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Beg to announce tiiat they have deter.
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mined to commence on FRIDAY, the
FIRST day of DECEMBER,
A. CRAP CLEARING SALE
of their immense Stoc
of Shawls,.
Ladies', Misses' and Chi dren's Jackets*
Dress Goods,1Winceys, i els, Shirt; •
and Drawers,'Readyma e Clothing and.
wool Mufflers.
SCOTCH BED B NKETS,
• Equal to home made, id. 50 per cents
Cheaper. Also in, a La of Ladies' Far -
Muffs, at $1, $1 25, $1 8, and Buffalo-
' Robegt at I
REDUCED RI9ES,
50 and $9. We invite
our custoniers and the,, public generally.
to visit this Sale at oncel hile the `Stock..
is Completewe will tak pleasure in
SHOWING YO
GOODS'
whether you buy or ot. Wholesale •
Buyers, Hotel Keepers, and Large But-
,' era liberally dealt with
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A LOT OF TAPES RY CARPETS
at 80 cents per yard, worth $L OIL
CLO-TH at 25e, 50c, d 75c per yard.
All qoods marked at SALE PRICES
L- for -CASH.
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IIVIIOLE NO. 470.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE.
A CHANCE. --Tor Sale cheap, three verY
-c-3- desirable balding1ot5 facing on Victoriti
square, Seaforth. For parOculare apply to E.
Hickson & Co. 447
FBA" COTTAGE FOR ALE. -Containing 4
rooins and 2 eitaleense situated near Mr. A.
Sfewart's brickeresidenoe in I Seaforth. ApplY to
ay. N. WATSON, Seatorth. ' 468
-LsARMS FOR SALE. -East half Lot 11, Con. 12,
MoKillop; also South 50 sores of Lots 1 and 2
Con. 10, Norris, adjoining the village of Blyth.
For partionlars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLME-
STED, Barristers, dm., Seaforth. 425
WARM FOR SALE. -North half of Lot 12, Con.
13, MaKillop, containing 75 acres, 40 cleared,
Wenn well timbered, with good buildings; for
gale cheap and on easy terms of payment. Apply
to MGCAUGHEY &..HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449
DROPERTY FOR SA.LE.-Two lots, with a 2
story frame house and harn, situated on the
Market Square, Seaforth. 1 The premises have
beep used as an egg peeking establishment, and
are well adapted for any Public business. For
particulars apply to the prOprietress, Mrs. MAL -
COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderich,
Ontario. 456
WARM,FOR SA.LE,-Lot 15, Concession 4, Town-
-a: ship of Stanley, containing 984 acres, about
50 acres clear and in a state'of good cultivation,the
balance well timbered with maple, elm, hemlock,
and cedar. There is a god frame barn on the
premises. It is convenient to school and churohi
and within two miles of Brucefield station. For
particulars apply to ALEXA.NDER hIcE WEN, on
the prernises. 470t1
WOR SALE OR TO LET -"Bona Vista " farm,
-a: containing 474 acres, 321eleared, rest well wood-
ed; on Lake Huron, near. Dr. Woods'; land rioh
clay loam; good frame house and barn, gpod orch-
ard of over 100 trees bearing; a well and stream,
both of which contained plenty of water all 8111131 -
mer ; terms easy; posseitilon given at Nes, Years;
8 acres in fall wheat looking well. WILLIAM
PLUNKETT, Teacher, Bayfield. 459
'VALUABLE LOTS FOR SALE NEAR THE
vi RAILWAY STATION. -Lots 50, 51, 52, 53,
54 and 55, in Jarvis' survey, ,Sesforth. Theselots
from their close vicinity to the railway statien
are specially ackapted for manufacturing purposes.
Terms -One-fourth cash, balance in three equal
annual instalments with interest at seven per
cent. Title perfect. GARROW & BADEN -
HURST, Solicitors, Goderich. 456
ATALUABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For
sale that comfortable and commodious resi-
dence on Join Street, the property of Mr. Albert
Sperling. The house is new, is well finished, and
coi4ains seven rooms besides closete, together
with a wood shed, cellar, and all necessary im-
provements. Hard and soft water. Two lots
planted with t choice fruit trees. Terms easy
Possession irtimediate. Apply to Mr. ALBERT
SPARLLNG. 470
A CHANCE FOR l5LECHANICS. - For sale
cheap a lot with a house wagon shop and
lumber shed thereon, situated in the village of
Walton. The buildings are all new, and this is
an excellent opening for a good wagonmaker.
