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The Huron Expositor, 1879-02-14, Page 1FEBRUARY 7, 1879. 11.10 two ladies who had .beetk ea out were brought to Exeter ill% i. Fortunately they were unhurt, %------ ktrived this week, at the oak [ nothing Eatablishment, the Lorne gs, in all the different shade3. are the latest novelties fil.the et at the present time for a nobby Call aud see them. Hazel & Tame Seaforth. 879 1879 DOUCALL NOUNCE THE ARRIVAL OF THEIR FIRST LID CYCTI•I'llizt:V. PORTATIO -0 AZ THIS SEASON. ST OPENED OUT Part of which consjsts of HUNDRED AND TWENTY • FRE nECES OF NEW HOLLAND% A they 0iTer ,at tlfe. Prices ieces at 10 ceitts per yard. 1at yeai iald at 12t cent a per yard. ieces at 121 cents per yard; last ear :Idats15 cents per yard.. - ,eces at 15 cents per yard, last year 5.01c1 at 13 cents per yard. [-tees at i ceaseptr yard, lest year 'd at •0 cents -ear -yards asassatatila'cents per yard,. last y ceess per tare. DO PIECES 400 (ew NtERICAN COTIONS, s. at 6 cents, 7. cents, 8 cents, flt,a per ,yarcl. Value e Have Ever., Had ANNUAL STOCK-TAKIN te going on, and for E _NEXT TEN DAYS '11.NANTS OF DRESS GOODS, &c., will be sold at EA -DP 1:3.17tIO... (i AND SEE THE GREA BARGAINS. CDOUGALL & Cat raPorters and DealerS Dr Y Goods Only. TWELFTH YEAR; ' WHOLE NUMBER, 584. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1879. 6 1/IcLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE, PROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that con- veniont and desirable residence on the Owner of High and Market Streets, lately occupied by DI. Verona. Apply to DB. VERCOE. 488 WOR SALE.—For Sale a first class PIaniug -I: Mill, nearly new and in good running order, situated in the flourishing Town of Seaforth, W111 be sold cheap. Terme easy. Enquire of SECORD, COSSENS & Goderieh, Ont. WOB SA.LE.—The Subscriber has for sale a 50 acre lot in the township -of McKillop, Connty of Huron, 20 acres are cleared and the balance well timbered with beeeli and maple. The property will be sold cheap. Apply ta JAS. H. BENSON, Solicitor, Seaforth, Opt. ;en . WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot No. 5, Bay - 1: field. Conceseion, Goderieh Township, con- taining 85 acres, 50 of which are cleared and in a good state of enitivation. The farm is adjoining the village of Baytield, and will be sold cheap and on_ favorable terms. Apply to the proprietor, JOHN GOVENLOCK. 524 (1)10IC-E FARM FOR SALE—Being.'1.4ot 4, `-/ Con. 7„ Hullett, County of Huron; 1UT RGTOS 80 cleared, well underclmined, and in a good state of cultivation; baildings convenient and good; terms easy. For further particulars apply to Messrs.H McCAUGLY & HOLMESTED, Seaforth, OT 611 the premises to WM. E. COLDWELL. Con- stance p. o. 555 _ VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Y the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S.,' Tuokermaith, County of Huron, consisting of 50 acres, 31 miles from the Town of Seaforth and convenient to school. The land is of thbi very best quality. •For further particulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to Egmond-ville P. 0. 524 _ WARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 11, Con. 3, • -1" H. R. 8., Tuckersmith, containing 50 aores, about 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and under good cultivation. No buildings. Is within one mile and a half of &Worth, on the Grand Trunk, and 6 miles from Kippen on' the Great Western, A. good gravel road leading to each place. Apply to C. E. VANEGIVIOND, Egnaond- ville. _ 575 WARM FOR SALE —That splendid farm, tot • 23, Can. 3, MeRillop, containing 100 acres, _mare or less; 80 acres cleared and free from stumps; balance hardwood ; good soil; 2 good dwelling houses, 2 good barns, and other out- buildings ; large orchard. and 2 good wells; 18 acres fall wheat; only -one and a half miles from Seaforth, on a gravel road. For terms, &c., ap- ply to the proprietor on the premises. WIL- LIAM CLUFF. 582 _ WARM PPR SALE.—For Sale, West half of -A: Lot 9, Con. 9, Hallett, containing 50 aeres, 40 acres are well cleared, without stumps, and in a good state of cultivation, being well underdmin- ed ; on the pramises there is a new frame house, .22x32, frame barn and two frame stables, also a good bearing orchard and never-failirig well with; pump. Considerable fall plowing done; also falll wheat sown. Apply to DAVID HILL, on the premises, or to Constance P. 0. 573-tf. TOBOPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Let 44, Con 16, Grey; West half ot Lot 29, Cu. 6, with Olean) factoly complete; Lot 1 Cpl. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5. town- ship of Morris; Lot 22,Con. 11, and Lot 28 Con. 13, township of Hoick, all good improved fs.rms, together wiih several 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots in the vi4a3e of Brussels. Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus- sels. 1574 FARM FOE SALE.—For Sale, that most ;desir- able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6-, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated 1 nines -from. Kinbarn. and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are exeellent buildings on the premises, inelading a first-class atone hoase, two storey, 30- by 40 feet. A Spring creek runs through the farni; good orchard, good fences, and: the land in an excellent state of ail- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mc - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES II. BENSON, -Sea- ierth. 