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THE HURON EXPOS1140R.
AfAnoll 23, 1877.
Hints to Farmers.
Winter Wheat and Rye.—These Crops
*re much improved by harrowing. If
the ground is dry; the plants will not be
harmed, but the crust will be loosened,
earth will be drawn over plants that have
been heaved, and the just starting weeds
will be killed. •
Meadows.—Graie)ands and pastures -
will be much improved by harrowing
with a hea--Cry harrow. Spread any fine
fertilizer that may be needed, befbre har-
rowing. Old pastures may be thus re:
newed by the help of fresh aeecls upon
the weak spots. ,
Clover seed may be sown u on the
snow, or when a frost has hardened the
surface. •One great advantage of sowing
upon the snow is, that a very even spread
can be made, as the seed can readily be
seen, and the foot marks remain as a
guide for the next breadth sown. The
most inexperienced need make ne lapse
or ruisses. A good quantity of seed for
each cast is as much as can be held be-
tween the first and second finghrs and
the thumb. Walking at • an easy gait,
this will use up about 8 quarts of seed
per acre.' If the wind is bleiwing, wallt
so that it blows across the path.; the ef-
fect is then equal both going and return-
ing, but it is not so if it blows first 911
the face and then on the back.
Horses that were hard. worked during
the winter, should have a little rest be:,
fore the spring• work begins. The loose
coat should be well brushed out, and
some linseed meal given in the feed, to
help the shedding of the hait. If at night -
the feet are muddy or ,wet, wash with
warm water and some soap, and rub dry
with a piece of woollen blanket. It will
prevent cracked heels. As the days
grow *arm look out for galls, and wash
the shoulders with cold salt ' water.
Scrape the inside of the collir, and keep
it smooth and hard.
Cows.—Pare water, slightly warmed,
with a quart of bran stirred intnit, is an
excellent drink for cows that have recent-
ly calved. Garget may be prevented by
milking, before calving, a cow that has a
very -full bag. If the udder is had, and
hot, give two drams of salt-petre daily;i
and directly after calving a drink IA bran
gruel, with eight ou,tices of epsorri salts,
sweetened with molasses. If the cow
will not drink this, give it through the
drenching horn. Prompt remedias. are
required for parturient troubles- p.t this
time; but prevention is safer and easier
th ti any remedy.
heep. —Uolcl rains are very in urious
to ewes and Iambs. The spinal egions
are remarkably sensitive to cold Pro-
vide some small separate ,p6us fo lamb-
ing ewes, and separate rams and ethers
from the ewes and lambs. A war bath
1 is the best restorative for a chine lamb;
after the bath, wrap the young c eature
in a woollen cloth, and put it beh nd the
stove for a few hours. For a larg ' flock,
the shepherd should have a place with a
stove in it, in which to treat weak lambs.
A few pens around the room,' where
the weak lambs could be nurs d with
the ewes for a few days would be 'very
useful.
. :Figs.—The high price of pork has
greatly stimulated the breeding of a gobd
class of pigs. With the prevale t die-
' eases which now destroy so, manr hoge
in the west, there will be a premium for'
good management. it is very clear that
cleanliness, and a variety of he lthful
food, will prevent diseases. Make good
start now, with the young pigs. Pro-
vide warm, clean beds for the broo4 sows,
as a beginning, and so arrange it that
they may have a clean pasture lot to run
in; not a bare, muddy piece of waste
ground, but a good piece of clover or
bulk of their food. Breed pnl from
grass in which they may procu e the
thorough -bred boars; keep th best
stock, and keep them ealthful and grow-
ing,.1.
Poultry. —Cleanse the poultry4iouses
and nest -boxes from lice. The s ell of
carbolic acid from the tar is very strong,
but not disagreeable, and will thorough.
ly disinfect the house. Provide a warm
corner in the tab le for the earliest brood-
ing hens, and give extra care to the
young,chicks, March and April
will give plenty of eggs next winte
hicks
How to maze a Haggis.
So indispensable is the "great chief.
ta.in o' ptuldin' race" that any r liable
receipt for its manufacture will e ac-
ceptable. Here is one that has J stood.
the test of experience. A good tho ough-
ly cleaned sheep's stomach (to isold) suet
one pound ; oatmeal, one-half pound;
the whole sheep's heart minced, and as
much of the liver added thereto as is re-
quired to make a total of one pomill ;
smaller bag or other intestines minced,
four ounces; onions, according to taste,
six or eight ounces; salt one and. one-
half or two ounces; pepper' done anone-
half or three-quarters ofan Once.
