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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-01-31, Page 1'ANUARY 14, 1870‘ e darkey owned up and Ross The former agreed - to settle r if they would take him to , which was done. a annual meetirig of the East. .erictiltural So .iety held at, - the following office-bearera ted for 1879 : resident, W.. :it Vice, J lin Claming s A:. Forsyth; ecretary and . 11. Stewart, II ussels P. 04 . W., Thompson., Geo. Moffatt, . A. Malcolms, D. Scott, J.. , Henry Smith. John Mason, acLauchlin. A iditors, Wm. d J. R. Smith. Delegates to i Association, A. L. Gibson (in. Representative to ), Scott. Om shooting Match took seass./1 OR MOn ay afternoon ak, between Mr. R. W. Moore, ,. and Mr. Tho as Bisset, of i'lae stakes wer $50 a si4e, at i.cli ; one -said -a quarter ounce ince, 21 yards le• e, 80 yards The fallow% is the score : ....11011011111.01011111011111--20 --111011101011101 111111111-20 ; beirig a tie, the contestants e birds each, when Bissett e to Moore's one. and was de - nes. Mr. S. cftigg, of Lon- eferee. - . . . preen- requiring caps of any a slicadd call at the Oak Hall, y can. choose fa m the largest assorted dock in Seafoth, g silk, cloth, plash and. fur of lityeat first cod to clear out tider of the stock. We have more ofthose Wi dear scarfs will clear them out at the el times prices. II.rLr & AN - .k Hall Hall Clothing Establish - forth. A. CLINE carefully- examined the working of Reaulatoraand am- gteatly pleased. hi. On account of its cheapuess and thouId be used id preference to all KILBURN, Architect, Stratford. ilaal to adjust ther to windows now Xs from contractors solicited. J. A. CLINE Co., Seaforth. . 1E379 Henn= & CO. cCE THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST 'ORTATIONS, THIS SEASON. OPENED our t of which consists of F.:AT BARGAIN r -OF TEO AND TWENTY F OF NELHOLLA c. y Offer at the FoUowing- P r ices. : a Cents per yard, last year cents per yard. k .1.174'1 cents per yard, last year 15 cents per Yard, j.5 cents per yard, last year ti cents per yard. :17 cents per yard, last year ,0 cents per yard. 20 cents per yard,. Iast year !„-i- cents per yard. PIEQES 400 r.RICAN COTTONS, yard rnts, 7 cents, 8, cents, and *rd. We Have .Eaer Had. - STIRK-TAKING , and for EN DAYS es,fiear a -T8 OF 'DRESS GOODS, will be sold at .EE THE GREAT- , ARG.A.INS. ouoALL& co. rters and Dealers in, CtOcads! Only. 1 4 !,74 t 4 • ..!!! _,••• TWELFTH .YEAR.; WHOLE NUMBER, 582. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. iipaltOPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, that eon- venient and desirable residence on the earner of High and Market Streets lately occupied by Dr. Vetoer). Apply to DR. Streets, 488, volt SALE. -For Salo a first class P1aniu1g ▪ MW, nearly new and in good rtmning orde:r, situated in the flourishing Town of Settforth, Will be sold cheap. Terms easy. Enquire, 'of SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Goderich, Ont. _ VOR SALE. -The subscriber has for sale ta 50 -a: acre lot in the township of McKillop, County of Mixon, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well thnbered with beech and maple. The property will be sold ehea.p. Apply to JAS. II. BENSON, Solicitor, Settforth, Ont. 517' _ _ -FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot No, 5, Bay- ▪ , field Concession, Goclerich Township, con- taining 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in a good state of cultivation. The farm is adjoining the village of Be.yheld, and will be sold cheap aid on favorable terms. Apply to the propriet4r, JOHN GOVENLOCK. 5241 C110ICE FARM FOR SALE -Being Lot 4, Con. 7, Hallett, County of Huron; 100 acre 80 cleared, well underchained, and in a good atate of eultivation; buildings convciaient and goo terms easy. For farther particulars apply Messrs. McCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Seafort or,on the premises to WM. E. COLDWELL. Co stb.nee P. O. 555 lo VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sa e, • the east half of Lot NO. 4, Con. 4, H. R. a., Tuckersmith, County of Huron, consiating of 0 acres, 34 miles from the Town of See...forth, a d convenient to school. The land is of the v tar best quality. For .further particulars apply to - JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or o Egm_onaville P. O. 1 52 'ARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 11, Con. 3, "I" II. R. S., Tuckersraith., containing 60 ac.' s, about 40 of whieh are cleared, *ell fenced d under good cultivation. No buildings. Is wit n ono mile and a hall of Seaforth, on -the Gra, Id Trunk, and 6 miles from Kippen, on the Gre t Western. A good gravel road leading to ea h place. Apply to C. la VANEGMOND, Egrno ville. 57 FARM FOR SALE -That splendid farm,. 14ot 23, Con. 3, McKillop, containing 109, acrbs, more or less; 80 acres cleared and free fr4m stamps;. balance hardwood; good soil- 2 gohd dwelling houses, 2 good barns, and other oat - buildings ; large &Gilead and 2 good wells; '18 acres fall wheat; onlaeone and a half mi es from Seaforth, on a gravel road. For terms,G. ap- ply to the proprietor on the premise *TL- LIAM CLUFF. 582 VARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, .Weat half . of• A: Lot 9, Con. 9, Hallett, containing 50 acres, 40 acmes are well cleaxed, without etatinps, and in -a • good state of cultivatien, being well underdraia- ed • on the premises there is a new frame hoe e, 22;82, frame barn and. two frame stables, also a geed beering orchara and never -failing well wi h purap. Considerable fall plowing chine a also fi.II wheat sown. Apply to DAVIDY- HILL, on tho premises, or to Constant° P. 0. 