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The Huron Expositor, 1877-12-28, Page 1NiIIER 21, 1877. „ 5..a. Mr. C. Millar petition - mil for damages clone by «through his land on ac - being . no proper road,— Mr. A. Pringle applied to for expenses in taking care Wm. Foote, and India Ld been lying sick at his out three moutha, and died ist. A conininnicatien from in reference to the matter rhe sum. of -$20 was ordered Mr. Pringle. The acconnts re for attendance en nan sent to London asylum,. ordered tobe paid in ac- th instructions received fro= Council. viz.: $5 each. 13y - tip certain portions of road etween lots 20 and 21, ant A Turnberry, and sell and ,ame to theewnera of adjoin - .td. and passea. The Reeve Ile -were instructed to ex - in work done by M. La J - report at next meeting of he nomination was ordered in the school house Blue - date and hour -fined by stat- Rlowing ia a list a the gon- na returning officers : Sub - I, at school house, seotion Oer Wmghtm Robt. Eadie, tlicer; Sub -division No. 2, se. Bluevale, Jas. Johnstoin_ ifficer ; Sub -division No. 3, section No. 5-, T. K. Pow - officer. This was the last the present Council. WAFORTH.. 777 CY-ST 1\1- W PREMISES!' MARINO ,SALE —AT— MCDOUGALL & GUS, IE_THREE SEVENS. TO, INFORM, OUR NU -- CUSTOMERS IN TOWN UNTRY TI:IAT WE INTEND • TO a NEV PREMISES THE FIRST OF JANUARY, ORDER. TO REDUCE OUR NT STOCK WE WILL CCM - A AT CLEARING SALE qtrRD.ay.-, THE FIRST OF ER IS7T, OF OUR WHOLE f_YF STAPLE, AND FANCY :foODS, REA.1)YM ADE CLOTHING FURNISHINGS, HATS Al !-trris, &c.,. &c,, AT PRICES WILL EFFECT KEDY CLEARANCE. ItE DETERMINED TO MAKE THE GREATEST SALE EVER V:\-- EaFORTH AS A ND CLEARING SALE. LL AND SEE THE GOODS. IT r LI) BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GI‘''E -*AIL Ai) 'ATISFY YOURSELVES A GENT:INE CLEARING .1: IS CUING ON. G MDQUGALL 86 CO. MAIN STREET, SEAFWITEI. ELEVENTH YE.A.R. WHOLE NUMBER, 525. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. , pROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that co aenient and desirable residence on the earn r of High and Market Streets lately occupied b Dr. Verege. Apply to DR.irERCOE. 4 VOW SATM.--4The-a—ubse-iiber has for sale a 5 fiere lot in the township of McKillo-p; County • Huron, 20 acres aroeleared and the balance we timbered with beech and maple. The propert will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. 11. BENSON Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517 VOR SALE.—A two storey frame house and out -a: buildings, situated on the Market Square ao Seaforth, for. sale or to rent. Tha building is ve suitable for a boarding house or a public business POT particulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sea forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderieh. 493 --- A GOOD 0HANCE.—$1,500 will buy 150 sere 4-1' of good land in the Township of Keppel County of Gray. Bush land, all hardwood, an within, two miles of a flourishingvillage. It migh be.._,_exch_anged tor a amallfarm in McKillop, Tuck essmitla, or Hallett. Apply to A. STRONG,Lan Agent, Seaforth. 515 "'WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay field Concession, Goderieh Township, con tattling 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining the village of Hayfield, and will be sold cheap and on favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor, I0Mif GOVENLOCK, 524 hienit FOR S splendid farm, being Lot 22, Con. 6,Tuimberry, 90 adres, 70 aeres cleared, well fenced, and in a good state of cultivation, balance hardwood. Well watered, good frame house and barn, and half a mile from Wroxeter on a good gravel road. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, CHARLES MeTAVISH, Wrouter Post Office. 617x13 FOR S kT.E.—For Sale, cheap, the west half of the north half of Lot 9, &tibia Line, Stanley; °containing 57 acres, 40 of which are cleared, and the balance well timbered. It is within 3 miles of Byfield. There is a never failing stream of water running through the place. This property must be sold at once. Apply to SCOTT BROTHERS, Seaforth. 520 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, the oast half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tacker th, Cofinty of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 3711miles from the Town of •Seaforth, and oceivenient to school. The land. is of the very best quality. For further particulars apply to INM-RS PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmondville P. 0. 524 MR. LAI:TVS FARM FOR SALE.—For,Sale, Lot 12, Con. 1 Stanley, containing 100 acres, mostly cleared and in a first-class stalte of culti- vation. This is one of the best farms between Loudon and Wingham. Fair buildings, plenty of water, and. a good young orchard. On the London Road, three-quarters a a mile south of Brumfield. Apply to JUIIN LAIJT, Brueefield. 523-4 VARM FOR SAT fl TUCKERSMITH.—For Sale, Lot 28, Con. 4 L. It. S., Tnekersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance hardwood timber. Large brick house and good frame outbuildings; an excellent °milord of the choicest fruits; is well watered. Is situated 5 miles from Seafarth and It miles from Drucefleld station. POT terma apply by letter to E. NICOL, Grooer, Wingham. 518 VARM FOR SALE.—For sale lot No. 27, and -1: half of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con - °melon, London Road 'Survey, Tnekersmith, eon- , taing 200,, acres. The farm -will be sold as a whole or in two parts to snit purchaser. First-class out buildings, good orchard, plenty of water, and within four miles of Seaforth, and three of Bruce - field stations. Apply on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Land Agent„Settforth. 