bsequently to Rev. Dr. ' .binson, and
ow to M. Beecher. Mrs. Beecher has
een pre* well inarried. ut then it is
ated that she is worth at least half-a-
illion. This, of course, akes a clif-
rence, as half -a -million w. cover many
-ults and. failings.
-The fields of Messrs. Arthur and
ohn Leparcl, near Eastville were enter -
by some unknown perso or persons,
Saturday night, Aug. 2, and Paris
reen, to the amount of half a pound, de-
• °sited in each field, wher • some very
aluable animals were pa turing ; bat
rtunately none of them artook of it
efore its being discovered.
-A foul murder was rece itiy corm/1i -
d in Middleport, in the Co nty of Bran, ..
n old man named Cockere I was passing
e farm of Elijah Walker an his brothe
en opposite Walkers' h use the , o d
aan saw a number of chil ren playi g
on the road side. He appr ached one f
t em, a little girl belonging to one of t e
• Talkers, and offered her a opper if s
mild kiss him. The girl to k the copp
ncl. kissed the old man and e passed o
he girl soon after told. her ather of t
ccurrence, when he becanie enraged, a
imself and his brother pu sued the o
an, overtook him, and b at him so s
erely that he was found. dead. on t
ad the sanae evening. A car ner's inque
as held. on the body, and s range to'sa
ne of the Walkers was on he jury. .
erdict was rendered to th effect th
a deceased died from. inj-u ies receive
om person or persons un mown. Th
atter rested at this for so e days.
as generally suspected in he neighbo
hood that the Walkers tv -re the mu
derers of Cockerell, but th
wealthy, and. by previous r
had made all their neighbo
so that they we -e afraid to
about the matter. The
came under the attention of
ties at Brantford, when
Walkers was arrested and I
• ilway was
morninee A
he cross tim-
the baggage
pid. motion,-
-light of the
ss. It was
y uninjured.
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fear the
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to await his trial at the Assizes for the
raurder, but the other brother succeeded
in making his escape, and. has not yet
been captured. by the authorities. The
Walkers are owners of large farms each,
and are reported to be very wealthy, al-
though it has long been 'believed by their
neighbors that they did not come by their
wealth very honestly.
-On Friday evening of last week, as
William McLeod, tavern keeper at Un-
derwood, County of Bruce, was driving
his team, abeng the Con. 2d of Sau-
geen Township, about 11 o'clock at night,
he was scrack with paralysis on the back
of the head, and. fell out of the wagon,
keeping hold of .one of the lines, when
She team ran away, and one of the wheels
passed over his _shoulder, eeck and face.
There he lay 1111CODSCRALS for four hours.
When he came to, he crawled to the near-
est house, but wasreffised admission, He
then passed on to the next house, and lay -
there till the farmer got up. Next day
he was brought home, where he lingered
till last Sunday night, when death put
an end 'to his sufferings. He leaves a
wife and several children in destitute cir-
cumstances. -
--Typhoid fever is just now very prev-
alent -- in Kincardine and vicinity. The
dredging works on the harbor are at a
standstill on. account of several of the
hands ancl two of the captains of the
dredges being laid up with the disease.
---The aristocrats of the recently made
town of Strathroy sport elegant car-
riages and colored drivers. One of -these
turn -outs appeared in the streets of Park
Hill, a few clays ago, and the. people of
that dachan not being' accustomed to
such style, the shopmen.' all ran to their
doors to look after the vehicle, and. the
boys followed it around the streets with
as much wonder and admiration as if it
had. been a circus.
-Attorney-General Clark, of Mani-
toba, has preferred a claim. against the
United. States Government for damages,
in the sum of $50,000, for the recent asz
sault upOn him by American citizens in
St. Paul; Minnesota. If the Attorney -
General succeeds in obtaining the
amount, the assault will not have been
so unfortunate an affair for him after all.
-Rev. Lachlan Taylor will preach his
farewell sermon in the Wesleyan Metho-
dist Church, Ottawa; on Stmday next,
previous to his departure for the old
country as an emigration agent for the
Ontario Governmeut.
-The Ottawa Times of Wednesday
last says : The contract for the grading
-of the branch of the Canadian Pacific
Railway froin Pembhas, to Fort Garry
has been awarded to Mr. ,Toseph White-
head, of Clinton. This gentleman, it
will be remembered, represented North
Huron in the 'Commons during the first
Parliamentary tern). after Confederation.
He is a railway- contractor of great ex-
perience and success.
-Rev. Horroeks Cocks lie dangerously
'ill in Toronto.
•-There are strong grounds for believ-
ing that the bush fixes in the -neighbor-
hood of Ottawa have been greatly -in-
creased by bad characters now roaming
through She country, Nii10 hope to Obtain
chances foe plunder in the district des-
troyed.
--Money is very abundant atthe Banks
in Montreal 1The leading Banking in-
stitution, which has hitherto refused to
lend. on stocks, has begun that policy
now, as it is impossible to find other safe
employment for funds at its disposal.
-Bush fires in the vieinity of Ottawa,
which were temporarily - checked by the
late rains, have again rekindled, and are
raging with renewed fury. The old.
burnt district is 'being swept over by the
flames'the dead. tinalter and. withering
weeds furnishing fuel for its ravages. In,
low lands, which in ordinary seasons are
wet, but have been dried by the &oath
and. exceptional heat of this season, the'
black surface soil, composed of -decayed
vezetable matter, burns like peat: In sev-
eral different localities the fire covers an
area of frotn four to six miles, which is a
mass of flames.
-In Ottawa butter sells at from 26 to
27 cents per pound.; - potatoes, 55 cents
per bushel ; turnips, 50 cents per bus-hel;
and eggs, 20 cents per dozen'. Hat- is
abundant at from $17 to $20 per ton, and
straw brings $11 per ton.
-A barn and shed belonging to Win.
Lewis, of Camden, near Kingston, were
burned, with the season's rop, on Satur-
day• .evening ; also, tliree hogs, two fan:
Ding mills, one wagon anci two hundred.
bushels of rye. Loss about two thousand.
dollars; no insurance.
-Canadian oil refiners and. producers
have again 'entered into a combination to
raise prices, and a rapid rise in refined
petroleum of all kinds is anticipated. It
is to be hoped that the combination may
be of short duration.
-It has been discovered that there are -
hank notes in circulation in. Toronto and
elsewhere which have undergone the
manipulation of counterfeiters. A Do-
minion Bank four -dollar bill, ckverly
transformed into a ten, was stopped on.
Wednesday at one of the banks in the
above city. Business men will •do well
to examine the notes passing through
their hands with more care than usual.
-A deplorable accident occurred in
Brampton on. Tuesday evening. Dr.
Crombie,one of the oldest and most es-
teemed citizens, swallowed a quantity
of nitric acid by mistake, burning him-
seis relficno\y.
te„errna.11y so fearfully that his
physicians have net the slightest hope of -
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-On Wednesday evening last, while
two
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young ladies -Miss T weedle, •of
Stewartown, and Miss Barber, of George-
town -were walking along the railway
track -near the latter place, a spark from
6, passing engine fell upon the clothing
of Miss Tweedle, which ignited to a flame
so severely that her life is despaired of.
and consumed_ her clothing, burning her
-On Tuesday, a boy about eight years
of age, son of John McLean, Township of
Bruce, near Pert Elgin, while taking the
horses to, water, endeavored to get on
one, and, Islipping, caught in the reins,
when the 'horse took fright and dragged
him about sixty rods,'smashThg.his head
fearfully. He died in a few mantes af-
ter being picked up.
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