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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1874-10-02, Page 3GRAY 4 UC` TT that they halve commenced fi Shop latelyspied by prepateti to fill orders fore. .g Blinds, Jrouldingei nds of !;;sled. Ihntber.. �y# .fTGL.. XE4 A HETES, rE41RAY BA KS, &c. Seas nett Lunt r on hiu L abor'lard on oderich street, !miens Planing neatly clone, W., H. SCOTT. rubes in Melt E OVEN man to srlppll qt the id sF I.rge- stow. of tall kinds of if will be sold ut prices which i I this County for cheapness: f _ _Fencing Lumber ° ire Iilkundctstee F-i4A T$.. and every doscriptlonot Parties building or buying lie- 1 berally dealt with, and profit to eve the MILD: si elsowhets.. AT A DAY'S NQTTCL t the mill or act lroaset to 'fni - (eceive- prompt attention. -Be G€ VNLGOK'S' _ Victor f> 4 lls is emplace,. MLNION AIRORESSING D BATit ROOMS has, pleasure in annourattno .fitted up over his shop a number cOrofortable. ROE enable !bath mag be -h14 tl.xi'. 4164 unhandar oestooko4: tG ONSAND BRAIDS S Ha> is also prepared totakait. Aii COMINGS, straighteoed salt worked Into Swi:ehe,s Curls,, . 1 NTS'. 'WIGS f tterteat node at less thou city' •€y solicited' !‘_at f.T'To t f LE WOR,KSi (Rom s-r,*Ts t of the Cp xxeroial hotel. DSTON Er Inds in Ante can and Foreign and exacoted n the hest style,, snarls: prices. Cr ug C'otar d Marble sup & rwrt Spice. 1 (zits and Headstones imported C 3i)PER, - Jr.. ? s 'El.! CALDER, Agent. �R YC 1It €lInt I .. �MERON, Jewe Sr, alitcheil, a hi i f(jientls and custom - on alit;; f urrrounding €lis- ., would re;ipectfully intimate ell t u that beai':pilul stand west end aril _ o he hag k peued a besautifel s unit gents:' teartfiry of the latest clocks the largest and most vara- it.ariu. My ICAtches arts acknonl he9,pest and. Ia the market, thort>u;fhly reg.Ilate4 and tested :ed for oalo. ezf y for sup £1gi a Watch. >,EP'A:II .eessou Iu a11,tai:iing the services; who has 11a:flong practice iII the clad Edinbt rFh, Scotland, cue,- :hat in no part of do Dominion devil's w.,Itclt€s aIstl jewelrY ALEX CAMERON, Prectica.l-Watchri" ker. 21, 1s74. 3e0-52 1`H PLANING ':JX1ILL.. s B FACTORY i, r`' leave tthank his numerous thelibtralp tronage extended to Iteii:,'; Bible ss tat Seaforth, sail. F be favored,with a continuance :tar to build credal do well to give' t 4 continue to keep on hand a '.'{;,ills ,!.f, I'1 .E 1 t_T 1BE,It,. LANDS, 10U L :: I GS, SLE', LATH`, I H, ETC. Itt of givinl satisfaction, to those tim with the it patronage, 9,0 XI0I38 km —n are employed. attention paid to Cut torn Planing BHN I1. 14110AD`FOOT-. EY AD ;'A.$QED 4teneity, III {;itch: soma end for .F Iw, anti rt -pa able in such mariner ;dart tit ,sire. ?lpplkt to A. G. alit. tarG1 LL, Seaforth- At:T E. kietliatt ly,I7uIlib ret #Irakt -eIasa el.. to \. ork fen .the Ca i do COrn- t the tc,wn ilhip of Hibben, For i ut:'rl as ges sail; be paid. for oofy tit the uric! f •rsigoedt s_ tPF_: ant as. C=t,IIt1,tlny,lir• to the T'ae a ork will be Som' DV . Sept'14. VL'si 2, 1814. AE,:f 11MAINS CANADA. POSITQ itEOIME IN CANADA. Dy ton,. Faaixatax. 12mo. pp- 4.0. .Litt; s, Rroga o.' present volume of Mr. Parlman'a cal series relates the establishment kwth of the French rower on the h American continent during the 'Yom 1653 to the English conquest In a successionof vivid epi.. saes, the author describes this exciting des of Indian warfare, and the labors °t11e Catholic missionaries, by which des°vab • of the wilderness were Wight within the pale of a nominal dristian civilization. One of the most dent figures upon. Mr. Parktnan's owing canvas is that of Francis Xavier ae Laval, the Pope's vicar apostolic for reueda, whose subtle ecclesiasticism and. wd worldliness are set forth in a noisterly portraiture. Laval, though not esuit, was the most active supporter ilte Jesuit policy in the New World. IA Ins a strenuous advocate of the su- r»remacy of the Pope, regarding