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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1882-11-10, Page 13,1882. elti leave taste ping on the altar rend celebraat enk rose quickly. ), sanctuary muff re aisle howling ir large congrega. ew among theta kF EW YEARis IESENTS at the T H vorium, 1.86r,yby UNTER P I DAL 3JEWELLER. fER PLATE. FIFTEENTH YEAR. linEOLE NUMBER, 779. Dishes, Break. Card Receivers-, Baaketa, Cant )tete, Epergne, Staid a„ Flower co Pitchera, In - Stands, Knife a Dessert, Fruit, ,pkin Rings -2.5 Ctielles, Sardine ;tar Salt Stands, •ssert, Tea, Egg, 'rd. Sugar and rup Cups, Knife let Boxes, Vases* ' akers,. Children's Complete. he largest stock , broughtto the that they may all, 1 hall, for ttve a_diseount of manufacturers" .)14ESe ie and hunting Elginopen faze • an'cl Bilver d hunting case, abier, open face and silver ; B. 186, silver; 0. ew Russel and CKS. Clocks, from 55 y spring docks. one day weights, -finished in' solid day timepieces, ELRY. 'told G-uards and tentsBoal Plate adios' and Gents' iris t Laslies' and ,old, Silver and nd Bright Gold_ krid Gilt Sete; Necklets, Brace - Rings, end Plain 0 to 5�;5Scarf X Buttons, Shirt teli Keys,. Silver and Steel Spec ; GggIes,oid ad Alberts, Steel and °ambit, Vo - and Bill Book& in meerschaum* French CIay ,Tobs.ece Pouehee ,all ware. will he sold On warranted_ ea re - business from it be undersold. ng pod bargain. UNG Watches. Cloaks and warranted * eater' practical ex - stand, opposite - Cash Furniture /NITER, ,ading raweuer. ken at my store on by Miss Nettist h.; $20 each, as can be seen 1st E. MCFAUL. Is now offering SPeCial Inducements —TO— CASH BUYERS IN' THE FOLLOWING New Fall Goods. Mantle Cloths, Ulster Cloths, Tweeds, Flannels, Black Casioneres, Dress Goods, Silks, Velvets, Flushes, Sash .Ribb &c. &c. See our Winceys at 5e, §c, 10c 124e, the best in the' trade the money. Good Brdwn Rolland at foc yard. Splendid Canton Flannels at and 1210 per yard. Extra 'value in Table Linen at per yard.- • All Wool Flannels and Tw very cheap. Dress Goods, Shawls, Mantles Millinery at prices to suit e body. Those who give us a call will our Prices right FOR CASH, will receive the full benefit of the System. ns, nd for per 10c 20c eds nd ry- SCOTLAND BY A NEW YORK SOOT. Letter NO. 1. Our countryipeople are still as hospi- table as ever. Indeed, their kindness and hospitalitY are occasionally some- thing more than an Americanized Scot, with his less hardy digestion, is able to bear. Eating and drinking appear to be more of a steady business in the old land than with us. There is a greater variety of meals, and. the people sit longer at table. Three square meals a day is the average Western man's allow- -uncle, and a New Yorker is frequently content with breakfast and supper, with a light lunch. between. _ ln the &wintry, where I have been spending the racist of my time since my, arrival in Scotland, the order of the day is: First, breakfast at 8, generally a substantial meal of fresh eggs. And what eggs! None of your weak dys- peptic, two fot a cent looking things, with on good egg to the half-dozen ; but go d, sonsie, wholesome, well-fed looking }eggs, eaph of which is a meal in itself. Perhaps there are .trout caught green links and handled their clubs, the evening before in the burn by the would have astonished many a New master of the house, frequently frizzled York clerk of 20, who considers it too bacon, and occasionally fresh herrings. much of an exertion to walk to his If there is or has been any fish that office and back again. Their arms swims or hat; swam the briny, ancient were strong and their complexions rosy, orenodern, histeric or pre -historic, to and their eyes as clear as those of many equal a Lochfine herring fried I -have a man at 40; and yet, stranger to say, never seen or heard of it. For grace not one of these old- gentlemen was of form, delicacy of flavor, and pleasing what you would call a temperance man. after effects aboon them S.'—sawmint, One of them, iedeed, I was. informed, hasiclies, flounders,turbot, shad, halibut, never thought of going to bed without and a' the rest—it takes its place. his six glasses of grog, and the others Scotland owe e more to oatmeal and all enjoyed a good dinner. "Od man," fresh herrings than it does even to the remarked the youngest of the party to national haggis, or the usquebiugh of me, "yon whiskey last night was graun ; the ancients. They cheer without in- and I could.na walk quite straiiht when ebriating, and give a zest to the morn- I•gied hame; and this morning I ate ing meal which the choicest ragout, or twa eggs and a fresh herrin' to ma the juciest of beefsteaks, utterly fail to breakfaett." impart. The man who