508-1x VAR:41 FOR SAL-E.—For Sale, the west part of Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 36 of whieh are cleared, well fenced, and in a state at good cultivation. Thereis 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 hall a mile of the village of Walton. Apply on the premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES NURCILIE. 520 1131wROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No: 14, -1- Con. 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 acres clearefl—an etteCent lot. West half of north half of. Lot No. 29,'Con. 6, Morris, adjoining. the Village of Bras - sets, 50 wog, 33 -acres cleared, cheese factory and machinert complete thereon. Four houses and lots, and a large number of vacant lots in Brussels, all the property of the undersigned. Also a num- bered improved farms, the property of other par- ticle. JOHN LECKIE. Brussels. 515 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, V Lot 1, Con. 8, 11.11. S., Tuckersmith, con- taining 106 acres, 80 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation being well underdrained and fenced. It is wain 6 miles of Seaforth, Pleamall and Nippon markets, and is convenient to school house and churches. There are on the premises a frame barn and stables, good well, log house and orchard. For further particulars ap- ply on the premises, or if by letter to THOMAS KYLE, Seaforth P. 0. 624x4 VARM FOR 54T.F.—Lot 12, 9th coo., Morris, -A: 100 acres; 60 cleared and in a good state of cultivation, balance principally under hardwood. Frame house, frame barn end stables. Two acres of elloicaorehard. - The foam is distant 2.4 miles from the flourishing village of Blyth, which con- tains churches-, schools, stores; foundry, grist and saw mills, and a station of the London, Huron and Bruce Railroad. This is a ram chance in a first-rate locality. For particulars apply to HUGH 11AIN, Goderieh, or to DONALD BAIN, on the 524x4 premises. A GOOD FARM.—A Farm for Sale of 152 aeres, beingLot 2, Con. 2, Turuberry. The farm is 2 miles south of Wroxoter and 7 north of Brussels the gravel road running through it. About 60 tuxes cleared, 40 acres of good beeeh and maple bush, and 15 aeres of hemleek and soft maple mixed, the balance cedar and Mach ash. There are 4 acres of fall wheat, and a. new fallow in tur- nips. Barn, 24x40, log house, a good. well with. pump, and a splendid orchard of 150 bearing fruit trete, W. G. PALMER, Wroxeter. 523 -VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale the ' east half of Lot 9, Concession 3, McKillop, containing 50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. This farm is situated within one mile and a querterof Seaforth. The land is of the ehoicest quality. There is a handsome residence, and good out- buildings. The fan is well planted with fruit and ornamental trees, is in excellent order, and well- feneecl. It is admirably suited for a retired gen-, Vernon, a dairy -man, or iharket gardener. Terms may. Apply to the proprietor 011 the premises or -to Seaforth P. 0. E. TESKY, Proprietor. 524 VARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 29, Con. 9, Ilibbert, containing 100 acres, 90 of -Which are cleared., free of stumps, well fenced and. ill first-class cultivation. A barn 60x40, nearly new, a shed and stable 30 by 30, a. driving shed 24x40, a brick root house and a splendid Uri& dwelling house, and all other necessary outbuildings. A good orchard and well watered. There are 15 aorea of fall wheat, and aboat 50 wares full plow- ed. This is ono of the most desirable farms in this seeSi(m of country. Terms easy. Apply to to the pro?rietor on the premises, or to Egmond- villa P. 0. GEORGE HALE. 524 WAGON AND BLACKSMITH SHOP POR I SALE.—The undersignedovho is about retir- ing from business, wishes to sell his property in the village of Iiinburn, toWnship of Hallett, county of Huron, consisting of three-quarters of an acre of choice land, iell underdrained, and having a number of well selected Jruit trees. There is on the premises a blacksmith shop 28x38, a wagon shop 2ux40, and paint shop the same size, a two storey dwelling house 1qx35 and kitchen 16x22, whii cook -house attached ; also a new dwelling house 18x24 and stable 16r25. The buiblinc;r's are all frame and the dwelling houses have eaeha good cellar. The above is situated in one of the best farming communities in the county and is there - five an. excellent business stand. Also for sale a large amount of oak-, rock elm, red. elro, and pine lumber, well seasoned, and, fit for use. Wagons, sleighs,entters,and buggies onhand, and will be sold eheap to clear out the stock. Payment is request- ed of all overdue notes and accounts. JOHN WIL- LIAMS, Coustance P. 0. 