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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-03-30, Page 1AReH 23, 1877. ;he county, its natural ten.. gravitate away from the fall in with aome of the pro. , es for the re -arrangement a • ae CO11111104. To counter- tendeney, and to bind the or closely and firmly to the er such scheme would, prerve rortance„. aud in fact may ba Imost neceesary. HE LADIES. MCDOUGALL & CO. kto to the Ladies of Seafoxth antl countly that they have added te Dry Goods Business the JACKETS AND AND MANTLES- MI,STT STYLES and Made of tie 'k.TERIAL. This Department is iirge of rkPIREENCED CUTTER have every co/Adam:8 inrecoru- lose who may favor us with their Da will find in tbis Department it.ATENSIVE STOCK, TT1rRY LATEST' dTLE CLOTHS • ELECT FROM. FIT AND; FINISH,. Moderate Charges, Guaranteed. - ARE NOW SHOWING PLE MANTLES banufaoture, in addition to a Teo` f Foreign Make. We Invites, Call. rBLE TO SHOW THEM. Vf PRINTS. ;DRED Patterns. to Select From. w the Largest and Best Lot of nave ever shown, all wide widths, It cents per yard. We guarantee - Color. In these GOOdfl we defy il the County to Beot, for they for CASH, at '4 -STRUCK DUMB 00 PIECES LACK LUSTRES, NEW BRIL-- PARAMATTA.S, at all prices 1.4- cents to 69 cents per yard. rur Own Brands, only ta be had ir Superior Color -Keeping Quail - known, any who purchase them 'SO ARRIVED, RED Pieces of New All Wool Scotch TWEEDS, from the Bast Es whieli we Make Up To Order es in a FASHIONABLE STYLE, • a- Fit or No Sale. .ew Scotch Tweeds, New French ngs, New Black Broad, NeW New French Worated Giotto, 'LADIESJACKETS. SILK. SCARFS,: New Carpets, Newfihawls, .New Dress Goods j New Fringes si New Silk Tassels and Buttons krasols,Zenilla Shades, in Great MR. HALLEY d in'the OLD COUPPir ;Le Beat Houses in the Trade. can depEnd on getting STYLISH GOODS' lOST REASONABLE PRICES. Of_ CIT A CALL RLE TO SHOW GOOD. Judge fcr Yourselves. aDOUGALL & CO SEAFORTH. "'ENTER YEAR. WROLE NO. 486. REAL ESTAWE FOR SALE. "MUSE AND LOT FOR SALE CHEEIP.—For -a-14 Sale Cheap, that desh.able house and lot, situated on North-Street,next door South of W. Gampbelrs residence. For further particulars apply to S. BEATTY, Sea -forth. 479 HOTEL FOR SALE—In the Village of Harptir- hey, with good accOmmodation for the public, also good stabling and driving sheds, with 4 acres ofland.,more or less. It will be sold cheap. Ap- ply to MRS. C. DILL, Seaforth P. 0. 478x18 J{OUSE AND LOT IN HARPURHEY FOR SALT', —For Sale or to rent, a good frame house and lot in Middletown, betiveen Seaforth and Ifurpurhey. There is a good orchard of fruit treesVn the lot. Apply to THOMAS LITTLE, Egmonaville. 483x4 't�R SALE -50 acres of first-class land, 32 acres °leered, with cheese factory engine, boiler and ulensils complete—east half of north half of Lot 2B, 0°11.16, adjoining the village of Brussels. Also Lei 14, Con. 16, Tawnship sf Grey, 100 acres, 16 sores cleared. Also a number of houses and lots in Brussel& Prices low and title perfect. JOHN TACITTV., Brussels. 483-5 WARM FOR SALE.—A farm of 50 acres for sale, -1- being the East half of Lot 21, Twelfth Cences- Rion of McKillop. There are on the farm a good log house 26x18 feet, frame barn 52x30 feet, log barn, 52a30 feet, frame stable, 80x15 feet,and frame shed, 30x15 feet. There is also a good young or- chard of three-quarters of an acre. A good gravel road runs past the_door. For • further particulars apply teA. STRONG, Seaforth, 478 ITALUABTeel FARM FOR SAT.-e•South East Y bele of Lot number 19, Huron Road, Township of Goderich, County of Huron, containing 70 acres, about 50 acres cleared, well watered and fenced good buildings, fine young bearbag orchard; land is in a good state of cultivation ;.• and is situated oae-and-e-half railes from Clinton. For further partieulars apply to MR. RYE, on the premises, or to MALCOLMSON & WATSON, Barristers, &a., Clinton. 478 WARM FOR SALT; OR TO RENT.—For Sale -IL or to Rbnt, South half of Lot 6, Con. 6, H.R.S., Tuekersreith, containing 50 acres of choice land, 37 of which aro cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion. Good log house 20x16, frame stable and granary 24x36, shed 16x12. Is situated 5 miles south of Seaforth, on a good gravel road, and with- in one and a quarter miles of a school For further particulars apply to JAMES HAY, on the premises, or to EgMonclville P. 0. 483x4 WARM FOR SALE —For Sale, Lot No. 11, Con. -1- 7, Stanley, containing 50 acres, 36 of which are cleared, well fenced and in a state of good cultiva- tion, the balance is well timbered, with some cedar on the rear of the lot. There is a good barn and house, a small orchard and plenty of good water. A gravel road runs past the farm. It is conveni- eestly situated to markets, schools, churches, &e. For further particulars apply to the proprietor, Sea - f orth P. 0. WM. REDMOND. 480 'HOUSE AND LOT FOR ST.