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SEAFORTH, JULY 4; 1879:
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The Nihilist Mv.euent in
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Russia.
The emancipaticin of the serfs rang
the death -knell of Russian bsolutism.
But this wise, beneficentl an patriotic
measure needed to be f011oi ed up by
• other reforms which wiere ethe 1eg1ti-
mate result and neaessiery- c mplement
of emancipation. The .educa ion of the
people, the bestowal of a road: and
liberal franchise, the cbnferr ng of re-
Presentatis-e assemblies, bot national
and municipal, and the purgi g out of
that corruption with evhich every
bureaueratic institution hall becorne
• honey -combed, were no less necessary
than the _abolition of serfdolm. With
these, Russia would have gra ually as-
• sumed the form of, and ventually
merged into a strong and stable consti-
tutional mon archy develeping into all the-
elements- of national greatness, . a
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having her reigniug, dynasty secure
• the esteem ahd affeotion of a prosp
oils, free and loyal people. These
Hirable results would. assuredly have
lowed the conferring of liberal insti
0
tions upon the people.. e Greet thi
were expected from Czar Alexander
en his advent to the throne of the E
pire. Ile promised well, and he
well at the beginning. But he halt
when he should have gone resolut
forward. He began fatrilly to distt
his subjects, when, as a wise ruler,
should have taken thene into his ten
dence. Instead of developing his plans
reform, he suddenly thtew them ru
lessly aside. Instead of gracef
making reasona,ble concessioias 'a
thereby retaining the favor of his pe
pie, he has, in yielding to the violen
Of an autocratic faction, inaugurated
-sYstem of repression whichideserv
only to be designated. as 'tyranny of
most odious character. And totd
Russia is penetrated through an
through by an elaborate net -work
secret revolutionary societies, havi
for their object the -overturning and 'd
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struction of the Government at w:ta
' ever cost. The assassin, Solovieff, wh
has inst recently paid the penalty
life for his attempted assassination
the Emperor, on his trial declared th
these societies are the enemies of
Czar aid the enemies o1 the Gover
ment. All classes of society are repr
suited in these sectot association
N-obles, officialeateserrants, peasant
alike furnish their quota of recruit
And the onla weapon upon evhiCh .
yet the Government tolies for i
defence is that of physical force. Indee
the time appears to have heady' passe
for compromise or concession to be at
any use. The swift arrest,' the 'sum
mary trial, the immedtitte execution
afe the toady instrurnen /.s relied upo
to crush out • the revolt. These ma
At; we are. accustomed to look to the
Ontario Government to take the lead in
all matters of reform of this character,
wehope that - before another general
election comes around, they will have
placed on the statute book a law re-
quiring every elector, not physically; or
otherwise disabled, to come forward
voluntarily and.deposit his ballot," and
also a law forbidding personal can-
• vassiag on the part of candidates. The
• following remiteles from the _London
Advertiser on the subjects we.beartily
endorse:
•" We would like to see the Ontario
Government bring in a short measure
at the next session of the Legislature
for the abolition of personal canvassing,
and including, necessarily, the laying
on every voter of a legal duty of casting
his vote without waiting to be "brought
up." Many a man who would make' a
desirable representative has refused to
become a candidate solely because of
an instinctive unwillingness to enter
upon, a personal canvass • and many
amactuel candidate justly regards the
personal canvass 'expected of him as
the chief dread of a campaign. It is
the present system and theory of "get-
ting out -the vote" which stand in the
relation of parents to the black flock of
evil electoral practices. Let it be laid
on every elector to get out his own vote,
uncanvassed and =dragged and elec-
toral malpractice would be reduced to
a minimum. The only penalty prob-
ably needed would be the natural and
reasonable penalty of having the elector
disfranchised for a certain period. It
has been alleged that certain reasols,
for non-voting would have to be allowed
as valid and legal, and that through
nd• these excuses the law would be ineffec-
tive. .We do not think .so. On the
in contrary; whenever getting excused
er- caused, as it should, ite much trouble
de- as to vote, the great bulk of electors
Int_ would conclude that they might as well
vote and be done with it. Besides,
tu- there would be the assistance of the re-
gs spect felt for law in most cases, and the
II. educating force of law in others.
ria- 4‘It will be seen that there is nothing
bit
- unworkable in this proposal to pro -
did
_ personcanvassing canvassina and to make
ed, the duty of coming out to vote take its
ely , place by the side of %jury and sanitary
complements, which -might •as reason-
ust
a,bly, but no more reasonably, be Qom -
he plained of as interferences with indi-
fi- victual liberty. •
0t "A pleasing feature •of a measure
ok
such as weeope will be placed upon the
statute b next •session would be
its thoroughly non-partizen character.
It would be as fair for one party as
asiother. It would injure neither, but
benefit both. And we believe that a
well -thought -nut and skilfully -drawn
Bill would now meet with little opposi-
tion either in the House or country."