517 WilsTTIR WORK. - A.L4X.ANDER IIYDE . Winter 1 upon us, or, at least, hth winter months yra ave coe though the ave as yet brought There is plenty of w k to 1.3 u onto made dwonsaes,n:a This is corapara,ively a season of leisure. no su.ch imperative demands - On the farmer's tune as planting hoeing an harvesting make. He has' now' some °beige of labor; a,nd the question is, what can the men and teams do . that will tell most ,or the benefit of the farm 'and faani y ? Every man must answer this que tion according to cir- eumstances. at would be wise for one might be foolish for another; but there are some general sugges- tions which it may be well for all to -consider. In the first,place, the stock must be made comfortable. Without corr;fort there can be no thrift for main or beast. In this cold. eliniate, the barns must be made tight. The wind must not be al- lowed to suckup through the cracks of the stable floors, or whistle through the loose siding. The exposure of stock to cold drafts on their bellies and flanks, IS as galling and destructive as the flank movements of an enemy in battle. We hardly know which is worse—slow freezing or slow poisoning—but, so f as we understand the process we should prefer freezing te the painK1 diseases caused by vitiated air. Neither is ne- cessary. Tight barns -will keep the cat- tle warm, and ventilating tubes will give them pure 1r. It is not enoug1for the comfort and thrift of stock that it should be kept warm in winter.' Warmth may be the first essentia1,. and it saves an inimense amount of fodder, but cleanliness is al- most as esgentiLl to their thrift as warmth. To allow horses and cattle, as many do, to lie in their excrement; and have their bUttocks and. bellies coo- eto,ntly wet and besmeared with: it, is poor economy, not to say positive Cruelty: Many Men seem to Intve the impression thatffith is congenial to the -lower animals, but the truth is, e, filthy condition is no more normal to them than to man. In a state of nature all animals are tidy, the hog.not excepted. It is only when domesticated—made subservient to man—that they are cona pelled to wallow and sleep in filth. We hear some farmers say that straw is too expensive to be used for bedding for stock. This may be- so, but stra-wis not the only kind of bedding, and we are • not sure that it is the best. For years past We ha-ve relied mainly on leaves for bedding sleek. They are not so good an absorbent of mine as is: straw, leaves having no hollow cylinders for its storage, but theyi make a better manure. It costs something to gather leaves, and they require considerable storage room; biit on most farms there are sheltered hollows where leaves drift in large windrows,and where they area positive damage to the land if left to lie and smother the grass. Here they can be gathered with little labor and much profit. Brakes, and other weeds, also saw -dust, and spent tan bark,- make cdrafortable bedding for stock. If -no other resource is at hand, then use diy sand or loam. Nothing is more healthy for the stock. Loam is, a great absor- bent of all noxions gases, and keeps the aix of the stable ranch sweeter than does straw and. leaves. It seems a little cold for bedding, but if dry and changed often there is nothing better, and it makes a pile of manure which does not "fire -fang." Oia a stock farm " chores " occupy a good share of the time of the farmer in winter, -provided. he is one of the thorough men who believe in 'doing chores thoroughly. There is such a thing, however, as thoroughness • with: - out pottering ' all day, frittering. away the time on trifles. There should be a system in chores as in every business, a time for this and a time for that, a,nd if everything is done in the appointed time and. order; the chores are accom- plished easily and -quickly. It is aston- ishing how inech easier some men per- form their labor than do others, with greater results, simply because they have a system about their work. A method of doing chores is as beneficial to the stock ae to the farmer. Cows be- coMe accustomed to being fed, watered, and milked at a 6ertain hour, and habit is Second nature with them. Even if hungry and thirsty, they wait quietly for the appointed time, but if fed hie-. gularly they are ever on the qui vive for vitality hg wtoeat,jg. and th US wastetnauh taiy byorryi When we find regular systern for chores, such as we Aee in a well -ordered factory, there WO find the work done withent frit ion, and in half the time and with half the force ordittarilY employed in thelap- hazard style of &Aug business. "There is a time for every purpose under the heaven," said Solomon,* but how few men find. the day long enough, even in in the leisure 'season of winter, to ac- complish all their ptuposes. The enterPrising farmer will not be content with doing chores all winter, There is much work that can be better done at this season than at any other. All heavy hauling is More easily ac- complished by sleds than wheels. If wood or ice is to be drawn to the house, or logs, to the saw -mill, or large boul- ders to bo removed from the mowing lots, the time to do these thinas is •hen snow is on the ground. The'fric- ion on Snow is so much less than on bare ound that a tea.rn will haul twice as uch at a- load, an.(1 the loading of eavy bodies on a sled is easy compar- d with hoisting the same into a wagon. he hauling of, wood, which used to op - Imply so nauch Of the time of farmers in the winter, is fast becoming obsolete in: all places where coal eau be ,transport- ed by wind or steam, and we suggest that in lieu of wood hauling the teams 1.)e put to drawing muck, wherever this Valuable fertilize; eau be found. within feasonable distances. The swamps are SEAFORTH,. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1877. 