562_ --- WARM FOR SALE.—That well-known and fine- ly situated farm, Lot 1, Con: 1, Hullett, in the County of Huron, containing 100- acres, 90 .of wideh are cleared; there are two frame dwelling houses, barn, horse stable, cow stable, eheep-house and drivinghouse ; also orchard and abundance of • water. The farmis situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on. the-anron Road. For full particulars apply to Me.CAUGI1EY & HOLME- STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on the premises. 553-4x 7, VALUABLE FARM - FOR SALE.—For. Sale,. - • Lot 11, Con. 8, H. R. S., Tuekersmith, con- taining 100 mores, 90 of whieh are cleared and in a good state of eultivation, being well underdrain- ea, the balance is good .hardwood bash. • Good stone house, frame barn and stables ; weilwatered, - and • geed bearirwerchard. Is situated about 5 miles from Seaforth and 13rucelield,-and 3 from Rippe. -Sehool close by, and all other conveni- ences. For farther partioulaxs apply to DAVID MOORE, on the premises, or to Egmondville _ VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale the • west half of Lot 27, Con. 3,1McKillop, con- •aining 50 cieres, known as the Deigle estate.. This arm is situated within one mile and a ciao:Amof Seaforth. The land is of the ehoicest quality. There is a handsome residence and good outbuild- ings. Tb.e farm is veil planted with -fruit and pr.. namental trees, is in excellent order, and well fenced. It is admirably suited for a retired gen- tlernaa„ a dairy -man, or market gardener. Terms easy. -This property must be sold at once. Apply to- A. STRONG, Seaforth. • 539 ' WARM IN McRILLOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, ▪ the North part of Lots 8 and 9,. Oen. 13, Mc- Killop, containing 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, anderdrained, and Ina high state of cultivation,: the balance is well timbered with hardwood.; good dwelling, new bank! frame Darn 50x56, witli stabling underneath, and other outbuildings; also a good young. orehard and plenty ot -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 sehools ; will be sold as a whole or in two parts. Apply to Walton P. O. or to the proprietor on the l prem- ises.. WILLIAM DYNES. 547 Hb'EL_FOR SALE.—For Sale or to' Rent, for a term of years, the Railway Hotel in tho Village 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 mill, saw mill and .salt block, also o.p,posite the stores of Messrs. Joseph Kidd and Thomas Ring. There are ten comfortable bed rooms upstairs, -besides sitting, dining, bar and other rooms. Also first-class sheds and stabling, and all other necessary accommodations and con venial:tees. Possession given lat of April. .- Apply personally to JOHN MeCONNELL, Proprietor, or to THOMAS RING, Dublin.- j 580 • _ • .1 — WARM FOR SALE.—The eubsoriber offers for -".; sale Lot 22, Con. 12.o1 the township at Stan- ley, containing one hundred acres, 83 acres clear edand 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 .ef a thriving orchard on the premises and a viz ietrof fruit trees all now bearing. The farm is well watered, a :never failing- creek runs through the farm, also two good wells, large bank barn 36 by 60 feet with good. stabling 'under- neath the barn, auci a log dwelling house!. The farmis situated withiu two and a; half Miles of tise village of Bayfield. For further particulars apply to S. McLEAN, proprietor on the premises or to W. Connor, Bayfield P. 0. STOCK FOR:SERVICE. [672 9.10 PIG BREEDERS.—The undersigned will keep during the present Season, on Lot 27, Con. 4; McKillop, a Suffolk Boar. Terms, Si:per sow, payable at the time of service, with the privilege of returning if necessary. WILLIAM J. GRIEVE. 1 578 MO PIG 131tEE1)EP.S.—The undersigned will -L keep for the improvement of stock during the present season, on Lot 2, Con. 10, IC R. S., Tackeramith, a Thorough Bred Suffolk: Boar. This pig took the first prize at Seaforth, And is one of the best in the county. TERMS.—One dollar, to be paid at the time of service, with the privilege of rettirning if necessary. ADE.XAN- DER YULE. . 572 \ MANITOBA. To the Editor of the guron Expositor. DEAR SIR: I have been waitina to see and feel sOme of the effects or the terrible winter weather, which wo were informed would frighten us more than mosquitoes, mud, or any .of the other objections raised against this country, but up to this time, I must say that we have all been agreeably disappointed. On or about the l6th October last,when Mr. W. 0. Fowler was here, Ave bad two or three days of :disagreeable weather followed by over a month bf Indian summer, which made up in part for whet we suffered from mos- quitos. Winter set in about 23rd No- vember, not with ram, slush or mud, . as 1- have been accustomed to, but gradually getting colder every day, un- til about Christmas and New Years, when the thermometer marked 35 to 40 degrees below zero. 1 have a great number of letters- which should have been answered long ago. My only ex- cuse is that I expected to be -stormed in once or twice every meek with these frightful blizzards, and' would then do all my letter writing. I have not seen a storm here yet as bad as some I saw in Seaforth. We all enjoy the winter weather here much more than at