—For Sale, that comfortable and conveniently situated dwelling house and, lot, adjoining the Methodist' Episcopal Church, ancl at present occupied by Mr. W. 3. Robertson. The house contains kitchen, dining room, parlor and 5 bedrdoms. A good cel- lar and woodshed, also hard and soft water, and a stable. The lot is a corner lot and is within one block of the Main Street. Apply to W. S. ROB- ERTSON, Seaforth. 486 WARM FOR SALEaa-For Sale, East half Lot 8, -a: Con. 4, Turnberry, County of Ituron contain- ing 50 acres, 40 acres cleared; good frame house and stable, also good bearing orchard. Situated 4 miles from Wroxeter Station and 2i miles from Bluevale Station, on the Great Western Railway. Possession given lst September'1877. For further particulars apply to ROBERT RICHARDSON, on the premises, Bluevale P. 0., or to C. R. COOPER, Brussels P. 0, with stamp for answer. 481e 'FARM FOR emaIl.—For Sale, Lot No. 16, Con. 18, atexillop, containing 62A- acres, 40 of which are chant', well fenced, and in a state of good cultivation, the balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is plenty of water, and a good young orchard. Is two miles and a,half from* the Northern Gravel Road leading to Seaforth and Brussels, is convenient to schools; &c. For furth- er particulars apply to the proprietor on the prein. ises or to Walton P. 0. WILLIAM INGRAM, Proprietor. . 485x4 FARM OR SALE.—For Sale Cheap, Wet half of Lot 9, Con. 6, Grey, containing 50 acres, -39 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultiva- tion, the, balance is good_ hardwood and cedar bash; gond bearing orchard of 2 acres, comprising all kinds of fruit; good frame house, frame barn, frame stables, driving house and outbuildings; well watered, 8 good wells on the place. For fur- ther particulars apply to the undersigned on the premises', or if by letter to Brussels P. 0. ROBERT FISHER. 483-4x WARM FOR SALE.—Fbr Sale, Lot 26, Con. 11, Hibbert, containing 100 acres of excellent land. about 80 of whieh are cleared and in a good state of cultivation, the balance is good aaadwood bush. Good frame house, frame barn, stables and other buildings f; good orchard, well watered ; convenient to schools', churches, &e. Is situated about ten miles from Seaforth and two and a hell miles from Cromarty, on a good gravel road. Terms Easy. For fmther partieula.rs apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Cromarty P. 0. JOHN RICE. 485-4x LA.RGR FARM FOR -.SAT.—For Sale, that beautiful farm, coniprising Lot 26, Con. 12, and the aorth three-quarters of Lot 26, Con. 11, 175 acres inel7situate4 in the Township of Mc- Teillop, County of Huron, on the leading gravel road, midway between Seaforth and Brussels. The farm is in -a good state of cultivation, well fenced and watered, and convenient to church and sehool ; 135 acres are cleared and the balan.ce hardwood timber. On the farm is a dwelling house, good outbuildings, and a young orchard. For further partierdare address- ea -lip -EL HANNA, Oil City, Pennsylvania, U. 3. 473 VALUARLL e MILL PROPERTY FOR SALE.— The property is situated on the Town Plot of Grey, about 3 miles fienn Ethel station, on the Southern Extension of the Wellington, Grey and Bruce Railway. The machinery consists of 35 - horse engine, 40 -horse 5 -flue boiler, large circular edging and butting saws, shingle and heading ma- chine and shingle jointer. The machinery is all first-class,. aud has only been running about a year and eight months. This is a rare chance for men of cepital, as there is a good local trade, and any quantity of Timber of all kinds to be had. Satis- factory reasons given for selling. Full . particulars on application to (+ARROW BROTHieRS, Grey Post Office. N. notes and accounts over- due must be settled at once, and save trouble and expense. 475 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALTe —For Sale, Lot Y 16 and'south half Lot 17, Con. 1, Hay, contain- ing 150 acres, x20 of whicli are cleared and in a good. state of cultivation- There is a good brick house and a frame cottage, the barn, stable, cow stable and. other outbuildings. aro all frame; there are about 10 acres of choice apple, pear and other fruit trees, and about 300 spruce trees planted 10 years. There is a uever-failing stream running through the cantle; of the farm, on which is a good mill site, a good gravel road on two aides of the • farm. It is eittutted one mile frail). Henseli sta- tion and four miles from Exeter, on the London Road, and is just across the road fromtheRodger- ville post Office and church. For- further adieu - lass tipply to JAMES W. ELDER, Veterinary fon Surgeon, .Fleaforth. P. O. 481 say 17 -AMIABLE PROPERTY 'FOR 8 A LE. --For ra v Sale, Lots Nos. 34, 25 and 26, in the 9th Con- cessien of aleleillop, containike 200 acres, about 80 of which are cleared, well fenced and in a good state ef cultivation; the balance is well timbered with the 1 a the St. Patrick's Day dinner, at c ell, will be read with interest