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SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, Alarch 3,1882. mean and dishonor
condemning and fa
New Goods—Troffmen Bros.
Bo I For Manitoba—H. Robb.
Hardware—Johnson Bros.
Bargains—Duncan & Duncan.
Cheap Dry Goods—E. McFaul.
Auction Sale—Johnson Bros.
Tote of Thanks—W. J. Shannon.
.Auction Sale—james 'Campbell.
TheNorthwest—James Hatt. •
Notice --John C. Morrison.
Big Mill—Ogilvie de Go.
Magician—A. Davidson.
Girls Wanted—A. Davidson.
Hay for Sale—Thomas Pepper.
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It
tario Government an elevate their bp-
ponents in the estim tion of the people
of Ontario than all he editorials the,
Mail could publish tween this and
the next general election, and still it
permits this glorious chance to pass by
unimproved:
The fact of the i• atter, however, is
that the Mail dare not let ite readers
see this document. It knows that itis
one of the most a ;le and convincing
State papers that ev r emanated from
a Canadian G-overn •• ent ; that it com-
pletely knocks the f : it from under the
and leaves them
se to rest upon.
t, and adopts the
ble expedient of
sifying in its edi-
torial columns a doc , ruent it dare not
produce so that it ien show fonitself;
The Globe publishe• both, and it would
be wise for every:supporter of the Gov-
ernment in the Local Legislature to
have both the Dominion and Ontario
statements printed side by side, and
have them extensively circulated
through their respective constituencies.
They could not procure or compile a
more effective campaign sheet.
It is not in the Local affairs.alone
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that the Termite rgan is, afraid. to
place both sides bef re its readers, lest
its friends may app ex at a disadvant-
age:- The Globe pu lished a full report
of the Budget Speec delivered by, Sir
Leonerd Tilley, a kw days ago. The
Mail did likeVvise. : at, when it comes
to the other side here is a change.
Although the Mail oas daily, in several
articles, criticised he speech of Sir.
Richard Cartwright in reply to that of
Sir Leonard Tilley, it has not dared to
publish roomthan an abortive sum-
mary, occupying scarcely one column,
Centre Huron.
A donvention of the Reformers -of
Centre Huron has been called to meet
at Setiforth, on Saturday, the llth of
March. The Convention will meet at
ten o'clock in the forenoon, and. the
object is to select a candidate.and
make other arrangements for the forth-
coming election. The representation
will be four delegates from each polling
sub -division. A public 'fleeting Will be
held, in the afternoon •at three o'clock,
at which addresses will be delivered by
Sir Richard Cartwright and other
prominent Reformers. As there is now
scarcely a doubt, that the present Do-
minion_ Ps.rliarp,ent will be dissolved
immediately after the close of this sea-
Biol.', the general election may be ex-
pected early in the coming summer.
It therefore behoves- Rekrrners to be up
and doing. They never had a better
cause to do battle for or a more hopeful
proapect for success, and if they do not
sweep Ontario, at least, it will be due
to their own supineness and lack of,
earnest and energetic work. The Gen-
servatives, everywhere, are already at
work. Many of the candidates are
already in the field and they mem de-
termined, bad as their case is, to win if
possible. We hope, therefore, that the
Reformers of Centre Huron,at any rate,
will not be lacking, but that every man
will answer to the call of duty and
spring to his post. The first call is
now made, and let it be well responded
to; let there be a full attendance at
the Convention, and let las show our
opponexas that we are proud of our
colors, as we well ,may be.
Doings at Ottawa.
The members of the Dominion Par-
liament have got fairly to work. The
finance:minister delivered his Budget
speech on Friday. He spoke for about
four hours, and his remarks were,
principally, a laudation of theeNational
Policy and the superior skill of himself
and colleagues in having this year a
surplus of four ;millions. There has,
however, been a large increase in the
expenditure during the past year, and a
oorresponding increase in the public
debt. of the country, which is not very
enocdmaging. The principal tariff
changes announced was the removal of
the duty from tea and coffee and some
other articles. Sir Leonard Tilley was
followed by Sir Richard Cartwright,
and he, by Sir Charles Tupper, both of
whom spoke at great length. Mr.
Mackenzie, Mr. Blake, and Sir John
Macdonald and many of the lesser
lights on both sides have yet to speek
and the debate will•likely be continued
for several days yet.
Mr. Mowat's Reply.
The Ontario Government has deliv-
ered itself at last of a curious jumble
of facts and fictions it expects to do
duty as an answer to the Ottawa de•
spatch. A more tedious, flippant, and
slip -shod document was never issued as
a State paper. We have credited the
Premier with its. compasitioia, but pos-
sibly that may be doing him a grave
injuetiee. There is a strong tincture of
Mr. Fraser's gall in the screed; there
are traces of Mr. Hardy's gleaming
scissors, of Mr. Crook's flatulent paste,
and of Mr. Pardee's somnolent • gib
berish. Certainly, if words ocit4d
achieve a triumph, lots of them are
; here.