(Note.—Salts and pepper vary in
strength.) The smaller these ingred-
ients are minced the better, anji the
liver if parboiled, can be effectuall gra-
1 ecl down. The whole mass sho ld. be
thoroughly well mixed together. When
; duly prepared and well sewed iu, the
haggis shoulcl be placed on the fire in
cold water and allowed to boil foe four
hours. To keep the bag white it ehouId
always be kept covered with the watd.
This is also the better insured by its be-
ing tied in a cloth.
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. About Seed Potatoes.
; Too many farmers seem to have the
idea that anything will do for Omitting,
and though the bug, or the blight, or
the drought affected a great part of the I
potato crop of the United State's last
year, so as to suspend their grdivth be-
fore maturity, still, as the fair-sized po-
tatoes which matured our growth I so as
to be suitable for seed, are so deer and,
scarce, and there • are so many potatoes
too small and poor to sell at all, farmers
will be tempted, to use them for seed
this year. more than ever before, when,
in fact, they are less suitable for seed
than the small potatoes of I most any
' either year's growth ; for . though it may
, poesibly answer occasionally to plant
the small potatoes selected from the
large ones of a good crop that was well
matured, atill, other potatoes of the t
same size, which are small because their
growth was stopped at that size of their i
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development from ay cause, are very
inferior to them either for eatieg or
planting, and they are as inferior for ' a
seed as the shrunken kernels of any im-
mature grain would bh. The good prae- n
tical farmer will attend closely to this t
, in selecting any other seed that he uses,
and though he prefers to harvest some
crops before they have fully ripened,
still he will leave as much as he wants
to save his seed from to ;fully mature be-
fore harvesting it, and though the pota-
to is. so strong a grower that even the
smallest and poorest seed will make
something of a growth, it will be found
necessary, as with any other crop, to
to use good seed, and give it good treat-
ment for obtaining a good paying crop.
To have potatoes in 0.e best condition
for seed, besides being well matured
they should be kept fresh and kept from
sprouting, if possible, until planted, so
as to give the crop the advantage of the
firat growth from the potato. A volun-
teer growth frota the potatoes that had
lain in the ground over Winter are al-
ways the rankest and strongest growers,
and in years of the potato rot, such pota-
toes were the healthiest, but to use for
seed potatoes those that from any cause
had not fully ripened, or that had, been
kept toowarm sothat they would have to
be sprouted once or twice before cutting
for seed, or that were cut so long before_
using as to get wilted and dried before
planting, would be using seed that would
be in very bad c ndition, and should al-
ways be avoided
Do Horses Reason?
Here is a good story about a horse,
which is;told in the Boston Journal, and
we presume many of our readers could
tell as good* one if tbay would only bake
the time to write it out for publication.
Such notes on animal inatinct or reason-
ing p-owera are always interesting told
and yOung,
It would be difficult to convince some
people that horses and dogs are possessed
of reasoning powers, and as difficult to
convince others, who fondly love these
animals, that they are unable to reason
from cause to effect. A story comes to
us well vouched for, which will at least
interest the reader, if not convince him
that horses are possessed of more of the
human attributes than many people are
wont toicredit them with.
Among the many horses owned by the
Highland Street Railroad Company, is
one which used. to give the hostler' a
deal of trouble by slipping; h is halter and
roaming at will about the stable. The
halter was, on each occasion, buckled on
as tightly as possible, but to no purpose,
for the horse would Invariably be found
half an hour afterward making a digni-
fied tour of the stable. - This became
monotonous to the hostler, and he de-
termined to ascertain the modus oper-
andi by which his equine friend secured
his liberty. Again the halter was tightly
buckled on, and taking a seat.where he
could watch his troublesome charge; he
awaited developments. Pretty soon a
horse which stood beside the troublesome
one was observed to poke his nose into
his neighbor's stall, and catching the end
of the halter strap between his teeth, he
pulled at it. His first, second and third _
attempts td unloose the buokle were nil=
availing, but with a perseverance re-,
markable even in a man, the horse re-
turnedeto his workyepeatedly, and finally
out dropped the buckle tongue, the
throat strap fell, and the horse of inquis-
itive mind was soon stalking about the
stable again. A change of location was
of course a necessity.