111 MeLEAN BROS., PublisherS. $1.50 a, Year, in Advance. now, or -soon will be, frozen solid, so that teams can. traverse them safely. With an axe the frozen surface is easily cut through, and underneath this crust the muck will be found dry, and can often be shoveled out to the depth of six feet or more by leaving middle walls of partition between the pits. This muck, placed in piles and. exposed to the action:of frost and air, will crum- ble and. decompose, and form an: excel- lent absorbent for the barn yard, hog pen, and eompost heap. Some recom- mend it as bedding for the stables, but it is too -dirty for this purpose. • In many swamps It layer of marl, made up of fresh -water shells, clay and sand, can be found at the bottnm of the - muck, and where this is the case, the farmer has all the material for a rich compost ready for his service. Alter- nate loads of muck - a,nd marl can be piled toge her, and the ,two will operate on each other kindly, and act most harmoniously when used as a top dress- ing or plowed in for corn and potatoes. A bard urcl.ia y soil becomes naellow and porous der the action of such a com- post, and dry sandy land becomes more retentive of moisture and th.e rich gases that descend from the air with the rains and dews. We ,know no more profitable winter work than haul- ing muc and we speak from experi- ence, for e have hauled. thousands of loads. -I Anothe job for the winter is the b.auling o manure from the barn cel- lar, and ;lacing it in piles on the fields where it I I ay be wanted in the spring. Some re ommend that the manure should be spread in the winter, but we prefer to ave it in large piles, covered with a lit le muck or earth, and let the work of decomposition go on. The manure i finer and every way better prepared for assimilation by plants when left e wring the winter in large piles. The cove ng of muck or earth will pre- vent the aste of the gases generated it the forme tation. , _ I It sho d never be forgotten that it is not all of life to work. Summer and winter, d:y and night, Work and rest, are the or • et of Nature, and man shmitld observe he order. Drive machinery all the w e and it will soon wear ont, whether a ade of wood, iron, muscles, or braiir Some winter days, and many win er evenings, should be given to intellec ual and social culture. The farmers' lub meetings can be made more pro table than so muoh time spent in h d work. No one can attend them wit i�ut gaining ideas that will givel powe 'and direction to labor. Then again, an ccasional tea -drinking and. a social eveting visit with one's neigh, bors, is t" o e well spent. They give t� life a zest so ore enjoyable than money in bank o bonds. Let the children have their full share of social pleasures. They wer made for society, and can't be conten ed without it. If you make our boys ork out all day and shell corn in. the evepings, we must expect them to be disgi4sted with farm life. Whether. winter onl the farm is profitable and pleasant, 4r -barren and dreary, depends upon our inprovement of the short dayS and long e enings. There Guelph, a —There pal honor —A ves Monday, t els of pota —The a submittin county of —The e Canada. re 40 prisoners in- the jail present. _ are 35 candidates for municil in the town of Belleville. el left -Halifax -for Britain on; king a cargo of 11,000 bush- oes. ; ount of expenses incurred in the Dunkin Act in the ruce amounted to $497. 1 timated cost of the propose bridge °veil the Ottawa river at New Edinbnrgh is $380,000, including grad.- ings. —One thousand nine mated and forty-seven is the offiji1- majority against thl Torontottawa bonus by-law. —The Bank, Mo 800 among that city. —Two tenced to s tral Prison keys from —A chil Ludington Point Edw a boiler of --On th half a cord 5,1 minutes Wood Yam —A yo G-la,nworth big spree, fllthy lana —Mr. Jo Mills, is no in.ents othi prime oatmeal th Scotland, where it is e1ling at a fair profit: —The n iustitute M Montreal for Protestant eaf-mutes, built by Mr: J. McKay, w I be opened about the mid- dle of Jan ary by the Governor-Gen- eral. —Miss ursnall, of Paris, had her pocket pick d at flareilton station the' other eve g. She lost her pocket- book contaa ng about $30 'and her rail- way ticket. —A car- oad of convicts- from -St. Vincent de Paul penitentiary. left Montreal on Monday for Kingston, pem- tentiaiy, as the former institution is overcrowded. —It is stated. on- good'autherity, that the Marquig of Norma.nby, now Gover- nor of Ne Wi Zealand, will succeed our present Gosietnor-General, Lord Duffer - in, in May next. —Miss A trii0 Church; ofFerg,us, while skating upon the curling pond • there about a week ago, had her leg breken near the ankle by one of her skates be- coming, fast in a fissure in the ice. —L.. G. Morgan, B. A., who has for two years been Principal of the Vienna Public School, retires at the close of the year, his place being taken by his as- ity and District Savings treat have distributed $10, - the charitable societies of en in Ottawa have been sen - x months each in the Con - for stealing butter and tur- farmer. belonging to a family named was scalded to death at rd last week by failing into 16 ot water. afternoon of the 21st inst., of wood was cut and split in by steam power. at the City , Hamilton, g man named McMullen, of who went to London on a as been fined $10 for using age on the street. 