The Huron Expositor, 1871-01-27, Page 4t
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THE HUR
N EX
OSITOR.
mass Mus sins • olis Mr&
J-ANUARY27• 1871.
MIMS 011111111Z ENSILSIMISISESSIM
RAILWAY I TIME TABLE.. •
Trains leave the Seafortli station a(
follows
GOING EAST. -
8.05 A. M.•
10.50 .f-` "
L35P.M.
5..45,..c•_.4.• 4
GOINCi WEST.
141.
8.50 " "
1.35 " "
8.05 A. M.
urn xpooitor.
Official Paper of the -County. -
FRIDAY, Jey*ITARYT 7, 1871
The War in Fkance.
The poeitioneof the French grows
more desperate every day,: The ar-
my of the North, and the arniy of
the Loire have -both Suffered fresh
defeats, and, the telegrams _say, are
- *gam undergoing the oft -repeated
ilrou'ess o repeganizadoe. The fall
of Paris cannot now, it would seem,
. be long delayed, since the hope of
succor from the Provinces has been
cut off. A sortie -was made by•Gen.
eral Trochu, on: the 19th, in
which the scarcely credible re-
port is that one hundred thousand
men were engaged. The sortie was
vigerous, .but .the. skill fully direct-
ed and rapidly -served artillery of the
Germats was toO much for the seige-
weakened troops of General Tiochu.•
Them is a general•feeting th4 the
end, that is, t',Ise fall of Paris, is not
far distant. But will that be the
end I We feat not. .The spirit an-
imating the French would seem to
indicate that until every French-
man iS iodividually whipped, they
will not give up the stmugg.,le or ac-
knowledge defeat. Meer the fall of
Paris the war may degenerate into
a, more ,bloody and dreadful phase
than it has yet aSsumed, and become
on the part of the French, .a disor-
ganized and desperate strriggle of
guerrillas. .The Germans may cap-
ture Paris, they may annex the Pro-
vinces, they may destroy the plea-
sant villages and thriving towns of
France by fire and sword, but they
can never stamp out the French na-
tion, nor pluek from the hearts of
Frenchnaentheir hatred for Ger-
many and their purpose of revenge.
Should the war assume this last and
most drealful form, the haughty old
autocrat Wholately asSumed the im-
perial crown of Germany may yet
find thee in crushing to the earth a
prostrate nation, he has exhausted
his. own country and crippled itsre-
sources.
British Columbia Joins the D
minion.
NeWs from the Pacific brings the
intelligence that the proposed terms
of union with Canada have unani-
mously passed the Legislative As-
sembly of 'British Columbia. Th
acceptance of these terms involves
the construction : of a railway across
the contieent from Canada Within
five tears. So that, if all now goes
smoothly, we may lobk out for liv
ly times in future. What with th
construction of the° Intercolonial,
the new road across the continent,
and the enlargement . of the canals,
we will have ourehands full, and if
we do not have a speedy change of
government, there will be some fine
fat jobs gomg. What has been in
the past, is nothing to what will be
in the future.
The Wellingtpn Grey and Bruce.
A 'Railway delegation from Hu-
ron., Perth and South Beuce, met a
number of the directors of the Gt at
Western Rahway, also of the Wel-
lington, Grey., and Bruceiett Hamil-
ton, on Wedaesday. the )18th inst.
The delegates 'wereeentertained at a
luneh by the directors. The whole
question of the branch to Kincar-
dine was, discussed for, several hours
in the most exhatistive and entice-
ble manner. The discussion wts
brought to a conclusion_ by the adop.
tion of the following iresolutions—
Mr. Price and Mr. Muir, ou behalf
of the Great Western Railway,Anty-
ing expressed their entire concur-
rence in the scheme, and .agreeing - to
recommend theirDirectors to extend
to the brands line the same agree-
ment as that under which the main
lines of the Wellington, Grey and
Bruce Railway is now. being con-
structed :—
Moved by Wm. MeGiven, Esq.,
I'resident, seconded by A. T. Wood,
Esq., and resolved—That after the
explanations heard this evening, the
Directois of the Wellington, Grey
and 'Bruce Railway pledge them-
selves—on a bones of $6,000 per
mile being granted by the munici-
palities—that they will aid and far:
ther the construction of an exten-
sion of their road to Kincardine from
some point on their line not further
south than the neighborhood of
Palmerston, or further north than
some point in Minto, serving North
Huron, South Brut* and surround-
ing districts.
