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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-10-19, Page 14THE ,aaaagaaaat Marketing Produce. uxnineriS genet the harvest is pretty enutth past, and now the question with ienmers is, How shall we best dispose of our abundant products? It is one thing _ toilette goad crops, and quite another to sell them to the best advantage. ere are more good. farmers than pod en and we are persuade& that one guest'secret of successin agiaulture is the art of buying and selling to ad- age. In the first place, we must be traderstood as recommending every farmer should be his own apt and dispense altogether with maiddleet in buying and selling. This lathe aoetrine of some Grangers, but in otiee it has seldom worked well. e art of ttgrieultare is quite distinot *one that of merchandise. Some =en are born merchants, and tothers— and a far more numerous class—a,re born agrierattretists, and it is not worth *hale to spoil a good farmer by making or trying to make him into a neer-chant. The management of few co-operative storeshas been successful, even when a merchant has been -hired as agent. Later has too often been hampered s employers, and has not acted ac- - cording to his own more enlightened, owl therefore better, tudgrnent. Mere - over, being sinaply an agent, he has not felt the undivided responsibility he otherwise would, and has not acted, perhapa -unconsciously, with the vigi- lance which a sense of personal interest inspires. "Every man to his trade" is good maxirrt, but this does not imply that we should be know-nothings out- side of our own. pealing. We certainly ought to knew enough about other trades to do ourselves j.ustice. Merchants are sharp -sighted and keen -scented. They see the -very shadow of a rising market, and Knell the faintest taint of a falling one, and if the farmer is notposted.they -will take advantage of his ignorance. We do not mean to insinuate that, as a class, they are not honest and honor- - able, but it is one of the tricks of their trade to feel the pulse of the market and act accordingly. It is not necessary -that the faurner should be in telegraphic eommunication with the centres of -trade, but he should study the condition a the market before he contracts his produce. Another suggestion is that the time to sell is when the product is first ready for sale, provided. -the market price in- sures a reasonable profit. Most kinds .of farm produce are perishable, and it is better to run no risk of deterioration -than to wait the uncertainty of en- Teenced value. The merchant discounts the future -with more preeision than the average farmer, and it is better to let him manipulate the product and run all risks, for he has greater facilities to dispose of it. Sorae farmers not only keep their own produce for a rise, but they buy a their neighbors. on specula, tion. If they have mercantile talent they raa,y succeed, but it is risky busi- ness, and the average farmer had better leave all and' speculations to the regu- larly hem and bred merchant. More failures of farmers have beenoccasioned by this than by any other cause: A -farmer confining himself to his legiti- nate business ought never to fail, and seldom does; but a merchant that never - fails is tit° exception. Some kinds of produce, as wool and cheese, keep well, and even improve by age—cheese certainly does in the esti- mation of thoroughbred cheese -eaters— • tut we doubt the expediency of keeping these articles on the farm after they are ready for the market. Farmers seldom keep stick things insured, and there is - • greater or Iess risk from fire. Trainps —two -legged and four-legged—are con- stantly prowling around, like Satan, seeking what they can devour. Moths • damage the wool, and.mould the cheese, unless perpettud vigilance prevent. The „interest of the money also is lost, and the interest account rues up faster than most farmers are aware. We have known a farmer to keep his wool till he had five clips on hand, and then to sell the whole per pound for about half what he had been offered for the first clip. Here was a great loss of interest as well as prificipal. A single case like this does not esteblitth a general principle, , bat this is only one of many that have come under our obsenettion. 