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.SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEB, 26, 1875.
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FARM FOR SALE.
reel1AT conveniently situated f(Lrm, Lot No. 83,
1- Con. 10, Gude-rich Township, of 8.) ares, of
-which, 70 are eleared, remainder good hardwood
busk, is offered, for sale_ Theie- is a good frame
hou.se, with stone cater under the whole, frame,
barn aud sheds, never failing well, and good
bearing•orchard of 180 trees on the place. The
farm iaa first-class One for wheat, and the whole
is in. good. order. Terms and other information
on application to the pxoprietor on the plane.
377-21 CHARLES FOSTER.
FARM FOR. SALE NEAR SEAFORTH.
FOR sale, that beautifully situated farm, on the
Karon itortay, adh5ining the farm of Mr. L.
Meyer, contaiuiag 101 acres, 80 of which are clear-
ed and in a state of pod. eultivation. The bal-
ance in well timbered.. There eaT eight acres un-
der fall wheat,. For further particulars apply to
L. MEYER., or to efferes to promote the enjoyment of those
ras BENSON & MEYER, Sea -forth. -
present. The chair Was occupied by Mr.
John Cummins of Hullett, President of
the society, and the viceschair, by Mr.
James Biggins, Vice President. After
full justice had been done to the good
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North Riding AgricultiFal So-
ciety.
The annual diuner of the North Rid-
ing of Hume. Agricultural Socisty was
held at Rattenberryti Hotel, Clinton, on
Tneedey evening, 23dfinst. The weather
was somewhat unfaivorabie, netwith-
standing which, however, there was
quite a large turn out of the Yeomanry
of that section, something like one hun-
dred and tifty persons having sat down
to the tables. The repast was gotten -up
in mine host Rattenberry's best style,
and reflected the highest credit on his
ability as is caterer. We should not
omit to mention the efficient manner in
which the guests were attended to by
Miss, S. Leattviberry and AI W E. Rut-
ledge, who were indefatigable in their
FARMFOR SALE
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T . hdlf Lot 22, Con -9, Hullett ; 50 aeres ; 40
1:4 acresgleared ; bash hardwood; smell frame
•dwelling, log barn. and stab tes; good bearing or-
chard, grafted frnit ; .situated stx miles from
Clinton, two and a uaarm. things peoeided, the tables were cleared.
ter miles froLoades-
boro, mills and sehools convenient. Terms, for the "feaet of rea,son, and flow of soul."
easy. Any party wishino-- 100 acres could Obtain After the usual loyal toasts had been
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that, as the other part of the lot is now for etee. duly honored, the vice-lAhairumin gave
See advertisement in last WOak's EXPOSITOR.
"The Ageicultural Iridnstries of Can -
For particulars apply to , P ,
JB
ANCES RAITHWAITE, Laud Agent, ada," wnien was responded to by Mr.
reeee Loneesboro, Dnt . Young, of Colborne. He was pleased to
GRIST ILL FOSALE.
slote the evident signs of prosperity Of
: MR
T OT No. 5 elide, in the township of Downie, 40 our agricultural societies, and hoped
they evould continue to, increase in use.:
14 acres, 27 (dolma, balance in good hardwood,
with a good Grist and Flouring mill, doing a first- fulaese. He had come to Clinton 41
elase business. Size of mill, 24x40, three stories y ears ago, se -hen there were only one or
high.; frame dwelling house and bank bart00x40;
two houses where the village now stands.
two good grafted orehards. Land well feuded and
watered. Only three miles fi:ein 'St. Marys, on Since that time he had seen many
the St ItArys and Stratford Grand 'Wald. 'Ticschanees for the better, eepecially with
$6,000; $A,000 down, and balance in five yearly
regagi to the.ferming community, whose
instalments, at 7 per ceut. Apply to JOSEPH
IREDALE, St Marys, or to . farms were better tilled by the practice
375 T. j`. JONES. London. Ontof improved Systems of cultivation, and
FARM FOR SALEwhose la -bele were lightened by the in
T OT 18, eon. 6, Keheett; 100 acres, 65 acres troduction of modern appliances. After
14 cleared, remainder wooded with beech and refeering briefly to the general prosperity
moale; frame dwelling; River Maitland and a of the country, he concluded by wishing
good spring on lot; .2il, miles from Kinburn and 3 '
i the society a full meed of prosperity.
miles from Clinton. Terms to suit purchaser.