Moved by Thos. Gibson Esq,.of
Wroxeter, seconded by M. Camp-
a
a
bell, Esq1., of Luc11ncw, and resol
ed—That the reso ution pabeed b
the Directors o 1 the Wellingto
Grey and &lice JaiJway is satisfa
tory to this Depusation and is a
cepted by them. I
The following are the names of tl e
gentlemen from Ilthron who forme
the 4eputatioii :—Township of Ho
ick T. Gibson, ch irman of deput
'i'ownshp lof Turnberry
Messer, Re; NV. H. teed
tion.
3 oh
Cour
ry.
Stra
wan
Kay
Wa
Ree
Som
ship
Cou'
we h
the
Boer
Wes.
7
cillor ; H. J. Brace, J. Greg -
'Township of Grey—Thorn•
han. Townsl
sh—Robert C
Councillme
anosh—Eclwi
e. Lucknove
ryille, Alex.
of Ashfield
cillor.•
ip of East NV;''
rrie, George M
ownship of We
Gaunt, Deput
‘viliage7--.Jam
urray. Tow
Andrew
Since the bc4re. was in tyi
ve been show a letter frot
Secretary 1 ofl the Canadia
of Dire to s, of the Gise t
ern Railwaiy, o ThomasIGi -
son, isle., of Wise ter, stating that,
they had decidect-td recommend, th
English Board t•:!• recognize and a
eist in the construction of the Ki
cardihe branch f ' he ingtonL
Grey andBruce, o conditions the't
the inumcipaliti s erough which i
,
will pass, Will Co ttebute to the e
Vent of $6,000 pr ilile.
li
Th
Rails
Rail
Mon
doe b
)ut t
S SC
Rail veil afters.
London IBA ron, and Time
ay , bill 1) tss d through th
arcornraft ee successfully o
ay last, and !there., is littl
,but that speedily b
re' aining stages
1)i becomes law
di will have an op
.
int-, the rutal InU
rough the
n as the
ur, ondon frie
ortunity of sho
iiioip
arne
iber
ion.
repa
ust
do
acke
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ime
hat
efor
igh
)ense
hart
ost, 1
tis het.
Peditions from th
•
•
lities that
e in the rn
bonus in
If tfie' peo
ed to contrlbi
roportion of t
rbt but they
up and sec°
lities through
ass. If, how
y delay, and
-rill be done
they make
as well have
and trouble
r. There' is
t them strike
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tt
id
ardi
lave
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e;
,een presente
g that the as
ent to the charter
on, ley and Bruc
.ot gt anted. Whe
ions re such field hey 'will have
ny w ight with tit House, or what
he p titions are, w are not -yet in
posi ion to say. irne will tell.
are really i
:by passing
f its construe
of L ndon ar
te the'ri fair an
e cost
will
ded b
,there
be abl
the mu
Melt the roa
ver, they los
ane fire to se
y the .country
ventiire, the•
;saved .the ex
iof getting di
o time to r,
ithe iron whil
people of. Kin
and elsewhere
to ttie House
ed for amend
of the, Welling -
Company, be
her these peti-
Pag
Ki
PPea
ian erinces, and 1
itle o
tates
u ty-
rocla
UCCeS
y works of peace
zatio
ar.
ersa
lage
rm y.
he h
ther
Emperor of
that ' he consi
or -fa thud,
atim , prays
inky prot
fr
by
n
1,
I I
4,nd not
The cerein
Iles amid
f princes a
There wa.
