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The Huron Expositor, 1878-01-11, Page 2ton, tam ,whoni h loose e Pon- ime in . agora - ted, as Eelville Vett by '-- 3-Tel.- aeiaee, ith the aiscon-, tharate- IS Very - trigs as. a with a hire arant, agia- eight , ,• it_ oe-I if he goods Mit- a put e• iii,- ri the, -tness- - Mel, w the as all grant Peni- t dis- (rase- ble to I/ get y aze, _Hera EOUR A.ND CES, AXE, VER LE. ING ELE V ENTH I EAR WHOLE NUMBER, 527., 1 SEAFORTH 1 • 1878. MeLEAN BROS. Publishers. $1.50 a Year, iin Advance. I REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. • _ DROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, that con: venient and desirable residence on the4orner of High and Market Streets, lately ocenpied by Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 488, VOR SALE. -The subscriber has for sale a 50 acre lot in the township of Meicillop, County of Huron, 20 acres are clearedand the ballince well timbered with beech and maple. The property . will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. :BE SON, Solicitor, Sealorth, Out. ' 517 VOR SALE. -.A. two storey-frail:az house and out- -A: buildings, situatedon. the Market Square of Seaforth, for sale or to rent. The building is very suitable for a boarding house or a public business. For particulars apply to IV. N.IIVATSON, Seal forth, or to DANIEL GORDON, Goderich. 493 A Gem CHANCE. --:1,500 will buy 150 acres of good land m the Township of Koppel, County of Grey. Bush hind,, all hardwood, and within two miles of a flourishing village. A might be exchanged for a small farm in McKillop, Tuck-, ersraith, or Hullett. Apply to .1.. STRONG, Land Agent, Sealorth. 515 VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay- field Concession, Goderieh Township, con- taining 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, JOIDI GO VENLOGE, 524 VAR -NI FOR SALE. -A splendid farm, being Lot -1-i. 22, gala 6, Tarnberry, 90 acres, 70 aeres cleared, well fenced, and in a good state of cultivation, balance hardwood. Well ) watered, good= frame house andbarxi,. and half a mile from Wroxeter on a good gravel road.. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, CHARLES MoTAVISR, Wroxeter Post Office. ... 517x13 . • F0R SALE.-For,Sale, cheap, the west hall of the north hall of Lot 9, Bauble Line, Stanley, containing 5.7 acres, 40 of which are cleared, and the balance well timbered. It is within 3 miles of Baylialcl. There is a never failing stream of water running through the place. This property must be soul at once. Apply to S007 BROTH KRS, Seaforth. 520 xTALDIA.BLF, FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, I' the east half of Lot No.,4, Con. 4, H. 11. S., Tuckeramith, Comity of Huron, consisting of 50 aerest 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and convehient to school. The land is of the very best qu ly. For further particulars apply to 'WO P. 0. sp, JA.MES 1 ICICARD, opposite the premises, or to EgIlIOLUI 524 mit. LA.UT'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 Wiugharn. Fair bhildings, plenty of water, and a good -young orchard. On thelAndon Road, three-quarters of a mile south of Brucefield. Apply to JOHN LAIIT, Brucefield. p23-4 -WARM FOR SALE IN TUCIMRSMITII.-For -1-: Sale, Lot.2.8, Con. 3, L. 11, S.; Tuekersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance hardwood timber. Large kick house and good frame outbuildings ; an excellent orchard of the choicest fruits, is well watered. Is situated 5 miles from. Seafrth and li milea from Brucetield station. Fax terms apply by le.tter to E. NICOL, Grocer, Wingliam. 518 i Tt7A1111 FOR SAL.R1.-For sale lot No. 27, and hall of 26, and half of 28, on the Fourth Con- cession., London Road Survey, Tuckersmith, con- taing 20tl acres. The farm will be sold as a whole or in two parts to suit purchaser. First-class out buildings, good orchard, plenty Of waiter, and within four miles of Seaforth, and three of Bruce - field stations. Apply on the premises, or to A. STRONG, Laud Agent, Seaforth. . 508-4x VARIt FOR SALE. -Por Sale, the west part of Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing j50 acres, 35 of which are deared, 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 (gavel road leading to Brus.sels and Seaforth, and adjoins a. Chureh and School. It is also within half a, mile of the village of Walton. Apply 011 the premises or to Walton Pest Office. CHARLES MURCHIEf. 520 PROPERTY FOR SAT. -Por Sale, Lot No. 14, -a- Con. 10, Grey, 100 awes, 16 acres cleared -au excellent lot Weet half of north half of Lot NO. Con, Morris, adjoining the 'Village of Brus- sels, 50 acres, 83 ares cleared, cheese faetory and maehiner3r complete thereon. Four houses and lots and a large number of vacant lots in Brussels, all the property of the undersigned. Also a num- berof improved farms, the property of other par. ' ties. JOHN LECKIE. Brussels. 51r. ATAILUAT3LE FARM FOR SALE. -For, Sale, • Lot 1, Con. 8, EL R. S., Tuekersraith, con- taining 106 acres, 80 of which are cleared and in a state of good cultivation, being well umlerdrained and fenced. It is within 0 miles of Seaforth, Hensall and Kippur markets, and is convenient to school house and chinehes. There are on the premises a frame barn and stables, good well, log house and orchard, For further partieulars ap- ply on the premises'or if by letter to THOMAS KYLE, Seaforth P. 0. 