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TEE FOLLOWING CtOODS
ENTY PER GENT.
CLOSE THEM OUT:
LOT ---The Balance of Colored
lks,f..,fainch Wide, in Seal Brawn,
h'avy Blue ark Green, (New
tacles) and abs.
,LOT -T e Balance a silk
es and Scarfs
D LOT -The Balance of Ladiesr
Mk and Seal Sets..
Th LOT -Th a Balance of Ohild-
is Caps ald Seta.
I LOT -The Balance of Ladies'
Nat and Opera Shawls.
I LOT -The Balance of Ladies'
d Chitchat's Hosiery and Gloves.
cT11 LOT -T e Balance of Dress.
immines, Friu es and Buttons.
LOT -The Balance of Ladies'.
av-tr Cloth Jackets.
RJ RLS,'
-CAN GET -
POD SEL7ECTIONF
Front ttte above Lots, and at
!ER CENT. LOWER PItICE
MEAN BUSINESS!
iti Sell! Somebody will get
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any rate callwith the Girls"
Judge for yourselves.
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P GOODS to Everybody is Our
to. Buy where you can buy the
:APEST is Yours.
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OR OUR BOYS."
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0, $5 90, and $6. 50.
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atest Drop in Prices ever known.
ritl buy before they all go.
BUFFALO ROBES to Clear.
"rime W hole- Buffalo Robes, torte -
far $6 50.
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t, largest size, for $4 50.
'rime Whole Briffalo Robes, not
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nt Chance this to Robe your-
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TWELFTH Y IJAR.
17PHOLE _ NUMBER, 580.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JA.NUA
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lifeLEAN BROS., Publishers.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, that con-
venient and desirable reeidence on the coiner
of High and Market Streets, lately occupied by
Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 988
VOR SA_LE.-For Sale a first class Planing
Mill, nearly new and in good running order,
situated in the flourishing Town. of Seaforth,
W111 be soldcheap. Terms easy. Enquire of
SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Goderioh, Out.
port S4'1'.1i1.-The subscriber hut for sale a..50
acre lot in, the township of McKillop, County of
Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well
timbered with beech and maple. The property
will be sold cheap. Apply to JAS. H. BENSON,
Solicitor, Seaforth, Ont. 517
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VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay-
-1: field Concession., Goderich Township, con-
taining 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in a
good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining
the village of Bayfield, and, will be sold cheap and
on favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor,
JOHN GOVENLOCK. 524
°HOWE FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4,
•--1 Con. '7, Hullett, County of Huron; 100 acres;
80 cleared, well undordrained, and in a good state
of cultivation; buildings convenient and good;
terms easy. For farther particulars apply to
Messrs.McCAUGH I4 &HOLMESTED, Seaforth,
or on the premises to WM. E-COLDWELL: Con-
stance P. 0. 555
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VALUABLE FARM -FOR SALE. -For Sale,
• tho east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S.,
Tuekersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50
aorea, 3. miles from the Town of Seaforth, and
tenvenient to school. The land is of the very
bast quality. For further particulars apply to
JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to
Egmondville P.O. 524
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VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 11, Con. 3,
"L H. R. S., Tuakersmith, containing 50 acres,
about 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and
under good cultivation. No buildings. .Is within
one mile and a half of Seaforth, on the Grand
Trunk, and 6 miles from 1i:ippon, on the Great
Western. A good gravel road leading to each
place. Apply to O. It. TANEGMOND, Egraond-
ville. 575
WARM FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE:a-The un-
dersigned has 99 acres iu the township of
Titraberry, 3 miles from %Ingham, which he will
sell or exchange for a small farm in the Neighbor-
hood of Seaforth or Brumfield This is a valuable
timber. lot, there being excellent pine, heroloek,
cedar and some black ash. It is within 200 rods
of a first-class saw mill, and ene mile from a rail-
way siding. Apply' to A. STRONG, Land Agent,
Seaforth. 579
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FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, West half of•
Lot 9, Con. 9, Hallett, containing 50 acres, 40,
acres are well cleared, without stumps, and in a
good state of cultivation, ln ing well nriderdrain-
ed on the premises there is 11: new frame house,
22;a2, frame barn and two frame stables, also a
good bearing orchard and never -failing well with
pump. Considerable fall plowing done; also fall
wheat sown. Apply to DAVID HILL, Oil the
premises. or to Constance P.'0. 57841.
jelaROPERTY a'OR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14,
Con 10; Gray; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6,
with cheese factory coroplete ; Lot la, Col. 6,
and south half of Lots 16 andd7, Con. 5, town-
ship of Morris.; Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con.