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ay The Letellier Difficulty.
d It is likely that this nauch vexed
of. question will soon be set at rest. It is
ng now almost certain that the Home au-
e- thorities will not interfere, but that the
•t- reference will be returned to Ottewa to'
o be dealt with by our own Government
of and Governor-General. So soon a8
of this is done, the question of - dismissal
at will likely drop. The 'Governor -Gen-
e eral heving already declined to accept
n- the advice of 'his Ministers to dismiss
e- Mr. Letelliere is not likely to go •back
B. on himself, but will adhere to his form-
s, erI decision. The action of the Govern-
s. •Etna under these circumstances is not
s difficult to predict. Those who hope,
ts- that the Government 'will resign, and
d, that there will be a new election, ere,
d we fear, deluding themselves. Rather
f than resign office at the present time,
- the Government will submit to any
, humiliation, and their followers, after
n i making a few ugly feces, will back them
y up in any action they may take. In
succeed, but the success will at best be
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but temporary. And even that seems
• doubtful, for the insurrection is spread-
ingancl growing in volume,and threatens
to enwrap the entire country in the
blaze of revolutioo. Absolutism, as. it
was and is, is doomed. It were better
by far to have glided gracefully into
monarchy after the the Model of Eng
land, than to Come through a baptism
of blood, as did France in her grea
revoletion. But such, it seems not im
probable, will be the fate of Russia
She appears to have no statesman
capable of guiding her safely through
this terrible. crisis. Stirring up wits
with other nations, osteneibly to- give
freedom to their down -trodden popula-
tions, _hut really to accomplish her own
selfish aggrandizement; she hits now
more than enough to do in managing
her own domestic affairs: She has
ample opportunity now to make good
her somewhat doubtful claim as friend
of oppressed nationalities by removing
the burdens from the shoulders and the
yoke from the necks of her own people.
referring to this matter, a contempor-
ary draws such an apt and accurate
picture of the drama to be enacted, that
we cannot do better than to give it ' as
follows: •
"We fully believe that a way will be
found out of the trouble by which. Sir
John will still remain in effice, He
will probably go to the. obstreperous
- of his Quebec followers and his weak-
kneed Ontario soldier, and • speak to
t them in a way that is child -like and.
bland. He will tell them that •if they
- press action in the Letelliet. affair, he
• • will resign, end where would they all
be? Look at the Ontario elections,'
he will exclaim, we have lost enough
there almost to turn the scale, and then
there is, between ourselves, such a
strong •feeling against our National
Policy in the Lower Provinces, that
really, gentlemen, we have no chance if
another election were to take •place.
Besides, that disagreeable fellow Blake,
would be sure to get a seat, and you
know how hot he would always make
it for us. • Of course, gentlemen, so far
as I am concerned, it makes no differ-
ence to me. I am willing to offer my-
self as a martyr on the altar of my
country, but I really feel for you. I do
not know what you would do if you
were in Opposition.' And then, like
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• Compulsory Voting.
THE EXPOSITOR has keg advocated
the necessity for a law providing for
compulsory voting at elections. 13y
compulsory voting we do not Mean
that the elector should be forced to vote
for either candidate. Under our sys
tem of voting it would be impossible
for any Iaw to ensure this, and it would
not be desirableitit were possible. But
every voter should be required to go to
th.epolls and deposit his ballot on. pain
of forfeiture of his franchise' for a. cer-
tain time. If he did not wish to vote
fdr either candidate, he could, at le-ast,
deposit a blank ballot. A law /aqua -
lug an elector to do this would not in-
flict upon any au undue hardship
would tend very naaterially to lessen
the evils which still exist under our
prevent electoral system. We are giad
to notice that this measure is now be-
ing very generally' agitated. through the
Press, irrespective of party leanings.
But then the people are now getting
what they voted for last September, and
1 we must not _complain. We are very
doubtful, however, if the benefits de -
1 rived from the National Policy, at
• least this 3ear will counterbalance the
unnecessary expense occasioned by
these trips to England.
—The Quebec Local Legislature is
• now ii session. The leader of the Op-
position moved a vote of want of con-
fidence in the Governinent, which was
defeated by a majority of three without
the vote a the Speaker. This gives
Mr. joly a fair working majority, and
he will bo able to get through the ses-
sion quite comfortably. His Govern-
ment is daily becomiug stronger and
more popular. When the want of con-
fidence Motion was on for discussion
the Opposition tried to prevent -a di-
vision, and continued the sitting by
speaking egainst time for 26 hours.
The Government stood firm, however,
and a division was taken at four o'clock
on Saturday afternoon, the sitting hav-
- ing continued from 2 o'clock the previous
day. During the night Some very
stormy aud disorderly scenes took place
in the House. After this blow-out the
'Government will likely have smooth
sailing for the balance of the
session.