There are three blacksmith shops in the village
and only wagon shop. A stock of all kinds of
seasoned lumber will be sol 1 with the property or
separately. Aly to JOHN COWAN, Walton,
Ont. 470*8
T1ESIRABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For.
Sale on reasonable terms, the residence and
grounds in Egmondville at present occupied by
J. S. Porter. There is a comfortable dwelling
house with all necessary out -buildings and con-
veniences, also a large driving house and stable.
There are four item; of land, well fenced, and a
• good bearing orchard of fruit trees' This would
be a moat desirable property fur a market gardener
or a retired farmer; Apply to J. S. PORTER. 468
SEAFORTil FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8; 1876.
ItIcLEAN BROTHERS, Publishers.
51 30 a ilear, in advance.
The Dunkin Bill Agitation-
" Prohibition no Remedy."
To the Editor of the _Huron Expositor..
SIR. -It seems a strange thing
that the world which is always trying to
reform itself should in the 6,000 or more
years of its reputed existence have made
so little progress toward e that perfection
which every one believes possible; it is
strange that with so many powerful,
minds studying, aucl so many willing
hearts working for the accomplishment
of better things that so little should have
been done for the advancement of the
human race. It is not Mr: Editor my
opinion that this want of success is be-
cause the efforts of the benevolent have
been unsuccessful; it is ncit for want of
sYmpathy with those efforts on! the part
of the public;. but because in so many
instances their 'labors have been misdie
rected, and because they have been de-
voted to the attainment of some object
which, when achieved,' left them las far
short of the desired. result as 4when first
those labors commenced.
I remember the time when (in England)
society was stirred to its very- depths by
a party of social reformerscalled "Chart-
ists" whose object -was to obtain the re-
forms embodied in the seven points of
the charter, and I have lived to see the
greater part of those seven points' incor-
porated into the laws of that country
and yetsoeial reformers of that class are
as far from being satisfied now as ever.
They succeeded in carriig their points,
aud the reason they have, not obtained
the end in view is that they did not go
•to the root of the evil ; they had only
been attacking some of the results of a
defective system instead of reorganizing
the system itself. This also I think
will be found to be the case with the
advocates of Prohibition ; they are
attacking the evils that result from the
abuse of liquor, while leaving altogether
untouehed, and unthought of the hidden
causes that drive individuals to resort
• to alcoholic stimulants. I believe firmly
that could those ,stimulants be banished
from the earth, by one touch of the
magicians wancl there Would be just as
much of misery and suffering in existence
then as now; I believe that man has
been created with a capaeity for living
and enjoying a life of almost continued
and uninterrupted happiness when
placed in favourable circumstances and
I believe that when surrounded by seek
circumstances a craving for liquor would
not be felt; it follows therefore if I am
right that there is something wrong in
• the constitution of society, and that do
what you will to remove the evils that
appear on the surface, you will, so long
as you leave the great first cause un -
untouched be only attacking the sympz
toms instead of the disease.
If your readers understand me I can
imagist° them all impatiently asking -
what is this hidden Cause ? -what is
this disease of which th!n abuse of liquer
is only a symptom? There may be one
cause, there may be seVeral.It may be
that the rich monopolize so _large a share
of the goOd things of life, that
not enough fall e to the share of the poor
to make life enjoyable; it ma Y be that
the population 18 so dense that it is im-
possible for all to procure a sufficiency to
TTOUSE AND FOUR LOTS FOR SALE. -That
-lea- elegant two-story brick dwelling Unfit) on the
Huron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoining;
there are 8 bedrooms, Varlor, thawing room,,d1-
ing room and Idtchen 'with soft and hard water"
mot convenient ; there is an excellent garden
attached, also stables and outbuildinge ; this is
a handsome homestead, and a rare chance is
offered to intending purchasers.; it will be sold on
favorable terms. For farther particulars apply to
THOMAS STEPHENS, Seaforth. 462
V.A.R111 FOR SALE. -For sale the West half of
-a- Lot 29, Con. 8, McKillop, containing 50 acres,
25 of which are cleared and in a good state 01
cultivation, the balance is well timbered with
hardwood. ' There is a good frame house and
frame stable on the premises, also a young
orchard. It is one mile from the gravel road at
' the village of Winthrop, where there is a saw Imill,
flour mill, stores, -school, churches, and all other
village conveniences; also within six miles of
Seaforth. Apply to the Proprietor onthe prem-
iseE, or address Winthrop P. 0. JAMES Mc -
DONALD. 470
WARM FOR SALE. -For sale', north half of Lot
-11-: 11 and east half of Lot 12, Con. 12, Hullett,
containing 100 acres, 85 of which are cleared and
in a good state of cultivation and well underdrain-
ed, balance is well timbered; a large frame barn
and frame ste.ble, good log house and other build-
ings; good bearing orchard; a 'never -failing
streitm running through the farm, also a good
well; about 8 acres of fall, wheat sown. Is situ-
ated about 11 nines from Clinton and 12 miles
from Seaforth. For further particulars apply to
the proprietor on the premises or to Harlook
P. 0. ANGUS CAMPBELL. 469
STOCK FOR SERVICE
A GOOD PIG. -The undersigned has a Thor-
onghbred Berkshire Boar, which he will keep
for the service of sows at his Hotel, in Seaforth,
during the present season. Terms, $1 with the
privilege of returning if necessary. ROBERT
HAYS, Seaforth. 470-2
PIG. -The undersigned will keep
"--7 during_ the present season on his premises,
rtear Winthrop, that favorably known thorough-
bred Suffolk Boar, formerly owned by Mr. David
Scott. Terms, $1 with the privilege of returning
if necessary. HYMAN T YERMAN. 4704'4
NTOTICE. - A Thorough Bred Large Breed
".` Berkshire Boar will be kept for Service this
season at Wilson's Sawraill, Con. 6, Township
of Hay, Terms, $1, to be paid let time of ser-
vice, with privilege to return within five weeks.