B, township of Howiek, good improved farms,
together wit h several 50 acre farms in Grey and
Morris, and house's and lots and vacant lots in
the village of Brusaels. Prices low, terms cagy,
and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus-
sels. 574
VARM FOR liALB.-For Sale, that most desir-
able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town-
ship of Ifullett, situated miles from Milburn;
and 6 miles frora Seaforth. There are excellent
buildings on the premises, including a first-class
stone house'two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring
creek runs through the farm; good °reheat, good
fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul-
tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc -
MICHAEL, 'or to MR. JAMES BENSON, Sea -
forth. 562
FARM FOR SALE. -That well-known and fine-
ly situated farm, Lot 1,..0on. 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-hotise
and drivinghouse ; also orchard and abundance of
water. The farm is situated two miles from the
Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full
particulars apply MeCAUGHEY & ICOLME-
STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie-
tor, on the preVmises. 553-4x,
ALUA13LE FARM FOR SIALE.-For Sale,
v Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tuckersmith, con-
taining 100 liens, 90 of which are cleared and in
a need state of cultivation, being well underdritin-
d, the balance .is good hardwood bush. Good
atone house, frame barn and stables ;well watered,
and. good bearing orchard. Is situated about 5
miles from Seaforth and Brumfield, and 32 from
Kippen. Sohool close by, and all other conveni-
ences. For farther partioulars apply to DA.VID
MOORE, on the premises, or to Egniondville
P. 0. 543
VALUABLE
- west half of Lot 27, Con. 3, MoRillop, con-
a• ining 50 acres, known as the Deigle estate. This
• arm is situated within one mile and a quarter of
8eafOrtb. The land is of the choicest quality.
There is a handsome residence and good outbuild-
ings. The farm is wellplanted with fruit and or-
namental trees,. is in excellent order'and well
fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen-
tleman, a dairy -man, or market gardener. Terms
easy. This property must be sold at once. Apply
to A. STRONG, Seafortla. 539
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ARM IN MoKILLOP FOR SALE. -For Sale,
the North part of Lots 8 and 9, Con. 13, Ale-
Killop, containing 112 acres; there aro 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
Darn 50x56, with stabling underneath, and other
ontbuildillgs ; also a gOcal young orchard and plenty
of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Wal-,
ton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel roads
to each place; convenient to church and schools;
will be sold as a whole or in two parts. Apply to;
Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the prom
es. WILLIAM DYNES. 547
HOTEL FOR SALE. -Por -Sal; or to Rent,
for a term of years, the Railway Hotel in the
Tillage of Dublin. This hotel is situated in the
most central and best business part of the vil-
lage, being adjoining therailway station, the new:
mill, the planing will, saw mill and salt block,
also opposite the stores of Messrs. Joseph Kidd and
Thomas King. There are ten comfortable bed
rooms upstairs, besides sitting, dining, bar and
other TOofcES. Also first-class sheds and stabling,
and all other necessary accommodations and con-
vonionees. Possession given lot of April. Apply
personally to JOHN McCONNELL, Proprietor, or
to THOMAS KING, Dublin. 580
A Speech to Graeagers.
At the opening of a new Grange Hall,
a few evenings ago, in , the township of
Yarmouth, count of Elgin, the Rev.
W. F. Clark of Lynam Bank, delivered
a most excellent and interesting addresi
of 'which the following is a very full
summary:
"He rejoiced at being at the opening
of their new Grange Hall, for he was
always pleased to tee signs of stable
prosperity in an order` which was meant
for the developinent of sociality and
good feeling, and of the multiplication
of the charms of home and neighbor-
hood. (cheers.) He felt that he was
almost at home in this part of the coun-
try.. It was in the adjacent township of
Westminster that he had. taken his
first lessons in farming, and when he
realized how long that was ago he felt
that he must be a very old man. It
was in the year 1839 that his father,
then living in. London, bpught a farm
from Albert Odell -known as old Uncle
Bart. There he (Mr. Clark) bought
and paid for his experiences in bush
farming. Himself and brothers were
town boys in the old couatry, and it iusticity implies
was very little they knew about country.
life of any sort. He well remembered
the day when, with his next brother,
they shouldered. their axes and waded
neighbor -with whom he had previous-
ly lived on iutimete terms -that Her
Majesty having been pleased to puthim
upon the Commission of the Peace the
two families could not be expected to
associate as they had. done hitherto
(laughter.) Iu the old country, as Mr.
Spurgeon bad humorously said., the
shilling will not speak -to the sixpence,
nor the sixpence to the threepence, nor
the threepence to' the penny. This
ought not to be in Canada. We want
more sociality, and especially we want
it amongst the farming class (cheers).
He was much surprised a few years ago
in looking over the statistics of ,lunacy
in the United States to find that by far
the largest proportion of inmates of the
asylums were from the farming class,
and. the fact was attributed to their
isolated habit of life and the niorose-
'less which the habit generated. If
this was the case, then farmers should.
make a strong e i ort to break it up
(cheers). The Gr nge aims to refine
and elevate and e • noble farm hfe. One
of the speakers ha, said that farming
tends to roughness and the very term
want of politeness.
