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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-09-12, Page 1krEMBER 5 1879 - and the wind would hams sparks to the hoes* aelike, fire. could hardly have hew Ct is supposed that the fire in a pile of ashes, which had. ied outside. ay. John Ross, who has beee 6 call by the eengregatiort Of hurch, Drussela. is at preseet assistant- for Rev. Dr, Topp, tie is said to be a young Jch pretniee, and the Brus- ?gation have beeu most for- Lheir choice. w of the approaching Cale - nes at Listowel ou the 12th, Then the Molesworth folks een theinselves to quoit pitch - are rapidly becomina prat- e practice. ' It is undZr con - to test their skill with the lavers this fall. ifti of Mr. George Birney, who is a little eccentric in took a notion that she weuld of any more food, which carried out for eight days, that. time she partook of it water, and up to the eighth 'Teared. to be enjoyiug health eh. She is now partaking of HALL'a Scotch Alma Caps, lirect, all colors and allprices. Ling for this we -weather. it—e;ill show during the Septenabee Heavy Canadian 25c. per yard off our regular L' cash. Parties wishing to [ do well to see our stock be- asmg elsewhere. We moans the premises_ Parties buy_ we will cut, them free of \Jae a fine assortment of ties, Riug price $0e.„ 40c., 50c., and vitt sell them now, for cash, aa 40c., and 50e. We mean Call and see us. Hargie Tames Scotch Alma Caps, direct, all colors -and all prices. lithe' for this wet weather. immeanavsse McDOUGALL:&. et di pleasure in announcing to mers and the public general - v have Opeued Out END D LOT FA.144 AND WINTER GI-001aS ev have Just Received Direct ,from the, OLD COUNTRY, ig all the New Makes, and .1.1ades, and surpassing any- . 7 Shown. in Seaforth for their 7.0.1A JT :17_1 SS, .itv and Style Considered. ilc-DOUCALL 84 CO; 13.- advise all who want Choice s Goods to call early and BEFORE THEY GO once they are sold out, we • them Wholesale in Canada ce we sell them here at. -VTI-101a 'Muter Stock will bo Completo partments (iri a few days,), le - TOOK Of MILLINERY is Our First Fall Seasort for the Stock will be entireill will be wider the manage- MURDO en such general satisfaction and, Summer. OPENING DAY 'pounced by circular 8,a nt next week, MGDO adt GALL & c°` WHOLE NUMBER, 614. . TWELFTH YEAR. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. DROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, that son- venient and desirabl e residence on the corner oeiligh and Market Streets, lately occepied by Dr. Vercoe. Apply to DR. VERCOE. 4 VARNI OLO TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, 1: PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.—Lot 17, on the 11-th concessiou, McKillop; price 840 per sae; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own tams of payment, at 8 ker cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. 591 1TALUABLE FARM FOR $ALE.—For Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Tuokersmith, County of Huron, ibonsistiner of 50 ems, 81 miles frorn the Town of Seaforth, and oonvenient to school. The land is of the very eat quality. For further particulars o.pply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises or to Egmondvilla P. 0.521 _ _ VARM AND TOWN PROPER LT 'FOR SA.LE, CHEAP.—Lot No, 24, con. 9, McKillop, 100 wee; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, McKillop, 50 scree; north half of north half Lot. 81, Con. 9, MeEillop, 25 acres; residence occupied by Mr. lfalcolmson on Gouinloek Survey, Seaforth; building lots on Jarvis' and F. G. Sparling's Sur- veys. Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPAltLING. seeforth. ' • 595 -ARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, the west part of Lot No 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres, 85 of which are cleared,. well fenced, and an a state of good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on the gravel road leading to 13ruesels and Seaforth, and adjoins a church and school. It is also within half smile of the Village of Walton. Apply on the premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES MIIRCHIE. 498 VARAI FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2; con. 10 Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, about 80 cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a stone house and good frame barn, it is well Imo - ed and underdrairted. There is a young bearing orchard. It is about seven =alai from Seaforth and four from Hensall, and is convenient to sehool. Two good wells of water. Possession given at any time. Apply at the EXPOSITOR office, Seaforth. 610 VARM 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 which are cleared; there are two frame dwelling bones, barn, horse stable, cow stable, sheep -house and driving house; also orchard and abundance of water. The farm is situated two miles from the Town of Seaforth, on the Huron Road. For full pal-tit:inlets apply to McCAUGPMY & HOLME- Seaforth, or to SIMON YOUNG, proprie- tor, on theprerntees. 553-4x pROPERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 14, Con 16, Grey; West half of Lot 29), Con. 6, with cheese factory. complete; Lot 11, Con. 6, and south half of Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ebip of Morris • Lot 22, Con. B, and Lot 28, Con. B, township to lio wick , all good improved farms, together with eeveral 50 acre farms in Grey and Morris and houses and lots and vacant lots in the vitlage of Brussels. Prices low, terms easy, and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus- sels. 574 yew Fon SALE.