HENRY J. HUDSON. 470*4
-ROAR PIG FOR SERVICE.-" Champion of the
West." The undersigned has on his prem-
ises, Lot 18, Con. 2, Tricserernith, withinli ranee
of Kippen, a Chester white boar pig, which will
stand for the service of sows this season. Terms.
-$1 per sow-, payable at the time of service, with
the privilege of returning if necessary. The
s above pig is a successful stock getter, and also a
successful prize taker, and in his class has never
been beaten. JOHN WORKMAN. 470'4
W.ARMERS, LOOK HERE. -Berkshire, Sliffolk
-A- and Yorkshire Boars for Service. The under-
signed has on his premises, Lot 26, Con. 1, Stan-
ley, Three Boars for Service. The Berkshire boar
is named " Tim," and, as will be seen by the
pedigree below, is of good stock: Be was siredby
Satelite the Second, bred by Mr. E. Caswell, of
Ingersoll, out of his imported eow, and got by
Sa,telite, imported by John Currie, of Verscloyle,
Denham; his dam, Bess, was aired bp Lord
Liverpool, winner of 3 first prizes at principal
shows in England, imported by John Snell &
Sons, of Edmonton, and sold to Mr. Gentry for
$700, his grand dam, Lucy, was sired by Satelite.
InTliorted by J. Currie; his great grand dam, 2nd
Queen of the West, was sired by Sampson, im-
Bpourt4hpyrrJo.pCriarXer.. Terms $1, cash. J. STAN -
BURY,
NOTICE TO DEBTORS
VOTICE.-All those indebted to Dr. VERCOE,
Seafortly are requested to pay their accounts
immediately. 469
lIEBTORS' NOTICE. - All Notes and Book
Accounts past due must be settled before the
1st of February; otherwise they will be put in
Court for collection, JOHN KIDD. 4704
have it; and in regard. to clothing, the
present fashionable dresses are indecent,
and you shall not wear them; and in re-
gard to religion, the church you uphold
is not the true church, and you shall not
be permitted to follow its teachings.
But where, let me ask, is our boasted
liberty, when such principles as theSe
are acted upon? Where' will be our
"inalienable rights" when a majority of
misguided teetotalers are allowed to
usurp the functions of a despot? Yours,
A. HOOD..
Baussxm„Dec. 2, 1876.
Canada.
It is said that the Dunkin Act is to
be submitted to a Vote of the ratepayers
of Toronto at an early day.
-The Orillia Curling Club played
their first game cm December the lst.
Ice good.
-It is now announced that the Parlia-
ment of Ontario will meet for the des-
patch of business on the 5th of Janu-
ary.
- The Dominion Parliament, has been
further prorogued till the 12th January,
and not then to meet for the despatch of
business.
-Over eleven hundred dollars have
been subscribed in Kincardine for the
purpose of purchasing and equipping a
driving park.
-Mr. H. P. Dwight, superintendent
of the Montreal Telegraph Company, was
married in Toronto last week to a Miss
Maggie Helliwell, of Toronto.
-The five men who assaulted the
Inland Revenue Officers Who were seizing
an illicit still in Wilmot, have been lodg-
ed in jail, and further arrests are expect-
ed.
