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THE HURON EXPOS TOR.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
House and Lot for Sale -G. McAdam.
Steer Strayed-- Alex. McAllister.
Estray Heifer -Duncan McMillan.
Estray Heifer7-George Henderson.
Annual Sale -George Dent.
Money -Spier & McDonald.
Brucefield Cheese Factory Meeting.
Rodgerville Cheese Factory Meeting.
Teacher Wanted, S. S. No. 5, Howick.
Rlectors of Tuck ersmith-Samcs Lang.
Strayed -Wm. Trewi-a.
Notice -H. V. Dirstein.
Watch Found-- Apply at Seaforth P. 0.
House Wanted -Drawer 10, Seaforth.
To the People -Wright & Foster. -
Cheap Groceries -:-Strong & Fairley.
Harper's Weeklyliarper Brothers.
Cheap Dry Goods -R. I. Rogers.
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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Dec. 4, 1874.
The Rykert Investigation. '
The charges • preferred against Mr.
Rykert by Mr. -McKellar have been un-
der investigation by a Committee of th
House during the past week. Thus far,
three of the Charges have been enquired
into. The first of these was to the
effect that Mr. Rykert had been paid
$150 for his opposition in Parliament to
a bill, for the incorporation of a street
railway company in Toronto, by the pro-
prietors of a similar ilway then in c
ex-
istence; the secon that Mr. Rykert
received $100 from the Western Mutual
Insurance Compaay for opposing certain
insurance legislation ; and the third,
that he had been paid $100 for support-
ing in the House a bill for the incorpora-
tion of the tosaii of Tilsonburg. These
are the three charges, shertly stated,
which have been investigated thns far.
It has been clearly proven that' in
the first and third instances cited, Mr.
Rykert .was paid the money he Was ac-
cused of receiving. He alleges,how-
ever, that this money was paid for pro-
fessional services, and not for 'parlia-
mentary influence. But it has not been:
shown in Mr. Itykert's behalf that he
did render professional services outside
of parliament sufficient to entitle him to
the remuneration lie received. And, be-
sides, the meney paid -to Mr. Rykert in
connection with these two cases, was
given to hina not in payment of a. claim
which he had made, but as a gratuity.
No bill was rendered by Mr. Rykert, and
no receipts were given by him for the
amounts, so that the matter does not
bear the appearance of an ordinary busi-
ness transaction. In addition to this;
is not at all probable that wealthy Tor-
onto companies would think of employ-
ing a professional man from St. °ether-
ines, in preference to the tamely eminent
1
practitioners in their own city; if all they
desired was : professional service. . The
second charge, that of receiving money
from an insurance company, is not made
_
to appear So damaging to Mr_ Rykert.
It has been proven that Mr. Kielly, rhe.
•
Another Bogus Outrage.
The .Opposition leaders in. the Local
Legislature seem at it loss this session for
material out of which to manufactute
"outrages.." 'Apt session the principal:
matters in,connection With the adminis-
tration of paiblie affairs which they could
complain of were the granting of a half -
holiday to a few laborers in the employ
of the Government, the management of
the C'ntral Prison buildings, and the
Parliamentary fence. At each of these
subjects they teok a drive, but neither
of them, nor all of them put together,
could be made to furnish suflicieut mal
terial out of which to manufacture a
respectable "outrage," or one which
would in any way alarm the public
These anatters have no -yr been abandoned
by the Opposition, and they have ttirned
their attention to another, out of which,
it is hoped, a more successful outrage
,
story can be made. Judging from pres-
ent appearances, however, these outrage
manufacturers will be even less success -
.e ful in this than in any of their previous
attempts.
It is to the Agricultural hum and
College at Guelph' that the Opposi-
tion this session look for material for
the Manufacture of outrages.' It is 'al-
ready well known that in starting this
institution the Government had con-
siderable difficulty in getting things
into proper working Order. The Princi-
pal, Professor McCandless, was found to
be incompetent to properly ma -nage the
institution, and after considerable dn.
culty the Government got rid of him.
The college is now, however, under effi-
cient management, and its internal ma-
chinery is running smoothly air satise
factorily. This the Opposition do not
attempt to denyebut still- they are not
satisfied. They are desirous of opening
up the old sores and expoaing the whole
difficulty which has been amicably. and
satisfactorily settled. In this attempt
they will not have the sympathy of the
public. What the public want to knew
is, that the institution is now under
.
proper management, and that it is beiag
worked efficiently. They have no turi-
osity to enquire into the difficulties of
the past, or to become posaessed of all
the unpleasant details of the difficulties
which existed under the • late manage-
ment. If the Government were, in any
degree, responsible for the difficulties
which existed in the institution, then
the Opposition would. have some excuse
for the ceuirse they are now pursuing.
But:we caimot see, and the' 'Opposition
have as yet failed to show, wherein the
Government -Were at fault. They en-
gaged the late Principal on the strength
of the high testimonials which he pos-
sessed is to his fitneis for the position,
and after a fair trial they found they
had been deceived. On this'discovery
they took the easiest and speediest
means to getridof the incompetent of-
ficial. Ile had been engaged for a cer- ,
same gentleman, who gave Mr. Ryk- tain length of time, and he refused to
ert the $150 for services in connection abandon his situation until its 'expiry,
unless the Government gave him a cer-
tain amount as a gratuity for* leaving.
The Government had, therefore, but one
choice. They had to give the man his
price, or allow hint to continue in his
Rykert says that he never did receive it. . situation, to the serious detriment of the
So that, if Mr. Rykert is correct, Keilly institutien. They took the former
pocketed the money himself, and if, course,eand in doing so they did right.
Keilly did not pocket the money he must It may be that Professor McCandless got
have given it to Rykert, as he swears more from the Government thaa he was
positively that he (lid not give it to any lustly entitled to, but, under' the circum -
other person. Upon the whole, the con- staeces, it would have been the height
duct of Mr. Rykert is made to appear in of folly to allow him to Continue on in
a very unenviable light Even suppos- his position till hi a engagement had ex-
ing he received this money as a, profesh pirecl: Had they clone go, it would, no
gonad man, how could he act indepdid- doubt, have cost innch more to repair
ently and do his duty to the public in the injury done the institution through
connection with these measures, when his continued connection with it than it
he was retained as the fee'd counsel .to. Cost to get aid of him. It is not, how --
sustain, and support one side to the detii:- ever, the money that the Opposition care
ment of the other. During the in esti about. They want the material for a
gation it was discovered that legal firms new "outrage," in order, if possible, to
in Toronto had also been interested in estrange a vote or two from supporters
legislation before the House, notwith- of the Government at the .coming eiec-
standing the fact that individual mem- tions. In carping ever this matter in
Isere. of the firms were members of, the the House, from day to day, they are
Legislatine. The gentlemen composing causing a less to the country ten times
these firms satisfy their consciences by greater than the expenditure they ,com-.
entering into an agreement *between plain of amounts to. The public are not
thetnseIves that the member of the firm slow to see this, as well as to discern the
holding a seat in the House shall not other little dodges of the gentlemen -Who
participate in any portion. of the profits compose the fron t rank of the Opposition,
Stull an aera.ngement as this may satisfy !‘ outreges" according to their deserts,
theparties in question, but it will not when the time conies to express their
satisfy the people of the country. We
care not vrho the represeutative may be,
with street railway legislation, received
$100 from one of the iesurande 'companies
for the express purpose of giving it to
Mr. Rykert, but he cannot now recollect
whetherMr. Rykert received it or not. Mr.
obtained from Parliamentary practiceand will treat them and their bogus
once, no :natter what results may follew.
If be be innocent the public should know
it. We, therefore, call upou the Oppo-
sition press to substantiate their charges
or acknowledge their error.
Rather Amusinga.
For the musement of our rea,ders in
South Hunan, we pablish the following
from the Exeter Times of last week :
" We 'would offer a few- words of
friendly and well -meant advice to our
local member and personal friend, Mr.
A: Bishop, now at the session in To-
ronto :
" Your constituents do not wish to see
you following out the path in which you
trod. so faithfully last session, always
voting for the Government, no matter
how ill -deserving their measures, or how
iniquitous the acts which they wanted
whitewashed ; no matter how meritori-
ous and deserving of your support the
measures of the Opposition; and there-
fore they are ca,refully scrutinizing your
actions and your votes. .
" Remember, you are not there as a
Goveanment voting .maehine-a mere
puppet to ,dance as Mowat polls the
strings, but to show an independent
spirit, and judge public measures On
their merits, .no mttter from whom eman-
ating, as you promised in your address
you would endeavor to do. If the, Gov-
ernment expect. you to support or help
to whitewash questionable actions, shew
theta that you have independence, and
strive to stamp oirt the jobbery and core
ruption. for which the Ontario Govern-
ment are notorious.
"Remember,in a few weeks at fur-
thest, as you ill doubtless be the nom-
inee of the Grit Convention, you shall be
called upon to render up a strict account
of the stewardship of the riding which
was given over to. your care. Your
votes, and the motives which prompted
them; will be, eagerly scanned, -and oa
these rest your hopes of re-election." .
We should like to have had a glimpse
of the genial visage of the member for
South Huron as he perused these "few
words of friendly and well -meant ad-
vice," from his "personal friend" -if
he has seen them at all. We are in-
clined to the opinion, however, that he
has not seen them, as we notice by the
report § of Parlia,mentary proceedings
that. he still continues to vote as of yore.
It cannot surely be possible that the
member for South Huron would be so
hard-hearted, so inconsiderate, as to dis-
regard these "few word i of well meant
advice" from his "personal friend." If
he has, what punishment should he not
be subjected to ? Were it not that the
spare time of the leading members of the
Opposition is likely to be wholly taken
upaluring the present session in screea-
ing the character of Mr. Rykert and in
end.eavoring to procure material for a
new outrage, we would suggest that a
committee, to consiet of Messrs. Lauder,
Rykert and Boultbee, be appointed, with
power to send for persons and papers to
enquire whether or not the member for
South Huron has really seen the "few
words of well meant advice" from his
"personal friend," and if he has seen
them, why he persists in disregarding
them. But, owing to circumstances
over which we have no control, and
which we have already indicated, we
fear that the appointment of such a com-
mittee is impracticable, and we are
utterly at a loss to know what to do to
secure the punishment of this stiff-necked
and hard-hearted M. P. P. for having
alisrege,rded the "few words of well
meantladvice" from his "personal friend."
But, while admitting our inability to de-
vise a fitting punishment for the mem-
ber for South Huron for disregarding the
"well meant ad.vice" of his " personal
friend," we might be permitted to sub-
mit for the Consideration of that "per-
sonal friend" a few pertinent queries, to
which we hope he will give an honest
and straight-forwaid reply : Who are
the "constituents" who do not to
see Mr. Bishop "following out the path
in which he trod so faithfully last ses-
sion?" What were the "iniquitous
A _
cts'? which the Government wanted
"white- washed ?" Wh at meritorious"
measures did the Opposition propose last
session? For what acts of "jobbery and
corruption" are the Ontario Government
" notorious," and which Mr. Bishop
should have striven to " stamp out?"
And finally, as the nominee of the "Grit
Convention," Which political party was
t that gave the " stewardship of the
iding" over to Mr. Bishop's care, and
o which party shall he be called upon
o render an account of his stewardship'
These are a few questions which any
r
h tl •
w e ef
(inner or Conservative, he
should have no counection whatever,
either directly ar indirectly, with the
legislation before the Hoese, further
than that which his duties as a member
of the Legislature impose on him. If
these lawyers, who are always so anxie
ous to obtain a seat in Parliathent, can-
not afford to abandon their Parliament-
ary practice, they should be forced to
abandon their seats in the Legishiture.
They cannot serve the interests of a pri-
vate client and independently legislate
for the public at the satu.e time. We ,
have every hope that the present inves-
tigation will be the means of causing
such legislation to be passed as will
effectually bar members of Parliament
from having a direct pecuniary interest
in the private legislation which comes
before the House. The Government
should see to it that such legislation is
provided, if not this session, then, --at the
latest, next session. Otherwise, they
will fail in giving legislation for the pro-
tection of the public which is urgently
needed.
personal friend" of Mr. Bishop, who
sentiments at the pollspresumes to tender him "advice," even
.
A -SHORT tune ago the leading organ of
the Opposition published a statement to
the effect that M. Fournier, Minister of
Justice in the Dominion Government
though " friendly and Meant,"
should be prepared to aneWer. We do
not wish it to be understood for a mo-
ment that we consider the. Times unable
to =ewer these questions; we are simply
'
curioust� know 'what the answers can
disgraced himself by participating in a
drunken row in a saloon in Ottawa.
The organs Of the Go4ernment distinctly
deny the charge. Undet these circum-
stances it becomes the dirty pf the jour-
nals giving currency to the 4atement to
back it up with proof,. er eknowledge
that they have libelled an-inuocent ma,n.
The public are interested in this matter,
and desire to get at the trutln Although
we are free to confess that it ill becomes
the Opposition press', considering the
private habits of certain prminnent
members of the party to whie,h they be-
long, to point the finger of scorn it an
opponent for immoral conduct, yet we
desire, and the Reform party (lires,
that their recognized leaders shall be
men of rectitude and unblemished moral
character. If the Minister of justice
has been guilty of the conduct imputed
to him he is not each a man, and ehould
be expelled from the Government at
be, and. we desire to gain information
both for ourselveg. and for the member
for SouthHuron.
The London Huron and Bruce.
The following' despatch appeared in
the Toronto papers of Wednesday
Mr. Childers., Chairman and repre-
sentative of the (Teat Western Railway
.Bciard of Directors, has arranged. with
the promoters of the London, Huron
and Bruce Railwayto take that
enterprise off their hands, and
construct aud run it as an integral
part of the Great Western system.
The works are to be pushed. forward
with all possible energy, and Mr. Child-
ers anticipates that the whole line will
be opened by the lst of January, 1876."
In the London Adrerti.ver, of a subse-
quent date, we find the following, which
is more likely to be the correct state of
uffeirs betweeu the two companies :
- " We were in hopes that our informa-
tion of yesterday concerning the transfer
of the London, Huron and. Brnce Rail-
way scheme to the Great Western Rail-
way was correct. To day We learn that
Mr; Childera has not assented to any-
thing specific regarding the Loudon,
Huron and Bruce. He has heard What
the Directors of that -company. had to
offer, and he has taken a few days to
consider- their proposals before statiug -
What he will be willing toconsent to.
On 801110 points both parties are agreed.
For instance, the Leaden, Huron and
Bruce Director's, we understand, consent
to be wiped out of existence ; the road
is not to be leased to, but to become the
absolute property of the Great Western,
who will build and equip it, and take
over the stook held in it by private in-
dividuals ; and the Great Western will
reimburse the present Directors for their
outlay. There are other and very ma-
terial -and vital points upon which the
two companies are not yet agreed, and
until these are Satisfactorily settled -no
agreement can be executed between
them. 11.1einbers of the London, Huron
and Bruce 13oard were to -day obtaining
the consent of stockholders to trrnsfer
their stock to the Great Western, as a
preparatory measure, but there:are seri-
ous obstacles yet in the way of a perfect
understanding lietween the -two Boards
before an agreement can be made which
will be. acceptable to the bonus giving
DOINGS IN IN TORONTO.
_Prom Our Own, Correspondent.
TORONTO, Dee. 2, 1874.
PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.
The attempt to fasten charges upon
the Government by the investigations in
the i'ublic Accounts Committee has
failed ignominiously. The Opposition
have come to the conclusion too, that any
attempt to create the impression that a
full and fair investigation is not allowed
every member of the committee is an
utter failure. The result is -aid
higher compliment could not be paid the
Goyernment--that Messrs. Cameron,
Lauder and Rykert do not think it
worth their while to attend the meet-
ings of the committee at all. They are
seldom all present, and to -day every one
of the gentlemen who regard themselves
as monopolists in guarding the people's
interests were absent. Perhaps they
thought that if the Government mem-
bers of the committee would proceed
with the work in their absence they
would be able to repeat the cry of nnfair
play. This chance, however, was not
afforded them. The committee adjourned
'until. the self -constituted guardians (?)
of the public welfare could make it con-
venient to attend.
THEIR BEST TRUMP.
A big splurgeawaa made by the Oppce
sition last _night. 'They played their
best trump, and they tabled, At with the
feeling -that it was the last ;effort in a
desperate game. Mr. M. C. Cameron
moved a long resolution for a Committee
of Investigation in regard to th irregu-
larities in the Model Farm. He fol-
lowed it up by reading a letter from
Prof. McCandless (which makes several
columns of nonpariel M this morning's
Mail.) It is the wail of a dismissed
official a,nd an unprincipled man.
The Government agreed to a Com-
mittee of Investigation in so far as Prof.
McCandless is concerned, but very wise-
ly took the view that it was useless to
drag to the light of day matters affect-
ing only officials long since dismissed.
Even as the 'natter stands, revelations
a la Beecher -Tilton, or the Mordaunt di-
vorce case'are likely (so far as I can
learn) to be the result. The Govern-
ment are willing that their own actions
should be the subject of the fullest in-
quiry, but they cannot see that the in-
terests of the institution or the country
will be served by bringing out details of
the most disgusting character, affecting
persons who have now no connectiou
with the institution.
• THE RYKERT INVESTIGATION
draga itself along slowly. It reveals the
fact that the member for Lincoln does
not sell his Parliamentary influence.
Oh, no ! but that he and other members
on both sides of the House consider it
quite a proper thing to accept a hundred
dollars or two for their services as
"agents' in promoting private bills.
THE BALLOT IN' MUNICIPAL ELECTLONS.
Mr. Mowat, on Tuesday, laid on the
table a bill providing for the use of the
ballot in municipal elections. The pro-
posed bill is a fac simile of- the present
law for Parliamentary elections, only
that it does not- provide for the identifi-
cation of voters, Mr. Mowat's measure
will be passed this session, though it
will not be used until the municipal elec-
tions of Januaiy, 1876. That the.coun-
try at large will appreciate the efforts of
the Premier to provide for the purity
of all elections is not hard to believe.
The -number of good measures introduced
by the present administration in one ses-
sion is almost equal to the combined ef-
forts of the Tory Government in their
four years' term of office.
E.
Political.
The Conservatives of the County of
Prince Edward. intend. entertaining, Sir
John A. Macdonald at a complimentary €
banquet sh o rtly. 1
-Mr. Thomas Aiken, Mayor of St.
Thomas, has been nominated by the Con-
servatives of East Elgin as their
date for that constituency at the ap-
proaching election for the Local Legisla- "
ture.
DEO. 4 1874.
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
LH: Bitootc.LYN SCA NDA L. -Mr. Beech-
er's counsel have decided to appeal from
the decision of the General Terin of the
Brooklyn City Court denying the applica-
tion for particulars of what Mr. Tilton
means to prove. This will delay the
trial et thc civil suit against Beecher fo`r
some weeks at least. Meantime, the suit
against Moulton in the -United States
Court may come up, but 'he disposition
to petifog that, too, will citubtIess soon
betray itseli. Both parties to these ac-
tions appear to thini . that there is virtu
in 'delay, and to hope that time may hea
even these sores and hush these lou
scandals.
THE REsuLa OF GAMBLING. -A youn
Buffalo merchant of good promise an
well connected, named O. S. Storrs, ha
levanted from that city, and since hi
departure it has been found that he ha
discoanted several notes at the banks
the name of .the endorser on which wa
forged. He had been doing a prosperou
business, -but had -recently been inucl
addicted to gambling, and it is suppose(
that his losses in this way induced him t
commit the crime named_
COLLECTION 111 CHILI FOR DON CARLO
-Twenty-five thousand dollars hav
been collected in Chili, South America
for Don Carlos.
AN EDITOR SENTENCED TO IMPRISON
X ENT. -Herr Sigle, editor of Vatarland
Germany, has been sentenced in con
tumaciam to ten months'. imprisonmen
for asserting that Kuhlmann's attemp
on the life of Prince Bismarck was a sham
plot' concocted by the police.
Lononverve-George Labor, aged 113
years, died at Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania„
on Saturday last.
BEEeiran - TILTON. -- case
against Beecher will come RR on the 8th
inst. judge Nelson has ordefed. a special
panel of 1,000 men from whom to select
a jury.
SALE OF GoLD.-The American Secre-
taryof the Treasury has directed the
Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
$1,500,000 of gold each Thursday during
the month of December.
FATAL RESITLT FROM4T0XICA1I0N.—
Eliza. A. Cranston, whil intoxicated, up-
set.a kerosene lamp and was burned to
death in Providence, E. L, on Saturday.
Her husband was in bed too drunk to
'save her.
where he has taken up a grant of 4 X)
acres, in the tohvnship of Moteare neer
the thriving village of Baysville, about
two miles from Tradieg Lake, and
tends moving there next fall. Ho sitys
the Mieskoka country is opaline r'
idly, and with the completion. of theii I--
pi:5mi; railway will soon be entrely, l-
ed up. The soil is first class, and w 11
produce almost everything grown m 0
Murder in Brantford.
e ' A bloody affray, resulting in the dea li
i of one Donald McKinnon, at the hinds
a cif one James McNamara, 'took pla e
some time between the hours of 3 and. 5
a o'Cleck on Sunday morning, in -a 1 w
a_ 'bawdy house near the eastern limit of
s the town of Brantford. The parties in
s the affray have had an ill -feeling toward
d each other for some time, and this is the
, second time during the past week tbilt
s they have been known to have quarreleil.
a From the appearance of the combatants
.1 they must have been fighting for some
a time, as.McNamara when taken was cov-
e ered with blood, and his face badly bruis-
ed and swollen. After the first onslaught
s or when McKimion's blood first flowed_
e from the knife, he made into a room,
, dosed the door, threw himself on the bed,
and exclaimed " Let inc lie here and die."
_ At this time McNamara was in another
, apartment, but getting np he said., "14
m
_ e finish him," when he kicked in -LI e
e door and gave him the final thrust. He
e then left the house, and in a circeitoas
way calledat the house of in acqainiance;
James Griffin, a respectable man, to
whom he represented the police were af-
ter him for an old .and frivolous scrap .
Griffin let him in, and he threw hunse f
down on a lounge and fell asleep. Th s
was about the hour of 4 o'clock in tie
morning. ' Thus matters remained un 1
the dawn of day, when the -police hayg
been summoned tracked the guilty foo
steps through the fresh fallen snow front
the scene of the murder to Griffin's...Ma
Namara offeiVed no resistance, but quiet t,
surrendered himself to the officers 6 f
the law, and was committed to jail. Tl e
coroner's jury summoned to -enquire in o
thed
.6eath of McKinnon have returned.
verdict of 'Wilful Murder against McNa-
mara.
TWo Wrinkles.
Very often a screw hole -gets so wor
that the screw will not stay in. Whe e
glue is handy the regular carpen tr
makes the hole larger and glues in a elare
plug; making a nest for an entirely ne.•
hole. But this is not always the cas
and people without tools, and in an e
agency, often have to fix the thing t
once. Generally leather is used, bit
this 18 80 bard that it does not hold we
The best ot all things is to cut narro
strips of cork, and fill the hole complet
iy. Then force the screw in. This wil
make as tight a job as if driven into a ).
entirely new hole.
Another hint of a similar characte
may be useful, One often desires to pu
a staple into a block of stone. The hol .
is made, the staple inserted, and kat
melted and run in. But nnless the hol
is made with the bottom larger than th'
top, the lead will in time work out, ilE
_ there is much jar or side stiain on th
iron. Besides, the lead itself is liable t
some compression, which admits of loose
ness, especially after being subjected. to
very hot fires. A much atter article i.
sulphur. If this be melted and polite(
in around the staple, instead of lead, i
makes a much more durable job. Be
sides, it is often more easy to procure sul
phur than lead, as every store keeps it
that deals in general variety.-Asnerietat
-Builder.
,
PAPAL INFALLIBILITY.- A circular
letter from Archbishop Manning was
read in all the Catholic Churches of the
Diocese of London, England, on Sunday,
declaring that all persons who do not ac- -
cept the dogma of Papal Infallibility
cease to be Catholics. •
DEATH IN A GAMBLING HOUSE. -A
man named Henry W. Richmond, while
watching a game of keno in a River
Street gambling house in Troy, Satur-
day evening, dropped dead. Heart dis-
ease was probably the cause of his
death.
TsKsmeise
AT PLYMOUTH CHURCH.
-At the Thanksgiving service at Ply-
mouth Church, Brooklyn, Rev. 11. W.
Beecher, in his opening prayer, rendered
thanks to Providence for the trials
through which the church. had passed,
resulting in the spiritual advancement of _
its members.
SUBSIDY TO GARIBALDI.-A bill has
been introduced in the Lower Chamber
of the Italian Parliament providing for
an annual subsidy to Garibaldi of $20,-
000. The bill bears the signature of
106 members.
FEMALE LABOR DISMISSED. -The dis-
missal of about 380 females from the
Printing Bureau at Washington, which
has been made necessary by the giving
up of the contracts for printing revenue
stamps in New York, is expected. to take
place on the 1st of January.
OPERATIONS AGAINST. THE CARLISTS.-
President Searano will leav.e for the
North of Spain this week, when vigor-
ous operations against the Carlists are
anticipated. It is said the army now
numbers 200,000 fully armed, and there
are 40,000 more who are waiting for
arms which have been ordered from the
United States.
Sine:Le-Pox IN NEW YORK. -The deaf
and dutub asylum on the Boulevard at
Sixteenth Street and Tenth Avenue,
New York, is the victim to ravages of
small -pox. Twenty inmates are now
sick.' Thirteen have been sent to the
hospital on Blackwell's Island and a.bout
100 to their homes. The disease is in-
creasing ge,nearlly throughout the city.
VALUABLE ANIMALS BURN -ED. -A fire
in the stock stables- of J. M. Callaway at
Emineuce. Ky., on .Sunday morning
destroyed about $25,000 worth of proper-
ty, including 28 horses, among them the
thoroughbred stallion Gold Chief valued
• $5,00Q and Hambletonian Star, 83,000.
LIVINGSTONE.-Dr. LiVingstone's
isTory is to be honored by the estab-
ment at the southern end of Lake
Nyassa of a missionary and commercial
pettlement which will bear his name,
and be used in putting in end to the
slave trade in that part of Africa. This
settlement will be the work of the
Church of Scotland and: the Free Church.
Sevner, STORM .. -A storm - of great
iolence prevailed. Saturdayonthee east
oast of Scotland and England. The
bark Veteran wa,s d.rivele ashore off
Frazerburgh. Eleven of her crew were
lrowned. Many other casualties are re-
iorted with heavy loss of life.
MENN ON ITE MIG RATION - Two him-
lred and forty-two Mennonites, who ar-
ived at Philadelphia in the steamship
Nederland, are at present quartered in
lie steamship depot at Christian street
,harf, in cliare;c of the 'Mennonite Exec -
Jive Aid Society, and will be forwarded
o Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, where
hey will be sheltered in houses belong -
ng to the Phoenix Iron Co., during the
vinter, and in the meantime a: location -
or their settlement will be selected in
he Western States and Territories.
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-A Toronto correspondent says : Sir t
John Macdonald and Dr. Tupper Were t
both in Toronto on .Thursday. Sir John 4
has much improved in health, during the 1
pastsummer and looks better than he If
has for some years. Relief from the cares
of office has done him no harm peraon- "
-We notice with pleasure that Mr.
Mowat has given notice that he will in-
troduce, this session, a GovernMent
measure, applying the Ballot system of
voting to municipal elections. The law,
if passed, as it undoubtedly will be, Will
not take effect until the elections of 1876.
Next to this should come compulsory
voting and. the . abolition of a property
qualiticetion for municipal officials.
-Mr. James L. Biggar, another un-
seated. Reform member, has been re- k
elected for his old constituency -East w`
Northumberland- bY a majority of 274,
over his opponent, -Hon. ,Tames Cock-
burn, late Speaker M the House,of Com-
mons. 'Mr. Biggar's majority, on the t
present occasion is greater by 100 than I
it was at the last election. • At each elee- t
time which has yet taken place, unseated n
Reffirrners have been re-elected by in- a
creased majorities, and this has occurred fa
under the Ballot system of voting, where
bribery is almost impossible. or, at
least, impracticable. ju
S EV E IC HT. -Last Stturday a
bloody .light occurred. in Alleghany
County, Pennsylvania,. between, a party
Of Italian miners and the citizens of the
village of Buena 'Vista, in -which four of
the Italians were killed. They were the
first aggressors, crossed the river, entered
the village, and having conducted them-
selves in a very tiotous manner. After
the return of the Italians to their quar-
ters a party of seventy-five citizens at-
tacked them, opened fire upon them,
illing four, when the besieged raised a
bite flog and came to terms, promising
o leave the region at once.
THE. SNOW Shoe se -The show storm
f Saturday night and Sunday extended
hroughout the West. In Missouri and
iausas eighteen inches fell; in Illinois
we've to fourteen, and at Cleveland.
inc inches. In 'Washington there Was
very heavy rain storm, with a slight
11 of snow subsequently.
-Mr. Jelin Aviles, -West Zorra, has
st returned froni a trip to Muskoka,
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Let Cows Scratch Themselves
An agricultaral correspondent of ai
American paper says: We see it fre
quently recommended of late years tc
keep cows in the stable most of the tim
in the winter months, and this is the!
practice of many good. farmers. The
let them out in the morning for half a
hour for watering, aud again in the af-
terhoon a few minutes for the same pur
pose, butmost of the time they are kep
housed b-ir day as well as by night in ol-
der to avoid the chilling infineece of th
cold. air. If the stable is well lighted
and ventilated this practice is not so ob4
jectionable, but in mild2 clear days w
should prefer to have cattle in the yard
They want a little exercise, and love ta
stretch and rub themselves. One
Sidney Smith's rubbing poles in the yar
is an eicellent thing for , them, H
placed bars in various places and varyin
heights around his Jots, and took grea
delight in seeiug his cattle go undei
them and scratch their backs. A couph
of supports in the barnyard, with a cros
bar higher at one end than the other t(
accommodate the 'Varying altitudes oi
the cows, is a cheap institution that evil
afford the animals much comfort .of
winter's day. Those who have nevei
tried it will be surprised to find how
much their cows will patronin thi.
simple gynmasitun that England's grea'
clerical humorist devised. As the cow
I come out of the stable they will ofte
go to the posts and cress bar for a littl
scratch on their backs and rub on thei
flanks before they go to the waterine
• trough. A little scratching sometime.
'
doe S humanity great good, and cows art
not so inhuman as Mei are often sup
posed to be,. They love freedom, free
air, aud the exercise of their limbs, jus
as inen do, and with their thick hide
and fur cloaks do not suffer from the col(
when the thermometer ranges from 10
to 20°. When the north wind blows fu
riously and the cold. snow flies. the cows
-poor thinge had better be in the warn
stables.
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DIRT AND SUPERSTITION. -The in
creased longevity of later times is len
awing to improved therapeutics than im
proved hygiene. Dr. Lyon Playfair
says, in a late paper read at Glasgow
When the Egyptian, Greek and Ilo
man civilizations expired, with thei •
bathe and divine maxims about a.bht
tions and purifications, dirt reigned fo
a thousand :years. Not a Mali or wo
man in Europe ever took a bath; hene
the spotted plagues, the black deaths
thesweating Sicknesses, the danci4
manias, the mewing mamas, and biting
manias that ravaged the people, and cue
off, in the Middle Ages, one-foluth of
tlie entire' population. Religion cam
to the aid" of dirt; the more filthy
saint was, the more saintly he was con
sidered. Smile of the hermits neve'
changed their clothes, and only combe(
their hair once a year. fit. Anti=
never washed his feet, and St. Thoma
a Becket's undergarments acquired al
additional eanctity from the vermii
they contained. Nervous diseases, th
result of superstition, were frequent
and often attributed to demons."
DEC
4, 1874
SSET.-in Seaforth, on Nte
wife of Mr. H. Messet mart
of a daughter,
CHURCHILL -Ili 13luevale'on
Nov. 21, the wife of Mr.Wir.
ill, of a daughter,
'TYLER. --In Brussels, on Timid
24, the wife of Mr_ Tyler,
nexion pastor of a daughter-,
Winghaen;J on
the wife -of Mr. B. Willson,;
Wingham, of it stni
BRYDON.-14 Grey, on NOV.
of Mr. Francis Brython-, of ae
COMERLIND. —ID Hallett, an
the wife of Mr. G. Cockel
son, still: born_
MARRIAGES-
ARMSTRONG- NIOONEYg-III
Nov. 27, by Reee Cha.s. Lave
Mr. Robert Armstrkig, to
_ Mooney, all ef Sea.forth.
