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The Huron Expositor, 1870-01-21, Page 1• • • • • • 41. • • ir,..*;1,N,Xof''"--" • •; • Ininallsmesmoness WM. F. LUXTON, • • • 1 • " .ereedom in Trade—Liberty in Religion—Equality in Civil .Rig/t8" . VOL. 3, NO. 7, j SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1870., BUSINESS CARDS. MEDICAL. TRACY, M. D, Coroner for the County of _ft. Huron. Office and •Residence—One door East of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Seaforth,-Dec. 14th, 1868, 53-ly 1 1 L. VERCOE, M. D. C. M., Physician, a Sur- geon, etc., Egmondville. Dec. -I4th, 1868. 53- li‘R. W. R. SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, et. LI • Office,—Opposite Veal's Grocery. Resi- defice-eMain-street, North. - Seafortha Dec. 14, 1863= 53-1y. JCAMPBELL, M. D. C. M., Graduate of Me - s Gill TJniversity, Montreal Physician, Sur- geon, etc., Seaforth • Office. —Scott's BrickBlock. Residence—Mr. Stark's, Main -street. Seaforth, July 15th, 1869. • 84-ly LEGAL. C. CAMERON, Barrister and Attorney -at Law, Goderich. Ont. December 14th, 1869. • 53-tf- AYS & ELWOOD, Barristers and Attorneys at Law, Solicitors .in Chancery, Notaries Public, Conveyancers:, etc. Office,—Over Mr. Archibald.'s Store, Crabb's Block, Goderich, Ont. Money to Lend. W. TOI?.RANCE HAYS, J. Y. ELWOOD. Seaforth, Dec. 14th., 1868. 53-tf. ENSON& MEYER, Barristers and Attorney at Law, Solicitors in Chancery and Insoly- ncy, Conveyancers, Notaries Public, etc. Of- ces,--Seatorth and Wroxeter. Agents for the st and Loan Co. of Upper Canada, and the olonial Securities Co. of .Londen, England. oney at 8 per cent ;. no commission charged. H. BENSON, er. W. C. MEYER. Seaforth, Dec. 10th, 1868, 53 -ly /C.A.UGH I1Y & HOLM -STEAD; Barristers, Attorneys at Law, Solicitors in Chancery Insolvency, Notaries Public and Conveyanc- Solicitors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth, nts for the Cenada. Life Assurance Co, B.-430,000 to lend at 8 peecent. Farms, sea and Lots for sale. aforth, Dec.' 14, 1868. 53-tf, DENTAL. G. W. HARRIS, L. D. S. Arti- ficial Dentures inserted with all the latest improvements. The greatest care taken for the preservation of decayed. and tender teeth. Teeth extracted without pain. Rooms over Collier's Store. Seaforth, Dee. 14, 1898. ly. HOTELS. HARP'S HOTEL, Livery Stable, and Genera Stage Office, Main -street. R.L Su A RP, Prop. Seaforth, Jan. 8th, 1869. 53:tf. COMMERC1AL HOTEL, Ainleyville, James Laird, proprietor, affords first-class accom- modation for the travelling public. The larder and bar are always supplied with the best the markets afford. Excellent stabling in connection A inley-ville, April 23, 1869. 70-tf. T.R. ROSS, Proprietor New Dominion Hotel, . begs to inform the people of' Seaforth and the travelling community generally,. that he keeps first-class accommodation in every thing required by travellers. A good stable and willing hostler always on hand, Regular Boarders will receive aVery necessary atteetion. geaforth, Feb. 8th; 1869. - 63-1y. • ARCHITECTS. l'eTAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Plans 0 and Specifications drawn correctly. Carpen- ter's, Plasterer's, and Mason's work, measured and valued. Office—Over J. C. Detlor & Co.'s store, Court -House Square, Goderich. Goderich, April 23, 1869. 79-1y. 1rENRY WATKINSON, Architect and Build- fi -er. Plans, Specifications and. Details drawn correctly. Every description of Building Worke measured and valued. Bills of quantities pre- pared. OFFIC& ext door North of Mr. Hick- ° son's old store, Seaforth. Seaforth, June 9th, 1869. 79-tf SURVEYORS. G& W. McPHILLIPS, Provincial Land Sur- veyors, Civil Entsineers, etc. All manner of ConveTancing done with neatness and dispatch. G. McPhsllips, Commissioner in B. R. Office—. Next door south of Sharp's Hotel, Seaforth. • Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. EAZLEHURST, Licensed Auctjoneer for the County of Huron. Goderich, Ont. artipular attention paid to the sale of Bankrupt Stock. Farm Stock Sales attended .jon Liberal Goods Appraized, Mort agent oreclosed, • ours WerroRts )1pcute1. Baiiff • = THE FIRST IMPRESSION Aslant the mist which rob'd the world, When younger by five hundred years, The sun's incessant light is hurl'd In vain, till Gutenberg appears. Poor sponsers of baptismal clouds, Till brighter days redeemed the time, Mankind was wrapp'd in endless shrouds Which burst before his Art sublime! What though the prophet, bard or sage -s - In notes of thunder through the earth- - Proclaire'd reform in every age, • From Adam's sin till Printing's birth All, all, was vain !