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.•reramines.
erth Rein&
Oise of Brunner, has been
costs for selling liquor
se.
flower potss containing
are among the vices pra,e_,
hell youths. .
, load of fall wheat, of tiles,
is was brought into Men
t by TiIr. Italwin Ross., of
€c1: bought by Messrs- Carrie
lit .1Oc per bushel. The
not of the first giiality,
e- fair one...
-baths have been establish,.
ford. Lite water issaid
eneeiile medicinal proper-
-ads cls of Sunday Schools ixl
- aiidin fo -
arr „ � x an excursion,
, about the middle of this.
new wheat of t
t x the
e
as
0
n.
• ti} Stratford by Mr. Jolla
`vrilx
Iasth
o e,�an
dsold
for
eel;
ileGregor, of Stratford, has.
ted teller in the Bank of
, GioIpllT in place,
o
l
Mr
goesi to Kingston. «
tad train of 15 Goaehee left -
'de d
e � oo stock -
th � fire
. r mens.
, well laden with firemen. and
:h. to take part in the -grand
,.
rxrt�ter, flax merchant,. Mit
.,.
sixty tons of hay off
licres of ground --this season,
-,erage of nearry three togs.
Baechle Elraa, r ima
.•ivie has -
.
x
�. a
s
t°tl . another sa mill, • mak
Oahe a 1 addiue oft six mile&
ratbe al t
soon out u
w it
P
ay recently a valuable mare
to i ir• Aclani Chalmers, of
I ',opine gored b�. avicious b u
all:
Y
r `
.•kxlful treatnent it is thought
,yi r
old'', au old lady living near_
top of
from the the st •;
,fell p h airs
her house fr Gt
coon in a urxng
'oder medical attendance she
ell.
iavicl Hamilton., of Listowel,.
:,n plant growing in his gar-.
seed was brought from the
:States by Rev. T. T. John.-
csrth.
�-
t� c�
ixesclay of last week Mr. Rich-
rnr, of Elmo, whilst at a rads-
70111
ads-0111 a bearn to, the ground.
er ously hurt, hopes are enter
hie recovery.
ioExn \Viximster, of St. Marys,.
ed a.Iciest beautiful monument.
resbyteria.0 cemetery to the
.f his children, who have been
:to the`better land. The mono -
f Scotch granite.
e a few of the enterprising
in Perth have gone into steam.
machines this year. They do
,rk better than horse-powers,
g perfectly free from, danger of
i.ighly appreciated.
Marys is expecting a good time
aie annual military drill, which
place in September at that
The citizens expect that up
-
f $2,000 Neill be spent in the
ring the stay of the " boys in
tl.
Hey, of Listowel, in com-
th a number of others, intends.'
•ut for the Manitoulin islands,'
ize a Grange in that place, af-
.lx he will proceed: to the Parry
istrict, where he will establish
tin mission.. •
the morning of Tuesday, during
rre thunder storm, the barn of
Oliver, of the 17th concession
i, wasstruck by lightning .and
the ground. It contained at
the product of ten acres of fall
_tltons of hay, a quantity of peas,
eg mill and. some harness. The
g was insured in .the Usborne
%pert Mutual for $1,000.
Johnson, of Hibbert, lost a vale-
rse a few days ago, by every sine
itlent. The animal had lumped.
e fence into Mr. Gerry's Woods,
farm adjoins Mr. Johnson's, and
man wlowas t'•oiktng for Gerry
et the animal and proceeded td
ftut out, when the horse in at-
eg, to jump back Iver the dence-
t.,1t1, and, falling with its head
xi stump, broke its neck. '
ELEVENTH Y .h1AR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 558.
r - f--•— � . • NIcLEAN EROS..., Publishers.
a Year, in Advance.
SEAFORTH, FRID, •Y, AUGUST 16, 187 8.
REAL ESTATE FOR ALE.
Og SALE.: For Sale a first class Planing
FHili nearly new and in good'nnning order,
situated 'in the flourishing Town of
oath,
t ,
-pail
be sold. cheap. Terms easy.Enquire
h Ont.
or c
God
' 0
sEcoi�, c.SS
EN
• farm
ARM FOR SALE:—For Sale, asplendid
the
F of 100 acres, composed of Lot 1\0 21,
19th ' concession of the Township of Hallett.
CHARLES MORROW,
Terms easy:.: Apply to553.
Box 51, Clinton P. O •
li
,
.
r
Ii.—r
o Sale,
t�
I,oP
FOP. Lc
IL
T��Ii 1t 1 K
1 Lot 'I, Con.
Con. I2, containing 100 acres, 60 acres
'a1e
ar
ed and well fenced
; frame bank
barn
; good od
young orchard ; soil clay loam gase5aeonat any
time. price $5,600. Apply: to A. STRONG, Sea-
543
subscriber has for sale a 50
OiL
SALE, ---The of
., o
c
ount
b Y
' o
f McKillop, township shz, p
the p
'nt
-a: tz
sore
lot a
c
11
w
0
balance
the
rod and •lea
aro c
20
acres
Huron,
timbered with beech and maple, The p
willbesoltl cheap. Apply to JAS. 11.BENSON,
Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517
No.Y
Lot Sale, 5,
Fox
sa
SALE
.—For FOR li S
1•u
con-
taining
Township, ' h P,
t dent
ion
Co
nee
ss
F -Concession, field
a.
twining 85-aeres, 50 of whieh are Cleared and in
good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining
villa a of Bayfield, and will be sold cheap and
the gAexp Y 1., to the proprietor,
on favorable terms.
JOHN GOVE\LOCK. 524
1 E FARM FOR SALE—Being Lot 4,
ClHOIC - .
Cou. 7,Hallett, County of Huron ; 100 acres,
Gnu
80 cleared, well underdrained, and in a good stat
obuildings convenient and good
to cultivation ;. For
co particulars apply t
terms easy. For further .1 essrs,McCATA Y HOLMESTED, Seaforth.
or onthe premises stto WM, E. GOLDWELL. Con
D
stance
555
0. __.