home. It is So steady with us, no hea vy snow falls, very dry, and with very few exceptions, most beaUtiftd., The ther- mometer has been about 200 below zero for several weeks. We have not had the appearance of a thaw since win- ter set in, and good - sleighing right along, no hinekacle with too much snow, yet 'always enough to make travel good. I was on my way to Winnipeg_ with a load of oats, enjoying the clear, sharp morning, sitting on top of 42 bags of oats (115 bushels) whistling a lively air in:keeping with my feelings, and afterwards heard the thermometer' • that morning was 400 degrees below zero. I did not know it at the time, which shows that the cold here has net the same effect on a person that it has in Ontario. In fact v,re have to look at the mercury to find out whether or not it is too cold to go for a drive. I have a well nine feet deep with it common _pimp in it, which has been working °eery day this winter.. It is sixty yards from any building, and has only a cov- ering of inoh boards, yet we have had little or no trouble with it, so that we .lo not dread -the winter here, but ranch prefer it to any winter I remember of having at- home. I have a span of mares which came froth. Ontario. I never blanket them in the stable,which is much more open and airy than the general run of stables With you, yet they thrive, look well, and II have not seen them shake with cold its I have seen at home. We have two cows giving milk since last May. Mrs. Logan is still milking twice a day, and makes from • them :bout seven pounds Of butter .per week, which is not bad at this time of the year in such a cold country. But you will think this is enough about the winter, and I would only say that, so • far, it is the favorite season with me. Some ask me if there is any land near here open for settlement. I know of none within 15 or 20 miles that would be desirable, for Government laud is be- ing taken up very fast, and railways are expected out west of Winnipeg within two years. In regard to the high opin- ion some have of this • country, I know an instance of one man about last Feb- ruary investing $1,200 in wild land, in less than 11 months he sold the same for $3,000. Another man took up 160 acres of wild land a year ago, having three years to pay it, he was offered, in less than six months after, $150, just to abandon his claim to it, so that some have great faith in the future greatness of this country. Some enquire about • what to bring along for farming. I would not advise them to bring any- thing but some household stuff, especi- ally bed and body Clothes, with dishes, etc.'packed among them. As most of the houses here are small, the less the better, if just sufficient to get along, for goods here are very much cheaper than they were a year ago. Any one bring- ing sleighs should be sure to get them • steel shod, as I have to get steel on mine, which are shod with iron. The wagon. I .brought is too heavy ndBsmall in front wheels. I could not advise anyone to bring a wagon. Moderate- sized. horses are the best. A good breed of hogs would. pa.y well. The prices of grain at Winnipeg are: Wheat, 50c to 60c : oats, 48c to 52c; barley, 48c. Portage prices are: Wheat, 38c to 40c: oats, 35c; barley, 35c. All the above are cash; 'higher pribes are paid in trade. Cows range from $30 to 45;$ a, good span of horses, $100; oxen, $130 to $160 a yoke ; butter, 20c to 25o; pork, $6 to $6.50; beef, $6 to $7. • I would advise any farmer moving in here with a family to rent a farm the first year on Shares, as he will find it very much to his advantage in many ways, especially in savinet'of money. In conclusion, I may say Ido not won- der at people getting attached to this country, for there seems to be abund- ance of everything for man and beast,. leaving little reason for grumbling. re main , Yours, WM. Loewe. PORTAGE LA PRAIRIE, Jan. 24, 1879. • "Shooting Affray."—An Un- - truth. To the Editor of the Huron Expositor. SIR,—In a late number of your paper it was stated that a party recently fired 'either at the driver of the- Bayfield stage or at myself," -while travelling from Seaforth. The, statement is un- true. I heard in a distant part of the wood something like a shot, or rather, like the cracking of some branch of a tree during frost, and paid no regard to it; but if it were a shot, I do not think it was directed at the stage -coach —least of all, at myself, as no one could possibly know that I was returning to Bayfield (after an absence) at the time I clid, or even recognize either of us, amid the darkness of the night. You further state t at I had " arms " for protection. T is is another untruth. As a minister • the church to which have the honor to belong, I never car- r ed. such a thi g as arms in my life. hirdly, you at te that the "poor driver h mself was u armed." This appears also untrue, as 111 drivers of Her M jesty's mails arr required to carry arms. Fourthly, you s ate that both I and the driver said we had enemies." This is another deliber te untruth—such words never escaped y lips in my life. I never knew tha I had an enemy be- fore till I saw i stated in your 'paper ! No doubt, as a • inister of the Church of Scotland in Canada, I have had to contend agains the Unionist party in defence of her j st rights—no doubt . I have had enem es in the sense of op- ponents of our ational Kirk—no doubt I have had my