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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-09-18, Page 1i1 IEj 1874. buggy wore dri.ven f the bank where the i. t the old dock, arta the yielding groural. - -at 16 feet deep at the ftiug a boat hook irtto (sine's head_ was kept he could he rescued. N`I% --On Wednes- aut Carapaigne's ng with some powder with a painful ae- g the ceatente of a. me boards, he set a. ooping over it, arid the ich followed enveloped eg cloud. Ilia cries. r to his assistance, who eckened with the pow - brews, eyelashes and FartunateIes Ilse had e moment a the ex- - were not hurt; but most miraculous. Be than a large blister to. a accident. .'ire•y- ,I•sG‘.—COricil met at ' 1, 1embers all Reeve., The Deputy- i n. Alinettes of fernier ' adapted. Communioa- table from the Reeve, e.;oretit of having to go ilveay talsiness he could l iof re coenail. -By-laws ; levying ,' township and ititicat cr , `John Knight 4e,a for el Larity to family -Nlovec b:y Mr. Elliot, s Iliac)] e that the De - night an 1 others, prily- :win. -.Nr Huff's family, I- John Grant applied ntl 8, east side 32, repaired. Mr. Ei- tel to expend the mem of i By-law far prevention immoraaties was read Elliotestia authorized ' On boundary Grey and A number of aepounte *ordered to be paisg when treed ti) meet at ',tie can A. HUNTER, Clerk. "slecerue. eastn—Cortacil met on p members present, ex - ter. Minutes of previous !t confirmed. Moved hy acted by Mr. Hackney, =notify the Collector to bv- thia council at. !sing, bonds, execate(1 by gocel. end sufficient sate- nt f1OO0- far the due ei-e duties aa Collector for er—Carriect Moved. by onded by Mr. Brock, tetify the Tavern Inspee- Mr, j. Davis, of Farqu- rig the License: Law of - Moved ber Mr. Hackney, r. Elder, that the Tavern etructed to make diligent -whether Wm. Diimin, of he.habit of violating the !874, and if so to prose- erried. Council adjourn - 'Saturday in October.' S P Mule, Clerk. imanneeeseasemeemm-easemeness FALL 1874. 'FALL GOODS -- NING :DAILY AT BROT+4ERS' bosh Store, Seaforth. npleta in a few days.. Look -for eat. MADE TO OEDEA ia Shortest Notice, 'X'XOTV AN OW BOOM wWbo opened by the lateg Styles of Millinery* IVALS • GOODS BALE UF BLANKETS, IT Jft1(J17), L 1'4 inennenmeasommornmumne 10E17:UNTIE YEAR. I WHOLE. No. 3:4.. neememarmen A.FORTH, FRIDAY, SEPT. 18, 1874. 1114l8AN IMOTHER8, Publishers. ;1 50 r Year, in advance. . 18742 OPENING. 1874. DUNCAN it DUNCAN 1 WOULD ANNOUNCE THD$ WEEK TUT TH KIR . OF STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS CLOTHING, HATS AND CPS BOOTS AND SHOES, IS COMPLETE IN ALL LINES. iWia HAVE THIS SEASON TO ITER • Special Inducements TO HOUSEKEEPERS: A Splendid Stook or SIIEETINGS, PILLOW COTTONS, 1 TOWELS and TOWELINGS, LINEls-tr S, TABLE DAMASKS,1 NAPKINS, LACE CURTAIliTS, FARM •ViORK IN SEPTEMBER. BY A FRAOTICAL FARMER. The hinny of haying and harvesting is past, andSeptember furnishes along via its cool nights for sleeping, a little ore leisure for the farmer to attend to the odds and ends of , his occupation.Abso- lute leisure he has not, for it is one of the beauties of far& life that there is always something to be done, and the que tion of the farmeri is not , "-What can Iifind to do ?"as is i sometimes the case with the mechanic, but the query alwar s is 1 "What can I do that will tell most for I immediate and ultimate profit ?" .Having I had. the experence of a third of a centurtg ent of laud, we desire te gestions to young farmerg hem in making the most of een the grain and root and in the manage make ;some su that may aid their time bet fruit harvests. One chore f of September the little stoi mowing lots a large bowlde ground and ar the plow and themowing machine. The ground is nOiv dry and hard, and the tread. of the t 'cart Will ma pression upon Theli,ttie sto r the comparative le"sure s to o piek up and cast ff all s from the 'pastures and d to dig or blast outthe s which , encumber the such an impediment to m and the wheels of the e comparatively little nen the