ALUAI3LE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale
Vthe east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. 11. S.5
Tuckersmith, County of Huron, consisting of
acres, 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth, an
convenient to sohooi. The land is of the ve
best quality.
best
For further particulars, apply t
e
JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, 524r t
Egmondvillc P. 0. .
WARM
Fon SA
LI
.—Iof Sale, e,
Lot 14,
G
on
.
Hallett, containing 100 acres, 80 of which a
There
afro.
cleared and free from stumps..,hero i •s
dwelling house with stone cellar underneath, al•
frame barn and stable. Plenty of good water a ,
a small orchard. Is within six -and -a -half mil
of Clinton. and about 9 miles from Seaforth. A
ply at THE EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. 528
OTES FROM COLORADO.
Pus
BLo CotrrTY, Colorado, August 1st, 1878.
The most notable thing which has oc-
urred in this region for a long time was
c
of July.
the 2J
th
'
encuY
.'soft
hest
ch
he eclipse P
Ve were in the region of totality here,
and as a total eclipse of the sun is some-
thinmen don't see every day, I shall
g something in the way
give youg of a de-
scriptiou of it. The eclipses I had hith-
erto seen, andwhich were
only partial
tial
ones, I confess, had always been a dis-
appointment. Manytimes, when the -
almanac liar given notice of an eclipse,
I haveg one to the trouble of procuring
a smoked glass in order to obtain a
with-
out
but
enom
enc
h
the ,
of
fair viewP h sat -
out ever'bein rewarded with mut
n
r>�
ains.
The
observation
sat-
isfaction safe Y P
was always y�
brilliancy of
ffec
etibl
c
Y a
P
said ha not
such a lipses,
unobs rvant,1uuearing folk like myself
would never be the wiser: But a total
eclipse is cfuite a different matter.
liscount on a total eclipse,
of smoked glass is quite
For its observation. It came
urprise. About a month
e
e
0
d
s
ry partial indeed, and the
the orb of day " not'per-
fore-
naes a
brie
the a
;ed� If
d
dre
a hundred
ven.. warning
might come and go, and
potato bug comes on them as a pecu.
and distressing calamity. We have
wo
immunity from grasshoppers n,
two years, and the farming interes
beginning to revive. When there al
t
only farmers have�'
the grasshoppers ass
PP
own had management to blame if t
is
don't get good crops, asthe soil
ductive enough if well tilled.
There was so much rain during
early part of the season that, for
was
set
first
time sincethe country
the greater portion of the ,Crop wi
raised without irrigation, or with
little. To
mak
o uPfor the
early
r
however, the month of July was
tremely dry and hot. It is a co.
remark that the seasons are .than,
and that now there is much more ;
How-
ever
s.
former
ear
in fo
and dew than Y ' a good
ever this may be, it will still be
while before we will be inclined : tosay
to the timely showers, "Hold, enough .
e
on-
here fencing
is h
er
• suss
0
f fe
The ex g
Th
P
siderable obstacle in the way of farming.
None of the farms are -divided into
fields, only
the arable land and some-
times a pasture is cut off from the
prairie. Such
ch fences as these are Would
VALUABLE FARE FOR SALE. —For Sa o,
Lot `2J, Con.. 8, Hibbert, containing 100 atria,
85.of chic li 'ere cleared and free from stump ;
there is a log dwelling house, a .good frame ba n
and stables, plenty of water and a good orehar.1;
is within 71 miles of Seafofth. For farther,p r-
tiealars apply on the premises to WM. ABE -
lART, or by letter to Seaforth P. 0, . 5
There is no
and your bit
unnecessary
to me as a
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.—For For Sale, Lot 0,
eon.8, McKillop, containing 75 acres, 50 of
t f suit' -a-
is
ed
d•
n -
to
4
before I had heard some one say there
would be an eclipse, and that we were
d
ht
in the regio i of totality, but I thous
no snore of t e matter.. The 29th was
a clear, bight - day, with scarcely
a cloud i the sky, and the sun
shone dow with such a brillian-
cy and heat, be else, and which would
anywheref
al-
most unwed rable were it not for the
n
5erts s
• el
de ,
' Gh
lar
whx
Y
breeze, of
CO
af-
even in the.hottest weather. Ip the.
ternoon; ab
in the Mous
grow dark,
Well, We
any amouil
kept on wit
crewed, a
seemed to=
azure tint.
door --then
was no a
eclipse. I
though les.
covered I
being dazz
and sky w
was a dee
the sun b
at the her
circle it
azure tint
increase
at the mo
miles off,
them loo
ruggedne
and then -
rich veil df transparent green. Aroun
me the shadows increased in density so
that they alinost looked like solid bodies.
Looking at my shadow on the ground,
I could see almost every` feature and
hair reproduced, and the outlines.of my
figure delineated as sharply as if I were
walking beside a mirror. My little dog
was howling and barking about, and I
remembelred-the description of a total
eclipse in the school astronomy of my
sed " the stars made their
Which arc cleared and in a good sta e o
tion, well fenced and drained; the remains e
good hardwood bush ; th ere is a log house
tame barnuartersso of e� mile od well est c�fethe place
graveltra
a.
three•tl.
Apply to MILS. \VM.: CLUTTDN., on the 2nd c
cession ofTuckersmith, south of Nippon, a
Fippen P. 0.
- N•U'I INTE
SEMI-ANNUAL
EAR1 NG SALE.
1H.REE WEEKS
C DO G ALL & ILS
at Reduction: in every Ike-
artment..
Balarice of this Season's
Stock Must be Sold.
Classes of Goods 1Vlarkea
Down in Price.
s is 1n o Humbug, but
a1ity.
ItOP'ERTY FOR S ALE --For Rale, Lot No
Y Con. 1t0, Grey, 100 acro'; •16 acres cleared
excellent/1gt.. West half of moth half of Lot
29, Con. 9, Morris, adjoining the.Village of B
eels, 50 acres, 33 acres cleared, cheese factory
machinery' complete thereon. Four houses
Lots, anti•a large number of vacant lots in Bras•
all the property of the undersigned. Also a n
ber of improved farms; the property of others
ties. JOHN_ LECKIE. Brussels.