1 man named Dennis lood, in a saloon n Wilson, of the Wentworth ; th:c city. Balfe h s a \-4 in NOW making reg,ular consign- I york sistant, C. R. Gunne B. A. There are few public schools winch can boast of towneotgrima,de.uates on their teaching staff at —At- the late Dundalk fair, Grey County, a number of working oxen were offered at the prices ranging from $60 to $110. Cows from $18 to $30. Steer& from $15 to $28. . —Agents are at work in the neighbor- hood of London collecting fowls, which. are to be sent to Toronto alive, and there-slainghterecl and prepared for the English market: —A young son of Mr. G. Robinson, of London, aged about ten years, while riding on horseback Saturday afternoon, was thrown off and instantly killed, his neck being broken. —A cattle drover brought to Ottawa' the other day a curiosity in tie shape of a cow with two tails. The extra one grows from the top of the back, abovei the front shoulders. —A bank messenger in Hamilton re- cently found a cheque for $1,200 -on the i street, payable to bearer. The owner; rewarded the finder, with the magnifi- cent sum of 26 cent —In Halifax, on Monday, Bernard O'Neil, a well-known crockeryware merchant, dropped dead in the street. Mr. O'Neil was one ef the largest own- ers of real estate in the city. —Some very nand hog -killing has been done on the farm of John McCor- mick, Gore of Puslinch. On, the' 13th inst., four men killed. and dressed_ 40 hogs in 22 minutes 1i- seconds. - —Mr. Gordon Brown, of the Globe, has entered an action, for $25,000 damages against th supposed Pitinter of a number of libe ous posters during' the Toronto and Ot avva, Railway onus.; contest. . —The cow nuisanee was recently up, for discussion in the Dundas Council, when a majority of that body, having a look -out for January, voted to let cows run at large and steal everything they , could reach for. • —The other day a body of McGill Medical students waited on St. James, street to rotten -egg Dr. Gilbert, aa he; was going from the St. Lawrence Hall, to the Court in Montreal, but he man- aged. to escape. —Old inhabitants say the winter of 1837 was very much like the present: season. Forty years ago this !month, Capt. Armstrong made several trips with the steamer St. George between 'Mon- treal and Quebec. ! —In Toronto, oh Monday, a boy,. aged 14, was 'charged with stealing a cash box. containing 60 from the office of Grip, the box with the money intact being foun4 busied in the yard. The boy was digcharged.; —The retirement ,of Mr. James' Mc- Rae as teacher in Galt Collegiate Insti- tute, was taken ad.vantage of by the pupils to present to that gentleman a very handsome testimonial in the shape of a solid gold locket. - -LA fire that was kindled in a stand- ing elm tree, on the 4th day of, Septem- ber, on Newton Johnston's farm, lot 7,, concession 13, Camden, was still on. fire on December 18th, having burned con- tinuously for 105 days. 1 -LA movement is tin foot in Toronto for , the establishment of swimming baths, for the use of the laboring classes during summer. It is suggested to erect a large building containing two swim- ming baths as well as private baths. —The mildness of, the season is in- viting comparisons in the press. with former seasons. It ; appears that the winters of 1837, 187, 1848, and.- 1855, were all 'Seasons of lexceptional ;mild- ness, up to New Year's Day in each case,. ---;111r. Wm. Gove, of the township o• f me cords and a in four hours and veek, piling brush stumps inside of presented to her and her children. Be- sides this, a gold medal was struck and given her with a, suitable inscription, and this is thought highly of by the family. At present she is about fifty years of age and is remarkably fine looking and age, —A Brantford- exchange says: A farmer called at our office the other day enquiring for ashoddy cloth peddler to whom he kad given Ids note for $110. We wonder when one of our merchants could induce a farmer to buy that amount in. good stock, at one purchase. , Them are in the Orillia Public 'Schools 100 pupils between five and seven, necessitating the hiring tof two additional teachers and the expense of one school building, which might be dispensed with, did parents keep their infants a year or two longer in the nur- sery. Plympton, chopped t half ,of four -feet woo a half, one day last and taking timer o ib the above tine., Tie weed chopped Was 'beech and maple. . —The drilling of an oil well at Petro- lia was commenced. at 10 o'clock on Monday morning and by noon the fol- lowing Saturday the well was puml)ing at a depth of 490 feet. This is consider- - ed the fastest time yet made in drilling in this or any other country. —Mr. Wm. G.:Bray, proprietor of the Caledonia, Woollen Mills, died suddenly at his residence- on Thursday of last -week at noon. During the time that Mr. Bray resided in t e village he was highly esteemed. forh s sterling qualities both as a friend and eitizen. 1 1 —A man nained Robert Baife, who was foreman of the press-roona; in the 1 Globe Office, Toronto, died. last iveek 1.from injuries rdceive during quarrel -which took place be ween him and a 1 ' —A blacksmith hop belenging to Mr. Dougald. Fergaso , at Reese's ,Cor- ners, about two ile from Wyoming, was totally destro ed by fire one mbrn: ing recently. Several new carriages, cutters, etc., and it valuable lot of tools were also destroyed by the ',flames. Total loss about $600. No insurance. Origin of the fire unknown, ; --ono night recently four steers were - stolen from Mr. Chantly, Db.Venport, York county. On clistovery of his loss Mr. Chantli‘ instituted a search, which ,resulted in the discovery that they had been taken to Richmond T-Til1 i The Car- cases of four tattle were found in poses - Sion of two men named. Stuart, living near Richmond. Hill, and they were arrested on suspicion of having stolen them: ! ! —There is living at Walsingliam„ On- tario, about 40 miles from Loudon, a ler, a hors buyer, set upon one Hon. real heroine. Her name is Abigail Roy. 