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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-01-19, Page 2DS. 717.777n 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 ,7 7 WAVORra ak5bY the MR TIES TEED, er yara-n -A I Z; FULLY L& O. _ 111 1 TENTI1 YEAR. WIIOLAE NO. 476. REAL EPITATE 1F-011- SALE. VQB SALE.—A Stave and Shingle Factory at Blyth. Apply to R. RUNCIMAN, Clinton. VRAME COTTAGE FOR SALE.—Containing 4 rooms arid 2 kitchens, situated near Mr. A. Stewart's 'brit* residence in Seaforth. Apply to W. N. WATSON, Seaforth. 488 VCR SALE—A. new Frame Cottage and aere eE a land on Tuniberry atreet, Brussels, just north of the Railway. Apply to C. R. COOPER, Brasseds P. 0., with stamp for answer. 4744 • T_TOUSE TO RENT OR SELL.—Will be sold A" or milted, a comfortable frame house, with well and garden attached. This house is adjoin- ing the Eamanron Office. Apply to A. M. CAMPBELL, Seafortla. 485 VARMS 'FOR SALE.—East halt Lot 11, Con. 12, .- -1-'43TeRillop; also South SU acres of Lots 1 and 2 Con. 16, Monis, adjoining the village of Blyth. For particulars apply to McCAUGIIEY& 110LME. &TED, Barristers, &e., Seaforth. , 425 VARA! FOR SALE.—North half of Lot 12, Con. -1- 13, McKillop. containing 75 acres, 40 cleared, balance well timbered, with good buildings; for sale cheap and on easy terms of -payment. Apply to McCIUOLIEY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth. 449 910 SELL OR RENT.—To sell or rent, that .-1-• comfortable and pleasantly situated dwelling house and grounds recently o9jupied as the Pres- byterian Manse, Possession grven on the 10th of January. Apply at The Expositor Office, Sea - f • 474 • ; TrATIM FOR SALE.—For sale, that splendid farm now, in the •oecupation of Michael Madigan. being Lot 11, in the 5th Concession, containing 100 .9.01138. Excellent build- ings, good fences and terms easy. J. S. POR- TER, Beaforth. 471 VARlit FOR SALE.—East half of north hall of A: Lot 16, Con. 13, Price, 2,00O;$ $800 each, balance in 12 years, with privilege to pay at any time and in any Emma to suit the boner. Also house and lot for sale in Seaforth. Apply to Z. DERIIYSELIRE, Seaforth. 476 liDROPERTY FOR SALE.—That valuable prop- -1- erty ou Goderich Street occupied by the Goder- Ida Manufacturing Company as a Machine Shop. Also dw11inghonseandlot adjoining. The above property will be sold on easy terms. For particu- lars apply to GRAY & SCOTT. 439 FARM FOR SAT.—For Sale, Lot No. 34, Hu- ron Road, MoKillop, containing 100 acres, 85 Of which are cleared and in a good state of cultiaa- tion. Is within a mile and, a half of the town of Ssaforth. It is one of the best farms in the coun- ty and, will be sold cheap. Tarf.r.TAIr FOWLER, Xeaforth. 475 InifinDING LOTS IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE -1--J —Dr. COLEMAN, having laid out the grounds retently occupied as a Driving Park into Buid- ing Lots, is prepared to dispose of lots on reason- able terms to any who may desire them. Parties desiring to purchase ahould make immediate ap. plieation. 364 'PROPERTY FOR SA.T.E.;—Two lots, with a 2 " story frame house and barn, situated on the Market Square, Seaforth. The premises have been used as an egg packing establishment, and are well adapted for any public, businees. For particulars apply to the proprietress, Mrs. MAL - COM, Seaforth, or to D. GORDON, Goderich, Ontario. 456 WARM FOR S ALE.—Lot,15, Coneeasion 4, Town- -I:,, ship of Stanley, containing 981 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 good frame barn on the premises. It is convenient to sehocd and char= a d within two miles of Bracefield. station. For particulara apply to ALEN' A NDER MeE WEN, on the premises. 470tf T3LANING FACTORY FOR SALE.—For Sale, a iirst-class old established Planing Factory. Machinery of the latest and most improved kinds, aearly all new and in first-class running order, and convenient to the junction of the Grand Trunk and tareat Western Railways, in the flourishing town elf Clinton, in the County of Huron. For further particulars apply to the undersigned by letter. *TEVENS & aninnER, Minton., 47614 DAIRYMEN'S CONVENTION, SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUArX 161 1877. The twelfth annual convention of American Dairymen's Association was held in Ingersoll last week. Mr. Chadwick, of Ingersoll, one of the vice-presidents of the association, presided in the absence of Hon. 