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monnuommionapiumossmill
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broddeed to Mi. Hine
ill, of Egmonde
in the etrongest std.
Ler on ray calling upon
ith him, he sheeted
He ha a in all 600
70 under crop, Wit
is kinds—fall wheat,
etc., all promising a
eld. Mr. Hill's pro.
&fitly situated, being
ter of a mile fromet
Well on Sundays there
,ervice alternately by
i Methodist clergy.
antlernan may pro -
stock raising, as he
of excellent cattle. -
;her Canadian whona
,tt splendid farm, had
ep, a very good hewecl
lenity of nine healthy
atting oi With. marked.
Samuel and Robert
--gentlemen - who are
t successful - settlers.
I found the people
prosperous and con -
Pickford settlement
called the Burnt
4 of country abont 20
8 miles in width. It
wed, and the land, is of
Fearing, Mr. Editor.
pass too much upcn
conclude by (Noting
arks from the Globe
/891, regarding this
the exaet truth :—
Canadiarts is to stay
they will go to the
ey had better -go to
an, where they will
-danadian, settlements,
od sail, abundance of
eork and a climate to
tonstomed. They will
>f freezing in winter for
ter having their crops
tenor by drouth or In-
✓ to be the case in
And then, it does
;go to Michigan, and if
e it they can return
etroite Mackinac and
is a link of the Great
and on its completion,
tl this year, the lands
tttled and their value
tit truly, R. N. BRETT.
to sax above that in
teen a'better observance,
y. On Sunday I at.
.gin three different
of which there were
tee audiences. There
; flourishing Sabbath
tad ; also, one at Hill's
lie people there are a
te and religious people.
)avis, of the Advocate,
L of a, twa year olcl
a for $150. For a»
no breed, hut a year
-Davis refused $200.
Iyde, of Shakespeare, is
a chicken with four
nd ones being shorter
i locomotion. It also
tacity for laying two
time. Such Lubfe-
es are scarce.
ty of Perth there are
horses, 2,481 breeding
405 unbroken horses.
cattle there are 55;
23; milch. caws, 23,625;
er two,. years, i:0,,9�&;
r,8,779-; total ecavs, all
total cattle, all classes,
1,179-. Sheep of every
Pip, 5,664,.2turkeys,
22,434; other fowls,
,ssmore has disposed of
of his saw mill at Mil.
T. Grieve,- of Gotham.
rernave from Milverton,
industeies it has had
a 20- years. However,
eh timber to he ilawn in
e locality now.
'Jeerer, of North East-
ned from Manitoba after
ath in the hospitalat
which place he was
jr on account of an at-
las in the head, which is
rare as a brass doorknob.
lily of the care bestowed
t valuable Metitution:
Hay, Mayor a Listowel,
for St. Louis, Missoari,
tion of purchasing two
k
ales, which are reported
t in that vicinity. Should
Lis purchases, he expects
kora at a profit at Grand
t or ia Western Manitoba.
- carrying off the young
parte of Logan-. A few
belonging to Mr. Waugh,
ill, was taken, and sev-
ere mysteriously disap-
the last week or two.
,and two cubs were seen
of Eltna township the
a hunting party is being
ve these.
i
ay, of last week, while in
Samuel -Watson , of
vercome by the extreme-
enly dropped ineensibie.
soon in attendance, and.
ed to the house of at
By next morning he
tovered his usual state of
[
White, who left St.
ars ago for Melbourne,
Orned a few deed; age to
r friends here. He has
iund the world, having
radio: by San Francisco,
turned by Engia.nd. On
he called at important
e route, the present seat
it and the ancient city of
ngat the notable pieces.
ge says: The church at
kid to be in a naost chlapi-
It has no gate, and cattle
take up their lodging at
Vf place was very offeusive
t,. Last week the plaster
he miuiater stands fell
. This is disgraceful.
o a lukewarm set of
nected with that church,
'epit of •the mouth a
Sound on Monday even
-
e young men were amus
-
by throwing heavy
Thdrnson, of Thomson
stooping down to pick up
he was struck by a stone
ds weight on the head,
enseless. He is lying lit
state. Only slight floret
are entertained.
ritil
In
FIFTEENTH YEAR.
177110LE NUMBER, 769.
SEAFORTH, FRIDA
EPTEMBER 1, 1882.
McLEAN BROS., Publishers.
$1.50 a Year, in Advance.
SEPTEMBEFi,
•
NEW FALL GOODS
ARRIVING.
VTR SCOTS GREYS.
A. •CRACK BRITISH REGIMENT FOR THE
SEAT OF WAR—HEROES OF TENNY-
SON'S 6 IHEAVY BRIGADE:"
[Philadelphia Telegraph.]
The famous British regiment known
as the Soots Greys, now at the seat of
war in Egypt, celebrated by a grand
banquet in June 1881, its 200th anni-
versary. The Soots Greys, although
secon on the list, is really the oldest
dragoen corps in the British army. Its
battle roll was a, glorious one before
Balalils.va added to the list of its
-achievements. In 1681, over two cen-
turies ago, the "Royal Regiment of
Scots Dragoone was formed out of tbe
independent troops whish had been
r'aised by General Thomas Dalziel,
Lod. Charles Murray and Mt. Francis
Stewa,rt, "a private gentleman of the
Life Guards, and grandson of the Eatl
of Bothwell." The early history of the
Smits Greys is, in fat, that of pone-
eators. Dalziel and Claverhouse were
b ey in putting down those very Comet -
o ians who left their names to one of
th most distinguished infantry regi-
ments in the British army. Clavet-
ho se's regiment appears to have been
cal ed the "Royal Regiment of Scots
Ho se" as distinguished from "Drit-
gocins" who, as the merest student Of
military history is aware, were origin -
1y ',foot soldiers supplied with horses
as a means of transit, and not cavalry
properly so called. The army of da -
goons of the period of James II., are
well defined as "snaphaunce musquets,
strapt ; with bright barrels of 3 foot 8
inches long, cartouch boxes, bayonets,
grenado pouches, buckets and hammer
hatchets."
Dalziel's mounted foot soldiers appar-
ently vexed the souls of the Covenan-
ters as sorely as the regular cavalry of
Claverhouse, for after the check receiv-
ed in the skirmish at Drumclog had
been wiped out - at Bothwell Bridge,
where Stuart's troop of dragoon's great-
ly distinguished themselves, the three
existing troops were reinforced by three
more, and the six were incorporated
into a regiment styled "The Regiment
of Scots Dragoons," and Dalziel, the
Commander -in -Chief in Scotland, was
appointed its Colonel by commission,
dated 25th November, 1681, at which
date Claverhouse's troops of horse also
became a regiment “dragooning" the
Coventintere and raiding the lands of
McDonald of Keppoch, were the poor
uses of oittil war to which the dragoons
were fleet put. When Dundee marched
over the Tweed in 1688, the dragoons
were commanded by the Earl of Dun-
more, and numbered 357. From 'Car-
lisle and York they marched on Lon-
don, where they occupied quarters in
Southwark, and then marched on Salis-
bury. Lord, Dunmore refused to setve
under him, and was I succeeded by Sir
Thomas Livingstone, an officer of ex-
perience in the Scots Brigade in the
service of Holland. Dundee quitted the
service and the regiment deserted; but
the dragoons were evidently of Blake's
opinion, and remained faithful to the
government de facto. It is interesting
to note at this moment, when the pro-
portion a soldier's pay should bear toe
that of a laborer is so frequently dis-
cussed, `that the pay of a private trooper
in 1689 was no less than eighteen pence
per day.
It was in Flanders that the Royal
Scots Dragoons, confirmed in their title
by William and Mary, beheld war Oki a
large scale, and crossed swords for the
first time with the French cavalry.
After the peace of Beswick the regi-
ment went to Scotland, and only re-
turned to Holland in 1702. About :this
time -the corps began to be styled the
"Grey Dragoons," and the "Scots regi-
ment of White Horses," from whichit
would seem that it was already mount-
ed on grey horses exclusively. No
order or warrant for mounting the regi-
ment on horses of any particular color
has been discovered, but as no allusion
to this peculiarity was made earlier
than 1702, it is only reascnable to stip-
pose that the distinction had only re-
cently been adopted. In the time of
William III. the Life Guards are stated
to have been mounted on black horses
exclusively; but the Dutch troops of
Life Guards which King William
brought with him to England in Nov-
ember 1688, were mounted on greys,and
it would therefore seem that the re-
mounting of the Royal Scots Dragoons
on horses of that color, was intended as
an honorable distinction.
The Greys shared in the triumph of
Blenheim and in a smart affair at Neer-
Hef3pen, and also figured to advantage
at Ramilies, Gudouarde, and. on the
bloody field of Malplaquet. At Det-
tingen they won fresh laurels and. cap-
tured a white standard from the French
Household troops, as at Ramifies they
took the colors of the Regiment du. Roy.
It was in consequence of a, wound re-
ceived at Ramilies, that the sex of Mrs.
Christian Davies, "the pretty dragoon,"
was discovered. At Fontenoy the com-
mander of the Greys, Sir James Camp-
bell; was killed.
Throughout the last century the regi-
ment seemed to be ever in the way of
hard knocks, but the long role of pre-
vious service almost pales before the
crowning triumphs of Waterloo and
Balaklava. The services of the Greys
in the Waterloo campaign were of a
solid BB well as brilliant kind, and their
achievements have been pictorially
commemorated only recently in Mr.
Croft's "Retreat from Quatro Bras" and
Mrs. Butler's stirring " Scotland for
Ever." They formed with the Rotals
and Iniskillen Dragoons the famous
"Union Brigade," in which the Rose,
Thistle, and Shamrock were ranged
onder the command of the gallant
Ponsonbet The features of the peat
charge of the Soots Greys can never be
forgotten. The Greys oame to the rea-
cue of the Ninety-second Highlanders,
who, according to rule, should have
Bcattered to let the cavalry pass through,
IMPORTANT NOTICES.
VALUABLE FARM TO RENT.—Lot 81, on -
v cession 1, Township of Stanley, Lo don
Road containiug 100 acres in the higheet sits e of
cultivation. It can be rented for a term ofrs
.y a.
