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The Huron Expositor, 1878-01-04, Page 1ELEvENTEE YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 56. REAL ErTATE FOR SALE. • pROPERTY1O SALE.—For Sale, thatcon ventent and desirable residence on the corner of High and Market Streets, la tely occupied by Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 488 _ FOR SALE.—The subscriber has far silk a 50 acre lot in the township• of McKilIop, County a Rural, 20 acres are cleared aucl the balance well timbered with beech and maple. Tao -property will be sOld cheap. Apply to JAR. II. BENSON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517 vOR SALle.—A two storey frame house and out- -1: buildings-, situated on tho Market Square of neeferth, for sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a public, business. For partieulars apply to W. N. WATSON, Sett - forth, or to DANIEL GORDON., Gotlerieh. 493 A GOOD CITANCE.—$1,500-wil1 buy 150 acres of good land in the Township of Koppel,• County of Grey. Bush land, all hardwood, and within two miles of a flourishing village. It might be exchanged for a =alarm in MeKillop, Tuck- oremith, or Hallett. Apply to A. STRONer, Land Agent, Seaforth. 515 Flint FOR SALE. -"For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay- field Concession, Goderieh TOWnship, con- taining 85 are, 50 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining the village of Bayfield, and will be sold cheep and en favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor, ;0$1TX GOVENLOCK. WARN FOR SAT:Fe—A splendid farm, being Lot, 22, Con. 6, TurriberTy,‘90 acres, 70 acres 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, CHART.P.S MCTAVISH, Wroxeter Poet 517x13 Office, woR SAL -re --For Sale, cheap, the weit half -of the north half of Lot 9, Sauble Line, Stanley, containing 57 aeres, 40 of which are cleared, and ' the balance well timbered. It is within 8xuifrs of Bayfield. There is a never failing stream of water running through the place. This property must I be sold. at once. Apply to SCOTT BROTHERS, Seatorth. 520 VALUABLE FAR,It FOR SALE.—For Sale, the east half of Lot .No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tackersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 nixes, miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convenient to school_ The land is of the very best quality. For farther particulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmendville P. 0. 524 MR. LAUT'S FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 12, Con. 1, Stanley, containing 100 acres, mostly cleared and in a first-class state of culti- vation. This is one of the best farms between London and Winglam. Fair buildings, plenty of. water, and a good young orchard. On the London Road, three-quarters of a mile south of Bracefield. Apply to JOIDI LAUT, Brucefteld. 523-4. . WARM FOlt SALE IN TUCI(ERSMITIL—For Sale, Lot 28, Con. 3, L. R. S., Tuckersmith, cetitaining 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance hardwood timber. Large brick house and good frame outbuildings; an excellent orchard of the choicest fruits, is well watered. Is situated 5 en.Lesfrom Seaferth and lxnitg from Brueefleid station. For terms apply by letter to E. NICOL, Grocer, Wingham. 518 -FARM FOR SALR.—For sale lot No. 27, and hall 01 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Cou- . ceosion, London Road Survey, Tuckersmith, con - 1! tering 200 acres. The /anm. will be sold as a -s -holo er in two parts to suit purchaser. First-elass out 14} auildings, good, orchard, plenty of water, and within fourndies of Seaforth„ and three of Bruce- leld statione. Apply on the premises, or to A. STRONG-, Land Agent, Sentorth. , WARM FOR, SALE—For Sale, the west pert of Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 35 of 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 djoins a Church and School. It ie also within hall a mile of the village of Walton. Apply- on the preroiees or to Walton 'Post Office. CHARLES MURCHIE. 1520 pROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot leo. 14, -1- Con, 16, Grey, 100 acres, 16 acres cleared—an excellent lot. West half of north half of Lot No. 29, ada. 6, Morris, adjoinirq the Villaene of Brus- sels, 50 ares, 33 acres elettred, cheese factory and. machinery complete thereon. Four hoasee and lots, and a, large number of vacant lots in Brussels, all the property- of the unclersieernecl. Also a num- ber of improved farms, tile property of other par- ties. JOHN LECKIE. Brussels. 51r: VALUABLE FARM Fait SALE.—For Sale, Y Lot 1, Con. 8, H. It, S., Tuckelremith, con- tainiug- 106 acres, 80 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation, beiug well underdrained and fenced. It is- within 6 miles of Seaforth, Howell and. Kippen merkets, and ia convenient, to school house and elnuches. There t‘re on the premises a frame barn and stables, good well, log . house.and orchard. For further particulars ap- ply ou the premises, or if by letter to THOMAS KYLE, Seaforth P. 0. 624x4 Talear Foie SA ree.—Lot 12, 9th con., Morris, -1: 100 acres ; 50 cleared and in a good state of ci1tiation, balance prineipally under hardwood. e house, frame barn and stables. Two acres of choice oreluird. The farm ie diseent 21 miles front the fleurishing village of Myth, which con- tains churchee, schools, stores, foundry, eeriet and saw and a- station of the London, RI111)11 and Bruce Railroad. This is a rare (thence in a lirst-rate locality. For particulars apply to HUGH JUIN, Goderiela or to DONALD _BAIN, on the premises. 