'Horatio ' Seymour, president. Anteing those present were Prof. Arnold, of Rochester, N. Y.; Hon. Harris Lewis, of Frankfort, N. Y. • Prof. E. W. Stew- art, Of Chicago; dr. Thomas Ballan- tyne, M. P. P. for Stratford, and other leading dairymen. The president referred to the good which was being accomplished by these conventions in the dissemination of knowledge upon dairy interests, and in the coasequentetitivantages from a mone- tary point ot view. There had been a complete revolution in dairy matters in Canada within the past eight or ten years, though he believed that this in- terest was even yet in its infancy. ATPLICATION OF HEAT IN THE DAIRY. In the absence of the writer, Prof. Arnold read a paper on the application of heat in the dairy, by Mr. A. L. Fish, of Cedarville, N. Y. ' In the application of heat to milk in cheese -making care should be taken not to bring it to that point which caused the Idismtegration of the particles, or to apply it unequally. The action of the heat should be made slow or fast,. according as that of the rennet was rapid or the reverseA sud- den or partial exposure to .high heat caused loose, sour and musty cheese. With regard to the use of vats, he urged cheese makers to remember that' the tendency of heat in fluids was upwards, and that of curds under manipulation downwards.. The thinner the sheet of water or steam between tate outer and inner vat the sharper would be the heat, and the hotter the inner surface of the heating vat. The wider the space be- tween the two vats, the milder and more even would be the 'heat secured. All changes of temperature should be gradu- al. The most perfect success the writer had achieved in thirty years' practical experience in cheese -making, was wrought by keeping the space between the two vats at blood heat and no more. By this means the heating surface of the in- ner vat WaS not in contact with a particle of milk or curd at a higher temperature than that of the space mentioned. A set at SO to 84 degrees until coagulation was perfectly formed, and then not ex- posed to more than blood heat after- wards, would retard acidulation and favor the efficient action of the rennet. To improve the present system, he would recommend the widening of the heating space between the va-ss, especially at the sides, to ten or twelve inches, so that the heat might be equalized before reach- ing the bottom of the inner vat. Insteacl of forcing currents of steam from pipes towards the- inner ,vat, he weald point them outward and downward near the BROTHERS, Publiehers. 61 50 a Year, in adnance,n 4 of cows fed some on hay and others on grass, demonstrating that it was poesible even under what were usually considered adverse circumstances, to produce goods of a high quality. The great balkof what was called hay cheese was, not, however, particularly fine. The eheese exhibits from both countries in the Oc- tober display were generally tine and than some of them he had never seen finer anywhere. They were absolutely faultless, The very best had one pe- culiar feature in their manufacture, and that was that those in which the flavor Was the most pure and nutty, and which 'appeared the richest and most meaty. had the whey removed from the curd at the earliest period. This was the essen- tial point in what was called the Cheddar process. The cheese shown by the United States was not very uniform in quality, and the same was true of the Cpnadian exhibits. Canada's average, however, was higher than that of the United States. This superiority be at- tributed to the fact that the Cheddar system was practised more in Canada than in the United States. The cheese presented in October by Thomas Ballan- tyne, M. P. P., of Stratford, in which this peculi rity of make was most 'suc- cessfully shown 4,11 graded it 1 outer vat at various points. In cheesing the curd after it was pressed there should be a due restraint of heat, and the con- tinuous action of heat and rennet should. be kept steadily on. The suppression of the heat after the cooking of the curd, so called, should also be gradual. Cheese, when 'finite& to ae special_ _de- mand, should be placed in a tempera- ture too low ,to admit of a continued action of the deconaposing agents heat CHANCE FOR MECHANICS.— For sale and rennet. All factories should have a room in which cheese could be held at a low temperature and thus preserved in order. THE DAIRY AT THE CENTENNIAL. Prof. Arnold delivered an address on •cheap a lot with a house, wagon ehop and lumber shed thereon, situated in the village of Walton. The buildings are all new, and this is an excellent opening for a good avagonmaker. There are three blacksmith shops in the village and only wagon -shop. A stook of all kinds of seasoned lumber will be soli with the property or separately. Apply to JOHN COWAN, Walton, the subject of "The Dairy at the Cen- Ont. 470+8 tennaal." The dairy department had on the whole proved to be a- creditable and successful exhibition of dairy products. The