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The Huron Expositor, 1878-08-02, Page 1more "eh r't 4.• I. 'le a abot -a. C dug t neans eove t Mrt Z with • am/ loadin lying turtle erong penetr e was 1. but tett of its -th( Lwood, ilte ex hich e sved 'al was aging 1 heatioe him Le pea( preceds Eine, I= Lo Gode the Ji he con: Exetot Lite a 11 Nile Gec. brotl short di effec -• svorl y, paid' r. La,lt retu:. E the aft foe the well` nether cam* To. We tortly a. greund, ex.nce • ee tempt .1) Wholl a gasp& ars of as ast -was in a, while • Ross horses vet to is titey tc ies cola cavn tewher.e ., which horse e f: 'he little sitad to be -heele pae 4 him. Le trees ea aaslaed, te- lential th ragon atta aewalk fi nand strt ia any one Lot even. lie(1 totbe very e: el heir lasted, will bete e evening ( the ciliz( :nor to M occasion c a whole sum • Ilawkd and qua In of "21 viding for ter the in: fied, the el east of sea, was ocei legg, Esq table- filled proposed . -.oasts at.t spouse to entary I ed_to with he toast of Mr. Cle/ rthy of ao ive halls. 'e an excel Carter wa • tProtecti -ening.' elic t, expressiee time Of Mr. nd genial •i heartfelt Vm.ollc .r parties elective ton rly Mr. Wrc W Host and tar absmit fi with " Anla a-onghout it tut evening , rth Item: unaet storm 4 Ellice on' considera injuries inf the deetrti g shed, tog of: hay, and. cattle beloi wheh was te • of Mioh • united con' 71. a North .M0; bs- the Pres Stratf( ad.; anth, that it 3 t•l* of membei the Presbytt Rev. geutlet - ,ster. ,during the ltth aired. Ifilleb was 45x96 fee and, together v able horse, a 3 autity of last eta" loss abou MOO. Some 3 tile time, and a and stunned escape from ELEVENTH -YE WHOLE NUMBE REAL ESTATE FOR. paRm FOR SALE,j,—For Sale, a of 100 acres, composed of Let 12ta concession of the Townshii Terms easy. Apply to CHARLE 13ox 51, Clinton P. 0. WARM FOR SALE.—First-class ft -a- the Township of Grey, Coat- of from Brussels, 6g acres cleared, iio and orchard. Immediate possessioi MeCOLL,13russels. -pawl IN McKILLOP FOR SAL Lot. 7, Con. 12, containing 100 cleared aud well fenced ;, frame ban young orehard ; mil clay foam poss time; price -;.it 5,000. Apply to A. S' forth. ; FOR SALE. -10 acres of good far the Huron Road, being part of MoKillop ; there is a sniall house pi it is within half a mile of a school, distanet from Irishtown.. Church. MORRISON, Grocer, Seaforth. VOR SALE.—'Ihe subscriber has acro lot in the township of MoKill Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the tinibered with beech and maple. will be sold cheap. A.pply to JAS. Solicitor, Seaforth, Out. -UNARM FOR SA.LE.—For Salo, Lo -a- tield Concession, Geduld). T tabling 85 acres 50 of which are ole good state of cativation. The farm the village of 13aylield, and will be s on favorable terms. Apply to th. JOHN GOVENLOCK. _ FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, L R. 1 . 556. SEAFORTH FRIDAY, AUGUST 2, 1878. McLEAN BROS., PnbIiShe! $1.50 a, Year, lit Adva400.4 - '1.);‘.011julE;c1"farni o.-21, in the of Hullett. .MORROW, _ nu for stile:in uron, 8 miles franiii barn, given.A. J. 582 .---For Sale, ores, 60 acres barn; good ,ssion at any BONG, Sea, 543 ling land on ot 11, Con. 1; he property; nd the same Apply to M. 548x8 • or sale a 50 .p, County of balance well propprty „BENSON, 517 • No. 5, Bay- -uship, eon- redund in 'a is adjoining el cheap and' propridter, 524 • _ • 1 )t 28, Con. 5, Usborne, .0ounty of Huron e ntaining 100 .d, remainder Exeter and Huron aud, ars address 0. .558-4 sores,- more or less,- 85 acres dear bush first-class farm ; 5 miles fro Ffeusall stations, on the Londe Bruce Railway. For further partic THOMAS McFABLANE, Lumley l' CHOICE FARM FOR SALE— Con. 7, Ilullett, County of Huro 80 cleared,well underdrained, and of cultivation; buildings ,couvenie ternis easy. For further partic lars apply to Messrs. McCAUGHEY HOLMEST D, Seaforth, or on the premises to WM. E. COL WELL. Con. startee P. 0. 555 VALUABLE FARM FOR SAL Sale, 7 . the east- half of Let No. 4, Co . 4, H..11. S., ; Tuckersmith,.0ounty of Huron, co sisting of .50' acres, 31 miles from the -Town of -daforth convenient to school. The land s of the very. best quality. For ft rther partieu ars apply to JAMES PICKARD, o posite the p creises, or t� Egniondville P. 0. VARA.' FOR SALE. -A \'0'y 5111) -A:. sale in Stanley, minty pf Hur half of Lot.23, COIL containing 8 class:- soil and well -watered; fra no .barn and stable, comfortable et -elling house, arge-orchai;(1; 21 'miles from:Basile d; prlee,.$4,"00 ; apply to the proprietor on t le premises r to JOHN ESSO:N, Baviield. ' 580 . . - _ VARA' FOR, SALE.- For Sale, L t 14Con7, Hullett, containh g 100 acres, 8 of which rise cleared and free from stumps. Th re i; a frame dwelling louse .with tone cellar un lune ath, also frame bain and stabl -. Plenty of Clod -Water and .a -small orehard. ' Is within six:anl-ahalf-miles of Clinton and about ) miles from "eaforth. A.p7 -ply at THE EV.POSI 'OR Office, S aforth. 528 - -- eing Lot ; 100 acres; a good state it and good; ee4 • , rior farm for n, being west acres; first- ATAI,ITABLE FAR- I FOR SAL V Lot 29„Con. 8, H bbert, coutai 83 of which. are clomp(' .aml free there is a log dwelling house, a go and stables, plenty -of water and a. ' is within 71 milesof Seaforth. tioulars. 