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TWELFTH YEAR.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1879.
McLEA1T BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
_/,k RARE CHANCE. -Twenty-five acres of land
vith hcrtse and barn for sale in Egmortdville.
This property is well eituated for either farm or
garden purposes. Title indisputable. Apply to
ROBERT BP.ETT. 615
'VCR SALE. -For Sale a first class Planing
Mill, nearly new and in good running order,
situated in the flourishing Town of Settforth,
Will be sold cheap. Terms en.s3-. Enquire of
BBCORD.COSSENS & CO., Goderich, Ont.
-G-ARIT AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE,
I: PRICES TO SUIT THE TIMIIIS,Lot 17,
on the lith concession, McKillop; price $40 per
acre ; Building lots in different parts of the
town of Seaforth; purchasers can make their own
terms of payment, at 8 per cent. interest. JAS.
BEATTIE. 591
ATALIJABLE FARM FOR SATE -For Sale,
the east half of Lot No. 4, Con. 4, IL R. S.,
Tirekersmith, County of Huron, consisting of 50
sores, 31 miles from the TONVII of Seaforth, and
sonvenient to school. The land is of the very
best quality. For further particulars apply to
JAMES PICKARD, opposite the premises, or to
Sgmondville P. 0. 521
VARM AND TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE,
CHEAP. -Lot No, 24, Con. 9, McKillop, 100
sores; north hall Lot 30, Con. 9, McKillop, 50
acres; north half of north half Lot 31, Con. 9,
McKillop, 25 acres; residence occupied by Mr.
maieelraeon on Gouinlock Survey, Seaforth;
building lots on jarvis' and F. G. Sparling's Sur-
ing. Apply to GRAY, YOUNG & SPARLING,
freaforth. 695
WARM FOR SAT,R.-For Sale, the west part of
-I1-7 Lot No 1, Con. 17, Grey, containing 50 acres ,
3501 which are cleared, well fenced, and m 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 Brussels and Seaforth, and
cdpins a church, and school. It is also within
a mile of the Village of Walton. Apply on the
pemises or to Walton Post Office. CHARLES
KURCHIE. 493
'PAM!. FOR SALE. -For sale Lot 2; con. 10
Tuckersmith, containing 100 acres, about
81) cleared, the balance well timbered. There is a
stone house and good frame barn, it is well fenc-
ed and underdrained. There is a young bearing
orchard. It is about seven milea from Seaforth
and four frora Hensall, and is convenient to
school. Two good wells of water. Possession
given at any time. Appiy• at the EXPOSITOR
°elm, Seaforth. 610
WARM FOR SALE. -For sale, the west half of
-1; Lot, 33, Con. 5, McKillop, containing 51 acres,
over 40 of which are cleared and free from_stumps.
There is a good frame barn, log house and orchard.
The soil is heavy clay fit for raising all kinds of
crops. It is situated within four and a half miles
of Seaforth. For further particulars address the
proprietor, Poole P. 0., or apply personally at his
residence within one and a half miles of Milverton
railway station. G-EORGE DICKSON. 618 8,
PROPERTY FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 14,
-IL C013 16, Grey; West half o Lot 29 'Con. 6,
with cheese factory complete; Lot 11, 'Con. 6,
and south half of Lots 16 and L7, Con. 5, town-
ship of Morris; Lot 22, Con. 13, na Lot 28, Con.
B, township of Howick, all goodirnaroved farnis,
together with several 50 acre farms in Grey and
Morris, and houses and lots and vacant lots in
the village of Brussels. Prices ow, terms easy,
and title good. Apply to JOHN LECKIE, Brus-
sels. 574
ARM FOR SATE. -For sale Lt 17, concession
8, Stanley, 100 acres, 80 de red, well fenced
and in a good state of cultivation, the balance
well timbered with maple. Frhme house barn,
and sheds. Five acres of good earing
Ito
(troller d,
and two never failing- wells. Is n a, good gravel
road within 2 miles of Varna, 6 Miles from Bruce -
field station, Great Western Railivay, and 12 miles
from Seaforth and C.inton. For further particu-
lars apply to the proprietor on tile premises,or to
Varna P. 0. JOHN REDMOND. 598
WARM FOR SALE. -For Sale, Lot 2, Con. 111
H. R. S., containing 100 acres, 82 cleared and
in a first-class state of caltivtion, the balance
being good hardwood bash; log ouse, with stout
cellar under, and well finishbd ; frame barn
36x60, with stone stabling underneath; kood
bearing orchard and 3 good walls; convenient to
church, school and, post office; ij situated 8 miles
from Seaforth and 5 from Hensall, on a good
gravel road. For farther partimilars apply to the tion in respect to the Ger
proPrietor on the premises, or if by letter to
Chisellmrst P.O. JOHN C. STEELE. 6034x ment.
All this and the enmity
ENT -For Sale mans and Russians are be
ot 3, Concession
than their causes, which -
GERMANY AND RUSSIA
WHY RUSSIANS HATE THE GERMANS -
POLITICAL IMPORTANCE OF 4 PEND-
ING NEWSPAPER WAR-G-ERMAN IN-
FLUENCE IN TAR CZAR'S GOVERN-
MENT -7.A WAR THAT IS TO COME.
