HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-01-10, Page 1LNUARY 3, 1879.
ham.,o Wawancela Fat
ar-1st and 2nd R, McLean,
arapbell, of Tuckersmith, ;
ws, fed by Mr. Snell, of
hog dressed-lst John
ett ; 2d and 3d R. McLean,
slier, Colborne. Fat goose,
vier, 2d Thos. Fear, Hul-
los.
Per. Fat duck, 1st
2a and 3d Isaac Salkeld,
wnship. Fat chicken, 1st
:awe, 2di Thos. Fear, 3d R.
at turkey, lst Jas. Tows -
m, fed Ily Mrs. Crossman,
ar, 3d S Andrews, fed, by
ikersmith.
The largest and best assort-
rrri gloves in cloth, kid, and
ring top and far trimming,
iesethaa,ever before known.
; and linen collars a special -
k Hall 'clothing - eStablish-
rth. '
Co.
LA a large number of your 311111.11ra
I'S. I coUsider them superior to •
other arrangement for balancing
E. ever seen.
C. T. CUMMING, Builder.
al to adjust them to windows_ now
,frora contractors solicited.
'
LAtXi&CoSeaf�rth.
OIRLS."
r Buy 'SPLENDID
DRESS SILKS, k
EAL -BROWN,
NATY, BLUE,
»4IK G.REEN,
AND DRAB,
NTS I PElt YARD.
- I
LICEED, PRICES,
-AT-
DOUGALL & CO S.
GIRLS;'
CAN BUY
..VER CLOTHE MANTLES,
rn asctitc $7.50 at
DOUGAU & CO'S.
R
Sets- aa low as.
Seta' as le as.,..
Sets az hsw as....
Sets as low as
Sets as 1 ve ,... 40G
c Sets aa,.low as.... 12 50
70e
$125
.. 175
2 70
Sets aglow as. . 16 00
Sets aslaw as. . 20 oa
Sets aslIow as.... 22- 00
:3ST Lc* LT,. AT
.OUGALIL & GO S.
•
G R L SI "
-
(JAN Du
)c,
60; and 80;
i:BLE iTHE MONEY,
OUGALL & COS.
CY BUFFALO ROBES.
1.)-0. GALL purchased at
.ctiori Sale of the
inpatay, it Montreal,
a Lot , of Prime
0 ROBES,
1. at the following low
to clear :
ale Robes. ..$10 50
Imperfect. 8 50
. . 750
t t
... 6 00
it Extra Good.. - 6 00
; 550
4 00
r ect- . r 3 00
200
Nem &
era Mad, Dealers irt
oods Only.
1111111111111.1.101.11111111.1.111.111111.1.1.11.1111
11
TW.bilF7'11 YEAR.
WHOLE NUMBER, 579.
SEAFORTH, FRID+Y JANUARY 10, 1879.
MollEAN BROS., Publishers.
!$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
BEAL ESTATE FOR SALE-. Another Letter from Mr.
Pringle.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
Srn: I read your remarks on my let-
ters carefully. On the whole you were
very mild. Inlay be a Radical and a Rev-
oluticmist,but there is not m uch in names.
The greatest benefactor this cciuntry ever
had was W.1.. Mackenzie. Although
it is wrong to do evil that good may
fellow, there is no rule without excep-
tions. I know a good man who takes a
spree occasionally, merely to show the
sad effeete of drinking to his family.
The more he drinks the more his sons
are opposed to it, and the result is he is
blessed with a sober family. It may
be that my.dangerous ideas in reference
to the Local Legislature, if put in force,
might have a good effect. Instead of
combatting my arguments in favor of
protection, you very wisely let them
alone. It is; however, unfair, to put too
ranah stress .on what was said before
and during the elections in favor of pro-
tection. Politicians to gain -votes said
gOod deal in joke that the country has
taken. in earnest. The. Globe, even,
used a double-faced scare Crow, the One
side t� frighten the Lower Provinces
with dear bread, the other to frightenS
Ontario farriers with high priced im-
plements and manufactured. goods.