'apply on the premises to HART, or by letter to Seaforth P. VARM FOR SALE —For Sale,±1e East half of A-. Lot 16., Con. 1, Stanley, cent :unit; 50 . acres, . 42 cleared and in a Itate. of goo cultivation; there is a gooth Immo barn; it adjins the village of 13ruetfield, and is within a quar er of anile of Brucelield railway station; the lan 1 is of the best quality, and th d w-hole4 well fence 1. Also about 180 cords of hardwood on the gravel MeGREGOR, Brumfield. .—For .Sale, ing 100 acres,' rom stumps ; d fraule born ood. orchard ; r further par- WM.. A1.11111- 542 road. PETER 5542 (1000 FARM FOR .SALE.—__For Sale, Lot 80, `--4 Con.. 8, McKillop, oontaining 5 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in a good ',state of cultiva- tion, well fenced and drained; th remainder is good hardwood bush ; -there ,is a og house2and. .frame barn, also good- ; the p ace is situated three-quarters of a Mile westuf th gravel road. Apply to MRS.,WM. CLUTTON, n the 2nd eel). - 'cession of Tackersinith, south of i.ippen, or to Kippen P. O. 555-4 . . . plIOPERTY FOlt.SALE.—For S tle,.Lot No. 14, Con. -16, Grey, 100 tunes, 16 am es eleaned—au excellent lot. West half of north mlf of Lot No: 29, Con, 6, 'Alorrisouljoining1 the V liege of ;Brus- sels, 511 acres, 33 acres cleared, che •se faetoty Mad machinery complete thereon- Fo housos. and. lets, and large number of vacant 1 ts in Brussels, ail the property of theundersigne(Also a num- ber of improved farms; tho. properk of other- par- ties.. Seti.N LECKIE. Brussels. FARM FOR SALE.—That own and -fine- ly situated fern', Lot, 1, Con. 1, Hullett, in the County of Huron, . containing 10-) acres, 90 of Which are cleared ; there are two. rune dwelling houses, barn,- horse' stable, cow sta., le, sheep -house and driviughouse ; also orchard an 1 abundance of water.The Pura is situated two Ales from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron particulars' apply -to MeCAUGH STED, Scaforth, or to SIMON -10 tor, on the premiSes.: - Ae-ALITABLE FARM FOR SAL I .—Por Sale the v west half of Lot 27, C,on.A, McKillop, con- taining 50 acre's known as the Deit, e estate. This farm is situatawithin one rano an -L a (platter of Seaforth. The land is of the el oicest quality. - There -is a, handsome residence and good ontbuild- lug's, The farm is -well planted wit fruit and or- namental trees, is in excellent otter, and well fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen- tleman, a dairy -man, or market go dener. Terms easy. This property Must. be so -k1 it once. Apply to A.. STRONG, Scalorth. 589 . _ . VARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, ot 15, Con. 14, Meliillop, containing 50 acres, 5 of which are 4 axed and Well improved; there ire fair build- ings and good fences; there is ood young or- chard and plenty of water; the grc wing crops will be sold with the fain -; .it is 2 mile • from Walton, 1.2 from Seaforth and -8 frem Bras -els, with goed gravel road to.caeli place. Also a quantity . of 'exeellent buildinng timber and s. w logs for sale. Apply to Walton P. O. or to the pr prietor on the premises. JAMES eseearieF.L.L. . . 547-4x. Road. For .full HOLME- TNG, propric- 553-4x . ITALUA.LLE FARM FOR Si V Lot 11, Con. 8, H. B. S., Trakersmith, con- • tainitig 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared and in a good state of eultivation, being m ell underdrain- cd, the balande iA good liradwo d bush. Good stone house, franic barn and stable • ; well watered, and good' bearing :orchard. Is si tuated about 5 , miles from Seaforth and Brueetiell, aucl 31, from Kippcn. School close by, and all ether conveni- ences. For further particulars a 1p1.3- to DAVID , MOORE, on the premises, .or to Egmandville P. O. - • 543 -. ---- -- - 0 VARMS FOR SALE. --Lot 21, C m. 12, Melia° -I; lop, 50, acres, on Northern Gras I Road, 8 miles from Seaforth; frame buildings and ; orchard. West half Lot 29, Con. 9, NeKille ), 50 acres, 40 cleared, frame buildings, good ()Jell:Arai 5 miles from Sealorthh on gravel road. So th half of -Lot 20, Con. 12, INIcKillop, 50 acres, 25 (Jeered, frame barn, splendid timber. :c.•ot 1. C n. 3. H. R. 8,, • —,z 75 acres cl.-ared, orchard.. E.—For Sale, THE -TOWN 00 SEAFORTH about the -same time the Wesleyan Methodists erected a substantial frame edifice, which has been supplanted by the fine brick church now occupied by them, and costing in the neighborhood of t¢20,000. Since then the ,Presby- terians have built. a $20,000 choreh ; the Catholics have erected one at about the same expense, while the Methodist Eniecopal and Baptist denominations lso houses of worship. The real, substantial development o Seaforth may properly' be'said to date from the year 1869 when the fact that a salt deposit underlaid the town was first made known by the experimenta boring:of Messrs. Coleman & G-ouinlock. The salt deposits at Goderich had creat- ed widespread attention, especially -wit "the trade," and not long after salt wa found at our neighboring town of Olin - ton. Drs. Coleman & Gouinloole, td whose business we elsewhere more pair ticularly refer,. had some surplus capi tal, a good deal' of confidence, and n little energy. They sunk a wells sal was found, and the result of that actio is the fact that Seaforth is no* th aeatest salt producing point in Canada We have been unable _ to procure a, analygis'of the brine, but here give th result of an analysis of Seaforth salt a made by Mr. W. Ellis, a noted analyti cal chemist of Toronto: "1 have analyzed tbe sam pies of salt submitted to me, and have to report that I find the were all of excelleut quality an remarkably free from adulteration an accidental impurity. The only ex tra,neous matter. of any note is sulphat of lime, the amounteof which varies be tweet). 