624x4 AIM FOR' SALE. -Lot 12, 9th con, Morris, -1- 100 acres; 50 cleared and in good state of cultivation, balance Principally under hardwood. Frame house, frame barn and stables. Two acres of choite orchard. The farna is distant 2,1 miles front the floinishing village of Blyth, whielt con- torts ehurches, schools, stores, foundry, grist and .f.,aw mills, and a station of the Loudon, Huron and Bruce Railroad. This is a rare chance in a tirst-rate locality. For particulars :reply to HUGH BAIN, Goderich, or to DONALD BAIN, on the premises. 521.x4 A GOOD FARM. -A Form for Sale of 152 aeres, being Let 2, Con. 2, Turnberry. The farm is al miles south of Wroxetor and 7 north of Brussels, the gravel road running throagh it. About 60 acres cleared, 40 acres of good ' beech and mapp bush, and 15-. acres of headock and soft" maPle mixed, the balance cedar and blimh 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 &splendid orchard of 150 ; bearing fruit trees. W. G. raaartm„ Wroxeter. 523 -VT-kLUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale the • east half of Lot 9, Concession 3, McKillop, containing 50 acres known as the Daigle estate. This farm is situated eeenn one mile arida gnarl - ter of Seaforth. The land is ofthe choicest quality, There is a handsome readdence, and good out- building -a The farm is well planted with fruit and ornamental trees is in excellent order, aird, weB fenced. It k tialijirablysulted fax a retired gen- tieraan, a dairy -man, or market gardener. Terms easy. Apply to the proprietor on the premises or to Seaforth 1'. O. E. TESKY, Proprietor. 524 - - - VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 29, cone -a; 9, Hibbert, containing 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared, free of stumps, well 'fenced and in first-class cultivation. A barn 60x40,.nearly new, a shed and stable 30 by 80, a driving shed 24x40, a brick rout house and a splendid brick dwelling house, and an other necessary outbuildings. A good erchard and well watered. There are 15 aeresoi fall wheat, and, about 50 acres fall plOw- ed„ This is one of the most desirable farms in this section of country.. Terms easy. Apply to to the proprietor on the premises, or to Egmond- s Hie P.. 0. GEORGE BALE. 524 1 ,NTAGOLN; AND BLACKSMITH 8110•P• SALE. -The undtasigued, who is about retir- ing from business, wishes to sell his property in the village of Kinbarn, township of Hallett. county -of Huron, consisting of three-quarters of an acre of choice land, well underdrained, and haring a untaLer of well seteeted fruit trees. There -is on the premises a blacksmith she') 2848, a *aeon owe eux4o, and paint shop the sone sire, a two atorcy dwelling house 16x35 and kitchen 16x22, v.-ith cook4wase attached ;also a. Uew dwelling house ldx24 and stable 10x2.5. The b•nildiagg aro all frame and the dwellingthouseshave eachla good cellar. The above is situated in. one of. the best farming communities in the minty and is there- fore an • excellent bnsiness stand. Also fax sale a large amount of oak, rock elm„ red elm and .pine lumber, well seasoned, and fit fax :use. Wagons, sleighs,eutters,and buggies onhand„ and will be sold cheap to clear out the stock. Paynieutis request- ed a all overdue notes and accounts. JOHN WIL- LIAMS, Constance P. 0. 517 TOO.MANY HORSES. , , BY A PRACTICAL FARMER. . .In these days -•ef shrinkage in value, and Consequent retrenclmLnt of ex- penses, Manifest in all classes of society it becomes thc fai'mer to .keep a, sharp look out not only as to Where the money goes -for aim st all do tliia-ebut more especially as th where. the cops go. - It 7 f IS Sr pretty wall established principle that those should .he fed on the farm, Whether they'. al. fed to *a, old horse but. it makes a i",world-wid clifference. that makes litltle1. or no return, or to a Cow that retu ns.a dozen quarts of milk per -day. A k en.old farmer of , our- ac- quaintance once !'called on a , neighbor, and., looking nto his barn exclaimed, " What a stn.( of' hetseS !" Being invited into the house he found the sitting room full of ladies,tuljb urnina to , his. host, with more tru "la!than .politeness, said: ri--- - " With lump hors s than. coWs, moic. wornon mem illMerl, ' faamer will [70W:deli . th. 0 "c' . devil knows when." - . . We know not whether the couplet was originated with him or not, but ' he was an original character, and his homely enunciation of i • general Principal in farming deserves consideration.; 1 The horse is a noble animal, and far be it from us • 0 -decry his nObility. He is especially u: &fel =the fatan„ and we iire no desire tergce back AO tile slow - melting ox-teapi pf onf -fathers. Oxen are more econ idal eaters, being . con- tent with coa, e odder, and when worn out withwork and old .:age ih.eir hides, ranscles and f t i.ave a value; ,but in these fast day, ilyhen tinae is : reckoned 4 money, th re is no use in talking about ox-te•aan for the farm -much less for the road. 1,- are so accustomed to rapid transit that WO Chia; hardly believe. our fathers \vlie& theytell us about mov- ing from Oapei Clodto Western Massa- chusetts on ox sleds, and taking 17 days to perform a j, -Maxey of 150miles. But seal is the fact;' and SOine of them net content with 0110 such migration pro- jected meth° • , to Ohio - then called New Connecticut -whither they went in large. •clumsy• wagons, drawn by oxen, and covered with leather, the latter to he used where!tanneries were *unkiiown. The journey o, tep. usedup a month. Now and then we hear an Old Croaker demanding a return to .tnrnpik. ' roads and ' ox -teams. • 'We heard one lately deseanting-on tlie economy of • a mixed- tearn„ a yoke of !ox.en to do the farm work and a h se to ride to town for church, market, mail, &c. "The horse," lie said, -‘-‘ could be kept on llftyi in the Winter and turned out to grass iin the ,Ounreer, and. the:oxen could be managed in like manner; 'and thus all the grain. .of the farm could be converted in ready money." This is too econornical a doc- trine for Young America to satallOw and - digest. We night as well undertake to oys to go to church on oted, as their grandfath- - their shoes in. their' hands, and whe near the church put- ting them on, thus .saying shoe -leather. / This was econ Mical,„ but we as Much expect to •See at, ter run up hill as to see young farmers ha these fast' days return- ing to the slow moving ox -teams, and to the use of cowhiale boots and tow frocks. Indeed, we desire no such retinal were it possible. The .good• old times were good, in their day, but •a great deal bet- ter to look back , upou and... talk, about than actually to undergo their depriva- tions •and disComforts. 1 , ,A is not the chief end of man : 1 To keep what we'iTe got and get what ra•cam Money is good 4 a means, not; as an end. If it cannot be exchanged_ for the comforts of life it is of no more uSe than ., , i so much brass. Persuade our ,b feet and, barefo ers did, carryi • , • Whatwe do desire is that the ' I mania for fast horses. and lots of -them 1,ahou1d be cured; or at least modified. A. good roadster is a great comfort t� the faanily, and ft. span of good workinghomes is al- most .indispensable on every farm, but it does not follow that, a horse should be kept for every woman and ornd in the family, a Span -or the plow and aaiother span for the. c vriage. Horses , are a - -very preearieue kind. of property. In • the artificial lif to which they are cone .fined in moder times they are subject • te divers diseasa, and the best of groom- ' Mg and. veterinary treatment does not save. them. from .death. • When kept on hay in the winter and turned out to grass in the summer," the horse is as healthy as oth41animals, but .fed high - on grain, aid confined in the fe- ta air of a stab[e, it is a. wonder that his colics are n t MOM frequent -than they are. WhejB, in addition to his in- tinmatory foo1 and foul air. he is shorn O the natural protection against cold, wbielli his thick coat of hair furnishes, a,nel put into p•arces. ,and perspirations eaeh time he is taken upon the road, if !he does not die .of pneumonia his.life May be attributed to good lunge rather.. than good treatment. We have known • a $10,000 Hambletonian cared. for -when well, in, thio kindest manner, as the owner supposed, and when sick, treated by a skilful veterinary surgeon, etill not living out half his days, but in the midst of hiseueefulne•ss consigned to the compost heap. It is risky putting Much money into a horse or a stud of hereee. It is It, lottery in which the chalices of lose ,tre threeto one for suc- cess. If the horses do not sicken and die they soon eat tl. emselvea up unless kept at useful work. No animal pays better for his keeping than does a horse if he is kept for business, but he is a .very ex- pensive plaything. A close calculating friend of ours once bought a horse,think- ing to add to th ,,- comfort of his family. . At the . eni d .ef a year we missed.. the horse and asked the honest Scotchman Who tended.hith what had become of the animal. " He ik sold," was the reply. To our question, which Was sold the man or the horee, his reply was, "Both. He Was a good/eaet, but Mr,- found he ate 'nights. 1 ) He figured up the cost of keeping a hotse, and found' that each ride cost °him More than would have been his livery bill, and so lie sold and was sold.; Farmers seldom count the post f herse-keeping as they raise their own feed, but a ton of hay and a bushel of oats mast he reckoned as just so much mode a theywoulal bring atthe market price ; and they will find that the - bill for h rse-keeping anabunts to no small sum 'n. the course of a year. If the horse are doing enough, or are increas- ing ei ough in value, to pay expenses all right. If not, then it must be consider- ed Av etiler the • inceme from other sourc s will balance the outgo it this. direction W mu t not be unde 'stood OJS object - ting tp horses per se, as President !Tyler I ! used to say. What we objeclo if a su- perfli ity of horses, the upern meraries the . 