513-tf _ plt.OPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 4„ -°- • Con 10, Grey; -West leaf of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese feetury complete; Lot 11, 0O16l and south hall of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, toWn- ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. 13, and hot 28,, Cc n. 13, township afllowlek, all. Lined improved farms, together with several 50 aere farms in. Grey and Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots. in the village of Brussels. Peites low, terms easy, and title good. Apply. to JOHN LECKIE, Brtis- Bela. 574 FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, that most dash- - able farm; being Lot 1, Con.6, in, the toa n - ship of Hallett, situated 1 miles from Xinhuan. and 6 miles from Seaforth. Thereare excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class stone house, two storey, so by 40 feet. A spring meek ruus through the farm; good orchard, good' fences, and the laud inan e.xcellent state of chi- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mt: - MICHAEL, or to MR. J A AILS H. BEaasoae, Sea - forth. 562 WARM F011 SALE. -That well-known and like- ly sitaatea farm, -Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, ia the County of Huron, containinee100 acres, 90 ! of which axe cleared; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep-honse and driving house ; ale° °reheat' and abundance of water. The farm is situated two miles from the TGWU! of &Worth, on the, Huron. Road. For full particalars apply- to McCAUGHEY & HOWIE- STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-4+ ALUABLE FARM FOR SALE. -For Sall e, Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tuckersrnith, con- taining 100 acres, 90 of which are cleared and in i good. state of cultivation, being well unclerdrain- ed, the balance is good hardwood bush. God. stone house, frame berm and stables ; well watered, and geed beating orchard. Is situatW about 5 miles from Sen.forth and Brucetield, and 31 from Kippen. School close by, and. all other conveni- ences. For further particulars apply to DAVID 1,{100RE, on the promises, or to Egrnondville P. 0. 543 -VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.-Yor Sale the • west half of Lot 27, Cori. 3; McKillop, con- `ain ing 50, acres, known as the Deigle estate. This arm is situated within 'one mile and a quarter, of Seatortli. The land is of the choicest quality. There is a handsome residence and good'outbaild- ings. The farm is well planted with f mit and pr- ttarneutol trees, is ia -excellent order, and Well fenced. It is admirably euited for a retired. g n- tieman., a dairy -man, .or market gardener. Terins easy. This property must be sold at once. ApiJdy to A. STRONG, Settfarth. - 53' JIMMY OLIVE SOME EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF HE MAN WHO FIRST MADE A CHILLED I ON PLOW -A RECORD OF HARDSHIP, IN INCIBLE DETERMINATION, AND FINAL UCCESS--;e A STORY FOR AMERICAN BOY TO RE- MEMBER AND PROFIT BY. The newspaper cone1span ent .has been \ visiting South Bend, Indiana, and interviewing Mr. James 0 iver, the inventor of the world-famou *chilled plows, and from a report 1pf t le inter- view we select a few of the ncidents in the life of Mr. Oliver 1 tha will be read with interest by every one. It shows what can be accoMplished by energy and perserverance, evea when. handicapped with poverty and the hardships that it brings in its train. In no Other country in the world but the United States could a yoang Man; starting as Mr. Oliver did, aohieve such results, and the story of his success ought to- encourage every 'American boy to exercise -the same indomitable ener- gy and. determination that has made Jim)* Oliver known throughout this continent, and. gainedhina the respect and confidence of every one who knows him. The occasion of the interview was a recent gathering of the 'agents of the Oliver plow at South Bend, when some dozen representatives of the press were in attendande, and it was in •answer to their questions that the foliowin„e in- cidents of an eventful career were elicit- ed. Said one of the knights 6f the lead pen cil : " Mr. Oliver you are so well known to the public, all over the country, by your great invention and. your immense factories and as being one of the fairest and most honorable dealers, now why c'an't you let ifs know something about your career before you attained your present success." Mr. Oliver remonstrated.-- " P'shaw, gentlemen, my career hag been such an uneventful one that few Would care to hear of it. My old friends know how hard. a struggle I've had in the battle of life and that is enough." " Ah ! but you are known the svoild over as a great inventor; most of them have hard struggles and but few of them the tenacity of purpose to achieve suc- cess. Details of your life that might seem uninteresting to yoU, will be read - with as great avidity by the public, as you have dbubtless read of Whitney, Stephenson, and other great inventors. Mr. -Colfax's 'admirable' speech gives silent points of your career, but the public would like tq have the story from your own lips," Thus pressed, Mr. Oliver said: "Well, gentlemen, to begin with, I was born on the 28th day of August 1823, at the family homestead of Whitehaugh Lidisdale parish, Roxbiirgshire, Scot- land. • While yet a mere boy my parents decided to leave their native heather and try their fortunes in the n.ew world, and the year 1835 found*. located in Seneca County, New York. I Was there, soon after Our arrival,' compelled to work away from home, the straiten- -ed circumstances of my' parents for -- bidding my being a burden on their already exhausted resources. I found employment with a neighboring farmer at the wages of fifty cents a week, and I remained with, him till the fall of 't 1836, when the family came west and. I ' with them, and settled at Mishawaka. I soon found work as a chore boy for Mr. Philo Hurq, besides sawing wood for him and two • other families, and earned that winter $15. I was called home, however, by my father's declin- ing health, and remained there until his death, which occurred in the fall of 1837. I was then but 14' years old. That winter and the one following I was fortunate enough to have the op- portunity of going to school to Mr., Geo. C. 