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The Huron Expositor, 1877-09-21, Page 4• TH NEW ADVERTISEAtENTS. thing and Tailoring—W. Campbell. urancee-Wm. N. Watson. Important to the Sick—Dr. IVIcCullough. Farm for Sale—Mrs. McDonald. Cheap Hardwaxe—W. Robertson (t Co. Teeeher Wanted—Robert McMichael. Fifty-Aore Lot for Sale—W. Harrison. Zsfutn'a and Albums—C. W. Papst. MitchelPs Vaster—Northrop &La -man. Mantles, Mantles—John Itogers. New Goods—The Golden Lion. New Dress Goods—Hoffman Brothers. New Fell Goods—Duncan & Duncan Auction Sale of Timber—It. Douglas. Daily Arrivals—Allan Mitchell. Shoemakers Wanted—T. R. Pfaff. Estray Mustard. Groceries—Ciumingham Aikenhead. Girl Wanted—Expositer Office. jun xpoitrit.: SEAFORTH, SEPTEMBER 21, 1877. • The Dunkin Act in the Cbian.ty of Bran t The Duakin Aet has now been in force in the County of Brant for several months, Ever since it came into oper- ation it Was well knowa to- the, people of the County that its protisions were being daily and hourly .violated.; In- temperance, instead of being decreased, was as prevalent, and same say more prevalent, than before the passage of the bydaw. Yet, notwithstanding the linowledge of this fact, the License In- . spector was powerless to enforce the provisions of thel law, as no matter how zealous and &dive he might be, he could not be in. more than one place at a ; time, and his reevements were so well known by the liquor sellers, that when- eeer aia make his appearance on their premises,. they had, in advaaace, carefully removed. all traces of wrong doing, and in his preeence scrupulously observed the hew ; but no sooner was his presence removed frora their prem- ises than the illicit busiuess was again engaged in at fall blast. The people, even those of theta who clamored loud- ly for the passage of the law, declined to give informetion against the viola- tors of it, lest by so doing they should incur the ill will and displeasure of their neighbors and be stigmatized as whisky Intel -Niers and spies. Thus matters went on until vidlations of the la,w became so prevalent and. notorious that it Was clear to all that something must be done to secure its better en- forcement, or it must be abandoned as inoperative andpremature. Accordingly a couple of; strangers, detectives from Toronto, were brought...into the Calm- • te do what the peeple them- selves refused to do, and what the Inspector eould not do, Viz.: procure nnfacient evidence to secure the convic- tion of those violating the law. These detectives were in the county two weeks, and. although absolute strangers, they were enabled to ley complaints against over oue hundred of the liquor dealers for violations of the kw. They gained RA -the information necessary to seetn-e convictions in these came and accord- ingly made their complaints to the po- lice magistrate of Brautford: That functionary sunamoned the first instal- ment of the liquor dealers to appear be- fore him to answer to the charges pre- ferred against them. The two detec- tives were also to appear to give evi- dence. When. the day fur trial camae, however, and when the witnesses Were on their way to co -art, they were way- laid and assaulted by en immense mul- titude ef the citizens., on the public street and in the full light of day. Had they not been rescued they veifild un- deubtedly have been killed. On the af- ternoon of the same day these witnesses were spirited away from Brautfoid, taken to Paris, and shipped back to To- ronto. So ends the proceedings agaiust the liquor dealers. The detectives, af- ter working up their cases, dare not re- main. to give esidence, aud those agaiuet, whom they Iaid complaint will go scot free. Not onl:1- this, but the Chief of Police, in companywith one of the hotel • keepers, assisted the witnesses to es- cape. Thus the IOW of the land. has .been set at defiance, and, the author- ities can not or dare not enforce it.; This is, certainly, a deplorable state of affairs, and is humiliating to every law loving citizen. But why is it that the people of Brantford have rebelled against this law? They are as intelligent, as well educated, and as enlightened iu every sense as are the people of any other city or county in the ;Dominica'. We do not need to seek far fer the an- swer. The fact is that the people of ; that county, in the heat of excitement engendered by impassioned appeals, and. through fear of mierepreseutation, voted ,upon themselves, a kw which they were not prepared: to earry (alt. Tliey iposed upon tliel!eielvez. eacrificee which, when put to_the test, they were not prepared to make. Thus ie that law has been placed. at; defi- ance, and has thereby been bnnight into disrepute. We have frem the first been stronglv convinced that the paseage of the Dun- kin Act is too great a stride to take at one time, and the more we see and hear of its workings where it has been tried, the more firmly is that opinion fixed. In order to make any law effective the great majority of the people• must be educated to see and feel its absolute ne- cessity and justice. That education cannot be secured in Elk day: It is a work of gradual progress, and until it is com.pletede it is absolute folly, if not a very dangerous experiment, to legis- late in advance of it. So cioen as a large majority of the people ca,n be brought to feel that it is as great & ctime to buy and drink a glass of spirits e,ontrary to law as it is to steal a sheep or a cow, then there is a possibility of a prohibitory law being successful, and. not till then. Every person who knows anything of public sentiment, must knowthat a majority of the people have not yet been educated to this point on the temperance question. Too many jump at the conclusion that if a majority of the people can be induced or coerced. into voting for this law that therefore it will be carried out and upheld by, at least; those voting for it. Although this shoullbe the case, actual experi- i ence proves that it is not so. If thosei voting for the law were honest and con- sistent, and Were prepared to put in daily practice what they profess at the polls, then we would say that Where a majority voted favorably to it they were prepared for the change it would bring. 