BERLni, October 17, 1879.
The only newspaper topic which
seems to be able to excite real interest
in Germany at present, is the recent
manifestations by Russians of their ha-
tred of the Germans. The immediate
cause of this outbreak is 41oubtless
knownt�you already; Some time ago
an army lieutenant wrote a letter to the
St. Petersburg Gazette from Dunaburg,
in which he described the German vol-
unteer fire companies in the Baltic Pro-
vinceas traitorous institutions, against
which the State should be on its guard.
This excited anger and vigorous protest
on the part of the Germans. The Czar
soon after this attended a reunion of
several of the German fire companies of
the Baltic Provinces, addr ssed them
with marked favor, and exp essed him-
self highly pleased with thei voluntary
efforts in rescuing the lives a e d property
of their countrymen. This course of
the Czar, as well as his goi g soon af--
terward to Alexandrovo to meet the
Emperor of Germany, was a hint to
the necessarily servile Ru sian press
too strong to be mistaken. The at -
iacks on the Germans sto ped for a
hort time.
The 10th of September however,
rought a second newspaper letter from
correspondent in Duna urg, which
pened the so-called new paper war
IISW aud with increased vio euce. He
eiterated and emphasized he charges
against the German volunte r fire com-
panies of Dunaburg, Riga nd li.litate
According to him they steno under the
,
influencb of Germany, and. re simply
copies of the Association "T gendbund"
formed by the Prussian. Min ster'Stein,
which was instrumental 'n freeing
the frontier German prov noes from
France in 1813; these fire companies
are filled with traitors, who bave the
design of freeing the Ger 'an Baltic
Provinces from Russia a d uniting
them to Germany. These attacks of
the Russian press upon th Russian-
Germaus and others direc ly against
Germany, together with the mutual en-
mity of Gortschakoff and rince Bis-
marck, have occupied. the a teution of
the German newspapers, an yesterday
the Kolnische Zeitung decla ed openly
that the friendly relations itherto ex-
isting between Germany nd Russia
had ceased. It was to be oped that
this charge of feeling betwe n the two
governments might not lea i to war;
that Russia might repent a .1 the peace
of Europe be preserved. A • the same
time this proniine,it journal of Cologne
considered it as especially nfortunate
that the bitternea; of the R ssians was
mainly fostered 1.y journals standing in
near relations te the Gove urnent. It
might have added as signi cant that
the German newspapers hich have
given most attention to the attacks of
the Russian press, and havs now and
then judiciously fanned t e fire lest
it should by any . means o out, also
occupy an official or semi- fficial posi-
an Govern -
f the Ger-
ter known
he newspa-
pers of St. Petersburg and iloecow dare -
not give openlyeand which the German
press does not 'like to di close. The
Russians accuse the Germa s of faith-
lessnesS to their interests t the Con-
gress of Berlin and since; ie Germans
- upbraid the Russians with f 1 rgetfulness,
a perversion of facts and ingratitude.
This does not go to the root of the mat-
ter; etill less the affair of he fire com-
panies, which is the merest pretext, and
stands in about the saline rel ation to the
quarrel as the meetiva of t e Prussian
King and the French Amb ssador Ber-
nedetti at Enas in July, 187a, did to the
Franco-Prussian wax. I ill endeavor
to explain the dislike and ..ven hatred
of the Russians for the G rmans, as it
has been expounded to ie by Rus-
sians Qf wealth and intelli ence, whom
and G-er-
WARM FOR SALE OR TO
Cheap, end on easy terms,
1, MeFillop, containing 100 acres, 70 of which are
cleared and in a good state of cultivation ; on
the balance there is a large amount of excellent
fencing timber; there is a new frame house and
good froOebarn and stables; there is a young
orchard and a well ot splendid water; it is 3n the
Huron Road, within one mile of the Village of
Dublin if not sold. within one month it will be
rentedfer a term of years '- apply on the premises
or to Dublin post office. PATRICK MURPHY,
Dublin. 621x4
08
WARM FOR SALE. --For sale Lot 2, Con. 17,
•A; Grey, and part of Lot 1, Can. 17, containing
in all 129 acres, about 90 of which are cleared,
and under good cultivation. The balance is well
timbered with hardwood. Thert, is a hewed log
house, and frame barns, shedsslid stables. There
is a good bearing orchard and ,` good water. Is
situated on a good gravel road ithin half a mile
of Walton village; five miles filom Brussels, on
the Great Western Railway; and ten miles from
Seaforth, on the Grand Trunk ailway ; with a
choice of markets. For further articulars apply
-to the proprietor on the premises or to Walton
P. G. JOHN McFADZEAN. 610x20
TWO SPLENDID -FARMS FOR SALE. -
Either of the undersigned will sell two splen-
did farms within a short distance of Seaforth,
the best market town 'Keg of Toronto. Both
farms are on good gravel road, ample. supply of
water without the trouble of pumping; buildings,
orchards; &c., conaplete. As botIr gentlemen have
retired from business, terms of payment will be
made exceeding13- easy. The greater part of the
purchase money may remain on mortgage for
years. Immediate poseession can be given. Full
description, price, terms, &c., given on applica-
tion to JACOB McGEE, Bp, nondville, or WM,
LEE, Seaforth. 619
FARM FOR SALE.-Foi Sale, Lot 22, Con, 3,
Township of Tuckersmith, L. R. S„ contain-
ing 100 aeres, about 70 of which are cleared and
in a good state of cultivation ; tho balance is good
hardwood bnsh ; good frame house, barn and
stable; excellent water on the premises ; well
fenced; good young orchard, and every conveni-
ence appertalnlnK to a farm. Is situated about 7
miles from Seaforth, 2i from Rippen, and 3 from
Bracefield, on the London, Z[nron and Bruce
Railway. The land is first-class clay loam. For
further particulars apply to the proprietor on the
premises, or if by letter to Brucefiehl. P. 0.