The above is a portion of the deliver-
ance of the Toronto Mail on 'the reply
made.by the Ontario Government to
the reasons set forth by the Dominion
Government for refusing to ratify the
Boundary Award. But, will it be be-
lieved, that although the Maii con-
demns this document in such strong
Language, it has never yet had the cour-
age to publish it. The Mail professes
to be an Ontario journal,—to have the
interests of Ontario at heart. and yet,
al though it published a public docu-
ment, emanating from its own friends
and excusing them for their refusal to
deal justly and squarely with Ontario,
it refuses to publish one designed en-
tirely in the interests 6f the rights of
this Province. This slums pretty con-
clusively that the Mail is actuated a
deal more by partizah than by patriotic
considerations. The Mail is no doubt
anxious to see the down fall of the
present Ontario Government. Accord. -
ng to its own statement it would be in
the interests of the Province if the
Ckivern mentwere thrust from office.This,
therefore, being its desire and convic-
tion, what more effectuai means could
it adopt to compass it. object, than to
publish to the wotld this document
which it says is s "curious jumble,"
and is "tedious, flippant, slip -shod,
&c." The publioatibn of such a docu-
ment would do more to damn the On..
while again it devo
to the epeech of Sir
reply to that of Si
the way in which
keeps it readers p
questions of the
partizan enough so
ters such as we ha
most invariably tre
It is business to do
not conducted on
It is published and
hold and defend
and wheilever anyt
is likely to act inin
it euppresses it fro
are surp
and ind
rieed, that
ependent
thertare many sec
treatment. When
journal is afraid to
the publi
that the
Lo, it is the
cause it n
what it should be. I
es over ten columns
Charles ,yeipper in
Richard. This is
the Toronto organ
sted on the public
ay. The Globe is
etimes, but in mat-
e referred to,.it al-
ts both sides fairly.
o, but the Mail is
business 'principles.
maintained to ; up-
ne political 'party,
mg transpires that
;lonely tiithat party
its columns. We
honest, tntelligent
onservetives, and
, will stand such
a leading public
giveboth sides to -
best possible proof
holds is not jest
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The following so
nouncement appear
Wednesday last:
"We are in a posi
unquestionable ant
minion Governmen
ask the Governor.
Parliament itiarnedi
of the present semi
ing till its term
time."
rue P
ewhat startling an.
in the Globe of
ion to announce, on
ority, that the Do..
have resolved to
eneral to dissolve
tely after the close
, instead of wait.
expires by efflux of.
Should this anno ncement prove cor-
rect, as the present extraordinary ac-
tivity would seem t indicate that it is,
we are somewhat a a. loss to. know
what reasonable ex use can be assigned
for such an unusual if not unprecedent-
ere is still another
arliamentary term:
country should be
pease, turmoil and.
oa general election
• necessary, is some -
some person to ex-
t party exigencies
nt excuse to satisfy
tion, at any . rate,
y great confidence
eaders of the Con-
e policy' they have
so loudly about.,
doks as if they fear -
is only tempo -
o snatch a verdict
le the tide is in,and
have had' time to
the necks of the
they undoubtedly
will, if not checked in time. We fano),
however, that the people are not, so
foolish as to be ser ed in such a way.
If they are, they will deserve the worst
punishment and umiliation that a
monopoly loving aid not overly honest
Government can estow upon them.
In the me an ti m we must await
patiently until ev uts develop them -
soles. ftit will be ell, at any rate, for
all to heed the war ing note now given,
and to be prepared for a dissolution,
come when it will.
—Mr. W. Hon y, of Mitchell, who
has made nnmerou trips to the North-
west and taken out a large number of
horses, returned from his latest tour on
Tuesday last week. He had a snecess-
ful trip and dispos d of his cargo of
horses readily. 71 reports snow from
three to four feet dime in Manitoba and
so cold that it free as everything in the
cellars through so 'd stone walls two
feet thick. He say it is all moonshine
to say that the se ere cold is not felt
there to the tame egree that it isihere
tor no man could e out of doors there
diming the past three weeks without
being loaded down With fur coats. He
states that it is di cult to get a pota-
to there that has not been frozen in
the best cellar they can build; but not-
withstanding those drawbacks, the land
craze is somethin aetonishing, and
ed, proceeding. T
year of the present
to run, and why th
subjected to the e
confusion incident
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one year before it i
thing we would like
plain. We fear th
will not be a suffici
the public. Such a
wield not show ve
on the part of the
servative party, int
boasted. so much an
On the contrary, it
ed the present "be
ram, and wished
from the people wh
before the Syndicat
place their feet upo
people, a:Orally, a
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everybodly seems to forget all the nn-
pleaeintnesses in his strivings for gain.
B. Honey thinks that if it were not
for the, general boom there and , the
mbney that is to be made the atiajority
of those who have gone there would be
diaguifted with the country, ant he be-
lieves -the boom in real estate ill flat.
