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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1891-05-06, Page 3eineeporineeninamenemeeememen de7billa TO /I ehtL4tr j., T, C. Briee, !rites.. Surgeon Dentist. graduate Royal College of Dental Sgrgeaits of Ontario, tinder tUMuate University 0 Toronto. oleo..-•Ifeefer's old utand, Coats' Block, Clinton. H.B ' Wili visit elyth. professionally, every 1494'1,10''• at AISSoo's Hotot.F 575—y Q. H. 000K, Lieenklate or Dental Surgery, Honor Gra.luate of the ,i'oroato dettool of Dentistry. Nitrous Oxide Ga, adtuiuistered for the painted* oxtractioa teeth. Q:tice,9mith'a Block, upstairs, opposite the Poet O,$ce, Clinton, Or Night Dell answered. 492y ` el4ield. DR. GUNN W. Gunn, 51. D. L. R. C. P. Edinburgh L. R. C. 8. Edinburgh Llceneiatoof the Midwifery, Edin. Office, an corner of Ontario and William ata., Clinton. 478-y. • DR. TURNB.ULL. J. L. Turnbull, M. 13, Toronto Univ. ; M. D. ; C. M., Victoria Univ. M. C. P. d d. Ont, ; Fellow of the obstetrical society of Edinburgh. Late of Landau, Eng., and Edinburgh hospitals. Otfi`ce: Murray block, Kattenbury St. Night calls answered at Grand Union Hotel. Electric night bell at front entrance. DR. W. H. WRIGHT BAYFIEI.D - ONT., (Successor to Da. Nwuoi) graduate Victoria Uui- versity, 1885;Cotlege of Physicians and Surgeone 1885; New York Post Graduate, College and Hospital, 1890 Culls by by day and night omptl) attended. 599.8n1 MANNING & SCOTT, Barristers, circ.. ELLIOTT'S BLCCIC, - CLINTON, Money to Loan. • A. H. MANNING. JAS. SCOTT. DAMMMON &JOHNSTON, Law, Chancery,and Conveyancing. Office—West Street, next door to Post Office, Goderich, Ont. 57. C. HAYS, Solicitor, dc. Office, corner Llie Square and West Street, over Butler's Book Store, Goderich, Ont. 87. ler Money to lend at lowest rates of interest. E. CAMPION, Barrinter,Attorney, Solicitor in Chancery, Conveyancer, &c. Offlee over Jordan's Drug Store, the rooms formerly oecu pled by Judge Doyle. gas Any amount of money to loan at lowest atea et interest. 1-ly. ucttoneaxing. H. W. BALL, AUCTIONEER for Huron County. Sales at- tended to In any part of the County. Ad- dress orders to Goasaiou P 0. V-17. CiIAS. HAIIIILTON. A UCTIONEER, land, loan and Insurance agent i Blyth. Sales attended in town and country, on reasonable terms. A list of farms and village for sale. Mohey to loan on real estate, at '.ow rates of interest. Insurance effected on all basses of property. Notes and debts collected. Goods apprateed, and sold on commission. Bank- rupt stocks bought and sold. Birth. Dec. 18, 1850. Photographers GYD CLINTON. Life Size Portraits a SAecialty. Clinton Marble Works, HURON STREET, CLINTON. W. H. COOPER, Jr., Manufacturer of an dealer in al kinds of !4 runt to X.cott D'iTAT to lend ire' large or .small satedo goose mortgagee prerSortal teeaflty C).ia. lia'a�vent9lt.rt MIAMI mites,, # , 11Az 4, > t}t2n.vt• t31rt)ten, Fob, 26401 lW " Marble 86 Granite for Cemetery Wor at figures that defy competition Alco manufacturer of the Celebrated ARTIFICIAL SroNE tor Building pur- poses and Cemetery Work, which must tee seen to be appreciated.—All work warranted to sive satisfaction. MONEY. A large amount of Private money to loan. Low - et rate of interest C. A, HARTT, Solicitor dee. Oatc - - Perrin's Block, SALE BILLS.—The News -Record has un• surpassed tail' ties for turning out first-class work at low rates. A free advertisement in The News Record with every set of sale hills. Is the d •ai ,i' 1 i • . r t, 1,1r scientific end mechanicalpot ^r { ,.: i�•'1 ort has the largest circular n, sir i., i,.