A large, homely, piebald gelding, own-
ed by this company, used to manifest a
strange regard for a white mare he for-,
,merly worked beside. In the stable he
was hitched with a rope halter, and, un-
til, a charn1 was substituted, he used to
gnaw off his halter, march deliberately
to the stall, occupied by his mate,
squeeze- himself into • the stall,
which was only large enough
to accommodate one horse comfortably, -
and a great deal of effort was required to
separate the equines after they had be-
come wedged in so closely.
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A Tale of Four Chickens.
"Once upon a time" we had a brood
of four chickens hatched too early in the
season. . It was too cold for them to live
out with the hens, so we; put them in a
bird cage and took care of them in the
house. They almost immediately claim-
ed us (my mother and me) as their moth-
ers. As soon as they had become real
chicken like, and, not simply like tufts
of yellow silk, they declared we were
their mothers by crying for us if we left
them alone. Although we took no
notice of them while we were at our
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work, yet, if we went out of the kitchen
ever so softly, they wolild n a minute
discover that we were gone and yelp
louder than I ever heard a chick cry for
its hen mother.
They soon grew so large tiiat it seem-
ed a breakneck undertaking, for them
to squeeze out and in through, the cage
door. As the weather became warmer
we let them Play out of doors (and sure-
ly no naturally brought up chickens ever
played as they did) on a protected sunny
side of the house. And even in that
pleasant place they would cry if we did
not occasionally assure them of our
presence by appearing at the window.
But sunshine and good. picking in dile
time weaned them from Us —unnatural
mothers as we were, who would not
scratch for our chicks.
At the approach of evening, when we
took Out their night basket to thein,
they- would run to us to be put to bed—
all pushing, scrambling and crowding to
get the warmest place—as we imagine
(they were Shanghais) tam.e young gir-
affes might rush for their supper.
Thus were these remark -able chickens
cared for; and they grew fast and to be
wondrously large and awkward fowls.
But they went the way of all spring
chickens, and much more speedly, be-
cause they had the "right by birth."—
Evening 13°4.
Railway Wheels of Paper.
The infinite variety of . purposes to
which paper is applied in the Empire of
Japan has astonished all Europeans who
have visited that country. They have.
literally found paper, paper everywhere,
and in all shapes and forms. The Japhe
nese, however, with all their ingenuity in
this direction, would never have dreamt
of making paper wheels for•railway car-
riages, • • thus open
This, nevertheless, is being • done at the house
Sheffield at this moment, and we have 'everythin
seen a sample of the work. The paper behind it
. wheels have steel tires, made with an in- the dimin
side flange and ,cast-iron boss. On each gardens si
side of the. boss and tire steel plates ;
—Let ul take care ho w we speak of those
'who liave fallen on life's field. Help
them up; do not heap score. upon them.
VV -e do n t see the conflict. \Vej may
not know he wound.:
; —I've had my say out, and I shall be
the easier for it all my life. There's no
pleasure i4 1iving if you're to be corked
up fot evet, and only dribble your 'mind
out on th sly, like a leaky barrel.—
George E iot.
—Bad 1 ck is simply a man with his
hands in his pockets and a pipe in his.
mouth, looking f to see how it will come
.out. Good luck is a man with pluck,
with his sleeves rolled up, and working
to make itl come out right.
Still a .ce wit grif Alestieity re-
mains to the substance, and this—in
'union with its homogeneity and singular
smoothness of grain and texture—con-
stitutes one of its highest qualifications
for the duty it will presently have to per-
form. Lathes, alide-rests, and sharp out -
ting tools are made to shape the com-
pressed paper into discs of the proper
size, and under a pressure of -400 tons
these are then foroed into the tires. The
steel protecting plates are subsequently
bolted to the inner and outer peripheries
of the wheels, and after a finishing touch
in the latter they are ready to be keyed.
on their axles and placed under the rail-
way carriages.
It is understood that experiments both
in America and in this country have gone
to prove the great superiority of paper
railway wheels over those of steel or
wrought iron, and that the brake, how-
ever anddenly and sharply applied, does
-not injure them in the least—London
Echo.
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Keeping Table Potatoes in
Spring.