THE HURON EXPOSITQR.
tine out ;during the coining sumreer.,
OUR; TOR -ONTO LETTER.
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The House did not Meet on
Wednesday, the.22nd of February, until
7:30 p.m., out of respeet to the mem-
ory of the late Dr. • Ryerson; and in.
order that members might attend his
funeral, which took place in the after-
noon. The only business of importance ,
tansacted during the evening was a
discussion on a motion of Mr. I Wigle's,
(S. Essex,) to the effect that it
likable that the proportion of v
ceseary to carry any by-law gra
bonus in aid of a railway or
tare should be reduced from
the total number in the municipality,
as is now the ease, to onethira. The-
p:ming of bonus by-laws under the pres-:
en law has become admittedly difficult,
so mubh so that very few haye been
oarried since -it came into force. . The
majority required is much meatier than
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is generally obtained, even at the most ,
severely contested election tid either
House, though it may be doubted
whether, in the light of the facil'ty with
which bonus -hunters have, in t e past,
saddled their schemes upon too willing
monicipalities, it is at all too great.
The truth is, that the system of bonus.
giving has been, of late years) so greatly
overdone, and its vicious results are
now becoming so. palpably felt in the
swallowing up of heavily hemmed rail-.
ways by conmetiog lines, and otherwise
that members are chary of relating' the
stringency of the present law in this
regard. In view, too, ofthe nutober of
doubtful schemes which the laterail-
tes ne-
nting ,a
one- a
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: were correot, but contended that if it
' had not been for the syetem of bonuaing
by municipalities a large number,of the
railways now in operation would not
have been built. No exercise had ever
been made of the revisinepowers Vested
' in the G-overnment. A similar - ower
' was granted to the Dominion ; verti-
I mentebut no use had been made of it
' in either case. He favored the -: estab-
I lis,hment of ; a Rahway Commiesioa,
: which wouldi have the power of fiettlieg
: and revising I railway rates, as the only
;Isolution of the difficulty. As noOrders
; of the kind mentioned' in the motion
, exiated, it was withdrawn. .
I The principal business on Tuesday
' was the discussion of dr. Hardy'e bill
' for the 'establishment of a Provincial
' Board of Health, which came up for a
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second reading. The proposed Board is
' to consist of seven membets'four of
! whom are to be medical men, aind its
' duties will be to supervise the local
Boards of Health, to disseminate litera-
ture and information on Sanitary isub-
jects, and to have charge n a 'general
' way of the public health of the Province.
Among other things it will.supply pure
vaceine matter at cost pride. The to-
tal annual cost of the Board is not et-
pected to eioeed $3,000 or $4,000. The
doctors in the House, of whom, by the
I way, there are not a few, were a unit in
their approval of the bill, aud it passed
itssecond reading _without any hostile
'criticism. Mo Mowat's bill providing
for the establishment of free libraries
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'was also read a second time. The bill
i empowers municipal coundils to devy a
;eneral rate in aid of a library, to be
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' bsolutely free,—without any refereece
Jo the ratepayers. The Market Fees
ill was also amended in some slight re -
speots, and finally reported.
NOTES.
The House williprobably be prorogued
week.
The annual bill for the incorporation
of the Orange body was thrown out by
ithe grivate Bills Committee, on Thurs.
demlastmn the ground that special legis-
lation in the premises was hot desirable
or necessary. The matter has not yet
come up in the House. G.
t• Toacurro,:mareb, It, 1882.
way.leoom has brought teethe frent, and ;
of the possible bonuses which may be
asked for them, it is as well that the
Legislature should act cautidusly in
Witt matter. The proposition was not
discussed on party lines,but the !general
settee of the House seemed to belegainst
the change. Mr. Wigle consequently
withdrew.his motion, though he gave
notice that he Would shortly introduce
a bill embodying his views on the sub-
ject. In this connection it may be noted
that Mr. Gibson, (E. Huron,) has a mo-
tion op the paper, declaring it to be de-
sirable that the power hitherto vested
in municipalities, of granting bonuses
to manufacturers and .of exempting
them from taxation, should be
abolished.
• On Thursday the House went, for the
first time, into Committee of Supply,
and passed a number of iteme withent
any lengthened discussion. An attempt
was made in an indirect , way to raise
the salary of the Inspector of Registry
offices, the Hon. Sydney Smith. Mr.
Smith is well known as a Tormof the
old school, and was formerly in receipt
of a salary of $2,000, whieh, a year or
two ago, with the entire consent of the
Opposition, was reduced to 1,71,500.
Mr. Meredith intimated that if the Gov-
ernmeet were willing to propose an in-
crease in Mr. Smith's salary to the old
figure they would have his support and
that of his followers. Mr. Mowat,
however, efused to be a pasty to Mr.
Meredith's little game, and the Hon.
Mr. Smith was -left in the position
where his friends helped to place him.