surface of the soil., es can be put into drain,, or better still, be used for the founcla- . tion of a roe in wet places. The large bowlclers Ma, be put into permanent fences, or, if o large to be conveniently removed, may be sunk out of sight and, out of reach o plow by digging holes by their side an. burying them unceremonii, ously. We1., ve seen stones thus leaned with leas cost of labor than would I have been required to blast them andhaa them off. , T 'ese rocks are funsightly as well as incon enient in mowing lots, an the improved appearance of a meadow almost pays for the labor required -in their '-removal. 1 - September is also the month for to 1 . dreSseng the meadows. We always lit) to top -dress before the fall rains come o both because the ground is not so easi poached, and also because the rains wi wash the fertilizer among the roots of th grasses, and the herbage will get a goal (tart and fr sh vigor to withstand th chilling influences of winter. With su a dressing in the early autumn the gee, will start 10 days or a fortnight- sarli in the tpriitgJ and its deep green will fi the farmer's eye, and what in more, luxuriant croj will fill his barn, and this without muh regard to a wet or dry season, for tF4ose lands that start early in the spring get so well covered with grass before the,!: ry spells" come on that a. drouth has 1ittleef1ect upon them.* Top - dress thoroughly in September, and w will insure you at a very low per eent. , a good. crop of hay the next summer, and generally two good crops. In order to this the Eta . piles of manure must spread as w 11 as dumped in this montiu We have sorhetimcs seen them left till the grass u der them was completely smothered, and occasionally they are left unspread all winter. Now is thb time to attend also to (Irene. ing. If there is any one thing in which farmers are more negligent than, ,in an- other it is in allowing their landto he oceupiecl by water. This makes the soil coil, shallow, and barren. Water per colating through land is a good fertilizer, for, as a quaint old writer expresses it "the riebnel s is absorbed..and only-th leaness runs away ;" but stagnant wate is death to all refined vegetation, medals ' breeds a miasrn which is poison to the higher forms of animal life. It is. not necessary that this stagnant water shoal appear on the surface of the soil. If i it can be found within a foot, Or even 1 inches of the surface the laud must I) cold antll unfit for anything but the coarse gra.ss s. Draitung costs something, and every farmer mut count the cost and si whether th9 land; when drained, !will worth as much as the expenditure in til and labor. Whether the increased crot.s will pay for the outlay required thorough drainage will depend upon t e natural streiagth of the land, but thers, s very little lind in the County of I Hurl which would not repay abundantly t i e cost of dranking it, and of one thing e are certain draining is drained. wh tiveness wil man can a consequentl too ranch 1 plan. After the top -dressing lias been spread, sowt ie seed wherever n eded, and brush it in vei h a brush m de • of thorn bush, r any other growth that vtill thoroug ly scratch the ground and pulverize ths. dressing. We will war- rant satisfacti ry results. There will be fir less loss o grass eed than when it is sown in the :pring in conjunction with gram, when t is exposed to smothering f om the ra k growth of the grain and. to parching f om thelextreme droaths of of summer. Another li tie chore for September is pecking up t # e wind -fall apples and feed - Mg them out to stock or meking them into vinegar. In many orchards We see the apples n glecteC' , left to rot on the ground all i 'neigh this month, under the impress' in probably that they are ot little wor h. The cider made from thesb early w nd-falls is not worth Much, as there is no sugar enough in the apples to make first quality cider, and it speedi- ly passes on nto th c acetuous fermenta- t on, but it makes a very respectable vinegar, and ' he pigs and. cows eat these