5244 - - - - Lt GOOD FARM.—A. Farm for Sale of 152 acres, --I- being Lot 2, Con. 2, Turnberrv. The farm is 2 miles south of Wroxeter and 7 north of Brussels, the gravel road. running through it. About 60 acres cleared, 40 ares of good beech and maple bush, and 15 aeres of hemlock ami soft maple, raixed, the balance cedar and blach ash. There ' re 4 acres of fall wheat, and tt new fallow in tur- nips. learn 24x40, Iog house, e good well with pump, ands.splendid orchard of 150 bearing fruit, treee. W. G. PALMER, Wroxeter. 526 1 _ ......_ VALUABLE FARM FOE, SALE.—For Sale the east half of Lot 9, Conceeaion 3, keliillop, contaiaing 50 acres known as the Deiglo estate. This farm. ie situateh within one mile and a quar- ter of Seaforth. The land is oft -he choiceat quality. There is e. handsome residence, and good out- buildinge. The farm is well planted witht.frait and otuantental trees, is in exec:tient order, and well fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen- tleman, a dairy -man, or market gardener. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietoreen the promises or to Seaforth 1'. 0. E. TE8KY, Proprietor. 524 WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 29, Con; g, Ribbed, containieg lea acres, ea of which are eleared„ free of stumps,well fenced ' and in 14A -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 -Ma dwelling hOuse, and all other necessary outbuildings. A good orchard and well watered. There are Le, oev.:Fr r,f fall wheel:, and abont 50 amee fall plow - e1. Thi; i One of the most desirable anus. in this - bee tent of country. Terins easy-- Apply to ' tor the proprietor on the prendseA, or to Egrainna- vim P. 0. 01.1011pli BA -LE. . 524 AGON, AND BLACKSMITH SHOP FOR e:ALE.—The undersigued„ who is about retiie t ing frela brueluese, wishes r te .sell his property in the villIge of Einburn, townehip of Hallett, county of Huron, coneisting of three-quartere of au acre of •chelee laud, well underdrained, and having a. ruunbtrr of well selected 'fruit trees. There is on the prendles a blacksmith shop 28x38, a wagon t shop 29140, and paint -hop the mune sire, a two storey dwelling 'house -16x35 and kitchen 16x22, with cook -he -eau attached ; also 5. new dwelling Iloar;(1 IS:c.41 anti etable 16x25. The buildiugs are all frame and the dwelling houses have -each a good eadlar. The beve is situated in one. -of the best farming communities in the county and is there - fare an excellent business stand. Also for sale a . hrge amount of oak, rock elm, red elm and pine , lumber,. well seasoned, and fit for use. Wagons, eleighs,cutterseand buggies ou hand, and will be sold eheap ta dear out the stoek. Payment is request - Pd ca all overate notes and accounts. JOHN LI'AMS, Constance P. 0. • , 517 SELECTION 91' STOCK. The uccess of the fatmet or dairyman BY A PRACTICAL l'ARMER. doperi s very much Upon the best selec- tion of the stock which he keeps. The proclu of his live stock—meat; butter, cheese, Milk, syool, pork, eggs, &roe— for,rri t o larger portion Of his salable surplu from the farna. The grain Ilay, stra,W rid fodder' \VhiCil he raises are market d -in the form of those products. To pee ure the best Stock then Nyliich sliull consume the grain and fodder most prO ly and tutu them to the best ac- count is very inmortant, Nevertheless A is rax ly that stock is purchased With sufficie r t judgment or that it is bred with am, judgment at all. The great imprev4inent that has taken place in live, stole the past few years has not been in de by farmerabut by breeders, and chi fly by a class of breeders who have br ought to their vocation large cap- ital, gre t skill and a lively enthusiasm. The bu iness of breeding stock has greatly increased, and where there was one pro essional breeder of farm ani- mals te years ago, there are ten now. This • gisies a very favorable opportunity for farmers to improve their stock by the 11rchas4 of inaproved animals, at prices • which c nipetitition ha,s now reduced SO low th t alnaost every fa,rnaer can afford to avail birnself of the means of the iin- provenietit offered. But it is one thing to have thi opportunity offered and quite another o seize upon it in thie most profitabl mammr or at the right time. Thus, it is most frequently the case that -a farmer either selects a kind of, stee which is not .suitable for his peculia., needs or ?ircuinstances, or, if he select the best lie naa,y not use it so as to de rive the ost profit from it, if, indeed he escap p disappointment, or loss, o both of tl reae together. Among the dif ferent breads of farna animals there ar those thatare best suited for one local irtY, soil, erbage, climate,), nee, bit which when brought into other , loca,1 ities, With different circumstances, ut terly fa•il to satisfy the purchaser. ;Their are large,- heavy cattle, sheep, swine poultry, e hieh need lueuriant asture 1 r 1 it will be found ;a mistake fere, farmer to use thordughbred_ animals except for breeding purpose, the grades being real- ly the most profitable .1,rid certainly far the least coetly: ' I 1 ! • For beef eattle the*, are the Short Hem, the Hereford, th p polled Gallo- way, and the Devon, and these are to be chosen in the, order! in , which they are