—The Torontonail made au amus-
ing and stupid' blunder in its issue of
Tuesday. Its leading article el -as de-
voted to abusing the Globe because it
failed to censure the Quebec Govern-
ment for forcing the Legislature to con-
tinue in session =tit -four o'clock Sun-
day afternoon. It also berates the Re-
formers of that Proainee for desecrating
the Sabbath. The feet is, that there
was no sitting of the Legislature on
Sunday. The debate on the nou-confi-
dence motion commenced on Friday and
closed on Saturday it 4 o'clock, when
the division was taken and the House
adjourned. The Mail having mistaken
the date of the debate, and being overly
anxious for something about which to
raise a cry, makes itself ridionkus.
Its friends should take it in charge. The
result of the Ontario elections seems to
have turned the heads of those in. Oharge
of its editorial columns, as it bas not
been like itself since.
eseneteeeematmeteemm
News of the Week:.
GOUT ATTACK.—Lord Beaconsfield ha
a severe attack of the gout.
DIED.—Albert Weber, the well known
piano manufacturer, die & in New
York on the 25th ult., aged 50.
HEAVY FIRE.—The Chapel street *
cotton mills, in Manchester, among the
largest in the city, have been turned.
Reeusee.--Lcied Beaconsfield has re-
fused to accept the golden wreath, pur-
chased by the penny subscriptton of
52,800 people.
THE RENNEDYS. — The Kenziely
family, Scottish vocalists, are giving
concerts at the Cape of Good Hope, and
meeting with great success.
DIED IN ENGLAND. — SIT William
Fothergill Cooke, who constructed the
first telegraph line in England in 1838,
is dead, at the age of 73 years.
THE ZUL'US SUE FOR PEACE.—Peace
-proposals from King Cetewayo have
been received by Lord Chelmsford, and
are considered as bona fide, the mes-
sengers having beeu recognized as dis-
tinguiehed persons. •
CUBAN SUGAR Cnor.—The gathering
of the Cuban sugar crop lies terminated.
In consequence of the heavy rain, it is
estimated that the product will be 115,-
000 tons in excess of last year, not-
withstanding the enormous loss of cane
by fire.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION.—The civil
authorities of Austria are energetically
suppressing Protestant worship in the
Empire Mission Churches in Prague,
Vienna, and elsewhere, and Bible read-
ings have been suppressed under threat
of fine and imprisonment.
FATAL DOMESTIC JAR. — Thomas
Brown, of Stamford, Comiecticut,found
his wife in company with another man.
A scuffle ensued, during which Brown
threw a kerosene lamp. It broke, and
the woman was so frightfully burned
that she will die. Brown is in jail.
!RIOTOUS PROCEEDING.—A7 Protestant
school house in Connaught, county of
Galway, Ireland, has been sacked by a
gangof thirty. The Bibles were thrown
into the sea. This is a revival of a
series of disturbances which was
thought to have been quieted some
weeks ago. •, I .
New Ow OF NoemtATION:—It is h
stilted tha a special •convention be- h
be-
ing negotiited, whereby the German a
r
tween Germany and the Vatican is be-
t
Government is to nominate the Bishops, t
subject to the approval of the Pope,and e
the Bishops are to nominate the priests,- 0
subject to the approval of the Govern- 0
ment. •
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SUICIDE OF A. FRENCIIMAN•—ill New t
York, last Friday morning, Cheverton •
a
Pierre, a Frenchman, 34 years of age, in
committed suicide by cutting the calf a
of his right leg' with a table -knife, and t
bled to death from the wound. Pierre in
carne from France on Thursday, and th
the Custom House officers seized 3,000 st
francs' worth of jewellery in his trunk, se
and this made the Frenchma.n despond- c
ent,and probably led to the commission gr
the air, kicking his shield, flourishing
• his weapens, and performing the most
extraordinary manoeuvres imaginable.
All thin time the " imbongas," or
• praisers, recounted_ the deeds of the
king amidst the shouts of the inultitude.
After His Majesty was tired of moving
about—for his -extreme obesity rendered.
it no easy matter—his chair of state
was brought to him, in which he sat
and regaled himself with a copious
draught of " outchulla," or beer made
of fermented millet, often taking pioehes
of snuff. Then every soldier passed
in single file before the king, each bow-
ing to the dust and lowering his shield.
as he passed the august presence. This
.ended the review, and the king was
borne back to his -harem aimida the
shouts and din of the multitude. Noth-
ing can be imagined more truly savage,
yet picturesque withal, than the ap-
pearance of these Zulu soldiers when
arrayed for battle. With kilts. formed
of the tails of leopards and other wild
animale, the heads adorned with the
plumes of the crane and the ostrich,
with long streamers of goats' hair at-
tached to their arms and legs, and
holding in front their huge bucklers of
hide, which almost cover their bodies,
and above which protrude the bristling
points of their well sharpened assegais,
they present a most striking aspect, and
one not easily forgotten. The costume
of the king consisted of a copious kilt
foimed of leopards' tails and skins of
the green monkey. On his forehead he
wore a large ball of closely cut feathers
of the blue roller, and around his neck
hung a quantity of very large white
beada. His arm was nearly covered
withbracelets of brassaand gold, whilst
fillets of beads encircled his body and
legs. In aspect he was dignified, and
his skin was of lighter color than that
of most &time—Leisure Hour.
