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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1880-02-13, Page 1ARir 61 1880, ITER GOODS. MA4% & CO.--- aY OFFERING • BARGAINS .- :!DaetItt. Of their Hewes. "(Ter Better As- a it is to -day. es, Dresa Goods, Man- ', Hosiery, Gloves, , lings and Staple unequalled iu „County., New Tiemmed Hats, $1.50, and up. Bonnets and Hats Vann Beaver Mendes l.sters from $2.50 up. an Mantles positively reap Cloaks, Dolm one, OS—We are clearing Istook at prices whic1. k,bocly that We acerry t'isements to the very • • St complete -Steck we Lud at popular prices. ais department amply axle Winter Moves, treat variety. Fency Wool Goods, OUR CLOTHING" ROM-- UGALL & CO. [aegest Stock to select 400ds are thoroughly islied, and their prices ut. lower than those a.IR SALE. aowa the whole, of - k of Men's, Boys' and. yle Overcoats, beauti- inished. This is the Price, $6.75. Style Uisters, newest new this to be excel- . 7.50. • - VINTER SUITS- ndred Suits to seleet Lewest and best me- mesq,50 up, D YOUTHS'. I in Toysand Youths' establishment, All itock, and the prices it economical. Cell, ourselves, 1-.Discolfnts. Plain Vet Prices Only. JGALL & 00, Dealers - in DRY- S Only. • given up all hope. - zeter may yet ape - branch from St. ' altogether probable d Bayfield. breach .. n who has taught ia c sebiool for several the children and. • arents, has lately manent certificate by [ricetion. Oa was shot at Hen- Nernoon. of last week, Olin Evans, of Wing - L, of Exeter, 30 birds 5 killed 24 of his epson killed 20. The a side. last a man named iiwith a painful acci- ed at the Stapleton lccidentally stepping atais containing the feet being severely ,Notices. Ales indebted to D. and settle their accorras - tan.. 634 ',. as retrial, Bell's Ex. eta:La:wife% delight—at/p- d. »». Bos. 622 zing, Searorth, has teed at 7i per cent. on Apply at once. 633x1 alshelate, of Loretto ared to- receive .pnpila in cusic. Use of puma giver/ -GeoRge Street, first door i, Seaforth. 633-3 ' the accommodation, unity we have /nada ar; V meal for oats,..the same 'At get at the mills, also - corn whole or chopped, at bottom. prices. REIT- _ hie All Green, Black 1, Fare, Roasted Coffee/4 „Fine Table and Cooling •nd General Groceries, do ;15 prices before parchas- le to show goo(ls, and you goods you ,don't want. . < - : I e `40d t 11 • a•r*. 1 - tp. • S•Laf THIRTEENTH Y E AR. - WHOLE NUMBER, 636. — SEAFORTII, FRIDAY', FEBRUARY 13, 1880. SEAFORTH, ONTARIO. .111 L 3E3 1?" 0 S. Having determined to c1ear4out our present, Stock to make room for our large:Spring Purchases, we are offering GREAT INDUCEMENTS To Cash Buyers. Come along with th Money and'we will show goods at . SUCH LOVV PRI -CES That the very Closest Buyer will be perfectly satisfied that our house is THE RICHT PLACE TO,BUY COODS. , CHEAP DRESS GOODS.i • Were closing out a few lines ofl Cheap Dress Gooch -less than Cost. , . OUR MANTLE STOCK. The balance of our Mantle Stock must be sold during the next two " weeks. HATS, •FLOWERS AND FEATHERS. Ladies' Trimmed 'Hats, Flowers and Feathers very.chea,p. ORDERED CLOTHING. Selling Fast. We take the Lead in. Ordered Clothing. Every snit guaran- teed a Perfect Fit. R.EADYMADE C LOTH I N G CITRAPER THAN EVER. • A Fresh, Stock ot Groceries Always Mt Hand. • Remember the Place —Opposite the Commeroial Hotel. LIFE IN NEW MEXICO. 111. SEVEN RIVERS, Lincoln Co , N. M., Jan. 16;1880. I believe that the last account I dis- patched to you of my travels left me in my prospecting camp near Tularosa. 4 few days after writing I was obliged tO "git up and git." There was too much. "Injun" bedevilment going on in the country, and everybody quit work it the prospects. I was the last -man t eome out. In fact, I struck on, and ade a three days' trip in the worst p ssible direction after the others had g4bne. My stock of money and grub ae also gone, and no more work for o hers was to be got, or I might have t ken my chances with Mr. Redskin for a while 'longer. The question of the •v hie of the finds is as yets-iinsettled. T Indian troubles have prevented work, and as regards my own claims, I believe the leads are rich, but see he present prospect of making anything out of them. "Busted" and afoot, I made my way to Fort Stanton, 011 the 'eastern side of the White Mountains, hoping to get work of some kind. The best thingi could get was herding shee for Dowlm (36 Co., the post -traders o the Fort. They have some 7,000 sheep mostly Mexicans, ranging in the Sacra, 'Meat° Mountains, which are virtual! the 'same as the White. My pay wa $20, and the herds, three in number were in Mexican style; that is, mysel arid a Mexican were turned loose with one bench and a small stock of wretch- ed floOr and coffee, to roam pretty much where we pleased,—or rather where pleased. For be it known that I ha attained the dignity of Inajor domo. worked with that outfit for six or seven weeks, not having a bad time on th wholes' In fact, I would rather hay enjoyed the life if I had had somethin to read, if I had not had for. a while au