•1 .,f i'n elite' in the world. Fully 'Mogi-it-A. Prat i•;,•- or Wood Engrav- ings. i'o .i -1.., ",.hi,. "•cid for epeelmen copy. Price 5.3 n r••u r. 1-.a,r months' teal, $1. SLUNN St GO., t`L Dl..:,t:... , 8.11 ]roadway, N.Y. AesReliriFf18 ', RRII.IaERt+ EdIfTen of Sc!en::sic American. V A great ',mires-. tench Ir no contains colored Lithographic Owe. of c,i+:ntry and city reelden- oes or public bnIl lIn '. Nrmcroue engravings and full plane and I.1,1111-1101/115 for the use of iamb aseontomptnte '•nil, ire. Price 52,50 a year, 15 ohs. a copy. MUNN h ('u., t'UIs.I silEita. r ar' v) my bo senor,. ;> ed by apply - _ Ing to MUNN &Co., who rr hits, had over I40 yours'PYperleneo ones Pave made over 100,000 appbeatlone ter American and FOr- elgn patents. Pend for Ilandbeek. (iorree- tondeneestrictly e"nfide boli TRADE MARKS <"— ytYif le riti3txn�tiik'rb it esu se T fe?e cif tfiS t ' Wt Office, apply to ML'NN ,c Co., and procure =mediate protection. Send for ]landbook. COPYRIGHTS for books, charts, maps. rto., quickly procured. Address I1IIVNN de CO., Pntenr Solicitors, • OXISTIERAX. 0Ff`lCx: tbl BROADWAY. N. T. iA MQNEV. IliRIVATE FUNDS to4l014 on Tawn and tarn, property. Apply to 0.,81DOUT, . r Ottleo, next News-1tacoao (up statrs)Albert-St 3Irubing. TRE MOLON BANL Ineorporated by Act of Parliament, 1855 CAPITAL, - $2,000;000 REST, - - $1,000,000 Head Or,ce, - MONTREAL THOMAS WORKMAN, President. J H R. J OLSON, Vice•Presldent." F. WOLFERSTAN THOMAS, General Manager. Notes discounted, Collections made, Draft issued, Sterling and American ex- change bought and sold at low- est current rates. INTEaa5TsAT 4 Pisa CENT. ALLoweD,ON DEPOSIT FART/2ERS- Money advanced to farmers on their own note with one or more endorsers. No mortgage re gutted as security. H. C. BREWER, Manager, February. 18134 Morrell A. O. U. W. The Clinton Lodge, No. 194, meets In Jackson's Hall, Victoria Block, the let and 3rd Fridays in each month. V alters cordially invited. R. STONERAM, M.W.; J. Be,ANRecorder. 509y Orange. L. 0. L. No. 710, CLINTON, Meets eacown Monday of every month. Hall, 3.1d flat, Victoria block. Visiting brethren always 90 made welcome. W. 0. SMITH, W. M WM A ROSS, D. :cr. 1.5 CANTELON, See. glum gilligllto Jubilee Preceptory Not 161, (Black Knights of Ireland) Meets in the Clinton Orange Hall, the second Wednesday of every month, at 7.30 o'clock in the evening. Visiting Sir Knights will always --eoive a hearty welcome. A. M. Tone, Worshipful Preceptor Geoloa IIANLSv, Deputy Preceptor Perna CANTI.LON, Registrar Royal Black Preceptory 3971 Black Knights of Ireland, Meets In the Orange Hall, Blyth, the Wedne day after full moon of every month. Royal Black Preceptory 3151 Black Knights of Ireland, Meets in the Orange Hall, Goderich, the Third Monday of every month. Visiting Knights always made. welcome. W H MURNEY, Preceptor, Goderich P 0 JAMES RUSK, Registrar, Goderich P 0 S. HURON ORANGE DIRECTORY. 1891 Names of the District Masters, Primary Lodge pastels, their post office ad- dresses and date of meeting. BI I) DULPLI DISTRICT. John Neil, W.D.M., Centralia P. O. 219—S. Uariton. Greenway, Friday on or before full moon. 662—'Phomas Coursey, 'Lucan, Saturday on or before full moon. '493—Hich•trd Hodgins, Centralia, Wed- nesday .,n or before full moon. 826—W1lli,.el Haggart, Grand Bend, Wedne, •;1v on or before full moon. 890—W. P:. MlcRoberts, Maplegrove, We(hh'-.' : on or before full moon. 924—Henry 1 mbrook, Exeter, 1st Fri- day in ea, + month. 1071—John i1 , is, Elimville, Saturday on or bele e full moon. 1097—James t +titers, Sylvan, Monday on or beteg„ full moon. 1210—James 1.1 'son, west McGillivray, Thursday on or before full moon. 1343—Robert Sims, Crediton, Tuesday on or before full moon. 610—Joseph Hnxtable, Centralia, Fri- day on or atter full moon. GODERICIf DISTRICT. Geo. 13. Hanley, W.D.M., Clinton 1'. 0. 145—Wilt's Bell, Gocterlch, lst Monday. in each month. 