by ✓ aders of all nationalities. Mr. Ef dress was in reply to the toast, " J.and we Left." He said: He felt hippy to be allowed to deal Ali so important a subject. It was n tural for Irishmen to reflect and bon- si er what the causes are belongipg to o r country which justify us in holding s tenaciously to her affections. , The Mere we consider her claima the more WO will cling to her as Irishmen. Looking at the geographical position of Ireland, placed as she is on the borders of the old "rid, with her magnificent estuaries, bays and harbors opening wide their sheltering arms to the ocean borneacom- merce of. the new world teaming with prioducts of industry, who can doubt in her future ,es a great maritime and com- m rcial nation, and looking at the graud fe tures of her scenery, from the coast 91 trim where the Giant's Causeway presents one of the most sublime evidences of design on the part of the Great Creator, rood by Lough Foyle, by the famed Killala, the western coast •and Islands, Gal, way Bay, the estuary of the Shannon, K nmore and Bantry Bays Cork, Water- fo d and Wexford Harbors to Dublin By; and inland, her lovely lakes, her swift flowing rivers, with waters bright and clear as the eyes of the maidens who dwell upon their banks. Her blooming heath elad hills and smiling valleys, bright with perennial verdure. VVho caa wonder that we love her? Who that has once inhaled the perfume of her bright May blossoms or the yellow furze, ori rod and gun in hand has jumped from tuft. to tuft o'er some wide -spreading moor, but longs to feel once more bene th his tread that springy sod,—but long to breathe once more that fragrance so en- chanting (applause). The historic cla ms of Ireland had been ao ably handled by Dr Hornibrook and other speakers t at he would not attempt to repeat any of. th great trauma that illuminate herczn na s, and have been BO enthusiaati lly reo led to•night, but would- briefly say.. th4t no country could boast:of a grander lis of able and leading men in every wa k of life, arid the fame an the glo y what it is and what -it has been, and E , an the greatness of the mig ty Brit h E pre of to -day oweeno small share of what it has of glorious promise in he utare, to Irish genius and Irish cour go applause). - He was proud to boast of eing an enthusiastic Irishman but he was not one of those who had ever held ith that kind of Irish enthusiaim hch was for ever wasting Irish energy chronic discontent. • He held m re n.4 folly •of those misguided Irishm n, i trOngly. than ever, the utter madn as ho would by a futile disaffection pre- ent the Irish people from enjoying their ull share of that great and glorious Ern-.. irewhich we had given so much blood ncl brains to build up, and '' of which so eager a share is justly ours (long continu- dapplause). What Irishmen should do to follow the lead of our best men and nquer for ourselves, individually, the est places the Empire affords in all the arious fields of human effort • that her Midless scope presents, and each of us erform to the best of our power, the ork thlt is given us to do. This is OW we can secure our fair share in the lory and the wealth of the nation. He hen alluded. to the itrtelligent and eru- ite men of Ireland, asserting that Irish - en need not take a second poeition in oint of oratory, and declaring that they ad also been famous in science too. As arriors, Irishmen had been famous in ery country in the world. During the st two centuries there was not a battle- eld in Europe, Asia, or America, in fact roughout the civilized World, where rish valor had not taken a part. At I , trent Marshall MacMahon ruled rence, and Spain had been governed bY e new and old world; the cOmmerce shall O'Donnell. Ireland, geograph- ly speaking, was situated between !England and other countries must 1, ng land over or around her. Ireland's sea - ad was larger than that of France, d she had harbors which would float 1 the navies in the world, and she also ad, water power enough to turn the lahinery of the world. It was evident him. looking at her geographical posi- 0, that Ireland was destined for a r reer of greatness at some future time. e Irish nature is extremely passionate, etic and emotional, but possesses all e powers and advantages, physical and ntal, which are the inheritance of a re and virtuous race, uncontaminated rice or luxury. The power and vi- ity are theirs The pulses of the sh heart throughout the world may metimes beat wildly. They may re'. ire toning clown into harmony with e 'slow but stately measure in which omarch of industrial progress must. played. But the music is there, ancli ere is no note in the register of -human seibilities beyond its powers. (Hear, ar.) The mission of the Irishman here Canada is clearly to help, in his proper here, to the utmost of his power, in ilding up a glorious future for thiS ritry of our adoption. We have to Ve ourselves worthy of the grand old , me