MILES McMILLAN. 601-4x
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WARM IN McKILLOP FOR SALE. -For Sale,
-1- the North part of Lots 8 and 9. Con. 13, Me-
Killop, containing 112 acres; there are about 80
cleared, well fenced, miderdrained, and in a high
state of cultivation, the balgace is well timbered
with hardwood; good dwelling, new bank frame
barn 50x57, with stabling underneath, and other
outbuildings, also a good young orchard and
plenty of water. Is 10 miles from Brussels, 5 from
Walton, and 12 from Seaforth, with good gravel
roads to etteh place; convenient to church and
cehools ; will be sold as a !whole or in two parts,
Di- will be exchanged fora small farm. Apply to
Walton P. 0. or to the proprietor on the premises.
WILLIAM DYNES. 593
PLENDID FARM FOR SALE. -For Sale,
1"-i • that tine farm, the property of David Fergu-
son, being Lot I, Con. 9, H. R. S., Tuckersmith,
containing 100 acres, 75 of which are cleared and
in -the very best order • is all well fenced. and
tmderdrained • the timibered portion is beech
and maple; there is a new frame house, frame
barns, stables; sheds and outbuildings ; an ex-
cellent orchard_ of bearing trees and plenty of
good spring water; is within 7 miles of Seaforth,
on the G-rarel Trunk Railway, and the same dis-
tance from Hensall, on the Great Western, with
gravel roads leading to each place; a spring creek
runs through the farm. Apply; if- by letter to
Seaforth P. 0 , or on the premises to DAVID
FERGUSON. 617
I have met in Switzerlan
many.
The ssence of the whol matter is
this: The Russians long or constitu-
tional liberties, and they I elievo that
the Germans are irtstrume fel in caus-
ing a continuance of the p esent auto-
cracy. The Czar's mother was a Ger-
man, a sister of the Germa Emperor,
making him, as is well known, the
nephew of the latter; his vife is also
a daughter of Louis II. of : essen. His
sympathies are all Germa , and lead
him to pass considerable tile e in Ger-
many and surround him elf in St.
Petersburg with 1Germa • s. These
favorites, whose positions i epend now
alone upon the Czar's will, would lose
all importance if. the Ru-sian people
had a voice in the govern anent. They
feel this, an.d do all in the r power to
prevent it, flattering the Czar and
preaching incessantly the old doctrine
of the "unripeiaess" of the ussian peo-
ple for free institutions. "The Rus-
sians," explained a Russian gentleman
in Geneva, to me, " are rule over by a
set of German foreigners, whose only
interest in the country is in what they
can make out of it. Thy fill the
offices, rob the people of th ir earnings,
oppress them, preach con inually the
ignorance and inability of t e Russians,
and prevent in every way the CZAr
from becoming acquainte with his
people and learning their e., cellent and
noble qualities. The Czar imself is in
reality a foreign ruler; he is German
in sympathies and tastes a well as in
blood.-" We have in this explanation
which, whether correct or not, is be-
lieved by the Russians, the true inter-
pretation of their hatred of the Ger-
mans. The newspaper articles written
upon the traitorous designs of the Ger-
man fire companies did not originate in
an overwatchful zeal for &Attaining
the integrity of The Czar's empire, but
in an effort to prejudice ihe ruler' of "all
the Russias" against the Germans and
thus destroy their influence.
• The exertions of the "German -haters"
appear at length to be meeting with
success. The very fact of the possi-
bility of a newspaper war indicates the
leaning of the government: It is an-
nounced to -day that the Russian Min-
ister of the Interior has suspended the
Russkajah Prowda on account of its
violent attacks upon Germany; but.
this ' will scarcely deceive Many per:
sous. It is only to serve as a' pretence
on the part of the officers for saying
that the work of the newspapers is not
their doing. A more significant fact is
the recent increase of the Ruseian army,
which makes it larger by 700,000 men
than formerly, and the movement of
troops toward the west. In the mean-
time all the G-erman newspapers, in-
cluding the official journals, proclaim
loudly that Germany in 1877 and 1878
paid off the debt which she owed to
Russia for her non-interference in 1870,
and that the Fatherland, with all its
love of peace,"is prepared to defend
itself against Slavic aggressions. The
feeling of the mass of Russians is not a
matter of doubt. Even the Frankferter
Zeitung admits that the Russian jour-
nals express only the sentiments of their
readers, and the Kolnische Zeitung as-
serts that the prospect of peace stands
in an inverse ratio to the weight of the
voice of the Russian people.