Education.
To the Editor of 'the Huron Expositor.
SIR,—,1 have read week by week the
educational notes which have appeared
in your columns, and have marked with
satisfaction the intelligent interest
manifested by THE EXPOSITOR—the best
looal paper in Ontario, as I believe. It
'is coming to be recognized by journal-
ists that the public schools of this Pro-
• vinoe are almost as important as cheese
8 factories. It is slowly dawning on the
editorial mind that the training up and
fitting out of our_ children for the battle
of life is pretty nearly as momentous
an undertaking as the introduction of
thorough -bred. stock, or the mannfac-
tnre of salt. The younger generation
of Canadians are perhaps as intent on
making money as any race of men can
be. But there is, after all, a firm and
growing conviction in the national heart
that possessions are possible which are
far more valuable than bank -balances.
more indestructible than cleared and
improved farms, and capa,ble of afferd-
ing more happiness to their possessors
than any luxury or indulgence at the
command of wealth. • On all sides we
see parents making great sacrifices to
place their children cin higher vantage
ground than they themselves have en-
joyed in their struggle to hew outhomes
from the sturdy forests of this new
country. In every township of every
county may be seen the unmistakable
evidences of educational progress and
of the magnitude of educational inter-
ests. It is fitting, then „that the press
should:devote some attention, not only
to the actual working of the schools
and to the partinular 'details of their
operation, but also to the topics of gen-
eral education, with the intention of
educating public opinion into correct
views on education, and into the adop-
tion of the best practical means of se-
curing the highest efficiency possible
with our resources and appliances.
Professional journals, like the old Jour-
nal of Education, reach only the few. It
is reserved for the general press of the
country to inform and direct the masses
on this as on all other questions of na-
tional importance. I trust that the ex-
ample of THE Exrosreon will be ex-
tensively imitated, and that the people
will be led to attach as much import
tance to schools as they do to agricul-
tural fairs, and to devote as much pains
to the discussion of education as they
now do toward. politics.
The fact that the whole population is
deeply interested in education is suffi-
cient guarantee that an occasional
column on educational questions would
e of general interest. 1 -do not agree,
owever, that this space should become
he medium for furnishing solutions
nd answers to a Class of unworthy
eachers, who have not enterprise
nough to supply themselves with the
rdinary professional tools in the shape
f books and educational papers. They
ave their text -books; let them read
hem. For if they will not hear the
anada School Journal, which gives so -
tions of teachers' and university. ex-
mination papers for a dollar a year,
ogether With a vast amount of useful
formation, neither would they hear,
cm& THE EXPOSITOR gave them in -
ruction gratis. I should object to
e valuable space devoted to techni-
al school -room matters—the parallel°.
am of forces, De Moivre's theorem,
nd other matters of that class; but
a means of intercommunication be-
veen teachers and other friends of
ucatiou, I consider the assistance of
e prese invaluable. The friends of
ucatiou are scattered mid isolated;
eir influence is divided and weakeu-
. United through the friendly me-
dium of a newspaper, their influence
would be multiplied and the bene -
s of their labors mote widely diffused.
fancy there would be no difficulty in
curing contributions of readable aud
useful matter; brief, pointed and clear,
each dealing with only one or two lead-
ing ideas at a time. One of the most
valuable and interesting contributions,
if it could be secured from parents and
teachers, would be reports of cases
which have occurred in the course of
experience. A short history of success-
• ful methods of dealing with dull, un-
ruly, or vicious -children without per-
petual pounding and rawhiding, would
be read by everybody. Any clown can
rule by force and fear, if he only has
good nerves, a strong arm, and enough
stupidity. Those who succeed in get-
ting the young to educate themselves by
appealing to higher motives than fear,
shoula be able to supply examples of
the superiority of moral- influence over
brute force. The operation of the
school law, proposed improvements in
any of our educational machinery from
a blackboard brush to a minister, sug-
gestions to parents and teachers, plans
of study, means of self-improvement,
_criticisms of text -books, the most re -
of the act. •
THE EX -EMPRESS AND PRINCE as
PERIAL.—The Ex -Empress Eugenie is ts
recovering. The body of the Prince ed
Imperial has 'been placed on board th
steamer to be conveyed 'Retie. It is un- ed
clerstood that Prince Jerome Napoleon, th
after the
e funraPrnce Im
l of the i- ed
a
• • good boys, the followers will retire to penal, will publish a manifesto, urging
the soft and downy couches of power all Bonapartists to submit to the Re-
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• and place, and awake some fine morn- public, and stating that he has already
g to n r. Letellier s term of
office has just expired."
Political Notes.
—Messrs. Mowat and Blake, together
with a number of local politicians took
part iu a .political demonstration held
in Berlin, Waterloo County, a few dive
ego. Messrs. Blake and Mowat deliv-
ered lengthy and eloquent addresses.