There was a short sitting on 'Friday,
but the House managed to do consider-
able business while it lasted. .4.mong
the ,bills read a third time was one re-
specting the old burying mound of the
town of Wingham. The Amicultural
and Arts Act was finally reported, with
the amendments made in committee.
Mr Merriok,Of Leeds and Grenville, is
possessed with a consuming desire to
know the variotm religious opinions en-
tertained by the members of the Civil
Service, and enquired when a return
showing this, which he had moved for
last -session would be brought down.
To the ordinary individual the religious
belief of a Civil servant would seem to
be of about asettueh importance, so far
as his e ork is concerned, as the eolor of
his hat, but this is not Mr. Merrick's
opinion. If Mr. Merrick's desire' is to
obtain soroe information with regard to
an interesting branch of statistics, his
object is a laudable one, though it is
difficult to see just exactly what he
means by it, but if he wishes to stir up
sectarian strife and bitterness he could
not take a better way. Mr. Merrick ie
handling edged tools. There is a pro-
verb as to two classes of persons who
should licit be trusted with such danger-
ous weapons. I will not undertake to
say under which class ,Mr. Merrick.
comes. -
On Monday a number of billa were
introduced and read it first time, some
oathem bearing the ominous title'"An
A_ct to amend the A.ssessment Act," and
others proposing to do the same kind
office for the Municipal Act. It is really
about time that those two acts were al-
lowed, in corcimon parlance, to "have a
rest," at leastifrom such petty altera-
tions as most of these hill
propose to
make. Either let them both be over-
hauled once for all, or let them remain
as they are until people get a chance
to become acquainted with them. Un-
certain legislation is as .great an evil as
bad legislation, but with such continued
tinkering the country stands a fair
chance of getting both. It is consoling,
however, to think that at least some of
these amending bills will be caught in
the meshes of Parliamentary routine,
aul left high and dry when the session
closes. Mr. Creighton brought before
the notice of the House a real evil when
he moved for copies of all orders in
ceuncil, issued under that section of the
Railway Act of Ontario, which gives
the Lieutenant -Governor in Council
power to revise the tolls levied by rail-
ways. He pointed out that in many
cases ;where railways had been largely
bonused by municipalities, on the un-
derstanding that they were to be corn-
peting lines, such railways had amalga-
mated 'with the very roads they were
intended to rival, and so deprived the
public of the expected benefits of com-
petition. These changes had generally
been made without the consent and
sometimes in spite of the opposi-
tion of the municipalities. Mr. Perdee
on behalf of the Government, admitted
Ramiathwalte, Manitoba.
DRAB EXPOSITOR, — As your paper
teaches nearly every fireside in that
'Thcounty of counties in whibli you have
the good fortune to reside, and as I see
that a great many intend coming to
this great and prosperous country, I
thought a few words of,adVicemightnot
be out ofplace. They are wait) in doing so,
and the sodner they come; the better,
. as the meny advantages that are to be
derived by a man who with limited
capital end a goodly share of persever,
ance aredgetting to be self-evident, and
require no demonstration, Therefore,
a larger emigration is eipected that
ooming summer than any previous
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year. This country is attracting the
attention of nearly all the European
countries, as well as our sister Pro,
viuces, so the country will fill up fast,
and the longer those who intend- to
come -put it off, the further they will
have to go west, and their choice will
be sorciewlaat curtailed. I alight say
that emigrants an now take their
tickets and freight through to Brandon
on the Canada Pacific Railway, the
present terminus of the said road, and
save a good deal of annoyance and de-
lay, as all the vacant land or the land
open for entry and settlement lies to the
south and west. Great preparations
are being made in Brandon this present
winter both in hotel accommodation;
Stabling, &o.; also, all the .most extene
sive dealers in agricultural implementiii
fully represented there, and
plows, wagons, or whatever an emigrant
wants, cau be got as reasonable aki
either in -Winnipeg or the Portage, all
things considered. Emigrant shedS
are in course of construction, so that
those with families will be able to find
accommodation /until they can get
_more permanently located.; The writer
has experienced three winters in this
far famed Northwest, and I would say
that I would not exchange _a Manitoba
winter for that of qutario, taking all
things into consideration. I do not
wish to convey the idea that it is not
cold betimes, for this morning the glass
registered 27 ° below zero, and yet I
walked three mike with no other coat
than one of T. K. Anderson's noted
Scotch tweed uncler (mate and a
muffler, and did not have rity back up
like a dromedary either, for it's a rare
thing to see a person shiver in this
country. .1 might say that an emigrant
corning to this country will not have
the mud and water to walde through
between Winnipeg and the Big Plains,
hitherto the terror of terrors, as the
railroad will now take theni to the high,
dry, rolling prairie of the Souris, Turtle
Mountain, or South Antler, where ex-
cellent land can be procured. About
the middle of April is a good time to
come, but it somewhat depends on the
season, which varies here aH in Ontario.
But as winter ad -venom I will give
your readers the best possible informa-
tion as to when spring is likely to com-
mence.