Unfortunately neither eoared worth a
cent. The country was also told that
no Protectionist need show his face for
election in the Lower Provinces. Now
your only argument against my letters
is that Nova Scotia wants protection
on coal and iron, which I say cannot be
granted at present. • Although bothpar-
ties did their .best at pandering and
promising for the sake of catching votes
it does notfollow there is no sound
system of -protection. Having been so
long engaged, in the produce trade, per-
haps it might have been well to have
confined my remarks entirely to the
fiscal policy of the country. I grant
the produce trade has a most hurtfulef-
fect on the study of either politics or
religion; especially if one goes throegh
the mill too Often'but being natorally
fond of both, q could not resist giving a
few political hints, all of which you
seem to endorse excepting the change
in the • Local. Legislature. You pit a
wrong construction on my meaning of
representation fir population being a
curse. I -What f meant was that- it had
been the canse of making so many
M. P. P.'s that the country could.
be. represented just as well with one
quarter the number, without changing
,the principle. This you acknowledge
could be done in the Commons, so long
as each Province had its proportionate
share. If se, it would work equally
well in the Lobel House, could be ef-
fected more easily, and would be a great
saving. There is no necessity for any
county or city having more than one
representatiVe. What favour does the
.County of Huron wanfthat it is not
willing to grant to others? 'fit is large,
there are counties in the eastern section
of the Province that are larger, so that
one representative from each would
equalize therepresentation better than
>, et present. It is surely a farce to see a
sCciunty sending two members to vote
against each other. My idea for chang-
ing the system was to do away with
politics, and raise the character of the
House. Yon argue that politics are bed
- in municipal matters, if so they Must le
worse in the Local Legislature. ' Can
any person deny that the coming strug-
gle is wholly on that account. Now it
seems to me if each township elected
its Reeve for four years, and they elect-
ed the representative, and these elect-
ed the heads or departments, which
would be the Government, it would
have a -good effect. There would be no
Mamma a dairy -man, or market gardener. Termsi necessity for cooking up assessment
easy. This property m.ust be sold at once. Applyrolls e Representatives would be all the
to a. STRONG, Seaforthe 539 i better for having seats at the Council
VIRST-CLASS FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,
-a: Northpart of Lot 16, Con. 13, Mullett, 50
acres, 40 cleared, good house and outbuildings,
young bearing orchard and good well. Apply to
the proprietor on thcapremisesror to Londesboro
P. O. NICHOLA.S COALING. 574
VOR SALE. -The subscriber has for sale a 50
-A; acre lot in the township of McKillop, County of
Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well
timbered witli beech and maple. The property
will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON,
Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517
FCrR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay-
-A; field_ Concession, Goderich Township, con-
taining 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in
good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining
the village of BayEteld, and will be sold cheap end
on favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor,
TORN GOVENLOCK. 524
ei_HOICE FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4,
NJ Con. 7, Mullett, County of Huron; 100 notes;
80 eleared, well underdrained, and in a good state
of cultivation; buildings convenient and good;
terms easy. For further particulars apply to
Alefisrs. McCAUGHEY & HOLAIESTED, Seaforth,
or on the premises to WM. E. COLD WELL. Con-
stance P. O. 555
•
VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,
v the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H..R. S.,
Tuckersmith., County of Huron, consisting of 50
acres, 34 miles from the Town of Seaforth, and
convenient to school. The land is of the very
best quality. For further partieulars apply to
TAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to
Egmondville P. 0. 524
FARM FOR SALE. -Lot 29, Conces
sion A, Township of Howick, adjoining the
CorporatioIl of the Village of Wroxeter, contain-
- lug 92 acres, 50 mires cleared; frame house and
frame barn; also log house and orchard; land
good, for the small sum of $2,600 ; cheapest
farm for sale in the County of Huron. Apply to
W. G. HAY, Listowel. Ont. 538
VARM FOB. SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14, Con. 7,
-1; Hallett, containing 100 acres, 80 of which are
cleared and free from. stumps. There is a frame
g, house with stone cellar underneath, also
frame barn and stable. Plenty of good water and
a small orchard. Is within six -and -a -half miles
of Clinton and about 9 miles from Seaforth. ATI
ply at Tlial EXPOSITOR Office, Seaforth. 528 '
FARM FOR SALE. -For Salo, Lot 11, Con. 3,
H. IL S., Tuckersmith, containing 50 acres,
about 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and
uticler good tultivation. No buildings. Is within.
one mile and a..half, of Seaforth, on the Grand
Trunk, and 6 miles from Kippen, on the Groat
Western. A. good gravel road leading to each
place. Apply to C. R. VANEGAIOND, Eginond-
ville. 575
VARM FOR SALE. -That well-known and fine-
-Ls ly sitrtatea Liam, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in the.
County of Huron, containing 100 acres, 90 of
which are cleared ; there are two . frame dwelling
houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, 'sheep -house
and (hiving house ; also orchard and, abundance of
water. The farm is situated two miles from the
Town of Seafortha on the Huron Road. For fell
particulars apply to McCAUGREY & HOLME-
STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie-
tor, on the promises. 553-4x
VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most &air-
-1; able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town -
Ship of Mullett, sitated Li miles from Kinburn,
and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent
buildings on the premises, including a first-class
stone house two storey, 30 by 40 feet. 'A spring
creek vans tbr�ugh the farm; good orchard, good
fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul-
tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc-
MIGE(AEL, or to MR. TAMES H. BENSON, Sea -
forth. 562
pROPERTY FOR 8E.= -For' Sale, Lot 14,
Con 16, Grey ; Wert half of 'Lot 29, Con. 6,
with cheese factory complete; Lot 11, Coa. 6,
and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town-
ship of Morris ; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con.
B, township of Howick, all good improved farms,
together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and
Morris, and houses and lots' and vacant lobs in
the village of Brussels, Pricelow, terms easy,
and titl•e good. Apply to JOHN LiCKIE, Brus-
sels. 574
[TALUABLE FARM FOR 8ALE-For Sale,
v Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tnekersmith, con-
taining 100' acres, 90 of which are eleared and in
a gooa state of eultivation, being well underdrain-
ed, the balance is good. hardwood hush. Good
atone house, frame barn and stables -wellwatered,
and good bearing orchard. Is situated about 5
miles from Seaforth and Brneefield, and 31 from
Kippen. School close by, and all ether conveni-
ences. For farther particulars apply to DAVID
MOORE, on the premises, or to Egmondville
P.0. I " 543
VA-141:ilitE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale the
west half of Lot 27, Con. 3, McKillop, con,
'aining 50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. Thia
arm is situated within one mile and a quarter of
Seaforth. The land is QS 010 choicest quality.