1 Betiwhen e find men voting for the law one da3 and violating its provisions the next, but little faith can be placed in the hone ty of the professions of the hat such has been the case ef instances, few will deny. , ny such cases heve come wn personal knowledge, and men 'will do this, it should. eted that the law will be, and for people to pass a law not prepared to earry out is to subject that law to has been the case in Brant - 1 — 1 majority. in hundred In fact m within our so long as not be exp carried out, that they ar and enforce contempt, a ford. , We believ good citizen sesses to co evils of inte attending th but we do n made temp any more th or religious. .xnaterially it to be the duty of every to use the influence he pos- vince his fellow -men. of the perenee, and. the dangers use of alcoholic stimulants; t believe that men cen be ate by act of Parliament n they can be made moral Law Can be made to id in bringing about the de- sired result, but it can only be use ad- vantageousk , esfter those Whom it is de• sired to ben fit are led to see and ap- preciate an eoncur in the good which it is intendec to bestow. In order, then, to make a p ohibitory law effective, the people rnust be educated. to the belief that it is ab olufely wrong to indulge in alcoholic sti Wants, even to the most limited exte t. So soon as the majority sincerely en ertain this conviction, just so soon wi they' be Prepared to carry out a prohib' ory law, and mot till then. That there ow exists such sentiment antong a ma ority of the people .we not believe, et we do believe that the sentiment gradualry growing in strength, an 1 that with earneet and. persistent la )e): ole. the part of temper- s, the time will come when ill be prepared for a prp- But, to endeavor to force le such a law before they or it, can only ensnit in caude that it is sought tb S.1 ance refoeme the country hibitory • upon the peo are prepared ininey to the edvance. , T e War News. The greate t interest in the .progress of the War In s centered around Plevna, where the Rassians have been ine,aing de.sperate effcrts te retrieve the -failure of their previ us attempt to eapture tlie place. Om u Pasha, however, with au army heavily reinforced,. has so strength- ened the posi ion with field fortificatione that the, task of 'capturing it seems well nigh =poem:lie., A full weele'e' fighting has tesulted in. very trifling advantages to the Russia ts while their losses have been .someth ettormous. The .at- tempt -to tek the plane.by assaillt has proved a cost y failure, and the -Czar's army appears to have settled &Sten to the accompliehment of its perpose by the pr Tess ef a regular siege. ; Meantime, ; lehemet Ali -is pressing the Russian 1-qt•along the line of the jaetra, whiei has been weakened to reinforce the -right operating against Plevua. Will reports have been, cireue lated of Russian defeats at Bide, and other paints ind, the. abandCmment of Timoya. . These , lack confirmatiOn.- The most lik ly presumption ie.thatthe Russian lines have been contracted, in antitipation cf the coming onslaught, and that save •al of their advanced posi- tions have be n ebandoned. N6 _geeat battle has, ho yefer, been. fought, Ond ne position of 'mportance. eurrendeted. Mehemet Ali 's, gathering etren4th for the blow he i 'tends to deliver; and the Russians are aleo ieceiving reinforce- ments to male them to hold. their own whiiethe atteek npon Pleyna, is being maintained,. Reports of he capture 6f impertant peeitions ti e Shipka,•PasSa. and of the Pass itself, be Suleiman 'Pasha, turn out to be entrees Suleiman has.been rein- forced sufficie itly to enable him to re - amine asetu It upon the, defenders of the Pass, but se fer he has not achieged any success. The prestige of the -week's. operations in with the Turks. They have foiled the Russiane in their designs upon Melanie have ferced them to assume .the defensive aloi g the Jantra, encl. have inflicted imm else losses upon the enemy with compars tiveiy trifling loss to theme selves. —There wt s a narrow escape from a soinewhat ceetly accident at Little's, farm, near Pt ris, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Walter )ickson and his brother I ad driven o er a party of ladies and. % ntlenten fron Galt to a pic-nic at the Blue Lake. [ While the luncheon was going on at t e top of the precipice over- lookinethe la, -e, the horses attached to one of the ca iages became frightened and breaking their halters rushed tow- ards the pie ickers who were seated round the clo h. Just as it seemed in- evitable that the now maddened ani- mals would. be in' the middle of 1 group the() 'age came in contact a sapling o.- . end the ' course o horses was s ; verted. to the brow o hill. Swe g jeist on thee very the fore axle fouled another tree, an traneal of o e horse breaking, h away into t e woods, leaving his rade entangl d in what was now o wreck. Bu for the tree the car must have t pplede over the ba have dragged the horses down wi into the lake below, a distance of two hundred feet. News of the Week. the the the edge the ran orta ily iage and h it bout AN OLD MAN.—Owen Farren, aged. 116, •ed. in. Brooklyn, New Jerse , on Pride . [ 1 i A REAnti'D SCOUSGE.—The y llow fever iS repo ed. fearful at Fermin ne, Florida. Everybody js fleeing. A Bio HAUL.—Ja,m,es Stevens ha his Pocket, picke of $4,300 while view • g a procestion a Boston on Monday. Fneheom nen) Hoeion.—Gen. e ant was Presented with the freedo of the burgh of yr, Scotland, on Fr day: ' Come No, oee.e-A leading C nese merchant at en Francisco has s fled. for China. to stop further immigr tion to California. AN oTnEn nounra.—The Long I land Saving's Baas -, N. Y.,. closed at th suit 1.0 a depositor, n Saturday, and a receiver 'has been app inted. • ELOPEMENT.—The New' York World gives the repert that the daughter of Mr: Charles Reicher Hoboken, a mil- lionaire, °lop d. With rb clerk. ' FAILED.