n't think that there
for this, and he
eally true. Wherever
ughout the country
•ee months, -upon his
ug farmers, he found
ing-true courtesy
lianess was not a
nal forms. It:' was
pressiou of kind -
lice of heart. That
f it,and it was eaStly
new one farmer who
en -servants, and he
first at the table,
were present. This
was not true politeness, for guests,
however humble,
first consideratio
curred to him, an
the benefit of boy
teen. He was a
He (Mr. Clark) di
was any 1necessit
didn't think it was
he had gone thr
across the Thatnes to make their first during the past th
essay at chopping. Each picked out his lecturing tour am
tree, but at the first blow his (the speak. the genuine t
er's) axe glanced and struck into his (theers)• True p
left leg -a circumsta,nee that damped thing of conventi
his courage not a little gaughtet.) This the outward e
laid 'him up for several days, but he nessat,nd benevol
mastered. the use of the axe in time, was all there was
and in the course of two years he could cultivatable. He
'do as much chopping and clearing as usually had three
any lad of his age. He ever looked always helped the
back to his work on the farm as of the even when guests
greatest benefit to hint in the hard men-
tal labors of after life. He believed
that he never would have been a suc-
cessful public speaker but for the ex-
ercise of his voice in driving oxen (laugh-
ter). Their first yoke were bought from
Wm. Niles, and they were the best at
logging bees in the whole country
around. But, like many another young
man his attention was diverteti from
the farm -and he didn't see any reason
why the young men of the country
should not aspire to any position in the
land (cheers). His next brother went
to college too, and bec e a doctor. He
is now a member of t e Ontario Legis-
lature, and representsone of the ridrugs
of Norfolk. The doctor had no particu-
lar agricultural tastes, but he (Mr.Clark)
had. Yet he considered it his duty to
give himself up to the only other occu-
pation which he considered greater; so
he left for college to prepare 'himself for
the ministry. About eighteen years ago
he began to do something in the way of
agricultural editing; in the columns of
the Montreal Witness. It was always
his intention at eome time to go back
on the farm, and 'when his health fail-
ed two years ago he took that step -
chiefly at that particular time because'
his medical advisers urged it. Now he
\vat the laird. of Lynden Bank (cheers
and laughter). He found out very soon
though, that it wet very different work
farming on land and farming Oil paper
(laughter)., The book farmer is always
a fair mark for the shafts of criticism,
and he was not spared. An old Scotch -
man was going to see what he would
'mak' o' scienteefic farming.' An old
Englishman was going to ' Se what we
zall zee,' and a third man wt s going to
give h(I
him just two years to et 'tired of
it (cheers). Well, he had , nothing to
regret so far; he was not badly disap-
pointed- (cheers). He saw it ta,nnounced
that he (Mr. Clark)was to deliver on
that evening au address on agriculture,
but at such gatherings the people were
always in for social entertainment;
therefore he would talk in a free and
easy way and make what the ministers
called a tea -meeting speech. He con-
gratulated the -Grangers of the neigh-
borhood on having the enterprise to
build a hall, and so neat and conveni-
ent a hall too (cheers). A certain preach-
er once said that he liked everything
about the new church except that they
had retained the old ' sleepers ' (laugh-
ter). He liked the hall very well, but
dor one thing; he didn't like that store-
room, and perhaps he would tell them
why before he sat down. He eupposed
that there were many people present
who were not Grangers, and. so he
would say something about the objects
of the institution. It had long been
felt that there was a leak of organization
amongst farmers, and. also lack
of opportunities for the friction of
mind with mind. Something of this
was ' inseparable from farm life, but
more of it was owing to the cirbum-
stances over which they had control.
Don't farmers isolate themselves More
than there is occasion? Don't they do
it in building their houses so far back
from the public road? The only ghost
of a reason for this is that they want to
be cortveuient to all parts of the farm.
But their friends and neighbors would
certainly call oftener to spend a few
minutes if the dwelling house was near-
er the highway, and they would. them-
selves see friends and neighbors as they
pa,ssed (hea,r, hear); He was sorry, too,
to see a caste feeling growing up
amongst formers, though° perhaps this
was not so much the case here as in
other parts of the country. Some , that
he knew discarded the name of farmer
and called themselves retired gentle-
folks (laughter). Some others assumed
the prefix gentleman by way of distinc-
tion, -as Gentleman Bates to' dis-
tinguish himself from Well -digger Bates
(laughter.) But there was seldom
more than one generation of these, for
the young folks were sure_to make for
the towns -the boys must go into busi-
ness and the professions, and the girls
hope to make catches (laughter). He
(Mr. Clarke) had occasion many years
ago, when he lived in London, to go
out into Adelaide township, where BO
many half -pay officers had settled. One
of these was made a magistrate, and he
felt so proud over it that he told his
SEN, Seeretary of TrUstees, Broadhagen. 580-1
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FARM FOR..S.A.LE.-The aubseriber offers for
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 cleanno seeded down, there will be 13
acres of wheat put. in this fall, there is about 3
acres of n. thriving orchard on the premises and
a vai iety of fruit trees all now bearing. The farm
is well watered, a never failing creek runs
through the fan, also two good walla, large bank -
barn 36 by 60 feet with good stabling under-
neath the barn, and a log dwelling house. The
farm is situated within two and a half miles of
the village' of Bayfield. For further particulars
apply t�. S. McLEAN, proprietor on the premises
or to W. Connor, Bayfield P. 0. 672
WANTED.
