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war against the mer -
intim of Seaforth, with
stock of amunition on,
)e of ,
43-0 0 S
-AND- ----
ERIES,
ty, style and eheapness,
rered with fair play.
r are Special lines :—
SISS GOODS, WIN -
'And Checked) LITSIN.ETTS, FRENCH
INT& POPLINS,
PON, BLEA CHED
ELS, BLANKETS,
DODS,, HOSIERY,
[1.LOV,ES`,. FINGER -
READY - MADE
HATS 4 CAPS,
4tTON A.N D FLA N-
DEAWERS, SU-
S, TOBACCOES,
'RR ANTS, SPICES,
!nous to mention,
NT THE,
ster House
!I: STREET,. _
POPVT.M-Tt..
!' 15, 187e 1524fe
(lAct or 1869.
ND:RE IF MUIR,
.1mobient.
rs are notified to meet at
LC°. 1, King Street, west,
Qinitary srel
_
.,,renoon, for the purpose
tions as .to the secured
a ordering the affairs of
eranly. The Insciv-ent
1 to attend such reeetieg,
• W, F, FINLAY,
Assignee.
.- 14, 1879., 168-2--
A:UTION.
AUTION all parties pur-
ftegotiatine fo I the follow-
oaetea, dated Wroxeter,
ouo -payable January
payable thirteen menthe
i fon $8, made by me in
I•Vitie or bearer, as I have
ee therefor and payment
mom AS M &EWEN,
.• 1870.
i57 --
AY STEER.
the premises of the sub-
, No, 8, Con, 13, Stanley,
Sept, last, a Steer I year
m is rentrested to prove
expenses, and. take him
ANIEL--: GORMAN.
isToc 158-3—
RS STRAYED.
-am Lot_No. I4, Con. L.R.
Lev lest July two heifer(
Irt one all red except a
he forehead, the other
white stripe on the back.
ving information leading
y. -will be suitabIs r9ard-
VM. BANNERM AN
Bayfield P. O.
:L MoPHAIL,
D AUCTIONEER
I fon Tttn
F PERTH AND HURON
Lurn his sincere thanks to
ants of Perth for their lib -
during the past six years.
annonnee that he
; all orders in PERTH or
ssa. Orders left at the
Office, in Seaforth, the
stratford, or the Advocate,
U be promptly -attended te.
le, and Read Estate Agene
and loans negotiate&
ant 'aide a the market
b. 25, 187n.
THE
xpr4to,
IdtAL PAPER OF
1,4TY OF HURON,
every _Friday Morning, in
ft is the largest paper in
•
ftrixtm, in advance ; if not
rill be charged. No subs.
!for a, shorter period than
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'TiSING RATES
RtANSIENT.,
msertion, Sets ; subs -
2 cts. each, time. Ad.
ems -tired by a scale of solid
• advertisement taken for
!TACT RATES'
r One Year. - $6000
nix _Months, - 35 00:
Three " - - - 29 00
One Year, - - 35 00
nix Months. - 20; 00
Three n 12 00
, One Year, 20 00
n Six Months - 12 00
- 8 00
t• One Year, - En®,
Six Months - 8 n10;
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'erne, without specific (Efate
inserted till forbid, and
eat
MACLEAN BROTHERS,
ict ri •
reeclom tn Trade --Liberty in Religion—Equality in Civil Rights".
essimmenniminaimmem1
EDITORS & PUBLISHERS.
VOL. 4, NO. 4.
SEAFORTH, FRIDAY, DEcEMBER 30, 1870.
WHOLE NO. isa
BUSINESS CARDS.
MEDICAL.
) TRACY, M. D., 'Coroner. for the
1. Osuaty of Huron. Office and Re.
eidence—One door East of the Metnodist
Episcopal OhTITC11.
Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. - 53.1y
Alln C. MOORE, M. Dn V. M. (Graduate
ne, of McGill University, Montreal,)
Physicinn, Surgeonene. Office and nesi•
dence Zurie.h. Ont.
Zurich, Sept. 7th, 1870. s144
-r AMES STEWART, M. D., C. M.,
Graduate of McGill University,
Montreal. Physician, Surgeon, &c. Of-
fice and residence :—At Mu. Coon's.
Varna.
DR. W. R. SMITH, Physician; Sur-
geon, etc. Office, —Opposite Scott
Robertson's Resi lence Main.street,
North.
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1863. 53-1 y
TT L. VERCOE, M. D. 0. M., PhYsi-.
rt. cian, Surgeon, etc._ Office and Re-
sidence, corner of Market and High
8treet, immediately in rear of • Kidd's
Stere.
