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"Freedom in Trade -Liberty in _Religion -Equality in Civil Right8".
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EDTIOR & PUBLISHER.
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-I3USINSS CARDS.
MEDICAL.
RTRACY, M. D., Coroner for the Connty of
Huron': Office and Residence -One door
East of the Methodist Episcopal Church. ,
Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. 53- ly
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L. VERCOE, M. D. C. M., Physician, Sur-
• geon, etc., Office and Residence, corner
of Market and High Street, immediately in rear
of Kidd & McMulkin's Store.
Seaforth, Feb. 4th, 1870. 534.
TAR. W. R. SMITH, Physician, Surgeon, etc.
Office, --Opposite Veal's Grocery. Resi-
dence -Main -street, North.
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T CAMPBELL, M. D. C. M., (Graduate of Mc-
Gill University, Montreal) Physician, Sur-
geon, etc., Seaforth • Office and Residence -Old
Post Office Building), up stairs, where he will be
found by night or day when at home.
Seaforth, July 15th, 1869. 84- ly
-LEGAL.
Tip F. WALKER, Attorney -at -Law and So7
licitor-in-Chancery, Conveyancer, Notary
&c. Office of. the Clerk, of the Peace,
Court House,, Goclerich, Ont.
N.B. -Money to lend at 8 per cent on Farm
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Y.) Manager. This hotel has recently been new-
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MAILL & CROOKE, Architects, etc. Plans
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and valued. Office -Over J. C. Detloril Co.'s
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. veyors, Civil Enaineers, etc._ All manner
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fl . sheap skins, furs and wool. Liberal advance-
ments made on main. outs. Money to lend.
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Hardware Store. 122-tf.
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Particular attention paid to the sale of Bankrupt
Stc,ck. Farm Stock Sales attended on Liberal
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First Division dourt for Huron.
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WHOLE NO. 142.
THE DUSTY R,O.A.D.
Upon a sultry summer day,
Reclining on the shady grass,
Beside the hot and dusty way,
I watched the people pass.
One after one they plodded by,
Crossed o'er the brook and climbed the height,
Then passed between me and the sky.,
And vanished from my sight.
And every traveller left behind
His foot -prints on the dusty road,
Which to the philosophic mind
His strength and -nature showed.
Thus on the path of life, I said,
Each traveller as he journeys on,
A record leaves that may be read
Long after he is gone,
And this is well ; for 'tis a thought
Repugnant to the human mind
To pass away, be all forgot,
And leave no trace behind.
Andsome there are who hag the faith,
• And surely 'tis a faith sublime, .
That noble,deeds will. conquer death
And brave he storms of time..
When sinkng down the western slope
Life's fleetijig day is almost sped,
The glory o that heering hope
Illumes tli4hour of dread. -
Take hea-t, 'ye worshippers of Fame,
These traces on the trampled dust
Support the credit of your claim
And verify your trust.
But while I pondered thus, behold!
There came a whirling summer wind,
With dusty clouds before it rolled,
And dusty showers behind.
'Twas gone.; and when I looked again,
I saw a smooth and level way,
Nor did the slightest trace remain
Of- all that passed that day.
And is it thus) proud Soul, I said,
The records of thy deeds sublime,
Thy hope of lasting fame shall fade
Before the blasts of time?
Say, have not myriads of the world
In vain essayed the steep e , of fame,
Sprung from oblivion to be hurled
Back on the way they came?
Think not the centuries as they sweep
O'er buried states with thunder wave,
O'er nations that forgotten sleep,
Will pause to mark thy grave.
A foot -print on the sandy shore,
Within the reach of rushing seas, -
A whisper by the ocean's roar, -
A leaf upon the breeze.
Such is thy trace, vain man, upon
The Pathway of the rolling years,
Thy fame when thou 'art dead and gone
So sounds, so disappears.
Go find a purer light to chase
The shadows frona the bed of death;
Go build u,pon a firmer base
A higher, nobler faith.
Press upward to a brighter goal,
Grave on thy heart the holy rood,
Let virtue sanctify thy soul,
And live for others' good.
So live ; and haply .then to thee
This truth will shine forth clear and plain;
Man's hopes of immortality .
Have not been given in vain.
Berne, Aug. 17th, 1870.
MY DREAM.
When I was twenty years old, my parents be-
ing dead, I enlisted in the 24th Regiment of Foot
My regiment passed the next ten years in garri-
son duty, in England, Ireland and 'America, and
at the expiration of that time was ordered to In-
dia, where I passed the next twenty years of my
life. I was ambitious to rise from the ranks, and
I exerted myself to do my dutyfaithfully. Itried
to give satisfaction to my superior officers, and
succeeded in doing so.
I was naturally quick at learning,:though I say
it myself, and. as the customs and ways of the na-
tives interested me, I studied them closely. In
four years after my arrival in the country, 1 was
One of the best informed men in the service upon
these topics. I had learned enough of the lan-
guage of the people to converse easily with them,
andknewtheir ways and ideas so well that I be-
came -quite popular with them. These things, to-
gether with the good name I had always borne in
the regiment, induced the Colonel to take notice
of Ino; and from that time I began to rise, until,
finally, about ten years later, I was made orderly
sergeant of my company.
During this time, I had married as good a wo-
man as ever lived, and had laid her in the grave
in that far-off country. She left me one child, a
girl, who was married, a few weeks ago, to a very
good young man in England.
In the year 1848, I was stationed with my re-
giment at Cawnpore,. which is on the road from
Calcutta to Delhi, and about five hundred miles
from the former place. The garrison at this time
consisted of the 24th Foot, and about four regi-
ments of natives, or Sepoys, making, in reality,
more than four of natives to every Englishman,
for our regiment was at that time not qu4e up to
the average strength. I never believed. in this
arrangement, for it seemed to me too much like
placing the whites at the mercy of the natives;
but as the authorities were perfectly satisfied
with it, and had full confidence in the Sepoys, I
had to hold my tongue.
Still I resolved to be on my guard. I had no
faith in the rascals, .and I was determined that if
they meant mischief they should find me prepar-
ed for them. I tried to induce my comrades to
be Tally vigilant, but to no purpose, and only
got .myself into trouble by it. The Colonel sent
for me one day, and reprimanded me shortly for
it. I The Sepoys were perfectly trustworthy, he
said and my conduct was only calcutated to pro-
duce disaffection in the ranks of the whites,' and
must be stopped. He was surprised, he said,
that so good a soldier as myself should be guilty
of such indiscretion. I justified myself as best I
could, and told him frankly that I regarded the
composition of the garrison as a direct invitation
to the natives to massacre the whites. But he
laughed at me, and told me to go back to my
quarters , and behave myself 'better in the fu-
ture.
Of course, after this, I kept quiet; but my fears
were by no means removed. Indeed, they grew
stronger every day. I became almost a monoma-
niac on the subject; and in place of being the
cheerful, light-hearted fellow I had always been,
I grew silent, nervous, and irritable. I account-
ed for the change by telling those who questioned
me that I was afraid I was becoming a dyspep-
tic.
As the time passed on, I kept a close,and con-
stant' watch over the natives. Scarcely a move-
ment of theirs escaped me. The garrison was
so arranged that the white troops had possession
of the magazine and the entrance to the citidal;
but the excellence of this arrangement was mar-
red by the fact that two of the native regiments
were quartered within the eitidal, while the oth-
ers were but a few hundred yards without. All
of us used a common parade ground, and the na-
tives were in constant possession of their arms
and a supply of ammunition. The whites were
thus, as it were, surrounded by the natives; and
though we had the means of defending the en-
trance to the citadel, and keeping out those al-
ready beyond its walls, we would at the same
time have to contend with the two regiments al-
ready within the defences.
You remember, reader, that the news of the
mutiny took the rest of the world by surprise. -
In India, some persons were prepared for it; but
the majority were lulled by the false_aense-of se-
curity. Towards the beginning of the .summer
began to notice a change in the manner of the na-
tive troops. Previous to this they had been qui-
et, cheerful, and good-natured. Quiet they still
remained, but the expression of cheerfulness and
contentment began to leave them, and they be-
came sullen and gloomy. They performed their
duties with a scrupulous fidelity, but with an air
that was very different from their old briskness
and smartness. More than this, there seemed to
be all)out them an air of expectancy that I had
never noticed before. It was evident that some
great change had come over them, and that it
was not for good I was sure.
Being on the watch, I was the first to notice
these things, and my first impulse was to go to
the Colonel and call his attention to the Sepoys.
I hesitated a long time, however, and finally de-
termined to wait. The Colonel had laughed at
me once for my fears; and being naturally a sen-
sitive man, I had no desire to encounter his ridi-
cule again. I was very sure he wouldnot believe
me, for I knew, from his careless, laughing man-
ner when he spoke to me of my fears, as he fre-
quently did, that he suspected nothing. He was,
as the senior officer present, the commandant of
the post. He was a good soldier in some respects,
but he was too careless, too thoughtless, for so
responsible a post. Poor man he paid dear for
this fault.
Well, I kept, as I have said, a close watch up-
on the Sepoys, and every day my suspicions; be-
came stronger. 1 *took the first opportunity to
send my daughter to a brother of her mother,
who was living in Calcutta; and to this precau-
tion I owe her life.
I found that the Sepoys were holding secret
meetings in the city at night; and from this I
was sure that the people in the town were in
league with them. Still I delayed mentioning
the matter to my officers. I tried to find out what
I could about these meetings; but I suppose I
made a botch of the job, for the blacks found out
that I was watch•ng them, and once or twice I
was fired at by some unknown person.
This made rne more cautious; but now they had
taken the alarm, I found it useless to attempt to
penetrate their secret. I had never been very
popular among them; and now I received from
them, whenever I met them, many a look that
made my blood run cold. Still no word or deed
gave me any positive evidence which I could sub-
mit to the Colonel; and as long as I could tell
him only of my suspicions, I resolved to keep
quiet.
Some time after this I had a letter from my
daughter, announcing her safe arrival in Calcut-
ta. Her uncle, she said, had just returned from
a business tour into the interior of the country. --
He was very much troubled. The natives were
bent upon some mischief, he was sure, but he
could not tell what it was. The ,Governor-Gen-
eral, she said, was trying to solve the ystery,
and it was not unlikely that some decisive steps
would soon be taken, She begged me not to
mention what She had told me, as she could not
tell me how she came by such intelligence.
This letter troubled me very much, Si it con-
firmed my news respecting the natives, and had
not my daughter been so urgent in her request to
me to say nothing of it, I should- have spoken to
the Colonel at once. But I thought, as the Gov-
ernor -General's attention had been called to the
matter, I might very properly keep quiet,for he
would surely do whatever was necessary.
That night I had a strange dream. I thought
I was sitting in my quarters, reading my daugh-
ter's letter, when I was suddenly surprised by
ithe entrance of Colonel Somerset, who told me he
had received orders to disarm the natives at once,
as the Government feared trouble from them.--
dle wanted me to have my company thoroughly
prepared, and enjoined upon me the necessity of
cautioning them to keep silence on the subject. --
A parade would be ordered that afternoon, he
said, and the whites were to come with their
guns loaded with buck and ball. The natives
were to stack arms, and to be marched off, on
some pretext, to the end of the parade ground,
when the 24th was to surround the stacked arms
and prevent the Sepoys from taking them again.
In this way the Co/tmel-, hoped to prevent mis-
chief. The whole plan was revealed to me in my
dream as minutely as I describe it to you.
After this, I thought the parade came Off, as'
had been ordered. The blacks were drawn up
in a line, and the 24th with a. batteryof two guns,
was placed on their right flank, and a little in
front of them. Colonel Somerset, pale, but calm,
sat on his horse in front of the line of natives, and
in order to lull their euspicians, if they had any,
put them through the manual exercise. In the
loading, I thought I did not hear the ramrods
ring clear in the barrels, and this struck me as
strange, as they were not using cartridgea.-
Then came the loud 'commands --
"Ready ! Present!"