's, and beat him in such a shameful A fernier resident of I2ondon says that annen that for a couple of days after about 20 years since an American ves- he occurrence his life was despaired of. sel was wrecked off Long Point, on At first Tnnis was knocked down with Lake Erie, and the entire crew, com- a slung shot, afterwards kicked. about —Mons. Adrian Izer, a celebrated French billiard player, has been aston ishing the Guelphites with • exhibitions of his skill. He is acknowledged to be the lea g player of the present day in regard to his scientific and exeiting game He execiftes most marvellous shots, and is duly appreciated. —A young man, recently attending Sackville Lademy, has mysteriously disappeared. He was -last seen at height, and very _slight. He had on a oh Moncton at 5i A. M., Wednesday, Decembe .18, 1877. He was 18 years old, ab t five feet six inchea in light brn overcoat with a stain on the shoulder. — Mr. . J. Fletcher, -who has been for seine time a member of the staff of the Pro ncial Model School, Toronto, has bee appointed Principal of the Winnipe Public School, in the roora of J. Ca eron, B. A, whose resigna- tion has een accepted'. Mr. Cameren, it is sai , purposes entering the legal professio i. —Dr. • eilly, who for some yeamprac- ticed his rofession in Paisley, died at Greeley, Colorado, on the 8th inst. Dr. Reilly went west to try to find a climate more congenial to his health about a year ago, but the disease had been too fiarn3391y, .rooted, and he continued to fail until death claimed him at the. early age — The Soho cheese factory, near Richwood, Oxfor Tunty, the property of Mr. J. Tennant„ the last ship- ment of cheese for;the eason, to New- castle, on the 14t1fiarst., realizing for it ' 12,4 cts. per lb. The average price re- ceived. for the entire season at this fac- tory has been 10o.—a high -one compar- ed with most others. —A gentleman arrived in Hamilton last Monday from Detroit, anxious to see the curling match on the Bay, which was some time since announced by the Globe to take place. He said, however, he was not greatly disappoint- ed, for, as he says, Hamilton is blessed with just the same weather as is raging at Detroit. ; —The St. Thomas Time states that previous to the institution of the pres- ent system of examining teachers, scarcely a public school master in the County of Elgin received more than $400 a year, while at present a consid- erable nuraber receive from $500 to $700. The improvement in salaries is not by any mea,n,s confmed to Elgin. —A poor old man named Meinsin,ger, but better known by the soubriquet of "Old Sassafras," died in the Poor House, Perlin, a few days ago. He had long been addicted to intemperate habits, and was a Mere wreck when taken to the Refuge. He was last spring tried and acquitted on a charge of illegal criminal assault at Conestopit , , ---,There was an elopement from Bur- ford last 1 eek, a married man named AndrewWilliams, v4ith three of a fam- ily, lam g off with a girl named Mar- tha Lee, cousin of Ins. ,It is supposed the have gone to the States. The par- ties are sad to be respecta,bly connect- ed, and th ir intimate friends no doubt I feel their Position keenly. 1 n -4. Tr. qaas. Gudgell, Pleasant Hill, Missouri, I United States, has pur- chas'ed frem Mr. F. W. Stone, of Guelph, twenty head of his -cele- brated Hetefords,included in the lot are some of the animals which composed the herd. Mr. Stone exhibited so successfully ilat the rec t Provincial Exhibition, at e 1London, and the Central Exhibitions at Guelph an Hamilton. ' I 1 —The Detroit Free Press, Of Decem- ber 24th 43ays : "Miss Ellen McFey, ; 1 '. ;who says she comes from Hamilton, Ontl mad several desperate attempts 'at the Det oit and Milwaukee Railway wharf, at Detroit, yesterday, to corn - mit guicide by jumping into the river. 'Special 0 cer Jeiry &Conn° was final- ly obliged. o confine her in the waiting - :room until the train, upon which she ,Iwas going, left the depot. ; ' =Early one morni g last Week, Miss Catharine Dailey, daughter of Ur.john Dailey, of Paris, whilst crossing the Dundas street bridge in that town, on ; :110r Way to the factory wher she was mp loyed, was blown off he single !planell own to the bed of the ri er, a dis- ( k on as hich she had to c -oss. She mice of some twenty-three feet, on the gravel, which .was barely, at th ie spot, ..overed. with water. In the all she had the lore -arm of her frit hand roken, an also had her u per jaw, one broken and was othern Ise badly rinsed ab ut the head, face, and body. She is progressing favorably. _ —A mos brutal case of maltreatnaent ' took place in a tavern in the 'village of 13 h ' County of Oxford, a few Without the least visible , a man named. Aaron Col- ays lege. rovocatio posed. of seven persons, were, rescned one by one by this brave woman. Short- ly atter this event a subscription was start d and. a farm of -200 acres was • the body by friends of Coaier (one Knott and others), the final act of bru- tality being that of Collier, with a pair of heavy boots on his feet, jumping on • the prostrate man's face.The result of this may he easily imagined. Innis was left for dead, with his lace lacer- ated and torn past recognition, and his body one mass of bruises. Collier has cleared out. ; --The first railway excursion of the Canada Pacific Railway,. took place on Wednesday last vveek. A party (4 ladies and