1.7 per cent. and. 1 per cent This small quantity oftgypsum will no exercise any injurials effect on th quality of the articles3 The water wa. in each case determined in the 'salt a. it reacheame. The amount in almos every case is. trifling. Salts of mag nesia, which Constitute one of the mos serious iinpuritied of common salt, ar conspicuous by their absence, amount ins; in most of the samples to no -mor than a few hundredths per cent., an( in some being entirely absent. Alto gether the salt is of excellent quality and comparesfavorably with any in th Market:" This is " draeving it mildly,' for it is a well-known fact that the Sea forth brine is the purest and stronees known.; ' This salt interest, as will b seen by report elsewhere made, ern ploys a large number of persons, and. capital variously estimated. at fron 120,00 o $150,000. only has Seaforth One eidianst, ess resource to draw uport, but the. town is surrounded by an agricultural country which ranks among the riches of Canada. The fact that one firm ex ports Over a million dollars worth o grain per year—another, ove -9,000 bar o far as occupancy was rels of eggs—another, very 1 rge quan e and her family werel titles of butter, shows evhat the town. all they surveyed." In derives trona the counk7.- The las Andrew McKearnan built score of years have served .to change tavern :here, and so did the "bush"into fruitfolefields; cosy ey, his hostelry being -the farm houses, well-filled • /barns an otd, evhich stood where thriving oichards clot the lahidscape w is, and which was de- every direction, and we doubt if a mor solvent community, town and countr can be found in the Dominion. The visitor to Seaforth cannot but bp pleased 'with the appearance of the town. True, there is nothing of th pfaturesque. The tow a plat is quit 4 SYNOPSIS OF ITS PAST ,AND PRESENT'. The RpsouroeS' of the Tow.0 . and. COuntrSr. The Salt Interest, Mercantile, and Other Matters. The Whole Being a Pencil Picture of a Thrilling Business Community In no sense of the word must the reader of to -days EXPOSITOR confound the followiug paper upon the town and. its trade interests with what might at all properly be 'designated a "History of , Seaforth.'? True, allusions, more or less detailed, are made to the extraor- dinary development of the resources of this inaniediate section of country, but the writer has not aimed at historical aceuraey regarding dates and names. Much Ot. interest remains unsaid, too, but ell and. even more space than the EXPOSITOR feels at liberty to devote, in one issue, to the subject has-been used, and so, whenthe concludingeparagraph is written, .a lenient judgment must be ,exercised. So much by way of apology ; now for a few words of prefatory com- ment : :There are few towns in Ontario the size of Seaforth that Can trace their prigin to within the memory of living meu. ; there are fewer still whose pio- neers are still active members of the business community. It is true of the town of Seaforth that its architects ".builded svisee than they knew." There was little to indicate, twenty years ago, that here would grow up a thriving, , e busy town—an ,embryo city— whose fame should extend to all parts of, the country, Whose manufacturing interests should give it the leading place in the Domimph, so. far - as one product was concerned, and whose merchants should control strade of great importance to the whole country. Truly, time effects wonderful chancres, and as years have merged, into decades, so -far as Seaforth is concerned, results are notieeable that are of more than ordinary significance. Seaforth first had existence in .1855. It does not owe its origin to the Canada Company—though the interests of that corporation have had a greater or less effect upon the ultimate fortunes of the town, as we shall see—nor do we know what special significance its name pos- sesses. It was but a name after all— the only approach to the entity of a village being one or two log cabins. ,The year 1857 will answer our purpose' as - tjh initial year for chronological purpo In that yearthe Buffalo, Goderich and Lake Huron—now Grand Trunk—rail- wire( was laidit Mrs. Steen was then living, in a log lhouse on the town site of Seaforth, and cOncerned; s " monarchs of the seine year and opened a Thomas 'Po old. Britial 'the Queen's li stroyed by fire in 1877. John Young also built a small cottage, and during the same., year a very dma,ll. general istore was -op ned adjoining McKearn- Ws hotel. , At that t me Harpurhey, located abont a mile away, was the town be-, level, the streets intersect each other a teveen ,Stratf rd and Clinton. It pos- right angles„ and. relatively few point sessed quite a trade, had some hundreds of attraction present themselves. Ther of inhabitant looked. upon t with feelings Certain cause hOwever, on against Harpi rhey. The course of one tion of a geueration not yet'extinct, an of the main gilavelecl roads of this sec- they at the same time ehow adalit tion of the country, and which had been bility to the future. The work built by the Canada Compa.ny, extended building still goes on, too. Despite th from Bayfield to Belmore, taking, .iti its dull times, one of- our builders ha route, what is now the Main street of thirty contracts on hand e_upon Mai Tackersloith, . • •, fair buildings, liail tiprinig creek n lining ihr,,ugh the farra ; 3 miles from Seafortl , Apply ." ItON(.