A correspondent of an easternexchange
writes:
As the time draws near when it will
be necessary to sprout all the potatoes
offered for sale or used in the family, it
may be worth while to mention a method
told my father several years ago, by an
old potato dealer, and which he has
since.made use of, as it saves a vast am-
ount of labor. Put from three pecks to
a bushel of potatoes in a barrel and shake
them briskly till the sprouts are broken
off. it takes but a minute and covers
them with a moisture which prevents
wilting, and keeps them fresh longer
than if sprouted by hand." The editor
approves of this procese, and adds:
"Our plan for keeping table potatoes in
presentable shape from April to July
ts to put about a bushel in each barrel
and have one extra, empty barrel.
About once a week, begin at one end
of the row • and pour the potatoes from
the first barrel into the empty one, and
the next into that, and so on till they
have all been changed into a different
barrel. As 'a rolling stone gathers no
moss,' so a moving potato makes no
sprouts. This method not only saves
much disagreeable work, but aleo keeps
the potatoes in much better condition
for planting or the table. The growth
of sprouts destroys the value of the pota-
to in a short time."
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A Western Domestic Tragedy.
A wealthy, middle-aged and jealous
Englishman at Oakland, Cal., according
to an exchange newspaper has found that
he didn't take the right way to trap his
pretty young wife. In the orthodox
fashion he told her he was going to Sac-
ramento for a week; but he dame back
the second day, crept into the library,
and after much difficulty encased himself
in one of several coats of mail fastened
to the floor, where he patiently awaited
the false, wife's gay lover. Darkness
came -9 o'clock—midnight; and not
even the wife appeared. The old gen-
tleman grew tired, fell asleep and unfor-
tunately snored. This frightened the
butler, who came down -stairs, gun in
hand, to meet the robbers. The jealous
husband was dreaming, when a handful
of quail shot took him in the breast-
plate and, amid his terrified shrieks,
the Cutler promptly put the other load
into the pier -glass, under the impression,
that another burglar was drawhig a bead
on him. After the whole neighborhood
was aroused,the mistake was discovered,
and the battered party extracted by the
aid of a blacksmith, and, amid the
snickers of the assembly, the chagrined
man crawled up stairs to his bedroone.
A small note was sticking on the pin.
cushion. His wife had eloped the morn-
ing before !
Chinese Capital Punishment.
One mode of capital punishment,
known as "the cage," is demonically
ingenioul. The "cage" used in the in-
stance we observed was betWeentwo and
three feet square, and over six feet high.
Near the bottom was a close floor of
plank: - The foar sides were open ; work
of plank palings. The planks composing
the cover were made to fit around a
man's neck, close enough to hang him,
but not cloge enough to strangle him.
The condemned man was put into this
cage, his head projecting above, the
cover fitting around his neck, and under
his feet a number of bricks, one above
the other, just enough to enable him to
stand on tiptoe. When this position,
from weariness, became unendurable, his
only relief was to hang by his neck. The
design is to make a man suffereas much
as possible, but not to kill him too quick-
ly. Usually after a criminal has been
staadingthus for a day or Sci, one of the
bricks is removed, and then, another,
until he hangs by his neck altogether.
It is said that a strong man ordinarily
will endure this torture several days be-
fore life beconies extinct.
- Toy Houses.
Walking through the streets of Yoko-
hama, in Japan, the stranger can hardly
realize that life is anything more than a
holiday to the almond -eyed inhabitants
of the pretty toy houses, which, built of
wood, without an atom, of paint, are
genuine Liliputian Swiss chalets. The
Japanese 'are wonderful workers ia wood,
; and it is a pleasure to see the roofs, so
light and yet so strong. supported by
walls which are made like the side scenes
in a theatre, of thin strips of wood, over
, which are pasted sheets of cottony trans -
[parent paper. In the evening, when the
lanterns dispense their soft light around
the inside, of these white buildings, the
'spectator Seems to be looking at a m_agic
'lantern. During the day time the sides
of the houses are slipped out, as side
'scenes are, and the house becomes
only a r( of resting on the four light -
:cornered oosts, the whole interior being
d to the air. Every part of
is thus exposed to view, and
done in it -can be seen, • while
p pear , the .charming verdure,
tive plantations of the little
uated in the rear.
hree-sixteenths of an inch ; thick are
bolted, and the space between the plates
s filled with compressed paper. The
paper is composed of what are known as
'straw -boards," and these are made to
dhere to eaoli other by means of rye
Jaste. The combined layers of paper are
ext subjected to hydraulic pressure to
he extent of 2,000 tons for the space of
four or five hours, and then dried in a
heated air -bath. •
The final thickness of the prepared pa-
per is about three and a half inches, and,
as may be imagined, the quantity of
straw -board packed into this concentrat-
ed space by the giant force of the
hydraulic ram is something enormous.
