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The Huron Expositor, 1879-09-05, Page 1AllatisT 29, 187k s prevented, trona either - Et the macp hine or iu asay other ig ring with the straw. With tletit ze a boy could easily bind tea tt heavy grain in a day. The, wire peracre is about et of thecent machine $135. e Stratford mill pond Tell the centre of the town wtaleas deatit, Iast Friday. As tire pond .v source of water Supply se the • a case ot fire, a gooi deal of Tun itt is felt in consequence. . t on c,f the •tewn council waiteil Mr. Mowat, the proprietor, Tea ig permission to erect a platforse property, so that the ,esagme se got at the chat -mei of the crash, ewat has "his back up" for some against the corporation ar I this very reasonable request, the mill propertts were exenaptat axation. it is also feared, that lilth of the town may sufferIaria feens consequent upon the draitts I the pond. arly TrnesiuLucaji. e early days of Liman soma of at buyers used the bara the Hotel, kept then as it is now, rt MeLeael. In. order to xna.ke Bob's till was often resorted to,, the landlord happened to be out, e farmer impatient, the buyers scruple to help themselves, for .membered there are two things vorld that when a man wants e wants them quickly, and these key and money. One of these rushing in as usual to get change o oue in the bar, and at once ehind the couuter to get wha.t he id. He was about to go out wheit .1.1 himself eaught by the throat an habited in a long-tailed ridiai vitlently hailing from that island need by connoiseurs in maritime to be the first gem of the sea, eoundrel," said he. "I've caught last ! Good Heavens, who would 'Sf it. Robbing McLean's till! will your Uncle say? How much • take, yea infamous villain?" 4-1yer, although in. apparently ate circumstances, had a fond - r a joke that nothing could over - He replied. bashfully, that he tad P. You scoundrel," re - lie farmer, give rae half and ee you hanged this time." The liuyer happened to have some of Oornmercial College bills in his and he at once handed over 34 ahe farmer at on.ce put in his lbook and went out. He made e, to a hotel on the south side of r.k and going into the bar called ids to driuk. A rule prevailed. at nIC similar to oue that even ia e obtains at Port Franks, that a .7 would treat any crowd, so he its1.75 in good naoney as change L. worthless bill, the woman who • ea., being like Mrs. Brannagaos r opposed to schools in any shape. ind out her mistake some two Lfter when she took it to one of , ,res to make a purchase. :k on the farrnea, who fell back wheat buyer, who could not at it originated with him, and redeem it to avoid an explains. t that he paid. dearly Rya his trick Ted that there was no, money to ha robbing McLean's till, THE SaltsT CANNON. - u it was decided to celebrate the s Birthday fur the first time at the cannon's opening roar was ,eemed necessary, and a com- was appointed to borrow one ia a or to buy a cheap one. This to the ear of the foundry man sounced such an unpatriotio :ent and insisted that the cannon, be made at home and local t.ctories thereby enoouraged. ssked if he cold make one, he with infinite scorn and wrath ceurse he •could, that he could enythina. The contract was t and inbduc time Et. ettanCra Wan en the green in front of .the drill The - dead -beat elerdent wat . as how it was made, the ma - inclining to the theory that iron was poured around a lid. .1, morning of the 24th, on the tiacharge it burst into piece, g several bystanders and the no was firing it severely. A Iarga iime down through the roof of undreeplan's house into the 4 and sent the stove into frig - as the owner was starting 'a nrepa.re breakfast. No one has tempted to make another can- Lacan. The first experiraeat te satisfactory. vta, ex. Steamship "Georgia" thtsgow, Ten Cases of New Fall [ a- A. G. Meltotaesee & vhich will be opened for saki, on rst of Se tember. Pazticalus sed next veek. _ [Ler..—We-will show during the of September Heavy Canadian at 25eper t.ardoff our regular :for cash. Parties wishing to uld do well to- see our stock be- icleasiug -elsewhere. We maim - en the premiees. Parties bays els, we will cub them . free of ATse a flue assortment of ties, selling price 30c., 400., 50c.,and e will sell them UOW, for ca,shiat a 40c., and 60e. We mean e. Call and see us. LIALfs'Y an. erge Smart, formerly a soldier oth Regiment of British ra- ,./id who served under WeIhng" Le Peninsular War, is residing a-eal, hale and hearty, and waS laimmt in the Police wet a man -who defrauded him watch which was presented 93 'leaving the army. He has bee. of a pension from the British t:tent for 62 years. FALL ST -TOWS. Ile are tile deo s of the Fall Vol* Societies in this district; Liven, at S, afortli on Thursday aud Fifa t 11 and 26th: ten. :Et Bruen la, oa Thfirsday and Fri' It on. Ett G0E-it-rich, on Wednesday and st ei. 22, and 23. :nal Vaborne, at Exeter, on Tu'egaill alay Sept 23rd and 24th. crn, at Winghani, on Thursday and ' and 6th. "wanosh, at 1;e1grave, on. NirechregbY 2 2:1111011, on September 18th and nthFtir - Isondons from 'e,ptember 29t11 -t° eEl Exhibition, at Ott Srt uber, iticlusisa eel fuel 3rd. wa, from the Oil Iltil I #1111111.1111111 TWELFTH YEIAR. WTEOLE NUMBER, 613. SE.A,FORTH, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 5, 1879. McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. SOPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that 3on- 1 verdant and desirable residence on the corner et 'Ugh and Market S tracts, la tel y owe aied by pr, Verces. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 488 ---- -eas1131 AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, pnrOES TO SUIT THE TIMES.—Lot 17, en the llth concession! McKillop; price 840 per ane; Buildieg lots in different parts of the wn of Seaforth; purchasers ean make their own serras of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. 'RATTLE. 