attack of dysentery. Filially, however I got disguste&with the concern, on -ac count of their extortionate Charges fo everything we bought •of them, and theit failure to supply me with a rifle which they had promised. It was very unsafe for an unarmed man, as the In 'diens have all the winter been roaming 'through the hills, and I did not Care to lose my scalp without the chance of taking company with me tie the happy hunting grounds. One of Dowlin's herds was run into by the Apaches, and a number of sheep killed, s.ud the herd- ers would, probably have been killed as well, but for the grit of the white herd- er, a young Scotchrnan, who stood the reds off. I quit the .herd Etboat the middle of Decamber, and joined two old hunters wi:o were coming on in this direction to e wolf it on the plains of Pecos Valley. I had a little money and felt -aisle -sea to vagabohdize for a each for h very fax' three mile est house comes an or fifty mi orations af to you suc man in a c to making trouble bre campaign a quarterrr LATER,' been delay that word body of on Fort Stant they want them to "want scal no time to rustle up with the s a A Lad MR. ED of recent d p from a Hu f ligioustrai , summer va - sohools. B y assertions s the subje , gives none If 'that instr 'should be mut not f thorized te I attention, d greater va I the exami ter should e trial Of th e whole test g and s ble, that t , than the t - men sacrifi ✓ quarter an would do a , an exam for the p - teaching. does not r have seen i Own memo ber such Ci case, this P as to those not in gene tion questi • 1.13. the cou air in goi I ,school. M air as it amount of what is n body, neith fresh air at • while,;" .Gettiug down to thissettle- / ent, however, I got a chance to drive HILT.na , BROTHERS • buck -board as mail carrier, and. worked at that for eight days at a dollar a day. Main Street, Seatorth.- Perth Items. Hamilton Corbett was greeted. by a crowded house in Mitchell last week. —A ciliss of 40 assembles weekly at Motherwell for instruction in vocal music. • —A boy in Logan had the ends of two of his fingers cut off by a rept cutter, • while slicing turnips. —Rev. Wm. Inglis, editor of the . Canada Presbyterian, conducted_the ser- vices—in Knox church, Stritford,. last Simday. • —The Ancient Order of United Work- men society is in a prosperous condition in Stratford. They hold regular semi- monthly meetings, and are increasing .in membership. —Within the two weeks, ending Feb- • ruary 6th, there were paid into the . town treasury of Liatowel, for, fines alone, no less than $140, showing a bad state of morals in that town. • —Mr. Wni. Moore. of Elms, had his - collar bone and shmilder blade broken recently. He was felling a tree, which lodged against another, and broke in several pieces. One or the pieces struck him, with the above result. —Mr. Dorman; whose woolen mill was burnedelast week, came to Mitchell a few years ago with only $200 or $300, and soon worked up a. good business. Now he has $3,000 or $4,000, and wants the town to give him a bonus to rebuild_ the burned reel. • —An alarm „ of fire was rung out in Listowel OD Sabbath evening, while di- vine service was proceeding in the dif- f rent churches. In a few seeonds every • pew was empty. The fire proved to be in the dwelling houSibf Mr. T. Eamon - son, which, was totally destroyed • --The semi-annual meeting of -1 the North Perth Teachers' Association, will be held in the Central School, Listowel, on the 20th and. 21st days of • this month. The subjeats for discus- • sion are numerous and. interesting, and 'will be treated by the best talent in the county. —A correspinident of the Stratford Beacon, says that a great majority of those who are promoted to the High School ought to remain longer in the Public Sohool until they are thoroughly • grounded. If the foundation be loose and shaky the superstruoture will be so —At a meeting of the Stratford Board • of Education last weelF, a numerously- • signed petition was read, complaining of the nataber of studies in the public / schools, and the excessive tasks set the children to be studied at home, to 0 the detriment of their health. This p was referred to the committee of man- d agement. ---A couple of burning accidents to h • childrela happened in Mitchell a few days ago. A child -sof Mr. A. 00.1316TOIL • fell from a chair on the hot Stove, se- verely burning his face. A. little son of • Mr. Duncan Stewart, hotel keeper, ac- • cidentally upset from a stove a kettle of boiling water over his body, scalding himself badly. Both are recovering. I expected to keep on driving during the winter, but the mail contract changed hands, and the buck -boards were taken off, and I would not "ride mail." The route was from here to Roswell, a sixty-five mile drive. Bos- well is about 80 mile? from Stanton and on a branch of the Pecos called the Hondo. It as merely a store and the usual surroandings. I had not been in this eountry many days before I found myself quite a prominent character. The people in the settlements, which. are very sparsely strung