Mr. Blake is also to appear at several
other demonstrations in different parts
of the country shortly. He seems to
have fully regained his former health
and vigor.
—There are now, or will be in a few
days, four Dominion Cabinet Ministers
with their Private Secretaries and at-
tendants, sojourning in the Old Coun-
try. Mr. Lengevin is there watching
the Letellier affair, and Sirs John Mac-
Donald, Chaeles Tupper and S. L. Til-
ley have gone to negotiate a loan to
build the Canada Pacific Railway. Un-
der Reform rule one Minister was gen-
erally considered competent to transact
such business, and he did not need an
assistant or Private Secretary`, either.
1,t1
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fa
assured President Grevy that he will g
not become a pretender to the Imperial se
• throne.
Visit to the Zulu R -i -ng
On the following evening I again
visited the king, who had espeoially
invited me to witness a review of his
troops, to regiments of which, one of
"white shields" and the other of
" black shields," were stationed at
Nonduengu. These troop; formed a
large circle in the open central space of
the kraal, whilst the king walked, or
rather trotted, about as well as he was
able, in the circle, closely followed by
his shield -bearer, and other att t
carrying his snuff and his beer. The
shouts that arose from the assembled
warriors became deafening as the king,
calling upon one or other of his most
distinguished soldiers by name, and
pointing toward him, summoned him to
perform his feats of agility. • Every arm
was extended and every finger pointed
to the man thus honored, who leaped
from his place in the ranks, and com-
menced running, springing high into
liable ones to be had, information on
general educational matters both home
and foreign; these and kindred topics
would furnish occasionar columns full
of interest to the whole reading popula-
tion. •The educational question is one
onewhich we are all united, and in
Which we all feel profound interest.
What is most wanted in Ontario at the
present time Is not so much further im-
provements in our educational Ma-
chinery as an illumination of the public
Mind, the cultivation of higher views
than mere utilitarian theories of educa-
tion, the introduction of a better and.
more enthusiastic educational spirit.
The 'press is one of the rnost potent
means of accomplishina this desirable
end, which will make bOntarie to the
Dominion what Greece was to Europe.
Let the friends of education secure as
much interest as possible in their ar-
duous undertaking, and it will not be
long-hefore the people of this Province
are as deeply absorbed in education as
they are now in political bun feede,
prize turnips, and the pursuit of the
grand, omnipotent, wonder-working
dollar. Yours truly. Y. D. X.
• sE.A.roupa, June 21, ism
Anxious Enquirers.
Since Mr. John Bright announced his.;
intention of -making an enquiry relative
to Canadian affairs in the British
House of Commons, a great deal of
interest concerning this Dominion has
been awakened amongst the members;
and it is highly probable that other
questions will follow that of Mr. Bright.
An Hon. membergives notice that he
will ask the Colonial Secretary if
measures have been taken to secure the
neutrality of Canada in the war now
raging in the adjacent countiy of Peru.
A Right Hon. gentleman will enquire
whether it is the intention of Her Maj-
esty's Imperial Government to send out
to Ottawa an adequate supply of
provisions, so as to obviate the humiliat-
ing necessity for the Vice -Regal author-
ities of the Dominion to sustain them-
selves by the precarious method of fish-
ing for salmon.
An Hon. member will ask whether
the Government has been officially in-
formed of the recent invasion of
Montreal, Canada, by grizzly bears, and
whether it is true that the savage
animals demolished a canteen and al-
most deprived the inhabitants of their
supply of Beef.
An Hon. member will enquire
whether the Colonial Secretary succeed-
ed in learning from Mr. Langeviu what
he, the said Mr. Langeitirstaid with the
e32,000 he got from Sir Hugh Allan?
An HOD. member- will enquire
whether it is the intention of Her
Majesty, as repertel, to Confer Knight-
hood upon Edward Hanlan, the Can-
adian oarsman. If so, if the Govern-
ment is prepared to give the House full
particulars as to- the charges made
against the said Hanlon, together with
the evidence upon which he has been
convicted and sentenced to this punish-
ment. •
An Hon. member will ask whether
instructions have been given to the
Dominion Government to furnish His P
Grace the Duke of Argyle with a body t
guard and competent Indian interpre- 0
ters during his travels in the Province t
of New Brueswick.
An Hon. member will request to be b
informed whether it is true that the s
present Government of the Dominion c
really intend to change the terminus of °
the Intercolonial Railway from Winni-
peg 8
to Bute Inlet, P. Q.
n Hon. member willinquire whether 11
Her Majesty's Government intend to A
sanction the permission granted to a f
certain company to drain Lake Ontario 0
in order -to get possesssion of valuable R
farming lands for purposes of specula- t
n
h G
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a sum raised.to assist him during his
illness.