adqUarters,
itieS., Trude
a
ned Epapero
yielded to the
and oftthe Ger
es assumed the
ermany. He
ers this Step a
nd, in.. a pious
hat he and his
�t the empire
edom and civil -
the agency o
ri
ek place at
liant assem-
fficers Of the
uch rejoicing at
d in Berlin and
. these eventful
nd almost wontarf 1 Icircumstances
as oc erred anether 'step in the suc-
eSe a d eggrandire ent of the Ho-
enzolleraL
.TH
1 to▪ n
•et be
Fisiteettesre-
Not a
n made out
fins, in which th4 C
ies a
t le A
d to
r laint
ccurr
ted i1iega11r. o
can Gove
stablish juet
in any instan
d. -
Says the Ham-
ingle case has
y the Ameri-
nadifan author -
harshly; and
nment has fail -
rounds of corn -
ie that -has yet
DE Tit M
leGe -widow of
, McGee, died s
dertc in Monti
se It is said t
ad e oyed perfe t
f het de th
er left' horn
her moth
aud When
fterwards,
es, Withh
r and perfe
me
augh
1 avin
sual,
ours
her kn
re
MoGee.—Mrs,
late Hon. T.
enly at her re -
on ,the 19th
Mrs. McGee
ea) th Up, to the
Her eldest
the forenoon,
apparently a.s
a turned a few
e d her upon
yer-book be-
ead.
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r,
he
tl
Mb.NLJGHT IN 18
y of note that ther
oon n the first we
first se -en. Months o
July ti ere ill be t
z - o
the 2d and t
ix the rem inin' gifi
oon ill be at the
eek o each month.
a ly be many year s 1
h ppen again. •
1.—It is wm-
will be a full
_
f each of the
the year. In
o full- moons,
31sC And
tnonths the
ull in the list
It will prob.-
re this will
•
MUGU
TURAL MEETINGS.
uth Huron.
.. The Annual Meeting ofthe:South
' Iii pen, on
t
Huron' Agricultural Soci ty was
held at Shaw's Hotel,
Wednesday, the 18th inst. The at-
tendanoe was not nearly so largeas
se imnortarit a meeting to agricultu-
ralists generally, should have been;
but still the meeting could not be
said to be !meagerly attended. The
greatest possible unanimity of feel-
ing characterised the proceedings,
anda1.present seemed highly satis-
fied With the manner' in which the
affairs of the Society had been -man
aged during, the past year, and plea-
sed that its !present position and fu-
ture prcspects were so encouraging
and bright.,
The proceeding:, were commenced
by the Secretary reading the minutes
of the lastlanntral meeting-, which
were'approied• he the meeting, and
signied -by the 'President. ..After
whibh the following report of the
ft.
Direetcrs w s read by theSecretary :
We, the o cers and directors, Of the
-South Huron Agricultural Society,for
the year -187(,;beg leave to say, that our
Spring,. Show was al most successful one.
There were e ghteep entire horses shown,
in three slass is, and all of them superior
animals; the e were also thirteen hnlls
shoWn. eight )f them being thoroughbred
Durbain, the rest Durham. grades. The
thoroughbred: wer'e a rery 'fine lot -in-
deed. $94 w s awarded in prizes at the
Spring Show. The Fall Show was held
at the villag of Exoter, 'and, notwith-
standing a ry Wet day, was at good
show, and sai much for the progre s and
enterprise of our farmers. Abell $435
t
were given as prizes at , the Fall 'how, -
$60 of which was a voluntary cm tribu-
tion, raised y the inhabitants of the
-village of Exeter, and was devoted to
giving two prizes, one of $60, the other
$20 to ba,ncli ' of music; the iirst prize
was awarded to the Goderich band, and
the' second prize to the Lucan iband.
We also gave $2'17 als prizes for potatoes,
-turnips, carrots land, mango's. growing
in the field. The 1J,m14es reported the
ground under roots Ito•be in a good state
of cultivation Onj the 27th day of Oc-
tober we ha a Ploughing Match, the
day -being fay rable, and thirty plough --
men compete . The general opinion
was that the workwas well done, and
that the mat h Was a great success.
Prizes to the mount of $101 were paid
in cash, and $146 in agricultural imple-
ments, includ ng two ploughs, a cultiva-
tor, and a nel reaping machine present-.
ed -by Mr. Ma sey of Newcastle ; a news
• paper for a ye rwas also among the prizes.
We have 0:: in to report a rather wet
season, unfa orable for. our clay soil.