'Merrifield, in Mishawaka, and took advantage -of it, and that, was all the book learning I ever receivecl in this country. In the summer of '38 I be- came an apprentice to Mr. A. Sandi - land,' who was building Fox thresh- ing machines. The business proved a failure, and the following year I went to work on Mr. 0. Hurd's farm. From there I went to work in a blast foundry in Mishawaka, owned by the South Bend Iron Works of that. day, and. sup- erintended by Mr. Richard Inwood, who is now a resident of this city. This company wound up its affairs in 1840, and now at the age' of 17 I was once more thrown on my own resources. I hired out to Capt. McMillan (brother of a present resident of Mishawaka), who was boating on the St. Joseph river. A little while afterwards Capt. McMillan failed, and. I lest not only my time and work, but what little money was coming to me. That fall took a job of ditching to lay water pipes tor a distillery, thenbuilding by Lee brothers, of Mishawaka, and I centinued with them at $15 a month (boarding myself) until I could see a better opening, ineantime learning the cooper's trade. "While working for the Lees an in- cident occurred which I have no doubt had „,areat influence on my after career. Scoteh ' Smith, an ecoentric charac- ter, called at Mr. Lee's store one day to sell a village lot and materials for building a house, he wishing to invest in a farm. I came in the. store while he was conversing with Mr. Lee, and the latter, pointing to me, said, There's your customer ex- claimed 'him? You are cer- tainly joking. I kno* that boy, and he is too pctor to buy anything.' 1 ob- jected to the proposition, when r heard it, in the strongest terms, explaining how utterly impossible it was for me to think of inve ting in real estate when had -scarcely enough to buy food and. clothing. M. Lee insisted, offering me • pecuniary ai and advised me never again to be illty of using the word 'impossible.' I finally consented ; the house was hint; and after a Settlement I found that though I had a house and lot,it was mo e in name than in reality. "About th s time, being 21 years old, another inaident occurred, which above VARM IN McKILLOP F.011 SALE. -For S -2- the North part of Lots 8 and 9, Con. 13, c - Kalov, containing 112 acres; there are about 80 oleared, well fenced, underdrained, and in a hi h state of cultivation., the balance is well Umbel ed with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frapte Darn 50x5fiawith stabling underneath, and cal or outbuildings ; also a good young orehard and ale ty or water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from aV 1 - ton, and 12 from Seafortli, with good gravel ro ds - to each. place; convenient to church and schoo s ; will be sold as a -whole or intwo-parts. Apply to _Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the pre es. WILLIAM DYNES: 54 Tal OTEL FOR SALE. -For Sale or to Re t, for a term of years, the Railway Hotel in llhe Village of Dublin. This hotel is situated in the most central and best business part of the lege,: being adjoining the tailway station, the n w thoplaailaganill, saw mill- and salt block, also opposite the aerosol Messrs. Jeselih. Kidd. and Thomas King. There are ten comfortable bed rooms. upstairs,' besides sitting, dining, bar and other rooms. -Alsolirat-class sheds and stabling, andel" other necessary accommodations and con- yeniencesa POSSeSS10.11 given 1st of April. Apply personally to -JOHN mecoa NELL, Proprietor, or to THOMAS -KING, Dublin. 580 FARM FOR- SALE. -The subscriber offers for sale Lot 22, Con, 12 of the township of Stan- ley,containing one hundred acres, 83 acres deal ed and in; a good state of cultivation, and good fences, balance 17 acres . good hardwood bush; oac half of clearing seeded clown, there will be 13 acres of wheat put in this fall, there is about, 3 aeres, of a thriving °reheat1 on the premises and a variety of fruit trees all now bearing. The farm is well watered, a never failing creek- runs through tile faxen, also two good wells, large bank barn 30 by tie feet with good stabling ander-, neath the barn, and a log dwelling house. The luta is aituated within two an.d a. half mileset ,ehe village of Ilaytiela. For farther particulars apply to S. McLEAN, proprietor on the premises or to W. Connor, Beylield P. O. 679 _ _ - • STOCK FOR SERVICE. TO PIG BREEDERS. -The undersigned will keep during the prceent station, on Lot 27, Con. 4, MeElIlop, a Suffolk Boar. Terms, $1 per sow, reiYable at the time of service, with the privilege of returning if necessary, wiamati J. GRIEVE. ' 578 TO PIG BREEDERS. -The -undersigned will ▪ keep for the improvement of stock during the present aeasen,_ on Lot 2, Con. 10, H. 11. S., Tuekersmith, a. Thorough. Bred