What -will be the result of this agita-
tion of the "German•haters" ? It is ul-
timately bound to direct the policy of
the government. It is a well-known
fact that the Russian Crown Prince
-heartily detests the Germans, and that
this has led to certain unpleasantness
in the Imperial family. All Russians
whom I have ever met, and. I have
made the acquaintance of many, hope
and pray for the death of the Czar;
their faces brighten as they speak of
his age, disease and feebleness. Every-
thing is hoped from the accession of
his son; constitutional liberties, devel-
opment of the immense resources of the
empire, the establishment of schools
and universities, as well as all sorts of
free institutions, which alone are need-
ed to place Russia in the van of civili-
zation. But the first step the new Em-
peror is to take' in his great reform work
will be to purge the land of Germans.
As a Russian forcibly expressed. -it to
me, "Er wird- sie hinausschneissen"-
"he will- pitch them out." With this
feeling on the part of Russia, a growth
of years, the question of war with Ger-
many is only one of time. Even now
speculation is rife in regard to the way
the different powers will eange them-
selves in what is supposed will be a
general European war. The personal
friendship existing between William I.
of Germany and his nephew may
possibly keep the nations at peace until
the death of these two aged monarchs.
Then; at the farthest, the two people
will come together with a crash which
will shake Europe to its foundations.
E.
Catiada.
Ninety-five new post offices have
been opened in Manitoba and the North-
west. •
-Americans are buying up the tim-
ber limits on the St. Maurice river in
Quebec.
-Dr. Flemin ci, formerly of Teeswater,
has removed to Mildmay to practise his
profession.
-The Aeton glove factory employs
over one hundred. hands, and turns out
a superior article:
-The Collingwood Messenger charges
the public school teachers of that town
with brutality towards the pupils. -
-Mr. Charles Raymond, of Guelph,
offers to be one of. four to subscribe
$2,500 towards starting a new Baptist
paper.
-Since the opening of navigation, 113
vessels have been licensed by the Que-
bec Custom House for the local trade of
the Province. ;
-Mr. Robt. Patterson, agent of the
Great Western Railway, is organizing •
another party for Manitoba, to leave
during the present month.
-Some individuals are endeavoring
to pass bills ot the Zimmerman Bank;
which is remembered among reminis-
cences of this province 20 years ago.
-A few days ago Mr. Walker, of
Kincardine, shipped 3,307 bushels of
barley to Detroit; and Mr. Baird 1,200
bushels of peas to Glasgow, Scotland..
-Default having been made in the
payment of interest, the Elora town
Council have determined to offer the
Carpet Factory in that village for sale.
' -Last Saturday morning in Ottawa,
a two year old child died frden the
effects of chewing matches. The lit-
tle one ate the tops of about ttenty
matches.
-It is understood that Wm. Demp•-
ster, the Ingersoll bank embezzler, has
been been bailed in the sum of $8000,
himself in $4,000, and two sureties in
$2,000 each.
-A gentleman of St. Catharines has
obtained. the Government contract for
dredgina the Kincardine harbor,and the
work is being proceeded with in a vig-
orous manner.
-Mr. James Ryder, a genial whole:
souled Irishma,n,with his family left the
township of Bidclulph a few days 'ago,
for Carleton county, where Mr. Ryder
owns a nice property in the vicinity of
the capital.
-Dr. Hingston, of Montreal, suc-
ceeded in dislodging from a young lad's
stomach a copper coin which he had
swallowed, and which had located at
the neck of his stomach. No serious re-
sults are feared.
-The, Caledonia, Ont., milling firm
of Messrs. McQuarrie, Thorburn
Mouro, called a meeting of their credi-
tors, and before it took place their es-
tate was attached. The firm made
heavy losses auring last year, and. have
been doing too much business for their
capital. In. 1877 they were claimed to
have property worth 5100,000, con-
sisting of mills, farms and timber lim-
its, and profeseed to have a surplus of
$60,000.
-Large numbers of settlers have been
taking up Cockburn Island Government
land, which is for sale at 50c per acre.
A good deal of land is changing hands,
and a comparatively wealthy class of
farmers 'arriving.
-The people of Escournains, a re-
mote settlement of the Saguenay diS-
trict, Quebec, are, through the failure of
crops from early frost and other causes,
threatened with starvation unless speedy
relief is afforded.
-Last Friday morning thirty well-
to-do Scottish farmers arrived at Mon-
treal with their families, having paid.
their own expenses to come to Canada
to settle in Western Ontario. One fam-
ily goes to Manitoba.
-The Princess Louise proposes to
leave England towards the end of Jan-
uary, so that she will be in Ottawa
about the date of the opening of Parlia-
ment;It is said in England that she
1
speakavery highly of Canada.
