HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1881-08-05, Page 81 3t
HE HURON EXPOSITOR.
liven txpooitor.
DISTRICT MATTERS.
Our sticky Fly PaPer has proven itself
the best in the world. It sells like Hot
Cross Buns. Any otiantity of the purest
Dye Stuffs. All kinds guaranteed to give
satisfaction. A good fresh stock of
Genuine Spices for Pickles. Full line of
Pare -Drugs and Druggists Sundries at E.
HICKSON & CoSs Medical Hall, Seaforth,
Ont. 713-2
HURON PRESBYTERY.— We are re-
quested to state that a special meeting
of the Presbytery of Huron will be held
M Willis' church, Clinton, on Tuesday
next, at 12 o'clock.! In our report of
the laAt meeting oflPresbytery we inad-
vertently stated that this meeting would
be held ir. Goderich. All interested
would do well to bear this correction in
mind. The clerk's official notice will
he found in another column.
COUNCIL DOINGS.—At the meeting of
council held on Monday evening the
by-law amending the dog tax by-law
was finally passed. The street com-
mittee, were instructed to bnild a three
plank sidewalk from Goderich street to
John street on the west side of Louise
street. Applications for the position of
water -works engineer were received
from Mr. McKay, Philip Raymond, Jas.
Anderson, Charles Lainbar and Wm.
Hewitt. After several motions and
amendments, none of which resulted in
anything, it was decided to leave the
appointment of an engineer until the
next meeting of council. This was the
principal business transacted, and the
council adjourned for one week.
THE BRANTFORD TRIAL—The follow-
ing members of the Seaforth Lacrosse
Club will compose the team which go
to Brantford on Wednesday next to
play the club of that city, viz: J. Mc-
Donald, Goal; D. McDonald, Point;
Wm. Blackwell, Cover:Point ; S. Doter.
ick, Defense Field; E. Brownell, do.;
N. Bethune, Field; D. Smith, Centre
Field; J. Smith, Field; W. Dawson,
do.; H. Howett, 3rd Home; C. Nopper,
2nd Horne; C. McKay, Home. This
is a pretty strong team and we expect
they will give a good account of them- 1
selves, and show the people of the city
what the boys of a, small country town
caa do at the national game.
JUST So.—The Clinton New Era of
this week says : "Just to show how
ridiculously low a printing office, not
in Clinton, tendered for work, we may
state that its proprietor accepted at
$9.50, two jobs that cannot be made to
pay at less than 520 each. The pub-
lisher offered the work to us at $15 each,
bat it was refused, and two Mitchell
publishers also refused it at the same
figure. If the publisher in question
makes as large a profit on his general
work as he would on this, he will soon
Leconae a millionaire." The printing
office referred to is not a thousand miles
from Seaforth; but it is not the office
of THE EXPOSITOR.
RAILWAY SMASH UP.—R iS not often
that an accident of any kind occurs on
this branch of the Grand Trunk, but on
Tuesday evening last a smash up, which
might have proven mere serious than it
did, occurred between Clinton and
Goderich. A special train, consisting
of empty cars, was going upaand when
about half way between the above
named places, it broke in two, the rear
cars following the engine on a down
grade, unknown to the driver. As the
train approached one of the bridges,
under repair, the driver, as is custonaary,
slackened up, when the cars following
crashed into the forward ones, throwing
some from the track and more or less
smashing several of them. The line s
was blocked for several hours by the
accident. The morning train cast was
cancelled, and the noon train was about
half on hour late. No person was in-
jured.
for his own use. Ihe cone, although
pretty tired and soxjnewhat thin, arrived
here in fair conditi n, and, after taking
them off the car and giv ng them a
short rest, they ere taken to Mr.
Love's place at Hills Green. They
had a pretty ro gh passage cOmIng
over, but the ani ale all seemed, to be
in good health, an a few days resit. 'ill
bring them round all right. We a n-
gratulate our ol friend en hig
chases, and we h pe his;le nture
prove as successfu and pro table as
enterprise and pl ck he has displa
entitles him to.
FIRE.—The mo otOnybf tiai unus
ly hot, dull day, was temporarily ,th
turbed about 1 o'c ock on T ursday b
the ringing of t I e fire alarm. h
whole population were aeon on h
street, and in less time than it tae
to tell it the to n was ranafbr1j1e
fromsummerina tivity into bustle an
excitement. In most eqhally 13 or
time the firemen ad their alpparatu
hand and were sp eding to the seen
the supposed coniagrations which
the big mill. It s:: ms that a journa
the top story of t e mill got heated
set fire to the woo il en boxing in whic
was running, and . ed the whole pl
full of smoke. T e employees of
mill could not fin. the exact locatio
the fire for SOII1: time, and as a p e -
cautionary meas, re Mr. Kemp, 1he
manager, had ,la: fire alarm sounded
and the brigade failed out. But, j st
as the firemen a Ived on the spot, he
heated journal was discovered, 4D.d1 a
couple of pails ful1 of water lextinguieh-
ed the fire and obviated all further
danger. Chief Clline, rather than en-
tirely disappoint hs prompt and wil 'ng
corps, permitted 1jhem to attaeh the
hose to the hydrant, and two powerful
streams were sooni playing QII the roof
of the mill. In 1 ss than ten minutes.
from the time the Ifirst alarna was given
e tor
operation, and ha their services been
required they wotild have done 'goad
e.xecation. It is j • st as well, however
that their services wkre n equired,
for although there is scarce y any pas-
sibility of a fire get ingmuci headway
when discovered i time, a: this one
was, yet consider ble dam go might
have been done.
•
•
1
ce
he
of
THE GARDEN P RTY.—T o e garden
party given by 11 r. F. Hol el ested at -
his residence on W:dnesday avening M
aid of St. Tbon as church was a
most enjoyable an. successful affair.
The attendance was 1; rge, the
evening was ve y pleas ut, being
just warm enough o make 1 ice-crea
and lemonade test good, anl the Ella.-
rangements in eve y depart ent Were
all that the most fa tidions c uld desire.
The beautiful 1 wn adjei ning Mr.
Holmested's resid nce waS brightly
illuminated, and p esented a most at-
tractive appearanc from without, and
was equally pleasa t and comfortable
within. , There wa an abundant supply
of seasonable refres ments, and all the
stands seemed to be liberally patronized.
The musical part o the enterta,inment
was by no means t 10 least attractive.
Those who took pa t in th iS occupied
the drawing -room, which opened on to
the lawn, so that t e e andie4e seated in
front of the verand h could i hear dis-
tinctly, and in the ool open air enjOy
the music, which CODSi8te4 of solo,
duetts and chorus s, vocal and instr
mental, rendered ha Mrs. Ireland a d
Misses Foster, Jo 1nston, Meyer and
Ewing, and Mess s. Roberts, Cline,
Scott and others. more pleasant and
enjoyable evening c uld not pave been
provided, and we a e sure that not only
those who are c nnected with St.
Thomas church, b . t the many others.
who were present ould be pleased if
others of our citize s would follow tne
good example of MIr. and Mrs. Holme -
ted and place the r ground at , the
disposal of all who nay desir to spend
a social evening in this man er. The
handsome sum of ko avas re lized.
I
t. _. ,
FROM SCOTLAND. We nayi receiveu.
the following inte °sting 1titer frona
Mr. Charles Lawr e, who i vith Mrs.
Lawrie is visiting n Scotia d. Th s
letter is dated Mu se1burg14 July lih
and proceeds: In o r last letfer to you
we gave you an ace unt of or voyage,
and as -we have spe t some time in. the
Qld Country we no give you an ac-
count of the countr . We viSited East
Lothian and Berwi kshire liast week.
ti
The crops here are ery late.I Grain f
11 kinds looks a. pretty good cro
otatoes are also go d, but tUrnips i
hese districts are a most a failure. , I
ome places they h ve been E3own thr e
r four times, and -et have I failed to
rodnce a crop. Sto k in hese quarters
ooks very well. Having vi4ted Hach
ingtou Agricultur 1 So iety's .Show,
-
here were good sail pies slhown. Horses
ere very goodicattl e ale, and some
ery fine sheep; but not r4any of them ;
wine, very good qu lity but els° few in
umber. There wa also a ishow for
ogs, cats and rabbi s, dogs being latr
he most numerous, as they i were f
very variety and description. W
leo visited Yeeter EOU8e, the Seat cjf
he Marquis of Twe dale. The interior
f the house is map, ficent,both in finis
lid in the painting of their, ancestor
nd other nobles. he gardens and th
urroundings were s lendid: There wer
he ruins , of an o d chapel near it
here the people of he parisi 6f Gi
ord were wont to a semble fo worshi ,
ut now it is kept a: a family ault for
he Yester family. 1 ext day we took
ur departure for D I use, a ve y ancient
ke town, where t ere was little or
othing to interest u , save a
assed in the old toN u, with a
on on it to the e ect that Thomas
oston, of Ettrick, ho wrote the Fo
old State, was bor I there. We tarn°
hen to take a bette look at it. I
eemed a very old pl ce. We also visit
d Dunse Castle, a very pretty plac
wned by Sir Wm. ay, but at-presen
nauted by a gentle • an by the name o
arjoribanks. We then drove to a
ncient like town on the borders
hirnside, about six or seven mile
om Duuse, called n several people
rove back to Danse ; stayed all nigh
nd started next day for Galashiels,
ry pretty flourishin little town, wher
alashiels tweeds re manufactured]
here are a great number of mills
hich employ a larg number of hands,
t this trade has be u- very slack o
te, and a great ma y are going out o
wn to other parts o try and make
ore money. We st y -ed all night and
ok a stroll throngs the town, and
me off to our hom: in Musselburgh
ed enough. Tke f, 'Orland Agrical-
ral Society's Show takes plane about
e end of this month. We are propos-
to take a trip to se it. It is to be
HIGH SCHOOL APPOINTMENT.—Mr. C.
W. Mulloy has been selected to succeed
Mr. Renton() as second master in the
High School. Mr. Mulloy is an ex-
perienced teacher, bringiug the highest
testimonials of success from Inspectors
and others. He was for some time
second master in the Galt Central
School. He held a second class grade
.A. in 1871, afterwards obtained a first
class certificate, spent two years at a
High School and proceeded to Toronto
University. Here he entered by' the
senior matriculation, obtaining first
class honors in English, French, IVIathe-
matics- and Classics, and carrying off
the General Proficiency Scholarship.
Mr. Malloy has spent three years at th
University, in all of which he has main-
tained a high standing in honors. As
he has had some six years' experience
in teaching there can be no uncertainty
in supposing that he will be as success-
ful in Seaforth as he has uniformly
been elsewhere.
a
1
11
TrIORE GOOD HORSES. —Mr. Hugh a
Love, Sr., 'of Hills Green, returned t
home from the old country on TuSisday o
nieht last. We anticipated that Mr. a
Love would bring home with him a
something good in the horse line, and s
we have not been disappointed. He t
has brought out three splendid young w
stallions and a filly. The first of these, f
"Enaigraut," is two years old. He was b
foaleu in May 1879. He is thorough t
Clydesdale, is of dark bay color, with o
black points, and stands 16 hands high. li
He- is, without exception, one of the 13
most promising looking and best put
together colts we have seeu. He was
bred by Messrs. Rutledge Brothers, of
Old Mell, Port William. The second
"Hero" was foaled on the 13th of May, t
1880. He is a bright bay with black s
legs, mane and tail and white hind feet. e
This colt also is from the best Clydes- o
dale atock, and has already proved a te
listed prize taker. This last spring he M
took first prize at the Dundonald Parish a
Show ; 2nd at the Kilmarnock Show, C
and first at Irvine for the four parishes. fr
He wa.s purchased from Mr. Robert d
Hutchiuson, Crsiksland, Dundonald.
The third colt is named "Heather," ve
and was a year old. ou the 26th of April G
last. He is bay, with white hind feet T
aud white star on his face. This colt w
is also a pure Clydesdale, and took bu
several good pries last spring. He la
was purchased in Renfrewshire. The to
filly was purchased from William Love, ni
of Ayrshire. She was a year old on the to
24bli of May last. She is a light bay ca
with white strip on face, and her tir
pedigree shows her to be of the best tu
Clydesdale strains and of the purest th
blood. Mr. Love intends to keep her I Mg
ti
ouse w6
a inscrip-
,
held in Stirling'. If spared we intend
to return to Canada about the *30 of
August or the beginning of September.
Hopink to find all friends and. ac4tutin.
tance in good health, I atn, &c., 1
I , CHARLES Lavilam
. , .
LooakBaiass.—The old wator cart
for watering the streets has given out
and a new one is being i constructett(1.--
r. A. Cardno has returned horn fter
spending two months on his eat t at
alf Mountain, Manitoba. Mr. adno
is in good spirits. He says th t the
Syndicate's South Western r nch
Railway is surveyed to run thron hi one
of liis lots, and there are good pr sects
of a station being erected: on or d oin-
ing his property.—Mr. Thomas F re ris
nlar ing and improving his hbtelat
rofe sor Jones and family intend gi mg
4 con ert in Exeter on the evenin • of
the 9 1i inst. We can promiie the
Exeter people a musical treat. We
otice with pleasure that Rev. Mr.
ill, Pastor of St. Thomas Churc , in
t sown has been appointed It oral
;v
ean of the Huron Diocese, in roo is of
ev. W. Davis, who has been removed
tb another field of labor.—Alth • ugh
there Was not much ram here on '' un -
day last, there was a terrible store a
few miles east of this. In Dublin nd
Rebell the hail decended in tort. nts
and Or hours afterwards heaps of ice
1 yn the roadsides. Consider ble
;
d ma e was done to the standing gr in.
The Rev. Mr. Cobb, pastor a he
Canada Methodist Church, prefix ied
the fanerad sermon of the late re.
Ianu h Cluff, on Sunday evenin 1 st.
It was an able discourse and was lis en -
ed to by a large congregation.— r.
erby hire, who has been practis ng
as a dentist here for severalyears, in-
tends going to Wingham to open an
oflico there.—The Leech farm was ot
sold here on Saturday last, ; It was •id
ii at $2,500.—Mr. G-eorge Ewing _ as
seriously ill on Sunday last but we re
ELad to notice that he is recovering. On
turday evening last while very w rm
:lie went into the ipe house to get so e
ide and got chilled.—A special frei ht
train riasses thrOugh here from God r-
ic ne rly everY, Sunday night ab ut
lh lf-p St eleven o'clock. 1 Bu4iiiss.
se ins to be ttnnenally brisk 0111 this
b4aucli of the Grand Trunk 1 this
season} --A long excursion train jfrm
oodstock passed -up to Goderiei on
Tuesday last.—James McBride is an -
'xi. us ti:1 dispose Of his hotel property in
th'stoyna.—Most of the visitors from
ere to Manitoba are expected home
h
is lw ek.--_Mr. Derbyshire has 4is-
osed f his dental business to Mh. a.
uggi , son of Rev. Mr. Buggin former-
ylof tliis town. Mr. Buggin is a. stetly
onng an and Will, no doubt, reel:, ve
C')flt11htULflCt, of the liberal patrOnage
e tow d upon his predecessor.— r.
Watson, formerly of Brussels, has
ned new dental rooms in Mevors
ck,over Johnson Brother's store. Mr.
Watsoii COMOS well recommended as a
e t1or1ian and practitioner, and 'we
ave pleasure in welcoming him to our
own. 1Mr. Charles P. PaYett, agent
04 Lov'ell's Business and Professional
Directs/1ry of the Province ef Outa io
!or 1881-2, was in town oa Moiiclay
ti ailing information for the proposed
u lication, which, when published will
o tai ' a vast amount of uesful ahd
✓ ctic 1 information. — Mr. D nald
omp on, agent for the illust ated
tock b ok and Live Stock Eno clo-
is, has commenced to deliver e
d
as
d
of
at
e
g
y.
11
11
•
ork t4 subscribers in Se forth a
Tacker with. ' Mr. Thomson
do e well in this section as he deser
o, his ook being one well deserving
u lic atronage. It is not Often t
ublish rs of subscription books gi
ere t an they promise when soliaiti
✓ ers. It is generally the other w
t in his instance several importag t
nl use al additions have been ma. e
o he ork since the orders were giv:u,
an all the books now delivered contahn
th se a ditions.—Messrs. Al. G. n c-
Dongail and Archibald Scott, of Sze -
forth, ere registered at the Americs n
Hdtel, m
, Winnipeg, on the 1st inst.-a-Mr.
John Beattie i's now busilr engaged
r
ie on the civic holiday, o is ve y
i e
1 okinglafter the harvesting df his flax
rap. ae has several large gang S of
xfnen, women and boys at work pulling.
t is ah good crop thia year and I will
ield well.—What is going o be do e
°thou going to leave to n 4-4The
hdrmo eter stood at 95 in the shade
n We nesday afternoon.— c ongall
Company's new store is fnary
nishe .—A large amount of I aOhed
shoe aife being shipped from I here just
ow to swego, where they ate ised s
fertili en—Several loads of rids's fell
heat l4ave been sold on Seaforth mar
et dur ng the present week.—A 111-
roSse natch will be played on the
round here here this afternoon bettireen
toe jun hr club of Stratford and the
s:cond lteam of the beavers. The
. atoll will commence at 3 o'clock, A
i
aood gailine may be expected.—Mr. S.
1 st for holiday trip to the NorthWest.
1 icksoilPostmaster, left on, Saturday
l
el is a9companied by his brother, Mr.
ohn D ckson, of Tuckerernith.—The
Chilton INew Era says that if the proni-
1 ed trotting race between Mr. David-
sbn's " agician" and a Clear Grit cot
coMes ff on the 20th inst., it willI
raw a ood crowd from that town. I
ri Andrew Calder, photographer
ishes s to state that his photogra01
oras ssi11 be closed on Wednesday and
hinsd y next, as he intends going to
Toronto His patrons should bear this
in inind —Mrs. Dunlop has returned
hothe ai4d is now ready to resume her
rnu ic cl sses.--A young WOI40.11 maimed
Sarah •N ine fell on the crossing oh.
Ma4n stxfeet on Thursday evening. She
a
carxliedinto Carmichael's Hotel in
nsen ible condition. When pieked
u , a bo tle containing laudanum drop -
pe froth her pocket. The bottle was
4a1f em ty, and as she had purchased
lb f 11 a out an iiour previously, it is
ea ed she took the remainder. Up to
he time of going to press she is still
hconsciens.
11
9
Stanley.
RECOVERING. -H M195 Pearson, WEL
so badly hurt, some weeks ago, by
ing thrown from a sulky rake, is
lowly r 'covering.
Fp.IHIED CUTTING. — Mr. Alex.
dmps n, of the Bayfield road, near
ubefield, finished cutting his harvest
the 27th ult. A number of the farl-
rS in this township have got through
tting, and shotild the weather cani
tie fair, this week will end up the
Pe esting pretty generally; sprn
are good, arid fall wheat, thotighl
Vf
n is very plunip and will weigh well.]
USE Monne. — Mr. Gregor lic-!
or, o the 3rd concession, has had
the house which formerly stood on the
farm recently purchased by him, moved
to the homeetead, and is having a atone
cellar placed under it. Mr. McEwen
has also had his house on the farm oc-
cupied by Mr. Laut moved to higher
ground, which adds greatly to its 4-
peaxance.
THE FAIL SHOW.—A meeting of the
officers and directors of the Stanley
Branch Agricultural Society was held
at Morgan' i hotel, Bayfield, on' Satur-
day last, and arrangements were nearly
completed for the fall show. The days
have not yet been fixed but will be
made known shortly. We are glad to
notice that this society never was in a
better position financially than it is this
year, and it is intended to largely in-
crease the rize list for the forthcoming
show, whici it is confidently expected
will be the beat ever held in the town-
ship.
Tucker smith.
A GOOD DAY'S WORE.—Mr. John
Murray, the celebrated thresher, is
around again with his steam engine and
mammoth separator. He was at the
farm of Mr. George Sproat on Wednes-
day and cleared out a large barn of fall
wheat, and left behind him between
six and seven hundred bushels of splen-
did grain. The most notable thing was
the splendid system of water works
which Mr. Sproat has on his farm. By
means of connecting hose, a regular
and continuous supply of water was
kept to the boiler from a punap operat-
ed by a wind mill. Like everything
else about his fine farm, Mr. Sproat has
things very convenient in this way.
By means of a force pump and wind
ill he keeps a constant supply of
ater for his stock outside in summer,
aid has things so arranged that in
ssjinter this water is conveyed by means
o pipes to his stables and other out -
hags, eo that he keeps a constant
supply of pure, fresh water for his stock
within doors. Besides this, by the use
of hose he has a system of fire protec-
tion of hie own. It would be well for
farmers to go and see this system for
themselves, and make more free use of
the winds! of Heaven, which cost noth-
ing and save human muscle.—Com.
Cran.brook.
WHEAT CROP.—The fall wheat is a
far better crop than it was expected to
be in the early part of the season.
Sicatiess.—There are a good many
sick people around this neighborhood
at present. Diarrhcea seems to be the
prevailing disease.
A NEW COXER.—The Rev. Mr. Still-
wal, Primitive Methodist minister, is
residing in this village, so that we have
two resident ministers in our midst.
Buansess.---Business has been very
quiet for the last week or ten days, owing
no doubt to the fact that farmers ate
busily engaged harvesting the fall
wheat.
NEW HOUSE.—Mr. A. Mci4fair's new
house is fast approaching Completion.
It will be both an ornament to the
village and a comfort to himself and
family. We hope that he will be long
spared to enjoy it.—Mr. A. McKay,
teacher, is building a kitchen to .his
house. Mr. George Coghill had the
contract of the mason work, which he
finished in grand style. Mr. McKay—
himself—who is a mechanie as well as
a teacher, is doing the wood work.
This is a profitable way of spending his
holidays.
THE BERRY SEASON.—Raspberries are
very plentiful this year. The Walton
ladies turned out the other day and
drove about five milesto the farm of
Mr. Wm. Camerou, where they had a
boss time picking. They returned
home with their pails well filled.
GOOD WHEAT.—Mr. John Parr, of the
14th concession, has a field of spring
wheat which he rightly thinks is hard.
to beat this year. The wheat is of the
Lost Nation variety, and was sown on
sod which had long been used as a pas-
ture field, but was only broken rip last
fall. Mr. Parr always has good wheat,
and this is more than an average crop
to all appearance. \
THE CHEESE FACTORIES.—The pa-
trons of the Seaforth cheese factory
sold their May cheese at an average of
91. cents and their June at 101 cents,
beating the Winthrop factory by half a
cent each time, and giving the Sea -
forth patrons three-quarters of a cent
more than the. patrons of the other
factory. Parties who boasted of giving
the 'patrons of the Winthrop factory as
much, if not more, than those of Sea-
forti are failing to fulfil their promise.
Sea orth factory has good Milk, a good
maker, and, judging from the prices,
mut have better cheese or a better
salesman. And last, but not least,
the Seaforthopatrons need have no fear
of the milk drawers throwing up the
job on account of not receiving their
pay in full.—A PATRON.
Morris.
A LARGE Bans.—M. P. Irvine's barn
was erected on Saturday last. Size
60x80, angling. It is 100 feet long,
stone work under 42x60. Jas. Skim -
mens and F. X. Baines acted as cap-
tains. Jas. Skit:amens came off victor.
PARTY.—On Tuesday last Mr. R.
Irvine gave a party to the young folks.
About forty couples were present and
tripped the light fantastic to the strains
of' the violin played by Wm. J. C.
Conery, and all enjoyed themselves
until the wee srna' hours.
Jam e s t
A MYSTERT.—A farmer who lives
near this place lost some of his cattle.
He went in search of them, and in a
few days found them all, but one.
While looking for this one he found in
the woods near the river the carcass of
a heifer. It had been buried and cov-
ered with earth and the boughs of
small trees. The rain and other agen-
cies partially bore these away so as to
expose tile dead beast. The hide had
been all taken off with the exception of
that on the head. This gave a clue to
the o wnership. Parties who afterwards
saw the remains identified them as
those of a heifer belonging to a farmer
in Morris. The mystery is how the
poor brute met such a fate. But the
air is full of whispers and the little ;
bird wiU tell it all before long.
AN INTERESTING WORK. -`-We had the
pleasure the other day of looking into a
book , entitled "French and Prussian I
Cavalry in the battle near Vionville and
Mars La Tour, 16th August, 1870." It '
is a translation from the German of
Major Kaehler, of Count Moltke's
staff made by T. Hector Smith, Quarter -
Master 72nd ,Highlanders, and printed
at the "Cabar Feidh " Regimental
Press, Ambala, East Indies. The
translator's preface, extending over a
dozen pages written in a charming
style, is as entertaining as a story. The
work itself forMed rather ponderous
reading for a rustic like ourself. Some
martial spirit would doubtless lay siege
to it "tooth and nail". The translator
is now in Colora.do. His father lives
on the 4th concession of Gray, and has
a collection of ctiriosities from all parts
of the world.
A TERRIBLE STORM.—The heaviest
rain fall of the season here was on Sat-
urday last. The day opened out hot,
and soon everything seemed to ooze out
heat. On in the afternoon dark spots
loomed up on this horizon, grew into the
cloud no bigger than a man's hand that
we have hearci sti much of in I the past,
received recruits from all directions,
and now began meditating a trip down-
ward. Thunder and lightning now ap-
peared hurriedly to play their parts,
eager to be off, doubtless, to the good
housewife's cellar, to turn the pailk sour
and work wratinamong the jars. With
this the big raia-drops came dancing
to the earth, followed in hot haste by
their cooler kindred, the hailstones,
leaping in lively style, as if in ecstacy
over their swift slide through apace.
The wind now smiled approval and
everything went on swimmingly. Soon
uncropped fields became one sheet of
water, and along the ridges the rain
skipped towards the river like a thing
of life. Drains tihat had been all sum-
mer as dry as a miser's money now
burst upon the world in all the plenti-
tude of a successful stream. It lasted
about one hour and left the pavilion of
heaven as bare ae the Sahara.
, • 1
Bluevale. 1
REMOVAL.— Mr. D. Stewart, who has
been living here for sonae 15 years, re-
moved to Galt, vshithei he hafsgone to
' work.
oRm.—A
ST very terrific storm of rain
passed over hereon Saturday last, but
no particular damage was. The oldest
inhabitants reMember such another
some -thirty yeare ago.
RETURNED.—*. Wm. ThoMpson, of
Turnberry, who has been during the
past summer prospecting inanitoba,
IN
returned last week and speaks 'n high
terms of the prairie provin e. He
intends going there as soon as 'he can
sell his farm, and failing selling he will
give it away, as he intends going - any-
way.
BEST YET.—Alfew-days ago homes
Stewart, who has for many years been
engaged in the lumber and shingle busi-
ness of this place cut, in Leech's mill,
17 bunches of shingles in one hour. It
seem that Mr. Leech always keeps
hard-working, energetic and efficient
men around him, for which he deserves
a great deal of credit.
EDUCATIONAL.—rMr. W. H. tewart,
resumes his old sohool in Howick, hav-
ing engaged a substitute while at the
Normal School. Mr. Geo. A. Newton,
another of our ' boys, who has beeb.
studying at St. Catharines, is home
with a smiling feet), which is generally
a sign of success., A number of our
boys are making their mark. '
Howick.
THE Coutiem.'—At the last meeting
of Howick council Mrs. Sharpin' applied
to have an acconat df Dr. McMichael
against her, amounting to $37.50 paid.
The council declined taking action. It
was decided to give $10 as an equiva-
lent to the grant by Grey council to be
expended on the boundary line in pro-
viding shovellers. It was decided to
pay lir. Muir $10 for rent of road to lst
of May, 1882. The Reeve and M.
Johnston were instructed to examine
the bridge on side -line 21 and 22., on
concession 9, and if necessary :have it
re -built. A petition of Mr. Charles
Wilson and other e asking for 'a grant of
$50, to be expended in improving the
hill on side line, p and 11, concession
17, was read, but the council declined
taking action. After passing ia long
list of accounts for township improve-
ments the council ajourned to meet at,
Hainstock's hotel on the 3rd Wednes-
day in August.
Brussels.
OUR BAND.—The Brussels Band has
been appointed ae Battalion. Band for
the 33rd Battalion. We are glad of the
appointment as we think we have the
best band in the qounty and they de-
serve the appointment.
MILITARY. — The Brigade Major,
Alymer, was in tewn on Wednesday
last, and inspected the clothing and
outfit of the company here, and express..
ed himself in higlal terms of satisfaction
with the manner in which he found
FALSE Aelim.—About 10, p. m., last
Saturday the fire; alarm was sounded
and the -company with the steamer and.
hook and ladder thrned out, bnt after
running through the town it was dis-
covered to be some rubbish up near the
sta.
cKET.—A very
interesting game
was played last Friday between the
Base Ball and Cricket Clubs and re-
sulted in a tie, each eleven scoring 97
runs in the two innings.
' —The return match between the
Listowel and Brustsels clubs was , played
here last Wednesday and resulted in
favor of Listowel by 34 runs. The
Listowel club took quite an advantage
of the home club by bringing with them
W. Henry, of the Guelph club, who is a
bowler of wide reputation. We believe
he is at present staying at Listowel.
[The above was inteAded for last week; but was
inadvertently oraitted.i
LOCALITIES. — On Friday last the
Clipper Base Ball Club went to Mild-
may and beat that club in a seven inn-
ings match, by a sore of 18 to 6, ' Our
boys think they are about the best club
in the county.—Mr. James Clegg ship-
ped a large drove of fat sheep for Liver-
pool, on Wednesday last. They were a
fine lot. — On Satnrday afternoen last
the heaviest rain atom that has been
seen for years passed over our town.
It lasted an hour and was accompanied
with a great quantity of hail. Several
cellars were filled with water by an over-
flow from the streets. — On Tuesday
last Mr. J. G. Ament raised the frame
for his new sawmill. The building is
36 x 70 and 18 feet Ihigh. The mill is
to be completed at (ince. Robert Arm-
strong, of Brussels, is the contractor.
Mr. Rogers is pushing on the works at
his salt well. The material for the
block is mostly all on the ground the
foundation is laid, and the brick work
commenced. The engine and boiler for
pumping have arrived and are being
placed. It is Mr. Rogers' intention to
have the works ready
ing salt this fall.—
dentist, has removed
hi a intention to keep
sets open with his
Watson, at the Cou
Monday last, tendere
for manufactur-
r. D. Watson,
o Seaforth. It is
"s office in Brus-
assistant. Mr.
cil meeting on
his resignation
as Clerk. It was accepted.—Robert
Natt, tailor, has sold out his business
and rented. his shop and dwelling
lb Mr. Edward Dunford, of Brussels.
Mr. Nott leaves for Kansas on lat Oc-
tober.—Tuesday next,1August 9th, has
beenyroclaimed a civo.c holiday.—Flax
pulling is the order af the day with the
boys just now. There are between 500
and 600 acres to pull in this vicinity,
and a very fine crop J.& J. Livings-
ton have a large force of hands at work.
Contractors get $5 an cre for pulling --
Dr. and Mrs. W. H lmes, E. E. and
Ilys. Wade left on 1 Thursday last
for a two weeks' visit to the seaside.—
Rev. S. Jones return d on Wednesday
from Chicago.—The basement of St.
Jelin's Church has ,jut been completed
for Sunday School purposes, and was
re -opened on Sunday jast. The room is
36 x 60 feet, is well hghted and cool,
and is one of the beet school -rooms in
the town. •
Hens •
TAKING A Homat.Y.-, aA number of our
citizens are away taking a holiday,
among whom are M ssrs. A. Kelly,. R.
Cdad, Rev. H. Hartl y and Mr. G. I.
Sutherland. We wis them all a very
pleasant time.
A. GOOD PRICE.— r. Alex. Moir, of
lleborne, has sold'his arm of 100 acres
to Mr. T. Swan, o Rodgerville, for
which he received $8, 00—cash down.
Haav-ssr.—Farmers are very busy at
present securing their crops, for which
the weather has Veen very favourable,
having had no rain for over a week, and -
should the present fi e weather con-
tinue this week, the gr at bulk of the
crop will be saved.
Suipaaa.—Mr. Shil nglaw, of Tuck-
eramith, shipped a lotI of lambs from
this station on Mondaai• last, being the
firet shipment of the season.
FISHING.—Mr. H. Vanvalkingburg, of
this place, leaves for Southampton on
Wednesday to engage in fishing. "Nfr.
Van understands the business, and will
no doubt bring many a heavy haul of
the “finny tribe" to shere.
ACCIDENT.—On Sunday the 24th ult.,
. Walter McFee Goshen line, town-
ship Hay, came very near losing a
valuable young mare, from being cor-
nered up by the o her horses in the
paSture field, send ng her through a
board fence, one of the pickets entered
between her forearM and side of the
chest, penetrating to the lungs. Mr.
D. Millar, V. S., of Hensall, was im-
mediately sent for and on examining
the animal found her in a very high
fever with the air passing through the
opening made, making a wheezing
solind. He instantly set to work pre-
scribing for her,and in the course of three
or our days had her out of all danger.
Not so bad for our Hensall veterinary.
QUILTING.—Mrs. Wm. Carlide of this
place had two quitting bees last week.
The first comprised a number of mar-
ried ladies, who, during an afternoon,
quilted and took out of the frame a
large quilt, which Was well done and
considered a goo4 afternoon's work,
but, good and expeditious as it was pro-
nounced to be, it was soon to be thrown
in the shade. The following day Mrs.
Carlisle had a number of young ladies
invited for another quilting, but only
twd put in an appearance, who, nothing
dannted, went to 'work at the quilt
early in the afternoon, and had it fin-
ished and out of the frame long before
dark, having done their work neatly
and well, which is considered an un-
preaedented. feat. Thoyoung ladies are
highly respectable; good looking and
yonng, and will be a fortune in them-
selSes to the young men who may be
lucky enough to get them.- If any
real nice young mert would like to find
out their names, they can do so by en-
quiring Of Mrs. Carlisle or the writer.
Clinton.
LOCAL BRIEFS.—The estimates for
town expenditure this year amout to
$10,773. The income , is $2,175, thus
leaving the sum of $8,598 to be raised
by taxation, which will, require a rate
of 1 and 7-10ths cents on the dollar.—
Mr.; R. Wiseman, the late Express
agent here, has been heard from. He
is in Chicago.—The many friends of
Mr.! M. MeTaggert, who has been quite
ill, will be pleased to les,rn that he is
sufficiently recovered to be around.
again.—The Rev. Mr. ,Craig, the new
incumbent of St. Paul's church, will
resame his duties on SUnday next.—It
is reported that Mr:. Philips, of Blyth,
has entered an action for libel against
the ,publisher of theiRebord. The sup-
posed libel was contained in a letter
which appeared in that paper.—Pro-
fessor Holmes intends giving the "Hay-
makers" in Mitchell.h-The wife and
family of the late J B. Racey, old
residents of the toWn,iexpect to leave
next week for Misinetiota, where they
intend residing.—The sPring wheat in
thie neighborhood ie said to be a good.
crop.—Mrs. Morton, whom we men-
tioned last week as having broken her
leg by falling into an veal cellar -way,
haedied from the effecte of her injuries.
She was 85 years of 'age.—Mr. R. Rats -
ford, has offered $100 for one of the old
hand eiagnaes belonging to the fire de-
partment, but the offer was declined.
—
The weather is hot, hotter, hottest,
swelteringly hot.
.131ythl
OBITUARY.—Mr. George Holland, an
old and respected restdent, departed
this life on the 28th July, at the ad-
vanced age of 89 years. Deceased was
born in Kinnsare, County Kerry, Ire-
land, on Sept. 30, 1191, and cense to
Canada in the year 1851, and settled for
3 years in Capetown, Ccunty of Went-
worth. He then removed to Morris
Township in this county, and resided
there ever since. He leaves a wife and
three grown up sons and daughters.
—Mrs. McDonagh i of Smith's Hill,
sister of 0. G. Martin, jeweller, Blyth,
died Wednesday morning at 4 P. M.
Disease, consumption. Funeral Thurs-
day
--4The Clinton Nev Era says t. For
some time a horse belonging to Mr.
Churchill, of the :gravel road, has been
troubled by the growth of three teeth
into one, and they have been afraid to
reniove it, owing to its enormous size ;
Mr. Doan, veterinary surgeon, determin-
ed to tackle it, and getting Mr. Tipling
to make a pair of tweezers specially for
it, he with two assistaiiits, pulled the
tooth, on Tuesday. It measured about
AUGUST 5, 1881.
four inches long, two broad, and. re.:
quired the strength of three to extract it.
—Mr. John Lasham, of Loud-081am
has returned from Manitoba, and likes
the place well; he purchased 640 acres
of land; he bought out two of the
Londesboro boys, young Ady and Rud.dle, at the cost of about three thousand .
dollars.
—On Saturday last, Mr. Jas. Howsen
auctioneer, sold under power of moat,
gage the cLea property, in McKillop,
near Walton, consisting of ,37i acres.
which went at $820. As the iftlla ig
very poor, with very little iraprove--
ment, this was considered an unusually .
good prioe.
—On Tuesday the body of Mr. wto
Hyslop, was brought to Clinton on its .
way to Goderich. Deceased Was foss
rnerly a barber iia Goderioh, but recently
engaged as a brakeman on the Casaaa,
Southern Railway. On Monday night
while he was riding in the engine of
the train, a car was discovered to be on
fire; he started along the top of the
train to put it out, but made a mistep
and fell between the cars, which pa.seed
across his chest, horribly 'mail& •
him. He leaves a .wife and child.
—About 6 p. OH Wednesday, au
old lady named Mrs. Young, who with
her husband and family has resided ia
Goderich and vicinity for a number of
years, committed suicide by deliberate-
ly walking into the lake. She hail been
missed from the house only about five
minutes When her husband was inform-
ed that her body had been taken from
the lake dead. The oia lady was about
60 years of age, and was subject to fits
of temporary insanity.
The Dairy Export.
The following statistics show the
nunaber of boxes of cheese shipped from
Montreal to the different ports in Great
Britain from May 1 to July 30, 1881,
with comparisons
1881 1880.
To Liverpool........... .. • ..192,288 182,1-70
To Glasgow, 28,778 17,351
To Bristol 19,887 4,952
To London Bsa9.7 2,451
Total.... ..... • .. • .......246,450 20034 -
From the commencement of the pres-
ent season to date the total exports
amounted to 246,450 boxes, against 206,-
934 boxes for the corresponding period
last year, showing an increase of 39,-
516 boxes.
The following table shows the num-
ber of packages of butter shipped from
Montreal to the different ports in Great
Britain from Mayl to July 30, 1881,
with comparisons
1881 1890.
To Liverpool. 11,818 32,177
To Glasgow , 18,543 11,855
To Bristol 1,189 ......
To London. ! 197 107
Total, 26,745 44,139
—Winnipeg Masons took an- eXear-
sion to Portage la Prairie a few days
ago, and assisted in laying the corner
stone of the new Presbyterian Church.
—McKevitt and McGrath, the Liver-
pool plotters, have been found guilty of
causing the explosion, and sentenced to
penal servitude, the latter for life,
and the former for fifteen years.
—Several discoveries of petroleum
have been made in Hanover, Germany.
A bore near the village of Pieine yields
in twenty-four hours 20,000 gallons.
This has given rise to a speculation
fever. Ground in the neighborhood is
selling at $750 to $1,000 an acre.
—A mysterious case of robbery oc-
curred in Port Hope during Saturday
night, at the residence of Mr. Wm.
Quay, on Walton street, After Mr.
Quay got out of bed on Stmday morn-
ing he misses: his trousers, which, on
making a search, he found in the hall-
way at the head of the Stairs, with the
-Contents of the pockets, two or three
dollars, untouched. Oa making further
search he found his coat and vest at
the bottom of the stairs, but his gold
watch, valued at $185, with some small
change in his vest pocket, were miss-
ing. a Strange to say, Other jewelry
which was lying around was left undis-
turbed, and not a door or window in
the house was found unfastened. in the
morning. This leads to the belief that
the watch was taken by one of the in-
mates.
—On Tuesday last a sad accident oc-
curred at Thompson Smith's Pertage,
about two miles north of Longford
Mills, Ontario county. As Miss E.
Durham, 'second slaughter of Mr. Jas.
Durham, of Bradford, who was spend-
ing her holidays there, was walking
along the sidewalk above the portage
machinery a board slipped out of its
place, and'her left foot owning betweea
two cog -wheels, the leg was badly
mangled above the ankle, necessitating
amputation a little below the knee,
which operation was successfully per-
formed. MISS Durham has borne up
remarkably well, and at present is do-
ing as well as could possibly be ex-
pected.
—Terrible bush fires have been raging
in the 8a -upon peninsula and Manton -
lin Island. The fires spread to , the
clearings, causing great loss to the set-
tlers. The Maantonlin Expositor of
July 30th supplies the following pattion-
lars of the damage wrought by .bash
fire in Carnarvon ana Sandfield: The
principal loss appears to have been
around the south end of Lake Minde-
moya. The following is a list of the
losers so far as we have been able to
learn : David Parkin, all his hay, (hag,
barley, Potatoes, fences, and some
wheat, Rebert Somerville, nearlyall
his crop and. fences; R. Cranston, some
fence and part of his arop; B. Bock,
barn, stables, fences, 7 tons of hay on
cock, and part of his grain crop ; T.
Kitchings, stables, wagon, harness,
nearly all of his fences and part of his
crop; Wm. Bock, 5 acres of wheat and
200 rods of fence; Robt. Alexander, all
his crop, fences and stables; James.
Clark, barO, stable, all his fences, hay,,
and some grain crop; David Johnston,
all his hay:, and nearly all his fences
and grain crop, T. Marshall, most of
his crop and fences; Henry Bock,
nearly all his fences and over 5 tons of
hay; David Dean, all his fences and
stable. Bessn's house and a lot of the
crossways On the Providence Bay Beal
were also destroyed. David Vanhornee
part of grain crop and fences, stable,
and other losses; Samuel 'George ha
Thos. Kitchings have last part of crop,
fences, barn, harness, wagons, main);
box, and other articles; McKendrick le'
also a loser, but to what extent is not
known, Fred. George and John Ander-
son also lose slightly. David johns
-
ton's house and barn wereecomhadslind
were only saved by the greatest erg'
tions. So far as we oan learn none a .
the property Was insured.
solool
REA
44
44
4'
CL.
GEN
Fil
ON -
M A
GRE
CLCI
FUR
FEL
DI
ALL
AND 'Y
40.sanabela
REN
A. C.
THE
-WILL fi
WIi
SALE
And
A I.
Any buy
Ten. Per
at Wholes/1
erg,
TRis
Arid
any -abet
Pula?
At .6 oeja