gentlemen, and; Mr. Whitehead, the contractor, started from St. Boniface station. The track Was smooth, though entirely unballasted, and the train, Con- sisting of. two flat cars and a da,boose, took th main line at Selkirk, and pro- ceeded wo mules --as far as the track is laid. --D ng the last naonth, it firm of , I • Ameri ns named T. McCarthy & Co., openen an office in St., Thomas, and sent t •ugh the post office about 30,- 000 circ ars, advertising it grand lot- tery. 1 he enterprise proving to be a swindle postmasters, instructed by Mr. Gil. ert Griffin, Post Office Inspec- tor, have been intercepting the circu- lars, and sendingithem to the dead- let- ter offie • —Bei jarain Wilson'of the teiviiship of Araa el, went, out to the woods alone to, eat down some fire -wood, and not coming home when his wife eXpected him, she went to seek for him and found him lying under a tree that he had felled, unable to speak, ;She at once ar used. the neighbors and got him out, lnit he was unable to Stand or spea,k. He now lies fin it -vett feeble state, b t it is 'thought that he ill re- ; I cov_ijer. a t Sunday, at Tuskethakes, 15 miles fFom Yarmouth, 1 Noya I Scotia, three dhuldren, two of them - belonging to David :Hatfield,. went ,on to ice, which nave way and let them in. Hat- field's fa,naily; including, himself, his Fife an two daughters rushed ; to the 41 scene, d in the excitement ;all got into the • water. Mrs. Hatfield, a daughter aged ten, another daughter aged six, and a son aged ten, were all drowned. I ; 1 —A shanty on Thames street, Lon- don, luliabited by it man named Mal - ligan a d Several immoral women, was the scene of a hbrrid spectacle a few days ago. A row being heard going on :inside by some persons passing, ;an. en- trance *as effected, when foutl`of the women, who had lain drunk en night, were disputing as to which of them should e the messenger to fetch& fresh supply of whiskey. On the flooi among a few ra1gs lay the dead body of i young _ ' I infant. —James Rodeiick's stable Bina barn, near W terdown station, together with two her es • and an omnibus, w re de- stroyed by fire on Friday rnornthg last, and a nIan named John Hill hLLs been commit ed to stand his trial for itarting the fire. He `was the first man •at - the fire, anc1 worked to put it out, but was followec1 home, and was ! heard to toll his wife that he had fired the pioperty, at least so says the witness who listened at his 1ouse, and heard; his- conversa- tion witb his wife. I . .—Lat, On Wednesday night last week, an Oxford constable started with a, prisoner named ThoS. !Pearson from Browns4rille, with the I view of taking him to 1Voodstock jail, to, whichlhe had been committed for trial on it charge of stealing a large quantity of clothing. The con table had stupidly neglected to hand nff his prisoner, Who, waen at a, solita.y part of the road, jumped from th buggy and made through the woods. The officer pursued the prisoner for sometime, but failed to overtake .11itil. 1 I - -Says the Banner: The close of a sad tragedy was enacted on Monday last, when Elizabeth Curfey, of West Flamborp', aged 21 years, died at the residence of her grandfather, Mr. Isaac Pool. It will be remembered that about tivao years ago, a young man named Jesse Borer committed suicide, on account, it avas supposed, of some misundeintanding with the deceased, they being engaged to be married. Since that sad dccurrence, M:AS Curfey gra- dually sank into a, decline, and died, no doubt, fr na grieving over the unfortun- ate death of her lover. —Las 2. Saturday morning, in; Man- treal, Alfred Norman, 24, and Henry Woodyarf1, 26, both English, gave them- selves pp as deserter S from Ber Ma- jesty's 4iilitary service. The former stated th t he deserted from the; Firsta Battalionl, 16th Regiment,an Aldershot, EngIandJ on Shel 4th or 55h August, 1875, an4 the latter that he deserted from the Horse Guards, in Londim, on the 22nd March, 1875. ;They sa4 that they had no pod reason Mr leaving the military he had a got on a to leave f rpastures new. - ing to A 'erica, they met in the. Ifnitel States, a d, have travelled nearly all over the Mon. They have ha]. em- ployment during part of the tithe, but have spe 5 all the money they earned. They ca e to Canada abonetwo wee • ago, and, asthey remarkednhave foun the times so very hard and employment se scarce; that they concluded it would be far bet er for them.to return home their fern er situations. ervice,- and ono of then,' said little money, with which he unk, when he toAfter; com ok a notion —A lig 'thing rod case 'canie before the Hami ton Comity, Court at its re- cent sitturg.. A lightning rod concern brought s lit to recover Vat rods placed upon the louse and balm of one John Burke. he latter admitted his liabil- ity for th)se_ upon the house, but re- fusedipa nent for those upon his barn, whigh he had never ordered. Accor- dingly a verdict was given for $27 75, the sum due for work done upon the house, plaintiffs being compelled to pay the costs of the s-ait. This case appears to be one of a number in whieli con- cerns of this kind take advantage of farmers and. others -to exceed their or- ders; or sometimes to erect their wares upon premises without an order at all, 1 or even in the face of a refusal or a warning, and tb_en boldly deinand the price of their Work. Suits for ;trespass would be in order against such gentry; but, perhaps, violent ejectment(which peace principles will not pert us to advocate) is the only effectual