153—Andrew Menson, Auburn, Friday on or before full' moon. 182—W. 11. Murney, Goderich, last Tuesday In each month. 189—Adam Cantelon, Bolmesyille, Mon- day on or before full moon. 262—Jaynes Wells, Saltford, 3rd Wed- nesday in each month. 306—George A. Cooper. Clinton, 1st Monthly in each month. HULLETT DISTRICT. A. M. Todd, W. 11. M., Clinton P.O. 710—W." G. Smith, 1;linton, 2nd Mon- day la each mot 1. 818—James Hor'ney, Winthrop, last Wednesday before 11111 moon. 928—Thomas McIlyeen, Summerhill, 1st Monday in each month. 825—John Brintnell, Chiseihurst, 1st Monday in each nibnth, STANLEY I*ITRICT. Joseph Foster, W.D.M., Varna P. O. 24—John Pollock, Bayfield, 1st Monday in each month, 808—James Keyes, Varna, 1st Tuesday in each month. 838—Robert Nicholson, Blake, 1st Wed- nesday In each month. in each month. 1085—William Rathwell, Varna, 1st Thursday in each month. IO'NoTtt,—Any omissions or other errors will be promptly corrected on writing direct to the County Master, Bro. A. M. Todd, Climon P.O. (11,01:01,1 very Ft Py, No.eon or tit's the e t m,ogn Vi,altiegtireterenaordlttlly`ipyii$.. on._agkWOOD,W.a. QINEN$dtltl.1104.1$sn llnton jail. 11, 180.0. l• RENHEMEN � Plico,d4 �. I'r RHEUMATISM, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, Backache, Headache, Toothache, Sore Throat, Frost Bites, Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Etc. iold by Druggists -and Dealers ever}whcre• Fifty Cents a bottle. Directions ut 11 Languages. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore, Md. Canadian Depot: Toronto, Ont. The Huren News -Record $1.50 a Ye,.i--$1.25 in Advance. Wednesday, Maar Gtlt, 1891. THE BALLAD OF THE SPECKLED ;hEN. "T hie is the .pt ckled hen." "This ie the nest by the (11 pig -pen Teat was wade by the Speckled Hen." "There nue the eggs which to you I send That were laid in the nest by the old pig. pen, By the Speokled hen." t'Thie in the girl so tali and thin Ito eoncalded married life to begin, And who hunted the eggs which to you I send, That were laid in the nest by the old pig- pen Ry the Sp:tkled "1 hie i, the lady s•, -pretty and neat Who lives in the city, on Eighth Street, lVho got eggs from the Kite so tall and thin \\'ho cot.e'u•led tnarr;ed life to begin, And hunted the agewhich to you I cued, That were laid in the nest by the old pig- pen , B) the Speckled Hen." A TALE OF FOUR 13AI) MEN. LAWYER'S WICKED 8CHFME. On a night before a certain holi- day, four young men celebrated the approaching day of rest and re- laxation. After the fashion of those who burn the candle at both ends, they revelled, drinking- deep of the juice of the rye which is indigen- ous of the soil, of the touching the tap of My Lord Brewer Allsopp, of the sparkling vintage of the Widow Pomrnery. Regardless were they of the bon • vivant's saw concerning the injudicious admixture of pota- tions, and soon right lustily they carolled forth versicles, to the effect that they themselves, their many friends, and everybody who had the delight of their acquaintance, were jolly good fellows. Now, of these four men one there was: who, thanks to the kind fore• thought of a good old grandfather, had necessity neither to toil nor spin. To the gorgeous adornment of his comely person in modish rai- ment, and the acquiring of a know- ledge, theoretically and practical of the various descriptions of spiritu- ous and fermented liquor, he con- fined himself. Another was what the original newspaper man would call a limb of the law, erudite in its dignified mummery, and, withal, a good fellow. The third was he who is to be mainly spoken of. Ordinarily mild and slow of speech, when under vinous influences he becomes thrasonic and boastful. The fourth will act as chorus. These young men that evening 'vent for a drive. Copious libations had