-Mr. Dallas, track inspector of the
London, Huron and Bruce Railway, has
been presented with a handsome gold
chain and seals by his former fellow-,
worknien at Ingersoll. -
-An unlicensed liquor -seller in Mont-
real was last week, fined ninety-five dol-
lars and. costs for evading the law. This
is the heaviest fine imposed for -a like
offence for many years.
-Several ladies are now canvassing
the town of St. Mary's with a petition
asking the Council to submit the Dunkin
Act to the people at the same time as -it
is submitted in the county of Perth.
-The Logan township council have
passed a by-law prohibiting the sale of
intoxicating liquors. The by-law will be
submitted for approval and voted on
the first Wednesday in January next.
-A curious disease among poultry is
reported in the neighborhood of Ottawa.
The heads of birds affected turn blaok,
and owners observing this, cut the heads
off and. send them to market for sale. -
-Mr. Price, of Mount Pleasant, near
Brantford, is new lecturing to the stu-
dents of the Model Farm, instead of Dr.
Baptie, -who recently resigned to accept
a position in the Ottawa Normal School.
--Two years ago, Bett's Cove, New-
foundland, contained 'about half a dozen
fishermen's hut% To -day it is a town of
twelve hundred inhabitants, of whom
600 are miners -engaged in the copper
mines.
--"Dr." Parvey, of Hamilton, was
Convicted. at the Wentworth Assizes last
week of administering noxious drugs to
make life endurable; may be that Hattie Jeffrey, to produce abortion.
competition is so keen among all classes 4 Sentenced to two years in the Provincial
Penitentiary.
-The barn and contents on the farm
of W. Slawson, near Princeton, were
totally destroyed by fire on Wednesday
night, 29th, November. Loss, about
$2,000. Insurance, $1,000. Origin of
the fire not known.
-The ladies belonging to the Canada
Presbyterian church in Bowmanville,
lately presented their pastor, Rev; James
Little, with a valuable fur overcoat, as a
mark of 'die high estimation in which he
is held by the congregation at large,
-On Thursday evening of la.st week;
about fifty of the members of the Method-
ist Episcopal Church in Strathroy called
at their- pastor's residence on Colborne
street, and after the usual preliminaries,
presented him with a suit of clothes
worth about $40.
-Two young men, Wm. Mutton and
Charles Frost, were fired at the .other
day while passing along the third con-
cession of Fuliarton township. Fortun-
ately they eseaped uninjured. As the
night was dark, the person who fired the
shot was not observed.
-Two miners at Waverly, Nova
Scotia, noticed a handsome nugget of
gold sticking in the root of an upturned
tree, and on digging beneath found
quite a "bonanza.' Keeping their se-
cret they purchased the land, and are
now doing well.
-Mr. I. S. Griswold, late United
States Consular Agent at Stratford, was
recently presented- with a Royal Arch
Jeweliebyl a number of his Masonic'
friends. The jewel is of solid gold, with
a suitable inscription ; it cost $50. Mr.
Griswold leaves Stratford for his home
in Michigan.
-"That misfortunes never come
singly," has recently been verified in the
case of Mr. Neil isfeehan, Toronto, who
lately lost two valuable horses by drown-
ing, broke two or three ribs the other
day by a fall from a wagon, and lost
some barns containing hay, by fire, on
Wednesday.
-What has been known as the Brewn
train on the London, Huron and Bruce
Railway, from the fact that the conduct-
or, driver and baggageman r,were named
Brown -Dave, Matt. and George -has
been broken up, Matt. having been
placed on the Main line. Mr. Evans
takes his place as driver.
-It is repoited that a still further
reduction of ten per cent. in the wages
of the employees on the Grand Trunk
Railway is to take place and come into
effect on the 1st December. If this turns
out to be true, it is bad news for the
mechanics and laborers, who are (already
on short allowance.
-At White Mud River Manitoba, 16
Icelanders and 14 Indians' have died. of
small -pox. Thence to Gimli, some 30
miles, the disease is in every house. At
Gimli 22 deaths have occurred. 'One
hundred and ten cases were visited. Dr.
Young is not sick. The Government
of society, that they are m very truth
fighting "the battle of life," a continual -
struggle for the means of subsistence, in
which the weakest are always going to
the wall. It may be one of these causes,
or all of them, each indicating a state of
-uneasiness, uncertainty, and anxiety for
the future, combined' with positive desti-
tution and suffering on the part of the
unfortunate, existing in our very
midst, that is the primary cause of the
evils complained of ; and if stich suffer-
ing 'has in some cases the appearance of
having been caused by liquor, I believe
that liquor is only a secondary cause,
which it is utterly useless to attagla
while the primary or first cause remains
untouched. .-
But, Mr. Editor, there are other ways
of looking at this question, besides the
one above indicated.. I have only thrown
out these few ideas to show why I think
there would be no /tee in putting a atop
, to the liquor traffic, and 1 shall endeavor
now to show that we have nosigla to do
so, even if the use were undoubted.