Suffolk Boer. This pig took the first prize at Seafortb., and ,is one of the beet in the county. TERMS. -One dollar, to be paid at the time of service, with the - privilege of returning if necessary. ADEXAN- DER YULE. 572 , • 11 SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 1879. all others made it elf felt through my after career. I w oed and wed tt e One whom I considere thebest and pretti- est of all the pret y girls in Mishawaka, year have passed of which this noble sympathized and troubles and rejoiced cess, 1 can truly say e crowning success of r to my wife. After house being rented, low workman for a h he had built on the n some land belong- ies. I spent $1.8 in y wife borrowed a rag carpet for our ee visited us after and as he looked mark I shall never enced life,' sad he, ay end in a hovel; you cOmmenced 'fe in a hovel ; you will end it in a 1 ansion.' God bless him He was oi e of nature's noble- men.Aith.ough have lived iu better houses since then I often look back to that time as the appiest of my lie. «1:n 1845 the c opering business was very dull and I was anxious to try something at w ich I could _make a better living. I nally had an offer to learn the moulde '8 trade. I liked it from the start a d got along so well that in, a short tis e I gained the repu- tation among my mployers and fellow workmen of bein a good one. In 1853 my employers -ti e St. Joseph Iron Company - got large contract for making cast cha s for the Michigan Central road, to b used. -on the track between Niles an Buffalo. The work was very heavy a id laborious, so much so ta fast, that tl e company found it almost impossible to get them made. At this juucture r. John H. Orr, presi- dent of the comp uy, and a perfect gen- tleman in social •r business nitercourse, offered mo the co Arad, stating bis be- lief that I was th most likely to make a success. I co sidered this a good compliment, as ti e company had many good men at wor . I took the job and did make a succ ss of it. I finished, my first 100 tons in 4 months. With my helper ' 1 noulded every flask an( poured eve y pound of iron, mac e some moue • on this job, ae well as sn others that ollowed. " In 1fif51 I sold my home and )ought a b titer one. I c ntinued to work for the St. 'Joseph on Compan until 185 , when they old out their bu Mess, an' although I fegretted this, aving for u ed very stro attachments •or its me s bers, and sarticularly its presi- den , Mr. J. H. rr, it gave me in op - p0 unity to put o it practical test a pro ect which h a been long (11 my mi • d, and abou ;vhich I ha built ma iy an air cast e. This was nothing mo e nor less tha i the manufacture of plo vs on amy o n account. a t this timt the pow tra e was control ed by Mr. A, Outran a d Mr. Robert Nicer (w o was after yards elected 'ounty tre sure* and etween them there wa considerable competition- ore so fro 1 the fact the, both made go d im- ple nents. Com $etition, howev r, did not dampen my rdor, so, after isitiug Wi cousin with view of loca ing, I fin lly settled upi n South Bend s the mo t desirable slace. In co pany wit a fellow wo man (who so n got dis atisfied and s ld out) we re ted a hal' interest fro e Messrs. Ira F x. and A. arab, in the' 1 foundry and achine sho , with the u derstanding th it Mr. La Of b should col duet the busi ess as She representative of Fox as Lam.. An invsicingof the sleek showed th 5 my sha e of it to be •aid for amou ted to exa tly 580. We were no fairly lam° ed. in bus'ness and I h d accomplishe a part of •y long cher shed idea, ye very sod found out it was not all gl ry do- bus'ness for ones;f. True, we id all of our own work, but, at the bes , that wa not much. Our casts r n but and now, after 3; . away, through all little woman ha cheered me in my with me in my su Shat choice was t ally life. All hon marrying, my ow I paid $12 to a fe small shanty whi bank of the river iug to eastern par improvements. loom and made it new home. Mr. we were settled, aronnd, made a r forgst. I coran in mansion • I IS • SI thr e heats a we k, and only amaunted to om 1,500 -pounds to one ton. Our mo ey was soon exhausted, a d our sur ounding not b iug of that cha acter to indu e.capitalids to nvest, we ere truly in n unenviable s ate of aff irs, when to c own all our isfor- • Sun's, a tremencl ms freshet swe t the das away and flooded the f rnace. Th s put an effec ual stop to a work° for he time bein , but we soon had a hor e power secu ed and kept d ina a litt e until thelye ir following, '56, when the -St. joseph. h tel was built, a d we sec ed the cont ac't for the c lumns an window weig ts of that str cture. We found it of li tle value to us-, as we ha no means to •uy stock to fill it. In thi dilemma, r. M. Augustine, a wo thy farmer, f und us and off red to loa us MO. H took the firnhl note (no 1 very banls-.ab e paper, by theI way), an I am glad to say he got his money wh n it was due. . "By this time e had come o the COn lusion that business inn 5 be sou slit outside of SoutlyBend, 40 or 50 ben g the annut 1 aggregate of plows sol here. To t is end'1 bo ght a was an at a sale, ook one horse on it deb ,-got trusted. for another a d th her ess, and thu equipped I , tarte out to locate age cies. I found it u hill work, deliver ug all my plo s and rep irs personall3 •, still I kept at it, and by dint of h d labor very so n bad 80 acancies estab shed within a radius of 5 miles. We orked hard a d did all n our power a make it pay, et the cos of delivery ind the comm Ssions pai to agents lef our margins pro. fits very small in eed. About this ti e we saw