the prin- pples of the Gallic= Church as a weak. t unchristian concession to the secular wer. Lar'al was a descendant of the table of France, Anne de Mont- aorency, and thus shared the blood of sae of the proudest families of Europe: Wim his earliest childhood, his thoughts tore directed toward the church.; Re ieceived the tonsure at the age of 'nine. as zeal was boundless, and his acts of eeif-humiliation were of the most revolt - :leg character. . He made journeys on foot about the country,in disguise, pen fees, begging from door to doom and eottrting scorn and opprobrium, in order that he might..suffer for the love of God. ' gat with his intense religious nthu- siaaui, he had a large share of worldly iRisdonw- He was by nature no mere dreamer. However lofty the fli is of his spirit, his feet were always p nted as the solid earth. His flaming zeal. avarcombined with a hard and practical trim of mind, a narrow intellect, 4n ob- stinate will, and, as his enemies asserted, the love of dominion native to his blood. He Was but 36 years of age wliien be Sailed for the seat of his future labors in Canada in the spring of 1659. His manner of fife at this tine was marked by aril extreme austerity. He lived in a small hired house, with :no at- tendauts but a gardener and v et, of Whom the former was also at the rrice. of his needy neighbors. He slept on a hard bed which he would not allow to be changed even when it became full of fleas. Every year he gave fifteen hun- dred or two thousand francs to the poor, "Several portraits of Laval are extant. A drooping nose of portentous size ; a well -formed forehead ; a brow stougly ed.; a bright, clear eye ; scant hair, hidden by a black skull cap thin compressed and rigid, betraying- a it net easy to move or convince tures of that indescribable cash which hal lip Bpi fes narks the priestly type ; 'such is ;Laval, as he looks grimly clown on us frgnn the dingy canvas of two centuries age." Of the sincerity of his convictions there can be no doubt. He believed firmly that the rulers of this world should be subject to the authority of the Pope,whom he regarded as the a vicar of Christ upon earth. But he himself was the vicar of the Pope, and within - the bon de: of • t Canada, clothed with all the auth�n of y the Ho'y Father. The- glory of od. de- manded that this authority shout suffer no abatement. He would be gu ' ty be- fore Heaven. if he did not maint 'n the supremacy of the Church over the powers of earth and hell. The prmcip 1 fault of his nature was his domuieeri g tem- per. He was one of those whose dispo- sition always leans to the side of autho- rity. In the English Revolution he would have inevitably stood. for the Stuarts, or, in the American Revolution for the Crown. But as a Catholic, and. a priest above- all things, he was drawn by a constitutional necessity to the party of centralization. He fought 14'ti-y, in his way, against the natural man, and gave his chief attention to the clture of humility, but soil and climate were not favorable.; His life was one lo>iig asser- tion of the authorityof the Chu ch,' and this authority was odged in hirself. The Jesuits had made - a skgacious ehoiee in this zealous: and obstinate priest to fight their battles: Canada was about to enter upon a state of transition. Hith- erto the ecclesiastical power supr-en e. The Jesuits, whe most educated and able body o the colony, had controlled it not; things spiritual, but in things t The Governor was little else the of police, under the direction of sionaries. But a change was . From a mission and trading station, Can- ada was to become a colony, in the true sense of the word. Civil government was about to assert itself on the banks of the St. Lawrence. The epoch .of the apostles and martyrs was passing away, and the soldier and jurist were threaten- ing to supplant the sway of the priests. In the view of Laval, it was the hosts of this world