Rained.' The first, requires rich,' abundant pasture and feedin;g, with lit- tle exercise, but it matures the earliest. • The second is suitable ler a lighter pas- - ture and lose rich feed, 4nd, being more r • ithan the Short Horn, bi t it matures a . active, can find a living r rougher land. year later. The Galloway ,is without horns, black in color, aud is remarkably rhea. y and active , The ',Devon is still - . mor active, and no breed preduces bet- ter beef, or can be subsisted on rough- er' - r. - 1 rland or Egli er feeding ;1 for hilly farms, such as a •e found in! Now -Eng- land, the deep -re Devons are the favor- ite breed.. In the dairy a milking, strain of short , horns have been. Pend M seine ca,ses to be preferable to a other breeds. For inlk dairy, that is. ono where the milk is sent, to Cities or sale, grade short horns, selec eel for their .milking qualities., _will probably surpass any ethe s. The Ditch (se called . Hole Ocilla) are heavy illrers,' but are also heav_ ido not Make much pregr this country. In Nortl heir native I home, on the . nvial !pastures, they are 0, and ma), shcceed feeders, an ss laver Holland, t loist 'rich a .ery profitab , here under 013.i ar conditions.. The Ayrshire is a copkins milker; requires S ! r only light feed, an a profitable cow @se dairy: r;.,The jet - We • A : grade Jersey rich, 'tIllat roil an. ay. - give elle ;poen(' of is so highly colored will give -a, ri • tint cows, ises it elica- ersey light d fel! , fatally us@ or for the farmer who ;keeps cows for butter, these are doubtlees. pre-; ca the milk. or ch - sey is the butter c r erage eight quart 1 *cow yields milk so - butter. The crew e that one Jersey co e ,. to the butter from ;a dozen other b 1 and the flavor pf Jersey butter ea - .til rank. •amon.g; the high-priced - I cies of the fancy 'game -ries. The 6 cows, er grades of this breed, are r feeders and are easily kept, aa , . the riches and. most ndant feed,auel the'greatestcare in sheltering and tend- ing, there are othees:that are snialler d less attractive,but which will thrive an where the former wbuld' starve or pine The Short) II,orn among Leicester and Lincoln among Berkshire anadeg swine, and breeds of poultry areinstances erence, and Imany farmers miserably. cattle; th sheep; ih the Asiatic of this di who have bocii ieduced by the splendid appearance of some prize animals at fairs to haSe specimens of breeds, have been minftelly disappointed to find them less profitabje . than their -native common stock ; and' this, I for no fault of the stock, but for want Of ,judicious se- lection to thatcli the circubaStances of ease, or for want of !the, necessary re careft 1 treatment of the animals, 1, ere has een very great disappoint- nt in this way with pure • bred ani - Is, and -t is has ocurred in two ways. eders of hi h-claes stock give greater ention te fe cling, rearing, and man - ng their Ill als thanfarmers give to .animal carefully rear- , best of food, , and com- the mo Th me ma Bre att agi their stock. ed., fed wale th fortably horsec orate aud loose must elecessarily deteri- • -c,ondition When not so remain a distinct branch of agriculture, He was • returning hopielt,in a wage"), , procur d. bro -e in the door, and ar- and1the fararier mustlook to the breeder drawn by a Yoke oxen, a:then the bull, • rested he enrage man. ferable to any other. • •these exist, notonly amona beef tattle / /i As such importer dietnctio is as and cows, but amen sheep, stvin and poultry, A is very 11ecessary tha , the characteristics of each prominent reed be studied and beoorie .knorene; ther- wise not only can a choice be made, but the fanner willbe ignoxant of what opportunities and advantages are of- fered to him. It is very clear, that a great improvement tiii farm steak must be made before it becomes as profitable as it May -be. It is 4s important that the armor s amid keep only the best of that kind which is the most suitab e for him, are that he shonld procure h best , Or To earn dif- RC- ab- `also anc a f rmer ,cann al- ways be a breeder of fine stock ttvith profit. This ----- -busiustneeessrily seeds,. fertilizers a should work in the do this ueilerstandi not only to distin.gui ferent breeds, but quainted with the c its, and values of eac d • d imnlenae best manlier. he must h between th inuat become arac tetisti es , , and unist Thies -to those of many of the waters at the well-luiown places of popular re- sort. -•—A Toronto butcher has sent a side of Christmas beef to the Goveepor-Goile eral.- --LA plowing match took. place in the clo877.ty: of •Siincee on December 27t1, • —Captain Thomas Scott was re- elected. Mayor of.Winnipeg by acclama- tion.. -e-Mr. Gough will lecture in Hamilton on the evening of January 9th. Sub- ject,' " Blundere.":„ —Fresh rhubarb and aeparagusetre for sale in Montreal, having been raised in -the garden of Colonel Rhodes, Quebec. HA man got his leg broken in two pleat, 'Christmas night, by falling into a eel oh on the Canada Southern rail- road, near the Delaware station. , —Luke Ducharme, ex -whiskey i form,'et, of Gloucester, Ottawa, has bee arreated for selling liquor without a 1 cense and. resisting th.e officers of th law. • — Seven convicts wen trausferre from Hamilton. jail last Friday to th penitentiary at Kingston._ Two for nin years, "one for eix, two for five, and tw for three years. --The teachers and children of 5 James' Church, Westminster, have rais ed the amount of 4I52 to defray the ex penseioi a handsome Stained glass win —On December 2811. Mr. Simpson dow in the chancel. Rennie, .of Scaxborough, sowed a field of spring wheat, no doubt unprecedent- ed event, and one of Which it will be in- teresting to watch the outcome. ; —Rev. A. V. TiraPany, a late mis- sionary to India, writes to the Canadian. Baptist, stating that he knew Roy, the couveited BrahminaaVhen in India, and that he is, a wretched imposter and' bigarniet. —Some of the shartiee in the lum- . bering district on the 131ack Riier, north of Ottaiwa; have broken -up . owing to th.e want of provisions, it being almost imposSible to get any up on account of the laCk of suew and the openness of the river. 