--A. son of Mr. Wm. Ilelling, Strat-
ford, ate a piece of -bread ,whieh ; had
been -poisoned. for the purpose of de-
stroyiug rats. The little fellow survived
for a couple of days, but no medical
skill could save him, and he succumbed
to the poison.
—The members and adherents of the
Canada Methodist • Church, Fullerton
circuit, recently presented their ret4-ing
ministers, Rev. Messrs. Fisher and Tre-
levan, with substantial tokens of their
esteem and appreciation, in the shape
of well filled purses. '
—Mr. James Tilley, of Mitchell, fell
head -first into a ditch five feet deep,
which was in course of construction
Alighting on his head, it was at ifirst
thought his neck was broken, whicl,
however, proved not to be the case, and
he is recovering.
— The rooms occupied by the Me-
chanics' Institute in Mitchell are owned
by Mr. Thos. Matheson: That gentle-
man, a few days ago, very generously
handed the Directors a receipt for five
years' rent. Mr. Matheson has also
made -over Matheson park to the
Mitchell Corporation.'
—Three children and a hired boy of
Mr. C. Willis', St. Marys, are down
• witlathe small -pox. The man we last
week mentioned as _ having died of
small -pox in that town, staid around.
Mr. Willis' hotel a (ley or two before
the nature of his disease was known.
The patients are all doing well, and
every precaution is being tam to pre-
vent the spread of the, disease.
—Mr. B. F. Brook, of Listowel, has
made arrangements for the erection of
a brick factory upon the site of the one
recently destroyed by fire. If the Town
Council can see their way clear to assist
Mr. Brook in the way of paying the in-
terest on say $4,000 for five or six years,
a large, handsome and fire -proof build-
ing will be erected; if they do not, a
smaller and cheaper building will have
to do iostead.
—Work has been suspended for two
weeks in the work -shops of the Grand
Trunk Railway at Stratford. This has
been done for the purpose of reducing
expenses. During the half year ending
with this month; 54 engines have been
turned out of the shops, upwards of 30
of which underwent exceptionally heavy
repairs, the result of collisions, &c.
The, amount paid :monthly for wages at
these shops is $7,500.
—A man named Headly, lately from
England, died suddenly at Chowan's
hotel, Downie, on the /9th ult. He
had just been telling some who were
present that he had heart disease andline
as the cate did not agree with him
he was going back to England, when a
blood vestel broke, the blood gushed
from his mouth;and in a -few minutes
he was a corpse. He leaves three chil-
dren and a wife (the latter having been
confined only the night before) to la-
ment his sudden end.
—Several of the burnt out citizens of
Dublin have commenced to re -build.
Ir. Cornelius Pendergast, the enter -
rising proprietor of the Dominion Ho
el, is erecting a fine stable on the site
f the old one. It has a stone founds.-
ion and is to be one of the best in this
ection. Mr. P. is also about to re-
uild his hotel and will add another
tory to it. Mr. J. McConnell has re-
ently erected a fine stable in the rear
his hotel, and two stores on the front
treet. Mr. V. Straulae, tinsmith, has
rected a shop and is about to build on
is property on the front street, Mr.
. M. Ross, blacksmith, has purchased
rom Mr. Luke King a lot on the corner
Mill and John streets for $100. Mr.
oss is erecting a blacksmith shop
hereon. •
—A frightful case of destitution was
iscovered.in Stratford a few days ago.
colored fanaily, consisting of seven
etsons, came to the town, from St.
eorge, about two weeks ago. The Wo -
gm, it is alleged, has been suffering
t some time from fever and. ague, but
ecarne alarmingly ill on their journey
om Brantford. Dr. Hyde was called
, but too late to render the poor wo-
an any assistanc. She died a few
ays after from want of proper nourish-
ent and. care. She was a white wo-
an, emaciated to the last degree.
he house presents a picture of the
ost wretched poverty; with the ex-
ption of a cooking stove, a broken
hair and tale, and a few thity rags,
n which, huddled together, the five
motherless children pass their nights,
there is nothing in this miserable home.
The town authorities should investi-
gate the case.
• Perth Items.
e —Lightning rod men have agai
been -victimizing the farmers of Nort
Perth.
—In consequence of the late action
of the County Council, Mitchell is likel
to lose its High School.
—Mr. Geo. McGill has sold his far
of 100 acres on the 9th concession to
Geo. Archer, of Logan, for the sum o
$4,500 cash.
—Afire in Millbank last week de-
stroyed a building occupied by Mrs.
Ferguson and owned by Dr. Johnson.
Loss, about $1,000. ce
--The creditors ef C. S. Jones, who
lately absconded from St. Marys, ado °
not expect to realize 5 cents on the dol-
lar frotn his estate.
—Miss -Kate Garde, of Listowel, car-
ried off a number of prizes at the an-
nual examination of Alexandria Col-
lege, in Belleville, recently.
—Ma R. Christie, of Trowbridge, has
a strawberry garden of 21 acres in ex-
tent, from which he expects to realize
this year about 250 bushels.