A PPRENTICES WANTED. -Wanted imme-
diately, two apprentices to theDressmaking
business. Apply to MISS ROGERS, near the
residence of Mr. C. M.Dunlop, Seaforth. 578x3
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TEASIHER WANTED - 'Wanted, for School
Section No. 11, in the townsbip of -Grey, a
Male Teacher, holding a second or third-class
certificate. Applications, with certificate, stat-
ing salary. to be addressed to JAMES SPENCE,
Ethel P. 0. A persona 1 application would be
preferred. 57714
TENDERS WANTED. -Tenders will be re-
ceived up to February 1st, 1879, by the Trus-
tees qf School S elation No. 8, MeKillop, for the
erection of a Frame School House. Plans and
Specifications can be seen at H. Wietersen's.
The Trustees do not bind themselves to accept
,the lowest .or any tender. HENRY WIETER-
3 AI
SS
OS
re deserving of the
i. One incident oc-
he would tell it for
of twelve or thir-
dinner at a farm
house one day, a d while tkere was
plenty of fat pork
tempting dish wa,
ties and cream.
wistful eye cast a
and he must co
wistfully at it hi
ter). The eldest
of 12 or 13-devo
great haste, and it
(laughter.) He r
and helped hii
in fact he
self a second
the others were re
Well, he (Mr. Cla
small chance of
berries and cream
rest of the farail
as this fellow. B
mistaken; the el
polite one of the f
its moral. We
forte life more at
retain our boys a
Whatever is rea
'should be transfe
Courtesy is a re
manifest itself o
form of it there
to exemplify in sh
in the crowded r.
ten do we see I
overgrown boys a
This should neve
woman would ne
After referring
Grange in promo
and the training i
habits and public
the necessity of f rmers having a larger
representation i
country was rapi
penditure, and. m
ed in She Legis
brakes. They h
11
at the table, the only
a bowl of strawber-
There was many a
that dish (laughter)
ifess that he looked
self (renewed laugh -
f the family -a lad
red his first dish in
was soon seen why
ached for the bowl
self liberally, and
ad helped him-
ime before any of
dy (more laughter.)
k) thought there was
is getting any straw -
at that , table if the
were as.unmannerly
t he was agreeably
• est was the only im-
mily. The story had
ust endeavor to make
ractive if we are to
d girls there (cheers.)
y good in city life
red to country homes.
1 Charm, and should
all occasions. One
frequent opportunity
w time, and especially
ilway cars. How of -
dies standing, while
e comfortably seated.
be. True respect for
er tolerate it(cheers.)
o the work of the
ing scientific farming,
affords in business
speaking, he spoki of
Parliarnent. The
y increasing in, ex -
re farmers were need.-
ature to put on the
d a duty to perform
usually hears a good deal on the subject
of farmers' representation in Parlia-
ment.. Usually, too', there is a good
deal of sound sense in what is said;
but there is also a blending of mistaken
ideas. It is no doubt the case that the
Grange offers fine opportunities to
school the youthful yeomanry iu the
art of public speaking, and much good
will unquestionably result to the com-
munity through the training for public
life which is afforded at the weekly
gatherings of the Order. But it is hard-
ly fair to run away with the idea that
the country is being ruined by taxation,
Shat every other claSs except the farm-
ing °leas is extravagant, and that until
there is a representetion of farmers in
Parliament proportioned to_ their num-
ber, ectmomy in public expenditure can-
not be looked for. !Mr. Clark and the
other speakers wild, urge these views
might study the finances of some town-
ship municipality ;to a little profit in
connection with this question. Take,
for instance, the township of Yarmouth.
The vast majority -of its electors are far-
mers. Its council+s have always been
farmers. Do thy practice economy
above the merchants, or the mannfac-
turer, or the lawyets, or the doctors, or
the capitalists who compose the ma-
jority of Ontario's representatives , in.
the Legislature? Compare the figures.
Ontario's expenditure in 1877 was -$2,-
300,000, and its poPulation by the cen-
sus of 1871 was 1,600,000. Yar-
mouth's expenditure last year was $15,-
000, and its population by the last cen-
sus was 5,500. Hoe we find that in
She Province the average expenditure
was less than $1.50 per head of the
population, while in the township the
average was $2.50' per head. In the
latter case, the expenditure is made di-
rectly under the people's eyes, and they
have the opportumty_ of applying the
pruning knife at the close of each year.
Do these facts prove that faxmars are
greater economists than other classes of
the community, where public funds are
concerned? We think not. We are al-
ways glad to see farmers take an active
interest in public affairs, and wherever
a farmer is found qualified to fill public
positions, he can always count upon re-
ceiving a liberal support from all classes.
If the Grange will I fit its members, or
any of them, for parliamentary duties
it will have rendered them a very great
service, even though it should enable
no more of their 'lumber to find seats
in Parliament. 'But whether their
number be many ot• few, we see no rea-
son to ',hope for a new era of economy
brought about by their influence on
Mr. Clarke made a
instructive speech
ening, but there is
ined by misleading
importaet question
ture and its moo-
ring up class against
in this respect, aa d when they had pav-
ed the way from the farm to Parlia-
ment, they woul. check the growing
tendency from fa in to professional life.