—the wmId was dark, As poets sing of Lethe'swave,— When types first form'd the mighty ark Which saved it from a moral grave! Behold the trinity of men Like earthly gods, revere the page Which started from the platten, when The 3ire of types that -shocked the age! The First Impression held beneath Its vellum face, which rairrorrd 'mind.— ' A prospect from a reign of death To all the glories of mankind! A MYSTERIOUS CYPHER. AN HISTORICAL INCIDENT, SHOWING WHY RONA- PARTE DID NOT INVADE ENGLAND. • At the tine when the first Napoleon had sembled his fleets and transports in Brest, wi view of making a descenv upon England, greatest precautions were observed by the glish government in regard to correspond from France, and an amount of espionage, practiced at the post -office, -which left Sir Graham's subsequent performances in that far behind. The national excitement was tense, and the titical departments of government were inistrated with an irons The despatches to and from the Admir were the subject of the greatest vigilence the most stringent regulations. The _clerks' not permitted to send . or receive letters w were not first submitted to the chief el and it was believed that letters addreseede to theirprivate residences were frequently- ope at the post -office. At the time I speak of, the chief clerk was elderly man of the name of Parker --a wizen wiry, dapper individual so imbued with the cial tincture of Whitehall, that it had bee second natim to him. He lived and breat and thought and slept, solely for the Admirgi and knew no other pleasure or care. He withal, a genial and kindly soul, keen energetic in the affairs of his office, and in others a mere child. He had engaged as his private secretary young fellow by the name of Beaumont,- Iv was one of the most promising subordinates the establishment. Be was a modest, URaSSU ing man, very good-looking, with a countena and an air suggestive of depression and mel holy. He was evidently of f:irood education, a robably well born also, for leis manners w asy and indicated good breeding. He was ative of Jersey, and had been introduced in he notice of the Admiralty, authorized by so in p Bfluential membenof Parliament. He was mu ked in the office, and discharged his duties perfection One morning Parker pi esented himself ore Sir George Trevor with a visiage pale wi oe, and trembling with excitement. "Why, what is the matter, Parker? H Bonaparte come ?" ; - "He may have- for aught I know." said Pa ones "Things are all wrong, Sir George." "What is wrong?" "The letters are wrong. There is a spy ong us. I have known it long; now 1 uite sure; but I"cannot find him out." Parker went on to eiplain that he had for som ime suspected that some one in the office co unicated. their private, information and di retches outside. Ile had redoubled his pr utions, but more than ever confirmed in h spiscions, was entirely baffled in his endea rs to detect the culprit. . "But Parker," said Sir George, "how do yo me to be so sure that your secrets have trap ired!" "But the funds. Sir George. They answer t e news as surely as the bell down stairs doe the bell -rope. I find them going upan wn as if they were sitting in the office,", Bad rker, personifying the Stock Exchange fo e moment, "Have all the letters to the clerks been ex fined strictly ?" • "Yes; I read them all myself." "Find nothing in them ?" "Mighty little. Some are from home, som m friends, and most of them from sweet arts," said Parker, twisting his face into smile, "and rum things they say in as- th a the En- ence was antes line in - the way. alty and were which erk, ven• ned an ed,, offi- °Me hed ty, was and' all , a ho in In - nen an- nd ere a to xne eh to be- th au r- a - am e m- s• e - u 0 d r is v - a 1• I 11 c e n t w k m q ca SU OU CO Sp th to do Pa th am fro he grim them." • 'And the young men's letters, Are they rum too?" a They are more careful like as they know • I am to see them; but Lord save you sir, they are alt stuff ; not a happorth of harm in them. " This matter must be seen to, said Sir George.' " I have had my own misgivings on the same subject. 