— ne of the oldest German banking fir s, . =Maly, Deneufirlle, Mertens & 0 ., of Fra.nkfort, have fail- ed ; liabilitiee; five Ilion marks. CommEne Faux E.—H. D. Br n.d- reth, dealer patent medicines, L'ver- pool, Engle d,' has failed. Li bili - ties, £30,000, chiefly to American c edi tors. - A MODERN EDEN.—Watkilis G1 n, well known stenme resort, is evil ed and managed by Qtrakera, an neither whiskey Dori pianos are ad- reitted. CoNsei"ExcE Sum's:EX.—The S cre- tery of the reasuryl 'at Viashin on, received on s aturd.ay, from New exit, from an un Own person, $7,551 oa- science m ne e I , AN Er en c.—A, Newburg desp tch says diphther a is so ptevelent at elis- bury Mills village, New York S, ate, that both week day tu d Sunday schools are closed there. . e THE CLYDE IIIPTIT:TI DERS.—The lyde shipwrights. Who haye been on s rike for six menthe, have at last agreed tea basis of - arbitration, and will re nine - work immediately. ; Munent julinag.—A. jubilee me flog in connection iwith the Murphy ove- nient, was held. et Roudout, N. Y , on Friday. Thonsands Were present, aud 7 000 signed. the pledge. , 000 immigra, ts left Italy in 187 , of EanonATiox Fenn Rome.—The onT snlate at Ro e reporte that over 90, - Whore only 824 came to the United HURON EXPOSITOR. then jumped off and secured their plun- der. A RUNAWAY MAYOR.—A despatch from Burlington, Iowa, states that Mayor Parsons, of that city, suddenly resigned and. left the -city one day last week. It is stated that there is a; heavy deficit in schooPmeney, of which he was custode ian, and he is charged with being a de- faulter to the Merchants' National Bank of $50,000. Other sufferers are report- ed. His whereabouts is unknown. • Erreesren SisitrooLEn.— Patrick Julian, who has been arrepted in Mas- sachusetts and sent to New York for trial for smuggling rags from Montreal, has been carrying on , an extensive bus- iness' in that line fortlie past six years, and has accumulated a fortune thereby. He lives. on St. Antoine. street, in the Tanneries West, Montreal, where he had a storehouse. It was tailors' wool- len cuttings and woollen yarn that he dealt in, the meterial being used in mak- ing felt hats. - MORMON NEWS.—Solin W. Young, son of the late prophet, takes another wife on September 22. The party in pros-, pect is Tuella, Cobb, step -daughter of the defunct Brigham, and grand-daughe ter of his concubine Augusta L. Cobb, Miss gobb is aged sixteen. John W. Young's wifo, Libby; opposes the seal- ing of the cdmpact. A. division of the children has been made, and Mrs. Young has deserted .her husband and gone to her father at Philadelphia. THE CATTLE PLAGeE:—A cattle plague, thought to be a species of the Telles fevee; has broken out among cattle &retina Cleveland, Ohio. Texas cattle this year are Covered with ticks of two .verieties, the bite of Which is poisonous to, the blood. Many cattle are dying daily. - Several -cases of chil-. dren having been poisoned by drinking of 'infected milk, has already come to _I the notice ef the city physicians. Beef - I is affeeted by the disease, but can be 1easily detected by exiperts. The disease a ' is said to be very infectious. A veter- - States ; over etica, and. ove DEATIC olP 4,300 w,ent to South itn- 2,000 to France. mreoe.r.-e-A. 1.espatch ram nry was ear- uch ad - has ina, ust nd- London, Englt nd, enneunces that H Compton, colkiedia.n, is dead. He born in 1818; anee in Lend adinired S ,Fearien vices, August stricken the nd made his first ap ia 183;7. e was 11 akesperian haracter CLaNA.—HO ,.g Kong 22e.d., say th: famine rovinces of orth C and are also lefflicted., wi the lo plague. The Satsuma, rebellion is ed. The insirgents ; i.irrendered m a body, and. Serko, theiri leader, is a ugi- tive. 1 ; , - ' CAR1 WORM-, Beim n.—iThe Do top and Albany c • shoPs at Spin eld, Mass., were b med hat Friday ni ht, with fifteen fr i.glit ca, s and four leco- motives'. Lo, s, §7o,i00 to 6ioo,poo. Three hundret men are thrown, out of employment. I fty of whona lose t eir chests -of tools . SO FRANK LEs — he !creditors Frank Leslie there ap ointed a cone tee to investie te the condition of property, and the probable future as. It [is be made to; pay t Leslie u possession. Cunene SEv fifty sets of di of riit- hie rof- eyed ;the estate • ca be ie peelers in full, land timatel - enter upon its UnE.—Two hunch•ed and mond • jewellery, 25: , sets of chuech vestnaents, and, other gopds, warth Many th.ousandS of - dollers, Nitere seized by a Cuetom. Houee detectisre on Friday at NON York. The goods had all been .passec by the inspectors as pas- sengers' perem al effects in use. Peenneiuse Punnza; LANns. — ' he iit* special agent o the Land offide at . ()a- ver, Colorado, reporta the seizure of 100,000 [1;aiIroal ties in that State, end the diecovery of several saw mills epees siting . on publ e lands. The agentlhas been directed to replevy alllogs and ;ties found at the _Mils taken from public lands. • ! limes IN T E,CAus.—When the teain on the Illinois sentral Railway arrived at' New York 1 et Saturday evening! an officer arrested -a Catholic priest limited Grogan., who had thrown. from ad car window twe of [the bibles placed. in [the. racks by religicets societies. Grogan ex-, planted that h . did so on 'account of the obscene Sketch s on flY leaveS, and Wee- released.I - Arriutr .11N- AZT DopsiNce.—San Do- ,. . ming° act laces o September 2nd state there is ieneaei iesS_ thiougliout the ;Re- public. ;A. pr chunatibn by Baez has stispended th constitutional Oaten - tees. Promin et merchaats have eel]. imprisoned on susPicion... Baez is ac - cased of- misn tmagement of finamees. .r Ne salaries ha -0 been paid Government employees, although the custom hoeses yield a large revenue. Revolutionary outbreaks aro napendine. 1 H. M..Seneri, Y.:--S4.1110Yi the African explorer has a -rived at the mouth of the Congo, afte • a journey aeross Africa; which has tek n him -Chico :the 15tb of November, am. which _ilie been one ruc- . eession of hard -hips trn d hostilities e ith the natise trib .s. During the [ journey he engaged in 32 betOes with the pele- pie of the intei. 