' Those coming early can get an outfit
and select their laud and then sow oats
right on the prairie, then • break very
thin, thereby covering the oats, and
after so doing, if possible; roll with
heavy roller, so that the sods will lay
close, thus retaining a moisture to
nourish the roots. Oats thus sown
will average about 30 bushels per acre,
and if they are put in too late to get
ripe, they make valuable fodder for
oxen while hack setting late in the fall
when the prairie glass is killed by
frost. • Potatoes also can be planted the
same way in every second or third fur-
row and rolled down,* and do well.
Timothy does well in this country even
if ;sown on the prairie. It will choke
the prairie grass out and make good
pasture on the high land, and after a
year or so the sod is more easily
broken. So those bringing a car load
would do well to bring a bushel or more
of good clear seed, takilig care not to
bring any of those thistles, dm. As
regards teams, oxen are the most pro-
fitable for a man to buy to commence
operations on a new farm. From
about the 24th of May all throaghl
Jene until October they will break an
acre, or even more, a day, with no other
feed than prairie grass, and require no
stelble—only smudge them during the
fly time. Horses require oats and
stabling and are more liable to die. So,
in conclusion, I would say to the many
hundreds in Ontario who are crushed
nearly to death with heavy mortgages
on, their farms: Sell out while there
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will be a surplus left; come by the
next train to 4anitobs ; get a free grant
and start afresh, and in a few years
you vtill have' a farm more valuable
than the one yon left.
Now, Mr. 1ditor, I am getting some-
what lengthy; and I will have to bring
this to a close. , I intended when I
commenced ;to make some remarks
about some ' of yoer correspondents'
statements, bat Will forbear aud state
that any quetitions asked .through your
valuable col mns, addressed to the
Souris corres ondent, will be gladly an- .
swered through the same channel. I
would say, in conclusion, if you get
lonesome down in Ontario, come to
Mabitoba and see your old friends.
They will she* you round and do the
right thing by yore Yours truly,
S. T.
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Huron Notes.
.litlessrs. Kyle & Mustard; of Eg-
monaville, have bought the Brucefield
sawmill att4 will run it hereafter.
• —Mr. Thoneas McLaughlin has rent-
ed his farm on the 6th concession of
Grey, to Mr. Wm. Iogram, of Morris.
' —The contract for the boring of the
Exeter salt wells has been let and the
work is to be Proceeded with at once.
—Reba McGee, John Stalker, James
Clark and John Armstrong, of Auburn,
intend starting to Manitoba about the
first of March;
—Peter Cober, one of the Michigan
sufferers who 7ost all he had by the
late fire, is visiting his brother John at
Ethel,. in the township of Grey.
—The Dominion Government have
placed' in their estimates for "the ensu-
ing yeti' the sum of $16,9a to be ex-
pended on Goderich harbiir.
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—MJohn 'Gorrell hassold his farm
on. the Base Line, about six miles from
Clinton, to Mr. W. Ball for the sum of
$13,009. The farm contains 258 acres.
—Mt. D. ApCormick is going into
the boot and shoe business again in Brus-
sels and is hagieg a shomfitted up next
door to R. Tait's liquor store for the
purpote.
1-±111r. Isaac Martin intends erecting
a eheese factoy on his father's farm,
lot 10, conces ion 8, Hay. We wish
the young man success in his tinder-
tanglines lfelly, of Grey, has sold his
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entire horse, "Yot-ig Never Mind Him,"
. to a gentleman in Blanshard township
for the sum of $500. He is to be taken
to the States.
—“Yonng Donald Dinnie," an entire
colttvvo years old, owned. by Thomas
Calder, of the township of Grey, brings
•dowp the scales at 1,560 lbs. Not a
bad weight for a colt.
—Edward Siem mon has tendered his
resignation Mr the school in Grey,
where he has taught so successfully,
and intends going to the Northwest.
He will leave about the first of April. •
—Mr. Luke Armstrong has sold his
farm on the 1st concession of West
Wawanosh to the McPhee Brothers.
Mr. Armistrong.intends going to Mani-
toba.
—Mr. Bechler, of Hay towhship, in-
tends erecting la new brick residence
during the coaling summer. Mr. Robt.
Broderick, of the same neighborhood,
also has a new residence in course of
erection.
—The farm of Mr. S. Holmes, Huron
Road, near Clinton, was sold recently to
Mr. Keppel Disney, for the sum of
$4,000. The farm contains 70 acres
and is well improved. 'Mr. Holmes
purposes going to the Northwest. ;
—The following parties lefi Exeter
last week for Manitoba :—E. El. Speck -
man, George Spicer, and Mr. and Mrs.
John Ross, Miss E. Johns, • T. Fitton,
W. Piekerd, J. Manning, J. Armstrong,
and A. Whiteford and daughter.
—Thomas Smith returned to Brus-
sels last week from a trip to the North
West. He likes the country very well,
and has taken up , land near Brandon.