—For sale, a farm contain- " ing 50 acres belonging to. Mrs. Mary Ann Berry on concession 4, township of Hay, being 'oath half of lot 24; 35 acres of said. farm are cleared and in a .good state of crdtivation ; the balauce in bush, well timbered ; a good frame dwelling house and stable; a good spiing well at the door. The [arra is situated two miles from the thriving village of Hensel!. For terms apply to MRS. MA ity ANN BERRY on the prem- ises. - 611 F'FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, that most desir- able farm, being Lot 1, Con. 6, in the town- ship of Hallett, situated 1 thii1ee from Kinbarn, and 6 miles from Seaforth. There are excellent buildings on the premises, including a first-class one house, two storey, 30 by 40 feet. A spring creek runs through the farm ; good orchard, good fences, and the land in an excellent state of cul- tivation. Apply on the premises to JAMES Mo - MICHAEL, or to MR. JAMES It BENSON, Sea - forth. 562 FIRM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 17, concession 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good etate of caltivation, tile balance well timbered with maple. Frame house barn andsheds. Five acres or g3od bear:ng orchard, and two never failing wells. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Brace - field station, Great Western Railway, and12 miles -from Seaforth and C.intoa. For further particu- lars apply to the proprietor on the premises,or to Varna. P. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598 FIMVRFOR SALE.—For Sale, West h.alf of Lot 31, Concession 12 MeKillop, examining 50 acres, 40 of which are cleared, well fenced and excellent condition; a good lOg house, also a young orchard commencing to bear and abund- ance of splendid water ; is within half a naile of a goal gravel road, and is convenient to churches, school and post office; is within 9 miles from Sea - forth and an eqnal distance from Brussels. Apply to the proprietor on the premises, or to Leadbury. P. G. ISAAC GRAM. 603-4± FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11,' ff. R. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and In a &et -elan state of cultivation, the bidauce being good hardwood bosh; log house, with stout cellar Maier, and well fuaished ; frame barn 86x60, with stone stabling underneath; good bearing orchard and 8 good wells; convenient to eharch, school and post office; is situated 8 miles hora Seaforth and 5 from Hensall, on a good. gravel road. For further particulars apply to the proprietor on the premises, or if by letter to Chiselhurst P.O. SOHN C. STEELE. 603-4x PARM FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2, Con. 17, Grey, and part of Lot 1, Con. 17, containing in all 129 acres, about 90 of which are (leered, and under good caltivation. The Warm is well timbered with hardwood. There is a hewed log house, and frame barns, sheds and stables. There is a good bearing orchard and good 'water. Is 'Rusted on a good gra,vel road within half a mile Of Walton village ; five miles from Brussels, on the Great Western Reilway ; and ten miles from Seaforth, on the errand Trunk Railway; with a choice of markets. For further particulars apply In the pro prietor on the premises or to Walton »•C. soatt McFADZEAN. 610x20 — _ "FARM FOR SALE. --For Sale, Lot 22, Con,. 8, Township of Tuckerarnith, L. R. S. coutain- ng100 acres, about 70 of whieh are cleared and Ina good state of cultivation; the balance is good hardwood buali ; good frame house, ham and a_$tahle ; excellent water on the premises ; well lenced; good young orchard, and every conveni- ence aPpertalnlne ta a farm. Is situated about 7' Ses from Sertiot tn, 2f from Kippen, and 3 from Brimfield, on the London, Ilurou and Bruce ,Reihvar. The land is first-class clay loam. For "alter partionlers apply to the proprietor on the Preadees, or if by letter to ,Brucefield P. 0. 14.ES MeMILLAN. 601-4± _ FARM IN MeKILLop FOR SA'.—For Sale, xillop,co theNuctiti rttin)gart of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Mc - 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared, well fenced, underdrained, and in a high date of cultivation, the balgrace is well timbered ,lith hardwood; good. dwelling, new bank frame porn 50x57, with stabling underneath, end other Outbuildings, also n, good young orehard and Plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from Walton, and 12 from Settfortla, with good gravel roads to each Plata;; conlamient to church and schools; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, pill be exchanged for a small farm. Apply to "0 alttonLuiP. OD.iorNtEost.heprolirietor on the premises. 593 PIM FOR SALE. --For sale, lot No. 8, con- eessiou 9, Hallett, and south half of lot 8, ioncession 10, containing in all 150 acres, about AO of which are cleared, well fenced arid in a Rood atate of cultivation; There are 100 acres deec of stuto.ps, 42 acres seeded down and 12 !tree of &runnier fallow. Theie are two dna ;.at houses and good fr.aane barns, stables aerid ars. A good bearing orchard, and two splen- s. It is within 9 Miles of Seaforth and Vtal ttarice from Clinton, and within a mile 1144 a ball of the village of Kiuburn, withl good ['Wel roads leading to each p:ace. For further P..!_dieulars apply to the undersigned on the prem - WA or ttiConstance P. 0. WM. DUNLOP. 611x8 A TRIP ON THE LAKES - WRITTEN FOR THE 11U11ON PAPOSITOR. First Day.