591 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE, ---For sale, I the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tachersnaith, County of Heron, consisting of 50 acres, 31 miles from the To of Seaforth, and convenient to school. The land is of the very ben quality. For farther partieulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, orginoudville 2. 0. to 52 t • ran AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, • OBEA.P,--Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 100 sans; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, McKillop, 50 acres; north half of north half Lot 31, Von. 9, meEillop, 25 are; residence occupied by Mr. Mslcolnason. ori Goninlock Survey, Seaforth; Wining lots onljanvis' and F. Gs Sparling's Sur - Inge. Apply to GRAY, -YOUNG & SPARLING, Seafortha_ . 595— •Esalat FOR SA T.F..—Vor Sale, the west part of ▪ Lot No. 1, Don. 17, Grey, containing 50 aeres •85 of ivhich ere cleared, well fenced, and rti a state ofgood cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orehard and plenty of water. It is on the gavel road leading to Brussels and Seaforth, and adjoins a ehurch and school. It is also within half amile of the Village of Walton. Apply on the preraises ttr to Walton Post Office. CHARLES YURCIIIE. 493 IstARM FOR SATX—For sale Lot 2; con. 10 ▪ Tuckedmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance well timbered. he is a stone honeeatod good frame barn, is is well fenc- ed and underdrained. There is a yosong bearing orchard. It is about seven xinles from Seaforth and four from Hensel', and is convenient to school. TWO good wells of water. Possession given at any tine?. Appiy at the EXPOSITOR dice, Seaforth. - - 610 taaassn FugS. , t m well-known anci fine- ly situated fpxrd, Lot 1, Con. 1, Hallett, in the County of Hanna, containing 100 acres, 90 of which areclearecl ; there are two frame dwelling houses, bean horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driving house; also orehard and. abundance of water. The lam is situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full particulars apply to McCAUGHEY & HOLISM- STED, Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, On the premises° 553-4x ROPERTY VOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 14, 41- Con 16, Gray; West laelf of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese factory complete ; Lot 11, Coe. 6, and soath half of Lots 16 emu 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. ll, and Lot 28, Con. B, township ofHowiek, all good improved tsrms, together wish several 50 acre farms in Grey and Norris, and houees and lots and vacant lots in the village of Bruseels. Prices 'low, terms easy, end title good. Apply to jOHN LECKIE, Brus- sels. 574 -palm FOR SALE.—For Sale, that most desir- x able farm, being tot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hullett, situated. 1 aniles from. Kinbarn, and 6 miles from Seaforth.1 There are excellent buildings ea the premie, inclading a firetaclass stone house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring creek runs through the farm; good prchard, good fences, and the land in on excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Me - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES H. BENSON, Sea - forth. '562 FARM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 17, concession 8, Stanley,100 aeres, 80 cleared, a -ell Reseed and in a good state of cultivation, the belanee vell tinebared with maple. Frame house barn and sheds. Five acres of good bearing orchard, and two never failing wells. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles et Varna, 6 miles from Brum- field station, Great WesternItailway, and 15 miles from Sealurth and Canton. For further pennon. tars apply to the proprietor on the paemises,or to Tama P. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598 FARM FOR SATE.—For Sae West half of Lot 31, Concession 12, MelTiflop, centaining 50 ores, 4u of whieh Eire cleared, well fenced and in excellent eondition ; a good log house, also 11 young orchard commencing to bear anal abund- ance of splendid water; is within half a mile of a good gravel road, and is convenient to churches, school and post office; is within 9 miles from Sea - forth and an equal distance. from. Btussels . Apply to the proprietor en the premises, or to Leadbary P. 0. ISAAC GRAHAM.. 603-4x FARM FUR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 26, Con. 2, -a- Turkel -smith; containing 100 acres of excellent land, about 7.) of which are cleared and a consid- erable part of it well underdrainecl ; the balance is good hardwood. bush; (value house, frame barn, and stable; an orchard, good well; convenient to schools, ehurches, &G. Is situated *bout 6 miles from Setnoith and 1 nine from Brticefield station, on a good getvel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises'or if by letter to Bnicefield P. 0. THOMAS MUNRO, Tuckersmith. 601 FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11, • H. R. S. containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and in a first-class state of cultivation, the balance being good hardwood busk; log, house, vith stout UractiO, with stone stabling malerneat je gboaornd dollar ander, and well finished ; fr bearing orchard and 3 good wells; convdni5ut to church, school and post office ; is situated Smiles from Seadm tit and 5 from Hensall, on a good gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor ou tlad- preraisea, Or if by letter to Chiselhnrst I'. 0. JOHN C. STEELE. 603-4n ram FOR SALE.—For sale. Lot 2, Con. 17, • Grey, and part of Lot I, 'Con. 17, containing ni alt 129 acres, about 90 of which are eleared, and ander geed cultivation. The balance is well timbered with hardwood. There is a hewed log house, and frame barns, sheds and stables. There len good bearing orche al and good sealer. Is situated on e good gravel road within half a mile of Walten village ; five miles from Brussels, on the Great Western Railway; and ten miles from Seefortha on the Grand Trunk liailway ; with a. choice or nutrkets. For farther partioulara apply th_o_p•rokietor on. -the premises or to Walton P. O. JOHN PIRADZEIN. 