Root crops w re below an average,and
our old staple, the wheat crop, far below
an average. Ve have, however, great
pleasure in sa ng that the present sea-
son was favo able to pastures; that our
cheese fact`ori s are succeeding and in-
creasing, and that lthe tendency of the
times is still n ore fdr dairying and stock.
raising, and t Ward. less , dependence' on
the wheat cro . ' A 1 of which is respect-
fully submitte 1. By rderiof tbe directors.
GEORG AN ERSON, President.
HUGH LoV , Sr., Secretary.
The following is a statement of
the receipts 'and expenditures for
the past year: •
Receipts for the' year 18707 --TO egis-
latiVe grant to South Huron, $70 ; to
grant from Cmaia Company for heat
prize, $30 ; toicash from Mr. Cox, 1 50;
contribution f om Stephen Agricu Itural
Society, 82501; sash from sale .of seed
wheat, $2 ; i plements, -valued at 146,
prese#ted bs Messrs) Massey and
others, $146; donat,iolk from M. C. Cam-
eron, Esq., M, P., $20; ,members' sub-
scriptions, $133; contributions of Branch
Societies to Plonghing Match, $28 38 ;
cash from Mr Courtiee, 35;$total re-
ceipts, 81,356 88.1 Expenditsre---By
paid. Spribg §' ow prizes, $94 ; Fall Show -
prizes, $376 ; 1Ploughing, Match prizes,
$247 ; payme its to Branch Societies,
$411 63 ; priiiting bills, Mr. Lu ton,
$43 94 ; salary of. Secretary, $35; alary:
of Treasurer, 825 ; Messrs. Drew, haw,
Dixon and attenbury, bills a ainst
Judges, $36 2 ; remuneration o root.
crop Judges, 15 ; incidental exp nses,
including sta oflery and postage au-
ditors' fees, $25 94; total ex endi-
ture, $1,309 6; balance in han is of
Treasurer, $47 12.
Moved by Mr. •Ilunter, -.fsedo s ded
by Mr. Pick rd, that the report .just
read be adopt d. —Ca rried I
ELECT ON OF OFFICERS.
Mr. Pickard,: SeCO • ded
ting, that Mr." Geo. An-
-eleiited Preside
Mr. Sirnpson, seconded
ard #unter, that .Mr.
be 1 t Vice -President.
Mr. Wilson, seconded
ass, that Mr. Bell be
idente—barried.
r. Simpson, ' seco ded
nberry, that Mr, Hugh
cted Secretary. Cal -
Moved b
by Mr. Man
dersen be I
Carried.
Moved ,l)y
by, Mr. Leo
Arch. Bisho
—Carried.
Moved by
by Mr. Wan
2nd Vice -Pre
Moved by
by Mr. Ratt
Love be re -el
ried.
Moved by
by Mr. -Man
Mr. Pickard, seco ded
in,g, -Itret, Mr. E E. tress -
well, be re-elected Treasuren—ICar-
ried.
The folio
then electeu•
Goderich
Goderich To
ley, Thos. Si
Wilson; Step
Usborne, rJa
smith, Jai.
Coleman and
Auditors
ville, and Ro
ing gentlemen were
'RECTORS:
-
own hip, Wm. Wise ;
s. Dickson Stan -
Re° i Bay, Williarn
ere Richard Manning;
es Pickard ; Tuaker-
cLea ; Seaford), Dr.
M. McLean.
Geo. jeckson, Egmond-
ert 13rown, Hay.
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I I
THE PROVINCIAL EXHIBITION.
A circular was read by the Secre-
tary, from Hen, Mr. Skead, setting
forth certain rregularities by which
the decision i4 favor of Kingston as
the next site fpr the Provincial Ex-
hibition, was brained at the Annual
Meeti g of the Provincial Agricul-
tural JAssociation, and asking the
Societly to pronounce upon the sub-
ject.
. 4. e mmittee, consisting of Messrs.
Cress ell, Brown, Wanless -and M.
Y. MbLean, was appointed to en-
quire intd and report upon the
grieve ice of Mr. Skead.
Ths meeting adjourned for half an
hour • order to afford the commit-
tee a opportunity to make their
retor
Aft
r the Meeting re -assembled,
ithe co mittee teported, that while
it was to be regretted - that such ir-
regulrities should have occurred,
yet, t ley did not eonsider it advisa-
ble th t steps should be taken that
'would interfere with the decision
which had been given, and at the
same time expressed gratification
that s ich steps had been taken by
the A. sociation as would prevent
simila • irregularities in the future.
voTEs OF THANKS.