'nter. ' It is the winter keeping that stand in the ' stable and ,kick flies in the:simmer, and Ire their fla4-1-ks M that tells especially n the faimer's pocket. , In the animal r the isepermi- meraries can forage fer themselves and groom themselves. , they ,want is a good pasture with a spring or tun of water in it, but in -wt. er the care, of a horse is not a sinec r and at this sea- son we should prefer o board a man Yet, strange' tio armers to buy old ot because they rm, bit erely p. and all •i I rather than, a horse say, Ate 11:8;90 known lugs t • were wanted on the because they were ch Livery men, peddlat who ant horses in t have ttle use for then thers e sumine and in the winter shrewd enough to . se in the autumn and always think tha farmer§ can -Win- ter t Or! old and b oken-down nags ehea ly. When pr to purchase these animals, forme , should' remem- ber F purch se of thp whistle becau e it Was cheap. i Old hoeses,' are lly peor proper y at any priee and - season, but to e saddled with ani orse in the aut n is ',e; brden i I gener 8,5 an old 11 greviousto be borne. City cousins are son e unes so obliging as to effer their horse t this eeason to their rural relatives a ow figures, but it prudept man will respondwith. an offer to board rather than purchase the maim ls. The boar n inuat net be done too pheaply.- y elks somatinies have n idea that it c s s little or noth- ing to keep horses in th country,. as the prove degrows titer . If they should plow, ow, and reap f r one season they would ch nge their views, on the cheap- ness o s porting bet Men and beasts on a f r If little ofiey is laid out for horse-, eed, much sweat of brew is expended, and to spe d. one's labor for that whiph proftteth ollittle as an idle horse s a:weariness t the muscles and a greater vexation of he spirit than the expen turc'ef its eqU'valent in Money. your stock of horses in the Fall, as you To afarmers, then Wei, say, thin out thin (rat your flock ns, and for the • Can.aai. me reaon. Trans have stomlied running on the • Montr aiPortland ttli Boston. Rail- ?, , !, way. •; i -L ui, s E. Deriem city treasurer of Quebec, ia a defaulter to the extent of $39o,opo. •1 -It is proposed by a New York gen- tleman to establish a kid glove facto at Welland. , -The Ottawa River was frozen, ovar on thenight of Jan. 3, for the first time this winter. I - -The salary of the Principal of the -WhimPeg schools has been redueed from $1,200to $1,000. 1 ! -Anurnber of TOropto ladies have !formed themselves hate a mutual im, prevenient class. -Mr. Geo. J. Fryer has been appoint- ed Postmaster of Oencoe, in place of Dr. Lumley, resigned'. - -A !produce firm in gontreal is fill- ing large English or4rs for frozen beef, mutton and -pork. • 1 ! - -1-In Montreal several labourers on peblic works in and near the city have had their limbsfrozen. 1 l' -The by-law granting $6i000 for har- bor improvements at Owen Sound, was carried by 45 of a majority. . -Mr. Wm. Quarriehasbeen appOint- ecl postmaster of Galt, in the place of John Davidsen., deceabed. , -Ex-Mayor Charlton, of Hamilton, has gone to spend the iwinter in Florida, for the benefit of his health. -:-Hitlifax experieneed the most se- vere seow storm known for years, dur- ing Fri ay night and Saturday. -M Icl . George Munroe, at one time Mayor of Toronto, a.u1 a former M. P. for Eat York, is d ad, aged seventy- seven. ----•-The trial of t e. Indians, accused of having set fire to 5 e Catholic Cherch at Oka Commences al St. Scholastique this week. -ReIbert Shaw, of i Glanford; on the 265h ult.; sowed a fie 4 with rye; and Daniel'Fletcher, of B aton, sowed wheat 1 ! , on the )3rd.. r' Hoskins, ; wealthy resident on the Shore Road, 1 ear Port Credit, was killed. on New leara Eve by a kick from a horse. ---The infant daughter of R. Switzer, merchant, of Ottawa, imet her death on Monday by suffocation, having, hile asleep, turned over wilth its fa,ce d wn- wards. , • -Mr. J. B. Gray, Who has helcli for years the Principalehip of the St. Catharines Central School,' has een appointed to succeed, Dr: Oornfor as Inspector, -Benjamin Dorseee a farmer, ed about 70, and residing near Clarks ille, was choked to, deathby a piec of beef, 'while taking dinner at a hote , on Thursday of last week. , - It is reported that a well-known Liverpool firm, largely enciaged in the timber tre,de, has failed" for about £750,000: Some of our Ontario houses are said to be interested. • . - A meetiiiea was held ;at Glamii, on Friday, for the purpose of advocating the extension. of the Staugeen. Va,11ey Railroad from Walkerton to Inver - 'wane, in the event of its extension from Mount ll'orest to Walla! ton, and a cemi. 1 1 emittee appointed to wai on the, direc- tors of the road to make arrangementa for co4peratiqu in the Sehemes. • -Pleughinee was kepi up without iii.t termission byShefarmers of Wentworth "county, euntil December 29t1, and in some plabes trtarley an spring wheat have been sown as experiments. 1 -Last -Saturday a satchel containing a sum of Money and seine papers, was :stolen from Rev. Andrew lennedy; while he: was signing! the registration book at -the Post' Office,1 London. -The Wffe of an Englishman named Bayrand,, gave birth t ' three children , on Thursday 1 at Pena roke, Renfrew county, ; two boys and a girl. - Both mother and children are doing well. • -Abeut $13,000 wort, of butter, of select quality, for expolrit to England, is said. to have been purchased by one man, Mr. P. F. Fergi ' on, in Potton township, Quebec, duri ig the past few , ! months. ; i , • -A wheel teacher named Cassidy, has absconded from Brudenell, -near Pembroke,_ with a sum of money raised for -the .purpose of presenting a testi- menial tp Rev. E. H. Jennings, School Inspector. -While Mr. CottrelL, of West _Zorra, was engaged. in choppinabone day lately, he had the misfortune to slip, and. the axe coming down with full force into his foot; Ica a great gash into it, also severing one of