beleaguering the sanctuary, which he was called of Heaven to defend. The scene now changes to the palace of Fontainebleu, the shrine of a long curse of vanishing monarchs, haunted with memories of Capet, Valois and Bour- bon. It was the morning of a pew reign whentherankk and beauty of France had assembled to- pay their homage to the rising sun cif Louis XIV. The Canadian policy of Louis XIV., tinier the administration of Colbert, is succinctly described as a part of the com- mercial and colonial system of that dis- tinguished statesman. It was a system of authority and. suppressioik in which the Government and not the individual always bore the foremost part. He sought to compel France into prosperity, and create flourishing colonies by the force of an imperial will. Distrusting the want of enterprise and of capital which prevailed among the merchants,. he established a series of greet trading corporations, in which privilege ' and ex- clusion itsz. onvere pushed to their utmost limits. Prominent among these was the "Company of the West,' which received. the royal sanction, May 24,16t 4. It was empowered to wage war," make peace, es- tablish conrts, and. , in other t-espects to act as sovereign within its own. domains. ; A monopolyof trade was granted to it Bars. for 40 - ' e: y Sugar from thAntilles,; and furs from Canada, were reckoned on as the chief sources of profit, and Africa Was to supply the slaves to''d raise the fromCanada became the chief sufferer m this mercantile nionopolt .: Nobody bhtthe Company, had aright to bring Iter the necessaries of life. TT`le supplies, which it brought were insufficient, and the prices demanded were exorbitant. A Shange was s loudly called for an d a age was at length ordered t The peopling of Canada, according to he piquant narrative of the author was • accession, exceed 2, his niajo 'grants to atic bus;; the wh soo. ` H `ty, whe the colo. Sas. M le population did not had scarcely attained the shipment of mi - 1 was made a System- t of them. were drawn from the northw sterni provinces. Al. though sotne writ rat denounce them in unweasiired terns they seem in'the' mail; to have been a decent peasantry. A part of them could read and write,' and sou ne had a little' money. plying the new set Without any ting Were taken from th rather asylums for for the sick. Com •soon heard that w made indifferent 1 girls, accustomed t mended in their p well as men wante The Method of sup- 1ers with `wives, .was of romance. Girls' hospitals, which were the; poor than houses laints, however, were mcu from the cities others, and peasant - field work, were de ace. But officers as wives, and a request was made for a col ignmeiit of .young la- dies. " The character of these candi- dates f caped 1 caustic I(, Honta years aft; the- moth tr matri he pen a r, draws t e following sketch of yrs of Canadal:. `After the regi- ment of .Carignan wash disbanded, ships . were sent different few pious into thee so to apes piled a butcher chooses his st of the flock. There antent the most fan three harems ; for the tall and the short, Town, the plump and Ly, ` in J short found a the end of a fortnight I am told that the n first because it was less active, they were at home, d that e winter col better. to the obliged known heir possessi ns and livelihood fore taking f am ono TOO .class the girl wh m they iking. The arriage ;with, with e help' ry, and the ext day a►1 caused th couple 1 an ox, a cow, a pair fowls, two barrels of crowns in money."' girls, Mr. arkman From i, it was France'. they be - would people, a great, cause a s found' who had b ands at ttous in redthat to from Gish that tual coit- ipped to ppointed any. has not es - of , slander. - The writing 15 or: 20 out frieghted with girls of n - virtue, under the direction . of a old duenuas, Who divided 'them o classes. These vestals ,Were, k, one on the other in three different halls whee the bridegrooms chose their brides sheep out of the mid was wherewith to c' tastiest," in these here were to be seen the blond 'and the b' the- lean (• everyboc shoe to fit him. At not one rpvas left. plumpest! were take thought that. being more likely to keel they could resist tb Those who wanted ' a wife applie uectreaea, to who they were been ere the men in onl in mporal. •achief' the mis- at hand. d" to makf means of of the th found most to their was concluded fort of a priest and a no' the txove'rnor-Genet to be presented wit! of swine, a pair of salted meat, and 11 This' sketch of th regards • as a malicious caricature the commencement of the colon always the practice send back t women of this vias$, as soon as till mistake h the' honest Lary, " cone. th sexes, wh al." It wa sung woman abet had hus became can I�was then ordt sin a certifica came notorious. occur. " Along wi complains Mother an aille of deal! of c b� great deal of scand that some of the y been married at Qu home. The priests tying the knot. It each girl -should obt the cure --or mab strate "of her pa she was free to mar}•y. The ani signment of young *omen was al Quebec in charge of a matron a by the King. _der task was noii an easy one, for the troop under her care was apt to consist of what Mother Mary face- tiously called ``mixed goods." ample bazaar was provided for the iiia ction of kward youn peasant tier was . required to, rut delay:. The new, enticed anddriven nties were oered on ach young man whe age of 20, and each: fore the age of 16,'re-' !naive of the dowry king. This varied value. It Was some- or eight livres in rel or two o mercy was shown .to lor. Unmarried men hunt,' fish, trade with into the wo ds under ver. Inshort, hey were. made as miserable as possible, o sooner did the vessels arr a than the y ung,men went to get wives nd the num r was so th.eat that the. acre often cried by irties at a time. " Throughout the length and breadth of Caned Hymen, if not Cupid,.was whipped into a frenzy of activity. Dollide Casson ells us of a widow who was married afr h before' her late husband was buried." The life of the Canadian settler for a year or two was rough and difficult. But as soon' as he had �a few acres under till- age he could support his fani.ly on the produce. Hunting, if he knew how to use a gun, was a serviceable aid. The St. Lawrence abounded with eels, which smoked or salted, supplied hi larder for months. In winter he hew d timber, sawed'planka• or split shingles for the market of Quebec, for which he received the damsels. The av or the rngged:sok choose a bride with settler was at Once into 'wedlock. Bou early marriages. F married before the girl who married be ceived 20 livres,.ex presented by the greatly in form and times a house with mnnths. • More of household supplies, of salted meat. the obdurate bathe were forbidden to the Indians, or go any pretencewhate provisions n it was 50 besides a bar c 0 fi ti aj h such necessaries as he required. With thrift and ,hard work, he wee sure of comfort at last. But the fo er habits of the military s tilers were of favor- able to erseveri g industry. - . The mon- otony life often came in- sufferable, n�vr 11 ¢ , suf erable, nor did the dome tic hearth afford much contolation. Yeo thrifty .or not, they multiplied apace.. " t A poor man," says'Mother Mary, ` will have eight children and more, who run about in winter with b.re heads and bare feet, and a little jacket on their backs, live on nothing butt bread and eels, and on that grow fat and ' stout.' With such treatment the weaker sort di ; but the strong;survived? and out of his rugged nursing sprang the hardy C adian race of bush -rangers and bush -fig ters." The genius of Mr. Parkma as a his- torian receives ample Must ation from the skill with which he as grouped events of comliaratively to porary im- portance into a narrative of engrossing and permanent :interest. H has made the most- of his materials, w