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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-03-05, Page 1would most their report af of the season the 'Amides - and although iu- the (luau- eletsort as com- retiree have ta at they irevious yeer, stimulate the oppert in the the enterprise tt to commend .eretion of all borough cheese ;he Dominion, well adapted rIXL aud ex - need, we give the quantity .onth, and. the :. to make a eolith, arid the for 10 pounds deo the total .ason, with the the poundaf the very large hat next year the very best ;:ad, • p:.-ive Amt. ta :ba milk. patrons ‹.4.1 $1301.20 P54.80 1602.tl , 1425.69 vjx-I 1442.113 t4.3:l5.95 ,ally submitted. CALLAN DER, in.. 6corr, MeeoLuD. t the making Auditors and ,t were appoint, Secy. (;reorge SixelL , coulee to the. -a early, •lambs_ Lat we have ai- d lambs dropped, * Jae:Leery. and_ of lamas arm on. the 17th tax in ell, four largeet weielt- .;-In, your last antradicted the aeettrot; a few ig done m thie rnea correspan- ' reeard for the _exid as he did, it the wood ne, eruerroe st the 'ate over again if any money co. ard any of the ice -date to your dyed so maw large stuus ot pfKela Setai any hereare a few Menet betting, pete namey etatal that with the great a:en seen in the eibee ; but he is chopped ia the it after; until, v. -e ()plied as Mr. not fatigue, but ept us from chop - a. Your corres- hai-e kept very villages of Hut- Jt.,itiburn is the aeuce to, liut We rolue: should stop theme He says tre becoming so sele that we have her quiet nook.„ e i.1 emerge eat -plug ecasett is wautea to see ive found us, far M Kinbunt moet (vet •hidden as if as he would -We are not as (respondent moat it1 not sign his es, J. OLIVER, „ e,s. E. Olasam, r...1EEtT Vous G. in recommend - tee Mecham to all as Ibave aue a day, which I uouthe since, and starkest trouble Retrieve if any - when 1 irst got I eonealer worth tetweee it aud the ace, a.:5 1 eau, limn rota the common _um- to the widest wut chaage,. for els, either straight t bastitee ar turu- ibI for las- e another poiet I itheut, as 1 liad it e durable, and. be- d, it saves a great U5 -Ll sevet al other nes, both her. and tt say I have neve en ale such reat-e9 %teak. I also meet and most .ei- tared: YoUrs, .ILNieuwe, id Mantle Maker, M Pair4N-r3 Et a cep. on MARCH 4th, THEXTON, Feeibe. Iltaf,ER of Fann tock anti SDAY,Mareli 5 tan Lot C*-,Intrue. a SHOP', Auctioneer. OST., Lt Suaforth, saMon- -and Tan Coolie DOG, well known by private iiog the animal to the ulv rewarded, and any at after this date will )at rigor of the law. ; sataN POWELL. aDES. order of the day, and f trade. Teamsters will Drink, ttrul plenty of de,, at Davis' Half -way G. DAVIS. . FOR SALE. geitt, CALF FOR ledigree. AIN CUMIKG, t COn. 18, Hallett. • alt 10060 4=.1.11W" VIGHTH WHOLE No. 3. f 4 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1875. IltIcLEAN HROTHEIR.S, Pablisherx. - WI 40 a 'rear, in advance. Acal gotate Pr FART?" FOR SALE. 111QEING Lotg, Con. 7, (trey, County of Huron, -LP containing 100 acres, 65 of which are cleared. On the premises are a pod log hause and frame barn 5636, besides a shed and good Stabling. The farin is situated 11 miles from Seaforth and 6 from Brusaels, and ia convenient to churches and schools. For further particulars apply to 378-8 JOHN MeNEIL, Walton P. O. FARM FOR SALE. TIEING part ot Lot 23, Con. 12, Ilay, containing .-1-•P 80 acres, 55 of whieh are cleared, the balance being beech and maple. On the land are w frame _barn 40x50, w log house and a young orchard 'bearing fruit, in a good state of cultivation. The farm 18 eitnated within two miles of the thriving village of Zurieh, and convenient to a grist mill and Saw mill. For farther information apply to 378/46 GEO. WILSON, Jr., Zurich P.O. FARM FOR SALE, # rpHAT conveniently situated farm, Lot No. 33, -Fe Con. 10, Goderich Township, of 80 acres, of whieh 70 . ale: I cleared, remainder good hardwood bnah, is °tiered for sale. 'there is a good frame house, witli stone cellar under the whole, frame barn and, sheds, never failing well, and good bearing orchard of 130 trees on the place. The farm is a first-olass ono for wheat, and the whole is in good order. Terms and other information on application to the ploprietor on the place. 