has eaten a Two of the party, one 82 and the fresh herring, newly taken from Loch- other 79, played golf the entire after - fine{ has not lived in vain. noon, travelling over a distance of at At one o'clock comes dinner, a sub- least ten miles, and went out to a din- stential repast indeed, with its soup, Der party in the evening. I was pros - roast lamb, glorious :peas, and new •ent when old 82 got home in the even - potatoes, one of the puddings for which ing, about, eleven o'clock. He was our Scottish ladies are i famous, and a as steady as. a rock, and as jolly dish of magnificent strawberries. Next an old beck as you could meet to fresh herrings give me the strawber- in a day's manila. He made us all ries ,of my native heath. I have never laugh over the events of the evening. looked upon such strawberries in any. There were two Doctors of Divinity at other land. I sat down in front of a tho dineer, a sheriff, a baker, a mill - dish of tbe queen of fruit yestreen, and. owner, two farmers and a civil en - each one was as big as a new potato, gineer. He distinguished himself by Such a color! euch a flavor! Man it singing "Gae fetchtaeme a pint o wnd mak' your teeth water to look at wine," and- the conversation included a them. Cream fit for the gods, a sprink, discussion • upon Kirk matters, and ling of sugar—just shut your een and heaps of fun end daffiri. think parser in Paradise. With such This old gentleman, who is well strawberries- and crearn is it a wonder known in official circles in Edinburgh, that Scotland is a God-fearing, gear- is an intense admirer of Burns. He gethering, temperance country, where possesses many rare edition a of the such a thing as a dram is an abomina- poet's work, and two of his letters—one tion? Och, dod 1 but it was the prood written to the golfer's own father, and man that I WaSS Tonal' when I put the other to "Clarinda." His father, those strawberries where they would do who was a celebrated jeweller in Edin- the most good. And talking about straw- burgh, was well acquainted with the berries you should see the " grosets." poet, and his shop was a great rendez- Ye may brag of your peaches, your vous for the literati of his time at the waternaelons, and even your pumpkin Scottish capital. The old jeweller once pies, but if your soul does not occasion- eutertained the poet -at din.ner. Upon ally yearn, and your mouth water, for the evening of the same day Burns sup - the grosets of your youth ypu are no ped with Lord Monboddo. My genial true Scot. For you BO minstrel rap- old friend had often heard his father tures swell. The sooner yon gang doon speak of Burns, and describe him as a to the vile dust from whence ye sprung without even tbe bagpipes to play "The Cawmels areCotain' "over your remains _ the better. ., At six o'clock a substantial tea is served, with the usual concomitants, including marmalade, that healthful seasoner of life's sorrows. In my hum- ble opinion marmalade is a very supe- riorj person to any jelly that's made— red curranterasp, apple, o even straw- berry. Although a little quaintance mace remarked ny : "Granny, I dinna wa • rats' tails," marmalade is for kittlin pp' your iaotio sensible woman I have m preeent visit was one who of marmalade in front of remark: "It's no Else offer man a saucer of maenad to have an entire pot all That woman understood h She appreciated the frailti sex, and yet strange to never married. Althoug means young, she still wo halo of goodness, whieh i ful. When I saw that front of me, I am asha regretted thee I had not of her sex in former years. find and Bah McFAUL. CARDNOS HAL 'TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21,112. A Famous Lectu e. Britannia Lodge, No. 170, A. A. M., take pleasure in 8.111110Und lecture by REV. DR. WILD, of Toronto, at the above time and p Sabject— " THE STONE MIRACLE AND 18 This is 'a rare opportunity. to hear the popular orator in Oanada at the presen The crowded houses that greet him eve IE d the flattering Press notices received, the high estimation of his abilities. If yo this opportunity, you will certainly reg Tiokets 25o, to all parts of the hall. As c limited number of tickets are to be sold, desirous of hearing the lecture should p ocure their tiokett early. For sale at Wm. Rob rtson &go.ig.,x. R. Countek's, C. W. Papst's, ums- isti dc Wilson's, and D. D. Rose. H. OAK RON W. N.; D. D. BOSE, Secretary. 7 6-2 g a ace. 2." most day. here, street miss et it. ly a arties AUCTION SA --9F---- SUPERIOR IMPROV SEAFORTH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10 1882. utterly unable to stand these late sup- pers. I have tried them once or twice with the moat distresaing results, in- • eluding nightmare and heaviness in the morning. Perhaps I didn't wash them down with a sufficient quantity of the cretin., podness knows. I Was taking a bottle of ginger ale one evening lately at the supper -table when an old lady remarked: " Tak a drap o' speerite, man; pittin canld-trash like tb,at in yer inside.' 1 " I cannot believe that these late sup- pers can be healthy; and yet the people look fresh and young. I have met ladies of my own time without a gray hair in their heads, who are young ladies still. How long a time might that be? Well, never -you mud; it is past the forties anyhow. The men, too, aka rule, look young and fresh. I witnessed -a game of golf the other day between four gentlemen. whose 'united agea footed up three hundred years. The youngest of the four was 71, the oldest 83. Those old. fellows looked hale and hearty, and the man- ner in which. they stepped over the ED FARM STOCK T MR. J. P. BRINE has been instructed the undersigned to sell by Pablio Auction at ti-WIL1P1LE TON, near CLINTON, ON FRIDAY NOV. 17 182 Commencing at 12 o'clock noon, the fol owing valuable and choice Farm Stock, Six steers tbree years old, 10 steers two years old, !tears 18 months old, 6 farrow cows, 41 f tock !wafers three years old, 2 stock heifers two years OM, 8 milch cows in calf to a thoroughbred bull, 3 yearling steers, got by a thoroughbred bull; 3 7osr1ing heifers got by a thoroughbred rjiaill; 6 aping calves, fbeavy draught breeding are 5 Pare olkin foal to imported "Bisznare ;"1 mare aim years old, 1 thoroughbred shorthorn bull, two years old, and other articles. The whole of the above stock will be sold. _,TERIVIS.—Twthe months' credit will be WW1 on furnishing approved joint notes. A dist- cleigit of 6 smuts on the dollar will be allowed for 48. 11: ILENE/7V RAIN SFOIFUD, Freprie- Y. BRINE4 Auctioneer. 779-1 - ' seems toi.me that the people are more sober &florally than they used to be. Much of the favorable change may be attributed to the facilities offered upon every hand for cheap excursions to the Highlands and other places, to the spread of • musical taste, and the teach- ipgs of temperance advocates. There still, however, too much drinking among the educated classes, and until a marked change takes place among those who enjoy the best opportuni- ties for studying the question from a moral and. scientific point of view, :complete reform can scarcely be looked :ter.' Strictly temperance people among the middle classes are rattily to be met . with. Wine, beer or whiskey are placed upon the table very often. Indeed, to judge from the fact, that you are el -c sooner seated than you are often asked what you will take, the conclusion' .is forced upon you that you are presumed by everybody to be in a chronic state of thirst. Not that I believe this to be the supposition tippermost in these good people's minds; it is merely the custom Of the country, and a very bad custom it is. A glass of beer or wine at dinner may be all very well, and even. a glass or two of grog before retiring for the night, but the admonition of the old Scotch divine, "No to be aye dram, drammint" ahould be ever present in the convtvial soul. It sounds very kind and nice to heir Si lady in the middle of the day say, "Now you must take something—a glass of wine, or would you prefer whiekei and water ?" But a great national problem hinges upon this very custom. Wise heads inay know when to stop, but young heads, or rather mouths, are too frequentlY open to swallow all that comes to them; and the w,orking- glasses, as well as the poorer class of people, are very apt to follow the ex- ample of those who are better off. I ]ave passed many fashionable saloons, Or." luncheon bars," as they oall them, including Rutherford's "Pubs " - in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and have counted hundreds of young men taking nips and pouriug down pints of" bitter" and " half a,nd-half ;" and I am told, articularly in Glasgow, that nips of larandy and water in the middle of the (ley are the fashionable things among the young bloods and mercantile aris- tocrats. It would be better, I imagine, for Scotch cities if they improved their ooffee houses, and paid lees attention to their bars. As a rule, I have found the dining restart/Ants extremely poor, and the coffee wretched stuff, while no expense is appirently spared upon the drinking places: Tbe railroad restaurants are most inviting -looking places. Young ladies, clad in gorgeous array, serve out • nips of brandy and whiskey to young wells who desire to be considered pavalry officers en route for Egypt, and the luncheon bars are equalltaluxurious and attractive. • I do not desire to set up for a saint upon the drinking question, having done my share of alcoholic absorption in this vale of thirst and tears. I have long ago learnt, however, to drink upon the Am- erican plan, and to confine my pota- tions to an occasional glass of lager. I observe that Vienna lager is being in - tall, well-built man, wAk the most re- troduced into Glasgow and Edinburgh, mutable eye he ever saw. and find that the general verdict is At the dinner in question there were " Unca cauld trash." I am firmly of present Mr. Ainslie, a W.. S. and the belief that if some German-Ameri- another. At Lord Moriboddo's that can were to start a good beer brewery evening, the celebrated Dr. Gregory in Scotland, and produce such an arti- was present, and the following col- tide of beet as that manufactured in loquy took place: "Burns," said Gre- Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Rochester, and gory, "what kind of a looking man was Staten Island, that a revolution might your father ?" "A tall man," replied be brought about in the drinking habits the poet. "And your mother ?" "My of the country. Beer is not teetotalism, mother," replied Burns,"was not amen but in a fight with hardatuff it is the sir." The following day Dr. Gregory temperance man's best ally. The ch- iselled at the jeweller's shop and growl- mate of Scotland is not favorable to the ed out, "what did you give Burns at consumption of lager in large quantities, dinner. You must have given him an but during the summer months it would extra supply of whiskey, for he rather prove a palatable beverage, and there distinguished himself at Monboddo's would be little chance of Scotchmen mak- last evening." I may remark en passang ing Dutchmen of themselves. So long as that I remember well when a boy, the beer is poor, however, you will not meeting this old gentleman eche knew -get a Scotchman to drink it. When he Burns, and -hearing him speak of him, emigrates toAmerica he very soons finds although I took no particular interest in- what a refreshing drink it is, how mach the conversation at that time. sociability there is in the amber -colored My old golfing friend was present at fluid, and how much better his head the theatrical club dinner when .Sir feels in the morning than if he had sat Walter Scott announced himself the soaking down bad whiskey till all hours author of the Waverly Novels. He of the night. heard Lord Medwin Deliver the famons It is a sad 'sight at a Scotch fair, and, speech declaring the veil drawn, and as I have witnessed, to 3ee a decent, re- sew the grand old man get up to pro- spectable woman dragging her drunken pose the health of Mackayekthe Bailie husband along the road. "Come awa' Nicol Jarvie of bis own, anti I may add hame, John," I heard a sonsy Scotch of all time, "My conscienceI" exclaim- wife excladming.to her gademan at the ed the Bailie in response, "what wud. close of fair -day lately. His head was ma worthy father, the deacon, hae bent in stolid stupefaction, his pipe said if he had heard his Bon's health hung listlessly upside down from his proposed by the great unknown ?" sodden lips, and his hands were in his When Sir Walter Scott left the hall Pat pouches. "Gang awe hame yersel', .Robettsontook the Chair, and upon woman ; let me alane. Goad curse ye 1" some rattle brained chap from Leith and she tugged at John, and John began getting up to propose his health, he took to fecht the air, and the lieges stared offence and left in the dumps. The with perfect -indifference, looking hope - party soon thereafter broke up in a fully forward to the time when they rather hilarious manner. might reach a similar state of happiness A great dear has been said and writ- themselves. How mony sair beide there ten regarding the drinking customs of might be next morning I leave to my Scotland. While there is undoubtedly • readers to imagine. great nom for improvement in this I have spent a very interesting and particular, the result of my observation enjoyable fortnight in and around the has been that there is a mazked change ancient and honorable Kingdom of Fife, for the better among all classes of so- the land of •lairds and lairdies, shrewd ciety. It is true that there is still a farmers, keen traders, fishermen, and great deal_ too much "nipping,'. -and the home, it will be remembered, of that the public houses continue to many celebrated persons in Scottish flourish in the cities and country history, particularly Macdail and Mag - towns ; but you meet the blue ribbon gie Lauder. The first thing that strikes very frequently upon the streets, and a stranger in the Kingdom of Fife is the the effects of Mr. Murphy's teachings , somewhat nansioal accent of its people. are beginning to be universally apparent This accent to an uninitiated ear has a among the working classes. I have peculiarly melancholy wail to it, Its if a travelled'upon two or three excursion • very dear friend had recently departed, trains and steamers during the holiday and the speaker still mourned his or her time in. Glasgow and other places, and lose. The sentences are pronounced in have observed much less. hard drinking a sad way, rising at their close to a loud than I remember to have noticed 20 and plaintive note on a high key. Take, years ago. Of course there are many for example, the following sentences: drouthy chiels still to be met with upon "Are ye gaun tae Cupeer?" "We're no these occasions, and the sounds of gaun tae hae ony schule the morn ; " drunken, revelry may be heard upon re- "Mon, thee taties are lookin' grann • " found myself turning trams and steamers; but it " Bier ye not got yer hay (pronounced 11 11 happened tie be in the roo ey of my ac - to his gran- t any o' thee graun thing . The most t duriug my laced a pot me with the - ng a -gentle - de ; he likes to himself." man nature. B of the male ay she had not by any e the gentle ever beauti• armalade ed to own, I et this pearl As my wife at the time 11 I did not give my thoughts words, but that marmalade went at heart. Oh, lassies, if ye would affections, appeal to his in nese. Playing lite tunes may sooth him for the ti working fanpy dogs on ca may appeal to his seathe if ye would win him body him, put a pot, of marmal him and. tell him to hel that doesn't melt the hardest made skinflhat that ever stole his granny, vtrite me dow After tea,,about ten o supper, a very substanti there are any .strangers pr are cold meats, fine oh cakes, scones—reader, d what SCOBeS are? If y down on your knees, and may be delivered from su able ignoraece. Scones ar frequently something hot toasted cheese, rizza,rd h 11 aight to my win a man's er conscious - n the piano e being; and brie frames ic taste; but nd soul, feed de in front of himser. If 11 • bawbees frae a goromeril. clock, comes meal when sent. There se, oatmeal you know u don't, get ray that yo* h unpardon- scones. And poached eggs, dockei, some- thing of that kind. These little suppers are very eejoyable aff • s. There is generally wine for the 1 dies, and the gentlenaen indulge in a ttle whiskey and water. To -day that g d old stand- by, or fa' doon by, of our ancestors has gone very much, if not alt gether, out o' fashion. r am told that t is now very seldom seeu except at the °uses of old- fashioned folks. The yo nger men all take it cold. I confer* that I have Mc E.AN BROS., Publishers. $1 50 a Year, in; Advance. high) in yet ? " " Blither, I want a .drink o' wetter ; " "Ye canna get ony wetter the day ; " " Weel, am ne gaun this road ony mair ; " " Ye'll noi, get." In all these examples the last etord is sounded. about three octaves higher than the rest of the sentence. There is probably no country of its size in the world which cont, tas so many varieties of accent and idiom as Scotland. Between the accent of the Ebinburgh people, the Gleam folk, and. the Paisley boddies there is a greater perceptible difference than between that of the natives of Maine and Georgia, and the Same thing may be said of the Aberdonian, the Forfarshire, the Inver- ness-shire, and the smith country peo- ple. All this does not include the High - laid, where they speak the Gaelic. When they condescend to speak the English in that portion of Her Majesty's dominions they frequently give to it a sort of Welsh -German twist; as, for example: "It will not pe a ferry fine day to -morrow, I don't think whatever." In Glasgow the natives speak as if they were about to get up a fecht for the eake of argument. The twang has a com- bative turn to it, as if the " Twa Dogs" Of Burns had suddenly cometo life, and were about to argue the point over a bone. " Aye" appears to be a common explanation heard upon the streets of Glasgow. "Aro ye gaun doon the wet- ter ?" " Aye!" "Is yer mither at hame the noo ?" "Aye !" There is a short, snappy twist to the Glasgow twang which it is difficult to explain in words. At the south again we find a touch of • the Fife peculiarity at the end of the sentence, with a partiality for the dip - thong " ow " and "00,". At Jethart, the laddies say ," Ye'll no guess," and " Yow and me'll gang tae Mesie's and pow piees " (anglice peas). An Aber- donian will never be mistaken the world over, and an old Edinburgh woman still says "Pit up the windey," and " Jenet dish the denner." The Inverness ac- cent is the most musical of all. There is just' enough of the Highland inflection to give it piquancy, and the vatione cadences are pleasant to the ear. I have noticed a marked difference in the manner of pronouncing the simple Word "Yes," particularly among the ladies. I have heard it pronounced " *4 yaysse,Il 61 yesse,” St yees,), simply "yes," and by a few howling swells "yeas" and "pewee." After a long residence in America the leer becomes more acutely sensible to little differ- ences in accent and prnounciation. The.Kingdom of Fife, as far as have seen of it, is quite a picturesque and fertile country. It is studded here and there with quaint old ruins, and bite of undulating landscape. The scenery reminds me a good deal of some parts of England, and occa.sionally'of Mary- land and Virginia. It is generally acknowledged to be a fine farming country, although the farmers generally complain bitterly of the past few years. The -present season up to the last week of July was cold and rainy, but since then the weather has been beautiful; the hay is all gathered in, and np to, the present writing, August 9th, the farm- ers' hearts are happy in the prospect of a fine crop. The general effect of the last few seasons, however, cannot fail th damp the spirits of the farmers here - .bouts, and many of them shake their heads over the future. The general impression seems to be that the days of golden harvests are over. Rents are high, servants' wages. greatly in advance of what they were some years ago, and the cost of provisions and agricultural necessaries in proportion. It iietrue that labor-saving machines have wrought a great revolution in the work- ing of farms; but it is only men possessed of considers.ble capital who can afford to possess them, and the cost of keeping them up is considerable. E. N. L. however, Daly clinched with the would- be robber, and the latter is now in custody. —Mr. Reid;iRawlings, 3rd concession London, last week had three of his front teeth knocked out with a kick from a fiery horse. Mr. RaWlisgs had his lip and cheek out open at the same time. • • : —The Provincial Fair will have three thousand dollars on hand after settling all expenses. This inellides 55,000 Government grant. The nextexhibition will probably be held in Ouelph, but Ottawa claims it. —A few farmers in thet'Vicinity of Dumfries station, on the Credit Valley railway, have just purchased and erect- ed a four -ton weigh scale at -that station. This will prove a great convenience to shippers. —Mr. deorge Sharp, of *South Dum- fries, planted a pound and •a half of white eleithant potatoes Which yielded 70 pounds, and are said to be the best potatoes ever grown in "South Dum- fries. —James McLaren, of Buckingham, Quebec, has subscribed 550,000 of the 5200,000 Belted to endow Knox College, Toronto. The amount subscribed by Mr. McLaren is for endowment of a chair of syttematic theology. —The suit contesting the validity of the will of Barbara Scott, who be- queathed a considerable Buil of money to McGill College, has resulted. in a decision upholding the will as good and valid. —A serious fire occurred about half a mile from Hespeler on Sunday morning and destroyed Mr. James Phin's large barn, with the entire contents and im- plements ; also a number of horses and cattle. —W. H. Pambrinin, wbo received a salary of $1,200 per annuni in the De-- partment of Militia, at Ottawa, forged a railway ticket by the Canadian Pacific Railway to Montreal, and has been dis- charged from the Civil Service in conse- quence. —Numbers of settlers on the Gaspe coast are anxious to migrate, and in order to prevent their going to the Uni- ted States the Dominion G-overnment is offering them cheap fares as an induce- ment to come and Bettie in the Ottawa district. —The Allan Steamship Company has taken an action against the Montreal Witness for 550,000 damages for libel in not retracting statements made against the treatment of passengers on the steamship Sardinian. —A man in London owns a "Beacon" duck only eighteen weeks old which has already laid eight eggs. For so young a fowl he considers the feat altogether unequalled on • the egg -producing re- cord, and would like to hear of any rival. —The Canada Southern Railway is* building an extensive freight depot and round house at Windsor,. The same company intend shortly to place on their line two elegant dining -room cars, also ten first•class coaches, to be finish- ed in mahogany, and of the most modern style. —Mr. Edward Blake, Q. C., appeared the other morning as couusel for the Grand Trunk in two important cases at the Toronto Chancery Sittings. These are the first cases in which Mr. Blake has held briefs at-. Osgoode Hall since about this time last year. —It must have been t one /of the sneakiest of sneak thieves, that stole a silk dress from Mrs D tincart,of Beaverton, on Sunday night, while she and her hus- band were at church. Tile silk dress was