Forparticulars apply to L. MEYER, HarparheY, , . After a song by Mr. Rutledge, the.
or BENSON e teen:tele Seaforth. 346 ', the health of Mr. Alex. Innis was gieen
FARM FOR SALEand di with enthusiasm. Mr. Innis
- I responded in a neat but brief speech, ad -
Tei oil Sale, Lot 28, Con. 7, Ushorne, contaMing :
-1- 74'acres. 5::, of whieh are cleared and in a state 1 vetting to the improved state of hus-
of good cultivatioThereis a good framehe BARN ' band ry in tCounty, for which a
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and STABLE. The farm is located on e good- ! measure irer thanks was due to Mr. Bioe
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eerevel road, h; conveniently situated. to schools, . 1
; : Gammins. l'lic.ly had ta,ken
churches and post othee, and is within 13 miles gal and Mr
from Seeforth and 7 from Exeter. For farther 1 an active part in tbe management, of the
particulars apply to am proprietor on the premises. ; society-, awl by their counsel had been
'WILLIAM DINNIN, ,T.r.,
La alley p: 0. ,: the means of accomplishing much ti .t
- — ------ -- -- ------ ---- -- had proved beneficial to the farmers.
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FARM FOR SALE. - The County was young -yet, but it was
FORI-
SALE, Lot 9. Con. 1, Loedon Road Stan- , also prosperous, and eueldhold its own
leDo .wres, to tleared :i11,1 under fence. the With ;any, especially in point of the qua-t-
eal:tree tinibered with thst-elass hardwood ; frmue , .
of its stock. lee bell ev ed 111 the
bans 60e4o. treme steiee lessee log honse, good I IV
situated within 7 propagati6u of good stock, and ttiongh
' 0. orehatal. wall watered. ;
would be well to know all'the disadvan-
tages and. difficulties in connection with
such a kind of fence. Some of•these the
Do.ctoremust not have taken into, con.-
sideration—at least he says -nothing
about them. One clisadvantaue of this
kind. oi ,fence is, that animal; enclosed
by it are apt to become entangled.in the
wires, thereby injuring themeelves and
the fence. This may be prevented. to
certain extent by keeping the wires
pretty tight, and having a rail or scant-
ling fastened along the tops of the posts.
But by keeping the wires very tight we
again tun direetly into another difficulty
—the injury'to the wires by the great
strain to which they would have to be
subjected. This strain would be made
up in two ways : First, the strain ap-
plied to the wires in order to give thern
the required amount of eensiou ; second,
the strain due to contraction. ca.used by
the great difference between the ex7
tremes of our Canadian climate. To
give the wires the required degree of tep-
sion,. a strain of $00 lbs. would have to
be applied t6.each wire. The wire com-
monly used for makiug fences would
miles Of Seafortli au- a like distanne from C lin - f et Li el 1 co Ltr cv, ement shoo id be given
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tou, Farm. well undyrdrainea Alla hi hit class 0 . ,
!Ali ose vello We:1-e ellotqlocrda 111 that branch
' eultivation. Apply on the nre re ises or to the pro-
prietor at B:acefield P. 0. - • ' of indusety. -
862 ANDREW AtoKENZIE.
stating that they could. not be present on
accoulit of the roadEt being blocked with
snow. The Grand Officers' reports were
presented and committees were appoiut-
ed. The Right Worshipful (leand
Lodge, on motion, adjourned. out of re-
spect to the late lamented death of their
Grand. Master, D'Arc) Boulton.
-Grant' Lodge assembled at 9. o'clock A.
M., on. Wednesday with a largely in-
creased attendance of -delegates. Coin-
mittee reports were received aril routine
business proceeded with until 11 o'clock,
when the mernbere proceeded to St.
Paul's Church.. Rev'. Bro. H. Cooper
and T. er. Porter conducted the morn
services, • and. Rev. John Carry, B.
Grand Chaplain, preached a very
and eloquent sermon. A collectiOn.
ing
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ItieLEAN 111111_01rIllift fat, Pt:Whalers.
$1. 50 a levar,ia advance.
and 1,239 miles fsf wire. It is proposed
to expend $100,000 during the present
oyear in extending theiine, and it
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hoped thet connection with Europe aud
England will be obtained via the Mar -
time Provinces.
• —Mrs. Hiram Dell,of Strathroy, a few
days ago noticed several tunes some of
her pigeous lying dead. Mrs. Dell went
to the pigeon -house to escertain the
cause, and discovered. the criminal in the
shape of an owl, while seattered. arourza
as evidences of his presence were*sever al
dead pigeons. She prepared herself for
battle with his owlsbip ley putting on a
pair of mittens, and after a hard straggle
captured hiui and put him in a cage.
--e-Sir John Macdoeald.will remove to
Toronto with his 'family in the spring.
taken up for the Protestant Orphenq He has sold his Ottawa residence.