-} .Seafortb. - 1 543 - OWN PROPEATY FOR -SAL 1;.----Houge and —._ St, near the 1 iiitgaltisilimaior Ifni ie, oceupied by .Win. M. Gray. Also Lot on St.-, r: Malcohesori. . _1 and G On i 1110C IC new residence, corner of Coleman offered cheap, Streets, at present .oceupied by 1 town 'and bal. These very desirable properties ex Town' Lots on either for cash, or one-third cash 0 Coleman a, same on time . suit, Also; seven Main and Mill Streets, oppon Gouinlook's Mill. Persens inte .3di, Iii)rg,eZt. betailighd may obtain these Lots 'without ar payment if necessary. Apply to `M. m. GRAY, 'Eclipse" Salt Works, Seaforth. 540 . s. • • , and its people doubtless is aothing savoring of antiquity, leo 10 efforts of its puny -rival ever:. Everything is of to -day. Th of scorn land contempt. business blocks, churches and • privet - were . silently at Work, residences are modern; they impres behalf ...of Seaforth and one as beiug built for the accommod their power to further its material in- tereats. At the head of the liet we place the firm Berne of • DUNCAN & DUNCAN, firm name fa,miliar to all who make Seaforth -their base of supplies. It is a place deservedly/ theirs, too, for the house is now the oldest in its line in town although the present fiem of Dun- can & Du4an is of more recent forma- tion. The co -partnership, embraces uncle- and nephew. Mr. Julins Duncan, the senior,Is one of the oldest residents of town; for a good many years, ha one way or another, he has beeo actively identified' With the trade, interests of the comininity, and -when, in partner- ship with; Mr. T. W. Duncan-, he re- engaged &trade nearly sit. years ago, it -was by nit means as a stranger to our people. Duncan & Duncan succeeded Mr. E. Hickson in. businesa ; they at once fell heirs to a well-established trade, and they have had the satisfac- timi deiviteeessing a constantly develop - hag business ever since. Thd firm are very snugly enseonced. "Meyer's Block," occupying the entire building, three flats, 22x85 feet. Thel specialties of the house are dry goods, clothing and millinery—which is theleadmg interest we could hardly say, as each receives merited attention, and the stocks in the various departments appear to be equally complete. A number of tailors and millipers are employed, lpesides half a dozen salesmen during the l ordinarily busy season, and every appearance in- dicates the fact that a substantial trade is being ,done. The first Ant of the stere is the -dry koods and clothing de- partment. Up stairs, upon the second flat, is it handsome millinery and imam- tle salegroonas Every available bit of space celi each flat is used, and many a thousenel dollars' worth of goods are to be seenleven now, when. the stock is at its 1ow6st ebb. We don't know how much Duncan & Duncan Sell per yeare if we did know We wouldn't tell, but we can conscientiously refer to their house in terms of praise as a place of business where principles of strictest integrity obtaiu—a place of business that has de- servedly won the public confidence. R. JAMIESON. Alit 1 The -" Golden Lion" is another of the representative dry goods and. mer- chant tailoring houses of Seaforth. Over the entrance to the store is a fine repi:e- sentation qf the king of beaste, from which the hitt e takes its name; within the entrance one is confronted by an esta,b- lishment neat in appearance and ample astteittlatand the laouse has now so long been in the trade that it has won a business of large consequence. Mr. Jamieso-n, the proprietor, has lived here, or in this vicinity, most of his life. Formerly he was in partnership with Mr. Logan now inManitoba under the firm style of Logan & Jamieson. Since the dissolution of that co -partnership, not quite a yeer ago, Mr. Jamieson has carried on the business alone. At this time he is in Europe Making purchases of fall and winter stock, and it is not difficult to predict that within a few weeks the house will have greater at- tractions than ever to offesA its patrons. The house has eaCellentl quarters in the Odd Fellows' block, the salesroom being 80 x 30 feet. An instant's obser- vation shows that good. taste is shoevn in purchasing and. displaying goods, and. that in all tire. essential requirements of such an establishment eothinst-is :want - ins. While! dry goods natursilly form the leading specialty, the clothing trade also receives merited attentienthe house having a large merchant taloring busi- ness. All told, twelve or more em- ployees are required, and the business of the Golden Lien moves along as pros- perously as could be wished' SMITH ets WE S The most recently established mer- ji &utile firm in town is that of Smith & Seaforth; aud.