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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-02-26, Page 6' 41HE HURON EXPOSITOR• Cheating with Butter and Cheese. The feeling in regard to imitation but- ter is so intense and bitter that the sub- fect-in one way and -another occupied fully; hall the time at the recent meeting ef the New York State Dairymen's Assoniation, and sentiment was perfectly smite(' in favor of wiping outand punish- ing fraudulent sales. Every man favor- ed pinseoutione of offenders against the law as it now steads, but opinions differ- ed touchiug legislation looking to pro- hibition of manufacture n,nd sale under any conditions. The Dairy Commis- sioner reported a hopeftil 'progress and some 200 pending suits for violation of the law. That official considers the manufacture of lengus butter pretty much driven out of the State, but does not indieate an equal success in curtailing sales. Upon the announcement that the war against *leo last year cost $30,000, and $50,000 the current- year—which the •Commis - goner thought ought to h ve been $120,- 000 --some of the member with a con- servative and economic turn, while cheering the Commissione lustily, could not forbear querying ii undertones when, if ever, the enemy 'would be anni- hilated andthe tax cease or whether it in to be a growing incub s, to continue indefinitely. A good point was made speakers in respect to t the laa- requiring bogus to be so branded as to sh are. It was considered to a fraud to sell skim c cream cheese, as to sell o eo for butter, and that it more effectually cheats the , consumers. If bogus cheese is not quite so loathsome as adulterated butter, the former, from being comparatively indi- gestible, is more unwholesome and less useful than the latter and consequently more fraudulent. It is no excuse for makers and dealers in skim -cheese to say that everybody who deals in it knows what he is handling. The oleo men can say as much. It is the consumers, not the dealers, who get cheated in either case, and they are as much entitled to protection in the one case as in the other. The cheese -wing of the dairy interest is as much in - lured by the fraudulent sale of skim cheese as the butter branch by the sale of bogus butter. The consumption of poor cheese always goes slow, and the poorer it is the longer it lasts. Those who take skim cheese thinking it full cream come to suspect that all cheese is no better than what they have on hand, and they cease to buy at all, or make purchases so small and so seldom as greatly curtail the consumption., These views were so clearly enforced eta so evidently sound that no one ques- tioned them, but no action was taken to correct the mischief. An energetic com- mittee ought to have been appointed to make a vigoroue effort for a repeal of the clause of the law which exempts skim cheese from the necessity of being brand- ed as such. It is not only an injury,but an open disgrace to the whole dairying fraternity to ask that the State protect them at a cost of $50,000 a year against frauds in the transactionsiof competitors, and at the same time to ask that fraudu- lent transactions of precisely the same nature practised by a large class -of dairymen be allowed to continue. The makers of henest full cream cheese ought to take action in this matter.—Prof. L. B. Arnold, in N. Y. Tribune. Lord Shaftesbury on Religion for the Working Classes. • About a year before the death of the late Lord Shaftesbury he had a conver- sation with a correspondent of the "Pall Mail Gazette," in which he gave very freely, and in an interesting way, the re- sults of his observations , and extended work among the laboring lass. By his request his remarks were not printed during his lifetime, but have just been made public. We quote some of the most striking passages: " Of the working class there do not at present more than two per cent. attend either church or chapel, but it would be great mistake to conclude from that statement that only two per cent. of the working class have any religious There is a curious prejudice on the part of the laboring poor against going to any regular place of worship. They have a - strange idea that if they attend either church or chapel they would be bound to revolutionize the whole of their life, and . . to accept with Implicit faith eery doc- trine which they may hear stated from