-Home of Toronto. The Right Wors ipt —On the forenoon of the 15th inst.,
ful Grand Lodge met again at 2 P. .., about el o'clock A. M., a- man named
awl proceeded to the election of offic Patriek Waters, aged about 40 years,
'when the following brothers were elects was found frozen to death on the Tenth
ed : Wm. J. Parkhill, District Mist -r Concession, township of Logan. When
Matinee, R. W. M.; Major James ere found by Robert and Thomae Shaw, life
nett.- District Mater of Toronto, Pe W. was extinot. He being iesaue, it is Slip
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D: M.; James Wilson County Mast r ot posed he stepped out of the road and lay
stand a much greater strain than this Wentworth, Associate R. W. M.; dow.n in the snow.
without receiving any pertna,nent injury., Rev. Hugh 'Cooper, of Brussels, R. W. —A SOD. of Mr. Jos. iRalph, Logan,
but the strain due to the difference of G. Cha,plam ; Themes Keyes, St. 0 Abe aged. a little over six years, was so badly
arines, R W. Or Secretatey ; Cap ain scalded. a little over a week ago by a pot
James H. Beesey, J. P., Gramthein R. of boiling water falling over the. little
W. G. Treaserer • James iVleClure, ol- fellow froth- a stove,- that he has since
laud Landing, R. 1V. G. Lecturer, T os. died. The patents have the sympathy
strength uf good wrought iron per square Brownlie St Catharines, R. W. G M-
inch of section is- 60,000 lbs. The see- rector of Ceremonies. Deputy Gm and.
tional area of fence wire is about one- Chaplaies — Alex. Simeon; Toro to,
fifteenth of a sqleare inch. Good fence Thomas Rump. St. Qathariues ; Fr ncis
• Ryan, Parkhill ; A. -C. Cliarebers, ;Ill-
iliot
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and weakening it, is about half the ten• next annual -meeting will take pla,:e in
sile strength, which, in the case of feece. Hamilton.
T he
bell
lay,
wire, is 2,000 lbs. 1 will now endeavor
Varna.
to show that -800 lbs., together with the
strain flue to difference of temperature,
BACUER'i ENTER.ThiNMENT.—Th
are greater than 2,000 lbs.—the ela.stic. tertainutent, green under the auspi
strength of -wire. The difference be- • the Teachers of the Varna District.
tweet' the extreme temperatures of (mi.
tut, took place on Friday -evening,
climate is nearly 150 degrees. The 19, antl, judgMg from the numbers
amount of contraction due to 150 degrees ent, the interest manifested and the
fe-eb, 'apiary result, was a successful a
of temperattire is one foot in 1,000
and the strain due to this amouni of Quite a number of teachers were pre
(traction in the case of fence wire is the only notable disappointment
the absence of Mr. Strang, of Godsrich,
who was unable to reach the naeeth g on
account of -the bad state of the road
the blockade of trains. A number (
celleut readings were given by M
Miller, Inspector Sheppard, Baard, Aloir
and Foster. Mr. Turnbull's addr
RoLorn-
of an
lish-
went of such. Boards in the ToWnsl ip of
Stanley. The dialogues and recit, terns
were very good, and were _receieetl. with
much applause, especially Mr. Foster'e
temperature. is much greeter than 800
lbs. It can be showit that these two
strains are Sufficierit to injure the . wires
by weakeiliug them. The - tensile
wire will, therefore, not break until a
strain of 4,000 lbs. is applied, but it will ton ; T. G. Porter, Georgetown ;
receive permanent injury by a much less Grassett, M. A., 8iincoe ; .Aucli•ew
strain than this. The elastic: strength
of iron; or that strain, which, if exceed-
ed, would injure the iron. by stretching
son, Toronto; Peter Campbell, Cam
Cross ; and A. Smith, Robert Gou
i. W. D. Secretery, St. Catharines.
2, OeCe lbs. w h ich, together NMI' 800 lbs..
make 2,800 lbs., and this is much greater
than the elastic strength. The effect of
this Contraction on the wires with the
ebeve strain on them would be to
lengthen and weaken them. A wire
rence in which the wires would be quite
tighe at filet would become Slack after a
year or two, showing that the weakening
Sting, 'elle. Farmee's by Mr. Rye. process was going on. Repeated tight-
ening of the wires and leaving them
s tight duriug. the winter season,
- in course of time, weaken them to such
8 in extent that they would he worthless
1 for fences, as they would not stand. the
r strain required to be plaeed :upon them
to give them the required degree of ten --
7 sion It is evident then that wire fences
in this country will not be letisfa.ctory
unless the wires are slackened before the
f cold weather sets in, and tightened
again on the approach of the warm
n season. At some future time May
f Make a few remarks and suggestions in
connection with wire fence making.