—A court of the Ancient Order of
Foresters was recently organized in Lis-
towel and is making good. progress,
havinabalready a large metnbership.
— A son of John Sproule, of Elma,
got both bones of his leg broken above
the ankle,by the falling of a heavy gate.
His head also was severely bruised.
— Mr. J. G. Kirk and son, of Strat-
ford, have gone on a surveying tour to
Turtle Mountains, Northwest Territory,
where four townships have been allot-
ted them.
—James Trow, Esq., M. P., intends
moving into his fine new residence,
lately purchased in Stratford. He will
be a welcome acquisition to the citi-
zens of that town.
—Two young ladies attending a pic-
nic near Poole had a narrow escape
from being crushed by a dead elm tree,
which unexpectedly fell near' the spot
where they were standing.
—A middle-aged man named Me -
Donald was last week sentenced to
three months in tail at hard labor, for
the larceny of a valise at Stratford
station, and three months for carrying
a revolver.
—Wm. and August Eizerman, of Lo-
gan, were charged with refusing to per-
form their share of the statute labor.
In one instance fine of $2 and costs
was Unposed, and in the other the case
was jwoithdraownn.
hn
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of Trowbridge, who
had his foot badly cut in March last, is
beginning to recover; the cut is just
starting to heal nicely, and, if nothing
should happen, he will be around in the
course of a month or so.
—A German by the name of Kurtz,
residing in Wallace, was severely in-
jured by the fall of an overlay at Mr.
Schneider'seraising on the 19th ult. Al-
though not 1i1e1y to prove fatal, he will
be prevented frqm working for some
time. As soon a the barn was up a
Huron Notes.
—Mr. P. Kelly, of Blyth, has opened.
out a lumber yard a Ilderton.
—Mr. M. Eacrett, the village clerk of
Exeter, presented one of the editors
with ripe cherries last week. Eaaly.
—Mr. Jaraes Ferguson, di Grey, has
returned from Manitoba: He does not
intend to sell out immediately and go
West.
—Wm,. Pearson, of Stanley, sold a
shbrt-horn grade bull, two -years old,
to Mr. George Clark, of Usborne, for the
sum of $70. ,
—Mr. Thomas Potter, of Goderich,
is " ducks " with early peas. He had
• green peas large enough to -pick on the
20th of
—Mr. S. Phipps, near Ilolmesville,
raises barley which a 'week ago was
fully headed. out, and measured three
feet nine inches.
—There is te be a grand Orange cele-
bration at Wingh.am on the Twelfth.
Trains on the railways will be run to
Win them at half fare for that day.
—A frog was killed in the Maitland
river at Winghaita, last week, whieh
ine-asurecl 16 incites from tip to tip of
its hind legs, and thirteen inches from
head. to toe.
; —The "Browns" base ball club, of
Hartiston, carne down to Wroxter on
the 21st ult.'and got a beating from
the "Silver Maples" in a cha.mtpion-
. ship cup match.
- —The Great Western Railway have
• commencedtheir annual popular Sat-
urday excursions to Kincardine and in-
termediate stations. Large nuro.bers
avail themselves of the cheap rates.
• —Matthew Armstrong, son of Mr.
Wm. Armstrong, of Brussels, has gone
to Zululand. Cetewayo had betterlook
out, for Mat has him spotted, and will
drop on him the first chance he gets.
—On Wednesday of last week, as the
5:36 a. m. train was proceeding from
Luckuow to Winatngha hors
servedou-
on the bridge four miles from
Lueknow. The train was gong at too
high a rate of speed to be stopped in
time, and the horse was struck, break-
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ing both hind legs. •He wasthottopea
vent further suferine. The horse wee
owned by Mr. Angu:Stewart, of Weer;
nosh, and was valued at -$119.
—Municipal polities is already bang
• diseussed at Wingham. The nainalet
Dr. Tamyln and John Neelands, ate
spoken of as candidates for laver
and Reeve respectivelyat the next
• election.
—Last week, on Monday. while
F. Smith was working at a ci• rcular'
saw in the foundry at Clinton, his ii.na
• accidentally came in -contact them
• -with, and the first joint of hie thumb
was cut off.
—A lamp in the Methodist ohureli
• Wingham, very nearly exploded tee
other Sunday evening -during service,
• The presence of mind of a young matt
seizing the lamp and- pitching it out
of a window, saved a great tomme.
tion.
• —Yr. Wharton Hodgson-, of Exeter,
left home on Wednesde.y hest week eer
Raglan, in the county of Ontario,
where he purposes spending a shott
time with.hisrelatives. We hope me,
Hodgson's health will be benefi• tted by
the visit.
—A lad named. T. McLauchlin„ son
of Mr. Alexander McLanchlin, hada%
• leg broken above the ankle 03I
day afternoon, 26th ult., by a fall front
• a pile of lumber in Watt's saw non
yard in Brussels. •Under careful treat
• anent he is now doing well;
—On Tuesday evening of last weeat
about 10 o'clock, Mrs. Morsehead, who
lived near Messrs. Dyer & Howard's
factory, ate Exeter, took a fit, and,
in spite of medical aid„ died about
2 A. M. on Wednesday morning. The
family have the sympathies of the vil-
lage.
