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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1886-11-05, Page 22 TH E HURON EXPOSIT THOMAS TELFORD. THE S'nORY OF HIS SUCCESSFUL LIFE. The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, whose head -quarters is in London, have -just publiehed an adrifir- ahle book, entitled " Biographies of -Working Men," by Grant Allen, R A., which comprises lives of Telford and Stephenson, engineer; Sir Wm. Her- schel, the astronomer; President Gar- field, and Thotuas Edward, the Banff riatinaliet. There are also added biog- raphies of the less known, but hardly less interesting men—Gibson, the sculp- tor, and Millet, the Frerteh artist. Mr. Allen has shown excellent powers of condensatian, andgives the leading events ia the lives of his heroes without putting his readers- to the trouble of ading through lengthy volumes; We can thoroughly commend his work. - Wesubjoin, with the leave of the pub- lishers, his biography of Telford, which shows mach appreciation of the great eugineer's career, though we think he is much miatakets when he describes the - scenery of Eskdele as "forbidding." On the contrary, it is universally admit- ted by vieitars to be exceedingly napti- vaing, and unquestionably the views throughout the vale are many of them of great loveliness. Although there is a, slight blemish or two of this kind the biography es a whole is reliahle and full of deep iuterest. ,Mr. Allen says: - High up among the heather -clad hills which form the broad dividing barrier between England earl Scotland, the lit- tle river Eak brawlsand bickers over its steny bed tiara-webll a wild land of barren braesides and brown peat mosses, forming altogether same of thegloomiest and moat icaleidding scenery in the whoIe expanse of northern Britain. Al- most the entire bulk of the counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright and Ayr is composed of just such solemn desolate , upland wolds, with only a few stray farms or solitary cottages sprinkled at -wide distauces over their bare, blea,k surface, and witk scarcely any sign of .1-ife in any part save the little villages -which cluster here and there at long in- tervals teamed some stern, and simple Scottish church. Yet the hardy people wha inhabit this wild and chilly moor- land country mey well be considered to rauk amoug the beet raw material of Sn- ciety in the whole of Britain; for, from the peasant homes of these southern Scotch Ifighiande have gone forth among a host of scarcely less dis° tinenished na- tives, three men, at least, who deserve to- take their place in the very front line of British thiukers or w-orkers—Thomas Telford, Rebert Burns and Thomas Car- lyle. By origin, ell three alike be- longed in the very strictest sense to the working classes; and the story of each is full of lessens or a ,warnings for each one of as; but that of -Telford is per- ha.ps the moat encouraging and the most remarkable a all, as showing how mach may be accomplished,by energy and per- severance, even under the most abso- lutely adverse and difficult circem- stances. Near the upper end of Eskdale, in the tiny village of Westerkirk, a young shepherd's wife gave birth to a son on the 9th of August, 1757. -Her husband, John Telford, was employed la tending sheep,on a neighboring ft -m, and he and his Janet occupied a small cottage close by, with mad walls and rudely thatched roof, such as in southern England even the humblest agricultural laborer wouia scarcely consent willingly to inhabit. Before the child was three months old, his father died; and Janet Telford was, left alone in the worhi with her un.il weaned baby. But in remote conntry districts, neighbors are often afore neighborly than in great towns ; and a poor widow can manage to eko out a livelihood for herself with, au occasional lift from the helping hands of friendly fellow -villagers. Janet Telford had nothing to live upon save her own ten fingers ; but they were handy enougle . after the sterdy Scotch fashion, and they earned some sort of livelihood in a humble way for herself a-nd her father- less boy. The farmers about found her work on their farms at haymaking or milking, and their %NIL -es took the child home with them -while its mother was' busy laboriug in the harvesit fields Amid such small beginnings did the greatest of English engineers before the railway era receive his first hard lessons in the art of life. After her husband's death, the poor widow removed from her old cottage to is. still reiore tiny hut, which she shared with a neighbor --ea very smell hut, with a single door for both femilies ; and here -young Tam Tel- ford spent most of his boyhood in the quiet hence...side poverty cif the uncoils- plainieg rural poor. As scion as he was big enough to herd sheep, he was, turned out upon the hillside in summer like any other ragged country laddie, and in winter he tended cows, receiving for wages only his food and money euough to cover the cast of his scanty clothing. He went to school, too ; how, nobody now knows : but he did go, to the parish school cif WescerkirN, and there he learnt with a ail", in the whiter months, though he had to 8pet0 the summee on the more profitable task of working