It is stated in the Article a of Inde-
pendence of the Unitecr8tates, and. I have
never yet seen it called in question, that
"man is born with certain inalienable
rights, among which are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness." Emerson
adds, "Liberty for every man, the great-
est liberty compatible with the liberty
of every other man." From this I infer
that liberty gives us the rights to do as •
we please, provided that in so doing
we do not interfere with the rights of
others.
Now, I wish to ask the Prohibitionists,
whether they think that in setting up
their .standard as a rule for others, land
dictating to them what they shall eat or
what they shall drink, they are allowing
to themthe same liberty which„ in other
things, they claim for themselves ? And
I wish also to refer to somelof the per-
secutions which have arisen in times past
from a similar disregard to the rights of
Others, for experience proves that if it is
once admitted that any party has a right
to compel others to do what they be-
lieve to be best, or to embrace any creed
which they believe to be true, there is
no limit to the persecutionEt which may
result, no liberty for those whose actions
are thus controlled.
Galileo believed the world Was round,
but the priesthood, supported by a .ma-
jority, said the Bible was the word of
God, and Galileo's theory was contrary
to the Bible teaching; therefore, he must.
retract or be imprisoned. Thousands of
martyrs, both Protestant and Catholic,
have, in the middle ages, suffered im-
.prisonment and death, because they held
opinions on religious questions opposed
to the opinions of their persecutors.
As soon as it comes to 'be admitted
that a majority have a right to say to
us, liquor is hurtful to you and you shall
not use it, they may also say flesh meat
is not good for you and You shall not
store home has been converted into a
hospital in which are 40 beds. Patients
have been removed. thither and their
dwellings burnt.
-John 0. McRae, the man recently
tried in Hamilton for the murder of his
wife under. very revolting circumstances,
both being extremely intemperate in
their habits, was acquitted, the evidence
not being considered sufficiently conclu-
sive to convict him of the murder.
=The Value of church, school and
other property exempted from taxation
in Ottawa city, reaches $7,500,000. The
Protestant schools and churches are
valued at k $600,000; Roman Catholic,
schools and Churches, $700,000 • and
the Parliament Buildings at $6'',V00,-
000.
-Sixty convicts were brought to
Kingston on Monday from the 'St. Vin-
cent de Paul Penitentiary, that institu-
tion beitig overcrowded. Among them
was Buckley, the man lately sen-
tenced at Quebec to imprisonment
for life for a horrible outrage ona young
lady.
-A fire broke out in the dry goods
store of Mr. Joseph Clarke, Watford, a
few evenings ago: Fortunately no seri-
ous damage was sustained, only some
woolen goods and some overcoats being
damaged. The fire was caused by the
explosion of a coal oil lamp which was
left burning on the counter.
-Mrs. Boulton, widow of the late
Mr. D'Arcy Boulton, presented to Wm.
Boys, Esc', , Master of Barrie Loyal
Orange Lodge, the handsome Orange
regalia presehted to her late husband, on
-his visit to Ireland as one of a deputa-
tion to that country from the Grand
Orange Lodge of Canada.
• -The $200 reward offered by the
Wentworth County Council for the con-
vietion of the murderers Of Abel Mc-
Donald has, been distributed according
to the views of the Judge, as follows:
Detective J. W. Murray, $125; Detect-
ive Rosseaux, $25 ; Detective J. Mc-
Pherson, $25; Detective Hugh McKin-
non, $25.
-Mr. John Lockwood, of Caradoc,
gave one John Lewis a job of digging his
potatoes, Lewis agreeing to dig them for
every tenth bushel, but when the half
acre was finished, finding that there were
only six bushels altogether, and so their
being no tenth bushel,•Lockwood claimed
all the potatoes. Lewis has since gone
to Michigan disgusted.
-For some time 'past charges -of gross
cruelty have been circulated at the ex-
peese of mane of the teachers of the
Kihgston Public Schools. The Inspec-
tor deemed them of sufficient importance
to warrant his subjecting them to a sift-
ing investigation, which has resulted in
proving them to be almost absolutely
without foundation.
--Several farmers in the vicinity of
Newry, Perth county, on Tuesday night
of last week, had. a number of sheep
worried. A Mr. Henry, forfrierly- of
Hibbert, lost ten, Mr. S. Bennett two,
and several others were injured 'so that
they cannot live. As the wounds are
not! similar to those generally made by
dogs, it is a mystery what caused their
destruction.
