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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1879-10-24, Page 117 879, S WEEK T OF THE TIME” • tA1N BAG, rhe Best and the ag in Cassades RIVED: te Flannels. gs in Plain Grey at 30c., 4,0c., anti 6, a yard. to 60c. lialf cent per yard. , 3Gc. t L. 4,0ris, all prices., INT 1-41_H;Y.. tnaent ,is filled up • Acest and [OVELTIES, 4 Untrimmed BONNETS.. ILKS IN ALL SislADES. (Z Ribbons-, AY NEXT er a Lot a Clothing H N EVER, (-0 SUIT ALL B iVERS. WOOL TWEEDS TSAYARDat ALL & Dry Goods. ars, and had fired vith some pears in ut the spot where , We understand the ed. in the Howl& a wagon -manufao- ntelon Brothers, of -, taken prizes at the e all been. disposed LlIolmesville, buying x, of Goderich town- mggy, and Mr. W. London Road, titer - Mr_ E. Corbett, of : a serious accident S factory. While rip .entally fell through ng Oft some articla I inflicted a number Le: is a heavy mau, ' ifi iLtjUrieS were not est we publish the [tem.—Holmes tga. au action brought dines, of l3ru5seIs, m for slander. It., , F going to court. Dr an ample and satis- i; acknowledging bis, 'ifounded, and agree- .. tliodi:-,t Church- at oil -nails- opened last. si. Griffin, President ,ilference, and Rev.- oderich, preached to tions. A tea meet - 3., the lecture room' the previous- , .‘ddresses were de- . I), G. Sutherlaua, Williams and W. $- gregation aobly se - nests of the reverend -;cribiug between. sit dollars, which, with r tea,- some one how liars, the very libersi atli, and the amount s on hand, will put '..ittee in a very CO ((Junin 11 TWELFTH YEAR. WHOLE NUMBER, 620. SEAFORTH, FRIDAY OCTOBER 24 1879. { McLEAN BROS., Publishers. $1.50 a Year, in Advance. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. A RARE CHANCE.—Twenty-five acres of land 11 will" halve and barn for sale in Egmondyille. irbis• property is well aituated for either farm or on purposes. Title indisputable. Apply to BOBERT BRETT. 615 F"SALE.—For Sale a first class Planing nearly new and in good running order, 'Rusted in the flourishing ToWn of Seaforth, will be sold cheap. Terms; easy. Enquire of SECORD, COSSENS & CO., Godench, Ont. raRM FOR SALE.—Lot 20; Con. 3, McKillop, X containing 100 acres; 80 acres cleared; 21 in fall wheat ; two aud a half miles from Seaforth; convenient to schools and churches. - Apply on the premises or to JOHN ADAMS, Sealorth post office. 619x4 _ VAIM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE, I: PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMES.—Lot 17, on the llth concession, McKillop; price $40 per sere; Building lots in different parts of the town of Seaforth; purchasers can ma•ko their own terms of payment, at 8 per cent., interest. JAS. glATTIE. 591 VALUABLE FARM FOR SALE.—For -Sale, the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, H. R. S., Itekeramith, County of Huron., consisting of 50 sores, 3i miles from the Town of Seaford', and convenient to school. The land is of the very best quality. For further particulars apply to JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to ggmondville P. 0. 52 VARA' AND TOWN PROPERNY FOR SALT', GHEAP.—Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 100 acres; north half Lot 30, Con. 9, McKillop, 50 scres north half ef north half Lot 31, Con. 9, scKillop; 25 acres ; residence occupied by Mr. Icolmson, on Goninlock Survey, Seaforth; building lots on Jarvis' and F. G. Sparlincos Sur- veys. A.pply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPIaLING, 695 BLat"tilL 'FARM FOR SALE. -'--For Sale, the west part of 1- Lot No. 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 60 -acres , got which are cleared, well fenced, and m a state at good cultivation. There is a good frame house, good orchard and plenty of water. It is on the gravel road leading to Brussels and Sealorth, and adjoins a church and school. It is also within half a mile of the Village of Walton. Apply on the premises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES Kuncil-rn. 498 -paw& FOR SALE.—For sale Lot 2; con. 10- x Tuekersinith, containing 100 acres, about be cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a stone house and good frame- barn, it-. is well fenc- ed and nnderchaiined. There is a young bearing orchard. It is about seven milefrom Seaforth and four from Heusall, and is convenient to aohool. Two good wells of -water. Possession evert at any time. Appiy, at the EXPOSITOR office, Seaford". 610 ityrriE7, YOUR FORTUNE.—Five hundred dollars in cash, and $500 on time to suit purchaser with iuterest at 7 per cmt. will buy gia acres of good farming land in 'Victoria County, 20 tiores cleared, and a good house on the prem- ises; within 11 miles of a roark,ut town and a steamboat lsndina within half a mile of at good read, and within one mile of a. store, church, school house and post office. Apply to JOHN WiLLIA 41S, Constance P. 0. 615 'FARM P00 SALE.—For sale, the west half of -L Lot 38, Con. 5, McKillop, containing 51 acres, over 40 of 'Whirl' ale cleared and free from stumps. There is a good frame barn, leg house and orchard. The soil is heavy (day fit for raising all kinds of crops. I; is situated within four and a half miles of Seaforth. For further particulars address the proprietor, Poole I'. , or apply personally at his residence within one and a. half miles of Milverton 'railway station. GEORGE DICKSON. 618 8 pRORERTY FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot .14, Con fs, Grey; West half of Lot 29, Con. 6, with cheese factory complete; Lot. 11, Coa. 6, and south hail of -Lots 16 and 17, Con. 5, town- ship of Morris;• Lot 22, Coie. B,• and Lot 28, Con. B, townohip. elLowiek, all good improved forma; together with severs' 50 acre farms iu Grey and Norris,. and houses and lots and vacant lots in the villag.e of .8rassels. Prices low, tering easy, snd title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Bruer- solo. 574 VARM FOR SALE.—For itale Lot 17, concession 8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 cleared, well fenced and in a good statu of ealtivation, the balance tell timbered with maple. Frame house barn andsheds. Five acres of good bearing orchard., and two never failing welts. Is on a good gravel road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 miles from Brace - field station, Great Western Railway, and 12 miles from Seaforth and C.inton. For farther particu- lars apply to the proprietor on the preraises,or to Varna P. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598 A HOUSE AND LOT FOR $200.—The under- signed will sell a neat and comfortable Cot- tage in Egmondville, situated opposite the mill, for $200; there is a good lot, cellar, water and all other conveniences ; easy terms of payment; if not sold it v. -ill be rented, with privilege to buy. sprinai extra, $4.95; bakers, 05.25- super - He also offers for sale the bantling at preseu t oc- - 0 7 ior, $5.25. September -1st, spring extra, copied by Mr. Jacob McGee, being a neat and commodious store, whiz dwelling house and stable $4.80; bakers,$5.25; superior,$5,10. Sep - attached, situated on Main Street; terms easy ternber 16th, spring extra, $5.10; bakers, and rent low. Apply to A. S'21iONG, L611 $5superior, and , .50 . o.15. Although No. 2 Agent, Seaforth.,,, 7 $- spring fell from $1.05 to 85c in Chicago Vox FOR SALE.—For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 11, from July to the end of August, it ad - 0. R. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and vanced at least 10c to 15c cash durina bats first-class state. of cultivation, the balance , ts LI1.0 Salfle time in our own markets. Ac - being good hardwood bush; log house, with stone cellar under, and well finished.; frame barn cording to these figures, will any sane '360, with stone stabling underneath; good man deny that the N. P. has not en - tearing orchard and 3 good wells ; convenient to hanced the value of spring wheat ? church, school and post office ; is situated 8 miles from Seaford' and 5 from Hensall, on a good Why, the fact is "strong bakers' " flour gravel road. For further particulars apply to the has ruled higher to consumers all over proprietor on the premises., or if by letter to the Dominion than it was Worth in the Ohiselhurst P.O. jOHN C. STEELE. 603-4x IMr. Pringle's Last. To the Editor of the Hit7'07t leXpOSitOr. , SIB: I read your remarks on my Tetters, and was pleased to hear that you approved of the suggestions in re- gard to the buying, selling and handliug of grain, and also that agricultural s6- cieties should provide suitable seed _gram of all kinds for the protection of farmers, at reasonable prices. I was surprised that you made no remarks for or against my "hobby," the unjust discrimination in rates of freight, and of Canadian produce being crowded out of home markets and having to be sold in foreign markets at a fearful loss to the country. If Canada should be made a common receptacle for Ameri- can produce and manufactured goods of all kinds, why not maintain your post - tion ? My chief object in writing was to show that such things were wrong and that protection was the only cure. Your silence on these points shows that like a sensible man you have no defence bo offer. I am really sorry, however, you have been tempted to deny the truth of the three facts I gave in proof of the beneficial effects of the N. P., viz., the manufacturing of the American plows deny that I have not supported the Government to the best of my ability, in so far as they carried out the princi- ples of PrOtection, consequently I can give my ideas of milling in bond, and about the Order-iu-Council that has been passed in favor of big millers, with a good grace. I do not hesitate to pro- nounce the Order as a perfect fraud, and a swindle on all the small millers in the country. Milling iu bond should not be allowed under any circumstan- ces, and this Order -in -Council makes Protection a dead letter. Two large firms were charged with bringing in American wheat and selling the flour in the Lower Provinces. According to this Order -in -Council there is nothing to prevent this being done, as they have twelvemonths to cancel their bond with the shipment of other flour. Now, as the Lower Previnces consume nothing but spring wheat flour, a large miller, like Ogilvie dc Co., can import any quan- tity of American spring wheat to Mon- treal and supply the demand right along. All that they have to do is to keep their Seaforth ond Goderich mills running on fall wheat i that has to be exported out of the country, and cancel the sale of the old pork, and the . their bonds on American wheat. Just hanced value of spring wheat. Your imagine the advautage such a firm has got. One hundred thousand bushels of American wheat can be bonded in Montreal at much less expense than a single car can be done at a small station. Besides, ,American Nd. 2 spring wheat makes "strong bakers'" flour, which is now selling 350 per bar- rel higher than the best "superior," try. This fact cannot be disputed. made of the best of fall wheat. It is Then with reference to the pork, i plain this Order -in -Council is altogether never stated it was poor and rotteu. in the interest of large millers. Unless There never was betterpork cured iu Mr. Tilley rescinds this order at once, this country, but granting, for argu- he is not the man I take him for. I ment's sake, it was rotten, this proves coutend milling in bond is a dead loss more clearly the beneficial effect of the to the country if allowed at all. I was N. P. Two years ago, when this same iti a large mill a few days ago, which was pork was fresh and good; Pacific Rail- grinding 200 barrels per day from Am eri- way contractors never inquired the can wheat and shipping the flour to price of it, but this year, when the meat Glasgow. The• firm was allowed 4i - was old, poor and rotten, they bought it bushels to make one barrel, and they greedily, not for the reason you gave, were making it out of four bushels and but on account of the duty of two cents ten pounds. This left them 70 bushels per pound being imposed on American Per day to supply local wants. Now, I pork, I contend, however, it is the ask, what regulatei the price of wheat duty of any governn3ent to instruct 13ut the price obtainable for flour • and their contractors to buy their supplies fed, this firm being the principal buyer in the country, if possible.- The .far- for Canadian wheat going into that mers of Ontario, whose farms are market. If grinding Ainerican wheat pledged for the construction of the Pa- depreciated. the value from all $4 per ton, denials are both frivolous and incou-. sistent. The new improverdents, ff.lso the mouldboard, which. is the princi- pal part of the plow, and the right to manufacture these plows were obtain- ed from the American firm and entered into by Carter & Co., wholly on account of the change in the policy of the min - faille. Railway, are justlY entitled to this ()Iseredthe price of wheat 4 c per whatever benefits accrue from furnish- i bushel to the Canadian farmer. Be- ing supplies.. It is surely much better sides, the policy of our railways is to than allowing the money to go straight give the grain " scalper " a much lower into the pockets of the - American far- rate of freight on grain for export, than mer. . they will give to a small miller shipping Then with regard to the ,enhanced flour to the Lower Provinces. This value of spring wheat. Although your makes Milling unprofitable, and pre - points were well taken they do not ,ef- vents the produce of the country being feet the truth of ni statement that manufactured according to the iuten- spring wheat sold to to 15c higher in: tion of the N. P. August than it welt id have done with- The devil quoted Scripture to main - out the N. P. In tact, your 'objectionstain his position; if so, there can be strengthen my. nsguments in lavor of nothing wrong in my doing so. We are more stringent protection. If, as you told in our corporeal bodies if a member say, a few forge millers had not been such as a foot, leg, hand or arm gives any offence, to cut it off and cast it . away, that it is better to enter into life maimed than that the whole body should suffer, that from a philosophical point of vie,w it is better to lose any or all of these members than that the whole should be cast into hell. It is milling in bond and disposing of their flour, the price of spring wheat would have been still higher. Although a few millers may have been doing this, it does not appear to have had the same depreciating effect as if 2,500 millers had. done so. - You object, however, to Chicago markets as a guide to prices. just so in the body politic; if industries If so, I will give Montreal outside quota- or other interests clash with the wel- tions of "spring extra,' "strong bakers'" fare of the whole, they should be stop - and "superior" flours -on thefirst days of ped. It is much better that a few July, August and September. The large mills should stand, than that the first is made of conanaon red chaff, the prosperity of 2,500 small mills should. second No. 2 Fifes and the last good be destroyed. If our railroads can get fall wheat. July 1st, spring extra, $4.40; nothing to do but carry American pro - bakers, 4.60;$superior, $4.80. Aug. lst, duce at a loss to themselves and to the injury of the whole country, by all meanspreVent it at once. A. good many of your readers are greatly per- plexed to know whether I am. a Tory or a Reformer. You may inform them, confidentially, that I am a "real Reform - er," one who thinks and talks for himself, a specimen that is getting nearly extinct, it being almost a crime now -a -days for a man to have the courage to express his own opinions. The fashion being for dyed in the wool Tories and milk aud water Reformers to entrust their opinions to the care and keeping of a newspaper. They seem to have no idea of the wonderful faculties the members of the fourth estate are pos- sessed of ; that they are either profes- , sional "white washers" or confirmed , . English market. Now, mark the in.- J?IRM FOR SALE..—For sale Lot 2, Con.. 17, consistency of both .yourself and the Grey, and part of L.ot ,1, Con. 17, 'containing Reform party on this question. You 1441 rza acres,. about 90 of- whieb are cleared, box the compass all round, and have sisi under good cultivation.. The balanee is well timbered with hardwood. • There is a hewed log armee, and frame barns, sheds and stables. There a good bearing orchardand good water. Is 'dilated on a good, gravel road within. half a _mile of Welton vitlage ; live miles from Brussels, on the GreatWestern 1101way ; and ten miles from Sestesth, on the Grand Truak- Railway; with a choice of markets. For farther particulars apply to the:proprietor on. the premises or to Walton 0. JOHN McFADZEAN. • 610x20 - FAI1M FOR SALE.'—Poi Sale, Lot 22, Con, a, •• Township of Tackersmith, L. R. 8., contain- ing 100 acres, about 70 of which are eleared and in a good state o•f cultivation ; the balance is good hardwood, bush; good frame house, barn and Stable; exeellent water on the premises ; well fenced.; good young orchard, and every conveni- oriro appertadialiox Gj, a farm. Is situated about 7 toilets from Seaford", from Kippen, and 3 from Brucelield, on the London, Huron and Bruce Railway. The land is first-class clay loam.. For further partieulars apply to the proprietor on the Premises, or if by letter to Bruceileld P. 0. RILES M • eMILLAN- 601-4x - -• • - - • -- VARM FOR SALE.—North half of Lot 22, San - hie Line (Lake Shore Road) Stanley; 80 acres; 60- aeres cleared tind in good cultivation; '20 acres good. bush; 9 ars fail wheat ; 15 acres fall plow - cd; three-quarters of a rude from Drysdalel". 0. aral store; first-elass• land; convenient to school aM chinch; brick house, 20x30, story and a hall, vrell finished, with good ce.liar ; bank barn, 40x58; rule- stream of running water close to barn; a aplendid ombard of bearing trees. Terms avill be na4e to snit purchasers, if don: 18 required; brit cash a good bargain Will be given. Apply ou th_e_h_trra. Or toNELSON MOUSSEAU, Drysdale 1". 619 x4 • • - • VA.Bli IN McKILLOP FOR S.A.LB.—For Salo, the North part of Lots 8 and 0. Con. 13, Mc - Rill_ op, containing 112 acres; there are about 80 cleared,well fenced,anderdramed, and m a high Ifilite et ealtivation, the balgnee is well, timbered. !nth hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame barn 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other outbuildings,also a esea young orchard and tentY of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from ••altort, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel -toads to eacla place; convenient to ehurch and aollools ; will be sold as a whole or in two parts, or will. be exchanged for a small farm. Apply to Alton I'. O. or to tho proprietor on the premises. WILLIAM DYNES. 593 • no fixed principles to guide yourselves. grumblers" in the service of their Your objection to milling in bond is be- party; - that they can write sense or cause the N. P. is of no effect. Iu the nonsense with equal ease, _can print pork case, your objections are because what is false as neatly and correctly as it is so efficacious that "poor men.'" are Id it were true, and can twist and per - compelled to eat rotten pork. In the vert the truth to suit themselves. It Lower Provinces the cry of toxins the. stands to reason that such an accorn- "poor man's" bread has been freely plished class playing on the feelings and used, while Ontario farmers have prejudices of their readers, soon succeed been laughed at because the price of in depriving them of what mental fac- produce has not advanced. Formers ulties they ever possessed, so that they were also told that manufactured goods become in their hands like clay in the and implements of all kinds would jump hands of the potter. There is no more up at once, but, strange to say, they difference between Tories and so-called went right down. Where industries Reformers than there is between six and have been started the cry has been, , half a dozen, the difference is wholly raised that it is to make the rich mau, in what they are made. As hundreds richer, and where the " hum " is notO of families take only one paper, editors - heard it is because there is no life and have far too much influence for the no good in the N. P. Reformers should good of the country. I can read the try and act and talk more consistently EXPOSITOR in the views of the majority on this question. Being a Protectionist of the people of Huron ; if one goes to of the purest water, I did my best to Sebrinaville the sigu of the Advocate , turn Mr. Mackenzie from the error of is clearly visible, and if to Shakespere his way, when he was in power, and the light of the Beacon. twinkles itt : even voted for his party, thinking if he almost every eye. I knew a daft man ' were sustained he •would change his in the old countiy who was a constant policy. I did this because I had no church goer, but who slept the -whole faith iu the professions of the Tories. time of the sermon. One Sabbath the The cry with' Reformers after the elec- aged minister exchanged pulpits with tions was that the country had been a young preacher; this day Jamie badly sold; that there would be 710 kept as wide awake as a weasel. change in the tariff ;. -but as soon as Mr. This astonished the whole congrega- Tilley began to fulfil the promises th.a:t tion, and some busybody had tb tell had been made the cry of ruin to the the minister how strangelyJamieacted. country was at once started. Trade of This naturally annoyed the minister, so all kinds was to be destroyed, and large he went to Jamie to find out the cause flouring mills were to stand idle at least of such conduct. "When I preach," nine months in the year for want Of said the minister, "you sleep all the wheat. It was this cry that was the tiine and pay zio more attention than if cause of milling in bond being allowed. I were a dog, but when a new man I confess I preferred half a loaf to no comes along, you give him the greatest bread at that time, and nobody can attention, although no half so good a pr ity I c Ther Canad ocher." "That's it," said Jamie, u've struck the nail on the head. en you preach I cau trust you, but uld not trust yon young perky." are a great -many Jamies in ' wlio put too much faith in newspapers. You have set a noble ex- ample to the press in publishing the opinions of an opponent. If this plan were more generally adopted, it would improve the thinking powers, also the mental faculties of the people. I can easily understand why lawyers and others differ about politics. They do so for what they Carl make out of them, such as getting judgeships, or being made gaugers, or hangmen, or such dis- reputable offices under the Govern- ment; but why the farmers of Huron, who are lords of 100 to 500 acres of land mad masters of all they possess, should differ amongst themselves, their interests being identical, is more than I can understand. Farmers know when they get a man into their employ whether he does his work well and faithfully. They ought to be.equally well posted how their servants in Toronto and Ottawa behave themselves, so as to make their influence felt for good when required. • I desire to thank you fcr the latitude you have allowed, trusting you will for- give the trouble I have given you, and that your readers will forgive the annoy- ance caused them; also that the good people, the Scotch, will- forget any joke or- expression that has caused pain. 13eing a good Catholic, although not connected with the church, I firmly be- lieve confession is good for the soul. I therefore confess I had entirely forgot- ten that it required a painful surgical operation to be performed before my dear countrymen Cal1 take a joke; that like every other man andsvoman I have one unruly member that is very full of deadly peison that is hard to bridle or control, and my right hand is even worse than my tongue. Such being the case, I trust the fact that 1 have lived twenty years in this town and have succeeded in controlling two such unworthy members so long, is a suffi- cient excuse for breaking loose for once. I promise never to do so again. Some of your readers will doubtless object to your having published so much non- sense, but they should bear in mind, "a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest and the best of spoke to in Guelph about this sale was disgusted with it. They say it pre - yeas and checks private enterprise?' —Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Treffrey, of Haw - try, celebrated, the forty-fifth anniver- sary of their wedding on the llth inst. ° —A valuable horse belonging to Daniel O'Neil, Paris, fell into an old well last Week and was so badly injured that it had to be killed. —A spin of Mr. H. Hopkins, near St. Thomas, broke his leg the other day when sliding from a load. of straw. He is progressing favorably. —It is remarked that His Excellency, the Marquis of Lorne, has become much stouter than svhea he first set foot upon Canadian soil as Governor General of the Dominion. —B. II. Unger, a dry goods dealer in several Places for many years, and well known throughout the country, has commenced business in Berlin as a money broker. --Charles Lancaster, the embezzling clerk of the Merchants' Bank, London, was sentenced to two years' imprison- ment in the Provincial Penitentiary. He pleaded guilty. —The butter made at the Stanbridge creamery has been sold for 20 cents a pound, a price far ahead of any dairy butter made in that vicinity. A practical tribute this, to the creamery system. —Barber, the einbezzliug clerk of the Bank of Montreal, who was sentenced in Toronto in1876 to five years in the penitentiary for stealing the funds of the Bank, has been -liberated, after serving about half of his term. —Miss. Hussick, a young lady in Lucknow, while working a sewing ma - chins, happened to get her thumb unddi the needle. It pierced the nail and went clear through the thumb, making a painful wound. —Two children ot Mr. Michael Schaefer were buried in a sand pit in She township of Wellesley, on Friday. One, it girl aged five, was taken out dead; the other has a chance of re- covery, though seriously hurt. —The late auction sale of teas in Montreal was the most successful .of recent years. A good many western buyers were present and very good prices were obtained. Two thousand six hundred and thirty half chests, being all on the catalogue, were sold. • —Apples for England continue in men.',' Talmage has been in the old active request ; a leading butter and country for six months talking non- cheese firm in Montreal purchased on sense, and poor and hard up as the people are, he brought back a ship load of gold for his twaddle and stale jokes. Being a protectionist, I am iu favor of home made goods, and. even home made nonsense, rather than importing such an expensive luxury while the country is so hard up. Yours, &c., most respectfully, JAMES PRINGLE. Canada. Twenty-four immigrants came into Bracebridge_one day last week. —It is proposed to reduce the rate of messages by Atlantic Cable to six- pence per word. —Two brothers, negroes, have rented land near Kinrnount, Peterboro County, for the purpose of raising tobacco thereon. ' —The catch of herring at the fish - Tuesday 4,000 barrels winter fruit on an order ifromi Liverpool at $2.60 per barrel; this is one of the biggest sales ever made on''.e Montreal market. —Mr. Ronalff McKinnon, one of Cale- donia's oldest and most respected resi- dents, died, very suddenly last Sunday morning. Mr. McKinnon was 80 years old, and engaged. in active business up to the day of his death. , He was the Conservative candidate for Parliament sevdrioal times. —On account of irregularities and de- falcations found in connection with the post office business at Portage La Prairie during a visit- of Mr. Dewe, Dominion Inspector of post offices, it was determined to remove Mr. Bates the postmaster, and Mr. Hay was ap- pointed'in his place. —At the Woodstock Assizes on Mon - rivers and Lake Erie- this season has day, Charles Moore was found. guilty of causing the death of Reuben Smith, eries on the Detroit and ,St. Clair — but as. the prisoner had previously The redent fine weather has caused been wonderful. borne a t ood character, and was inof- the wheat crop to grow so rankly that in the County of Haldimand some far- fensive, and death of deceased was ac- celerate mers are plowing it under. d by natural causes, a sentence of only —More than one garden in Owen three months' imprisonment was pronounced. week. After ,the ' —Last week a farmer near Uxbridge September cold, the Sound showed ripe strawberries lasti 'October summer brought them out. —It ip reported that the fall wheat in Middlesex county is being ravaged by the Hessian fly, or as some farmers contend the wire -worm. Many are ploughing up their wheat and re -sowing. —A six-year-old son of Mr. Jas. Buyers, a farmer near Port Hope, lately went to one of the hotel stables, hitched his father's team to the wagon, and. drove _them up street without assistance. —A valuable cow the property of Mr. G. Price, 0 Nen Sound, made her way into the back kitchen and ate up a basket full of crab apples. The apples proved too much for her and she died a few hours after. —Miss Annie Lyons, of .West Flam- boro', earried all before her at the Guelph Central, the Northern Fair at Walkerton,Western at London, and discovered a large bear quietly taking his breakfast in a turnip field adjoining his farm. He immediately gave the alarm, and with the assistance of the neighbours, dogs, and a gun, bruin was shot after an exciting chase of, two miles. He was a fine specimen, and weighed 400 pounds. —Customs officer Richardson on Wednesday seized. two thoroughbred cows at Windsor, vatted at $35, from Solomon White, member of the Local Parliament for North Essex. It is al- leged that White brought the ordinals over the river in a scow, which is in - violation of the law which prohibits -bhp importation of cattle from the United States. --Ambroie Sherk and Aaron. Vande- vere, 17 and 14 years of age respective- ly, were brought ,before the Reeve at Port Colborne on Wednesday, of last week, charged with throwing stones Southsrn at Brantford. In ladies', through the windows of the railway work she took no less than sixty-eight carriage. The former was required to prizes at these shows. — Freeborn Taylor, well known throughout Elgin County as an auc- tioneer and County Constable, died at Port Stanley on the 5th inst., from typhoid fever. He leaves a wife and pay $22.10 in fine, cost and damage, or to go to gaol two months. The latter was committed to gaol for three months. —A short time ago a young lad named. Willie Thompson was taken away from his home in Acton, and no information before Mayor Bleiklejohh. The magistrate considered the evidence sufficient to warrant a commitment. —The Brockville Recorder says it is estimated that the recent rise in cheese is worth $250,000 to the farmers of Leeds and Grenville. —Large quantities Of pressd hay are being shipped from Owen Sound to Prince Arthur's Landing, for the supply of railway contractors. —Fur like mostly every other article of trade is advancing rapidly in price. Seal, will be almost out of reach the - coming winter, and mink prices have greatly improved. —A Mr. Spelman, of Ottawa, recent- ly astonished the Cadets of the Royal Military College, at Kingston, by clear- ing in the running long jump at some athletic sports the extraordinary distance of 18ft. 54 inches. —Eight hogs, valued at $10 each, were smothered last Tuesday as they were being conveyed in closely covered wagons from the vicinity of Port Dover for shipment per railway. The weather family. Deceased was a member of the trace of his whereabouts could be found A. 0. U. W. Port Stanley. until last week, when it was karned — Parkhill and Ailsa Craig are at from a Chicago paper that the lad .was present great competitors in the grain found in the custody of two burglars,' trade, and some other places on the who had been arrested near that city line are compelled to follow suit or lose and lodged in jail. Mr. -Thompson was their market. Just as soon as Parkhill telegraphed to concerning his son, and learns that Ailsa Craig is anything has doubtless ere this found. his lost ahead in the way of prices, up they start . boy. It is expected the men will be and vice versa. : brought to Canada to be tried for the —The barreling and shipping of ap- Eihduction. S pies taken by hand. from thetrees is now —On Wednesday morning of last a very interesting branch of trade. Apple week Wm. Lang, a Minto Township traders go around with barrels and Councillor, was lodged. in Guelph gaol supply hands to help the farmers to to await his trial on it charge! of shoot - pick from the trees and fill the vessels. ing his son Alexander with a: shotgun. Perhaps there has not been for many From the evidence it appears that on years such a crop' of fruit as the present Monday the father and son hod a dis- yields. pute about a cow. At the time William — The Farmers' Advocate says of the had. a loaded gun in. his hands, which Model Farm stock sales: "These sales was discharged. The son is very posi- are perfectly demoralizing the business tive that the shooting was done de - of the old staunch breeders of this liberately, but from the slight wound country. They could formerly afford made it is believed by sonae that both to import, improve, feed and maintain . the father and son had hold of the their herds for exhibitions, but now I fowling piece, and that it Was a,cci- when the Government taxes them for I dentally discharged. Three grains of the means of paying for inferior impor- ! shot were taken out of Alexander's side, tations, and then sacrifices that stock and the powder slightly burned his at ruinous prices to the public, it dis- I shirt. The son is pressing the charge courages them. Ewery breeder that we against his father, having sworn out an grand dinners, I should neverbe able to' get along properly in this world. De- pend upou it, it is the secret of getting through the world, 'No, thank you,' will bring a man along." The General remembered the incident very well, and seemed rather pleased that his friend had retained the Nfords in nieinory. —The Great Western Railway half - yearly report has been issued. The half year's net revenue exhibits it defi- ciency of over .£10,000 sterling. The credit balance from the previous half year reduces this to £6,000, which forms a charge against future revenue. The dividend on the preference stock was also carried. fcrward. to the debit of the next half year, The Directors look hopefully on the prospects of the cur- rent six months. —A farmer. named John MeAffrey residing in the township of Sullivan, happened with a severe loss recently. He set fire to two stumps close to two sticks of hay. Containing in both. about seven tons of good ha,y, the winachang- was very warm at the time. ed. and some sparks flew on the stacks —A perilous season for newspapers of hay and consnmed both of thena has just passed. The liability to over- less than &quarter of an hour. The look the fact that a constant reader unfortunate man is poor, he has the took the second prize for crooked -neck- sympathy of his neighbours and. the ed squashes, and thereby acquire a community for his severe loss. bitter enemy, is over for a year.—Richard Black, the ,Indian who —A barn belonging to Mr. S. Steven- eloped with a white girl of 16, and mar - son, near Blenheim, County of Kent, ried her, and who was arrested by the was destroyed by fire on the 13th inst., girl's father for perjury' in procuring together with 800 bushels of wheat, the marriage license, was -sentenced at 400 bushels of beans and a quantity of the Coboura assizes to five months' im- hay and straw. There was no insur- prisonment! Black, who is s, well - &nee. ' doing and respectable fellow, had the 7 -The coal mine being developed by Mr. E. H. Bly, twenty miles west of Bismark, has turned out coal that works well in locaraetives. The same sympathy of the whole court, and even the Chi -et justice seemed. to think that there were some false oaths that thelaw should not prosecute. coal canbe found in quantities from 100 —On the farm of VT% George Hood, to 150 miles west of Emerson, and. will near Guelph, a second growth of barley some day prove a great boon to the may be seen. The grain that dropped. people of Manitoba. ' out in reaping has taken root and is —Great core is taken by the Grand now almost ready to harvest. The Trunk officials when the viceregal party first crop was sold at a good price, and travels over :the road. At each station the second will soon be ready for an official high in position, personally market. In the garden of Mitchell sees that the road is clear; and. every Todd, Sweet William is insbloom for the precaution taken to secure safety, and, second time this season. Two crops if possible, prevent accident, every , 1110110 year is something extraordinary. wheel and link being examined before —Canada, says the Farmers' Advo - the tiain leaves the station.*- cate, is the.only cattle -raising country in -7•A naost evenly contested and ex- the world free from contagious disieases. citing wrestling match took place in All other : countries are more -or less Toronto on Saturday evening last be affected by it, which necessitates the tween the celebrated Scotch and Irish slaughtering,of animals at the port of athletes, Duncan C, Ross and J. C. entry, while, on the other hand, Cana - Daly. The contest lasted. about two dian cattle can be raised. for a,iiy mar - hours and a half and, resulted in favor ket and shipped alive. This gives at of the Scotchman. The match was for least an advantage of thirty per cent. in $500 a side and a gold medal emblem- atical of the championship of the United States and the British Pro- vinces. —An old woman named. Mrs. Hazard came to her death in a very strange manner in the County of Peterborough last week. She set fire to a large dead hemlock which was standing near the favor of the exportation of Canadian stock over all other competitors that can't be so shipped. —On a farm in Thurlow, near Belle- ville, a hound gave birth to four imps, which, when. a few days old, were taken possession of by a large Brahma hen, which drove their mother away after a hard. fight and. sheltered the dogs house. The roots became loosened. beneath her wings. Strange to say the from the action of the fire, and. the un- unnatural affection of the hen was fortunate woman, fearing the tree returned by the puppies, which seemed would fall upon the house, kept around it aud endeavored. to pull it the other way. It fell upon her, killing her in- stantly. —Galt "tap fair" this year was not very well attended. Prices ranged up $10 —The Rev. Mr. DeLong, Primitive to $20 for aged rams and from $5 to for ram lambs. The following were Methodist minister on the Chatham Cir - among the sales: Thos. Clark, aged cult, took his horse and buggy down to ram, $16. Robert Renwick, aged ram,. . the river, some miles below Chatham, $20, and a number of lambs for $8. on Saturday, for the purpose of washin* Wm. Riddle, aged. ram, $15. Messrs. the latter, and not knowing the narrow. Alex. McPhail, Wm. Rutherford, Wmness of the channel banks drove out too Sterling, James Scott, Beverly, John far and the weight of the buggy pnlled Findlater, and Menno Hallman, sold it the beast under water and. drowned it. number of 'shearling rams and lambs at Mr. DeLong on finding his vehicle sink - fair pricesing beneath him leapt out and. tried to --There was a " scene" at the Kings- keep the horses head above the water ton Police Court while the case of Drtill be swana to shore. But the minas'. Stewart against Mr. Britton, for perjury, turned. out towards the opposite shore was in progress. Dr. Stewart, in mak- and the swimmer had. to let go to save ing some remarLs, ridiculed the idea of himself, reaching the bank much ex - a Police Court being a court of law. hausted. He said it was a Court of "Police —Henry Lasseter settled with his Just asses" The Police Magistrate, young wife in the bush in the township addressing the police, shouted vigorous- - of Franklin, in tb.e Muskoka District, ly, "put him mit! put him out! Put five years ago.. He had but $4.50 in his him out. !" and turning to Dr. Stewart, pocket, and passed. several weeks with - said, "I'll commit you." , He then ad- out being able to purchase glass for his journed the case, and. the doctor left shanty w-indow. To -day he has a fine the court -room. farm of 200 acres, 85 of which are —Some time ago on the farm, in cleared; has a good ox team, two COWS, Toronto township, of Mr. Robt. Craig, and young cattle; 150 bushels of pota- an accident occurred. while crushing toes, 100 bushels oats, 110 bushels feed by which his hired man had his wheat, 80 bushels peas, 100 bushels leg broken, being caught by the tumbling turnips, 2000,pounds corn meal, barn, shaft, the tumbling not being _protected to prefer her society to that of their mother. Itseems that the hen was determined to sit, and no eggs having been placed under her, she transferred her affection to the pups and would have fought to the death for them. as required by law. The man claimed damages from Mr. Craig, which was refused, and a suit was entered to re- cover. The case was heard before a jury on Friday last in Toronto, when the plaintiff got a verdict for $1,000, which with costs will amount to a EOM sufficient :to impress on the mind of every farmer in the Province to see that the thresher he uses is protected. —General Sir Fenwick Williams, the " Hero of Kars," has been visiting 28x413 feet; granary, ]2x20; five tons of hay, a garden full of choice vegetables, &c., all the result of his own and his wife's industry, save an amount of $75 of borrowed money. Ask MY. Lasseter what sum he will take and sell out, and he will refuse any sum less than Iwo). What laboring man or tenant farmer in England or in Southern Ontario can show as good. results ? And the condi- tion of Mr. Lasseter is the case of every industrious settler. Here, as else- where, industry is rewarded and thr Montreal. He has been in bad health lessness ends in misery. for some time, and is travelling with a —A grocer in Peterborough, who had. view to its improvement. He is much a little time to study human nature, stooped., and enfeebled in appearance, wrote a note to several parties selected. his cheeks are sunken and. his manner for the occasion, to the effect that he is nervous; a complete metamorphosis had lost his account books, and must from the military commander be was depend. upon their honor to call and here. His eyes, however, retain. the , give in the balance against them. One old fire, and his conversation, though of them replied that he presumed. he somewhat tinged with melancholy, was owed three or four dollars, when the much more cheery than his looks weuld books showed that he owed t wenty- indicate. He expressed gratification' , eight dollars; another thought there the improvement made in Canada since might be a possible balance against his last visit. An old friend re- him, though he had been very careful called to General Williams An to pay cash down, and yet his account cident of the visit of the Prince of was fourteen dollars and over. Out of 'Wales to Montreal. "You were upon twelve or fourteen customers, thegroeer the left of the Prince of Wales, who found one who replied that he owed, sat with the Duke of Newcastle next to three dollars and eighty cents, being him, while I was upon your left. I fifty cents too much,. He then wrote noticed that you remarked very often to each that he had found bis books, 'No thank you,' when the waiters came and. sent statement of account, and as to you, 'Upon mentioning that it struck me as being peculiar, I think you an- swered, 4 Oh, I generally do that. No, thank you, will bring a man through the world, and if I did not make it they dropped into the store, one at a time, each laughed, shook hands and. re- marked, "I knew it was one of your jokes, of course, and so I thought I'd. give you a chalice to play it clear habit of saying it very often at these through.