1 Another suggestion is to sell iu large quantities. The scattering of a few ; pound e of hutter here and e few there, / and a few buthels of potatoes iu one , place and a few leant -Alter, canes much -waste of time and horse -power, to say nothing of the seller's patience. The peddlers of milk and other faun pro- duce, though they retail for a much ; higher price than the farmer wholesales, seldom get rich. There is too much expense about this peddling business, too much time occupied, and. too much tear and wear of teams and vehicles. • In this scattering of produce also there is a multitude of little debts, the collec- tion ef which coats eleaeleather. Melly of them never can be collected, fur a, little debt slips through the creditor's lingers where a large (ere is grasped and retained. The money, if collected, • comet in such little driblets that it is not iippreciated, is not put " ticking,- • but is left in the pocket, where it bowl fincle -a way of escape. Sal at home rather than abroad. The hutuding of home customer:, we know, thet of distant ()nee is more deubtful. Transportatitu is no small item hi marketiug produce. Thanks to the• eicilroads it is much less than it used to be. We eau remember when grain, • pork, ci:c.,were Cadet" from this vieinitt- te a market 140 milee distant. Such marketing wtte expensive and risky. But .railroads (10 not carry freight for • nothing, and though the distant market may offer higher prices, the chances are that when we get there we may not flail the buyers so eager as reverted. . Very likely they will take advantage of . our distauce from home, and say. as they did in the days ot Solomon, " It it, naught, it is naught." The distant setter is too much at the mercy of his • Gus -teeter. Then again., the pernmal expenses of the producer who sells his nr produce abroad is at to eat hp all ad- t ditional profit. Sumo men havea fancy hr going to market; they lovb to see ; the city, arid so make the selling of 100 pounds of butter an excuse for travelling 100 miles. Such men seldom accumu- • late propertaa We have know n several •farms absorbed by railroads, or, as it • avas expressed to us recently, speakiug a one of these travelling farmers, "He • lias rode his farm out of town." Patron.- • ize the home market, and the farm will I be in less danger of being rode away. If necessary or more profitable to sell I among the city aharpers, let it be done .in quantity sufficient to pay the addition- al expenses and by one whose eye-teeth have been ,eut. Last but not least, so sell tha your customer will wish to continue.hs pur- chases. The true principle in iuying and selling is that the buyer and seller shall be mutually,benefitted. A has produce to sell and R has mo ey to purchase it; A wants B's money and B wants A's produce, but neither wints an article that is below per. Shard produce is no better- than depr dated currency. If there is any. .depre iation about either, it should be fairly mder- stood, and due allowance made there*. A then gets what he wanted more then produce, and B gets what he wanted more than money, and both are satis- fied, nay more, are benefitted. Honesty is always the best policy in the long run. The sharp seller may gain a tem- porary advantage by deception, but in the end he loses. It is a great tempta- tion to put the best apples at the top of the barrel, and the best benies t the top of the basket, but the tem tation should be resisted. Another mo e Ire- qnent mistake of farmers, axis s g we are peesuaded from carelessness rather than dishonesty, is to mingle goo and bad produce. One rothen. pots. o and one wormy apple in a barrel will dam- age the sale of the whole. Som: stale balls of butter maybe put in car lessly at the bottom of the tub, but th y are sure to be discovered, and if rep sal is not demanded, the character f the butter-makeris depredated, and char- acter is worth more than capi al in. .trade. an produce should be sorted more than it is wont to be. The high- grade butter, wool, &c., will often bring more by itself than a proraiscuou lot of twice the amount. Merohants mder- stand this better than farmers d and often sort the produce they take ii, and find great profit hi sodoing. Thi profit belongs legitimately to the forme false impression has been m de in some quarters of late years abou mid- dlemen. These are a great acc mo- da,tion to both producer and con timer. The comforts of life are multiplie and eheapened indefinitely by them. The producers, the middlemen, and t e con- sumers have a common ;hateres , and the sooner they understand this a d act accordingly the better for the vhole. As it has been truly expressed y an- other, " God. has so linked us torte her in this vendetta' chain of being th t an injury done to orte man is an inj to the race, and sooner or later the race must pay the penalty of. the viblated law." Mismaaa,geraent of Horses. "Yes," said the Deacon in a rofes- sional tone, "indigestion is a tnuch more prevalent complaint among horses than is generally supposed. It is the near or remote cause of many s mita and fatal diseases. It arises -a all from overwork, injudicious and iregij lar feeding, poor grooming,and ili4rent