apples with • • at avidity, and are greatly benefitted by them. Care must be taken ,I .. not to teecl t o many of them at first, as the cows especially, are so greedy for them that they will eat them in excess: rWe have heard it said that apples would cause cows to dry up their milk, but this must have "arisen from injudicious feed - i 1 g. We have fed them in large quantity ni for many years; with good results, cpmmencing with a fcw, half a peck or so, at a time, and graclually increasing e allowance to ha f a bushel per day. i I There is great eco omy also in picking 'off the lower leaves f cabbages and man - olds during this onth and feeding t # em to stocik. Th plants are not in- . jered, as th se low r leaves have per- fermed their functi itt, and, being over- shado-wed, are read to perish. Pickcd while yet gr en and succulent, t4y fur - i ish most excellent faod for cos and pigs. Our Irish fri nds make gr at use f cabbage leaves in fattening thei - hogs, ncl though we sh • uld not advi -e. the oiling of them in he house, we may tildopt the frugality of the Irish, so far as saving, these lefty s, with great profit. We very -mt ch dou t whether cabbages, 1. slither for the table • r the stall, e im- proved by being cooked. ' C leslaw ii6 more ea ily di ested than boiled elabbage. All work and. no play makes Jack a Lull boy. We, th refore, wish to add one enoi•e s ggestio # , a little outisidc of i' rm work, and • is is that farmers should atte d thef. 11 "cattle shots and airs, main t only ttend them spec - 'Mors, but as exhi itors of sto k and roducts, and comp titors for premiums. These fairs I are goo 'schools. y con- tently remaining at home and going round in the same tread -mill of duties farmers get contra ted 'Awns. They need to compare th mselves, then stock and products with others, or thy will e very apt to get oo exalted notions of hemselves and the r own doings. We are noor judges of o irselves and opx own oings. Let some • isinterested c' mmit- ee pass upon us an 1 we are oftcu die- ppointed that we lo not stand No. 1. We have seen man a farmer go away from a fair a little crest -fallen because he did not secure he first premium for his bull or his butt -r. Sometimes they are a little grouty a i d say they will nev- er exhibit again. hisis not wise. We like better the spin of •the young house- wife who took som splendid bu ter to the fair, but the j dges. pronounced it second best. " I d n't care," said she, "1 will try till I ge the first premium," and try she did, an # , moreover, succeed- ed, andler butter as for many years stood No. I, not as rilt-edged, but golden i all through. The fair is not o ly a good place to cempare our produc s with those of our peers, but also aff ds opportunity for eociability, fcir ext nding our acquaint- ance, for studying human as well as beastly nature, and relaxing our minds from the common outine of ev ry day toil. Other things being- equal, he is the best farmer wh learns fromother's observation as well s his own. The ex- perience of one ma i Is m necessarily limit - ti ed, and What fars want is e com- bined experience nd wisdom •of the whole fraternity. he sociabili y and recreation which fr irs furnish srve to i break up the mono ODy of farm ife and give it a zest. W do not, thirefore, look upon a few pi asant autumn days spent at such as th Provincial xhibi- tion, the Central a d Western, dr even our own local fai s, as so rnuci time _ wasted. that if the land require ear the house, it shciuld ther the increase of prod pay the expense or net. a ford to live in a clamp c, unhealthy locality. It s ke living in a cellar. 