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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1877-11-23, Page 1'N.OVEMI*R 16,1877. eellent condition, and theplowmen e best of spirits. Twenty-six en - were made, and 26 plowmen went 'Irk with a: determination to 'Win first prize. IA large niunber of ators turned out to -witness the of skill, and allagree that the ing as a whole was much better ever before Seen at a like gather - The judgeki. directors and plow.. were enteitained in a most Awns inamiV by Mr. Bryan. The ha 'wa is the rize Est, as awarded -frrst claes,-Thos. Gibson, 1st; Hay, .LI; ;Donald Sinolair, Adams, 4th!„ Men's second class.. na. Martin, ; James Menzie, 2d; McKee, 3i1 ; David Sanderson, : Mert*s third class, -13. Young, lst lamiltort 2a; R. Ellis, 3d.. Bay's elass.-Alexi: Patterson, 1st, Alex. :ercher, 21 a Thomas Edgar, 3d. s second. e1as -Abe ri1jer, Int J. Gilpin, 24; AIian Lamont, 8d ; s Moir,th Mrs.. Gottleils Poppy, of Grey, went ,rttssels, abet two weeks ago, and, ie course of ja. shopping trip pass 'led a quantity- of goods from one a business firms,w--hich she promised isy for in a day or two. On Friday _Vs., Poppy left for the States, his staying behind to 'dispose of the Is and chattels, after which she in - ted. to follost her liege lord. Tho nhants from ! whom she purchased - :goods having. got -%-ord of the flit- s a representative of the firm, waited; n Mrs. Poppy, with. a request that wcnild at °nee settle dot leetle ae- ndt which.; she had contracted - le -$27 in all.; Mrs. Poppy was not in amiable "lima: when the merchant ted her, and after abusina him to • heart's content, concludecd by ver- kypensignirg him to a hotter place Creaibrooki. That gentleman did act upon her advice, but imme- tely came te4Brussels and swore out *rant against Mrs, Poppy, for obs ling goods on false pretences. Con - Re Tom English was deepatehed at - the Teuton matron, and that gentle - a, after a lively chase; succeeded in shading her en the gravel read near . Iton. early :on Tuesdaymorning. er the constable had. explained. the- eet of his inifSSiCal, Mrs. Itoppy dis- ed the n7 andflave costk ineurrecV- in all), and was allowed to cons , ie her exodus. 77- , UGALL SEAFORTJL 777 C DEPARTMENT IS AGARNI ULL ASSORTED.. IE TAME DEPARTMENT ISAGAIN ,mplete m Erery Detail,„ SHOWING THE WEST ASSORTMENT` IN CANADA, .D AT PI?liCES THAT CAN -- 'NOT „BE BEATEN, EciAL THIS WEEK it: lo Nap Om -coating, ito French ljiagonat Overcooting,. Irish Frieze Overcooling, zi Scotch Ty:cc(Suitings, u Home Spun Suiting& ANTALOON GOoDS): , EW SOMETHING HANDSOME. ALL A.yD. SEE THEM- UIt CAP AND CLOTH CAPS:. 7/7 -Remember the -Anne e-777 GDOLIGALL & co.. slt;N OP ;THE THREE SEVENS,a RT - ONTARIO. 4 a • • WIIOTEENNTUE 1 L , 520. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE VOR SALE OR TO LET. -West half Lot C012COSS$10B. 13, McKillop, containing 75 are 20 ores cleared. Good log house on the plea . Apply to Mr. JOSEPH. KANN y, Leaclbury Post Office, or to MeCAUGIIEY & ECOLMESTED, 8e - forth. , 5173 F°11 SALE. -The subscriber has for sale a Ore lot in the township of McKillop, Coanty. Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance we timbered with beech and maple. The prope will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. 11 BENSO Solicitor, Soaforth, Ont. 517 --- QTORE AND DWELLING FOR SA.LE.-F O Sale or Leas, in the thriving village of Re Ball, a Large Store and dwelling in connectio Immediate possession can be had. For AIWA information apply to the undersigned. WIL MOORE, Ilensall P. 0. ; 519-4 z -a- A GOOD CHANCE. -$1,500 will buy 150 acres of good land in the Townshi,p of Keppel, Comity of Grey. Bush land, all hardwood, and within two miles of a flourishing village. It might be exchanged for a small farm in McKillop, Tno ersmith, or Hallett. Apply to A. STRONG, Lan Agent,' Seaforth. 515 FARM FOR SAT. -A splendid farm, being L J:22, Con. 6, Tumberry, 90 acres, 70 acres cleare well fenced, and in a good state of eultivatio balance hardwood. Well watered, good from house and barn, and half a mile from Wroxeter o a good gravel road. Apply to the proprietor on th premises, CHARLES MeTAVISII, Wroxeter Pos Office. 517x13 VOR SALE. -For Sale, cheap, the west half o the north half of Lot 9, Sauble Line, Starde3 containing 57 ores, 40 of ivhich are cleared, an the balance well. timbered, It is within: 8 miles o Bayfield. There is a never failing stream of wate runnine through the place. This property mug be sold at once. Apply to SCOTT BROTHERS Seaforth. 1 ; 520 WARM FOR SALE IN ITUCTIRRSMITH..-Fo • .4: Sale, Lot 28, Con. 3, L. II. S., Tnekersmith containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balanc hardwood timber., Large brick house and goo frame outbuildings; an excellent orchard of th choicest fruits, is . well watered. Is situated miles frora Seafarth and 1 miles from Bruceflel station. For terms apply by letter to E. NICOL Grocer, Wingham. 518 "WARM FOR SALE. -Fr Sale, Lot 2, Con. 9 -1-T H. R, S. Tuelrersmith, containing 100 acres 70 acres cleared and in a good state of cultivation The balance is well timbered. There is a goo frame barn with stone foundation, log louse, goo orchard, plenty of water; convenient to school and churches. For farther particulars apply t MRS. McDONALD, on, the preraises, or to Sea forth P. 0-. , 519x4 VARM F011 SA:LB.-For sale lot No. 27, an half of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con cession, London Road Survey, Tuc,kersmitla, con taihg 20 acres., The farm will be sold as a whol `or an two parts to suit purchaser. Firet-class on buildings, good orchard; plenty of water, an within four miles offSeaforth, and throe of Bruce, field stations. Apply on the prenaisea, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent, Seaforth. 