1?ARII FOR SALE.—That well-known and
ly situatm-1 farm, Lot 1,. Con. 1, Hallett, i
County of Huron,. containing 100 acres, 9
which -aro cleared ; there are two frame dwe
houses, born, horse stable,. cow stable, sheep -h
and driving house ; also orchard and abandon
The farm is situated two nailed fro,.
as can be equalled hardly
11
ear
ad
for
is
no
'
sir
ey
ro-
the
the
ed,
be
ery
ins,
ex-
��
on
ng,
am
occasionally a li tle diversion in the
way of shooting
isseldom
oneany
such little eceen
spice to a rather monotonous country
life.
The e
season n
has
been
a favorable, one
and
but
if
e present. .
heat at
stock,P
.for
dronth continues, the grass will soon
beginsuffer. The country was pretty
to f beef cattle last cleaned out � fall,'
but there will ' still be consxderable
shipments '
' me
nt
sb
et
we
n
nowa
and Christmas.
stmas.l
Prices, I am told, are .pretty
low.
Three-year-old steers are
w r
th $2
2
or r
$23 ; two -year - olds, $1G to $18,fat
cows,. $18 to $JO. These prtces are
14,
RD
i o.
us-
nd
nd
els,
im-
ar-
ne-
the
of
ling
use
e of
the
water
Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. Fo furl
particulars apply 'to McCAUGHEY & HO ME-
STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, 5r3 � ie-
tor, on the premiseS.
VALUABLE 'FARM FOB SALE. -For S
west half of Lot 27, Con.3, McKillop
Wining 5fr acres, known as the Daigle estate.
farm is situated within one mile and' a quar
Seaforth: The land is of the choicest q
There is a handsome residence and good out
Mg's. Materna a is -well planted with • fruit a'
nameutal trees, is in excellent ordor, an
- fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired
demon, a dairy -man, or n1 rket gardener.
easy., This property must `be sold at once.
to L. S ]t0NG, Seaforth.
SRM FOR SALT For Sale, Lot 15., C
Mar: clop, containing 50 acres, 45 of w'h
cleared and well improved; there. aro lair
ings and good fences; there is a good yo
chard and plenty of water ; the .growing erg
be sold with the farm ; it is 2 miles from 1,
12 from, Seaforth and 8 from Brussels, wit
growl road leading to each place. Also a: q
building timber an
tl Saw 1o(ts f
of excellent Apply to Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor n the
s JAMES CAMPBELL. 547-4x
eon -
This
er of
well
gen-
erms
pply
539
14,
h are
uild-
ng or-
s will
alton,
good
r sa• le.
le
reading, when it began to
eed rain, a shower will do
t of geed," I thought, and
h my paper. The gloom in-
cl. I noticed everything about
ssume a sort of yellowish
I sprang up, and ran to the
.it dawned upon me that it
preaching storm, but the
looked up at the , sun, and
than an eighth of it was theh
ould look without niy eyes
ed. The aspect of the earth
s most singular. The sky
blue, which grew darker as
came more • pbscured, except
zon, where around the whole
as an orange yellow. The
I have spoken of seemed to
pen. the earth. As I looked
ntains, which rise about three
thought I had never seen
so beautiful before. Their
appeared to :soften down,
ay be indulged in, it
is seriously hurt, and
;ricities only give a
such as are pal(
the
c
ou
about
1,200 pounds is
by the buyers who go
to
try. From 1,000
onsidered a fair weight
once to continue work on the road Be-
tween Woodstock and Toronto. _cull
—Hanlan won the great singles
Wallace
Monday, race at Barrie on
Ross second, and Hosmer, of Boston, -
third. 1
• —The members of the Mechanics'
have
n
' erto
lkpresent-
ed.
band. in Walkerton Moyer,with a
Mr. J.
M
' leader,
their
beautiful gold chain.
—A local knight of the oars in Nap-
anee, whose ambition has been fired by
the achievements of the great Canadian
�e
d that h
r of
wager ' a�
id $20
has scalier, b
can row in a skiff from Napanee to Mill
g b.
t miles Ill Y
- ace
of
e
distance Point,
a a
water.
—John G. Barnes, the runner, of To-
ronto, went to St. Louis last week, and
with
•ace
w
Mondayyard I
75
on Monday ran . a for a
I�
Kansas, ,
Topeka, on
'm s
1
James S ,-
P
the
start t
- From the
purse of $2,000.
r
Toronto man led, and came in ahead
by about five feet. zo Millen
J
• farm,
,
.e S
cot
Andrew .A
who works on l`dr killed seven-
' Kinloss,
as aster ax
snakes,five others escapxn„• still living, (the spec
teen black_ • killed. -____. ! r of 12 children, who are ,
•d
Was submit
n
- a
• at
dr
and
ale
of
r
60,b
grandmother ther,
am
O
xa
n
he;
lE
mother of 30 more. tiVho can beat !were re„
ry j misleading
this . Be -the credito s, characterized the business
—On Thursdaylast while -Judge . � and a lxumbu .
O ba was , alraneme is as a fraud.g
• ' ,n a Manitoba, 1
. e
of
1
tourney l
u Winnipeg ;:e
ff
Three chastising his dog, a large mastiff, for' T ne%the
in the poultry yard, but
• some depredations ..--fit t
brute turned on him, seizing him by ,
he
t
tl
prpcee,led far. the old horse threw up
its heels, tumbled into the ditch and
died without a kick. The cruelty of
th se people in driving a poor old horse
deserves , un-
a
pace,P
is
such
at �
e that,
,
shment.
—The Premier and Hon. Mr. Cart-
orn-
a m
sd
due.
e
onW
Y
'gOttawa
ht
left
i
a
• g -
.�n
ac
-
f
for Halifax and St. John, having
_. s to deliver political
invitations P
c
P
ted
invx
y dresses in the Maritime Provinces.
I—The cheese business in the !neigh-
bborhood
orhood of Ingersoll is at a perfect.-.;
stand -still, the unusual cool weather of
sa ,
t
t b
1� h
for a three-year-old steer.