share of persecution at their hands (at present strangers occu- py nay Bayfield Church, which an un- just Legislatur took from me and my people)—no do ibt, I sati, along with my esteemed rethren, I have suffered great and unju tifiable wrongs at the hands of Unio ists and their abettors, who stole from us our kirks, colleges, manses, lauds nd money; but, at the same time, I d 1 not suppose that any of the said Uni nists would be guilty of the base and c wardly act of shooting a man from behi d a. tree! Such an act could not adva ce their cause nor hin- der ours. The e - are plenty who will assert the righ of the Kirk, which ,is yet destined t triumph and prevail, and which, ma. er God's blessing, will prove, as she h s ever done, a blessing to the people of Canada. Meanwhile we can wait p tiently till the day of retribution da ns, and the Privy Coun- cil of Great Br tann restores to us our rights, our oh irches and possessions. shall feel obl ged, in the interests of truth, by your inserting this letter in your next issue'. I am, sir, yours re- spectfully,. J. MOFFATi, SCOTCH gine, tAYFIELD, Feb. 4, 1879. [En. Korn.—If -e recollect aright, tin para- graph referred to w s copieclfrom a contemporary] • The S attle Disease. • • Mn.• EDITOR As -there appears to exist a great deal of doubt in the minds of th public as to what this cattle dis ase that they see so much of in the papers really is, some papers calling it Rinderpest, others, Pleuro Pneuna nia, cc., and as a good many of your r aders are farmers, and most of them raising cattle for the English marke , I have no doubt that a short sketch of these diseases would be -of general i terest at present. Rinderpest sr the cattle plague is generated on t• e plains or steppes of Russia in Asia andscaai always be found in a more or ess active form among the herds Of half wild cattle that roam over tho e vast plains.- The first authentic acc unt of Rinderpest we have was in 18,5, when a cargo of fat exert was brou ht from Russia to Eng- . land and sold o butchers itt nearly all the principal ities. This spread the disease over t e whole country, and it Was finally sta ped out by the British Government, at not until thousands of attle Were ki ed and millions of pounds pent in th: process. Rinderpest ay be c efined as ' _a malignant and highly c ntag,i •tis fever. After -an ani- •naal has bee submitted to the con- agion, tl e di ease becomes fully de - eloped i froiis four to eight days; it runs a d finite course, and usually ter- inates atoll ; not more than from ve to tei. per cent. recover. - The fi st s eptoms observed are a ullness nd ant of appetite for afene ays, th n a hivering fit, after which he temp ratu e -of their bodies rises in ome cas s as igh as 106. The teeth re grou d in essantly, and an eruption cams on the tongue and membranes ining th mo th, from which the saliva ows itt 1 arge quantities; bowels con- tipated n th first stages, but latterly iarrhoa sets n, and the patient dies n a few ays. The disease presents a real m ny 4if the characteristics of yphoid ir tha enteric fever of man, nd is om 'anied by greatabdominal •ain. e T xan cattle were supposed o have 1 inde pest a few years ago, and rof. S uith, •f Toronto, with several ther em nent veterinarians were sent ver to i spec theta, and found that he dise se as entirely different— rising om t e excessive, heat of the un and he ant of proper shade, and rom dri • king impure water found in tagnaint pool;, and that it was not con- agious. • Thum P eumonia, on the other and, is an in iammation ,of the lungs • nd. their cov:ring, the pleura, and is f two kinds. The firet or simple kind s generally b iought on from cOld and xposure, and is not contagious. The econd or con iagious species, which has lone so much harm in Britain, and has aused them o much trouble and ex- )ense to rid tl emselves of, and we ueed ot wonder at them taking alarm and teadily enfor ing the quarantine, when o many cattl are being landed on their hores very ay from America, and hey fi d som of them suffering from he in ch dreaded disease. This pecul ar contagious lung fever akes from tw to three -weeks to be- ome fully de eloped, although in some ases the ani 1 als die very rapidly, of - en in three o four days; but in the iajority of Gs ses it runs a course of ttm one to wo months. The early symptoms of en pass unnoticed, and when atten ion is called to the animal, it is if its feed and appears nwell and 113 s it hard, dry cough. As he disease sa vances the breathing be- comes faster a ,1 d the coat staring and hide bound; the a • imal feels pain on pressure etween the IIs, lies a great deal, and utters a pe liar grunt, which, once eard, is not soon forgotten; the legs and horns be onae cold; the abdomen lbecomes diste ded with gas; and death quickly closes the scene. On examina- tion after de th, the 'lungs are found greatly enlarg d, fillingtheentire cavity • • •1 • • of the chest, very heavy, and instead of the light, spongy feeling othealth, they are found hepatized and solid. The foot and mouth disease is dis- tinct from either of the above, being a fever with an eruption in the mouth, between the hoofs, or both. It has not .been fatal in many cases in Britain, and is easily treated. In fact, if the cases are of a mild nature, they need no treatment. Sheep are subject to the same disease and. have it often in a much more severe- form than, cattle. D. MCIsTATIG T, V. S• SEAFoRTH, Feb. 12, 1879. Canada. —It takes $10,000 to keep Montreal streets clear of snow in winte —On the 31st of January, the wife of Mr. Wm. Corbett, of McGilli 'ray, died from the effects of the disease' known as "black tongue." —H. W. Jarvis, the alleged default- ing Loudon post office clerk, has been committed for trial on a charge of rob- bing registered letters. —A Galt market gardener presented the Editor with fine samples of rhubarb and lettuce a couple of weeks ago. He says he will be able to supply these deli- cacies for the rest of the season.