along the Pe- cos Valley, are Texans, or of the Texan stamp. Theyare exceedingly ignorant of almost everything but punching cows. Few can read and 'fewer write. The fact that I could both read arid write with tolerable ease was a source of admiration to them, and. my abilities inthose directions have been constant- ly called in play. Bills of sale for horses, for land claims, letters of va- rious kinds, from a' love epistle to a, newspaper communication, have been drawn up by me, while groups of open- mouthed "Texicans" hew looked on with awe. my fame has spread north and south. When I went up -to Ros- well the first time I found that the folks there knew all about me—knew more than I knew about myself in fact, and I have had word. sent me fram rncow- caps fifty miles down, the river to conk and stay as long as I like. In fact, I haae got along with these people splendidly. The little sketches and caricatures which I make are a well- spring of delight to the denizens of these parts:. Every one of them has some neighbor of whom he wants a caricature. I have to exeiaise some tact occasiona,lly to avoid giving offence, either by refusal to draw or_by hurting some one's feelings. I have no doubt that could spend the next six months here uts without expense and with- out doing anything but amuse myself, and the temptation to "bum" is great. HowevereI have -more serious objects at present. The Indians are becorhing more and more troublesonae, bolder and more menacing. Hitherto they have confined their - operations to steal- ing, but unless I miss my guess, there will be graver work done before long. The agent on the reservation has had his life threatened, and I hnow from my acquaintance with the Indians that the threat is not au idle one. The peo- ple about here are trying to get the Governor's authority for a company of ra,ngers as a protection. If thet au- thority be given, the man whose guest now am will probably be captain, and have underta,ken to assume the post f quatterreaster. Ignoble , position !— erhaps you think. But if the scheme oes not fail, and there is fighting to be one, as I doubt not there will be be, I ope that the quartermaster will not be always in the rear while the music is the air. In fact, I 'would as soon join the rank and file, but others say not. This month will probably decide whether there is to be a general out- break of the Indians. If it comes be- fore the company is organized, the chances are that we will have to fight strengthen remainder had at all were to vis try or town the vacatio er and s awake, me is true that cool of the pleasant in return hom when the s sends forth rays. The 'prevent th under the b not sustain body may tions and sunstrokes. ArLoth Mn. EDIT to write aga, personally I must sp ,Mr. McVitt 'lie was writ so lazy that boat. I na forests of t Pringle for ,morning till glad to get. had a good. of canvas bushes, and ly of Blyth, them up to to see the t friend ment last chance days, east, Put the q fourth' day : in all our tr was worth t "No." But mous one' t gusted with launched o bound. I w do the row oarsman; a told them t just to satis McVittie, as in us gettin going back, away in lett he said non any of Morri them will ge Mr. James with his situ well with hi all he likes think, aWth every man's being culled money to hu he can sell o hope -he will tion to oppo Miller; the Boys to play as Ur. Boys last election deceived me also his fat Hullett, and wanosh, and { MaLEAN BROS., Publisher& $1.50 a Year, in Advance. rnself, as the houses hete are part. Our next neighber io i away northward, ,the meat- is eleven miles off, and then uninhabitable stretch of forty vs. Apart from the consid- oresaid, which may not seem i -las would detain a sensible ountry, I think 1. see my way a few dollars. * * * If ,aas out I will _follow the as a correspondent as well as taster. , 'an. 18.—This letter having ed gives me a chance to say has just come to us that a 3 hundred cavalrymen from on will be here to ; that all possible citizen's to join unt Indians, and that they ps but no prisoners." I have write more, as I have to , horse, as of coin se I will go Dialers. G-. . she* came back last July and encouraged 'them to go, as Mr. Medd wanted laud for his boys, as well as myself. They a . went with him, and would not go when they got there to look for land, they were so disgusted with the place. These men are well acquainted through Hur- on, as they are old settlers and men. of ' truth. Mr. Medd could not sleep from the black flies biting him so. He rose out of bed one morning, got up on one of the mountains, and commenced to sing "Home, Sweet Home," and Mr MoVittie thanked God they had a home to come to. He also mentioned that 75 per cent. of the land was good. If I could have got land when I was there worth 50 per cent., I would have been there chopping this winter, but as I said before, there was not 20 per cent. He also mentioned maple, basswood, elm, iron wood, beech, ace where hardwood grows there', it is a, solid bed of rocks When Mr. Simon McVittie was there; he