display of prodacts connected with the dairy comprised. butter, cheese, con- densed and preserved milk, and butter - coloring, cheese -coloring, preserved ren- nets, and rennet esttracts. Of butter there were shown a total of 292 pack- ages, having a total weight of 9,150 pounds, Of this number 226 packages, weighing 7,051 pounds, were from the Haron Road, Seaforth, with four lots adjoining, TIES1RABLE PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale on reasonable terms, the residence and grounds in Egraondville at present occupied by J. S. Porter. There Is a comfortable dwelling house with all necessary out -building a and con- veniences, also a large driving house and stable. There are four acres of land, well fenced, and a good bearing orchard of fruit trees' This would- be a most desirable property for a market gardener or a retired farmer; Apply to S. S. PORTER. 468 • TTOITSE AND FOUR LoTS FOR SALE.—That 'LA' elegant two-story brick dwelling hense on the United Sta4es ; 23 packages, weighing there are 8 bedrooms, parlor, thawing, room„ fl- ing room and kitchen, with soft and hard water most convenient; there is an excellent garden attached, also stables and outbuildings this is a handsome homestead, and a rare chance is offered to intending purchasers.; it will be sold on 1,749 pounds, were from Canada; and 42 packages, weighing about,' 350 pounds, were .from o the recou ntries. This amount was presented in 119 exhibits, of favorable tams: For farther particulars apply to -which 123 were from the United States, THOMAS STEPHENS, Seaforth. • 462 16 from Canada,. and 10 from other na- tions, including Portugal, the Argentine Republic, Brazil, the Netherlands, Ger- many, Italy, and Denmark.. There Were 31 awards for exhibitions of butter re- commended by the Committee with which he (Prof. Arnold) was. connected,, 23 of which were for exhibits from .the United States, five for Canada and. one each for Portugal, the Netherlands, Ger- many and Denmark. The display of cheese was much larger than that of but- ter. In all 2,086 packages were exhibit- ed, weighing 55i taiise which were pre- sented in 411 exhibit's. There were from the -United States 1,012 packages, weigh - FARM FOR SALE —For sale the West half of ' Lot 29, Con. 8, McKillop, containing 50 acres, 25 ofi which are cleared and in a good state 01 cultivation, the balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is s. good frame house and frame stable on the premises, also a young erehard. It is one mile from the gravel road at - the village of Winthrop, where there is a sawlmill, flour mill, stores, school, churches, and all other idllage conveniences; also within six miles of Seaforth, Apply to the Proprietor on the prem- ise, or address_ Winthrox P. O. JAMES Mc - DONALD. 470 VARM FOR SALE.—For sale, north half of Lot 11 and east half of Lot 12, Con. 12, Hallett, containing 100 sores, 85 of whiCh are cleared and in a good state of cultivation and wellnnderdrain- ed, balance is well timbered ; a large frame barn . and frame Sibable, good log' house and other tuna. ing over 26 tons ; from Canada, 1,002 lags; good bearing orchard; a never -failing packages, weighing over 29 toias ; from stream running through the farm, also a good other countries, 65 packages, estimated well; about 8 acres of fall wheat sown. Is situ- ated about 11 wiles from Clinton and 12 miles at 500 lbs. These were from Portugal, from Seaforth. For further particulars apply to the Argentiue Republic, the Nether - the proprietor on the premises or to Harlock lands, Brazil, Vdctoria, Italy, Norway, P. 0. ANGUS CAMPBELL. 4f39 Turka,y, France and. - England. The cheese from the United States and Cana- da was mostly the product of factories. Over 100 awards were recommended for exhibits of cheese. Of these 45 were for the United -States, 49 for Canada, and the remainder for other countries. One very useful sample of rennet extract was presented from Copenhagen, Den- mark. It contained only the active agency of the rennet, so concentrated that one pound would coagulate 10,000 lbs. of milk. It preparation was kept a secret, but he. (Professor Arnpld) was experiraenting'in connection with Prof. Caldwell, of Cornell University, and ivouldl in the spring present to American nd Canadian dairymen the result in the Ihave of an extract equal to the Danish rticle. The Professor referred to the general, display of Canadian butter, und said that it did not display that care in manufacture which was essential to the production _ of a good article. In the June display of cheese there appeared sonic fine samples, made from the milk arried out, was the finest ing the exhibition, and was 0 plus. To it was