The President left the Chair, and
Dr.Igeleman took his place, when
'VOW'S f *thanks were unanimously
c,arriec in favor of Mr. Anderson,- as
Presid nt, 'Mr. Love, as Secretary,
and i1Ir. Uresswell as Treasurer, also
to the lAuditois, Messrs. Jackson and
Btowr, for the able manner in which
they h d filled their several offices
durin the past year. Suitable re-
Tiies ere made by each of theabove
gentlemen. After the transaction
of scan 'further business of no public
irnfior nce, the meeting adjourned
for th
ANNUAL DINNER, •
Wide1 was served in a commodions
upper .00tn Of the hotel. Through
the courtesy of L. Ma.neting, of Exe
ter,,w bad the oivilege of .viewing
the tat les before the despoilingmul-
titude Were admittdd to the room,
and we !nest say that more neatly
arrang d or more bountifully pro-vi-
ded ta )1es, we haVe Seldom seen'
spread or any public entertainment.
The ro na, too, was handsomely dec-
orated with evergreens, and other
°Imam nts. Indeed, Mr. Shaw, and
his exc llent lady, are entitled to
the dr nks,not. only of every mem-
ber, but also of every well-wisher of
the So iety, for the admirable and
liberal matnner in which they per-
formed their difficult part.
Abd t 7 o'clock, dinner was an-
nounce and in a vety short time
the ta les were completelysurround-
ed with the stalwart and substantial
fanners of South Huron, and their
,friends The Chair was occupied
by the President, and- the !Vice -
Chair by William Bell, second
Vice -President. Dr. Coleman was
Called upon to say grace, after which
all proceeded to satisfy the cravings
of the inner man from the heavily
laden tables before them. When ani-
ple justice had been done to the re-
past, the tables were cleared- and ar-
rangements made for the 'intellec-
tual feast. -
The Secretary read letters of
apology from M. C. Cameron, M.P.,
Isaac Carling, M.P.P., Professor
Bucklaud, N. J. -Massey, Newcastle,
:Benjamin Bell, St. George, and
others.
The chairman then gave the stand-
ard toasts, "The Queen," and the
" Gdvernor-General," both of which
were, of course, enthusiastically re-
ceived, the company -joining in sing-
ing the National Anthem.
The next toast was "The Army,
Navy, and Volunteers," cappled
with the names of Major :Coleman
and Captain Jackson.
Major @oletuan stated that it W-
as
with LgJe4t deal of pleasure he wits
called upon to respond to the toast.
-Of the Army and _Navy he dia not
know much, but wfrth the Volun-
teer force he had considerable ac-
quaie tance, having been connected
with it for eight Years, and he was
happy to eity that they had proven
themselves ready and williug to turn
out in defence of their country at
• all times when their services weee
required. Many, of them at va4ous
times had left their homes at the sa-
crifice of much comfort end con.veni-
ence in order to do tattle with the
enemy.' and drive the invader from
or borders. It was well for us we
had a system of Government which
(fostered and encouraged volunteers.
For the past four or five years we
have had considerable trouble in. the
country, and more than once our soil
has been invaded by an enemy, but
on each and every occasion the vol-
unteers, one end all, came manfully'
forward and drove the invading rab-
ble speedily .from our shores; and
while the volunteers had acted so
nobly, it was pleasing :to be able to
say that nothing like dilatoriness
could ever be charged upon the
heads of the departments. He felt
sure that if occasion required, that all
would become, not only in name,
but in actions, thorough volunteers.
- Captain Jackson was not connect-
ed with the volunteer force at the
present time, but he thought it
difficult to discriminate between one
who was a volunteer and one who
was not. In looking around, he felt
sure, that, did necessity arise, all
would b volunteers. He consider-
ed that t
calls lou
believed
e present state of Europe
ly to us to prepare and he I a
that the time will soon y
'1
come,. when all Might be required to
come forward in defence of their
i,
country, and r
he felt sue that -I'd
such an emergeni
ey arise there as
not a man in the country who
would not be pre ')ared to come for-
ward. A manew o was not pre a -
red to defend his country was otif
worthy of having a country to e
fend, and he fe14 sure that th re
least. .but few, suet in this County at
Song by Mr. Carmichael, of S a -
forth, "Building Castles in the Kr."