the toes,i 1 -The usual cleaning, dustipaband varnishing of the Parliamentary build- ings in Toronto, preparatory to the ap- proaching session, have- been piing on for some -days back. No material alter- ations have been made. , .. - '--A Lindsay carriage maker has re-' ceived an order from a gentleman near Sligo, Ireland, for a; phaeton, and a Philadel hie, livery firm : are now ar- ranging sjiith laim for the puithase of his prize ileasure sleigh and. cutter. ! Hespeler, the immigration agent -at Winnipeg, and Pierce Down, a land surveyor, have been sent ,out hy. thea Government to try and- arrange She difficiulty between the Mennonites and squatters at Pembi ainountains. -The. death, is recor ed Of. Mrs. Ann Platterelict of , the Tat 1 John Platt, of London Township, in he 91s5 year of her age. 1 The deceased has been in this country Once 1840, and Was well known and highly esteemed by a, large circle of 1 I friends. I 1 -Mr. A. N. Molesworth, of the Can- ada Paci c Railway, and Mr. Vaughan, fi. of Selki k, arrived in. Winnipeg, on the 265h ult., by skates, havinabmade the trip on the river from SelItirk-r about 3q miles -in two helms and 25 minutes., - ! ' . - On New Years .eve ,the workmen employed in the Ayr Agricultural Works met at the house of their em- ployer, John Wa:.son, Esq. and present- ed him with a beautiful Esq., Adjust- able Chair., accompanied by a ' highly complimentary address,1 . . -A man in Aylmer named* Philip Daly, while attending a sawing machine, had his hand so much bruised that it had to lcle amputated.. ' Another man, named Francois Gravelle, was kicked in the fa e by a horse and stunned, and Iwas aim st frozen to dsath before he reeovere his senses. i t -Mr. nd! Mrs. D. Utter, of Burford, were, a f w day's since, surrounded by a happy fa ily of eight children, but five have su umbed to that terrible dis- ease dip theria. On one day three cof- fins and :heir little occupants were car- ried out in one funeral cortege. The other thr e children are prostrated with the same disease. I; -One pvening recently a young man named R au was arrested by Constable Everett, 4xf Lucan, for haying an unlaw- ful weap n. in his possession. A short time afte he had been placed in the lockup, hawever, the doors were broken in and the. prisoner released. He has en seen, and there IS no clue raters. rasiness place in Brantford, day, a -coiniterfeit half -dollar ay into the till. It steed the ds perfectly, and only when g of silver was removed was • fully discovered. The spur- ious coin i is lighterthan the genuine, and hits it peculiar ring. ! Business men will have to exercise extreme caution-. 1 • ! -By means of a composition deed and settlement of its debts, the Brant- ford, Norfolk and Port - Burwell Rail- way has passed over to- the ownership and aontrel of the Great Western Rail- way of Canada. The 'road is thirty- three miles long„ and. extends from Til- sonburg on the "loop line." 25 miles east of St. Thomas, to Port' Biirwell on Lake Erie. . . -Inthe vicinity of St. Jacobs, Wa- terloo County, a dreadful disease among fat hogs is Aging, making fearful havoc among them. The symptoms of the disease are a rapid and unnatural move- ment of the blood., superinduced. by a sere throat. The disease is so deadly that the animal generally dies a few minutes after being attacked, 12 cases out of a dozen proving fatal. , -Robert Thompson, a brakeman on the Great Western Railway, was run- ning along the top of a freight train in the depot yard at Windsor, when, owing to the icy state of the car roof, he slip- ped and fell heavily to the frozen ground. He was carried, insensible into the Great Western Hotel and a physi- cian summoned, -who pronouneed his injuries, though severe, in no way dangerous. - -On New rear's eve, about half -past nine o'clock, rapping, laud. and con- tinuous, was heard at the door of Mr. George Balkwell, grain dealer, Guelph. The lady of the house answered the call as soon as possible; but imagine her consternation and surprise when on opening the door a faint wail greeted, her ears, and on looking down to her feet saw in a basket an infant boy wrap - lied in a slia-syl, faded. and worn, and evidently the property of a very poor not yet b to his lib • -Ata the other found its test of ac the plati the fraud. I ! erson.. No person was in sight, and he party who left it -no doubt the nother-hitd evidently hurried away ifter rapping at the door. The child, e id.ently a few weeks old, was taken 0, warmed before a cheerful Ere and Tomforted. - . . a 1 -On Thursday of last week a run- ! Way took placo in the village of • Tees- ater, during which Mr. Forsyth, bar- ber, receiv d a - bad fall, and lay for E erne time insensible. We are happy to heartha he is improving fast! and ill be around in a few days. , -Mr. G. W. Priest, for three years eacher of the Ayr public school, was resented 1v Ina pupils with the poetical orks eaf Byron & Tennyson, also -a, heautiful al um, on the eve of his re- tirement from that situation. Mr. Priest has been appointed Principal of the LucknoW public school. -On Saturday evening in Toronto a ballot box, to be used at Monday' .elec- tion, was stolenj from the bug„ :of a ietuniing officer. An impression xistS fiat the thief thought he had captured tp cash -box. The loss was made good by the clerk at the City Clerk's o.ffice, Who