508-41. DESIRABLE RESIDENCE IN EGMOND- VIT,TX, FOR SALE. -For Sale, that desirable tuad pleasantly situated residenee, the property of Mr. Mr. John Stoddard, Egmondville, The house Is comfortable and has in connection all necessary conveniences, with a good cellar. The lot is large and is planted with fruit, and ornamental trees. For particulars apply to the proprietor on the • premises or to Egmondville P. 0. JOHN STOD- DARD. 513 - ; VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, the west part of Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 85o1 which are cleared, well fenced, and in a state of good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on the gravel road_ leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and adjoins a Church and School. It is also within half a mile of the village of Walton. Apply on the preinises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES MURCHIE. 520 HOUSE AND LOTS FOR SAT,F,,-For Sale Cheap, on George Street, in the Town of Sea - forth, within live minutes walk of the business part of the town, six splendid building lots and good frame house 24x30 feet, 1 storeys high, well finished; good well with pump at the door. The • lots are:well fenced, and will be sold either sep- matey or all together, as may suit the purchaser. For terms apply to C. W. PETERS, Expositor Office, Seaforth. 516 pROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 14, Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 acres cleared -an excellent lot. West half of north half of Lot No. 29, Con. 6, Morris, adjoining the Village of Brus- sels, 50 acres, 33 acres cleared, cheese factory and machinery complete thereon. Four houses and lots, and a large number of vacant lots in Brussels, all the property of the undersigned. Also a mint- ber of iraproved farms the property of other par- ties. JOHN L.EGICIA. Brussels. 515 A STRONG'S LAND A.CrENCY,-For Sale, 50 "•-•-• acres of Lot 9, Con. 8, L. R. S.,_Ttickersmith, 40 acres cleared, free of sturaPst and. nE well un- derdrained. The balance is well timbered. A log house and. frame barn, with stone basement; a good orchard and plenty of water. Oh a good gravel road, 5 miles from Seaforth and. 4 miles from Tappan. There is a sehool house within 80 rods. Immediate possession. For further par- ticulars apply to A. STRONG, Seafortla, or to the proprietor on the premises. 519-4x PLENDID FARM F011 SALE. -For sale, Lot • No. 6, Concession. 7,, Hullett, containing 100 awes, with the exception of seine village lots, at- nated close by tho village of Rinburn, 7f miles from Seaforth, and 81 miles from Clinton, with good gravel roads to both. Never -failing water, an orchard contairthag some 200 truce. Comfort- able house, good. barn ancl stables, fences in good repair, 90 acres under cultivation. For further particulars apply on the premises, or by post fo the proprietor, R. N. ADAMS, Constance P. O. 508 FARM F011 SAT. -Being south half of Ifot 29, concession 7, tovaiship of Morris, con- taining 100 acres, 40 cleared and woll watered. It is situated. 2.1 miles froin 13rnssels, 15 miles from Seaforth, and half a mile from the gravel road. Also, south half of lot 27, concession 7,township Morrii, all bush, 30 acres boadwood, the rest va- rious kinds of useful timber; situated only a quartdr of a mile from the above. Por terms, ap- ply to the undersigned on north half of lot 28, coricessjon 7, township of Morris. MARY WALKER, Administratrix. • , 514 •fisaiesi IN McKILLOP F011 SALE. -For Sale, thewelithalf of Lot 29, Con. 9, and the South half of Lot 30,Con. 9, McWillop, each containing 50 acres. On the former there are 40 sores cleared and. under good cultivation, the balance is well tim- bered with hardwood, and the whole is.. well fenced. Thereis a. good frame house and new frame barn, also two wells and a good orchard. Lot 80 adjoins Lot 29, contains 50 acres, the whole of which is cleared. The two lots Will be sold together or sep- arately. Is situated within three-quarters of a mile of school house, grist and saw mills, post • &c._ Apply on the premises to CHARLES CLAIDOX or JOHN .A.LEXANDED, 516 -'WIN,1•TTED. GIRLS WiNTED.-Wanted immediately, at ‘--1. Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth, two Good Servant Girls. Good wages. Apply at once. 519-2 APPEENTICES WANTED. -Wanted itnree- diately, Six Apprentices to the Dressmaking blisiness. Apply to MISS ITANNA IT, over the Post Office, Seafortb.. 512 WANTED TO EXCHANGE - A ten -horse power and Sawing Machine, for it good Farm Horse. Machine is in good order and will coil from 60 to 70 cords per day. Apply to ALEX. DELGATY, Lot 14, Con. 14, MeRillop. 518-4 - _ TACHER WANTED. -Wanted, a Male Teaoh- er holding a second or third class certifioate for the Walton Union School. Duties to com- mutes Jan. 3, 1878. Good references required, With certificate of character. Applieations, Etat• bag salary, will be received until Thursday, 29th Noveraber, by the undersigned. ROBERT PAI- TISON', Secretary -Treasurer, Walton P.0. 