—Waiting for the steamer Bertschy at Goderich. She should leave at 3 P. M. every Wednesday, but did not leave till 7 P. M. Got supper between 7 and 8 as we steered out into the open lake for Port Huron. The darkness began to enclose us, causing everything to leek weird and shadowy, like the FlYinnDutchman of the story: The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of night, As a feather is wafted downwards , Froin an eagle in his flight. lenty of music on board, there being two musicians _hired. for that purpose. The lake was very calm, and the moon shining brightly. I mild not get a stateroom the first night, but I secured one for the next night. Next Day.—Got to Port Huron at 2 A. M., and left about ten minutes after- wards for Detroit, but owing to the fog we were compelled to stop at the dock six miles down from Port Huron. Stayed. there till daylight. As the sun rose the fog cleared off, and on -we wen steadily ter about half an hour, whe all at once we came into the dense fo again. During this half hour we met number of boats. In the twinkling o an eye, we see a boat approaching us and just pointing for us and our boat fo them, but alas! too late. We ha hardly time to say "Jack Robinson before the two boats collidedthe Bert achy and the Arctic. It did not tak long to get out of bed that morning The bow of our boat struck the Arcti about 10 or 15 feet from the point o the bow, and gave her a bad blow-. Th bow -sprit of the Bertschy was torn off and, received some minor iujuries also In all probability the two boats would have gone to the bottom if our boat had been running at full speed ; but we were running our wheel backwards and com- ing very near to a stand -still: The col- lision fever soon subsided as we sailed on down the St. Clair river, which is .very beautiful broad and deep, clear as crystal—how grandly it sweeps on., Got into Lake- St. Clair about 9 A. M.; are making good speed, and expect to be in Detroit in about two hours. Splendid scenery passing through Lake St. Clair. Walpole is the largest island. Got to Detroit at 11.30, leave at 2 P. M. for Cleveland, 105 miles distant. The first lighthouse down from Detroit is Grasse, the first island is Fighting Island; sec- ond lighthouse is Marna.juda. The boats at and near Detroit are as thick as bees in a bee -hive. Sailing on stead- ily down the Detroit river, with its ma- jestic current and beautiful banks, we got into Lake Erie at 3.45 P. M: In the evening the wind began to rise, and about 8 o'cloult a heavy sea was expe- rienced. 7',,e boat began to rocklike a cradle with an angry six-year-old hoy rocking it. About nine in the evening scarcely agybody was to be seen, all be- ing in Maair staterooms, some in rather a peculiar predicament. Some of the ladies would ahnost faint when a large wave would strike the boat and make her screech and squeal as if she was go- ng to pieces. We ran along for two or hree hours in heavy water, when be- tween 11 and 12 q'clock at. night; the boat springs a leak. Great anxiety pre- vailed among the passengers ; some were thinking they would. soon be at the bottorn Of the lake. About midnight n occasional head might be seen look - ng put of the window for the Cleveland ighthouse, but,alas, all that was to be een was a passing ship and the rolling waves, passing along with still the same ind of music. A great many were ept in distress until the lighthouse was een, but still 20 miles from Clevelaiid. We got into port at 3'A. M., after which ost of the passengers went to sleep. Next day we visited the chief business arts of the city ' • crossed the great Via- uct bridge, withits stupendous beauty, immense structure and busy traffic. I aw many fine buildings. The public quare is a bea,utiful place, and is dee- rated- with trees, flowers, monuments, atues, otc. We spent one day in leveland, and on the following morn - g started out again on the now calm ke, for all things have an end, includ- g white -caps and sea -sickness. Ev-en ur honest Michigan Dutchma,c asserts at all that ailed him was " vind on e sthomack." In my next I shall ve you a few words about the sights ewed by the way. C. Dice -sore waraose Sept. 8, 1879. , • he Icelandic Colony- in the Northwest. An intelligent Icelandic gentleman, ho speaks English with considerable cility, contributes some interesting in- formation about New Iceland. The colonists have divided their settlenaents into four divisions, which may be call- ed counties, consisting of four town- ships each, two of these townships lying along Lake Winnipeg, the other two be- ing inland. The division -farthest south is called Victinessbyggd, the termina- tion knurl signifying -county. This county extends as far as Gimli, but the t 11. a f _ SEAFOR.TH, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1879. a Ea st in la in th th -gi vi NV fa village itself lies within the County o Arnessbyggd, which is the second divi sion, reckoning from the souther boundary of tdie reserve. The thir county northwards is called Fljotsbyggd The fourth county is a large island in the lake, and is called Mikleyarbyggd It lies to the east of Fljotsbyggd, th most northerly county on the mainland. Three villages have been laid out in New Iceland; Gimli, which has th only post office in the colony ; Icelandic River (White Mud), which is 30 miles north of Gimli; and Sandy Barg which is four miles south of Icelandic. River The Framfari, a newspaper wliich is published three times a month at Ice- landic River, at the northern extremity of the settlement, is edited by a gentle- man named Holder Briem. Two schools were kept up last winteriby the people themselves, without assistance from