• ' Sheep oiowners, have done well he
past year. Losses were small, and all
e
ne
wool
ere Y
and woo
bsg
flu
m
crops P
h-
through-
out
ier
ou
bin
have
ur lambing g
g
W
e
1
ar
e.
ou tthe month of May and our shearing
June. Wdol, as everybody knows; is
in our wool
-of
. extremelylow. The bulb
_
is shipped by the growers to Phila-
delphia,
hila- f ri Lo,r �w, •� before averaged three and a half
us- del hia, Chicago or St. Louis, where it teen. They a
r- affairs to those ace P � feet hi length.
seem very poo commission merchants.the
« bull -s oug, II is sold by—There are .now in operation in
horse -high, 1 des
toured to the hors g Nearl all our sheep are Merino gra � 38 Protestant.
and rig. pig -tight structures you ha a i s Y can stock. The quality of sheep Province of ManitobaProtestant
3t
or
Meal '. as a
2
u
i1S
us 7 ,
b
'h � 'h
2
A fair average fence 'wl d =ear, Man schools, with pupils, Ontario• b eve Y 4
1�
i e..
' rov 4 c
cies herds imp a r3' S _ ; r the year previous with an attendance consists of three sixteen-feeteP erds hereabou this year which yield fa Y p . increase in ce
This L shows an
wired on oats eight feet apart. `rh of wool per head are de- of 1,G00. This
P „ turn stoup, ed fivepounds P
o g '. or of 1877 -of $more schools and be- -ring him lel a shocking 18
is considered sufficient t which four years ado v the leg, wor y b ,
m stock y r g Brown s f rm, Johnson settlement, near
r rived from 00 r els: wound. The
very and o • . g wo
t 1
o 0
' not 40 P u �`
if en P u e
es Y u
e a Th
s if t v tlu e,
r a is r
o h fi
d h in$ Y don
an a g
d r e
le a er
t an nn ov
' cat c
a b
o m d1s
tw e
that e , er
rage � d w
n tfor
to an
m 13
r.
1 �
g fP
George es �
--Mr. George Torb , valuabley horse animal was shot..
tel -keeper er of granary celutained'900 bushels of wheat,
min, Wadsworth, ho P . j r � busheXs of oats, and -10 bushels Glower
demand for vu Saturday nOw, Was fined y 2u and costs for J00 g machines'
market or u turning around one of the Luck 1 seed,.
Threshing and reaping
ecause
plowing. In turn a � ; a • ranlla water. One witness ,-, Er were also
beef, perhaps b 1 contact with the selling and other farm machinery yogi animals legs came in co he took a mouthful of it, and - insured E
roducin z � b swore. that s .: osa-about �¢6,OU0 ,
yore top g i e unaccountable way, and dextro ed• L
Yet average four y al, tongue in Beane _ it was pure malt whiskey. This state- y the Brant 7 Mutual. 1 .
Y g - n so res l: render it useless: P - for $2,000 in
it- .
er
w
another he d b
a
broken ateed
as b or.cans
d W corroborated en i.
oo Society meat was torr Y Vit- The Incill supposed to lxsvebe
• al "Colonization S y. the V a
e iltonti e drink. from
—Th had a
od also a
who _ ne
ss
w
m. .
iI a
et Y tr
• '.on
a b
or
olati P
the- P
'n
ease Per.
drd
•e ad��.
are thunder
is g 1a
1bottle.age,
enable
, ,, _--- a... ,...4.,1,1re1, nnrr,F? nillaand eight ..,_i.,.,.i. ` —Sone days a.,0, during _ _
a
type of womanhood. She became the
wife of a man; who is to -day a drunken,
worthless vagabond. In her sorrow
she sought relief in the wine -cup and
illlow.
—so
e
--Last Friday evening a child of
John 'Shultz, of New Hamburg, aged
one year andel half, was observed.strug-
gling,
but
a
fit, ,
as
it was supposed
the arrival of a medical man it
upon. P
was discovered that it was choked. The
doctor succeeded in extracting two
large pieces of green apple from its
throat but not in time to save its life.
lemin c Hampton, pro -
--Messrs. P
e
it
g
1
dth
•,� nt
oh
0
to
e
ac>a.
fMount
cino
it- M
ue �
in$forwarders, ewa
,
and for
ler
duce
deo
fora time in hopes of 'higher -the
pro-
cheesesForest, hay met with a lossby
mice$
prices.steamship M
a
ce
of the
s
to
amsh;
r
an
dinP
Pstranding harvest t
Mrs.
• ent
h-
' dpresent
s
the a
—During p
Peter Lawrence 1 the island ofAnticosti. This firm -
hn Laurie and Mrs. . fortnightlysh%, _
�o J. Laurie, , commenced'a series of P
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am
bas-
he1
tand G
into
Liverpool drewler
L v
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of
b t
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loads
me
ten
]0th concession of Blenheim, (. oWr the on lost being for the former
f.
part o
g
What Wh t :- .
day. o
P
ekegs,-
tory
barley in onfac- port. The lot consisted of 2 5 eg ,
furnish an equally sates p a total
4 anode tauaccounts will be
and from a acco
nary day's work. '
—At a party given recently to Mrs. , loss, of the Moorhead
it rs
d ci
ee
--The g GO ,
T
Mr.
Jacobon.
s Dumfries, m
wd Du ,
--A. few i
as Southa
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80th.
birthday, r
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when
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of
anniversaryMonday, o P.
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first concession of Klnl ,that she was the moth- i toric, Y
� t 'wed
sal accountant, Mr. McAdams,
books
eT
0
that ted, showing
�rly kept for the purpose of
Mr. gibbons, solicitor for
Ile
stock,
ock-
• were made for t ,
accepted.
i o'clock Tuesday morning
barn. and granary on James
18, �
persistent. Such a fence as this I costs I would not .av
25 a mile. Formerly 1 pounds,
from $200 to $Jv0 1 some reason
eri
the good
poles for fencing were plenty glen
streams and at the base of the i
scarce
tains,��but they are pretty seal - `growers look
g been nearlyall used up, and g
havingthan mutton.