51914 THE PORK PRODUCT. • BY ALEXANDER RIDE. This is the season of the year for making pork, and although we are not great admirers of pork as bteady die yet we recognize it as one of the stap ie produets of agriculture, and wish to se it economically manufactured. Theix discrirciinate warfare -which Jews an sonie Gentiles wage against pork s neither philosophical nor economic The use of Swine's flesh was forbidde to the Israelites because they lived in Warm climate, in which such a Ilea producing diet was unwholesome, an possitly also because such. carboniferou food. 4 -light stimulate their animal pas sions, and God desired them to be s‘ pee*r people." Father Evans, th _a.postle of the Shakers, has also i§sue hie bull against pork as unsuita,ble foo Mr his celibate community, though h winks at its production for "world' people," just as the Jews evidently pro clamed it to be sold to Gentiles. Th -hog was not made in vain. He has hi niche to' fill in the world, and we pro pose to make a few suggestions to ai him in filling it to the best advantag As to the prejudice against the use o pork,, we have no doubt there is som ground for it, and we are riot sorry tha the subject has been (1,0gitatc41. It i pre-erninently a heat -producing the and therefore not the best for wa OS climates or summer use in teraperat zones, but to think, as the old Jews dia that the very name of swine was un clean, and therefore to call it " th beast," and to imagine, as sonae modern do, that trichime lurk . in 'every poun of pork, and that the pork barrel is th fountain head of dyspep-gia, is no t logi cal, if it is not nonsense: Among th all manner of four -footed. beasts, whic Peter saw in his vision upon the house top, there must have been a porker and this he was instructed not to ea common or unclean. Notwithstandin the crusade against pork which ha lately been preached.; we ex ect t p se it still continue a favorite food in al cold countries. We do not desire to se farmers eating fried Pork for breakfast pot -luck for dinner and cold pork fo supper, .and this both Summer an 'Winter. As the boy's say, ".This is to much.pork for a shilling ;" but tiros who are working oat; in the cold can ea their tations of pork with impunity provided it is a good; article -and it i iust the kind of foodithey require. Again, the prod.uotion of pork is legitimate and profitable business fo every farmer, and, we will add., for este householder, provided hothas' room lo a pig -pen without annoying his famil and. neighbors. It is not best to brin the pig into the house, nor to build his pen under the bedroom window, though there was, some truth in what the Irishman said in apology for his doing this: " Su -re the pig pays the rint of the house, and.has he not a right. to some of its privaleges ?" In every family, and more abundantly on every farm, there is an accumulation cif: ma- terial-which:is better adapted for mak- ing park than for anything else, and. economy deroand.s that sufficient porkers should be kept to eat up -this material. The swill -pail is an indispeneible article in every well -regulated household. . It is essential alike for health and economy, and should be emptied regularly ,every day. In it should be put the scrapings of the .plates, the potato -parings, the refuse bones, the rich dish -washings, &c., makina`a savory compound for a hog, but such a mess as no other animal will eat. We have sometimes noticed swill - barrels -around. kitchen doors. These are unwholesome. If the refuse of the' kitchen is sufficient to fill a barrel, let it be placed in the hog -pen, and not by the 1WW1% for swill ferments speedily in hot weather and generates noxious gasses. Fermentation does not damage swill for the hog's stomach, nay, it may aid his digestion, but for human lungs there are few things more deleterious than fermenting swill. An lrisla woman once said to us, "My cow two-thirds supports my fam- ily, and ray pig does the other third. They are my meat and drink." We replied to her remark, "You must live easily then, for your domestic animals „seena to do P.11 your work." "Easily," said she, with a twinkle in her eye, "not a bit of it; for, don't you see, I have to work hard to support my ani- ma's. The pig does prettk well on sloRs and such, but the cow, why she must be boarded every day in theyear." -We had ofteta wondered how Irishmen managedalways to keep a good pig, but the "slops and such" explainecl the matter hilly.We only wish they would. keep their pig -pens more com- f • • ess odorfeoThatort8ble audlus they make their pigs pay, both in pork and manure, there can lie no doubt. If the Irishman can make pork pro- fitably, much more can. the 'farmer, especially the dairy farmer. Slops may be good for the young porker, but milk is better. The farm abounds with naa- terial for producing pork. If there is an apple -orchard -and. no farm is com- plete without one -the sow, with her litter of pigs, finds a paradise here, benefitting the orchard while she bene fits h.erself and. little ones. Young pigs never do better than when out to grass. When the milk of the sow fails, supply its plaee with that from the cow, and put the sow in the way of furnishing a new litter. It is poor manageinent that does Inot get from $50 to ;5100 worth of pigs from a sow each year, and it is wonderful to See how SO011 the little fellows begin to pick up for them- selves. Grass is good feed to inake bones and muscles, and they are al- ways healthy when allowed the runof an orchard. There ears seem ever Open to cateh the sound of a windfall apple, and if there is a grub inside of- it -and most windfall apples have one or more -he has not time to burrow in the earth before he is picked up by the pigs.: We have found grass-fed pigs to put on ; I - ' SEAFOTITI, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER. 23, 1877. I fat with great rapidity when shut. up for feeding in the Fall. If more convnient to keep the pigs in close confinement during the Sum - pier, by all naeans give them good rations of beds, sods, clover, c4rnstallss or other green food, to fill them up and stretch them out. The thinned -out carrots, beets, &c. should not be left to wither away ii; the field; they are just the thing to thicken ilp pigs. Cabbage leaves are also exceitlent for this purpose. Feed porn -meal ;sparing- ly till the pigs get soble growth and are I ready to take on fat. 'Wheat ;bran is better than corn -meal for all growing, .tock, pigs not excepted. It contains more muscle -forming and bone -making material. Some small potatbes alsb will help to make big porkers. Wheth r in the pen or the field, provide the pi B -with a comfortable shelter and 'goo Clean bedding. They may wallow i the mire of a hot day to keep cool, b t no animal enjoys dry quarters 011 rainy day and. warm ones on a col night more than dees a hog. s covering is hair, not fur, and his hide not of the toughest. ' If a farmer has a grove of leech r oak trees where his hogs can .rove an harvest the raast, he 'is fortuna e. T 6 nuts from these trees are full o oil, am willsmake pork with great rapidity an of the first quality. Chestnuts I are al -good, but the boys think them poo goo for pork making, and boys have righ which pigs must be made to irespec . We have known some of our mountain farmers to make handsome 'specul - tions by 'buying up shoats in he Fall and turning them into a bee° The beech -nuts are too small boys to gather. We have tried selves and found it took too x • grov for t e it our - any tb make a quart, but it is fun to pigs to root among the leaves and find a fo 'd ed into pork. They crunch tie nuts so highly flavored and so easily onver 7ithout stopping to shell them, whereas a boy, after he has gathered his beth - nuts, finds his patience sorely tried in getting the little meats out of their horny shells. But the great staple for porklmaking is corn. Milk, grass, roots, punapkins, &c., may give it a start, but coin gives the finishing touch. There is no grain that can compare with it for fattening purposes. The reason of this is obvious: Corn contains, besides some 40 per cent. of starch and 8 per 'cent. of sugar -both fat -forming substances - about 4 per cent. of oil, these amounts. varying with the different varieties. Barley and peas are sometimes' recom- mended for pork producing, bilt thee have not half as much oil as cbrn. is the oil which makes corn so good 'a substitute for fuel, and leads the prairie farmer, when corn is cheap and wood scarce, to put the former in place of the latter in his stove. This seems like waste to an Eastern farmer, but it may be good economy sometimes for a Hoosier. ; The pork product of this country is so great that it is to be lamented that more accurate experiments have not been made in its manufacture. The custom of the -Western farmers, to turn their boas into their poni fields, .and let them do the husking and grinding, save labor, and may, in some circunastances, be the most economical mode of mak- ing pork. If turned in early, while the weather is mild and the corn -stalks suc culent; the hogs will eat corn, cobs, and stalks, and will doubtless thrive, but there must be much wasted, 41 after the fall rains commence and the cold increases, the thrift of the ani- mals must be in small ratio with their food. A much mooted point is the relative value of cooked and uncooked food for producing pork. Very few fanners dis- pute the.principle that cooked food pro- duces greater results than uneooked,. but many deny that the increase ef pork, is sufficient to coMpensate for the labor' and expense of Cooking. Mr. H. L. Ellsworth, of Indiana, made, some years since, pretty thorough experiments 'on this point, and came to the conclusion that three bushels of meal cooked are equal to four and a half bushels of hard, unground corn. If this is so, it will certainly pay. to grind and cook our corn for pork -making, and the saving in the aggregate to the whole country.would be inniaense. We can see no reason why hogs will not, as a general rule, as- similatetheir food better for being around and cooked, just as man does, le • an& we wish farmers would experiment for themselves on this point. Apples seem tolie an exception to the general. rule. We prefer to feed apples raw. COoking drives off the aromatic oil on which the virtue of fruit somewhat de- Mel.JEAleT BROS., Publishers., I $1.50 a Year, in Advance. the main principle of a Permanent ab hence, the best that was Under the cir- cumstances prp.cticable his been done, in the issuing of instructions nnder the presidential authority "to the execu- tive of the two companies with a vie* to the agreement and mainte allee of raittee from the London. Bbards for IT -rates for competitive traffic," a d in the .Tartangement 1 or forming l' a j int comi- dealing with all points Of differences which might arise." i' " I i . Canada. 1 ' 1 ! • The Presbyterians of Wimlipeg are going to buildt a $16,000 chunk 1 -The Montreal Rine Temperance Club have opened a temperaneei coffee) and lodging house. 1 1 , I 1 -The Kindergarten system of teach; ing is under consideration by the Otta- wa Board ofschool trustees. - =Rev. Mr. Blunt; of London pro-. poses organizing a, • church among the' colored people in Strathroy. ' -A fatal epidemic is said to hav broken out among horses in the to ship of Brooke, in. Lambton. °Minty. -Mr. McKee, of Galt, has been eni- gaged as principal of Paisley public school at a salary of $700 per Annum. ---...N. party, of four Strathroy gentle- men went shooting in the Rondeau dis- trict, and in two- dayal :baiged 120 birds. Mount Forest theladi s friend- ly to the Dunkin Act prose ted M. Gibson, the Dunkin orator, with a Bible. , 1 , . 