877-'2 CHARLES FOSTER. FARM FOR SALE NEAR SEAFORTH. pita sale, that beautifully situated farm, on the -1-7• Huron Road, adjoining the farm of Mr. L. &layer, containing 101 acres, 80 of which are clear- ed and in a state of good cultivation. The bal- ance is well timbered. There are eight acres un- der fall wheat. For further partienlars apply to L. MEYER, or to 375 - BENSON & MEYER, Seaforth. FARM FOR SALE. VAST half Lot 22, Con. 9, Hallett; 50 acres; 40 -" acres cleared; bush hardwood; small frame dwelling, log barn and stables; good bearing or- chard, grafted fruit; sitiaated six miles from Clinton, two and_ a quarter nines from Londes- boro ; mills and schools convenient. Terms, easy. Any party wishing 100 acres could ootain that, as the other part of the lot is now for sale. See advertisement in last week's E3,0srroit. For particulars apply to JAMES 13 RALPH WAITE, Land Agent, 375-4 Londesboro, Ont. SHEEP HUSBANDRY. BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. Sheep are leased for twit, purposes - wool and mutton. . The former has been the leading object of the shepherd, and Must continue to be when the distance from market is great. Woolhowever, has been ia a measure supplanted in Popular favor by its rival, cotton, which can be afforded at a quarter the price, and is thought to furnish a cleaner a.nd healthier fabric. We do .not call Our- selyes old, but we can well remember when persenaland bedelothing Was made almost wholly from wool, andthis was carded, spun, end woven in the homes of the farmers. Tow frocks and trewsers and linen sheets came into play for a brief space in summer, but we slept in flaqi.ei sheets and were clad in "home - m e" woolen stuff for nine months in a year Whitney's cotton gin • gradually wrotight a revolution, and wool was de- throned, cotton becoming king. Still there are many fabrics for which wool will always be in demand, and. though it costs much more to produce the raw ma. terial Of cloth from a sheep's back than from the soil, there is no danger that wool -growing, under favoring circum- stances, will not he profitable. It must be remembered also that mut- ton has appreciated in the same ratio that wool has depreciated. It is a ques- tion to -Clay whether John Bull ought not to be called John Buck, for it is as- serted, that more mutton than beef is now censurned in England. However this may be, there- is no question but ,•that the consumption -of mutton is in- creasiag. both in Englnd and America, and that no meat can be produced so cheaply, and uone is -so well suited to GRIST MILL FOR SALE. LOT Na. 5 paid 6, in the township of Downie, 40 acres, 27 cleared, balance in good hardwood, with a. pod Grist and Flouring mill, doing a first- class business. Size Of nitil, 24x40, three stories high; frame dwelling house and bauk barn, 30x40; two good grafted orehards. Laud well fenced and watered. Only three miles from St. Marys, ou the St. Marys and Stratford Grand Road. .'riee, $6,000; $3,000 down, and -balance in five yearly inatalments, at? per cent. Apply to YOSEPII. IREDALE, St. meres, or to 375 T. N. IONES, London, Ont. persons of quieteaedentary habits. As women, children, stndents, all profes- sional men, and multitudes of mechanics are included in this class, it follows that we need more mutton and less beef and pork in oar markets; and we urge sheep husbandry Upon the attention of farmers, especially that they may supply the in- creasing demand for lamb and mutton, and may reap the profits which this de- maucl is sure tq furnish. We Ahall hail the day when lamb is the staple meat in summer and inutten in winter with all who are not called to hard out -door work. _ W e would not be understood as recom FARM FOR SALE. mendine every farmer to become a shep LOT 13, Con. 6, Hallett; loo acres, 65 acres herd t' becauseu. early lambs are bringing cleared, remainder wooded with beech tied maple; frame davellimi; River Maitland and a ten to fifteen cents per pound; live good sprinon lot; 21 miles from Kinbuin and 8 weight, at the barn door, and are retail milea from Clinton. Tertns to snit purehaser. For partieulars apply to L. MEYER, Harpurhey, or BENSON & MEYER, Seaforth. 346 FARM FOR SALE; VOR Sale, Lot 28, Con. 7, Usborne, cOntaining -A. 74 acres. 5'5 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation. There is a good. frame BARN ,fa.rm is lpeatei on a good gravel road, is conveniently situated to schools, churches and post office, and is within 10 miles from Seaforth and 7 from Exeter. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, WILLIAM DINNIN, Jr., 851 Lumle3- P. O. FARM FOR SALE. VOR SALE, Lot 9, Con. 1, London Road Stan- -1; ley, WO acres, 80 cleared -and under fence, the balance timbered with first-class hardwood ; frame barn 60x40. frame stable 18x40, log b.onse, good bearing orchard, well watered situated within 7 miles of Seaforthquid a like distance from Clin- ton. Farm well underdrained and in first-class cultivation. Apply on the premises or to the pro- prietor at Brncefield P. 0. 362 ANDREW McKENZTE. FARM FOR SALE IN BRUCE. ' FOR Sale, Cheap, Lot, No. 30, Con. 6, Township of Brace County of Bruce, containing 100 seres,30 of Aieli are cleared. This farm is situ- ated within five miles of the rapidly growing vil- lage of Paisley. The =Cleared portion is well timbered. There is also a Spring Creek miming through the place. It is a desirable propert-y. For further partiertlars apply to the Proprietor, Box 24, Seaforth P. O. 352 A. M. CAMPBELL. WILDING LOTS IN. SEAFORTH FOR SALE TO. COLEMA.N, having laid out the grounds recently oceapied as a Driving Park into Bald- ing Lots, is prepared. to dispose of lots on reason able terms to any who may desire them. Parties desiring to purchase should make immediate ap- plication. 