• " —It is said that Mr. Joseph Leslie, postmaster, Toronto, has been placed upon a superannuation allewance of $2,500 per annum. His successor will not be appointed until after the session of Parliament. • —The Toronto Police Magistrate has sentenced Daniel Filson to five years in the Penitentiary, for taking $150 from J. 11. Foley, whom . he compelled to stand. and deliver with a pistol at his head. —Another claim upon the Royal bounty hest been established by the family of Mr. Juo. McAllister, of Covey Hill, Province of Quebec, to which was added on the 28th ult. two daughters and one son. —Mr. Nathan Kelly, of Malahide, who is in his ninety-second year, cut down a tree the other day, and then chopped and piled it up, the result of his labors bein,,a rather over three-quar- ters of a cord of firewood. —A little girl, niece of Mr. Robert Keifer, of Parkhill, was scalded to death one day last week by falling into a tub of hot water. How many warn- ings will it require to render people more careful about leaving children and hot water in company. —One of the oldest Masons in the world recently passed away, and was buried with Masonic honors, in the per- son of Mr. Lewis Palmer, of Bertie township. The deceased gentleman was eighty-three years of age, and. bad been a Mason for sixty-one years. —It is rumored that one of the rea- sons given by Rey. Dr. Robb for sever- ing his connection with a wealthy Pres- byterian church in Toronto, was the determination of the congregation to place an organ in the church. Such an act is considered rank heterodoxy by a good many Presbyterians. —Following the example of her Royal mother, Her Majesty the Queen, who, in cases of triplets being born in her dominions, sends the parents £3, Her, Royal Highness the Princess Louise has presented Mrs. McNulty, of Mon- treal, whose fine progeny have already received considerable attention, with the same amount. —Hogs of the Berkshire breed gen- erally turn out to be very valuable, but the Berkshire boar is sometimes a dan- gerous animal. One of them lately got loose and severely injured some of Mr. Semis' horses and cattle, in Parkhill. One valuable horse had the cords of his leg so torn by the , boar's tusks as to be entirely useless. —The town of Paris taxpayers pay at the rate of 13 mills on the dollar. An the 'public buildings, town hall, cen- tral and Ward schools, dcc., iron bridges, steam engine, and other apparatus are paid for, and there is not ono cent of municipal indebtedness. That is a record. that Paris should be proud of. —An eagle was shot at Baden the other day, by Jas. Gardner. This specimen of the "proud bird of free- dom," measures seven feet from tip to tip, and its weigkt is twelve pounds. Its talons are of a beautiful ebony and nearly two inches long, and with such claws appeared to be able to take a large animal away without much dif- ficulty: —One evening lately Miss Bertie Paltridge, of Galt, the particulars Of whose marriage, will- be found in an- other column, was made the recipient at the hands of the 'teachers of the Methodist Church Sabbath School of that town, of a very handsome present in the shape of an illustrated family Bible; beautifully bound, as a slight testimonial to her for her Efficient ser- vices. as organist of the School. The. presentation was aocorapanied by a very pleasing address. —A little three-year-old daughter of Mr. James Stewart, of Musquito Cove, New Brunswick, was playing with some matches on Thursday afternoon of last week, when they accidentally lit and set fire to the child's dress, burning her badly about the chest and neck. • Mr. Stewart's wife died on Tuesday, and it was just at the time of the funeral that the accident, which caused great ex- citement about the Cove, occurred. It is doubtful if the child. will re- cover. —The Amherstburg Echo says• : Whett winter set in, Gilbert Bertrand was so troubled with rats in his shop, that he began poisoning them to get rid. of them and BOOn made them scarce. Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand have both been very ill lately, but when the thaw came on, such a fearful:strench arose about the place, that certain rooms had to be shut up, and finally, in spite of their illness, they had to be removed to an- other house. On raising a board in the floor of the house, the cause of the smell was accounted' for by 36 dead rats lying between the floor a d the ceiling, piled up in heaps of fro 8 to 15, just as theyhad died. —A. book on " Everlasthig unish- xnent," by the Rev. Mr. Softly, o New Hamburg, is about to be publish d. —The members and adherent of the Strathroy Presbyterian Church have decided to allow the Use of the o eaan in church worship, —Archbishop Lynch, it is sal , has determined to refuse the rites ;of the Church to those persaas whd have taken part in the recent agitation con- ceining the Separate SChools. —Mr. Geo. Nay, of the township of Cartwright, Victoria °minty, was badly bitten by a Vicious horse on Monday night of last week, while unhitch ng the team from the sleigh, when the tnimal caught him by the. lower part of the face in its mouth, completely c -Frying away the under lip. - —Shortly after afire in Bracebridge a few, days ago, the residence of Mr i Hugh Denison was entered. while hend his 1 wife were at theplace of the fire,a d $800 in Bank of Ireland bills (10's, 5's, 8's,, and l's) stolen'. A man named Arm- strong was arrested on suspicion, but discharged. Mr. Denison had only re- cently come out and the lossieaves him nearly penniless in a strange land. —A -terrible explosion occurred in Guelph on Thursday of last week, about two o'clock at the Welling- ton Oil Co's., refinery by the bursting of a large fuel tank used in storing pot tar. A fire broke out immediately after the explosion, but was speedily suppressed by the employees using snow. Had the fire gained headway the loss would have been great as the works are in fall blast. There was no insurance. —Miss Christina Jamieson, of Berlin, has Completed a quilt of the log cabin pattern, containing 192 blocks, 25 dif- ferent pieces in each block, tr4ing in all 5,300 distinct pieces. The quilt presents a very fine appearanfficts credit on Miss Jamieson, show- ing that yoling lady to be posse sed of more than ordinary taste, ski 1 and perseverance. 'She has a imilar piece of work in the course of construc- tion. —A man in Port Rowan, Norfolk County, is nearly sixty years old is rich but never took a piper until the other day, rather never subscribedfor a paper as he has frequently took Sam before, but he has now actually gone and sub- scribed for ' a local paper for three months. Ile only purposes to- pay for it three months at a time as in Case of sudden death he would lose all the time he had paid ahead, and has no descen- dants to bequeath it • to. It is said there is always a hope for the very oldest sinner. —The farm yard of Mr. Arad. Mc- Larty, Lot No. 9, in the 9th concession of Egremont, Wellington County, was visited on the night of Sunday, 29th Jan. by several dogs, the owners of whicia are unknown, and out of twenty- five sheep on the premises some twenty- three were worried. One of the sheep was killed outright and six have since died. This is quite a seriOns lots, and it is hoped. that the marauders may yet be discovered. Farmers should. see that their sheep are put in a safe place, and be prepared to give vagrant dogs a warm reception,. —Arthomena Jacob Abdalla is' the name _of a colored man in Ottawa, who represents himself as being over 101 years of age. He was born in Jerusa- lem, lived for some time in England, fought on Nelson's ship at the battle of Trafalgar, lived a number of years in Ireland whertehe tens employed) by Dan O'Connell, and hag lived in Ottawa since the time of Col. By. He speaks the Hebrew, Irish, French and Eng- lish languages.. He peddles! apples for a living and seems quite happy. He intends applying to the Governor-Gen- eral for a pension. —One day last -week, on the farm cif Wm. Kerr, Wilmot township, Messrs. Robert 'Vance and Anthony Smith, cut 15 cords of wood. (from sugar maple trees) in eight hours. The wood was cut from ten trees, of an average length of 68 feet, and anaverage thickness of two feet on the I stump. The number of cuts was 170. 2he saw used was the patent Lance toot , man- ufactured by a Galt firm. T14e work was performed itt the press ce . of Wm. Kerr and Hugh Collura, 4nd the wood. is now piled up beside Mr Kerr's house, when any person who1 doubts the quantity can measure it fot them- selves. ' —A young man by the name of Minor, living about three miles back of the village of Courtright, Iarnbton County, while fooling with one jof those pistols that are never loaded bu always go off and shoot some one, la t Wed- nesday was shot in the abdomen. He was found shortly afterwards by his folks lying in the barn in a dangerous condition. The ball took an -upward course and was found in the left side. The young man is still in a dengerous condition but hopes are entertained of , his recovery. e Should. be recpver we are of the opinion that he willnot again fool with a pistol. —On Thursday evening of last week, two men of the 97th Regiment left • Toronto by the Eastern train to take to Halifax a deserter from the 136h - Lancers, named Arthur -Livesay. It appears that about eighteen I31011t118 *-11.go this man deserted from his regiment at Preston, England, and sailed for America. He travelled about the country until he became financially embarrassed, and undertook to walk' from Goderich to Toronto, but by the • time he reached Berlin he became foot- sore and exhausted. He is well con- nected, and was at elle time very weal- thy. His father was a member - of the English Parliament, and his uncle is a,t present Solicitor -General of London. At the death of his father Arthur re- ceived 45,000. He gave himself up to the authorities at Berlin as a deserter about nine weeks ago, arid has been held: awaiting papers. He will be taken to England. —Mr. McKeown, a Manitoba kcal pedestrian, commenced. on Monday to walk 500 miles in a hundred. and forty- four hours." He failed in the attempt. —A considerable