'T dryer and p trer the air We breathe, ot things being equal, the longer we sh live and t e more we shall enjoy From cold, dainp grmincl about his pre ises every fanner, and every other ma should pray to be delivered, and, if It home is placed in such a locality, wi, his prayer he should go to work with h plow and spade, and put in some tilel the depth of at least three feet, and ths ANTIMACASSARS, &c. purify the - This can be or early a warm and . soil. We h -this drain' must say th and. that n necessarily Septemb grass geed. pra.etice is is not acher He scattefrs testimony o is -that this is the best season for sow all kinds of rass seed, clover excepted a we are by lib means certain that clover . On a clayey, wet soil elo e winter -killed by the he the roots during the spr d freezings, but if clove before the fall rains, and d land, it will get suc t an ordinary winter will ect it. Gold, wet lands aetted to clover at whate y be sown, and before sto ds, either in the fall or e should be drained. Stoe doves in the autunan, in c top -dressing, is an excel' 1 1. MILLINERY. The ICLLINERY SEIOW ROOM will be open on ir as well -as dry the lan t be done m the late sumrci tumn, when the weather here is little water in t ve not space now to tell ho I should be clone, but there is some science in t 'every good ditch -digger good drainer. ✓ is the month for sowi We know that the nom o sow in the spring, but t • ing to the laws of natu his seed itt autumn, and the most observing aim 11018 Thursday, 24th Septem er. an exceptio -is liable to ing out of tha,wings a sown early, well -enrich foothold th, seriously a not well -a season it ra innasuch la spting, the ing old me nection wit See Full Ad. Hext Week. DUNCAN & DUNCAN. 1 11 1 1 cl a -b 111 Hill, Ginnie and Dungannon officers' and staff sergeauts' tents. The arrangement of the camp this year is not in accord- ance with military regulations, but the present order is .much more convenient for all. To the rear of the isla+d is sitr guarc mare Men' TOOM interest any wh the bat ut.-Col uated the supply room and t tent, and still further back an the mills is situated the Youn Christian Association readin where everything in the way of ing reading is provieled for the visit there. - The strength and personnel o talion is as follows: Staff—Li Ross, commanding, Brevet •L euteCol Coleman, Major Connor, Quart r-Maste Jordon, Adjutant Cook, Pay aster B Seymour, Assistant Surgeon Dr. Holmes Sergeants' Staff—Sergeant M jor Gil more, 'Quarter -Master Sergeaut etcQuad Hospital Sergeant Wm. Scott, Paymae ters' Clerk John McIntosh, and Orderl Room Clerk Hamilton. No: '1 Goclerich--Capt. Thomson Lients Detlor And Dixon, 3 corporal and 34 privates. No. 12 Wingham—Capt. Wils4n'Lieut. Johns n and Ensign Johnson anid40 pri- vates. No. 3 Seaforth—Not present, No. 4 Clinton—Major lurray, Lieut Proctor and 37. privates. No. 5 Brussels—Capt Leckie r Lieutr English, 11.1nsiga Hamilto and 39 pri- vates. - No. 6 Exeter—Capt. ward,- Lieut Crozie and 32 privates. No. 7 Porter's Hill— apt. Sheppard Lieut. McDonald, cDonald, Ensign Russel and 3 pr No. 8 G-orrie—Capt. K, ins and 37 pri vates. No. 9 Dimgannon—Cispt Mallougb Lieut. Crozier, Ensign Mc privet s. Tot I—Staff, 7; officer and n in -commissioned offi Co peny comme morni g at 9 o'clock and a which battal Craoadi acipi, far -h 8made.e impro have On kiting appea throu the a open turne civili lecte camp from his te cha.pt quen band piece Tu weat sa g n uf of th postp mate Satu On ing w ing-r are i The Huron Vol On Thursday afte various companies, c (Huron) Battalion, arrive on the camp ich, fot the purpos annual 12 days dr 11, and by 4 o'clock all the officers had reported the and their men, and had their p allotted them. L eut. -Col. Ro staff were early on he ground, an attention was paid the men. All the Qomplete, and no c experienced by an for work. Camps-, paraphernalia were short time a can place of the wither reigned but a few tents were allotted to the officers of e the staff, one guar master's store tent, the staff sergeants' Goderich Battery o occupied the right, pa-nies came in su of the camp formin and commanding o in an angle, the m being in the centre angle stands Lie and to the nor master's, adju ton, Wingham. ficers' and store west lie Brevet tent, the surgeon's nteers in Tamp. noon of last week the nnected with the 33c1. olunteers, began to g ground, at God.er. of putting in their selves sitions s and d e -very o the convenience of arrangements were nfusion. or delay was in the preparation lartkets and the le sual dealt out and it a as -village tdok the d green solitude that oroeuts before. Fieur o each, company, one ch cempany,. i_ve to tent, the quarter - the officers' mess and. ent-49 in all. The Garrison Artillery and the other com- cession, this portion an oblong. The staff cers occupied the -left ss -room and canteen In the point of the t -Col. ROBS' tent, h are the quarter- t's Brussels Clin- and Godeneh of - tents, while to the ieut-Cols Coleman's tent, Exeter, 'Porter's ath and 3 , 20 ; private cers, 294. wt." on Pride ain at 3 was the order untill Monday, whe on drill was substituted. No. I ny- went -into tbe butt,8 fdt bal e on Feid.ay, and by Tuesday all ken their turn. y e shooting a ood, although not. been very excellent individual scores were The men look Well, and have ed very much en ijheir drill, and martial appearan e. Sunday morning aj goodly spriai •f red coats and oth r colored coat ed in the -various pilaces of worship hout the town. tt 3 o'clock in ernoon Rev. Mr. qraham held an ir service, to whic the -battalion out in full force. A great man ns were present. he ground se' was the small gro re north a th ng ground, which as well shaded he hot sun. Mr. Gralia.m took for t the sixteenth verse of the first r of Romans, and reached an elor sermon therefrom The corne was present, and played severe of sacred. music. sday brought the fist aiengreeabl er, but precaution hacl been taken t any possibility which might rer oni rainy weatheri The opening company shooting match bad to be ned, however. The battalion, for the medal will be decided on ay. Friday evening a teinperance meet- om at the camp round, and all 1 be held at the Y. C. A. read"- vited to be present. —Signal. • ep.- Canade,1 Mr Norman Barailton once of the old- est a cl wealthiest residepts df the town ris, died on Thursday last, after a few a.ys' illness. 1 — s a stranver in the city was passing alone, the streets of Hamilton a few even- ings go, he was *attacked by two rough's who mocked him down and then strip- ped im of his clothing and then cleared out ith it leaving him in an entirely nude condition: In the *pockets of the stole clothes were a considerable sum of m ney a gold watch and other valu- ables. The man, after sometime, matte his ay to the police office where he was supp ied with a new suit of clothes. — ne day last week a " tramp " se- cret d himself in a car attached to a trailn in D troit, just starting for Suspension Brid e, for the purpose of stealing a ridetro the atter place. The car proved to be amo g the number that were sealed updn ente g the Dominion, and the hapless /elk) was obliged to remain in the ear, with • ut food or drink, until the train mac ed Suspension Bridge-- over two days A pretty dear passage after all. he City Commit of Winnipeg, Mani- toba have purchased one of the most han • sonaely finished steam fire engines man facture& by the Silsby Manufactur- ing 1 ompany. • Its 'cost is about $6,000 lijah Walker, committed for the mur ered of James Cochran, has been rele sed from Brantford jail on giving $4,0 0 bail. Wealthy men, who have rich elations, can apparently be relieved fro • imprisonment when very graVe char • es are standing against them. It see s strange that bail was taken in suc I a case. This is a case which should be e iquirecl into by the Government. A Mrs: Leinh.b.s,of Montreal, was near y burnt to death last Sunday night by he explosion of a lamp. She was filli g a coal eillamp in the dark. While hold ng a lighted match in her hand, sad- denl the inflammable gas. in the can cau ht fire. The can was blown ;to piec s, and the poor woman's clothes wer saturated with burning oil. The kite en was set on fire. She rushed into the street, shreds of her burning dress falli g from her as she ran. A pOliCe- ma # off duty, procured. a blanket aacl wra geed her tightly in it, and smothered the • ames. Her body, arms and hands we found to be—fearfully burned. Peo le are frequently too careless in the use of coal oil. The eleventh Provincial convention of he Sabbath School Association of C .