Iated stable. Sometimes it arisesi fro over-feedina and letting the horses tand idle in the stable for several days at time, and then over-working. A win- ter's or summer's run in a barn -y rd. or. pasture would be the best remedy. Mit if he cannot be spared, feed ligt t on in -the -haus food, and work moder telt. Give him eut-feed,that he can eat rapidly, and then let hien rest as _long as possible after eating, Give him nothing but cut -feed, and when he has enough of it, if any is left, remove it from the manger. • When he become - accustomed to this treatinent he wi I eat what he wants, -and. thee lie do -w • and rest, or at any rate will not be in easily looking for more food_ till th next regular feeding time. Tierhire with a bushel Of cat hay, two quarts of oat meet, and two quarts of bran, well moistened -witli boiling water, and ate lowed to stand from one feeding time till the next. Feed him three times e, day. If he eats it up clean, all right ; it is not too much for an ordinary -sized horse; if he is a very large hor e, he may be able -to eat more, Let him have all that lie will eat up olean, bt t nit more. Give Min a tablespoonful o salt every day. Water the first tlih g the moniing—all he will drink ; gitei him water before or after every nettb tiocan thoroughly. Let liun hoe au entire day's rest at least once a week; and occasionally let him have two days -in SUCCOSSiOli of entire rest from all work. Never put him to hard work immediately after eating ; this is a very sesontia1 pomut. - AIways tako off the harness -when he is put in the stable and rub him down and make him eorn- foe:table before giving him food. "To which I would add," said the Deacon, e be careful to blanket hiin when he has to stand out of doors ,after Work. You may say this horse ditch of .clyspepsia, or colic, or ruptured stomach, or inflammation of the kidneys, or bats, or what not, but in my opinion h diedl from being allowed to stand. On th fair ground clueing a cold storm of rah and wind, without- blaultet."—li Talks .Wilh the Deacon. Taste in Farm Arracigera nts, It is not true-, as we have heard -ome farmers waintaite that a cultured taste tends to 'weakness and effemi lacy. There is a golden mean in all tt lugs. While a rough exterior may tend to rust and rottenness; polish may be ca hied so far as to cause weakness ; bu this 1 only prove rt that a certain amou t of polish conduces to strength and artr.:1 ability. 'Just this tunuunt, au no more, we desire to see itt both far llerS and farmers* homes.; and. we are (edit! dent that, taking our rural popul :thou I as a whole, the error is on the sic e of too little tosthetic culture, espe ially &mow men. The women—God dess them—are - always foremost • in all that tends to refine and elevate hu- manity. So much for general principles gestems whereby the homes of far can be made more attractive, more fortable, and every way more valu without adding materially to th pense. In the first place, locate house where there is a pleasant look. We recently visited the leo a well-to-do mountain farmer, surro ed by his thousand acres and be flocks and herds, and, best of all, bevy of bright children., but his h is located where the outlook from 1 the dining -room is directly upon the am and barn: -ard, with no extended and. pleasant -view in any direction, and his, too, though Within 30 or 40 rods t ere is a site commanding ono of the iost magnificent views in the country. - We asked him why he did not build his house where he could fast hisy -we wish now to make some practical sug- ners ; the ie of of mat his . by USO: r every moment with that beautiful pros, peat. - i • • I 1_ ' "Oh," was his reply, 4i I wished to be near ray .ban, and., besides, thiS land is . too good to be covered with buildings." I , I . It was a DiC13 mewing -lot, with a • beautiftil grove in. the, rewrite break the! force of the bleak winds, but we could not see the "toe good" for 01 house. All the surroundings of one friend show- ed -that he lacked testhetic culture. The front yard was evidently a trysting- place for his cows, and we Jiad to tread with care fig fear of soiling our shoes. With a little more teste he might make a delightful home foe his -family, / A few trees arounthe house add not only to the beauty o , a conntry home, but to its conafort, healtlifulneis, and intrinsic vatue. We do net like to see a heiese hidden eationg trees so as to shutout sunshine and landscape; but a cluster of pines here and there, andt scattered elms end ma,ples in every • direction, give a ohagra to a place which/ every man of taste—certainly every purcha,ser—appreciates. A few dollars well in -Vested in tre4, will add a thous- and dollars in value to almost every farm -house. In, planting trees take special pains to hide deformities, and leave an outlook en everythingplea,sant. Plant white pines on theuwindward side of the buildings. I They not only purify; 'the air, straining outall bad. odors and raiasm, but send forth a healthful bal- samic influence, 'an4 save: much fuel. The pine is one of the most graceful of trees, and being an evergreen, "cheats winter of its gloom," as Irving expresses it. • The elm, however, is king among trees. One majestie elm . gives more beauty to a place than a dozen scrubs of any other variety.' 11 • , i r We are often , as ed what, style of fence is best to put i front of a house. We have but one 84 wer to this ques- tion—don't waste yo money on front : fences, The farm -house which once filled our eye ,a,' 5. a, 'model, and which was exhibited to an English nobleman . as a specimen of thehomes of Yankee : tarmere, had no front -yard fence, and on the large, opext green in front of the house stood • half a dozen majestic elms. We regret to, add that the beauty of this old place has peen much. marred ,of late by inclosing the front lawn with a fence. . - I 1 A word or two td the ladies, who, however, need: little exhortation on the subject of resthetic culture' as they gen- erally go as far in this direction as their lords will allow. At the farm -house of our mountain frieed. to -Which we have alluded, we were struck with the con- trast between the ., inside end outside appearance of the premises. Outside, rough and rade, even to the stone steps that led into the Imuse, which were thrown together so cebblingly that 'we should take out a policy in the Accident Insurance Company if we 'made daily ingress Into that house. Inside, neat as honey-corab ; floor carpeted.; centre - table coverecl with lieoks, photographs, and stereoscopic views; walls. hung with simple but tasteful engravings— in short, everything, . the lady of the house included, gave evidence of otilture. , ; • We ap not suppose that every far- mer's wife can afford pictures for her wells; but every one can gather the beautiful leaves -Which at this season of the year are strewn about our , fields 'thicker than grasshoppers in Nebraulta, aed which pressed, dried, and arranged make an ornament for the wall which no peinter can equal. The fern.s also are as beautiful and graceful aa beauty and grace can make them, and arranged about the rooms of the house, give the premises a look of culture which a city lady might well envy. A few bitter sweet berries scattered among the ferns add beauty to that which before was exquisitely beautiful. Wreaths for the windows, naihrors turd pictures—if there are any of the letter—can balite& from ground -pine. The grains and grasses make the best of bouquets for the flow- er pots of the feian-house, as they edu- cate while they beautify. Let -one pot be filled. with timothy, another with orchard grass, and so on, and the chil- dren will soon learn the vaadous grasses of which their _fathers are often too ignorant. Above all; let neatness be manifest insideend outside of the louse. Miss Sedgwick clasees neatness. among the minor morals, but it acts a major part in contributing to the com- fort of home. Next to charity, the great- est of all, we rank neatness as the virtue of the farmer's wife. . , • Canada Thistles. : I once had this pest in My gerden, and I was told that by -cutting them off with a hoe as fast as they appeared they would die before fall, as no plant can live long by such treatment, Well, they were so cut off from springtill fall, and. the next year they appeered as be- fore, and they are probebly ii tb.e sam.e • garden yet, which place sold twenty years wee At the same time I had a field that was covered with ; thistles, which was mowed several years, and the most of the thietles disappeared. The theory was, among the farmers of the vicinity, that when thistlee are out off near the ground at at certain stage of their growth, and: a ramn. emirs soon • after, filling their hollow Stalks with water, it kills thein; and this appears to be true. Ordinary plowing of the thistle land ova° in two or three weeks , will not kill them ; but a case that came to my notice. was as follows: A Mall cut the thistles itt August aloe to the ground, tula put a tablespoonful of flue salt upon the head of every stalk. This did not kill them but ib so weaken- ed their vitality that three plowings -the next season destroyed them all. I once I killed a patch of these thistles by sow: iue the land with • buckwheat so thick that it completely .smothered them. A man who wrote on this subject some years aeo, said -that he had cut thistles several -years -from the 15th to the 25th of Augus4,t and they had alweys died.— Correspondence Husbandman. ---- • —Mr. dames T. Fields tells this' neat • story of an aged Bostonian: The vener- able gentleman -had never .read Shakes - peer's plays, and was advised to do so during the Winter then approaching. In the spring the giver of the advice casually asked if he had reed any of the plays. Yes, he had read them all. "Do you like them.?" ventured G—, feeling his way anxiously to en opinion. -"Like them!" replied the old man with effusive ardor; "that is not the word, sir. They are glorious, sir, fax beyond. my expectation! • There are not 20 men - in Boston, sir who could have written those plays !" HURON EXPOSXTOR1 IVISIOAL INSTRUMENT EMPORIUM. SCOTT 13ROTI4ERS, PROPRIETORS. \Ain WOULD invite the attention of the I pall° generally to the Celebrated C!.0110H &WARREN ORGANS. The Captivate • the World, Having pot ouly reoe -ved DI LOIvIA OF HONOR AND M:EDAL OF HIGHEST MERIT AT THE UN TED STATES CENTENNIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, Bat having been unanimously pron.:fumed, by the•World's Best Judges, as , . UPERIOR TO ALL -OTHERS ene•-' a In t ose qualities which go to make perfection; the deeervedly placing these unrivalled Instrn- me to at the head of the highest rank of Reed Instruments mannfaetured in the world. 'While the competitors of the Clough & Warren have beei ccredited -with producing Smoothnose Evenness of Tone, U., it remained for the Clough &arren alone to receive the Crowning Honor of pro acing, in a pre-eminent degree, (to use the6 exec words of the Judges' report,) " Volume with 1 Per**. of Tone, having the character of the Dia aeon in the ordinary (Pipe) Organ," a dis- tine ion bespeaking the highesb possible rausiaal i qualities ,• the desideratum eagerly aspired to, but nob attained, by Other manufacturers. Add to this the remaining distinctive clause of the Judges' report, as basis of Award, to • wit: "be- cause of certain mothanical arrangements, Teti& facilitate the working of the Instrumehte, to- gether with neatness of design and ornament, comiened with simplicity of construction," and you ave the description of an instrament, de- servedly leading the first rank, in the critical _ judgment of the musical world. We have also on hand a largo stook of other Organs, including the , – Dominion Organ Co., Bowmanyille. Vogel & D'incoln, Connecticut. Excelsior, 2 oronto, &c. • 1 PIANOS AS USUAL, WITEI THE ' CELEBRATED BMJPsQ1r AT THE HEAD OF THE LIST. With pride wo sall attention to the success of this Pieno Company, which has been most ie - markable, has but few counterparts iu any man- ufacturing business and is not rivalled in tie history of pianteforte making. The high posi- tion which these instruments have taken; the unqualified endorsement of their excellence by the musical profession, public institutions, sem- inaiies, and the press; the present unsurpassed facilities for manufacturing; the magnitude and amount of business done—all attest the solid foundation on which this remarkable success rests. • WE CAN ALSO SUPPL STEINWAY & SONS, I MATHUS HEIC, OA13IIE & SONS, AND OTHER 1'I1ST-CLAS8 PIANOS. TH ,e especially invite t e attention of Dealers, with whoni, z e will deal mostliberally. . I SCOTT BROTHERS. BUGGIES FOR SALE CHEAP. • P114.MAN'S CARRIAGE rACTORY, • SEAFORTH, • • FOR. SALE AT , A Humber of New .and Second— Hand Buggies. , These Buggies must be sold at once to make • room for fall etotk, and will be sold CHEAP FOR CASH. All Kinds of Repairing Attended to: Promptly, and New Work got 9.4) Equal to that, of any other Estab— lishment. As the undersigned devote their -entire attention to Light Work, and every department is under their own supervision, they can - CUARANTEE COOD WORK i At the Lowest PosSible .Fig tire. • A TRIAL IS SOLICITED. PILLMAN & CO. 507 EAFORTH. CAMPBELL'S BLOK • SEAFORTH. TNTENDING to retire from bueiness jI have now commenced to dispose of iny ent re , STOCK OF MILLINEf1W, , FANCY AND OTHER G0014 MI and Below Cost. I Being determined to SELL OUT I am -prepared to dispose of my Goods at tho LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE. COME ONE, COME ALL. • MISS LEECH. SEAFORTH PLANING MILL, SAS!1, DOOR AND BLIND FACTORY subscriberbege leave to thank his numerous oedemas for the liberal patronage extendedto him since commencing business in Seaforth, and trusts that he may be favored with a continue= of the same. Partiesintending to build wonld db well to give him a call, as he will continue to kdep on band a amp stock of allkinds!31 DRY PINE LU -MBR, SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINGS, SHINGLES, LATH, ETC. He feels oontident of giving satisfactiontothose who may favour him with theirpatronage, as none but first-class workmen are employed. azr Partionlarattention paid to Custom Planing <201 JOHN H. BROADFOOT. a IOWNIT.III,Luent•Saar•N.OlZie,...147:-A,..107•V OCTOBER 26; 1877. 1\T"Viir" FIRM. HICKSON & BLEASOELL, S We beg leve to inform o seine business and Are ceternzined, in r old oustomere and the publics generally that t the earee well-known stand of E. Hickson & C 1 Strict Attention to _Business, Reas to merit the confide ce of the people. Ot#1 STO K OF DRU AFORTH. - we are- carrying on the ., and we hope and ?table Prices, &c., S AND CHEMICALS Is complete and of the P rest Quality, being oerelIuiiy selected froni th Well Assort° Patent MediFines, Dye St -9 POCKET BOOKS, TRUSSES WATCHES, 6 OCKS AND SILVERWARE, • Don't the old sand next to DUNCAN rft HICK .forget N. B.HWatohes, Clooke Stock of 's, ToictAr SPONGES, SP - I EWELTY 0 UTLERY, &c. DUNCAN'S, Seaforth best markets. Also a icles, Pipes, ALL KINDS, SON & BLEASDELL. and Jewelry Repaired by itixst.Olass Workmen, end all work guaranteed. REMOVEb. r' RWO ED. R 1-10M.A.S HAS REMOVED HIS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL LI THE FIRST DOOR NORTH 0F ICILLORAN 8c EMOVED 1\T QUOR STORE TO RYAN'S, H, 0 N T. MAIN STREET, S AF6RT - - WHERE HE WILL CONSTANTLY 'KEEP 0 HAND A CHOICE TOCK OF VINES AN ALE AND PORTER—BOTtLED AND IN WOOD. LIQUORS HOTEL KEEPERS AND 9THERS cl Prices _Before Are Requested to Call and _Examine his Stock a Purchasing Elsewhere. ALL ORDERS LEFT AN KILLORAN & RYAN'S WILL BE ATTENDED TO ON THE SHOR EST NOTICE. ' All Goods Delivered in Town Free oj Charge. MAIN STREET, SEAFORTH. THO*AS D. RYAN. THE PEOPLE'S CASH. • ST mCDIR,1:ZISOINT Has now on hand 1 Large and 1F611 Selected Stock f Choice Family Groceri s, Which he is selling at -Very Low rices.1 RE 10 POUNDS 3 POUNDS a POUNDS Canned Goods, Spices, Pi lly generakept in a Groom Pot Barley, Split Peas and CRO I am now making: this Crockery. I am Selling Best Good Glass Handl GOOD, BRIGHT SUGAR FOR 1.00. YOUNd HYSON TEA FOR $1.?0. GOOD FRESH RAISINS FOR $1.00. es, Syrups,'Coffees, Biscuits of all Kinds, Essentes, and all other Goods cheap at M. MORRISON'S. Ale° Hams, Hearn, Cornmeal, Oatmeal, ill Feed constantly on hand at M., MORRISON' I KERY AND GLASSWARE - inc a Specialty, and. offering every inducement in the way • of I • a Sets at $2 512 per set. lass Sets as low as 60 cents per set utter Dishes for 12i cents' each d Teas for $1 10 per dozen. Parties wishing anything in this line will find it to their advantage to examine my stock purchasing elsewhere. Cheap before All Kinds of Farm, P'roduce Taken, in Exchange for Goods. All -Goods ..Delivered Free. f of Charge. . M. MORRISON. SEAFORTH IF YOU WA GO TO O. AGRICULTURAL WAIREROOMS. T To CET THE BET THISTLE CUTTER PLOW IN TEIE M RKET C. WILLSN'S SEAFORTH And geb one made by the MasserManufactOring Company. REASONS WHY THE i ARE THE BEST: They are higher in the bea , tlaey are higher in the Mould board, they are thicker in the mould board, they are thoroughl ground and polished in all working parts, and have the best car wheel, iron points on them, no co monmetal being used1n their manufacture. This can be said by no other makers of Plows. • Full Stock of ALL KIND Also Gang Plows o IMPLEM Straw Cutters, Grai ten horse power Every Machine 4 OF GENERA!... PURPOSE, PLOWS, all kinds, includ ng the Pori Perry and Guelph. NTS OF ALL DESpRIPTIONS, SUCH AS Crushers, Horse ilowers Of all kinds, from two to c'huqns, TFashing illachines, Clothes Wringers, andz belonging to the bujsiness. EWING MACHINES It is needless to say an hing about them as long as every person knows that the Florence is the best. Abe a fall stock 1 all the common machines made, each as the WANZER, RIIYAL, OSBORNE, RAYMOND, AND SINGER. All kinds of Sewing Machine Repair, Needles and Oils always on band. Sewing Machines 116- i:faired on the shortest notice. 0. C. WILLSON SEAFORTIT. '..za a • a.44 ata aaaarran, aaaaaa ,arale.aaailaa KIDIYS HARDWARE. RECEIVED DIRE7 FROM MANUFACTyRERS:. AMERICAN CUT NAILS, SPADES, SHOV1ELS, FORKS, HOES AND RAKES, GLASS, PAINTS, OILS, & FENCING, WiRO AND BUILDING • HARDWARE: E'AV • Of Every Deseription Cheap,. TROUGHS AND CONDUCT- ING PIPE - Put up on the Shortest Notice and 'Warranted. Special _Inducements to Cash and PrOmpt Paying Customers. JOHN KIDD.. THE CONSOLiDATED BANK j OF CANADA. ti.A.PricAL - P. $4.000.000._ CITY BANK OF MONTREAL, Incorporated 1838e and ROYAL CANADIAN BANK, Inunporated 1884. SEAFORTH BRANCH., D M INION BLOOK,MAIN-ST.t, .. • SEAFORTH. brans on New *rm.* Payable at any Bank in the United States. Bills of Exchange on Londonpayable at all Chief Cities of the -United Kingdom, INTEREST PAID ON DEPOSITS.. M. 1 P. HAYES,. 