'or, and loet his comi an - der', Francis oceck, wh6 was Swept- ovee thefalls o e rivee :and killed. Derne4evrio_ s Or Tneeurs.—A. lettet from Chester, Pa., says i The fern ers are arined to toted themselves, ft i - lies and1 prop rty froni the villai ous hordes of tram s. The latter also at- tempted. to wr ck trains, end they afee tured a milk ti aim a few mornings go, . robbing it drov r who I happened t be on. board., T e trianns also broke nto an express ca e on Saturday, on the Philadelphia nd Wilmington R ad', after leaving B timore, and threw out large quantitie of express matter, nd mary surgeon who pas treated about 40 - cases seys the synaPtonas with milch cows [are first a, falling off of aboiit half the yield of Milk, then bloody passages of urine, and, in a 'few hours, 'death. He recommends, as a treatment, to wash the animal in a lotion which acts as a disinfectant for the ticks and an antidote for the poiSon. In New York State, also, a number of cows have died within a few days of a disease thought to be infectiousehrought by Texas cat- tle purchased at West Albany by butch- ers and cowdealers. .THE AMERICAN INDIANs.—General Shdriden says there, are now no hostile Indians south of British America, ex- cept Joseph's band. A newspaper at Omaha states that Gen. Crook narrow- ly escaped. being assassinated by Crazy Horse, on the occasion of the recent dis- turbaaace at the Red. Cloud Agency. The General was going to have 4, con- ference with the chieftain, when he was Warned of • the latter's intentions, and turned back. Red Oland, Spotted Tail, Little l3adreen, Man Afraid of his Horses, Nip Water, and. others, ' go to Washington the last of this . Month. Gen. Crook left for the east, Ira. will be in Washington when the: chiefs ar-i rive.—The Sitting Bull Opmniission went West frOm Omaha on -Friday, en, route to Fort Shaw., -whence they go nearly two hundred miles- to Sitting Bull's rendezvous, and will be absent eeyenty to twenty-five days from Fort Shaw.—A camp Grant -despatch says Major Tupperls command killed. forty Indians at Knight Rana.. Perth Items. _ • There are sixteen places driven by :steam in Mitchell. In Seaforth -there are 19. • _ . —Mrs. Mary Ann Bates, nee Keeler, of Mitchell., has secured a divoree from her husband.. • - —The leesee of the Mitchell (hiving park has• threshed 3100 bushels of oats from a patch grown in the centre of the - p ark. • • —Seventy-five excursion tickets were sold at Mitchell station for the Harvest Home exclusion to Toronto, on Tuesday of last weds, . , —A new Pr e yteri an church was form- . ally opened o f Sabbath last at Elms , Centre. Rev; John Lang, M. A., of • 'Dundas, conducted the 'services. —Mr. E. Stiles, of Mitchell, has dis- posed of theproperty in that town which he lately occupiedlaa a carriage works, to Mr. Samuel Crawford, of Logan. —Messrs. Adam and Tlibmas Wiley ihave sold their farm, lot 14,-: concession !2, of Fullarten, for 56,000. The pur- 1 chaser is Mr.• David ituriay, ef Hib- -A peripatetic individual created 1sOme amusement in St. Marys on Mon - :day last week, by driving a team of 1three dogs hitched to la small wagon Ithrough ,one of the principal streets. !The animals Were not very tractable. —J: L, *Kelly, ticket picker. an the Grand Trunk Railway, at \Mitchell, was convicted befere the Mayor4on katurday of an: aggravated. assault upon a Mr. Crawford, c4umercial traveller for Th.orne, Perseus, et; Co., Toronto, and. fined 6'20 and costs. 1 e ---The Mitchell Advocate is respenCi- hie for the following : A certain clergy- man in this town.(Mitchell) lately pray- ed for:the seceess of the Russian army over Turkey. A few Sundays latet an- other clergyman in the *same pulpit prayed that Tnrkey might conquer Russ sia. . —Mr., 'James McPhail, of the late firm of McPhail, Hennicke & Casey-, .carrione works, Mitchell, has assumed full control of this establishment. Mx. McPhail is a first-class mechanic, and the reputation which the firm has se- cured,' will, we are sure, idit be allowed to suffer in hie hands. —AI Mitchell erocer, believing there was Money in Pliims, bought largely the other 'week at 51:25 per bushel, and shipped to Hamilton, expecting te clear a nice little Sum 1)y the transaction. He was badly disappointed, however, foe after paying ext)ense3 they only netted him 50 cts. per bushel, or 621 ceets less than he paid for them. —The eports" of Mitch -ell are hav- ing a grand. time with a mule which a veterinary surgeon has -under his train- ing. Last week the tritiuer gave an exhibition on the market square, when the Mule ran away with five or six strongmen at the end of a rope atta,ch- ed to its bridle bit, kicking and jumping rat every plunge, and apparently enjoy- ing the friendship of his new -made :company. On Friday, Mr. Charles ;Hicks, who is a second; Rarey, got the little brute in front of an old buggy, and 'after seating himself as far from, the 'animal's heels as possible, . gave the • • 4 ' t word " go," end go the animal aia, to be sure. With three bounds he jumped, a ditch and landed his driver and; part Of the buggy ia 4 fence. corner. With the rest of the vehicle he started oVer the commons, and to -say that hisheels went high in the air at eveey step evot41donly half deseribe thefact.! He was! finally brought,to 'a step, be/ tumbling! into a hole, where he was oace more Secured, and. led in triumph laY his trainer to' his stable. - 1 1 I —The garden of Mk. Sheriff Adams, of Shakespeare, was visited_ on Monday night of last week, and. a lotlof vegetables carried off and more tirt up and klestkoy- ed. He had versed hem Very darefully all suramer*for the pi)rpose1Of exhibiting them at the coming shows,. and it is too bad to heve his suram(!3e's labor d stroyed in. a night by a,parcel of vagabo ds that deserve e, touch of th4nine-itaile cat for their trouble. ' i —On Sunday eveniag, the .9 inst., at Vespers, Dr. Kilro