1 1 umns decid dly anti-British just then. _ Mr. Forbes vas a tall, well built, mus- cular, Scot looking body, about 24 years of ea full of vitality,. and re- markably frank and straightforward, and is pleasurablyremeinbere by those with whom (3 -came in contac —The fir t regular passeu er train from Montreal to Ottawa (and cce versa) pa,ssed over the new route last Friday. The road as far as Lachute is , in good order, but the remainder is a litile rough yet. The jo' iney was compl ted in 4 ing in Men eal last Friday evening, ii.i hours and 30 minutes to Hull. —Tho Do inion Commercia Travel- lers' A.ssociat on held its annual meet - and the me ers subsequently ad. sup- perteaether, about 300 being present. Mr. Andrew Robertson, the President, occupied the hair. ° i• —, A °hang in the manageme t of the ne , Canada, Sou ern Railroad 'ill take n place about the first of the yea .. , Mr. i- erinten- e nd. and ned for a e 'nLake e curlers o f° 1 irt three t. een the de St. the nner, formerly General Su t of the Rockford, Rock Isl Louis ilroad, is menti position o Geueral Manage Two incl es 'of clear ice chiching brought out the • skaters i large numbers o Day. „. curling match s' duratio was played. bet e rinks. be ice was a tri fortnnatel no, ,accidents o The strik on the Lachine end, the men having for t e pros- ccepted line hours a day, at ten s an ho , fortnightly cash pay- ts, as the general rates, providing other gri Yahoos and sulmner rates eferred t arbitration. W rk has resumed Co and ma hou he but ectuTshaekdy, anal is —On Richmond street, London, -when b . aoina to; church on Sunday morning, a peer -widow lost a purse' containing her own and little boy's week's_ earnings, 07 50: Firs 41 bills, one 42 bill, and two 25' cent pieces. The_ family is poo'r and -without food or feel. —The traffic return Of the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway, for week end: ing Deember 220,1877, were: Passen- gers, 42,471.03; freight, $4,143.28; mails and sundries, 4380 ; Total, '46,994.31. Corresponding week last year : Pasien- gers, 42,,380,51 ; freight, $4057.55; mails and sundries, 4334.73 Total, 46,772.79. Increase, $221.52. —With a thoughtfillness unusual in those in high positions, Mr. Hiekson General Manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, instructed the paymaater t� anticipate the regular pay' day, so as to give the employees the wherewithal to enjoy a merry Xmas.. Mr. Hick - son's action in this regard. is worthy'of mentien. at a ent cen me that be bee 11. along the canal. —Two fatal accidents are reported fro 'St. Jean Chrysostoine,,Quebec. A little son of Onesinae Campbell, of that place, was drowned while skatiiag a few dayslince. /blether man whose name is no known was terribly burned', in the face, and probably disfigured fordife by the discharge of the Nines of a bottle of aqua' fortis, frem which be carelessly withdrew' the 'oork. _ 17 —Rev. Henry Sanders, the esteemed pastor of the Congregational Church, Haanilton, died at his residence ip. that city dn December 26the Deceased was in th' 57th year of his age,an& had been , pastor of the Congregational te Chiir@li in that city for over four years, to He *as Very highly esteemed by all br classes, and universal regret is felt at be his comparatively early death. r —Mr. Alex. Granton, a prominent farmer near G-ranton, a pioneer and the i founder of the village bearing his name c was drowned in a cistern on Thursday t night of last week. It is not lmown c how he tame to fall in, but, as he -held e a =doh in his ha d it i he Wae trying to strike a light While walking along, and accidentally stum- , bled. Deceasedevas aged 68 years, • i .-;-Last Friday in London, a man a name for a He h while McIJEAVIBROS., Thiblishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advap.ce. Bryce, and -purported to be si ed.'by J. W.. 13owlby. The -other cheque is rout, sq. will: not ; it is thought be pre- sented for eayment. Griffin iv -out of 'the city, Tint 'will -lie arrested. so.on, it is thought. I - 1 1 . —.A man named Enrali-sh wag Put in e - the Rradf rcl lock-up at ;his wu •re-, queet. on , hel9th. ult., euid whe liber- ated stole a buffalo robe from th store of Messre: Dewier_ Brothers, lie having informed the constable - when. leav- ing that he 'would soon \ furnish him with anotier job. He was again arrest- ed, and has been sent to . Barrie jail to await his trial. I —The 33readava,y Tabernacle Chureh at Loulsv'lle, Kentucky, is erecting a very large and imposing building on Otto of • the mest beatitifirl 'situations in the city. Th' pastor,. the Rev. A. 13.. Simp- son, has b en compelled to suspend his