awarded the sweeps eke prize for best Canadian cheese. (Applause.) The October ex- hibits of Mr. D. Chalmers and Mr. Alex. Mackenzie differed but little from the best. The percentage of perfection in the October exhibits of cheese from the individaal States, and the United States collectively and Canada collective - for cheese at the late Centennial Exhileal tion, spoke on "The manufacture o cheese and handling of milk." Th -firat thing to be considered. was the con dition in which the milk was delivere at the factory. The arrangements shoal be such as to ensure the complete clean liness of the utensils. Cheese should _b manufactured so as -to be ripe at as earl a season as possible, but much will de, pend on the condition of the milk. Th modes pursued by the well-known chees makers, Messrs. Chalmers and Mae kenzie, were here referred to. In th early part of the season they used abou lbs of salt to the 1,000 lbs., .never ex ceeding 2 ,lbs. Later on, when they were not hurrying their cheese to mar- ket, they used 2t lbs. to the 1,000 lbs. A proper temperature was also neces- sary. A temperature of 65 deg, wri quite sufficient in the fall; whilst •75 deg. would be required in the spring. Ile had. been very much struck with the -fact that a great deal of our worst cheese was never the effect of rennet nor bad milk, but resulted from stirring the curd during the heating process. • In the early stages, such cheese smelt as if it had been toasted. Whilst heating the milk it is of the utmost importance the he • should be gradually applied -84 de wasahout the temperature for the sun mer, and 86 or 87 in the spring and fal The milk should be allowed to heat f about an hour and a half. In the sprin the whey must be kept up to the sanT temperature as the curd. And it is al necessary, particularly in the spring, to have the curd put to press before it is too cold. Cheese makers should avail themselves of visiting and inspecting ly were as follows: Connecticut, 50 per other factories. In cheese manufactu e cent; Ohio, 60; Wisconsin, 76; United States, 76.82 ; New York, 79.05; Penn- sylvania, 83.22; Canada, 87.36. (Loud applause.) Prof. Arnold said. that in it comparisoa between the exhibit a of dif- ferent States or countries much depend- ed on whether the samples were care- fully selected or sent at random. Mr. Caswell said. the latter was the case with Canadian cheese, Prof. Ar- nold said that then he had to admit that the Canadians had beaten the Americana in a fair and square competition. (Loud applause.) Hon. Harris Lewis congratu- lated the Canadians on their success, and said though he was pretty well pleased that they had come off so well, he would have felt considerably better if they had Just allowed.Herkimer coanty cheese to the milk before he put the rennet la. get ahead of them. (Laughter.) He did not approve of using sour wh y In reply to .a question, Prof. Arnold in the milk; such a proceeding alwa s said that butter packages should fret be gave the cheese a buttermilk sort soaked. with cold brine, They should thea have boiling hot brine poured into them, and this should be allowed to re- main until cold. Some good samples of butter at the C.entenaial had been spoiled by neglect to cleanse the packages in this way. A good 'quality of salt was also an important item. LEAKS IN THE DAIRY. On Wednesday, Mr. C. L. Sheldop, of Lowville, N. Y., read a paper on "Leaks in the Dairy." Be spoke of the neces- sity for economy in the dairy, owing to the keen competitien now existing in the produce market. 1 If there is but a fair profit with the best dairy, it wouldf need a microscope to discover the profits from the worst. One of the leaks is the lack of good milk -producing food, given at regular periods, -whether fodder, corn, rye Or other produee. By this means, one is enabled to get the largest supply of milk when dairy, produce brings the best price. Cows must also be - well housed, or good feed will be Of little avail. Be kind to the cows; every blow you strike makes a leak in the dairy. VA, ell made cheese lk often damaged by imperfect curing, and this is a 'leak which gives a great deal of trouble, especially in late rade cheese. g very careless, slovealy airyman becomes a public curse; and, on the contrary, every careful one a public blessing. Cooling rooms are necessary in the hot season; and great care must be taleen to have the temperature regulatingthe cur - we have four agents to do the whole work, -viz.: Heat, rennet, salt and acid. The latter is perhaps the most impor - ant. By the Cheddar process we are enabled to correct the bad effect of tain - ed_ milk. • He had prepared no paper.,. but would be glad to give further infor- mation, if asked. , A discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Ballantyne said he eves in favor of coal stoves for heating the pre- paring room, because they did not re- quire so much 'attention. He was net in favor of a second story over the cur- ing house, owing to the difference ef temperature in the upper story. He held it was impossible to make geed cheese from too new milk. He heated JaVSINESS.