He compared fa niers' clubs with the
Grange moveme , and pointed out that
while there are n 0 more clubs in On-
tario than he cou 'd count ition his fin-
gers, there are t -day-four years after
the first was st rted-more than 700
Granges. This act was a strong argu-
ment in support of the assertion that it
does meet the w nts of the farming
community. Tr e, there were objec-
tions,to it, and o e of these was that it
dabbled in store eeping. He contend-
ed that the Gram ers had a right to
start a store if th y saw fit, for ours was
a free country, ut no Granger was
bound to patroni e a Grange store, or
mill, or elevato , br railroad (cheers),
and his own feeh g was that it was not
good policy to g• into such ventures.
This storekeepi 0 was the greatest
enemy of the tr nge, for many mem-
bers were too ea: - to parcel out their
goods to give tic time necessary for
more important objects. There must
be a division of 1 bor, and he believed
that the laws of rade would. ultimately
carry the Grang away from storekeep-
ing. Another 'o jection to it was its
secrecy and its f rms .and ceremonies,
but these were nocent and harmless,
and there were one in the ritual but
had a meaning. The more deliberately
and carefully. he ritual was gone
through with, th more the institution
would prosper. And while all other
classes were org nized to advance their
own'interests, le it not be to the re-
proach of farm rs that they are a. rope
of sand, bound. ogether by no common
interests. He losed by an earnest ap-
peal to farmers o cultivate the love of
country, and o inspire' their sons
with a sincere sentiment of patriot-
ism towards he great Dominion.
(Ur. Clarke too his seat amidst hearty
cheers.
The St. Tho
which we are in
port; makes t
which were su
address, and w
of Consideration
" At Grange
one held MI
as _dome Journal, to
ebted for the above re -
e following remarks,
gested by Mr. Clark's
ich are also deserving
It says :
atherings, such as the
ednesday evening, one
legislative bodies.
very eXCellent an
on Wednesday e
nothing to be ga
farmers on this
of public expend
agement, or by stix
class."
Catiada.
The McClary Manufacturing Cern-
pony, extensive carriage builders, of
London, have- made a reduction of
twenty per cent. in the wages of their
employees.
-A cattle 'drover named Hunter,
while sleeping in a railway car be-
tween London and Komoka, on Thurs-
day night, was robbed of a watch and
some money.
-The Toronto ity Council are about
to make arrangements for lighting the
city and. public bupdings with the new
electric light, and to heat all buildings
with steam or gas
-" While there is life there is hope."
The first person ithe Princess Louise
danced with in Canada, was a printer
named Stephenson. He is now a col-
onel and millionaire.
-A bear, weighing 197 pounds when
dressed, was recently shot near Prince
Arthur's Landing, and the meat was
sold at prices varying from fifteen to
twenty cents per pound.
-On Wednesday night the railway
station at Lacolle, Province of Quebec,
was broken into,1 and $300 worth of
liquor, consigned to a Montreal firm
across the lines, removed.
-Mr. Edward Hanlon is now a
mason. He was admitted a member of
King Solomon Lodge, Toronto, the
other night. It did not unnerve him
when asked. to dripk out of the skull.
-A " shinney ": match was recently
played at Prince Arthur's Landing,
Hudson Bay, between the married and
single men, which resulted in a victory
for the min by three straight
in
-A locomotiveigoing south recently
broke down near Rat River, Manitoba,
and the conductor had, to tramp over
twenty miles bacli. to Winnipeg itt order
to 'telegraph to St: Vincent for -another
locomotive.
-David Beebe, of Aylnier, has start-
ed around the kworld. He wrote to his
wife, dating from ' California. He bor-
rowed. $30 and obtained. on tick new
boots for his wife and. child. It is
probable he tvill•make a long stay.
-The skating rinks of Montreal are
now deemed desirable fields for the op-
eration of the light-fingered gentry, who
quietly borrow as many coats, eec.,
from the hooks. of the retiring rooms as
they think fit, while the owner is busy
sk--8143Tte Roman Catholic Bishop of
Monpreal has issued a circular forbid.-
dingtladies to belout°to church. choirs
after the fast of Jane next. Many
Roman Catholic churches have antici-
pated the order by dismissing lady
singers.
-The printers of Toronto purpose
getting up a petition to be presented to
the Dominion Parliament, praying for
the imposition of a duty on stereotyped
matter sent here from the United States,
as they 'allege that several foundries
there send into Canada every week
many columns of stereotyped. stories
for ten cents per thorisand ems. The
printers say that ihis, in conjunction
the cause of so 'many compositors bei
idle.
-Coal oil is $3 a gallon at Bat e -
ford, Manitoba.
-Cape Breton was favored with a
green Christmas.
-Wolves are numerous in somepat ts
of New Brunswick.
-Mrs. Youmans, the temperan e
lecturess, is suffering from diphtheria.
-A Young Men's°Christian Associa
tion is about to be established in W
nipeg.
-The report circulated that sm ll
pox had broken out in the neighborhood.
of Tavistock is denied.
-The fines imposed for violation of
the Dunkin Act in West York, amount
in the aggregate to $2,099.
-Sixty-four gallons of soup were
tributed 'to the poor at the Guelph
soup kitchen one day last week.
• -The convicts in the Kingston Peni-
tentiary, 750 in number, consumed. 900
pounds of plum pudding on.Chiistnrs
Day.
-The firemen of Ontario will shortly
hold a convention in Toronto for
the purpose of forming &benefit associa-
tion.
-The pooling arrangement entered
Into by the Montreal and Deminion
Telegraph Companies has happily fallen
through.
-Upwards of a hundred persons on
Saturday and Monday claimed protec-
tion at the different .police stations in
Montreal. -
-At a shooting match in Winnipeg
recently, one turkey escaped unseat ea
th
ed
itt
op
eighteen shots, and. then froze to de
in sheer disgust. •
A Burford farmer has marke
nearly 500 bushels of white beans
Brantford, at 850 per bushel. The c
pays a fair profit.
-The Canada Tool Works at D
das, are again running on seven ho
time. The establishment had been s
clown for several weeks.
-There is a citron. on the premiseci of
Mr. Brewster, near Clifford, whch
measures 30t inches in circumfere ce•
and 19t inches in length.
-Never were icebergs so large
they are now on Lake Erie. One at
end of the pier at Port Burwell is
to measure 200 feet in -height. ,
-Dog racing is the popular 'am
ment at Battleforcl, Manitoba.- It
ries with it all the glory and excite
concomitant with the "turf."
-A girl named. Covers, daughter
a farmer in West Williams, and
was itt service at London,has disapp
ed'in a mysterious manner.
-A workman named Bennett,
ployed by Mr. Minougue, of 'Chabo
street, Montreal, has fallen heir
twenty thousand dollars a year.
-Intelligence was received at Qee
on Monday of the comparatively sud
decease on Saturday, from apoplex
Sheriff Tache, of Kamouraska.
-Montreal had. its Christmas
dened by a young man, while • d
turning his ielderly mother and. si
out of doors to the cold street.
-A sugar beet factory will be sta
at Gibson, New Brunswick, in
spring. The concern will be run b
stock company with $40,000 capital
-The Scott Temperance Act i
force in Fredericton and. Northum
land, N. B., and. will be submitte
the electors of Lambton in Februar
nt
rs'
ut
that he would award laim ten days in
,jail, for which he was duly thanked by
the wanderer.
-The Hon. john Simpson was pre-
sented with 108 pieces of silver plate in
a rosewood chest by the officers of the
Ontario Bank, ot retiring from the
presidency of the Ontario gook, which
he founded.
. -A man named Owen Boucher was
• arrested at Ottaata on Friday, on a
• charge of ' brotally assaulting Mary
Kelly. He fractured her jaw, knocked
three of her teeth out, and seriously
bruised. her body. •
-Mr. H.J. 'Campbell has assumed
the management of the Consolidated
Bank at Norwich . village. Mr. Camp-
bell, it will be remembered, was for a
short time connected. with the Seaforth
branch of the Bank.,
-A man in Manvers, Ont., was ar-
rested for stealing a $2 vest, and after
he had. been in jail for twenty-one days
the Grand Jury, having been instructed
by $31 worth of officials and heard $44
worth of evidence, brought in a " no
bill."
-The amount Of money usually. ae-
voted to a torch light procession on the
-A. H. Roe, of Napanee, who. Btu
ed Centre Huron during the
wright campaign, has been appoi ted
official assignee for Lennox and. Ad ng -
ton.
-Madame A. R. Auger's, of Que
wife of the ex -Attorney -Genera
Quebec, and, daughter of the Hon.
ator Christie, died at an early
Saturday morning.
-A smallboy placed his tongue
the frosty iron.railing of the Dn
Bridge Ottawa, the other day, and
denly jerking his head away, jerked
of his tongue out.
-There were 132 illegitimate bi
in Toronto last year, of which 26
the offspring of Torontonians, and
remainder, 106, of women from va
parts of the Province.
-People cannot be too careful
the drafts and dampers of coal st
at nights. Reports of suffocated s
ers during these cold nights come
various parts of the country.
-It is rumored that G. T. Bur
Clerk of the village of Luelmow, ha
vented, leaving large numbers of c
•
tors, besides appropriating a cons
able amount of corporation money.
-A few days ago, a. young_man
ed McMahon, was assaulted in a
in Harrowsmith by one Rourke,
struck his victim and. then bit his u
lip off. Rourke was arrested and
$100, which he paid.
- A. thief coolly walked into a
goods store in Montreal the other
and rolling out a bale of cotton pl
'it in a cart that was in waiting, an
clear away with it, leaving no trac
to his destination.
-A. horse was stolen from the
of Mr. Burnett, on the Galt Road,
St. George, on Thursday of last
The thief was apprehended at the
mentioned place on Friday, takenbe-
fore a magistrate, and contraitteff to
stand his trial.
• -A young woman,. employed in the
Delhi, Ohio, paper mills found two $50
notes in -the waste. The proprietor -t)f
the mills claimed them, the girl sued.
for their recovery, and the Supreme
Court has decided in her favor, bolding
that the purchase of waste paper does
not carry the right to unknown valua-
bles which May be found. in. it.