ministrati its for a time., and is how at Clifton Sp nags, N. T., recruiting. Mr. , . Simpson yap forinerly pastor of. Ktiox church in amilton. —The ileged train -wrecker, Albert Tackleben , is a youth of eome sixteen years, wh Came from. - 'Chicago. He Chicago. admits • ha, ng placed obstructio , s on the Grand Trunk Railway track near Path)) i I li a d Offers, the excuse -that , the train pedpl were unkind to him. that the conductors and , brakemen sq , irted Oil 011 111 when they caught a rides. Ile is -awaiting ...iday night some thieve' ene- don jail ol-i two indictpirts. . Reid & Co.'s ,yard on Mc - and poure him steali trial in Le —Last F tered Mess Gill street,- Montreal, and destroyed a, e engine. .osting. about $2,000, eut- ingout, the coppercylinder,i They Were iscovered, rut made good their escape aefore assi Lance ; coeld be olataMed, he hottom ef the cylinder was 'stolen nd sold, la t the Metal has been .kitand n.the hand of a ,-junk ' dealer, w o is Billed -upon. to reveal the name ,of / the erson who old it to him. I —An unf rtunate bakerin Hamilton, lamed Davi ThoPapson, recently bUrn- • d out, has gene insane, or rather lhas mune perfectly helpless. He hashad -way great frdeal of trouble ditring-the ast year. that time he has lost, his le, been embarrassed in business and, ince the fire, has had trouble about' his surance. --The medical Men in I at- ndance have pronounced the patient be suffering from an affeetion of the ain. ThOmpson is in a 'very bad state, ing helpless physically. as well as entally. , 1 --A Free Thought (Atheist) Society being organized in Petersville,Lon Lan - n. One of the leaders recently went a room -where lay a dying dupe, for- bly ejected a Church of England cler- an (who had been sent for at the elfth. hourj, and then implored the or fellow Lovering between life and ci-th to " di gaine.1 The day after s blasphemons exhibition the clergy - e n was again sent for, the sick man nfeSsed. the error of his past life; and ply deplored his connection with the n , s supposed that t • Cadford was committed to jail e urderous assault upon his wife. d been drinking to excess, and elirious seized a carving knife and, locking the d.00rs, threatened to —A farmer named Walk.er, kill lief. She to k refuge on the top of Living I the ho se, and a neighbor being made the town -ship of Caradoe, was badly raegita ee4 with the position of affairs friahtened the other night by a bull. well fed car •ed for. bred ani- for hid su f mails are rarely profitable for thef farm- er, except r he propagation of ire-- proved grad s b crossing on natives or common stock henee a! farpaer who has at large ex ease procured a. herd ox flock of pel ure-br stock finds thein de . -1- . pp1 ) o male animals where- I ivttla to improve his native stock., There I are, a-nd, always -will' be, exceptione to this; bot experience has generallyprev- ed this view to be a jt one. • ' ' 1 j c an teriorating inhtc ion and appearaance and less produc ive than he expected. I lilt'. A. J. mum4' arrested On a charge Of forgery. rumbe, has been a. This has hee the ;aleiost !Universal —, , 7. H. V. SanderS' has ;served the experaence (If simere. . !Tn [selecting town of POrb Hope ai town clerk .for 21 aniinals for rpurpliaSe„ thoSe that la,ve , the most attractive a,ppeayears, and given. general eatisfactien: rance are gen- -• I • . , erally chosen., 14th little regard to any- - --It is understood th1et the ,Donainion thing else thitai to please the eye. -The largest and besf propertioneda or those of the most fancied colors, are -preferred, because these are the most coaspicuous Toronto, has decided:in favor of the !use points, and lie'- appeal to the sight of th instruental musio In the elmr,ela by rather - than. to . Th -p e oints evli ' I ' of improhi animal valua le Henry Lane, of with a pair. of Pa,rliament will meet; for the despatch of latisiness about thellth of 'February. ! —The cougregatioine Knox Church an expert judgment. a majority of 37 vete& ch make a pure-bred. —A little son of Mr ving, to a farmer as a means Moray, while playenee • , but such as Tel herd d aro not these ie eper aniequire exp.0- e- , • , last week, tuck one of the points inthis eye, an o d is likely to pr- e rience and jud extent to detect. Thci momently lose the use of it. fine bone, small offal, quality of flesh, . : which had: broken out of a .field, gave him chase and followed him to the corner of his fence, -where he had- to . keep ;guard over his oxen all night. —A Grand Trunk contractor, whi the ed wit waiting for a train at Stratford, other, night, took his boots off and 1 down to sleep. A woman in the wa ing room watching her opportunity, to • one of the boots and hid it under bridge where it was discovered by Det tive Heenan. • This should be awarni to gents when . they recline in a lath waiting rexim not to- be ginity of such breach of /etiquette as to remove th pumber tens. —The 'other night a 111 11, giving 1 name as John Evans, called on Mr Thomas Hea,maii, President; of the St. George's Society, Lonclon,iand asked for tarns. Not being. gratified, he -com- menced a course of abuse 'and threaten - ng language, the result being that M eaman.caused. his arrest: The Poli a,gistrate next morning inflicted f $2, and as the prisoner did not !ha hat amount of money, he was consign cl te jail for 21 days. ! —Mr. john Holden farmeran rich East, had a very narrow