610x20 FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 22, Con, 3, -I; Township of Tuekersraith, L. R. S., continu- ing 100 mule, about 70- el vrhich are cleared and in e good state of ealtivation ; the balance is good. hardwood bush ; good frame heusel barn and stable; excellent water on the premises ; well ;kneed; good young orchard, and every 001111W/ - epee appertabilue t a farms. Is situated ab out 7 rages from neon:lien, 4 feem Kippen, and 3 from 13rucefielE1, .on the London, Huron. and Brace Railwey. The land is first-class clay loaro.. For luither partisalars apply to the proprietor en the promises, es, if by letter to Brucelield P. 0: MILES McMILISAN. 601-4x FARM IN LLOP FOR SALE.—For Sale, • the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Ale - containing 112 anres ; there are about 80 cleared, Weil fenced, underdrained., anal in a high state -of caltivetion„ the balgnee is well -timbered With hardwood; good dwelling, new bank fmme h'axo 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other "thailaing:;, aleo a good young orehard and plenty of waer. Is 10 miles from Brussele, 5 from WaltW, and 14 from Seo.forth, with good gravel roads to earl' plane; connenient to chareh and 6ellools -be sold an 0 whole or in two parts; or. will he nnealinged for a snaU ferms Apply to Walton P0. or to the I:ire:victor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. , 593 • FARM FOR- SALE.—For sale lot No. 8, con- ' eession 9, Hullett,und sorah half of lot 8, concession lir, coataining in all 150 acres, about 120 of which are cleared, well fenced, and in. a good state of cultivation. There are 100 acres Clear of atmaps, 42 acres see led down and 12 . acres of al -limner fallow. The: e Etre two dwel- ling housee and good frame barns, stables and sheds. A good bearing orchatd, and two splen- did wells. It is within 9 miles of Seafofth and egolli distance from Clinton, and within 0. mile and it half of the village of Kinburn, with good' gravel road e leading to each place.. For further Particalars'apply to the undersigned on tke prem - hes or no Kinbarn P. 0. WM. DUNLOP. 611x4 Mr. Pringle vs. Mr. Blake. To the Editor of the Huron 4"xpositor. SIR ,—If the -editorial which ap- peared in Tim EXPOSITOR some time since has been the cause of bring- ing Mr. Blake clown from the third heaven to assume the championship of the Reform cause, you certainly de- serve the thanks of the whole Country. The people now know Mr. Blake's true position. It seems strange if his heart has always been in the right place that he should have left the country and the party in the hour of trial. If his health was not so bad as not to prevent him 'taking a European tour, it. certainly ought not to have prevented. him at least writing a few stirring letters on the "goose" or free trade question, and of giving a few words of comfort and en- couragement to his.friends. Doubtless the Globe would have been pleased to publish all such letters, so that Mr. Blake is perfectly inexcusable in acting in the Mysterious manner he did. Being -a great admirer of his. I fully ex- pected he was, like myself, dissatisfied with the policy of the party. Mr. Blake having now expressed his views in an honest, straightforward manner, I wish, with your permission, to criticize • his G -alt speech, so far as ib touches on the labor and trade questions. The speech itself is an eloquent one, and • ,fairly overflows with sound principles theoretictitly, that are practic,ally un- sound. What use is there in talking re- ligion to a mau with a large family of small children, if he has no bread in the house, or what use is there talking about the beauties of free trade princi- ples, if other nations will not isten to us, and when our big Selfish neighbor only laughs at our situpli y? Free trade principles must 'rest oil the foun- dation of justice before they can be of any benefit to us. What • justice is there in the Americans imposing al- most prohibitory duties on all Cana- dian produce going into the country, while we allow theirs to come in free? What justice is there in taking 040,000,000 out of the people's pockets for railway purposee and allbwing these same railways to give this money as a bonus to the Americans to rob us out of our geographical poktion, and all other natural advantages God has given us, by carrying their produce to market at one half the rates they carry our own. Mr. Blake talks about the beauties , of trade, or exchange, but what advantage can there be in trading with a people engaged in the same business as our- selves, who have got such fearful ad- vantages over us, and who will only trade with us on their own terms? The terms are that we do all ettlte buying and. they the selling. It is this one- sided way of trading that has had such a ruinous effect on the country. No trade is surely 1310: n better than an un- profitable one. M.. Blake's arguments in reference to m ..sufactures are such as to refute his Lee tra,detideas. He says, "there are, sotne classes of man- ufactures in which it is possible to greatly increase the production at a small expense, th.e first expense of ma- chinery and building being large compar- ed with the cost of actual manufacture. By running night andela,y they Can turn out large quantities of goods, and sell them at cheap rates. Thus the coun- try that has the largest area to ,be sup- plied can produce more cheatily than the one that hassa, small market." Ac- cording to this idea, Canada Ought to extend the area of the United. States so as to get the full benefit of cheap American manufactured goods. It is an undoubted fact the more extensively goods can beena,nufactured, the cheaper they can be sold. The profit of the manufacturer is in, the amount of busi- ness done. Such being the case, how absurd for Mr. Blake to paint such a fine picture of what he loves to see. He says, "I like to see manufactures • extending. I am glad. also to see the class if domestic manufactures with . whicb the Province of Ontario is stud- ded, and I like to see a large number of towns and villages with some modest industry, in which, owing to various circumstances, such as facilities of sup- ply, water power, or some advantages with reference to labor, a profitable business is, conducted- in -a modest way by a vast number of men." ,What a contradiction According tb Mr. Blake's Own. showing, the flue picture he has drawn can not be realized, un- less raodest industries are protected in their infancy from the gigantic manu- factures on the other side. If . such is really required, the sooner it was done the better, so that all our modest in- dustries will keep pace with the coun- try, the result will be, if the predictions of the Globe and other . authorities are true, we will soon have a population of 100,000,000 people to supply. I deny that the cheapest goods are the cheap - i est for consumers to buy; this depends altogether on circumstances. Mr. Blake is rather jocular about the effects pro- duced by the National Policy. He as- sumes too much in supposing the country • wants to get rid of it. I voted for the Reform candidates at the late election, but if the N. P. was made a test ques- tion to -morrow, I would vote in favor of it. It seems to Inc smite people are al- together too impatient. In the animal, vegetable and commercial worlds, cer- tain causes require time to produce cer- tain effects. When a young man. and woman change their policy by getting married, they do not expect a full-grown family of sons a,ndeedaughters all at once. They do not even care to see the effects of the new policy before twelve months. Then it is only a little boy or girl, who may or may not be the fore- runner of others. In Scotland, Where • Many of your readers,as well as George Brown and myself, came from, things are sometimes differert,, large families being.frequently well raised before mar- riage. Joint marriages and christenings are quite common: _Many ere the men and women who can remember of hav- ing daneed at their father's and moth- er's wedding. I knew one young woman who had seven children when she, was married. The children, however, wete not christened at the wedding, for the simple reason they belonged to seven different fathers, audit was not thought prudent to have so many present on the occasion. To hear some people talk of the N. P. they seem to expect the same unnatural shower of blessingsthat be - fel the husband who married the \W- m= with the seven children. The N. P. wille wark exactly like the lawful in.arriage, one beneficial effect will as- suredly be . the forerunner of others. Trade questions, having little or no con- nection with Chancery, Mr. Blake is not apt to see the good effects; .others are determined. not to see the good effects, and. nobody is so blind as those who are not willing to see._ I can see the good effects without go- ing outside of this town. In my last letter I showed plainly the N.P. was not the cause of tb.e removal of the oatmeal I will now show that it is the cause of the " hum " in the new foun- dry. You are perfectly well aware that Messrs. Carter & Co., got the agency last fall for the sale of the celebrated South Bend plow. They succeeded in selling nearly 1,000 at $16 each. Here was $16,000 tAlsen right out of the country, less the commission for selling. As good luck would have it, the N. P. , frightened the firm into -manufacturing theseplows. The results are they are employing- 25 men and turning out 25, plows daily, or will make 2,000 in six months. If . the foundry was large enough the firm could. easily have em- ployed 100 men and. turned out 100 plows daily, the d.emand is so good. These plows are still sold. at the same price, but granting theycost 02 more it weuld be cheaper than buying them from the States, as the in.en employ- ed Contribute just as much to the rev- enife as the very best farmers in the country, this naturally lightens the. farmers' burdens. Besides these men consume lots of unmerchantable pro- duce that is really worthless unless con- sumed at home. They also sustain the merchant and other tradesmen, who in turn sustain the farmers—the farmers supporting all. Surely $32,000 kept in the country for six naonths' Work can- not hurt anybody. Mr. Blake played on the feelings of the workinguaeu, when he told them they were unjustly dealt with by the N. P., as their labor was not protected. It is -perfectly true the N. P. does not protect labor, but it creates it, which is far better. If these 25 men had not got work here, they would have had to go. to South. Bend.. Is it not a b:essing then that eveuour big' neighbor does not protect labor the same as everything else, so that men are permitted to sell their labor in the highest market ? You are also aware pork packing was carried on extensively two winters ago in this town,. Unfortunately prices went down, aud 'meats could not be sold unless at a ruinous loss. Fortu- nately packers held ou until they got the N. P. The result was the P84itiC Railway contractors were obliged to come to Ontario for their supplies, and bought up all the old pork in the coun- try at 6 cents per pound. Only for the NI P. they would have got their supplies in Chicago as formerly, and all this old pcirk that has beeu bought would either have had to rob or be shipped to the English market, in which case it would not have paid freight and commissions. Our worthy Mayor, who is a good Grit, will not say but the N. P. was a God - seed in getting him out of 100,000 lbs. It is true this old pork 'caused a. little rebellion a,rnongst the navvies in Mant- toba, but it was better to have a little rebellion with nobody killed, than that the country should have lost so much money: You are perhaps not aware there was 20,000 bushels of grain held in this town one mouth ago, and that holders h -ave realized at least 10 to 15 cents per bushel more than they would have doue without the N. P. ,In Tuly when wheat was bought at what it was worth for export, the price of No. 2 spring was worth'$1.05 in Chicago, while our wheat could not be sold over 88 to 90c. on the cars. In August the price of No. 2 has ruled. about 85c. in Chicago for export, while our own wheat has been selling, at Si down to 90e. for home use. It is quite plain if the N. P. had not been in force the Americans - would have been supplying our wants awl glutting our markets; that our wheat, would not be worth 76 to 80c. for spthig. It is surely better that we sup- plY our own wants at good prices, than that the Yankees should do so. think I have succeeded in showing that the N. P. is doing good, that is the -duty of all good-nsen to give it a fair trial. • Yours, &O., JAMES PRINGLE. • Walk from Montreal to . Nor- way Proposed. A Norwegian named A. Birch- creat- ed • a . little interest last. winter by • walking from Montreal to Quebec on snow -shoes, M the use of which he is reputed to be au adept. From the ac- count of Birch's history, briefly nar- rated by himself in the Christiana (Nor- way) Morgenblthlet, he appears to be of 1 a roving disposition, having come to , Canada last winter from South Africa, where he had been for only 16 months. I'What he has done and what he is going to do in Canada may be gathered from ; the account referred. to. "In January last," says Birch, "I took the notion to make myself a pair 'ef snow -shoes after.the Norwegian tnodel, • and in February uudertook to walk front. Montreal to Quebec within ninety hours' walk, about' 200 miles. It was very cold, and the snow very deep.. made the trip in 45 hours' actual walk- ing, and the people here now 'call me the well-known Norwegian snow- shoer ;1 but next WinterI intend to show - the people of Canadawhat can be done On Snow -shoes. . "1 have also a proposition to make to those in Norway interested in Nor- wegian sport. If I can gain interest • eno-ugh among Norwegiau capitalists to aid. me, I \ill early next spring start on a walk from here to Norway—of course overland, through Asia, - Russia, and Sweden. Perhaps you will think the undertaking too great? I answer that I will be responsible_ with my life e that I shall succeed if I get the necessary means and a fit remuneration when through with the journoy. 1 " It is my intention to take with me, besides the necessary arms and ammu- nition, nautical and other instruments for investigations and observations, and I do not intend to pass over that area without investigating the territory with care, for railway purposes and other noteworthy things connected with the continent, and. forward to the press whenever opportunity is given. I am in my prime, of good health and cour- age, excellent legs, and of course un- married, and I flatter myself with hav- ing taken just as dangerous trips before, if not quite as great." • Canada. —Harriston is to have a new High School, to cost $4,500. The Scott Act is being agitated he the County of Middlesex. —Rev. Robert Torrance, of Guelph, celebrated his silver wedding on Mon- day. —West of London a larger acreage of fall wheat will be sown this year than ever before, ou account of the failure of the spring crop. —Six croquet players of Harriston made a match last. week with six play- ers of Clifford. Harriston won four games out of six. • —Mr. Geo. Eyvel, el the Sarnia Ob- server, has been appointed official re- porter at the Western Circuit of the ap- proaching assizes. —The ladies of Lucknow practice archery. An archery prize is to be competed for at the Caledonian games to be held there shortly. . —Rev. Dr. Ormiston, of New York, formerly of Hamilton, preached to a crowded congregation in Emmanuel church, Montreal, Sunday last. —Mr. C. Tupper, son of Sir Charles Tupper, ss to be married to a daughter of Hon. James Macdonald, Minister of Justice, at Halifax, on the 96h inst. —At a late meeting of the Loudon City Council, one Aldermen accused an- other of having laid dor,vn "burnt oat hulls instead of asphalt" on a certain street. - —A beer -drinking contest come Off in a Yonge street saloon, in Toronto, on Tuesday. One of the contestants drank 33 ordinary glasses of lager in twice as Many minutes. —The Weekly Globe is to be greatly enlarged. on 1s6 January, 1880. The • number of pages 18 to remain as now - 16; but the size of the page is to be very much enlarged. • —The creditors of Messrs. D. Butters Co., Montreal, have resolved to grant discharge to the firm on condition of their handing over the whole of the estate for distribution. —The managers of Hellmuth Ladies' College, of London, propose to estab- lish a special school of domestic • n econ- omy. The College has a litres) increase , J in its numbers this term. —.A. tramp who can't get his living now, when apples are ripe and turnips as big as a pint basin, should be ar- rested and made to work for at least 1E-ne whole day in the week. —Warren Smith beat Wallace Ross t Halifax, on Monday, by half a boat's ength. St. John men will lose about 10,000 by the defeat of their champion, alifax raking in the shekels. —Some farmers in Beverly have had return of 1,400 bushels of oats this year from one farm. They have come to the concluaion that the growing of oats pays better than the raising of wheat. i —At the Galt seed fair last week prices for seed wheat twet)ed from $1.05 to 1.12i.. A load. ofClawson brought the latter figure. A new kind called. the "Lovett White Wheat" was held. at 3. • —The lady shareholderin the Con- solidated Bank, who held a meeting in Montreal last week, condemned the "loose and scandalous" management of the directors. The ladies want the bank to resume. —John Kerr, wagon maker, Watford. has raised a "breeze" among his Allow tradesmen by issuing a challenge to the Province, to make a set of. wheels for a lumber wagon, to be judged by the workmanship, strength and durability. • —Mr. Robert Barclay, an old and well-known resideut of Paris, returned heave last week after an extended tour through' California and Australia. Mr. Barclay returns to Canada with the opinion that it is quite as good. a coun- try as any he saw in his travels. —A Mr. Wright made application for permission to run a sausage machine on the Exhibition grounds during the Show, by wllich the porker goes in a whole hog, and comes gut in bright en- cased ringlets of minced pork. The directors declined to swallow the saus- • age scheme. —John D. Miller, blacksmith. of Bridgeport, County of Waterloo, died on Tlitirsday of last week, from the effects of injuries received the day be- fore by being thrown out of a wagon in his yard and falling on a heap of stones. Deceased was in his 56th year and had resided in Bridgeport for about 35 years. —Wm. Russo, a hod -carrier in Am- b herstbure, would seem to be pdssessed of considerable muscle. In one day last week, while the plastererwere putting on the first coat on a building, he car- ried up a flight of stairs, (19 steps) 120 hods of mortar, averaging 242 lbs. to the hod, making a total amount carried that day of over 29,000 lbs., or 14,1- tons. He also mixes his own mortar. Mr. -Russo is a Prussian by birth, is.32 years old and weighs 175 lbs. A short time ago he was examined by lir: Brien. of Essex Centre, who gave it as his opinion that he was the finest speciruen of muscular development he had ever seen. —A large number of the most expert professional thieves in the United States have arrived in Toronto, for the pur- pose of " taking part" at the reeeption to the Princess and. Marquis at the Ex- hibition. —Mr. Connolly, correspondent of the London Times, writes from Winnipeg that he thinks the Northwest the most fertile country in the world. Its settle- ment, he says, will be the salvation of, the Dominion. —Mr. Alex. Carlyle, of Port Rowan,• nephew of the celebrated Thos. Carlyle, was married lately at Dumfries, Scot- land, to his cousin, Miss Mary Aitken, who has for years past acted as am- anuensis to her uncle. —Mr. Pressprich, of the New Ham- burg Tolksblatt, has nearly completed a handsome two-story brick residence. It Will be one of the finest in Hamburg when finished. We are glad that German journalism in old. Waterloo is so profitable. —There is a rumor afloat in Ottawa that His Excellency the Governor-Gen- eral will be advised. to knight Mayor Mackintosh on account of his distin- guished services in connection with the Dominion Exhibition. This is " sar- keen)," as A. Ward used to say. —The Hamilton Times h-ugs the hope that that city will become the head- quarters of the to -be -amalgamated Great Western Railway and Grand Trunk Railway Companies. The Pres Press says London is bound to be the head- quarters, and. don't you forget it. —A merchant in Lindsay has resort- ed. to a rather novel Way of getting rid of the flies in his store. While the store is closed on Sunday they burn a quantity of brimstone in their windows, and the fumes arising suffocate all the flies that go to the window to be near the light. - flock of forty-seven imported Cotswolds, bought at the great Btiyal International Fair, London, England. (of which the Prince of Wales is Presi- dent), by Mr. W. W. Craig, for Mr. Robert Craig, arrived in Brampton. These are said to be the finest flock ever brought into Canada. —Me, Fred. Jarvis, son of Mr. James Jarvis, of Ottawa, has just received in- formation irom London, England, of his having won the Gilchrist Scholar- ship, which entitles the holder to £100 sterling for three years, in Lon- don University. Mt. Sidney Hunton, of Ottawa, was the successful candidate last year. —A novel way of compelling pay- ment of a debt was practiced. in Toron- to last week. An uncouth individual meandered. about the street, ringing a large bell, and at intervals shouted out: "Ohl yes, oh yes, oh! yes; all ye good people and. true, take warning that , of — College street, has not paid his butcher's bill." —A Brantford commercial traveller who SOME) years ago married a- fine young girl from Burford, but who af- terwards obliged her to leave him through his bad conduct, roved into Burford on Menday of last week, and, after annoying and insulting his mother-in-law, snatched up the young- est child (his own) and made off with it. —The Brantford School Board. ad- vertised. for a duly qualified first-class male teacher, stating the salary to be 0450. At the time serious objection was urged by many that the salary was quite inadequate to secure the proper party. But there were no fewer than fifty-six applicants, and all splendidly qualified for the position. —The Toronto daily papers are mar- vels of ugliness and bad printedness just now. During the show season they have enlarged their sheets, and ap- pear to allow their advertisers to select the type for their announcements from their job offices. The Globe looks like a mamnaoth poster struck by lightning, and the Telegram is not much better. The Mail is nearly al -ways pretty well printed, but uees as- big type as the others. —Mrs. John McLurg, of the town- ship of Lobo, seems to possese the se- cret of making good butter. Mrs. Me- Lurergets an average of about 20 cents for all the butter she can make. The ordinary run of store packed butter brings on an average about seven cents per pound. Mrs. McLurg's dairy is, of course, a perfect model of neatness, and is as clean and tidy as any drawing - room in the land. She will be an exhibitor at the Toronto and Ottawa Fairs. —The Northwest Indians, deprived of buffaloes, are becoming desperate and threaten an outbreak. When Sit- ting Bull crossed the line, Great Bear, the chief of the Crees, piotested. The Indian Commissioner pacified him by saying that Sitting Bull would soon re- turn. Now that the buffaloes have been nearly exterminated, the Canadian Indians dare not enter American terri- tory for fear of a collision with hostile Indians. Lieut. -Governor Laird at Battleford has sent his family to Win- nipeg. His position is critical. 