they; visiting many a wayside inn, and so to a Club. Arrived, all but the boaster speedily began to sober up, but he, the narrator of warlike deeds, commenced his fairy stories, oft before recited. Listen- ing idly to the timeworn tales, the young barrister thrust hie hands into his trousers' pockets. They encountered sundry little red square pieces of cardboard which had been printed for a gentleman who has bis door decorated with three golden balls. The man who had printed there had become insolvent, and. in closing up the business, the lawyer had become possessed of the pawn tickets. • Soon the swashbuckler became sodden and impavid, the fumes of his many drinks bad ascended to hie brain and he, breathing stertor- ous, fell feat asleep. Then did hie companions ,perpetrate that most reprehensible of all jests, a praotieaall ' Nolte l' li fireifah' `�Ittf clothes, took hie diamond ring, his scarf pin, his watch and ehpin, and filled in those pawn tickets for many dollars. , In his pooket were the cards deeoslterl, and the elttttP WV. wee 'With artfe, lifted ilito.,a ettendilpb coupe and celled boom.. Next flJQr'niug1cerofully grQOW dr'. and braced up by the aid of the int-; Yelltlon ef• ono John Collins, -Qi: blessed memory, the three eogspir ators appeared bright and early ,at the club. Scarcely lied they light• ed their cigars before there was heard a rumbling as of a eget driven poet, haste, and into t'he ernokitsg- room rushed the helpless one of the evening before. Not spick and' epan was he, unmown was ilia' bristling beard, and his linen was the linen of the uight before. "Good heavens t" he gasped,hold- ing out his pawn tickets. "I have done it this time. I wont acid pawn ed all toy jewelry last night, and 1 haven't a cent left of the two hun- dred and fifty I got. The governor. has a dinner on at home to -night, and he'll twig sure. There'll be au awful row." Sympathizing the 'nen compared notes with the anguished one. He had declined to stay with thetn,they averred, and much sorrow did they express. The banks were all closed, and they had not twenty dollars be- tween thele. The lawyer was seized with an idea. Said he :—"I know this patvnbroker"—which, by the way, was peculiar knowledge for a lawyer to possess—"and I'll go up and see him. I inay be able to get your stuff. But we'll just have a bottle first." "Oh, you're a nice friend, you are," said the victim, "to want a drink while I ni hero in the biggest kind of a box." But the lawyer would not be de- nied, and, responding to the tinkle of a bell, appeared a waiter with a tapering flask of the whiskey fizz. and on the tray reposed the watch and chain, the ring, the pin. Astonishment, joy, angor, all were strongly mingled on that young man's countenance. At filet he stormed, then, as was appositely suggested by the arch-conspirator,lie gave the waiter his solitary t'etnain- ing bili,and together they put away that "bottle." There are many morals attached to this true tale, and ever) man may choose his own. -- — THE ONLY THING. Mr. James Bonner, 155 Y.ol`lg Rt., Toronto, Out., writes; "1 uauuot give too much praise to St. Jacub'e 0 1, and have great pleasure in recommending it as the only remedy I Could get to re- lieve and permanently cure me of neural- gia t•f the head. 1 have also found it of great benefit for rheumatism, and am never without a bottle of it in my house, SHAKING UP OLD ROME. Last Friday the old city that sits on seven hills got a tremendous shaking up. Et was not the briaaiids or the fanatics that made Rome howl. It was an aggregation of chemical forces that did the busi. ness. It was the explosion of 265 tons of gunpowder in the magazine, and it created great alarm at the vatican. All the windows of the Pope's library were broken