13ring me all the letters which come to, and are sent by the clerks for the next week week, There is no reason why, you should have all the ram things to yourself.' So Sir George had the letters for a week,- and found them very mueh such as Parker had des- cribed them. The suspicions symptons increas- ed; the Stock Exchange responde4 more sense - leers k nice creature tat sister of his, to -judge George, There is no treason there," said he, way how dogs young s Beaumont get an? ,She pushing back tholetters of Vie day. " By the sanity. "It is certainly not the clerks," for suspecting any one transpired. Sir Geotge was bewildered, and arker was rapidly vergingf'to in- tively. eve. but not the slightest ground mid Sir 411.4k and his sister is a very aweetlikecreature. They are orphans, poor things, and he supports her out of hisealary, She called at the office two months ago, and I gave him leave to see her for afew minutes in my room. But he knew it was against the rules, and has not seen her here agaip. "But what are we to do ?" said • Sir George; "' I think I will speak to the first Lora So he spoke to the First Lord, who thought the affair serious enough. • "It must be the letters,' said he. It cannot be in the letters, said Sir G-eorge. " As you please , ' said the ehief, "bntalthough you cannot find it there, perhaps another can. I would try an expert. Sir George had no faith in experts, or Bow Street runners, and mistrusted them. But he could net refuse to try the experiment suggested So the most experienced decipherer inLondon was summoned into council, and to him the letters of the day were secretly au bmitted. He read them all very carefully looked at them in the light, and looked at the light through them. At last he put them all aside, excepting one from Elinor Beaumont. " Who is tip lady who writes this?' said the taciturn man of skill at last, "A very sweet young woman," sa• id Parker, smartly, sister of my private secretary." "Does she write often - Yes, she is his .onlycorrespondent and writes about twice a week." "Where does she live?' " She lives in Jersey, Beaumont told me, their father was in businesathere." "And does she always write about the same kind of things—aunt's rheumatism, pic-nics, squires' tea parties and the like!' " Much the same excepting when she speaks of Beaumont himself.' Hum !' said the expert. "Well, sir,'. said Sir George, who was rather irapatient of the man of skill's pomposity, "and what may 'Hum' mean? Have the young wo- man and her aunt's rheumatism done the mis- chief ?' "Hum ! She dates from. Fleet street?' "And why should she not date from Fleet Street, sir ?" "1• should be very sorry to prevent her, said the unmoved philosopher, "Has this corres- pondence continued long ?" . "011, yes—a couple of years or so, but not nearly so regularly as lately." " For how Jong regularly V' "About two months." "That is, about the time when you first sus- pected the betrayal of confidence ?' Really, my friend, if you can't bee farther into a millstone than that, you may give up the pro- fession " said Sir George. "Take my word for it; the beaumonts have nothing to do with it, Rubbish !' " Hum 1" And with that the man pf skill took his hat and departed, saying he would re- turn in two days. The two days, hpwever, were five before he came back, and he was again closeted with Sir Geprge and Parker, with whom he had fallen into great disfavor. " Wants to make a job," said the latter—" a regular humbug." "Sir George," said the regular hum.bug, "has Mr. Beaumont a locked Zesk in his room ?" Yes, sir,' said Parker, " he has.' " Have you a key which wili open it ?' I have—and what of that?' " I wish to have that desk opened without his knowledge, and the contents brought to me." " And on what pretence," said Sir George, do you propose to put this insult on a man, against whom there is no reasonable grounds of suspicion and who has not had a chalice to speak for him- self ?' "There need be no insult, for he will know nothing of it ; neither will anyone else." '. I will not permit it sir.' Hum ! Then 1 can do no more in the business. ' But,' said Parker, whose official notions made him nnwillins to break off the negotiations in this manner, " what pretence have you for doing this to Mr. Beaumont, and not to the other clerks ?' "Shall I tell you? There is no such person as Elinor Beaumont, and the address in Fleet street is a notorious hatuat of suspected foreigners." 'God gracious?' aid Sir George, changing color 'you don't say that.' It is the fact, but you will see the necessity of being silent and cautious in this matter. De- tection hangs on a thread as it stands, anda whis- per will break it.' • What do you enema,' said Parker, "about Elinor Beaumont ? I have seen her.' 