told me the few . cows that were there had their skin and flesh pierced with flies, and the horses could not be let out of the stable, but had to carry beaver hay in hags to feed them. Mr McVittie must be a strongman to make chalk out of stones with one blow of an axe. Excuse me for so lona a letter. . • ANDREW6MORRISON. WALTON, Abram,' 10, 1880. - 1 but says he did it for a stranger, who gave himthree dollars for doing the job. • —A secret still and. a worm all ready for work were found in a dwelling house in Toronto, by an excise ' officer t a few days_ago. F. ' —While in England the Princess Louise was presented with 'a St. Ber- nard dog by a Cheshire clergyman The dog is called Blucher. -',.' —A young lady of Kinloss proposed to an incorrigible bachelor a few days ago just for fun. Leep. year, you know She was horrified at being accepted. —Guelph Town Council has declined. making a grant to the poor iu Ireland, maintaining that the sum sent should be raised. by voluntary subscription —Sarnia has a new Roman Catholic Church and is very proud of it. It is a very handsome brick structure and cost upwards of $18,000. The windows alone cost $2,000: . • —One of the Russ boys in Yarmouth had his lower lip bitten off by a horse last Thursday. A physiciau was _sent for and applied such remedies as - he considered judicious.' ,1 - —In the neighborhood of Windsot, sheep -killing dogs are causing consider- able havoc. Last_Saturday - one far, mer had. no less than twenty-one yak- 'able sheep destroyed by dogs -- —The house and barn of Mt: Thos. Nogg, township of Saugeen, were totally destroyed by fire on the morning of the 30th of January, leaving the family in destitute circumstances. Noinsurance —The Grangers in the neighborhood of Port Hope are endeavoring to or ganize a Trust and Loan Company with one hundred thousand dollars capital It is stated that &bout one-half of the stock is subscribed. —Dr. Senate of Morpeth, had to am- putate the thumb of Miss McKinlay, of Ridgetown, in consequence of infeam- motion setting in, by a needle accident- ally piercing it through, while she was working at a sewing machine. . —John Champ, of Beverly, who was so badly injured last fall by a stump falling on him while in attendance on a stump machine, died. last week after sufferiug months of acute pain. He was aged 26 and leaves a 'wife and two children. , . —There must bo 'considerable "hum" in the village of l3rigden,Lambton coon- ty. An exchange says : "During the past year the value of village lots has bicreased 50 per cent., and. although a large number of dwelling houses were built last fall, the demand for the same has increased much faster than the supply. —A lamp exploded in the residence of .i.dr. Duncan Johnston, Rideetown, Wednesday night of last week, burning the carpets' and furniture of the bed- room. In his efforts to subdue the flames, Mr. Johnston Was seriously burned. The house was saved with y 'difficult-. This was the third_ explosion within a week caused by impure oil —The Nova Scotia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals adopt- .ed a resolution asking the immediate attention of kindred societies and of the Minister of Railways and railway coin- plies, with a view to adopting Clark's improved live stock car. It .is stated that the ordinary car can be altered to have all the comforts desired at an ad- ditional expense of $200 —Rev. D: J. McDonnell, of St. Au- drews' Church, Toronto, itt a letter to the Globe, suggests as the best method for raising' money for the 300,000 starv- ing people in Ireland, that subscriptions be opened in every church in the city, .1'rotestant and Catholic, that the min- istets make an appeal to the people, also, that this is a case that appeals to the sympathy not simply of Roman- Catholics, or of Protestants, but of men; to thecharity not of Irishmen alone, but of the world. --A quarrel took place between two brothers named Foley, at Sisterville, near Rosemont, which resulted. rather seriously. Patrick, the eldest, being unable to control his wicked temper, went in search of a gun to shoot his younger brother, and. • 011 returiaing he found the door locked, whereupon he set to work to break open' the door with the gun, when it went off, the shot passing below the heart. He is not ex- pected to live. —Another shocking accident from the explosion of a coal oil lamp took place near Clifford on Saturday even- ing, 30th - January. The unfortunate victim was Annie Morrison, a girl of .15 years, who lived with her grandmother She had been preparingfor bed Satar- day evening, 114 was partly undressed, when she tried to blow the lamp out with her breath down the chimney without first turning down the wick The lamp suddenly exploded, prob- ably from an aceumulation of gas, and the flames caught her night-dress and burned her so terribly on the breast and elsewhere that she suffered untold agony till death came to her relief . the following day. This fatality should exert an influence in warning people from the dangerous habit of extinguish- ing lamps. with