—' For Sale in one of the best loci:ill- -1 ties in Ontario, Lot No. 5, Village of Belmore, Township of Howick, County of Huron on the gravel road, 7 miles north of Gerrie and. Wroxeter stations. ' Dwelling HOTIS6 and Shop, built for a tore; Lt contains about three-fourths of an acre of good land; splendid opening for any business, eipecially s. harness maker, as there is none nearer than 7 nines. The above property will be sold cheap. Itrequirecl onlypart of the purchase money down. Applyto S. PEEBLES, llopeville; Ont., or to \VM. ASHDOWN, Merchant, Belmore, Ontario. The above Lot is the property of the late William Fitzgerald. 472x12 VALUABLE MILT, PROPERTY FOICSALE.— T The property is situated on the Town Plot of Urey, about 3 railea from Ethel station, on the Southern Extension of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway. The machinery consists of 35 - horse engine y 40 -horse 5 -flue boilar, large ()hailer edging and, butting sews, shingle and heading ma- ehine and shingle jointer. The machinery is all first-class, and has only'been running about a year and eight months. This is a rare chance for men, of capital, as there is a pod local trade, and any quantity of Timber of all kinds to' be had. Satis- factory reasons given for selling. FuJI particulars on .application to GARROW BROTHERS, Grey Post Office. N. B.—All notes and aesoimts over. tine must be settled at once, and save trouble sad expense. 475 ing rooms suited to Prof. Stewart, of nal. Chicago, spok the season. the Live Stock ,,Tour - of the necessity for great kindness to cattle. A cold barn was a most unprofitable method of dairy- ing. It required 50 per cent. more food to keep a good cow in a bad barn I than in a good one, and for the money lost in two years' time, through a bad barn, a farmer would be enabled to build ,anew concrete barn, air tight, with dduble glass windows, &c. They should al- ways give their animals plenty of light; ne had.no doubt one of the leaks in the dairy was want of 'light. The chairman said the true theory of farming was to make the farm produce nearly everything they needed. At the afternoon session Mr. George Hamilton, of Cromarty, occupied the chair. Prof. E. W. Stewart, of the National Live Stock, ,loarnal, spoke on DAIRYING AND FERTILITY. taste. The milk would be in much bt- ter condition' if the farmers brought the evening andmorning makings to the factory separately. Mr. IL W. -I-iately, of Brantford, spoke of the relative value of white and colored cheese. He had bought fine white cheese at Montreal last year, and had great difficulty in selling it at a cent leas_ a pound than colored. Mr. Ashley, of Hastings, said that in the neighbor- hood, of Belleville last year, they had got more for white than for colored, a they went into it because it saved col in. Mr. Caswell, of Ingersoll, knew r - of midwinter, barefooted. He emigrated to I graph, even to the minutest detail. . Canada in 1E30, settling Pushnch, where he has since resided. • —The Welland Vale Works, at St. Catherines, were destroyed by fire on Friday last. The.loss to the company is estimated at $100,000. Over 90 work- men have been thrown out Of employ- ment. —While a man named Arch. Cameron was driving and parading a horse at, Brechin, Ontario Co., which be desired to sell, and for which he had been offered $150, the animal fell and broke one of its legs, and had to be shot. —All the tavern keepers in Prince Edward have closed up their yards, stables and houses to the public—in fact, gone out of the business of hotel -keeping. They are also circulating a petition for the repeal of the Dunkin Act. —A youpg man namedCookabsconded on the 7th of January with $52 from the Treasury of the Sons of Temperance, Dorking, and a horse and cutter belong- ing ,to Mr. Wm. Mack. No trace of him has as yet been found. —Two accidents happened recently at Wallaceburg, two parties while rolling aawlogs off sleighs ; the first to Mr. P. Hookwith, who had a leg broken; the other a day or two afterwards, to Mr. T, Lyons, who had. both legs broken be- low the knees. —Seme idea of the excellence of the road -bed of the. International Railway may -be gained from the fact that the train which left Halifax on Wed- nesday morain,g with the Peruvian's mails readied Truro, a distance of 61 miles, in 62 minutes. —Some evil disposed persons entered the premises of Mr. Louis Young, Tilson.