-ada will be hela in Brantford this yea . It will take place on Tuesday, We, lesday and Thursday, Oct. 13, 14 an, 15, next, and be held in Zion Pres - b rian Charch. The Rev. Dr. New- ton, of 1.Philadelphia, editor of the Sab- bath S ,hool World, author of "Bible Jewels," " Bible Wonders," "Giants, and ho v to light thena," &c., andeminent for his nteresting addresses to Sabbath scholar' ; also, William Reynolds, Eq., the de oted Sabbath Sch.00l worker and organiz r'of Peoria, Illinois, who ren- dered s ch valuable service at the Belle- ville 0 mverition, and W. Howard. Doane, Esq., f Cincinnati, Ohio, the author of "Pure Gold," " The Royal Diadem," and ot1ier Sabbath School sacred songs, are ex ected. We have no doubt the meetiug will be largely attended, and. be most iiiteresting. sacl accident occurred in the town - Logan, near Mitchell, on Friday on last. A young man, named. McLacherty, of the township of on was enjoying a day's shooting —A thip o aftern James Fuller with a friend. Becomingtired, they both sat dolvn on the grass, laying -their guns beside' them. 1,,Vhile thus sitting, Mr. McLacherty took hold of his gun and drew it towards him. The gun was, by some Means, discharged, and the con- tents 1 chred in his head. He died -from ects of the injuries in about an ter the accident. He was about rs of age, and. wan unmarried. e Bobcaygeon Independent says r. John Fowler Was in that village esday evening. He went on to unt. It is rumored that he in - /tinning his Huron, *Quebec, ct- Toronto, Goclerich, Stratfoid, nville and Lindsay Railway h Kinmouut, with. branches s to rton and Minden, a loop &lea° Narrows, and a special tree -lento ace or any where that will giv a to " Honest John." • Lie Stratford Beacon understaiids r. J. S. Sinclair, of Goderich, t the Crown business at the Strat- ssizes, commencing on Sept, 29. e fastest trotting time ever made half mile track in Canada WAS t the Stratford. raees, last week, elly Erwin," oened in Roches- ew York.' ,She trotted a mile in most destructive fire occurred in of Cornwall on Sunday morning The tire originated in a paper led spread to a number of adjoin - the efl hour a 30 ye —T that on T irtm tends. tawa, Bowm throu Cedar any p bonus —T that A condu ford •—T On a made by ter, le 2:30. I the to last. mill, ing fe. toriee, including the works of the Stor pany, lath prope 000. 200 p ment . -- last miles' East Williams, by which two young la- dies iltarned Mary and. .Emma Fletcher, vt aged respectively 23 and 14, daughter of High Fletcher, were drowned in the Saub e River. It appears that the young- est aded into the river to drive some geescj out, and while endeavoring to ac- com lish her object got into a deep hole. The @lder sister went to her assistance, and oth were drowned before aid could_ be o tained. The bodies were reco-verd shortly afterwards. —its D. J. Waggoner, the defeated mai date in the late Addington election, eturning home in his buggy from ston about 10 o'clock last Saturday on the Sydeuham road, he was - at by some person who was con - d a short distance from the road. • ullet grazed the back of the buggy, ortunately missed the oceupant er Excellency the Countess of rin. fired the first shot on the open -- 1 the Dominion Rifle Association's bag at Ottawa, on Tuesday last.' On Monday, as Frank Gable, of ter, and Miss B. Jones, of Burford, driving down from Burforcl to tford, a spark from the pipe which Gable was smoking, dropped on the of Miss Jones, but was not noticed ont cotton manufacturing com- a sash and door factory, and a saw, nd shingle mill. The value of the ty destroyed is estimated at $250, - The insurance is light. About rsons will be thrown out of employ - sad accident oecarred at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon, about eight from Strathroy, in the township of was Kin nigh shot ceal The but Du ing mee ; - Anc wer Bra Mr. dres •by ether party until quite