Possession immediately. Apply to D. McDONALD,
Goderich P. O. 76E-8
AGENTS WANTED.--Agenta wanted to the
DOMINION FRUIT DRIER, one of the
simplest and cheapest methods of drying. Fibest
yet invented. Sell on sight. Liberal Commi ion
given. Apply to W. H. SMITH, Merchant T
Clinton. 767
Or,
VSTRAY STOOK—Strayed from Lot 40,
-a-4 cession 9, East Wawanosh, about the J5
May, 2 yearling Isteers, 5 yearling heifers.
are all red, the 2 steers and one heifer h
small star on forehead. Any information
caning- them will be thankfully received.
ANDERSON, Belgrave P. 0. - 76
on -
h of
hey
ve a
con -
AS.
SEED WHEAT FOR SALE.—The undersi
has a limited quantit) of good, clean (
able) FALL WHEAT for SEED PURPO
Ile has thoroughly tested the wheat, and
highly recammend it to his brother farmers.
is now threshed; the yield is 40 bushels per
and it weighs 63 pounds to the bushel. GEO
SPROAT, Tuckersmith.
ed
elia
ES.
can,
It
ere;
GE
67
SHOPS TO RENT.—To rent on erusy term., the
'-' blacksmith and woodworking shops, and
private residence Occupied by Mr. Wm. Gr •SiL
Theresidence is comfortable and commodious,
and the shops are situated in Market stre t, rn
the town of Seaforth. They are well locate I for
business, and a good, pushing man can do a ergo
trade in them. For further particulars ap ly to
Wm. N. Watson, Ses.forth.
REED WHEAT FOR SALE.—The subs
kJ has a considerable quantity of
WHEAT for sale, of the variety known
Buclua&N AMBER, which he will guaran
be perfectly clean, and free from all noxious.
It is a new kind in this vicinity, h a.
year turned out 37 bushels to the acre, and
so liable to lodge as the other varieties. An
desiring seed may apply to JOHN IkleMIL
76
riber
RED
the
ee to
eeds.
this
s not
one
AN,
FARm. TO BENT. --The subscriber wishes to
rent his Farm, situated on Concessio 5, of
Stanley, being part of Lot 22, and containt , g 761
acres, of which about 65 acres are cleared, a a all
seeded down with clover and timothy Well
watered ; well suited for stock or other fa tug
purposes; good bank
be ; good dwelling ouse;
never failing spring of water convenient, and a
good orchard. It is situated 31 miles from taice-
field, El miles from Seaforth„ and 7 miles from
Clinton. For farther particulars apply to HOS.
MILLS, Constance P. 0. 767
-fisOlt SALE.—The undersigned offer
Fruit Evaporator and Cider Mills fo
cheap and upon easy terms of payment.
buildings have been fitted up Ina con
manner for the carrying on of the Fruit E apor-
atina Business and are now in first-class wdriting
done.
ers of
Ed-
ipma
Li the
r any
ilv to
L115 undersigned` D. D. WILSON. Sealort . 762
, - -
A SPLENDID WHEAT FARM FOR SALE IN
HOWICK.- For sale, Lot 33, Concessibn B.,
lItiwiek, containing 100 acres; 85 acres cleared,
and, ia a pal state of cultivation. There as 300
rods of bo_aad, fence, the balance is well enced
with cedar and hardwood rails. There is a good
house, and a g(R)d bank barn with stables under-
neath, 40 by C5 feet. There are two orchards of
Slaeice fruit tri.es. There is 45 acres seeded down
With gra--;.-4 There is a never failing sp
choice water in the .centre of the larm.
m
sitilusted 2 mites. froWroxeter, on the Toronto,
Grey & Bruce railway, and 24 miles from Gorrie,
and 11 miles from Brussels and Wingharn, both
en the Great Western Railway, and convenient
t ett hesaschools and post office. Terme: one
h, the balance on time, and will be sold
_01IZp. Apply on the premises or to Wireter
r.1.). ARCHIBMAL
ALD COLM. 1765
,their
sale
The
plete
Order, and a tie paying business can be
But ;a; W. S. Robertson, one of the part
the firm of D. D. Wilson & Co., has gone
menton; Northwest Territory, to remai
raanently, the property must be s
business of said firm finally closed up. Ft
particulars with regard to said prepertv ap
'ng of
It is
and 'then have rallied as best they
could. But the Highland blood was
up, and as the "heavies" rode by, the
infantry -dashed at their stirrup -leathers
and ran on with them into the melee.
Even this great effort did -pot exhaust
the fighting power of the Greys, for
they formed again and took part in
that •final charge which assured the
victory. The loss of the regiment was
enormous, 104 officers and men being
killed and ninety-seven wounded. As
at Dettingen and Ramifies, the Greys
distinguished themselves by the cap-
ture of colors, carrying off the eagle of
the Forty fifth French Regiment, in
memory of which they display the
hedge of an "eagle" on the grenadier
caps' they wear as the mark of previous
gallant deeds.
At Balaklava the Greys, who had
acquired the nickname of the " Old Oil -
Bags" on account of the invincible dis-
like of the Colonel to the burnishing
and polishing on which other com-
manding officers insisted, proved them-
selves not unmindful of their ancient
reputation. Curiously enough Scar-
lett's "Heavies' at Balaklava were, like
Poneonby's at Waterloo, a " Union
Brigade,' Royals, Scots Greys, and
Inniskillens being present, as well as
the "Green Horses' and the "Royal
Irish." As Scarlett, with white mus-
tache flying over his shoulder, led that
famous charge .of the heavy brigade,
which, if it had been properly support-
ed, would, it is said, have "hurried the
enemy into the sea," a grey horse was
seen straining every nerve to keep on
terms with him. This charger was
ridden by "Alick" Elliott, Scarlett's
aide-de-camp, who, regardless of him-
self, was only anxious to "cover" his
beloved chief, a duty which he per-
formed at the cost of fourteen wounds.
Behied Elliott rode the valiant trum-
peter of the Greys. The charge was
irresistible and the English "heavies"
tore' through the dense masses of the
Russians as aorobati go through a
papered hood. Then came the,
critical operation of getting back again
through the ranks which had closed.
A mignty VOR30 arose, crying, "Rally,
rally on me, ye mackle---," and burly
"Jock" Miller, the "tanker" Adjutant,
who had slashed and shoved his way
through, was seen waving his dripping
sabte. How they rallied on "Jock"
Miller . and again tore through the
ranks of the enemy has been told by
Kinglake in graphic style, and the same
stirring episode has recently been made
use of by Tennyson in his rather heavy
poem entitled "The Charge oU the
Heavy Brigade."
That no more recent achievement
than tha charge of the "heavies" at Bal-
aklava has been sacrificed on the colors
of the Greys is no fault of theirs. If
they have not experience in Indian war-
fare or of that Afrioian campaign in
which the "Death or Glory" Lancers
.and the King's Dragoons Guards did
good work it is from no lack of love for
foreign service. The Greys are wiling
enongh ; but the military authorities
rule that the Royals, the Greys, the
Royals Irish, and the "Green Horses"
shall remain the "heavy" regiments of
the British cavalry, not to serve out of
the United Kingdom save in the event
of European war. The contingency
has now arrived, and the Scots Greys,
as we are informed by cable, are on the
way to Gibraltar, with Egypt for their
certain destination.
and by eight o'clock
the well was finished
feet.
I —A boy about ten
of Mrs. C. J. Irwin,
Campbellford on Thu 1
iiig.
i —The new bridge
Canal, at Ottawa, on
Canada Atlantic, w
tested Thursday.
; —The withholding
-grain already harvest
"ffects upon railway f
oi
hem at a low ebb.
—The Luther and
Shes, have been"
numbers of visitors a
Which are a big. crop
! —There are now e
it the knitting mill o
Stokes at Port Dover,
hundred handle
i —Mr. George Dona
threshed from three
160 bushels of wheat,
Over 45 bushels to th
-I —The semi-annu
Friends (Quakers), w
at Sparta in the town
and was attended by
; —The Brantford E
Messrs. Sloan of th
three acres of wheat
bushels, or over 44 b
—J. D. Petit !two
realized over 450 bush
pore field, the variety
This is to:yield of 45
j —At Platteville,
the flouring mills
active business. Th
der & Stickle is runn
I —Several schooner
Halifax from the La
with small -fares.
previous report of th
Canada.
In Petrolia eight refineries are run-
ning at the present.
—Blackberry festivals have been
inaugurated in Chatham.
—Three hundred and fifty vessels
have arrived at Quebec from sea this
season to date. •
—The Petroleum Act of 1982, has
been declared in force from the lat of
September next.
f—.Application is to be made to Parlia-
ment for a railway from Prince Albert
to' Hudson's Bay.
—The Great Western and Grand.
Trunk combination.now owns and oper-
ates 3,300 miles of road.
—Mr. H. L. Dann, B. A., has been
appointed Classical Master in the Lind-
say High School.
—Three hundred and fifty vessels
hente arrived at Quebec from sea this
eeason to date.
—Lieut. -Governor Robinson is ex-
pected to return home from England
early next month.
—During the present week there
were registered in Toronto 40 birth's, 21
merriages and 36 deaths.
— Pinkeye has been doing its deadly
work again among the horses in the
district around Ottawa.
—The Great Western Railway sta-
tion at Toronto was abandoned on
Saturday lash
—Hon. Alex. MoKenzie has arrived
in Montreal from the seaside, and looks
completely restored in health.
—Three million dollars worth of the
Midland Railway of Canada bonds -
haye been floated on the London
market.
—W. L. Evans, for many years the
Halifax county treaseTter, died on
Thursday of last weekl, after a short
illness..
—A Montreal sugar broker named
Vilbon, bas absconded,, leaving lia-
bilities of $25,000, nearly ail dile a sugar
refinery.
Mr. John Wallace, of Waterloo,
threshed 40 bushels of wheat, Clawson
variety, from leas than an acre of
land.
— Abeut 80,000 pounds of wool has
been purchased on the London market
this season, the average price paid being
20c per pound.
:—The Telegraph, ‘Berlin, advocates
the formation of a free public library,
the Mechanics' Institute in that town
being detanct.
- —The Petrolia Topic says that a well
was chilled on Stokes' farm, Sarnia
Township, in three days last week.
atur, ay evening
a d pth of 470
ears of age, son
as drowned at
while bath -
day
Yee
the
the Rideau
line of the
atisfactorily
om sale of the
d is having its
ight, and keeping
Am , ranth mar -
race ving large
er h ckleberries,
hiss ason.
ploy d regularly
Me _Bre. Ellis &
mo than one
soi4l of Adelaide,
nd half acres
ein a fraction
aOT
me ting of the
hel last week
ip 1 Yarmouth,
any visitors.
posi or says that
Ki by threshed
hnedrealized 133
ia
ls f
ein
she
oun
e d
per acre.
from Paris,
om one ten-
" Clawson."
s to the acre.
y of Oxford,
ing a very
of 1 Messrs. Sm -
g night and day.
have arrived at
rador fishery, all
ey confirm the
eicarcity of fish.
—Robert Donnelly, of Itiddulph, the
only survivor of the
.was arrested at Por
day evening for beiri
orderly.
—The Galt Repor
recent rains have put
into the Grand River
highly appreciated by
its banks.
—Alonzo Bush has
Bray a part of Lot N
shore, south-east par
of Malden, contaitti
$5,000.
—Of grain alone,ab
els are transported
Chicago to Collipgwoo
posts ties and lumber
the Georgian ports.
—The new button
belonging to Meese
Halter, is now fairly
their sample cards pr
pearanoe.
—Since the Food I
onto his entered on
with dealers in adul
haw been a perc
ment.
—The Molson's
Ridgetown is about r
It is a nice building,
$5,000, and would do
town.
—The Mohawk
Brantford will be o
September. Pupils
2nd September. A
are attending the so
—It is asserted an
Mr. Mosseau will su
as Lieutenant Gove
November next, at t
latter's term of ate
—The best yield o
of in the township
year is that of Mr.
threshed eight acr
Which turned out ov
acre.
—Mr, Jas. McKay
rington, sold 27 st
$2,000. Mr. McKay
raising none but firs
doing good work i
rearing of thoroughb
—A large and en
of short hand wri
Toronto on Friday -a
final arrangement
hand writers, con
pleted.
—Nicholas Daley,
laborer, tried to kill
Murdox, by pushing
of the steamer. Th
feet and was danger
the head.
—Two boys perfor
lant feat ever witne
River, on Friday las
above the falls and
man. Their nam
Henry Rodgers.
—Mr. H. B. Sa,w1
the Caledonia Sach
ing sold out his inter
was' married on
last to Miss Ryan, d
Ryan, of Caledonia.
—The body of a
the river at the Cov
on Friday evening.
the exception of a co
neighborhood, and t
indentify the body.
—Joshua Adams
Sarnia operated by
bought by Mr. Ross,
tario, formerly of
The new proprietor
sion on the lat of Oq
—It is proposed b
lease the beach at
term of 25 years, an
park, erecting pavi
houses, and providi
who wish to avail th
—A deliberate att
wreck a Kingston dc
train by placing an i
the track near Kings
An engine and six c
and the road was bl
—Mr. Robt. Lone
cession of INattawas
Boring was commenced on Wednesday, with all its contents
onttelly family,
Huron on Mon -
drink and dis-
✓ says that the
plenty of water.
a feet which is.
he fectories:along
bought of John
. 60 on the lake
of the township
g 93 acres for
ut 2000,000bush-
ver. season from
-4,ret tun cargoes of
,being taken from
iactory in Paris,-
. Sauerman &
under way, and
sent a fine sp.
spector in Tor-
• active warfare
rated food, there
ptible improve-
ank building at
ady to move into.
ailt at a cost of
redit to a larger
•stitution,near
toned on the 4th
ill return on the
niter of Oneidas
1.
not denied that
eed Mr. Cauchon
or of Manitoba in
expiration of the
fall wheat heard
Amaranth this
ugh Sproule, who
of fall wheat,
42 bushels to the
tons of hay and a lot of farming imple-
ments, destroyed by fire last week.
The fire came from a new fallow which
was being burned off by his neighbor,
Mr. Boyce.
—A lady lathe County of Welland
had been twice tapped for dropsy, and
was in a bad Way, when an old squaw
coming along told her that huckle-
berries and gin would cure her. She
tried it and was perfeotly cured. The
fact is vouched for by unimpeachable
evidence.
—Mr. Absalom Dingman, at one
time principal of the Petrolia Public
Schools, but latterly publisher and pro-
prietor of the Strathroy Despatch, has
recently been appointed Inspector of
Indian Agencies, with headquarters at
Ottawa.
—The, authorities of the town of
Welland, having neglected to cut the
Canada thistle crop in the proper time,
the town Is threatened with a suit for
damages by a resident whose crops
have been injured by the spread of the
weed.
—Ten years ago Mr. Dietz, of Dra-
per, took with him to Muskoka a re-
volver to shoot bears with. The other
day for the fret time, he thought he
would try it just to see how it worked.
Now he has a . hole through his left
hand and carries it in a sling.
—The Canada Fishery Inspector at
Kingston, has forbidden Americans
fishing in Canadian waters. The other
day he threatened to seize some yachts
and small boats fishing near Wolf
and Simcoe Islands if they did not
-leave at 'once. -
—A store is being circulated to the
effect that a naiad battle took _place on
August 3rd, 1813, between the British
and Americans, near Port Dalhousie,
and that an American vessel, having on
board one and a half millions of Mexi-
can specie wee sunk.
—As Me:. Adam Kuchner, a shoe-
maker, from Waterloo, was returning
from Baden he attempted to jump from
the platform of the car whilst the train
was in motion. He slipped beneath the
-wheels, his right leg was so terribly
crushed that amputation was necessary
below the knee.
—Quite a serious fire occurred at
Greenfield Mills, owned by Mr. David
Goldie, near Ayr, on Saturday night of
last week. By some means the stave
factory caught fire, and was entirely
destroyed with all its machinery, as
also a shed. in which was stored a large
quantity of staves.
• —The following are the principal
boats trading to and from the Georgian
Bay ports: The Canadian, Emerald,
Northern Bell, Asia, Frauds Smith,
City of Owen Sound, Campagna, a new
iron vessel Africa, Magnettewan and.
the Oneida and St. Paul, the two last
being owned by Americans.'
—On Satupday morning last Miss
Dodds, of the township of. Moore, went
to Sarnia on hominess, and I drew from
Fleming's Bank $800, which she placed
along with $20 of other ,funds in a
satchel which she carried. Shortly
terwards the money was 'stolen from
her. Two mei were arrested On sus-
(Sailor) of Har-
e last week for
ride 3 himself upon
°lase stock and is
eneouraging the
ed cattle.
usiestic meeting
rs, was held in
ternoon, when the
for the short-
ention were com-
a Montreal ship
is foreman named
int. into the hold
man ,fell thirty
usly wounded on
ed the most gal-
a on the Niagara
, by swimming out
aving a drowning
s are Wm. and
, now proprietor of
in, h .8 brother hav-
st in that journal,
ednesday evening
ughter of Mnjohn
auwas found in
Brtdge, London,
lothing with
s found. in the
's nothing to
t w
ere
w
ollen mill in
r. otten has been
f S homberg, On-
xet r, for $6,000.
om s into pessee-
oho
SO
Kin
to
ion
g s
rns lves of it.
mp was made to
Pe broke Railway
n struction on
0
e parties to
ardine for a
ay it out as a
and bathing
elter for all
11
11
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ke
of
a,
con
•1
ne day lately.
ere thrown off,t
forve hours.
the 6th Con -
had his barn
'sting of ten
pioion.
—Mr. J. C. !Post, of Minto'on Mon-
day of last week, brought Mr. Alex.
McEwen of Mount Foreet, a large
specimen of the feathered tribe, which
the former gentleman captured near
his place. The dimensions of this
monstrous bird are 4 feet 7 inches high,
and 5 feet 6 inches from tip to tip of
wings.
—Mr. George Wright, en old and
respected resident on the Windmill
- Road, near Halifax, has ben forced to
flee from the place with hi family, to
avoid the villainous persec tion of un-
known persona The last utrage per-
petrated was the burning f his barn
just after he had finished storing the
season's crop of hay.
—The open season for shooting game,
is as follows: "Deer, elk, moose,caribou,
Oot. 1 to Deo4 15; grouse pheasants,
prairie fowl, partridges, Sept.(1 to Jan.
1; wild turkey and veil, et. 1 to Jan.
1; woodcock, Aug. 1, to Jari 1; snipe,
d, grey and
5 to Jan. 1;
Aug. 15 to
arch 1.
t, Lambton
county, will be a fair average crop, al-
though by no means bright. Spring
wheat—not much sown—hi turning out
well. Oats will be a magaificent crop.
Hay, the best crop that was ever seen
in the county of La.mbton. There is
said to be nearly three timts the quan-
tity of hay in Lambton that ever there
was before.
• —An old Trafalgar vet ran, named
Robert Holbrook, died at bis son's resi-
dence, Glen. Farm, Saltfleet, on Satur-
day at a ripe old age. He joined the
British navy in his 12th year. He was
in the battle of Trafalgar, n the third
ship behind the flagship ot the great
Lord Nelson. He was an honored
hurch, and a
jumped out, and was hurt, lea
dangerously • but Mr. Gardne
tangled in the lines,and when the h
were stopped he was laying ove
side of the box; the wheel had ea
head. It is doubtful whether he
recover.
—The World correspondent wit
Press excursion to Winnipeg,
thus: "The women we have m
Chicago do not compare at all favo
with the Toronto ladies. Their
plexions look fearfully tanned.
dress handsomely, and not near
many in comparison wear crinoli
in Toronto. In fact I read in a C
paper that it is only third class p
who wear the hoops."
—The Canada Southern has 'leen
quietly purchasing land, on the me-
dian side of the Detroit river, pr pare -
tory to the construction of the ssex
Centre cut-off, which is a fixed Inc . It
is said contracts will be let in few
days, and that ballasting and rack -
laying will NI pushed forward wi lithe
utmost despatch. Everything hi in
readiness, and a sufficient guan ity of
steel rails in store to iron the ntira
line.
—The mining industry in ritish
Columbia, has been very much de rese-
ed of late years, the yield poor and
many of the' old miners are mu4 dis-
f the
best paying claims are falling into the
are
num•
Pula-
adily
Bon -
August 15 to 4an. 1; mall
black and wild duck, Aug.
other ducks, pose, swans,
May 1; hares, Sept. 1 to
—The barley about Fore
not
got
rses
the
his
ill
the
tes
t in
bly
cpm -
]bey
y SO
e as
i ago
eople
member of the Wesleyan
class leader.
—The Hamilion Spect
following, which is calcula
tor has the
d to make
couraged. Unfortunately some
hands of the Chinese, wh
consequently increasing in
ber, while the .white p
tion of the dietrict appear to be at
decreasing. So says a corr
dent.
—A fearful hail storm visited p4rtions
of Guelph, Paslinch and Waterloo
last
tit of
s. An
townships on Monday afternoon o
week, and did an immense amo
damage to standing crops and roo
informant of the Guelph Merourr says
it was one of the worst storms that had
-been eeen in that section for the Ir 50
years. The storm passed throng the
township of Pilkington, and com-
pletely destroyed the oat, turniP and
—Another kissing pastor hail been
pea crop.
discovered, Rev. Fred. 4ndersc1i, pas-
tor of a Methodist churcliin Jersayville,
a village about nine miles from Brant-
ford. A correspondent denies that any
! haat-
d was
. Mr.
O two -
the
a of
everyone wish for friends in England:
"Mr. Charles Bamfylde, r., received
last week from Mr. A. Glteen, an old
friend and resident of this lcity, now in
England, an immense fortune, in the
shape of a cheque for £0,000. The
gift wati a complete surpeise for Mr.
Bamfylde, but none the less pleasant
all the same.
—The Northern Pacific Railway Com-
pany has issued the following notice:
"Robert Thompson, one of our con-
tractors, now deceased, leaves $7,000 in
funds in our possession. We are
.anxions to find his heirs. He formerly
contracted on the Canada Pacific; was
a Soandinavia,n, about 45 years old,
5 feet 8 inches high, dark comitlexion.
Any information rega,rdnag his heirs
wil be respectfully received.
—White Mr. James Gardner and his
little girl were returning from Forest on
Frida forenoon the team got frighten -
of the Jerseyville maidens are im
ed, but says that the person kis
a Miss Rush, of Platteville. Re
Sanderson is married and has
year-old child, His wife went
residence of her father, John Ma
of London.
—Public schools in Newfou d and
are conducted on strictly denomi e, ion -
al principles. There are now t re in-
ile
speotors appointed by the Gove ent,
one for Church of England soh is]one
for Roman Catholic schools, a d one
for Methodist schools. The e are
separate Boards of Education i soh
of the districts, under whose ea e the
schools belonging to the differe t de-
nominations are placed. The ame
system- is carried out in regexd to nd-
ary education.
—Mr. Justus Dierlamn fathe o the
Walkerton artist, a sober ind strious
and respectable farmer in the tow ship
of Minto, was returning on the 15th
from Clifford, his horses becante un-
manageable and ran away, throwing
him out of the wagon- to which they
were attached, breaking his leg and in-
flicting several other internal injuries,
from the effects of which he lingered
for 44 hours after the occuarrence of the
ely
bor-
and
accident, and then died. His unti
death is regretted by his entire,n g
hood, where he was., well liked
respected. _
—Mies Mary MeGeorge and Mi 13 ate
Tinling, for many years teachers in the
Ayr Public School, have lately reign-
ed, and are succeeded by saes.
Renwick and Crozier. The R rder
thus speaks of the retiring te ers :
"They have proved their efficie c as
teachers by their long service, a the
many successful pupils who le heir
respective classes to win honor i her
grades. Hundreds of boys a d girls
now merging into manhood and ornan-
hood will lone remember the with
gratitude and affection.
--A terrible drowning amide t took
pla,ce at Shot Lake on Sunday t e 20th
inst. Edward Wainright, aged ip Years,
Nelson Ryan, aged 21, -son of Thomas
Ryan, and George Stephenson, tied to
cross the head of the lake, an when
nearly across their small boat s atctped
in the heavy waves. Stephenson could.
not swim, and Was helped on the boat
by the others, Who, being good swim-
mers, struck oat for shore, which they
nearly reached.' Wainwright andRyan
were, however, drowned. The bodies
were grappled 6 hours after. ;
—Mr. W. McDonald, contractor,
eldest son of A. P. McDonald, WV° re-
preeented West Middlesex in Parlia-
ment for several years, died on the!l8th
inst at his father's residence in Mon-
treal. His firm, McDonald • & i Co.,
built the Jamestown and Franklin and
the Allegheny Valley Railroad, in Penn-
eylvania. In Canada he was leading
partner in the firm of McDonald & Co.,
who built section 13 of the Intercotonial
Railway, besides several other impor-
tant public works.
—The letter containieg the confession
of one of the perpetrators of the Sage
murder at Brantford, was the property
of Detective Hugh Batten, emplby d by
the, New York Central Railro , and
was lost by him on the day it was
found. The confession is a genutin . one
and was obtained from James Hearn, a
party who is now in jail in Brantford,
through the instrumentality of the
Canadian police. Detective Battle,
was employed to assist in working up
the case, presumedly in olotaiaing
knowledge of the whereabouts of Ted
Rogers, the miseing hotel keeper and
accomplice in the cxime.
—The trial of the owner it of the
steamer City of Toronto, i before
Mayor Follett and W. IC kby, 3.
from Niagara to Toronto, on Sunlay,
came off the other day. The party
numbering about 400, were brcught
from Buffalo by the Canada Southern
Railway. It was claimed that they
were travellers going to Toronto, but it
was shown that the whole crowd had.
but onetrunk among • them, and the
Buffalo handbills announcing the trip
were headed "Sunday excursion.
Captain Fortier was fined $40 and costs.
—Engineer Major A. B, Rogers tele-
graphs to President Hill, of the Mani-
toba, line, that he has succeeded M
finding a feasible pass for the Canada
Pacific Railway, through Selkirk, or
Gold Range, in British Columbia, which
will locate it about 15 miles north of
the boundary line, directly east of Kam-
loops. From Kamloops it will be
nearly an air line to Winnipeg and
Thunder Bay. The line will be about
100 miles south of Yellowhead Pass.
This is the second sunamer that Major
Rogers has spent in British Columbia.
Everybody said he could not find the
piss, but he has done it, and the Cana-
da Pacific authorities are happy.
—The Township of Blenheim has
certainly good reason to be proud of its
old men. And first on the list may ;be
placed Mr. Andrew Laidlaw, of the 4th
concession, over 80 years of age, who
.any favorable harvest day this season
may have been Been in one of the most
difficult operations of the harvest field,
shocking wheat and barley. This old
gentleman has but little hesitation in
taking a jaunt of five miles to Drunabo,
stepping off as lightly as a boy. Mr.
James Tenant aged 72, has been busy
during the harvest in driving the
reaper, and any one who has ever
undertaken that arduous occupation,
can form some estimate -of his power of
endurance. Mr. G. W. Lewis, 77 years
of age, has planted, cultivated. and
hoed eight acres of corn and potatoes,
and there is not a cleaner piece of work
in the country.
—What the Advertiser, London, has
learned regarding the various yields of
wheat, by enquiry of farmers- and
threshers, may be stated as follows :—
James Weir, lat concession, London,
30 bushels to the acro; Robert Sissous,
lat concession, London, 27 bushels to
the acre; Dan Collins, 2nd concession,
London,37 bush. per acre,friim 28 acres;
Geo. Douglas, 10th concession, London,
30 bushels to the acre; Wm. Martin,
10th concession, London, 40 bushels to
the acre; Ed. Collins, 6th concessicaa
London, 30 bushels to the acre; Wm.
Wilson, 10th concession, London, 30
bushels to the acre ; Wm. Grant, Bryan-
ston, 22 bushels to the sore; Joseph
Armstrong, 12th concession, London,
36t bushels to the acre; jno. McNeil,
7th concession, Lobo, 40 bushels to the
acre. The average will be about 25
bushels to the acre.
d ran away. The 'little girl P., for running an eXOUr8101 party
Perth Items.
Dir. James Robb has been appoint-
ed. Deputy -Registrar for the North
Riding of the County of Perth. t
— Mr. Paymaster Irvine distributed
over $32,000 amonget the employees of
the Grand Trunk Railway at Stratford, .
on Thursday last week.
—The next session of the County of
Perth Model Sohool will begin in
Stratford on Tuesday, 12th September
and continue for thirteen weeks:
—Willie Jenkins, son of Mr. Charles
Jenkins of Kintore, raked and bound
50 sheaves in 13 minutes one day during
harvest. Willie deserves credit for his
expertness.
—Stratford is going to heve a system
of waterworks, to be supplied from the
river Avon which flows through the
town. The stock subscribed for this
purpose now amounts to about $18,000.
— The Roman Catholic pio-nic at
Stratford on Wednesday last week was
a great success. Ae gold. watch was
presented to Miss Dolan ati the most
popular lady on the grounds. The
proceeds amounted to about $1,500.
Nora Clench, the petite violin-
ist of St. Marys, is going to reside in
Hamilton during the coming winter so
as to be convenient to Professor Mill-
man, who will continue to instruct her
in manipulating the strings of a violin.
—A lad nine years of age has been
sentenced by the Stratford. Police
Magistrate to five years imprisonment
in the Provincial Reformatory at Pone-
tanguishene,for stealing apples from the
orchard of Mr. T. J. Birch.
—Mr. Alexander MoLeay, an aged
and. much respected pioneer of Morn-
ington, died last week. His remains
were followed by a large concourse of
sorrowing friends to their last resting
place in the Millbank Presbyterian
burying othergrounmorning
T-orning
Master Walter
McDonald, eldest son of Mr. John Mc-
Donald, of Mitchell, was handling a
loaded revolver. Through some acci-
dental slip the weapon went off and
sent a bullet through the fleshy part of
the arm of a little brother who wasstand-
inglossocakipne.
looking on. The child had a nar-
row—Two young boys in Listowel, Joseph
Richardson aged fourteen years and
David Bogues, aged ten, were arrested
and committed to Stratford gaol for
trial a few days ago, for breaking
into Tatham et Co.'s store. Although
some of the' stolen property was found
in their pockets, they stoutly denied any
knowledge of the crime with which
th—eyAwFerune cahrtoargnedra.aa says :
t
Again the
steam whistle has commenced its shrill
cry, and stack after stack of straw is
Been rising throughout the township.
Iis all very well to veal of these
things, but to experience them is -quite
a. different thing. Of all the hard work
connected with rural life, about the
hardest is keeping a. steam thresher at
work beside a thermometer registering
90 degrees in the shade. It is truly
"dying by degrees" to do so. One day
httely Mr. Beer threshed in the neigh-
borlaood of 700 bushels of fall wheat on
the farm of Mr. P. Greenwood. Surely
that is threshing by steam.
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