411 MANAGER: THE COMMERCIAL. uvcRy„. SEAFORTR. ARTHUR FORB kss HAV/NG purchased the Stoek and Trade of the. Commercial Livery, Seaforth, from Mr. George Whiteley, begs to state' that he intends carrying on the business in the old stand, andhas added sevei al valuable horses and vehicles to the formerly large stock. None bet First -Class Comfortable Vehicles and Good. Reliable Horses Will be ...Veg. Covered and Open Buggies and Carriagee, and Double a d SingleWagons always ready for nee. Special Arrangements Mack With, Com- mercial Men. Ordersleft at the stableS or any a tir hotel* r promptly attended to. SAW LOGS WANTED, Messrs. COLEMAN & GOUINLOCE • Will pay the Highest Cash Price fo• r SAW LOGS OF ALL KINDS. IAlso a quantity of ELM LOGS suitable for the ,manufacture of Hoops. r , Custom Sawing attended to promptly,. and as cheap as at any other mill. Lumber of every- description, also Shingles, Lath and Pickets always on hand. and at, the very owest market pricea. 1 1 5000 !CEDAR POSTS FOR SALE. COLEMAN' &' GOUINLOOIC, 417 Seaforth: LUMBER FOR SALE. 'HEMLOCK, Firet Quality, $6 per M. PINE from $8. BILLS OUT TO -ORDER, IAll Lengths, from 10 to 50 Feet, at the ,P.ONY. rata, Ii MeRILLOP:., ' The Subscriber has also a LUMBER YARD SEAFORTH, !Where all kinds of Lumber can be obtained. 11 479 THOMAS DGIVN, EY, 'AN OLDFRIEND THE ,BEST FRIEND. • - :W. H. OLIVER, SEAFORTH, BEGS to acquaint his many friends and cute- -a-•' mere thethe has removed two -doors north of ,his old. stand, McIntyre's Block, where he has a-. r stock equal to any in the business, and rat the - most favorable prices. All kinds of Repairing :done on the ehortest notice. A good Stock of Trunks, Valises, Whips, Combs, Billehes, and all - other such articles required constantly on hand. Rememuer 3 our old Friend. Sign of the Seotoh .Collar. 1 481 W. H. OLIVER, Seaforth. DR WILLIAMDGIRAcINY1 IC SPECIF' • . Tho Great English Remedy is especially re- commended asranunfail- ing cure for I Seminal Weakness Sperroutorr- • hea, Impoteney, and all , Before. diseases that follow asAfter. la sequence of Self abuse, as Loss of Memory, Universal Lassitude, Pain in the Back, Dimness of Vision, Premature Old Age, and many other diseases that leads to Insanity or Consumption , and a Premature Grave, all of which as a rule are 'first caused by deviating from the Path of nature and over indulgence. The Speciffe Medicine is the result of a life study and many years of ex- perience in treating these special diseases. Pam- phlet.free by mail. The Specific Medicine is sold by all Druggists at $1 per package, or 6 packages for $5, or will bo sent by mail on receipt of the money, by addressing WILLIAM GRAY & Windsor, Ont. Sold in Seaforth by E. -Hickson & Co., J. S. Roberts, R. Lumsden and all druggist merchants. THE SEAFORD' LIVERY STABLES. CARNOCHAN I & PROPEIEOflS. nPFICE; and Stables on Market Street', second door from Main. Neat, Stylish Carriages and uggies, and Good Reliahle Horses always on nd- Orders left at the Commercial Hotel, Sea- . orth, or sit the office will be promptly attended ; 502 R. N. BR ET T1 SEAFORTH, holesale and BetailDesite in LEATHRR and SHOE FINDINGS of Every Description. lallone but the Very Best Stook kept. Terzna oderate. A Trial Sone:Ito& All Orden by rnnjS or otherwise promptly 2110. 490 R. N. BRUM', tent—het_ OCTOBER 26, 1877; • A Sparrow's Power of Reas jug. A curious story, illustrative of intelligence and reasoning power perhaps of the -characteristic rase also, of the little twittering wise English sparrows," now so enrent ell ounatrincipast towns and cities, i lated bka friend, who bad it from witness himself who B&W theoectaT °The gentleman. who resides in York, had erected last spring, in 'back yard, a large box for span. nests. It was d.ivided into three r teach containing four compartme These were all speedily taken posse. a by a, dozen pairs of sparrows, and business of making nests proee -amidst the customary ehirraping these fussy and pugnaeious teeth coloniets. Sitting idly at the win -one &maser, watching the, birds, ;gentleman saw one cock sparrow e flying to his place with a fine, soft ev feather in his bill. The bon -was placed that he -could see into the ap tnents, and he saw thie bird• Ae feather into an incomplete nest, -then fly away. No sooner wa•s he ..f sight than a female sparrow fr -the adjoining apartment, who had ,dently seen that proceeding, hole into her neighbor's house and pulled: and cathied off the coveted feather. I .cornina interested, the observerwatel the performance, expecting to see 1 little thief carry her stolen prize to .own. nest; but here is where she played' an undeniable reasoning , °este and acte& on a eleae perceptioe cause and effect, making a prudent of her knowledge of the character . disposition of her plundered neigh' She flew off with the feather to a ne' boring tree, wherehhe securely fast - it in an inconspieuous place betw two twigs, and there left, it. Pre -soon the bird :she had defrauded ca back with a straw to• add to his i Discoverieg his less, he came out er nal angry chirruping that boded no g • -to the despoiler of his hearth andho if he could find the rogue. His -demonstration was to visit his next -dc neighbor, without any search-warrax in that abode of peace and innocence found no trace of the stolen teeth 4 and as for the actual guilty party, s 1 was hopping innocently about, a loudly demanding—as far' as bird ton couldbe understood by the man at tl window—what was meant by this gentlemanly and very impolite intrusi into a lady's bed -chamber, and insitti that she was no such kind. of a wonin The cock -sparrow Walis evidently puzzl Unable, after a minute search, to the lost feather, he at leegth apparent gave it up, charged it to profit and lo and flew away itt search of annth The thief demurely waited till he h. got welloff, and then flew to the tre secured the stolen feather, and took in triumph to her own nest.—ffeoffo (Conn.) Times. The' lifgxket for Calmed Bee Up to -the present time all -the eatti that have:beeteehipped from this con try,to England have beeu heavy, ehoi •. ripe steees ; but even while this le been going on we- have been sending large :aneemit of beef taken from th lower g,r*s of our tattle to the safe foreign markets that we have been sui plying with our choice ;cattle. We refe • to the -canned ;beef that has been 814 ped from ifferentportions of the Unite States boj Europe within the last two e three ye- s. It seems that- this cantle beef has iow become firmly establishet as an art de :of foreign ;conimeree. ;NNt learn up n good .authority that anagen of the usable government has latel- offered • take every pound of mune beef th oue of the largest cannii establisl meets in Chicago ;could possible furnish or a term.of years.. The offer however was declined for the reasoii that the general market is good enortgb for this 'nd of meat, so that it is ne object 1 r the parties to enter into ant co: tract. - This eanne1 beef trade is yet ii its infancy, but there is /low nO eloubtteat the buttness is to tut at importa ita figure in the matter ;of helie ing tote sorb our large -cattle supply tut the sin; .; meet ef beef On the hoof and hi the ear :ats.—Drovers) ileurnd. -------- Strike of Farmers. In L moll). and tip adjoining counties in Mis. is8ippl a, strike has begun, not for hig er wages, but lower pries. The: fatmen have combined against the mer- chants. Their compkint is, the latter - charge hem fifty per centum profit on ' the set lies advanced on crops, and this is exor atant. They insist, too, that a pound f cotton should buy a pound of - bacon, and on this basis demand fifteen eents f )r their cotton; and absolutely ; refuse 1a, lower rate. The merthants I say t ey .eharge their customers no .: higher percentage, than the amount set- ' thd u on at the begining of the year by - both p rties—that is, that the supplies i shouldibe furnished on twelve months' credit. They say that it -cost', them 25 per cc tum on their investment to do busine u on credit; that their losses on cotton taken in settkment is fully ten per ci ntum, so that eren the fifty per eentin advance on the price of goods fin -Ms ea gives them wily fifteen per - eenta net profit, which is not exorbi- tant. Thus the two parties make the ' state ents. The planters do not be- lieve the business Men, SO they have agree(1 on a. strike. They already have ,- a str ng combination, and it is growing. —Co embus Via.) Inquirer, Train Protectors. Since . ladies will persist. i.11 the un- elneatly habit of wearingtrailing dresses in the street as well as the house, they must at least have 17,60011i6C to some kmdtof "sweeper" to protect them from the clust and mad. For this purpose vhhieue traiu supporters have been de- 7"117:eav'elteOe'll) is adhatihre-eslealkinfaorpg,atshite- eighths of a yard wide, andof the same length as the train. on which is set a .box -pleating of hair -cloth or wigging, the Whole being supported by thre.e or i four !upright wires, and two horizontal her arm when : teehriee ri n giaheinaniel, better be taken out, except I --also .devicesfor raiiingthe sldrt by cords Illihthreugh rings, end Pa4ris dressmekt ( protections for long drisses. There are c /Ircoasrtugbyatuepdrigruubbweriiressu.p:pBolotthed aratei; tigtoeorat i mg 50 .cents, is a eimple train facing of wires at. the bottom: theilatter, how - for, _very. long train st This costs from ?; 25 -cents to $1,25, according to -the ma- te elate Another, the "Triplex" cost- evates her skirt, while it serves as an 3 re h .m. :s set k i left i, bwearerah no an. passestl thereby o pereabbyo oveveler_ t ten_