There is a. handsomeresidence and g,00d.outbuild-
ings. The fermis well planted with fruit and or-
namental trees, is in ekeellent order, and. went
fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired geni
FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 9, Con. 2,
Stanley, containing 100 acres. 80 of which
are cleared, well fenced, free of notes, and in
a good state of cultivation, A never failing well
of water on the farm, also a good young orchard,
good frame barn ancl stable 40 x 60, also a frame
house. On a good gravel road., within 21 miles of
11rucefield, and. es miles from Seaforth. Con-
venient to schools churehes &c. This is one of
the best farms in th'e county of Huron, and wiU
be sold &leap. FOr inarticulars apply to the pro-
prietor on the premise* or to Brucefield P. 0.
COLIN SMITH, Proprietor. 576x4
FARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE. -For Safe-,
the North part of Lots 8 and 9, Con. 13, Mb-
Killop, containing 112 acres; there are about 80
cleared, well fenced, underdrained, and in a high
state of cultivation, the balance is well timbered
with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame
narn 50156, with stabling underneath, and other
outbuildings; also a, good young orchard and plenty
or water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Wal-
ton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roads
to each place; conveuient to church and sehools ;
win be sold as a whole or in two,parts. Apply to
Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the prem.
es. WILLIAM DYNES. 547
WARM FOR SALE. -The sobseribbr offers for
-A; sale Lot 22, Con. 12 of the township of Stan-
ley, containing one hundred acres, 83 acres clear
ed and in a good state of cultivation, and good
fences, balance 17 acres good hardwood bush;
one half of clearing, seeded down, there will be 13
acres of wheat put in this fall, there is about 3
acres of a thriving orchard on the premises and
a vie iety of fruit trees all now bearing. The farm
ia well watered, a never failing creek runs
throug,41 the farm, also two good wells, large bank
barn 86 by 60 feet with good stabling Under-
neath the bum, and a log dwelling house. The
farm is situated within two and a. half miles of
the village of BaYfield. Far further partieulars
apply to S. McLEAN, proprietor on the promises
or to' W. Connor, Bayfield P. O. 672
- --
LARGE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, East
-1-4 half of Lot 4 and Lot 3, Con. 13, Mullett, con-
taining 225 acres of land, 180 acres cleared and
nearly free from stumps, the balance is heavily
timbered with beech, maple, elm and basswood,
and is first-class, not having been culled; there
are 65 acres in fall wheat, 80 acres newly seeded
down and is a. good cateh • the land is of the finest
quality, being a rich clay/oana - the land lays a
little rolling, but not hilly • it is watered by a
never failing spring creek; diem are three and a
half acres of a young orchard, with apples, pears,
plaras, peaches and eherries just beginning to
bear; the buildings are large and commodious ;
the barn is 58x60, and is nearly new; the driving '
house and stable is 40x60, and is also new; the
house is a large two-story frame, with good stone
cellars under the whole building, and is filled be-
tween studding with lime and gravel; the farm is
situated 10 miles from Seaforth, 12 from Clinton
and 6 from Londesborough; there is a good gravel
road from the place to all the above m.arkets •
- there is a school house and post office within halt
a mile; a good part of the purchase money can
remain on mortgage long enough to make it out
of. the place. THOMAS ATKINSON, Hallo&
Post Office. 567
boards. Work instead of talk would
greatly add to the dignity of the House.
Long winded speeches for the sake of
, upsetting the Government would not
be required. If it did bring in a
measure that would not pass it could lie
over and be made a test question with
the electors at the next elections: This
would prevent such work as has been
going on in Quebec. Why should a
Province be put to the trouble and. ex-
pense of political contests when parties
get dt5 evenly balanced that one or two
votes would turn the scale and keep
the whole country in hot water, simply
because a few men -want to fill the po-
sition of those in. power. There has
been More talking done over our local
affairsthan there has been in Washing-
ton during the same time over the af-
fairs.of the whole of the United States.
Our bestmembers are those who never
speak unless they have something to
say. Unfortunately professional men
talk for talking's sake; their learning.
seems to have developed itself mostly
in their. tongues. People foolishly of-
fer a premium for. talking, as -unless
they see their member's speech in the
papers they think he is not doing his
duty -that the "speaking machines "
are doing allthe work,when the chalices
are they are never in the House only
when they are talking. Talking is a
amost expensive luxury tothe country.
If disposed with the business could be
transacted much better in one quarter
the time. Any change that wbuld put
a bridle on the tongue, " that unruly
meraber so full of deadly poison,"
would surely be a great point gained.
The great question with the cpuntry
ought to be,how to be well and, cheaply
governed. •Mr. Mowat is a good man in
every respect, and has pursued a sound
policy so far, but the time has come
when the old sections of the Province
should not be taxed, or the lion's share
of the surplus taken to build new rail-
ways into new sections that never con-
tributed anything to early improve-
ments. Itmust.be borne in mind in
new sections land is gpt for next to
nothing, crop are generally better, and
prices relatively higher than in the
,old ,settleinents. Such being the case
they should make their owa 'improve-
ments. A great many old settlers pre-
fer to sell out and. take their money to
new notions. Is it right that the men
who buy them out -should make their
improvements. Land in all the old sec-
tions is placed at a fictitious value -it
is uot worth half the money. Farmers
directly. and indirectly are payina°
heavy rent in the shape of taxes for
their land. I contend.the lion's share
of the present surplus shotildebe 'remit-
ted to old settlements for school pur-
poses. Yours, J. PRINGLE.