He will purchase a car load of horses
and take them back with him.
— The infant child. of Mr. J. T. Coop-
er, fornierly of Clinton, which was so
sickly before the family left that town,
_died one night recently, in Winnipeg,
while sleeping with its parents, who did
not know of its death till morning.
—Me. C. G. 73611, of Belgrave, has of-
fered his saw mill for sale. If he can
not get a good 'price, he will add to it a
flouring mill. The latter move would
be inahe right direction, and would
meet one of the greatest wants in this
growing village.
— Ab,out twolyearseince Mr. George
Peacock, formerly of liullett, home-
steaded 160 acres in the vicinity of
Crystal; City, Manitoba, and preernpted
another 160 acres. A few days since
he sold his claina for something over six
thousand dollars. " _
Peter , McEwen, of Goderich,
while working at tbe salt block over
the river in that town, on Tuesday of
last week, fell to the ground backwards,
a distance of seven or eight feet, and
sustained Severe injuries about the
head. He is now progressing favor-
ably. 1 '
—Mr. Dixie ;Watson, who has been
Division Court; clerk, at Wingliam, for
severalmears, having reigned the posi-
tion pr paratory to removing to Mani-
toba, Mr. John; Neelands has been ap-
poiuteci his successor. Mr. John Snell
has also been appointed bailiff in place
of Mr. W. McConnell, resigned.
—Mr. S. Millen, of the 13th conces-
sion of Hallett, recently sold to two
gentlemen from the county of Essex, a
thoroughbred Durham bull, "Oxford
Butterfly," for the sum of $140. He is
a two-year-old, weighs 1,875 pounds,
and is in every respect a first-class ani -
mai
.
—The congregation of the Canada
Methodist church, Exeter, presented
Mr. and Mrs. John -Ross, on the eve of
their departure for Manitoba, with a
handsome purse of money as a token of
the esteem in which they were held.
The present was accompanied by a
beautiful address.
—On Tuesday last as Mr. ;William
Golley, of Wingham, was helping to
tear down an old barn, on the farm of
Alex. Hunter, one end of the log fell be-
fore the other, striking him and. causing
him to fall a distance of 16 feet, alight-
ing on his bead. He was severely but not
serionely injured.
—Mr. J. B. Edward, of Goderioh,
while driving in Colborne one day last
week, met with an accident, his horses
running away on account of the reach
of the buggy breaking. Mr. Edward,
held bravely on to the lines, and was
dragged along a considerable distance,
fortunately without much injury.
—Mr. Joseph Griffin, Deputy Reeve
of Ashfield, recently purchased from
Mr. John Miller, of Pickering, a fine
two year old shorthorn bull, "Refiner."
He also purchased a high grade cow
from Mr. Anderson, of Markham. Mr.
Griffin's efforts to improve the stock of
the township deserve success.
—One day last week as two young
men were passing a bush on the farm
of Mr. Peddler, about five miles west of
Exeter, they were chased by a large
wild cat, which they eluded. after a long
and hard run. It is more than prob-
able that the young men were very ner-
vous and the wild cat not eery fero-
cious. •
—A few days ago while a daughter
of Mr. R. Anderson, of Stephen, was
twalking upon a piece of ice, she observ-
ed a suake of considerable length and
size. Herderother, who happened tit be
near by, was called. to witness the scene,
but upon the ice being broken no sign
of his snakeship was to be seen, neither
was there any perceptible means of its
escape. •
—One day last week Miss Annie
Ellard, of -Goderich, by mistake, steal -
lowed a quantity of a mixture for curing
corns, supposing it to be a tonic which
was being used ha the fatnily. The
effect of the stuff was to seriously burn
her mouth and throat, and for • a time
the symptoms were quite alio:wive.
Medical aid was called in and prevent-
ed what might have been a fatal case of
poisoning.
—The total expenditure of the toWn-
ship of Colborne for the year 1881
amounted to $10,703, and the following
are the principal items Schobls,
$4,084; roads, $1,367; county rate,
$2,6] 9; salaries, $417 ; charity, 36;$
sundries, $i,652; bonuses for wire
fentees, $215. The expenditure of the
township of Ashfield for the same year
amounted to $11,082, of which the fol-
lowing are theleading items Chanty,
e138 ; salaries, $694; schools, $5,7111;
roads and bridges,$1,427 ; county rate,
$2,402 • printing, $98,
—31;,, Israel Gordon, of Chestervillle,
Ohio, was last week on a visit to r.
James Biggins, of the London Ro d,
Stanley. While in Huron he purclaa ed
a three-year-old stallion of Mr. Jarpea
Logan, Blyth, known as “Joe, tthe
Banker," together with a splendid brOod
mare, both of which he intends to keep
for his own use. He is a somewhat er-
tensive farmer, having 500 acres under
cultivation and his sons 500 more itd-
joining. iris property is immediately
peat that of Mr. Biggins' son.