864 FOR SALE. A COMFORTABLE frame cottage, containing 1- A- _dining room, _parlor, 8 bedrooms, kitthen, woodshed and coal house. Good cellar, pump, &c. Possession. given on the lat of Mar next. TERMS -One-third own,dbalance in three years. Inquire of proprietor. 375 A. G. McDOUGALL. BULL CALF FOR SALE. VOR Sale, a thorough. bred Durh'am Bull Calf- -1: one year old, of dark red color. His pedi- g..ee first class, and cangbe examined by inten- ding purchasers. Apply to G. M. CHESNEY, • 864 Huron Road, Tackersmith. FOR SALE, rpliF undersigned has a combined Reaper and -I- Mower, manufaetared by Messrs. THOMSON & WILLIAMS, of Mitchell, whieh he now offers for sale. It has been only, two,years in use, and will be sold to srtit parehaSers. Apply to JAMES McKENZIE, Lot 22, Con. 14, labbort. 872 ed at tev:.ce and. thrum these pi ices by the marketmen. It is not every man who ha,s a fancy for keeping sheep, or has land and buildings adapted for sheep husbandry. If the farm is well stocked with cows, and the farmer has a taste for fine cattle,,ancleaas a thorough knowl- edge of the, dair business, it would be folly for him to change from butter and beef to mutton and wool simplybecause the Jotter products may pay better for the time being. Change from one branch of ferning to anothpr is almost always accompanied with a sacrifice. To be a, sumessful schoolmaster one must have a love of children, and to be a suc- cessful shepherd a iman must be fond of sheep. We generally like those animals to which we are most accustomed, and concerning whieh we know the most. If .any farmer is satisfied that sheep husbandry is better for hit locality- and land than the dairy business, let him change from one to the other gradually. It may be better to pursue one branch of , fanning exclusively, and thus gain a • reputation in one line which at is hardly possible to get in several; but there is !clanger of upsetting if we turn too short a corner; still, it is a disgrace to the 'agriculture of this country that with our broad and cheap acres we do not pro- Canada, duce wool enough for our own consump- tion, and that the butchers complain Durisg a tight in London the other that they cannot find mutton enough to day, a Orate named Welsh bit a piece supply the increasing demand. We, out of the cheek of his antagonist. e I therefore, propoee to give a few reasons -- A mbscription is being taken tip in why fanciers should give more attention Galt for the purpose of importing a num - to sheep husbandryber of Fuglish sparrows. 1 In the first place, this branch of feral-, -A ram from Kincardine says the in requires less capital than does tae SDOW 18 so deep that his horses tripped dairy. To stock a farm with a score or over the telegraph wires. two of cows, and to furnish the neces- -air, John 13irrell who recently died sary stabling and the appurtenances of a this point. As the two objects' in keep- in Lonclom had insured his life for dairy, require great outlays. A farm sheep are wool and meat, it would seem $80,000. . that will carry twenty • cows will easily obvious that the breed which best coin- --rhe water in St. Lawrence at Mon - carry 160 sheep, and if they are ineri- bines these two would be the kind to treal is said to be lower at present than noes 200, and these can generally be keel.). u any breed unites wool , and it has been for forty years past. purchased at two-thirds the cost of the metton better than the Southdown, we ---It took Mr. Yeo, M. P., from Prince cows, and will require less extensive fail to see it. True, the Southdowns are Edevred Island, just three weeks to reach barn acbommodation and notie of the a little inclined to rove, and. are not Ottaea, co account of the storms and li 1 f th dare -room f i 1 tened at ordinary fences but they drifts. Mr. De Cosmos came from Brit - reply. was; " I haven't been for ten years. 