-Mr. Peter Anderson, of Mariposa
township, from two and a half acres of
land this year took over one thousand.•
bushels of turnips, some of them weigh-
ing as much as fifteen pounds. The
turnips were of the Swede variety and
all good and sound.
, -A few days ago, as a daughter of
Mr. William Wray, of Mariposa, was
getting out of a wagon at her father's
house, her dress caught on one of the
stakes of the front bolster, throwing
her so violently to the ground that her
shoulder was dislocated.
-A Forest correspondent says one of
our most promising young citizens is to
be married shortly to a young lady of
our village. The coming bride received
last week from the " ould sod," as a
wedding gift, the neat sum of $3,000.
Dame Fortune is lavish in her favors to
some men.
-Two sons of D. W. Boss, Esq., of
Walkerton, were amusing themselves
by pouring gunpowder from & canister
on to the stove to see it blaze, they had
the misfortune to get too bid a Maze,
and, consequently, got badl;burned. It
seems the powder in the canister caught
fire and exploded, and thus burned the
young experimenters.
'
-LI Mr. David Culbert of 'Kincardine,
hai. made a cutter robe out of cat skins.
Some time ago he offered. to buy from
the boys at a certain price per cat -hide,
and the supply has been so plentiful
that he has had a, great variety to se-
lect from, the result being a robe at
once unique and handsome. .
-Mr. P. A. Switzer, Public School
Inspector, has returned to Elora from
_hie two mouths' tour of inspection of
the public schools in Algoma. He
travelled in that time 2,400 miles, visit-
ed forty schools and school sections,
took steps to organize ten new sections,
held two teaches' • institutes, and as-
sisted in examining fifty candidates for
certificates as teachers.
-Waterloo farmers have adopted a
novel but very effective way of thresh-
ing peas. The peas are threshed by
being run through a cutting box, by
which the straw is cut very pie, mak-
ing tolerably good feed, while, the grain
remains whole. The peas bring a bet-
ter price than those threshed otherwise,
as they are not broken up as in other
modes of threshing.
-Mr. Gould, oeWalkerton, was some
weeks ago taken down with typhoid
fever. As a result of the fever embo-
lism of the arteries in one of his feet
took place, resulting in mortification,
necessitating amputation. Mr. Gould,
who is well liked by all who know him,
will have the heartfelt sympathy of all
his friends. It is to be hoped he may
speedily recover. The loss of a foot is a
Bad calamity, but there are other losses
that are more severe.
-About three miles east of the vil-
lage of Cainsville, the son of Mr„Joseph
Lee had put a chain up in the stable
for the purpose of banging hiS lamp on.
One day last week he was riding a horse
into the stable, and he had to throw his
head forward to get under the chain.
Not getting low enough, the hook caught
him in the coat collar and. pulled him
off the horse, and. when his father came
he was hanging there nearly dead. He
thinks one minute more would. have
finished him.
-Crude rubber has risen 50 per cent.
in price since last spring, owing to the
light supply. The caoutchouc trees of
Brazil are dying out owing to the
freqnent tapping, and the Indians who
, collect the gum are compelled to go
further into the dangerous and almost
impenetrable forests. The . Montreal
and Quebec rubber factories have slight-
ly advanced their prices owing to the
dearness of the crude rubber. The de-
mand from makers of belting, car
springs, packing eze., has helped to send
crude rubber up.
- , -Great amusenfent was afforded the
operatives in the Great Western Rail-
way yard at Windsor, on the arrival of
a train from London, on Saturday
morning, which had left the yard on
Saturday night. Seated in a corner of
the engine tender were a Irooster and
two hens belonging to Mr. Dow, the
station master, which must have sat
there from before the time the train
started. Their presence was unknown
te the engine men till the arrival of the
train at Windsor,so that they could have
made no noise of any kind..
-The death is announced, at the
early age of twenty-five years, of Mr.
Russ W. Huntington, associate editor
of the Montreal _Herald, and eldest son
of Hon. L. S. HuntingtOn, ex-Postmas-
t r -General of the Dominion. The late
Ir. Huntington was married about -two
friends, whose earnest 'sympathy will
be extended to Hon Mr. Huntington in
his sad bereavement. Typhoid. fever
was the cause of death.
-There are now about 1,200 men em-
ployed on section " A" Canada Pacific
Railway, and 1,000 men on section
"B." Work is being rapidly prosecut-
ed, and will be continued during the
winter, months.
-.Miss Dodds, of South Kensington,
London, England, cookery Ischools, is
this week delivering a course of lectures
on cookery in Toronto. .The outcome
of the lectures will probably be the es-
tablishment of a permanent school of
cookery.
-An old man giving bi name as
Adam Land, and his age at 72 years,
passed through London a few days ago.
He said he had walked from Toronto,a,nd.
intended going to Sarnia.. He carries a
flail with which he says he expects to
make a living.
- A few years since som Brantford
sportsmen imported a fewlof the Mis-
souri rabbits, a small grey animal, and.
they have increased to such a degree
that they are a perfect pest, They de-
stroy orchards and shrubbery' and have
little fear of man.