inea.na of expelling the a:verage lightning rod peddler. —A man named John Davis, who was arrested in London the other day by County Constable Pope, is alleged to be an adept at Stealing from railway cars, and that there are a number of serious charges against him. The ma- jority of those were laid in the neighbor- hood of Guelph, to which town. Davis will be taken for trial. —The other night, while Mrs. H. Crooker, of Brantford, was trying to fill a lamp, Air. C. lit a match so as to see better, and as quick as thought the gas caught the flames and conveyed it to the larop Ltna cau, when with a flash She whole thing was in flames, :with presence of mind, however, he graaped a mat from the floor and. extingnished the fire. The oil was the double re- fmed. . —The family of Mr. Francis Me- . Nally, Whitby, had a narrow escape from death through asphyxiation, a nhort time ago. When retiring the coal 'itelre was tightly closed, and. the air as far as possible excluded. The result was an escape of foul gas, which so au"- focated Mr, McNally, his wife and daughter, While sIeepin,g, that they were found insensible in the morning. Medi‘ cal aid. was called in just in time to pre- vent fatal consequences. • —The residence, No. 105 Market - street, Hamilton'of Mr. A. L. Ander, son, agent of theOlobenwaS on Thursday night entered_ by burglars, and a number of articles, includina washing hiaelline, wrin„,ainganachine, pots; pans, and, in short, alinost the entire paraphernalia of the kitchen, carried off. The entrance having been Made at the rear, ;aaad the harglars ha•ving confined their opera- tions to the kitchen, the sleeping in- mates ne the main building knew nothing of what was going on, and only realized their loss when they found themselies, on rising, minus the utensils necessary to prepare the morning meal. —A man from Washingt in, Blen- heim township, who ,was stopping at the Royal Hotel, Mitchell, naet with a serious accident on Saturday the 15th inst. He was COMirig through the hall - of the hotel, and being a stranger, he Mistook the door which opens into the cellar for the one leading into the bar, and before discovering his error he was • precipitated to the.bottom of the stairs, a distance of nine feet,, inflicting an ugly gash in his head and sustaining other injuries. A physician was called in who dressed the wounds, and al- though feelingconsiderahly " shook up," the man had recovered sufficiently ta.be driven home on Sunday. —One eveninglately as the Hamilton and. .North-western Railway train, which reached Hagarsville about es quarter to six, was between .Caledonia and the former village, some miscreant threw a large stone through ope of the windows of the passenger -car. A gentleman sitting near the -window for- tunately escaped being struck by the same. Had. the stone hit him there is not the -least doubt but that he would ' have sustained. a severe injury, and. perhaps killed. Should any person be eaught Man act of this kind, the best plan would be, in addition to sending him to the penitentiary for a number of years, to sentence him to aflogging with the eat. fatal accident occurred at St. 'Thomas,- on the night of the 20th inst. Aman named Kemble waa on his 'way home with it friend, 3-4111e8 Loggie, when, to make a short cnt, they crossed She Nvater works dam. Km:able was first to cross, and did not miss his c,om- panion until he had walked seine twice, when, looking back, be found he was not following. IIe returned and gave the alarm, but the body was not found until 11 o'clock, and ; the accident happened at fi-ve. The supposition is Shat he slipped. and fell in the water, and came in contact with something that must have rendered him insensible, as no outcry was heatd.. Deeeased leaves a wife and family. -7-At the last Wentworth county.As- sizes a ease came up in which a father and mother nanied Wylde sued their son for maintenance. Before the fird witness had been examined, His Lord- ship Justice Galt advised that the trouble between the parties -should be left to arbitration. This wag consented to and Mr. Thomas Stoa, Warden of the county of W,entwortle was selected as Arbitrator. Mr. Stock, in looking into the facts of the case, found that some years ago the plaintiffs had made - an arrangement with -the son by which he was to support them during lifi3, they giving up to him the deed of a farm in Caistor .they lived. This agreement -was being carried out fairly when the SOU'S wife began to interfere, 0 and, as Mr. Wylde, Sr, swore at the Assizes, made their mutual hoine very unpleasant. The father finally appe ecl to the Court of Chancery, and it was agreed that the son should retain lam - session of the deed of the farm and pay so much emu -daily for the maintenance of the old folks,. This was not carried. out as ordered, and suit was brought at the last Assizes to compel it to be done. Mr. Stock, on in/tiler inquiry, ascertain- ed that the on, who. had not married until he was 37 years ef age, had been. chiefly instrumental in paying for the farxn, which is not ft particularly val- uabie one. He consulted a life assur- ance actuary as to the length of time the parents were likely to live, and hav- ing decided to award them $75 each per annum, capitalized the sum the son was to pay at $1,100 and instructed him to provide it and hand it over as snoebitnhaers pthoesspitleinttoifftft aged tehdecoule.A defendantss were pleased with the award, the eoun- sel have expressed their opinion that it was a very fair one.