prepared new ballot papers. -Win. E. Wiley, who for ten Years held the poSitiojaof ticket agent at the Port Huron statical, Grand TrunklRail- yay, has tend red his resignation to ccept the position of Eastern Travel- ing Agent of the Michigan Central, ith headquarters at Toronto, mad- acant by the death of II. E. Osgood. ---A. Young man named Clark is; sup- posed to have been drowned in the har- bor at Kincardine, on Saturday morning by missing his way to the Station in the darkness and blinding snow stotrn of he early morning, and walking off the 'harf. Parties were grappling foT the ody all day, but so far without success. -Amongst the military pensi ners • paid off by Captain Hesketh at 0 a,wa few days ago, was an old man named Robertp who resides about seven miles ern the city, on the Prescott road, and who is 107 years of age. He is, very eeble now, and could with difficulty be tion. * ' rought to the city to receive. hi pen pe: ' -Why the Canadians get along so peacefully with the Indians, says the jiTow York i§un, is partly explaincd by t.li� fact that every person who, since • 874ahas mtroduced whiskey int� the region of which Fort McLeod is the c011 - re, has, without an exception, been aptured and fined. ---Miss Francis Harrison, adaughter f Mr., M. Harrison, Torontia Whose 'awfully sudden death occurred on Thurs- day evening, looked so like life that a 'onsultation Was held next morning, to ee if life r adios decl reatlie. T ally was extinct. Several red they had seen her e medical men; he ver, [1ecided thali she was dead.. 1 -The Toronto police have recei4ed a telegram from Medina, N. Y., asking them to look out for one John A. ;Kera wine gag- ey, who is lharrafed with borr oney on pretence that he was, e d. in exporting cattle and horses auacht, and has recently disappe Ie is also said to have carried windling operations in several ian towns. -The Shakespeare prize at B ollege, Oxford, has, according to *lord University Gazette, been ad om red. on ana- lliol the d to Mr. John Fletcher, Commoner. ia,- fr. Fletcher, who took first:class hnrnors in classics at his "first public exa tion," a few inonths ago, belongs to ger- onto, where hereceived his eduertion at Upper Canada College and UniVer ity College - .! Grave, Great Western tail - way St tiouenaster at Thaniesville has heen cltarged by the Railway. Detee- tiyea wlith abstraction of liquor from barrels freighted over the' road. The mOdef operations, as described r by I Detect* Hunter, evincedon the art • Of ; the operator a good knowledge of `dynamics and hydrostatics. An exam- • inittion is to take place. the •,Boman Catholic bazaar in St: Theinas on New Year's Day, a hand - seine dressing gown was contested.' for asto who was the most popular man in the Domini ra. The candidates were Sir John A. Macdonald and Hon. Alex. Mackenitiee The vote stood 557 for the Premier„ and for Sir John 453 ; major- ity for the Premier 404. The eambuni realizede the gown WaS $101. The eonteste article was at .once forwarded to the P'remiler at Ottawa. ' New, Year's eve, Mr. Geo.' A. Rose, fOrmerly of the Strathroy Age and nevt of the Ingersoll Chronic/e, was presented. by' the choir and. members of the Ingersoll Bible Christian Church, with a very handsome Silver Inkstand • and Gold Pen and Holder, accompanied with an, address. This pleasing testi- monial, was given for services rendered as orabanisf, which. position Mr. Rose 114e only occupied but a very Short time-. -A brutal assault was committed. at St. Thomas one night last week on the I person of Mr. E. H. Kirkham, an em- ploye of the Canada Southern. Railway. While walking up Metcalfe street he was struck over the head 'with a heavy club and renderb, insensible. As soon as he was able he regained his feet, but found himself alone. The wound is an ugly one ---the lead being cut and bad- ly bruised. It supposed he was mis- taken for some one disc. -A shocking accident occurred, at Ralik -fa last Saturday night. A veun I cauMan named John Wilson, abbot 9 e'elock, took two young women named Flora McDonald and. Ida, Boutilier, fOr a sleigh ride. They went towards Point Pleasure Park. About 5 o'clock next morning the horse was found_ in the _street at the south end of the city, cut and. bleeding, andthe sleigh much dam- aged. Nothing was known. Of the oc- cupants till the afternoon, when a .sleigh -robe and. whip were found. on the ice at Steele's Pond. Search was then made, and the liedies of the two women found under the ice. Wilson's body has not yet been discovered, but no a aaa i , I I • doubt it will be found under the; ice also: The Itoad alongside of the pond was blocked Up with. stofiesand rubbish thrown on it from the sea shore by the gale of Friday night; and it is suppos- ed when the arty dame to it they Went on the ice, broke through, and were drowned', the horse , alone aerarabling out..