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The Huron Expositor, 1884-08-22, Page 6tettele XP6 ITOR: • AUGUST 22, 1 From A.seiniboia. the time oftheir visit there wasp eon from an excitement among them. Pi -a -pot, The following is an extract interesting letter written by the Rev. J. seems, thought ,to call in his mut '•a remove from their reserve. Not wonder, for many of them ha through the winter from want providence. The, style of life they are called is new, at.d4 no them are ready to settle own f chase to agriculture. I diens e posed to live peaceably w th us, earnestly hope they will eet with fa treatment by the officers of the_ Gove: ment. In such a case there is no fe But if they fancy they are wronged a come to be pinched by hunger an threatenedby death, one might expe a liability to violence in some l'ishap although the liability is, in their oa less than would be with some 'othe supposed to be more civilized. they come than open tent or loose things are apt to disappea the case of a sen of mine who as left p, and rolling prairie and excellent land. All along south of the. Qu'Appelle,' as new ,Moose Mountains, Weed Hills, a ., t country has been occupied by t mbe and everywhere on .the prairie, whe there has been some protection eo tl timber, by sloughs or lakes;, I fin litt poplars straggling for life still. Th grow a foot on two or more and ane again destroyed by the running fir s,• an the roots renew their shoots fro yea to year until they' finally suooa b. " have never seen any landscape mor 'beautiful than where we have a in ing of rounded knolls, and bin s, au stretche of green fields and `elopit parks and .glassy. lekelets f dotted wit waterfowl. The variety invegetabl and animal life is a constant source t entertainment to those who open. the minds to such kinds of pleasure., Duck are in vast numbers,'and of as Many a some score varieties, and apple Of the exceedingly beautiful. Divers, I gees plovers, snipes, curlews, meadow lark affor ts,and ey ar rive in spring, there are `strange ;sensa- tions. and lively curiosity. Stand ng a our door at evening, there come; fro our lake in front, from neigh ori sloughs, from the cheerful prairi fiel and the beautiful. tinted sky, ons sweet or plaintive. gentle, strong, mnsi cal, harsh, defiant, querulous, oh erf homelike, or utterly outlandish, suggest ing every sort of sentiment, As ! inter comes on these disappear, end everywhere on the snow the t foxes, fninke, wolves, deer, rabb' rather hares), wolverines', etc. I winner I saw multitudes ;of very n tracks and • could scarcely oredijt they were tracks of mice I ha' them running on the snow whe wind seemedcoldenough toffreez a minute body through in an last: When I got out with part of my last fall, I found the other par' worked hard for our reception. had up a frame house in which comfort all winter, sed a good sod stabl in which the beasts did splendidly o natural hay. They; are now d i well as could be on the gran, an of them fatter than your b toher'i Our forty acres of crop are pro�a fairly, and the 400 trees we have gl around the house are prospet°ing.:' I have, like others, spoken well •.cif th country, let those who come he e• to farm bring plenty of money with1 hent remembering that they have two o' three years before them ere they ca,n be supplied from the soil, and that 'ipnp1e ments and machines are costly. 1 Fearing that I ;have multiplied word: unduly, I am, yours truly, JOHN FOTHE3ntuii Grenfell, July 23, 1884. Good Mares for Breedli Purposes. The importance of selecting mares from which to breed, has referred to often in these column 'deeming it of much greater impor than many of our, farmers itnagirie, we think the matter will bear co stars agitation. A correspondent of a f reig exchange gives his views in reg d t the selection of brood mares, end fo these and suggestions in regard o the same we gladly slake room; and 'vould ask a careful perusal from all opt pat-{ roes who are in any way engaged in horse breeding. He says : 'They should commence their inspection at the ground, and work upward. This is a .good plan, as