-Duncan McGillivray, who claims
to be the oldest journeyman shoemaker
in the Dominion, and who says he left
his "kit" at Whitby, and walked from •
that place to Toronto, in search of a
"sit," and, failed to secure one, and
hence rnea dered to Hamilton, appear-
ed. before tae Police Magistrate in that
city, one a y last week, and requested
to be sent to prison for a short time in
with patent outsides for newspapers, is order to get a rest. The Magistrate said
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give the necessary directions in -each
case."
-A manifesto bas been issued to
the employees on the Grand Trunk
that any of them seen going or coming
out of a saloon, on or off duty, will be
at once discharged. This is owing to
two or three cases of drunkenness re-
cently detected, one of -which., it
is 'reported led to the canceling of a
train.
-An Ottawa telegram says A gen-
tleman from Sweden is eipected to ar-
rive there at an early date for the' pur-
p„ose of negotiating with the Govern-'
ment for a tract of land in the North-
west. Should the negotiations be fa-
vorable, he will king several hundred
Swedes to Canada du -ring the coming
summer.
-Mrs. Andrew Mercer, nee Bridget
O'Rielly, died on Wednesday morning
last week. It is understood_ that the
deceased has made it will bequeathing
to her only Son, Andrew, the sum of
$30,000, which she accumulated duriag
her lifetime.- The SULU together witb
election of the 1Mayor, in Ottawa has the $25,000 given him by the Govern -
been, at the suggestion of the Mayor ment makes Andrew a rich man.
elect, (Air. Mackintosh) handed to a' -On New Year's day Mr. Charles
committee for distribution among the
poor of the city. ;
-There were a number of foreign
buyers present at the Guelph January
Fair, Lula the animals offered, nearly
100, were purchased at prices ranging
from $2.50 to $$.50 per cwt. None of
the animals were heavy enough for the
old country market.
-The new iron bridge at Galt was on
Saturday week tested to the satisfac-
tion', Of the town authorities. The
bridge was erected by the Hamilton Tool
Company, and cost $4,300. It is a very
handsome structure, and reflects credit
oilt the Company_
-Last Friday, morning' in Halifax,
while a colored man named W: B. Cur-
tis, belonging to Boston, was on his way
to work, he fell in the street and' died
Within 40 minutes after being taken into
a neighboring house. Pleurisy is said to
have been the cause of death.
' -The brother ,and Sister of the girl
Margaret McVey who disappeared so
mysteriously ft* near St. Thomas
some weeks ago were in Sarnia and in
Port Huron last week tracing a sup-
posed. clue to her recovery. A reward
of $1,200 is offered. for her recovery.
-Apropos of New Year's calls : In
Ottawa, Toronto and Hamilton, not
nearly so many as usual. In London, a
gentleman who made twenty-three calls
reports that only in one house was he
offered intoxicating beverages. There
seems to have been a general improve-
ment in this custom. '
. -Mr. H. M. Jarvis, of the London
Post Office, was on Tuesday of last
,
week arrested b Detective Phair on a
charge of robbingregistered letters. The
prisoner is a Married man and the
father of a family. This 4 the first case
of a post office rebbery that has occur-
red. there for seventeen or eighteen
years. I
-Information has been received that
1.1r. Joseph Scott, a former resident of
the township of Beverly', Ont.'was re-
cently shot dead. in Sacramento, Cali-
fernia, Mr. Scott had. for some time
back been connected with the police
force of that cit, and it Was while pur-
suing his avocation that he met with
his death.
• -S. Ford, an Onondago merchant,
who deserted his wife last October, on
a false charge of improper intimacy
with a clergyman, has turned. up in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the capacity of
a night watchman. He wrote an hum-
ble letter to his wife a short time ago,
to know if he could return to his old
quarterstbut the lady sent him a nega-
tive reply.
-The death is announced in Victoria,
'British Columbia, of Thomae Pattullo,
brother to the Messrs. Pattullo, of the
Woodstock Sentinel -Review. The de-
ceased was among the first Canadians
who left Oxford for that distant mining
region, where he was pretty successful.
His death will be sincerely lamented by
a large. circle of friends. -
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-A New York pickpocket, known as
Charley Ryan, who was arrested- at.
Halifax dining the reception of the,
Governor-General for stealing a watch,,
and sentenced to six months in the city
prison there, was sent to the hospital
on Thursday of last week on account of
a sore leg, but he Was not there two
hours when he disappeared, and has not
yet been captured.
-One evening lately some malicious
scoundrel forced an entrance into the
Roman Catholic Church, Ingersoll, and
stole all the articles of value, suck as
silver candlesticks, &ea within reaoh.
Not content with this, however, they
destroyed what they did, not carry away.
The goods stolen and destwed were
obtained for the new church in course
of erection, and were handsome as well
as valuable. ,
-Robert Taylor, a young silver -
plater from Guelph, was skating on the
bay, at Toronto, when he fell through
an air -hole and for twenty minutes
hung clutching to the ice. At the ex-
piration of that time, and. when he Was
thoroughly exhausted, a couple of men
reached the spot and with much difficulty rescued him from his perilous po-
sition. Both of the poor fellow's ftrms
are badly frost-bitten and the left arm
is seriously cut by the ice.