'There is no Elinor 'Beaumont in Jersey. I have sent and ascertained the fact.' I am sure there is some mistake about all this which Beaumont can clear up. Let us send for hiin." '11 you do, the game is up. I trust in fact, he does not know pf-my-visits We cannot be too cautious in thee =littera." " Pedantic ass," muttered SirAle4rge, "but I suppose we had better give him his own way. If yo'i meet Parker and me here at seven o'clock to -night, we shall have this wonderful desk open- ed, and your great discoveries shall be made. They met again that evening. The desk was opened by Parker, and a bundle of letters, care- fully packed up, all 'rem Elinor Beaumont, and a quantity of oirculars, playbills, and shop re- ceipts were handed to the expert. That gentleman read through the letters, and seemed much struck by them. "Read them," said he handing it to Sir George. As the letter is important, I give it entire. 120 Fleet Street, Sept. 24. 1803. "MY DEAR CHARLES,—Although we had an adverse wind all the way, we made without diffi- culty the port we were bound for. My aunt, in :mite of the weight of her fifty years, enjoyed the trip much, and is ready to sail again. 1 hope you will think of the line you promised on the 25th, and come yourself as our party is much :smaller, and we should enjoy the visit en I was in London last week I saw your CO any, fresh from Windsor. There is lit- tle change to be obserted is him—not so much as you would expect, Caine to us on Friday. • - Yours, very att. ELINOR B." . Sir. George read this out loud, from begninnig to end, and then said,: "Do you see anything suspicions in that? It seem to me Way innocent." Hum It may be. Weathers anything 'ilea in the desk r **id h° Addressing Parker, • ge°114414 ‘""``tari•• Bt3 POOR COPY The desk was quite empty, with the exception of two on three scraps of waste paper. On one of these the expert pounced, and returned with an air of elation to the *thee room. He then unfolded this semis of paper, and dis- closed a half-sheet,,exactly the size of the paper on which oblong holes at intervals had been cut He then placed this half -sheet over the letter, and handed both, thus placed, to Sir George, -whose astonished eyes read the following words, with the holes left visible-: "Fleet wind -bound, Fifty sail of the line, 02n5 rllazidseyr..„ Should' the wind change expect us "The devil," said Sir George, and Nehson or- dered off to the West Indies." Then was there, as you may suppose, hurrying and scurrying, and running and chasing, and des- patches of Government couriers -nand semaphore telegraphs, and carrier -pigeons, and all the old world means of communication then in a fashion. The key, thus obtained, disclosed the whole cor- respondence, which turned out to be a connected series of letters from the French Government smuggled into Jersey. The result histOry knows, the intended invasion was abandoned, and Napo- leon -went elsewhere. Beaumont disappeared from that night, and • was never again heard of at the Admiralty. It transpired afterwards that Borne accomplice had warned hiralof the expert's visit to the Admiral- ty, and his enquiries in Jersey. The lady who acted the sister, and who visited the Admiralty, partly to put the authorities off their guard, and probably also to interchange the key to the ciph- er, was a Parisian celebrity who both before and afterwards, was renowned for her daring in poli- tical intrigue. A Romantics Love Story - The Count de St. Croix, belonging to one of.. the no blest families in Fre:rice, became engaged' after a long courtship; to a lady his equal in position and. fortune and famous for her beauty. Shortly after the happy day was appointed, which was to render two loving hearts one, the Count was ordered immediately to the siege of Sebastapol; so he.girded am his sabre, and at the head of his regiment m4rched. to the battle field. During the Count's absence it happened that the beautiful affianced had, the small pox. After hovering between life and death she re- covered, but found her beauty hopelessly lost. The disease had assumed her case the most virulent character, and /eft her not [only dis- figured, but seamed and scarred to such an extent that she became hideous to herself, and resolved to spend the remainder of lir days in the strictest seclusion. A yearpassed away, when one day the Count, immedielely upon his retnrn to France, accom- panied b his -valet, presented himself at the resi- dence of his