of Irishmen which we inherit, and full measure of constitutional free - all which we here enjoy. Our whole ty is due to Canada in the first -place, t this need not hinder us from meeting nights like this and 'dwelling with 41remembraaace upon Old Ireland, and nag, in the words of the gifted No - 7 . "1We may never see thee more, Mo Run, But while one breath we draw, Thou art still to us mavourneen, Se sleante-leat-go-bragh." - The Emerald Isle. The following excellent address, de- vere& by Mr. M. P. Hayes, of Seaforth, it - our es' he in a a 1 is co bo ev la fi th pr ic th of pa bo an al to tio ca Th po th me pu by tal Iri so qu th th be th po he in sp bu cou pro na the do du biz on bestof hardwood. There is a new frame °neewith stone foundation, also a frame stable and log barn; there is also another frame dwell Jag lionselon the place. A bearing orchard of 150 trees, also a Young orchard with same number. Plenty of good water. Is on the northern gravel road, 5 miles from Seaforth, and adjoins the village of :Winthrop, in which are all village conveniences, including a` cheese factory, saw and grist- mill. Also the building known as Hannah's Hotel. The property will be sold itt. one parcel or in lots to suit purchasers. Apply to the proprietor on the prerniaea or to Winthrop Post Offtee. ROBERT HANNAH, Proprietor. 4854x Newspapers. A. conservative newspaper is soon to be started in Seiforth.—Mitchell "Advocate." A Reform paper Is about to be established at Mitchell.—Ex- change. -Whether the above items are based upon" anything firmer than surmise, we cannot -tell -a but it is evident that there are Some who desire to see the rumors realized, and that material and political SEAFORTH FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1877. opposition ahould be inaugurated in each of those places, regardless of the fact that as commercial ventures they could not be piofitable. A great many people appear td entertain the idea that publishing a paper is a pleasure'that the expense connected therewith is but trifling, and that any one with a fair share of educa- tion calif easily perform all the duties of an editor. .48 a consequence of these er- roneous ideas, when 'people become dis- satisfied with any opinion or expression of some editor, particularly in a small place, they immediately talk of starting a paper in opposition to the offender,that they may give expression to their views, and sometimes a fund is raised for this purpose, and, a printer, who would not at- tempt the undertaking on his own risk and responsibility, accepts the bait and starts a paper. The result generally is, that instead of one good paper represent - 'in the plac-a, two poor ones do it. Any practical man knows well enough that in the great majority of towns and villages in the Province one is really all that can be propeely supported, and that when two, and sometimes more, attempt to gain favor, some must go under. The western part of Ontario has now more papers than it really needs, and more, we believe, than any other pert of AmeriCa with the same population and to talk of starting additional -ones ni places such as Seaforth, Mitchell, &c., is perfect nonsense, and would doubtless eventually end in their ruin. The publishers of every paper be- tween Stratford and Goderich, and Lon- don and Kincardine are practical prin- ters, if we mistake not, and although most of them have to roll up their sleeves and go to work pretty hard we venture the assertion that very few in the above- mentioned district are much more than paying expenses. If persons are ambitious to become newspaper managers, there are plenty of offices for sale where they will have ample opportunity to display their won- derful gifts, and while they may find a - pleasure in some of the duties of an edita or, they will also find a greater degree of unappreciated hard work than they have any idea of. A short experience of the varied duties will knock the romance out of their heads, and convince, them that there are employments more pleasant and profitable than that of "running a newspaper." As a rule papers do not receive any- thing like a proportionate return Jor the benefit they confer on the place in which they are issued. People forget that what- ever is for the interest of a place is di- rectly for the interest of a newspaper, more so than any other occupation, and an editor would be unwise, indeed, did he not labor for the best interests of the location, and, in his endeavors to build up the same, should receive the eordial and unanimous support of all therein, ir- respective of party Or personal differences and while they are, perhaps, as liable to ' err in judgment as others, there are better ways of inducing them to rec- tify their errors than by starting an op- position. [The above sensible and practical re- marks we copy from the Clinton .N Bra. They are directly to the point,and from personal experience we know them to be true. We have no besitatien in saying that none but a fool would think of investing money in a second paper either in Mitchell or Seaforth, sufficient to enable it to compete with the papers now in these places.