in the fields. To a steady earne-st boy like young Tarn Telford, however, it metres all the difference in the world that he should: have leen to echool, no matter how simply. Ishose twenty-six letters of the alphabet,ence fairly learnt, , are the key, after all, to all the book - learning in the whole ,tvorld. \Vitheet them the shepherd-boyenight renutin an ignorant, uuprogressivd shepherd all his life long, even his undeniable native energy using'itse!f up on nathinehbetter than a wattled hurdle or a thatehed roof; with them, the path is open be- fore him which led l'ain Telford at last to the Menal Bridge and \Vestminster Abbey. When lain had gradually eaten his way through enoure ih thin oatmeal _ porridge (with very lite milk, we fear) to make him into a. beaity lad of fifteen it began to be high time for him to choose hire -elf a final profession in life, such as he wee aisle. Null here alrdady the born tastes of the by began to show themeelves; for he had no Erring for the - homely shepherd's trade; he felt a nist viral desire tor a chisel ittel a hammer — the engineer Was there already in the green—and he was accerdingly appren- ticed to a stonemasen ini the little town of Lochmaben, beyond the purple hills to eastward. But hi S master was a hand man ; he had sma'l mercy for the raw lad; and- after trying to manage with him for a few months, 'Tam geve it up, took the law into his own hands, and ran away. Probally the provoca- tion was severe, for iu after life Telford always showed himself daly respectful to constituted authority; and we know . I • that petty self-made master-Worlimen .are often apt to be excesively eevere to their own hired helpers, and especially t� helpless lads or young apprentices. At any rate, Tam wouldn't go back ; and in the end, a well-tindo cousin, -who had risen to the proud position of stew- ard:at the great hall of the parish, !such ceeded in getting another mason at Langholm, the little capital of Eskdale, to take over the runaway for the re- mainder of the term of his inden- tures. At Langholm, a Scotch Country' tovis of the quietest and sleepiest description, Tam Telford passed the next eight years of his uneventful early life, first Ise an apprentice, and afterwards as a journey- man mason of the hutnblest type.. He had a good mother, and he was a g son. On Saturday nights he gener managed t� walk over to the cottage 'houses, such as are; hardly to e found in any other rtown! in. Britain, except perhaps Bat ii -and! Aberdeen. Edine burgh isalwity , ,intleed, an in reeting place for an entjhisiastic lover o build- ing, be he arch'tebt or stonemas n; for insthad-of.bein built of brick li e Lon- don and so teeny Other English entres, it is built 'iiartly of a- fine ha d local ea,ndstone and partly of basa14 gteen- stone ; and besidests old- chure es and places; tnany of he public b ildinge 'are particularly etriking and -b itatiful -ai'chitectstral works. But just at the moment when young Telford alked wearily into Edinburgh at the en Of his long tramp, there was plenty for . stout d strong mason to o in, the long s raight stone fronts of the rising New Town. oocl For two years he worked away iatient- elle; ly at his trade in "the" grey inc opolis i at of the North ;" and he took ad % antage of the speeialopportunities the p ace ef- fcrrded him to learn drawing, nd to enake minute sketehes in detail o Boly7 rood 'Palace, HerioVe Hospital, loslyn. Chapel, and all the ether princh al old buildings in which the neighborh od of the capital - is. particularly ric . , So anxious, indeed, was Ithe young InS01.1 to perfect himself b the study f the -very best -models in Jjis Own craf , -that when at the end of t back es, reeisit his g d mother i Esk- e years he rti4ed N dale-, he -took the opp rtunity of 1 ;eking drawings of Melrose Abbey, the mast exquisite and graceful building th 't the artistic stone -cutters lof the I% iddle Ages have handed dew. to our tin in in all Scotland. Thi h visit to Eskda e was really Telford's last farewell to, hs old homehbefore setting out on a jo rncy -which was to form the turning -pont in his Own history, and in the hist ry of British engineering' as well. In, Scotch phrase, he was going south. And after tasking leasee of his lm -other (not quitefor the hist time) , he tvent south in good teeniest, 'doing thhorse- back; journey on for his eonein, the steward, had lent him a horse. toi'make his -way smith - ward like a gentleman. Telford t4irned where all ehterprising young 'Scotc imen ofrhis time always turned: toward the unknowu world off London—that orld teeming with so Many possibilities of . brilllient success or 'of miserable sq ialid. failure. It Was the- year 1782, au the youteg man was just twenty-five. No sooner had he ' reached the great city , thanhe began looking about him for - suitable work. He had a letter Of in- troduction to the architect of Somerset House, -whose ornamental fronts were just thep being- erecited, - facing the Strand and the river ;, and Telford was eble to get a place at once on the. jeb as a hewer of the finer . architectural de- tails, foe which both his taste an ex- perience well. fi tteg him. ' He spent ome tWO years in London at this humble post as a stone-eetter ; 'hut already he b 1gan to I aspire to soniething better. He edit -lied first:class- reason'S wages ow, ancl saved whatever he did not nee for .dely xpensee. 