1 -A brick store in Paisley which twO or three years ago was 'bought for 04,250; woN2s,50.10d.0.the i other dayi for ithe low prict ' 7. -An old resident of Burlington, nam- ed, Woe. Davis, while engaged shovel- ing barley into a, bin,•was drawn in an suffocated. I 1 , -Mrs. Kent Mason, the celehrated. temperance lecturer, delivered an ad- dress on gospel tempera,nce hi. Strath - rep last! Sabbath. 1 . : 1 ! -Re -ta Samuel LY1e, late of Conno; near Belfast, Ireland, is likely to get a tenon Church; Hamilton. call to the pulpit of the Central Presby- -A Tilsonburg councillor proposes to abate the tramp nuisance by building a shanty for them, and conapelling thee inmates to cut their own wood.i ' -Mr. Donald McDougallsof Komoka, brother of Mr. J. McDougall, M. P: P.; shipped 300 sheep from Komoka sta- tion a few days ago for Liverpool. . killed ny a tender on the G nd Trunk 1 -A brakeman -named avid Wil- liams, 27 years of age, was 1 .nover and Railway, at Toronto on Friday night -The celebrated dog " Paris," belong- ing to Mr. L': H. Smith, of Strathroy, had his leg broken a few days ago, in Tennessee, where he has been engaged in the field trials. 1 I I -On Saturday evening last, during the storm at 13reslau an unkno-len elde ly woman. was accidentally 'killed b , being run over and badly mangled by a freight train going west. -Large additions' and eitensive im- provements have lately been.completed, in the Ontario School of Agriculture buildings, at* Guelph. The buildingi now presents quite a handsome archis -DiPlitheria, 2, debility 3, bronchitis 2, tectural appearance. • pneumonia 2, diarrhcea 2, nd one each -Gen. Williams introduced a bill in of the following :-Tuberculosis, hann- the United States Congress appropri- Poptysis, paresis, puerperal ever, gastric ating $30,000 for removing rocks and fever, cancer„oyanosis, seal alcoholism, boulders from the river in the neighbor- ascites. • I hood. of Amherstburg, a portion of the -In #arriston, on Weth obstructions being in Canadian waters. ing of la§t week, a young -A. mare belonging to -Mr: W. H. Wm. Sufis received a vet Dorland, of Zimmerman, Halton county, upon the face. It appears died a few days ago at the ripe old age to -a, steam vat to remove s of thirty-three. She was worked up that was bein.g steamed, a till last Fall. She was darn of the trotting horse Comet, now owned by Mr. Joseph Ryan. Comet is said to trot a naile inside of 2.40. although he was walking about on Thursday afternoon, on Friday morn- ing he was a! corpse. No inquest was held: 1 - The trustees of Glenmorris school, near;Galt, have engaged. their present teacher,. Mr. Blackwood, at an increased salary, he having given ge &al' satisfae- tion.' r ; '-e-The Hessian fly is airing havoc with the growing wheat crop in the neighborhood of Ayr. Several . fields • show large yellow spots made by this enemy of the Wheat field. 1 i --The November Galt Pik was poor both,in attendance and q ealiretay oafnaanitt- raals. Mitch cows were o a few cases disposed of at figures 'ran - -ing from §30 to $35. ---,A Philanthropic lady, of Toronto, is moving in the matter f petitioning the Government to pa don Louisa Sturdy, now serving ate • in the peni- tentiary for abduction. -The water of Lake "italic, is said to be lower at present th it has been for several years. Conse nently., most of the harbors on Lake Ontario are dangerous for vessels ont ring in bad weather and in a heavy se -As Mr. john Waage, of Harriston; aged. 19, was driving a tea with a load of cordwood,out of the wo ds and when a mile from home the tea, took 'fright and ran away. The sleigl passed over She young man, and cause -him to re, Ceive such injuries that h died a short time afterward. a i I -A lump of copper wa formai in a field'in West Williams, a ew days ago. It weighed about nine pou ds. Where it came from or how it ot there, re- mains unexplained; bu -we don't think West Williams people need build very high anticipft ions of, cop- per- mines upon the str ngth .4 this tt - A few days ago w Mr. Jacob Weber, butcher, of Harrizton, was en- gaged making sausage 'th a large power machine, he by so •• e means al- lowed his hands to beco • e entangled in the machine, • and one of the large knives coming down, nip ed the ends off the two fore fingers of the right hand. 1 1 -To the regret of many of the citi- zens of Berlin, Miss Sho maker is to retire from her charge as teacher in the public school of that town at the end of the current year. Fortwe ty years she has been connected. with t e school, and during all that time has een a faith- ful, industrious and, painst king teach- er, as the excellence of h work will show. -Annul digging a drain in the 3rd concession of Harwich, ame across what he at first thought w s a piece of railroad iron, but what preyed to be an immense horn of some extinct species. It measures six feet in le gth and its greatest diameter is six in hes, and. it is slightly curved.. Unfo innately it was broken in removal, buil that may be easily remedied. -For the week ending Saturday, the 17th inst., there were registered at the City Clerk's Office, Toront , 29 births, 31 Marriages, and 24 d falls. The causes Of death are registerid as follows: 3 11 111 -The North Dumfries debating club lately discussed the subject, "Resolved that the Grange is a wise institution and for the best