betrothed and solicited an inter- view. This was refused.' But he with the per- isistance of a lover pressed his suit, and finally the lady made ler appearance, closelymuffled, in a veil. At the sound of her voice, the Countt rushed forward to embrace her, but stepping aside, she trembingly told him of her sorrows, and burst into tears. A heavenly smile broke over the Count's handsome features, as raising bis hand above, he exclaimed: "It is God's will. I am blind." It was even so. When gallantly leading his regiment to an attack, a cannon ball passed so closely to his eyes that while it left the expres- sion unchanged, and his countenance unmarked 'it robbed him forever of his sight. It is almost unecessary to add that theirmarriage wasshortly afterwards solemnized. - It is said that at this day mayoften be seen at. the Emperor's receptions an officer leaning upon the arm of a lady closely -veiled, and they seem to be attracted to the spot by their love of music. **see Not the Law A good story is told of Judge presiding in one of the Supreme Court districts in Western New York; An action was brought in his court for one thousand dollars for damages for assault and battery. The facts were that the defendent, while walking in the street with his wife on his arm, was rudely accosted by the plaintiff, whom he had in some way offended, and was called in loud and insulting terms an approbious epithet. On being thus addressed, the defend. ant left his wife and knocked down the ridaintiff, who thereupon brought this action. The judge sympathized very strongly with the defendant, but, as the case was closely tried by the plaintints attorney, he knew that if there was a peg given the latter whereon to hang an exception to his charge, the clever lawyer would get a new trial. So, when the violence to the law had.. been duly expatiated upon in the summing up. the judge arose and charged the jury as follows "Gentlemen of thejury, if the plaintiff had met Me walking along the street with my wife's arm, and had called me what it isnot denied that he called the defendent, I should have knocked him down just as tha defendent did.. But, gen- tleman of the jury, aid is not the law. You may take the ease gentlemen." The jury gave the plaintiff six cents damages, without leaving their seats. -see Dinner for Two A few days since a traveller areivj by rail- way at a locality not far from the Belgian frontier and went to ahotel which we refrain from men- tioning. Dinner being ready, and his appetite keen, he took his place torthwith at the table d'hote, depositing his carpet -bag on a chair be- side him.. Next day on ogling for his bill, he was aurprised to find in it "Dinner for two His complaint was met by the observation that as his carpet bag had occupied the place of a guest, he Was bound te bear the innkeeper's loss. Very well; be it so. He paid the hill without further remark, and went about his affairs in Belgium. A few days afterwards he returned to the same town, and went to the same hotel. Untaught by hii previous lesson, he would not part -with his inseperable carpet -bag. but placed it on s ebair beside him. This time however, it open mouthed; and of every diah that was offered. to his master, the carpet -bag received its share— now the wing of a duck, then a bit of beef, and then a dainty slice of ham. The guests wondered but said nothing. The inn -keeper at, bat did venture to remonstrate., . "§irs'asid .#1M11€477* 1,11ejhet time 1. was • -tn e. 'dinner; • WHOLE NO. M. 1."1"imilmaimmimillmonomanommitam. VARIETIES. To keep yourself warm.' in bed—set it -on fire, When is wine like a pig's tusk ? When it is in a hog's head. - Time -is woman's- rival, for no tight -lacing can compare with the waste of time. A, Missouri editor's name is Wufadaxn. His paper isn't. Dr. Livingstone is to be kniaahted for having found himself after being so long lost. A Chicago woman now wants a divorce because her husband is -a"night editor." Adelina Patti says she thinks a Itusinua's arm& the best necklace a woman can have. London has fifty-two streets named after the great Duke of Wellington. Why are country girls' cheeks like a good print dress? Because they are warranted to wash and retain their colour. If a woman could talk out of the two ideas of her mouth at a time, there would be a great deal said on both sides. Thi editor of a Minneapolis paper prints the statistics of liquor sales in Minnesota 'under the general head of "Religious." An Augusta man