icb, though abundant in q antity, are mainly !not of the quality which furnis es the 'ele- ments of attr" ctive historical composi- tion.. But his clear insight into charac• ter is matched by his aecu ate percep- tions of extern 1 nature. Ii the field of individual poi raiture. his ketches' are rebision harmo . y and fresh- ness by prebision, ness of coloring. His nai native style seldom rises' above the lev 1 of chaste and luminous exposition, b it his sym- pathies -with nature are so ardent that p the presence of the forest , the sylvan stream often inspires a rio luxuriance of description. He looks up.n the prim- eval homes of. the Indian w rrior and the Canadian settler with the e; e of a poet,. and never fail to take the t.dvautage of the picturesque elements o the ancient landscape to' enliven an adorn his pages. . The main purpose of the author, how- ever,in the pre .. preparation of this work is not to beguile 'th readerwith evidently a in the bosom the wilderness, but to exhibit, a faith - 1 and accurate representation of his- �rital events. . Aiming chiefly at in- action by the illustration of. truth, he at the name time, shown the faculty o ' a matter in the walks of elegant litera- tt re. ARRIVALS OF EW GOODS • AT WM. HILL'S. ALSO ONE BALE OF BLANKETS, SLIGHTLY DAMAGED,' VERY CHEAP_ YOUR. PLY. SECURE YOTJ W. HILL. RESH ARRIVALS NEW STYLES ainly due to Louis XIV; Prior to his pictures of alluring scenes OF G NTS' COATINGS, TRO VSERINGS - C MPBELL'S AND, - VESTINC-S AT r CLOTHING STOR A LA44GE STOCK OP oys' and Youth's Clothing On hand, and will be sold at a ((I SMALL AVANC1 ON COST. From this dat goods in ear will be sold t Bargain W. leaforth, July 28,1874. BUTT 3R, IpUTTEil. J-EWELRY ESTAB SEAFORTE .ISH M INT • E. HICKSON $4. CO. Have on JpWELRY, CL opened up a splendid St CK$ ck of ANC) WATCHES 11 Goodioand Prices. In their Dreg Store, and invite open inspection of 1 WATCHES OF -THE OLLOWING CEL: • ALTHAM, ELGIN,. tended for 8uin her CAMPBE L. EDW RD CASH S WII,I BUY GOOD IN pETH THOMAS, NE DIRECT FROM THE ENGLISH LEV AND IN CLOCKS HAVEN, KRI MANUFACTURERS IN BRATED MAKES RS AND SWISS. )EBER, JEROME, CONNECTICUT, ALL . GOODS MARKED IN PL, IN FIGURES. DRUGS, MEDICINES, COMBS, . BRUSHES, i SOAPS, SPONGES, TRUSSES, DYE STUFFS, . KNIVES AND FORKS, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, 'TREBLE Plate CRUET 8 CHOIC BIRTHJ GOLD" BROOC WEDD], SILYEi SILVER M.ORTC TEA SI TABLE V ERY ANDS, WEDDING PRESENTS, )AY PRESENTS, 3AR RINGS, ES, NG RINGS, RINGS, THIMBLES, N'S GOLD PENS, - OONS, SPOONS, HEAP LAMPS. ti MERIDABi COYIPAAZY PLA ED WARE, i THE BEST IN THE WORLD . PHYSICIANS' PRESCR ' aTIDN ACC O- .4TELY PREPARED. FIRST QUALITY MADDER, INDIGO, LO WOOD, MAGENTA, AND ALL DYE STUi i S. LAMP CHIMNEYS AND BURNERS, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.' °N3010Vd N30100 We have engaged the services of a First -Glias Practical Watehm ker of long experience inEngland, who will have the Repairing and Cleaning Department -ander his harge, and all repairs of Watches and Clocks willbe Warranted. We have also formed a connection with a Manufacturing Jew ler and Silversmith in Montreal, where we can get any article -in Gold or Silver made to any Patte . Orders Solicited, To Merchants and Pedlars we will supply all Goods kept by us t Toronto or Montreal Wholesale Prises, and an Inspection of our Large Soak is Invited. OLD SILVER AND GOLD BUTTR E. HICKSON SOUGHT. & Co., Seaforth. 