[En. NOTE. -If it is a gratification to our cor-
respondent to cherish the belief that we were
afraid to tackle his trade theories, we do not like
to*dispel the pleasure this delusion affords him.
As he has become somewhat boastful, however, we
may just remark that it was not fear that prompt-
ed silence, but a belief that our time and space
could be more profitably occupied than in doing
what Mr. Pringle did so very effectually himself.
If he will carefully, and if he can, impartially, re-
view bis letters, he will find that one portion gen-
erally confuted the other.)
•
• That Bag of Wheat.
To the Editor of the Huron Expositor.
Sin: I notice Mr. Alex. McEwen is
greatly displeased with the action of
the Directors of the Tuckersmith Agri-
cultural Society. If his statements are
correct, he certainly has not been treat-
ed right. IA justice to him, and. other
exhibitors, the matter should have been
investigated at once; but Mr. McEwen
is notjustifled in casting reflections en
my brother judges. His wheat was
awarded the first prize with the cheer-
ful consent of all, as being the freshest,
healthiest and best sample shown. It
never waS suspected by any of the
judges as being pld wheat. If the Di-
rectors got information to that effect,
they did not get it from the judges. The.
duties -of the judges were most egret
ably and conscientiously performed., and
I supposed had given general satisfac-
tion. Yours, sto. J eMES PRIN OLE.
To tlie Editor of the Huron Expositor.
Sin, -In your last issue I noticed
that Mr. McE wen eomplains • of , aely
unfair treatment at the last fall Show
held in Seaforth, from both directors
end judges. Mr. McEwen states itt his
letter that the judges did not agree on
their decision • respecting his wheat.
Now, for his information, I state that
they were unanimous in their decision,
and, as far as I understand, not one of
them said. it was old wheat. J Mr. Mo -
Ewen goes ou to say that two of the
judges were incapable of judging grain,
as they do not know oats from peas.
In reply to this, it is only necessary for
me to say that one of them has been a
grain merchant for a number of years,
and. the other, one of our oldest Huron
farmers; therefore I think they should
be competent judges. At the first
meeting of the directors after the show,
this subject was brought up, as it li)4d.
b,een., previously hinted to some of he
directors, by some of ,Mr. McEwen's
Hay neighbors, that the wheat was the
growth of the previous year. The de-
cision that the directors came to was,
that Mr. McEwen would be required to
make affidavit that the wheat was
really the growth of 1878. Therefore
the Secretary was ordered to notify Mr.
McEwen to that effect. This mode
was adopted because it was considered
it would. be the simplest and most con-
venient by -which Mr. McEwen could
establish his claim to the prize, and.
would be alike satisfactory to all the.
other exhibitors in the same class.
Had. Mr. McEwen complied with this
very reasonable request Of the directors,
he might have had his prize long ago
without further trouble. Mr. McEwen
further states that he carried the first
prize at the county show in Exeter
witla the same bag of wheat, and no ob-
jections were raised, and yet, strange
to say, one of the judges states that the
wheat had rather a musty smell; and
what is Mr. McEwen going to do with
the Zurich judges, who threw out his
wheat altogether? Was jealousy also
the motive there? Mr. McEwen Shes
to know where Robert Charters' oast -
ed Russian wheat was. Mr. Ch1l.rtere
says it was in the barn, unthreshed,
and therefore there could be no jea3-
ousy on his part. The " boast " refer-
red to was published without his know-
ledge. Yours, &c.,
ONE OF THE DIRECTORS.
about impeachment! • Impeach if you
dare.
The E ditor--Then you don't deny what
the correspondent says. If guilty, you
deserve to be impeached and you ought
to be impeached.
Judge Hughes -You dirty villain that
you are, you think because you have
Dr. Wilson and, one or two others at
your back, and because you are the
editor of e newspaper, that you can
trample down..everybody-ebut I'll show
you.
The Editor -Well, I was not aware
that I had such good backing. I
thought I stood upon my own feet.
At any rate 11 never thought that I
needed any backing to match men of
your calibre.
Judge Hughes -You are a liar -and a
sneak -and a scoundrel -and a skunk
-and it's a gratification to me to tell
you so to your face.
The Editor-iThen you ought to be
truly thankful phat your tastes are so
easily gratified J and that you are able
to express yaiir gratification itt such
graceful, refined and dignified • language,
-in language' so flattering to your
standina as a gentleman, a churchman
atid a fudge.
Judge Hughes -I know what . I am, value of $60. The money was the pro -
and. I know what you are too. I have ceeds of a concert held there a lett
evenings ago.
The congregation also subscrib
to remove a debt incurred on b
the Parliament Street Baptist
of that city!
-Small pox has Dow entirely disap-
peared. from the village of Embro, coun-
ty of Oxford, and vicinity, where it was
so had recently.
-Mr. Simon Zavits, lot 4, 14h con-
cession of the township of Berke killed
a calf five months old that iressed
368 p.outids. I wee of the. ommon
grade.
-On Saturday last Mr. Hor
of East Zona, was upset on
from Woodstock. He was sev
jured, having the small bon
neck broken.