Agricultural song, by Nr. Bell.
"The Agrieultural Intereas of
Canada"' was proposed, and brie y
responded to by Mr. McMordie , id
LMoy;e,Manning,sialso by Mr. Htieb
. Song by Mr, Lliek, "Sons of the
-Free."
"Phe Commetcial Interests of
Canada," ably responded to by r.
Coleman, of Sealorth, and Arr. Ja k -
son, of Egroondvi'ile.
Song by Mr. pick, "Oh, 'Tibb'e,
j hae eeen _the Day."
"The !Railway : Interests of Can-
ada," was the next toast. "
Mr. 'Wilson, Tewnship Clerk • of
Hely, responded. He said that ie
had come to Canada in the . fall of
1840. At that time there were no
roads worth speaking about in this
part of the counts). 'He occupied
100 acres, and for several Yeavs )0
had to pay po cents a_ year tax S
and do :two days' statute lab n.
Now, however, he had to pay $ 6
for taxes and Statute labor, and re
found that much easier than the u ve
days and 50 cents in olden tire a
Now that we had better roads, Ai e
were wanting better railway acco 14-
ITI °dation . True, i we bad • one road
within pretty easy reach, but it sy Is
'e
generally the case that where the
was no opposition there was impoeis
tion, eud now they wanted anoth
railway, in order I that the impo. r -
tion might be done away with, Tie
progress the County of Huron h s
made within the "last thirty years es
astonishing. In-lolden- times, the
farmers here used to make "bees" to
get their harvesting 'donee .Mesei
Coor•er and John McLean were the
.lai'gest farmers at that time' in the-
-vicinity, and it used to take nearly
the whole neighborhood to get
tit:le:F."1i with their ha' vesting in
Mr. Bell stated that he had, be-
fore now, left Kippen• and gone to
London, with four bushels of wheat
on an ox's baek, to get it ground
bread,
i•
-Ur. Brown, Reeve of ,Hay, s41
that his impression was, front whet
he had seen_ and hem -d in London,
bhat the new railway was going to'
be built, provided the municipalities
would give sufficient assistanceBe
believed that railways were of i i-
mense benefit to !the chianti -yr, and
he would like to see this new road
go on, tor he 'believed ' that it, to
would immensely benefit this cou i-
ty. ',• We wantedcompetition in
raihoads, as.well es in everything
ehe, and he believed it eo be to the
-interests of the people to use their
influence to have the London Dar-
row guage brought through this sec-
tion of conntry. i
Mr. • Charles N,Vhiteman, , son,
"The Fellow who Looks like me." !
"The Agriculthral interests 0f
Huron," responded to by Mr. GO.
Anderson.- Mr. Anderson said th4t
the agricultural, prosperity'of Ilti-
ron had been so ;raid that it was al-
most impossible foti,, hint to trace 4.
When he now looted back twenty-
sixi
,
W p
years, he was sometimes ae
.tonished to see the rapid strideis
b ich a gricrt I t u rail imrovement's
i
had taken. At that time) this
country was one dense forest, and
would, undoubtedly, have remained
so for some time, had not the sons. Of '
Britain - come and made comfortable
homes for themselves and for their
families. What was then -a howl-
ing wilderness is now, through the
industry and persevel awe of the
settlers, fine cultiveted fields. Now, ,
we have our railwaysrour salt well, ,
and many other advantages and itn.
provements where we never expect- I
ed to see them. At that time, the
settlers went to Goderich with the4.,
ex teams, taking two days to do it,
and then getting - little or nothing
for the produce they sold. Now,
however, there were markets conve-
nient, where farmers could get th‘ ,
highest prices, in cash, for every ari-j
ticle they could grow Enpon their
farms. We have, raised Step by
step; first, graded roa s; secon4
gravel roads; third, railroads; and
now we are desirous of having ad,
ditional railway acco modatiore
When the imprpvement have been
so rapid within the p st twenty
Years, what may we n t look for
during the twenty years come.