4 de- spatch from the Police at Fort Walsh reports that serious trouble is antici- pated. • —A match has been arranged be- tween Hanlon and Courtney, to take place on the 3d October, on Lake Chau- tauqua, in the State of New York. A. purse of $6,000 has been made up to be given to the winning man. Many per- sons may think the practice of hanging up a prize and bidding the best man to winit is preferable to the old one of making a match by each man and his backers "putting up," as it seems to eliminate gambling from the sport. The Mail, however, points out that in the latter case both the men and their backers have a forcible reason for hav- ing a square, manly, straight-out race, whereas when a party of outsiders pro- vide the prize nothing is to prevent the competitors agreeing to divide it, both bearing in mind the ancient adage that half a loaf is better than no bread, and that they each stand a chance, unless they come to some agreement, of return- ing home with an erhpty pocket. • —Last week Messrs. Barber Bros., of Streetsville, received two car loads of dye stuffs from Boston over the Credit Valley. This is the first freight that has passed over that road. The same firm received the first freight over the Grand Trunk to Georgetown in 1856. —On the same vessel ,with the two returning Canadian Ministers, several eminent English capitalists of large means and considerable 'experience an the construction of railways are said. to be em route to Canada, at the solicita- tion of the Government, to make en- quiries relative to the proposed national highway._at nlesnakes are quite common in the County of Essex this year. Fifteen or sixteen were killed. in one neighbor- hood there within a fortnight. A horse belonging to Mr. Morris lataly died from being bitten. They are the true thoroughbred rattlesnake, crotalklae horrida,, scientifically, and not the stippoeed rattlesnake which frequents marshes. —A requisition has been presented , by bankers and leading men in Mon- treal requesting Mr. Angus to re -con- sider his determination to retire from the Managership of the Bank of Mon- treal. Nothing definite has yet been announced on the subject, but from good authority we hear that Mr. .Angus may at least be persuaded to retain his position for a few months longer. ;—The silver mine at Spar Island, about 25 miles from Prince Arthur's Landing, which has been under the management of Mr. S. J. Dawson, IL P., is turning out very rich specimens of both native and silver ore. A ileNV mine, back of Sault Ste. Marie, on the Canadian side, is being opened by Mr. Cousins. The ore =Shows a fine grade of silver, and. prospects are en- couraging. —An -01a folks' " pic-iaic, being a gathering of the pioneers of Elgin and Kent, with'their descendants, was 'field near Clearville, on the shore of Lake Erie, ou Thursday of last week. A large number was present, including nearly all of the first settlers who are yet alive. Speeches were made by Archibald McKellar, sheriff of Hamil- ton, Hon- David Mills and Mr. Coin Macdougall. —A resident of the township of Chat- ham, familiarly known as "Nigger An- derson," eloped with bis neighbor's wife last week. When the guilty pair returned home they veer° waited. upon by some of their neighbors, and. Ander- son was seized upon and enveloped in a coat of tar and feathers. Afterwards they lashed him, Mazeppa like, to the back of a steer, and turne&. him loose on the concession line. Those who have seen the female in the ease do not think Anderson should be punished for run- ning away with her. —James Hand, a Toronto printer, left about a year ago for England, in charge of some cattle. Shortly after his arrival there, he enlisted in the 77th Regiment, but subsequently vol- • unteered for active service in the Zulu campaign. On his arrival in Africa he was attached to the 57th Regiment, known as the "Die-Hard-d-ames," and. has been iu threeengagements. In a letter received from hitn dated July 8, he says : "The troops expect the war will close in two naonths. * * Those who have never seen a battlefield have no • idea - what war means." Which latez observation is no doubt very true. —Trade in frontier towns such as Windsor and Sarnia' is suffering very much just now from the prevalence of smuggliug. Really, even 'with our present tariff, there are very few arti- Glee of equal quality which cannot be purchased as cheap, or cheaper, on this side of the line than on the other. But there is a sort of fascination about smuggling, above all other forms of • transgression, which impels people to practice it, even when the profits are purely imaginary. The customs au- thorities employ lady searchers to ex- amine all suspiciously stout -booking matrons crossing the line, and it is said they are as great a terror to the most of married women as the image peddler was to Nicholas Nickleby's mother. —A match game of chequers was played in Galt last week between ten Conservatives and - ten Reformers. When the match was narrowed down to the last game between the last players, it became known that the Re- formers were one game ahead on the total, and this naturally drew the at- tention of the entire audience to the game there being played, and caused. considerable excitement. For a time it appeared to be a sure thing for the Re- fornaer Mr. Kay; but at a critical mo- ment he made a slip, and. his Conserva- tive oppoeent, Mr. Norris, landed three 1 of his men in quod, and. won the game. , This left the match a tie. —Young Canada in all forms of ath- letic competitions is coming rapidly to• 1 the fere, So much so as to create feel- ings of jeklousy on the part of some of our neighbors. In our 'national game, lacrosse, it is of course to be expected that a Canadian team should carry off the laurels against all comers, and the outside world cannot furnish a aub , which can compete with Canadian clubs with any degree of success. Then 1 on water we' have Haulm, Ross