- -While helpina°to Carry a stick of timber into the .4". W. -1Steinhoff, at Wale 3 laceburg, Kent County, the other day, Mr. -Henry ardett; the eineer, re- ceived, as he thought, a slight scratch on his leg, hilt worked on as Usual,* a day or se, -when his leg•becathe so sore that he , was compelled to quit wicaik, and has not yet been able 1tO; leave 1 is bed. Under proper treatment he is e- coverina, ancT will soon 'be . able tdi e around. agaii , I -Boring fbr oil near'the Mississippi, in Lanark County, about :two Miles from the village, is still being proceeded with. The i dication$,are said by these experienced iln sinkingloil -wells to be of the mot promising kind. The only doubt new is, whether oil will be found in paying quantities. According to Sir Wm. Logan's report to the GovernMent in 1866, they; have the Same formations of strata as those in which -oil has leen found elsewhere. -Last Monday, in Toronto, while a a hack 4vas gOID a up • BerkeleY street,one of t d h4f-starved horses fell down, and the heartless driver coolly took! off the harness,! awl left the poor brute there to die, * Some passers-by lifted the animal -a and placed it in a stable with plenty j of fodder, which it de- voured rave iously The City Com- missioners were notified of the occur- rence, and tlie prosecntion ofithe o ner was promise . 1 ; i • -Last Saturday Rev. T. V. Roy,Ithe Brahmin priest, was tried in Brantford, before His Honor Judge Jones. The prosecuting ittorney, Mr. Van Norman, refused to p false pretenc On the Cpun use property could only b Wentworth, osecute on the ' ground of s, as there pas no case. of converting to his own belonging to others, tlaat tried. in She County of as the alleged sale iwas made in; Hamilton, but under the in- struction of the plaintiff; the.case was not pursned, land the prisoner was im- mediately discharged. ---The. Quebec city detectives have been notified that a reward of pio is offered for tlie apprehension of 'a Pole named Adolphe gankoroaky, who is ac- cused of rob ing a bank' and jewellery ! i store at Ale onniaee, Michigan, an is suppkised;Ito I ave travelled in thisdi rection. Th CeConstable of ' or- - bnto has ialso co inmicated with the same officers reepeeting the mysterious di sappeaaanc 2051i of rei ed Jame Cl ,-The Rev of Kifox, ph efrom-the disc task, at the r ele:apheonC is,hor She ro541, an suddenly ejected froi4 his buggy. For- tunately Mr. McDonald is a good horse- man, and, although he drives a spirited animal, he had the frightened brute under immediate control, and escaped with no more damage than a few bruises. M. .D. Guthrie, M. P., naete All- an accident on New Year's eve, b ing- pitehed out of his buggy on the Ermine- sa, Road, while returning home. :Ile met some p4a:Ity driving'a biuggy; and,at once turned out as far as possible. - The other party cOntinued in the 'centre of the road, and in passing Mr. Guthrie, the front wheels of the vehicles became locked, and Mr. Guthrie was pitched over the dash -board, and one of the wheels passed over i his body. AbOut the only injmy he received' was a bit -as- ed hand. -The death is recorded. Of Mrs. Catherine r ser, of Elora, evil? die g at She advan ed age! of 98 years. -• The de- ceased was si. ter of the late Ron. -Chief Justice McL an; and mother-in-law of the late Dr, inlayson, of - Elora. She was one of tlie U. E. _Loyalists, who, with her fanlily, settled in the Glen- garry district during the troubles be- tween Great IBritain and the „United States, and h r life forms a connecting link between he early days of Canada. and its subsequent history. 1 -Last Saturday afternoon a young man in Toronto, named George Kireff, essayed to waLk over the ice on the bay to the Island. He had not gone over 300 yards when th.e ice gave way, and " he went through. SOITle young Men hing hie), and who ne- ap, procured a light boat before th+in towards him, , too, went through, they ething to cling to. : The half drowned man was seen reached, pulled out of his precarious position, and. taken ashore. Kireff was under the influence of liquor when he started. on his mad -cap adventure. 1 - • -The Chesley lento -prise $ays : The two childre e who lost their lives. last week in Br lit, had found a- vial con- taining stry hiiine. The poor creatures uncorked the Vial and tasted the deadly contenta. The bottle is aaid to have I been lost for _many months, and was I discovered out ide by the childreit while i playing. The poisoning in 1 froth .that city, on. ;the ber, of a gentleman nam- xton. ; A. D. MCDonald,pastor ch' - Elora, had a narrow istruas night. Returning arge Of a Pleasing official sidence of Mr. Hugh. Rob- e plunged hitt) a guilt' in • She rev. gentleman Was who were wt ticed the mis and pushed it so that if the would have so number of accidents by this neighborhood have been numerouji. Some years acee two children iost tieir lives by eating bread I on whileh stry hnine ha been. spread I for the d.est ction 11 of r ta, Not long ago two men. 4ied. in Kincardine town- ship, from t king whiskey in which poison had be4n mixed. 