- burg, and, with knife, proceeded to destroy the contents of the clothes line. The line was well filled with ladies' cloth- ing, which was cut and torn in such a manner as to be completely destroyed. —The death of Mr. Hugh C. Thomson, for many years Secretary ef the Agricul- tural and Arts Association of Ontario, at his residence in Toronte, on the llth inst., will be learned with regret by many persons who were accustomed to do business with him at the Provincial Fairs. He was a good arr. one gentleman whose cheese he would have bought if it bad been colored • but who had to keep it, or sell it at a loos. In white cheese imperfections were mere easily discernable. He suggested that thy should have a model dairy in con- nection with the model farm, and that the practical dairymen of thh Province should, in rotation, give instructions. They had. great need �f such an institu- tion. Mr. Ballantyne coincided with Mr. leaswell e and added, as an addi- tional improvement, that one man- ager might be appointed to take the charge of some eight or ten factories, and thereby ensure an equally good arti- cle in each. Canada,. Catherine Cullen, a female lunatic in jail in Belleville, has -not eateu any food for 24 days. —Crowds of unemployed besiege, the Montreal Road and. Water Departments, begging for work. —On Friday last, Mr. James Dickson, grandfather of Mr. J. D. Caswell, come pleted the 111th year of his age. —Barber, the Toronto bank defaulter, has been sentenced to five years in' the Penitentiary, with hard labor. —Mr. Jacob Courtney shot a large cinnamon bear sdrnewhere in or near Dresden last weela It is the largest ever killed in these parts. —Henry Granlin, lately. convicted of murder, cut his throat with a piece of glass last week in Woodstock. Thee is a chance of his recovery. He began by stating that his subject was one which dairymen had yery little considered.. Ile ineant to show the dif- ference between. feeding a cow for milk -- and feeding a steer for beef. Agrieul- ture is the basis of all human prosperity, 4,and there is nothing to hinder us meet- 'ing in cordial co-operation on this occa- sion. The dairy interest is the greatest individual portion of the agricultural • system of -the United States and Canada. If we deduct the cows usedloi breeding .purposes and furnishing food for their calves, there will !remain in both coun- tries about 10,0()0,000 cows, producing an annual produet, at $40 per head, worth in the market $400,000,090. This, although a moderate estimate, is greater than the value of the cotton crop, wheat crop, or any single crop, save that of i grass, which s consumed by every class of stock. But the dairy interestis des- tined to assume Rtill more vat propor- tione. He contended that _butter - 'making was more profitable and bet- ter for' the farms than cheese -making, as the soil did. nit become so impover- ished. • CANADIAN ;OMEESE-MAILING. Mr. Thomas Ballantyne, M. P. P. for South Perth, winner of the gold. dedal —At Ottawa last week a attempt to warm a house in the coursia of construc- tion by the aid of a charcqal fire was at- tended with unpleasant Circumstances. The workmen, 12 in nuniber, were seiz- ed with violent vomiting, and only avoid- ed fatal results by escaping to the open air. —George 'Wright, of Watford, who went to England in the fall with a num- -ber of horses, has returned. The trip was successful, although he lost three horses immediately on landing. One of the lot,' "Bay Charlotte," sold for $735. tie intends to visit England again next afiring, taking with him another lot of horses. —At Ottawa, a gang of juvenile thieves, many of who'll' are the sons of respec- table citizens, was broken up by the po• lice last Friday night, and three of their number were arrested. They had made arrangements for extensive operations during the wiuter. The chief of the gang is a tifteeu-year old. boy named james Johnston. —A young lad named Robert Farrell, five years of age, was found lying dead drunk in a by -street in Montreal a few evenings ago. The police visited his home and found his father, mother, and six inmates all drank. The little fellow had been dosed by his mother to stop his cries for bread, and it was not until three o'clock in the morning he was out of -danger. --The opinion given by Mr. Guthrie, Q. C., county solicitor for Wellington, was that any merchant or trader could, under the Dunkin Act, sell five gallons of liquor or a ,dozen bottles of ale or porter without any license whatever. Mr. John A. McKenzie, solicitor for the County of Bruce, has instructed