a blaze had. star ea and was with difficulty ex - ting ished, after having destroyed agreat port on of the dress and clothes of. Miss Jon s, whose hands and right arm were ba y burned. Mr. Gable's hand was also badly scorched. An occurrence took place Port Ho e a few days ago, by which the joy- ous feelings of an expectant bride were qui kly changed into grief and dismay. it s ems that the young lady was engaged to b married to the man of her choice, her par nts approving of the match, but her bro er, not having been consulted, re - poly d to do his little best to interpose disa eeable obstacles. The desired op - port nity presented itaelf when the wed - din trousseau was brought home, the you g .hopeful siezing it and. decamping. The lady arrived in tune to see a mass of ceel with.the buying the right of way and grading the road as soon as the line is located and. agreed upon. -1--At. the meeting of the shareholders of the Great Western Railway in Eng- land, on the 9th inst., Hon. Wm. Mc- Master, of Toronto, was the only Cana- dian director elected on the new board. a—Orange Lodge No. 470, of Pembroke, has passed a resolution condeiaming Sir JOJID A. Macdonald for giving Riel $11,000 to escape from justice, and cen- suring Mackenzie BoweIl for not sooner takIng up the question of the Scott mur- der. —An Ottawa despatch says that last year and a year or two previous, fabulous prices were asked by men to go to the woods to take out logs and square tim- ber. The minimum ranged at abott $26 130 month, -while not a few obtained the MAXIMUM of $50. At present there are any quantities of men to be had at from $16 to $20 per month. —Some time since, 'Messrs.' J. & W. Grandy, of Zurich, miseed a gnantity of iron from their ship-bailding warehouse at Port Franks. The property was traced to Arkona, where it was -found at the blacksmith shop of Smith & Utter. Warrants were issued for four parties suspected of being the thieves, but owing to the laxity cif the constables in attending to their duty, all the guilty ones escaped, but one being arrested, and as he could not be convicted, of course justice failed. The conStables are censured for the manner in which they failed to perform, their work, the escape of the thieves being entirely due to negligence. Daus thro bol a,ssi tow the be rive in h tha less .for in and. orange blossoms disappear gh the door -way. Alarmed. at the ess of the theft, she called to her twice the whole police force of the 1, but all were unavailing as neither hid nor the weclding garments could. owed. Whenthe wedding day ar- the lady was forced to get -married r Oemmon-clothes. It is to be hoped. her wedded life may be none the joyous on account of this -*mired ishap. An agent for a patent tube for milk- ing oWs sold to two parties in Blenheim and Burford. the patent for $75 per town- shi lees the but tha pou son 1 11 11 . Of course the invention was worth- ancl now the principal is collecting funds. The agent guaranteed them, the patentee knoevs nothing about , and as the seller is non , at the d of flesh is exacted. This -is a les - every day being taught. A Permanent Board of Directors for Stratford and Lake Huron Railway been elected.. It is composed of the wing gentlemen: S. S. Fuller, tford. ; D. Tisdale, Simcoe . F. S. son, Clifford. ; A. Williarason., &brat- ; J. E. Bullock, Otterville ; V. cher, Milverton ; T. J. Clark, odstock. The following officers were ted: S. S. Fuller, President ; D. ale, Vice -President ; P. Watson, retary. A survey has been. com- ced, under Mr. Wright, engineer of Company. We understand that the rd of Directors are -prepared to pro - —As Mr. 