after advertising for ids kmat Watch and looking for it all day, found it at night hanging down his back. An Iowa editor wifl not support for Repre- sentative a man who is a whiskey barrel 'inthe morning, and. a barrel of whiskey at night A man in Cincinatti advertises for a situa- tion - "Work not so much an object as good wages." - The diluted milk captured in New Orleans is poured into. the street, and. the leeid flows with milk if not with honey. Mark Twain says that the Sandwi dish of prime deg 'is only the cherish AIR ei- can sausage with the mystery removed. A South Carolina editor writes' his _editorials on perfumed note paper, and has the eepaymereds to deposit among the archives" of thef A house agent is -vigorously advertising a villa adjoining ,Tennyson's, recommending it for the view it commands of the grounds of the peet. The most attentive man in business wet ever knew was he who wrote on his shop door - "Gone to bury my wife, return in half- hour." A Western editor has placed over hismarriage heading a cut representing a large trap sprung, with the motto, 4The trap clown; another pinny caught!" • A negroe boy in Tallahassee stole a can of pow- der the other day, and thinking it contained something good. to eat, set it on the stove to warm. He will not eat anything more. A foreign correspondent of the Rochester Union. says : "In my last was a mistake. It saiel the River Reuss fell in a succession of cataracts 6,00 mites It should have been 6,000feet I A Louisiana planter progreesed finely in ' a young panther until the .got enough to lunch off his owner, one might when hungry. The opposing political journals of Somerset County, Pennaylvania, are owned by the same persons. They abuse each other to their hear'al content and divide the profits. A contemporary says that the people of Syza- mese, N. Y., are positive -that the colossal eaftte recently found in their neighbourhood was not in ended for acigar sign. A contemporary thinks that it almost. nsoon- ciies one to dying to think that 44 so gilt-edged a gentleman as Coroner Taylor" will hold an in over him, A new daily newspaper publiShed in the interi- or of Pennsylvania lavea blank spaces in its ad- vertisingincotlhiaeir famns vaosr.ansinvitation. to its patron tobrings The editorial office of the female Agitatornewa- paper, in Chicago, is furnished withee rag carpe and a looking glass, Miss Anthony's has a Brix- stli carpet and twolOoking glasses.. A New Orleans' wife, left at home one-evcnig by her husband who "had business down town,* accepted a friend's eseort to the theaLea. T7na fates decreed that her husband should ooeupythe Francis L asked. one day of Dutch.atele learned Bishop of Orleans, if he wasagent " Sire," was the prelate's reply. "In the ark of Noah' there were three brothers -1 cannot +4U from which of them I am descended." A'woman at a dispensary applied for medical aid, stating her disease to be the ijirtation of the heart. -'Not an uncommon ailment witb yet= sex, ma'am " said the doctor, with a twinkle of themremedy ys el'abplel butiit not dangerous if the proper re the next seat with another lady, the occasion -0 his urgent business. As soon as the wife wade the discovery she leaned over and ,whispered vi- ciously, " Charles, who is that hussy you hay with yon?" Sister to that fellow you halo with you." There was no need of any further explanation. Chinese laundrymen have their pz.ekrenftwand dislikes just as much se their oontipetitors of Aes other sex. One ort in Iowa vents himself taus, " PrIntee man 31iirt wash like d-1 nserubee akin off hands ; inkee de d—I to dean off ; -no Wanrt • ew.ahee for printee ; charges two dollar d asorati:a em. It is very difficult to get a jury at Omaha far the trial of Indians. Most of the whites are pre- judiced apinst the savages. One who was ah- cepted as being the least biased, in answer to thia question whether he was prejudiced, said. only I have 'been chased by 'ew been in several battles with 'em, and would hangevery devil d em at sight." Little Carrie, four years oldwent with her aunt to church, and on returning. home eve to her mother her impression of the sermon m the followiug manner 4 "I have heard each.. smart minister. He stamped and pounded, and made such a noise, and then he got nomad heshook his fist it the folk, and there wasnt any dared gotp and fig-1411bn," Several of the Londonnapers hadistek• on Lord Derbrin type before he died. and of tlwm print44nbituawantkos in adVanos, wear remit