—The anniversary services in connec-
tion with Cavan Presbyterian church,
Exeter, were held last week, and were,
if possible, more successful than these
of forirer years. The congregation
have much to rejoice over; they have
increased numerically, their finandal
standing is rapidly improving, and, in
fact, the church is in a, most flourishing
and, healthy condition. - The Sunday
services were •conducted by Rev. J. A.
Murray, of London, and were largely
attended. The tea -meeting on Mouday
evening was also very successful. The
total proceeds of the services amounted
tc• )Si
—Another of the early - pioneers of
this county passed away, on Tuesday of
last week, in the person of Mr. Andrew
Duncan, sr., of Clinton, who died at
the age of 77 years. Deceased was born
in Tyrone, Ireland, coming to Canada
in the year 1837; about a year after-
wards he cariae west and settled on Lot
17, Bayfield Road, Stanley, which was
then a perfect wilderness, hewing out
for himself a home, and soon gathering
around him many warm friends among
the settlers who followed him. Failing
health compelled him to give up faron-
ing, and about nine years since he re-
moved into Clinton, where he has been
more or less confined to the house for
the last five years. His wife survives
him.
—The Brandon Sun of the 16th
February says: Last evening word wee
received by Mr: Torrance, of Ethel,
Huron county, Ont., that a car load ef
stock, while on the way to him at this
point, was burned at Cedar Rapids,
Iowa. Young Mr. Torrance, who wee
in charge, had a narrowescape with
his life. Mr. Torrance and family are
at present in town. They were met
by their son, who intended conducting
them to his home at Oak River, but fbr
this unforeseen calamity. He and his
father return to Ontario for more stock.
Their loss will be over $2,000, and it is
to be hoped they will find some means
of redress from the railway company.
--After a painful illness of some
months, caused by an ovarian turoor,
thin' wife of Mr. John McQueen, of Clin-
ton, passed peacefully away to her long
home, on Monday of last week, at tbe
advanced age of 77 years. Deceased
was born in Ayrshire, Scotland and
left Paisley for Ameiica, in the year
1834, being' married to Mr. McQueen
three years later. They resided in the
township of Ramsey for some time, re-
moving to the township of Stanley in
1842, where they lived until a few years
since, when they removed to Clinton.
Deceased, very early in life, became a
member of the Presbyterian Church,
(having been a scholar under the cele-
brated Dr. Burns, in Scotland)) and she
remained warmly attached thereto till
the time other death. She leaves her
husband and a family of two sons and
a daughter to mourn her loss.
—On complaint of C. Crabb, of God-
erich, Mr. S. Blair, of Goderich town-
ship, was examined before Mayor For-
rester, of Clinton, on a charge of per-
jury. It appears that Blair had given
to D. McDonald, clerk of the county
court; a sworn statement 'as to he
amount of grain he had, which had
been eeized for debt by ths. sheriff, and
complainant thought he had good evi-
dence to prove that this statement was •
false in several particulars, one being
that he, or his brother for him, bad.
sold to Mr. Irwin 105 bushels of wheat.
Several withesses were examined, but
nothing very conclusive was elicited,
and the case was therefore adjourned
for further evidence. Mr. Blair has
s i n_c eTbheee nG oadc qe r ju iet td he signa
1 of last weer
gives the following example of canine
intelligence: The other day one of the;
Grand Trunk Railway conductors waits
surprised to see a little black and white
dog curled up cosily on the aisle of it
passenger car. Upon making en-
quiries, the ticket puncher found that
the animal WaS owned by Mr. joho
Scobie, of the Star Salt works, and was ,
le the habit of jumping on the trains as ;
• they were moving, and getting off at '
Seaforth of his own accord, taking it
return trip at his convenience. Th
domnever attempts to get off at an-
other station but Seaforth or Goderie and is always careful to take an u
train from the former place. Mt.
Seobie at one time resided at Seaforth,
and his dog evidemby relishes a visite.
old scenes, travelling as. a first -clam
passenger and a boss deadhead.
—An immense congregation gnaw
Rev. Dr. Williams last Sunday evenag
at the Canada Methodist Church, Goa.
erioh, to bear his sermon to young we,
men. The text selected was Psalm'
calm. 12, which furnished the startiag
point for a discourse that was replete
with sound and, eloquent instruction.
Some of the points touched upon inner
the ways that have been, and are now
being opened up to women, whereat
they can use their influence ; bow
much that influence is needed and fake
women are the moulders of character,
and should therefore be cautious how
they use their influence; they meta -
never afford to lower their dignity;
there is a true nobility in their nefeg•
employed in work. The Doctor atm.
ed to the many ways in which fasbioa
-governed, and pointed out how ape
young women were to reap unprofitable.
nese from the perusal of faehionabie
literature. A noble woman is aft grana
sight, and a womanly nobleness ma
order come from aspiring to that which
is pure and good, can only come from a
holy life. The sermon was listened to
with earnest attention throughout.