sometimes a buyer 's kat- tracted by a showy -topped animal! with is sit e im-- ,igor,- Fotheringham, formerly of Millbank, in the county of Perth, but now of Grenfell,. Assiniboia, Northwest Territory. He says Still the knowledge of the Northwest is not over exact in the Ontario mind. In illustration, it is not uncommon for friends to address me--" Grenfell P. 0. Assiniboia,- Man., N. W T.," and some- times inserting also the name "Ontario." However,. it is not unusual now to get muddled on " the boundary question," of which the clearing up seems at hand. But it appears to as a little greedy for Ontario people to stretch their claire so far as to reach not only to the romantic place where muskrats used to portage their winter supplies of wild rice, but all the way across Manitoba to this place of lakelet and slough, rolling prairie and bluff. Our Northwest Territory is di- vided into four districts of sufficient size for large provinces, of which Assiniboia. lies west of Manitoba. By the way, our school maps. and geographical informa- tion stand much in need of revision, and it is to be hoped your. educational an- thorities are having an eye to this. The opinions of the Northwest given in the Ontario press are, I sweet, largely given at first sight or second hand—may be twentysecond hand—and to an ex- tent stereotype. It has been the fashion to laud the country almost unlimitedly, and I think it hes been in- consequence overrated. This, is an evil which has measurably oorreotec� itself. It is sup- posed when people go about business that they go by fact rather than fancy —a supposition largely falsified by the speculative mania of two or three years ago, now known by the classical name of a the boom." The fancies and the facts of these times have resulted in the sudden riches of a few and the sore disappointment of many. The public works afforded relief to those who lost their little all, and the grave became the asylum of not a few who left the east with youth and vigor, but Whose ex- posure and hardships were too much for them. Nevertheless this is a good land ; it cannot be denied that Manitoba and the Northwest is the best wheat producing country on the contineft, and equally good for other grains, or else for roots, and when this is said the character of the country is possessing the, elements. of prosperity is_estabhshed. There are drawbacks, of course, and some of them pretty serious. Last year there were frosts that damaged mach grain, but the year was exceptional. Still there is a standing menace of frost to those who put in their grain late in the spring. There are summer frosts also, but not worse, perhaps than those in Ontario. Our beans were slightly touched on Jaly ist, but the potatoes alongside were safe. In certain places potatoes were also -cut down. Our wood is limited and Will soon be exhausted if not supplied by tree planting. But this can be done, and doubtless will be to a large extent. Aspin, poplar and . balm of gilead are plentiful ancigrow rapidly by transplant- ing from the bluff. The ash leaved maple can be raised from seed in an astonishingly short time—in five or six years—thirty feet high, from the seed and the seed will grow as certainly as corn or potatoes. From this too syrup and sugar can be obtained, as well as fuel ; and coal mines are being develop- ed, and are very eatensiiiely distributed. A great drawbaok is the low price of wheat, resulting from the expense of carriage to the great markets, and this resulting too largely froih monopolies— railway, elevator and milling. Millers, I am told, allow only twenty- five pounds of flour to the bushel of wheat, instead of forty as in Ontario. Meanwhile our store goods are high. But we have good prospects that our hardships will miti- gate and our advantages increase. In this neighborhood we have no mills or elevators, but there is noise enough about both to result in something soon. Our church and school affairs are backward. In new places like this schools come slowly. Missionary work is well pushed on, and there is much. need. It is a matter of amazement and grief to find how rapidly those who used church ordinances elsewhere, here learn to do without them, and seemingly pre fertheir absence. Wide separation of settlers is, of course, a very sedans evil, and one which will not be overcome, I - fear, until irreligion has made danger- ous progresa. It may seem to people in Ontario that much money is laid out here on a small population, but there is great need for sacrifice in this; matter, if our populations are to be saved from the wildness, insecurity and irreligion of most -of the western places farther south. I have myself been doing mis- sionary work regularly .since I came, but find my former bodily infirmity inter- fering, so that I have asked the Presby- tery to send another man, hoping still to do a little as Ytmay be able. Friends have been careful to ask me of the cold of winter and the Indians, sapposing that these were the two chief causes of apprehension. Well I am astonished at the degree of cold we endure here with comfort. There was much keener frost with Ens than I was used to in Ontario, but I suffered less from it. We take better care of ourselves here in winter, by wrap- ping our. faces and by warm mita and foot gear, and by a little more body clothing when exposed, and, thus pro- vided, ro vided, I think our winter more endur- able than in Ontario. We scarcely ever take colds. Our arrival here was followed by wonderfully increased appe- tite and bodily activity and strength ; and I do not know where one enfeebled could go to more advantage. I felt re- invigorated in an astonishing degree, but unwisely and unwittingly over- matohed my strength by my winter's missionary work, and so lost my gain. Two or three months in our Northwest would do more, I fancy, for our worn ministers, than going across the Atlan- tic. We have not had any concern as yet about our Indians. Situated between the Wolf and Weed Hills, we -have fre- quent visits of . them. Across two or three townships west and as many north, are Indian Reserves, and again. farther south-east, at Moose Mountains, They come by ones, twos, or, as once, six. in a company, and communicate by signs and sounds that afford amusement, and are mild and pleasant. Their object is the supply of bodily want. The company of six evidently thought to intimidate into large gifts, but in our case failed, as. not in every case. When they see no signs of fear they are cour- teous even in such circumstances. At mu di �d i whin all f in t e e d and 1I Wh ehan �y as In t e s minus hie bedding, shawl. str -some cooking uteasile, co. ; -The countryp about here is e blackbirds, sand hill cranes, etc.' ns;as great variety of sounds as sigt to new comers like, us, )when ti fin lack is (dr earl mat th the see n th 3 BBC' amil aha The e ha ng a: mo : kill iisin ante ]Vhil au. ig goo beet a, bu tang a fine symmeti'ioal ontli fascinated that .he neglects portant points—the feet a brood mare should be vow: ons ; her constitution not continuous years' of excess hard 'feeding. Worn out r suitable to breed from ; they e have good, tough, open feQet, th terns strong, butt not too perpend e sho view, hoo.M n the view, cular. t. and eyes indicating docility and pin k ; th fairly long, and set well int ' the s ers, which should not be uprigh slanting, She should not b short ie, and the moi nd lei Band impale ive t i ares The cannonbone. should and broad from the side flinty - appearance. The knees broad, the latter fro; and the former from a sid and arms big . and mul should possess a good chef with a clean-cut head ; .th( d b� an e not lould pas- nlar. , fiat, ith Fall• nt, highs She. crest, ively peck mild t, ba back ed (a Mare with length and room bony her nasally breeds the bigest an bee foals). The ribs; shonld be well it run from the back -bone, and d ep bo h b fore and back, the quarte s ion . an not drooping behind. Thy shoed b broad do top, tail; well set en, and loin well arched ; bnt1above all it is essentia that she should be sound.' NoI mar should be bred from that is a roamer o broken winded, ort has side orf tin bones, bog `or bone spavins, weak feet or calf keees. Ate 4 requires attention, mper, the off 4prin , often taking the dame's temper, Th importance therefore, of select ng quiet tempered mare of .sound ipensti, tution for breeding purposes is eippai ent ; and though last, not least, a mar: should go straight and square in he action, as it is necessary in all cases, fo whatever purpose. they are used tha they should have good walking and trotting action. It is next to impossible to get a horse possessing as. many good qualities and as few bad ones ar one would wish; but it is well to remember that a mare should be free . fro all hereditary diseases to be suitabl foe breeding purposes. It would, therefore, be well to have the opinion of a tetteri- nary surgeon as to the perfect Bound= badly shaped hook other matter whio is the animal's t. 11ess 0 a mare int 01 cos e, it is not i ers she ld only put tip to a standard ie to Wirt out what Mare, so that wh hang offers suitab rovidda to replace t often happens th a really good mare f he is too anxious to can make a few Comparatively wor Amid, which remin goose that laid the. deal has been done the breeding of othe with very praisewor tesultsi Why not f rack vtith the horse able to man i de tens o t Own is d n c e mi bje wh brei art anc les on idet edor the stud. that breed - e stud mares bad -the objeot eairable in a opportunity to ►res should be t'onable ones. a farmer has id'ng purposes, w th her if he is .retaining a one in her f killing the i ..gg. A great wa ' s improving kin s of stook, and by nil_ satisfactory llo n the same whin' is so valu- ROXETE ALX. L1 Begs til announce to h{as oommenoec 0 ETER WOO and that he will =bei good v FULL' CLOTHr TWEEDS, UNION' T FLANN •SLS, PLAI &Ind vs • -G the P to op LLEN ILLS. BSoN blio that he rate the FACTORY prepared to give lute 1n E • rieties in ST C C DS, S. YS, G YARNS. CU TOM ARDING, pinning and Fullin proMptly attend- eo. Wtart's from a distance will, as far as possibl , have their Rolls home with them, end as he has put the mill into good w eking order nd employs none beat a cient work en ell work is arra ed. Rem 0 mil 0 z �-I mber the W xet3r Mills. EX. L. 1 1 :: ON, co I*0 c2;v.ColiraumiCaD H • tcoJ sEta1.1Vnbpv2H TH CANADIAN BANK HEAD OFF1C RIETOR et- CD p p c t - CD w 0 131 CD . Cf" 0 0 td PLOWS A ar Loa CHILLED PLOW of enuine South Bend & SULKY PLOWS, ST ZZCEIVEI SAT ILLSON'S 0.0 Agricultural � Whioh will a sold at old import dutie ,• the subsorib stook, impor ed One Hundi tariff ; cons gently, he is stook is exh sted. i - Call a ferior article - Every Plow A full s - ok of Masse Toronto Mo era, Toronto Sharp's Rak s, all of whiob of all kinds ways on Nand before buyin a,machine. mple ent Wareroom, Seaforth, rioes, not ithstanding the increase of 10 per oent. er being d ternnined to keep those valuable Plows in 'ed and F !i ty of them a few days before the rise in the; enabled t sell them at former prices until the present; nd see the a Plows before buying . a common or in guarantee to give satisfaction or no sale. Reapers d Massey Mowers, Toronto Reapers and; Cord Biu ere and Massey's Laity Down Binder,and" will be sp d cheap and on reasonable terms. Repairs for the ibove machines. Don't fail to see my stook q. 0. WTLL soN, Main Street, Seaforth. NEW NII ;LING FIRM IN SEAFORTH. TH McB Having bougl and beat mac G And the resu Farmers oan and have it h PLO - For sale by t of Wheat. SEAF :I RT . ROLLER MILLS, LATE TI RED MILL. S M. T H, from Strathroy, t the above mills, andt: fitted them throughout with all the latest ineru that could be protared for a AD t attar now g Mme w e ton MR. THbMA Mills. AL REDU'TION ROLLER MILL, ned is, they have one of the best mills in the Province. t all their GRI.; ING and CHOPPING done in Seaforth, th them the sae: day, and - Satisfaction Guaranteed. PRA A1\Tn SIOR, S r in lees quantities—FOR CASH. Cash for any liquantity SMITH will j cBRIDE & SMITH. rsonally superintend the Seaforth Roller --TI i G 0JI D0l\ . e sh.w tl is -w 1 Cloths, Ta le Napki all kinds .01 Li en G' in hi ,e a' d rea suit 131 fo La les' Embroderiies Mantle an Dr of FaraOols fro i { a5 z 0 • ek a fine range of Table s, D'Oyles, Towelst, and ods. Extra good value Muslins and Sateens, nd Children's Dresses nd Ilisertions for Trimming. ss lks cheap. Full stock 30o to $4.00. SO' , S E A.F O R T H. AMERCE, T I ' O,NTO. Paid nit Capital, !lie'', T . - - - Preei ent, Hon.; 4' EAT'ORTH rhe 8eforth Branch of receive • posits, on whit • the most avoraqble tern Drafts n all the princi Canada,- cin (meat Britaji States, benght and sold. pfiloe--First door .Sou Hotel. 689 ] - A, H. F. ROLMf STEW, Solid to $ . ,000,000. 1,900,000. :Master. BR . CH. this p continues to inter a s allowed on alto • n: and cities In , an • n the United h of t • a Commercial EL. D, Man ger. - The Roy *TR CAR SEAFORTH, JAMES BEGS to inform his o ling 1public that hav' g p and comm pdious h otel b ' ding ly ire -furnished and re-fitt it f to , ands t is now one of he n� and cony 'ent hotels in he co attention o the wants of :is cue! tomerit a share of public .atrorr _ are all well furnished and - ell hpa will be kept supplied with the bps tentative dud mist worth ',hostl r in attendance. Good sam le ro4 cial Travelers. Rememier the "Royal and Goderich Streets, Seaf rth. otel IC L'S) O TARIO. fiends, a d the travel - ascii this new. h ha thorough - 0.. top to bot - o t comfortable ty. By strict - ••ershe hopes e. The rooms ed. The bar and an at- ' 1 always be for Commer- otel," c JAMES " EI#Z rner of Math 783 Proprietor SEBA NNUAL 1STOCKTAKING. CHEA 0 SA ou 1=OR CASH hj..1n'0, Seaforth. rnnthense barga ns in :very dep: rtmont alt this month. CASHMERES, SS OODS, CRETONNE a.,HOS1FRY, GLOVES, PARASOLS, IMS, COTI.NADEy SWRTT GS, TWEEDS, FELT AND 5, re c iced prices t at must attract the attention df, every P INTS, DR CKS, DE1 STRAW HA' buyer. to The balance of Milline Groceries fresh and goe en at cash prices during i J. 1 cLOUG 1 Stock to be oleared ant regardless o d, and ehc atocktakil LIN, aper than ever. Good B II' itney's Block, cost. tter and Eggs eaforth. SEAFORTH STOVE AND TIIsII/ARE EMPORIUM. O. M. WHITNIkY Always keeps on hand a full lite of the latest styles of 0OOK, BOX AND PARLOR STOVES. heir beauty shows them and the rine sells them. TINWARE f every description always in stock. e make all oar goods, and guarantee hem good and right in price. A full line of Table and Pocket Cut- lery at very low prices. We have a fine lot of Granite Kettles i stock for preserving, &o. All sizes nd prices. ir EAVETROUGHING. All kinds of Jobbing Work p e omptly &ttended, and satisfaction guaranteed. 1 Parties wantingoods in my line it Will pay them to see' my stook and ciompare prices. eaforth Cheap dove ci Tin ?,Souse. C M. WHITNEY• , Late Whitney Brothers. THE PIONEER HARDWARE STO1RE, STONE BLOCK, WINGHAM. HEADQUARTERS FbR Washburn & Moen TWO-POINT I A$teel-Barb Fencing ire. SOLE SOLE AGENTS FOR THE WORT - MAN tt INWARD ELEBRATED. E9 RREL CHURN B See them before y u buy any other. est brands of ENgLISH WHITE LEAD —AND— *need I: Oil --.Raw andoiled. Farm and Garden Utensils at bettom prices. JAS. A. CLINE &0O. TEAS AT WHOLESALE PRICES. --AT THE - POST OFFICE .STERE 'Oe have just received a large consign - t> ent of Teas, -which we intend obbing o at wholesale prices. If yo have npt already tried Charlesworth' Teas, do so at once. ive Pounds of Young' Hy - son for $1. .Five Pounds of our Pif ty I Gent Tea tor $2. rive Pounds of our Sixty Cent Tea for $2.50. Five Pounds of our Se4nty- j fve! Cent Tea for $3.00. jOur three pound Tea for $1 is super - kir to any 40c tea in the market. M. A. OHARLESWORTH. WANTED. UTTER AND E AT THE grocery Departr. j f —OF— GS ent DUNICAN & DUHC H, Main Street, Seaforth. C- EAP SUGARS & CHOICE select from. Farmers co t eir own interests -would do ell to b -ng theie Butter and Eggs to the ONTREAL 110 SE. EAFORTH WOOLLEN ILLS. TEAS I BEG to inform those indebted to Itme for manufacturing or book accounts, tha owing to the entire destruction of my mill by e, I am co pelted to call on you for a promp settle- ment of your accounts, as. the books must be c813rdho.pe a second appeal will not be necessary A. G. VAliEGT)ND. HOFFMAN BROTHE Cheap Cash Store SEAFORTH, The Scene of A ttr JUST NOW, Goods of every description .&t; half the regular prices. Stacks of Prints and Dress G choose from—all new and fresh. Cottons, Shirtings, Ducks, De • Table Linens, Towellings, Holland it all the best makes: Just to hand—Corsets, Hoo FIs Laces, Frillings, Collars, Cuffs, etc. MMillinery in all lines below cost. Butteriok's Metropolitan Catalsgaec Fashions for August just to linen Call and get one free. HOFFMAN BROTHERS are agents, for Butteriok's Reliable Paper Patterns HOFFMAN BROTHERS Casino's Block, Main Street, F � SEAFORTH. COOL, ISN'T IT ? Why, yes, just like fall in the even- ings now, and the latliea all need some- thing to throw round their shetaldene when going out. Well, what is' better than a nice Wool Shawl ? What ie more comfortable ? What is more be- coming ? What is more worn ? Wkst is as cheap, and best of all ? Have just secured. a great bargain lit Evening Shawls, which they pffer 4 startling prices, end every ladyl, lee vited. Call and see them. 4ovelte goods --all shadee and all pricese-freutt 75e1 up. Every Shawl a bargain., Call early and you will be surprised teem as pleased with these goods, anallit peicel they ask at RANTON BROS.) The Place for Fine Goodg, EXETER, ROYAL MAIL STEAMSIIPS A. STRONG, Seaforth, Arnt UCTION IN PASSAGE EATS Inesnsndite'fr.4de.onSrmliry:edFninouadmdtefebGa$:31bastiftc7;„QorpooRewrja:e,ivt6lur:le.rs:P3t".,,,z.:71:14.5$1141;11::' bee i4B. elitist, London ns, B Wier At, GREAT Cabin ra donderry, and $150. pool, Loa Glasgow, and Cardiff Londonde to Quebec, Money Loomed and Real eastate Piet I and Sold as Usuali INSURANCE. itireftl 862 e world. Market Street, Seaforth. A. sTBOITG. • McBti f°irnity.er HY:ter' 11.78 0:8e -esvisa:.] 1:1 nlesi ermo°11n°e:e fiftee,t1 or tete the' is271,UIttntru: y n eni t ot ruP4 ehi:1 rha t fit I e colv sf n8;13 .6sattectc, 1:11 guaafol 101 8::Ilee'sbdEafulticruhsi n°Pjwlaecu *i8e* t es -ma Ima:orti Ie. gYihtn,86e; freR7SPe0C 'the 13,th of June' to t the' Coltanabia Rive tools with them wile could carry, yet thee. tunately took the tuunerout surveyors tbereonutains. Wh- -that they had made to turia back, and th continuing their Oo able to : reach the After their pre out they still tra ea witia firearnati, e. been, they wOUla of bringtiag down ga- very Referee, beaks b afte:rytiiinei:reahttbiafrivieete:gliteheiioinYetwoo' a nca it) e7. fpHt irboeentir t ehart hdt leo - write a note for him thheemootabsr tobethlided col that be bad Stfix0 Abefstter whrieytiZg°tue, n go on ahead and t out of the monnta Owene replied never leave yoa; w and I will die With words of conveasa.tit Owens,tto save his right leg of the alece having 'become sp Tf ltaehy is:hi I 1'11 de s p fir er- ft dry in the sune Stf -the Colombia Rivet journey for six da-, - Green and paety, by them taken to and properly oared' Pacific Railway Cc who -was the teere for, 'lane after oomit found Owens well, of a degree of men was sufficiently sc ever, tei adhere to and from a, roll of _doctor ten donate 1 On bearing of while on a trip emt -MeBricle walked ti Cirtnev's camp 'to On his way back delayed for two or lie heard that Owi charge by the pole holding an investie condition appear& Owens is descrit as a man of about of age. Re stateti considerably older haps forty 'yeare. Startin B1 tleman says,: '- method of seart plantation is to en year's growth, bait growers that thei as 'well with Bu4ki if they will plant-, the time of settim April or Mayi whi the top off near tt roots as little as S0013, pour water E -fining the hole the earth *Say are doing rethet plants of list ye' these quiteralgoot: 'some reason,!aud Ell these veeen-oit a full years ,The raspherriee ethic): 1,1 one waits a ye - then must cowl neighbors, the ro begin to monopoi second year it is it is well nigh ire the vacancies reasons, when a is started—trees plants—it •ve Start at the stere That :vers,eioto kins, Bays I ft Warwick Catitle rented, several he Avon River, kep permitted his where it rues we the fishermen at tremendous aBSO and fancy thee. as fifty speeitne Like ail the rent any fish. 1 nevo fancy flies, hai luck with plain worms. Se, eel the landlord4 to