JOHN MUSTARD
i`• lhelieelth of Mr. Geo. Foote" wa
FARICFOR SALE IN BRUCE.
the next toztst. Mr. Foote, in. respond.
Tetre sale, Cheap, Lot No. 30, Con 0? Township .
ing, regretted his inability to do so a
_e es Bruce, County of Bruce, containing 100
acres, 30 of whieli are cleared. This farm is situ- i well as he would. wish. He had -not- hat
ated within five miles of the rapidly growing vil- I much expei•ience in farming. In orde
lege of Paisley. The unedearcd portion is is ,s
become a good fumer iwas absolute
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timbered_ There is also a Spring Creek running to
through tile pl1 ace. It is a. desirable property. ly essential that a man should have ex
For further particulars apply LI) the Proprietor, . peeienoe as well as good implements
Box 24, Seaforth P. O. "goOd laud, •essc. He gave several sug
$52 . A. M.
gestions with regard to his method o
BUILDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH Fon SALE 1 tilling the land, and spoke of the Off
rile -0eL-Beleee, havreg Lea oet the grounds culties 'under which the .husbandma
-1-" recently occupied_ as a Driving Park into Bald • lebored in days gone by when many o
in Lota, is preparedto dispose of lots on reason
the implements of the present day wer
able terms to any WhO mar desire- them. Parties
things of the future. His first plow wa
desiring to purchase should make immediate tip.
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a cumbersome affair, and would turn
PARK sALE. • over a two feet farrow, end other im-
plements were equelly primitive. Mr
rpEfE subscriber offers for sale the West half of
Foote then briefly eecounted some of las
e- Lot 22, Cou. 9, Kellett, containing 50 acres, 45
early experiences, and the progress of
of which are cleared, and in a good state o cun1 a
Viola. There iii a new frame house and young or a ariculture in this County. 1Vith refer-
ehere. or( the farm; else ID acres of full 'Wheat.
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mice to the or der of Orrangers, he thought
The above place is situated 51 miles from Glin-
favorable of it, and considered granges
ton two' miles from Lonclesboro, and one mile
and:a half from grist and saw mill • terms liberal. were a lienefit to the country. He was
G
el;,?7-ette4c4to JHN :amp o ell,-
Londesboro. also in favor of efficient drainage, and
hoped. to see that important subject re -
FOR SALE. ceive more attention than it had hithee-
e COMFORTA.BLE fraine eottage, containing, to awe.
.c).- caning room, parlor, 0 bedrooms, kitchen,
woolishetl and coal house. Good eellar, pump,
&e.-.. Possession given on. the 1st of May next.
TERMS—One-third down; b danee in three years.
Inquire of proprietor.
375 A. Cr. lleDOUG-ALL.
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FOR SALE.
A 31011SO and Lot, with large stable, well and
-"-1- pump, in the village of Roxborough, about
two miles from. Soxforth. Apply to BENJAMIN
EDEN, Harpurhoy. 3724
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H-ORSE FOR SALE.
1.JOR stile, or will be exchanged for a good,
sOund driving horse, Young lure with foal.
For particulars apply to Mr. James Kerr, Mc -
391.
BULL CALF FOR SALE.
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Mr. Paterson sung "The Bonnet,
Kilt, and_ Feather," and Me. _Rutledge
" Success to the Plow, Spade and Hoe."
11 The Army, Navy arid Volunteers"
was then given, Mr. Thos. Joselyn
ing "The British Lion" in a manlier that
stirred up a feeling of tranquil pride -for
that noble animal.
The Manufactuees and 'Commercial
Interests of Canada'! was respoiliad to
by Mr: H. Greene,. who briefly referred to
the impereept part which the .vverk of
the meehanic was playing in,the _hands
of the farmer, and compare. the past
with the present age of -mechanical in-
genuity, and the faeilities which. in pro-
.
VOR Sal.C. it thorough bred Durham Bull Calf- vided the- fanner of accomplishmg his
.-I. one year old, of dark red color. His Pei' work with far less physical labor than
goe is first class, and can be examined by inten- , _
y .
ding purchasers.pply to G. M. ORRSNEy, ior Mell
304 - Huron Road, Tuckersmith. Mr. Nelles responded to the commer-
• cial interests. - He showed the connec-
FOR SALE,
THE undersigned has a combined Reaper end
-,- Mower, manufactured by Messrs. THOMSON
now Offen n.ecessery eac was to the other. He
e eviLLaems, of Mitchell, which. he .
tion existing between the mercantile and
faeming interests, and pointed out how
li
also referred to the market fee question,
for sale. It has been only two years in use,.and.