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1877..7-N.EW-GOODS jith ARRIVED An.
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A.. MITC
CHEAP DY GOODS AND FANCY STORE.
THE ADVA!SIOE GUARD OF NEW SPRING GOODG,
CONSISTING OF .
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Dress - Lustres, Jthilhianines and American Indian Clunney Cash-
;
Balermos in al the New Sh,adea mere and Everlast ng Laces..
and Patterns.
Antees, all Sizes,
A Beautiful Assortment of Ladies' Styles.
Silk Scarfs a,nd Ties. 7 Flowers, Feathers, 0
Ladies' Jackets, i1aest Styles. a Large and JTarie1 Assortment
Ladies' Fischuis, Quite a Novelty of Fancy Goods, be utiful, chaste,
and the News Thing Out. fashionable and ch,eap.
CENTS' FELT HATS, CAPS; LINEN AND PAPER COLLARS,
NEWEST STYLES.
I ALLAN MITCHELL.
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MONDAY, THE 29TH OF JANUARY, 18771
OF
SHAWLS AND MANTLES,
DRESS GOODS,
CLOUDS AND WO,OL GOODS,
FELT SKIRTS,
FUR SETTS,
LADIES' FUR cAps,
LADIES' WOOL 'UNDERCLOTHING,
SEAL CLOAKING)
LINED KID GLOVES,
LINED KID MITTS,
OVERCOATS,
CLOTHS AND TWEEDS,
FELT HATS,
CLOTH CAPS AND FUR CAPS,
WOOL SCARFS,
UNDERSHIRTS,
DRAWERS,
GREY BLANKETS,
WHITE BLANKETS,
WOOL QUILTS.
ar As the oldect is to reduce the I:Stock ,as low as possible, CASH
BUYERS may ,c1bpend on getting Goods at Prices that cannot fail to
be Satisfactory.
JOHN ROGERS, FOR ESTATE.
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eilEssmispos••••=ammeniesim,,
.A.IDDELI.4 az CO.,
HAVING SECURED SOME
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EXTRAORDIN RY CHEAP LOTS OF NEW DRY GOODS
IN "
LliSTRES, PRINTS, COTTONS
TICKINGS, LACE CURTAINS,
SHIRTING%
TABLE LINENS, CHECKED AND STRIPED DUCK, &c.
WE ARE PREPARED TO OFFER TEMPTING BARGAINS
.IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
A VERY HANDSOME LINE OF DRESS COODS AT 10 CTSUI PER YARD.
Customers will Save money by First Calling and Seeing
If hat Advantages
WADDELL. 8c, CO. CAN OFFER THEM.
Remember the Mac One Door North of M. R. Counter's Jewelry Store, Seaforth.
JUST ROEIVED AT M. MORR6ON'S,
A LARGE STOCK OF
11.0 0 I-CMIR:Y .A.1\T ID GM--A.SSW.A.1.71
UTHICH will be sold at the Lowest Possible Prices. Parties wishing anything in this line will
v Y find it to their a dvantage to examine my stock and prices before purchasing elsewhere. Will ax -
rive in a few days, f ronk one of the Largest and most reliable Seed growing and importing
houses in the Domi nion, a Large Stook of
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FIELb AND GARDEN SEEDS
Consisting of all the Leading Lines of Turnips, Carrots, Mangold Wurtzels , Beets, .Orchard Grass,
, Lawn Grass, Perennial Rye Grass, &c.
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GARDiN SEEDS SOLD IN 'BULK.
We do net recoltimend Seeds in Papers.
Just Received, a CAR LOAD OF WESTERN CORN tor Feeding.
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ALSO ON HAN6,.A LARCE STOCK OF CHOICE FAMILY CROCERIES.
It is now an established fact that MORRISON'S is the BEST Grocery to deal at in Seaforth:
CLOVER AND TIMOTFIY ALWAYS ON HAND.
Fish, Coal Oil, Cornmeal, patmeal, Oysters, Hams and Bacon, Potatoes, Buokivheat Flour, Flour
and Feed, and Provisions of all kinds to be found at
s
M. MORRISON'S,
Strong & Fairley's Old Stand, East Side Main Street, Seaforth.
TERMS CASH OR PRODUCE.
GOODS DELIVERED FREE:
STATION
Stoves
D AGAIN' AFTER THE FIRE.
and! Tinware Cheaper Than Ever.