CAMPBELL -MCDONALD.-n.!
on Nov- 27, by Rev. MTh!
Mr. Dinleall Campbell, to
McDonald, eldest (1aughu
Peter McDonald, all Of II*
33na-v - WILLSON. — At S
-Chemin near Jordon, ouN
the Venerable Archdeacon
T. Bray, Esq, Chatham, I
Wingham, to Jeannie, only
Crowell Willson, Esq., M.
Lodge, St. Johns.
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DEATHS-
DEAN.-Iil Goderich townebi
26, of typhoid fever, Agn
MT. Wilson Dean, aged 18:
Wnsrecorr.-In Ilullett, on
ult., William, son of Mr. Cs.
aged 16 years and montln
HAMLIN,-In -Goderielt towni
28th ult., Mary, wife of T.
Hamlin, aged 40 years,
DoeG.-In Hay, near Kippe
21, James Doi, aged 5 3
months.
SWALLOW.. -IB Biafora, at tl
of her daughter, on Nev
Mary Swallow, 'widow of tht
Swallow, formerly of N.
land, aged 69 years.
Munnes. -- In Seafortla,
Francis Joseph, infant on
Murray, aged 16 months:
THE MARKE
SEAFORTILI
There is no change (if itn
note in the Seafortli market
Wheat Temaim3 at old price
large amount of staff was 13
• ward during the few days -CI
lasted, but with the thaw
been checked. We quote
re.11 Wheat inew).....
Spring Wheat, per bushel.....
Oats (new) per
Peas (new) per bushel --
Marley (new) per
Butter, No. 1, Loobe
Butter in tubs.— .....,.. . .. .
Flour
Ray, new ....
Hides.. .
Veal calf, per ponnd—.—.—...,.
Sheep skins.... sft•ftftft ftftft ft ft ft ft ft
Salt (retail) per barrel.. .
Silt (wholesale) pa barrel
:.—
Potatoes, per bushel, new —
Oatmeal 19. brl
WOOd4s,.. 5. If .. S;i'SS S0S1r
Pork,. ,ftftftvft.ftft ft ftft ft
CLDiTON
EMI 'Wheat, per bushel.. —
Spring "Wheat, perbushei........,
Oats, per
Barley, per bushel. ......—
Peas, pa
LONDON, DI
White wheat Deihl per 11
to $1 65 Treadwell, $1 t
red, $1 4to$1 55 ; spriN
35, oats, $1 13, peas, 13,
eggs, store lets, per do=
eggs, farmers, 22c to 25c ;
25e to 26c, molis, 28c to 30
to 27c; dressed hogs, $8 to
TORONTO, E
There were in to -day ah
els of wheat, at $1 for I
Treadwell, and 92e, to 93
300 bushels of barley at $1
.800 bushels of peas et 79e
few loads of eats at 430,
$16 to $22. Elev wen1
S7 75, choice occasionally
-$8. Butter was obtainahl
for pound rolls. and eggs
new laid, and 220 for pad
BUFFALO LIVE- stroe
BUFFALO,
C'. --The market
-with light receipts -at stn
prices. The quality of tl
from good to common. ,
former were gobbled up e,4
ers began to held of for
the inferior grades_ The
and heavy snow storm ha
layed the trains and ocA
attendance of country '
Eastern buyers are doing
Prices average from $4
'Canadian sales reported -
&tem' AND LA1‘111S.-.7-T
'dull Canada stock de
storm. Owners asking f.
on last week's rates,
HOGS. -The market w
advance. Tile -quality
was goad. to prime, I
wanted at any price.
ing 180 to 200 lbst, at
heavy hogs at $7 25 ha he:'
--John Fowler, Mane,
the Huron and Quebec IZ
sented. the "town eloc
towe. ef Perth with KA'
tering money prefrisety
where it comes from hie
things no fellow can lhol
-Mr. John Necker,
man born in the Cou
Edward, died in the Yin
'on Thursday of last wee
Kinloss Towns
Brace, nine newsehool
last summer. This tells
who tries to do his duty.
ette.
NOT1Cif
oraer of tenof the subscl
-1" is hereby fpiven that A p&
held in Salem Church, son Ow
5, eon. 10, ii Ilay, on the 1
at'2 tokdoch, p. for the en
name ena style to Fire Inbar
.organized.; 721.11 Of choosing
Of -deciding, where to locate the
Hay, Dec. 11, 3.874.
$45.4