Seaforth, Feb.' 4th. 1870. -
-FAR. CAMPBELL, Coroner for the
density. °thee and residence, over
Corby's, corner store, Main street; Sea-
sfonth. Office day, naturday. 159
LEG -AL.
PF. WALKER, AttorneY-at-Law
4, and Solicitor in -Chancery, Con.
veyancee, Notary Public, &c. • Office of
the Clerk of the Peace, Court House,
Goderich, Ont.
N. B.—nloney to lend at 8 per cent on
Farm Lands. . •
Goderich, Jan'y. 28. 1870. 1: 2-1y.
- TiCAUGfiEY & ROL MSTE A In
eVI . Barristers, Attorneys at Law, Sol
icitors in Chancery and Insolvency; No-
taries Public and Conveyanc ws.Solici
tors for the R. C. Bank, Seaforth, Agents
for the Canada Life:Assurance Co.
dr. B. —$30,000 to lend at 8 per cent.
Farms, flouSe, and Lots for sale.
Seaforth, Dec. 14th, 1868. 53-tf.
-DEN-SON & MEYER, Barristers and
.ly Attorneyat Law, Solicitoin in Chan-
cerefand Insolvency, Conazyaecein, No-
aries Public, etc. Oflicesen.Seaforth and
Wroxeter. Agents for the -Inust and
1 Loan Co. of Upper Canada, and the Coll
onial Securities Co. of Leedom England.
Money at 5 per cent; no commsieion,
charged.
TAS. ri. BENSON:, '11. W. C. MEYER,
Seaforth, Dec. 10th 1868. 53-ly
DENTAL.
" L EP..-
Arti. finial Dentures inserted
• with all the latest improve-
ments.. Thee greatest ..are taken fer toe
preservation of decayed and tender teeth,
Teeth extracted Witho:et pain. Romans
over Mc,Deugall's Store. :
. Seaforths Dec.: 14, -18e8. 1
HOTELS.
(1UMM!�ULALHUTEL, Ainieyville,
kJ James Laird, proprietor, affords
• first-class accommodation for the travel-
ling public. The larder and bar are al-
ways suptilied with the hest the marke
, ts afford. :Excellent stabling in connec.
e time
A inleyville, April. 23, 1869. 70 tf.
KNOX'S HOTEL (LATE SHA.RP'S)
The undersigned begs to thank the
public for the liberal patronage awarded
to him in times past iu the hotel business,
and awe to inform them that he has again
resumed business ;in the above stand,
where he will' be hanpy tohave a call
from old friends, and many new gem
T [TOMAS KNO X.
Seaforth, May 5, 1870
-D RITISH EXCHAN GE HOT EL, 0 od.
erieh, ONT. Y.1.)ALLAWAY, PROPRI-
ETOR • J. S. .VV-ILLIAMS, (late of Ameri-
can Hotel, Warsaw, N. Y.) Manager.
This hotel has recently been newly fur-
nished, and refitted throughout, and is
now one of the most comfertable and com-
modious in 'he Province, Good Sample
Rooms for Commercial Travellers.
Terms liberal.
Goclerich; April 14, 1870.
123-tf.
MISCELLANEOUS..
D HAZLEFI U Ito T, Licensed Ai:Innen-
eer for the. County of Huron. God-
erich, Ont. Particular attention paid to
the sale -of Bankrupt Stock. Farm
Stock Sales attended on Liberal Terms.
Goods Appraised, Moetgages Foreclosed,
Laren ad.'s Warrants heneeuted.. Also,
'Bailiff First Division Court for Huron.
Coderich, June 9th. 1869 76Af
& W. McPHILLIPS; Provincial
Land Surveyors, Civil Enbineers,
etc. All manner of Conveyancing done
ekth neatness and dispatch. G. McPhil-
lins, Commissioner in B. IL Office—
Next door south of Sharp's Hotel, Sea -
forth.
Seaforth, Dec. 14, 1868. 53- ly .
QMAILL & GROOKE, Architects, etc.
Plans and Specifications drawn cor-
rectly. Carpenter's, Plasterer's, and Ma
eon's work, measured and valued. Office
Oyer J. C. Detlor & Co.'s store, Court -
House Square, Groderich:
goderielt, April 2-3, 1869. 79-1 y •
We Watched her Breathing.
We winch% her breanhing hro' the night,
Her breathing soft: aed low.
I
And on her breast t e tva e of life
.Kept heaving to and fro
So silently e seemed to s
- So slowly moved
As we had ent he half o
To eke h r being at
Our very -h pes.beli
Our fears our hop
We thteugh her dei
And elee ing,wh
For when ' e nuirn,
And -chin' with e
Her quiet n elids el
Another' orn tha
eak,
r powers
fears,in ..
d ;
she slept,
ied.
im and sad,
wers,
he had
TI 'mem Hood.
BW MRS.
- There was more pi in poor Tom's
words than : t that 404 ent we were wil-
ling to alio. ; for put ! a d hope were
on our side n those days, and we .were
most ready to believe the suggestions of
the latter; - -
My husband, finally determined to emi-
grate to Canada, and i; ▪ t e hurry a.uil
bustle of a ftaticlen prep ra ion to depart,
Tom and ns affairs for a while . were
I
forgotten. ;
. Howidar arei heavily d d that fright-
ful anticipation weigh .0 on my heart!
As the time for our; ep rtttre drew near,
the though of leavia 7riiy friends and na-
tive land becorne so intensely -painful
that it hauntcd me _ereii iti sleep. I sel-
dom awokd without fi &leg my pillow
wet with tears. The giory of May was
upon the etarth—of an English May.
The woods were bu, sti g Into leaf, the
meadows and hedge -rows were flushed
with flowers and en ry gr ve and copse-
-woodi echoed to the w rb,ings of -birds
and the huaming of bees. To leave
England at all was d ea tful—to leave
her at such a- season was 1oub1y so. I
'went to take a last look at the old Hall,
the beloved °me of iny hildhood and
youth ; to wander once me re beneath the
shade ofits veiierable oak. ---to rest once
more upon he velvet s a d that carpet-
ed their roots. It f te reposing be-
neath those _Liable tree. - at I had first
innedged in ose delicious dreams which
are a foreta e of the erjo ments of the
spirit -land. , In thc.rn. the soul breathes
forth its asp ratiouni leng acre unknown
to col mon Mils ;1, nd t at language is
Poetry. 11 s e alum il, rom , year to
year. I had enewed, •• fr endship with
i
the first pri roses, an iol ns, and Estee -
ed with the untirinn ear • f love to the
spring return -lay of t e. blackbird, whis-
tled from ongtis b we of May blos-
soms. Her 1, 1 hat disc ursed sweet
%%ordS to the tinklint b 'eo ,; and learned
from the melody of n at rs the music of
natural sounds. In th 3e beloved soli-
tudes allthe holy em • ti ns which stir the
innate heart in its de • t s ad been freely
poured for I , and f !lied • response in
the harmonious voice °fI N turn,. bearing
aloft the cholalsongl f e rt to the throne
of the Creator.
Dear, dear Englan -h was I forced
by stern nee ssity to leve you f What
heinous crinie had I co mitted, - that I,
who adorel you, s i ou d 1)3 torn from,
yotCe secret bosom,: o pin, out my joy-
less existeiice in a ' orig clime ? Oh,
that T neigh be perm tt to return and
die upon your wave -e oi el \.1 shores, and
rest My weary heed. an 1 1 arb beneath
your daisy- vored i d ' t 1 at !
* n
Whilst ta king ov coining sepa-
ration with i y sister , we observ-
ed Tom I Wil on wal in lowly up the
path that Icc1 to il e. se. Ile was
dressed in a new s oo in -jacket, wieh
his glin lying' careless y acrt ss his should-
er, and an ugly point r ao followingat
a little diet, ce. 1
* "Well, ? i. Moodie, I, m off," said
Tom, shaki g hands with my sister in-
stead of ut " I sup s I shall see
Moodie in L nclon. Wha do yetethink
of my dog ?" ,patting him ffectionately.
".I think hint an ugly beast.", said
(C-_-__, "Db you mean to ake him with
'you?"
. " An uglyi beast n-:- tic ess a beast ?
' Why she is a perfect be uty !—Beauty
and the beast! Ha, ha h ! I gave two
guide' s for i her last in ht." (I thought
of. the old adage.) " Mrs. Moodie, your
sister is no nidge of a dog,
" Very likely," retuned C---, laugh-
ing. . n Andyou go to town to -night, Mr.
Wilson! I ; hought as you came up to
4 -he /101.1g41 at you were equipped for
shooting."
" To be sure; there tts capital shooting
in Canada."
"Sc) I havh heard---plent of bears and
wolves. I Suppose y.)U t ke out your
dog and gun in anticipation in,
" True,' Said Tom.
"But you Isurely ane• ot going to take
that dog with you !" °
"Indeed llana. She i a most valuable
brute. The I very best ve;•ture I could
take. - My brother Ch le has engaged
our passage ion the eame ve sel."
"It would be atpity art -you," said
I. "May You prove a 1 cky a pair as
Whittingtoniand his cat."
" mWhittinto
n ! Whitti gton I" said
Toe staring! at my sister, nd beginning
to dream,- en 'jell he invaria • ly did in the
cempany of women. ' ho was the
gentleman?' ,
• "A vele, old friend of in •e, one whom
I have known since I was a very little
i girl," said my sister • " 4ut I have not
tinse to tell you more abont him now,. If
you go to St: Paul's Chure yard, and in-
quire far Sit Richard ' • ittington and
his eat, you will get his his a ry for a mere
trifle."
(to BE CONTINU D..)
. ,.
4
RAILWAY LETTERS.
T4 the Editor of the Huron Expo
jD EAR Sia: I observed, in yo
su a rather long-winded co
n, from "A Farmer of South
in which he makes an effort to
in rather a sarcastic and taenti
le ter written by me tc the Lon
itor.
r last is-
muoica-
uron,"
riticize,
way, a
Ion Free
Press, about a month mo. 1 t est my
fr. nd 1nSouth. Huron is not ie lous or
en ious because he did not happ3rn to be
first to suggest a route for the -pro.
ed London, Huron and Brupe Rail -
y. He says: "Here, however, Mr.
ckie steps forward, and says that he
thought a great deal on the subject,
• begs to submit his views," . and fur -
r "that Mr. Leckie deserves credit for
dness and originality in chalking out
roue, dashing alone- on paper and
zing out a road; &c." Ho th'en goes
to say that I am toci late in 4e field ;
t I ought to have been on the carpet
Bruce
ailway
en, he
t of a
i xt sen -
n of my
t sts ithe
ige Tail -
ti
po
Ls
h.
an
th
be
a
bl
01
til
be
sa
ti
ore the Wellington, Grey are
I Toronto, Grey and Bruce
inpanies were inaug rated ; t
s, I Might have had the gho
nce. Then, alinost in the n
ice, he takes forcibl possessi
blaze at Seaforth, nd Bugg
tiding of a cheap n rrow-ga
y (the very kind of iloacl we cre viu-
ating) from 'thence to Wroaeter or
evale. He then goos back t South
uron, throws a little_spleen at Frances.
zi and Exeter, in passing. by. ann as-
ts that London wants the road as , an-
mr string to their bow. to sho t off the
ubus or debt with which shel is bur -
ed. He then treats your' readers to a
ole column of crude financial calcola-
its, in which tne sel ishuess, of which
is so ready to accuse others, c ps out,
almost lets the cat out of th9 bag by
e
nting out the to esh ip, if no , the ex -
farm, on which- tifiA nameless farmer
South Huron lives. He Bext tu ,kes
treacherous assault on the, town of
derich, the Press, and the County
uncil, and finally, be ornirig a modern
• Van Winkle, he forgets ho long 1
s behind time, at th beainnii g el his
ter, as at the close,he sug.mst to she
ple of London the buildine of the
i
d as far as Exeter; is the na antime,
says that, lendoub edly, the people
the North will, in a few yea 3, push
through to Southa pton. • would
onglY ' advise your orrespon • ent to
dy brevity in hid writings in future,
d he would probably not be s e apt to
beginning. Now, Mr. Edito , I am,
get at the close what he has said in
Ily at a loss to know what 'th "Far-
r of South Huron " rvants to be - un-
rstood from his letten. ' 1 wou d infer
en some parts of it that he is n favor
the proposed railway scheme ; then
calls on his brother farmkick
o ick
schemes savoring of selfishne s to the
r Winds of heaven. The far e e of
uth Huron, *and North. Hur. n i also,
an m
intelligent class 4f en, h un-
rstand their own inl erests, a cli vill,
doubt, be found._ in the rig t lace
ien the proper nimE.coines. Never -
less, the rather indefinite arn-ngs
own out by their br ther " F, rm r of
South Huron," who it is nietneth•ort,_
• h some
e is nou sotfriila'oraf,
e boldly w
o stem he title
on by gm 0 ei dead
ad will erbuiL.
t,
eyf
rough-
osed to
artien-
ranind,
ting
to an
k
erkets
a
0.
R.
1
L
it
a
11
ti
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13:
uld go heart and handefor th
se, if it we sure to go throu
rticular place, which
d yet he dare not co
d make an attempt
o progress and civilizat
ainst it.. I trust the
d I think it is the duty of e
r, mereha.nt and mechanic t
oi t the country where jt is pro
bi run, without respectti to any
route ofevillage, to f vor the
o a reasonable amount of bonu
lependent enterpris of th.
ch would give a cl oice
d competition in freights, besnles ere.
ng a market for m, ch that is now
✓ luelees. I must no apologiz for oc-
cilpying so much of y ur spac , and
t est that, if my -up nown f -end in
Sduth Huron finds it I ecessary to eriti-
ci e me at any future' time, he will at
to give h name,
e asham d tc! see
nutter of ;this
truly,
3. L CRT
1870.
a
a
a
•
le
st have the beldnese
ich no man should
nnected with a publi
id. I am yours, ver
A.INLEYVILLE, Dec. 2
1) the Editor o:the hur is _Expos tor.
'DEAR Sin You mu
t e excitement about r
o r railway meeting in
tie ataange ideas they
r, ilway. Some tame t
a
a
it
$.
ri
t have • .seitvecl
ilways,- hei at
Ainleyvi le, also
have ab ut the
the reee ing de-
rmined to have no railway, as d went
ay the same ; others iame the'r deter -
pied to have a railwa aed we t away
th their opinions stre gthened I am
ppy to nay this class as the st ongest.
eir was still anotheri class w o came
make themselves co spicuous by ask -
g questions, which ere a source of
ouble to the meeting, and a disgrace to
emselves ; but as a oon to the meet -
g, this class was fe , and the few
ere were were ably E nd sare stically
ndled by the spe kers. - think
lople should not bec me exci ed over
ph topics, but give t em a cl• se and
reful.eonsideration. he first hing to
ascertained is, wil a rail ay be a
efit to us ? In answering es, i to
s question, I will be baeke Int al-
nst everyone in these nerthe town -
his, especially if they can get i -with -
t paying much for it But t e Lon.
In people assure us, that they cannot
ild Os a' railway, enlelss we gra • t them
igot question that ;rill naturally °suwitgelaset
good bonus, viz. $39,000.
elf to our minds is, shall we • ant the
.000? Now, Borne mainta n that
-ther of the townshipe of Grey s r McIr
can or will grant so much, fo if they
they will be " paying too•• uch for
sir whistle." But, nay answer is dif-
rent • I say they , can and o ght to
ant 430,000, and even more, • d then
ve money by getting a raneray. To il-
lustrate m ease/tient I will ta e Mor-
ris fon an example. If the ra lway is
built, and omes through here, A inley-
ville will •ecome the principal market
for Morris, but as it now is, Seaf rth and
Clinton a e our markets. In he first
place, 1 wi I show what we woi I:1 gam
by heving market at home, in lace of
going to S aforth and Clinton. n .11er-
ris there a e 55,000 acres of land half of
which we will suppose is in a state of.
cultivation viz., ,4,500 acres This
27,500 acr we will divide in o three
equal part for the -purpose of rowing
the, differe t kindan of crops, 1, z, one
third. to gr in, including wheat, barley,
oats and eas ; one third to asture ;
and One th rd to root crops. Fnst there
will be 9,1 6 acres Of land devot d to the
raisieg of everal crops, which, at the
very lowe t, will average tw nty-five
bushels pe acre, which will mak Acne].
of 229,150 bushels. Half . of - his we
will allow or home consumption. Now,
at the ver lowest rate, it will t ke four
cents per ushel to remove the balance
viz. 114,r75 bushels, to _oar resent
marleets, hich . will amount t $4,583
Second, th 9,166 acres of' pasttir lands
ought to ! produce 160,000 pounds
of butter for exportation, which,
at the pr sent rate, 121 �e 1 tis per
100 poun Is, will cost $200 o take
to market, also $25 for taking ur wool
to market As the other thir( is used
• for the fee ing of live stock, and as they
tiavel to •• arket, I will make n ealen-
lation upo • them.
Now, for rensoving our whole, roduce
to market, t will cost $4,808, no count-
ing anythi g on lumber, shin -7 es, tan-
bark, &c., hich would also am unt to
a great des If we had a m rket at
home, we soulcl save all this, bu to get
that mark t we must have a silway.
And, in 0 second place, we w 11 have
to grant $341),000 as a bonus, the layrnent
of which Will extend for twenty ears at
six -per cent, per annum. But, b raising
*eine percent. per annum OD th
oiot :will ipe off the debt in twenty
years, 'the is, yearly instal • ents of
• you will see ther is still
a balance $2,108 per annum "n favor
of a railw , to which we grant $30,000
as a honu Were we to raise taca-
tion the a • •unt it takes to re sove our
produce to Market, it would t ke one
cent and,3 mills on the dollar o the as-
se.ssnhent • s tit to pay the year") install-
!