Tvr RS. E. WHITNE,Y eaforth, begs to inlorm her many friends and customers that she has
4-1-24 again resumed business on the site of her old stand, where everything pertaining to the Tinware
business will be found. 4 Large Stock of Stoves and Tinware always on hand and for sale cheap.
TITF. BEST AND PUREST COAL OIL IN THE MARKET.
Every kind of Tin Worli Constantly on bend or Mad to Order. Call and see w t she can do be•
fere purchasing eleowhere4 HES. E. WHITN Beaforth.
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GANG -PLOWS,
GANG PLOWS, a
HILL PLOWS,
HILL PLOWS,
LAND ROLLERS,
LAND ROLLERS,
FOR SALE AT THE
HURON FOUNDRY
AND MACHINE SHOP.
PLOWS And PLOW CASTINGS ;I
Made from the
CELEBRATED DIAMOND IRON.
Far mers would do well to call.and examine be •
fore purchasing elsewhere.
WHITELAW & MORE.
NCYTICE.
'NEW SHOE SHOP.
THE undersigned begs to notify the inhabi.
Seaforth and surrounding countrythg he -
has commenced business
IN SEAFORTH,
In the Shop next door to Pillman's Carriage Pse -
tory, where he intends to carry on
The Custom Shoe Business.
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES.
The Stock having been carefully selected, sad.
none but
FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN,
. EMPLOYED,
And by strict attention to Insinees, the public
can rely on getting good value for their money.
REPAIRING done with, Neatness
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and Di9patc7t.
485 I J. J. SCOTT..
KIDD'S HARDWARE.
RECEIVED
DIRECT FROM MANUFACTURERS
AMERICAN CUT .NAILS,
SPADES, SHOVELS, FORKS,
HOES AND RAKES, _ -
GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, &a..
FENCING WIRE
AND BUILDING HARDWARE,.
• Of Every Description Cheap.
EAVE TROUGHS AND CONDUCT -
MG PIPE
Put up on the Shortest Notice and Warranted.
Special lnducem,ents to Cash and
-Prompt Paying Customers.
JOHN KIDD.
THIOONSOLIDATED BANK
OF
CAPITAL
CANADA.
- $4.000.000.,
CITY BANK OF MONTREAL, Incorporated183.
and ROYA) CANADIAN BANK,
Incorporated 1864.
SEAFORTH BRANCH.
DOMINION BLOCK, MAIN -ST,,
SEAFORTH.
Drafts on New York- yable at say
Bank in the United States.
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Bills ot Exchange on London payable- -
at all Chief Cities of the United Kingdom.
INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS..
M. P. HAYES,
411 IS owns
THE SEAFORTH
INSURANCE AND LAND AGENCY..
ALONZO STRONG
IS AGENT for Several -First-Class Steel; Fire
and Life Insurance Companies, and is prepar-
ed to take risks on
THE MOST FAVORABLE TERMS.
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Also Agent for severalopf the best Loan Bode.
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ties.
Also Agent for the sale and purchase of Fann
and Village Property.
A NUMBER OF FIRST-CLASS life
PROVED FARMS FOR SALE.
$50,000 to Loan at SI Per Cent.
Interest.
OFFICE—Over M. Morrison's Store, Maina.-
Seaforth.
ECLIPSE OATMEAL MILLS
SEAFORTH.
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NOW IN FULL _OPERATION. t
Oat Meal, Split Peas, Pot Barleys
- CY OM, Meal Chopped;
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And All Kind a of Mill Feed Constantly on Sand
Chopping done TtlesdaTs and Fridays. Catrusel -
exchanged for Oats. Highest price paid for Oath -
Peas and Barley.
;s' CURRIE & THOMSON.
20,000 BUSHELS- OF CONN
COMING Per THE LONDON. HURON ap.
BRUCE RAILWAY.
THE Subscriber has now completed =OP -
merits with the growers in the West to Iamb&
a steady supply of
SEED CORN AND OATeti
Also good Feeding Corn, at lower prices *sista
be supplied anywhere in this County. The AM -
lot will he along in s few days. Note that
dress: D. MeLENNAN, Grain Dealer, Brtsw,
field P. O. Btorehonae,Bracelield station. er
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MARCH 231-18
The, Fishermen's T2
Have a Hair -Bre
From Dro waling.