the public funds, one at Gimli, the other at Icelandic River. The former of these had about 24 pupils; the lat- ter, perhaps, not more than 15. There is, at present, but one clergyman in the colony, Rev. Jon Bjarnassou, who preaches as regularly o.s possible at Gim- li, and at one place in each of the four counties named above. As he travels mainly by open boat to reach his ev- eral congregations, he is, of course, sometimes prevented by storms on the lake from reaching his Sabbath ap- pointnaent at the expected day and hour. Another pastor who. came over from Dakota sowed seeds of dissatisfac- tion during his stay, and finally return- ed to Dakota, taking with him a num- ber of his countrymen. Others have since followed, and a few more are like- ly to go; but it is not thought probable that the emigration will proceed any further. Just how many were enticed away, it is not easy to calculate, Tak- ing into account the recent immigrations from Iceland; it is thought that the to- tal:population has slightly diminished. No churches have as yet been erected, consequently, the religious services are held in the. school houses and in private residences. Matters which can be settled among the Icelanders themselves without the intervention of the Provincial authori- ties are arranged by means of county courts or councils, consisting of five re- presentatives from each of the four counties. There is, besides these, a general council made up of four repre- sentatives, each county council sending one. Communications are made to the Provincial Government through this geperat council. The president of this general cou [mil is F. Freidricksson, mer - ch ant, postmaster, etc., at Ginali. The land in the reserve is descrit as, in general, rather low, so that so of it is even too wet for cultivation; b the soil -is acknowledged to be of exc lent quality.where it is sufficiently d for the growth of crops. Most of t farmer § succeed very well with th crops, except in seasons when the ra fall is unusually great. This year so of the grain has been destroyed, but t injury is not very extensive. Potato turnips and garden vegetables of va ous kinds are cultivated. Most of t farmers now raise also a little whea though, its these pioneers have first clear away the forest, the number acres sown appears small in comparis with the wheat palds of our prair agriculturists. Perhaps the avera does not exceed two acres of whe to each homestead. A little barley h been raised, but it does not appear th there has, as yet, been any cultivatio of oats. • A few of the wealthier propiieto have about 15 head of cattle each others, in inferior circumstances, ha not more than two or three cows; th a,verage may be estimated at four or fi head for each farmer. There a only four horses in • all New- Icelan and these belong to four different ow ers. A. good mauy of the colonists hav noxe Most of the settlers have pretty goo buildings as compared With the stage o their settlement. Probably the nia, jerity of new beginners of other natn io alities, who start with no -greater re sources to hew out homes for them selves in the midst of the forest, do no make a better show in the same lengt of time as regards the class of dwelling which they inhabit. The best house i the 'colony is that of Feidricksson a Gimli. This edifice is 16x35 feet i size, and is two stories in height. It is frame building with a shingled roof The exterior of the walls is painte white, and the roof iS red. It is use as a private dwelling and a store corn billed.. In general, the houses are buil of poplar logs, though for some of them spruce is employed. Like the firs houses of other early settlers, these are for the most part, not large, the greater number of them not exceeding, per haps, 12 feet by 18 feet. Afew of them reaoh the height of a story and a half though, in general, they are but one story high. Ordinarily they are divided into two or three rooms. The interior of the dwellings is described as com- paring favorably as regards neatness and cleanliness with that of the houses of other Settlers in similar circum- stances._ • One of the disadvantages most felt by the Icelanders is that of their remote- ness from the Winnipeg market. With a good market at the Canada Pacific Railway crossing, they would consider themselves favorably situated; as with a fair wind they could convey their pro- duce from Gimli to the Crossing in one day. The sale for wood is also at pres- ent limited. Some of the farmers have wood on hand, and it is probable thane, larger quantity will be cut next winter. This work would be gone into ' much more extensively if ready sales could be effected. A good many fish are caught by some of the inhabitants in the spring ;' but fishing is by degrees becom- ing abandoned; as the increasing ex- tent of farming operations requires )ed me ut el- ry he eir in - me he es, ri- he t ; to of on ie ge at as at TS ve the time and efforts of the colonists to g be transferred from the fisheries to the farms. A gentleman who returned from n Gimli on Thursday, reports that when he left the settlement last Tuesday the • farmers were just commencing to cut their wheat. • Should the names of persons and places in this article appear formidable to any readers, a second attempt will result in a pronunciation sufficiently correct for ordinary purposes. It is to be observed that the j is prononnced like y ; and that i is pronounced like i in French, German and other Euro- • - pean languages, or like ee in English. The other letters in the names here used are pronounced