the pulpit. If the religious poor wish to attend divine worship they organize ser- viees of their own in upper rooms and in warehouses or disused hails, where every Sunday they hold religious services of their own. I collected in my drawing - room some time ago no fewer than sixty workingmen, each of who, unknown to any other, was holding services every Sunday and week -day ine-arious parts of London, entirely without any support or assistance from any organized religious bodies; and these men that I -discovered were preaching every week to two thou- sand souls. The order of worahip at these meeting places is very simple. The Bible is read and explained, a homely address is delivered ; remarks are ex- ahaaged among thoseepresent, and sev- eral engage in prayer and the service closes. I have sometimes attended these little gatherings in the lower quarters of Londomand I have been surprised by the power and fervency of the devotion, and the intelligent exposition of the divine word. Every one of these self -constitut- ed chapels no doubt does a very good work in its own way, and the church in particular is daing now very much better work in very many ways than anyone would hav'e believed possi- • le eighty yeers ago. But they are sad- ln deficient in aggressive spirit, and they are far too much taken up looking after their own people. They seem to imagine that it is siifficient to open a building and let it be known that religion can be had there, whereas that has never sufficed, and will never suffice to bring the masses to religion. Now, as in the days of old, you must go into the highways and. the byways and compel_ thenn to come in. The working classes have never -come . and will never come in when things are as they are to day. If tke masses of the people =ere to be brought into the fold of organized Christianity, the whole e'en- ception of the duty of the church must be changed. There must be active, ag- gressive work ; open-air preaching ;house to house visitation; and, in short, every means employed to bring the truth -home to the hearts and consciences of all those who are lathe neighborhood. " Of all the agencies which are now employed for benefiting and elevating ntankincl, I know of none that is more in - by some of the e exception in airy product& w what they be as much Of eese for fall strumental for good than the London City Mission. It has now. four hundred and fifty devoted agents, who are em- ploy of mi of th of the divid ary vatio missi ary to whic deuct. inspi prisi tratio in th speee reque after class and t them livin• then' cm* burgl swell have there shoes ed th Ther missi what I had to say to them. T'he meeting was epened with Bible reading and pray - in nothing else than in the work istering to the spiritual necessities ir fellow -men. The organization mission is very elaborate, and it is d in sueh a way that mob mission - as a special field for his own culti- . For instance, there is a special nary to thieves, a special mission - d off for each of the foreign colonies abound in London. The confi- with which these men are able to e those for whom they labor is sur- e. I had a very remarkable inns - of this when I was a young man House of Commons. I made a on the subject of emigration. A t was conveyed to me shortly ards by a number of the criminal s who said theedwished to meet me o see what could be done to put in the Way of earning an honest . At their request I went to meet and was surprised to find the room ed with four hundred thieves and rs of every kind. _There was the mobsman, whom I might almost aken for a doctor of divinity, and was the wretched outcast without or stockings, whose red flesh show- ough his rags almost like raw meat. they were,collected by the thieves' nary, respectfully _waiting to hear ti er as of th -ed th incid the t posit siona you Intel, and to give you an instance confidence with which -they regard- ir missionary, I may mention one nt which struck me vety much at me.In order to ascertain the com- on Of the assembly, the l city mis- y stood up and said, All those of ho earn your living bY burglary and tie ,more . violent crimes go to the right,' and about 150 men at once march - to th right, thereby confessing Without any esitation diet they were criminals of th deepest dye. It is true that a City fission has nbt made 1 London a city f saints, but it has had a large share