The Grand Bend., Lam
Tespondentsendsusthefo
adventure of four of the
place. On Thursday ev
borhood was thrown into
• -excitement by the intelli
men belonging to this pi
the ice and could not 6
,count of the great auto*
had accumulated betweer
shore. The men, who W
.Brown, Louis Disjardimj
-and Francis Perizo, had
Afternoon in search of th4
-bad gone out with the ie
the time they went out co
wag falling they apprehe
ancl being so busily engas
out their nets the did
'position nail they had loa
with them, and attempted
shore, when they found t
TOW through the great aa
And pieces of ice which, ha
Several times did they -ma
but in vain. They were
shore about half a mile, a
towards Port Frank wit
_rapidity. Night dosing i
shore were beginning to lo
-Mg the men get off that
make matters worse, with
storm was increasing. T
to stay on the ice they-
-until morning, as they
ranch fatigued and exh
Brown, in a state of desp
to the others his intent'
-over the shish to the shore
whole strength on it of cm
not be in much danger of si
the assistance of a long pol
pened to be on the ice, -ant
cautious struggle'he
.gaining the shore in safety.
on the ice tied themselves
a king rope and follows:
• example. dr. Disjardine,
heaey man, went through
but with the assistance of
. managed to keep the sin -
reached the shore. The
about three miles from the
a state of great exhaust°
shore who had given up he
the men that night were pro
the beach for the Durpet
some tires, when, to their g
ment, they met the four
home. Their escape was_
row one, and was due more'
mirage and venuturesonae s
Brown.
Hornets on the Wa
As the Missouri Pacific tr
hag Miller's Landing, one ni
agentleMan came aboard car
to whitli was -curiously
hornets' nest. He had fo
woods, and it had the appe
ing tenantless. But when
the atmosphere of the car
near the stokie, the heat
dormant life, and a low hu
from the interior warned
naturalist and his companio
ed misery that the sorrow
to begin. A frantic effort
nest from the window rele
prisoned insects, and the
they swarmed through the
dividual hornet armed wit
savagely bent on the • wari
struck right and left, and eve
in their trail a cry of agon
shrieked and men vented cur
deep. But the sorrow waxe
the misery increased. Peep
over seats and grovelled on
One fat old lady took a reeu.
tion, and sticking her abno
veloped pedal extremeties str
.the air, executed aix evitlution
have done credit to Solder'
•Polonaises were torn andt
vornsicuous confusion, and
tremities were exposed in a fr0
for hornets that had ventu
rectos which hornets have
penetrate. Bald-headed me
their shining pates in ago
ing to the rescue of his 'Wee
sengers, Conductor King was
threshold with a warm recep
the conductor only clasped hi
both hands and commenced
we -dance in perfect keepin
conduct of his passengers, 11
ly lost all anxiety to enquire a
or if his curiosity was not ap
„prudently refrained from exp
Finally the doors and win
thrown open and the horne
leave the car. In a little wh
few stray ones were left, am
passengers kindly refrained fr
ing but allowed them to take t
-which, everything considered
naninaous on the part of the p
had undergone so muds disc(
account of the intrusion of th
LOUIS Republican.
Wants His lertereest
The Allentown (Pemx.) Bali
"Twenty years ago a man livin
city lost a wallet containing ,
lady living in Catasauqua had
tune to fifd the money, but i'
honesty to return it to the °wile
the knew who he was. Years
the husband of the covetous 1
pered and grew rich, the man
the pocket -book with the m
poorer and poorer, till the othe
lady found him in this eity
want. Her conscience pricked -
and going home she got $60, au-
to the' man's family. The fa
very grateful, but the mane as
he found out who it was that
hie money so long, immediietely
ed suit to recover interest. We
the claim for interest will be se
fore the matter goes mit of the
the Alderman."
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'Gleanings.
Mr, Moody says a Scotsman
eounting the promiees in th
There are thitty-one thousand !
promise for every want, and
difficulty.
—The independent lady af th
day does not seek to be eccentr
does not resemble the manlike u
ten years ago, with her shirt cc
short hair and petticoat, her ion
and loud veice. On the cent
r.
is well-dressed, her manners are
she -wears the smallest ami bes4
gloves, and evidently keeps an
ant who has made a special study
hair. Icor, again, is he to be c
ed with the old maid of traditi
lives alone because no one _can
her, ancl looks upon her enforce,
pendence as a misforttuae and
anee. The offensiveness of bet'
types is gone, and we have a
whom,
no doubt, we are all ra