WillDO SOitI tO Mit IrOrthaSetli. Apply to JA.MES and thought they should be theonee nff,
McKENZIE„ Lot 22, Con. 14, Hibbort. 1
372 though t imr imposition had never seem-
. NOTICE. - _ ed to impair the pr9
osperity of the villarre.
.
ITAKE this opportunity of thanking the people Sows by Mr. Rutledge, " No Irish
Of Brueetiehl aud vieinity for the.liberal pNeed at- ;
. konage extended to me since setting:up business
. " Importers, Breeders and. Feeders of
here es a General Blacksmith, and hope, by
Otrict attention to business, to merit. a continua- Thoroughbred Stock". was responded to
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Hon of past favors. • l
by Mr. Ches. Mason and Mr. McTaggart.'
374-3 WILLIAal KAISER. " The Learned Professions" wasre
WANTED. -
: speeded to by Me. • Malcolmson. He
Rea Neel farmer, to rent for a, term. of years, a ,SUppOSed. this would be the last dinner of
e the North Huron Agricultural Society
' good FAR11-50 or 100 acres willbe accepted,
under that name, and.- he hoped. its sUC-
if otherwke satiSfactory. One la South. Karon or. _
South Perth preferred, Parties wishing to . . would
cessbe equally presperous. He
will please correspond with the undersigned, who m
' Concluded with es few humortius remarks
as to what he didn't know about farming.
- "The County Council" was the next
Kincardine, Fele 11,-1870.- -
Trees as a Protection for Snow
Roads.
To the Editor of the Ilttron Expo
cusse ail( the
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Mg a specimen of the feline tribe they
form a voeilance committee -and pass sen-
tunee of death upon the uefortunate cat.
They then erect an im promptu gallows
and hang the beast. _After strangling it
they divest it of its fur, which they sell
for tee cents.
—An employe of Gillespie's saw mill,
St. Catharines, on the 16th, named Jos.
Barra, had his lee so badly injured as to
necessitate amputation. He was en-
gaged_
in unloading eimber at the rail-
way station.- He pulled oat the stakes
from the side of the platform car, one
stick strseck him on the head and stunned
him, as he sank insensible a larger quan-
tity fell upon his leg, jamming it se-
verely.
—Mr. William Read, of Mount Forest,
is said to have walked from M Mit POT -
'est to Guelph on 811011t shoes in order to
catch the first train for Toronto, on
Tuesday naming, that being the last
day for fylieg the reCOguiZanees in the
protest against Mr. J. H. Bunter.
—The extreme depth -of snow in Pres-
cott is interfering seriously with lumber-
ing operations ; many proprietors of
1` limits" are reducing the eumber of men
and teams at their shauties. Teams
are returning daily from the :Upper Ot-
tawa on account ef the. low weges given,
and the general stageatiou of the lumber
trade.
---lt took thirteen days to fight a loco-
motive and train through the snow from
of IhTeieleorndrnefiantit‘erv.e
stern Railway Com- Orillia to Port Bope.
any now send freight acrose the Inter- —Mr. Frank J. Baxter, of Niagara,
national Bridge at Black Rock, instead
of Suspension Bridge. This chiefly af-
fects the Erie Railway, and. oc asions
and a young man named Willson, of
Stamford, who went to Manitoba, last
year with the Mounted. Police force,
the removal of several of its employee were frozen to death between Forts Kipp
and McLeod, on the 3Ist December last
from Suspension Bridge to Buffalo.
—A woneae named. s. Murphy was —It was proposed in Brantford. to re -
burned to death in Ha,milton on the 17th strict the number of liquor licenses to
inst. by her clothes catching lire from 23, but the idea of "rested rights" was
the stove in front of which she was too strong, and the Council finally de -
decided to grant 60.
'-'--ndOinng‘'Vednestlay, 10th inst., Mr. Jas. —An accident, attended with fatal :re -
Malone, of the Seventh Line. township snits, occurred to Michael Fitzgerald. a
of Peel, went out to feed his cattle- workman employed at Labatt's brewery,
short time after his two sons went into Prescott, last Friday. Fitzgerald. was
the buildieg and found him dead. The crossing a shallow reservoir, containing
scalding liquor, on a plank, and, having
missed his footing, fell iuto it, and al-
though immediately extricated by a fel-
low -workman. the scalds received were
so extensie e that, being an old man and.
just recovering from au illness, he grad-
ually sank, and deed the same evening
ab—"At 9ge°:ietilecinka. n informs the Belleville
(Mario of the effect of a violent whirl-
wind which occurred in the township of
Denbigh on Saturday , last. A young
man who had stopped at the -Eagle Hill
House to warm. and was about setting
sleep ix one of the outhouses during the out, was attacked by, the whirlwind,
cold weasher, and the young girl was whiell eipset his horse- and cutter, blew
treated. very haeshly. The neighbors the driver down the road thirty or forty
yards, carried away the buffaloes and de -
have kindly taken charge of them. '
posited them on the reef of an adjoining
barn, and lodged the whip on the top of
a tall teee. It was a most remarkable
and was su severely burnt that he died. affair.
--An old man named. Byrne, of St.
thr—ee\Ilizt.su jts;
aSftimercwo'elralsierr, Chief. of the John, sold a Yalliztble -property to a
Six Nation Indians, died suddenly at St.- neighbor, who was to pay him $100 a
Catharines on the ISth inst. Mr. Kerr year while he lived, and. a few (lays after
is a descendant of the great Brant, and Byrne fell down stairs, c3ustaining such
injuries that he cannot possibly recover.
po—sseIsts
tdcoleasinarogtetaclitreelnemofehfrtierunute to re- The property thus becomes a very cheap
pair a broken telegraph line in is in one for the neighbor.
—A meeting was held at Blyth on the
Manitoba. 'rhe only thing accessary
is to connect the wile, and let it lay 15th inst. to consider the advisability of
sinking a salt well, and. establishing salt
works in that place. . A number of farm-
ers from the surrounding townships were
present, who took a deep interest in the
deceased, who was an old settler, and
eee. made respeoted, had been complaining of
res-
v,or. a pain in his breast, but appeared to be
ent, censiderably better els the day of his
eine death..
case of unnatural conduct is re-
ported ferm Uoderich township. A Mau,
whose nameis withheld; has had in his
oharge a bey and girl who were brought
out from England last suamer. They
are both orphaus, aud. instead of receiv-
seg the treatment Which should be ac-
corded such unfortunates, they were
sadly abused. The boy was . •foreed to
and
f ex -
Sere.
1' Township" Boards created much
eest andit is hoped is the beginning
agitation that will end in the esta,
recitation on the " Immortality o
Soul," which was unequalled- and
evidence -of his marked ability as A
er. The Music kindly furnished
the
gave
recite_
y the
Fisher Family, served to enliven e I the
proceedings, the excellent selections:being
opportune and suitable to the ocilesion,
and were all very finely rendered by Mrs.
Fisher and her little daughter. The ex-
ercises were prolonged till afteri0 o'clock,
when the usual vote of thanks was pass-
ed and all went home well please( with
tue_evem s entertainment. On
i: • ,
cley fellowing the Institute met in the loose a.round in the snow or anywhere,
school house. A froodly number were and she'll tick. The dryness of _ the
present. The subjects " Writin(r and snow has something to do wtth it.
--Oa Tuesday night (if lad week a
'attar -
—At Brockvide on altar -day a • boy
femr years old set his clothes alight
during his mother's temporary absence,
sitor "Arithmetic " Were talsen up, du y
the towisship of Bethinet, on the edge ize a eampany, and stock to the a ount
them exemplified by some of the tiachergs
I am pleased to see in some of your- -
enterprise. Steps were taken to organ -
d 1 tl best iethod of te chin woman earned Mrs. Geleeele living in
of Cbristy's Lake, weer frozen to death. of $2,000 was subscribed.
latte.r issnes that a 'move is on the Board peeeeee Then followed an essayly Mr.
Moir on the &erecter of lewd Deceased was somewhat dyeranged. in her —Mr. Barney White, of tl.e Eighth
to take some steps to amend per ways.
have just returned from Exeter, where works, which was a very fair criti
the roads are tilled from post to post, and that eminent poet's writings. To
picket to pieket, in rea,ny places five feet ing then adjourned to meet on th
deep. - I came to this country in its will Saturday 111 .April. The eum of
state. Then the snow remained. where it entrusted with Mr e Miller for pr
fell; but now it has no resting place. The a library for the benefit of the Ius
woodman has not: spared the tree but
to be purahased before nexteneeti
inade a desert of the country. Will not
our wise Council take means to check Canada,
the spoliatioe ? As we have no trees
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has several applications on hand.
DANIEL McPHAIL,
874-3 Real Estate Agent, Mitchell.
IMPORTANT TO FARMERS. toast, and was responded to by Mr.
_.
Yo
R.411- JOHN BULLA.RD, Auctioneer for theeng, War4n.
-I"
e .
- County of Haron, is now prepared to conduct ." The Health of Mr. Govier" Was next
sales on the most reasonable terms and on the drunkseand briefly responded to.
shortest notice. Orders left at his residence, Lot " The Press," " The Lasfies," and a
11, eoe.11, McKillop, or at the EXPOSITOR Office,
Seaforth, will be promptly attended to. Notes number of volunteer tweets were duly
growing in the country, we haven() rains
to water our plants and till our wells and
mill -ponds. Now allow me to propose a
remedy. Fleet trees along each side of
the road. 1 he Government allowance
for roads is a width of four rods. We
dou't require two rods, suppose we should
!ant one rod from each fence a row of
trees. Plant them thick in order to
make them grow up tall and shapely.
The trees planted on the roads along
which crops have never been raised would
make a speedy growth, and in a few
-years could be ent out for building pur-
poses. I would recommend nut -bearing
trees, as animals will not broWse •theme
The blaek walnut, the hickory, .and the
butter -nut are all good varieties. These
would. make good good hunter, axe han-
dles and whip stalks. Evergreens can
be bad for the digging. What is thine
should be done unmet iaeely. But hgey
are funds to be procured for the accoine:
plishment of the work? I -would propose
that the County :Council would. issue de--
benttu es for twenty years, by that time
the trees would. pay for the planting. I
have travelled England, Germany and
France for ten years, in isolated sections.
and stamps furnished free. 375 given, and elicited suitable responses. -
The proceedings were kept up with
- PRECENTOR WANTED.,
'spirit till the " witching hour" had
1.4-1011,Egmondville Presbyterian Chinch. Salary, passed, and the meeting separated in a
e
' See per annum. Apply to WM. PAYNE,
$73-4 Egmondville P. O. state of high. goodhumor.
TEN DOLLARS REVVARD.
T OST, ou Wednesday, Feb. 3, on the Gravel
1-4 Road, abot one mile from Davis' Tavern, a
Brown Leather POCKET BOOK containing be-
tween$38 and $48, besides a munber of receipts,
&e. The finder will be paid for the above reward
on returning the article to
375-4
JOHN SWALLOW, Walton P. O.
Wire Fences. -
Po the Editor of the Huron. Expositor.
SIR, —Before going to the expense of
erecting wire' fences as a means of pre-
-venting the accumulation of snow on the
roads, as suggested by Dr. Verboe, it
j
A man named Henry Baker,. of
on the 12th inst., opened a can c
ing three or four pounds of gun
under the impreseiou that it was
He was smokiug 'at the time, and.
from his pipe ignited the powd
clueing a dreadful explosion
yron's
ism of
meet -
third
0 was
=nig
.itule,
g.
Orief,
ntain-
owder
coffee.
spark
r, pro -
Mr.
Baker was struck fair in the fac( burn -
feared,
named
at the
by a
enter-
ing 'fearfully, and, it is
destroying both ;eyes: A man
McRobbie, who was in the store
time, had his .nose nearly cut o
niece of the canister. Hopes are
tained of Mr. Baker's recovery.
—Mr. W. F. Luxton, of the IV
Free Press, ha*been tined $200
Justice Wood for insinuating t
Schultz was ac(teritted. of pernery,by the
undeserved leniency of the &met. This
vindication of the'clignity of the law was
received with dissatisfaction by the
'people, who at once subscrib (1 the
amount of the fine.
—Stratford is to have its hous s num-
bered. This is a move cityw rd, and
will prove a great convenience..
—Mr. Oliver Urquhart, for erly of
Glengarry, has just come home f om Car-
iboo, where he has been for the last six-
anitoba
31 Chief
at Dr.
intellect, and. had been accaetomed to Concession of Wallace, was fearfully -
wander through the adjacent country ; frozen a few evenings einee He bad
and it was While on one of these rambl- been at Moorefield, and. on returning
Me tours that her life was cat short by home his sleigh capsized oppnsite hie own
, maim exposure Ito the bitter cold of this gate, and be lay there till morning,
—The of the coroner's inquest when he was discovered. His hands
freezing
and feet were so badly frozen that it is
shows that twenty-six of the patients of
13eauport asylum are missing since the
fire, the majority of whoin, it is believed,
perished in the flames.
—One of our contemporaries, reneteks
the Napanee Banner,last week gave an
account of a wonderful quilt -which con-
tained between :?.,000 and 4,000 pieces.
Napenee can beat it. We know a lady
in town who has just finished a silk
quilt containing, 4,014 pieces. And this
isn't a very good time for silk quilts
either.
—Smith's Hill is desirous of securing
the Huron West Riding Show for 1875.
Mr. McDonegh. the ,gnal. is informed,
has offered a twenty-one years' lease of
a five -acre plot of ground on one of
the corners tor the use of the Society. bungee, and she was barely able to keep
The people in the vicinity propose to, the third and only surviving one alive,
build a new agricultural ball, the pees- she herself being almost perishing from
eut one to be fitted. rip for the accommo- veant. Fortunately her sad corielition—
dation of visitors, and make such other was discovered in time to save the life of
herself and her remaining child from so
improvements as may be needed.