and •I Smith, whose records speak for them- . selves. Chief of Police McKinnon, of 1 Belleville, holds the heavy weight championship of America; while E.W. Johnston, of Hamilton, Ontario, has a brilliant record in all round competi- tions Lately, too, a number of Can - I adians are making unusual time in run- - - ning, and one Raine, of Ottawa, bids fain to bring the championship of Am- erica to his city. In cricket, however, e Canadians for some cause do not excel, but it is reassuring to notice in this connection the success of the Hamilton eleven in the contest against the Young Americas which concluded. iia Phila- delphia on Wednesday. Ie their first innings they made a score of 79 against that of 78 on the part of the home team. in two innings. —Mrs. J. M. Fraser, of Stratford, has lately returned from a visit to North Carolina, bringing with her some splendid sainples of white and red wheat, grown on the farm of Mrs. Robt. Amos, formerly of North East- hopee Mrs. Amos has a farm of 1,300 acres in her Southern hmxte and is do- ing well, as are also Mr. John Living- stone and others who went from these parts. Mr. Livingstone is cultivating tobacco extensively, and expects to net between 02,000 and. 03,000 this season frbra that crop. —A number of Mechanics' Insti- tutes, says the Monetary 'Times, are adding billiard rooms to their attrac- tions, and Belleville, we are told, adds a gymnasium. There are some who condemn such a move, and think it tends to immorality. On the principle of John Wesley, heavever, who ap- proved the incorporation of secular airs in a collection of sacred hymns, ob- jecting to allowing the devil to have all the good trines, and we object to the devil having all the b(seed games. If the game of billiards, of which they are so fond, can be offered to young mon apart from the associations of driialting, smoking and betting, which too often surround it, we think a step in a good direction has been taken. —For some time past a company of wandering tinkers have been in the vicinity of Chesley, speculating M horses. Several persons in the neigh- borhood have been badly taken in, and it is said the gipseys have made about 0400 in cash siDee they first -came there. A farmer in the township of Brant, who is known to be a shrewd man, was in Chesley a few days ago, and made a trade. The strange horse WS S hitched to the buggy, but the farmer had not gone far before the animal put down its head and raised its heels. The occu- pants of the buggy concluded -they would he safer on the ground, and got out of the rig in -a hurry. About,. this time a man on horseback came along, another trade was made, and the par- ties separated, each no doubt thinking he had got the best of the bargain. D- es hardly eafe to deal with the gipseys, unless a man gets the price of his horse to boot. —The Galt papers are discussing a system of mimicipal fire insurance. They propose that each town council should pay trona the treasury all fire losses occurring within the limits, de- riving the fund for such purposes out of increased taxes. They argue that , the town of Galt pays for insuriume four or five times as much as the average fire losses year by year, and that if the premiums paid out were paid into the municipal treasury, they would on the average be sufficient to meet the fire losses and the ordinary taxes combined. This would work well in the case of small fires, but supposing half a town to burn down, it would impoverish the unburnt portion to meet the bosses. No place -is so well fitted to try the ex- periment of local self-insurance as Galt. With abundance of water, a steamer and nearly the whole town built of stone, it is almost impossible that there should be a large fire there. We should like to see the experiment rade. —About 400 people visited Puslinch Lake, neareduelph, one Sunday lately, Among them were MSS Bigerow, Thomas Rogers and Dave something, of Guelph. These three set saii upon the briny deep, got into the rashes, and upset where the water ie about three feet deep, and the soft bottom mud .about 200 feet thick. The lady began to sink into the mud, but ere she had disappeared frora mortal gaze, Rogers flew, or rather waded, to the rescue. He struggled to get her into the boat, but the'naore he raised. her the more he went down. It was a, sort of compen- sating balance as it were. When he could lift no longer without disappear- ing entirely, he shouted, 'skimp for the boat or you're lost." She juraped wad was saved. They pulled for the shore and drove home. Arrived in the city they sought the seclusion of the back streets, and after a roundabout drive, arrived at home very wet, very dirty, and. thoroughly under the inapreesion that Sunday boat riding always brings its own reward. • —A large and influential meeting of wheat buyers and millers was held at Palmerston, on Wednesday, the 27th of August. Delegates were present from Port Elgin, Paisley, Walkerton, Mildmay, Clifford, Harris - ton, Palmerston, Listowel, Brussels, Galt, Guelph, and Salem. The subject under discussion was the present method of buying grain. The unaniraous feel- ing was that a change must be made, and grain bauefit according to its intrin- sic value, in order to do justice th the • buyers as well as to the farmers who take care in offering good. and properly cleaned grain. The feeling on this sub- ject was so strong, that the meeting un- animously agreed. to adopt in their buy- ing hereafter the scale of weights now in vogue in the Counties of Waterleb and Wellington ; wheat standing the full weight of 60 lbs. being the standard: •11 only 59 lbs. to the bushel, lc, off ; 58 lbs. to the bushel, 2e. off; 57 lbs. to, the bushel, 3c. off ; 56 lbs. to the bushel, 5c off ; 55 1bs. to the bushel1 Se off ; 1 54 lbsto the bushel, 11c, off; 53 De. to the bushel, 15c. off; 52 N. to the bushel, 20c. off ; 51 lbs. to the busnel, 27e. off; 50 lbs. to the bushel, 35o. off. For grain going over weight the same scale will be adopted.