—ED. Ex_Posnoa.] Canada. Mr. McLeish an evangelist is holding a series of evangelistic meetings at present in Paisley. —Mr. B. Devlin, M. P. for Montreal Centre, has gone to Colorado for the benefit of his health. —The Chinaman has arrived in Ham- ilton. Two celestials are in the city and about to start a laundry. —A calico ball is to be held in Walk- erton on the 2nd of April: The proceeds f9r the benefit of the poor of that town, • -a-The competition in coal oil has reached j3uch a height in Guelph that the articleis selling for fifteen cents a gallon. —The farm of the late John Jermyn, Con. 12 Biddulph, has been purchased by Mr. Chas. Rigney, of Granton, for $, 000. —A joint stock company has been formed in Ayr, for the purpose of pur- chasing a new cemetery for the village and vicinity. —21 car loads of potatoes left Mont- real last Saturday morning, for New York, being the largest shipmentin any week this season. —H. Steward, Sectetary of the Elora Carpet factory, was presented last week with a watch and chain by the employees of that institution. • — Novelties in hats for children are in the sailor shapes of cardinal and navy blue, striped with white. They are worn far back on the head. • —John Sutter has,been sentenced by Judge Stevenson of Cayuga, to 5 years •in the penitentiary for arson committed by him at Canfield station on the night of the 20th inst. --J.- D. Edgar of Toronto, offers a gold medal for the best essay, written during the coming year, for reading be- fore the Reform Literary and Debating Club of that city. —The spring styles of vests will be so short, and the trousers will be cut so high in the neck that our best young men will be able to button their collars directly on the waist bands. • —The 50th anniversary of the founda- tion of the town of Guelph occurs on St. George's day, April 23rd. The event is to be appropriately celebrated, commit- tees of the leading men having been ap- pointed. to in;ke arrangements. - —A few days ago John Harris left De- troit to walk to Toronto, a distance of 240 miles. With the exception;of a two- mile lift from a priest who overtook him on the road, he footed every inch of it, and did. it in four days, in the following stages: First day, Cbatham, a little food and a night's rest in the lock-up • second day, London, lodging ditto; third day, Hamilton, ditto; fourth day, Toronto. Roads slushy. Average marching, sixty- two miles. The hardy pedestrian has just returned to Detroit by rail. —Some young men in Mildmay got themselves into trouble recently. by throwing ancient eggs at a ma 's house. A law suit resulted in their paying about thirty dollars damages. --Amherstburg Echo says : " Miss Catharine Graveline, who wa married last week to Mr. P. D. Campb 11,of Mal- den is the seventeenth child t at Mr. J. Graveline has married off—f ur being sons and thirteen daughters. —At the recent meeting of the Paris Presbytery held at Ingersoll, Rev, Mr. McTavish of Woodstock obta ned per- mission to be absent from his congrega- tion from April to June, in order to visit Great Britain. —Mr. Edward Howes, of Minto, is the owner of a ball a few days old, that found its way into this world without a tail. The calf is well shapec in every other particular, but without the least sign of a "narative." —The town of Wallaceburg, Kent Co. numbers amongits inhabita ts some "weighty bodies," five of it citizens s follows: nds ; Dr. J. B. Mc- Taggart, all, 234 make a total Of 1,218 pounds, Captain S. H. Beattie, 299i pot J. B. Newman, 2284 pounds • Dougall, 226 pounds; John ill 300 pounds; Alfred MoDou pounds. —Mr. George Neilson, of 3el1evil1e, well known as a contractor, did in Ot- tawa, last Sunday • morning omewhat suddenly. Mr. Neilson arri ed from Montreal in • the afternoon (Saturday), apparently in fair health, he ret red to his room at the usual hour, during the night he became very ill, and died at 4 o'clock on Sunday morning. —An accident happened on the Great Western Railway last Monday morning, between the train east from London and the Globe train going west. The only, damage sustained was to the engines, both being considerably injured. The trains came into collision on the main track, one of them should have been shunted on to the side switch. —On Sunday night, 18th int., there were 37 tramps in Galt lock-up, and on Monday evening 13. On Wednesday night six were locked up, and next morn- ing they were brought before Mr. Mac- gregor, J. P., and fined $5 each and costs—being given one hour each to raise the cash. There were 27 applicants for relief on Wednesday night. —George Wise, of the township of York, was recently brought bifore Mr. William -Wallis, J. 13, charged with re- fusing dn February lgth to give half of the road when asked to do so, a d using grossly insulting language, he case having been proved, for the fir t offence Wise was fined $1 and costa; he same fine was inflicted for the second offence; the whole amounting to $8 85. —" A little sparring now a d then &c." It will likely be a surprise to many tradesmen to learn that there is no such word as "speciality" in bur lan- guage. The word is "specialty," pro- nounced speshalty.