-Joseph MacKay, Esq., a retired
merchant of Montreal, has devoted. real
estate property to the amount .of e
hundred. thousand dollars for the bent above the normal in temperature. Our
of the Protestant Deaf and Dumb Insti- own Vennoes prediction seems to be
Ultima which was in straightened cir- about midway between the two. The
cumstances. The Institution, now occu- question naturally arises, which shall wei
pied at Cote St. Antoine, to be sold, believe ?
and a new building is to be erected.
large quantity of sulphur fell a prey to
the devouring elements, and becoming
reduced to a liquid state ran into a large
pit. The "mine" is ,therefore nothing
more or less than the sulphur supposed
to have been destroyed several years
since. A considerable amount of the
sulphur is yet to be excavated.,
-Small-pox in a bad form has broken
out on the fifth concession, South Dum-
fries. Mr. Walter Markle and Mr. James
Kingsburgh are both down with it, and,
although Mr. Markle is getting better,
Mr. Kingsburgh's case is a most serials
one. The school in the neighborhood
has been dismissed, and great care is
taken to prevent the disease spreading.
-An exchange says: "It seems to be
taken for granted that the appropriation
to be asked for the new Ontario Parlia-
ment buildings in Toronto will be grant-
ed by the House, for a telegram from
that city says. "Plans are at once to
be submitted and tenders asked for erec-
tion of new legislative buildings in
Toronto, work upon Which will be porn-
menced immediatelylat the close of en-
suing Session."
-The Chairman of the Board of 'Wa-
ter Commissioners at Ottawa received a
letter horn Hon. Mr. ekenzie's secre-
him tha the offer of the
h the Parliament Build -
e building, and Rideau
Hall with water, for the sum of $10,000
per annum, was declined. It further
stated that Mr. Mackenzie was willing
to give $8,000 for the service, a sum
which he had already offered to his Won -
ship Mayor Waller. •
-In Toronto, last week, a man named
George Leary, out of money and out of
work, commenced pillaging, •capturing
an assortment of goods, among which
were a -goose, a pair of felt shoes, a
muffler, and a pair of corsets. The man
from whom he stole the goose, had him
arrested and. lodged in No. 2 Police Staff
tion. He said. he eommitted the theft its
order to be -sent to jail, as he preferred
the jail to death from starvation.
A man named Somerville, supposed to
be from Philadelphia, was frozen to death
as Clifton on Saturday night last. Him-
self and a companion were,walking along
the road near the village when he sud-
denly became ill and persisted in. lyieg
down on the read. His companion find-
ing hp could do nothing with him started
for assistance, but before they returned
the man was dead. Re appeared to be
in very destitute circumstances as his
clothing was much worn' and tore.
tary, informin
Board to fu
ings, post o
considerably higher than the real mar-
ket price. He then departs, meets his
partner, who puts up the butter lob, and.
they divide the profits. This is he last
the farmers hear of it.
-The fiftieth anniversary of the near-
riage of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Yemen, was
celebrated recently at the residence of
Mr. George Yemen, near Ballinafad, in
Wellington_ comity, where they are at
present residing. Mr. and Mrs. Yemen.
were amongst the earliest settlers in that
section of the country, having resided
'for 40 years on lot 1, on the 8th
line of Erin. Mie Yemen is over 80
years of age, and his companion of 50
years is nearly, as old. They are both
hale and heart.
-A, challenge match of Quoits between
Mr. Shepherd, of the Scarboro' club, and
Mr. Dobson, of the Galt club, took place
in Toronto on Saturday last. The match.
waslor $25 a side, 61 points. In the
early stages of the game,. Mr. Shepherd
took the lead, which he maintained till
the game was well advanced. About
this time however, Mr. Dobson com-
menced play in a manner which gave
his opponent no chance, and finally won
the matchety a score of 61 to the Sear-
boro' man's 53.
-Mr. Wilmot, Government Fishery
Superintendent, passed through London
last Saturday with 150,000 white fish,
from the Sandwich fishery establishment.
A portion of these ova are to be forward-
ed to the Duke of Marlborough and Lord.
Exeter. At a recent interview Hon. E. -
Blake held with these noblemen, they
expressed a strohg desire to have for-
warded to them some of our Canadian
fresh water fish, for the purpose of
introducing them into the waters of
Great Britain.
-A man named John Allen, alias E.