and a number of precious relics were des- troyed. In addition many valu• able panes of colored glass in the principal, windows of St. Peter's Basilica were sinashod to pieces. The handsome stained glass window over the chair of St. Peter was also broken, At St. Paul's church all the stained glass windows were damaged. In fact the damage done was so great that the building has been closed to the public while the debrl.; is being cleared away, and the" work of temporary repair in- augurated. Much of the dt•struo- tion wrought by the explosion is irreparable, as the valuable works of art which have been destroyed cannot be replaced. Many of the stained glass windows shattered were the works of aelehrated artists who Houri.ehed huddreds of years ago, and though in some cases the windows can be replaced, in many other cases their historical and artistic value are destroyed forever. Many valuable relics in the monas- tery of St. Paul have also succumb- ed to the force of the explosion. The Pope had just concluded the celebration of a low mass and was engaged in prayer when the explo. sion shook the vatican building. So severe was the shock that his holiness tottered, and would have fallen had not one of the attendants sprung forward and caught the venerable prelate in his arms. His holiness has now recovered from the shock he experienced. The investigation made. by the military authorities into the origin of the explosion shows that it was caused by the accidental explosion of some shrapnel] shell. A few of the people who were injured at the time of the explosion, who were taken to the hospitals, have died from the effects of the injuries they received. a WOMAN DXSMB.WELLBp. in'!•r,e�-.moi+ ., . /34.84P MAT 1r,&ciic ¶I1 E, 8.1F'I:+R fig QOM„alE$QI♦D OP$aATIQNS IN .W,v YORK.. Last `tidav night about 10:55 a rutin Cud woman entered the .+'apt River hotel, .a third rate house Catharine slip ,l4sw York. The man's entry' in the register book reads, "Koji;klui and wife." The' titan woe a stranger, while the wbusau was a diesolute character who frequented the neighborhood. They warn assigned to a roon, on the top floor. Next mot•uiug a servant endeavored to awaken the couple, but did not succeed. The door of the room was forced and on the bed was found the wotuan .lead and diseu►bowelled. The man haul die, appeared. The murderer was a man about 32 years old, and ehab bity dressed. It is believed he is "Jack the Ripper." Tee woman was cut in bice 43 in the same manner as in the abets chapel victims. She was lying naked on the bed. The sher4 and her underclothing, which were of poor quality told dirty, were tie,] tightly around the throat and heats, and the abdomen wee cut and slashed is a horrible manner by u dull, Lroken table knife, which lay ou the floor not far front the lied. The viscera had been cut, and from appearances a part was inissing. The woman had evidently been strangled. The police are btrainiug every nerve to apprehend the murderer. The down town lodging houses are being scoured to tied whether any strange visitor bad taken a room subsequent to the butchery. They are very reticent about their dis- coveries if they have made any, The woman has been identified as en all night rounder of many years standing in the .listriet of the city, which is similar to the Whitechapel district of London. She was a hand soma woman, with Al !king features of a Roman cant, and a form of re- markable symmetry for a woman of her age. There were even traces of refinement visible beneath the marks left by a life of dissipati'in. One woman arrreted, \lrs. Harring- ton, who keeps a lodging house on Oliver street, gave information whereby the police arrested a tall, thin, fierce looking man, known in his haunts as "Frettchy." i'1rs. Harrington