1 used to go, but how can I go now with all these cows and these cheeses to look after ?" We do not be- lieve that the dairy business necessarily makes a heathea of a woman, but it does involve much more domestic drudgery than does sheep-husban.dry. Again. sheep are better for the farm than cows. They are not dainty ani- mals, but will eat almost eV'ery green thing, not even excepting Canada thistles. If grazing is scarce they will browse, and will thrive where a cow would starve, and, while consuming ,cparse focal; carry off from the farm less of the essential constituents of a good soil. ,A good cow ought to make a pound of seutter or two pounds of cheese daily, for ,six months of the year, and with the export of butter and cheese, must go a large amount of phosphate of lime, soda, potash, and other elements of fertility. Calling the exportation of beef and mutton the same, there is mani- festly less exhaustion of fertility from the few pounds of wool each sheep pro- -duces annually, than from the daily pro- duct of a herd of cows. We do not ad- mit that there is any necessary exhaus- tion of the farm either from cattle or sheep, but stocked with cows the land is more liable to be run clown than when stocked with sheep. • Another consideration of some im- portance is that sheep make the quick- st returns. We must wait two years at least before the heifer is -ready to give milk, but the sheep yields a fleece when a yearling, and multiplies and replen- ishes the earth rapidly. The late Nath- an Jackson, of New °York, laid the foundation of his fortune when a boy by investing the dollar which he received for tending the horse of a friend in a sheep, and putting that sheep out with a fanner to double once in four years. This was in 1792, and in 1832 his flock amounted, by this simple process of doubling once in four years, to 1,064 sheep. The natural increase was doubt- less more than this. If the lambs are sacrificed at the age of three and five months, the returns, are even more speedy, and we are inclined to think "mere sure. We have heard of a case re- cently 'whore 100 lambs beought $800, but this was extraordinary. Three dol - lets Oa head for lambs may be safely, calculated upon at any reasonable dis4 tance from market. The question of profit is after all the great questien which will determine as to the branch of husbandry it is best to pursue. We have heard farmers say that, they had made their cows yield a gram income of $100 eachand we have healed shepherds say that they could make hay worth $10 per ton by feeding it to sheep. These statements may be true, but they are extreme cases. If a herd of cows will yield $50 each on the average, it is a good business, and if hay can be fed out on the farm to sheep and return $20 per ton to the farmer, it is a better businese. „Bay can seldom be fed to cows and pay this return. We are inclined to think, with the present and prospective demand for lamb and mut- ton, the prospect for sheep. husbandry was never so good as now. and when the land. is adapted to sheep and. the farmer has a taste aro this ind.ustry, he can hardly fail to make good profits by stockinup with sheep. Mr. Grieve accomplished 167 days w rk, g IMPORTANT TO FAR KERS. 4R. JOHN BULLARD, Auetioneer for' the -11-1- County ofliuron, is now prepared to conduct tales on -the most reasonable terms and on the shortest notice. orders lett at his residence, Lot 11, Con. 11, MeKillop, or at the Ex POsITOn 011ice, Sego rth, will be promptly attended to. Notes and. stamps furnished f-ree. 375 TEN DOLLARS REWARD. TPST' on Wednesday, Feb. on the caravel Road about one mile from Davis' Tavern, a Brown Leather POCKET BOOK containingi- be- tween $38 and besides a number iof receipts, &c. The finder will be paid. for the above reward Oia returning the article to 375-4 J )1IN SWALLOW, Walton P. 0. DOG LOST. . LOST from Powell's Stables, Seaforth, on Mon- -A-4 day, Feb. 8,a Black and Tan Coolie DOG, about 6 months old. He is well known by private mark. Any person returning the animal to the undersigned will be suitably rewarded, and any peison found harboring him after thia date will . be prosecuted to the utmost rigor of the law. 377 SIMON POWELL. CHEAP -SIDES. AS Low Charges are the order of the day, and opposition is the life of trade, Teamsters will get a goad Dinner, a good Drink, and plenty of Hay for their horses for 20c., at Davis' Half -way House. 377-4 C. DAVIS. NOTE LOST. OST, a note of hand made by EDWARD -11-4 MULCAHY, in favor of IOHN WARD or bear- er, tor the sum of $28, and bearing date on Nov. - 2, and payable 4 months after date. The public) are hereby cautioned against purchasing or nego- tiating the above note, as payment of the same hat been stopped. 3784 JOHN WARD. into- his possession in. the course of h duties. He made up his mind to a street it, and after much considerati made an incision in the skin -of his nec in which he placed the diamond, there it remained for months, until t skin had fairly grown over it. . Final he escaped to Amsterdam with his spot, where be disposed of it for some £12,000. He then came to reside •in Brussels, and it is a singular fact that the ultima, e possessor of the jewel is the. Emperor f Russia, by whom it is highly value being of extraordinary size and b Haney." a Grey. Count], MEETING. ---Council met at Dame's Hotel, Cra,nbrook, Feb. 22. Members all present. • The Reeve in the chair. 