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The Exeter Times, 1879-10-30, Page 8T:T TIMES 110 THURSDAY, OCTOBER :80,: 1870 xgfer 01;10. S LOQ.A-L NEWS,, Ir you want a tip-top Over Coat or suit of Clothes, go to Sainevedde Piekard's QoAivreatr meetingservices in the Mahe - oast attuiwh ou Sunday next: Top band played some lively airs on Main street un Saturday night. TnUoSDAY rent will be observed as a dray of thanksgiiiug throughout this fair Dominion. We, gratefully aoknowledge the receipt of fylos of . Chicago papers sent to us by Mr. Samos Willis, of that place. Miele Sots autl Caps' can be bought cheaper than ever before offered at Samwell & Pick- ard'e. *WEDDINGS are frequent occurrences in Exe- ter, There were two couples married on Sat- urday night: .Aar, the present teachers iu the Exeter Pub- lic School with the exception of Miss Beltran( :.ave been re-engaged for next year. Tem settle cream. social in the Providence B. C: church last uiefl.tt was, well attended and in every respect a su000a•s. LARGE OANEOT.—Mr. Hobert Kellaway, of this village, the other day took up in hie gar- den a table carrot which weighed 5 pounds. A Mee: who was o'er fon' enjoyed himself on Saturday afternoon by sitt'ng =mid on the sidewalk and occasionally taking a swig ottb of a black bottle. TIrA\xseivnNG SEnvICE.-On Thursday morn- ing nextet. ton o'clock there will be a union thanksgiving service held in the Methodist church in this place. PLOWING MATOH.—Tho annual Usborne plow- ingmateh will be held ou the farm of lam. Westcott,lot 16, con. 3, Ueborue, on Tuesday next, November 4, Plowing to commence at - 10 o'clock. Liberal prizes w'll be offered. ROOT Ceoe. Tate judges of the Stephen & Usborne Agricultural Society on the Groot orop have completed their labors, awarding: the prizes as follows : Turnips -1st. William Jeck- ell ; 2nd, Robert 'McCord ; 8rd, John Mooney. Manlolds-1st,iWilliam Jeckell. At the Hudson Bay sales of Buffalo Robes this season, there was a great advance, owing to the small offering, but Samwell & Pickard, having bought their stock very early and di- rect from the North West Agency, still sell at old prices. HAnnowtEx.-Hhlloween falls on Friday 1 next, when the time-honored practice of steal- ing cabbage, signs, gates, eta will no doubt be indulged iu. Thosewho have cabbage out had better take thorn in, as the boys are no doubt already making prospective tours: Dmx'T RING.—On Friday night the town bell did not ring at six o'clock. Perhaps Uncle Sans was afraid that some porsous who have men hired by the day lost an hotues work when he rang at fives few weeks ago, and wished to make employees make up the hour to their employers. That's fair. VENNOR AND TDB WEATHER -111G weather prophet writes as follows :—The first snow -fall of the season, which occurred on Friday, the 24th, comes later than usual. Our fine wea- ther is not yet, over. I expect another genial and balmy term. Then, after that, extreme cold, with but moderate snow -falls, as already forecast in my letters dated let September. MORTGAGE Senes.—Reference to our adver- tising columns will show that several desirable properties will be sold under mortgage next week. That building opposite the Central Hotel, occupied by Mr. S. E. Jougs,will be sold on Tuesday next. _ It is a very desirable pro- perty, and will no doubt sell for a neat figure. - Parties desiring farm or village property would do well to consult our advertising columns. Hoes Punceresen.- On Tuesday last the Messrs Petty, of Hensall, had sixty hogs, which they had purchased from the farmers in the neighborhood, shipped from the station here for their packing establishment in Hensall. Vim gentlemen are doing a larger .business this fall than they have done at any previous time, and are paying good prices for hogs. The revival in their line of business they at- tribute to the N. 1'. Lzorunn Counss.—On Thursday evening next the first of a series of lectures, ;under the auspices of the Exeter Young People's Chris- tian Association, will be delivered by Bev. G. IlNebber in the Bible Christian: church. Sub- ,, ject, "The Restoration and the Revolution." The course wilt extend over a period of about three months and will embrace three lectures, a sacred concert and a debate. Course tickets, 25 fonts. ENTERTAINMENT.—A literary entertainment, consisting of speeches, readings, vocal and in etrumental music, ere., will be held in, Drew's. Hall on Monday evening next, under the au- spices of the Exeter Division, Sons of Temper- ance. The admission fee is only 10 cents,and it is expected that the hall will be orowded.; The doors will be open at 7 o'clock, and the entertainment will commence at 7:30, POSTAGE STAMPM.—Parties remitting post- age age stamps will please send none but one, two and thine cent stamps, as postmasters have instructions from the Post Office Department' not to take any over that value in exchange for postage unless the letter or packet requires the exact amount tendered to convey it to its des- tination. 12,1 and 6 cent stamps are especi- Ally inconvenient, and cause postmasters. a great deal of anuoyanca. A. New 1neA.--- he London Advertise. has inaugurated a new idea in journalism, which we think cannot fail to become popular. Each month a subjeet will be anno,inced on which correepondouts are, asked to write, parodying some well-kuown, piece of verse. The first is the recent Conservative dinner at' Quebec, toil the result to be a parody on. "bliawatha." For the best parody an elegant copy of Shako- spoare's work is offered, lend for the second a ohoioe of a handsomely bound edition of any of the standard pouts. Wo hope some of our local poets will go iu and whi the prize, TEtri.ZAAKeu Uns rxxo.—Q1a Tuesday OM- ing a meeting which was addressed by Bev. G, Webber on the subject of teroperanoe, was held in the basemoutof the Bible Oluistiau church The small attendance was due to the unpleas- ant state of the weather. The lecture was interesting and logioal. Mr. Webber is a there ougia teetotellekk and an ardent temperance worker. Be will au some fatarooccasion ad- dress the people of Exeter., on the temperance question, wvltou there viii no doubt be a good attendance. STocn SAnn.--An Tuesday the 11th prox., Leonard Hunter, Esq., peeve of Usborne, will offer for sale by public auction on his premises. lot 4, eon. 4, Usborue, a lot of thoroughbred and imported stook. Mr. Hunter is known as - a breeder of none but first-class stook. His animals oaunotbo excelled in these parts, and their malts are sa well known iu this aud ad joining counties that. no doubt the sale will be largely attended. For particulars, consult posters. TIIE Dint CIIP.—A match for the posses- sion of this cup . was shot on Saturday after- noon by it7r. W. Bissett, of Exeter, and Mr. John Heywood, of Usborne, who has held the ouP for some time. The oontestants each shot six birds out of a possible ten. Four more birds were shot at, Mr. Heywood shoot- ing three. This is the third time Mr. Hey- wood has been victorious in contests for the possession of the coveted cup. Mr. Heywood attributes the smallness of his score to the use of a Sharpshiro-down gun. Ron Anon l.L1soNRY.—A, few evenings ago, a number of companions from a distance paid a visit to the companions of Exeter B. A. Chap- ter No. 85, to assist them in the work newly begun. Autoug the number were ; Ex. -Comp. Colonel Lewis, Mayor of London ; Ex. -Comp. John Ferguson, London ; Ex. -Comp. Wm. Brook, Loudon; Ex. -Comp. R. B. Huuger-ford, Loudon; Ex.-Oomp. Dr. Sutton, Clandeyboye; Ex -Comp. Wm, ?Jathoson,Lucan. The Chap- ter is hold in the rooms of the Leb•inou Forest Lodge No. 133 A.. F. & A. ISIS. G. B. O., Sam_ well's block, and is in a very flourishing con- dition. SNow.—On Thursday last the first snow of tbe season fell, and on Thursday night we had quite a heavy snow -fall. People were sur- prised on getting out of bed on Friday morn- ing to sea twat about a foot of snow had fallen while they had slept, and they failed to see in the snow any of that beauty which the poet attributes to it. A lttle snow fell ou Friday night also. Had tho ground been frozen be- fore the snow came there would have been good sleighing ; but Jack was noglecttul of his duty. Tho heat of the sun ea Saturday and Sunday caused "the beautiful" to disappear bringing the green fields againito view. It is a good thing that the winter slid not commence with the first snow storm, as the root clop is not yet harvested. CHARIVARI.—A. number of boys congregated at an ealy hour on Monday night at the residence of an aged. couple who have recent- ly been married, and soon after their arrival, demanded a five dollar bill frcm the newly - married man. He refused to shell out, and then commenced the rattling' of old tin cans; horns, cow bells and other instruments of tor- ture usually used at charivaris not being avail- able to any of the boys. The noise was kept up almoet incessantly till alter eleven o'clock but without the desired result, when the sere- nading party dispersed, without anything bay- ing transpired of so tragical a nature as that which occurred at a charivari in Fullarton township a short time ago, the particulars of which were published in these columns. THE WOODUAM MYSTERY. A ma. NAa3Lrt LODGING AN- INF0R11LATION AGAINST HINSEL1'. Mr. James Nagle, of Usborne, near Wood- ham, was in, Exeter yesterday, and in conver- sation with the proprietor of TILE Tnoes stated that he is the person accused of shooting the man at Woodham about two weeks ago. He bays he is determined to lie under thatsuspi- cion no longer. And after what Tun Trues said last week, which he says he had been watching tie see if it would say anything about the affeir, he feels it an absolute necessity to lay a charge against himself, which he has done before Mr. Walker, J. P., of Usborne.. Mr. Nagle hss taken a proper stop. If he can clear this ugly affair up, the investigation which he seeks will be the best thing its amid do. We hope 11e will be able to show his Inno- cence to the satisfaction of the people. It would be a great pity if 11e were to be re- garded as guilty of a murder which miry never have been committed, and it would bea shame and disgrace to the community if be or any other man could be suspected of the awful crime of murder without every effort being made to ase,ertablithe truth. •'Mr, .Nagle has taken the only step which any roan in the un- comfortable position he asserts himself to he in, could take if hedesired to vindicate his good name, dispose of the eharge, and save his family from lasting insult. . However the n- vestigaVon may terminate, we'feel,pleased to know that 'mit 'Prices has brought the matter to the point of issue. OCTOBE17 80, 1879' Usborne. EATnL AaoxDONT. -- On Monday: of last week, Irvine McCulloch aged 18 years, eldoet son of 'Mr,, James 111c - " 'uckersnlitlt'3" Criticism of Dr. IVIoLelian. To the Editor of the Exeter 7ttues, The anuual meeting of the Teachers Culloi3lz, lot 15, 00000ssion 10, Us- Ass • ociation for the County of Hanes horns was returning halve from Ur. was hold iii Seaforth on Friday' last. I+lotolicl''a, when he met a neighbor on Beproeentatives pith() profeesiou from the road leading a Dolt. A dog which was Witil tile t'oy annoyed the colt wlsioh paused it to kick, striping the needy all parts of the County were pro - sent, The iuterohaaugo of i,leno and the; cable praotieai illustrations given little fellow iu the ::bdatnan, wounding by experienced tenohere,iu the methods SD severely thin death eusuotl on l of imparting instruction in the many him s e y ! brauohes of knowledge taught 1u our the following Thursday. Deceesed was a boy of strict iuteg*city and -bore an a tinexceptionally good moral obarttnter. lie leaves a wide circle of schoolmates, friends and acquaiutanoea to mourn his untimely end PRLSENT.',Tioar AND ADrninss.-- -Ab the stone school House, section, No• 8, on Wednesday evening, the 22nd lust., Mr, and Mrs. Alex, MoKenzie and family, of the 12th oo.u. of Usborne, were made the xecipients of a beautful cruet stand, two shawls, a walking cane, and other artioles, by their uurnor es:3 friends and acquatutanoes, Mr. Mo• Kenzie with his fancily is about to re- move to Thunder Bay. The appended address, read by Goo. W. Holman, ao- complanied by the presentation, whioh was made hisses Jennie A. Mo- Ctucly and Jenuio Dungan on behalf of tbe neighborhood. After the presenta- tion, tea was served, after which 11 Ir. Robert Callander , took the chair and introduced the following gentlemen who made very feeling and appropriate addresses ; Messrs. John Irvine, John Duncan, — Roadhouse and Wtn. Stin- son. Mr. James Burns of Iiirkton gave a recitation. The Doxology closed tbe proceedings : To llr'.aCclienzie and Family. We, your friends, neighbors and acquaint- ances, on this the occasion of your departure for Thunder Bay, take this opportunity of ex- pressing our siueore regard for you all, and the deep regret we fuel on being deprived of your sociaty. It is this feeling that has prompted so many of us to assemble here tt- night. Permit us to say,, that during your long social intercourse with the people of this neighborhood, you have, by your gonial good conduct audatfable disposition, won the -love and respect of both old ash young, and we trust you will :carry with you to your new home the salve . spirit of affability that has characterized you here. Wo desire to assure you at this time that as you leave us you carry with yon our most sincere wishes for your prospsrity and happiness ; and as a shall me- mento and a tangible evidence of the same, we beg you to accept these presents, which we trust will not be looked neon or valued for their intrinsic worth, but as a small token of the esteem in which you are held by the people of this locality ; and now as we meet you for the Iast time perhaps this side9f the grave, al- low us to say that our most earnest and heart- felt,wisites go with yon ; and may you in your future home be blessed abundantly by the Giver of all good. may yon find friends there who will prove in every way worthy of your esteem and confidence. We also take this op - schools, were most intoreetiug, rand olsn+ not fail to have beneficial results. The principal event of the meeti„ g 'was an oratorical lecture given by Professor 11IoL' ellan, I iglz _. School Iuspeccor, 11ost of the leading citizens ol; b'eafurtf, both lay awl clerical were present. A large proportion of the audience' was c»ll1)osect sof teachers, young ladies be- ing by no paeans in the minority. A. more iutelligent and respectable class' of young leen and woman wuuld be hard to hurl iu the country. Scattered as they are through all parts, their in- fluenoe for good on the risiug genera - don cannot be overate:. The severe examinations imposed by the Board of Public Instuotivu, has had one good eifeot-it has induced a great, number of young people of promising abilities to a lopt teaching as a business, and foroed those of inferior talents to leave. .The learned gentleman took for his text for the evening's discourse "The Nationality of (lanadta." Iu doing so he no doubt inteuded it as a rebuke to Mr. Cartwright, who attempted to preach, a short time ago in the same hall, doctrines quite the opposite. ^With the sauce atgusuents as used by Mr. Buckle in his "History of Civiliza- tion" he contended that the character of a people depended ou the climate, soil, and natural features of the outautry in which they live ; that Canada has all those qualifications which history conclusively sliuws aro necessary to the production of a;hardy,bvigorous, iudus- trious and.iutelligent nation ; unliiuit• ed in extent, teeming with natural wealth, intersected by mighty rivers, but above all settled . by the offshoots of the great Anglo Saxon, Race human- ized and blessed by the teaching of Christianity. Tlie severity of the cli- mate, with the labor required, to cie- velope its resourses, tended to oreat those qualities of mind and body so necessary to people designed by Provi- dence at no distant tjlne, to take an active part in the destinies of this American Contiuent. The speaker's diesertatiou on liberty, beins original, portunity of saying to you that should God in was consquenbly obscure and cloudy. tris infinitely wise providence permit yon to His refereuee to the valor of the Brit - return to see ns again you will find us just as ash army at Waterlot, as an example of what meu will endure and suffer iu the cause of liberty was more absurd. Tu attribute the imposing of the de- oonclusion we wish you a safe and pleasant tested Bourbon dynasty as rulers of journey ; and may God guide and protect you .,rtauoe iu opposition to the will of the through all the difficulties of this life, and we will ever pray that, should we never have the I+ronoh people, with the bayonets of pleasure of meetiug you again in this life we the mercenary armies of. European may in that Land where partings are nu- despots, as an instauoe of thedesire of known. Finally we bid you au affeetionate the masses for that priceless boon is -- farewell, jotter InvXNE, rather to thin. Making the psalm Signed on behalf of the MRs. Jolter Invnra, singing soldiers of Cromwell as ohamp-. friends and neighbors JENNIE A. lMlotuaDt, JENNIE DUNCAN. ready to receive you as we are to assemble to do honor to you on this the eve of your depart- ure. We wish also to add that your spiritual prosperity will be a subject of our prayers. Iu Lumley. Exorr.NGE.—The boy _ who might the water hen iu the Anx Bauble has traded it off for a pocket knite. SNOW STORo<f.—On Friday last the snow fell to the depth of six inches. The boys were out with their hand- sleighe, and seemed to enjoy thew - selves splendidly. Sonia of the older people also made good use of the snow while it lasted. Ban TREE.—Mr. P. Greenwood, of this place, discovered a bee tree in his bush some time last summer, and keep- ing it well watched until the weather got cold enough to take' the honey, went out last Friday, :and felling the tree, . got two large tiu traits full of honey. BuNfw%X.—One day last week John Cann, son of Mr. Robert Canu, of Us - borne, was working a span of young horses, attached to a cart, when one of the lines got' -fait. on the ring of the harness. John walked up the tongue between the horses to unfasten the line, when they started .off on a run, throw. ing fiat down beneath their feet. A, bolt its the oart caught hiis clothes and he was dragged a long dietanc° before his garment gave way. The homes were caught before any other damage Was done, ions of freedom, is ludicorous. Surely the lecturer must here have read liia;s tory to a poor advantage, or he would have learner that . the success of the British armies was owing to the skill of their generals, the courage, pluck, tenacity and discipline of the oorntnon soldier, who never questions but obeys. Anything more incompatible with free- dom it would be hard to conceive. Darwinisnt and Philosophical Infidel- ity came in for a large share of Mr Mc- Lellan's condemnation. Perhaps he. had an inkling that this species of scepticism wags more prevalent than ought to be in such a olrurah built town as Seaforth. The Rev. Mr. Graham, tba able Methodist Minister, in moving a vote of thanks to the lecturer, cola- plimented him on his orthodoxy, and volunteered to reoommend him at the next conference to, a - position in the ministry. The whole speech was list- ened to with great attention, and fre- quently applauded.. As a specimen of high•olass epread-eagleisni it griw very good. His recitatioue were pborly :ren- dered and very inferior morels of'elo- cution. A moat pleasing feature of the enter- tainment was the reading of an address to Mr. Dewar, the. Inspector, and the presentation to hien by the teachers, of a valuable gold watch and chain. Mr. Dewar thanked the donors in a neat and effective speech, Tuareasatrettir F Tho eonalbry has beuot1ttod by rro etion, but W. 11.'1aRoT'T lvisllos to proteeb the, ltcaalth and ,eefiet•R Of tllt3 ' Public, anti lute ono of the Boots an. Cheapest S oohs EVEN 0IF71t11l)lig asset l'i!7Jt, mud is ©utabl,,d to 801 at pi%ces the it aefy comp -- Wien, llc would also 'remind those is want of 1014tr,T,CIAUS lit.)itJhi-1141)111 'Bootsrld Sho s that WI is OMD10,1 from 116g expprieltco to hall- la'ytito-anidi wttNt w..11 gtvm% sattaiactfon, ai, ho uses uotb.h.g hat too boot of stook awl employs node bat Thu best of workEnni. . To be oonvinood of those .facts, call aud sue. W. 11. T1tOTT. hector, October 20,1579. - 11 rbc, -TOAs.: ^x-- L xrs 014 County.- . Second growth peas have come to maturity in txoderieh, Mfrs. Williens'White, of Clinton, was badly scalded a few drays ago by slip- ping with a kettle of bulling water in her hand.. Tae editor of the New Era concludes that Clinton is prosptriug just because three or four of the y'outig men of that town have token to themselves wives. This is not always a sure sigh of pros- perity. If Clinton is prospering it is attributable to the National Pulley be- ing in force. The following is a list of the pro - (bate of a quarter -acre lot in. Clinton ; 50 quarts red currants, 800 quarts of blaok currants, 26 bushels of plains, to bushel of gooseberries, half a bushel of peachrss, 5 bushels of tomatoes, 500 pounds of l;rapes; and a large quautity of small vegetables. Un Wednesday of last week a little boy, sou of Mr. Walter Cook, of Cliu- ton, was picking the inside out of a revolver cartridge with a darning nee- dle, when it exploded, horribly muti- lating the right baud, two fingers being entirely blown off. - His left hand was also injured and his face cut. Messrs. Cantelon ,Bros., of Clioton, own a two-year-old filly which weighs 1,810 pounds. Mrs. Thomas Burk, of Clinton, has an apple tree which measures 14:4 inch- es in circumference, One of Coleman St Gounlocles seta blocks in Seaforth, was cieetruyed• by fire ou Thursday night of haat week. Loss, $5,000 or $6,000. The editor of the Expositor has late- ly been the recipient of apples, grapts, potatoes, etc. in abundance. Me. uiust have a, fat living: Mr. i'Iailoeb, principal of the Clin- ton Model School, was the other even- ing presented by the Model class with a handsome study chair, accompanies* by a suitable address, to which Mr. ttallooh replied iu afelicitous mbnuer. The T3ruseols School Board have de- cided not to permit any teacher iu the Paibiia School to receive presents pur- . chased from public subscriptions from the citizens of the town. Good move. -S4 4 Qcu-trai• ,Fb r. There is great rejoicing over the end of the fever quarantine. There has. been 1,501 cases of fever and 496 deaths in Memphis. It is remarkable that no. cases occurred among one hundred and twenty prisoners in jail. There was an- other heavy frost here on Saturday night last, and there was a coating of ice On the waters of the suburbs. The etatistiozan of the produce - ex- change, after a careful; estimate from authoritative reports, places the wheat crop of the United States for 1870 at about 425,000,000 bushels. The spring wheat prop will not'be so largo as was first expected, that of Minnesota being no more than 28,000,000 bushels instead' of 40,000,000, as estimated early in the season. The ianiouut con= sunned by 48,000,000 persons,plus aruouut required for seed and other purposes, is placed at 250,000,000 for export, 160,000,00 tushe]e foruropo and 15,00.0,000 fox otherports. ., A special from Miller's Station, Ind:; on Saturday last,eays last night a fisher- man found a body on the shore of Lake Michigan, near, the Village of Lake,: which has been identified as that of George Burr, the St. Louis bank toper, who accompanied Professor Wise on his last and fatal balloon voyage. Tho remains were in good condition, aud there were' no bruises or anything to indicate that he had hie death by any other means than drowning. No traces have yet been seen of either Wise or the balloon, Wise probably met his fate in the lake at about the same time that his unfortunate friend was drowned. The body found seems to be fully iden tified as that of Burr. The collar but- ton is nlarked.0G.B.," anti the cuff but- tons and anoint are •mat trail "B." LS the pocket $130 t raoz3,ey was found, Litter.--Thagedy found at Lake has beet fully identified as that„ of George Burr, of St.' Louis, the companion of Professor Wise, the balloonist.