asserted this man was an acquaintance of the dead woman, whose name she said was Carrie Brown. Carrie formerly liv.e(1 out at domestic cervi: e, but gave her, self up to riotous living. The police would impart no information concerning the man nor would they give his right name. A SEVERE COLD CURED. DEARASm,-.A !nether was attacked ~miffs a very f evere eolifnits do' u" L e resolved to try Hagyarde Pectoral f3a1• sem, and, on ao doing, found it di4 her more good than any other medloine she ever tried. MRS, KENNEDY, Hamilton, Ont. CONSUMPTION CURED 8QRAI' T(('��T��,147t� tj'/1/'',,1' 11ITYRRt , .''p The ifelniltq tater tllua' xo- pQrts a police magistrate Cao in that, city, -- The flluuiest case waa a. charge of assault preferred by ;On Durum - Wu, an old Waist 1 lamboro farmer, against R. W. W therepoon, a .law• yer. L. H. Patten appt:ared for that complainant and J. V. !!r'eetzel for the defendant. Burniston swore that he and tr'ifl wife wore in Witherppooll's office on S.aturd'ay. "My wife Wanted to, pay him Emma money," sapid he, "and I would not let her, and told. her that Witherspoon was cheating her, Witberspoou ordered me oat ant-- kuocked me down before I could go. Ile, kicked me while I was down. I lit on my back and my head struck the door,". Burniston admitted to Lawyer reetzel that he told his wife Wither - spool) had been cheating her and, that he called his owe wife a liar. He denied that he was drunk, say- ing that he had kept sober for months. Mrs. Burniston was much sharper titan her better -half. She denied that -her husband swore, and said that Witherspoon threatened to beat her husband. She took part in the row, and went to catch hold of the lawyer to liberate her husband, whose lege were tangled up with Witherspoon 's. Lawyer Teozel did not want to cross examiue Mrs. Burniston, be- caNse he said she talked too much. "I thought I'd be enough for you," said the woman, triumphantly. • James McPhail and Lawyer Witherspoon both-tleniod the state- ments of the complainants. The latter said there was $10 due him and Mrs. Burniston wanted to pay only $8. He admitted that he ordered Burniston out of his office because he was abusive, but denied that he struck him or knocked him down. Burniston would not go, and wee shoved out and fell. The lawyer denied that he swore. Mrs. Burniston objected because the lawyers said she could not read. "I can read," said she, "but not lawyers' writing." The magistrate hold that Burnie - ton should have left the office when he was ordered out. He dismissed the case. An old phsyioian, retired from practice baying bad placed in bis hands by anlEast Indian missionary the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the speedy and perman- ent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Catarrh, Astham and all throat and Lung Affections, also a positive and radical cure for Nervous Debility and all Nervous Complaints, after hav- ing tested its wonderful curative powers in thousands of cases, has felt it his duty to make it known to his sufferiug fellows. Actuated by this motive and a desire to relieve human suffering, I will send free of charge, too all who desire it, this receipt, in German,FrenehorEnglish, with full directions for preparing and using. Sent by mail by adressing with stamp, naming this paper, W. A. NOYES, 820 Powers' B1ook,° Roches. ler, N. Y. • 590—y. SIR JOHN'S LONG REIGN. To show that Sir John Macdon- ald is a remarkable man, and one in whom the people of Canada have put unlimited confidence, not without ample reason, we copy the following tribute by Sir Arthur Gordon, at the Royal Colonial Institute, recently :—"No doubt, in some respects, the Dominion has been fortunate. It has been fortunate in the succession of those who have pr )sided as Governor- General. It has been fortunate in the spirit which has animated both the political parties which divide the country. It has been fortunate, too—I may be permitted to say so, as being wholly independent of parties in Canada—in some of the statesmen of Canada who have as- sisted in the working of that Government. It is thirty years since I first went there, but before that time, lily old friend—one of the most eminent men who bas been Governor-General, Sir Ed- mund Head—told me he had a very remarkable man for his Prime Minieter. Well, that man is Prime Minister still 1 Jag fancy 1 At the time when Louis Napoleon was Emperor of the French, when Bis- marck had not been heard of, when Italy was not united, when Lord Palmerston waif -Prime Minister of England, Sir John A. Macdonald was Prime Minister of Canada; and now, after an interval of more than thirty years, though not with- out intervals—generally short ones —ha is still at the head of the Government. That shows a great deal. It shows not only that the $Eitrinf r�iintiletilifd-firn 'hifi `C ilift' are the self -restraints and governing instincts of the people who have chosen to entl'uet their destinies to his guidance." A COMMON ORIGIN, All akin diseases of whatsoever name or nature are caused by impure blood. Burdock 1310nd Bittern is a natural foe to impure blood, removing all foul humors from a Common pimple to the worst sort- fulous sore. THE WILY AGENT AGAIN, The smooth-tongued agent has been getting in his work among several West Zorra farmers. Mr. Hugh McLeod, of the 4th con,, and Mr. McIntash, of the same neigh- borhood, both well to do farmers, were in town on Saturday, and the former explained to his legal adviser the state of affairs. About two weeks ago au agent called at their places, stating that he represented tho Bowmanville Piano factory, and wanted to place a piano on exhibition in the Louse of each. Mr. McLeod refused. Some days after the agent called again, accompanied by a Woodstock gentleman, well-known to Mr. McLeod. Mr. Munro certified to the good character of the agent, who pressed his request and Mr.McLeod finally consented. The agent then desired Mr. MoLeod to sign a certain paper. Mr. McLeod says the agree- ment he sighed was this. He was to acknowledge an indebtedness of $400 for the value of the piano placed on exhibition in his loom and he was to allow it to remain there for four months. On the other hand the agent agreed to pay $100 for each piano sold in the four months in the neighborhood, so that after the four bad been sold Mr• McLeod would be entitled to the fifth for nothing. If he did not sell four he was to take the piano away. Mr. McLeod after signing the document became suspicious, and the first piano not being delivered in time he began to think that he was victimized. IIo is noW under the impression that,ho has signed an order for four or five' pianos for $400 apiece, amounting to $1600 ,or $2,000 and hence his uneasiness. Mr. McIntosh signed the same paper 9a Mr. McLeod, and is, consequently, in the saute box. Since consulting their legal adviser's here, they have been more at ease, and think everything will be all light. The likelihood, however, is that in a few days a third party will present the note and Mr. McLeod will be compelled to pay it. It seems strange that farmers will >a always be getting caught with clap• trap games of this kind. Surely they ought, by this time, to have their eyea open by reading the ex- perience of others. The press is from time to time faithfully warn- �111�rtll��lfU�i'�,' 1S IIf •• ljj�� ^��v::af-e.-;:rnv:7ht, :*�.'>"� 'i3 and still they will be caught. However plausible his story tufty be no farmer should have any business transaction with a stranger.