'Communications ' read. from W. Squier re debentures; from John Ilia - del, acknowledging receipt of order far payment of $16,000 debentures. The License Inspector presented his report, which wee adopted and certificates granted to James Mills, Wm, Patton, Wm. Whelpton, James Tuck, William Darnee, Wm. Biernes and. James Dunlop. The Clerk was authorized to prepare a by-law for next meeting, authorizing the trustees of School Section No. 10 to borrew 8400 for two years. The appli- cation of George Biddle, to have streets in Cranbrook opened, was laid over till first meeting in May. Tbe following tenders for erection of bridge on Con. 1 were opened: D. McNaughtor, a625 ; John Cormack, $463 ; John Dunbar, was killed. Oil Tuesday of last week b3r the discharge of a shot gun, which he was using to kill pigeons which had esel caped shooting in the late match Laughlin was sitting on a fence, when a pigeon flew over, and in lifting the gun to fire at the bird, the hammer caught on the fence and exploded the charge-. the whole or nearly- the whole of -which 'esmismmemmee, discharged, all the Tory papers would h.owl about persecution, so the Govern- ment have been looking about for some- thing that i4 easy euough for the ex -M. P. to do. -A French Canadian woman, with - two infant children, recently- passed through Richmond on her way to Lon- gueuil, having travelled all the way from entered Laughlin's head. on the right .Kansas, a long part of the way on .foot. side, a few inches a.bave the eye, scat- She begged her way, having been com- tering the brains, blood, &c., on the fence and ground, and shattering the whole-tog:4 the skull, -An enteihnous Male bear was killed. on Saturday of last week in Mr. Davie's lumber woods, township of Elma. The animal was roused by the -falling of the tree under which he was sleeping. The snow being so deep he could make no head.way, and Was soon overtaken and • slaughtered by the axes of the choppers. He weighed, when dressed, 395 pounds. man named Wm. Haddrell was frozen to death in Berlin on the night of the 21Eit ult. Whiskey. -It is stated that many families will die of hunger in the Parish of St. Hilaire, pletely beggared in Kansas by the de- predations of the grasshoppers. She gives a fearful Account of the destitution prevalent there. t -The people in the country this win- ter pump water with an axe and. bring it home in a basket. - -A fine eagle was caught. last week -in a wolf trap on a farm near Douglas. It has a white head and neck, and the - plumage is brown. It weighs 14 stands 24 feet high, and measures seven - .feet from tip to tip of the wings. The .eves are very keen and clear. Being 'caught by the foot it is not in the least damaged. -Owieg to the deley of the trains,and quebec if the Local Government does not the probable moist nature of the ground render assistance. The destitution is due to the failure of the St. Urban Iron Co. in April which did. not pay. for a large quantity of provisions supplied, and to the fact that many farmers were unable. to sow seed preparatory to fall crops. -Mr. Ross, of West Middlesex, ha,s • given notice that he will move for a Pro- • hibitory liquor law, based on petitions, signed by 133,465 individuals. and by municipal corporations representing 478, $495 ; Peter Thompson, $540; D. La- mont, a500 • J. W. Hunter, $520. 756 persons. -The school census of Ingersoll, just Moved by air. Slemmou, seconded by takemshows that there are 1,026 children Mr. Bishop, that John Cormick's tender in that town between the ages of five be accepted on furnishing satisfactory se - and sixteen, and that there were only curity-Carried. The Clerk was , in- structedto prepare a by-law for the pre- vention of obstructions to streams and ,regulate the time of placing saw logs in - streams. Alex. Stewart and John Stew- art applied to be detached from iSchool Section No. 8, and added to Scheol bee- eighty per cent of the postal receipts in tion No. 2. The auditors' report was the Lower Provinces go to the ostmas- tem there, owing td the way o ce sys- tem; while in Ontario and Quebec they receive only forty per cent. -The Welland Tribune is informed that the Grangers, or certain of them, whether duly authorized. by the Grange or not we cannot say, sought to make a to the amount of ,$3e53 were ordered to bargain with certain mere ants, offering be paid. Council then adjourn4 to the Grange patronage on condition of a clis- meet at Patton's Hotel, Ethel, 011 count of 10 per cent. off current prices. lith Mareh next for appointnient of Thereupon. certain of the merchants held pathmaaters, poundkeepers, &c., and or a. meeting. the decision of which was to transaction of school business. in the spring, conseqiient on the late snow storm, the end of the world has been unavoid,ably postponed from the be- ginning of April, the time fixed by some Listowel sages, till a more convenient and drier season. A