mein! of tin bon -eon -it ill only take 71
mills on he dollar, of the aesess-
ment. Fel ow farmers, I hear at the
meeting a id elsewhere the expres-
that it is very well for o r mer-
chants to put forth their ,ut lost en-
deav4rs to et a railway, as they will de-
rive the niozt benefit from it ; bi t I say
the man wl o gives utterance to such an
expression as not given the s ibj ct care-
ful conside %non. If you will nly look
into the m.ter closely, you will see that
it is we far • lers who will receive t e bene-
fit, not the • • erchants. It may lo them
harm, for w en the railway come to Ain-
leyville, in place of having thre Stores,
in all prole hility, there will be doze)),
which will cause competition and briug
down thepr ce of goods, thereby lessening
their proht . Were the London scheme
to fail, I t • nk it would be better for the
Northern t. wnships to unite, and offer a
large bonus to the Grand Trunk, to build
a branch f oni Seaforth to Kincardine,
than to be ithout a railway altogether.
In conclusi n, I would agree with Brother
" Farmer oSouth Huron' " in saying the
road. will p y ; but must differ f om him
in saying t at it is premature, or sen years
ahead of ti e. In fact, Broth r " Far-
mer's y is like that of a far er who
is without barn, and suffers to the ex-
tent of $40 a year from the want of it; a
friend offer to build a first-class barn for
$300, and t ke his paper for ten years at
si▪ x per cent Would anyone bel eye that
such a one ould say, " I -knew i vrould
pay, but I ill not attempt to, uild for
ten years." Farmers, look to yo r rights,
and don't g • into any speculatio -blind-
fold ; thin for yourselves. For he pres-
ent, 1 rema n your friend,
A 'ARMEE. OF NORTH H RON.
NORTH CRON, Dec. 26, 1870:
Cou
• The mos
just now,
daysof his
We will le
tice to th
and to say
comparison
leon, and
heroes of t
now is mu
interesting.
about who
be ''intervi
by,, the roy
out whom
might hay
who is rene
centrating
the whole
nipline of
The King
three, has
his seventh
far more in
reached th
become Co
was all don
about sixty -
of fifty-tw
reer wa.s_ov
Moltke beg
deed, befo
Moltke had
nius Very
is a point f
of Seventy
the world,
and the his
may et this
going throu
and the m
most tre
Meantime,
cheer old
men MOTe
fi
t Moltke, Aged 7Q.
potential matt in th4 world,
's General Moltke, nd the
ears are three score end ten.
ve military circles to do jus -
military genius of Moltke,
here he is to be p aced, in
with Wellington, am Napo-
arllsorough, and t e older
e world. What w desig*
h more simple, but equally
The "still stron man,
one hears so little, ho can
wed" only by Belem ck and
family Of Prussia ,i d with -
11 Bismarck's grand designs
been unavailing, t e man
'ug the art of war, ad eon—
ith Bitch terrible e cieney
orce and manhood rid dis-
ermany, is seventy years -old.
of Prussia, himself eventy-
ade him a.count in honor of
h birthday; but toi us it is
'resting to know that he has
age than to hear tha
nt Moltke. Marl
of war by the time
Napoleon died at
Welleigtoia'e mili
✓ before the age a
n to distinguish him
e the war with
kept his power and
uch to himself. He
✓ physiologists, that
ay alter the compl
•d the relation of
ory of civilization;
age have physical
h arduous bodily e
al power for sol
ndous military p
he has
orough
he was
the age
ary ca -
which
elf. In.
ustria,
his ge-
, then,
a man
xion of
ations,
hat he
wer for
ertione,
n the
ob ems.
let the example of Moltke,
en, and. make any young
est
0
C ORRES P 0 NDE NCE
(We- wish it to be distinctly understood
that we do not hold ourselves in any way
responsible for the opinions expressed by
our Corresponpents )
The Darwinian, Theory.
f" Oh wad some power the, giftie gie us
rto see oursels as others see us."
' MR. EDITOR: In your issue of the 23rd
inst., I observe that Dr. Smith makes a
gross personal attack upon me—the pre-
tended cause being some items that have
appearecl in certain papers in reference to
Dr. Vercoe's lecture on the Darwinla.n
theory, which. Dr. Smith, with tis -vial
known simplicity and ignorance, charges
me with writing. As 1 am well known
to the people of this part of the country,
having begun life and passed my ea•ly
days amongst them, I could easily afford
to treat hisdow personal abuse with that
silent contempt which it so- justly de- '
serves: However, as your paper ciecu-
lates where neither of us are known,
those not aware of the rude lying nature -
of the man, might innocently credit his
assertions and believe him to be that
for which Nature never intended him—
a. gentleman. 1 used the words "Pre-
tended cause" in my first sentence, for it
is well ketow that he has been waiting
long and patiently for a chance to vent
his low spite upon me—and as he has ht-
tle else to do, has, like Tam O'Shanter's.
wife, (whom in, many respects he resem-
bles), beee "nursing his wrath to keep it
warm." He signs himself the "Secre-
tary "—(it is WCI:'for the nociety that he
is not the Treasurer)—I say he signs him-
self "Secretary of the Literary Society,"
while the fact is the Society never auth-
orized him to write any such letter.