114 this rirespect, lithe .E • hil rovidence of s' .English fel ow - WO kmen struek e ung Scatehman very gr ved,- he sal, from wee any time beyond a for- tunately to lie altijij the . , ice:lili; -was ime ere rk- te- \N-esterkirk, and accompany the ei widow to the Sunday services at parish kirk. As long as she livede deed, he never forgot her; and one the first tasks he set himself when! was out of his indentures was to cui neat headstone with a shnple but be tiful inscription for the grave of t shepherd father whom he had practie ly never seen. At Langholm, atn maiden lady, Miss- Pasley, interes herself kindly in • Janet Telford's ris boy. She lent hiin what of all thi the eager lad neost needed—boos ; the young mason applied hirheelf them in all his spare moments with vigorous ardor and perseveratice healthy youth. The books he re were not merely those which bore dire ly or indireetly upon his 4owri craft t. they had been, Tam Telford might he -remained nothing more than a journe man mason all the days of his lif& is a great mistake, 'even from the poi of view of mere worldly succese, for young man to read or learn only all " pays" in his p'artieular ; ,t more hereadsand learns, the more w 'he find that seemingly useless thin " pay " in the end, and that what a parently pays least, often really pa most in the long run. This is not ti only or the best reason why every in should aim at the highest possible cul vation of his own talents, be they wh they may; bat it is in itself a very go reason, and it is a sufficient answer f these who would deter us from study any high kind on the ground that ‘` does n� eood." Telford found in aft life that good.' -' early acquaintance wi sound English literature did do him great deal of hood ; it opened and e panded his min°d; it trained his intell gence • it stored his brain with !mag and ideas which were ever after to hi a source of unmitigated delight and u alloyed pleasure. He read whenever I had nothing else to do. He read .Milto with especial delight; and he also rea the verses that his fellow countryman Robert Burns; the Ayrshire plowman, wa then just beginning to speak' straight t the heart of every aspiring Scotc peasant lad. With these things Tat Telford filled the upper storeys of hi brain quite as much as with the trad details of his own particular usefu handicraft; and the result soon showe that therein Tam Telford. had not acte uncannily or unwisely. Ni:ir did he rea only ; he wrote too—verses, not ver good,. nor yet very bad, but well ex pressed, in fairly well chemist language and with dueregard to the nice laws o metre and of grammare which is in it self a great point. Writing verse is al occupation at which only very few eve among men of literary education eve really succeed ; and nine -tenths of pub fished verse is mere mediocre ti,vaeldle quite unworthy of being put into th dignity of print. Yet TeEord did twel for all that in trying his hand, with b -u poor result, .et this most difficulham dangerous of all the arts. His rhyme weee .worth nothing as rhymes ; bu they were waith a, great deal as, discip line iinel trainieg ; they helped to form the man, and that in itself is .alway something. Moat men who have ii them thee pewee to do any great thing pass in early life through a verse -mak - leg stage.Theversesnever come to much ; but they leave their stamp be- hind them ; and the man is all the bet- ter in the end, for having thus taught himself the restraint,. the commend Of languagie,4the careful choice of -expres- sions, the exercise of deliberate pains in composition, which even . bad verse - making necessarily implies. It is a C9M- 1110,11 misthke of near-sighted miinda to look only et the immediate retults of things, without considering their re - meter effects. When Tani Telford, stonemason of Langholm, began at 22 years of age to pen poetical epistles te Robert -Butes, most of his fellow-whirk- men deruhtless thOught he was giving himself up to very foolish and nonsen- sical practices ; bet he was really help- ing to edecate Thomas Telford, engineer of the Holyhead- Road and the Cale- donian Canal, for all his future useful- ness and greatuess. As soon as Tam was out of his indentures, he began work as a journeyman mason- at Lag - holm on hie own account, at the not very magnificent wages of eighteen. pence a day. That isn't, much; but -at any rate it is areindepend'enee. , Besides building many houses in his °am tome Teen made here his first small beginning in the matter of roads and highways, by helping to ishild a bridge over the, Esk at Langholne He was vety proud of his part in this bridge, and to the end of his life he ofteu. referred to iteis his first serious engineering work. Many of the stones still beer his private mark, hewn with the tool into their solid sur- face, with honest workmanship which helps explain his later success. But the young mason was beginning to dis- cover that Eskdale was hardly a eide enough field for hie bading ambition. !Ile could cerve the most careful head- stones ; he could cut . the most orna- mental