large number of :wings and. a quantity of white linen for sale at a bargain. -Mr. Erland Erlanclson, an Old. Hud- son Bay officer, who died at Port Hope, has left about $12,000 to the Toronto General Hoepital. -Mr. Skelding, of Yarmouthehas an egg which measures x 7, and weighs a quarter of a pound. Now, then, trot out your hens. seven of theta who did not attend. school -The Elora and 'Wallace Agricultural Society offets prizes for the best essays for four months last year. -Eastern townehips farmers who re- on a number of agricultural subjects. fused 30 cents for their butter last fall -A son of Mr. Henry Sutton, near would take 20 cents now quite willingly.. Limerick, while driving logs to the mill -The Postmaster General admits that on Thursday week, got fast in a snow drift, and getting_off the load. began to whip the horses. One of the traces broke, letting the whiffietree fly back, which struck him on the leg, fracturing it -in three places. -The authorities of Peterborough have taken steps to put down the prac- tice of driving harnessed. dogs on the sidewalks. -During the past week butter fell from 26 to 19 cents in the Ottawa mar- kets. There is a prospect of a still further reduction to n cents. One dealer has $50,000 worth in stock; pur- the effect that Grangers' money was no chased at 26 cents, he calculates to A. HUNTER, Clerk better than anybody else's, and that they lose some $18,000 on the speculation, presenteia adopted, and. ordered to be published in abstract. Moved by Mr. Elliot, seconded by Mr. Hislop, that E Thomas Leadbeater he instructed to handover to Alex. McNair all palm s, books, -vouchers, monies, &c., belongi g to the m unici palitv-Cai ried.. Accounts • would accord them no special advan- owing to the state of the American mar - That Big Tfireehing. teges. ket. -Mr. John Lyons, of Mapleton, Mani- ro the Eilitor of the Huron Expositor. toba, died on Fejday, Yebelgeat the Sie„,-4E1 notice a paragraph in -y r - .... ripe age of 09 yeers. Deceased was issue. of the 19th ult., in -which it is probably the oldest man in the North-. stated that Mr. Wm. Grieve, of McKil- west • be remembered whep, there were lop, threshed 167 days with oue machine during the present season, averaging 500 bushels a day. This would be a pretty good season s work had it been ace,otn- plished, but I am prepared to show that the 'statement was considerably exag- gerated, In the first place, a glance at the almnac will show that between the dates mentioned there are only 158 Jaye, not of °Durso incluaing Sund.ays, and if . Let no one suppose however, that the profits will come without assiduous atten- tion. We have spoken of sheep hus- bandry as involving less labor than the 'dairy, but a flock of sheep will degener- ate *rapidly unless well managed. The late Mr. Hammond, of Vermont, was among his flock constantly, and watched them with the same care that a parent does his children. Perpetual vigilance is the price of success in sheep husban- dry, as in every other business, Sheep are tender and timid animals, and must be handled with tenderness and good judgment. Cotswolds and other large breeds cannot be made to thrive in large flocks, and the little merinos do not do well when more than fifty are folded to- gether. One word as to the breeds. We have no favorite breed which we wish to pro- pagate and sell, and, therefore, be accused of prejudice er selfishness in in that time he must have been employ- ed on nine Sundays to make up the num- ber, a violation of the law which I be- lieve Mr. Grieve will hardly admit. As to the amount of grain threshed, if Mr. Grieve tad pla.ced it at 300 bnshels per day instead of .500, I think he would have been near er the . mark, and pre- served his reputation for veracity. Yours, ace AN OLD THRESHER. parap erns, la o e y • r g i , The shepherd's life is also much less can be trained to quiet habits. Much la,borions than that of the cow -herd. depends upon the charaeter of the shep- The latter must be on hand every day, herd, for the maxim' "like pastor like must milk early and milk late. There is people," is as true ofthe aericulturalas . a constant daily routine which cannot be the spiritual pastk.• When there s a i bond of sympathy between Southdovins and their shepherd, when they flock to him as to a friend, whenever he makes his a,ppearance in the fold or pasture, shirked either M summer or? winter. In the latter period the cows anay go , dry for a time, but to the stabling, water- ing, and foddering there is no intermis- sion. As one dairymanonce expressed they are not apt to be very wild, and if it to us, "-I am tied to a cow three h.un- they stay. away they -will know his voice dred and sixty-five de,ys" in a year." and run in the way of his commands The sbepherd's care is i0 sinecure. , A At all events, we give the preference to fiook of sheep want watc ing and care, Southclown mutton. , but they require no such ree,rular atten- -4eie tions in the summer as do cows. They can be turned to erass, and their, owner The Story of a Diamond. can give- his attention to .ordinar:y farm , The Belgian tarews says : " A Brussela work from sunrise to sundown if he celebrity has disappeared within the last pleases -we hope it does not please him few days. For years clad durmg winter and aummer in a light green costume, a man not much exceeding five and a half feet ie height has been in the habit of parading the Gellery from two to five -to work so lone -without dame chorea half of the clay. What is peculiarly advantageous about the labor part of sheep -husbandry is that the chief burden does not rest, as F. M., keeping his time so accurately in the dairy,' upon the Women. Mak- that _the shopkeepers wanted no other ing butter and cheese is hard work, and indication of the hour than his appear before the introduction of the factory ance or departure. He spoke to no one system the great brunt of it came upon and seemed to have no acquaintances, the weaker half of humanity. Not even and his failing to appear for three days Sunday was a Sabbath to the dairy in succession was sufficient to induce woman. If a cheese was not made the the police to make inquiries. • They milk was to be skimmed, and. Various found_ him in his lodging in a state which are the works of necessity and mercy showed he had not long to live, and. al - which attend the dairy business on the though a doctor was at once in attend day set apart for holy rest. We once ance he expired during the week His asked a . dairy -woman who had been history is curious enough. It seems showing us her herd of cows and her that he was many years ago an employe well -stocked dairy -room, and was living under the Russian Government at the out of the sound of the church bell : diamond mines in the Caucasus, and a "Do you ever go to church?" and the brilliant of extreme beauty and size fell ::••• • ish Columbia in ten days. -Dee clay last week some men who were in the employ of R. Dick, cutting saw logs in the Elderslie swamp, Celerity of l3ruce, discovered an immense swarm of bees in a hollow pine. The tre broken in the fall. and the honey discovered and quate a quantity taken out. was -Mr. Thorn, one of the editors of the -- Quebec Clovniele, was reprimanded, by the Speaker of the Quebec Legisla- ture on Monday last. Mr. Thom still lives. were only two or three houses in the -h is under contcnaplation to reduce whole Province, and had seen the buffalo the Grand Trunk Railway stationmas- come down to drink at the Red River, ters equal to $90 and $100 per year, and between the Lower Fort and 'Winnipeg -The Manitoba Mounted Police Force will be disbanded next year. - Peddlers of shoddy goods are now iolestine the rut al districts of Hamilton. -Belleville ladies are about to give a "fish social." Very seasonable. -As a cure for frostbitten limbs, a strong solution of alum will be found the best extant. The part affected should be well bathed. with -the solution, in a few minutes after which the frost will be out and the flesh returns to its it is also said the telegraph operators will have a reduction, these reductions being effected through not allowing pay for Sunday work. -Another burglary has occurred in Parkhill. Streeter's store was broken in- to on Tuesday week, and nearly $300 in goods taken, principally groceries and boots and shoes. -The Guelph Herald a short time ago bragged about a quilt constructed by a lady in that neighborhood containing over 3,000 pieces. Napahee eclipse - ordinary condition. this with one in which there were over ., -The following whine of the Water- 4,000 pieces. Mrs. Brennan, of Sarnia, town Diepatch will be feelingly endorsed 1 went one better, with one of 5,280 by many around here : "Above is snow1 pieces, and now Mrs. Callavan, of Zorra, and snow below, where can we go and i takes the lead with a quilt of over 7,000 not find snow, we'd like to know' 1 pieces. So far thie is the champion 'Twixt snow and. blow, that railroad foe, quilt, but the back townships are yet to the tracks are so, that mails are slow and. hear frcmNext have no mow through boundless snow. - . . Mr. Paul Huyek, who lives near Alas, a.nd oh ! when will it go." Napanee, has three cows, which yielded -A man named Charles Hartlew, 814 pound of butter last year, as while under the influence of liquor, was against 813 pounds in the previous year. struck and instantly killed by a train -it is said that the mortality of the body was dragged about fifty yards, and a present winter has been unusually great anion aged people. While the young near Aylmer, on the 24th ult. The so fearfully mutilated that it was hardly recognizable. -On Sunday, the 14th ult., the dwel- ling house