a wedding day present to Mrs Duncan, from her father. —Miss Lizsie Alford, aged 15 years, daughter of Mr. Alford, conductor on the Harriston branch of the Grand Trunk, died at Brantford. a few days ago. She was an unusually interesting and lovable young girl, and her early death is much regretted. =Professor Goldwin Smith has estab- lished in Toronto a new institution known as the Children's Day Home. The object of the Home is to care for the children of women who are obliged to go out to work by the day, the nomi- nal charge of two cents per day being charged. —A young man named Close,from St. Marys, jumped off the Buffalo express at Parkhill station Saturday evening while the train was running at the rate of forty miles an hour. - When picked up be was senseless. DF. Caw thinks he may recover. —The notorious Russ twins, of Yar- mouth, were overpowed by a posse of constables in a corn field the other day, and after_ a hard fight, secured and brought to St. Thomas, where they were lodged in gaol. The particular grievance at this time was contempt of set Suuday evening at Chatham a boy named McLery, aged 14, was run over by a freight train and instantly killed. He was one of a number of Canada. A stone monastery is to be built at Niagara Falls, Ontario, to cost 515,000. —The Dominion Parliament will meet about the first week of February. —Hon. Sustice Torrance will give his valuable -private library to McGill Uni- versity. —A new Electric Lighting Company has been started at Montreal, with 5100,000 capital. —The first snow of the seasen fell ' at Halifax Friday morning, there being a light flurry abouadaylight covering the ground. — Out of 1,207 immigrants arrived last month at Ottawa,°528 remained in Optario • 108 went trough to Man- itoba, and '573 to the Western States. — Over one hundred farmers claim they have been swindled out of sums ranging from 5150 to /1600 by Mahon ee Co., the agricultural implement manu- facturers. =Complaints are made that the fish- ery regulations are grossly violated at Rideau Lake, where large quautities of fish are being captured during spawning boys who are in the habit of jumping on season. and off freight trains as they come —George F. Newton, late township clerk of West Luther, is suing the township for $200 damages for being badly used. The case will shortly be tried at Guelph. —A story cemes from Joliette, Quebec, concerning the mysterious disappear- ance of Cleophas Dupuis, a • wealthy resident of St. Jacques, who, it is feared has been murdered and robbed. —The shipments of coal from Cape Bieton mines, during the quarter ending September 30th, aggregated 290,000 i shortly from England who would pur- chase the product of the bulbs, paying therefor 517.50. The swindlers sue- Ceeded well on the gullibility of sonae, and Should be brought to account. —A Quebec despatch says: A finan- cial and commercial crisie seems to be pending here owing tcethe stringency of the the the. clasSes, in the way of employment and s u ffi ter. a nt yacgobes . _ Kalftel itch, vtith his steai thresher, threshed 400 bushels of oats in one hour and a half. This is at the rate of Dearly 4t- bushels per minnte, but during a portion the rate was tis high as sia bushels per minute. This work was done on the farrn of Mr. Adana Linton,9th Concession Blenheim. —Last Saturday afternoon Wm. Shepherd, a much respected farmer of the township of Plympton, Was run ovet by a train about one mile west of Aberarder. His body was scarcely re- cognizable. He appears to have thrown himself in front of a train while under a temporary fit of insanity. --,One of the leading ministers in Eutihemia, near Sarnia, undertook to lead off the singing last Sabbath. Be- fore he commenced, however, he offered. an Apology, and said "he could not sing very well." - He got Wit way thrciugh and then gave up in idtktpair, exclaiming "Friends, I can't shag, let us pray." —The Governor-General speaks in a hopeful strain of British Columbia's futflre. His speech at the civic banquet created a most favors,ble impression, and has been the means of directing the ntion of the people to several latent urces. It is said. the Princess remain at Victoria till spring, she charmed with the country and cli; e. The Paisley bailiff, Mr. Wm. W. g, while driving aver a hill near the ge, met with rather a bad accident. hold back of the harness broke, and buggy was capsized, throwing Mr. 0 out. He was considerably bruis- ed and broken up, but his wonuds are not dangerous. The vehicle was badly smashed. --Mr. A. Wright has purchased a farm of 100 acres near Essex Centre, where he intends erecting a sugar bac- tory, the farm to be used for growing sorghum Or sugar cane. This cane has been growing and used for making syrup for 'many years in Essex, and Mr. Wright proposes to buy and pay cash for the cane from farmers whe wish to .diepose of it. —A. few days ago the body of a man was washed ashore on Horse Island, supposed to be that of K. T. Bruce, engineer of the lost steamer Asia. On his person was found a silver watch with the initials "K. T. B." The watch is now in the possession of Mr. Lehay, of Killarney. The body was so much detomposed as to render immediate 1. oney market, the high price of all ecessariee of life, and the scarcity e wherewithal imong the working att res wil ia a ma Ho vill Th the Ho into the station. The unfortunate boy was frightfully mangled. —Miss Cartnell, of Hamilton, is about to leave for Japan, where she intends to spend her life as a missionary. She was given a farewell meeting in the Centennary church, Hamilton, last Friday evening, and presented with a purse of 5200. —At midnight on Monday last fire was discovered in the Provincial Poor Asylum at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The flames spread rapidly, and the whole burial necessary. ;The Thunder Bay Colonization Railway Company, which is to extend _ abOut 45 miles ha a southwesterly direc- tion from Prince Arthur's Landing, is applying for a charter. As the name indicates, the object of the road is to deVelop the section of the country through which it passes, and to open tintber limits and mines. -!--As Mr. Richardson, teacher at Elinwood, was driving through a swamp near that village on Monday night last, the buggy struck a bear, which was on the road. The bear growled and ran after the buggy, bunting against it and nearly throwing it over. Mr. Richardson put the whip to the horse and got off as quickly as possible. Bears seem un- coMmonly numerous in Western On- tario this fall. The Ingersoll shirt manufacturing conapany, started a few months ainee, are doing a rushing trade. The com- pany occupy three flats of an extensive building in the carrying on of their wdrk. About forty hands are already employed, and -as many as 75 to 100 dozen articles are:tturned out in a week. 1—An old man named Durrell, who has been making his living in Toronto, foe the past two years by selling apples or nges and lemons at the different tons, an increase of 56,000 over \ the building was destroyed. It is known shipments for the same period last year. that as many as 31 persons were burn- -Lieut. -Col. Donald Mason Grant ed to death, with a probability of more. has been appointed chief of police for —A couple of swindlers, calling the city of Ottawa, at a salary of $1,100 themselves Smith and Sabineesucceed- per annum, with an allowance of 5100 ed in deluding a number of respectable per annum for his horse, citizens of Brantford last week, by sell- -A young farmer named Martin ing bogus flower bulbs. They repre- Daly, of East Flamboro', was waylaid a, seated the bulbs as a new variety of few nights ago on the highway by a man German liIy of the valley, blossoming named Alex. Campbell, who demanded in six weeks, which they sold for 55, his money. Instead of complying, stating that a gentleman was coming ad the climate is very severe. Ce ha 63 rcantile offices in the city, has re- ved word from England that he fallen heir to property valued at ,000 in the Island of Jersey, Eng- land. It is understood that he will shOrtly leave for England to claim the property. —The canning company, operating at DelhiL. Norfolk county, has sold to Messrs, D. McKenzie St Co., of Winni- peg, five car loads of their canned goods. T is company is now adding to its al eady large vegetable packing busi- ness the manufacture of jams, jellies, &sc., and purposes packing corned beef and poultry largely this winter; it is new working night and' day to fill orders. I—Oneof Hamiltdn's oldest and most respected physicians, Dr. Bellwood, passed away on the evening of Wednes- day, Nov. 1st, after a tedious illness eXtending over six months. He took charge of the Hamilton-. Hospital in 1848, and was doctor of that institution for over 20 years, -and for six years previous to this he occupied the position of resident physician of the Toronto Hospital. —T. D. Webster, of Harrisburg, after spending a winter and summer in Manitoba, has returned home for the winter. He has located near Moose Mountain, and thinks his property there is worth nearly 53,000. He gives humorous accounts of hardships en- dured, difficulties overcome and adven- tores and perils by land and flood. He states that game and fish are very plentiful and easily captured. He ad- vises any one who is in comfortable circumstances here to remain, especial - those who have a family, as the diffi- celties are many, headships frequent