D. Laymer, a resident of Guelph, and
who has been looked upon by the Nike
authorities as a dangerous character, was
shot and. badly wounded by a policeman
in Detroit last week. Allen had been
guilty of some misdemeanor, for which
the policeman was proceeding AO arrest
him, when he drew a revolver and pre-
sented it at the officer of the law. The
liolicemart, after warning him to surren-
der peaCeably, fired, the shot taking ef-
fect in his shoulder.
-Quite a number of vessels have been
lost inthe recent gales on the Cape Bree
ton and Newfoundland coasts. The
barque Isabel Mott, owned in Annapolis,
netted $16,000 in one run from the East
Indies to Liverpool. A fine St. John -
ship, the Prince Waldemar, valued at
$110,000, has been lost in the Hoogly
river. Deck loads on vegsels to the
West Indies are prohibited from 15th
ult, to 16th March next, Up to the
close of September 786 vessels of 310,898
tons, with 7,622 men, entered. the port
of St. John.
-A few days ago Mr. Robt. Austin,
and two other men were engaged in the
woods in the township of Blenheim,
county of Oxford, getting out saw logs.
Mr. Austin was on a tree cutting at- the
third log, the tree being about four • feet
from the ground, caused by its laying
across a sharp knoll. Having cut it
about through, he intended jumping to
the ground on giving it a last blow, but
the blow had more effect than he intend-
ed, for the top part dropped to the
ground, while the other, on which he
was standing, flew up suddenly throw-
ing him in the air at least ten feet. On
coming down, he struck the log again on
its rebound, but instead of sending him
at before it pitched him forward a con-
siderable distance, causing him to turn
a hall somersault, falling on his right
-shoulder but luckily not hurting him_
much. 'His comrades compared his rapid.
evolutions to that of a bare -backed. rider
jumping through a hoop.
-Arthur B. Giese, a teller in the Mol -
son's Bank at Montreal, is in jail in that
city, charged with embezzling the Bank's
tara4. 0. fellow employee informed the
13atil that- Glass was behind in his cash
and contemplated a larger "haul,"
amounting to some $35,000, preparatory
to leaving the country. Glass was a
clever young man, respectably con-
nected, but was addicted to betting, and
of late had been speculating heavily in
stocks.
-Weather prophets appear not to
Agree very well in their predictioes.
Professor Tice, of St. Louis, an ethinent
American scientist, predicts that -the
coming winter will be the coldest for 100
years. Prof. Heinrich, an Iowa clerk of
the weather, says that the winter will
most probably be moderate, that is
-A by-law granting $15,000 by the
-At a meeting of the Executive town of Waterloo to the Grand Trunk
Committee of the Ontario Poultry Asso- Railway, for the purpose of securing the
eiation recently held it was decided tor extension of the G -alt branch of that road
hold the next annual show in Galt, on) from -Berlin to Waterloo, was voted on
the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th days of on Friday last and carried. Another
January next, when about $2,000 in by-law was submitted to the ratepayers
premiums will be offered, the towns- at the same time, providing for granting
people of Galt giving over $800 towards $3,000 to Hoffman, :Wegenast •& Co. to
the exhibition. What can -Huron do in aid them in re -building their. furniture
the way ot poultry? factory lately destroyed by fire, and was
-Knox church, Hamilton, has ex- also carried.: Waterloo seems bo,uncl to
tended a call to Rev. Dr. James, of prosper if the granting of liberal bonuses
Albany, N. Y., offering a salary of will do it,
$2,000, a manse, and six weeks ; vacation -A number of parents in Whitby
in summer. Probably this call will be complain of cruelty to their children in
loud enough to fetch 'Dr. James, who is the schools, not from any severity of
a talented minister, but one whose
peregrinations between Canada, the
Old Country, and the Uoited States,
have been somewhat remarkable and fre-
quent. .
-A couple of tramps who visited
Stratford on Friday night last week,
took an ingenious plan to obtain anight's
lodging. Seeing no one about, they
made their way into the town hall, and
seizing the bell -rope, pulled it violently.
Night constable McCarthy and several
citizens hearing the bell, ran to the hall,
and found the tramps, Who were put
into the lock-up, which they acknow-
ledged was the object they' had in view.