an pen- iug in the wago -skein busine s and det rmined to in nufacture tha 1class of oods. We carried it A for sev ral years, ma sing a great ccess of i and running he business up to 130 sets per day. " n 1870 'Mr. °Kenzie, vie -presi- den of the Sing factory, asked e to ent rtain a propo ition to menu acture sew ng machine 02 stings. ' Wo c me to 11 IS t" I an agreement and for three years made thousands of sets of castings at a profit to ourselves and the Singer corapany. Owing to the great increase in our plow business, we were eventually obliged to give up the manufacture of skeins and sewing machine castings and devote our whole facilities to the maii- ufaotiure of plows. "Stili, as all these years went by I never ceased. thinking and studying over the one great object of my life, the realization of which was my highest ambition. This was the production of complete chilled plow,' au imple- ment to produce which fortunes had been unsuccessfully spent during the 25 years previous. Nothing daunted I determined to solve the mystery. When I announced my determination people held up their hands in admoni- tory horror and regarded me with feel- ings of astonishment not unmixed with contempt, which latter they were free to express. Plow makers who had. spent years in experimenting and abandoned the project of a complete chilled plow as impossible, advised me not to under- take it. Those who had aided me with money and influence forsook me, and. I was classed with the fools who pursue the fallacy of perpetual motion. Noth- ing daunted, although feeling keenly the cuts of former. friends, I determined to succeed. Day and night, for years I thought of nothing else and made every- thing else bend to this one great object of my life. Since the inteoduction of my chilled plow it has atotbeen a ques- tion of how many we could sell, but how many -we could make. In 1877 we sold. 60,000. From 1871 to 1876 inclusive our sales have doubled annually, and we have now upwards of 250,000 plows in the hands of farmers of this country. It is unneceesary for me to say any- thing about the satisfaction they are giving. The demand for them shows that."---Miclagan Farmer. , Canada. t; -The Halifax poor house contains 500 inmates. -Hay sells as low as 58 per ton in Belleville. -An amateur skated. five miles in 25 minutes at Brockville the other day. -Amin in Galt is turning out 200 barrels of flour daily, and it is al shipped to Glasgow direct. -ANorth Dumfries farmer, Mr .Alex. Barrie, has 125 acres of fall wheat una der crop thisyear. - Mr. D. E. Cameron has -been ap- pointed Treasurer of Lucknow, in place of G. J.{ Burgess " levanted." -Several bogus $5 bills on the bank of Commerce were circulated by strang- ers in Waterloo village one day last week. •--Harry Rudaford„ a young farmer living near Odessa, Ont., is reported to have fallen heir to a fortune of $64,- 000. - Miss Maggie Moses, a Mohawk girl, in her teens, was weighed at Mill. Point a few days ago and registered 332 pounds, - Hoch elaga, one of Montreal's suberbe, boasts a lamplighter who is a J. P., being among those recently created. -It is said that the Prince of Wales is under promise to visit Ottawa during She tenancy of the present occupants of Rideau Hall. -A gentleman in Montreal has been commissioned to purchase 2,000 Cana- dian horses for the French army, so it is reported. -The youngest son of F. Broughton, Esq., manager of the Great Western Railway, died. ou Tuesday morning last week, at Hamilton: - Rev-. M. Dimmick, of Dresden, has been offered a salary of $1,200 and $2.56 a day for expenses, to make a tour threugh.•the Western. States. -N. i. Clark, who has officiated in the TeesWater post office for the last three years, left that place for Manitoba, where he will remain until spring. . -A new Court af the Independent Order of Foresters has been instituted at Manitoba. This institution is now represented in every Province in - Can- ada. -Mrs. Blankey, ,the only sister of Hon. Dr. Tupper, died at the residence of her brother, Dr. N. Tupper, Amherst, Nova Scotia, on Wednesday of last week. -Mr. Robert Carter, oae of the old- est hotel keepers in Loadon, and a prominent Orangeman, died on Thurs- day of last week after a lingering ill- ness. -Only about 9,000 names out of the 30,000 of ratepayers of Montreal appear on the voters' list this year, the re- mainder having failed to pay their taxes before the 1st of January. --2-A‘bogus commercial traveller, who represented himself as taking orders for cheap turpentine, got a draft out of a Pembroke carriagemakerfor .570, and then left for parts unknown. -A young man named Edward Schooley, -Who was much respected, was killed by a, falling tree while chop- ping in the woods near Humberstone, Ont., on Tuesday of last week. tfs'-Last September a little girl of Mr. Lewis Weaver's, of Burford, swallowed a pin. The child has been ailing ever since, gradually wasting away. She died last week and. was buried on Sat- urday. -Wm. Palmer Holston, a workman at Dewolfe's carriage factory, Halifax, Nova Scotia, fainted while at work last Friday evening. He was conveyed home, and died in a.n hour. He had been for thirty years a local preacher in connection with the Methodist Church. -Counterfeit 51 bills on the Do- minion Beak are in circulation through Canada, and they are said. to be of a most perfect kind. The following de- fects are described: The printing is blacker than it should be, as though too much ink were used; the shading un- der the words "Dominion of 'Canada" is imperfect and scratched looking; She lathe work on the ends of the bor- der and on the back is poor; and the number of the bill, which -is print d in red, is in smaller type thansin the gen- uine article. .