failure in the retail dry goods way is that of Wm. Grant, Brantford, owing some $58,000. The Montreal wholesale house of Lewis S. Black & Co., are said to be iu financial difficulty. • —A large number of citizens of Qua- bec are about todiscontinue burning gas, which they intendtect* replace with coal oil. They say Eat the latter is by more than fifty per cent. cheaper, and that the larcips now made show a light superior to gas. if —Montreal boasts the possession of the hardest looking sight in any city in the 'world.. She goes through the streets in the city with a bag on her back and a stick 'in her hand. Into the bag she places,pieces of wood and any commodity convenient to the grasp or bag. Her dress is composed of coarse bagging,her feet enwrapped in rags, and. her lower extrenaities are encased in the most filthy description of ap- parel. It is stated she is slightly de- mented. . —Some time last fall Mr. Joseph Benner, a tenant occupying lot 15, concession 3, Culross, County of Bruce, left his wife and five small children, and went to Michigan, for the purpose of procuring work and getting a borne for his family. A few days ago, Mrs. Benner was delivered of twins, and died shortly after. Benner was im- mediately telegraphed. for and returned just in time to attend his wffe'sfuneral. A more distressing case 'has never oc- curred in the neighborhood. —A young girl by the name of Char- lotte Elmore. daughter of a respectable farmer near Nottawasitgas eloped last week with a young swell by the name of Angus Brown. When the happy levers were away for two or three days, the gallant beau, observing the -period:. ical waves of hard times tossing him about, doubtless thought it prudent to make some shift for himself, and he left Miss Elmore to her fate. Mr. Brown has not since been heard of, and the young but luckless Miss Elmore has returned to her father's house. . —A Guelph paper is responsible for the following yarn: "Mr. Thomas Thorne carries on a barber shop on St. George's Square, and is the father of a fifty-six pound two-year-old boy that sports side whiskers which would make many smooth -faced young men turn •green with envy, even after they had used. hirsute promoters for montha or even years. The' father of the child has blocked out the whiskers after the latest 'style. Any person wishing to have a look at this strange freak of na- ture may do so by stepping into the barber shop." —A case of considerable interest to benefit societies in general and. the Ancient Qrder of Foresters in particular is just now before' the Superior Court, of Montreal. The members of Court :Mount Royal, A. 0. F., fell out and a division took place, the majority of the Court moving to a new TOOIll. carrying with them the funds, SOMO $1,200, the dispensation and other effects of the • Court, and organizing themselves under the Independent Order, Court Mount Royal. The minority applied to the parent organization in England for it new dispensation, and continued in the old room under the old name, and are now taking action against the trustees who held the funds of the original Court for the recovery of the amount. —Late 011 Wednesday evening of last week, the Deputy -sheriff took possession of John Maclean's store, at Watford, at the instance of J. D. O'Neil, who is endorser on 3. Maclean's last com- position notes. Maclean was inside, and would not get out. O'Neil and the sheriff forcibly ejected him, and as soon as he was on the, sidewalk O'Neil gave Maclean a terrible threshing. Maclean lodged a complaint before M. S. Campbell, 3. P., against W. Had dell, J. D. O'Neil, and John Martin for. violent assault. The -hearing was set down for five the following after- noon, when Mr. Gowans appeared for Maclean, handing in a certificate from Dr. Lindsay, stating Maclean's inability to attend. The case was remanded for hearing till the 15th. —Mr. Jacob Windover one of the Dresden village constables, met with some resistance from a farmer named Charteris, who resides down the river, the other day, whilst serving a warrant on him. It appears that Charteris had infringed the market Ity-law, and. refused. to pay the market fees, and a • warrant was obtained by the market clerk, James Minaker, and placed itt Windover's hands for service. When Mr. Windover arrived at tb.e residence of Charteris he was engaged 'in washing • his horses' legs, ,and surmising Windover's errand, he. flung the contentSof the basin which he was using into his face. Windover, however, eerved him with the warrant. It will probably be rather a . costly job for Charteris. —One day last week, as two men were driving along the road, within a couple of miles of New Dundee, Water- loo County, they came across •a load of wood that had capsized on the road. One of the men alighted from 111s con- veyance, and found that the head of a man. was projecting from under the wood, with his body completely cover- ed. An effort was at once made to ex- tract him, when he remarked, " For God's sake help the other fellow." No trace of any other could be seen; but being assured that a person was cover; ed on the other side of the. wood, they at once set to work to remove the load,and in a few minutes found ayoung man a1mt1 smothered, but not very seriously injured. It was found that one of the men was named Hall, and the other was his hired man. The men were considerably bruised, and