1wo ch i ld rail were a shorSI time •ago visoned in Greenock thjrough eating matches. Some years ab a child in Southamp- ton lest its lif from the same cause. Parents kno ng the curiosity of little ones, and thei readiness to put every-' thing they geti hold of int6 their mouths, would do well to clear their houses of 4 ' f 1 everything of a poisOnous !nature, even though same inconvenience should be suffered.in donseeueece. All children have a great desire for what is sweet, and sugar or its equivalent'is generally kept out of the way It is very often when searching for something -which nature desires, that poison sd discovere and, swallowed. I -An aacident _ ocCurred on Monday morning between St. Thornas and St. Pierre, Quebec, to the mixeci train on. the G -rand Trunk Rtilway for River du Loup. Five or siX cars • got of the track and were considerably damaged.. The postal car was *riled upside down, - and caught !fire, but the .fiames were soon extinguished. , o one was injured so far as can be asce tallied. The pas- sengers per Halifax express were tran- shipped. at the scene:of the accident. -A whole familal- in Guelph came very near being suffecated One night re- cently„ by gas from ! a coal stove. In view of these painfq facts the public should take warning, and. see to, thoroughly understand and. carry out all the conditions of pafety iri the man- agement of coal stoves. If they_ do not She noxious gasses arising will superin- duce headaches, then nausea, muscular prostration, and deaden the mental sen- sibilities. Let all householders see that thorough ventilaticiia is setured before retiring every night. I -A man in Montreal named Buteau . attemped suicide by h,anging, i n his house on Saturday last. ! His wife saw him enter a trap-dpor, in the upper part of the house, on which he plazed several bags ,of peas to prevent any one opening the door, butwiththeassistance of a boy she succeeded in reinoving the peas, and entered. in; time!to save her husband's life. The latter's brother was killed by a passing train on the Victoria I3ridge while at work there last suramer,and it is said. this family affliction and. the nse of intoxicat- ing think has deranged. his iniad. -The steamer Ontario, on her recent trip -to England, enceuntered the most fearful weather. Of 1,028 head of live stock on board 220 yere washed .over- board or injured So that the poor animals had to be !destroyed. When She storm was at its height- the owner of a fine draught stallion, Star- of Denmark, tried the ;odd. -experiment of cutting the horse loose and letting him shift for himself. Result: The horse did not receive a scratch and was sold. on landing for $1,500, while many of the others in their boxes were killed or bad- ly bruised. -A few days befOre Christmas, one of Elora's leading fieshers shipped a lot of poultry to Toronto, addressed to one Douglas, a dealer in such articles. He received in payment therefor a cheque to the amount of nearly $50. It was returned for collection, and came back marked " no funds." It seems that there are two men named Douglas in the provision business ' in Toronto, • and that No. 2 is treating upon the good name of No. 1. As No. -2 has played this scurvy trick upon other's than the Elora, flesher, it is well to be on tile out- look for his orders. . , There is at present a movement on foot in Montreal t� Organize a band of Protestant settler's to proceed to Mani- toba in the spring, to take advan age of She Government grant there of 16Q acres to single men, and of 320 acres -taj mar- ried men. There seems to be a g neral desire among - the mechanics, store- keepers and laborers, to get to a place where, if they do not make much 1iouey, they will have, at least, the hap -Mess of owning their ciWn land, and val al- ways have plenty of feed for the -1,. selves L and families. The intention at resent is to have .a minister and schoolmaster with them, and. to have their own black- smith, shoemaker, tailor, &c. The set- tlers are to assist each other as much as possible for the first two years. -Resting to the Hessian fly or "weevil," the London Advertiser says: Many thought that the prolonged grow- ing weather would increase' the harm done by giving the fly a longer' time to work. We are pleased. to learn, how- ever, that it is the opinion of some of the best farmers, in the -country that the weather mitigated the evil in this way: The warni weather drove the main growth of the wheat plant past the first large leaves of "coverings," thus exposing to the weather the fatal part on which the greb fastens itself. Besides this the increased growth of the plant will give it greater strength to defy the weakening effects of its in- sect enemy. This wilf be cheering news to many who feared that their crop was seriously damaged. It is also believed that the parasite which preys upon the II HessiannLriAbctns flyoofp haracusebtis ,a. akse itih advantage -of the recent fine weather to destrotyeml:regr: &nee movement been more successful than in Dundas. The work Was hi- augitrated the lst of December last, by Rev. E. Haskell, of New Hampshire. The first meeting was small, and attend- ed. principally by boys and young 'men, but gradually the interest inereased,_ personal visitation secured the attend- ance and reformation of men who.never thought of attending a temperance meeting. One after another of the good citizens put in an appearance, and final- ly the hall was too small to ex:corn/no- eat° -WC interesteu crolvds who nightly , , ii . , „ thronged the meeting . Twenty-two of sue meetings have b:en held. All m - difference has been overborne in the grand uprising tide in favor of teraper- ance. Three liquor sellers have decid- ed to give up the traffic, nearly 700 have signed the total abstinence pledge, and joy and hope has come to many a deso- lated home. This wonderful reforma- tion culminated. last Friday evening in a farewell banquet to Mr. Haskell, On the platform were the clergymen of the town and other prominent eitizens, arreoefuloenrgianeidgwistint fri.soinwlittiama lariltig)ennauliniaberffaXoi ,.•