�n will have to' be re=
n
C1
rd
fencing b
0
a
Soon u g
- reed
r
'sorted to. Wires as a substitute for ole half-breed
b rbed condition, will.
when ,
even
boards,
•- or
0
le
s
' mutton.
t
0
n.
lid
Psolid have proved a failure in every case that
I know of where they have been tried. f thoughtree of my neighbors in the
ood
Many farmers attempt to farm with-
out fencing, but it is ratherap-hill i business
take t')eey take departure th titin
work. There is a " herd law,"which
and � 10.000 sheep. Their route wem
ill bb
requires owners to herd their 'cat
horses from April till November,
is not much regarded. A fame
iug a herd of cattle eating and
ling his crop has to make out: fro
brands who the owners may b
there. may be as. many different
as cattle. To assess• the damag
by each particular animal and
lett it from the several owners is
a difficult matter. Thus, iu spite
herd law, the burden of the .'
falls on the farmer, instead of
tle owner. I think it was Col.
Ingersoll who said, in an addres
farmers, that in the early days
nois they used to fence with tw
like as mutton as for
r wool at that. For
here is never anything
Lambton County, lost a
wethers, when in
dress 50 pounds of
price for fat wether
ALLIABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For
tainiug 100 acres, 90 of whiGh are eleared
- stone house, frame barn and stables ; well watered,
I from
AVID
naville
543
Salo,
, Gotl-
and in
and good bearing orehard.
miles -from Seaforth and Brucefield, Mad
Kippen. School dose by, and. all other c
ences. For further particulars apply to
MO -ORE, on- the premises, or to Egiu
0. -
rooms FOB SALE,—Lot 21, Con. 12,
lop, 50, acres, on N othern Gravel Road_
from -Seaforth; • frame buildings -and
West half Lot 29, Con. 9, McKillop, 50
cleared, frame buildings, - good orthard ;
front Seaford", on gravel road. Southhal
- 20, Con. 12, McKillop, 50 'acres, 25 claire
barn, splendid timber. Lot I, Con. 8,
Tackersraith, I00- aeres, 75 moos cleared,
• fair bnildinga, and spring ereek running
STRONG, Seitforth.,
VOR SALE IN' BELMORE—Ifouse
with over half an a;ire tif first-clas.
ground, well stocked and in good coder.
torah house, wood -shed • 4ren-liouse an
'evils well fumed, all vt. eonveinent. T e house
is arranged. for,two one part, the
• Stw is rented to" a• reapectable. tenant t $78 -a
year ; the other part with the garden und out-
bnildings is equally valuable_ This pro .erty will
it will be
ouse and
ndscone
IouinlOck
1 ----Between seven last Saturday night au old lady named a storm in St. Paare parish, Mrs. Ryter attempted to cross the Grand ; the lightning struck the telegraph, wirel
Trunk track at the 7th line crossing, and running alotg ih levelled ten poles,
half a mile west of Georgetown, when in succeesion. It then commenced,
an east bound train -was approaching, skipping about giving an amateur slack
but before she got over she was struck wire performance, and knocked down;
ring the swine storm, and on
lulled into 'lee -f in less time
uld be done by a professional
eep
week
about
tion to of our destitute people upon vacant
Provincial lauds. It is believed that a
large number can be comfortably set -
le but it 1 the Arkansas river to near the centre of 1_ --The valve of property in the city of
find- Kansas, thence south, through the In- 1 Toronto to -day is $50,107,220. The in-
ramp- diem Territory into Texas, where they crease during the last five years has been
the expect find. ample range among the $8,000,000, despite the hard times.
, and vast grazing lands which are still un- These figures are taken from the Toren -
rands occupied in the centre and west of that 1 to Mail, which is continually crying out
e done Sta e. They expect to be from three to that the whole country is going to ruin
to col- rfo mont s on e , ki la from 1 —A barn belmaging to Thomas J.,
rather 10 o 12 miles a day. 'A long ourney Ray, ot 13, 3rd concession of Ops, wa
of the; truly ---one has to look at the map to destroyed by lightning on the 1st hist
erding corn rehend it. But herds heeke been Besides the barn there was consume
he cat. &even from California to Texan which 30 tons of hay and farm implements
A. Mai. Insured in the London Mutual fo
Robert is still further.
to the
T David Mills is dangerously ill. last -week, which mayterminate fatall
, 51,000. Loss between $800 and $1,000
in Eli- , Canada. 1 —Mrs. Joseph Carder, Salein, 'We
yellow The eldest daughter of the Hon. lington County, met with an acciden
dogs. It is much the same her . wo
dogs for running stock," the fiercer
and wickeder the better, are all indis-
pensable adjunct to every larmer's
.household. Sometimes the eXe
of the dogs and the watchfulness of the
farmer are- both unavailing, and the
crop, or a good portion of it, bilis a prey
to roving bands of cattle. Sometimes
the- farmer, exasperated by Onstant
and unavailing watching, tak4s down
the old shot-guu, loads it up With BEL ,
or stones, or small shot, or anything
that conies handy, and blazes away at
the intruders. A neighbor of mine,
—Mr. Joseph Hickson., the General In gettieg ou o
Manager of the Grand Trunk, has re- the floor, seriously injuring the knee an
1 1 nity of the city are saia to have been —A feve days ago a young mannamed!
: Adelphne Forey was brought before the'
—Mr. Ira Faller, an old and we 1 greatly benefitted by its use."
known resident . of the County of O.. —Invitelions, accompanied by offers ; Hamilt In Police Magistrate on the ' '
ford, died &few days ado at the ripe a e of money, varying from $2,000 to $8,000 1 charge f assaulting his sister. In de -
of 82 yearis. Deceaselwas in the ba - were received by the Hanlon club : fence te e brother stated that his
tle of Lundy's Lane, and could recou t I to row the race between Chas. sister by her conduct was bringing dia.-
many thrilling experiences connect d E. Dourtney and Haulan at the follow- ! grace upon the family, and that he had
therewith.' He leaves a large circle f ing and other places : St. Johns Que. !frequently endeavored, without success,
mourning frien.ds. bec • Longueil Lachine, Lake ?mem- - to turn her from her evil ways. His
I—Henry Cunningham, the speci I i phremagog, Lake Scugog, Rice Lake, i Worship admitted. that the case was a
,pOrted wth. feax." Every moment the Sh WEIS found dea,d with a hand- Boston, Simcoe County, the other day oir eustta.rbealei uht e Innlitted the assault 'n 1 Detroit, Ottawa, BrOckville, Hamilton, . sad one, but could not on that account
the dark ess upon the earth, and every ! —Speakino of marriage, that was an 1 h —11M
eclipse 3, as increasing eirt the sun, and tt• a Paris een Watts, of 'the 5th Royals, by takieg 1 Owasco Lake.