-Charles Taylor, of Montreal, hal- lenges any man in Canada or the 1 nit ed States to skate 10 or 20 mil 8on - Scugog Lake for any sum from $20 to $500. -One day last week Mr. fohn Thompson, of the 21st concessioi of West Williams, while out him ug, killed two red foxes, after a long chase. -A. monitor has been engaged 5. as- sist in teaching a school in the t van - ship of Blandford, at a salary of 4 00 a year. He devotes his whole ti is e to teaching. -A farm on Sprague's road, near Galt, has been sold by Mr. Thomas Oliver to Mr. George Hall for $50 per acre. The total will reach some hing over $8,000. -The farmers in the vicinity o 1 Ot- tawa have established a market just outside the city limits. This step has been brought about by the city le ying high market tolls. -Whiskey Straight is the name of a dog, at Ailsa Craig. his mother ew badger -without help -out of it btrrel, before leaving England. and, she w ighs only sixteen pounds. . -A large meeting of licensed vicjtual- lors -was held at Toronto recent1Yj and a motion pasSedpledging them Ives not to deal with wholesale men who supply illicit groggeries. -It is said that Mr. P. Redpath, the extensive sugar refiner, has ret rned from England with the view of resum- ing buisness in Montreal on th re- adjustment of the tariff. -The wood. yard. buildings of Mr. Fairgrieves, London, were destroy & by fire on Saturday night. Five h rses, which were in a stable connected with She buildings, were destroyed. -Last -week Mr. Lauchlin Mc ean, of Minto, purchased. ,from Mr. W. F. Wilson, of Harriston, a saw mili and eight hundred acres of land, together with a large timber limit, for 518,000. -Aldborough township councillors, county of Elgin, are conscientious. They have reduced their indemnity from $2 to $1 50 per day, and abolished the mileage allowante of 10 cents per Mile. -The License Inspector of the city of Toronto has ft female whiskeY in- former in his employ. She has a,ppeared as a witness in se eral cases in -which convictions have beeu recorded. --Mr. Charles Ford, of Montre cently wrote the Lord's Prayer piece of card board, in the space pied by a ten cent piece, each being well formed and not the blurred. -The watchman of a Quebec'are- house resigned his position becaus , as he asserted, his predecessor, wh re- cently died, visited the place avery night, blew out the light, and then laid down at his feet. -The curriculum of studies is 110 be augmented in the Galt Collegiat In- stitute. According to the local pa, er a Professor of dancing has been pro ised a large glass to be conducted in co ec- tion with the Institute. -Mrs. Fraser, wife of the Ree e of Teeswater, has been suffering severely with cancer in the breast. Last week & successful operation was performed by two local doctors', and hopes are entertained of Mrs. Fraser's recovery. -Four Ayr curlers .challengel any four Ontario curlers to a fri ndly match, for a barrel of flour, the win- ners to apply the flonr to cbariftable purposes. The match to be p1ay9d at Galt, Ayr or Paris. Address, Wm. Hilborn, Ayr Post Office. „ -On Saturday night, Jan. 18th, a barn belonging to Mr. Thos. Robinson, of Parkhill, on the town line of West Williams and McGillivray, was tete:11y destroyed. All his harvest toelS and. the season's grain crops were destrbyed. Slight insurance. Thought to be the work of an incendiary. - A Mrs. McIllear, who is ove 102 81 , 118 CCU- etter least. • years old, is residing in Montreal. is a native of Ireland, but has liv that city for 40 years, having gone in 1834 with her children and g children. She is residing wit daughter and, grand -daughter, who are widows as well as the ceutenarian her- self. 1 -An old Custom House officer, at Quebec,named. Gardner fell dead in a pew ha the Basilica on Wednesday morning last week, while attendinlg the 'funeral of the late Jesuit father, Pere Huygens. There was just`time to con- vey him into the sacristy and aditis- ter the la.st rites of the Church efore life was extinct. -The townof Uornwall has. derred to give a bonus of $10,000 towa s a , s new enterprise, namely, the erectien of a cotton mill in that place. Messrs. Gault Brothers et Co., of Montreal, are to expend -some $200,000 in the erec- tion of 'suet' it mill. It Will be re-' memberedthat some three years a.go an extensive cotton mill built there' was destroyed by fire. ' - ' - Last week, while Messrs. Chas. and James Hayes were chopping i- the woods, on their farm, on the 18th con- cession, West Williams, - Mr. Chas. Hayes accidentally struck his eibow against the edge of an axe in his brother's hand, who was *running to- wards him, inflicting a very severe wound, which will very likely permane ently disable him. -According to the Belleville papers there is an epidemic among the horses in that section. It takes the form of scratches, the leg s -welling and craSking in the heel, in some. cases the hoof' sep- arating from the foot. It appears to be very prevalent an.d's of a malignant character. One veterinary surgeon has had as many as 20 cases a day. Parties who have horses -that are affected re- quire to be careful in handling them, as several individuale have been poison - She d in here and - her , ed by the virus from the wounds, their arras swelling to an enormous size. Horse owners in that section of the country had better be on the lookout for this latest visitation. -Last week Mr. Joseph Vance, of East Zona, shot a very fine specietten of the baldheaded eagle. The bird weighed eleven pounds, and measured seven feet four inches across the wings. It is now in the bands of the taxidermist. -At a public entertainment near Ottawa recently, a youthful elocution- ist indiscreetly chose the American "Declaration of Independence" as his theme. He hurriedout the back door amid a shower of ink bottles and cow hide boots. - -A bee keeper near Kingston had last spring ten hives of bees -this fall he has thirty-one. The product of these was 2,800 pounds of beautiful honey, leaving 600 pounds in the hives for winter consumption ; he extracted. 2,200 lbs. for use or sale. -The statement that the Rev. W. F. Checkley, of St. Paul's Church, To- ronto, died from starvation, is contra- dicted by a brother of the late clergy- man, who says that the whole account is utterly untrue, and that his brother had 41,200 a year instead of $400, as re- ported. -The wernan.e Christian Temper- ance Association of Oshawa have cir- culated a petition praying that the billiard lieense be fixed at 5300. This is done because it is held that the coun- cil has not power to prohibit such sa- loons, and so high afee will, practically, be prohibition. -There is a youna lady in Port Hope who has appeared' before the public, kindly favoring them with illustrations of her singing powers, no less than six- teen times:during one week. Every time. her delighted listeners demand more. Such continual exercise must be it great 'strain on the vocal chords. -One of the Mennonite gills at Pem- bina, having ran away to Texas with a soldier, and there marriecl him, all the Mennonite young men and women in Manitoba were ordered home on the first day of the new year, the elders fearing that others of the faith may be- come similarly demoralized. -A Harriston coroner has received ' from Professor Ellis, of Toronto, an ac- count of the analysis of the stomach and its contents of the late Jane Knowles, _ who died very suddenly in Palmerston a couple of months ago. The Professor says he found strychnine in both the parts sent to him. . -Last Friday evening, Lakeview House, near Upter Grove, Ontario county, was discovered to be on fire in the basement, which was soon beyond. all control, and the building was com- pletely consumed, including anew $1,- 000 piano. Comparatively nothing was - saved. Loss, $15,000. No insurance. -The other day Mr. John Martin, of Blenheim, met :with a sad. accident. He was in the woods fora load of 700a, when his load upset, burying the young man beneath, and. fracturing his leg so that the bones protruded through the flesh. He was alone and not able to release himself for it long time. Under medical care he is _slowly improving. -Mr. Andrew Ross; of Nairn, met with a serious accident lately. He was •-maharnessing one of his horses, -when the animal kicked him in the face, fairly demolishing his nose and. smash- ing his face badly. The blow knocked him down and. the'vicious animal trampled. .on him, inflicting further serious injury. It is thought that he will recover, but he -will be disfigured for. ithy - Ladies' College is in a flouriShing condition. The number of pupils is constantly increasing, and the general health was never better. There are now eighty boarders in the institu- tion, being the largest number since its establishment. Financially the college is on a most satisfactory basis, and the facilities for a liberal education a,re equal to those to be found in any sim- ilar school on the continent. -The horse trade at' Montreal is svery brisk at present, owing to the de- mand. kr shipment to the -United States. Last Wednesday ninety-flVe horses, costing $7,482.25, were sent across the lines from that city. Same fifteen or sixteen choice French Cana- dian horses have been bought by Messrs. Ross & BenSon, of Winnipeg, who are now in Montreal purchasing two car loads of horses to take to MIMI- Oba. 1 , -A collieion occurred on the Levis and. Kennebec ; railway near St. An- sel/fie station, Rrovince of Quebec on Thursday at no -,,n, between a passenger train and an engine that was opening She road. T1a9 second class., ear on the passenger train was telescoped by a platform ear, a d one passenger, named J. B. Lailamm , was instantly killed. Dr. Morisset,. 4 St Henedine, had his leg cut ofCand another passenger was badly hurt. One of the engines was smashed, but the other received. very little damage. _ -A letter was received at Ottawa, the other day, from Bishop Duhamel. He states that he will leave Rome February 3rd, Paris February 20th, and Liverpool March 61Ih. He will prob- ably arrive in ttawa about the 17th of She same month. He reports with eminent satisfaction that in his audi- ences with His Holiness th.e, Pope and the Cardinals of different Congregations many enquiries , were made by His Holiness and their Eminence tOuching She geography of --Canada, its system of civil government and public works, and the manners .and customs of its people. The splendid iaps csf the D0111113i011 which he had br�ught with him were carefully studield, and. elicited their as- tonishment at lhe extent of our terri- tory and its va ions and. important re- sources, although they had. already far more general knowledge of this country than is enjoyedi by most of the public men in England. Pope Leo 'WIT., like his great predecessor, is deeply inter- IVIcLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. ested. M the religious education of vouth., and no information concerning this dio- cese pleased bim snore than the success of its college and