delivered in ' the Stratford Catholic Church the first of a series of eight lectur B OU, :pop lar oh- jections to the doctr. es and p actices of the Roman Oathol c Church They Will be continued eac Sunday 'evening • through September and 1.0ctoble The proceeds of the collentions, wil go to beautify' and light ;. the entrance, of St. Joseph's Church, Stratford.' - ' • —Mr. John Montgc;nnery, of ownie, left for Manitoba last week; and intends settling do*n there. He tciok th him all the peraphernalia for a! che se fad - (lir tory—a la, ge vat, press, °tad sinks, steam bqil , &c., ctce The int rest 'of dairying' i a comparatively n w one in the North-weet, but as tie a ttle are said. to be good there and the razing unequalled anywhere, Mr. 11, ontg raery's enterprise Will no doubt be rofi able. ; —Last Week Mr. Alextun er -Thome); son, of the I toWnship !of Elraa, shot 8, large Canadian lynx in a sedamp on the rear of Mr:James.Poriterfield's farm, on. the fourth 1 cOnaeSSiOn. of Elnatt. • The animal stooid considerably °vent vo feet in height, and. was nearly. four feet- in length. ' Mr. Thompsim m6 w.th his lynx.shirewhile hunting ptaltrid es, and put an endlo hiS carnivormis existence -with an 'ounce of small shot. —One evening latel , qui e a r id. waS Made on the turkey y , rds a d o •cha,rds on the 8th ' concessibh of , lin b. Me. Smith lost eleven turlteys, a a r. WA- . son, of the. same line, had four stolett; while several other farmers ha their orchards pretty well ;stripped f . their plums. ' This is the 'second., till°. Mr. Smith has h.ad. fowl taken in this way. He and his wife weee absent Jon the excursion oe probably', the idep edators would not ba,ve succeeded , so *ell in their buSin ss. 1 1 - —The de th of one of the pio eers of Perth, in t e person of Mr. B ze jamin Robinson, f Blanshatd oecurr d last week. De ,eased came froth the county of Antrim, Ireland, a d settled i Blau - shard 27; years ago, d has s en the township pass througl many c limos, from a vast wildernes , with h e and there .a stray log ca, • in, inhabted by some venturesome set ler, aed .1, arded. by the wolves and be s, to one of the best cultivated districts to 'be een- in the Province. He died. at the aee of 56 years, 'lunch respected by all wh knew him. Death was caueed by infleanma- tion of the bowels. . , —The meeting of the connty o Perth prohibitory 'convention was held in the Congregational church at Listo vel oie Tuesday • afternoon last- week. . There were e number of deledsates prese t from the neighborhood, bi t feey fro the southern townships. The - p mcipal (business was to con ider i whe her it would be 'judicious, at the next sitting of the county council, to ask that body to submit the Dunkin, Act tO th elect- ors of the eounty. The opinion. of the convention 'wee thet at the resent juncture, cousidering t iat very i nport- ant amendments have been pron ised to the Dunkin Act, it n ay pi•ofita ly be left in abeyance until ese amendments have been placed upo the statute book. , A series: of resolute]. s WU° )assed, memorializing the Do inionlParl.ament • to have the Act so amended. as to em- body -ell the sequirem nts oil the Elec- method 0. Polling, dar tion Of the poll, 1 tion Act, with regar to , corrnption, p aces o polling, &c. Iintlie evening a 1-1 mass meeting was h ld in. the same place, wheul the chum i was;well, filled. Speeches were delivered by; ReV. J. G. s Scott, Rev: 'Mr. Barker, of :Guelph, and others . An efficient choir sang 'appro- priate pieceS. The c n-yeatiou lay be I said to havelieen a suc ess, and al hough t no steps were taken to have the unkin i Act immediately- subn itted .te t e peo- ple, ti, deternaination n as manife. ted to keep the . matter coustantly bef re the public Mind in- some Lay or othe e until the time CO1;2108 for s unding ti e war trumpet for the onslae ght. ! . 1 i t ease. It measures four feet four inches around one way, and three feet ;five inches around the other wey. This monster for size grows from a frail etem not much thicker than the little finger of amen. —The fall sittings of the Chancery Court opened in the Court House before Hon. Vice Chancellor Blake at 11 tam. on Tuesday. The list of cases compris- ed. eight suit , among which is the ;case of the towns 'p of McKillop vs. S i . --1The appeals against the v ers' lists of the to-wn of Goderich have een filed and number as follows: Co ser- vatives—To be put on, 28 ; struck off, 12 ; corrections, 8. Reforrners—T be put on, 9 ; to be struck off, 6 ; co Teo - tions 1 s —Work is being presecuted with rigor in the Manhattan Salt Shaft, Gode ich, a depth of 51 feet halting been Mt; I. I ed with no sign of the rock further han the presence of huge boulders. G ngs of men are working night and da the shaft. —Mr. D. Paisley's boot and hoe etore in Gorrie, was entered by bur lars one night lest week, and three pa s nf boots stolen therefrom. The bur lars removed a large pane of glaes fro a mfrotnhtawit wnwdoe.v, and effected an entr nee —A young man name George T son of Mr. T. Town, of the Brussels e kilns, while repairing the kiln last at- urday, fell from the ladder on. whia he was standing, and struck his I ead against one of the rungs below. He was badly cut about the head.. —Mr. S. Sloan, of Goderich, has re- turned from Manitoba,. He is not very favorably impressed with the cpuntry, and thinks that those who are do- ing well in Ontario had better -remain where they are, as the chances are they I will not do better in the Northwest Pro- vince. , —On Friday evening -of last week, while Mungo Wallace, jr., of Brussels, was working on Stretton's brick a- ine, owing to a defective ladder, he fell tobthe ground, fully 24 feet, brea one of his arms near the wrist. He will be precluded from working for twci or. three months. —On Wednesday, 12th inst., as r. Jesse Snyder, of Colborne, was return- ing from Goderich, haling occesion to call at Mr. Mpore's shop, he left his team standing outside. The ho ses the "deo ing re - he getting thefr heads entangled M lines started. to run. Mrs. Snyder, was in the wagon at the time, noti the horses starting, jumped out an ceived severe bruises in falling. team ran due north for about two miles, and on being stopped it was found no damage was done. 1 —Messrs. Orork ez ;Barry thres ed. 100 bushels of fall wheat in 55 minutes, on lot 4, concession 16, Stephen. The wheat belonged te 0. Mitchell. They say they could have done it in 40 min- utes had they known that they were be- ing " timed." For Mr [Simon A. jory, lot 22 Thames Road, Usborne, Messrs. 