-The Honorable Minister of Educa-
tion has sent the following circular to
School Inspectors;relative to witholding
the School Fund: ‘; In some cases it
has been found impossible, from. VaTiOUS
causes, or extremely onerous; for School
Trustees to comply with , the Law and
Regulations on Public Schools. In
such cases it is not desirable or expe-
dient, in the opinion of the Honorable the
Minister of Education, to deprive the
school of its share of the School Fund.
The Minister, therefore, requests that
Clarke, Justice Peace, of Elora, com-
mitted Edward. Welsh, farmer, of Peel,
to Guelph gaol to stand his trial for
forging a note for $211.56, dated. Peel,
4th December, 1877 and purporting to
have been made by William. Brown and
Thomas La,neaster. Application was
inadefor.bail and. was granted.
-Three tourists undertook to walk
behind. Niagara Falls a few days ago.
The danger is great in winter, owing 50
the ice. One of the trio, in picking hia
way over the slippery path, ran against
a huge,iciele, which broke off and fell
en him. He was badly cut, and has -
since been insane, but whether from a.
blow on the head Or from fright is liot
settled.
- -Brantford has had, two sensations.
One when a dissipated husband, who -
had been separated from his wife for
some time, snatched the child from her
side as she was awalking down the
street and decamped with it. The
other was a decently -dressed elderly
man trying to navigate on Ins knees
and. bare hands on New Year's Day, too -
drunk to stand upright.
-The old, old story, simply taa,
easily understood, so often unheeded:
James Armstrong, a. Muskoka merchant,
met a stranger at the Northern Railway
Station, !Toronto, last Friday evening
who wanted to get an advance of $160
on a cheque. Mr. Armstrong took the
cheque, giving one hundred and sixty
in exchange -and the stranger disap-
peared. The cheque is worthless.
-At the Temperance Coffee House,
15 St. Nicholas street, Montreal, many
wretched im
men, viete of the cursed.
appetite for strong think -..are nightly
d
fed ansheltered, and thue savedfrom
freezing and starvation, and. better than
all -the rest, some of thein are saved
from a, drunkard's untimely grave, as
brands plucked. from the burning, by
being induced to sign the pledge,. This
institution deserves the material sup-
port of the benevolent public. -
-On the 30th ult., 'Messrs. Ite A.
Lyon, M. P. P., W. D. Lyon, M. P. P.,
W. A. Abney and Mr. Merryfield, 'with
three Indian guides, set out on snow-
shoes from Manitoulin Island en route.
for Toronto, where they arrived. en
th •
Wednesday, the 8inst. The dis-
tance covered by the party was 374•
miles, 210 of which were disposed of on
snow -shoes over snow and ice, sixty-
fonr by team sod one hundred. by rail.
The party endured some minor hard-
ships, but still enjoyed their adventur-
ous trip.
-Recently a nuMber of cattle, the
property of Mr. John Robb, Troy, were
taken suddenly ill, and in about 15
minutes from the time the disease show-
ed itself the animals died.' The head.
of one was examined. and it was found.
that nearly all the brain haddisappear-
ed. In skinning one of the beasts Mr.:
Robb got his right hand. poisoned.
The hand. and arm swelled and. his
state beeanae so alarming that at one
time his life Was &St:mired of. He was
very much reduced, but he is now*
ll aal-
most wegain.
-Amateurs should try to be careful
how they kill pigs. Recently it newly -
arrived settler at Brunel, Muskoka, at-
tempted to slaughter a large boar,when,
after he had been etruck, the animal
turned on him and compelled hilll to
take refuge by hanging to the joists of
the barn. In this position the would-
be butcher yelled for _dear life, and.
brought to his assistance a boy with a
gun, who shot his infuriated boarslaip,
and saved. the man just as he WAS Oil
the point a dropping from exhaustiont
-On Saturday night the funeral ser-
mon a the late Joseph Bell, baggage..
man on the Great Western Railway,
was announced to be prea,ched in the
Methodist Church, Port Stanley. About
five hundred persons were in attendance
on the occasion referred to, packing the -
clench to its utmost caPacity.. During
the service me of the sills of the build-
ing gave away, causing great excite-
ment among the congregation. It was
found. impossible to resume the service,
and a postponement WaS bad. till sun -
day evening next, when the Town Hall
will be used. a
-15 appearsthata wen -known Ottawa
physician, who, with Ills family, went
to Southern Colorado a short time ago,
ostensibly for the purpose of recovering
his health, left it nuiriber tof creditors
behind who are ThileaSy account ,of
the non -settlement of notes now over-
due. Enquiry reveals the fact that all
his - property and household effects
were heavily mortgaged., and the cred-
itors have no hesitation in stating that
they have been victimized. The doc-
tor persuaded his hired man to loan
him $2,000 at ten per centinterest, all
the circumstances of all ouch eases of which is lost money