Messrs. Campbell and Watson repudiate
his attack and feel indignant at his abuse,
while Mr. Hayes is too much of a gentle-
man to countenance euch scurrility. The
other two members of which the Society
is composed, namely, Smith and Vernoe,
might be likened to master, and "man
Friday" having no doubt entered into a
co -partnership , in the matter, one being
behind -the screea pulling the wire, while
the other dances like a puppet in front.
To he plain,- no 'person who k ows Dr.
-Smith will be credulous eneu h to be-
lieve that he has brains enough o enable
him to compose that letter. The charge
'of being a "mountebaak'I will simply
leave with those of your - readers who
know how I have conducted myself since
I entered Seafortk as a medical man --as
they all know that I ain as much of a
mounteband as he is a scholar' orof a
man of common sense. As for the charge •
of having either "borrowed or stolen"
the cloakt'I was compelled. to wear when
I delivered the "valedictory" in the
Convocation Hall of *McGill University,
and that the wearing of a gown was not
authorized by the -Medical Faculty of
that college, 1 would remark that here
he displays an ignorance of university
rules 'winch proclaims to the world that
he never passed through one, unless like
the Negroe -who entered at the front
and was ejected 1.•ather suddenly through
the back door. In reference to "bor-
rowing" I would say, that people who
live in glass houses should avoid throw-
ing stones, and 'would advisehini topon-
der well tne quotation from Burns, with
which I begin this letter, as well as an-
other sentence in e good. old book. (not
Darwin's) which, judging from his aci
tions, he must have forgotten, naniely;
"The wicked man borroweth and. payeth
not again." lie even mentions, "steal-
ing." Well, I would say if I had bor-
rowed from all and sundry—clergymen,
hotel -keepers, mechanics and councillors
—and conveniently forgot to pay them, I
would be doing the very next -thing to
stealing ; but if I had entered a hotel to
read a paper, (for which I was too mean
to subscribe)—there being no sickness in
the house --and if I had been treated to a
Christmas dinner and had acted the
sponge in the matter of liquors, and if
afterwards I had gene to nay office ancl
charged the landlorda dollar for my
visit—if I had done that—my conscience
would tell we plainly that I had done
something lower and meaner than ever a
professional thief would etoop to do.
As for the "struggle for existence "
which he says I have to make, the • peo-
ple of Seaforth know well who is "strug-
gling for existence." If he is fully satis-
fied with the "struggle," cert unly I
have no reason to complain. In kis case.
however, he has the consolation oi know-
ing that though his stiuggle, no doubt,
is a very severe one, it -cannot, last long.
His rude. unfeeling' allusion to the dead
shows an utter absence of all moral feel-
ing and fine sentiment, and was men-
tioned by a Darwinite in town as a proof
of the Darwinian theory, naraely, that
some men, by their low animal instincts
and grovelling nature, show plainly that
they have descended by ii, kind of self -
development process from a well-known
domeetie animal which is more useful
when dead than aliVe. We adtise the
Doctor to enter one of our standard Uni-
versities -aid get an • `M, D." to his name,
(if he can,) and then he can lay alaint to
be a respectable physician, and be able to
say what he cannot at present, namely,
that he "entered by the door' into the
temple of knowledge, and did not climb
" up some other way. In regard to his
"obituary" we would not adyise him to
appoint any man to write it, unless he
first takes the precaution to give hien
some good lessons, which will enable the
writer to lie all through it, as the Dr.
does tall througb that letter. We have
now answered the persmeal abuse of both
wirepuller and puppet, knowing well that
the object of the former is to put the lat-
ter a -writing, resting assured -that like a
certain animal, (when he attempts to do
that for which he was never attended)he
will surely succeed in cutting his own
throat. No doubt your readers wilt say
as a man in Seaforth said the other elay,
after reading that letter, replete as it ie
with falsehood and low personal abuse
" What in creation has all this abuse of
Dr. Campbell to do with the Darwinian
theory ?" He might reasonably make
that remark, for, indeed, 1 don't know
myself, but I intend to hold a Coroner's
inquest for the purpose of finding ont.
With these two Darwinians on the jury,
We will undoubtedly have the mystery
cleared up. As for the Darwinian theory,
it SE.CIDS that both are utterly ashamed of
it, and are making painful spasmodic ef-
forts to convince the public of two
things,—First, that the Darwinian the.
on/ is strictly Scriptural- second, that
neither of them believe in that theory.
I hope this sudden change of belief may
be sincere, Lind that, like one of old, they
may "g� and sin no more, lest a greater
evil come upon them." In conclusion, I
would say that 1 have never attacked
any person through the columns of the
Exeosrron, and have on this occasion
taken up my pen purely in self-defence,
hoping that it may never be necessary
for me to do so again well knowing the
truth of the old adage, namely, "He
that enters into a contest with a sweep
may expect to receive some dirty raaa-ks,"
'remain, &c., -
J. Castreetie M. D.
[We suppose our readers have -'exioer
had about enough of the " Darwinian
_Tneroy," we know that we have, and
119pe our correspondents have also. We
trust our readers may be spared the in-
fliction of anything further on the sub-
ject . —En. EXPOSITOR.] -
VARIETIES,
It is far better to 3uffer than to base; the
power of suffering.
Experience is a torch lighted in the
_ashes of our delusion.
The tenderest heart loves best the bola
and courageous one.
Great natural gifts bring d;uties to their
possessor rather than priyileges.
As small print most tires the eyesse
little affairs most disturb and annoy us.
Oftentimes the most costly thing we
get is that which is given as
Fear springs sometimes as well from
want of judgment as fromwart of courage
The best ornament of a. country is the
sight of creatures enjoying then•existenee.
Superficial men have no absorbing pas-
sion ; there are no whirpools in a shallow.
Probably no historian'however accur-
ate, ever wrote as much truth as untruth.
The public singer that "draws" the
best—a mosquito.
Why is an over-worked horse like an
umbrella n- Because it is used up.
What is the difference between a pill.
and a hill? One is hard to get up, and
the other is hard to get down.
A -story is told of a young man who
was going West to open a jewelry store.
When asked what capital he had, he re-
.
phed, "A crowbar."
, Have you a sister? Then love and
cherish her. If you have not a, sister of
your own, then love and , cherish sane -
body else's sister.
A girl in Wisconsin swallowed forty
percussion caps. Her mother refrained
from spanking her ifor fear of an ex-
,
plosion.
Spriggins says he once prevented ase -
ore ease of hydrophobia by simply get-
ting on a high fence and waiting there
until the dog left.
The proprietor of a Boston bone in^ ill
advertises that "parties sending their
own bones to be ground will be attended
to with punctuality and dispatch."
"How did you get along en Path
without knowing the French language ?"
inquired a gentleman of Mrs. :Shoddy.
" Oh, we had an interrupter With as,"
complacently replied the old lady.
-Gentleman (to boatman)—You must
often, 1 should think, get wet, do you.
heor, of hot ? .nitless boatman—Yes, yer honor,
we does, werry wet, werry wet, indeed,
but Pai werry
dry, iriotjus tl enow,
h spower
Ye
ro
non
an. Rd onboermtHallistakd.
retort even in madness; A hypocritical
condoler with his misfortunes epee Visit-
ed him in the mad house, and said in a
whining tone: "What brought you here,
Mr. Hall t" Hall significantly touched
his brow with his finger, and replied
"What will never bring you, sir ; too
0111611 train."
"James, James 1" cried an' author**,
Wife, "1 have been callitig you to dinner
this half hour, and it is getting quite
cold." "Oh, is it' Well, you know, I
have just killed the cruel old uncle. His
property, of course, comes to his nephew
Charles, and am marrying biNi to Em.
ily. Keep the mitten hot till the eere-
=nil is over, there'a a dear."
. The most prodigious wirer of =node
is exhibited by the fish, The *hale
moves with a velocity through di dense
mellium, water, that would carry him
arkihl! the world- in less than a fortnight
8brlit people keep their sterling worth
in all changes of fortune, others, if
changeddri conclition, lose their charac-
ter. Bars of gold are less prized than
diamonds'but gold reduced to dust is
valuate, While diamond duet ie worth-
less.
A prisoner' of the St. Lawrence Coun-
ty, N. Y, Jail has discovered a new use
for soap. Having thoroughly soaked hie
right arm with soft soap, he was able to
thrust it through bars th etwould scarce-
ly have admitted an infant's, and unlock-
ing the door, was, by the connivance et
friends outside, enalned to make good his
escape. One is .able, after reading this,
better to appreciate Punch's idea, that
it would be a great blessing to mothers
if somebody could invent a soap that
would enable mammas to gettheir daugh-
ters off their haadi‘