'Keenick. 86 Madge threshed 420 bushels of fall Wheat, of the S ott variety, in: less than five hours. he wheat was grown on ten acres of land. They purpose getting 14, Cl ver thresher. —As Mr. John Forsythe, a gentle an from Harriston, was out hmiting in he vicinity of Lakelet, in the towashi of Howick, on Tuesday of last week he - came very near being ldlled. 'He en running after some game, when he t ip- ped and fell, the gun exploding 'es •-th the point of the barrel in a little pu dle of water. The explosion hex -St the ar- rel, ancl a piece of it flew within an inch of Mr. Forsythe's head, so near that it touched the rim of his hat, and buried itself in a tree close by. 'It Was a providential esca,pe. i . --The Wingham Times of last wsek says ' ,U. Harwtiod, Esq., Who has b :en station Mester at .Winghtun eyer si ce the railway has been. in operatiOn, nas resigned and removed tO Hen:eel', ithere he hae gone into' the mercantile besi- nese. • 'As a station 'master, - few men could. be more- respected. than. was Arr, Harwood by those with whom he was broughtin daily centaAt, and it fact by all who[ knew him. In paatIng with him, the rail -Way company -have lost 0, ood and most trustwortheeservant. We hope his new occupation will prove a financial succese. His SUOceSsori at the tation is Mr.. Geo. E. EVaUS, il) gentle- man from the Air Line. • , , . —A little girl, eleven :years oldavery iehtly clad and barefooted applied. at 1 e jail et Goderich on Wednesday fore- men. to be perinitted to see her father; George.May, from Exeter, evho Was serving a term of one•month for abusing his wife. She was admitted.. at once, and the ,father's sUrpriSe and pleaSnre were genuine, the mere So when, he learned that the little' lone had walked he greater portion of the :way on foot.' The g,irl; left her home in Exeter on he 1 -a-eviouS Monday eveliling,, and wal ed. along the track, towarde Clinton mit 1 it got dark, when she lay down in he • ' feru.rois. Notes. - •Fordevich now boaets of a t enuine brt-is band, with Mr. Ilanearth as the leader. —Mr Pearce station master ;it Gerrie grass by the way andedept until morn- - • ' and Wroxeter station, has been i:emc)v- ed to Tees -Oaten . . —The:last of the dredges einpiliyed at the GoderiCh harbor, was removed. t6 - —Mr. J. .Westcott, of U-Sbor'Jo, lest: Detroit last week. bushels of. Week drew into Exeter 100. wheat at one load. —From one bushel and th oats sowie Mr. John McColl. ris, reaped 75 bushels. • - —A few 'days ago, an ITSborue far- very uSeird and proved hereelf a bri fht mer offered for sale in the I seta]: mar- intelligent little one. pp. Thursday he mother -arrived and took the el lel, ket 1,000 bushels of fail wh at. ; much against her .wish, home again. —Mr. Rogers, ‘f mane ly Of the Toronto chair in the • sanctum of the Goclerich MiTskSoPke:ki, .Ain,0a7t.ttlei National,' has assum d t ie editorial Star. raised toinatoes whi , thus alludes to th.e visit bf Mr. J-. —Mr. Hugh •A.lcdartne Brucefield cheese fact peund each. He mus with sweet milk. ree pecks of ell, of Mor - Mg. The journey was resumed early on Tuesday, and nia[intained. until .the vicinity of Clinton was reached late . in the evening. During the day -she bad, nothing to eat but beech nuts which she gathered in the woods, but she as taken niSby a kindly farmer's wife in the evening, kept over night and• or - warded to her destination next meriting in a buggy. She was kept for a eliort time in the jail, where she made licalself -, of the 1-y, h s tlis• year h w igh ver a hal,. feel thein , 1 —Mr. "oli.n. N. Wright le a eon 1 ' farm, lot 2, concession 2, Grey, to Mr. James JelinCton, of Morris;:: for .53,200. The far1n .1cent:this 100 aeres, 35 of which are cleared. —Mr, PACelly has comMence.d the erection 101. a brick store in Blyth. The building is to be two .3tories, and 25x60 feet. °ft is to be occu. lee y- r. Thos. King, of Carronbrook. ,-• . . —Mr. • jolin Fisher's sale :of village and, park lots at Winghana last week, Was very successfuh The lois adjoined the corporation. Acre lot4 averaged 5100 each, end park lots were:eold. at an averane of 550 per acre. ' . —There is growing in an,' orcherd in 4 Centralia a puff ball, Whie, is jot en- ormous proportions. It is s ''d to resem- ble a newly shorn sheep rep *nine at its iar R. Miller and Mr. S. P. Halls to that ec- toy this summes " J. R. Miller, E en, Public- School Inspector for the Co ty of Huron, whose talents are evide tly well appreCiated by :the Educati Department of our country, having]) en appointed. to - organize, remodel. end stimulate educational matters in ;Jur district, has lately paid us a visit. le has, we are happy to say, most therou glee ly tied efficiently performed. the (lilies which the Government laid. upon hem. Arrie-ing in olu• midst on Saturday, the 18th illt„'he started on the 20th on his tour of inspection, accompanied.- by Mr. S. P. Halls, of the Goclerieh High School: , Travelling through the town- ships of Foley, Humphrey, Monte th, Spence, Ryerson, Croft, Hagerm n, McKellar, Fergusson, and. .Oarling, he returned to • McDougall, where he finished his arduous and toilsome la, ors by examining the school of Parry So nd village." The report proceeds with he business of the examination, andfurt er on alludes to a meeting of the Teach rs' 8.EPTENTHER 21, 1877. Institute of the section, at which been. the above gentlemen delivered lectures on various educational topies, ana the evening at a conversazione isfee Miller " sketched briefly. and ably the educational system. of Canada," . —On.Thursday, of last week a coupe of Highlanders, in costurne, stopped off at Clinton. on their way heme free? Luelenow[, where the Caledonian: games hed been.lheld, and on the return to the station, favored the townspeople with a bag -pipe performance. Several fel:hales neticine plena, remarked., " Ugh! the nasty wS; see their bare legs," a re_ mark th t eansed the Scotchnien to laugh as °artily 'as the by-standers. 