numerous acadenaies "-a scii:ell-Its- Anowt.). boot -black in Lon- don, having observed the annual state- ments of loan societies, insurance com- panies, and so on, determined to 'give the public some statistics relating to his own affairs. Wherefore he has compiled the following ; Paid-up capi- tal, 34 cents; surplus, 6 cents, number of " blacks " during 1878, 752, cash lost on street, $1.20 ; number of fights, 28, number of victories, 27; present liar bilities, 2 cents; dividends to stock- holders, 000. -An application came b▪ efore the Adelaide township Council at it re- cent meeting which forms thebasis of it good story. A pound keeper in the township had a strayed. horse in pound. A sale was advertised, and the animal knocked down to the pound keeper him- self, as the highest bidder, for $5. The pound keeper then made application to the council to be paid. $2.„50 as expenses -the cost of keeping the horse over the sum realized. The Council, good'na- tilted souls that they were, paid 'the cid-II-lair. Paul Huffman, Sr., one of the earliest settlers in Burford, Brant -comity, and may justly be called one of Burford's pioneers, was found dead in his bed Tuesday morning, last week. He retired as usual the night before, and when a member of the family called at 1118 room at a late hour in the morning, he was found dead, 'While never taking any very active part in politics, he voted. with the Conserva- tive party. At the time of his demise he was residing with his Bon, Paul ELuffinan, Jr., at Northfield Centre. He was in his 77th year. l',2111 Tuesday evening, 14th inst., at his late residence, let concession, Huron„ near Amberley, Andrew Mor- ton, aged. 79 years, died very suddenly. He was a native of Ireland, but had made Canada • his home for a great number of years. 'He sdtled in the township of Hurn in the year 1853, and was consequently 0310 of the first settlers. His death was sudden.; he - having partaken of slipper as usual, • and had taken. up -a paper to read,when. - he leaned his head upon the table and passed away, apparently without pain. -s-On Saturday, the 18th inst., an. In- dian named. Carpeuter, residing on -the Brant Reserve, brought a load of wood. into Caledonia for sale, and in the after- noon succeeded. in selling it to a man. named. Smith, residing on. the Huron. and Port.Dover Railroad, near McKen- zie's bridge. A dispute took place be- tween the parties as to the quality of the wood, -which became very excited. Spiith at last became so excited that he seized a handspike which was lying in the sleigh and striking the Indian over the head. inflicted a wound which on Monday resulted. fatally. --=The death is announced. of Col. Perley, of Burford, which took place at his residence on Sunday last. The de- ceased. gentleman was 82 years of age. He was born in New Brunswick, and. camp to this section of the conntry at a very early age, being for about 77 years a resident therein, living Brat at An - caster, from there removing to the county of Norfolk, and came to Burford in 1832, where he has lived ever since: He served in the war of 1812 and also in the rebellion of 1837. The Colonel was a. staunch Coneervative. Ile is deeply regretted. by all who knew him. -On Tuesday of last week a sad af- fair occurred in the township Som- bre. On the day in question. Mr. Chas. Seltnan took down his gun with the in- tention of shooting a wood -pecker, which was sitting 031 the wood -shed. He went out at the front door -after warning his little boy, aged about five years, not to go out on any aecount. The boy, however., nealected the warn- ing, went out by a baa door, and came , rdght inthe way of the shot as his father fired. The charge lodged in the side of his head, and the poor' lad. only lived for about two hours. His father a is naturally almost distracted over the sad affair. -Respecting A.Id. Cieudenning, of Montreal, who last week left the city, leaving his business in trouble, it is stated. that IsSa. Clendertning has returned. to the city. One of the credi- tors states that the estate 'will be re- turned to Air. Glendenning, and that the business will go on as usual, for, he a,aas, the west end can't afford. to lose Clendenning. The elosing ef the a . foundry would be as bad to them as if the Bank of Montreal closed. up. There world be two hundred men thrown out of employment, and a velyhealthy busi- ness stopped," He also stated. that a private meeting of the creditors would be held, and -that Mr. 01-endexming should have time or funds, or anything he needed. ---Mr . Lyons, it farmer in the town- ship Loughboro, Frontenac catinty, had it tussle with a bear the other Saturday night. About 8.30 on the evening in questionMr. Lyons went out into the barn to attend to his horses. While on his way he heard it commotion in She building, and. upon proceeding to it found a bear making havoc among the . calves. As he stepped into the barn, with s, lamp in his hand, the bear made a spring at him, taking him by sura prise, but he retained his presence of mind. He grappled with the bear, sma after a short and. desperate struggle gained the victory, but not before his clothes had been torn into shreds, and his person well scratched by the am- mal's claws. Mr. Lyoas says Shat he only gained the advantage by choldmg. the bear. It was about two years old and in prime condition. This as the second. time Mr. Lyons has had to grapple with wild animals, His first- eircounter was about twelve year; ago, when he had a " close -call" while ever - coming a wolf, and his bands still bear theMarks of the tussle.