--e" Teddy," the brown spaniel owned
by Mr. T. McGillicuddy, of Brussels, -
was poisoned early on Thursday niorn-
ing last week. Teddy was a harmless,
inoffensive animal, and the friendly wag
of his tail will be missed by the young-
sters of the neighborhood, with whom
he was a, favorite.
—The other evening a young lad in
Wingham fell into the Maitlend river
at the bridge above Rockey's dam. The
little fellow hung on to one of the
piers until he was rescued by a passing
boat. At this place the water is veey
deep, and it was lucky for the boy that
he received nothing worse than agooa
ducking.
• —Dungannon sends forth its tribute
of curiosity. Mr. R. Hiscox, of that
village, has a curiosity in the form ef a
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croslisn<7 which has feet and. legs like a
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chicken. It cannot swim, and is, th.ere-
fore afraid of the water. The goose
would not own it under .any circum-
stanoes. Its habits are more like that
of a chicken than a gosling.
—Mrs. Elizabeth Nam, mother -41e
law of Mr. J. N. Wright, of Brussels,
died at the residence of the latter -on
Tuesday night last week, at the ripe age
of 82. The deceased was born in Can-
ada, at Pittsburg, near Kingston, an&
saw many changes in the land of her
birth during her long life. The funeral
took place on Thursday.
—The farmers of the nortkdon't feel
inclined to lake a back seat in the mat-
ter of tall grain- Mr. Henry Sniitheof
the 4th cencession of Howick, has
stalk of wheat which measures fifty
inches. Mr. Robt. Broadfoot, Of lot 24,
5th concession of Morris, has one 4 feet
eleven inches, and another fully five
and a half feet in length. Good for the
North.
a -At Brussels, Oil SatUrday evening, ,
21st ult., while returning from choir
practice, Mrs. T. Malley and Miss Bella
Ilarris met with an aecideut. The
ladies were linked and slipped together
off the plank walk, Miss Harris was
slightly injured, but Mrs. Ainley -sprain-
ed her ankle, and was bruised about the
head. She will be -confined to herroom
for a week or two.
—After an absence of twelve years,
during which time no intelligence re-
lating to hiro. had been received by any
of his relatives in Canada, Mr, Robert
Clegg, brother of Messrs. Win. Clegg,
Reeve of Blyth, Francis Clegg, Deputy -
Reeve of Morris, and Joseph Clegg, of
Brussels, has been heard from. He is
now following the profession of druggist
at Fall City, Nebraska.
--One day last week Mr. John Iron-
sides, of Grand Bend, had a very vala-
able colt, of which he is pardonably
proud, rather seriously injured by &
couple of sticks penetrating one of ita
legs below the stifle joint. Mn Wm.
Sweet, V. S., of Exeter, performed the
operation of removing them. The colt
is now doing well-, and -will be none the
worse for its mishap.
—The Wingham Times, of the 19th
ult., says "Mr. R. Manning, of iEz-
eter, district agent for the Confedera-
tion Life Association, came to town, last
Thursday and settled the claim of
$1,000 on the late Edwin Kent, This
Association deserve great -credit for
their prompt settlement 44 claims,
as in this instance they were not re-
quired to settle the olaim for two weeks
• longer."
—Quite an excitement was creatid itt
Blyth on Thursday morning. last vek
by Messrs. Taylor & Elders -Leant -of
horses running away. The wagon to
which they were attached ltappered to
be loaded with flour, a great quantity of
which was thrown out and scattered
• along the road. After knocking down
several posts, and doing considerable
other damage, the horses were stoPPed
isiii0=si career opposite the, man-
lef—t cWhenitlrealithaefoGrremenawn
of June last, were crossaiitiayogi)patah°rentPytellmwellb6intiethil
River, a cooking stove fell overboard.
" Dick " Marshall, an Exeter bay, and
son of Mr. J. P. Marshall, of Rodger-
ville, not wishing to see the stove lost,
dived to the bottona of the river, where
the water was 15 feet deep, and fasten-
ed. a rope to the oven, which was pulled
up by those on board. The other per -
'tion ofthe stove was also found and
abrsoiumgillatrfrwomaythe bottom of the river
—A union pic-nic of the Presbyterian
an -d Methodist Sabbath Schools at
Molesworth, was held on Friday, 20th
ult., in the grove adjoining the village -
At about 11 a. in. the children march-
ed. frorn the Presbyterian church, carry-
ing appropriate banners, and led by Mr.
Alexander Campbell, Sr., playing the
bagpipes. Dimaer was served shortly
after to all the children and friends,
after which they adjourned to the
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there would be about 200 children and
over that number of friends present,
and all seemed to enjoy themselves
greatly until the shades of evening were
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