pretty much as in Enalish. —There would ttepear to be an in- glorious ending to Nie once OICteusive • and busy Moorhead Furniture Manu- facturing Company, of London. We are told that the stock has been re- , moved from the ware rooms, and that the factory is closed, and that while Mr. George Moorhead is still about the Forest City, Mr. W. A. Mom -head has left for Chicago. Canada. "No morn in the barn" is the c plaint of the farmers. —Molsons Bank has declared a dend of 3 per cent. for the curreht year. —The Hudson's Bay Company granting travelling facilities thro their lands to the general public. —Mr. Daniel Clark, of Toronto, an excellent article hi the Septem number of the Canadian Monthly "Medical Manias:" —A well-to-do farmer was fined at Farmersville, the other day, watering milk before taking it to creamery for sale. —The Conservative and Ref chequer players of Galt played a ret match last week. The result wa second victory for the Grits, this t by six games. —The value of the suspended b bills in Montreal is as follows: shanks, 300. on the dollar; Excha 98c.; Consolidated, 92c.; Ville Ma 90 to 90-ic. --Fifteen mills in the dollar is rate of taxation fixed upon for Win peg this year. Eleven Mills of t amount -is for municipal purposes, remainder for schools. —Shipman Cumcnings, of Miligro near Hamilton, 49 years old, last w cut six and a half acres of buckwh within ten hours. Four and a h b acres would be a aocel day's week. —One day lastweek J. D. Willia son &Co., Guelph, paid in one eh 03,012.35 duties on thisty-five cases goods. This was the largest amo ever paid at one time in Guelph. once divi half are ugh has ber On $30 for the orm urn s a ime ank Me- nge, rie, the 111 - his the ve, eek eat alf m- eck of unt ur- 1Y, ns, Ow an me e- m - a r - in by ty n's L. x- e- u- k- th to - to SO 11- It se of —The McGillivray Township Ins ance Company held a meeting recent at which there were 50 applicatio amounting to 060,000. There are n 350 policies in all, and that in less th a year. — The Mennonites are showing so symptoms of extravagance. A Me11- nouite near Pembina Mountain was r cently seeu taking home a baby pera bulaton, the first ever sold in that qui ter to one of the race. — A Guelph spottsman, shooting the neighborhood of, Puslinch Lake, an awkward shot, planted about eigli grains of shot into his companio body. The wouuded man, H. Walker, has had most of the pellets e tracted and will recover. —During the late drouth water b came very scarce in Parkhill for man facturing purposes, and even for drin log.. Farmers, when they arrived wi thirsty horses, found difficulty in ge ting water for them. It is proposed place a windmill on the town well as to prevent the water supply fallin off in future. —D. D. Hanna, Paisley, is now e gaged in fitting up a very handsom little steamer, to be used in navigatin the waters of the Saugeen River. will be furnished with a six-hor power engine, and will be capable running twelve or sixteen miles • a11 hour. She will carry aeventy-fiv passengers, and when loaded will onl draw a foot and a half of water. —The Argenteuil, P. Q., Advertise adopted the plan of publishing a "blac list" of the parties who proved de linquent in the matter of aelvertisin and subscription accounts. Jackson Currie, insurance agents, Montrea were advertised as having "left fo parts unknown, owing us 01.80 for -ad vertising." For this the publisher ha libel. —Three by the firm mentioned fo —Three boys belong,ing to the villag of Chesley, tiring of the conventionali ties and discipline of home life, betook themselves to the woods with the in tention of becoming gypsies. The camped. on the bank of a river an feasted on fish an'd potatoes and corn from the neighboriug fields. The boy wee happy for several days, but their fathers at length appeared on the scene and took them back home. They are now recounting their gypsying adven tures to their school companions. —A disgusted Wet Zorra dairyman writes: Evil days appear to have fallen on cheese makers. The bottom seems to be out at last, and the business knocked in the head. It is to be feared, however, the poor cows will be the vic- tims, as thousands are already doomed, and something very strange must turn up, if a complete revolution in this business don't take place before another year. Those who have the nerve to hold on to their cows and wait for bet- ter prices will likely be the best off in the end. —The Galt Reformer 'advises tem- perance people to concentrate their forces against whiskey and let beer alone. It says: We have only to point to the County of Waterloo, where cus- tom or taste makes lager beer the popu- lar drink, and "among the Germans the use of whiskey is comparatively rare. We would ask temperance people who are in doubt as to the respective de- naerits of whiskey drinking and beer drinking to visit this county and see the sobriety and general comfort which prevails among its German population of beer drinkers. —Four young men of. Buffalo lately made a pleasant and icheap holiday trip. Starting from Buffalo in a nicely equipped and. thorough see going boat, they sailed down through Lake Erie and Ontario, put their boat on. the train Whitby,launched again at Port Perry, and sailed through Scugog and Stur- geon Lakes to Bobcaygeon. Passing through Bobcaygeon they spent a few days camping on the shore of Pigeon Lake, and then sailed for Rice Lake. At Harwood they took their boat by train to Cobourg, and then, once more launching their bark upon the heaving bosom of Lake Ontario, spread their sails to the eastern breeze and made for home. —A -wild cat measuring eight feet in length was lately shot in the township of Ops. —Robert Madden, of Kincardine, made a shipment of plums to Manitoba last week. ' —George Tolley, a Montreal journal- ist, was drowned in the St. Lawrence on Saturday. —Hettke &Inglis, Teeswater, shipped 260 tubs sef creamery butter to Glas- gow, laet week. —The London Free Press, the Park- hill Gazette and the St. Catharines News are the champioiaa of the scheme for Dominion greenbacks. —Judge Sinclair, of Hamilton, has been appointed third auditor in the separation matter between the city of Guelph and the County of Wellington. —A glass company has been organ- ized at Napanee. Ten acres of land have been purchased from the Cart- wright estate, upon whichthe necessary buildings are to be erectedimmediately. —Mrs. D. McLaren, one of the earli- est settlers in Mount Forest, died last week, aged 66. Since the death of her husband iu '71, she continued the mer- cantile business formerly managed by —A fine specimen of pickerel, a somewhat rare fish in the Grand River, was caught at Galt lately. It weighed upwards of three pounds and a half. Its captor was a boy who didn't weigh much more. e --Robert Ormiston, a farmer of Dar- lington, and nephew of Rev. Dr. Ormis- :ton, was killed near his home, on the 29th ult., ihy being thrown from a buggy by the team running away. His brother, was also seriously hurt. —Canada has already paid bounties to 2,412 survivors of the war of 1812 from the grant of 050,000 made by the House of Commons in 1877. Somehow, to have fought in that war seems to have been a great aid t� longevity. —The Toronto Mail claims that Canada possesses mineral wealth equal to any country in the world, and it re- joices to see evidences that increased attention is being given to mining op- erations, especially of gold and silver. —Never wag there a better year for fruit in the gardens about Montreal, and never was there a better year for birds. The sparrows, waxwings and robins made war on the cherries, and still more on any daring person who claimed any of them. —Witham -11. Vanderbilt was in Montreal last week. He stated that he was there for pleasure and not for business. The celebrated railway king gh, of ly, us an r the a8 nd e as ws' t er, I rid v nce Advocate. His kindly disposition and many charities prevented his ever be- coming rich, in the world's acceptation of the word. er —A man took another man's horse from a hotel stable in Galt, in mistake - for his own, hitched it in his buggy and g drove off. The owner of the horse soon (k., came to look for his steed, and being j" unable to find it, came to the conclusion r A had been stolen, and telegraphed all - over the country to stop the thief. Man 8 NO, 1 went home with the horse, and. r his wifeorsome of his friends discov- ered. the mistake. He telegraphed the e owner of the hotel, who informed man - No. 2, who took No, l's horse, drove to his home and made the proper ex- - change. Y O'Brien, a carpenter, be- d. came insane in St. Mary's cathedral, Hamilton, during high mass last Sun- day. He entered the vestry, and when the organ was being played he seized , on any articles that came within reach and theew them at the boys in attend- ance, while Father O'Leary was cele- brating. The congregation heard the uproar and their attention was directed to the place, but Rev. Father Heenan, taking in the situation, managed to get the lunatic outside without much inter- ruption. O'Brien was placed -in safe keeping. —There is a gradual revival in the lumber business. In the Ottawa dis- trict Many mills are ruianing withoutin- terruption day and night. Every day gangs of lumbermen ha-ve been sent to the Upper Ottawa and its tributaries; the movement, which _ordinarily coin- menees in September, having set in considerably earlier this year. The active demand for labor has already had the effect of raising the wages of the shantymen. -Several American capitalists have joined Canadian lum- bermen in their enterprise. The ex- tensive saw mill' of the Gilmours at Hull, which has been closed for some yeah, will be again in motion. next spring. The prospect for square tim- ber is not much improved. —The Dominion has two immigra- tion agents in Germany, Dr. Khan and Madam Von Koeber. The latter is de- voting herself almost exclusively to !the promotion of female immigration. Her object is. to send out as many strong young girls as can be absorbed in do- mestic labor. Her plan is to work in connection with female protective So- cieties in. Germany, and draw from them as many servant girls as may from time to time be required in Cana- da. It is doubtful if the supply has as to b yet kept pace with the demand. There jaff has been some outcry as to the scarcity his is about five- feet eleven inches hi is apparently 50 years of age, and florid complexion. He speaks sharp as one who suffers from some nervo disorder. --John C. Becket, who has been employing printer in. Montreal for last 45 years, died last week. He w an active Mason and Oddfellow, a until shortly before his death w Deputy Grand Sire in the Oddfello Order. He was a pronounced teetotal and was for many years publisher a editor of the old Canaria Tempera s•IMO•iIamegm, { MoiaEAN BR,OS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Adv-anne. Madame Koerber will hasten along two or three Mind:Led of her fanious Gee - man working inaids. —A Durham roan has distinguished - himself by swallowing three dozen raw egg, and. some of them had seen better days. —Mr. Allan Gilmour, of Ottawa. sold out his 500 shares Consolidated Bank stock early this week at 3a to n per cent. Mr. John Rankin was the pur- chaser. —A sensation was caused in the Queen. street Methodist church, Kings- ton, last Sunday etvening, by the minis- ter referring to some professed. church member who could "sing like an angel, pray like a saint, and lie like a devil-." —While Mr. McArthur, druggist, Teeswater, was at church on Sunday, the rats were busy at work 'in his cellar. On Monday he found they had man- aged to tap a barrel of oil, the larger part of which had run out and wasted. —Most of the American islands in the St. Lawrence have been sold and are occupied. Few or none of the Canadian islands have been sold. On one channel you see them in a state of improvement, dotted with gay cottages on the other in a state of nature. —The Peterborough Examiner re- marks the large number of returning holiday-makers. They all say they had a "glorious" time and. are settling down to works—the gentlemen to their usual avocations, and the ladies are just in time to paaticipate in. the fee, tivities of fall house cleaning. —Mr. Holman, of the London Opera House, has made arrangements with -some fifteen or twenty of the finest dramatic combinations to visit London during the coming season, andif they are wellpatronized he will continue. If not, he will drop the idea of catering to Lon- don audiences with the higher forms of amusements. chequer match for $50 was pla,yed between J. M. Dykes, champion of Canada, and James Labadie, cham- pion of the Western States in Chat- ham, on Friday last. Mier twenty games had been played the match was declared a draw, eachplayer having ob- tained three games and the remaining fourteerebeing declared drawn. —Last week no less than forty-three farmers of Ancaster township were fined for allowing Canada thistles to go to seed on their land. Two of the forty-three were pathmasters and they were mulcted in the fines of 010 each the rest escaping with fines of $2 each. A warning to farmers hereabouts, and especially to pathmasters who allow thistles to grow on the highways. —Two bora named Charles Farni- comb and Frank Garvin were drowned at Newcastle, on Thursday of last week. The boys when dismissed from school with a. number of companions went bathing in the lake as was their custom.' The lake was unusually ough. Farnicomb was a good swirn mer, but was seized with cramps. G-arvin could not swim and was knock- d.,out of his depth by a high wave. The deceased boys were respectively be sons of Frederick Farnicomb, Col- ector of Customs, arid Matthew Gar- in, Superintendent of the Massie Manufacturing Works. —All the papers this season note th arly sowing of fall wheat. A few year go wheat was sown as late as the iddie of October, and often such late owing gave a very fair yield. Now the eed Mir% be put in early in Septems er or else it is not expected that the rop will be up to the average yield. Whether this is owing to the climatic hanges, or to chatiges in the character f the soil by longer cultivation, or in he varieties of wheat sown, or a corn - illation of these causes, it is certain hat wheat must be sown. early in Sep - Luber or else the yield •will.be consid- rably less than' the average. —The Montreal Witness suggests as n improvement at exhibitions a daily romenade of the prize anixnals. Very lit- e can be seen of these beautiful crea- res in their stalls. Most of them are ept covered with blankets or sheets, hich are only removed now and then hen a distinguished personage, or obable buyer, comes along. The orses, especially, are kept in strict rivacy most of the time, shut up in ck-boxes, and are only to be seen at a stance, during the time the judges e inspecting and deciding on their mparative merits. They are pro- ssedly brought for exhibition. By all eans, then, let them be exhibited so at the -public may see them. Even porters for the press find the greatest fficulty in obtaining a good look at e animals, whose fine points they are pected to describe in print. Not only ese gentlemen, but the public at large ve a right to see what they have paid get a good look at. —An attempt was made on the night the 1st of September to kidnap Mr. ffray, Toronto, the Yonge-street cer, for the purpose, perhaps, of de- nding a ransom, after the style of the Eau banditti. Two men 'called at house about ten ,o'clock, having a riage at the door, and presenting a ter from Judge Mackenzie request - him to go with Item to his house,' thought it was all right and went h them. The carriage drove to a ely neighborhood in the outskirts of city. Mr. Jaffray beca,me alarmed, being a vigorous man, .succeeded in rpowering his captors and esoa in m them. The police have been wa- vering to discover the parties, but far without success. What their Oise object could be does not appear, a degree of mystery surrounds the ir, which at irst disposed many to nk that the *hole story was a re - Ws romance, but this much seems e true, that, as related above, Mr. ray was abducted and that he made escape. A few evenings before this, a Itt o te a ti tu Pr lo di ar CO fe th re di th ex th ha to of Ja gro ma Ita his car let to enter a carriage which was waiting. Mr. Brown, however, as Grip has it, being accustomed to sniff corruption afar off, snaelt a rat and refused to go. —Miss Shenick, who lately occupied the position of Lady Preceptress in Co- bourg Collegiate Institute, intends bringing se action against the Board of Trustees to recover 0120 salary from the time she resigned till the end of