—Bruasels Post. English iality." friend. eporter. Worcester's dictionary of th language gives the word "ape What language do you speak, And if so, how many ?—Bruce —Postmasters- generally desi e to call the attention of the public to tl e neces- sity ofputting the name of th county in which the post office is sit ated, as well as the name of the post office itself, on all letters, except such as are destin- ed for cities and large towns. The onaise sion to state the county as part of the address is often the cause.of letters be- ing delayed. —The auction sale of the stock and implements belonging to the esta:e of the late James Kingsburgh of South Dum- fries, took place on Friday the -16th inst. It was largely attended and was one of the most successful sales that has every taken place in that township. Horses sold exceedingly well. Cows brought from $50 to $70, and Sheep averaged. $15.50 .per pair. The proceed 'in all amounted to over $2,000. —On Sunday evening, aboi4t eight o'clock, the dwelling houee of Mil. James Allan, of Dundas, was entered y two masked men while the family ere at church, only a sister-in-law, a delicate young lady, being within. Th4 young lady was secured by one of the 'ruffians and held down by the throat while the other ransacked the house from top to bottom, bursting- open trunks, &c., but missing the place where the valuables were kept. They carried off the keys of the vault and a few traps. —An amusing incident occurLd at a recent carnival in a certain town in On- tario, which fully illustrates the silly prejudice entertained '-by some paling ladies toward an intelligent clue of the community—mechanics. One of the prejudiced creatures was pirouetting with a dashing young officer and deriv- ing no small amount of pleasure from the conversation of the unknown, when it was disclosed to her that he wee a me- chanic—and a tinker at that. The con- versation instantly lost its ch'aren, and the officer was dropped with as little ceremony as if she had discovered some notoriously wicked character. When the time came for unmasking t e lady identified a professional gentle an as the tinker in disguise. a —Last Sunday afternoon, ite . Mr. Beaudry in addressing the scholars of the Dorchester street Methodist unday school, Montreal, showed them la book in four chapters, without a wotil in it, but one they could. all read. He then held it up before the school and Opened it at the first chapter which showed two black pages, which was taken to mean the description of the unconverted sin- ner's soul, solemn, sombre, dark, dreary and dreadfuL The second chapter was two red pages typifying the blbod of Jesus Christ' which was shed to wash away the people's sin. The third chap- ter was two white pages, repreaenting the condition of the soul when it was washed and became as whiteal-snow. i The last chapter was two golden pages, pns 1 111cLEAN IMOTIIERS, Publishers. 51 50 a Year, In advance. representing the inheritance of the re- deemed of Christ who shall have life evermore in the golden city_and feast on golden things. C. Small, receiving teller of the Standard Bank, Toronto, has left for opart3mo. sunknown, a defaulter to the extent f $ Rev. W. Borthwick, Presbyterian min- ister at Pembina Mountain, is in corres- pondence with a party resident in Iowa respecting locations for a party of some fifty Scotch families who desire to remove to Manitoba. —Mr. F. W. Arde, of Toronto, is the possessor of an extraordinary curiosity, in the shape of a chicken with, two heads. Both heads are perfectly developed, and the body is also. No similar instance is known to have been reeorded. The egg was a very small one, and the third or fourth laid by a black Hamburg pullet. —John Blackwell and his wife emi- grated from the county of Limerick, Ire- land, to this country, about the year 1821 or 1822, and settled in London township. A large family—twenty-one, eleven boys and ten girls, blessed their union. Mr. Blackwell died about 12 years ago; Mrs. Blackwell is still alive and hearty. One the 28th of February she walked to London,a distance of ten miles. Not bad walking for an old lady aged 72. —In the village of Beachville, County of Oxford, there lives a remarkable fam- ily, named Gallaway, composed of six persons—mother, daughter and four sons. Ten years ago the father and mother parted, and have never spoken to each other since. The four sons and daughter have all been married, but, strange to relate, have all separated from their wives