copings for doors or windows; he could even build a bridge across the roarinte flooded Esk ; but he wanted to see a little of the great world, and learn how inen and masons went about their work in the busy centres of the world's activity. So, like a patriotic 'Scotch - man that he was, be betook himself straight to Edinburgh, tramping it on foot, of course; fur railways did not as tet exist, and coaches_ were not for the use of seas as yowler Thomas Tel- ford. 1 Ile arrived in the grey old capital of Scothied in the very nick of time. The Ohl Town, a tangle of narrow alleye and' elose courtyards, surrounded by, tall houses svith endless tiers of floors, was just being deserted Isee the rich arid fashioilable world for the New Town, which lies beyond a- broad valley on the opposite hillside, and contains numeroes etreets of solid aed handsome stone C cautioas . yo atly. :They li 4 to week entir eek \seemed u •gethee outside range of their Halite • comprehend° l'• At the'enof, two years in Lon l Telford's skill and study began to .good fruit. His next :engagement (Inc which raised hiin for the first its hie life al.sove. the rankeof a journeys -tan inaSOn. Inc honest w man had attracted the attention of ,petent i judges. • Hai obtained emp ment as foreman of ' works of -some ,portaut'beildinge in Portst-Routh D 'yard. j AProud man indeed Was The Telford at this :change of fortune, e, Prondliy he ivrOte to his old fri in,Eseclarle; with altheet.boyish ;deli a:beet...the trust reposed in • hini by conimissiohers. :and , officers, tind pains lie ,was ...taking with the.task -trusted to hinh . Fore he wise above things- a geed Wcirkman, and Ilike gbod- workineeshe felt a. pride a,nd an terest in the jobs he took in ha la. Itis sense of responsibility and his sena sitiveness, indeed, seerearlinoet too g r. at times for his own - personale coinfi rtS Things %yin go . wrong now and th -n, even with the greatest care; well-pl li- ned -undertakings will not always ply, and theebeee eugineeeing- does 'tot sie ea. eerily I ilecceed in. *Ding a divide). d ; but winineeer such miehaps occurred, to . o-igh 1 his .• en iploters,, Telford felt- the dis Spr pi!) tieent i.rtuch too keenly, as though he hitneell had been to blame -for tl eir meseeleelateses or stelerssanguirie lroi Still, it, is .a' good thing to put oi leart iu °tie's- work, i arid SO net 'homes Telford cer'tainly.did.• Ab ehts time,. too, the tieing young ilicl, began to , feel that ile mu,st.. get etell more ancura.te scientific knewledge. period for general study -had now pas oye im- ck- nas ind nds bt, the the en - all ;LI1 in - es. e's eh i'-im t s tie he ed by, end t.he period ferspecial teade reed- ing had set in. This . was, . Welh A ad cannot do ibettee ellen lay a good fouee Lie tioh of general knowledge and gene al literature iluring the period vvhen -he is engeged in forming-, his utilise' : a yeu man tonce• fairly laintched its life m safelY• continh himself. for a tittie to' studies that bear directly upon his o special chosen subject. The thing tli Telford began closely !to investigate is P-1 ELy ite ln et as Now,limeslashes inortali mi ; a d without -lime, liccordiegly, you can halve no 411a.S01. But to know anything really about finite, Telford: foetid he must reed some chemietiy ; end to know anythilig really about chemistry he Must Work at r - al t- 10 hard land unremittingly. A strict fention to hue's own- business, tend' stood in this very. broad and liber pewter, is certainlY no bad thing f any struggling hand ieraftsman, wh ever his trade or prefeesion rnay happ to be. (Concluded -t week.) }Tow tcl Wash Woolen Blankets. Select a bright -sunny day, with a brisk breeze; so, that they, may dry eapielly., Rave the water as hot as tl.e heeds will bear, and dissolve the ioap in the water, avoiding-I:ebbing it on ti e blanketunless very soiled spots rend r it imperative. 'a...A.fter rehiring it through this water, thoroughly rinse throe h two waters of the same temperature 4f -the rubbing water. Wring as dry 4s possible; then let.sonse One take hold of each end of the blenket and pull evenly and strong to.bring it to its former she 'before drying. Pin eel evenly as poss - Isle on 'the. Hue, and -lett become pe featly deeh Treated ha this way n ironing is eecessary. The sectet f • washing flannels ;without' shrinking tlo have all the water the same temper lure and after loug experience I iprefe -hot to luke warm water), and also t thoroughly rinse all soap. from th blanket. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. I1OUSE IN SEAFORTH FOR SALE. -For sale the comfortable residence now occupied by the undersigned. It contains seven rooms and summer kitchen; and hard and soft water, and is within two minutes weilk of Main Street. Apply to HUGH GRIEVE. 984xt.f. - • -•- • FOR SALE, a brick dwelling, ono and a half storeys high, 24x32, kitchen, 16A2, with six bed -rooms, parlor, dining -room, and kitchen,: with bed room and pantry off the same. Hard apd soft water, with good stone cellar, there is also a frame stable, 28x10. It is situated on High street, and will be sold reasonable, and on Cain? terms. :Apply to A. STRONG, Agent, Seaforth. 982-t.f. AGOOD FARM FOR SALE. -For Rale, Lot . 