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The Huron Expositor, 1870-07-15, Page 66. THE HURON Exciting Incident at Sea—Gallatn Res- cue. The following eiremnstance, which took' place during our passage te America, .de- serves to be publicly known. At night, be- tween Lith and 15th May last, we, were about the middle of the Atlantic, and on board the Anchor Line steamer Caleclowi4 Among the several hundred of Sweedish em- igrants on board there proved to be one who showed symptoms of insanity.- On the night in question it blew a terrible gale, and the sea waahed all over the deck and a dense datkness and. fear was'all around us. The poor insane man crept on deck during the night, without being observed by any one except his bed -fellow. Ile, however, follow ed him and watched his movements. When he got on deck the unfortunate man rushed to the bulwarks and threw himself into the raging waves.. His comrade, who had fol- lowed him on deck, was not near enough to hinder the misfortune, but immediately gave the alarm " Man overboard," and as soon as the Captain heard this be stopped the ship instantly, and commanded -the crew to low- er and man" the life -boat This was done in a moment, And four of the crew threw them- selves into the boat, ancl ,withvigorous arms rowed to the spot where the pobr fellow disappeared. The sea rolled so terrible that we on board whoso anxiously anclexpectantly watched the adventure froni the ship, had very little hope of ever seeing the boat or "her gallant crew again; Happily in about ten or fifteen minutes the boat returned, and our great joy and amazement can easi- ly be imagined, when we, as soon as the boat Was hoisted, saw our poor insane fel- low creature saved and alive amongst us once more. Let the above be a testireony to the energy and promptitude of tlie Captain and td the gallantry of the crew. We who witnessed this brave and praiseworthy ac- tion can't let it pass unremarked, especially as generally on Atlantic steamers there is very littlp attention paid by the officers when simliar accidents happen to poor emi- grants. C. A. ERICSON, from Redwig, Minnesota, and several others. The New Presses of the London Tim.es." i The Mornions and Millinery. ham Young may be a profound hum- bug, a great spiritual quack, or .whatever else his enemies may choose to call him, but there can be no doubt that in worldly mat- ters 'he often displays an aniount of com- merbiaa ability and pawky common sense, that makes ns halt whether to pronounce him a cute Yankee or a cautious Scotch - man. 'Apparently the 'Prophet has found by bitter experience that boys will be boys, and wdmen will be women the world over, and the former will carry with them their taste for tarts, and the latter their love for fi- nery and dress wherever- they go. Proba,b- ly the,untortunate Prophet in the days of his greeness, eremuch marriage had made him sadly wise, had thought to himself that in a, place soar remotefromthe fashionable world as Salt Lake . women would dress plainly and comfoit:bly, and milliners' bills would be a bagatelle. If he argued in. this fashion, he has by this time discovered his. mistake. The husband of, we really are af raid to say how many wives, must be excus- ed, being a little short tempered on discov- ming that, though they have taken up house -in Salt Lake City, their hearts still have a _warm side towards Paris, and they hunger for the paint pots of Egypt. Most husbands with extravagant wives and large families will sympathize with the unfortu- nate Prophet. It was bad enough to have to settle a little bill of a few hundred giiin. eas for one wife but to have to settle 50 or 60 bills of a like nature for 50 or 60 wives must -be no joke. Evidently, however, the Mormon President has made up his mind to stand it no longer. What, in this . in- stance was the last straw that broke the Prophet's back, whether an importation of fancy dresses direct from Paris, or the latest in. bo nnets from New York, we do not know—but whatever it was it has put the long suffering husband into a very bad temper.. At an irame.nse meeting of the faithful he improved the occassion by direct- ing special attention to the extravagance of the expensive sex. He earnestly implored his sisters (doubtless he had previously implored his -wives in private) not to follow the fashions of the wicked. He askeclthem —and our readers* will quite endorse the ad- vice—at least to wear bonnets = that would shield their heads from the weather and their faces from the sun, and neither to wear ri- diculously long dresses that tripped them up or dragge-d in the dirt, or immodestly short ones, unbecoming their saintly characters. He did not advise them to imitate the Quakers, and dress all alike in monotonous drab, for he should like to see in dress some- thing of that variety which is exemplified in nature. We are quite sure that all sen- sible people will for once agree with the teachings of President Young. His last word of shows • his good. sense aad good taste. Imagine sixty Mrs. Brigham Young's dressed alike in drab or black, with no end of little Young's following suit! The thou ht is too dreadful even for a prophet, and hence his judicious caution. Were the Prophet's advice followed religiously, and every lady dress plainly and neatly, with a due -regard to economy and comfort, we are afraid not a few husban.ds on this side of the Atlantic would be tempted to pack up their baggage and start off to the Salt Lake City. What an exodus there would- be if every husband whose wife runs- up extravaeant bills for dress, were ucldenly to el:tit/brace Mormonism and betake themselves across the seas ! EXCELSIOR SEEDER AND CULTIVATOR SWIN- DLE.—It will be in the recollection of our readers, that one Hoyt, some months ago, swindled !some of our farnaprs into giving notes for the right to act as agent for . the sale of those implements in -certain Town- ships Va,rious plausible advantages w eie offered, and on certain conditions the notes were signed. Some, however, were forger- ies. - Alterations- and changes were made, arid signatures were aflixed that were not genuine. Some of these notes were' 'adver- tised,' ands -the public cautioned against buy- ing them. Soon -after the victims discovered the fraud. Lately they turned up in the far -west; and one File brotight actions to recover then them, alleging himselft9 be the bonafideholder of value. The -first suit tried at -Sinacoe, was against our old friend Andrew -Wilson, of Guelph township, to recover a note for $150. Mr. Wilson, thanks to the -new law of evidence, was en. abled to tell his own story as to the swin- dle and proved the fraud clearly. Mr. Hoyt was gonest, of ceurse, and dare not show his rougish face in. Canada, or he soon would be in ?pod. Mr. Fyle was so candid as to say he bought a batch of the notes tbout two weeks before their maturity, ata liber- al discount. When asked how much mo- ney he really paid, he declined to answer! The jury after a. shhrt absence from Court renderecLa verdict against him and for Mr. Wilson. Two other actions were also bronght at the same Court against &couple of pros- perous and intelligent farmers in Guelph township, but the fate of the suit against Wilson decided the mind cf Mr.- File, who did not care for the- music, and withdrew the records from court. .-We, congratulate our friends -on the lucky escape. and believe it will takela good deal of persuasion from any wandering sharper to get either of them to listen soon again to their golden plans fteisre,P..atent Right Agencies.—OueVt Adver- The London Times has recently put in Operation in its neveoffice the new ," Wal- ter Printing -Press," and it is Low printed o,n four of theseimproved printing machin- es, which were designed and manufactured in its own establishment, and have been pa- tented both in England and this country. The "Walter Press," so named in honor of the proprietor of the Times, is a Machine that prints from a roll of, paper instead of from sheets, as is done by the Hoe printing - press. It prints on both sides of the paper by the same process, Afterwards cutting into sheets and delivered them in piles. In the foregoing respects it is similar to .the Bul- lock printing -machine, excepting that in the latter the cutting is the first process, whilst in the." Walter press," the cutting being the last, the use of iatricate machi- nery necessary to move the sheets through and deliver them from the machine is dis- pensed with, thereby lessening the liability to accident. The " Walter Press " also dampens its own, paper, and receiving a roll as it comes from the mill, it wets, prints and cuts it; manufacturing by one process a . complete newspaper. This new machine rims at a speed of 12,000 copies, printed on both sides, per hour ; and including stop- s pages, it prints from 10,000 to 11,000 copies par hour. - One man.telleatdo boys run it, the latter inspecting the counting of the sheets as they are delivered. The waste of paper is stated at one quarter of one per cent., while the registry is said to be practi- cally perfect. The -chief merits of the ma- chine, however, are announced to be its -sa- vings of time and of 'expenses of working— items of great moment in a large newspaper office. The daily edition of the London Times is from 60,000 to 65,000 newspapers of sixteen, and occassionally of twenty, pages each, This edition is now printed on, four of these presses, run by four men and eight boys, with t yo pressmen to superin- tend them, fourteen persons in all, and printing o -ver 40,000 sheets an hour. They print the edition in half the time and with one-fifth the number ot hands required by the in tchines previously- in use. In making the change from the old to the now system, -the Times reduped its press mem expenses just one-half, the pay -roll be- ing, $500 a week, or $25,000 a year less for 1870 than for 1869, whilst its savings in the waste of paper is $200 in goldper week, or $10,0b0 per year—an aggregate * saving of $55,000 a year. Although the Times is printed upon thick strong paper, it is said the new press does its work as rapidly and : cOmpletely with the thin paper in use for! printing Americau newspaper.—The ter. 14 EXPOSITOR. A Robber Under the Bed. "You .know, my dear, I was living in the gountry at the time, my little grand daught- er being my only companion. We had two female servants and a man -servant. But he did not sleep in the house but in a loft over the stable. One night late in the autumn, I went to bed at the usual hour --nine o'- clock ,It was early, you see, for Fanny was only seven years old, and I did not care to sit up alone after she was in bed; besides, by the time I read my chapter and said my prayers and undiessed myself, it was fully ten o'clook. Well, on this particular night I went up as usual. I first undressed the child, and' put her into bed, then I made myself comfortable, and got my Bible, sat by the fire—it was very cold for the season, and I kept a fire M my room—and after I had finished my chapter, I knelt to my pray- - ers. my position, as I knelt, was with my back to the fire, and' my face toward the bed. I had scarcely got on my knees when I observed something unusual under my bed; on looking more attentively I could see that it was a man'a foot. My first impulse was to scream, but fortunately I restrained my- self; and, the first shock over, I was able to think. I had no doubt that it was a rob- ber, and that if he found he was discovered, he might not stop short of murder. I dared not go to bed and pretend I did not know be wag there; and yet how to get myself and child out of the room without exciting sus- picion, I could not imagine. These thoughts passed through my brain in halt the time I have taken to tell you, and I was about to rise from my knees, when suddenly I recol- lected that by doing so at once might in its- elf excite suspicion; for ought -I know, it might be some one who knew my habits, perhaps even my own servant, though I had no reason to suspect him. At all -events, I determined to remain some time longer as if engaged in my devotions. I need not tell you that I could not give much heed to my prayers, but I did ask for protection and guidance. You know,- dear, that I am a slow, methodical old woman, and that I seldom get h through my prayer § in less than quarfer of an hour, so I determined not to stir for at least ten minutes. What an age that ten. minutes seemed! I never took my eyes off the foot until before I arose, when it was slowly withdrawn out of my sight. When I saw it move I felt faint with fright, for I feared lest the man had suspected, and was going to come out; however, he remain- ed quiet, and then I got up from ' my knees. Phe next thing to be done was to get the hild out of bed 'without causing alarm. peaking as camly as I was able, I asked her if she was awake, she answered iui rath- er a sleepy tone, but aroused- herself as I continued speaking. "Fanny dear," I said, "I have left my keys beflow- stairs"—I felt a little uneasy at the falsehood, Oa I hope it was not wrong—"and I -cannot undress with- out them; I don't like going down by myself; would you mind getting. up and coming down with me 'I She jumped out of bed in a moment, and having wrapped a shawl round her, I pushed lier before me; -then, when opening the door, I managed to take out the key and put it on the other side, I then shut the door and locked it; and then, my dear, I could no Niger control myself— - I shrieked several times at the top of my voice and then fainted. After all, poor Jo- seph, the coachman, was faithful, for one of the maids called him in, and, armed with a pitchfork, seca.red the robber, who was try- ing to get out of the window." I-Tere was an instance of retention of presence of mind in the face of apparent clanger aucl the loss of selt-control had passed. Habit has much to do in the preservation of the cerebral equilibrium, as we see, for instance, in the sailor who goes aloft, with- out feeling any inclimatiou to come down, "by the run," and in the matapore in the bull -ring whose fate depends on his cool- ness iducation, also, no doubt assists in keeping the brain. 'ha order. , Yet here again we have numerous instances of presence of mind in the humblerand less educated ranks in life.—From, Presence of Hind in. Clunk bers' Journal. A NEW WAY.—A. correspondent of, the San Joaquin Valley Argus gives the follow- ing new method of making butter at a ranch in Mendocino county :—"Whila stopping at the farm T witnessed a most novel; and to me, new method of making butter. While giving direetions how to do it, my hostess detected my thoughts i11 any face—seeing is believing. 'Come,' said she, will give you convincing proof.' I followed her to the milk.reom • I saw her place - a quantity of _ ; create in a thick linen sack, then, roll the sack in a large cloth, and place it in a hole which had been dug in the sand for the pur- pose. It was then *covered up with sand and a board placed over it. The next morning, when removed, it came out as fine aaroll of butter aS I ever saw taken from a churn. It required but little working, as the earth had absorbed nearly every particle of milk. It is now five days old as I write, and just as sweet and solid as butter can be." STRAYED HEIFER. CAME into the premises of the subscriber, Lot 25, Huron Road, Tuckersmith, about the ist of December last, a WHITE HEIFER rising foar years old. The owner is requested to prove property, pay charges, and take her away. Tumults:Om, June 28, 1870. WM. GIBBING.. 134-3— SEAFORTH PLANING MILL, Sash, Door, and BLIND FACTORY o. mHE Subscribers beg leave to thank their nu. merous customers for the`very liberal patron- age extended to them since commencing business in Seaforth, and trust that they wili be favored • ith a continuance of the same. • ; Vice is 1-:rer seeking to poison the beauty of virtue. The vicious man, when looking upon the frank and open countenance of a child, has something to rebuke the wring- ings of his guilty soul, while the virtuous man sees something to love and admire.'but. in the former the influence too often looses its effects, while the latter feels an elevation of the soul '13. coming in contact with the innocency and purity of childhood. ELEVATED RAILWAY _IN NEW YoRK.— Among the various plans to effect a readier means of transit between the upper and lov- Parties intending to build would do well to give them a call, as they will continue to keep on hand a large Stock of all kinds of DRY PINE LUMBER, SASHES, DOORS, BLINDS, MOULDINCS, SHINGLES, LATH, &C., They feel confident of giving satisfaction to those who may favour them with their patronage, as none but first class workmen are employed. Particnlar attention daid. to Custom Planing. BRO A.DFO OT & GRA.Y. er portions of the city, is a new scheme %lima contemplates a series of suspension bridges, of spans varying from 500 to 800 feet, to extend at first from Thirty-Fourbk St., to the City Hall or Battery, over FotirOt Ave- nue, Bowery and Chatham Streets, the rod to be suspended not less than twenty feet above the street. ° It is said, that with -rails laid on rubber bearings, and cars fur- nished with the recently -invented wooden wheels, trains running twenty miles an hour would not make any more noise than 01 dinary street cars, while with dummies, or smoke consuming engines, no inconveni- ence would be experienced from the *smoke. Under this plan the track, it is suggested, would be kept on almost a uniform grade by simply varying the height of the towers, and the -firmness of the superstructures be secured by employed lateral guyes, anchor- ed in naasonary under the side -walks at the cross streets. Under the towers, all the city telegraphs could be stretched, and the present poles removed from the side -walks. To enable the cars to reach this railway, it is intended to draw them up an inclined plane at Thirty -Fourth street, by a station- ary engine. It is claimed, that as the struc- ture would be in the middle ot the street, - travel .overitcould I not be . obstructed by fkes, and that by this plan, passengers from the City Hall could be safely landed at Murray Hill in eight minutes, Yorkville in ten. minutes, and Harlem in fifteen min- utes. The cost of this railway, it is esti- mated, will be less in proportion to its ca- pacity than any yet proposed. 11ACIIELORS GET MA ED, AT ONCE, AS FURNITURE r 8 25 per cent. Cheaper A T THOMAS BELL'S HE HAS ADDED STEAM POWER To his Facilities, midis now selling Wholesale. and Retail. 0 Be Sure to Cali before Pur— chasing Elsewhere. 0 WARE ROOMS OPPOSITE KIDD & MeMUL- KIN S. WORK SHOP, CORNER OF MARKET SQUARE. TURNING done on the Shortest Notice: COFFINS kept constantly on hand. A HEARSE FOR, HIRE. 4 SEAFORTH, JUNE 30, 1870.. Mortgage Sale! • TTNDER THE PO'WER OF SALE CONTAIN U cd in a certain Mortgage, dated. the 1st d&y. of May, 1866, made by DONALD. McGREGOR and Wife, to JAMES AIURDOCK, default hav- ing been made in payment; the following valuable REAL ESTATE! WILL BE OFFERED FOR SALE131.' PUBLIC AUCTION, BY HUGH LOVE, Senr., Auc- tioneer, at Dixon's Hotel, in the VILLAGE OF BRUCEFIELD 01K Saturda July 23, '70 AT TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, Viz.: Lot No. 27, in the 3rd Con cession of the Township of STANLEY, tTalY 12 1870. SPR INC -ARRIVALS., In the County ot Huron, contigning 100 acres of Land. more or less. There are 60 acres clear- ed. and under cultivation. A good Frame Barn and Log Dwelling House, also a young, and thri- ving Orchard, and the Lot is well watered. The lot is about four miles from Brncefield. For further -particulars apply to the undersign- ed, or to the Auctioneer. McCAUGHEY & HOLMESTED, Solicitors for the Mortgagee. SEAPORTH, June 25, 1870. 134-4— DANIEL MoPHAILI LICENSED AUCTIONEER FOR THE 00- ANDERSQNS SPETANG STOCK OF • English, Scotch, . andCanadian Tweeds BROAD CLOTHS, &c HAS ARRIVED; A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF Prince Arthur ,Checks. COUNTIES OF PERTH AND HURON BEGS to return ,his sincere thanks to the in- habitants of Perth for their liberal patronage during the past six years. He would respectibilly announce that he will attend to all orders in PERTH or HURON for 1870. Orders left at the "EXPOSITOlt" Office, in Seaforth, the Beacon Office, Stratford, or the Advocate, in Mitchell, will be promptly attended to. Conveyanciag, and Real EstateAgency attend ed to, and. loans negotiated. OFFICE—East side of the market. Mitchell, Ont. .Mitchell, Feb. 25, 1870. 116-tf. TAILORING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, DONE IN A FIRST CLASS 'IANJj, AND ACCORDING TO THE LATEST, OR ANY OTHER STYLE, TO SUIT CUSTOMERS. SEAFORTH, March 31,1870. 115:— SEAFORT0 FURNITURE WAREROOMS M. ROBERTSON Importer and manufaeturor of ali ideas of HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE - Such as S, LOUNGES, CENTRE TABLES, MATTRASSES,. DINING & BREAKFAST TABLES, BUREAUS, CHAIR, and BEDSTEADS, In -Great Varity. R. has great conidence fn offering his. goods to the public, as they are made of Good Seasoned Lumberand by First -Class Work- men. COFFINS MADE TO ORDER. On the Shbrtest 'Notice. WOOD TURNING Done with Neatness and. Despatch- Wareroorns : TWO DOORS SOUTH SHARP'S HOTEL, fain Street. Seafarth, Jan'y 21st, 1870. 57-tf. INSOLVENT ACT,, OF 1869. IN THE MATTER OF JAMES YOUNG, theElder, AN INSOLVENT. 1%7OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursu4. IA ant to the powers Tested in me as Assignee, of the above named Insolvent, all my right, title, and interest in the following lands and premises, as Assignee, as aforesaid, will be ,told. by Public Auction! At the Anctior Mart of Mr.GEORGE M.TRUE-- iii the Town of Goderich, Co. Huron, ON WEDNESDAY JULY 27,1870, AT THE HOUR OF TWELVE O'CLOCK, NOON; VIZ. All and singular, that certain parcel or tract of Land and. liremises,situate, lying and being in the Township of McKilloD A 9 In the said County of Huron, and Provin' -cc of Ontario, and being composed of The Westerly Half of Lot No. 27, In the 3rd Concession of the said. Township of McKillop. The said. Property,con- tains by. adraeasuremcnt BE- THE SAME MORE OR LESS,, FIFTY A.CRES, Of which about 45 acres are cleared. The land is a clay loam of good quality. The buildings thereon consist of a Stone House about 18 x 28 feet, with a Frame Kitchen attached, and, a Frame Barn 34 x 54 feet. There is also a good• young Orchard on said premises. The propert-Y is well situated; being a mile and a half from the.. flourishing Village of Seaforth. For further pat- ticulars apply to the Assignee, or to J. B. GORDON, Solicitor. Goderich. JOHN HALDEN, Assignee. Dated at God.erich, this Ilth day of June, 18170 133 -3 -- Money I Money I mHE subscriber has received another large re- mittanct of money for investment on good" farm property, at 8 per cent; Or 10 per cent, an - no charges. JOHN S. PORTER. Seaforth, eJan'y. 21st, 1870. 95-tf. U A bit of glue;f ss restore crape, Ribbons of every in eold suds and rip. IT your flat iro with finesealt, aid i fectly smloth. If you'are buying -choose email figures., A bit of soap r door will prevent its Scotch snuff put ii co7\Ive000udt a.N.sithilelsrltrOaeiSidt ... -water will prevent t Strong lye put in it soft as rain water. Bread and eakes,s box or ii. stone jar. Flour and meal kept in a cool, dry pi rather than in. woole To select nutme pin.- If they are goo ly spread around the -------.--aaa The Quaker and t ---1 In the days when 1 s ed “fashionable," ere trade had swallowed i age of green parks . formerly connected dences--there were neat visas, surrounde luxurious orchards. :11.11:iitead Nlv)yasaor:nthederbeye John Dowbon The sporting notrietv. II embryo Earl and the ‘ school- fellows at the School, which was the Quakertad been for tardy paying his re the Earl's agent, had threatened him with a istines," in the shape d ing he started on fe gaining admission. to ti the hall door and an. answering the bell, `i. question, "Is Edward exclaimed the astonishe ward do you mean 1" Re lives here dosen' he , to see him," replied away, you impertinent dienant rejoinder, and t the door in the Quake was not discouraged by ception ; he had come did see him. The 'lac . 1 in his name, and Ja ushered into tne presen whom he sainted wit!1 i how ait thou getting ' thank you, John," rep! tending his hand, and WI, of his visitor. "It's a and me went to Presto/ together," added the I,/W indeed; John, a very lo lordship. -'-' 1an ver How are you etting has brought you over am sorry to say," res rve been getting on b 1 aamaaa raise muss to that inan of thine at:Pr a vast Banc), fellow--sa before next Thursday, li So I've come to 'ask ti Ionoer time." "Well Isot‘dship, "I suppose unfortunate lately ; ao rent altogether. -And, " I'll tell you what 11 May live in the hmise r you live." John's prote for this act of enerosita He took his departure 11 a much lighter heart -Ha' ing it. Some time a Knowsley: during one Lord Derby, _when pro pit to join in his favour iu Stonyg,ate, when, afttl the latter said,,."I see, E gia-e up the silly, sin 44:0N, I0's j1:1:311.1:11-e'eil:iseodonthe But if all my tenants pa saitogpemt1.111.3.ekre.; ...04.111.1d with t TIMM' POETS IN A horee to the stable, who arose. I removed the h ficulty, but, after many I eould not remove die called for assistance, near. Mr. *Wadsw.orth /nifty into exercise, but, cessful efforts, he relia ment asat:thing altog Mr. Coldridge now tried ed no more grooming si aessor ; for, after twistin neck- almost to strangul great d -anger of his ey useless task, Pro/1°1m head must have grown since the collar W7aS P1.1 was a downright impossi huge psi -Jamas to pass th eollar. Just at this moi ektrix near, and, mderstal our consternation " Tja. ." you - don't go about i You should do this," whe lar completely upside do, off in a moment, to our g wonderment, each satisfie Were heights of knowle which we had not attaine ridge. Rainy Nveather through Ported: