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The Huron Expositor, 1879-10-17, Page 22 GALLOPThIG OFF WITH A BABY. enapaers I. " What that man said is lord; that child I carried. I a the docter, Brown, of Bean( and as the murmur of approv rang through the court was checked, the. one who had pushed his way to the witness then, by his lordship's permiss into it; and all eyes were t him. : He was a short, Stout, rasa • hag men, la a.ppearance fifty, b age was fifty-seven ; aud he ha frank. florid face and dark gi. Coolly purveying tho crowded. front of him, lie took the oath meved hie gloves, tea auswere name ; and then, as unembarr manner as though he had in simplest etatoment possible, b 'his Laud through his brown h looked. at his lordship. eThat's the man, sir," said oner to his ceunsel; "and he cob." "‘Sileace l'' cried the judge, in coast approved, and the N rattled as the dust rose 'up nee dust from the crowded street hundreds wad teal. It was a blowing gusty dav, Tho. f;th of March, the sedond da Lent assizes-, and the spacious c the county town vase complete' with people, townsfolk and 0 men, who, in spite of dose paLcki increased discomfort, had kep places. there for imuly hours, for the conelusion of the• trials in the majority of those there were intereated—the trial of Ralph the poacher, and against wham hill had- been returned for the murder of Robert White, the ke keeper to Sir. Normam D-igby, of ton Hall—who, a few months pr ly, had beeu found in tile Home -shot through the chest. The evideuce that entstee-71) epeeist the prisoner was purely c stantial ; but it seemed. eon o I osiv he was committe4, to jail, to ewe pried ou the full charge. Butirt a time he escaped, by the eouniva it was thought, of one of his: jai man who was known to hire; L was only within a week of the men:cement of the assizes that lx - been retaken. lie was a 'lithe, dark -complexioned mane thirty ye age, and_. by trade a blecksnrsith althoughe'his pottelliug.propmAities • well known to all, his trade: stu • him., for he was not ouly the best for miles round his own ueighbor and shod all the hunting horses, b was a Jack of all trades, and clev most things, from leeks and aloe brass' work, bells and bakes; an. the latter, no matter what they eseful or fanciful, no basket -m could beat him. Hence, being ab tura his hand to so many pursuit servicea were much sought after whatever was needed ia the men liae, Ralph,. ``the handy Diann" was man seat fen He was a good mole -man, too, useful to the farmers; a crack fi man, and of 'Service to the villager lemons runner, and, hence great the houads. It was this latter quality -which tributed so much to his-popelarity those whose horses he shod, Lind the huntsmen generally; for, as he always present during the seaso every meet within distance, had i huut kuowledge, and kept \veil the hounds, his riuging "Gone aw which made the woodlands echo as fox broke cover, Was alwa,yslisteued for it woe ever reliable; "Ralph Runner" being an old haud at w craft, and so well versed in vulpine tics, that, unless the fox went oub one end as the hounds caruo in at other; Ralph was the man to see h and as he never gave tongue till varmint was won away, and the hon on a line with him, each man then gripped his reins as he heard, him, gallopped hie haadest. Such a voice as Ralph had for a shoat—lond, clear and riuging--few en had: it was a piercer, like the ice of the balled Tom Moody • sand ap ost of the woods in that part' of , the country—West Worcestershire were thick, douse and. tangled, when he was . out it was a (fain for the lost ones, many of whom woubld frequently have missed the hounds altegether had uot his rat- tling "Gone away !" which could be heard from oue end of tho wood' to the other, proclaimed. "a view" and piloted them into the open. He was a pleasant, merry fellow— ever cheery and always evil; ready to help _those who came to grief, and willing to aid the distressed ones; for ne matter what was the form it took, or what wag the special difficulty— whether the catching of horses, the lift- ingofof heavers, the pulling out ot stakes, or the clippine of puzele-locks—were Ralph but at bled, it was done with ; and though many a coiu was thrown to hina, he never waited. for it; his work once over, his place was with the • hounds, and as he could run aud leap better than most men, he was never far behind them. He was a very useful man, too, _ • amongst the cattle, and also amongst the horses, as heunderstood their ail- ments and was np - to doctoring them, and he a -aa clever as a breaker with young horses, as he had a good seat, good hands, firm nerves, and plenty of patience, so he soon made them fit and handy. With the people of his hamlet —the hamlet of Beck -tom— he was a great favorite, and. at the wakes and diab walks, village feasts and festivals, Ralph was the main mau there, for he - had a fiddle, anti could play it well, and he was strong in jigs and dances; and. his various feats. amongst the Far - Foresters, in jumping, running, quoit - pitching and wrestling were known for miles round. ' Ie wrestling be was espeeially good, as he knew a Cornish man, and was up to "chips"—the hypes and heaves, and hanks kid inside -click —so °cella throw most men ; and it was the ability to do so that made him so daring whee poaching, and that caused him to care so little for the keepers. Be was the best whistler, too, in the whole district, and as few could beat him at a comic song, he was the very life and soul of all the parties, when vil- lage Iads and lasses got together, or old folks congregated. His apprehension, therefore, on such i a charge bad been a great grief to the I villagers and a loss and an annoyance I to his neighborhood; and as those who ! employed him considered his only fault was poaching, and from which no re- I true, my na Brown easfield ;" al which promptly spoken -box, and ion, went Tuned to ute-look- sit whose d a good, •ey eyes. court in, as he re- d to his assed UI ado the e passed air and the pris- -rode a as those viudows ain—the , where Fridey, y of the ourt in y- filled oentry- ng and t their waiting 'which deeply Perks a time eper— Beck- evious- rought ircum- e. and it his short nee, as iers, tucl it 00/11- e had. ars -of ; and were cls to shoer hood, nt he er at Ics to d Est were, aker le to s, his ; for cling the acid sher- s a with con - with with was n at nuch e THE HURON EXPOSITOR - monstrance e ild wean him, they, as their presence in court duly testified, were one aud 11 considerably interest- ed in his tria , which, commenced on the previous day, was now about to ter- minate and a they feared, temunate badly. ' Tne eviden ; as we have said, was circumstantial and his defense was an. alibi ; but it w a an alibi without proof —being entire y unsupported by the slightest testiinony—it was felt by all there that • the ' verdict would be "uilty"; and leven if he escaped with his life that the sentence would be a heavy one, for he was too old a poacher not to be madelan example of. As for Perkshimeelf, black as things I looked against him, he still hohl his, head up, just a though he were wholly . counted on an acquit - his," said he, "is on y lord; I was nailes innocent and h tal. "No blood o these hands, away, toe." But the tale he told, to streegthen what he said, sounded more strange than true, and f w believed it. Briefly, the e idenee was this: the nigh in question—Monday ntght, the 23rcl of November—Walter White, the kee • er, the man who was said to have bee murdered, turned out with three of tlie watchers -to go through the covers—the Iome Wood, Fox Hill, and the Lockett —hoping to meet with Perks, of whoSe ntention to visit them that night they had received intima- tion ; and they ere determined to cap- ture him if they ould, as a few nights previously he h d threatened White that the u'ext tinie he interfered with hlin he should luive "something for his trouble." An old grievanee, it was stated, had existed between them, and they had been at enmity for a long time; and it was ie no wise lessened by the feet of hite's wife beink Ralph's old .sweet- , heart, a pretty she had promised keeper's cottage shop. It was al o shown that when llage who, after Perks, preferred the to the blacksmith's the two men wer lads, and at school together, they sere at enmity even then, for Perks -co ld throw and thrash him with the gre test ease,- and did so frequently, as he had clone so since, they having had any a bout together during • the past our years, wheu, Sir Norman having engaged White as keeper, they - foul them.selves settled down et last in th same parish. For many years a inveterate poacher, lint never taken, Ralphi Perks, after White's marriage, ecame more daring than ever; and whenever he was on the drink at ,the illage ale house, or boozing at the cid. r shop, he used to boast how little he cared for the keeper, for, big as he was e weld "turn Mai over in two minutlas and thrash hini handsomely ;" whie White, on his part, used to cha ter about the time when he would ve Perks "safe in jail." There was, the •efore, no love lost between them,- and ma.ny had pre- dicted that some day it -Would end bad- ly to one or both of them, '6e they were alike equally deterMined and unforgiv- inn few nights before the .murder—for murder it was presumed to bee= theY had.met in. Fox Hill e but as Ralph was in a ride, a public path, and .had then neither erten nor stick, visible to him at least, threats only had 'passed between. thern. When White and the watchers had en- tered the Home Wood, hoping to meet with Perks, they went On bp the lhe • with elm together to where the rides di - ay !Jr verged, and them a algae" having been the agreed upon if either wanted help, they for, separated, the keeper taking the ruiddle the ride, Clarke the outer one, and Crump eed_ I and Kirby the inner one, as the cover tae_ there was unusually thick and. strong ; from dense scrub and brush; besides the which, as a foot -path led from there ; across the fields and so to the village, the escape was usually made in that direc- ads tion. eat The night was foggy, and before the and men had 'reached the end of their beat a shot was heard from the middle ride; and though the signal -whistle was not given, they at once turned right and left and went towards it.-- " - As the three men met at the bottom of a glade, where the middle ride ter- mineted, they found White down and groaning, his gun beside him. On rais- ing him upo "Take Perks," said he; -"I'm done He then fell back and. died. - They brought the body home, then went for Perks. He . was out; they waited. At four o'clock — two hours from the time that shot was; fired—he came back to his cottage. .His clothes were Weedy, and his head was ent, and -ono barrel of his gun bad been dis- • charged, aud that quite recently, and his coat MO torn and. had nand on it. He was quite lame, too, and hobbling. That day they took him. - At the inquest and before the niiigie:- trates things looked dead against him, a,nd although his solicitor brought far - ward all be could in his favor, it Was felt, when he was committed for trial, that it would go hard with him. ' For the defence an alibi was set up, and the keeper's death accounted for by the accidental clischaree of his own gun, one barrel of whichhadbeen fired; but as White had been up in the Wood prior to going with the watchers, and might then have had a shot at souse poaching doe or lurcher, little could be made of it. • As to the whrds, "Take Perks ; I'm done for," it was strongly urged by the prisoner's counsel, • when the trial commenced, that they were, in fact, only the weeds of a- man strong in his daty, and who was bent on par- rying:, out that for which they Were a: - tar. "He felt," said the counsel, "that he was dono. for, shot by his -own gun i him." I mug a fall or stumble It was, . therefore, of no use hinderiniwith him. Perks was out; let them go and take Bat such a solution. of the difficulty .1 cwoas not credited for an instant, and the unsel for the prosecution had it all his own way. i ; "The long-standing enmity, the pre ! vions threat, the intimation 'they had. had that he would be there that night, the condition of himself and his clothes . an his gun when the watchers met I him, and his total inability to substan- tiate his own etatementeand, above and I beyond all, the keeper's Mut words -- his last words, as he ielt.them then to be—all tended," he said, "to show that Ralph Perks, and Perks only, was the man who fixed the shot—the ecian who was guilty of the wilful murder of Wal- ter White" gain didethe prisoner maintain his inn canoe, and again did he assert that at t e time sworn to as the time the sho was fired -two o'clock -he was mils away from the covers. Ho said he ertainly went out that night with the intention of poaching in the Home Wo • d, but hearing a chance word as he call:d in at the cider shop, he thought -if it aid come to a tussle -that four nii t be too many for him, and he, , the efore, decided to go further afield and in an opposite direction, and he J - ma e for the New Wood, five 'miles aw from there, a wood of Major Mur- ray' • ; and he then repeated that which he had WO before—that in ooming dow the hill for a short cut Ito ,the cov r, he caught his foot in the gorse as e got near the road, and fell down into it, his gun going off in the fall, and his ead getting cut open ; and that as he 1 y there in the ditch, half stunned and leeding, the clock over the water _stru k two. s lordship, in commenting the fact hat persisting in such a statkrnent wo d net avail himunless it were cor- robe ated, said: ' aye you really, no means to prov it ? Did nothing occur, as you wen or r turned, by which the jury might infer that what you.say is true—no on you et or spoke to ?" , nothing," said Perks. "No on ver, my lord." r when you lay there in the -Itch • 1. : la 1 I what "N WANTED. AGENT WANTED.—An experienced. Fire In. en ranee Agent wanted for this neighborhood. Addreee Grand River Muttial ,Firo Insurance Company, Galt. 616 SPECIFIC ARTICLES. CALL AT J. S. ROBERTS' DRUG STORE, Seaforth, for the Great Sierra Nevada Smok- ing Compound, a positivieenre for Catarrh, and is equally efficacious in all Bronchial Affect ions. The worst (seeps of Asthma, Filth* and all Diseases of the Lungs yield readily to this treat- ment. M. L. SMITH, Arkona, Ont., General Agent. For sale by all druggists. Price, 75 cents a box. 001-52 MONEY. MONEY TO LEND—Ou tenets more ativan- -"et- tageous than ever before offered. A. J. Me- COLL, Solicitor, Boitsels. 501-52 WHO WANTS MONEY 7--A. few thonsand " dollars, private fundsefor immediate inveet- ment et 8 per cent. hiterest. Apply to 'JAMES H. BEN SON S el ici tor, S forth. • _ , 533 ti 1040 $1 000 , hivesteu in Wall -St., Stecks makes fortunes (eery month. Boas sent iree explaining every- thing, Ado ress BAXTER & Co:, L'ankers, 17 Wall -street, New York. • 587-55 ONEY 'n0 LEN'IL—I have any amount of e -see set:nest° Lend OD good improved farms only, 4, at per cent. Olierges very small. Sum uo object if becurity ample. I don't lend. for any u ComPany. *TORN S. PORTER, Seaforth. 579 • .ESTRAY STOCK. as yo say, half stunned and bleedi g?" ell, yes, my lord," was the reply; 4 "ther tainls "T know "I was, horse an on horseback, and at .baby with ha! What, a two o'clock bn a Neve ber morning—cold, damp, and foggy! Do yott seriously assert that?" "Ye:,• my lord, I do ; for I heard it cry." "Yo did ?" . "1 • d, my lord, and I heard him speak o it." "Au pray what did you hear him say ?" sked his lordship, who seemed to clou t the story told him, as did all there. "He said, my -lord, 'Poor little wretch! But it is a chance if we can do it.' "And ben," said Perks, "he put his horse i to a gallop and was off." t was the matt like?" said _the dge, fter a pause, in which ' incredu- lity wemarked on every face in eourts ould you see enough of him to -make that out, eh ?" "Per ly, my lord, partly,", was the prompt reply, "for the rest of the hill dips do vn, aud :as I lay there in the ditch, la showed against the sky, and. they we •e a pair of 'ern—a short, thick man an a short, thick horse." was a man passed then, cer- whom do vou refer ? Did you him ?" id not; I don't know who he •y lord; but be was a man on ack, and he had a baby with iu ere use hay how this .prig wit the he s tieat statement was too wild to be clited, -and all there.felt that for any it wne euld be to him it iniglit as well e be4n left unsaid. In summieg up, .evex, the judge briefly alluded to "ex reordinary statement" by the oner of the man and the baby; hut hout repeating the worth heard or asse tion that the clock struck, and aid. hat it would be for the jury nsel thei es to decide whether- or not. such an assertion, unsupported by the slightest evsdeuce, was worthy- of cre- dence. • at this particular point ;in ehis address that Dr. Brown cine t and startled all there by his ion that Meal said is true, my t childl carried. I am Broskru, r; Brown, of Beacionsfield." It was lordship' into con exclama • "What lord ; th the doet STRAY PIG.—Strayed into the enclotsure of -2-'t the subseriber, Lot 28, Con, 15, Grey, about • e ea of August last, one Sow Pig. The owner is requestel to prove property, pay charges and take her ta Wily. HARTWELL SPEIRAN, Grey. 617x4 S fRAY 00Wee-S11rayed from -Seaforth on the -1--J 2nd of Septernber, n small heifer two years old Rpotted fed and white, giving milk. Infor- mation es to her e het eabouts will be gladly re- ceived, and expensee paid by WM. HILL, Sea - forth. • 614 • - - -- STRAY HEIFER.—Came into the premiees f e a-ujbo t 1 nefi.doefarIPligned' Lot 26, Con. 8, Diaborne, ay, -a red and white Heifer, 2 pt °party .and paying years old. The owner may have her by proviug FARLANE, Lum joy 1'. 0. pepses. Mrs JOHN Mo - 617x4 FOR SALE OR TO LET. p 0021S TO • LET.—Six rooms to let over A. -1-`' G. A ult's Grocely store, Fuittabld for dress- making apartments or for dwelling -rooms, with front aud roar entrance. Apply to A. G. AULT. Proprietor. _ •590 voli SALE OR TO RENT.—The Seuforth Mill, known as the Red Mill; 4 run of stones; steam power; with siding from Grand Triink Railway; posse ssion about the let or lrth of September. Ap ply to W. IfiNGSLEY, Strat- ford. 094 p ARE CFIANCE.—Photomeph Domes to Let " on first lloor in Scote's Brick Block, Seaforth, position central. . Also, three or four Rooms on the flat ebove, suitable for a dwelling. Posees- eion lst January, 1879. Apply to F. HOLM -F:- 81'ED; barrieter, on the pinmisee, or to ROBT. SCOTT, Aleritillop. 573.f• , IMPORTANT NOTICES. --- CA UTI ON.—Th e pu blie are hereby cautioned . against giving credit to Ernest Houghten, iu myena me, without my written order or consent, as _ will not hereafter be responsible for any debts be may -contract. GEO. A. HOUGHTON. Seaforth, October 1st, lea. 617x4 let OTICE OF DISSOLUTION.—Natice is here - .' by given that the partnership heretofore sub- eistiog between us the undersigoed, as Butchers in the Villages of us, h es been this day cgs - solved by mutual consent. All debts owing to ,the aid parenerehip are to be paid to 'Michael Zolier, at the Villae of Zurich, aforesaid, and all • claims agninet the sent partnership Pie to be p.esented to tho said Michael Zeller (ou or be- Fnll Liues in all the Departments. Tee Sets in abundance. Tea and Dinner fore theist day of December, 1879,) by whom the Wes'tern Sets Toilet Sets. Glassware, any quantity. We hold one of the best stocks , same will be paid. Dated et Zurie.h tide Seven- teenth Day of October A. 31). 1879. Sig,neti— - a stern Ontario. Call and be convinced. The Goods speak for themselves. 1 THE SEAFORTH ACRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT EMPORIUM. OCTORER 17, 1879. O. C. WILLSON, PROPRIETOR. A 141-ULL STOCK OF PLOWS ON HAN Consisting of the Following Kinds: MASSEY'S NO. 13 THISTLE CUTTER PLOW, OLIVER'S NO. 40 CHILLED(PLOW7 HILL'S PATENT PLOW, NO. 2, MASSEY'S NO. 10 SOD PLOW, PORT PERRY AND TEESWATER GANG PLOWS. 1 A Pull Stock or' Straw Cutters, Horse _Rakes, Grain Crushers, Root Cutters., and all Implements belonging to the Buszness. SEWING MAGE-IINES, AS USUAL. The Florence, Wanzer Si', Raymond, Royal Singer, and other Machinds. Sewing Machines Repaired on the Shortest Notice, and work warranted. Oils, Needles and Attachments always on hand, 0. C. WILLSON, Main Street, Seaforth. "THE CENTRAL GROCERY," CARDNO'S BLOCK, SEAFORTH. EXTRA VALUE IN RAW AND REFINED SUGAR FARM FOR SALE BY AUCTION. TEAS in Black, Green an4 Japan'. Prtoes Low to -N4 R. ioniN BULLARD hate been inetrneted by -11/4921,i the Vines. Mr. ISAAC GEM-Lel& to sell by Public Auction, at Mr- THOS. STEPHENS' QUEEV14 HOT leL, SEAFORTO, •GREATAUCTIONSALE A VALUABLE FARM _Yam, .stock and lniplements. MR. JAMES HaUSON has been instaileteti by es -a- Mr. SA A tEL AlcLEAN to eel] by Public Auction, on Lot V, Coneeseion 12, Stanley, on • MONDAY, OCTOBER 2,hb, the following -vane able property, vie.: Five cows, euppoecd le be eau; 2 heifers, rieing three neane old; bull, rising 3 yens old; I yoke of ateers, rising 2 yea's old; 5 rpring eeives; theep ; 1 long sleigh ; 1 land roller; 1 gene plow; 3 plows; 3. wheelbarrow ; 1 hay rack; LO tons of hay, too bushels of corn, in cob ; a, lot of Jurnbentem- lock and ash; bushels ot potatoes; carrots, mangolde, &c.; 1 crok 8:ove; 1 box stove; cap - boards, tables, rbtairA, barrels, n quantity of crockery, mad numerous ether articles. At the eame tinie end piece will be offered for sale that exec tient farm, Lot .22, CUD 12, Stan. ley, Containing 100 00108, With frame barn, log house, and a very eupelior orchard ; 85 acres cleared ; ll'acres Ian wheat sown; 20 acree fell plewing done; ane in a good titete of cultiva- tion- AS the proprietor is going to Manitoba the whole will be sold with' meerve. :We toi commence at 1 o'elook P. el. sharp. ' TERMS.—For Stock and Implements: AR sums of 85 and under meta ; over that amount le menthe' credit be -given on furniehing pi overt joint note re A discount of 8 per cent. for • cash will be allowed on all credit• anaolints. Terms on hum made known on (ley of atthe SAMUEL MeLEAN, Proprietor. JAMES HOUS'ON, Auctioneer. 61812 AUCTION SALE ---or--- Farm Stock and Implements. mR ‘m. .Pic.BNItvILNEERhtaossbeen instructed by lift ell by Public Anetion, OD Lot 19, Con. I, Tuekerernith, B. IL S., on FBIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1879, the follovring valualtie property, viz: Two span of working hotees ; 1 epee ot matched mares, one rising the other 43 care old, both from huported horses; 1 pith of brood mares, both in foal to imported horses ; 1 thoroughbred Dutton bull, 2 years old; 4 yoeng sows; 1 threshing ntacbiee, tater and horse power, Clinton melte, all complete with trueles peel everything; 1 lumber wagon- 2 reapees—one No. 3 'Kirby and one Woods -134h in (toed working order; 1 mower, Sprague?* make ; 4 plows; ape everiety of other articlon Selo 110 MIMI:bee St 12-o'c1ock noon. Surns of $10 and under caeb; o ver the t ern onn t 14 nom he' credit will lite given o n furnithing approred joint notes. A. discatint of 10 cc nal en the dollar will be allowed for caash on all credit amounts. WILLIAM FOWLER, Propietor. J. P. BRINE, Auctioneer. a 1 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21sr, 1879, COFFEES—FRESH GROUND AND PURE 4 A Valuable Fenn in the :Townthip of MeXillOp, - being west half of Leet 81, Concession 12, M-0- KAOSA. IAOK.A., . KAOS.A. - there is -a geed log hense, else a young oreherd Rillop, containing 50 -antes, 40 of which Ire - c'eareeletwen fenced and in excellent emiditione . -connnenciug -to hear, and abundence of weter ; _ it is within halt a milt of a good greed toed, itn4 is eonv eui, nt to _cinnehesetsehool and post -office:. Is within 9 miles -01 Staforth and an egos' die. tance from 13ruesels. Sale will commence at 2 ow'icTIlloElicRkeMr%1Tuli.ITeed.1.3an time ,of reel -e; the, eernaleder per cent. of the purchas.e money in two months after. FAMILY GROCERIES, A VERY FULL STOCK • Quality and Price are Right, Flour, Feed. and Provisions Always in Stock. C C) :-P4 -"cr .A. 1NT -1-) C-1-TSSWA_IR ItENRY.DUMME RT. V;ILLIAN1 KLOPP. Wit- ness -n HENRY 6:8-4 ALL GOODS DELIFERED FREE OF C.TIAI?GE. STOCK FOR SALE. FOR SALE —Two colts, one rising three 3 ears old and the ether two, both loan in Apply to DAVID,D01,1nVISCE, Sr., -Lot 29 Con. let Maintop.604 (30LT FOR SALE.—For Salo, a yearling colt, Riried by the imported " Lord Haddo." Ap- ply to the undereigned on Lot 38, Con 8 TleR • ., 1 nckexsinitie or to Rateetield P. O. THUS (7'o be Continued.) D. MORTON. 615 Freig ters •of the Northwest. OLTS • FOR SALE.—For Sale, three Good •-•/ \Vol king emits, two coming 3 and one comi Our la t evening in Winnipeg w _spent in visiting the freighters who h just . come in from the west. Th start fro different places beh,veen 7 end.1,000 -miles west of Winnipeg, a arrive at the city generally about t first of June. One who has never se there can ,hardly believe that such a number of 'eartloads , of buffalo robes could be premixed on the plains in a pin,gle seaspn. When travelling over the plaius west .of the city, ponies, carts, tents, dogs and half breeds could be SeOn elf clirectioes as far as the esAe could reach. • The principal food of thee° people seems to be raw buffalo .meat arid pemmican. The beef is gea- erally cut up into thin layers and into lunches, that would weigh. about thirty or forty pounds. When a group of them sit down to a meal, a _package of this stuff -is placed on the ground or. on a cart, and each one marches up, en off a piece, sits down. again and gnaw at it with A gneat- deal of satisfaction and it seems to agree with them vet wen, as all' that .we saw seem to be very .healthy and hearty and they looked as if they did not know much about hard times. Hundreds and perhaps • thou- sands of -their ponies could be seen at a glance and they were a very hard -look- . e ine lot of animals. They were of near- ly all eolore except • blue, some wery tate 2 years old. Apply to the nntiersigned, 9,S Road, pea r the old toll gate, Tuckersmith. GOR - ad DoN MeADASAL 618 - -- ey lensesse Is ND G RADII CATTLE FOB:SALE- 00 —The sebscriber has for sale Four 'Young ee D nrham Cows, i n calf to a thoroughbred bull, nc Yetirling Durham Bnll and One Dnrham he awl Calf—both the bulls have good p edierees. en. JA. S. BRAITHWA 11E, Londeeboro P. 0. 618-3 ESTATE FOR SALE. , ABU AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, -u PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.—Lot 17, on- the llth concession, Mcliillop; price $40 per acre; Building lots in different parts of the to wn of Seaforth; pm:chasers can make their own terms of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS. BEATTIE. . 591 - • lencliM-FOR SALE —For sale, the west half of -t-• Lot 83, Con. 5, McKillop, containing 51 acres, over 40 of which ale cleared end free from stumps. There iSa good 'mine baru, kg house and orchard. The soil is henry clay fit for raising all kinds of crops. It is aitunted within four and a half miles of Seaforth. For further particulars address the proprietor,Poole I. 0., or apply personally at his te reeiden cc within one and a half miles of Afilverton railway station. GEORCtE DICKSON. • 618 8 , VARM TOR SALE.—For Hale, a - been contain - y - ing 50 acres, belonging to Mrs. Illarr An Derry, on Concession 4, Township of Hay, 'being south half of Lot 24; 35 acres of said farm are cleared and in a good state of cultivation ; the haute() in bushes well timbered; a good frame dwelling honse and stable; a good spring well at the door; the farm is situated 2 milee from the black, others were white, a good- man were brown, vvhile others were speckled. or ppatted. Although they were a mis ereble looking,collection of quadrupeds, yet they seem to lee exactly fitted for the couutry and the work, as they will not elitt oats and they never require combing or stabling, and they are so pa- tient and forbearing that they can stand alienist any amount of whipping, and swearing at them never seems to shock theria in the least, and when they get stuck in a mud -hole they do not get ex- cited and break things, but they lay down quietly and. rest themselves until assistance arrives.—Strataroy Aye. HORSES SIN-ED.—The lives of . thou- sands of horses have been saved during the past year, and the credit is due to "Darley's Conditn Powders and Arabian Heave Remedy." This pre- paration is being- extensively usedeand exacts from an. the highest praifte. Nothing of the kind has ever before been half as successful or given such universal . satisfaction ; it cannot be equalled. We can confidently recom- • mend it, and would advise all who own horses to keep a supply of it on hand— it may save your • horse's life. .Remember the name, and see that the signature of Hurd . Co. is on each package. s• Northrop & Lyman, Toroetto, Ont., proprietors for Canada. Sold by all medicine dealers. • SEE TErE SOAP, 25 bars for $1.- at ROSE'S. Grocery. See that my fine tea at 50 Cents, worth 60 cents, and those cheap Raisins and.Currants at ROSE'S Grocery. eta thriving village of • Hensall. For terms apply to MRS. MARY AN BERRY, on the place. 018x8 cePLENDID FARM FOR SALE.—For Sale, t--/ that fine farm, the property of David Fergu- son, being Lot 1, Con. 9, 11. R. S., Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, 75 of which are cleared and in the very best order • is all well fenced and linde• ine , tho timbered pothon is beech and maple; there is a new frame house, frame barnseistables, sheds and outbuildings; an ex- tellent rchard of beating trees and Needy of good timing 'water; is within 7 miles of Seaforth, on tho Grand Trunk Railway, and the same dis- tance from Heneall, on tho Great Western, with gravel roads leading to each place • as • ISAAC GBATIA DI, Proprietor. JOHN BULLARD. A uctioneer. 61811 BR UCEFIELD. _BRIGGS- BROTHERS., AVING Iniebneed the businees canied on -kJ-- by Mr. J., E. BRIGGS for so Many years, ate now prepare e to BOOT AND SHOE -MAKING 01 E very Desriiption cet the shortest lattice and most reasonable terms. gebey wii uee eething but the very best LAIDLAW & FAIRLEY SEAFORTH. I 8 11 tee Catisfaction. terial, and es to lit and workenenehip they gtUir• By strict ,t teetion to liminess, giving a good article, and fair and re esonable prices, they hope • to meiat and receive a, liberal share of public TFIE GR.E.A.T SA_LE patronage. nage. heir Shop will be mund in Rettenburry's I bulldog, b. Mclutoslea Teterinetty 011ice, one • ,, door south of the post (like. I Give us a, trial. jOEL BRIGGS. 617 ti -E0- 'W. BRIGGS. CONTINUE THIRTY DAYS, LONOER1 CENTRE HURON. AT J1OG- H Piles of Dry Goods still left at _Rogers'. Bargains' in Every Department at Rogers'. The Whole Stock to be Cleared Out at Rogers'. Dress Goods, Dress Goods, see the prices, at .Rogers'. I - . - • SIR R. JaCARTWRIGHT A DI REn SED a lei ge number of his conttitn- 4-1- cuts in Canteens Hall on Tuesday -evening last on the important questions ef the day. But, the Hongentleman not having touched npon the all inmortarn, subjeet of Photography, Calder wauld beg to addrees Sir Richard's constituents and the people of Huron generally on that point. He is to the n Ont, as usual), supplying his pat- rons with Photographs and Ambrorspes, well team) and of beautiful finish. Old Pictures copied and (mita ged to perfection, Childrenta Picturee taken in a =trim- that will make mothers smile with del t. Give the "People's P-opular Galt key 'e a trial and be happy- No "cheap truth" tinned out. , Prices as low as good work can be done for. A11DBEW CALDER, Seaferth. ANCHOR LINE. - TT NITED SATES AtAIL STEAMERS' Sail Hats, Caps and Straw Goods, price them, at Rogers'. GLASGOW (via LonclonderiY) and LONDON • `-/ Every ;Saturday fi can NEW 'YORK lima I:UT-Yet-KB. TS for •Livenpool, Londonderry, Gies - All Buyers of Dry Goods Made Happy at Rogers'. anv other firenelass line. pow, and all putts of Europe. Fares as low as 'Prepaid Paesage Certifice ten issued to persons 1 wishing to bring out their friends. • The Peet en ger ecconimodation of _Anchor Line :1 Steamers are uneurpeseee ler elegance and mem- I fort. Apply tos. macsoN, THE GREAT SALETOCONTINUE THIRTY DAYS LONG- 1 eea ' At the Post Cffice, Seaferth ER AT JOHN ROGERS' SEAFORTH — REMOVED. REMOVED. I W. N. W .A_ T S 0 N 1 INSURANCE AGENT, DEALER IN SEWING AND KNITTING MA- CHINES, CONVEYANCER, (ke., SEAFORTH, O. INSURANCE. -Mr. 'Watson is agent for the fon/wing first-class Insurance Companies: FlItE.—Phcenix and Northern, of London England; Scottish Impeiial, oft:Glasgow, Scotland; lieyal Comedian and National, of Montreal; London, America, of Toronto; Canada Fire and Marine, of Hamilton ; Gore Dietrict of Galt. LIFE AND ACC1DENT.—Traveller1s, of Hartford. runs through the foam. Apply; if by letter to 1 MONEY TO LOAM-Mr:Watson is appraiser for the Canada Permanent Loan and FSEerGruthsoPN..0,, or on the premises to DA6101) Savings Company, advanced on all kinds of Real Eete e of Toronto. The oldest and best Loan SocietY in the Dominion, Money MISCE—LLANEOUS. McMulkin -will give inttructions -1-Y-L in instrumental musie to a fe•,v penile. Use of pier° given for practice if desired. Residence east of Victoria Square, Seaforth. , 614 . _ f) A. McLEOD, Licented Auctioneer for the • County of Huron. All orders left at James McBride's will receive prompt attention. If by letter address Seaforth P.(1. 558 . _ 3P. BRINE, Licenced Auctioneer for the • county of Huron: Sales attended in all parts of the County. All orders left,at the Ex - ',emote Office will be prornptlyattended to.- THEHDIVISION COURT.—The office of the Second Division Court will be open daily from half.patt one to lour &dace se M. Office in ray Block, over the store of Johnston Brns. L. MEYER, Clerk of Division Court, Seaforth. 562 VRANOIS GRAHAM, AUCTIONEER AND -1-• LAND AGENT.--Speadal attention given to sale of landed property, fainting and thorough- bred stock. Cattle selected for the English mar- ket. Office and And ion ROOM?, Acheson's new Block, Goderich, Ont. Terms moderate 615 _TOHN LECRIE, General Loan and Real Estate ti Agent, Grain, Produce and Commission Mer- chant. Money loaned on real estate in town or country', at 8 per cent. simple interest. Charges moderate. Mortgages bought and sold. tM attired mortgages paid off. Terms to suit borrowers. Farrus and vintage property for sale. Office— Leckie's new brick block, Brussels, Ont. 615 SEWING MACHINES. -The fallowing manufacturing and family sewing machines kept constantly on hand: Howe, Wheeler & Wilson, Osborne A and the White. Machine oil, needles and ail kinds of attachments on hand.- Machines of all kinds repaired. Ble. 'Watt on is agent for the Franz° & Pope knitting machines. The best family knitting machine manufactured, capable of doing ell kinds of cotton and woolen work. Mr. Watson is agent for the State Line of Steamships, sailing bewteen New York and all points in Europe. Office, Main Street, Seaforth, nearly opposite Mansion Hotel. MISS SLEETH, JN AN EsaG the Indies of Seaforth and Vicinit y for the liberal pateonege she has re- -caved during her shart time hem, withes to that elle has removed her place of busi- ness to the r ocans over Mr. Kidd's Dry Goods Store, where she be found ready to receive and Execute all orders entrueted to her care in the most . satiefactoiy manner. A trial respett- f ully solicited. Entrance, same hall as Mee,hen- _ DRAYAGE. THE undersigned having entered into co -parte nership, are prepared to meet the wants a the Merchants of Seafeeth and -othere who may require their seie-ices as carriers to and from qe Railway freight sheds and elsewhere on most reasoriable terms. Orders May be left at Joseph Brownell's Grocery store, and will receive prompt and careful attention. ics Inetitute. 618 ^ NORM.A.N BROWNEUL JOSEPH ABELL. See nth, Aug. 30, 1878. POST, OFFICE STORE, WALTON. TO TIIE LADIES IONCE MORE respectfully beg leave to return thanks tomy nupterons customers for their kind . patronage during the last 12 years that I have been doing been:less anionget thenl, and kin-dly solicit a continuance of their favors for the future. I have just received a Large and Well Selected k Str"k of DRY GOODS of ell detcriptions. Also elevens on hand a fuel assortment of AGRLaOrgiCe sEtolickaBOOTS and SHOE lES th —TEAS a Speeialty—whieh, for quelity and price, are e bestinisw ngtahree,CLoLlitptes- 1 s-McPherson's inal:e. Crockery, G and Coalegil, Hardware, Paints a ed Oils, Drugs, Patent Medicines, Bacon and Hams, in fact every- ' thing required in a general store. Ask for what you want if you cron't see it. Cash or farm produce taken in exchange: I would also intimate to all parties indebted to me for last and previous years, : to come and settle by cash or note before the end of this moiath, or thic accounts will be put into other hands for collection. No further notice -will be given. MONEY TO LOAN ON EASY TERMS. —I ani also valuator for the Dominion Saving and Investment Society, one of the best loan societies in the Dominion. The above Society loans money on good farm secnrity for a ternt of from three to twenty years, on the meet favorable conditione. • LIFE INSURANCE. -11 you want your life insured give me a call, as I am agent for the Sun Mutual Life Assurance Company, one of the best Life In- surance Companies in the Dominion, and conducted on the most economical principles. Don't for- get to give me a call. I am always attentive to business. Post Office and Teleoreph Office in con- nection. Clover, Tinacthy, Turnip and -other seeds on hand. R. PATTISON, WALTON. MISS MACDONALD would intimate to the la ei es of Se elm th and 'vicinity, that she has opened or.t a stock of Berlin and zephyr -woo* Stigennee yarn, slipper patterns, needles, card- board, &c., one door south of Mr. McGareyts conle.ctioecry store, where she will do her utmost to su pply the worsts of thceefa.vorieg her with.* call. Alert phein eetving, stemping and hair dressing done at reasonable rates. 617 MISS MACDONALD. TO THE LADIES. -1 /IRS. BEAVENe (formerly Miss Oldfield,) "-- now prepare@ to attend to Dressmaking, in all its beanphee. Good fit and good work guaranteed. Sbe is _Mee prepaied to -give les- sons in Madam. Briggnor thenewly inveritedand much inaproved Chart of Mr. IL Howell. Rooms next dace to Canada Methodist Church, &Worth. Apprentices wanted, 817 OCTOBER 17, Attla Scoto, yaws gie ITia.seete.b. • For a' the dainty baps. j see lough twa eeore years em it It's aye the same as new to I lent it lecke the randy charm Thitt eNinkles in a foppish el But, 0, it aeses me tight and wall Ana while I sive ale him %se Sta -been anoreforter for aes,1...,, To nay ausa Wife as weers to n &fay on her ehouldere And wrapp'd the bairns wh liew -they are 1-1' to manhood. grse And hardly elaiels as se Inas 4:), may thy one through life be A. eredit to the plaid send me Auld Scotia to leer clansmen sal _ When first their teaks elle Lot besets that beat beneath th Be ever ge!otrous, brave an`41 Tour backs neva- turn on friend The peaoefui etranger ut {Tailor knave and. eoward ki The law that gloms below t TherYli something in. the Scott Moir than tentend free weet • aright inenunies that ne'er shal It still en.dears to young an worehipreoneeetated fiells— Okbluidy heathand )mart In mystic elognenee it tells, And of a Walken and a B Wad ilka nation don the plaid, . And wear it as it ehouia. be aseaspersesaa be feekless =die Bairns et' he independent Anoielansra.,en bolve the world Ilk serrate impulse trample Aud. homage .oease free eliote Sae to the Chief whit mice 0, t1ierI1Spbtasure in the plain 3. tome of elassie hero lore "And 'teas, ere court eesturnes The Mini Vat young Free" Anil though it lacks the gently. That ekinkles in a foppish It keeps tidy,, tight and AN And Nvlaile live hap Dscomes of Phys Clergy= A New:York letter th says : "I large number pastors are very wealth: -almost always true of th has been true a nearly . pastors Dr Spring se man., lima in an old age _wealthy tent:MAU for a Tyng is a millionaire Adams has aiwaye been has been in New Yerk -of Trinity' Church has a gatioa tiesday. A. large clergy ate poor. Two denominatiea are rieh successful doctor has et the -same with eminen timers. When the m' as he does at the last lawyer ' and the deeto When he outlives hie does when he becomes becomes a judge, and t lessor'. I asked an ems the other day, *Why 18 plied .11t results from. gm. Nearly every pr mid lawyer- at the start his lame to get and hie Ile eperids y -ears in lay tion of his fame. Be and rigidly Iooke out He isn't required teen and nobody expects h -the style of a. success rich lawyer. He tra • earns liis Money before -minister takes his posi The yoUnger he is the is. He takes a rank mercheat and doctor is flush in funds, bright day will ales money tbat he shoal waning hours he spe Europe, and visits .the and culture. When I to the summit and westeri dope, he has inst itS the doctor ant foundations of their • fame and usefulness There is not a professi in which it is so easy petenee for the future' one. The average p any other profession. • Harvest in Sot. A fi6a4 stretching a miles, without a hedg &try stone to relieve 'by what seems to be waving eorn, tinged lions of poppies. this glorious crop, all time to Sniff the bre ing gently from the 30 vests off; then Is der complacently do up 'whicb a long pre es,rts is toiling. The- ,ehant from Odessa,' • crops,before him as years, ago from a, nob' ties 1 and he is pleas those; carts, beoause he will be able to ge forta.bly to Odessa bi. • -her rains set in. Southern Thissi' 1811 but tO get it shipped - Benjuelas was hag& kine, the straitenea; mentioned, about th harvest for three ye mention that it wo than a hundred oart to Ossa, and -that might be some troub- barn. in which to ste it conld be slsipped- scribed. the purchas quite a gambling ep often is. Big not to, inds$. He never ha without being quit --carte, his barn-, his s eras for„ behold! eve veying that noble fiel nig on a promising s alred or so -of Prime onae slouching out • with soythes and sie aitaat group, conai castle, appear pusbi grand steam movvin Vokine„ like all R invests largely in a cry, as a child NVO the money; and it ludas' contract tb.at. Princes Machines one of the Russian them; but Benjud a -couple ef s • stokers who know more or less, and w fire under the -engin er snorting, movieg •ently this big mach eons around it as ah a ship's keel sli it out in foam; peasants, marvellin rest idly on their se clamations of del' lilts both his audm