moment the strange weirdness of the ve-acre field of sugar cane on his
scenelbeceme greater. My sheep, with
. ext month to erectand fit out the
erne stalks of which measure 11
length. Mr. Upedwell. intends
invited to visit the se oo ,
, uecess ry buildings for the manufacture
round house at Selkirk, Manitoba. The 1 cattle, (tee must i3'e made on. or bef re
by the locomotive an instantly kille . al ore poles at intervals aloag
—About 4 o'clock last Saturday after- the lin
noon three young sons of Samuel Phil- . struck a
lips, who resides aboat three miles from ox wile
Port Elgin, went in bathing in their fa- thau it c
ther's pond. They were in the water , . h •
only a few minutes when one of them, —Ameng the excursionists fromParie
named Frank, was seized with cramps ' to Toronto, last week, was a young man
and drowned before assistance could be . who did not consider it beneath his dig -
i nity, alt lough accompanied by a lady,
1 —The Ottawa Citizen says : " It , to get 4 tight." His fair parteer of
has been frequently said -that the much course 1 ft him and placed herself une
abused potato bug would. show to the : aer the rotectiou of another, when geut
world some day that it was not placed ' No. 1, i revenge, shainefullVassaulted
upon this sublunary sphere for nothing. _ the con le and threw their hats awl
The announcement is now made thatthe ! parcels verboara. It was well for the
°nth t .at he left town almost irame-
turned from England. hip, and shaking her generally. Mr oil of the potato bug is sure deat tor en -
_eon Friday bet youne sou Of Hugh Carder is in the eiehtv-first year of h matism, and several people in the vici- 1 diately after the arrival of the tram.
in hie father's barn, breaking his neck.
—Sir John Macdonald is anaounced
to be present st the opening of the new
lifethodist Episcopal Church in Nap-
-Dr: Sivewright, of Chatham, died
on Monday of last week. He was
of the oldest pra,otitioners in Western
Ontario.
Six head of cattle were poisoned at
d 'ustify the assault, and the prisonerwas
h 12th of July ma Frivate Orillia, Owen Sound, Ogaens ur,
bound ever in $200 to keep the peace.
bout
a,ppeara, ce and the animals were trans- lwaasyt N:reek, lost a, very fine mare in s
wheatfield, where it is proba,ble she had mixed with salt on the palic highway. him to the police station to be searc i
ful of shot in her, neax an, unfenced by some person p
been trespassing. ' In this case, if the --john Jordan, a, Montreal boatman, for concealed firearms, has been son- 1 odd way chosen by a young W03318,11 a
axty suspected of causing the. death of has saved 9 persons from drowniiag dun. teneed. to a fine of $15, or in defa lt one time a pupil of Oakwood school, i has a,
ing the past 20 years in Montreal. Ile two mont s in jail. 1 but lately teaching not athousaud miles I farm, •
ought to be presented with al Govern- 1—The eovincial Exhibition for e ie from Bexley. The local minister was ! feet in
—arr. James MierphY has ciontracted rent°, on the 23rd of September, a 'd. 1 young Man happened ,to be t ere a , ,
for the construction of the railwaY five days ollowinn Entries for hor es, I so the knot was tied in the presence 1 of sorghum- on a large scale—the bum -
machine on August 31st. Horticul- her time as if nothing unusual had hap- ilitarregee
—A young lady 'earned Miss Stafford, tetrad pr ducts, ladies' work and ue pened.
, 1 —A terrible hail storm occurrea on I Thiel
in Montreal, by a, shutter from all 1 1 —It is stated that the various mtmi, ; Thursday last -week at Norwood, in the 1 8,200
was seriously injured a, few evenings ago rts, on ept. 7.
upper window falling on her as she 1 4ipalities along the line of the Toronto; ° township of A,sphodel, county of Peter- i are d
was standing on the sidewalk. Grey an( Bruce Railway will shortlk be I bore. The hail stones were of unprece- , —
—The sentence of death passed uPon asked to submit by-laws for bonuse to 1 dented size, and did great damage to eatin
the herd
out, an
how the
the her
r were grazing about half a mile
I thoughtli would go and see
were taking it. As I neared
,the point bf totality was almost
It vas about as dark as on a -
night a ring full moon, but the aspect.
of everything, the leolors upon the earth
and sky were strange and different. The
sheep
down a
the phe
ity, leo
black b
about i
first ha
but in
the sh
of the
pearan
ever to where, the herder was standing.
He is a litexicen, and I thought he might
be alarmed at the uniisual occurrenc.e.
He di not eeeni, however, to be sur -
Then
star o
tinctly
fore, a
serve
have
first t
ere gra,zin#, quietly, some lying
parently taking no notice of
emotion.. At the point of total -
ng at the sun, it seemed like a
11 with a
As the
of the s
dows diminished, the dalk blue
ky melted into its -ordinary hue,
ure soon resumed its wonted ap-
e. As the eclipse faded, I went
McKil-
8 miles
res, 40
5 miles
of Let
through
ly to A.
543
garden
run for
• moving te Winnipeg. If not sold before
offered at Auetion about the 14th o
hen we advertise, 'a Clearing
Sale we Mean it -
al and Examine for Yoursel-
ves..
member the Neat Three Weeks at
r M CDO U GALL & 'G'Q,.'ST
;elf; OF THE THREE SEVENS.
Elighest Price Paid for First`
Class Butter.
TOWN_ PROPERTY FOR SALE.—
Lot on St. John St., near the Englis
occupied by Wm. M. Gray. Also that
new residence, corner of Coleman and
Streets, at present .oectipiet 1. -
These very desirable properties are offe ed cheap,
' 1 down and bol -
Lots on
lemma &
to build
540.