—The Orillia Expositor says there are horrible a death. • It seems terrible that
some buildings in that town which pres- such a thing should. happen in a place
ent something of the appearance of gi- where comfort and plenty abounds, and
gantic Esquimaux huts on account of DO doubt if all the cases of distress that
being so completely covered with snow. have occurred durino- this hard winter
—Loyal Orange Lodge No. 182, God- were known, the list would be very
erich, has been made the -present of large.
what is described as a beautiful banner, --The High School Trustees of Wel-
In these Countries the roads are narrow,
teen years, with a snug little feetune of by the ladies of the townland have hit on something new and in -
but all are plauted With treesIn Ger-
$59000rUrquhart had blit poor —Mr. D. Adams has been appointed teresting in the school teacher advertis-
many fruit tress . were mostly plantedin his mining operatioas until Superintendent of works at the harbour Mg line. They want an assistant teacher
In France, fruit and nut bearmg trees about a year ago, when he " ssruck it .. . ' .
--female—and they ask that in addition
-Vere Enaland. generally sticks rich," and he returns to his fam 17 with of Bayfield.
—A youug man abeut 17 years of age, to her testimonials each applicant shall
tthe thorn, and. some are perfect piea competency . the SOn of a prominent Corporation offi- , send her photograph. What an inter-
tures,e. being over twenty feet high - But .
__An oshawa fortuneteller told a man cial of Montreal, lately committed mat- 1 eating scene that will be when the grave
.
M all these beautiful countries there Lea that a fortune of $30,000 was comin.g to rimony with a giri considerably beneath and reverend seigniors of the Board. meet
Herd Law, which prohibits animals frora him the next week, and he she led out him in the social scale and many years to decide between the candidates ! The
running at largeWhy should not Can-
et:50 to his wife to buy a new . When his senior. The w.edding was a private work will give pleasant excitement to
ada follow the example set by those corm .
too late he learned. that his ife had. one, but the father of the bridegroom the ordinary routine 'work Of Trustee
tries I don't recommend the Herd Law, -
fixed the thine with the old. wo an. found it out and spoiled the honeymoon Boards, and to that extent may be of use,
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both sides of the road. who departed hurriedly from 'tramihtfotrci
ABROWNSON. and. Guelph a -few weeks ago, h ve been
Bayfield, Feb. 25, 113B.
arrested m Ogclensbur,„,cf N. Y., on some
charge connected with their late proceed-
ings, which comes within the p ovisions
of the extradition treaty. T ey will
probably be brought back to Canada
and punished for their misdeed
—At the annual meeting of the Do-
minion Telegraph Compth any it shown
that durmn
been increased by 517 miles of Ipole line
thought amputation will be necessary,
—In Stratford peop1e. are grumbling
because their insuranee losses have not
yet been paid: •
—A woman in Hamilton, whi1e. wash-
ing her infant a few days ago, accidental-
ly let it fall on, the floor, and it died in
about two hours afterwards from the ef-
fects of the fall.
—A Sad case of destitution was re-
vealed to the authorities of Hamilton
one day during the recent very severe
weather. A poor woman residing in
the vicinity of the bay was discovered
in a state of most terrible destitution.
Two of her children were lying dead in
the house having succumbed to cold and
1#
but I recommend the planting of trees on
Grand Orange Lodge orfWest-
ern Ontario,
The Right Worshipful Grand Lodge of
the Orange Association of Western On-
tario met in the town of Clinton, Ont.,
on Thursday, 16th inst.- There was a
large attendance, although a number of
telegrams were received from delegates
—N. A. Davenport and Mr.
g Y city has
by having the youthful husband arrested
as a vagrant and committed. to gaol for
two months.
—The rising generation in Galt must
be a nice race of cherubs. The Reformer
says: We would warn the residents of
the town that there are a number of
boys, between the ages of 12 and 14
years, going found soliciting kindly-dis-
but we fear for the further results.
Trustees are only human, and the (Ads
are that the photograph that shows a
pretty face will carry the day over any
amount of scholastic attainments when
belonging to a e01:0111011 place counten-
ance, and so good looks will become of
more importance than hard study. -
—A few days ago Mr. Robert McCue -
posed people to part with their cats. lab, of Let 96, Con. 7, Goderich town-
,
These boys say that the cats will be ship, was offered the handsome sitm of
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well taken. bare of and. fed. regularly. $300 for a year -and -a -half -old colt, from
When, however, they succeed in. secure Mr. J. J. Fisher's " Young Peacock."
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