eScap -om losing his life. A (layer twO, aa vhile he was out chopping, he left in xe leaning against a- lobo-, S OhON r ether. a branch struck t end of th andle, making it boune ;in the ad lade upwards. The edg struck M [olden right in the centre f the braes —A oveity was enjoyed at Selkirk, Manito a, on Satiirday evening, Deeem- ber 15, in the shape of a tea pa, on ay stove as put up to take off the 'chilli- 1 i the ice f the river. A large tent was it erected the ice under which. was coiver- dt straw and buffalo robes, and a A_ ness. kn. excellent tea was served unel 0k / der the canvas, and was heartily par- ' 5 -1 -taken o by a Dumber of guests, not a few of whom were from Winnitasg, whose appetites Were rendered keen by indulging in the pleasures of skatiiag. ; —An extensive fire occurred at St. John, N. B. early on Saturday mornibg, ec- ng es' eir by whieh a large amount of valuable iis propertY situated on the east side of . I -Waterloo-street was destroyed, the to- tal loss amounting to 1$60,000, and the insurance to less than one-third of that amount. Two hundred men are thrown out of work, and the. majority of them vigorous constitution, tuid hereditary —4. whiskey detective' named Robin_ o excellence doInot always—ip fact, rare- son, hailing from Pari, laidlinforma- t ly—accompany excessive she or attract- tion against five Brant ord hotel -keep- e tie Dunkin ct, .ined twenty -f ve a, d tched,Atheists. —The two new iron bridges, each .:360 t leng,,over the Grand River in Pa is e 'formally opened last week, and pectedand tested by the engineers h a weight of 50 tons on each span e. deflection of each was three laths of an inch. The two structures sonry and iron -Work combined -cost ut 426,000, and. the town is in the iable position of being able to pay h for them 'without having to issue entures or increase their taxes, hair - the necesstiry amount' on hand, the of their rebate from the Municipal a.. I On Tuesday night Of last eveel,.; e Peter Winart,e of Hespeler,•arid family woe attending a Christmas ch festival his house ,was entered ugh the cellar door and 450.in cash n from a tn. box Whiich was klept in;, 11 eh hi thro ta in he cupboard. The ibex was broken op n and only the Pocket book an watch which was als left behind. A young Ish was arrested on SUS- rwards turned Queeh'S• eating ;another - young wur,f,, who was also err en .7were committed tel. ait trial ei a en ca •de in fir - , called in. The doctor. upon examina- tion discovered. that the Mitred man had struck on, the right side of the head by some blunt instrument, and. it is thought liath. suffered from contusion of the brain. There were but slight hopes of Tucker's recovery, and he died. on the Sunday -fellowing, having never recovered consciousness.; On bParker being questioned. he said he remember- ed nothing about the affair, as he, 'wee dratilr. Rmnors are rife as to the cause of the wounds, some going so far as to state that the man Was beaten and rob- bed, as he was believed to hay-la:had considerable =hey, and there was! only some 42 on his person when found' r . —There is much destitution among .i' the laboring classes in Toronto. few days ago a deputatien of laborers t the number of about 70 visited the M yor, and urged upon him the iieeessityl that existafor supporting _them with eonae kind of work, as their families were starving, and one of them complained that no reasonable attempt on the ipart of the officers of the Engineer's Depart- ment was made to diStribUte the 'Fork on the -streets Or at breaking same's. His Worship promised:to seethe Engin- eer and get the matter adjusted. It is understood that about 40 will be mit on to break stones,and a nuraberniorewill be employed in either ways4 __Robt. Marshall, son of Afr; George Marshall, tea merchant, Lond-on, Made a desperate atteumt to end his life be- tween 10 and 11 o'clock On Saturday paornina by cutting hie throat -with a, pocket t'knife. Fortunately the blade was dull and the injuries inflicted are, therefore, not of a dangerous charaeter. The wound, however, was sufficient to cause a great loss of blood, and.to leave the -victim in a very weak condition physically. The nnf ntunate young man, 26 years of age has been in a de - spending state of mind. for I some time past, and 11711013 he committed the rash act it is supposed he was laboring un- der a fit of temporary insanity: —Jackson& Fuller's Batik, Leaming- ton was broken into on the night of the 27th ult., by burglars. They succeeded in breaking open the first and second doors, but after breaking off the knobs of the burglar:proof chest, and bresleing their drills without effect, they thought it time- to Make their escape. They had been. watched, by some of the eiti- zens, who -had. not completed -their 'ar- rangements to close on theme but fired on them, wounding one ,man, who was helped away,. leaving traces of blood. The robbers ran to the lake, and. supposed to have gone backbo- Sandusky. A yacht came to the1 dock some time after dark, and. was One next morn- ing. —Thefts are of daily and. coutinnal occurrence in Quebec. ' Complaints axe made that a number ,of -thieves have been of late snealdng at eight around. Richelieu Land and D;aigitillon street, near the Lower Field,. and attempting to enter hen yards. On Saturday night one of them :vas bitten by a large dog. The city pelice succeeded in arresting Mary Rochette, a