of Mr. John Ivensworth, Sec- ond Concession of Grey, was burnt to the ground,- together with its entire con- tents. Mrs. Ivensworth was from home attending meeting. Mr. Ivensworth was at home, but the fire Made such and the vigorous have been able to battle with the inclemency of the weather, the aged and the weak have dropped off. -A. young man named Burton, a few days ago, put on a hideous mask as a joke, and called at the house of a woman earned Morrison, residing at Scarboro. She was badly frightened, -and -was so headway that it was impossible to save haunted by the appearance of the -mask a lm_oTs th ae nvy tahrkinhgi.11 village council have that she has since become insane. This should be a warning to practical jokers. changed their night of meeting from Monday to Wednesday, in order to ac- commodate Mr. Oak's dancing class. So says the local paper. -The "poor man's blanket" should ' --The appeals against the Dundas voters' list cost the municipality $334. In North Wentworth the - costs will probably amount to $1,200. 1 -A man named McLellan was robbed not beforgotten in this hard winter. was of $1,600 by highwaymen, in the suburbs was Two thicknesses of paper are better than of London, Ont., on Saturday week. a pair of blankets, and much lighter for -Mr. John Cober, wagon maker at those who dislike heavy bed clothes. A Ethel, is going to erect a wind mill with -The supply of 'servant girls at tta- spread made of double layers of paper which to drive the machinery in his es- wa atpresent is said to be greater than tacked together, between a covering of eamesement. the demand. The prrvateboarding chintz or calico, is really a desirable -The total value of the cheese ex- housebusiness does not pay this sd,ssion household article. Make it of soft pa- nearlt as well as it had done prey ously per, and place it between the blanket ported from Canada last yea• amounted g -in tict the increased hotel acco oda- to $3,000,000, of which the eastern sec- . Brydges upon. tion of Ontario contributed. $600,000, tion his proved. ruinous to their traffic. and. the counterpane. -The evidence of Mr evidence of the hard. imes, the Belleville district $900,000, and the -As an Intercolonial mismanagement, reveals western $1,500,000. The exports were we nary mention the fact that at a high- some cases of extensive fraud on the toned boarding house in Montre , the art of commercial firms in the Mari- mostly to Great Britain, the estimated annual capacity of whose markets. is houseleeper was detectedinthe oilieg the butter. She says that ct of time Provinces. 800,000,000 lbs., not 'half of which is with • . - -A young memnarned Philips, who was butter at 30c epaulet' and the the i one- .musing himself a few days ago, by slid- eter 23 d.egrees below zero, its a *ender ing down the ice mountain of Niagara, she las not suspended long ago. as fatally injured. The plank shpped. -Afew evenings ago as Mr. obert from under hire, and he fell in such a home manner as to dislcicate his neck. Ile manufactured at home. -A lynx one night last week killed 23 hens belonging to Mr. David Bayne in West Garafraxa, and a night or Morrison, of Glanford was drivinghome after paid a visit to Mr. Bayne's he wet suddenly struck from behin and father-in-law's barn, doubtless with the 1 ing isee i lived but a very short time. Accounts ' reach us of others being hurt by- having dation there. Me. Bayne interviewed hinself he Was astourided to in 1 their arms broken. intention of committing a similar depre- nearly knocked senseless . On re over- . his lynxihip with a pitchfork, and an ex- . the batk of the sleigh a horse sta,g ering about on the contents of the v hide. The animal, after having been drawn a few reds, jumped out and ran away. The mlution of this strange rcontre seemsto be that sorne horse hid 1roken out of t field, and running along th4 road, overtcok the team and. jumped into the sleigh. --A young man, aged 17 years, fiamed James IlLaughlin,, son of Mr. Laughlin, of tho Phenix Mills, St. Catharines, 1 -The Picton - TiMee mourns because so few marriages are celebrated in that Itown, showing a lack of courage and en- terprise in its young men. -It costs ‚31,200 to keep Tom Fergu- son in the Custom House at Coiling - wood, although on account of that gen- tleman's ignorance of book-keeping, his predecessor in the office had to be en- gaged in the .office as clerk at $900 a year. If theteseless Principal should be citing tussle ensued, in which the fero- cious brute caught Mr. Bayne and put him down, but he soon freed himself and filially managed to kill the lynx. -Owing to the dullness of trade, al- most every establishment in Toronto is reducing the number of its hands, and much distress is occasioned. Employ- ment for females is especia,Uy scarce, and hundreds of girls are not able to earn their bread. - „_