1867 -ESTABLISH ED --186T SEAFORTH WATCH, CLOCK AN E1 PURTTTM JEWELRY • Is the place where ;on can get supplied with anything usually Just received, two more oases each ANY QUANTITIES ATH S • BUTTER, AND OOL DEPOT, _ glj - Qr 4cricli d§lreeta 8e wi. kept in a first-class Jewelry Store. of the Celebrated Russell & Son's Longin a,• and Russell Eng - lisle Lever Watches, in Gol and Silver. - The fact of having the name' of Thos. Russell & Son is a sufficient guarantee tb.at tkey will give satisfaction. ALSO SOLE AGENT FOR THE ELGIN WATCH, The best American watch manufactured. Suess Watches of all Rinds and Mak in Great Variety. A VERY LARGE & VARIED STOCK OF CLOCKS• ( SOLID GOLD AND SILVER JEWELRY. - PLATED AMERICAN AND ENGLISH JE 6VELRY—A Great Variety. A GOOD VARIETY OF SILVER PLATED WARE. BLACK JEWELRY—A Large Assortment. Also Pipes, Tobacco Touches, (ornbs and Brushes. VIOLINS, CONCERTINAS, &C. PCJ _ CD Sy so - cit; c* 0 o0 U� "ti - o_ y %Snail JAMS Uprightness, Fair Dealing, Promptitude., and areful Attention to Customers' characterize all business transactions. - mants 2vill., as in the past, c IN LONG NARROW LIGHTS FOR FOUR LIGHT WINDOWS. z 0 0- Z v 0 0 0 0 0 H 0 UJ WHO WANTS MONEY? A. STRONG, SEAFORTH, • Will Loan Money at a LOW RATE OF INTER- EST. Dither on Faun or Village Property Parties requiring money should apply to him. INSURE YOUR P,ROPERT AND YOUR LIVES. A. Strong, Seaforth. IS ALSO AGENT FOR The Scottish' Provincial Ilnsnrance Company— Fire and Life. The western Insurance Company, of Toronto— Firs and Lite. ! - The Isolated Risk In'''surance Company, of Canada. - - Terms as reasonableas offered by any other agent doing business for reliable Companies. OFFICE—over Strong & - Fairley'a Grocery Store, Main Street, Seaforth. 262 TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE. W. - H. OLIVER, ` .1Iarness, Saddle and Collar MANUFACTURER, - AIN -ST., SEAFORTII _ Mr. COUNTER having had 14 years experience as aPole tcal Watchmaker and Jeweler, is in a position to guarantee GOOD WORE, and will give entire sa *faction to all who favor him with their patronage. lie Remember the old stand and the well knownestab (int of M. R. _C LINTER, Seaforth. OPENED OUT, FOSTER'S OLD STAN D JAMES WRIGHT HAS opened in the store next the - Seaforth Foundry and adjoining Foster's Hotel, a full and complete STOCK OF GROCERIES. His 'Peas are Good, h1 is Sugars Cheap, hisi lion . And Sir c,o S g Call and give them a trial. : V-8 . JAMES fl`1tIt1BTi SEAFORTH - AND HURON MARBLE WORKS. ESSETT & BROTHER, (Late of Hamilton,) Would timate to their numerous friends and the general public that they are prepared to fill alt orders or - Mon lents, Headstones, Table Tops, Mantles, &c, - f•cira e : Monuments ,imported to Order. Wor of the best style and art, and cannot be sarpas ed in this part of Ontario. A call 'es ctfull r Pe y solicited. Calder's old Stand, oppositeMcCallnm's Hotel, 'MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. E. siESSETT. - R, mEssrT'T, 14 41 0 0 SIGN OF THE SCOTCH COLLAR:. A choice assortment of light and heavy Harness, Whips, Bells,Horse Clothing, &c., kept constantly on hand. Repairing promptly attended to, and charges moderate. Remember the place,sign of the Scotch Collar. W. H. OL1 YEB. • CC W p bA CC 0 Cure Leucorrhoea (or Whites), Painful Menstrua- tion, Ulceration of the: Uterus, Ovarian Diseases, s Absent Menstruation,: and all :diseases known a. Female Weakness. They are prepared with the greatest care, under the personal supervision of a Physician who has made female diseases a special study for many years `and they are to Medicine on which MARRIED LIES can depend, " in the hour and time of need" as an anfai iag FEMALE! REGULATOR Sold by all Druggists everywhere, Price, one box, $1; six boxes $5 ; sent by mail free of post- age securely sealed from observation, For fall particulars write for our pamphlet, which we will send in a sealed envelope to any address on re- ceipt eceipt of post stamp; to prepayreturn postage. Address all letters for pamphlets or pills to WILLIAM GRAY & Co., Windsor, Ont. Sold in Seaforth by E. Hickson & Co., J. S. Roberts, R. Lumsden, and by all druggists. ° NORTHROP & LYMAN, Toronto, Wholesale �W Agents. 'Samuel :Brodie, .V. 'PROVINCIAL LAND SURVEYOR, 5eafortli, All orders left at theMansionHoiise with Mr. john Murray will receive immediate attention. liefereuce8 Dr. Coleman and Dr. Sing. 4 *64