I saw the sunlight flash along the barrels of
the guns, and the next moment the Sepoy line
wa shrouded in smoke, and the crash of four
tho nd muskets rang out on the air. I saw
Colonel Somerset totter and fall from his horse,
and saw, also, a dozen or more men fall dead in
my regiment. Then, with a hideous yell, the Se-
poys rushed at US with the bayonet, and before
we had recovered from our surprise, they began
the massacre. I could see the whole thing in toy
cdrhieladm. as plainly as I see you now, and my terror
was 80 great that I awoke trembling like a
You can imagine my relief when I found I had
only been dreaming; but the horrible vision
haunted me throughout the day, and the next
night I dreamed it all over again, and ,Ithe
dream even came back to me on the third
night.
I now made up my mind to speak to Colonel
Somerset; and I was leaving my quarters to seek
an interview with him the next morning, when I
received a visit from Lieutenant Wilson, our
ordnance officer, and the person in whose imme-
diate charge the magazine was then placed.
"Sergeant," he said, in a low tone, after we
had shut the door, and. made sure that no one
was listeneng, "You told me some time ago that
you had no confidence in the native troops. -
Have your suspicions increased or died away
since ?"
The question, and especially the anxious tone,
startled me.
They have increased," I answered, "and I
am going now to lay the matter before the Colo-
nel. But why do you ask, sir ?"
"Because," he replied, "something wrong is
going on. Just now I made an inspection of the
magazine, ad -would you believe it sergeant ?-
twenty thousand ball cartridges are inissing!-
Heaven knows how they were taken, but they
have been taken. I am afraid the native troops
have taken them and if my suspicions are cor-
rect, these men Will give us trouble."
"Save you said anything to the Colonel ?" I
aaked, hurriedly and anxiously.
"No," he replied; "I have just made the dis-
covery, and as I chanced to remember your sus-
picions, I thought I would question you before
reporting the robbery. Let us go to head -quar-
ters without further delay."
We set off at once, and in a short time were
admitted to the presence of Colonel Somerset. -
We stated our business, the Lieutenant reported
the loss of the cartridges, and I told him of nay
suspicions, of my daughter's letter, and of the
horrible dream that had haunted me for the last
three nights. The Colonel listened with an
anxious, troubled air, and once or twice I saw
his face flush, and then grow pale.
"All this is -very singular," he said, calmly,
when I had concluded --"very singular, especially
youfdream, sergeant, I was just going tcitend for
your Captain and yourself, to give you your or-
ders, as I cannot trust them to the ordinarij chan-
nels. This morning I received instructions from
Calcutta to disarm the Sepoys at once. The Gov-
ernor-General apprehends trouble. I have or-
dered a parade for this afternoon, and was about
to summon the Captain and first sergeant of each
company, to instruct them to inform their men
privately to be prepared for an emergency, and
to come with their guns loaded with buck and
ball. So far, sergeant, your dream has come true.
God grant that it may not be realized in every
respect. The emergency is very great, and we
must meet it at once. My instructions inform
me that there is a very general discontent among
the native troops, and that they will be disarmed
at all the posts as soon as possible. Say nothing
of your dream, sergeant, and both of you keep
quiet as to the loss of the ammunition. Get your
company ready directly, sergeant. I will fur-
nish you quietly with a guard for the magazine,
lieutenant. But, above all things, do nothing to
arouse the suspicions of the natives. Now you
can go back to your quarters, for I have a great
deal to do."
I cannot describe to you my feelings when- I
left the Colonel's presence. The fact that a part
of my dream had proved true made me wretched,
for I was certain that the rest would also be re-
alized. 1 se to work to prepare my company;
for as the odds against. us were so great, it was
necessary to be prepared for any resistenfe which
might be offered; and this might be done only by
informing the men of the exact nature of the
service required of them. I was nervous and
restless the whole day, for I was confident that
my dream was to be carried out in full. I could
not account for the dream; nobody Can account
for such things in all cases; but I am quite satis-
fied that I had not receiveved a false warning.
At four o'clock that afternoon, the regiment as-
sembled on the parade ground. There was a set-
tled look of determination on the faces of the
English, but the old sullenness and gloom were
still to be seen in the countenances of the na-
tives. I trembled like a child when I found that
the Colonel had adopted the formation I had seen
in my dream. The Sepoys were drawn up in
line, and my own regiment and two pieces of ar-
tillery were posted -on the right flank, and a lit-
tle in advance of them. The Colonel himself sat
on his horse in front of the natives; and, though
his appearance was calm and composed, I could
see that his face was as pale as death. The 24th
was standing at the "shoulder arms," when the
Colonel commenced to put the natives through
the manual exercise. I listened eagerly, and
when the command was given, "Ready! Pre-
sent!" I cried, involuntarily, -
"Steady, 24th! Ready! Present!"
The Colonal turned around to me rn surprise,
for the regiment had obeyed my command. As
he did so, and before he could speak, a sheet of
flame burst from the Sepoy ranks, the Colonel
fell heavily from his horse, and I heard the balls
whistle around me. Fortunately the fire did lit-
tle execution among US, and my commands, to
some extent, prepared ny regiment.
"Twenty-fourth!" I shrieked in an agony, "the
Sepoys have mutinied! Fire!"
The regiment replied by a volley, which made
the natives who were rushing at us with the bay-
-onets, recoil; and just then the artillerymen, who
had , recovered from their temporary dismay,
opened upon them with their pieces.
We had a hard fight, but we beat them off, and
gained the citadel with the loss Of half our num-
ber. We held out there until assistance reached
us, and the Sepoys, finding they could not dis-
lodge ns, retreated towards Lucknow, which was
soon afterwards made memorable by 'the gallant
defence of Outram and Havelock.
I do not know, reader, whether you will believe
this story, for it was a strange dream, that warn-
ed me of the danger that hung over. U3. ; Yet I
think it was not thrown away, for'it enabled me
at least to give the commands which 1 did, and
which I shall always believe were, under God,
the salvation of our regiment. I got a sabre cut
in the fight, from the leader of the Sei:ys. BJ
was afterwards captured; and I had the pleasure
of,blowing him from the cannon's mouth. He
was a cruel man, and had his plans succeeded,
would have massacredi the entire regiment.
After the fight I have described, I served
through the whole war, and was with Lord Clyde
when he took Delhi._
VARIETIES.
An Eccentric Chuck -Chucking an old maid
under the chin.
A ray that always lights up a woman's despair
-Raiment.
'Adversity brings a man out -at the knees and
elbows.
Society is said to be nothing but a mixture of
mister-ies and miss-eries.
Why is the figure nine like a peacock? Because
it's nothing 'without its tail.
"We all owe something to our country," as
Smith said when he asked remission of his income
tax.
Send your son into the world with good princi-
ples and good education, and he will find his way
in the dark.
"Talk of climate!" said a perspiring punster,
"the thermometer has got so high that it is im-
possible to climb it."
Use the means within your reach; there is
something for everybody to do, and a place for
everyone who is willing to work.
The fashion s -le color for gloves in Paris is a -
pearl grey, wi '; out stitching. and with four but-
tons for dri u taro for promenade gloves.
An Irish girl having been sent to the post of-
fice for the mail came back to enquire whether
it was Indian male or corn male that was want-
ed. °
To be happy, the passions must be cheerful
and gay, not gloomy -and melancholy. A propen-
sity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear
and sorrow, real poverty. -
"What is the best attitude of self defence?"
said a pupil, putting on the gloves to a well-
known pugilist. "Keep a civil tongue in your
head," was the significant reply.
A correspondent wishes to know if young la-
dies who like too see their own reflections in the
mirror, are properly described as being "a little
too fond of their glass." -
An impertinent fellow askedi, a gentleman at a
public gathering why he had shaved off his side
whiskers, and was answered th'at, to meet some
men, he required more cheek. •
It was said of a belle, in the habit of wearing
low-necked dresses, who recently carried off a
matrimonial prize,' in the shape of a rich old
widower, that "she won the race by a neck."
A cat licked the face of a lady in New York
and died a few Minutes thereafter from the paint
which he gathered from the rosy cheek. Let all
young men take warning from this sad cat-as-
trophe.
A Fienchman, writing a letter M English to a
friend, looking in the dictionary for the word
"preserve," and finding it meant to pickle, wrote
as follows: "May you and. your family be pickl-
ed to all eternity."
"My dear," said the sentimental Mrs. Wad-
dles, "home, you know, is always the dearest
spot on earth. "Well; yes," said the practical
Mr. Waddles, "it does cost me about twice as
much as any other spot,."
An honest reputation is Within the reach of all
men; they obtain it by social virtues, and by do-
ing their duty. This kind of reputation, it is
true, is; neither brilliant nor startling, but it is
often the most useful for happiness.
"Lenny," said his maiden aunt, "you should
eat the barley that Is in yoar soup, or you'll
never get a man." Lenny, looking up innocent-
ly, enquired, "Is that what pea eat it for, eh ?
aunty."
A little boy of six summers, not being tired of
his' holidays, asked his father if he and his little
brother might stop another day from school, and
upon being refused went away with the impa-
tient exclamation, -`‘Mean old thing !"
"Mamma," said a little girl to her mother, "do
you know Ive I get to bed quick?" "No," was
the answer. "Well," said she, in great glee "I
step one foot over the crib, and then say 'rat,'
and frighten myself right in."
As sometimes small evils, like invisible insects,
inflict pains, and a single hair may stop a vast
machine, the chief secret lies in not suffering tri-
fles to vex one, but in prudently cultivating an
undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few
great ones are of long duration.
A. case of feminine driving is related of a Vir-
ginia belle, who rode to the edge of a precipice,
and defied any man to follow her. Not a man
accepted the challenge; but a tantalizing youth
stood on his head in the saddle and dared the
lady to do that.
Two dalifornian barbers quarrelled and arrang-
ed a duel. They were to walk around a block in
opposite directions, and each was to fire at sight
of his antagonist. They started, and as soon as
the block intervened each took the shortest cut
for home, complaining that his adversary did not
come to time.
In the absence of any other messenger, a colo-
nel sent word to a band by a surgeon, that some
music was wanted. "Can't blow a note," said
the drum -major, "for we haven't had anything to
eat yet." "No excuse, at all," said, the doctor;
"blow away, there's always plenty if wind in an
empty stomach."
A Parisian lady recently called on her milliner
to enquire the character of a servant, which
proved satisfactory. "But is she honest?" asked
the lady. "I am not SO certain about that," re-
plied the tnilliner; "I have sent her to you a doz-
en times, and she has never yet given me the
money."
If a cat doth meet a cat upon the garden Wall,
and if a cat doth greet a cat, uh ! need they both
to squall? Every Tommy has a Tabby waiting
on the wall; and yet she weleomeithis approach by
an unearthly yawl.- And if a kitten wish to
court upon the garden wall, why don't he sit and
sweetly smile, and not stand up and bawl, and
lift his precious back up high, and show his teeth
and moan, as if 'twere colic more than love that
made the "fellar" groan.
The following description of a base ball pitcher
in action will be appreciated by all who have
.watched this important member of -the nine ,:-
"Onreceiving the ball he raises it in both hands
until it is on a level with his left eye. Striking
an attitude, he gazes at it two or three minutes
in A contemplative way, and then turns it around
once or twice to be sure that it is not an orange
or a cocoanut. Assured that he has the genuine
article he then winks once at the first baseman
twice at the second baseman, and three times "at
the third. baseman, and after a scowl at the short
stop and a glanee at the home plate, finally deliv-
cmi
ears thoenbaho.
alitwith„ the precision and rapidity of a