the breath, without first turning the wick well down. —An engine on the Great Western Railway Air Line, when about one and a half miles out of Delhi, ori Saturday Morning, ran into a team of horses, at- tached to which was a sleigh loaded with saw logs, upon which the driver was seated. The engineer blew the whistle, but before the driver, a farmer named Hiram Howey, who lives in the neighborhood, could get off the load the cow catcher of the engine struck the sleigh, sent the logs hurling ahead, killed both horses, and injured Mr. Howey considerably. His head and. face was badly cut, and his body bruised. a good deal, caused by one of the logs rolling upon him while he lay alongside the track. The front of the engine was damaged by the collision., but not sufficiently to prevent it bring- ing the train through to Londop. It is enrmised that Mr_ Ramey Ehnnolit. tic, had. plenty of time to cross before train came along„ and in doiug runners of the sleigh stuck fast steel track, with the above result —A young man named Campbell, resident of Woodstock, was married New Year's DOy. While attending saw in Hay's furniture factory town about two weeks ago, a board sprung up and struck hint stomach. He was seriously hurt, died in a short time after. 9 ' —L. J. FluettSTown Clerk wich, is the oldest lawyer in the of Essex and notwithstanding (80 years) writes a very legible He has been a resident of Essex years, and is a native of Quebec. wits ordained. as a Roman priest some 55 years ago, but some dispute with the then Bishop, left the priesthood in 1831, since time he has followed the law —A few weeks ago a Grand Railwa,y brakeman named Gallagher was injured while coupling cars. was taken to a house in Toronto, his brother came' froin Ohio him. One Hickey, who friendship for the injured man, to sit up with him at night. morning Hickey was missing belonging to Gallagher, all the low had —Dr. Benson arid. Dr. Fefard, Winnipeg, have amputated the man named Hayward, at St. Hospital, - It will be remembered. not long ago Hayward and Moses insole of Plimpton, -were lost prairie, Robinson being frozen and Hayward finding his way with his feet badly frozen. since been lying in St. Boniface tal, and yesterday it was found sary to amputate his feet asrecorded. —Bernard. Devlinei, notedlaiWyer ex -M. P., of Montreal, died a few ago in Colorado, whither he had. few months ago for the benefit health: ' Mr. Devlin was an uasuccess- ful canclidate for the representation Montreal Week in opposition late Thomas D'Arcy McGee, In 1874 he ran against Mr. _Al. for Montreal Centre, and was but on Mr. Ryan's beine unseated was elected in 1875 . At t'the last eral electiort he was in turn defeated his former opponent, —Among the directions for -keeping farm accounts given by a aolatenaporary is the following, which business and tradesmen of all kinds should and rigidly follow : Every payment i receipt of money for purchases, or for wages, should be entered cash book; this should be done evening, and before it is forgotten, these entries are transferred to .a to the proper accountS. The very simple and easy, and there farmers' girls who keep all their accounts in the most saccurate —Smuggling horses across the the latest phase of evasion of ensue, and last week no fewer than enteen valuable horses, purchased Montreal by Mr. J. H. Hendrickson, New Jersey, were captured at burg by the customs officer there. were confiscated, and the strange of the affair is that the owner have saved but $30- on the lot succeeded in passing them. were stopped for undervaluation; are worth $1,700. On Saturday gallons of high_ wines, in a trunk false bottom, Were also captured sane° officer. I —The death is announced Robert Boyd, I a very old and resident of the Paisley Block, township, and who was known wide not only as a suceessfol but as a man of rare intelligence, of considerable poetic talent. ceased, who had attained. the ripe of 83 years, never recovered the he received last summer, 'when gone to the Preston balls with Dr. Barrie, he fainted while .bath. His life then for a while on the balance, but his flue Constitu- tion for a time overcame the trouble— only, however, to prolong his life few months —Last Monday, Louis Vigneux, River Canard, neat Amherstbutg, brated the sixty-third anniversary his marriage to Miss Angelique who, with h ' , who * is still in the imself ment of good health. When married, Mr. Vigneux was 22 years of age, his bride 18. The house they then .cupied is still their home. .Seaenteen years ago their Youngest child (O ter) was married and left the familyresi- dence,and from that day they havelived alone, Mrs. Vigneux performing household duties. Until the month her partner has out all his firewood and done such other chores usually fall to the lot of the e`paan the house." Last fall the aged: walked to ehurch—a mile' and distant—and hope to be able again discharge that daty on the retain passable reads. W Wi —Fifteen years ago- J. . was a prosperous jeweller in Brantford. On the morning Of August 16, 1866, found. his