and husband. A more extraor- dinary feature of the case is that the mother, daughter. and sons all live to- gether in apparent bliss. —In the Court of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, at Toronto, on Tuesday, Chief Justice Hagerty granted a rule ni,si for criminal information against Messrs. McViCkers & McAdams,' publishers of the Sarnia Canadian, for libel on Hon. Alex. Mackenzie, contained in a para- graph aseerting that C. Mackenzie & Co., of Sarnia, were informed of the proposed increase of duty on iron tubing before the Budget speech was made. James Bethune, Q. C., made application on be- half of the Premier. The rule is return- able in term, which will be about the middle of May. —The Paris Transcript says : Mr. F. Anderson, of Blenheim, left Paris last Saturday, on a visit to Australia, to see his Brother Wilham, who wept out there some 25 or 30 years ago. While there he will visit the Australian Exhibition. He gOes by way of San Francisco, and from thence sails by Pacific Mail Steam- er Australia on the 28th inst. For the information of the curious, it may be stated that the total distance from Paris to Sydney, is 10,651 miles, 7,800 of them by water, and 2851 by rail, Time tak- en, 36 days, and costnf single 1st class ticket from Paris all the way through, $323.00. • —Several advantageous sales of real estate have taken place recently, of which we give notice gis follows: Mr. John Watt, Sr., East Oxford, has sold his farm to Mr. John Duncan, of East Zorra, the price obtained was $7,000. The farm is an excellent one of 100 acres. Mr. James Cuthbert, who lives on the 2nd Concession of West Oxford, has sold his farm of 100 acres to Mr. Daniel Guthrie for $7,200. Messrs. Noxon Bros., of Ingersoll and Walkerton, have sold their extensive mill property at the latter plaze on the River Saugeen, to Mr. David Moore, of Walkerton, 'for nearly $60,000. —The Kingsville Reporter says: A ewe, belonging to the flock of Mr. Ho- ratio Scratch, gave birth to a lamb last week which causes some confusion as to whether the pronoun used in speaking of it should be in a plural or the singular number. This strange creature having a single spinal column and body, also pos- sessed two distinct mouths land tongues, and while it had the usual number of front legs there were four perfectly de- veloped hind ones. • Upon dissection the thoracic and abdominal cavities were found to contain two separate systems of viscera, lying side by side, with nothing dividing them. —Mr. John McAlpin, of Ailsa Craig, and John C. McKenzie, W. Johnston, W. Thompson, and Israel Snider, of East Williams, have returned to their respective homes, after remaining a little over a week at their southern destina- tion. These gentlemen started. away with the view of superintending the manufacture of pipe staves in Araknsas, for a Grand Haven firm. Having arriv- ed at their destination, near the border of Texas, they found the timber lands so flooded byaback water from the Mis- sissippi, Red, White and Black rivers, that operations in either staves or tim- ber were totally out o1 the question. —The license inspector atOwen Sound has been diligent in urlutting down the unlicensed groggeries, and as a more than suspected conseq ence, the inspect-- or's dog, a valuable i() astiff, was poison- ed some time last summer. In the fall a $2,000 horse was poisoned. the night be- fore it was to have been sent, as a prize animal, to the Centennial exhibition, and within a week, a stick of stove -wood, loaded with gunpowder was put into the infipector s yard, and, of course, it went into the stove, where it exploded, scattered stove, fire, and hot water about the kitchen. Fortunately there was no person in the room at thetime, else there might have been murder. —The adjourned inquest to enquire into the burning of Slaght's Mill in Woodstock was held last week, when the following verdict was returned: "That we have, from the evidence given regarding the fire of Philander Slaght's steam grist mill, found it destroyed on Saturday, the 3rd, or Sunday, the 4th of Feb., 1877, and from the said evidence the said jurors believe that Philander Slaght was an accessory before the fact to the feloniously setting of the fire and burning of the said mill." Slaght was at once arrested and lodged in gaol, — where he now lies to await his trial at the Assizes in May. The man Manly, , already in gaol, is reported to have said that he would not have burned the mill had it not been for encouragement given him by Slaght. Great excitement has been caused by the verdict rendered. McBain & Patterson, who formerl31 were engaged in the cheese busi- ness in the County of Bruce Ontario, in- tend erecting a cheese factory in the lo- cality of Winnipeg. They will com- mence building operations at once, and the machinery is already ordered and ex- pected to arrive on the opening of navi- gation. The factory will be supplied by fifty cows