in- preventing its becoi,ning a city of de ile. The indirect poltical effect of th labors of these men is much great- er th n inany imagine who busy them- selve with the surface of affairs. Sir Geor e Grey, who was Home Secretary durin the time of the Chantist riots, wrot to me expressing a coninction that it wa largely owing to the efforts of the city issiouaries that the eventful day when the Chartists were to rise, passed off ev'thout any disturbance et the peace. "1 w bury, move peopl when dram and a man is all man, a -gob mark many er cl• ago a y one who preached in the open air, did so with a certainty that all the ats in the neighborhood would be at his head , before he finished his rse. - Now our missionaries preach open air in all parts of Loudon all •ar round, without the slightest mole tation, and often with the most bless:d results. The importance of open- air p eaching is as yet far } from being adeq ately realized by the .chuches. —Ch istia,n Union. • Sour Dook. • 11 remember," said Lord Shaftee- smiling, "how little . hold that. sent had upon the masses of the . I was standing in ,Fleet Street the procession wept past with its and trumpetsand great hullabaloo, friend of mine said to a laboring ho was standing cline by, What this about?' I dunno,' said the but they say it is the revolution g down Fetter Lane.: A very re- • ble chauge - has been wrought in respects in the.attitude of the poor- sses toward religion. Thirty years dead flung disco iii th the y It' take ones fent days men pren inter by d the mai ever than you have —at —S butt won stu SOOT anin y tap and 100 for 11 est TOO aft the the not anc mo Hu MT See a wonderful how folks delight to o own and make small the knowing A dandy of the most modern tic masher type was in his holi- calling on his friend, a dairy far - end was being shown , over the ises, but expressed no pleasure or st in anything that was shown He preferred to startle the farmer scribing some •of the wonders of own—the electric light, the mer - and the telephone. At last, how - he showed some interest. n Aw- -s ; but—aw—there is one thing have not showed me, and that I been waiting to see for years: it is —the cow that prodasee our—aw oteh claret—in other words the "Oh, man 1 ay that is a erfu' animal. It's made o' the same as your head, the coo that gies us dook," "It must be an expellent al, I'm suah," laughed the masher. s, sir," replied the farmer, as he ecl the churn; "it's made 6' wood, quite empty just now . " The masher s now as if he had lived on sour -milk century. horsemen and othets be held subse- quently. The following gentlemen were aPpointed Presidente-A. MeD.1Allan, Goderich. Secretary—James. i1tahe11, editor of t e Star, Goderich. Treasurer --Mr. J. J. Fisher, Col - b rne. ° Directors.—MeSsrs. John Marquis, C lborne ; D. Fisher, J. V. Aikenkead and Abraham Smith; Goderich ; J. P. F sher, Auburn; Joln W. Salkeld, G derich township; John McMillan, ulletb ; Chas. Masoni S. Smillie, Tuck- ° smith ; Alex. Innis, Clinton. The directors, who re to draft rules ad regulations, were equested to fur- nish a list of all Canadian horses known td them suitable for r gistration, and it eves decided, that the progeny of any mare with two crosses should be 'eligible far registration. Met bership. fee is $5. The meeting then adj urned, subject to the call of the presideit and the board. —Goderich Star. Household Arrangements 300 Years Ago. What would servants in the present y say to such a -code of rules and reg- ations as was adopted 300 yearaago in e household of Sir J. Harrington, the anslator of " Arioste " ? A setvant absent from prayers to be fined 2d; for utterinn an oath, Id ; and • the same sum for leaving a door open; a fine of 2d, from Lady day to Michaelmas fdr all who are in bed after 7, or out after 9 ; a fine of ld for any beds un - Made, fire unlit, or candle box unclean- ed after 8; a fine 'bf 44 for any man de- tected teaching the children e obscene words; a fine of ld for any. man waiting without a trencher, or who is absent at a meal; for anyone breaking any of the lender's glass, 124; .a fine of 2d for any- one who has not laid the table for din- ner by half -past ten, or the supper by sia ; a fine of 4d for anyone absent a day without leave; for anY man striking an- other a fine of Id for any follower visiting the cook, id; a fine of Id for any mhii appearing in a foul shirt, -brok- en hose, untied shoes, or torn doublet; a fine of Id for any Stringer's room left un- tended for 4 hoursafter hehas dressed; a fine of Id if the hall be not cleaned by 8 in the winter and 7 in the summer ; the ntter to be fined ld if the court gate be t shut during Meals ; a fine of 3d if the stairs be not cleaned every Friday after dinner: All these fines were de- ducted by the,steniard at the quarterly payment of the men's wages. tr Canadian Horses. goodly number of gentlemen inter - d in horseflesh met in the grand jury of the court house, on Friday moon of last week,- and discussed starting of a new stud book for registration of Canadian horses not admitted to the regular books, also one for Cleveland bays. On on Mr. John McMillan, reeve of lett, was appointed chairman, and Jas. Mitchell, of the Star, acted as etary. Ir. McMillan opened the discussion by ractical speech in fairer of the tnove- me t. When first spoken to on the su ject he had felt opposed to it, but fuither investigation and eonsideration ha we ce la convinced him that 'these books e not only advisable, but a real ne- sity. tinder present arrangements a e nreportion of our best Canadian hoiaes could not be registered in exist- ing books, and in consequence they did not sell at their best fieures,particularly in American markets. A similar state of 'affairs in Scotland had led to the es ablishment of a new andl special stud b ok, and now he knew of dealers there w o were shipping horses in droves of thirty and forty to the Western States to the exclusion of equally good horses fr m Canada, which were unregistered. • H strongly urged the -forniation of the Eoposed books, as certain to secure ilefits not only to Canadian dealers, b t to our home farmers and breeders, W o would find a greater demand and tter prices. Mr. J. J. Fisher and other gentlemen al o supported this view, citing specific c ses where higher prices were offered' b intending buyers if owners would s cure registration, but this being im- p ssible 'under the rules governing the r gular books, the lower prices had to be t ken. After Igeneral discussion it was re- s hied to appoint a board of provisional - d rectors, who would draw up rules for t e government of the new books, and submit them at a general meeting of How St. Maryites Viewed the , Temperance Question 30 Yearsl:A. go. From The Argus. . 1 • 1St. Marys has not always .been the temperance town it is to -day. About thirty yearsago the temperance move - Ment was -lohledi upon: with supreme disrespect and temperance lecturers, as. such were not considered the - greatest benefactors ' of Mankind. To Mr. K. Junor we are indebted -for an account of the first tem peranee lecture delivered in this town, which, We think, will prove. interesting to our readers as an evidence of the great change- Which society in the stone town has undergone. About thirty years ago Mr. Skinner, memorable as the organizer of the first Presbyterian congregation in this 'neighborhood, un- dertook to deliver ja temperance lecture, and asked Mr; Junor to secure the Pres- byterian church for • the occasion. Mr. Junor made 'applidation to the elders for the use of the bilildiug and was bluntly told that he "could na hae it for any sic purpose." Mr. Junor then asked the minister to announce the lecture as be- ing about to be delivered in the old town hall, and was told to do it himself. Mr. Junor did announce the lecture, thereby incurringi no small amount Of enmity, which exhibited.' itself in an un- mistakeble manner. Mr. Junor was then in business in town and had a small store in which he berried on a boot and shoe trade. On the morning following the lecture the chimney surmounting the little store was puled down and a por- tion of the fo.undatiOn removed, while the unfortunate in!oprietor was caution- ed that the next time he committed him- self to such a cause the whole building. would be relegated ni the river. Those were the days when whisky was good and cheap and teMpeeance lectures at a discount, but the whirligig Of time brings many a change. i ' L.10. 2 114rs.John Kidd, HARDWARE, HOUSE FUjINISHINGS, STOVES AN1) TINWARE. Agency Boynton's IMPROVED ,HOT AIR FURNACES. Canadian and American CoalOil of the best Brands always on hand. A settlement of all dverdue accounts and notes, particularly those dating.back several years, is respectfully solicited during this month. MRS. MAIN STREET, JOHN KIDD, al 110 *EAFORTH. 1- - NEW SPRING GOODS AT L. SMITH'S, SEAFORTH. We are xiow prepared to show a few cases of the first arrivals consisting of Cot- ton Shirting, Tickings, Oilcloths, Prints, Ginghams, table Linens, White and Grey Cottons, Twdeds, &c. • These Goods have been bought right, and are maried close for the trade. Call and examineL J. L SMITH, SEAFORTH, Staple and Fancy Dry Goods, One Door South of Mrs. J,1 Kidd's Hardware. • Catarrh—a New. Treatment. Perhaps the most extraordinary success that has been achieved in modern medicine has been attained by the Dixon Treatment for Catarrh. Out of 2,000 patients treated during the past six months, fully ninety per cent, have been cured of this stubborn malady. This is none the less startling when it is reinembered that no five per cent. of patients presenting themselves to the regular practitioner are benefitted, while the patent medicines and other advertised cures never record a cure at all. Starting with the claim riow geberally believed by the most scien- tific men that the disease s due to the presence of living parasites in the tissue, Mr. Dixon at once adapted his cure to;their extermination— ehis accomplished, he claims the Catarrh is prac- tically cured, and th permanency is unquestion- td, as cures effected , y him four years ago are cures still. No on else has ever attempted to cure Catarrh in thi manner, and no other treat, ment has ever cured Catarrh. The application of the remedy is simple, and can be done at home, and the present Beeson of the year is the most favorable for &Speedy and permanent euro, , the majority of easels being cured at one treat- ment. Sufferers shorild correspond with Messrs. A. H. DIXON & SON, 305 King Street, West, Toronto, Canada, and enclose stamp for their treatise on Catarrhaa-Montieal Star, November 17. 1882 882-62 AS CONSCIENTIOUS NEW MILLING FIRM IN SEAFORTH. THE SEAFORTH ROLLER ,MILLS, LATE THE RED MILL. McBRIDE & SMITH, from Strathroy, Having bought the above mills, and refitted them throughout with all the latest and best machinery that could be procured for a GRADUAL REDUCTION ROLLER MILL, _ And the result attained is, they have one of the best mille in the Province. Farmers can now get all their GRISTING and CHOPPING done in Seaforth, and have it home With them the same day, and Satisfaction Guaranteed. FD OLTP, 331=Z.A-1.T ]T ]D SI -16 S For sale by the ton or in less quantities—FOR CASH. Cash for any quantity of Wheat. McBR1DE & SMITH. MR. THOMAS SMITH will :personally Superintend th? Seaforth Roller Mills. 1), R.0 p kST8, , —W lialOariD---- - reconimend-for DYS EPSIA,INDIGESTION and kindred diseases, th s use of MALTOPEPSYN; For Consumption and all wasting diseases, the use of MORSE'S CARIBOLATED NORWEGIAN COD LIVER OIL. - For ' teething infantsand nervous troubles, the use of; GINCEROLE OF CELERY COMPOUND (containingno opium.) You peobably ask why ` we recommend these remedies! It is, because weknow them to be reliable remedies, endorsed by leading physicians throughont the Dominion, for the cure of specific diseases, and not claiming to cure eyerything. Also because they have the exact fornitila printed on pech bottle label,thereby enabling the pur- chaser to know just what he is taking. The pine is rapidly approaching when intelli- gent people will -refuse to take quack cure-alls, . the ingredients of which 'are kept secret, but will insist upon knowing just.what they are taking. We vould also inform any who.may not yet be aware by actual trial of the superiority of Our " ROYAL GLYCERATED BALSAM OF FIR," in curing Coughs,Colds, Bronchitis, Sore Throat' Incipient Consumption, &c. &e., that this reli- able remedy can now be proeured from every dealer in the County of Huron, and although not advertised outside our own Connty, entirely— owing to its own merits, we have already receiv- ed orders from the most distant part3 of the Do- minion, if afflicted give it a trial, price 50 cents per bate wholesale and retail by , LUMSDEN & WILSON, Manufacturers, 92.5-52 Seaforth, Ontario. THE POPULAR GROCERY. HUGH ROBB, Main Street, Seaforth, the People's Grocer. f -a Though times are hard, the Popular Grocery is found to be equal to them, and is offering good fresh goods at rock bottom prices. .Teas and Sugars a specialty. All kinds of Teas from 25c to 75c—good value. An extra nice light brown Sugar at 16 pounds for $1, and all other goods to be fbund in a first-class grocery equally cheap. All kinds of Crockery and Glassware of the latest de- signs, good and cheap. All kinds of Cured Meats kept constantly on hand. Sausage Bologna and Pork Cuttings good and cheap. -Comb and Extra.cted Honey from my own apiary. Hogs.