the school year. —The Town Council of Napanee was about to give a bonds of $2,000 for the establishment of a new brush factory, The projector of the faetery, however is reported to have quietly- discounted the notes he secured for his patent and cleared out. —Referring to Ha/ilex's popularity in Canada, Courtney said to an inter- viewer : "You can bet your life that if th.e time ever does come when a man beats Harden, the people in Canada will wear paper boots for one winter. There is a pile of money behind Hanlan." —A lunatic na.med McKianaon, a school teacher from Paisley, whom over - study rendered mad, was brought to the Toronto Asylum Wednesday. He was -considered a very dangerous man, and. it took six men to place him on the train coming to the city from Guelph. —Sir Francis Hincks, President of the Consolidated Bank, has publicly stated that the directors were notaware of the extent of the advances made to such firms as A. Scher St Co. He ad- naits that the directors are buying the stock of the bank at the present low pr—jiceso.hn Farrell, a laborer, in Belle- ville, while engaged in cleaning out a well, was buried beneath a pile of stones, by the caving in of the lining of the well. He was in the bucket, some twelve feet from the bottom of the well, which is thirty-four feet deep, when the Stones gave way beneath hina. The stones which fell from above formed an arch above him, and after about an ho-ur's work he was able to converse with those who were working to rescue him. He was got out after about six hours' hard. labor. When liberated he was found to have sustained no injury beyond the crushing of one of his feet. it was a wonderful escape. —A young Port Hope' couple with whom the course of true love did not run smooth arrived in Omemee one day last week. The Stern parents 011 bah. sides had put obstacles in the way at home. Last week the young lady went on a visit to some friends in Manvers. This event was turned to advantage by her affianced, who got a marriage li- cense, and proceeded to where his "ownest own" was stopping, and ,in- duce -d. her to step over to Otaemee and. be united to him in matrimony. A clergyman was secured, and the xnatter settled to the satisfaction of the truants. They stayed over night in Oraemee and left for "Inman the following inor'iling. —A tramp who sought lodgings in She Port Hope lock-up one night last week refused ill the morning to go his way peaceably, but said he intended to remain as long as he wanted te and de- manded of Mr. 'Gamble, the keeper, to bring him food. Mr. Gamble demurred. to this, when the tramp drew a re- volver andattempted to eock it. Gam- s hie immediately sprang upon laim and a desperate struggle for the possession of the weapon took place. The men were well matched, but the keeper was in the better condition, and after some minutes succeeded in getting the re- volver into his grasp and in cocking and presenting it. The tramp, with the revolver at his head, became suffi- ciently docile, and was locked. up and afterwards taken before the Police Magistrate. A. term in the Central Prison will probably take some of the light out of him, —An offer of 20 cents in the dollar, secured, has been made to the creditors of John McGregor, grocer and liquor dealer, Teeswater. The Montreal Journal of Coninlerce, referring to the failure, says if jolly good nature and general popularity were dependable passports to business success, we should not have to record the failure of John. McGregor; but excellent as- are these traits el character, and greatly as they may aid in the establishnaent and prosecution of business, it cannot be de- nied that they are quite as often the birthright of the insolvent as of the suc- cessful man of affairs. No • accurate count has ever been made of the mire- ber of people in the world who are con- stantly on the look out for an easy going tradesman or storekeeper who will trust them, but the cynical will have it that the aggregate makes a large percentage of the whole popula- tion, and the exhibits of insolvents of tate years will support that view. hag he wit lon the and Ove fro dea SO pre and affa, thi port of competent help throughout the country, and the different agents report that such class of labor is always in re - two persons, presumed now to be the same concerned in Mr. Jaffray's case, called at the house of lion. George quest. If such is the case, no doubt Brown and endeavored to induce hitn. ltriscellaneaus. Adam Austin, lately of the firm of 31cIlwrath dc Austin, is about to start a new fbundry in Listowel. H, Perrin, of Clinton, has just made a shipment of 10,000 bushels of new wheat, from that station, direct to Liverpool. This is the first new wheat shipped. this season ; -twenty-five ears were used in the transport. —Leavenworth County, Kansas, has a bonded indebtedness, held principally by Eastern eapitalists. It takes money to pay the interest on these bonds, which itis very desirable to avoid doing if possible. Being in default as to pay- ment of interest, the matter as brought before ,the courts and a iitt- -damus issued ordering the county com- missioners to levy a tax ansi pay the terest, which they at once refused to do. The commissioners were then adjudged for contempt, ansi the marshal -ordered to arrest tInd commit there to the county jail. The sheriff, however, de- clined to receivethem at the county hotel, whereupon the marshal appointed the wives of the said commissioners to be his deputy 'United States marshals, and delivered the delinquents to their care and safe keeping.