interest of society." The negative sid_e haVing won the de- cision the leader on the affirmative, immediately proclaimed a challenge for another tussle, which is to come off shortly. _ -The girl who committed suicide at Ingersoll a, week or two ago, and who - was going around with the Emerson minstrel troupe, was Mrs. Francis Alexander, whose husband is- a merch- ant in Mount Clement, Mich. She eloped a short time previously with a man named Dale a member of the troupe. -The death of John McColl, of West- minster, at the age of 35, took place re- cently. He was well known for the interest he took in agricultural pursuits and also his activity as ts member of the Grange. The deceased wag at the tithe pends. of his death an earnest worker in the The Gr and Trunk and. the Great Western. a Referring to explanations given at the Grand Trunk -semi-annual meeting re- cently, the London Railway Times, No- veni.ber 3rd, says: 'Although the well- intentioned. efforts of Sir II. Tyler and. Mr. Childers have failed. in establishing -if not it fusion of interests -that close and permanent alliance which their re- spective constituents -so earnestly- de- sire, they have, it appears, resulted in the establishment of more friendly rela- tions, which, so far as the two 'Presi- dents, can control the course of events, we may believe will continue. The Grand Trunk, as represented by Sir Henry Tyler, desires that, by some -ar- rangement with the New York Central and . Erie, all through traffic shall be pooled. ' and divided. • Mr. Childers, as • representing the interests of the Great Western of Canada, will consent to a fusion only of the local competitive traf-, fie, leaving himself free . to deal bade- endently for the loner traffic with the competing American lines, of which practically the Great Western forms a link in the through route between east and west. The parties being thus in direct and irreconcilable opposition upon -Presbyterian Church in his vicinity,and. his place will be hard to fi - -With.regard to the supposed kidnap- ping of Rev, Mr. Fitzpatrick, which was reported last week, ON ng to EL dis- agreement with Bishop Walsh,:the Es- sex Record is in a position to State, on the very best authority, that the report is. altogether unfounded, an that he left Essex Centre on. -the evening in ques- tion, of his own free choice. -Wm. Madden, the farmer. -Who dis- appeared. from. his home near Dresden,. and was supposed to have committed suicide, has turned up safe.1: He got as. far as the St. Clair river, WI the water being too cold he concluded' to return, . and. quietly slipped home during .the night. His friends and neighbors who dragged the river_ and. scoured the couii- try think that it cold sousemight dobirn good and, make him a, little more con- siderate, 1 -Another Victim of drink was sacri- ficed. at Arkona on Friday morn.Ing last. A tailor named Bruce, a man of - about 38 or 40 years, fine.looking, rob '1st,' and apparently an intelligent and C 'offen- sive individual. He had been g very hard, it is said, for some weeks, and from lack of food and exposure, his whole system became so. exhaustedthat esday morn - an named bad scald mIlmsativereinail a ,on open- ing the- door the steam came rushing out into his face. The skin pealed off at once, and -caused the yo ng- man to suffer excruel'ating pain. -About a year ago, Mr. eo. Gordon, of St. Thomas, bought a eencolt in Yarmouth, for which he paid §150. Discovering that the maim ' possessed. some " going " qualities he jplaced. him under a trainer at Buffalo, and though his best record is only 2:45 it is said that he can show a much better one when pilt to the test. Mr. Gordon has refused $4,000 for Ed Bu on," which is the colt's sporting name: -NeWs has been receive by a priv- ate letter from New York that it dry - goods salesman named Ro ert Lunnie formerly of Guelph, comrni in a New York theatre wh was in progress, being pro act by some suggestive part dialogue. While in Guelpl gaged to a lady in Aylmer, appointed. in the match i which caused him to be life. The report has since dieted. -Froth a Napanee pap r Ike learn that a little daughter IA Mr, It. J. by'a. feed. tient had 3(1 ted suicide be the play pted tO the of the stage he was en- ut was dis- some way, a reckless een contra - Wales had a finger cut off cutter. After the little p been taken to it surgeon a id had the wound dressed, the arapu ated finger, end was found and taken her home. 1 On her return there the mot er insisted i on having the fragment reaced. Ac- 4 cordingly the surgeon came again and i dexterously strapped the pie e of finger in its place, nearly two ho rs after it : had. been cut off. The res t has j ti- i fled the hopes of the riaoth1r. Twelfre ' days after the accident the I n ger is i1,I in its place, union ba.s take. place par tially, and as she is silferint little or no pain, it is to bepresumed th separated fragmeutis growing fast to its natural E companion. -The Chicago Times pu lishes the following notice: Information wanted of Mary Lawson, who left Dunville, Canada, June 1, 1877, went to Galva, Iliirp linoiI3, to see her two sist rs, Mrs, D. Moore and Miss Maggie M hy ; left Galva. July 7, to come homeiby Chicago per the Michigan Central 'inad Grand Trunk Rsilroads. She waS about 40 years of age, dark complexion, thin fea- tures, about five feet high, wore a brown silk bonnet, broche shawl, a dark dress; had a lady's basket, plenty of money! with her, had large man's pieture of myself. I wil give $50 reward to any person who chn identify. her body, if dead, and if alive they will confer a fa- vor on her family by addressing J. F. Lawsdn, Stroll:mess post office, Mouck County, Ontario, Canada. .