—The highest market pace for dressed hogs suitable for packing. H. ROBB, :Seaforth. Rush to the Great Clearing Sale NO PACE LIKE ROBERTS' DRUG STORE FOR Choice Perfuinery, Hair Oils, Pom *ante, Flavoring Extra.nts, 1sences,Carbolic Acid, Glycerin and Castile Soaps, Violet Powder, Puff Poxes, C., &C., OF CHRISTMAS GOODS AT THE SEAFORTH TEA STORE. des, 18. Tooth, Nail, 'fair, Clothes and; Bath! Brushes, Fro'fn the Best Makers, Always in Sock 1 A frill line of Ivory, Celluloid, Vuleanit Horn Dressing,, Fine and Side -Combs, every size aid style. Prices to suit the times. • 1 Ju S• Rober and f • pHEMIST & D1WGGISt, APOTHErARIES' HALL, Cardno'S Block, Main Street, Seaforth. 1 j • FAOMERS, Ir WILL PAY YOU —TO, CALL AT THE— HURON FOND —EAR THE— HIGH scHpoL, I3EAFOR And /iee our stock of Which have been nude especially for this county. I havegreatly improved my Gang Plow for this season, and feel satisfied in saying that it is the best in the market. Our 1 LANE! -ROLLERS 1 Are large and heavy, running light and ;doing good work. Our GRAIN CRUSHERS Are made from Hard Iron, and win last longer thee any other mackine made. Having pecial tools for recutting Rollers, we can gutaantee satisfaction. Speeial attention given •a e - pairing Steam Engines, Saw and Grist MillS, Reapers, Mowers, Threshing Machinesj and all kinds of Machinery repaired On short a otiee and at reasonable rates. The finest quality of 'White Granite and China Tea Sets sold • very' eheap, and our stock of Glassware, Fancy Goods and Christmas Gifts, will defy competition, owing to their very low prices. In the grocery department we can't be surpassed. Currants, Raisins, Prunes, Sugars and Coffees can be had at alniost any price and quality, to suit both rich and poor, Also Canned Salmon, Lob- ster, Finnan Haddie, Mackerel, and all kinds of fruits, which are of firsCquality, and as cheap as the cheapest. Our stock of -Teas comprise Green, Black, Japan, uncalored Japan, and are of the best grades. Green Teas from 25e to 75c, Black 25e to 75e, Japan 250 to 50: - Green and Japan tea dust in stook. Also the Himalayan Tea, direct from India, in green, black and mixed, at 65c per pound. It has stood the 'critical test of the Government analyist, whohas pronounced it pure, and is Worth 75c._ Also Labrador Herrings in half barrels and barrels, Lake Superior Herrings split, with Ilea& off; White Fish and Trout in half barrels. Canadian and American Coal Oil always in stock. Dairy Salt and salt by the barrel. Also Oatmeal, Granulated Oatmeal, Cornmeal and granu- lated Cornmeal, Rolled Oats and Wheat, pour, and all kinds of feed, suoh as bran, shorts, middlings oats, wheat, &e. Oats taken in exchange for oatmeal at mill rates. The highest price paid for Poultry, Butter and Eggs. All are cordially invited to inspect the stock. •. Goods delivered free all over the town. A. G. AULT, Seaforth, To Contractors and Othe S. iridge Bolts and Castings at lowest rates. Quotations furnished on application. tgrAlso Agent for the Implements of L. D. Sawyer, Hamilton. A full line of repair con- stantly on hand. THOMAS HE.NDR THE CANADIAN EXPRESS COMPA NTY IN— Low Rates and Quick -Transportation. 1 - Offer Special Inelucements to all D alers in Foreign and Domestic Fruits,'POul- try, Butter, -Cheese, Eggs, an all kinds of Produce. - Goods marked, " keep from frost," guar nteed against damage by frost. Special rates noted on application toagents, to and from Ne N York City, .Portland, ' alaine ; Buffalo, New ork; Boston, MaSsachusetts ; Toronto, Ontario Mon- treal, Quebec. Two fast trains daily; nsure promptness and ',despatch in transpor ation. Orders -to purchase goods of any kind ta,I m by this Company, paircha.ses promptly mad .and forwarded, without charge except for tra sport- ation. Five connecting lines at Buffab New York, and three connecting lines at T onto, Ontario, covering all territory in Eastern States and Canada. Rates given to all points iri Great Britainupon application, a C. H. CULL, Ager'.. Office, - Main Street, Seafort , Ont. Issuer of Marriage Licenses. 938-3mo ow HARKNESS HAIR BAIA, Restores grey hair to its na tural color, re- moves Dandruff, stops the hal from falling out, increases it growth, and not soil the As a hair dr sing, it has n superior. Guar anteedharmless. Prepared by Harkness & CO London; Ont. Sold by all Druggists and Patent Macticinc \ Dealer& OHRYSTAL & BLACK' PRACTICAL BOILER MAKE s. THE Subscribers have bought the Too s and Boiler business lately carried on y the Goderich Foundry and Manufacturing Con pany, and having had an experience of over eigh years in that shop, are now prepared to carry i the trade in all its branches. Any work entrusted to us will receive p ompt attention. First-class work guaranteed. All kinds of -Boilers made and repaare 1, also Smoke Stacks, Sheet Iron Work, &c., at r ason- able rates. New Salt Pans made and old ones repsii ed on the shortest notice, and at prices that def • com- petition. CHRYSTAL & BL CK. ST. JAMES' HOT TORONTO. SHARP & BRIGH (Formeilv of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth, PROPRIETORS. I Say Look Here, If you have little 1110110y and watt it go a great way, or if you have plenty and want to spend it well, then leek here, go ,to RANTON BROS. -EXETER, For Big Bargains in Winter GoOils, Overcoats, Furs, Caps, Shawln Gloves, &c., &c. All must go this month to make room for Spring Goods. REMNANTS OF DRESS GOODS, REMNANTS OF TWEEDS, I REMNANTS OF PMNTS,kee e3 Away down in Price. Everybody con* and sej'for yourselves. TMIILS Hotel, which issituated directly o posite the Union Station, has recently been r fitted and refurnished throughout, and is now one of the best and most comfortable hotels in the eit,v IVrEvery possible attention paid to gut e here charges moderate. . New .cottons, Shirtings, Cottonadese nc., cheep, cheap, cheap. Readymade Clothing and Clothing to order. Large Stock of Gents' Ties, Collars, Braces, !&c. at correct prices, and you, will say: so to. So come ami see RANTON BROS., • EXETER, - Noted Por D -es Coos. BELL'S MILLS, ,1•11=)1z"l\T_ JOHN McNEVIN, Proprietor of these wet known and popular mills, has been adding more improved machinery, and is now better - prepared ,to turn out an article of - FAMILY FLOUR, which cannot be excelled by any min in the country. Gristing done while the party Faits for it. Flour exchanged for wheat, choPping done every day and Chopped for six cents per bag with water. Fresh oat meal always hand and for sale and exchanged for esta Flour, shorts and bran always on hand sal sold at the lowest market prices, also any quo- - tity of chops on hand. Orders promptly anent ed to. Those who have not yet given thesemillsi trial will find it to their interest . to do so. Be _ member the popular "Bell's Mills." JOHN McNEWE 0 O_A-1.1 e WHITNEY' STORE HOUSE, AND SEE OCR LINES OF COAL HEATERS THE ROYAL The Leading Round Base Burner in four silos Double Heatersand with Ovens. The Royal Peninsula; Is the handsomest Square Base Burner mass Don't fail to see it. A full line of an kinds of . Wood & Coal Cooks, No trouble to show them. Come one, Come ail, and get Bargall, BARGAINS IN LAMPS, CUTLERY, TINWARE,84 AMERICAN AND CA:NADIA/4 COAL OIL ALWAYS ON HAND • 931 AUCTIONEERS. T BRINE, Licensed Auctioneer fa Ifs e.1 County of Huron. Sales attended 10 11 parte of the County. All orders lett at Ttil Exposrron Office will be promptly attended to. P. A DELGATTY, Licensed Auctioneer for Of atla. County of Huron. Sales of all deseriptia. promptly attended to on reasonable terms• dress Brussels P. 0., or apply on Let 4, 001" cession 12, Grey.77 • MUSICAL. neirlin. C. 31: DUNLOP, Teacher of Jilt Piano or Organ. Advanced pupal mil' for graduating at less than one-half the a of foreign teaehing% Terms moderite._ dence on George Street, SeCond Door EMI; Main Street, Seaforth. FEBBIYARY 263, 1.8K iumwsmommammojiminmommawsm The Near -Sighted Red Diet summer there dwelt in ti below my window a lusty yot bird. His plumage was of the his voice a promising baritone, manners jaunty :to the verge conceit. But he had one afilici Was very near-sighted. And firmity led him one day into awkward predicament, as will p appear. sarfavorite parade -ground wi fain bough of a ragged old locus head of the ravine. Every mor a regular time, he would take sition there, and give an improne cert. He would •run the scale, and chromatic, through all key tine impossible enerenes, and ot put himself in training for the • career to which lie manifestly h self dees tined Onmorning he had just taken custoined perch, and eleared hi by a series of vocal handsprines down the scale,. When he sheardl ring sound close at hand, and,; -round, saw theanother lib alighted on the same tree—bis fctoiocusmunolndaihrooeilui octsca.ou,l r,lsett do—fancf oern, to • ot fpef e at ad lie: Owing to that utfortunate sightedness of which I have spo conidn't be quite mire just .inhat I a bird it was, but' he appeared hue. At first the redbird was indigiu anyone should intrude on his e rehearsal. But when he saw the ger actually preperitg to sing, hi nation changed to wrath, and moment later, to profound pit said to himself, " Poor fellow 1 parently doesn't nuow that Pm It would really too bad to let on and make an exhibition of He weak' the of mbrtificatiot ss to the brow] ger, in a tone of: exaggerate -a eJ and deferenee "Beg pardon, sir, but I've song here I have just picked up, vastly like your oPinion of Win mind listening to it -4-- Then, without Waiting for a re began to sing. He did his lave He went through his eutire rep from beginning to end. Carols trills- roulades, hits of oratorn snatches of opera followed each o swift and brilliant succession. truly a wonderful; performance, a redbird knew it. ! -When he had finished, he lool nmphantly across the way, to se effect the concert had had u auditor. The stranger seemed asleep. The redbird. chueldea. 4 1 must have stunned him," be ti "another round. like that, tuia probably drop off his perch." closed his eyes, drew a lone brea made ready to finish ta job piciously begun., - Suddenly he heard somethin opened his eyes; convulsively, that long breath Oh a gasp, an tened. Somebody was singing Sweet Home," singing it, too, bird felt at once, its it bad nev aung in that ravine since the w -gan. It was a full octave higher hundred times eeVeeter, than h ever sing it if he liond a thonean He looked around, half frightete exquisite melody.t What 1 It couldn't be, arid ye the brown stranger 1 Well did beat the world! Tlien the redbird did what he have done before; be felt in pocket for his -eyeglasses, edit) tremulously on :his.- nose, and careful and steady survey of his neighbor. a fSeteiagh biii.eanttya dvafoouleni leistinei,:foli natle pearance on his eountenance, am elegy be said, _aloud and earnestl " Will somebody send the fse around to my offiee ? 1 have bee to teach a brown thrush how ti Then he folded his hands behb dropped his head down beta rsh,,oule.ders, and silently fiew olf d ain When the thrush had finished and looked around him, laughed aloud to find the redleir But he knew the poor fellow within hearing, sb, after waitini ute, he began again, and what think he did? Well, he sang over agaii‘i'froi ory, mind you, every note of medley the redbird had in through—every blessed notA was as much better than the rendering of Was gold is pewter. And all the while the down in the invite was fairly s with mortification mid agony. It was the mest ridiculous ance I ever saw or heard, and 1 till the tears canne. That etc the thrush, and he kept up hi nearly alt the forenoon. Bkt bird never opened his mouth an oncel 44e Some Facts, About To The report of the Commission ternal Revenue for the la -et ye nates that about 3, 500,000,,000 1,000,000,000 cigarettes, and 170 pounds, of chewing tobacco v suited in the United. States in year 1881. A winter in. the Int calculates that would tali 40,000 years siMply to tonat one, the cigars smoked in th The estimate wouM allow 24 pc tobacco a year to every family. we consider that a fifteen -ca. represents about two eents' wo bacco and one cent's worth of la that the total. tobaeco bill oft try mounts up to nearly $500,0( is not to be wondered at -that tb mist should exelaim in amaz • the waste, and wonder if the " soothing and tranquilizing " is worth what it costs. "Some years ,since, the am deletion of tobaebo throughout stiniated at four billions ot This `mass, if transformed inn bacco, two inehes ni diamete coil around the world sixty tin mane up into tablets, as nein) would form a pile as high as an pyramid, Allowing the cos' unmanufacturedi material to be a pound, the :nearly expellee poisonous growth amounts to a0n0On.flaiPuctositntorol mei,00ish This sum, aecorning- to careful tion, round wut hoeel dar the nastt rsu2c0t,00tow oa would build 100i000 churches