had the horses moved a step would have been mangled to death. —The new iron bridge spanning the Grand. River at Brantford., is fast ap- proaching completion. It is an impos- ing structure, and will be the - finest bridge in Canada when finished.. A grand opening is expected when the Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise visit Brantford. • • —Dr. McEachran, of Montreal, veterinary surgeon, in the employ of the Government, has returned, and. says that a pleurospneunionia,is rampant in the Eastern and. Middle States. He found it in Orange County and many other counties in NEW York State, through the whole of Long Island and New jersey. He visited Sarnia, Lon- don, Woodstock, Hamilton, Toronto, Ottawa, and Kingston., and founa no trace of the disease MI Canada. Perth Items. • —North Perth Conservative Associa- tion will meet in tistowel on the 22nd. inst. . —Rev. J. J. Cameron, Presbyterian minister, Shakespeare, has received. and accepted it can from. the -congrega- tion of Point Edwards —The assignee ef the Koenig Brothers' estate, Mitchell, sold the book debts on Wednesday last week. They amount- ed. to $4137, and were bought for $38. —Messrs R'Coppin and M. Collins, of Mitchell, 'who in December last sailed for Liverpool with 50 head of cat- tle, have returned, ,and report a good voyage. • --Mr. Wm. Inth has been appointed town constable of Mitchell, at it salary of $100 a year, and he only got it by the casting vote of the Reeve, who was in the chair. " —A person named Strauss was cap- tured in Listowell one day Iast Week and taken befor,e the Mayor, under a charge of having stolen a fur cap from Roy & Riggs' establishment. The charge was •considered is proven and the prisoner committed to Stratford jail. • —A little before 5 o'clock a. m.' - on Thursday of last -week, the fire •alareaa was sounded in Mitchell, and the Hoed Companies were soon at their posts. Their servicesiwere not required, how- ever, for it was only an old shed in the rear of Mrs. Pepper's house„ South Ward, that was on fire, having -caught frora ashes that were placed there -the day before. Another warning to careless people. Clark Iloderwell and KT. jarcies-G. ISoOtt, both of Stratford, on Wednesday last week passed very creditable examinations before the On- tario College of Pharmacy. Under the diploma -which will now be issued ta them, they are entitled. to carry on the drug business, being thoroughly ac- quainted with the qualities and proper- ties of the various medicines divensed. for the relief of human suffering. —On Tuesday night of last week about 20 of the "rising population" of Mitchell serenaded the citizens by a vocal chorus of screeching and yelling. They had no doubt got wind of the ap- pointment of a, town -constable, and. thought it would be their last chance to " throw themselves," which they did without stint, and to their you -ng hearts' content. They will have to iota out for themselves in the future, or they will be treated to it night in the coop, and an interview with the court next morning. —At a tea meeting in eonnection with the Presbyterian Church,Mitchell„, on Monday evening last week, a young Man from Fullerton presented 'himself at the hall door with it twenty tent piece and demanded admission. • The door keeper drew his attention to the, fact that the money was insufficient, being only 20 cents. The party replied. that he bad. received it from the door- keeper for 25 cents it year ago, at it tett oneetiria in connection with the ettale churcht: and on finding that the chureh ha,d got five cents ahead. of him, he laid it'carefully away for the next " feed." He was allowed. to pass. —On the occasion of an interesting ceremony which took place lately, not a hundred miles from Stratford, 4he officiating minister required. the use of a Bible, but in the preparatory cleaning up, the Bibles along With many other • articles had been mislaikl and. were not coineatable. A guest volunteered to obtain the book, and sallying forth to a neighbor's, soon returned and handed. the book to the mirdster, who on open- ing it found a receipt of " how to make soft soap" as the first passage that took his eye, the neighbor ha,vnag surrepti- tiously handed the messenger a copy of Chase's receipt book. However, a sec- ond visit was more snecessful, and the coveted treasure was found. -with the leaf carefully turned down at the pass- age, '‘wives be obedient to year bus- • ands." —A case was brought before the Lis- towel magistrates one day last week, itt which a person by the name of Noble Oliver, of the township of Elnas, was • charged 'with having obtained money from the Western Canada Permanent Building and Savings Company onfalse pretences The information was laid • by Mr. Scott, of Toronto, the Company's agent, who alleged that said Oliver had received. five hundred dollars of the Company's 1unils, by giving a mortgage • signed by one who was introducedto the local agent, H. S. Mitchell, by '!0b 'ver, as HenryMines, of the township of Grey, when it turned out afterwards that the individual who personated_ Mines was a brother of his. Consider- able evidence was taken, and as it ap- peared there had been an attempt to commit it fraud, the magistrate con- sidered the case sufficiently made out against Mr. Oliverastozootrif.t Itiss for trial. Bail was accepted to theatnount Of 42,000 for the prisoner's reeogui: