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The Huron Expositor, 1870-07-15, Page 2!.• THE gURON EXPOSITOR. Gipsies. "Cur lire on the turf, and our tent 'neath a tree ; Carousing by moonlight, now happy are we 1" /Susi' may be pleasantly sung of the gip- sies, but not -probably by earth's -grim 'wan- derers themselves, who do not appear so nu- merous tis in other years. We their wreath of blue smoke which fermerly curl- ed gracefully among the " green elms." Is it that these wild people are meraing into cultivated life'? Or are they graquidly dy- ing out of rural England'? as the aborigine dies before the march of civil izatioi . In her days these strange. people were seen clustering on the the edge of a Surrey common, or in some sweet Kentish lane, but now one must travel a verV IOW' way to see a ginsy-tent. The sunny slopes of Norwood, particnlarly Gipsy -hill, were the ehaticwy haunts of these homeless wander- ers and crafty fortnne-tellers, and in eum- mer-time when:the hedges were gay with hawthorn blossoms, and the green trees and WOOdV dells fall of music, boliday-makei-a ;Ind lovers were frequently' interrupted in their cogitations or talk, by one of these-- brown amities, who would exclaim in her Avildest manner, "Let. me tell your fortune, my pretty gentleman ! Cross the gipsy's hand, dear lady, with. a piece of -silver, and tale will tell your fortune." But these salu- tations are over at NorWood and other like places. bipsiee have Eit4acted the notice of many. celebrated writers.- George Berrow has vritt a•book abon t the " Gipsies of Spain." Hannah More, who had frequent opportu- eities of observing their habits in her quiet ariaing the fields of Wringtme drew a portrait "tawny Rachel," as a warning to all future cooks and housemaids who might henceforth be tempted to :Lave their forluncs told. Miss Milford saw the gip- sies in her home rambles through her Berk- shira e lnes with happier eyes, z tn. d Douglas Jerrold held a favourable opinion of them. Wol•dSWOrth and the. poets have written lea' t.rticles of common use; which they fre- sweet verses abeut. gipsies. ElizatCookel queatly -e. They visit country fairs was occupied by a large convenient brazier, filled with glowing charcoal. This had a circular shake -devil, of straw, perfectly fresh and clean, surrounding it The further portion of the tent Contained a bed resting on the ground, but pilod high with mattres- ses, and covered with rugs and blankets of the Most brilliant colour's, scarlet, amber and bine, two or aliree boxes also, covered with gorgeous lugs, a set of china richly painted, and w silver tea service, a parrot The process of Benjamin Baugh, of Chad - in a ludicrous brass cage • a pictme or two, wick, England, of enamelling iron and steel And a real Christmas tree with its ordinary patented recently in the United States, is as accompaniments of oranges and sweetmeats follows : suspended to its decorated branches. A Lay upon the surface of the plate of the pretty -lamp, which hung from the middle of metal to be enameled a uniform ground, of the low roof, shed a brilliant light upon all; any color re uired to roduce the intended Snot, ".. and where then is your boasted 'free- dom !" • "In my thoughts," said the Bohemian, "which no chains can bind, while yours, even while your are free, -remain fet- tered by your laws and your superstitions, your dreams of local attachments, ancl . your fantastic visions of civil policy." Improvement in Iron and Steel. 1 il tl 1 • 1 fi d the tent even q P w e c nra coa re ma e design, as, for instance, a name -plate, tab - warmer than was•desirable on a mild \\ let, with the ground white and the inscrip-, ter's niolit. The occupants were two only, 6 widow and her unmai4ried daughter, who _ ' z, was a handsome and graceful, young woman been fused on the mei ting,furnace ual al lowed to 0°1, thete is then applied with a- ofseven-and-twenty, expressing a lofty con - brush evenly over the wholesurface a coat,- temptfor the men of her tribe and -inform- I••n blue. The white ground having I ing us that she put ung of clue enamel, the materials of which UI) and took down their in. are finely leyigated and mixed with graneue large tent alone, without their aid. These abie a»cl water, or other mtieilege, to form two possessed beside their tent, a caravan, pahte of slightly adherend properties. • and the _mother held a license as travelling When dry, a stencil of the inscription, .of hawker. - The daugnter was sittingcross each letter .seperately-, is laid on, and the, legged 9n the straw, with a very large' enamel paste is removed from the parts earthen;tvare bowl before her where She W118 which are unprotected by the stencil, by he ding, which seemed likely to be mixing the ingredients for a Christmas pud- application of a stiff brush, leaving the ' of incredi- ground clean, except the letters. The plate • lale proportions for a family of two, as she is then again subjected to hent, s hereby was stoning three pounds of raisins for it.' the paste, .which is fusible at a lower tem - Both were busy,and evidently not in a mood pet•ature than the ground previously laid, for fortune-telling, or possibly they did not '. consider us worthy of ae any CXrcise of their pecomes permanently fixed upon it p owersThe mechanicid removal, by rneans of e ." • brush, emtbles very delicate lines to be . The social habits and moral vices of the formed through the paste, to expose the en- gepsy tribe are the saute in all parts of the amt. ground, and admits of the use of or - world. They are nawrally anindolent peo- naments havieg sharp angles and minute ple, prone to dishonesty. They invariztbly points and'details to be distinctly and per- avtild occupation which requires much fectiv rendered. - thought and lator ; their -usual way of ob- The 'round ma be dark and of any co- tainin,g a -livelihood is by hawaing wire, - ' lor, as well as of the kind dtacribed; /nal the wood, and tin ware, brushes, nets, and simi- subsequent coat -of a .ight color, as, for in- stance, the ground may 1/e of blue end ths ..nscription and a suceession of rolin•s may be given, to pt•oduce a variously -color- ed design, by the same nibtliod.. The inscription or design may se rut out in the stencil, arid the ground thereby ex- posed be re.moved by the :brush, instead of the surrounding parts, with a like effect ; it being left to, the choice, of the designer whether this process bn followed, or that prey iously deSCri keel. The stencils are formed of very tltin sheet metal (or even of paper, Whero they require to be used lint a few tiniest, which, by their flexibility; lie more closely in contact with the surface iind leftves the lines and intutrins of the figures perfect, while they conform to convex and irreefular snifaces. more,:ver, loves to view the gipsies' tent ; and races :- re- quick zit fortune-telling, fid - and makes the gipsev defend himself thus : dlina and he antiquated slime " three sticks " aomc erinie and inech felly may fall to our lot ; ''' ,, - • • ' a pennv. Gipsies, many of them are inae- NVe have sins ; but pray where is the one wholia.s - ,• - --- 6 nioese and even musical in their oriainal not? b We are rogues, arrant rogues, --but remember ! way, and can play well uoon the simple . . 'tis rare Jew's harp ; while they study -no musical We take but from those who can very well spare. authority. T5e women may be seen wrapt in orange colored h an d k erch ie fs which re - shame ; ilut if ',Teat ones heard truth, you could tell them fleets upon.their brown faces a kind of olive e , i the same, • - And _there's many a King would have less to re- h d 1 • You may tell- us of deeds justly branded with hue. They occasionally f ire hard and sh,pep aid upon t daisy clads' sal'd j but in pent t , • „ If his throne were as pure as the gipsy's tent." 111-°1.0 fortunate ti in es they live sumptuoutl and seem prepared for any circumstances ; Crabbe also, whom ,Byron very, properly although -they endure, at times, deep phy- d esign ated " N attire's sternest painter, yet sibal privation, they rarely need medical as - the best," had something to sav about. these sistance, being in fact, s their OWD doctors, lasTiess wanderers: In his " tales " he miT princes and priests ; their wandering habits flute] v delineates the gipsy character :-- and undivilize,d condition have twaht them - "R.ogues," said he, - Doubtless they are, but.therry regnes they be, to help themstelves ; hence, in houft3 of sick - They wander round the land, and be it true ness Or di 'ss t1 act towardS e/i.ch other They break. the laws—then let the laws pursue - hristian Spilit, of ficiternal tender - The. wanton idlers ; for the life they live, neSs. The gipsies, however, are not afflict- W!lo does not remem ber poor John Clare's view of the gipsies' temporary home in a Northamptonshire lane. -John Clare, the subtlest and most unfortunate of our rural poets—sung thus of the " gipsy's evening time :— ed with -many of those diseases which are common in more 'civilized communities, and for the eradication of their fewer ailments, they turn to the restorative provision and rest of Nature. Gipsies mostly die arnatural death. The To me how pleasuagis that scene . . . • wildly. . . men fight lustily tl,bout meiest ttilles and in Which cloth present in evening's dusky hour, A roup of gipsies, centred. on the green,, these fights t te women are -specially inter- 111gsome warm nook where Boreas lin no pOwer; ested. A quarrel arises out of a SIMple Where sudden starts the quiverina blaze behind. joke, the filow follows the Word, a brief, ;alert, scrubby hushes, nibbled b'Dy the sheep." shaiT battle ensues, and when the sudden Not only have ye a smart picture of gip- contest is oVer, ,gipsy fellowship is rehtored sv life in. " Bamfylde Moore Carew," but over a mug of ale at the nearest tavern.— gin:lies occupy a large space in English ro- • Gipsies, in qther days, have isvon leurels m mauve:. innumerable 'lesser novelists than the glmious ring, an institution happily Sir Walter Scott have introduced these Vit,- . •a into the resb e, ion of history. The w - grants into their pages. passin . men go shopping in a group, and the shop - Gipsies usuEdly encamp under an oak, or keeper must be a sinew(' man if he does „had e hedge, in •a sylvan locality, wildly not get "bested !" as time gipsy . does not strictly adhere to the commandent " thou shalt not steal," witente pheasant or a farm- yard fowl perchance crosses his path, nor do the game hievs prevent" hini from taking a -hare. Despite the rude aspects of gipsy there is a picturesqueness a out it which of cox vuni ence shelter, and pr usision, that their lough -coated cattle may r•graze unmo- I the s tt f tt-ee le • 1E;. -ted on the fax-reachino• COl1111101I, • • poetises. We are not awareithat they se - let vette prettiest spots from an inherent poe- but are more inc 'ned to believe that they c(i tie taste or lOve f the beautiful. in nature choose such places, partly from an instinc- tive knowledge of the favoulablc operations of certain influIMA, ',,in.l. partly for the sake,- • • '' b 2 ) • - ) fOrMS 'par t of English rural life and reminds pee a- m o pi in i ages. The gipsy 0 . tilows not the blessma of culture, yet he is llaying&llarvest TOOLS. 4rassitOrrainScythes HAY AND STRAW FORKS, RAKES MORCAN AND MULLEY CRAI)LES, All of the Best Materials, and at the Lowest Liv- ing Prices, at - SIM OF THE CIRO [IL AR SAW 0 He combines with the method described the use of artistic ,graphic representations -- such as views, portraits, or groups—tbereby pisalucing metal tablets decorated in ennui - in a manner adapted to architectural puts- - -poses. as the finishing of interiors, panels - for cabinet-woi•k, (!ec. Such designs are pro- duced upon stone in the usual lithographic -^- ,6^.‘ ow44 LF -1 pwoi oimot Ple4 on( riaa'at ism; Ct p!,n ;IN fawiiii PI" 114) Cit Cio) Forii row :T2 )•-•-•( Zr./ }•'"i •e°1 - I- • :oft C41. Pio• Ps••J • tl,Q p=4 GRANT S PATENT Horse HAY FORK WITH ROPE AND PULLEYS TO SUIT, ALSO WATER LIME AND where they themselves, may easily obtain headthy and possibly happy in his oak shel- tere,d tent and fears not the evils which DVi material necessaries'. , • • - Gainsborough, the landscape painter, was noter come. fond of introdueing the gipsy-tent into his - - pictares and in this rustic kind of ,sketeh- / Those reac eis who are acquainted with the novels of Sir Walter Scott. will remem- C.,4ainsborough was eminently success- • ful. Major, in his "Ca.binet Gallery oward." Although " Hayraddin " spoke too tber the' following scene in Quentin Dur - English Painters" says, " This was one, of • I well for a gipsy, it must be borne in mind horoucih's mark.s to indicate great natural- . -e beauty of scene ;" he knez:.w that the taste of thatthdialogue is in the language of that . , . . - areat novelistt the aipsies was, as far as regarded a feeling :7' d ft. -r the (harms of external nature essential- ' Durwar addressing the Bohemian, asks: ly poetic. It is difficult perhaps to agree with Major in this opinion concerning gip - sips ; there is elidentty very little poetry or sentiment in the chEiracter and tendency of the (tipsy mind, indeed, if there be any, which is doubtful, it is merely accidental, merely in aspect, extendirig :no further than s rude song or a beech tree—we may justly - ay of the gips, as Wordsworth said of Pe- ter Be -Il " A primrose by the river's brim, A yellow primrose was to him -- And it was nothing more." A. writer in Mr. Dickens' periodical, vis- ited a cluster of gipsies at Christmas time, and pleasantly describes a modern gipsy- tent. "It was," he says,—" a long; low - tent, about 20 feet in length, and not more than seven feet in height, and of. the sarae height and breadth from ona end to the 9th-. er. The frame was made of strong hoops, placed closely together, with strengthening girders between; it was well covered with good Scotch blankets, which had once been, the gipsey told me "as white as the driven snow," but which were now brown and • weather -stained. A kind of division was made across the middle of the tent. In the front was a space answering to the kitchen antifamily sitting room, the centre of which "What are your means of subsisthnce?" "I eat when I am hungry, drink when I am thirsty-, and have no lerther Means of sub- sistence than chance throws in my Way," replied the vagabond. "Under whose laws do you live?" " acknowledge, obedience to none, but as it suits my pleasure • or my necessities," said the Bohemian. " Who is your leader and commander ?', "The rather ofesur tribe—if 1 chose to obey him, otherwise 1 have no commander." "You ari then destitute of all that other men are co ibined by ; you have no law,no leader, no s ttled means of subsistence, no house, no h me ; you have, may Heaven compassionate you,no country, and may Heaven enlighten and forgive you, you have no God ! What is it that remains to you, deprived of government, domestic happi- ness, and religion'?" "1 have liberty" said the Bohemian. I crouch to no One—obey no one—I go where I will—I live as I can; and die when g my day comes." "But you are subject to instant execu- tion, at the pleasure ef the Judge !" -- "Be it so,' returne&the Bohemian, "1 can but die so much the sooner !" "And to imprisonment also," said manner, ahd printed in successive impres- sions upon paper prepared for transferring, by having its surfaee coated witit g‘nn-ara- bic, or other substatce that is soluble ill Wa- ter mineral colors and fluxes being used, whicn al'e adapted to fuse under heat, and eombine to form the picture in enamel, of The enamel ground having been fused on, as previously described, for stenciling, it is covered with copal or othei suitable varnish, and the face of the prepared picture is laid upon. it and pressed, to insure adhesion of - all parts, witen the paper is removed by wetting, as is ordinarily done in transferring I prints. The plate is then subject to heat OA_LCINE PLASTEpb. We are detelmined not to be Undersold by any 0 House in the Trade. CALL AND BE CONVI.NCED. • NO TROUBLE 10 SHOW GOODS. JULY 15 1870. • HOUSi AND 1,0T POR SALE. c - THE subscriber offers for sale a large Frame Cottage, 30 x 40, new, and Village Lot on the corner opposite tbe Baptist Church, Seaforth. Farm property would he taken in exchange. Ap- ply on the premises. . ' ALEX, McATTRTHER. Seaforth, Jan. 28, 1870. 112-6m. LIVERY STABLE. 11 -AMS .ROSS desiiies to inform the public '-•ty' that he has opened a New Livery Stable in connection with his hotel, where parties can be accommodated -with first Class horses *and , vehicles, at reasonable prices, - Seaaorth, jan'y. 21st, 187a 97 -tf, •50 000 MO lend. on. the security of Beal Property in the County of Huron at from 64 to 10 .per cent, by DOYLE & SQTTIER, 117-6m, Barristers, Goderich. MONEY TO,LEND. ON Farm or desira,ble village property at 64 per cent. Payments inkinearm,_sio de to suit the bor- rower. Apply to a _ A. G. McDOUGALL, - . f.nsuraneiesAgnenert, se andaiorth, or to JOHNeSEhAaiTlgTeBERCro,7 Ex Seaford'. ' March 25th, 1870. MILLINERY — AND - 1R, S S M INTC31- 1 TriFIE MISSES STODDARD, AT R Residence in Emmy! LE, are prepared to execute orders for kinds of 'MILLINERY, DRESS' AVD MANTLE MAKING. gz- A share ofpatronageis respectfully solicited. EGMONDVILLE, May 19, 1870. 128-tf— CASH FOR ECCS! THE subscriber begs leave to tender his thanks to his numerous for their liberal patronage duiiiig the last three years, and also to statethat he is still prepared to pay the Highest Cash Price ?or any quantity of G owl Fresh Eggs Delivered at his shop, Main Street, Seaforth- D. D. WELSON. SEAFORTII, Feb.28, 1870. 125-tf. Toronto Millinery, AND LATEST AND MOST VASHIONAEEE DRESS MAKING ESTABLISHMENT SEAFORTH. /1-168 ER,WIN begs to thank the Ladies of ..LV1 Seaforth and. vicinity, for their liberal pa- tronage, and. to intimate that she is just reveiving a large and. well selected. stock of MILLINERY GOODS in endless variety, suitable to the season, and at such prices as to defy competition and please the most fastidiousAll orders will receiveher usu SEAFORTII, June 23, 1870. 112-- al prompt attention—and as regards ta§te latest styles, neatness of paterns-:--She has confidence in saying she cannotbe surpassed in the country_ INCHANCERY. t ceei7eaborockguolaf rlByo.. stonEatoTkolerroyntoaloishbiornaisdirnea- stamped. Straw eilld bah 1\ 01 Z ( UDC AN t neat- ness. A good. supply'of 'THE COLONIAL SECURITIES CO.-,. (LIMITED), VS. until the color of the picture are fused, and become incorporated with the previortely enamelled Surface. • Speaking to the Point. The Halifax Citizen,. speaking in relation i to the protection which Creat Britain has given to Canada in times past, very perti- nently puts the' rnatter thus : • "Pray where is the fighting the giant ' has ever done for the people of Canada? Were the battles of 1759, and in years pre- ceding, fought on this continent by British troops in defence of the people of this conti- nent, or were they blows aimcd at France and intended to weaken her power at honiie WHITEFORD. TO BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION n pursuance o a emee o e our o ncery made in this cause bearing date the tenth day of by first smiting her through her, colonies'? The blood shed on this continent during the Am ericmi rebel hon -1 77 6—g 3 —was not at- tributab$ to the conduct ot the Canadians, nor was that of about thirty venrslater date in any way to be traced to the people of this country. Even the battles of 1837 grew out of the misrnle of England in America., When or -where then has the giant done our fighttng? Is not the very reverse the true picture? Did not some of our ances- tors fight and bleed and die for England's cause in 1776, receiving only exile on a wilderness shore as their reward? Did not otheis again do at least garrison duty on her behalf in 1812, and what did they get for. it? Lovers of freedoni and of fairplay were forced to draw the sword in 1837 to extort their rights from their stubborn fasaily com- pact of Lower Canada, backed and abetted by Downing street; while for nearly five years past a million or more of money has been spent in warding off Fenians—the sworn enemies of England, not of Canada —from the peaceful homes ef our people. t The kid glove is about to cease from its commission as the emblem of aristocracy, on account of the defection in prices. Very excellent kids are now sold in Paris at 3-0 cents a pair, and on Broadway they are marked as low as fifty cents. The market is absolutely overstocked, and even the pre- sent prices cannot long be maintained in the the ?-trade. .AJay, A. D. 1870, with the approbation of TIIOS. Wanin...kw Taveon, ESQ., the Judge's Secretary', on Thursday, the 21st day of JULY, At eleven o'clock. a. m., at the VILLAGE OF SEAFORTII, IN THE COUNTY OF HURON BY J. P. BRINE,AUCTIONEER, En one lot, that parcel or tract of land and pre- mises being the north half of Lot No. 20, in the seconh Concession of the Township of . Morris 111 the County aforesaid, containing ninety one and three quarter acres more or less. The property was lately in the oceupatien of James Whiteford, deceased. There are about thirty-five acres cleared: and under cultivation, with Log House and Barn. The lot is twenty miles distant from Seaforth, to which there is a good gravel road direct. The property will be offered at an upset price of $850—the parcha,ser to pay down at time of sale a deposit of ten per cent on the =bunt of purchase money, and the remainder on or before the first day of September next, and upon such payment the purchaser shall be let into possession. In other revects the conditions of sale are -the stand- ing conditions of the Court of Chancery. For further particulars apply to MESSRS. CROOKS, KINGSMILL & CA.TTANACFI of Toronto, the Vendor's Solicitors, or to JoEN HOSKIN. ESQ, King St- Toronto,jand to J. P. BRINE; Auctioneer. (Signed.) T. W. TAYLOR. Dated, June Ilth 1870. 131 -td. PASTURE. TETE subscriber has about 60 acres of excellent pasture, with a never -failing spring creek runiung through it, into which he will receive cattle and horses at moderate rates. THOS. STEPHENS. Seaforth, June 10, 1870. 131-4in, LADIES' DRESS CAPS KEPT CONSTANTLY ON HAND. A call is respectfully solicited before purehas- ing elsewhere. Seaforth, April 22nd, 18:70. 124-tf. EA -SE AND COMFORT THE BLESSING OF PERFECT SIGHT. There is nothing so -valuable asperfectsight, and perfect sight can only be _obtained by using Perfect Spectcles, the difficulty of procuring which is well known. Messrs. Lazarus & Morris, 'Oculists- cf:Optici- cans, Hartford, Conn., Manufacturers of the Celebrated Perfected Spectacles, have after years of Experience, and the erection of costly ma- chinery, been enabled to produce that Grand Desideratum, Perfect Spectacles; whieh have been sold .with unlimited satisfaetion to the wearers in the United States, Prince Edward's Island, and Dominien of Canada. during the past ne years these Celebrated Perfected Speoes never tire the eye, and last many years without change. Sole Agent for Seaforth, M. B. Counter, from whom only they can be procured. LAZARUS, MOR.RIS & _ Montreal. , WE EMPLOY NO PEDLERS. Seaforth, _Jan'y. 21st, 1870. 76-1y. • „ IC TEETH EXTRACTED WITHOUT PAIN. CCARTWRIGHT, L.D.S., Surgeon Dentis, Extracts teeth without pain by the use of theeNitrouaaQxide Gas. Office,—Over the 'Bea- con' store, Stratford. Attendance in Seafortb, at Sharp's Hotel, the first Tuesday and Wednes- day of each month ; in Clinton, at the Cornmere- ial on the following Thursdays and Fridays. Parties requiring new teeth are requested to cail, if at Seaforth and Clinton, on the first dayq of attendance. Over 54,000 patients have had teeth extracted by the use of the Gas, at Dr. Coulton's offices. New York. Stratford, Fed. 11, 1870. • 114-tf, 1.) et ah;ndi nan eta' downnlalhui7 shift h the Sil H2 Satal,ir: stretch The int tied h slaught ctlisbtaabnYd' canie the stre men to leaning soldiers ous thai Lei thoalit: Y YelIlet—y—jUlt] '4 Bill --;oteni.5ke.1, slighet thsir;t:1 talayln efaHei his last - but his t field of .9 AvreiI th The he r times usmreaf;tthY .thess tsve f°ricoi nc egmi of storms, Titrnhevres eoef mental are -not such and are 71.1.1111:Xliearell good rLil solute tilt on board siug the voyage, t f c ff°e1°I t e mmura ie in. the ere first, tb_e °al3: eddl ang si s'eolmi number; I dy of med number c the coma trusted V munity to form. tl These, ail quarters, has the mists and and rain, trea.dingl -currents - henugWaters,nlpeYib:Pyhd:ti‘ make the ly moti -da Yto :e Pdui rs skies. T eanses, of his irox the variat ount of t ge aji Zwi e:h1 1;tisPcaihhi -tIgs sponsibili port in sa class of m lead livim and eare, son. is tha. gsw:tehaaagtlifimatzet1; love. wh nwhgn Sheo. 3ae io closed her virtues. Grassh 1. alarm