-essrs. A. &A. McArthur, of Bal - Moral: Farm, Lobo, lately shipped to Richard M. He, of New York city, one of their prize Berkshire pigs. The price paid is $150, and the enterprise of so young breeders, in supplying one of the most nottd herds in the United. States is highly' commendable. - The Oratorio of Esther, the beauti- ful Queen, was performed in Guelph on the evenings of Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, last week, Older the super- in.teudence of l'raf. Tenney, With mark- ed success. Mrs. Jennie Secord, of Berlin, assumed. the important charac- ter of Queen Esther, and acquitted her- self in a high1±- creditable manner.. -There are exhibited in a shop dow in Galt tjhree bhautiful portraits, from the brusll of Mr. Adam Kay, of that place. Tjhe portraits are of Hon. Alex. Maeken' ie, Sir John A. Macdon- ald, and HonI Edward. Blake. They are most exce ent likenesses, and the WOrirrn =ship artist.! -A short t• hews the skill of the true e ago a Mans retina:Lain Ottawa, naled john Andersmi, a, ing attentions spectable co eventually bee the time for make ; them o Happily, how her father lea a married ma famil ' in Eng watchmaker y trade, commenced pay bo a young lady of re- ections in that city. He me engaged to her, and e event which was to e was set for Monday, er, for the young lady, ed that Anderson '• was , having left his wife .and and. Anderson left the city itt once. ° - The Shabrooke Hews (Eastern Qu Dunki ond, is, are tiesfro , certa n parties bring' a, large r of *jars to this. city, and pur- five or more gallons, distribute ni,chfamily.' It is pretty •ile Sherbrookemay sup - sat many Sin Richmond deprived of the bever- towns of th Ric -whisk by pa Itt tur numb chase the li bec,) says _:-" The result Act in the County of that • large quantitiep of urchased in SherbroOke, localities in that' comity. uor, for evidleiihtistkheay, Shat ply v are likely to b age'P time -16 Hamilton pub discha ged for want of ha-vins oe ifi- Cates cf qualifi ation. It will also be remembered t at the matter was taken up and effo i s made to' restore the ladies c, to the' positions, which was done, it bein understood that the necessary pap would be secured for them. These have come, and have been given to Ei. McKinnon, !Miss A. E. Hills, Miss Elizabeth Harris, Miss Martha Kirke dall, and. 1VEs§ Elizabrth 1 Marshall. -A ;farmer driving into Hamilton last Saturda, morning, dicovered a man lying on, 6 e side of the road, near the brow of th mountain, in an almost insensible stat4 The good, Samaritan had. the man jconveyed. to the nearest house, where iestoratives were admin- istered to him, and in a short time he recovered suffiSiently to state that his name as Tho as, that he was a coni- mercial travell r on his way to -Cale- donia.-With it orse and buggy, that he horse suddenl shied. into the ditch, throwing him cut. . ' -A lady cor espondent writing to the Galt Reporter s ys : " Do you think it is just orreaso able that those business places in town in which millinery and dressmakinga e carried on, should keep their shops- 4en on Saturday nights till abont ten o'clock, and often later, keeping those Whom they employ toil- ing aw y to th tlate hour, When most all oth r busin ss places close at eight o'clock," The .Reporter admits the hardship to th workwoinen, but says: " What is alt y to do if her neW hat is not finished. fo Sunday." ? --East Plana oro township has had rather a sing ar elopement lately, a married. man lamed. James Wheeler, about 60 years of age, having gone off for parts unlm yrn. with a young woman named English about 20 years of age. Wheeler, we ii derstand, has been mar- ried three time -, and has a grown -up family, , and hc recently informed his wife that he V, ished. to sell his farm with the view purchasing another in the neighborho d of Brantford, by which means he Mau ed. her to sign the deed with him of th property he owned and which he had disposed of. • $ - ! remembered that some 1 ladies teaching in the ic schools were virtually ;,1 • Id -A Nissouiij farmer saw two, men trying t drive a hog past his premises. a few da.ys since, but the brute appear- ed BO obstinate lbat they at last told the farmer that tbefr were having so muCh trouble with t14 hog that if he would kill it for them ie might have half for his labor. Acc pting so generous an of- fer, he soon had the hog dressed, when 11 and drove away. Not at to feed his own hog, empty, and it did not figure out that he had g, receiving hay of it , °mance in real life has in :1Iontreal. It is he character of Enoch the men took h long after he we but the pen was take him long t< killed his 011711 for his trouble -A case of lately occurred somewhat after A. Mo trail man, :who was newly married, I set out some years ago for California, lbaving his young wife behind. He corresponded with her.for some time, but at last ceased to write. Tbe wife subseqpently learned that he had been killed M. a quarrel, and mar- ried. again. Thesecond hushed:a died shortly. tlfter, and -the lady married, is her thild husband, it ieh realf estate agent. Their happiness, h4weVer, was not ,of long duration, as letters seoai came frdm the olden Gate party, from the first husband, requesting his spouse to go out there t nie,et him. In order to satisfy hersell the lady went out, and found her recalcitrant husband, 'but de- clined to stay nith him, and. returned • to the man she was last wedded to, "be- tween two stools Ccc," however, she has come to grief, as the last husband, hav- ing taken legal advice, declines to take her back. The affair is very enfortim- ate, as the lady is' highly respectable and. respected in that community, where she has resided all her life. Lieut.. Governor Cauchon left Otta- wa, for Manitoba this week. The re- ports current that the English speaking porticn of the people were organizing c to resist his entrance to the. Province, are emphatically denied. by those whO ought to know. Aitcheson, of Gotham, shipped his cheese a few days ago. It required 23 teams to draw it. Be had the last three months' snake, which_ he sold lor 12,g- cents per pound. 'Cheese business has been. very profitable this season, and fanners who had a number of cows have realized a handsome sum of money. -Two women, ostensibly carrying en a boarding-house and laundry in St. Thomas, have been arrested as proles- sienal abortionists. Their names are Lydia Collins- and Harriet Lancaster. The police have:found one of their vic- tims, who has made a statement, and several instruments used in the nefar- ious calling haTe been secured. -On Wednesday, 14th inst., MTS. Keeler, wife of Mr. Robert Keeler, mer- chant, of Mitchell, departed this life. Mrs. Keeler received some internal in- jury by falling from . it cherry tree, last summer, from which she never recover- ed. She had been a resident of Mitchell for about thirty years, ana_ had. con- sequently a verylarge circle of acquaint- ances, an whom she was highly re- spected. -There was a rather amusing case brought before a Parkhill magistrate on She 56h hist. A certain Mr. }learns of West Williams, brought up a lir& Banks, charged with wantonly, cruelly and maliciously beating and ill-treating a span of horses belonging to said com- plainant," but strange to say, ,all that he could. prove against the malicious Mrs. Banks, was, that she had, likeany other sensible person, simply driven the horses out of a ma of wheat into which they had jrimped., on her own farm. Of course the case was dismissed„ and Mr. Kearns had the satisfaction of pay- ing coste. -The Chatham Planet complains that the county jail is just now turned into it hmatic asylum, without *any provision for the due care of the per unfortunates. Their violence and fright- ful yells resound day and night over the whole neighborhood,- and the inmates of the prison find it inapossible to rest. One of the insane men, there are three of them in confinement, attempted to hang himself on Wednesday evening, and was only prevented. from doing vio- lence by most careful watching. Un- less removed to a proper asylum at once their malady will become more and more hopeless of cure.." -As Mr. Donald McDonald, of Wil- mot, and his son-in-law, Mr. David ' Scott, of Puslinch, were driving through New Dundee, one of the hold -back straps • broke, when the buggy ran forward on to the horse's heels, frightening it and causing it to run away. They succeed- ed in pulling it to one side, but the buggy stracOagainst the sidewalk, and pitched the two out over the front, breaking off the claShboard. Failing under the buggy they were both drag - :god about thirty yards, when the horse was °aright. Mr. Scott escaped with- out serious injury, but Mr. McDonald, being a man of nearly 300 pounds weight, and. not able to help himself much, was severely bruised. and cut about the face, though no bones were broken. Ile is now recovering as rapid- ly as can be expected. -An extensive robbery occurred about nine miles from Carleton Plane on Wednesday. An oia roan, named Sarattel Batten, lived. with his family near Enuisville, and has always borne the reputation of being it Miser, and it was generally supposed that he had considerable wealth concealed some- where about his house. -Wednesday morning three Men entered his dwell- ing and -went straight to his bedroom. From underneath the bed they pulled, a box about two feet long, containing $6,000 in cash of 'all denominations, Mcluding $1,500 in silver coin. The old man was scared into making no re- sistan'pe by the men firing three revolv- er shots in the house. Having secured. their booty; the thieves took it- to a buggy and drove off, after firing two more shots. A son of RuttelPfi followed tbe buggy for some distance, but fin- ally gave up the chase, as he was afraid of being shot. Two men suspected of the robbery, who purchased tickets at Carleton. Place Junction for Chieago, were arrested on Thursday at Brock- ville. -Miring service at the Dublin street Methodist church, Guelph, on Sunday evening, a little episode occurred whieh produced a flutter of excitement in the congregation. 'When the '-choir began. singing o the anthem, a dog which had followed his master to the sacred edifice, began ta give vocal indications of his approval of the inusie. An effort was lxiadt to put the brute out, but the dog was determined to stay. S-undr3 healthy kicks woke the animal to a sense of his duty, and he began career- ing about the church in so reckless a manner that the ladies became alarm- ed and stood upon the seats to be out of reach, while little hysteric screams filled the air. Pursuit continued, and the pursued retaliated. by taking a large sample out -of one gentleniwn's breeches. The excitement for a few minutes was intense, and those who did not feel particularly alarmed felt very much ainused-naovcd to laughter in sonae cases. After a running fight, in which the dog made intimate acquaintance with half the boots in the audience, his dogshipwas filially- and. and. the service proceeded. • •