-this 'place naturally was street three handsome brick blocks are West, which began businesd here about more easy of access its rival. In now being built, inany handsome pre. *so months ago, at • that tune coming 1858 both Harpurhey and Seaforth ,.vitte residences are in course of erection,from Centralia, in this county, where and every indication is eef continueti they had been engaged in similar trade. prosperity. The co-partners are J. C. Smith and station houses at their own expense. .Phe_ latter place fortified. its position by so doin,g. Now and then/came accessions to the linaited population; here and there a shop eve§ opened., and it was -not long \before the " handsvritiug the Nvall ' Although, as we have already saidH. West, Jr., Both are yoang men, and /. nauch of the unprecedented prosperitythey have already denaonstrated their which Seaforth as a town has enjoye ability, as business men, to compete and still enjoys, is due to the excellence with tht older established houses in Could., be plainly seen. Haipurhey of its salt deposit, and the discovery ani town. From the outset they have Was do.omed, despite its struggles, des- manufacture of that article, t ere. are made cash the basis of their operations. pito-. its possession of sthools, despite- other causes which -are entitled t eveu They confme themselves to, a cash busi- its building a graveled. road, despite all greater mention. Surrounded a it Is iless, and though the times have not the efforts which property . owners na- a.)37 one of the finest agricultural coma been the most propitious for either old turally will make; they were investors tries in Canada, populated by the mo 't or new business interests, yet they evho, like drowning men, are ready to industrious and thrifty people, a r catch at any straw, however fragile. liable aud lively market in which One by. one, accepting the logic. of sell .products and purchase metcha events, .the residents of Harpusliey re- ,dise is a prime necessity. Seaforth ha moved to Seaforth. 1 They brought not in eVery sense of the term, supplie only" their household goods, their Lams such a market. , As market for pr duce of every descr Seaforth h _ever taken, and stilit takes, a leadiag position. . As a rale competition s more keen, and cons.e-quently pric range higher here than in. most of t surrounding towns. In addition this is a no less important • attractim It is universally, admitted that there a few rural trade centres in Canada whe and :Penates, With them, but their houses also, and -during. the .years in- terVeuing between 1860 and 1864, there wae a general exodus—a perfect hegira, tint' none Were left to do homage to the place that .once swayed the des- tinies of this immediate section. Sic transit qicnia;ninncli. (It was a. ." sic(k) . • -transit," too, to those who had pinned their faith to and invested their mouey are located so large a number of firs in the .deserted. village.) Egmondville class mercantile establishment's, th ' was aIsca in a certain sense,' a rival; affording the purchaser a .selection there Was a flouring and sa,w mill there, wares, which tor extent Cali not be h a, distillery, the carding/ mill of .Mr. Van- in other markets. We are -correc Eg,niendta store. kept by James Dickson, therefore, in saying that to these te. now.tthe Registrar of the 'County, as features especially Seaforth owes t Well as some other places ot business, proud position she to -day 'occupi _and it was also the _centre of ',the Pres- • among her rivals. • • bytexista Church • element. Still, being We shall now speak of those who a a Mile from • the railway, 13 exercised makine Seaforth what it is. We a no specially adverse infleence -Upon Sea- • cordingiy now make room for . col forth. meuts upon. our manufacturers ani. the 12th of September, 1876. The have bad a good. trede—decidedly itt advance of their expectations. - The firm have christened. their place of business the Ontario 'lease. ' Occu- pying central quarters, Nb. 3, Camp- bell's block, they'have given our people another first-class dry goods, hat and cap, andbaot and shoe htuie and cer- tainly the arraeg,ement and 'display of s goods is all that could be wtshed. Each of the co-partn.ers gives the business O personal attention, and we cheerfully extend the firm our wish tat their e future business relations with Seaforth and neighborhood will be all they can desire. s WADDELL & Another:of the firm names that has found its way to our reporter's note , book is that of Waddell & Co., the bo- o partners of which are Messrs. Thoneaa e Waddell and F. G. Sparline These s gelatlemen make a specialty of dry goods, groceries, merchant tailoring, &c., e and they are doing their past in carry- - ing forward the business intereets of the - community. Their firm was formed on pher Sperling, was one of the pioneers of this portioneof Hur n County, and. his son has lived to see the woods and. ,swamps give place to frbitful fields and a thriving town: Mr. Sperling has been connected with our trade interests in e 186-2 Seaforth had a population of merchants e senior of the firm, Mr. Waddell, has perhaps 300, and in 186(i, it then ha'- lived: here since 1874. He is et natio of one of the hiatoric places of ;old. Eng- ing 600 or 700e residents, it • secared.. its THE MERCANTILE INTERESTS first public dchool. In 1867 it received land, Otterburn, where Hotspult, Percy, municipal recegnition as- a village, and, in 1874 was ineorporated,a town, Mr. A. Armitage ,being the first Mayor. He I served two terms, and was succeeded by the .presetit iacumbent, Dr. T. T. Polema.n. .Inithe meantime -Churches were built, the Church of England t ing the lead • 'in 