safe blown open and thousand:dollars in money and valuables stolen. The police discover- ed. nothing until a reward of $2,000 offered for the conviction of the thieves. Then Bill Wray, the notoriouseracks- man, since dead, turned up, ani the job was planned by li, young then resident in Brantford, and executed by George W. Stratton, was then of SaeLouis. The there were telegraphed. to, and the ter given to a detective, who ed the robber to escape for a bribe $1,400. Wilkinson heard of this, went on the track of the thief himself, and by getting hold of a letter tised in a daily paper as awaiting W. Stratton, found, it was dated robber's home, in Livermore, Pa. he was captured, Some time later to Canada, and sentenced to five Ma -mai anhaarmantly rlarlinnad_ the so the on the a on a in • that piece of in ethe and .„ - of Sand- county his ape, hanDd for 55 He Catholic having he which Trunk He and to nurse professed offered The next with $70 poor fel- of feet of a Bonifaee that Rob- on the to death, home He has Hospi- neces- and days .gone a of his of to the in 1867 F. Ryan defeated) he gen- by men note and sales, in the every all ledger work is are father's meaner line is - the rev- seva. in - of Platts- They part would had he They and eleven with a by the of . Mr honored Guelph far and farther, and The de- age shock l having the late 1111 the hung for a of cele- of Antaya, enjoy- and oc- dough- all the - past • own as of couple a half to of - 'n lki son he several other was said man was who police mat- allow- of and adver- Geo. at the Here taken years at tha • , request of Williinson, and againSt the Brantford accoma got one year only.. Stratton. ceiatly turned up in Chicago, 1 lately shot a womanaind is no trial there. —A young woman named a Harris, who had been bead. in the day goods establishment Kingsnaill, London, died sudd Sunday twining. Various -Til current as to the cause of • —A number of the relat friends of Mr. and Mrs Ala Southwold, met at his resid other evening, to ,celebrate th anniversary of their wedding very •enjoyable time was spa and to cap the climax the -el got on the floor and sboeved th portion how to danee the ] fling. The -old gentlenaan is 7 age and his wife 73, both in goc —Even loan societies are no from losses. A farmer in Ea boro',ehe'-owner of 100. acres, nearly one-half was so stony might be said to be althost pas on a mortgaer4e some $3,600 to i 1 neighbors. /after the 'wood been .eut away and marketed himself unable to pay the int managed to raise an sslilition on the stony porilon of the through a second. mortgage 1 the Loan Societiee, whose probably saw the place eeleet 1 goalless was all hid -den under 1 twO of snow. A courageous yi 1 mer now offers the company the "stony streak" —Last week, at the 26.th meeting of the management of dalen Aeyluin in Toronto, stated that 127 inmates had. commod:ated during the year. 25 had. been sent to eekvic( away, 15 went out before their pired, 15 were sent to the . Hospital, 4 went home to : were allowedsto look for situ died, 1 was, sent to the Hospi weak intellect were liberate sent out, leaving 40111 the Asyl elderly woman was so ineorril that she had to be diseharg, girl who recently entered th conveyed the information that man had been ailled by& trail —The latest Inethod of swin farmers, says an exchange, h 1 lows ; A gentlemanly fellow d 1 with blanks for statistics on th bushels of wheat, ntimber x raised, acres under eultivat Between the tables and the ko page, where the farmer signs I attes,ting 'the :statement, is . space .whose .existence is &tem as affording room for naiscellas formation.. In a month more mer receives notice from a nei bank that his note for $150 is d knows nothing of the note, but gation shows that the "coast has filled in the blank with a to pay, which being now ill. th of an innocent holder must be the unlucky dupe. —On Saturday last, while t train was shunting cars at Tilb of the passengers, Mr. - jaa. walked. out on to the plata when the cars came together to the jolt threw him forward betl .baggage cat and the passeng-e The baggage car passed ov crushiog in his ribs and breal backbone, one arm and one : -died instantly. The deceased ..ng from th -'s. "ct me h turm e di tn . . et : local preachers of the Chat,1 triet of the Methodist Episcopal He was an old and respected re Mersea, and was well known the western section of Ontario. is a family of thirteen children mourn his =timely end,. —Bev. Mr. Halstead Writ Portage La Prairie to the Thun Sentinel: 'lit is astonishing I country for 200 miles to the here has been filling up Ant past two years. Throe years se we first came here if any c spoken of settlingat theLittie Si ewan, he would have been rega quite outlandis . h, ons, - h in ' is notions, deed, a little wrong in his head very sensible, enterprising a seeing people go to make hoi themselves a hundred miles we Little Saskatchewan. °then Prince Albert, 500 miles west, a go as far as Edmonton, 900 mil of here, Land that could ha; got near here four years since l to nothing is now belling for ft( $10 per acre. 2. . —A short time ago - Mr . . Wm , of Shakespeare, whilst in the ac robing himself, stepped too n stair head. and tumbled 'dow .first. He Was got to bed cons stunned, and when he woke up morning found his neck so ;stiff could not raise his ehin from lail remaining in that state for a w• refusing to have a, doctor sent ft terl Dr. Whiteman was called y upon examination found he la tie -11y dislocated. his neck. W assistance of Dr. D. B. Fraser, e ford, the dislocation was redut the patient IS DOW in a fair Way covery. Mr. Crersx's history MI of accidents is one of the most ordinary we have ever beard. his time he has fallen from the i high barn among stones, and le the worse. A tree has fallen en in the bush, andheescaped sca He has been ridden over by hoi the raCt3 course and not Miura has been. based out of the Litth on a keen 'winter's night with hi fractured. Be lay all 24U in and his clothes were fouled tobi to the floor hi. tlie morning. 1 fallen from homes going at full Scarcely an important joint in hi body but has at one time or nth dislocated, and now after Mini a stairway .and bres.king bis a Fall liVeS4 . - Teacher in Reply to : Hullett Trustee TOR,—SIR : LI an EXPOSITOR ate there appeared a letter [lett trustee in favor of re- aing, as well as lessening the cations, especially in country It while giving a great'many romthe side in which he views t, guards carefully that he on the other. I quite agree. iction of a religious nature given, bat while agreeing, neget to mention that the au- xt books should receive dire is therein we meet with 4e, iety of words, and also that Lation at the end of the quer- not be taken up solely in a • e pupils' knowledge of the I, ment, followed by a general howing .the pupils, if possi- Le questioner knows far more lecher, Why do uot such ce one-half day out of each I instruct them then, which way with the necessity of it ination. Examinations are arpose of :examining, not Our trustee may saythis efer to the question, but I t dope, and if he stirs up his ry, he may perhaps remem- cu matinees. In the seCond rtistee seems to lie guarded with whom he converses, if ral, especially on the vacs,- m. He says that children thy inhale plenty of fresh l0 a to and returning from y opinion is that it is with s with exercise. A great acercise at one time is not .ceasary to strengthen the er will a great amount of one time,. in the morning both mind and body.for the of the day. It should -be times. Again, if a person t a school, either ie COUD.- , a week or few days before a. he would: find both teach- ,holars, although physically Ltally asleep and stupid. It children may . come in the morning, which would be leed ; but have they not to O at four in the afternoon, in, although riot overhead, the most, Scorching of its 1, at the noon hour, who can 3 children from being out lazing sun ? The mind can the intense strain that th.e mdure. Lessen the vaca- increase the number of A.B. • • , I . Canada. ' Mrs. Scott Siddons is now on her farewell tour through Ontario. —There are fiVe Sundays in the month of February this year—some- thing that will not occur again for forty Years —The average weight of the members7 of the Derehane Township Council is one hundred and uinety pounds. A weighty body truly.. —A number of shanty men in Green- ock are said to have entered the room where tea was served, at the Baptist Church tea meeting in Gla,mmis, and ate up everything. - —We regret to learn, that Mr. J. B. Watson, the Celebrated Canadian hu- morist, is suffering from hemorrhage of the lungs, aud is unable to fill sev- eral- engagements previously made —All the passenger coaches that are being rebuilt at the Canada Southern Railway workshops are painted a bright Yellow color, handsomely striped and ' varnished. The color lasts lon. ger and is easier kept clean than any other —F.- jehin Prume, the celebrated. Montreal violinist, while being driven teee, concert in the city at which he was o perform, his violin worth $1,000 fell out of the sleigh, and a horse coming behind tramped on it and sinashed it to Pieces. —Despite /the severe cold in the Northwest, Balkwill's flour mill, at Rapid. City, has been run with water-, Power all winter. . This demonstrates that the swift waters of the Little Sas- katchewan can be utilized for milling Purposes the whole year round, even during the most severe winter. —The brutal practice of cock -fighting has become quite a popular amusement in Forest. An exchange says that mar- ried men in business neglect their affairs in this brutal sport, and forget them- selves 80 far as not merely- to witness the exhibitions, but also to furnish birds and take pert in the sport —A young man named Cutt, living on the Gbh concession of Biddulph, who had his leg broken by the fall of a tree where he was chopping in the woods, , died. , Saturday morning. The unfor- triaareman lay in the woods some four hours before being discovered, and the effects of the cold caused congestion of the brain. _ - ' —A farmer, who hailed from 150 miles