tramp, for -whom they have been looking for some time, arid , who is suspected. of stealing lace ci#••= ▪ tains claimed by a lady resiclina in the - city, and recovered. by the police a week or two ago. In her possession they found a valuable muff, which was doubtless stolen, —On Wednesda,yevening of last week the No.15 express, west on the Canada Southern Railway, carrying the mail, ran into the rear of a freight train at Tilsonburg, smashing the front of the express/engine, the cabobse and. one car on the the freight, and • damaging se:K. eral o her ears. The. eXpress pa,seeng1-... ers on1y felt a slight shOck. The mail was elayed over an hour until the wreck was cleared away, after which the ex ress went on, the engine not bes Mg d Babied. The cause of the acci-' dent as, that the freight train going intO the si e track was not quite clear of the . main ine when the express came ratm the cu oast of the station, at whiclj e the distance was too short for th+ ess tobe completely stopped. Net, was hurt. A. fike odcurred at Listowel orit nesdag morning of last week, at ch the new steam th-e engine (114 work, after it was got in rannina r. But by some inis-matiageme4, he firing -tip d.epartment, it was een fifteen and twenty minutes, . the steamer was taken from the ne house before the hose were filled.. delay caused. the Fire Company to: d in for considera,ble non-compli- tary criticisms from the crowd, e precepts were a great deal better there examples. A. meiaber of ets was procured,. and, as the river vithin forty yards of the fire, an ning building was kept sefficiently o preserve it from burning till the e was ready, In less than five tes after tb.e water was sent from ozzles of the hose, the fire was letely subdued. fr. Broughton, General Manager O Great Western Railway, has cl. a Circular, dated 27th November 0 all the men empleyed in repair- rmapent way, and particularly to 11 xnen, hi which strict orders were ed upon them to allow 110 one to e road as a highway. It stated iat the order was as much for the tin of the public as for the any iteelf, that in effect it -would t the: recurrence of accidents from time to time have horrified mmunity; and. that foremen and in charge of section gangs should no one to walk along the line un- pressly ordered by the General er. In consequence of this order of tramps are daily compelled to he track and take to the ordinary It, is a very wise arrangenaent part of the General Manager and at will go a great way to pre -vent ition of such horrible accidents pened near the city only a month go. 1110 in ma pic on, and aft evi ence, imp ma named Co ed. Both • jail to a ey taken, a he box bein named Fe r. lost the tools. Had it not been for re..,s ce the mil ness of the.night a repetition of-. per no the jim fire would infallibly have rc- Oseg and ligi v e- oc fuLm• r err,. a.1 .s iCia°-bninnitYely end by drowning, -while at- elf° 0 • 'temptina with anether of the family, to itnp • cross Mt d -Lake 'au the ice. When fere v about lia a paile out the rice gib:re way,- his e and. they were precipitated into the som e, lake, am}l, notwithstanding the. incist . in t r. strenuou- efforts to save themselvet, ed a le three met with a watery tame e bo,dieswere recovered short- en r trds within a few yards of eath pel ive appearance ;11 -but the former go to ers for infraction , of make up the tr 4 value of an animal and they were each for the farmer W o seeks to improve his, dollar and costs. 1 - i stock rather t tia - the latter. , — ev. Hugh Curiei: Again, ther a •e. breeds, puch as the istor at Widder was th. Jersey, -which ex el for the' production verY Complimentary -ad lof butter, or the Ayrshire or- Dutch/ led with fprby bushels1 which is prod ictive of milk. Each of "few Presbyterians and 6 these in, its p per place cal uot Le ex- line of Bodanquet, as a • esbyterituaIM recipient d a a ress a@conipane .0 f oat S from a h hers on the ath b ihrismas della- } 1 Mai Tuesday a son and daughter illia,m Gifford, of Ennismoee, of Peterborough, came to an celled. 'But f a farmer wl e • sells his tion. r , I a milk should procere Jersey eo-ws whieh —The by-law granting a bonus of a Yield very rich milk in small quantities, r ‘,53-,0004o Messrs. Fraser and. Gillies to bl `61.• if 4 lauttera: triter should procure any enable them to rebuild, the Brace Agri- Pl• lking breeds, he can only cultural Works, .Teeswater, lately con- -appointment and loss. stuned, by .fire, was Voted On SUM' day, yo take in selecting stock:is Pecenaber 2,2nd, twit. can •ed by a major- ts to keep two or three kinds, or to c tinge itY of O. - 1 . R often, wh‘fa. one only should be kep and —The friends of the 1 to jambs Lit- do should be adhered to. This becomes CEis, who met with the fatal accide t th very apparent when it is considered how -near Courtright a short t me age, inte c ! ag soon a herd or flock can be articled up by suing the corporation • of Moore tee 1- H a steady course of impreveleat. Five • ship for 425,000. 'They laim that tl 0 ho or, six years aro aufficient to _procure road VMS not the proper -width and wt s he three crosses horn 'cows, andl three years consequently are sufficient tg -)..n.