1 ---One day last week a young man named F rgusone employed as brakes - man on he Great Western Railwa I met with a painful aecident at Blyth station. While engaged in. eoupling the ears ime pectedly. came together, and. hd was e ght between the draw -heeds, being str ck on the right breast, but fortimate y withott further injury than a severe] me He woe brought to Clin._ ton, wheee he now remains, nt•t yet being ODIC to proceed to London, liie Bil°i—nrag0eh.nam, of Thillett, had a very narrow SatUrday evening lest Mr. W. escape froM. What might have been. Safe - tel. accident. !While passing along a street in linten, he gave his horse a smart cut with his whip, which catised the aniin tce spring suddenly forward, throwing reBingha-ro. out onthe shafts -where he eclmed. with his arms across them, when the horse broke into a gale lop, ahd *mild soon have " smashed. things generally" had not Mr. Paisley, who was 4oming up street, sprang out and. grabbed. the animal by the head, pluckily holding on, although dragged_ several yalrds. ;Mr. Bingham was re- leaeed froria. his perilous position with- out ae4 Mjury havin,g been. inflicted' on him. 1 —1The limit crop aeound Fordwieh, township Of Howick; surpasses any- thing ever seen in the township; con- eequently, plums, apples, 86c., are Sell- ing. at remarkably low prices. A good joke is told of a man living near the afo esaid Village. ; It appears his' or - eh ills not very extensive. But he ha one tree well leaded, but not as he tlh co sidered sufficient for his use. An - ether nei leer had a large quantity, a,n he co ceined the idea that stealing -,wo; id be cheaper than buying. . He - broached the subject to another neigh - boa to accompany' him and share the phinder. This viaS readily acceded to, aad the night andiplace of meeting ar- ranged., 'The night arrived, and. the premotOr df the scheme was on hand at the appointed plade, but the accomplice did not appear. After waiting some tinie, he concluded. to go alone. He succeeded :very well, and_ felt quite jubilant oVer his Success, but judge of his indignation when upon going out in the morninge he found hispioumwn lterftee. stripped clean, not a single He, at once smelt a mouse, but dare not make a fuss, as the neighbor, who he had confided in, had. let out the joke, and. now all you have to do to see a, mad. man is to shout out " plums" at, • him.. 1 . . . News From Manitoba,. nesse tae ,)VinnieegI, FREE PRE§Sot Seen. 8.) Iltisit lwas made to the Provincial penitentiary on Monday, by Hon. Messrs. Mills andi Pelletier. rete of taxes for the city of Winnipeg *as strUck at last Monday's meeting of the Catincil—li cents on the dollar. , . +It can't be sugh dull times here as seine people repreent. One firm col- lected. cash to the itmount of '51,200 ins few hours the Other day around town. --LThe h rvest ie entirely completed ,everal 1 calitiee, The uninterrupt- ed line wea, her of the, past two weeks haS, been ost fay table, and the crops haye been athere in excellent condi- to so far. , The inaphtner for the Rockwood steam flouring mill recently arrived from Goldie ch's foundry, Galt, Ont., having only I eon sixteen days en route. 0. ReeTack 031 & Co., expect to have the mill, which has two run of stones, and' will coi'st about 57,000, run- ning about the firs1b of Nov4mber next. —As an indication of what kind of 8, trade is dette by- Vinnipeg merchants we note the transactions of one house lately who ehippe off eight cart loads on ;Saturday, eleeen on. Monday, and haVe fifty more to ship within the next few- days. The iteps of one order for worldng car ips were such as 5,000 poueds of bacon, 8 barrele of &led apples, 6 barkels of si gar, 6 hests of tea, 20 bush- els of beane, 200 p unds of currants, 200 pounds of r -cc, etc , etc. INSmessamassammee,..a History f he Clawson or heat, e a In the ye tr 867 ;Garret . Clawson, in paesing ,oye • a wh at stubble then late-. ly harveste -en his foam in the town of - lIettor, 8 huyler Comity, N, y., ob- seryed soni heads of uncommonly. fine appearance max tl e roots of -.a stump. Theovhea that ad ' been harvested waS,inixe("4 and ha. neaely all the then comrPon verieties f winter!wheat rais- ed thereabouts, Jr. ClawSon selected the:finest wimples ef. these uneseninenly fine ' heads of [ -syleat„-• and; sowed' the grain, and. he nex yeaf found that he haa A,. distinct varietiee.:. ' Selecting th.e, most; pi oinisine of the two, he sowed it •the next ear, alel continued. its ;melte . 1.1 vation. T :us . 'originated this now fa- . motes varie y of wh.eat. , • In the fa. 4f 1[871; Mr. JOhnston, of Ovid, Sene •a geau ty, sent me a saniple. of this whe t, and gave -me a short his-• tory of its -olrigin, yield, &c, This Sara- plesst'ras so exeallent that .at harvest, in 187.}.?;, I went to! the town of Hector end. te the farm On Whial this wheat orig- inated, and frOm Mr. Clawson learned its history: I found that- this kind of evheat had Witlastoed the bad weather, . better than any other variety, I pub- lished an acicount ef my visit. being care- ful .i.ot. to say iinir -1 in favor if this neev wheat than I felt canfident would be found te be true o trial. I eaid: ' "The 'Claweon wheat is; red. chaff, bald, (without bee d or awn) white ker- nel, very la..ge an plump ; 'stiff at bot- tom, and -ofi Medi heif4lit ; heads turn down befor ripen' g; matures as early as the Me literra ean ; not subject to rust ; ,eta els the evinter well, and because ' of the arge heads having.. many and large kernels, is a large - . yielder." The only error I fell into in my de- ) ecription t en give , wan in regard to this wheat 'ot shelling 'in harvest. It does shell, f allowed eto become very ripe befor cutt4g, and .this is , the SEPTEMBER. 