- Sir L. Tilley, Finance Minister,
visited Guelph on Friday Ilast. After
visiting a number of the manufacturing
and industrial firms in the bity, he was
handsomely entertained at luncheon in
the Wellington Hotel by a large number
of his friends. 1
--Mr. P. Apbertson, manager of - the
Bank of Ottawa, took an ;overdose of
laudanum, a few days ago, which near-
ly proved fatal. He has been in the
habit of taking the drug occasionally to
allay violent pains in his head, which
he had been subject to.
-A farmer from Amaranth township,
recently drove into the village of She[ -
bourne accompanied by his "better hag"
to dispose of their sunamer'd make of
butter. In all they had. ten tube and.
received $100 for the lot. This was
made off 50 acres of land.
-Schools for military instruction are
to be opened on the 7th day of January,
1880. One -at Toronto, fdr the Province
of Ontario; one at Montreal, and one
at St. John, N. B., to be maintained.
during a period of two months, provided
enough candidates come ; forward for
instruction. -
-Donald. Ross, of Nairn, East Wil-
liams, who shipped. a car iload of apples
to his son in Winnipeg-, had a letter
from there last week. His apples sold
for $4 per barrel. They cbst him $1.30
here, with $2.07 freight, or $300 a car,
145 barrels in a car. The car load was
ten days going through.
-We find chronicled the death of
an bld and respected resident of South
Dumfries, Mr. John Rose, who resided
since 1832 on his farm near Glenmorris.
For the last 15 years deceased was an
elder of St. Andrew's church, in Galt,
and was ever a warm adherent and sup-
porter. He died in his 80th year.
-A couple from the vicinity of Wood-
stock was married at Bright the other
day. At the conclusion of the cere-
mony the bride remarked to the minis;
ter "Is that all you say when yen
marry us? why I thought it should be
more." By the time she has been Wed
10 years perhaps she will think that
quite enough was said.
-Two men named. Hanna and Cal-
laghan got into a fight at Liverpool,
England. They were dailiors on differ-
ent vessels, and when they met at Mon-
treal, on Saturday, they flew' at each
other like tigers, and could not be sep-
arated. by the police until Hanna had
eaten off Callaghan's ear;, which ' he is
said by bystanders to have tried to swal-
low. Both were locked up.
-The English tenant farmers sailed.
for Liverpool from Quebec on Saturday
morning. On their return to England,
a report of their visit to Canada, will be
published in the newspaPers. One of
their number, Mr. John Logan, hasbeen
favorably impressed. with I Manitoba as
a field for British farmers, and. has
no doubt that many wilil go there in
preference to any -other place in Canada.
-A notice of application to the
Government for an extension -of the
Rapid Telegraph Company into Canada
has been published. The new Company
will not charge more than 1 cent per
word. The Company, an American
one, has already a line between New
York and Boston, and, although their
opposition is pooh poohed by telegraph
men, the feeling in business circles is
that the Company will soon prove a
vigorous competitor to the existing
companies.
-Miss M. Davis, a resident of Tor-
onto, was recently received in the Gen-
eral Hospital, her affliction being
skleroderma, or skin hardening. The
skin of the upper hag of the body is
drawn tightly, and, is as immovable and
as hard as ordinary leather. Her. dis-
ease, which is supposed. to be the first
ever recorded in Canada, somewhat
puzzles the medical men Who have ex-
amined the unfortunate young woman.
It has gradually worked its way from
the neck downwards, and at present it
is doubtful if its spread to the lower
half of her body can be prevented. The
generalhealth of the patient is very
fair, and at times she is cheerful and
confident of a. permanent cure.
deepest grief, and bewails 91e ill -fortune
which has befallen him and his little
daughter. If she survives for three or
four days, there will be reason to hope
that she will eventually get well.
-A new Presbyterian church has
been opened at Gladstone, Manitoba.
Rev. J. S. Stewart is the pastor. The
beginning of Gladstone dates back to
&ant two years ago, since which time
very rapid improvement has takemplace.
Rev. Mr. Stewart has under his care,
besides Gladstone, Woodside, Golden
_Stream and Squirrel Creek.
-Mr. -David Maxwell, proprietor of
the Maxwell Agricultural Implement
Works, at Paris, was in Emerson
lately, endeavoring to secure, a site for
putting up a warehouse there for the
hale of his agricultural implements. I
is his intention, says the International,
to put up warehouses in Portage la
Prairie Winnipeg and Emerson.
, -About the 28th of Octoher, Michael
Tansey, of Amherstburg, had 447 in
bine stolen from his place. It appears
he had hidden it in his corn -crib for
safe -keeping and covered it up with
corn stalks, but when he went to look
for it a day or two after it was gone.
Somebody had evidently been taking
some corn stalks and, in doing so,
discovered the money and carried A off.
No clue to the thief.
