The Huron Expositor, 1881-11-25, Page 44
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NEW Ai) il.HIRTISEMENTS .
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The Popular Grocery—Hugh Robb.
The Placetp Buy—Jas. MeLoughlin.
Central Grecery—Laidlaw (Cc Fairley.
Itotiee—Pe Adamson.
To Pig Br der s—John Staribury.
Dog Lost— °Int Roddick.
Estray Hei er—David Walker.
Wanted te urohase—J. S. II.
Private Sc ool—Miss Robertson.
Singing Cl ss—Professor Jones. '
Ixt
Tenders W ted—James Grassick.
Butter Dea er—Edward Cash.
Bfortgage 8a e—Cronyn tit Betts.
Boar for Seirvice.—George Sproat.
uron expooitor.
SEAFORTH,FRIDAt Nov. 25, 1881.
T4ae Social Evil.
The citiz ns of Toronto, or at least a
portion of *em, seem to have periodinal
awakening to the fact that they live in
an evil wor d, and that their city is not
by any meas the most virtuous centre
in this larg hemisphere. About a year
- .
ago or more a great hue and cry was
raised abo1fIt, the many disreputable
houses in tliie city. Indeed, from the
noise then made, one would be almost
led to the cpnclusion that they had just
discovered Ithe existence of these
plague epo4 ie their midst, and their
abhorrence of them and indignation
against- th na seeMed to kuow no
bounds. Te untiavory subject was
disettesed LI the peess and the pulpi
and the meat extreme measures wer
1
at once to be taken to rid the city
this pestilenice. The excitement, how
ever, subaided, and: not until ver
recently clidl we hear anything more o
the very bilateral condition of th
queen city. Bat the subject has bee
again revive4, and the citizens of To
mate are onhe more awakening to th
moral peril!s whie,h beset them.
few eveningago a large meeting o
clergymen a,Ud other moral reformer
was held Art the city, and the evil
arising fidsTil the exietensie of houses o
prostitution and the best means to b
•adopted foe their suppression wer
._ _.
discussed. IO this meeting the pres
reporters w re not admitted, bn
enough has leaked out to give th
outside pub l c a Very good idea of th
drift of the proceedings. The fact that
the city is sWarming with these places
ifi freely actmitted, and the sources
from wheecel they deriye their support
were pretty generally ianvassed. If the
statements of those :wleo attended this
meeting are Correct,' ailed they evidently
knew whereck they spate the etate of
society revea ed is certainly flinch as
il
should arOnS elven the most eareless.
These hones would not exist and
thrive as th4, evidently do were they
net liberally patropized, and according
to the light
the meeting
the so-called
•
t,
of
make it attractive and dangerous. One
suggestion made at the meeting referred
to is deserving ef :Consideration, and
that is that the nanie of every man
lmown to frequent o4 visit any such
house of questionablii repute be pub-
lished. We fancy th t no more efface
tive remedy for th evil than this
could be adopted. I would at least
prevent them from b4ing patronized by
those who wish to be considered respec-
table, a`nd without sueh patronage these
places would not long prosper. We do
not know that the laW would permit of
this being done, but if not, it should' be
amended so that it would, and officers
should be appointed, whose duty it
would be to have the work done vig-
orously, impartially aud effectively.
There is another vie kindred to this
wlioh needs attention from our law
makers. We refer tO seduction. This
is a crime, for crime it should be made,
which is _ becoming more prevalent.
Under the existing laws the greater
punishment is visited upon the 'lesser
offender. The woinen, although not
punished by law, is Ostracized socially,
and her punishment is ten times more
severe than any law could inflict, while
the man, who is invariab.y the more
guilty pkrty, is but elightly bemishad
eharacter, ,and eve
soon forgotten and co
this is the case ever
n that blemish is
ered over. That
person knows,
but why it is so, is very difficult, if
not impossible to say. But it Le an un-
even and unjust State of affairs which
should not be allo*ed to continue.
Seduction should be made a criminal
offence, and the seduer when proven
.
reated more leni_
io steals a sheep
it is a much
y guilty should not be
f ently than the niau w
e or robs a bank. Sarel
e greater offence tigainst society and in
the sight of Ileavetit rob a wonaa.n of
e her virtue, than to roE her of her watch
A or her wardrobe, and yet under our
f laws the former is iot a punishable
8 offence, whereas the 1 tter is. If every
s seducer, when proven to be such, were
f subjected to imprisolament and the
e lash, such cases wbu1i be much less
e prevalent than they iiow are, and a
s healthy public sentiment would be in-
t culcated as well, so that the seducer as
e well as the, seduced ould fall 'alike
e under the ban of emirs ostracism.
brown neon the subject at
ra question, it is not from
depraved, the young, and
the thoughtlles, that they derive their
patronage and sustenance, but from
those who hi d high places not only in
commercial ,circles, but as well from
men prominent both in the affairs of
Church and State. In shoit, it was
plainly stated that the main patrons of
these dens of vice and disease are men
1
of positimen-prominent business and
professional men,—even heads of
farailiea and members of Christian
Churches. -cto-h a confession ni surely
humiliating, and is well calculated to
bring the bluSh of shame to the cheek
of every morality loving person in the
land. It is nonsense. also,. to suppose
that Toronto is exceptional in this
respect. It- may be worse than some
other places-, lent when this is the con-
dition of affaies there, weenay be very
sure that othlr cities and towns are
more or less oonta.minated by similar
vices, Indeed, we are not sure that
even our rural districts are cleaner or
better than • they should be in this
respect.
Ix t view of tbis very deplorable and
very dtsgrace ill state of affairs it is
not surprisiog that those who are cog-
nizant of the facts should desire a
remedy.. Herk however, is where the
great difficulty comes in, and where the
greatest mistake has always, thus far,
been made. die seeking to put don
this evil the pains and punishments
have been matuly directed against the
least guilty ptirty. It is consmon to
raid these places and capture, imprison
and punish the 'inmates, while those
who support them and who are in
reality the most guilty are allowed to
go scot free. It is admoin invariably
the poor, degr den wretches who follow
this degraded occapation for a liveli-
hood who are enticed upon and pun-
ished, and wbs are held up eo public
scorn ano ricli I ; while those who '
encourage thena—who, in blot, patron- :
ize them, artd by that patronage degrade
them, are not only not punished but
are treated 8.0 reapeotable, reputable
and honorable men. So long as this is
the case, lust so long will the evil
flourish. It can never be materially
checked, much lase stamped out by the
punishment of only one party to the
guilt. If every man known to be a
frequenter of houses of prostitution
were shunned and despised by every
.respectable man and wonaati, the evil
would soon become narrosved down to
very email proportions, because it would
then only be practised by the most
depraved, who. home not the means to
Conservative Convention.
We do not often quo from the edi-
torial columns of the erouto Mail, but
we do feel constrein d to re -produce
the following paragr ph taken from
Wednesday's labile. e do so for a
double purpose. Filet, to give our
readers the chief organl's own version of
the great Conservative Convention held
.,,
this week in the city of Toronto, and
second, to let them seel how exceedingly
magnanimous, courte us mid kind ly
the organ is whop de ling with its po-
litical opponents,—in short, to show the
intense love it has for is enemies. We
quote: _
"We were greatly m
meaning of the Libor
Convention. We said
hardly be able to spea
people, and we were
speak the voice of the
tano. Nearly fourteen humbed men of
mature age, of large Iaxperienco, the
representatives of the Iwealth, the in-
dustry, the labor andte power of On-
tario, stood up yesterd y to greet Sir
John Macdonald. S enormous a
gathering, for such a p rpose, has never
before assembled in T ronto. Nothing
that we expected of tb people and the
party equalled the realty f the en-
thusiastic gathering of yesterday. Sir
John McDonald has had many
triumphs in his time; but the army
that sprang into extstence at his call,
and gathered to meet him yesterday,
W&8, and rnust forever be, the grandest
triumph of his life. Alife devoted to
i
the interests of the con try deserved no
less; but the history o politics shows
that a man may Isornet�rnes fail of his
reward. Sir John Macdonald has the
happy consciousness of 'having devoted
himself to a people who are proud in
return to devote themselves to him
The business of the meeting was pri-
vate, so far as business can be private
at so great a gathering ; but the Oppo-
sition will probably learn enough from
their sources of informetion to teach
them that we were right wben we
soothed their perturbed epirits by telling
them that no election was to be forced
on them before the regular. time.
Learning so much as that concerning
what passed at the meeting, they will
also, no doubt, have learned bow large
the meeting waat how the galleries and
'the body of the hall were packed with
men of strength and standing, of 'light
and leading,' to pledge , support to Sir
John Macdonald and hie Cabinet in the
policy dictated by the ,people, formu-
lated for the people, and supported by
the people, who have prospered under
it. And being assured that our Oppo-
sition friends have learned so much, we
will leave thein to oteew the cad of
sweet and bitter reflection at leisure."
We are inclined to think that the
seaken as to the
al Conservative
that it would
the voice of the
wrong. It loos
people of On
-
latter part of the above quotation be-
lies_ the first. If the great gathering
had been as successfnit'harrnornous and
enthusiastic as the organ would lead
outsiders to believe, its remarks would
scarcely be seasoned so strongly with
gall. They convey tp an outsider, at
least, the impression that they
were written under Ia feeling of
disappointment and c agrine If all
had been as lovely a the writer
of the above quotation ould have us
believe, it is actually- cruel of hirer to
rain hie fiery dartsof sarcasm upon a
poor, fallen and never -to -be -resurrected
opponent. Whisperings are afloat,
however, to the effect that the feeling
W8.8 not 80 harmonious,and that there
is wide -spread and strong 1issatisfa,cjon
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THE HURON EXPOSITOR.
in the ranks of the party with some of
the acts of the Government, which.does
not augur well for the success of the
party at the approaching elections. It
is further hinted that all is not as har-
monious in the inner Cabinet circles as
might be desired. If these anspicions
. are correct, they no doubt account for
the surplus bill now, being emitted by
the chief organ. However, whatever
the harmony of the Meeting may have
been, there is no doubt but it was a
success so far as the attendance was
concerned, and it would have been just
as well, aud probably, a great deal bet-
ter, had the Mail, iu anuounciug that
fact, cloaked its ill feeling and preserved
its insulting aud earcaetio lauguage for
a more fittaug occasion. In the hour
of triumph great journals as well as
great Meu should be maguanimous and
courteous eveu to opponents instead of
attempting to act the bully and ,denia-
godue.
SomE of the Couservative papers have
recently been laboring hard to prove
that. the duty on coal has actually de-
creased the price of that article to the
Canadian cousumer. As to their suc-
cess any person with ordinary sense
can easily judge. 'Whether they have
taken lessons from their cousins, the
American protectionists, or whether
these latter have been learning from
them we need not stay to enquire. We
uotice, however, that the American
tectionists are about to try to con-
viice the people of that country
of he correctness of an equally abiturd
pr position: The National Tariff Con-
vention which is to be held in New
York next week announces an equally
remarkable and inconsistent pro-
gramme. The delegates expect to prove
to the people of the United States that
protection lute reduced the price of
manufactured goods, and that it has at
the same time increased the price of
labor. If they can prove the first, they
'can Dot prove the second; nor can they
prove the secOud without disproving
the first. What is the price of labor
but the wages that are paid for it? and
what is the chief element of the cost of
production but the amount of wages
peid to the laborers engaged in pro-
duction? It world seem that the
American and Canadian Protectionists
are abcut equally competent in the art
of demonstrating absurd propositions.
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News of the Week.
INCREASING.—The contributions to
the Garfield Memorial Hospital now
arnount to $80 000
SCHooNER LosT.—The schooner E.
P. Dorr from Toledo for Buffalo is re-
ported lost with ali her crew.
SUSPENDED.—J. Farwell, Jr., & Co.,
manufacturers of silks and sewing silks
in New York, 'have suspended. Li-
abilities 475,000.
DIVIDING That TA.—It is proposed
to divide the Territory of Dakota and
have the northern part admitted as a
State.
OUR NEIGHBOR'S POPULATION.—AC-
cording to the census just completed
the United States has a population
of 60,155,783.
CHANGE or Titre.—The Allan mail
steamers are to be dispatched from ab
Liverpool every Wednesday, iestead of
every Thursday, as heretofore.
with the most murderous 'weapons that
came to hand, and, as well might hap-
pen, & reign of terror ensued. Four
_dead men, mangled in a horrible man-
ner, and over thirty wound.ed make np
the list of victims on both sides.
A Tows IN RUINS.—The storm of
October 26th levelled the entire town of
Manzanillo', on the Pacific coast, to the
• ground. Buildings were blown to frag-
ments, and several vessels in the har-
bor were lost. The loss is estimated at
over half a million.
HEAVY PRICED ANIMAL. --Shorthorns
are fetching higher prices in Australia
than in England. A bull, which was
sold out of the Berkeley Castle herd at
Lord Fitzhardiuge's sale; about two
years ago for 600 guineas for exportation,
has just fetched over 2,000 gunieas.
SMALLPDX IN THE NoRTETEST.—Th
almost simultaneuus apperance of small
pox in several places of the Northwes
within a few weeks has caused consider
able alarm. , The disease in some place
is epidemic); The afflicted places now
spread over territory reaching from
Dubuqe, Iowa, to Bismare.k, Dakota.
SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY DoLLARR
AN AcRE.—The Lehigh Valley Railway;
Company have purchased the Tifft
farm at Buffalo. It contaies 400 acres;
and was sold for 4300,000. It will be
used exclusively for eoal and railroad
purposes,,affording probably the most
extensive terminal lake and river fa-
cilities in Buffalo.
DipHTIIERIA.—A terrible epidemic of
diphtheria has broken out at the vil-
lage of Adams, in Jefferson, County,
-
New York. The people are panic-
stricken, It is diffieuit to get any one
to take care of the Sick, lay out and
bury the dead. There were seven
deaths from the malady last week, and
within two montbs tetenty three per-
sons have died from it.
ANOTHER SEvERE GALE.—There was
a severe gale in England, Scotland, and
the southeast of Ireland, lett Monday.
Many houses were unroofed in the
counties of Waterford and Kilkenny.
The track of the Caledonian Railway
was washed away at Dundee, and great
damage resulted from the gale at Folk-
stone Harbor and vicinity.
GUITEAU ON TRIAL.—The assassin of
Presideut Garfield is still on trial.
Strong efforts are being made by , the
defence to establish the plea of insanity.
Ginteau acts in a very strauge and ec-
centric manner; hone evidently insane
or affecting insanity. Jones, charged
with assaulting with intent to kill
Guitean; was released oh Tuesday
morning on $50,000 bail.
IRELAND.—Non-pavment of rent, evio-
tions, the murder of a rent. eying far-
mer—these items of news fr m Ireland
are hardly reassuring as to tie existence
of complete tranquility. The state-
ments put forth by Healy, Sheehe , and
O'CoPnor as to the decepte nature
of the present lull are probe ly intend-
ed to keep up the, American subscrip-
tions, but seem to have also a founda-
tion in fact.
Dennis, settled on the 6th concession,
Goderieh township, about 47 years ago,
where they lived until about eight years
ago. Since the death of her husband
Mrs. Dennis has resided chiefly in God -
ie
intenderti—ce hnTd.
holding a meeting in Clinton
he LiceneeddVictuallers of Huron
to -day for the purpose of organization.
They want to be prepared to do beetle
against the Scott Aot should an at-
tempt be made to carry it in this
county.
—Mr. Hugh C. Gilmour, of Stanley,
who has gone to Manitoba to look after
property he has purchased there,
.writing from near Brandon, on the 4th
of November says: "There is very
little snow here yet, but it is very cold
there is ice on my beard from morning
e I till night."
- —Last spring Thomas Gorrell, son of
t Mr. A. Gocrell, of Clinton, secured 320
- acres of land a few miles from Crystal
s City, Manitoba, at a cost of $700. After
putting in a summer's work therein
he sold the same for the sum
of $3,000. He has since gone west of
Brandon.
—Councilor W. Leckie, of Grey, and
his nephew,J. Slemmon, started for Da-
kota last week. A number of their friends
did no less than drive them to Biussels
station with a four horse team, with
small flags flying at the horses heads.
Mr. Slemmon hopes to have his health
benefitted by the trip. ,
—Henry Chapman, of Brussels, who
takes quite a delight in hunting, and
who is now in Muskoka on a 'hunting
expeditition has succeeded in killing
four deer and two brown bears. Two
bucks weighed 450 pounds. The shoot-
ing is not very good in that district Mr.
Chapman reports.
—Oe Tuesday of last week there left
Londesboro for Manitoba, John Mc-
Kenzie, Janes Riddell, Thomas
Tamolyn, George Rose and Jas. Ames.
If emigration from that neighborhood
keeps on for a few years, like the last
two, there will be few people left.
—Quite a number of farms have
recently changed hands in the town-
ship of Hullett. Mr. Wm. Smith, near
Harlock, sold his farm to Mr. Camp-
bell for 44,200. It contains 100 acres.
Mr. Wm. McIntosh, of the 14th con-
. cession, sold his farm for $5,000-150
acres.
—Mr. EdWard Pacey, of _Dungannon,
fouud, while killing one of his pigs a
few days ago, that the animal had
been suffering from a very bad disease,
the flesh in some parts was of a green-
ish hue, and ejected a very disagree-
able odor. We believe Mr. Pacey has
sent a small piece of the pig to Mon-
treal for analysis.
—Many of our readers will regret to
learn of the death of Miss Hardy, eldest
daughter of L. Hardy, Esq., Reeve of
Exeter. She had been sick for over a
year. Consumpfion was the cause of
death. She Wee nearly 17 years of age
and was a yoking lady of moat amiable
disposition, who was beloved by all who
knew her.
—At a meeting of the Board of Man-
agement of Knox Church, Goderich, on
Wednesday eeeping of last week, the
question of choosing a precentor was
decided. The candidates were Mr.
R. Armetrong, Goderich; Prof.Holmes,
of Clinton, and Mr. Pyke, of Ripley.
Mr. Armstrong was unanimously
chosen, at a tialary of 4200 per annum.
—Mr. R. Lees, son of Mr. Lees, of
Morris, nearidrusseis, bas becri re en-
gaged ite assistant teacher in the Nor-
wood High School at a salary of 8600.
Mr. Lees, though a young man is a
good scholar and a most successful
teacher, and is one of the many young
men from -Huron who have done well
ab—road.
Last week an experiment was made
to ascertain the feasibility of telephone
communication between Goderich and
London. As the wires run b way of
Stratford and St. Marys, the distance
was about 72 miles, but notwithstand-
ing the induction at the various sta-
tions, the voices were sufficiently dis-
tinct to make conversation quite easy.
— On Saturday morning last, a little
daughter of Hugh Patrick, who resides
about four miles to the west of Moles-
worth, about two years of age, fell into
a flour bin, which was placed in the
kitchen, while the parents were attend-
ing the stock at the barn, and when
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Huron Notes.
Mr. Alex. Thompson, of the Bays
field Road, Stanley, last week sold a
three year-old colt for the sum of $180.
—Mr. John Joslin, formerly of Varna,
has gone into the hide business in Clin-
ton and has rented premises suitable
for that purpose.
—Ben. Toullitnson, of Brussels, lost
his, way in Abbey's swamp last Satur-
day evening while huuting and had to
"roost" out all night.
—Frank Harlem, son of Dr. T. G.
Holmes, of Brussels, died last week ef
dyphtberia. He was a bright little
boy of about four years of age.
—The new Presbyterian Church on
he Thames Road, Usborne, is so far
dvanced towards completion as to
llow service to be conducted in the
&Bement.
—Robert Cochrane, who disposed of
i▪ s property in Elnan, a few weeks ago,
has purchased a two bundred acre farm
in the township of Howick, from Mr.
W. G. Hay, of Listowel.
—Mr. D. McInnes bits sold his farm,
Thames Road, Usborne, to Mr. Hiram
Borland, of Fullerton; for $7,000 cash.
It is. one of the best fiericia in the
county.
—Mr. A. Weir, formerly of Hensel],
but who has resided in Clinton for some
rne has purchased a farm in the
as removed Mother.
—Mr. P. Moore, an old reident of
Breese's, has removed his ,family to
Stratford and intends going to the
Northwest in the spring to try and
make nis pile there.
—Some of the fishermen of Hayfield
have returned from the"Dack Island,"
and report the fishing not as good as
last year, owing to the strong southerly
gales blowing most of the season.
—Mr. Walter Oliver's name has been
mentioned as the probable Second
Deputy Reeve of the township of Grey.
, A betterchoice could not be made as
Mr. Oliver is an old hand in nunicipa1
matters. .,
—Mr. John Taylor, of the lllth con -
.cession of Hallett, has sold hi farm to
Mr. David Dfountain and ir4tends to
retire from farming. The farml contains
50 acres, and was sold for $2.00.
a
Moon Y IN LONDON.— Immense throngs
gathered to hear Moody at Spurgeon's'
Tabernacle in London at both services
laet Sunday.
MORE FLOODS. — The Sangamon
River in Illinois, usually 200 feet wide,
has swelled to over two miles broad at
places. Fields of corn and great MM-
.
dere of cattle and bogs are destroyed.
DIAMOND ROBBERS IN ENGLAND.—
The Hatten , Garden Postoffice in Lon-
don has been robbed of registered let-
ters believed to contain £80,000 worth of
ti
watches and diamonds.'
REDUCTIoN OF RENT8.—The sub -cont.
mission of the Land League at Ballina,
County- Mayo, the other day made a
sweeping reduction in rents, in some
cases to the extent of 50 per cent.
NEW RELATIONS WANTED.—The Pope
is to consult the Bishops of Great
Britain and Ireland with regard to
establishing diplomatic relations with
the British Government.
A 435,000 PURSE.—Rev. Dr. Starrs,
pastor of the church of pilgrims, at
Brooklyn, New York, was last Satur-
day evening presented with $35,000 on -
the thirty-fifth anniversary of his pas-
torate.
SOUTH Areice.—The Boers are likely
to have their hands full of
trouble with the Reffirs. Occur-
rences' in the Lydenburg and other
districts poiet to a rising of the natives
at an early day.
ADVANCE IN PROFITS.—The earnings
for the .St. Paul, Minneapolis and
Maniteba Railway for the second week
in November were $130,600, as against
$60,100 during the same period last
year,
PRIZE FIGHTERS. --The prize fighters
Holden and White have agreed to go to
Conneaut, Ohio, for trial. The penalty -
under Ohio laws is from one to ten Years'
imprisonment. The heaviest penalty is
light enough for the brutal offence.
BLOWN UP.—On Thursday of last
week four men in Montana were blown
from a mine out to a river hard -by, one
of them to a distance of 120 feet, and
they all escaped alive but severely
bruised.
THE ZULU THRoNE.—John Dunn has
given formal notice to the British
Government that he is a candidate for
the vacant throne of Zululand. Cete-
wayo hopes to come to England next
season to see about the matter.
A GREAT PAPER.—The daily circula-
tion of the London, England, Daily
Telegraph is certified to be 260,000.
TIhe weight of paper used each morn -
g is 21 tons, which, laid out in one
long line, would reach two hundred
aud sixty miles.
lionraeme FIGHT nt INDIANA. —A faction
fight is reported from Fisher's Station,
Indiana, which seems almost too bar-
barous and cruel even for the lawless
South. The Zealous, led by two saloon
keepers, proceeded to mangle each other
-
ounty of Lambton, near Adkona, and
—An itinerant pedlar nam d Brown
was brougbt before the May r of Clin-
ton a few days ago and finedi 410 and
costs for selling stationery, ens, pen -
&c., without a license.
--John E. Smith, a well-kn wn bush
ness.man in Brussels and the urround-
ing country, leaves for Bran on in a
short time, where he intends Opening a
gen,eral store. Mrs. Smith and the
claddren remain in Oaten° until next
spring.
d -One day last week a lad named
Cathie son of Mr. John Cuilis, Miller, of
Auburn, while working in the saw mill
got his hand caught in a cro scut saw
and had one of his fingers v
, mangled.
—Rev. Dr. Wild, the ce/ebr
sational preacher of Bon
Church, Toronto, is to deliver; lecture
under the auspices of the 0 dfellows
Lodge, in Exeter, on Tuesday, the 29th -
emit. Subject : "The Stone Miracle
and 1882."
I —Hight' Constable Carrie,
erich, has sent a challenge to
Constable of Bruce for a tue of war
between selected sides from Heron and
Bruce, to take place in Ludknow at
some day named, and the loses to pay
for a supper for the party.
—Mrs. Dennis, mother of Irs. J. L.
Sturdy, of Goderich, who has been for
some time troubled with a ta or in the
breast, finally succumbed to te fatal
effects on the morning of the f5th inst.
Deceased with her husband, . John
scovered by the mother was dead,
having diedfrom suffocation.
—Three men in Leeburn, in the
township of Colborne, named George
Hall,James Hogarth and Benjamin
Hogarth ent down a beech tree in the
woods, near Sheppardton, and from it
cut, split and piled a cord and a quar-
ter of wood, besides piling the brush, in
the short space of 57 minutes from the
time they struck the first blow until
the whole work was completed.
—On the 17th of this month there
were but two prisoners in the county
gaol at Goderich, and these were but
vagrants. This state of affairs has not
been approached since 1852 when there
were 4 prisoners on the same date. Last
year this time 15 prisoners were con-
fined for various offences. This is a P
decided improvement, to whatever °
cause we may attribute it.
—Owing to the impossibility of get-
ting men Mr. G. Holbeck has been un- I
able to finish the public drain in
the southwestern part of the township P
of Howiok. It has wisely been de-
cided to allow him an extension of r
time, and the work will be pushed for-
ward as rapidly as possible. Drain
digging at this season of the year can a
not be very agreeable work, and it is
not surprising that hands are hard to a
begot.
—The Wingham Advano of last h
week says: Dan Moran, the immaou-
late, was in town on Wednes1ay. He
intended being present at a meeting
held there on that day, but 4wing to
having a lame arm, a crooked ack and
tangled leg,. he could not t there
ntil all was over. However, he did
ood business in the book agency line, B
elling fifty copies of "My reasons for a
enouncing popery."
a
a
after bursting the door, preceeded to
upset things generally, breaking several
window panes, scattering books, taking
stovepipes down and leaving tracks of
their visit by no means creditable to
them. Much indignation is felt by the
people of the section; and efforts are
beiag made to discoVee and bring to
justice the guilty parties. The Trus-
tees offer a reward of 410 for any infort
mation that will lead to the conviction
of the culprits.
—A man named Pendergast, a com
mercial traveller from Clinton, fell off
the Great Western Railway bridge at
Wingham last Friday night, a distance
of sixty feet. His injuries are very
serious. The injured man is a brother
of Mr. C. Pendergast, hotel keeper of
Dublin.
—A Manitoba paper says: The
new brick church erected by the Pres-
byterians of Prince Albert' was opeued
for divine service on the 9th inst. On
the Sunday previous the Rev. Mr.
Sieveright, formerly of G-oderich, con-
ducted services for the last time iu the
school house that has so long eerved as
a church, and gave a must iuteresting
history of the foundation and growth of
the mission that formed the nucleus of
the present settlement."
—Mr. Wm. Fieher, who now resides
in the neighborhood of Portage la
Prairie, Manitoba, but was a former
resident of the 2nd coucession of Stan-
ley, has lately been visiting his Huron
friends. He has beeu in the Northwest
eight years, and likes it well although
the summer season is short. Tbis
year he and his three Sons raised about
5,000 bushels of wheat; he received
wogd a few deem since that while using
a steam thresher on the farm, his soue
had a stack centaiumg about 250
bushels- of wheat idestroyed by a Spark
from the same. , When he and his
family first went to that country, they
went by the Dawson route, and it took
them a month to_ reach Winnipeg—
quite a difference from the time required
now to reach that city. -
—One day last week as the/wife and
daughter of Mr. Eby Rumball, of God
°rich township, were driving home from
Clinton, they had a narrow escape from
what might have been a serious awn
dent, just outside of the town. Oue of the
lines catching beneath the horse's tail
caused it to become unmanageable, and
jumping about, snapped off the shafts
Mrs. Rumball held on to the lines, and
l
was pulled over the dashboard unti
her head rested on the whiffietree, in
which dangerous position she was car
ried about 100 yards. The buggy was
overturned, and the inmates severely
bruised, and had it not been that
parties came to their assistance the,
results would in all probability have
been serious. In its course on the road.
the ouggy came in contact with that of
a man driving in an opposite direction,
breaking ' several spokes therein, but
instead of the man stopping to render
assistance, he cursed the unfortunate
women.
e --The Council of West Wawanosh
have let the contract of cutting a large
drain from the township of Cotborne to
near the 6th. ooecession of West Wa-
wanosh. The drain will be between
four and five miles in length, eight feet
wide at the top, three feet wide at the
bottom, and averages about five feet
deep. It will cost over $3,000, which
will be paid in ten yearly iustaluteute,
with five per cent. interest, by the par-
ties whose property witl be benefited
thereby. As the drain runs through a
trout of land wholely unfit for cultiva-
tion in the present state of the water-
course, it will increase the value of the
property immensely. As the contract
is somewhat larger than the local
ditchers have been acchatomed to ven-
ture, the Council have bed consider-
able difficulty m gettiug the "White
Elephant" out to pasture, and -no doubt
feel considerably relieved. The con-
t Mr. D • Keys, 0
neighborhOod of Kincardine, and from
his reputed energy and perseverance,
will no dotite push the work to comple-
tion. As the fall of water is so small,
it will be necessary to do all the work
from one end, and therefore the job
will take two summers to complete it.
—Last August two men representing
themselves to be agents from Toronto,
canvassed the township of Grey for the
sale of a oonvenient apparatus for
grinding the knives of mowing machines
and any other article needing grinding.
They made an arrangement with Thos. 0
and Richard Mitchell, of the 9th con-
cession, whereby they were to have the
sole right for Grey and Mei ris town-
ships. Mr. Mitchell and his son looked
on the arrangement as a sound one and c
gave two notes of $100 each to the 0
agents of the grinding machine and ex- f
pected it along every day. The ma-
chine has not yet arrived and the sup- I
posed promoters of the scheme are now f
lodged in St. Thomas gaol for their
share) practices in that locality. Mr: e
Mitchell now sees the foolishness of 1
giving his notes before he received theit
goods, and has advertised eautioning
arties from negotiating them. We
nee more repeat what we have said
before—be careful who you are deal -
ng with. Transact your business with
ocal men whose reputation is estab-
ished and them save trouble and ex-
ense
—The celebrated Ronald foundry
eceived another airiug at a recent
meeting of the Brusaels village council.
We quote from the report: „Mr. Ron -
Id was asked to address the Council.
He said he had worked hard to secure
partner in the foundry but all his
lane have fallen through. He was
eartily tired of tie whole affair and
f the Council will take hold of it, he
will.give the foundry and also the en-
gineer's house up for $3,000, and he
will pay the taxes. "Mr. Rogers, who
will pay the expense of the Chancery
nit?" Mr. Ronald said he lead made
o provisions for that. There is, a
crew loose some where, and Mr. Reb-
id is satisfied he has not received fair
lay. He has been deceived by his
ttorney, has lost confiderete in all
round,hiniself as well,andredlizes that
he town and Council -have nht backed
im up. He blamed the strong Ameri-
an competition for Ms failure to sell
is engines. He said he was a man of
eace. but would facetthe music every
ime if it was law they wanted. The
atter was allowed to lie over to an-
ther meeting.
• NOVEMBER 25, 1881..
to travel him next spring. Where
known, Scotehman was generally eoi.
sidered one of the best Clydesdale
horses ever imported to -this part ee
the Province, and his stock fully bears
out this testimony.
Perth Items.
The house of Mr. Shaw, concession,
10, Logan, was completely destroyed ity
fire recently. Most of the furniture
was saved.
—During the last six months 4,574
logs have been converted into staves
and headings at the stave factory of
Mr. A. Mitobell at Mitchell.
—The total number of pupils attead.-
ing the various departmente of Strat-
ford common school is 1,171; average
attendance, 905.
—A new post office has been estab-
lished at Britton. in the township of
Elma, with Mr. W. W. Stevenson ite
postinester,
—Rev. John Ronan. Dr. Kilroy's as-
sistant in St. Jostpb's church, Strat-
ford, has been appointed pastor of
Both -well and the eurroundieg tnissions.
-thMr. Alex. Rae, of the 2nd comes-
sion Elraa, manufacturers medusas
from sugar cane grown on his ow*farm, and thinks it preferable th maple
Syrup-
-The Downie plowing match was
held. on the 10th inst., on the farm ef
Mr. Hoy, concession 7. The day
was fine and the "chiels were guid and
their plenghs in fine fettle."
—Mr. Joliffe. the populer High
School masterin difitchell, has resigned,
after having been re-engaged for next
year at a salary of 4900. He intends to
accept an offer of the Principalship of
Farmersville High School.
—After balancing on the scales for si
year the proprietos of the glove factory
in Listowel have succutnbed to the
enticements and attractions of Berlin,
and have finally determined to remove
their estebliehment thither.
—Mr. H. White, the obliging poet
master at Anderson in Bianshard
township, celebrated his 84tin birthday
OD Friday, llth inst. He has been
married 55 years, and has seen several
of his great grand children. He is a
vigorous man yet, and attends to hie
duties with remarkable precision.
—A few days ago Mr. John Kelly, of
North Easthope, sold ten pure bred
Leicester ewes to Mr. Charles MeDiar-
mid, of Covey Hill, Quebec. Some of
these animals were prize winners at
TOronto and London exhibitions, in
1880 and 1881, and all were splendid
specimens of their clams.
—In the Murdoch case Judge Oaler
decides that Mrs. Murdoch, formerly
Eleanor Blakely, of tratford, retain
the child, and that the husband heve
access at stated periods. 0. Neil, Jr.,
and J. Blakely, witnesses on the oppo-
site sides of the Murdoch cate fougkt
on the street in Toronto, the other
night and were arrested,
—Robert Murray, aged 15 years, son
of Mr. Wm. Murray, of Avonton, tried
to pull his gun, which was loaded, out
of a hollow log. He caught it by the
muzzle and when attempting to draw
it out, it went off, and the charge enter-
ed his right arm below the elbow and
passed out above it, Querying away part
of the joint. It is feared the arm will
have to be amputated.
—A fracas occurred at the Milvertron
Division Court, held on the 9th init.
There was a good deal of pulling aai.
hustling and nee of bad language, thee
suitor named Robert Walker was strack
and roughly used while trying to get
out of the Court room. For this abuse
he had two men, Henry Rapp and.
Conrad Knapp, .fined each $30 and
costs. They will know better than to
disturb the Court next time.
—On Wednesday night last week
the safe in Messrs. Ford & Murphy's
store, in Mitchell, was blown open, but
fortunately it contained no money and
the papers were not disturbed. A
number of ladies' shawls were taken
from the shelves and placed around
the safe to deaden the noise of the ex-
plosion. These were all so badly burn-
ed that they are worthless. The shop
was entered by bursting open the front
door with a crowbar. The same night
the office of James lumber mer-
chant, was also entered and the safe-
aimilarly opened. The thieves were
rewarded here by finding 810.
—A number of farms in the county
have changed hands lately. Amongst
there are the following: Mr. James
McFall, concession 7. Wallace, has sold
•
his farm f 100 r. a entitle
Berlet, of the town line, for 44,000 -
cash Mr. Henry Moore, e
oncession of Elina, has sold his farm
f 100 acres to Mr. James Porterfield,
or the sum of 45,000., Mr. Robert
Fletehee, of Ellice, has, 'might 50 scree
ately purchased by Mr. E. Browu
row Mr. John Keefe, for 42 200. Mr.
P. J. Harragan sold lot 28, concession
1, Ellice, 100 acres, to Mr. Charlea
Heidens, of Rostock, for $4,400 in cash.
ry badly a
ted sen- g
street s
ro
a
of God- t
the High H
—A case of what might be called
ysterions disappearance has occurred
t Fordwich lately. It seems an old
an who has been boarding at one o
he hotels in that place went away to
amilton or Galt to draw a pension
hat wes due him, taking his own
orse and rig with him, in company
ith a party from .Fordwich. This
erson lost track of him while there
and had to sell the rig to pay expenses,
and returned home without him. The
case looks suspicions and should be in-
quired into.
—A few evenings age some evil dis-
posed persons visited the school house,
section No. 1, Goderieh township, and
The Grange Insurance
Company.
To the Editor ofthe Iron Erpo8ior.
DEAR Sin: Having been a member
of the Grange in this county for the
last four or five years, an institution
to W13i011 I have always looked with
pride as a medium through which the
farming community could make their
wants known to each other, and do a
good work by uniting our petitions and
presenting them before our Legislature
in matters- concerning the welfare of
the greatest industry of out comatryntiz:
agriculture; also by co-operating '
in purchasing the -various commodities
required in the family and on the farm.
Being, as I have said, a 'Granger, I
was induced to subscribe for a monthly
paper called the Grange Bulletin, pub-
lished in Owen Sound, and the reason
for my troubling you with this COM-
municaticn is to let you, sir, and others
know that although I be a member of
that body I cannot support the doings
of some of the members 'thereof, nor do
I believer the Grauge, as a body, will
support a paper whose pages are be-
spattered with such untruthful and
scurrilous language as has appeared in
the first and second numbers of that
journal, and certaiuly if I was not
fully confident as to who the writer is.
I would say the articles were a fraud,
as I hope there is not another man, if
he may be called such, would throw
such barefaced insults in the teeth of
he very parties who are giving hie:1th°
eans of providing his daily bread, and
hat well buttered on both sides. As
O instance of the falsehoods which he
wishes the Grange to take as permit
ound Gospel in the November number9
e says: "The Company, that ie our
—Mi. John L. Turnbull, of Elma, m
near Listowel, has purchased the t
Clydesdale stallion, "Se-otchman," im-
ported by Mr. James Dalziel, of Ches-
terfield, paying therefor the handsome 1S
sum of 12,000. Mr. Turnbull intends h
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company—and
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incorporated
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and stands
relation to
other Mutual
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