west of Kansas City, passed through St. Thomas on the Canada Southern Railway, one evening last • week, with a pair , of twins in a large market basket. He had. just buried- his wife ae few days, when he started on the journey to his old home in Binghampton, N. Y. —It is rumored that the Credit Valley and (3 -rand. Trunk Railroads are going to erect a union station at Drumbo. It is just what the Drumbopeople want.There is a bus running from the Credit Valley station to the village to accommodate passengers. Asmaion station would be more convenient for travellers changing from one line to the other with their baggage. ' —J. Mather, of the Keewatin Lum- bering Company, left Ottawa for Rat Portage, Keewatin, last Friday night4 He takes with him $10,000 worth of machinery for his new mill,all of which was manufactured .in Montreal, Dun- das and Galt. When completed, the mill, which is situated at Rat_Portage, will have a sawing capacity of 20,000,- 000 feet. It Will be in operation by the ' 1st of May. • —A. shocking story is reported of a boy near Smith's Falls being frighten- ed to death. He was engaged as a cook for a number of men. One evening he, went to a neighbor's and. o.n returning found the shanty dark. He struck- b, match, but it was blown out. He did this two or three times, and finally looked behind him as he , struck the match. He caught a glimpse of several dark objects,which were the Men black- ened and dressed to suit. His. heart, as the doctor afterteards said, leaped from its stronghold, and fell into an unnatural positionaand he ran to a neighbor's .and died M a few hours,. _e_ couple of weeks ago Mr. Wm. Walkereof Norwich, discovered that 30 bushela of. his clover seed. had been stolen from the grain storehouse at the Port -"Dover Railway station. Mr. Walker offered, $30 for the conviction of the thieves and the return of his property. This set the people on the alert, and the result was, the seed was found in an old barn, situated in an out of the way place. Suspicion point- ed towards one John Tubbs, who was brought before a bench of magistrates and committed for trial. Tubbs artknnw1Aa04114 drawing the seed swat*. 3r Bad, Word. for Muskoka- - . . . , a • DE,—Sir : I did not intend in on Muskoka, but being tticked in your last issue, aak again in self-defence. .8 did not understand what ing about. First he had me I went to seek -for lend in a ist confess after ranging the le townships of Mills and our days, from. -five in the eight at night, I was very 6 sail on the lakes, and. we one, fair wind and plant y ;of the - kind), good spruce Mr. Barney Fegen,;:former- was the boy thatoula hold 3atch the wind, 51We went' housand acres hich my lolled about, as it was our We had travelled four test, north and south, and Lestion ' to Mr. Fegan the "Have you seen any land tvels that you could. say %king up ?" His reply was, ssir, we arrived at the fa- iousand, and no better dis, all the land we had seen, et boat again homeward as not lazy then ;- I had to ing, as Mr. Feean was no rived at my friends, and , spot the 1,000 acre e for ns, y them, and especially Mrs. she took a great interest land, but never intendiug r, had. no money to give ng jobs of chopping. Again, of them would. trade with son's.. I don't think an' of t the chance. I am glad fcyittie is so well satisfied ation ; I hope he will do i mill there, but he dan saw ad store up the lumber, I :re is plenty of pine on lot for his own use, after by the lumbermen, and no y any lumber from hind • a a shares and keep half. 1 be able next general elec- e the present Member, ME. . Mr. Miller will have no with • he will have a man, was Mr. Miller's opponent . Mr. McVittie not only by writing letters to me, but Ler, Mr. Simon McVittie, of his brother Moses of Wa- Mr. Medd. of niellett, as aaraaar. • - a - testifiea lice, who has re - here he hela for ulia Ann lliner in of Mr. enly last ors are eath. ves and x. Lyle, rice the O fiftieth day. A t by an, Id couple o younger ighland years of d health. exempt t Flam- of which' that it ed, owed ne of his had all , finding erest, he l $1,000 property o one of inepeetor its rug- a foot or ung far - $300 for ammal the it was was been ac - Of these , 19 ran year ex- nreside riends, tons, 2 al, 2 o , and 1 m. One My bad d, and a • Home the we- . l,ieg the fol - rives up O farm— f cattle on, etc. t of the is name a. blank nted for eous the far - laboring ma Be investi- 8-taker" promise O bands paid by he local- ury,,ene Beacon, rm, and. .coupie, eou the ✓ coath, r ing This eg. He WILS re- g a the am ais- 1:,'hurch. ident of through. • There left to s from dot Bay ow -the_ est of lig the - o when ne had katch- fled as and, in - • 0w, a far- es for Bt of the go to d some Les west e been r next na 18 to • Crerar, . of dig- er the head derably in the that he breast, k, and r. Lat- in, who par- th the f Strat- ed, and • of re- lic way During. itf -of t none n him theless. s on. - . He Lakes s skull barn frozerr Ie lama 8Peed• whole er been dom. OA, ha 1 , 3 4 • _ 4 4 .01 " 4 ; - 4 14 - - ' 4' 44 1 1