•
-en about
erdrainedi
e balance
re is nO
ood frame
ood water
ro• ad, mid -
Blyth Sta-
heels, post
a whole or
rs. address
prietor on
544
either for cash, or oue-t
tmee on time to suit. Also, seven Tow
Main and "Mill Streets, opposite C
Gortinlock's' Mill. Persons Nutending
may obtain these Lots without any pr
payment if necessary. Apply to. WM.
Eclipse Salt Works, Seaforth.
wAsm SALE,—Fol Sale, Lot 1
•L• MeKillop, containing 180 acres of yr
/AO acres are cleared, well fenced, un
and in a good state of cultivation ,• t
is well timbered with hardwood. Ph
au inch of waste land on the far
spring creek runs across one coiner.
buildings all round ; abundance of
and pumps and a splendid bearing
is within simile and a halt of gravel
way between Seaforth, Brussels, and
office, &e. The farm will be sold as
in two parts. For further partials
Walton Post Office, or apply to the p
the premises. WM. BELL.
golden rim and halo
clipse passed off, the
ecta,cle was repeated,
r. The light increased
ut asked
e pointed.
the firet
visible. I
A Men
to the vest where a
a.gnitude was still dis-
hed. not noticed it be -
the only star I ob-
of mine with whom I
ince conversed about the eclipse
e that another was visible in the
ast The time occupied,- from
and fort .minutes. I do not, at
the animal had been proceede
it might have been a serious
him i as the wanton destructio
kind. of stock is a State's prise
but as the owner believed it • pas only
intended to fri,ghten the animal and. not
to kill it, and as the proof wee not ab-
solutely conclusive, he allowed the af-
. fair to drop.
Another shooting affair, rather more
serious than the above; occurred in
this neighborhood a few days ago. A
here was aroused in the nigh by some
one calling his name. He w
door and saw a man on
within a few feet of him, but
dark that he could not reco
Before he had time to enquire his bun- ,
ness, the straucer presented EL revolver . much success in Manitoba, his per -
and fired. Thbe ball passed marvel- : forrnauces being.poorly attended. Cool
lously near the assaulted an's face, is evidently at his old.tricks, as the lo- the 155
grazing his whiskers, but 1 cks variety 1 who WEL
him. He instantly turned
the house, cloSed the door, a
ing his rifle, which was loa
against,
atter -to
of any
offence,
the p esent writing, know how far the
regio of totality extended. It it in-
clude you ie. Ontario, my attempted
desciption will Seem very tame, but at
te, ouly once or twice in a
e that one can possibly see a tote,
e, and uot everyone that often. So
not be likely ever to trouble you
are in ;the' middle of the harvest,
promises to be a fair average yield.
- fields lof -Wheat are badly affected
smut, ima , the quality of much of
•op -will be considerably damaged
by. Oats, which are now ripe for
ickle, are e good crop, and corn, -
is almost in the " roasting ear "
, promises well. The potato bug
at last diScovered the mountain
s and is making sad. havoc. This
any r
lifeti
eclip
wi
again
and
with
thee
the
stag
has
fa
of the school, and t e u
n, Cinematti gentleman o
xperience in this line—and. both
fideut of a,bniadant success.
ell has also growing on his feriae
:hints of sweet pota,to, sal of which.
ing
ritish Ensign, the notorious mans -
stallion, was shot by bis owner
eek. The groom went into the
to •-ve the vicious brute a drink,
amount of his tender was in the neig Aug. as usual, and the young lady finished lingto
borlaood of $40,000.
. reorganizine • the ad. g na to the crops. The wind was last
nt to the the Amers—father and son—for the i oa in
horseback murder of the Bryaus on Manitoulin 1 fuld widquing the guage. The soh.
it was so Island hes been commuted to ten years which is being worked up is said to
ize him. 1 penal servitude in each case. pf so favorable and comprehensi
;adopted by the ratepayers. .
conce
id not hit cal papers say is a sh
back into 1 —Mr. E. A. Jones lately threshed for 1.state of into cation, saved from
d snatch- R. Smith 66 Son, on their farm near ' struction by fire by the timely app
ed pushed Sarnia, 110 bushels of Clawson wheat, tion of uttermiLk by the servant
it through the glasa in the -window and the product of fear bushels of seed which instead. of taking warning and me
Zred at the 'xetreating f(4-na of the , elded at the rate of en bushels to the his wa s, continued his down
assassin. Naturally he WO consider- I acre. 1 career ill death ended his suffe
ably agitated, so that liis aim was not 1 —Tenders have been made end ac- last we
true and. before , he had tiine for an- ' cepted for the building of the Andrew . —A
sionlof London town
time ago, whilst
bein a.bout their first experience of the
do 31
ious little insect,our potato growers
t understand very well the means
other shots his noctunial visitor ha , e
galloped off. It may be inia,gined that rent°. They amount to $00,210. The was ea
neither he nor his family slept more 1 foundations are dug and. the building is a majoeity of, 71. This townshi
that nicht. Next day a peaty folloWed oto be finished neit year. . already given a bonus of $65,000 t the . — o
the trail of the horseman, which, the 1 —A few days ago a baker in Napanee Wellinoton Grey and Bruce and 51'7000 of- Conestoga, County of Waterloo, lie- nu
k.
y -law granting a bonus of
he Stratford andHuronR •
lied in the township of •
me also very high, and uproot,ed trees, un- ; stabl
, be roofed. barns, and levelled substantial I and was a considerable time away. ,Ble.
e a buildings. Several persons were severe- 1 Patt reon followed to look after the man,
ity ly hurt, one Man being perhaps fatally 1 whe he was horror-stricken to find the
injured by the hail. Belleville was also 1 poor ellow down, and the horse doing
, of visited by a heavy hail storm. 1 his level best to kill him. Withont a
hip, ---On Thursday of last week, Mr. 1 moment'shesitation,the owni3r procured
ii a Henilbank, who lived on the 12th con- i a rifle, put a bulletthrougItthe animal's
de- cession of Culross, counnitted suicide in head and rescued. the groom, who, was
ica- the 'following manner : He had told a I found to be considerably bruised al -
f ersons during the previous 1 though not fatally injured.