18, Concesnion 6, Haeacontaining 100 acres, of which about 60 are cleared, fenced and under - drained Sand, partly free from stumps, the bal- ance is hardwood bush. There are good build- ings and 'small orchard and plenty of good water This Is agood farm and will be sold on reason- able terns. For particulars apply to JOHN CORBY, on the premises, or Hensall P. 0. 952 9An A RE FARM FOT SALE —Xfirst-class estfUl Farm for Sale in the township of Turn. berry, in the County of Huron, being Lots No. 54 and 55 in the lst Coneession,'Toetaining 200 acres, 150 cleared and in a good state lbf Culti- vation. There is a firet-class orchardga good _framefhouse and a bank barn 80 by 43 feet with stone stable under it. The farm is situa ed one- half mile from the gravel road !win1 g from Wroxeter to Brussels, 5 miles from Wrox ter and six from Brussels. Terms easy. For particulars apply to J. COWAN, Wroxeter, or to 11,013ERT MOFFAT, Proprietor, on the premises. ' 961 FARM IN MORRIS POR SALE) -A very valu- able farm for Sale, being south half of 'Lot 6, Concession 3, Morris, containing 100 acres; there are about 80 acres leared and free from stumps. The soil- :is a fine clayloam and well fenced and watere0. There is a goed bank barn with stables underneath and a good -frame holism, the buildings are nearly new, and thereis a first - Class orcherd. There is a good bush with plenty of rail timber. The farm is one mile from school, five miles from Wingham, and two and a half from Belgrave station. Good gravel roads lead- ing from the place. The Farm will bosold cheap. Apply on the prendees or Belgra.ve P.O., HANNAH1 957 : - FOR' SALE. -For sale in thethriving village of Hensel.' at a great bargain, thatevaluable property situated on the west side of Brooke street, consisting•of a good new frame dwelling 18x26 feet, and well finished throughout, with 'nod well and stable on the 'pre:Mises. Reason for selling is that the undersigned intends leaving the village about the end of the year. Possession an be given at any time within a weeks notice. erme Of 'Sale. -Very liberal. For full poetic:B- ars apply to D. MOWBRAY, Mason and Con- raCtor, Hensel] P. 0. 905 ARM IN GREY FOR SALE. -Being 'Lot 1. 14, On the 16th Concession, containing 100 cres, south part of Lot 15, on the isith. Conces- ion,-containing 45 acres ; Lot 14 is partly clear. d, the balance well timbered, a never failing _ reek crosses the lot, it is well adapted i for farm - ng or grazing lot, 15 acres is mostly cleared and Und-er good cultivation, the balance is well tun. )ered with black ash: It is well drained Will sell !together or in parts to suit the purchaser. For nailer particulars apply to the Proprietor on lie premises, or by letter to Cranbrook P. 0. ' 947x4tf - a GEORGE AVERY. A,RM-IN MORRIS FOR, SALE. -For Sale North -half Lot 22, Concession 7, Morris, ootaining 100 acres, about 70 of which are clear - d, and partly cleared from stumps, well 'sfenced nd in a good state of cultivation. Th p wood Thnd contains considerable cedar:. There is a_ ood frame house and bank barn With stabling nderneath and other pecessary outbuildings, a ood orchard and 'plenty of spring waters It is Within three quarters of a mile from scho,lal, and dilly three miles from the flourishing village of russels. Thi li farm will be Sold cheap. Apply n the premises or Brussels P. 0. 920tf - SEMON FORSYTHE, Proprietor. OOD FARM Fort SALE., ---For sal; Lot 1, Concession 8, Tuekersmith, containing 100 Tres, about 80 of which are cleared, free froln umps, underdrained, in a•high state of cultiva- tion and well fenced. There is a comfortable lg ehouse and a large bank barn with atabling u'"derneath. Also a young orchard and gond a ell. The land is all dry and.of the best qnalitY. I is conveniently situated - to Seaforth arid ippen stations, with good gravel roads leading t each place. for further particulars address e Proprietor, Egmondville P. 0. or apply at t e Egmondville mills. JAMES 'KYLE, Pro- p -letor. 90441- 00D.FAR1M FOR SALE: -In order to: cloSe . the affairs of the estate of the late W. G. ingston, the executors offer the following vary valuable 'lands for sale. First -North ball of Let 30, Conceesion 5, township • of Morris i con- taMing 90 acres. On this lot is erected a• good frame, barn with stone feundation,,zood orchard, well and puMp. Nearly all cleared, and As On 1,1 0 gravel road olosely adjoining the village Of Bass, This farm is a valuable one, is well fenced and in a good state of cultivation. F r prices and terms app y to Tilos. K eeev,:iirus- s Is P. 0., If exav JaxxlauS, Victoria .Square: P.O., o James Maple Lodge P. 0., Middletex County. = sfia TWO HUNDRED ACRE FARm FOR SALE.- For sale, Lot No. 11. on the 14th and. 15th cenceesions of Urea', containing 200 acres, 1:50 of w iieh are eleared and in a good state of cultivae tiOne The remainder is good hardwood bush. There is a never failing creek running through the fatte. Them is a good ,franie barn 40 by 60 feet, good log house and goad bearing orchard. Itis six milefrom Brie -eels, and. three .'from Walton, with good gravel road leading to :each place: There is a school on the next Lot. Price' $7 fa p, ell'O. This is .an excellent, stock and -grain m and is offered very cheap. For further rtieulars apply to the Pronrietor on the prem. s or to kVaiton P. 0. --ADAM DOUGL.,a$. poo. . . ci PLENDID 200 ACRE FsakM .FOR. SALE IN )3 THE TOWNSINI" OF GREY.Sealed offers adelreseed to the undersigned, will be revel ved up to July lsit, A. D. 1886, for : the purchase of that first-class term, being composed of Lots 11 and 12 in the.16th Concession of the tmenship of Grey, County of li uron, comprising 200 acres, of which about 115 acres are cleared and in a good state or cultivation, the balance, bei•ng well tim. tiered,- 'There is on the premises a good frame lba n 60x50 feet and fi hewed log clapboard house end outbuildings Fences aree in .goed repair. A tine orchard of young treesjust ecoinin:g'i into bearing.. A good well arid a never failing spring .creek. Although this is a most desirable prop- erty, intending purchasers can view the property Line obtain any further information Nrith regard toit on application to the tenant on the premises. Peneession \ell be given on' October 16th, 1886. The highest or any offer not necessarily accept- ed Address offers to. ROBERT THOMPSON, Roseville 1'. O., Ont. Roseville, Ont.-, l•lovember • 0, 1880. , 937-tf -TAARM IN KANSAS FOR SALE, containing j2 about 160 acres, well improved, fenced into eight fields, with hedge, wire, board and rail fences, corrals and stone sheds to accommodate 100 or more cattle, stable for 20 horses, poultry and pig hougesfon large stock. There are two never -failing wells cf splendid water, supplied through! pipes to dwelling house and wherever wanted, by Windreill. . There is a large orchard of choice fruit trees of treed variety. This farm lies within four mules of three of: the leading rail- roads, two miles south of liortonestaticm, on the Atchison, Topeka and. Santa Fe Railroad, half a i mile fromseism' and flee miles north east of' Emporia City, of 14,000 inhabitants ; six miles, from coal pits, price of Coal $1.50 to $2.50 per ton. This is one of the hest localities in Kansas, and well adapted for . stock purposes. Will sell all stock and implements on terms to suit pur- chaser. Reasons for selling, failing health of occupant. Apply, if personally, to JAMES M. BROADFOOT. on the premisee, if by letter, to JOHN BROADFOOT, Brussels P.- V., Ontario, Canada. . 903 s 0 PLENDID FARMS FOR SALE.--e-The -under- ° signed offers for sale his very valuableapro- pertys consisting of 150 acres, being Lot No. 2' and the west halref Lot 4, on the 7th .Conces- Sion of Tuckersmittle in the county of Huron. The buildings on Ldt 2, are, viz: A brick house 24x34 feet, kitcheni 18x20 feet, verandahs and woodshed attached,L Barn 56x54 feet with stone stabling underneatl1 9.feet high, frame stabling, one 18x42 another I x36, pig house and all nee- eesary buildings. Ilhcrc are *Seri acres cleared and, in a high state of eulutivation, the balance is well timbered. There ae also on the place a good ori.ihard and two ii, ver failieg wells of water. The 50 acre farm hs °pia a good orehardand log house, good Wei; 25 acres cleared whieh is under graes, thehatelee well timbered. These farms are well drain .d$ and fenced,' and • will he sold together or siiparately. They- are within five miles of Seafortn, on a good .gravel road,con- venient to schools add chilirches, and will be sold cheap. Apply to TitIOMAS McBRIDE, on Lot 2, or. by letter to Seaforth P. 0: - 972-tf he Two Monster NOVEMI3liat 5, 1886. mamin-aum=----mreammuma..„ Stores. STOVES. MONTREAL HOUSE, Oak Hall Clothing and Ge ts' Furnishing Establishment,: b rgest Stock in the County to choose from. essrs. Duncan & Duncan Would call attention to their large stock of Dress Goolls. We offer good Cloth Dr ss, Goods at 10c per yard, worth l5c. Large quaneties to select from at 1210, I(c and 20c per yard. Silks and Satfits—all the newest shades in brown, bronze, Na y and Black ---full lilies of Trimmings to match the very latest styles. Wed - din r orders a specialty. Our stock is large and comp ete, so that parties can de- peni on getting the very, latest styles end lowest pries. Our Millinery depart - mei t is fully stocked with the latest English, French a d American fashions. Ta Sie • Our per stoc pair ove The Montreal House is the spot to get woollen geo O'Sbanters, &c. TWo hundred Ladies' Wool Sha Mantle and Mantle Cloth—We make these our ustomers over 100 different pieces of cloth to selee ard. Customers buying cloth can have Mantles c of' readyniade Jackets and Mantles, Hosiery a Ladies' and Misses1 Hose at half-price, bought three monthago before advance in prices. Is, New Squares, Hoods, ls, new goods, from 90c to ecial lines, and can give from, at from 50c to $7 t free of charge. Large d Gloves. Five hundred irect from manufacturer OAK HALL °THING AND GENTS' FURNIVillING HdUSE, ook out for cold iveether, and prepare for winter, )37 calling at the leading Clot ling House in the County. Piles of Readymade Clothing. pig stock of Win r Overcoats to be sold cheap. Winter Underclothing in great) variety, and at p ices to suit the millicta. Hats, Caps, Shirts, Collars, Ties,.Gloves, and every article required in a hrst-class Furnishing House, cnnj had at Oak Hall. Our stoc of iinported Tweed t in Scotch, English and Irish, was never so large