--The live stock. lately slapped to
England by the Toronto Exp*t Com-
pany brought good prices. T
averaged $132 per head. and. t
$12 per head.
-Mr. A. T. Paterson, of t
Gillespie, Moffat & Co.'of
has recently purchased a large
phosphate lauds in the township of
Templeton, for $23,500.
-The Freemasons of Waterdown,
distributed lately to the poor of ,that
village flour, meat, •wood, &e., to the
d $835
half of
Church
ce Tree,
his way
rely in -
of his
cattle
LO sheep
e firm of
ontreal,
tract of
proved you to . be a .liar once,
and that is why you are pursuing me
with your vindictive correspondents
now,,, you vile sneak that you are.
You think that you cau hurt me
because you are the editor of a news-
paper.
The Editor ---Judge Hughes, you did
give me a divided interest in a) "lie"
once, on the phblic street, but you'never
Judge Hubh1personal property,
3s -I did prove it. 1 I erablmarry a white man. who wi
proved it. e
The Editobr-lePardon meyou did not. much work."'
You promised to do so,but your promise -Miss Sallie Holman, of
', I
- I
-The Bishop ,of Huron writes that
he is meeting with unexpe tei dsuc-
cess in seSuring funds for t e West-
ern University at London, 0 b. The
up to $40,000. -
amount secured in England ow foots
-An Indian girl in the to i ship of
Caradoc, who is the owne4 of one
hundred acres of land. and eonsid-
ants to
-"heap
the Hol-
d a few
was not kept: Yoh had uot even the man Opera Troupe, was mart.'
common civili y to answer my note; 1 days ago at St. George's Church, Lon-
.
in. which I teniiaded you of your pro- don, to Mr. J. T. Dalton, the
mise.
the company. After the cere
Judge Hughes -I did prove it, and couple left for New York. .
that is what yieu are mad about now, 1 -It is imderstood that Mr.
_
A Street Episode Between a
Judge and an. Editor.
The St. Thomas Home Journal says:
The Editor of the Journal finished his
work for 1878 at five o'clock on Tues-
day evening. At that hour he left his
own room and went into the counting
room of the office for, a few minutes,
where he had a short conversation with
Mr. C. Macdougall, barrister. Both
started together for their respective
homes, passing necessarily through Mr.
McLachlires -book-store on the way.
His Honor David john Hughes, Judge
of the County Court of the county of
Elgin, and William McKay, Esq.,
County Clerk, were in the store at the
time, and the four went out in Indian
file. The moment they got -upon the
street His Honor turned upothe, Edi-
tor, and the following compliments
were exchanged:
Judge Hughes -I am very much
obliged. to you for setting your poison-
ous correspondents at work to attack
me, you mean sneak that you are.
The Editor -What is troubling,. you
now? What have you to complain of
against me ?
• Judge Hughes -You know very well,
but I suppose you thought you would
be revenged for what I said to you once
before. You are one of the biggest liars
and sneaks and villains in the whole
town -and you know you are, for every-
body says so.
The Editor -Then in that case I
must be a close rival of yours; but I
thought you should be the last man to
attack me, seeing that I put in a
defence for you against the correspon-
dent.
Judge Hughes - Yes! You talk
tenor of
ony, the
Bucking -
you mean liar and sneak. eliam has accepted provisionally the
The Editor -You have not made the I post of Manager of the British Mort -
first effort to settle the "lie" upon me, i gage Trust and, Loan Company, the
and for the best of all reasons: you I head -quarters of which is shortly to be
know that you oannot. removed to Stratford.
Judge Hughes -I have proved it, and -The Lincoln election case has been
now you attack me because you are the ' decided. at last, and now nob dy takes
eing re -
eats fees
to have
editor of a newspaper. You are a mean
sneaking liar and a skunk, that's what
you are.
The Editors -If I have done you any
injustice in defending you in the Dun-
wich case, yott have your remedy.
'Judge Hughes -Yes, I suppose you
would like me to send a defence to
your paper. i wouldn't write to such
a low, vile an
lish.
The Editor
you would.
nence cohld
write to any paper of lower standing
than. the London Times. Rut I sup-
pose you may find some m.edium of de-
fence. •
Judge Hughes - You disreputable
skunk that you are you've been
kicked out of every bar -room in. Chat-
ham
The Editor -What !
Judge Hughes -You've .been kicked.
out of every bar -room in Chatham. .
• The Editor -Indeed I Well, that's
_news anyway Do you know whether I
have,ever lived in Chatham? Who IS
your authority?
Judge Hughes -I don't know whether
you have or not. A reliable man told
me so, and I believe him.
The Editoa-A reliable man! Yes;
about as reliable as you are, and not
any more so.
And with this last thrust at personal
reputation Judge Hughes stepped brisk-
ly out and !disappeared into the post
office. !
'
Canada.
Mr. R. Henderson • is this season
the winner of the Ayr Curling Club Sil-
ver Cup.
-The Rev, Dr. Green, of Toronto,
one of the oldest Methodiet ministers
in Canada, is seriously ill.
-The employees of the Raymond
Sewing Machine Company, at Guelph,
have a Mutual Benefit Society.
-Harry Fisher, of Ottawa, has is-
sued a challenge to skate any man
in the United Mates from 10 to 100
miles.