1863, we believe), d Having devoted considerable space the more general interests of Seafert , we come now to write of its merchant. This may be said hattall truthfulness : As a class they are gentlemen passea-sed of no little business energy, They have., for the most part, a sincere pride in tie town, and they are willing to do all -ttr-t POOR COPY gild other cavaliers fell' in the " 'good old days" of internecine -strife, but for the past seven years has resided. in Canada. Previous Co the establishing of this firm he was.a ealesnaan here. His partner, Mr. Sperling, has been here or in this vicinity ter the past 29 years—ever since n boyhood, in -fact. His father, Christo- one way and. another fo years, and now he is with the firm of Grey, ling, salt manufacturer elsewhere speak. Both dell and Sparling are young men, and practical business men as well. They unite in. giving their business their care- ful personal attention, the satisfaction of kno creases in importance. proprietors, five . persons ployed in the house, a petition is active, we o Waddell. & Co. have no occasion to be dissatisfied with the reception they have of the people t rcial Hotel; is y goods houses roSITOUreperter releting to it in. his note book. The ho se is one of the oldest in' Sea -forth, haiirig been esta,b- . lished thirteen years ' go by Mr. Hill, who came at about tha town of Oshawa. Hee native of England, b thirty years has reside that if not "native and to the naanor born "he has neverthe fied -with his adopted third of a century. Ni Hill built the premises him. The building is feet, two flats and ba entire premises are use poses. Quite a genera a shown ea the salesro -vials, sloes, hats, ca second flat is for mil a good many also connected omag & Spar - 3, of whom we Messrs. Wad - and they have ing that it ill - Including the are usually em - though cora- ne that Messrs. met -with at- the' hand hereabouts LIAM• Opposite the 0033:1131 another of the leading of this town, and the E. finds some memoranda time from the y the way, is a t for the past in Canada, so ess been identi- ountry nearly a e years -ago Mr. now occupied by f brick, 20 by 60 ement, and tile- d for trade pur- line of goods is m—such as ,dry s, &c., while . the nery show and work rooms .and the mrchant tailoring department, the latter being aedecided specialty with -the hen versation recently hel we infer that he looks pect of a good- fall tra encouraging. Indeed, business is concerned, the dull times nearly experienCed, he has hit trade, 1. e., has handle far this year than d months last year, th been very much less having been opened, t a good trade. It is in the -good graces of t prosperity is of a albs 1 e. From a con - with Mr. Hill, upon the pros- e as being very o far as his own notwithstanding all classes have • an increase in more goods thus ring the same ugh prices have Indeed, since e house has had. rmly established e people, and its angel order. HOFFMAN B OTHERS. One of the most co most extensive of our ( is that of Hoffman Br established. as a new e by Messrs. J. C. and who came here at that ford, where their lathe ness, the oldest merch The Messrs. Hoffma "new departure" in tatit matters. In' th stead. of transacting they confine themsel-ve goods, millinery and g and in the second their's an exclusively example that others o might follow to adv the firm were so unfor burned out, losing fro thousand. dollars, but tent they gained, for block was completed t sion of the finest sales double store, 28 x 80 f rangement is quite of the main body of used as a dry good entebles a capital dis thousand attractive ar under such a general the rear is the mihittell it is the recipient of a, The firm deserves ere people such an establi in its entirety, and th sponded with a co Eaeh of the co-parthet nese his personal attention. Six to eight people are employed in the house, and the business pursues the even tenor of its way through good and bad. times alike. THOMAS IDD. _ ' We can hardly hop& in this connec- tion to sayanuch concerning Mr. Kidd or his business that is new to our read- ers, but we cau at least refresh memor- ies, and in this resume of the town, and its leading business i iterests preserve an outline sketch of his identity there- with. Mr: Kidd rern wed to Seaforth from the County of Simcoe about ten years ago. He at OW e gave evidence that he shad come to stay by building the substantial brick block since occu- pied by him, a building 85 x 30 feet, two flats and basement, and which was the first brick structure of any note to be Olt both houses Mr. Kidd exercises general supervisory management, giving his whole time to affairs. He has built up a large trade here—built it up by the display of force of character and busi- ness ptitude, and his place in the busi- ircle of the town is by no means tain or donbtful. A native of Ire - he has lived in Canada most of his ud since conaing to Seaforth he has had, we are glad to say, not only a busy but a successful mercantile career, and as one of our representative mer- chants we :thus allude to him. ness mice land, life, plete as well as -3/ goods houses thers, -which was terpiise in 1871 W. W. Hoffman, time from Strat- - is still in busi- nt of that town. have made a wo' very is:leper- first place, in - a general trade, s wholly to dry nts' furnishings, lace they make ash business—an our merchants ntage. 