or so well selected. Pantings eot to be excelled in the city. All -Wool (Canada tweed) Pan s from $2.50 up, worth $3. Our Tailoringeeapacity is too well known to re- gale further self -commendation. Perfect fit always guaranteed, and skilled mecl allies only employed, Give us a call. Duncan & Duncan, Oak Hall, Seaforth. TIT EBARGAIN Is fil and New Tow Clrth of M our g yours ing fast with lieW Fall Goods. Just received per st 'olynesian, new Dress Goods, New, Tweeds and Shawls, New Plushee, Nei Velveteens, New Linen Rings, &c.; NevIr Silks, Satins, Ribbons, &c.; HOUSE amers State of Georgia antings, New Coatings, in Tablings, Hollands, ew Carpetbags and Oil tock now complete of READYMADE CLOTHING in all sizesand prices - • n s, Youths-, Boys' and Children's. We guarantee quality and price of all ods unmistakeably right. Wo invite you, readet to call and inspect for If. e'er No trouble to show goods. JAMES ROM C A 1 .1(1 PBEL D, 'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET, SEAFO TH. Axis Gut Pebbles, Th frauds that have been perpetrate on the spectacle wearing sublic by most dealers and pedlars giving assumed and fancy names bb ordinary iglass, speaks for the ignorance Of the public: general y in the all important sebiect of the preservation of the -eight. There are only two articles from which spectacle lenses can be maunfaetured, viz., Pebble and G1 s. Call glass by any other name it still reinaina glass. Pebble, on the other hand, ie from ,Natui-e's own manufactory, rt is • natural crystal, found 'generally in freestone foundation and is harder cauntdbny he aid of diamond dust, and %he greatest amount:of poger is rly as hard as the diamond. The pebble is nothing more nor 1 and a p Centre f the grain found in all peble e. It will give to the spectacl Spectac than the ruby and emerald, as than a transparent stone, placed immediately over the wearer a coolness, freshness (meant feeling that the onhiai, spectacle lenses canseSt ny any possibility impart. -All es and Eye Glasses are stathpied B. L. A. C. P., and can Only e purchased from 0 T.T 1\T 'IT PRA TICAL' WATCHMAlfER AND JEWELl_E , SEAFORTH, ONT. Als on hand a stock of LazarnagMorris & Co. Pdack •& Coe'. and Montreal Optical Company's Spec:tee es. Common Spectacles froni loc. per pair up. PI -A-1-.11-13 18E3 W have! received ex -Parisian, olynesian, Siberian, dinavia , the bulk of 617 Old Country goods, and they ha% the rec nt rise in woollen g. ods, are the best value we li Norwegian and: Scan - mg been bought before ve ever shown. We also sheiw a good range of ganadian stuffs in cottons, Denims, Cottonades, &e. We woirld ask inspection of our stock of Dress Goods, Silrs, Velvets, flushes in all the ijiew shades. Full stock of Carpets, Chrtains and House Furniehing 400ds. CD "I" I-1 C. M. WHITNEY' Is showing a full line of S 11' , IN COAL OR WOOD. Parlor Cooking anA,Box Stoves Base Buniers square and round. • Don't fail to see them before purchas- ing, as they lead for style, and are all guaranteed to give satisfaction. See the "Royal Art" Base Burner," "-Famous. Royal," "Model Cook," "Mascott," Lte.1 The cheapest, house under the sun for goods in our line. C. M. WHITNEY. On Time as Usual. J. A. Stew -art,. —OF THE_ Do m i n ion House CONSTANCE, Is • just on time with a fall stock of latest steles in Dress Goods, Wool Caps and Wool 110 -ods, Facinators, Velveteens in black and colored, Flushes, Underclothing, a big stock of Guernsey Shirts and Drawers, Plain and Fa,ney Top Shirts, Cardigan jackets, Flannels, Tweeds, Cottonades, h-tingss white and factory Cottoyis, Weaving ton and Knitting Cotton, White Shirts cheap • 1 good. Splendid line of Teas just arrived. Pure Sugar , lip; try it. A lot of those popular Spices for pe ery and pickling, prepared by Connor 4: De .on. Honey in comb and strained. Another lot of Colored Glassware ^heaper *au ever. Crockery in great variety. China Sets, Stone China Sets. , A big drive in Boots and Shoes, away down in price. Examine them be- fore purchasing elsewhere. Hardware and everything usually kept in a general country store. Come one and all to the new store kept by 967 J A. STEWAET. Watches and Jewelry —FOR ALL AT_ Your Own Prices. Having purchased the bankrupt stock of C. L. Papst &-, Co., consisting of Watches, Clocks, ' Jewelry, Platedware. lam now in a position to sell the a me at LESS THAN MANUFAC- TURERS' PRICES FOR CASH. This offer stands good for THIRTY DAYS ONLY at Papst's Book Store, SEAFORTH. _A_DD.A_1\T —0E ----- ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIPS, A. STRONG, Seaforth, Agont. GRELT tEDUCTIO_N IN PASSAGE RATES ' Cabin rates from Halifax to Liverpool and Loa. donderry, $50, $63, and $73, according to position ef stateroom. Children under 12 years, half tale; under 1, free. Servants in Cabin, e50, Inter- mediate, $35aSteerage, $13. Prom Liverpool or Londonderry to Halifax: Cabin, $63, $78.75 and $94.50; Intermediate $35; Steerage $13. Re- turn Tickets from Hall -fax to Londonderry Dr Liverpool and back to Halifax : Cabin, 8.1e4,81.18 and $143; Intermediate, $70; Steerage, $26. Money Loaned and Real Estate Bought and Sold as Usual. i SlUltArliCB:. I represent several of the bast Jpauranee Cam panics in the world. , s 1101"Oflice-Market Street, Seaforth. 862 A. STRONG - • - • SPECIAL NO TICE- TO CUSTOMERS. .Anyperson who purchased a Watch, Clock or oprieelevathjerweeplarir,eadn diuleldadgtthuterasailitnoeu,gi acsitjedL.; gPoAoId'Sb3T,, cjaelaivineglleart, will still find tbe guarantee :PAPSTS Jewelry Store, No, 1 Campbells Block, Maih-st., -C4th, Where can be seen a fine assortment of Watehea Clocks, Jewelry, &c. All reepectfelle invited to come and inspect stock of Papst's jewelry store - Remember the spot ---No. i Campbell's Meek, 9794f Seaforth_ Unapproached for Tone and Quality. CATAL6GUES FREE. BELL & CO Guelphs Out I I NOVEMBER 5, 18. Lines coonv.oefyisaanrevoteetirI the ping Among -the BY S. C. IIALLa It came from out the silent glrn The mingled prayer of arm, 1 se Their swords in sheath tor oue 3' " And let as woreLip i;od " in e They met -in fear, Int not 44 n, In hope—but not -of human ad l They In etfytr uitasi:tt 0:7--i, ri',,,,ystht.iohisa:littlt(Iiidailretrelritza (IL/cell:10a: ifItsfirjlt:IfrhIjilleri!s:rtaakli'l It! The fountain gives them vtrtqa i M wearied travellers eeek the il No temple made by human hal. And freedom \Nip be btllight,U Aipsritotihulitd him mighty monntaias. J3ut freedom conseerates the gle And girlhood, boybood, age and Utter or breathe a stern s- amen' To words that reaseon stamps wi For God and nature kale than All—like their free 'forefathers - Such message yon good yastor I; A Message from the King of Kin say, grandsire-thnn shonlirst Say, matron-swith the babe at I= Say, girl -thy lover atill is near Can patriot passion banish fear i - —Baebehor---" What in th Benedict °oohing -up in s tied as long as I have 3 Bachelor—" Want a pin? you look in the pin-cushi here, old man, when yen'ese lor ? " Beriediet—o_I wa lived on the wrong side of she win. sit calmly up in tit see Iswas bore there, and fasces there ?"--" I should. people ?"—" Don't know - Suppose you ktreth all 1 way, you lived there once, you hunting around on very thought of getting np congregation, without . jxp Was - introduced 0,s-arywhe flirt with the handsome teem Philadelphia, eh? Make an her breath come short and k' verse in the Sunday school c the service, in the - face. sli sill—g-lRae t tr ieonni:lr 11 ies of CUStorn: Tells what to ebun and what dei • OB lody:7,1:TkelnarIshn. ; "0,1a.11.t,hye,what:as l.li itheohoos tuua thoui I,ehti 01 asutt: ethahialiyi tad'? liral:,::! Go, strike for freedom -do or di Old Scotland's mountain -men wi Gives beauty a perpetual youth ; Sinews thatea halo ehines round To warn from shame or win for i Girl, say how =1St thy heart WI Thus art works out her great del Shapes the rough ore of natures Of good Or in a, pointed story Thanks painter for a Ieeson tang Thanks for a piefau-ni etore of th More norceful than a thousand p And makes example bear to age Nor let your .children's children Bids virtue teach and never tire: --A. girl's heart will Gaieties. --..-- onA___el.l.:" where to look aforialiepeiz.'hielsli ! bring around for a ge drive," roared old Hyse him_ back; Pll ride down it He hasn't been groomed fe What are you doing with hi him run in the corn -field ' Islistah Hyson," said the ain't lookin' fust -rate, for 1 'deed I can't help it nohowe - best I kin wid nothin' to d wid. Ms' Hyson she done 4! -barn and tuk away -de et sWeat scraper, mane - brue boots, clippers:, safety -bit,' pad, 'cause she gwine 4tecieri de chuteh fair, she say." 'Found 'His Fal some persons' conception tian conduct are an absurd I very penurious old. 'Leman., v vited3 to tea at the home t with whom a very worthy: beloved . clergyman was st was a man of remarkable pur acter and gentleness of mann universally loved and respeel Aomfrteorte7 he excused him count of a headache, and N own 44 Were you not greatly pi this old lady, after the mii in Itsiin? tired. asked the lady of th purty well,'" was ti " I knew yon would le - lady, warmly. " He is one ; liest Chriseian characters But he aint perfect," ;we perhaps not. is absolutely perfect, hut I n Mr. B C"I" near tion than any man I _ever " Well, that may be, 3 -et lau Its. " He has never revea:ed ti said the lady, a little irritat I am sure he would try vet overeorne them if they we out." " Wells'said this disco-vere everybody has their owe thinkinh but when I see a saw OWn ;th:t man to -night, put 3:tt.‘17(e lahheYrPii:t°Iinaiei toygf tS ngola'sNYr' enitbat Tali:at is not a "great fault But the old lady shook .h A Newspaper Office it The office of the bun," a Ja.panese newepape described The feature of in" office was its type case= was only one of body typc. a type case! It is divided; into two sections, sloping alley five , feet wide. Each four feet wide by thirty feet by, sixty feet. There's a nel you ! Thie is divided into partments or boxes, into type is laid in regular pile piles in a box, with Lees all ' compositors, mostly boys, big Each holds a wooden " et - braes rule. The type are all the " stick" is not set to th efp'afiNcrito,e11:11uitrillitenlia.l'boun:It3iehhalfi8titi; it being the businees of otiose to impose the lines in coin proof, and ina.ke up forms, dozen compositors reed the - With "sticks and rule an( i: At:: eome box, far or near, for t letter, then back ten or Vora, the needed one; all are en