-Wells have to be dug from 60 to
216 feet in the village of Haysville,
Waterloo Cou-nty, before -water is
reached.
-An immense quantity of pork was
sold itt Chatham Saturday week, at
prices ranging frora_$3.06 to $3.20 per
hundred-wei ht.
dirty sheet as you pub -
Well, I didn't suppose
gentleman of your emi-
harclly be expected to
- A Toron
-with the Bri
the army at
beef and mui0on.
-The extensive flax mills of Perine
Bros. at Dooei were destroyed on Mon-
day night .of last week by fire. The
factory, fortunately, escaped.
- One afternoon lately, in Montreal,
Mrs.H.G.Verinorewhile crossing a street,.
was knocked. down and. severely bruised.
by a passing Aleigh, driven by some reck-
less john. She -will recover.
-The thermometer in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, or the 3rd inst., was 29
below zero. At Fort Polly it was 35
below - zero, and. 600 at Battleford..
The severe frest prostrated the tele-
graph wires.
-A-petition containing 4,165 signa-
tures has been filed with the registrar
of the county of York for the repeal of
the Dunkin Act. This is upwards of
1,000 over the number required by law
to compel the submission of the repeal
of the by -la*.
-The Hon. Wm. McMaster on Wed-
nesday presented a New Year's gift in
the congregation of Jarvis Street Bap-
tist Church, Toronto, in the shape of a
canbelled mortgage on the building, he
having paid a balance on it of $5,400.
o company are negotiating
ish Government to supply
yp- rus and Gibraltar with
the seat, a new, election
quired. The . costs for wi
alone in- this case are sai
mounted up to $17,000.
-While Mr. Robert Baire,
Brandy Creek, near Tutor
'was cleaning up wheat in his
the 2nd. inst., the house caug
two young children, who wer
the building, were burned to
-A fearful crime was co
drive ihim railing in the worst form of
delirii ra tremens, and he has been placed.
Asylum.
r. Angus Stewart, Argyle street,
Williarris, father of D. Stewart,
of Ailsa Craig, quietly passed
in an
East
M. D
away on the 31st ult., in the sesenty-
seconld year of his age. Deceased. was
one of the mast respected townsmen of
that place, and was 'among the very
first batch of settlers which arrived
from Scotland to settle in East Wil -
Hams. .1
-A few days before Christmas la bear
visited the pig pen of Mr. Henry Sraith,
living on th.e '4th concession of Middle-
ton. Hearing a great outcryMT.
Smith went to the door and saw him
Reeve of
Ile, Ont,
barn on
fire,and
alone in
eath.
mited by
two human. brutes in Monti cal, who
engaged a horse from Pareit's livery
stables on New Year's Day. The poor
brute was found. next mornin4 in Cote
St. Louis with his two front f et cut off
at the fetlocks.
clear. Freigb.ts have accumulated., ande
expenses have been piled upon the rail-
way companies to a very great extent.
-Mr. Warnock, of the Galt axe fat -
tory, had. rather a rough experience on
Thursday iiight of last week, in at-
tempting tie drive from Guelph to Ar-
thur. In the neighborhood of Ennot-
ville, on the Fergus road, he found. his
horse unable to proceed. He unhitched.
the animal and started to find shelter.
After proceeding some distance, and
becoming -almost completely exhausted,
he tied the horse to the fence. Seeing
a light some distance off, he managed
to reach it, and was welcomed by ..Mr.
Metcalfe, a fernier. The horse was
then smolt after ana. given shelter. In
accompanied1 by a cub, endeavoring to the morning the cutter was found
get a pig out of the pen. The animal nearly buried in thesnow, and: Mr.
was scared off, and. a party was orgataiz- Warnock was glad. to be able to retrate
ed. to hunt his bearship, but he tecaped his steps to Guelph.
into the Swamp. --At Brockville, on Tuesday of last
- -Mr. Worthington, contractor of the
Canada Central Railway extension, left
Ottawa last Friday for the scene of op-
erations. Some three or four hundred
week, Judge McDonald finally disposed
of the eases of Robert Scott and John
Gorrell, charged with assaulting and
robbing the dummy, Walsh, on the
men are employed, ninety cents per day Grand Trunk Railway crossing, on the
being paid. 'Being asked if there *11,S night of the 17th of December. Ineens
any truth blithe report that the firm of
which he was a member had purchased,
the Canada Central Railway, he stated
that negotiations were pending, but not
closed.
-In Bovvmanville a few gentlemen
tencing the prisoners to seven years
each, His Honor took occasion to make .
some very pungent and wholesome re-
marks on the prevalence of the rowdy
element among a certain class of young
men now harbored. in the town, He
were talking over polities the other day, intimated in,plain words that the
when the the diSCUSSiOli ran so high, that a pearanee before him of any of their
prominent Grit offered to bet the sum comrades (many of -whom were in
of $25 against a like amount; that the - Court) would, if their offenees were of a
1
Conservative Government for the 00111-, similar nature, result in the infliction
mons woitld not last two year's. Of of similar punishment.
course this was at owe taken up, and, -A man callMg himself Lieut. J. R.
proceeding to the'Domitaion Bank, each Willia-ms arrived. in Toronto some time
.of the patties placed the sum named on ago, and. representing latuself ae a good.
the conditions stated.
Christian, joined the Young Men's
Christian Association, and through, the
-The Farmers' Club of East -Whitby,
offiters of that institution. obtained. a
-One of the most active of farmers
;situation as book-keeper to Messrs.
clubs now in existence -has been con -
+Jamieson & Carroll, lime and briek
sidering the desirability- of sending
manufacturers, Adelaide street. A
expert or experts to Nortlaerrt Europe,
couple of weeks ago, having collected
for the purpose of selecting new vane- kur or five hundred :dollars for the
firra, he levanted. It is supposed he
went to Brampton, and there again pre-
tended. to be shinina light in religious
circles; having succeeded in swindling a
nuniber of people there out of /smell
sinus. He has finally taken hina- sell
out of the country, and the most dili-
gent enquiries failto elicit any informa-
tion as to his movements.
-At about ten o'clock on Wednes-
day the Doon Flax M 11suddenly burst
into flames, and all efforts to stop' the -
fire were fruitless. It spread SO rapid-
ly that the workmen. in the upper story
could not be informed till the games -
had seized on the lower part of the
building, those itt the third story only
saving themselves by junaping out of
the windows. The whole buildittg, in- -
eluding, machinery and at least $10,000
worth of stock, was totally destroyed.
The fire is supposed to have been
caused by a spark from a hot piece of
iron which had fallen into the picker,
but nothing certain is known.. The -
building -was partially ineured. One of
the laborers, Hans Waerstein, a crip-
ple fell in trying to escape, and. was
badly burned about the head. and face;
one and was also seriously hurt. His
recovery is doubtful.
-Notwithstanding the supposed. hu-
manizing influences which prevail at'
Christmas tide, there -are still some
-mean men in the world. Tuesday of
last week, at 3 p. re_ Wal. Bolton, -who
lives about four miles down the Era-
reosa road, near Guelph, was quietly ,
imaging his homeward -way from town.
He was loaded. with Christmas cheer.
Now, Mr. Bolton is a trifle deaf and
did not hear the sleigh bells behind
him, when he was opposite James Arm-
strong's reeidence. Therefore, two
men, who drove a grey team, run him
down, and aia not so much as look be-
hind, to see if the man they haa
knocked down was hurt. He was in-
juredethough, fortunately, only slight-
ly. It was a cowardly, unmanly and.
mean act to drive Over an old maaa and
is deserving of the greatest co/lams:ma-
tion. When will drivers of horses re- -
eognize that the law gives the right of
way to pedestrians.
-A number of citizens of Quebec are
using their exertions with Mr. JeMe-
Greevy, M. P., to induce him to proceed.
to Ottawa and plead with the Minister
Of Justice for the commutation of -Far-
rell'd death sentence. While commis-
erating the sad. position in -which. Fare
rell's crime has placed him, all law-
abidin.g and thoughtful citizens are
strongly of opinion that if capital pun-
ishment is to he put into execution at
all, it should be so in the ease of Far-
rell, whose crime was attended by no -
eXtetillatillg Cir011111StalleeS, and. VithOE30
diSpOSiti011 seems only to have been
hardened by his escape from punish-
ment for the brutal murder of his vie -
tun Mahar, some years ago, whom he
'Eterally.ehopped to pieces with an axe,
as if he had been adead hog. It iseon-
tended here, with some show et reason,
that there is -danger of not knowing a
where such outside interference with the e
administration of justiceanay terminate..
-A touching Beene Was witnessed on
Sunday morning last at Halifax. Stand-
ingonthegangway ofthesteamshipPolye
iaesian, Dr. Clay, immigration agent at •
the winter port, said to one of the pas-
sengers, who was 'holding a little ehild
in his arms "My good fellow, I want
all those children kept out of the cold
this sharp morning, you had better give
the baby to its mother." There was no
answer for a few moments. The 141/111111
heart was too fullto reply,and the tears
ties, of seed rain. The great want is a
new, hardy Print 'Wheat to take the
place.of th Seotch Fyfe where that
variety shows signs of running out.
After a thorough discussion it was de-
cided that the subject be adjourned. for
a fortnight. -
-A cable despatch to the Toronto
Mail from.' London, Elves -led, dated
Jan. 3, says': "Dissatisfled7with the ex-
isting state Of things, the' shareholders
of the Grand Trunk and Great Western
Railways are again agitating fer a fu-
sion of the two roads. It is laimed
manner the expenses for
could be greatly reduced,
"dera.ble saving effected in
other ways' besides the western compe-
tition woulbe at an end."
--There lis trouble in the Masonic
body at Wi nipeg. Seceders from the
Grand Lodge of Manitoba at an emer-
gency meeting last week elected a num-
ber of bre hren as officers of a new
e. The Free Press contains
other Masons stating that
ogus Grand Lodge and. the
that in this
the officers
and. a con
Grand Lod
letters fro
-A petition is being prepared in this -was a
British Columbia for presentation to proceedings irregular, and. claiming
the Dominion Parliament, praying that that of the list of officers as published&
the immigration of Chinese into Cana- majority were not in the city at the
da may be prohibited, and. th t none of time. The trouble commenced some
the same race be employed upon the time ago ov,er a re -trial resulting in the
Pacific Railway. suspension of several brethren for in-
.
-Louis Biel is reported to • be in subordination.