21, 1877. :only thing that -can be justly s that is not in favor of this kind wheat. In the fall of 1872 several pieces land in this vicinitY were sown wi ...Clawson wheat, and from that time t now it has been growing in favor her and very little of any otherwinter whe is now sown in Onondaga County._ Poor land it is the best yielder, and very rid,. land is the safest variety sew. We have tried it in -winters little snow, and in the last winter, di. ninguishedfor deep and continuoussn ' and. we are now threshing, and thus la;ave not heard. of a field that does n nive from 25 to 85 _bushels, and I e _se pea to have satisfactoxy proof, befo Jong, of 50 bushels beingraisedthisye -on one acre. Last year an attempt to discredit t kind of wheat for making good. flou was made at Detroit, and Michigan fa mers Were Very much alarmed abet th.e time of sowing wheat. Letters wer written to me, and much interest take in the question among wheat raise and millers. Letters are now eolnin in upon me making like inquiries. M .answer is, that in Sea-acuse, Claws° wheat it quoted as high as Deih Wicks or Treadwell, and certainly th Syracuse millers have ground this whe long enough, and in sufficient:queue ties, to know its real value for maki flour. To close this matter, and an ewer at onee all inquiriee, I add to th• foregoing that being a grower of whea for more than twenty years, On O. best 'wheat lands, and having raise many varieties, I consider the Claws° the very best of them ail, taking eve -thing into consideration.—Countre Gfn tlentan.. • Cheese Pair, At the Westem Ontatio Dairy Faii held. at Stratford on. Wednesday ks the following prizes were awarded: Cheese—Class A, 6; July, Augustan September -1st David Morton, Rath 575 ; 2d A, Aitcheson, Gotham, §..:5o Sd F. C. Austice, Springfield, n25; 41 V. Kertclaer, Milverton, $10; 5th. Joh Avonbank; $5; th Ague Thornclale, ; 7th Alex.' McKenei Avondale, 65 ; 8th james- S. Shantz Pliillipsburg, 65 ; 9th R. Fa,cey, Har rietsville, 5„5. Class B, 2, (colored), August cheek lst D. Chalmers, Musseiburg, $25; 2 Wm. Agur, Thorndale, 510 ; 3d W. Cole Sarnia, $5. Class 0, 2, (white), August theese lst Jacob Kastner, Kastnerville, 625 2d. Kertcher, Vilverton, 510; 8 David Morton, Bathe, $5. Class D, '2—cheese any date—ls Alex. McKenzie, 620; 2d, A. Aitcheson Gotham, 610; 311 John Morrison Newry, 65. Class E (Stilton),—No Stilton chees shown. Class F 5—Loaf or Truckle eheese let T. Tapp, Bodgerville, _620 ; 2d Geo Hamilton, Cromarty,:610. Class G—Three dairy theese—ls N.• Ballantyne, Blanshard, 2n John Calder, Bathe, $10; Srd Itche, eon, 65. Class P—Special, by A. Coulton ant T. Tapp. -- Butter, class H-2 firkins, 50 lbs.—ls prize, 550, Henry Zimmerman, Downie 2d 525, Henry Shadwick, East Zorra Sd 610, Alexander .McTavish, Nort Easthope. Class I—crock butter, 50 lbs. -1s prize 620, J. Meleurg, Lobo ; 2d-510 Robert Hamilton, North Easthope; 3 $5, Mes. George Dix, Stratford. Class K—basket butter--lst Prize Sts20 mrs. Geo. Wood, Downie; 2d 610, NV McPherson, Carmunnock; Srd, J McLurg, Lobo.. —The Dinak-in Act by-law has beei tarried. in the county of Brtiee by a ma jority of over 1,000. There was a yen, small vote polled. —John MeCreight, a wealthy an very respectable farmer, living in tle, township of Brock, near Wick station, left his own house during Tuesday nigh or Wednesday morning. When the famay got up on Wednesday mornine he Was missing, when the alarm was immediately given, and it. caused. grea excitement throughout the wlerle neigh, borhood. Over 200 persons have been on the search for him daily ever since: He 'was found. in the Nonguon River about seven miles feints his residence. by tWO 313.4211 from Port Perry, who were <leek shooting. McCreight is supposed to have been insane, —The sketch plan of a grand menu-- me/A in Montreal to thennemory of the late Themes Lett Hackettis completed.; It will cost as designed about 55.000., It is to be forty-five feet high, on a base: of twelve feet. The monument isAo be: of Ohio stone. The base will hest! two buttresses and a deeply recessed panel• with a figure and an open Bible with; the inscription, " Thomas Lett Hackett, Shot in Victoria Square," and above -.a: richly -carved pediment with the words, 'July 12th, 1877." Oyee this rises an octagonal shaft, seventeen feet high, supporting a canopy and cross. On- . each side will he polished. granite- col- Unaile A CJIAIIM1Ns; PROSPECT.—AbOnt take a country seat Pessible tenant.- " There isn't nmeh of a view.'" Lad.. ked---" Not much of a view? Why, from the front windows you look right : out on the railroad station? Possible - tenant--" I know, but that is not a par- , • tic -alai -1y pleasant prospect." Landlord .1.sn't it. Why, von See all the peo- pie running to catch the ears and Miss- ing them. Not pleasant, indeed - Siren& Paper. Valuable Farm. John ArcI)ougall, pro- prietor ; J. P.13rine, auctioneer. Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 13nicefield, F.d;13,:. liaseitItit,olunii)(81.0,1.27e.s. lowsT11,1:unrd na5'enlit}c3.Ki1J1:Kn fillJrilaes, te7;(1a1;riactil(t;i1.1;.Plle'." 331,:ai teu, iaelu:cetei,:neeperte. niber 29, on, LA 8, co, . 13pririenteo,r:ill.t lii:I. jelt,a;lie, aneti‘meer. Ine0e1111.1:s3: liec(1)):hillii (114i niga Ir(1;,1;rt:)iperki eat_r(111.1;i 1111.'114:-. Implenielits: liezelciali Andrews, i)n ;. L. R. S., Tuckersinith, Faxen Steck. ;nisi SKIENE4=11=2:13=311ESZIESICISESSOSIOM ay, Sept 24, on Lot 42, Con. 2 en lot 15. 1.1 3 rn8 t Fe ea liab fe,nrry"bite,elabti tl NiaNterii::F):ril 8414:10.e 1,111a. i I it, ?s,1•1:1,:vp:tt(1.111.28:1:1-ed.. I it fb 1:t 3:41311r:1' 12:4- noulek, at Fordwich, tin Oct. 2. Eay, slit Zurich, Oct. 9 and 10, W'oinbbertth 11,uart,.)snta, afftati:;akfit).rt8h, ()ct. 4 an 5. Stanley, at Bayil Id, Oct. B. Grey, at Bru%st•Is, Oct. 11 and 12. East Huron, at "Wro!‘ t: r, Oct. .2 and 3. East Wawanush, at BekraTe, on Friday, Oct. U.