the Huron township council in a similar manner. —The following incident of the vote on the Dunkin, Act in Kingston is from one of the local papers : In a late issue we referred to an invalid voter who had. been carried from the sleigh up•the stairs of the City Hall to say nay to the passage of the Dunkin Act. That was his last vote; the next day he died, and his death was brought about by the very thing he voted -in favor of—whiskey. —The shipments of oil in barrels from Petrolia station, for the year ending Dec. 31, were 318,020, being a larger quanti- ty than for any previous year in the history of the oil region. During 1875, 194,628 barrels were shipped; and in 1874, the quantity was 224,886 barrels. The largest quantity sent off. in any one week was that for the week ending Dec. 7, when 14,239 barrels were shipped. —Mr. Jphn G raha,m, member of the Provincial Legislature for the County of Frontenac, died at Kiugston last Friday morning, of congestion of the lungs. —The groes earnings of ' the Grand. Trunk Railway for the week - ending 'Dec. 30th were: Passengers and mails, $46,912; freight, $93,096; total, $140,- 008. - —Last we notice was given that a Bill would be introduced into the Onta- rio Legislature for the incorporation of the town of Brantford as a city. Aim" ilar Bill is to be introduced for the in- corporation of Belleville. —It is said that the destitution in Ot- tawa is terrible. All public works are stopped and the working classes are on the verge of starvation. . St. Vincen Paul Society alone have Over 150 fam receiving relief: —Some idea of the state of the at phere in Manitoba during a cold may be gained from tbe fact tha day last week the thermometer was below zero at Winnipeg, 470 bel7 at Swan River, and 57' below at B ttle- ford, the capital of Mr. Laird's new ter- ritory. —Mr. Paul Winard, one of the pioneers of Puslinch, died at his residence in that township on the 8th inst., at the age of 85. The deceased gentleman was at one time in --the French regular army, and served under Napoleon 1. at Waterloo, and in the memorable and calamitous Moscow ex dition, from which be re- t de ilies. mos - spell one 40° The box of teke wood, in Which the - painting -was sent from the other side of the world, is in itself a curiosity. The painting is encased. in a massive gold frame. --A meeting that appears to have originated with the German editors was held lately in Berlin, Ont., to discuss German education—in the Public Schools. It was resolved to ask the Government to appoint a German examiner for teach- ers and a German inspector. —The traffic receipts on the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, -for the week ending 30th of December, were as fol- lows: Passengers, $2,274.20; freight, $4,644.97 ; mails and sundries, $501.74; total, $7,420.91. Against passengers, $2,486.35; freight, $2,958.25; mails and sundries, $313.25; total $5,757.85 for the same week last year. This is an in- crease of $1,663.06. • —At the late meetin a of the Council of the Agricularal and Arts Association the following resolution .was unanimously carried: That the Government of Ontario be re- quested by the Ceuncil to grant ;the On- tario Veterinary College $600 annually, in order to make the institution more ef- ficient for improving veterinary skill throughout Ontario. —Mr. Ferdinand. Yost, an extensive farmer and stock -breeder, living near" Hanover, lately departed, leaving some of his most confidential friends in the lurch. A sale of valuable -thorough-bred. stock a day or two before his sudden de- parture, and other recent transactions, show pretty conclusively that the step was not taken without being prepared. Several parties in Walkerton are among the' greatest sufferers. —A few months since Mr. Wm. Reid, who held a chattel mortgage from T. R. Rhoder, formerly paper bag manufactu- rer, London, seized a horse under the same to secure the payment of a debt. Rhoder disputed the right of Reid to do this, and entered an actionagainst him ta for the price, on the ground t it was a mare he seized, and that a mare is not a horse. Judge Elliot decided that a mare is a horse, aud found for the defendant Reid. —The salt interest in Kincardine gives practical signs of livening up. Mr. Rightinyer, not satisfied. with the pro- ducing facilities with which he has done sucb. good work in the past, is now enlarging the bore of the well one inch, in older to secure a larger flow of brine. Mr. Scott. has contracted for a large sup- ply of cordwood, and is engaged in Making preparations for starting busi- ness again in the old block at an. early date. ; —There are 308 pumping wells in -the Canadian oil' region, with a daily pro- duction of 1,179 barrels; daily average, 382 barrels. In addition there are 43 drilling and preparing to drill, and. 17 preparing to start up. The total con- sumption of crude in Canada is fully 70,- 000 barrels a month; at .present the yield does not equal the consumption. The stock on hand at Petrolia is about 175,000 barrels. The cost of drilling a well averages $175 • ' with the machinery and other fixings, $1,300. —At the annual meeting of the mem- bers. of the Presbyterian Church, Galt, held on New Year's day, it was decided to abolish the system of pew rents, and to raise the general funds of the Church by means of the "envelope system"' which, it is believed will prove fully as satisfactory. It was also decided. to erre gage no precentor for the present, but to ea.ve the leading of the singing in the hands of a large choir. —A Waterloo paper says that there is some of the finest timber in that section that can be found in Canada. It men- tions the fact that a stick of dressed pine which grew on the farm of Mr. Jacob B. Erb, measured 68 feet long, squared 31 inches at the top by 36 at the butt end, and was perfectly sound, with- out knot, flaw or crack throughout. By the time it gets to Quebec this stick will probably fetch $200 or more in the market. —Mr. H. McAfee, of Walkerville, has lately received. from China it very large and striking portrait of himself, painted by a native artist. The painting is nearly four by five feet, and represents Mr. McAfee in the regalia of Grand Mas- ter of the Grahd Lodge of the Independ- -A. few days since one of the family of Mr. Gilbert Calhoun, of Carlisle, was. married, and. a number of evil -disposed youths in the neighborhood having got wind of the affair, resolved upon getting up a charivari, which they did in the most approved. mariner and custom. They disturbed the quietude of the party, and when ordered to leave re- fused. Subsequently Mr. Calhoun had five of the boys summoned before a magistrate at Ailsa Craig, who fined them $1 and cos s for trespassing on Mr. .f.. Calhoun's proper y. —A Brantford grocer named Scott eloped the other day with his deceased son's betrothed wife, and left his law- ful partner to whom he had been married. 32 years. They were arrested. at De- troit. The man was liberated, and the woman taken back to her father's home. Scott is nearly 60 years old,and not at all good looking, while his misguided. victim is rather handsome, and about 22 years of age. This is the third time that Scott has left his lawful wife and gone off witla another woman. • —A tavern at Walkerville took fire about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon, but by a prompt application of Walkerville .water from the new waterworks, the fire was extinguished. At 5 o'clock the fire again broke out, but this time was over- come by a hand brigade, who did. some lively bucket handling. The tavern, profitting by experience, waited. till it got the Walkerville people all at church, 'and at 8 P. M. the fire broke out in a f resh place. The waterworks were not immediately available, on account of some repairs going on, and the fire took its time, burning patiently andpersever- ingly until the roof fell in when -the 'Windsor Fire Com,pany came and saved. the shell- of the building. Loss, come °pieta ; insurance, $1,000. The building was owned by Mr. Jacques, of Windsor, and occupied by Mrs. Pratt. . —The subject of the following sketch, taken from a Galt paper of the 10th inst., ina,y not be unknown to many of our readers: • "We have to record this week the death of Mr. Alex. Fisher, a gentle- man well known throughout the neigh- borhood and in the County of Brant. Mr. Fisher became ill three weeks ago - from congestion of the lungs, and his illness increasing, he came to Galt two days ago to remain with his mother, where he died' on Tuesday morning. Mr. Fisher was a native of Scotland, where he spent his earlier years. He edited for,some time with* marked ability the Borditr Advertiser, a paper published in the town of Galashiels. Emigrating to Canada,. he engaged in the profeasion of teaching, which be followed till a few years ago, when he assurried the editorial t, management of the Paris Star. He was a man possessed of many good qualities , of mind and heart, and his death will be ent Order of Oddfellows of Ontario. A learned with regret by a large circle of =- photograph was taken in Windsor, sent acquaintances, His ability as a writer, - to Chma, and with a few instructions as particularly au scientific Ana 'cultural to color, &c., the celestial artist has pro- topics, was fienerally aokuow an& treated withis comrades in arms in duced every line and shade of the photo- appreciated.