owned by McBain & Patterson, who will, however, be also prepared to take milk from neighbors. The country offers a good opening for such an indus- try, and there can be no doubt of its success. Perth Items. It took $7,965.034 to run the munici- pal machinery of East Nissouri last year. —Mr. Thos. Ballantyne, M. P. P., left Stratford for England on Thursday of last week. —A respectable farmer of West Nis- souri, wishes to adopt a girl about 8 years of age. • ---If you want a cheap horse go to Mit- chell for him. A horse was sold by auc- tioneer McPhail on the market the other day for $3.75 —Rev. Dr. Kilroy delivered a very in- teresting lecture in Stratford on the even- ing of St. Patrick's Dv, on his recent Continental tour. —Mrs. John Quinn, of Stratford, late- ly deceased, left in her will a bequest of $1,000 to St. Joseph's church. A gener- ous donation truly. —Rev. Mr. Waite, of Waterdown, has accepted the call from St. Andrew's church, Stratford. Mr. Waite has also received a call from Palmerston. —The Listowel Great Western Rail - Way station claims to have had a better run of business during the last two weeks than for eight months 'previously: —Mr. R. Baxter sold 50 acres on the Eighth Concession of Fullerton; for. $4,000, to Mr. E.. Turner, and bought 50 acres from Mr. W. J. Smith, at a little over $3,000. —A young man named Adam Rick was sentenced to six months in the Central Prison bythe Stratford Police magistrate, for obtaining goods to the amount of $24 under false pretences. —It is said there is a man in the town- ship of Hibbert nearly 100 years of age who still retains all Itis faculties, and whose eyesight is so clear that he is able to read the finest print without the aid of glasses. - —On -Monday of last week, Mr. Robt. Jones, Logan, purchased a carload of fat "homed cattle" from J. M. and A. Climie,Listowel, forthe Montrealmarket. The animals weighed from 1,200 to 2,500 pounds each. —A by-law is being submitted to the ratepayers of Mitchell for the purpose of granting a bonus of $15,000 to the A. M. Gibson Manufacturing Company of Bow- manville, to assist them in establishing manufacturing works in the town of Mitchell. —As Rev. R. Hamilton, of Motherwell, was on his way to attend a temperance demonstration, the other evening, in Downie, he met with an accident which resulted in the fracture of one of the small bones of the leg. We understand he is progressing towards recovery. --A young woman named Elizabeth Worden, residing in Downie, committed suicide on Tuesday of last week by hang- ing herself to a rafterin the porch. She -had. always been considered a quiet, steady and respectable girl, and. her fam- ily know of no motive she could have for committing the rash act. • —At a meeting of the patrons of Mr; Aitcheson's cheese factory, Goth am, El ma, recently held, arrangements were made and rules drawn up for the coming season. The prospects of cheese at present are good, considerably better than last year, and both factorymen and patrons look forward to a profitable season's business. —A very sudden death took place at Kinkora recently. Mr. David Hishon, a middle-aged man of • good character and industrious habits was out at a "bee" on Monday of last week, and on Tuesday morning his body was found on the road. -alongside of his sleigh. Apoplexy was the cause of his sudden demise. He leaves a wife and four children to mourn his loss. —A. F. Lustig, butcher, Listowel, a few days ago purchased three head of young cattle from William Burnett, of the township of Elma, one of which, a two year old heifer, weighed 1,160 pounds. Mr. Lustig at the same time purchased from Mr. James Burnett eight head of three year old cattle, which turned the scales at an average of 1,400 pounds each. —Mr. A. W. Dodd, of the Registry Office, St. Marys, has been appointed In- spector for the Fire and Marine Insurance Com- pany. He is about to retire frora St. Marys and take up his residence in. Hamilton. The Journal refers in the highest terms to the sterling, honorable and manly conduct of Mr. Dodd during his residence in the stone town. —About 2 O'clock on Monday night of last week, when the thermometer was several degrees below zero an inhuman wretch named Waters, living on Nile street, Stratford, turned his wife and a young child aged about seven months out of doors. The poor woman was thinly clad, and the baby had but one garment and that a light one, and in her wretched plight she ran to the house of chief con- stable Wilson. —On Wednesday, the 21st inst., 700 acres of timber land in Elma, belonging to the insolvent Davies estate, were sold by the assignee Mr. Sheriff Hossie, at the Hicks House,- Mitchell. One parcel, 200 acres, Lots 28 and 29, Con. 13, brought $2,450; and another 500 acres, Lot 24, Con. 12, and Lots 20, 24, 25 and 27, Con. 13, $6,050. Both were bought by Mr. James Fisher, Stratford. The remainder of the land --1,010 acres—was- not sold. • aa. -