1876 unate as to be two to three o a certain ex - when Cardno's ey took posses - 00111 m town—a et. Here the ar- etropolitan. All he wareroom is salesroom, and lay of the ten ides that come lu,ssification. In y salesrodin, and large patronage. it for giving our hment as this is people have re - dial patronage. s aives the busi- Oft WILLIAM CAMPBELL. The oldest representative of the cloth- ing, merchant tailoring and <Tents' fur- nishing goods trade in Seafelltli, ip Wm. Campbell, a native Canadian of Scotch descent, -who located in Ilarpur- hey in 1859, when it was at the height of its glory. There Mr. Campbell est tablished a tailoring business, and emiel turned. it until removing here in. 1863. -.They operate e He at once put up a frame building tee -the corner of Main and Heron streets, 'where his brick block . now stands, .and it was the only build; illfr, at that tinae on that side of Main street, between the Huron Road and the station. This property Was . de- stroyed by fire in 1876, and imraediate- ly alter Mr. Campbell began the erec- tion of the brick block to which we have already referred. This block comprises three warehouses, each two flits and basementta portion of the upper fiat be - used as Temperance and Foresters' halls, and • the rem:abider for work rooms. - For his business Mr. Campbell uses the eorner store, ev.hich affords ev- ery couvenience in the matter of good .light and abundant room. Here one finds all manner of material adapted. to the needs of masculine humanity—the real speciality of the business is, of course, the making of clothing to order, up te the pioneers and vibiah so creditably carried out pioneers and their successor as their meroantile community are concerned- - Jackson fill a double pa dealers in general naerchi that capacity control s business. They a ft -E liquor 4:leaders, and t trade that extends to: Huron, Bruce and well as into Perth This business has beet extent that one w.thought possible ant: done by persist:aacy putting goods upon which enabled, Oaf with others avh result has certai- deserves coname. Messrs. Jackson. ti -ties of calf, sb the market for out the Provii employs fiftee) thus adde naat( tlie comnauni ' spends a large the road, lookia the house, -while ate partner, attends to ta home. Mr. George ja postmaster of Egmont of the Montreal Teiegrape teeMpan He has also been quite prominev connected with the Conservative. pe ,and is now a candidate -from this ilia for the Local house. PolitiCanY, EXT!OSITOB &Milt support IVra. . Jack son, but if he proves successful in th race, it will be among the first to eon gratulate him up= the honer of beim M. P. P. As a firm the gentleme named ar e progressive and liberal. an and there is an abundant stock of i their success in their business Opera foreign ;and domestic goods from which tibias has been won by their -oWu en d.ea.vors. LAIDL.A.W & FAIRLEYte Filling a prominent place in tlisitrad circle of Seaforth is the firm of Laid's & Fairley, concerning whom we somewhat detailed. comments to enale in this issue of the Ex:lame-oar. • Tb! firm are dealers in groceries, erciekery many a contrast to be drawn between provisions, seeds, flour and. feed, an the business as it is now and as it -was t though their 00 partnership dates onl in 1859, but the changes have been', ef- from last October, the house is alread fected by Mr. Campbell's energy and firmlytestablished, having won tOitself perseverance, arid he has good reason 1 a trade inthe highest aogreetatisfq.etoi . to take some pride in the results. The co-partners are J. C. 1.4dIetv an llohn Fairley. Both gentlemenare Scota- A G McDODGALL &CO. by birth, andieefh P1'41,14140 olderesident. Few firm names in this section are so of taivicar; taidlaw s;ettl - well known as the one wbich beads this 1 Brecefeaav article, and. we accordingly make some wards weak mention 'of the house and of the gentle- as senior Thea men who control its fortunes. The co- McDouga‘ partners are A. G. :McDougall and A. out, retiring Halley, their partnership dating- from altogether.. alsotitAye years ago. Both gentlemen vas as a a( are Scots by birth, and. the senior of the year and a b firm is One of Our old residents. He business to I' used to be in trade in Rarpurhey, where came a co_p, he located seventeen years ago'before midriff has Seaforth had. any existence, at that time cinity for th being—One of the firm of Laidlaw & for seven ye Dougall, and -when the exodus from eiveiy eneaf Harpurhey occurred, their house re- ship with moved: here. Laidlaw & McDougall alone. on were succeeded by Carrie, Laidlaw & law et pairleyesee. McDougall, who subsequently sold out elegant -quarters to the late Mr. Rogers, Mr. McDougall They opeapy first engagiug in other business. Subse- each spartnieut bei quently he re-entered the dry goods and tainiy handsomer q general trade in partnership with L. R. wished for, and one Corbey, under the style r Of A. G. Mc- Ontario without fin Dougall & Co, and 1.Tr- Hau-Y Purellas- of the :kind that is E ed. Mr. Corbey's interest five years agogeneral appearance Such, in brief, is an outline of the his- arrangement is get tory of the,h,ouse and its trade relations in accordance with With the town. About four years ago- business. Everyt: the firm decided to retire from a gener- elaborate, and the al trade, and. to thereafter