•veci. • grades of sheep ftark- , 1 ,unsafe to travel if after po 00. that willSSC ii' ;.1,11 the out -Ward marks • po —Over 400 turkeys W5.ro last . wee wi of the thoroughbred. By persistence in . _ shipped. from -N‘ yoming ler the ,Englis be this way, andlyith the exercise of good Markets, by Mr. T. A,ICouse. Als , judgment, a fanner could add greatly quite a numberwere shipped from Wa - te the value of his stock, while ey ,. ford for the .same destination. Joh changing _from one to another, at the Green, of Wyoming, shipped latel end of ten year.' lie is just where he be- l 1,600 turkeys to Montreal The pric , ago gin, r and has ncver h.ad an opportunity paid. was from 60c. to141 each. of properly testing the value of any one . ' —Some tune ago Mr. C. Allan di - At ki,iiind.m, akiu g a selection of stock, then, i the Grand River, below Elora. Fro bri . covered a mineral spring in the bed: o era there are several things to be consider- : an analysis made by Prof. P. H. Bryc He e!.before deciding won. a choice. _The 1 of the Agricultural College, it is pro me locality, the Nature. or the uses for ' nounced to be oneof the sulphurspring wr which it is dereigned/are the most un- , quite common in lime.stone formations _Me portant of these, and, as a general rule mid possessing eimilar medicinal qual upo i t, two of t grave. T ly 'afterw other. ---eA ncl cut the skin to the:01,16. .Had the xe struck an inch or eb ',lower, the ow would have in all probability, *eyed fatal. a —In Prescott last Friday night ta ung man nained David. Gooden,r about venty-two years of agecboardingrat the evere Mese, leaped. through the win - w of his room. The rabra Was on o third. Storey, and in falling, he struck -of the large in experience di A frequent mi. aanst a shed which broke the fall e was inamediatelv brought into the use and i.a.eclical aid summoned, but is in a Very precarious condition, and or hopes' are entertained_ of his re -- very. Ip is upposeci he was seized. —It is ne!tgenerally known that Alex- er th. a nightma , as he is said to have en, subjeet to t. ' . Alex - der el s. the now fa -mous war -cor- respondent of the London bail!' News,, came to C nada some eighteen years , and livedior about five" months in Bon Aebord settlement,Inear Eldra. that thins' lie was seekin, gliterary ploymene and was engaged for a upon ' the Toronto eade.r, and ef periodupon the prest of Quebec. applied, amsuccessfully,lor employ- 111ote a Canadian story for .Harper's nthly, which was refueed insertion n the ground of insuitabilit, for- ol- 1 _ • is n dout story was related. the feet, other mo mng by la man who lately Went to hwork for Alir. Gunny, in Lon- don; as a baker. He stated twhile at work the previens night, men appeared and. demanded that he should. quit, and, ,on his refesal to do so, one of ented. pistol and threatened M. He Was then seized by em aud hustled into a buggy, and re- membered. nothing further until the morning early -when.: he awoke to the consciousness that he was lying in one cithe city streets. —Mr. J. W. Bowlbyis a lawyer do- . ing business in Brantford, he left his office, for the holidays, in charge of his cler, r, Melville Griffin, a lad.. about 113 years of age. On .Mr. Bowlbv's return on Wednesday he sent a cheque for 41,4:10 to be cashed, to the Bank of Ora pie • to shoot 1 • British North: America. To his sur- prise, word: was returned that he had bett r make„ a deposit first. This in - due ci an inquiry, when it was ascer- tain d. that two cheques had. been re- raoy d froth. Mr. Bowlby's cheque book and one nirmbered 62,965 had been fill_ ed i with 900, and had been cashed. 1 Thi. cheque was endorsed by Daniel' a About two 'odree,siOatitilauw district, got married, was immediately taken with re- n, and stru k out preaching. The t necessaa to get,' up One or two essive seri ens to deliver to dif- t audience proved disastrous to ental eq ilibrium, i Ono night, , three wee a ago, he get out of bed e depth alt e night, and barefoot - d almost aked, lie walked a, (114 - of five nail Over ' the rough, froz- ad to Mete If to pour outthe Gos- n an imagi ary congregation. He w laid. up ith cut and swollen er as a preacher seems o an abrupt ternaina- : — tunes Tuck le of Ifort Stanley, left horn on Mond y morning, December 24th, for St. Tho as, to transact soine busi ess. 'On th road, to toiva he was joinedby .C. A. 1 arker, also a,'s resident the P rt, he did not wish to go i r of Port Stanley, nd the two 'aeached St. Thomas tog ther, and after comr pleti g the busin se left fel. horhe again On a iving at IT ion, Tudker got out of the b iggy and easerecl a hotel, request- ing that some' one would. drivle him t Park r's companee they having thad aj Tuck a not succeeding in persuading ,1 quarr 1 previous y. Both men wer some hat under he influence -of liquor. any p rson to act s a driver for him, left ac alb. with s , companion, shortly after o'clock, th two driving off at a rapid. ate in the nection of Port Stan- ley: About 11 o'clock the same ing 11 t e buggy was found, considerably dama ed, in front of the livery stable, with ucker lYin in the bottom of it, cover d with the uffalo robe. He was lifted ut, when it was found that he nsensible, and medical aid, was Months ago a young ear Metcalf Village, in II and his care to have -come t tion. 1 : was • tire expr one Wed whi good orde of t betw after engi The corn men whos than buck was s adjoi wet t engin minn the n comp of th issue last, t ing pe sectio enjoin use th also tl protec Comp proven which the co others allow less ex Mana,g dozens leave t roads. on the ane th a repet as hap or so a Aj - 'erre'