-The Montreal Witness has received
a letter from the Oka Indians addressed
to the people of the Dominion, in which
they make serious complaints Of the
usage they are receiving. -Last week
some people cut the neck of a young
horse until, as the letter says, he was
.dead as a stone. Another horse had an
eye knocked out 'with a stick. The
Okas also complain of the want of
medicine and medical attendance.
-Hon. Billa Flint informs the Belle-
ville Intelliginter that on the 20th of
October,1844 snow fell in that locality to
the depth of two feet; in the same -year
and on. the same date snow fell- in the
north of Brockville to the depth of four
feet. Since the year above mentioned
many severe winter storms have occur-
red, but at such an early period. of the
winter it is seldom that a storm of such
severity as this has made its appearance.
-Mr. D. 'S. Perrin, of London, pre-
sented. to his niece a handsome -wed-
ding cake, of unique design, on the oc-
casion of her wedding last week. The
" scenes " of the wedding, comprising
the wooing, the marriage ceremony,
congratulations of friends, the bridal
tour departure, including a train of
railway cars, and the form of an
angel bearing a baby in its arms,
were raised in sugar around the several
stories.
-Thos. Steele, of Blenheim, is ship-
ping large quantities of apples from
Essex and .Kent to Chicago, Illinois.
On Novsnaber lst,he shipped one car of
163 barrels, on November 5th, three
tars of 32Obarrels and on November 7th,
five cars. of 830 barrels. The apples
were valued at $1.25 per barrel and
cost 20 cents a barrel for packing. The
duty collected in.' the United States
thereon is 10 cents per bushel and 1
cent per barrel for packing.
-Two'youths, sons of wealthy and.
influential parents residing in London,
a few days ago absconded. for the pur-
pose of seeking their fortune, but were
overtaken at Clifton and brought back.
They had stolen between them about
$150, with which, and extra clothing
and revolvers, they intended, to buy a
ship and. become pirates. They had
bought no less than nine revolvers. One
hundred dollars of the stolen money
was femad on them, and returned to the
owners. The boys are aged, about
twelve years, and imbibed their ideas
of life frona the pernicious novels of the
period.
-The following advertisment appeard
in the Kincardine Reporter of last week:
"I am a young lady of 20; reside in the
town of Kincardine; have bright eyes
and dark hair; my cheeks are like
full blown roses; I am tall, of good dis-
position, and very fond of music. I can
give my hand, heartor fortune for better
or for worse. - No young gentleman
need apply to this who is under 20 or
over 35 years of age. He must be tall
of good disposition, and must not wear
beard on his face like a goat, and must
have a good businese. Address enclosing
photo. Drawer 7, Kincardine.
-.A:handsome walnut chamber set
was on exhibition in a leading ware -
room in Peterboro' lately. It was much
admired, and in a group of admirers
were a young man and the young wo-
man he had. taken to the fair. He had
been courting her for a long time, but
he had never succeeded in getting his
courage np to the point of asking her
to be his. While admiring the walnut
set he inquired., "How would you like
such a set as that ?' The young wo-
man answered. promptly that she would
be almost willing to be married if she
could, begin housekeeping with such
furniture. "'ll buy it if you'll marry
me," the young man said, with ,the air
of one who bald found a long -sought op-
portunity. The answer was decisive
and business -like: "You can't close the
bargain any too soon." The wedding
invitations are already sent out.
-A remarkable accident, and. what
seems an almost miraculous escape
from death, occurred at the residence of
-The Times says that a very sadeand Mr. E. Learn, of South Dorchester, a
what may yet prove to be a fatal acci- few days since. A young girl, an adopt -
dent, occurred in Port Hope on Thurs.= ed daughter of the above named gentle -
day evening. Mr. James Wilson is in man, while engaged in some occupation
the habit of splitting woo with the aid. in a shed adjbining the house, was pre -
of his little daughter, ag d six years, to cipitated to the bottom of a well. 35 feet
place the sticks in positio . She places deep. Fortimately for her it was a very
them on the block, and
splits them rdmoves the
usual, she was doing this
ed the girl from her dangerous position
in the water. Holding her up for a
time, a rope was next let down, and
both were drawn safely to the surfae,e.
Neither received. any injury further than
a good
raratens:ohilenegight $4 bills from Mr.
John Lamb, of Brooke. The bills had.
been put in a secret place for saietv,but
were discovered by hir. Rat and carried
off to his nest. After poisoning the rat
and digging twentyleet into the bank,
Mr. Lamb found his bills. They were
badly mutilated, but he managed to
paste them together, and the trouble
now is where to keep his money safely.
Banks are not to be trusted; secret
places are not to be trusted. .Verily,
money is a trouble to every one exeept
the man -who has none.
-Hugh McLaughlin, of Bobcaygeon.
was nearly choked\ to death while at
dinner in the Stewart House, at Peter-
boro' on Thursday of last week. The
waiter brought him a .piece of mutton
sufficient for a good meal. This he
took up as soon as Ms plate was set be-
fore him and attempted to swallow it
whole. The piece naturally stuck in
his throat. He left the table hastily
and proceeded to the bar -room, where
the landlord attempted to relieve him,
but could not do so. McLaughlin was
turning black in the face from strangu-
lation, when a medical man was sent *
for and speedily relieved him.
-One day lately three boys from the
village of Marthaville went out on a
shooting excursion. When about five
miles from the village theY began to
amuse themselves by pointing their
guns at each other and playing Indians.
Oue of the lads, named Crossley, was
carrying his gun at full cook, when,
just as he had one of his companions
covered, it went off, filling the poor
boy's breast, shoulder and left hand
with bird shot. The suffering lad was
assisted to the nearest farm house and
a doctor summoned, who extracted ,64
grains of shot from his tody, dressed.
his wounds and sent him home, where
he is now gradually recovering.
-Occasionally we hear of frau& beirg
perpetrated upon buyers of farm pro-
duce, such as stones being encased in
cakes of lard, firkins of butter, and.
even large boulders in loads of hay, but
it remains for one of the cheese makers
of Peterborough county to equal, if not
outstrip anything in this line yet beard
of. On Tuesday afternoon last, -whiles,
car was being loaded with the :cheese
recently purchased at one of the fort-
nightly cheese markets held. in Peter-
borough, from the rattling sound in one
of the boxes it was thought that the
cheese had. became broken, on opening
it, however, imagine the surprise of
those present to find the box packed
full of clay. Who the inventive genius
is that perpetrated the fraud cannot be
positively stated at present.
-The County School Inspectors have
been served with copies of the amended
Act of Parliameiat respecting electicihs
for school trustees, from which it ap-
pears that instead of being held. on the
same day as the voting, as has jaereto-
fore been the case, the nominatiorms will
take place one week previous, on the
last Wednesday in December. The
election, if there should be mdre than
one candidate, will come off on the
Wednesday following. This applies
only to Public and. Separate School
elections in towns, as the nominations
and elections in rural school sections
both take place on the same day -the
last Wednesday in December. The Iast
Wednesday this year is on the thirty-
first.
-Last week Dougald Mcliechnie, of
Esquesing, was brought before Mayor
Smith, of Milton, charged with neglect-
ing to support his wife and. family. It
appeared from the evidence that when
prisoner married his wife, some 10 or 12
years ago, she owned 100 acres of land
in the Scotch Block, beside the "setting
out of "one cow, two sheep and a
feather bed," and that since marriage
the chattels had all disappeared and
the htrra had become heavily encumber-
ed. This fall the only means of sup-
port left was some wheat, the most of
which the prisoner took away and
sold. He then left his wife and went
to reside with a relative. He has been
given a month's imprisonment in jail.
-Mr. George Hood, the great sheep
breeder Of Guelph, has sustained the
credit of Cangdian sheep breeders most
nobly at the Chicago fat stock show.
His record. is as follows Best long
wool wethers two years or over, for one
year and under (2), and for under one
year, first prizes in each case ; best long
wool ewes, two years and over, first
prizes ; ewes under one year, second
prize ; best middle wool ewe, one, and
under two years, second prize; ewe un-
der one year, first prize ; best wether,
under one year, grades or crosses, first
prize; ewe, two years or over, first
prize; ewe, one, and under two years,
first prize; ewe, under one year, second.
prize. In the sweepstakes, best wether,
one and under two years, first prize;
wether, under one year, first prize; best
ewe, any age, first prize.
-During the severe snow storm
which prevailed on the morning of the
2nd inst., Mr. S. Pritchard, an old and.
respected farmer residing on the 4th
concession of Malahide, met with an -
accident which resulted in his death.
His cattle were protected from the
storm by a temporary shed. erected by
boards and poles; fearilag the weight of
the snow which had fallen to a great
depth, would. bi eak the roof and inillre
or kill his cattle, he procured an axe
with the intention of propping it up to
make it more secure. In doing so be
disturbed the structure, when it gave
way and buried him beneath the rums.
His wife heard- the crash and. alarmed.
the neighbours with her cries for help,
who hastened to the spot and extricated
the body as soon as possible,but life was
extinct. The deceased was nearly 76
years of age at the time of his death,
and was one of the oldest inhabitants of
ter her father
again. As
last evening,
ears ago, and had the misfortune to but one time she was too quick, and
1 se his wife,,an estimable young lady, went to remove a -stick she thought
few months after marriage. He Vas split, when the axe came down upon the
r. barrister by profession, but had pre- back of her head, and cutting through
erred to pursue the avocation of jour- the scalp fractured her skull. It is 1 beef in the barn at the time, and the
alism, in which he gave promise of a said that her father is at times afflicted ' farmer on hearing the cries ran qpickly
istinguished future. PerSonally he with shortness of sight, and that he did I to the shed, lifted an obstructing board.
as amiable and unostentatious, alid notnotice her when she went tq re- ' from emtof the well, slid down the
arraly esteemed by a large circle of
wide one, and she received no injury
from the bricks 'composing the sides.
Four feet of water in the bottom broke pi
the fall. As e plunged into this she
struggled bravely to save herself, calling
loudly at the same time for help. Mr.
Learn and a farm hand were dressing a
move the stick. Ile is plunged in the
pump log from top to bottom, and lift- Malahide.