confine them- where noticeable is e elves more particularly to art' goods salesroom is devote. and clothing. These lines have since ies, and the other eLemained their specialties. Handsome ware. Bach &pea first flat, basenaent and part pf the sec- tiremises are had in Cardnote.block, the ment, and we hope plete—indeed it is Ond flat being used. Our readers gen- forerunner of that good. e rally know of the character of the when clean iness in A groce good taste and judgment being Mani- srale done. Ample stocks are shown, to godliness. Back of the »'pecially,will'actually be CODS fested in selections.; and it is no wonder room is the flour, proviision ate that the house not only retains but adds partreents, well fitted -tip Nviti to its old-time popularity. Ordinarily to these lines. The brksero five Persens are required in the sales- forloleavygroeerteasp-a-exattite. room, and employment is given. to an arastdesirable, ! average force of seventeen in the iner- jug_ up,,, and they are eero. trade of the house is chant tailoring department, while slur- , feature. The firm reportt ing the busy season this force mu:abets no effort to render the haus( jass of si)manyeciaz 2p1r oonlr i2n2e.n eTe bstthd etphaer t mfi r me nti to the purchasing public .gei p to make a selection. Readymade cloth- ing and furnishieg goads are also specialties. Mr. Campbell is his own cutter, and certainly a life -time experi- ence ought to qualify him for the posi- tion. He ordinarily gives ereployment to a dozen or more workmen in the shop, and the bu-siness Moves along prosperously, as it ought. There is and is resided over by their cutter, Mr. fits" is conceded by all. Very nauch of town has a number of repr The grocery and crockery :W T. K. Andeison; whose ability to "give ILSON & YOU -ewe, - Ir. McDougalrs time is occupied with 1 is produce basieless--he is a large ex_ tahseclianstwoepfirmbe sitneialgginigeed.a, iiip roI orter of butter and cheese; so that the i very day manageinent of the house of trade we may name Messrs, 1 llargely fells upon Mr. I-Ially. That he Young. ' The co -partnership, 1 jiequal to the dutiesinvolved is ap- ff7. parent, and in conclusion we may state Young was formed six years ° 4, well-Ina:eve. fact: that the house not succeeding to Mr. Wi1sorer ' only commands a large patronage, but engaged in a sirtilar 1111'7371 two years previously. - has been a resident eis- _ or aearly all, his life, while he . Mr. Young has lived here for tale: k. eight or ten years. Messrs. Wilson. YoungAre donaieiled'in Scott's 3510i and have a salesroom. 1.00x22 feet; T basement is also used. The stock sht is that common to first-class 'gm( houses, embracing Ail manner of 'ette andfancy articles, and selected, with -vieve of ro.eeting the wants of thio leis ket. Crockery arla glassware are al specialties, and that department 3. equally coinplete with the other; Th 41r.nost a part of Seaforth, the Messrs3, 1 firm also handle large queetities of pre ackson's establishment being about L duce each 3 ear for shipre r tla*rn. ne mile distant from Cardiao's chases of butter and eggeet ,leunting - lock. These ' are certainly reasons a considerable sum -aenatt -..y.., Indee r the following comments : The we can in all fairness *ate that t ra of G. & H. Jackson is corn- business has shown inarket1 itiaprov osed of two brothers, who have passed ment each year despite the increase ost Of their life ill Canada. -Twenty number of grocery houses here, and 410 ears ago they established. business at fa,ct speaks *ell of the PoPtilatity ' gmondville, and from that day to the firm, both members of whiz his have been clearly identified with young men. They give their oire sonal e attention to the busineal ginning business Mr. Kidd was in part- the confidence of the people as well. erected in the then village. Upon be- nership :with another gentleman under G: &II. JACKSON. the firm style of Kidd &I McMulkin II Although the above named firm does , which continued. for taree years, since ot, strictly speaking, eoixte under the lassificatione " merchants of Seaforth," et they are entitled. to a representation erein, becasise of seVeral reasons. In he first place, their's is the oldest stablished mercantile house in this like appearance, and the entire aspect eection ; in the second -place, it is an of the house is one that reflects credit ; iisterest which. controls a very large upon the town. The upper flat of the t ade and which stands :well -with the building is used as the Itlechaniee' In- eople; and in the third. place, Eg - stitute. On the first of May, 1e876, Mr. ondville, where the farm is located, is Kidd established his liquor ciusiness ilia separate house further down the street. This is an important department of trade with him, and hi stock are car- ried full lines Of damestic and. im- ported. liquors wines, &c., in wood and in cases. A: considerable wholesale trade has been and. is still being done in these articles, and. the house is prepar- ed to fill orders for responsible parties with pure liquorP .d i'' the most favor - when he has been without a partner. -c The trade of the house is of a Somewhat general character, dry goods, clothing ! h and groceries -being the leading feature. - t The main salesroom presents a business e able terms. siere.entire busmess of the work which in that early day opened • ee - , •-t