girl, nu
Jena 1 -week that he would. die on that day, so
vara I to carry out his predictions he took a
ingei raor and cut a couple of gashes in his
' 1 left arm below the elbow and one above
- 1 ash on the inside of- both legs ;
way I then he put the razor away and took a
to by halter and hung himself. -When found 'bold that they kill iii the farm -yards,
1has he was dead. andlas few of these wild animals ate
e owned. by Mr. Wright, i now' •lestroyed they are inereasing in
Headingly, Manitoba correspond- •
ent of the Standard says there have I
been Insley heavy losses to sheepeiwn-
ers in that locality since spring, by
evolves carrying off the young lambs ,
cotitinually. The wolves have got. so 1
oronto, Grey and Bruce.
r with the last bonus gr
a,ke $212,000 that Minto
ground. being soft, it •was n t difficult to 1.had 0@eaSi011 to reprove ohe of his a.p- ,i to the This 1 came very sick on Monday, and as it ! afte
do, till it a,pparently ended at a house prentices for wrong doing, and during ,' togeth nted ! had been previously ec•(1. d. that he ': claw
eieht miles off. The owne of the house the night the lad sawed off the sha s , • 1 has s should, depart this life next winter, aged : a ri e of abont six miles, succeede..d 111
was arrested aud has been bound over and wheels of his wester's bread wagon,' given in bonuses to railways. 1 27, he was shot on Tuesdoy to put him I cap uring him. The wolf had the sa-
fer trial at the County court. The . stole the bell, and did other damage to —A strange case is reported in 1 out of misery. In his stomach were 1 Vs, ta,ge, as the heat was very great and
man attacked has the reputation of be- 1 property. : . ilton, that of a, lady who has not tasted I found. 72 shingle nails an t rio e of the ground traversed was
ing an theffensive persou, and - it did. —Messrs. Win. Bock Lti Co.,of Baden,: food for seventeen da.ys. She saye that 1 poueal of gravel stales. The points cif ra ler soft for their' horses. Ile,; how -
not appear from the evidence that there are doine quite an extensive business ill' When quite a child she studied. the 1 the nails were broken off, and had the ever, was so closely followed that he
had been any previous 'enmity betWeen the mailfacture of clam 'Les. Th Seri tures a good. deal, and believes it is * appearance of haviug been wallowed i fell over and died from exhaustion.
him and the suspected party sufficient material used is Spews% cel&r, butter- her duty not to eat, she havmg re eived ; years ago, being worn very smooth. It . Ohe day last week, Wm. Simpson,
to cause a motive for the presumed as- nut and white wood. TheY have cus- orders from heaven. She also Ba 8 she is supposed tha e th•ngs aia not . ba en of Guelph, drove a horseeattaeh-
sa,ult bY the latter. tomers in all parts of the country, and was commanded to leave Go erich cause his sickness. ' ed. to a top buggy, a few miles ent the
Some of our old stand-bys, " fifty- 'turn out:a large number of boxes au- where she had fasted some time go,the i —The Detroit Post says: About one Yo k road to George McKeowan'sblaek-
'liners " and such like, wag their ea all length of forty-five days to make fast. o'clock Saturday morning patrolman s th shop. He wet accompanied by
approvingly and -say, " This is some- —A party of excursionists numbering She is quite well and healthy an says Patrick Hogan led a woman into the - 3 s. Simpson. The horsehael been tie.
thin' like old times ; if we only thought 800 persons, from Toledo, pissed over she will, as soon as ordered, cOna ence Woodbridge Street Police otatioe. She 1 cu torned to a blind bridle, and in eon- -
the feller did it, and. would. string him the Canada Southern Railway to Niag- to devehr all the food her appetite calls was drunk. There w air of re- i se uence of the open one used, on -this
• ' Falls one morning last week. There for. , finement about her that quiddy at-- &Sinn was very nervous. The horse
a in Parkhill in old. tranted the attention of those assembled w s enhitched at MeKeown's for the
t who Firpose of being shocl. After hitching
t animal up again, Mr. Simpson got
the buggy first, and. in turning round,
bers. _ Some of the Stevensons ,got
a wolf who had been killing and
ening their lambs lately, and after
of fighting him, and the crop, which is
hardly ever very good as to quality, will
this -ear be a failure in quantity. It is.
onl
the
ma
gro
at a considerable elevation where
is so much moisture as not to de -
d irrigation that potatpes can be
n at all and farmers who raise po-
tatoeieusually raise but little else, so the
that this affair has increaSed his trade • one when they returned. at an. early dray horse, which it has been a shame at the station house. A serg
like." The clerk at the store tells me , were two .trains, which -were joined into — ie
in ammunition wonderfullY, and the i hour On the following mornino. to keep in use at all—a perf t old had known her in older and better days
quantity of cartridges anal powder and s —The difficulties between le Great bundle of heaves and bones—w trad- , related the history of her tinhaPPY life.
shot he has sold since the occurrence is 1 Western Railway and. Credit Valley ed torthe Gipsies. en taking hi out A. few years ago when the edifice now b fore _Mrs. Simpson. got in, e
amazing. It would hardly be safe for Railway have been amicably arranged. of town they were eonsiderab y the known as Aioysis' church was ptib- I became frightenedat the top of the bug -
any one to go fooling rowed any of the The Great Western have erected a sig- wOrsO of liquor, and, tieing him to their licly dedicated, this woman was the e , and at once ran away, Mr. Sirup -
houses in this neighborho d after dark nal station, and are pla,cing diamond
along leading singer in the chair. She WELS 13. was throvni out 011. 11 -stone, which
for some time to come. bona at London, and had all the ad- a altered a hip bone very badly, and
think from the foregoing vantages of a good education at Hell- ° geve his whole body a severe jarring.
math College. She was beautiful as a, he buggy W9.8 bwaly wreckea 13efore
girl and developed into the loveliest t e animal was stopped.
team, set of at a funo p
Let no one and semaphores. The Credi ey Mahe Street. The old horse
hat this is a people are pushing work on their road, behind, was furiously hamme
unity, as the 1 and expect to be in Ingersoll directly. make him keep up. The S
200 more men at anted for a while, but before t
lagging
ed to
imulus
ey had.
disorderly or lawless com
contrary is actually the ease. Although They want a o