-A very serious accident happened to
a pedlar, on Tuesday last, as he was
driving With his team and wagon be-
tween Sylvan; and Parkhill, this side of
Saubel Bridge. His wagon got into one
of those terrible ruts which abound on
this very badpiece of road, the wagon
was smashed, and the pedlar himself had
his leg broken. He is an American, not
used to our roads, and no doubt he will
make the township Of West Williams
pay dearly for Eis mishap, and the
council's carelessness. Some of the
townships in this county will be having
a "little bill" of this kind to pay before-
lehg if the leading roads are not rapidly
repaired. •
:--A short time ;since, while some
workmen were making excavations at
the Canada Chemical Works in East
London, they struck what they supposed
to be a sulphur mine! Great, excite-
ment at once prevailed in the vicinity,
and numbers of persons from various
portions of Western Ontario visited and
inspected the lucky find. As large
quantities of stdphirr are used in the
manufacture of acid, the discovery was
considered of great value, and the mine
was at once put in working order. Some
twenty tons of tirst-class suiplid+ was
excavated, at a value of about $500.
The theory advanced by the managers
of the works in reference to the find is
as follows: About seven years ago the
chemical works were destroyed, when a
punishment by the masters, but through
the heavy tasks and the number of les- Barber, one by Leopard, &c., Sec. Six
sons the pupils are made to learn. Xoung superior hunters, all by thoroughbred
horses were shipped. at Montreal on Tues-
day, in, the Manitoban, for Glasgow.
Buyers complain that the farmers have
-Last week probably the last ship-
ment of horses to England this season
was made. The Sarmatian took ten,
consigned to a gentleman in Liverpool.
These *male had to be shipped
' at Que-
bec the'steamer not coming any further
up the river. They were principally
purchased in the County of 'Oxford, and.
Included several by the English coaching,
sire Foxhunter, oue by the thoroughbred.
sire Buckshot Eclipse, two by Jack the
boys are said to have as many as 14 les-
sons per day on different subjects. It is
plainly asserted that the mental and
physical energies of the children are be- not exercised sufficient care in selection
ing sacrificed that the school may stand of sires. Then, again, the presence of
well, and draw a good. portion of the blood too often indicates the absence of
bone and with every facility for raising
the exact sort of animal that will fetch a
hundred guineas in Liverpool or London, -
breeders are producing either ,a common
underbred brute, that is unsaleable
in any market, or a light spindle-
shanked-weed that is not worth -a set of
harness.
-A professional horse trader recently
visited the village of Harriston, and sue -
Government grant.
-By a recent order of the Grand
Trunk authorities the salaries of the em-
ployees of the road are to be reduced ten
yer cent. It is said that this reduction
is the result of pressure from the English
Directors, who seek by this means to
make up in part for the deficiency caused.
by the ruinous rates at 'which they have
been compelled to carry on their tra
c,
owing to the suicidal competition of the e ceeded in victimizing several "green
urs" in that village. He drove one horse
in a sulky, and led a very Foe looking
one bebind. Hexas not long here until
he struck up a trade with a fanner'get-
ting $10 to boot. The farmer, no doubt,
chuckling over the hard beat he had
given the innocent, bitched up his new
horse and. started off, but imagine his
astonishment at seeing his horse sit down
like a dog and. refuse to move. He soon
discovered. that the horse's back was, so
weak as to render it entirely useless. He
went to his man to trade back, but the
trader said he did not do that business,
but he had another horse in the stable
he could take in place of the broken-
backed one. The farmer, finding he
could do no better, took thc other, but
was back' next morning, and gave $10
more to get his own horse back, which was
not worth more than the money now paid
for him. About two hours later, an-
other farmer put in an appearance; with
a fine looking three year old colt. The
sharper went for bim, and a trade was
soon struok up. The trader hitched up
the colt to see how it would go, but for-
got to come back. The farmer hitched
up his new horse, and soon had him
lying in the mud, in the middle of the
street. The sharper cleared over $W0,
in a few hours.
rival lines to the seaboard. It is a very
ill-advised step, and moreover it • is un-
just to make the employees suffer for the
foolish and ruinous policy the Company
is pursuing in cutting,down freight tariffs
to such ridiculously low rates.
-Farmers in several parts of the Pro-
vince have recently been victimized by
the following dodge: Several, strange
men drive through an agricultural dis-
trict, stop at all the farm houses, and
make a contract to take all the butter
the farmer can furnish at 50 cents per
pound. Further, it will be gathered by
fast special teams, and the cash paid for
it at the door. The pretence is that
during the fall and winter the large
cities will be over -crowded, and , that
butter will be scarce. In this way all
the farmers in a district are contracted
with, and arrangements are made to
come for the butter on certain days and
at certain points, the contract to go into
effect in two weeks. A few days afte
the departure of the men, a drove of
cows comes along. They- are fine milch
cows. The farmer having a good thing
in view thinks ,they might use a few
more cows. They try to buy them, and
the drover doesn't seem anxious to 84
Finally, however, he is induced to sell
two or three to eaeli farmer,i at prices