'George Poulson, Lot 33, Com 7, Elmo, was hauling in his last load of wheat, a few days ago. a spark 'from a neighboring bush, which was ablaze, alighted on the load, and almost instan- taneously the grain was on fire, Mr. Poulson was quite close to his barn when he discovered the fire, and he barely had the load ata.wn away when it was entire- ly consumed together with the wagon, the horses also being slightly seorched. But for in abundant supply of water in his well, which was freely used; theilames would have enveloped the buildings Con- taining the season's crops. —Buffalo robes Horn Manitoba are in pretty large supping in Montreal; Two hundred and fifty bales of Saskatchewan robe' are advertised for Dr. Schultz this Week; and the Hudson Bay Company will have, say 400 bales, for sale f in No- vember at their customary ,auction sale. Robes ought to be cheap this season. —Some idea of the extent of -the fish - Mg business earned on around the Island Of Newfoundland, may be foimeil from. the fact that no less than 300 schooners!, besides 350 square-rigged vessels, were to be seen in one day this Beaton. A fleet of 650 vesiels—all waiting for bait to pursue their business, cod -fishing ; a.nd this is only one portion of the Island. ---On*Friday of last week, a little girl, four years old, daughter of Mr. Duncan McLellan, Eighth Concession of Arthur,. met with a very shotking accident, which caused her death the _next day. Her mother hacl been making soap and having just taken it off the fire, the child fell backwardsinto it, scalding herself •very badly. She lived 24 hours after the accident, but in great pain, —Mr. D. Eby, of Berlin, has invented. and brought into prautical use a {very in- genious machine for entrapping potato bugs. It resembles an Ordinary' wheel- barrow in general contour, and vhenin operation will be wheeled between the rows of vines. Two fans en each side revolve rapidly As the machine progresses, .and strike the vines inwards over the box of the barrow witb such force as so ' dislodge the eriemy and seed his raven- ous squadrons in headlong rout to the bottom of the Mx. In this way two rows of Watt) vines will be thoroughly cleaned as fast a man can Walk. If the potato bug pest continues for a year or two as bad as it has been for the past 1two years, Mr. 'Eby will make a fortune out of his invention. —A very painful accident occurred at Kincardine on Tuesday, by which Mr. George Itforrost, a farmer residing. in 'Kincardine township, was fatally injur- ed. Mr. Mornow was standing in his - wagon in front of a store, when his horses commenced backing, throwing him forward on the, whiffietree. This so frightened the team that they ran away, precipitating him under the wheels, which passed over his body, breaking his collar -bone, and inflicting general in- ternal injuries. Medical aid was procur- ed at once, but could do nothingior him, liAernadisetdroinnAfHewothel°,uirns'the village of Uxbridge, was aestroyedbyfire on Tues- day night last. The inuaates of the hotel were all in bed. ' The fire originated in the - centre of the first fiat, and was sti far ad- vanced when first discovered as to pre- vent all in the hotelfrom escaping by the - stair ways. They hacl to escape lythe upper windows, and in doing so the most of them weie more or less burned, and three were so seriously injured that they died itt a few hours after they were taken from the burning building. 1 —The leistotvel fall raeeS will take: place on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 29 and 30. Liberal purses are offered in eight different races. —The Lamb:bon County Council voted at a special session $500, to assist in de- fraying the expense of the Governor's late visit to Sarnia. ln Elgin the Coun- ty voted $300. a sufficiently liberal sum considering the very short stay of His - Excellency at the County Town. At London the cost of the Vice -Regal visit was $1, 395 50. 11 the has foll tr Do for Ke nee ele Tis See e me th Bo —The barn of Mr. Patriek Miilan, in the township of Colborne, was destroyed. by fire on Sunday afternoon. All the contents were destroyed, consisting of about 1,000 bushels of grain, farming implentents'- four calves, a number of pigs, &c. Mr. Millen .had his hands badly -burned. in endeavoring to save his property. —'rhe wife of Mr. Jervis, of Kemple, County of Middlesex, gave birth, a few days ago, to triplets, two boys and a All are alive aud heerty. •