Song by Mr. Carmich el;" Sit y
`down here my cronies.
: Mr. Jackson, ot Luca also res,
ponded to this toast. H said that
he Agricultural Society of Huror.
eserved all praise, for the strenu,
us exertions it had eve put forth
or the advancement of gricultare,
nd for the encourage ent it had
afforded to the manuf turers of
gricultural implemente. Go where
ou might, and you would hear that
a
the County of Huron. was always
ahead in all things, that would tend
to advance the intereas of agriohl-
ture and man ufaeturiee. In fact he
might say that the South Riding
Society was looked. upon every place
he had been as a: leacting Society.
Songs by Messrs. Bell and Dick.
The breeders of imported stock,
conpled -with the names of Messes.
Manning and Taylor, each of whom
made appropriate addresses.
Mr. Hugh Love, the Secretary of
. the Society, was loudly called for,
and notwithstanding that he had
for -
some weeks been much indisposed,
and under the care of the doctor, he
made a mo'st able speech. He con-
sidered the importance to farmers of
having thorough -bred stock amongst
their herds very great. For several
years past .there was nothing which
the fanner could turn his attention
to more profitable than the breeding
and raising of stock, --and although
for the past month the stock market
was dull, and drovers hadlost money,
yet it would not be long so. There
would alwas be a lively demand. for
'stock and dairy products, and especi-
ally thoroughbred stock. Even
now, • during the dall time, good
stock was in demand. While bete
we could only get from 4 la) 5 cents
for common stock, in Guelph and
other places, thoroughbred stock
was selling at from 7 to 9 cents.
This was a great difference, and
would well repay farmers for any
inve,stments they might make in the
-.way of improving their stock: At
the present time he was sorry to say
the prosPects. for the farme:ss Were
by no Meens the brightest. Their
old staple wheat Ltd -enEirely
them It xvrath therefore now for
them to look out fore. , somethinelse
upon which they could rely. Im-
proving the stock and devoting more
attention to dairy:farming, will pay
in two ways. 'Our lands will be im-
provede its exhausted energies will
be recuperated, and in a few- years
we will be able to grow better wheat
than we have ever done before
Besides this)farmers will be enabled
to work themselves into a, much bet-.
tr
er beed of stock, at comparatively
little cost, than they havehad before.
r
M. Love concluded a really gcod
and useful speech by showing how
rapidly Canada was gai6
niner position
and importance as.a stock -breeding
country. Re=stated that parties not
only came from the old country to
get stock here, but Mr. Cochrane
has shipped several of his fine ani-
mals -to Utah and other foreign mar-
kets. Mr. Love urged his fellow --
farmers to take courage and push
forward, end assured them that a
bright future was in store for them
Songby Dr. Coleman,—" A fine
old Irish Gentleman." ,
The manufacturing interests of the
country was proposed by Dr. Cole-
man, and responded to in an -able
manner by Mr. Matheson of the
Clinton Hew Era.
Sone. by Mr. Carmichael,—" The
Drunkard's Raggit Wean."
The Press, was proposed by the
chairman, and responded to by Mr.
Youngof the Signal, and Mr. Mc-
Lean of the HURON Ex.PosiTon. .
Song by Mr. Love;—" I care for
no u gib t in Gowrie."
The Municipal Institutions, res-
-
ponaed to by
Mr. David Wanless, of Hay. So.-
far as his experience went, munici-
nal matters in his township were go-
ing on smoothly and satisfactorily.
He considered that this new railway -
project, if properly carried out,
would 1,e of vast benefit to this coun-
try, and he would warn all, to guard
h a :
ae much possible against Petty
local jealousies and prejudices.
'These, if ellowed to intrude would
have a tendency to retard the pro-
gress of the enterprise very much.
All should go upon .the broad and
liberal principle of doing the great-
est possible good to the greatest pos-
sible Dumber. Should the railve'ay
scheme succeed, there Was A great
deal of material which was now ly-
ing dormant that could be turned to
good account, as for instance; timber,.
tan bark, tSrc.
Mr, Simpson., Reeve of Stanley,
was also called upon to reply to the
toast, and made a very neat and aas:
propriate speech , He had -been
identified with municipal institu-
tions for some considerable time, and •
from his experience he could safely
say that they were a benefit or a•
blessing just in so far as they were
well and properly managed.. If
there are men in. office who are pru-
dent, and have the best interests Of
their con stituents at heart, and act
accordingly, then our municipal in-
stitutions are undoubtedly a benefit,,.but if, on the other hand, those inffi
office act in a contrarymantter, then,
of course, the result is the reverse.
The municipal institutions were
more closely identified with the peo-
ple than any other, and the member.%
of those institutions were, on thatr
account, more closely watched, and)
he believed it was well that such was:
the case. The position .of a munici-
pal officer was an extremely difficult
and thankless one. It was impossi-
ble to please all– If money were
expended oa necessary improvements
councils were blamed for squander.
JAN-Tr/tux
ing the money. and A
rate of taxation; and
were kept down, Ito:
because thew ,did not,*
ments. He eonsider
that the public man v
best, and was most tli
he who acted as he
lieved was _ right, ant
straightfm ward a nd hor
M.r. Brown, B.eev-e
also called upon ts$
had been -cerrneillor
years., and be believed
er he remained in eor
municipal inetitutiows
knew about them. I
the practice which
this country for son
continually tinkering NI
aspal laav 8:- No sootier
son become a little !
the laws ill Veserue, tha
change was Made, will
as far back as he wi•
meneement. The just
country were as good
bly be formal The s
country havel the sole
ef their own laffairs ;
theyhave the best ;sad
tions which eau be ,
terms, of office are silo
man dbes not 40 1,010:
will soon be found ota
be turned out of oilim
Song, by Th. earmit
the Kye eannes Hamee
. 'The Kippen Reapin
SJekty, proposed bv
Mr. Robert INIe.11
He saidaeharlit
pleasUm Ite *.ned eta
this society,- as it,
ttxrviteatlis. etiff"1;tlacte,i0T-Ii
good- in tile' counts-. .
'originated in' 1
bet tetween two part,
would cradle: the most
has been in existence
Mr. MeMordie then w
aiderable length, and
eloquent manner, to
vast benefits acerning
society; and konsidere,
vantageous tO the nue
well as to the farmer.:
required to earehase
not, no 'so to -better ac
when he SaAV'it work
nianufacturer could
have a better opportur
th
ainagd the
fm
ohrablaerirocinr
than at a teaping mat<
Mr. Thomson, made
priate and sensible ren
to the toa',t He trat
staldes which agricultu
had taken ini the mare
mem ; and:ai an. insta
he remarked that a bo
only twelve years of
Summer, by the nee
cut,' raked, and :ii
barn, th.e hay from
Mr. Thomson also ur
ty for, and benefits ot
manufa c turing institut
out the country.
" The Host :Ind- I
proposed by the Chain
being duly honored, es
to by Mr. bhaw, itt ee
ner. After Which, a
night had lang syne tu
-one of the nu.)st
harmonious gathering
tended ter a long tin'
and all, er nearly Al;
ways to their respectix!
pl eiv
oodays edelse Long
Itilmonagnr
and plenty, be the lot
farmers, one itard
ron, say we..
North Flue
The annuoi meeting
Huron Agricul t n ral
at the Orange Hall
Thursday, the 19tla it
tendance was not larg
cipal business transat
election of ofiieers and
the year. The Chair
by II. Snell, Esq., Prr
anneal report of the
Treasurer were mad.
The report showed
in a progressive and la
ditiort, and clearly ind;
officers, one and ails
past year, put forth tb
ertions to further the i
soeietzi, as well as of a
North Huron. The
list of the
osarrestas
IL Snell, re-elect
W. J. Bingham, 1st V
Robert Govenlock,
dent, S M.alcolm,
McTaggart, Treasurer
cey and M. Robertson
DIRECTORS—T. Tay
ler, A. l'isher, Rich4
Rye, Jas. McMichael
John Mason, and C.
Ir was agreed that
Dinner should be held
at Clinton. Messrs.'
kins, Andrews, and
were appointed a tom
ry out the neCessary,
for the Dinner.
Considerable discus
as to the propriety 01
Hullett Branch, but