—An accident of a very serious nature
befel a son of V. Stice, of the 13th - con-
cession of Grey, a lad about save/Awl
years of age, and ythich was a, narrow
escape from instant death. It appears
that he and a younger brnther were
chopping in the bush, and a tree veleiele
they had chopped i lodged into another
pre°, and they in Order to get it dome
put several blocks off the bottom utftilit
had assumed an almciet perpendicular
position. The younger brother remark.
ed that the tree was falling, and they
not observing which 'way the tree wail
going, ran in ordet to get -out of the
way, which was in the direction the
tree was falling. The younger, who had
almost succeeded in getting front with-
in reach of the tree, received only a few
slight braises from some of the smaller'
branches, but the elder brother being a
few steps behind Was not so fortunate.
He was struck by some of the larger
branches and crushed into the ground.
His brother immediately cut the limbs
and drew him out thinking he was
dead, and then ran for assistance, and
when they arrived they found that hit
was not dead but mic-oiascious, and
upon examination ascertained that he
was fearfully bruised, about the head
and other parts of the body, and One
arm broken in three places. Medical
aid. was at once procured and his
wounds dressed, but his recovery is
very doubtful. A dog which was with
them in the bualmeocompanied thent
in their flight frWthe tree, was struck
by a large limb, only a few feet from
the boy, and was crushed to a jelly.
—Mr. john Macara, one of Huron's
oldest and best known barristers, died
at his residence in Goderich on Monday
of last week from hemorrhage of the
stomach. The Signel says of him:
Mr. Mtwara was born in Edinburgh,
Scotland, in the year 1812, and received
the benefits of a superior education,
and a university training. After his
educational course was. Oompleted he
studied law and•became a writer to the
signet. He came to Canada about the
year 1843, and at once identified him-
self with the constitutional changes
then in course of inception. Being a
man of sound reasoning powers, of great
literary culture and thorough erudi-
tion, he wielded a powerful pen in sup-
port of constitutional government. and
was an earnest ally and helpfnl co-
worker with Robt. Baldwin and his as-
sociates during the stormy times of '43,
'44, and '45. He did more than any
other person in Canada towards open-
ing up, King's College (now Toronto
University) to students of all denomi-
nations and creeds. Deceased was ad-
mitted as attorney on the 26th of May,
1846, and was called to the bar at the
Hilary term, 1818. He first practised
at Toronto, being a partner with Mr.
Gwyune, now Judge Gwynne: He sub-
sequently practised in Hamilton and
London, and removed. from the latter
city to Goderich over twenty years ago,
and established a lucrative practice,
from which he retired a few years
Sines. Dedeased leaves a wife, two
sons and three daughters to mourn his
loss. Mrs. Macara and her daughters
reside in Goderich, aud the two sons
are in Manitoba, the elder, John, a sue-
cessful forwarder near Winnipeg, and
his brother, William E., a rising young
barrister in the Manitoba capital. The
bereaved family has the entire sym-
pathy of all who knew the deceased.
—The fellowing, taken from a Da-
kota paper, refers mainly to a former
prominent resident of the township of
Morris, Mr. Alfred Brown, and shows
that his residence in Dakota has not
done him any good Alfred Brown of
Scotland, Dakota Territory, who was
reported by the commercial agency -for
R. G. Dun worth $25.000, tried to
swindle Freeman & Sons, Racine boiler
makers, out of $4,600, by forging a pa-
per with the signatures of alleged
wealthy farmers, who were myths.
Freeman & Sus shipped him a- car load
of fanning mils, and were tendered
this paper. The commercial agency
reporter at Scotland seems to 'main
league with them, as well as other
noted men, and reported the paper fa.
vorably. By accident suspicion was
aroused, and an agent of Freeman &
Sons was sent mit to investigate. He
reports, so Mr. Freeman states in an
interview, that there are influential
men, foreman of the grand jury, secre-
tary of the governor, justice of the
peace, minstable, commercial agency
reporters and others,banded together to
swindle eastern manufacturers. Re-
quisition :papers were issued by Gov-
ernor Rutik and placed in the hands of
ex Sheriff Fielding, who, in company
with Freeman's agent, left here Tues-
day. The jealousy of Sheriff Breem-
ner, Racine county, let the secret out,
and serious threats are made toward
him. It is estiniated that the total
swindles of these Dakota carpet-
baggers amount to over $250,1)00.
Every effort is being made to keep it
quiet. Brown, it is believed, will
squeal on the others. The most prom-
inent Dakota ofdeials are reported im-
plicated in the great steal. Brown and
his gang learned:that requisition papers
were issued and officers after tleeni, and
skipped. The swindles include manu-
factures of Oshkosh, Appleton, Racine
and western cities.
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—Rev. E. W. Waits, of Stratford, has
11 ad an attack of Scarlet fever. He was
taken ill while absent from home at
Newry, and was brought back to Strat-
ford. The attack was of a mild type.
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