-On the 26th of Octpber, 1877, a
.horse was stolen from. Mr. 'Philip Horn-
ing's stable at Copetown, W-entworth
County, and no trace was heard. of It
until the day before Christmas, when a
person from Capetown. recognized it as
it was being put up at Whisker's stable,
near the market, in Hamilton. Mr.
Horning, happening to be in Hamilton,
was hunted up, when he at once recog-
nized his property and took the Course
prescribed by law for gaining possession.
It was being driven by two brothers,
who gave their names. as Weaver, and
said they came from Binbrook, and
that they got the horse in a tradefrom
the notorious Bertram, of Onondaga.
Pembina, where he has heel about a
week, though his presence there; is..
known to very few. It is stated he has
been ina college in. the Pnevince of
Quebec and not in an. asylum. He is
evidently in good. health. '
-James H. MacDonald, of Cam-
bridge„ Queen's county, N. p., while
sliding off a hay mow in hie barn, fell
on the sharpened -handle p1 a hay
fork, which entered his body, and caus-
ed injuries from which it is feared he
will not recover.
-A Victoria, B. C., dispatch says
that on the 13th of Deceinber, John
Boyd killed in a . cowardly manner
Thos, O'Brien, at Fort Wrangle, Alaska.
The citizens tried him by a jury of his
own selection, found. him rlby, and.
hung him the next day.
-Mr. Samuel Wright, son of Mr.
Alex. Wright, of Galt, and f reman of
the Ontario Car Works, Lon on, is the
inventor of a car box whichi promises
to inaugurate a new era in the freight
traffic of our railroads, and Which will
be of vast benefit to the pubhb.
I
-Benjamin Little, who , was 102.
years of age on Christmas Day, walked
from Bowmanville to Hamptpn, a dis-
tance of two miles, on New Year's Day
to pay his taxes. He is stilli hale and
has no occasion to use spectacles, being
able to read. with the naked. eye.
-In Galt, the other afterneon, a lit-
tle boy, about three and a. .bpilt. years
old, son of Mrs. King, had three ' ribs
broken in consequence of atteMpting to
hang on to a sleigh. The poor little
fellow is suffering severely. Little
boys and little girls take heed. Don't
hang on sleighs. ,
-A fire broke out last eveaiing in the
conservatory of the Rev. Canon Mor-
gan's house at the north end
street, Barrie. The fire ori
the overheating of the furnae
suited in the destruction o
number of valuable plants.
estimated. at $1,000.
-There are a large numbe
unemployed in Nova Scotia
of Owen
ated by
, and. re'
a • large
he loss is
-
of people
t present,
and much distress is evident There is
a continual arrival of people, evidently
t
in m.uch want, from the othe provinces,
and they, no doubt, tax the sources of
those able to relieve them. The mild.
weather so far has prevente any ex-
treme suffering among lee poorer
classes. . 11
-A peculiar case of meital hallu-
cination has just appeared 1 at Battle
Creek, Manitoba, in the person of a
young man named Georgy Addison,
aged 18 years. He is a ciar maker,
and from childhood
he has 1 worked in
and used tobacco, latterly smoking
from 10 to 30 green eigaxsarealy. The
effects of nicotial poison has been to
-A subecriber to an On ELTIO com-
mercial journal, writing irer)!
Durham
county, says that the sum of $3,000 is
now in proeess of collection from. resi-
dents of that county, for shoddy goods
sold by pedlars; while the purchasers
of these profess to be unable to paytheir
store accounts. But for the goods in
question they had given their notes, and
now these must be paid. This is not
the first attempt of the kind, says the
writer, made upon the farmers and
country residents of that vicinity. "A
shawl for $3, worth $6," is a tempta-
tion; so is, "30 yards good grey cotton
for $1 ;" or may be, " a trouser pattern
of fine Canadian tweed for a dollar and
a, quarter, worth three dollars." It
should be patent to people that there is
., .
something wrong as to possession or
quality, when goods are offered at such
prices as these. Much money is thrown
away upon trash in these trameactions,
and people who aro bent upon so spend-
ing it ought first to have it of their own
te spend.
-The Guelph Mercury of Saturday
says: Between Guelph and Toronto on
the Grand. Trunk, during the snow
blockade, only a few of the local trains
have been 'cancelled, but considerable
delays have taken place. The Galt
branch has been closed, and th.e
"Dutch Mail" has not been able to
get through. The midnight train on
the Grand Trunk on Thursday reached
Shakespeare, and. there stuck until as-
sistance was rendered. No train from
the north beyond Fergus, on the Wel-
lington, Grey and Bruce, reached
Guelph for two days, notwithstanding
great exertions had. been made to clear
the track. Two snow plows were
kept constantly at work, and a third
was sent 'tip from Hamilton on Satur-
day morning. It is expected that the
track will now be speedily cleared, as
the drifting has in a great measure
ceased. The Hamilton and North-
western and Toronto, Grey and Bruce
lines have been in a similar condition.
The main line of the Great Western is
stood on his cheeks as he slowly said,
hugging the child more closely to his
bosom, 4' Ah, sir, she has 110 mother. I
went home to England to bring out my
wife and family to make their home in.
Canada, but just as I arrived my wife
and little boy went down in the Prin-
cess Alice in the Thames, and. I have
no one left but this baby, sir." Syza-
pathy for the lonely little one and her
father was expressed by all who heard
the sad. story.
1
1