The Huron Expositor, 1872-03-01, Page 1,
Fi.m. 23, 18
Blyth.
ea NOTATil. DErrTATtON.-One of the,
moersublitue•aml inflaential depotationn
that ever left this country took its ate
teerture from Elena for Toronto oh the:
3/st alt., to prevent Blake finer raeddh'
hig with. the Myth Ragiatry (them rt
is right that the putelte shoull know.
something &Inert this powerful depute.-
-en. It consisted of Wm. Sloan, Wm.
Drummond, and " our Pad" and Iti,
1 new buffalo coat, all welt k..11.0 WU to.,
fame. They left here in a special bob.
1
0
L - sleigh. drawn by two horses. Their--
, .
' journey to. Toronto US a tritunplicehleeorneei
At every way station thee- were
... admiring crowds. Areived in Toroo-
the Grand Trunk Kindly- ran &special
train with them up tn the doer of the
Parliament Homes where they were re-
ceived with due horror by the Speaker
and )Jr. Blake. John Sandfiell. was de.
lighted to aee hie 6,1c1 friead, "oar Pad,"
. --: Thethree great xneu were hitroduced in. to the' body of the House and highly ,
hollered byeell the Members. The Hone
John S. prodaced a bottle from the in-
side packet a his vest, and invited "our
-pad"- to "shed a _tear." " -1704 fueset.
eir," said Pad. I was glad to eee thin
ex.:emplitication_ of Blyth paliteaese. It.
' eeemed to have & pleasing effect on the
whole House. Mr. Sloan, got up, with
hia usual digeitee to explaia the cause a
*oil- presence, but " our Pad " -gave hinn
a short jerk- by the coat-tail. sayino
oarrah whist, -- yees '• y'll bust -the'e,
a
whole bluddy thing. Let me talk'
/ business to 'em." Our Pad then address -
ii ed the Moue in his peculiarly chaste
si-Ie as follows e "Ladies and gintle--
num- Me and these uther 2 men was
seri t do -we, bi Mr. ifays to tell YceS that
we can't lathe Registry Office be move*
@Idly Blythe Ahl: that kilts yees ; that brute yees Tead ; bat we can buet the-
, .
r -whole bludidee Govermint. It don't,
goot us ta ke thiaeaffice go. - I have the
i., lember ready for ,a TIONV 011e. I harVe
t.
just finished the 'higgeat hall in the
- "aunty's and I ant now ready for the
egistry Office. Ah, that leitis yeas ;„
at harts yees bad." All the members
of the Gavernraent begged li,int to be calm, anchtliet they would elo 'just what,
he wished. " Our Pa.d it looked grand'
[ to his big buffalo chats The whole
r Howe admired it greatly, and the
,
Speaker hoped that every member
twoutd wear a buffalo coat for the
-
future. Wherever ' ' oot Pad" went, hes
. had people after him to get the
patteru of his big buffalo coat-. Itirs.
!Howland expressed a wish to see it, and
: aCeordingly the three deleaates were es-
.- corteci to the GovernmeneHouse. Some
: of the ladies thought it would make a
-
rand petticoat, '' Our Pact 7' -was the
liaa of the party. There was a strong, '
wish, manifested to keep him in Toronto.
:The speaker offered to make him Pay-
Inaster-Ceneral of the House and he Was•
onea offered the contract for building
the new poet office. But " 0 un Pad."
told them that his milling business in
Hanle was so- -v-ast aid important that
.he could not think of leaving it, at least,
'nail the wheat buying season was over. •
On his promising to return to them again
ae soffit as his easiness permitted, he was -
allowed to depart for home. No notice
Was taken ef the other two.. " parties."
'44 Our Pad" merely ordered them to make
a bee -line after him for the car. When
it waa kuowu. that they were coming
honie, our whale villagenurned out, and
met the stage at the toil -gate. In a mo-
ment the1ewere from the stage and
stoue fellows -hitched themselves to it
and drew it . in triumph to Mrs, Head -
e .
leeta hotel. eilaau enamel. attempted to-
nake a speech about their doings, but
' Our Ped " innaped up and stid her
night tal'he away now; bekase only for
tiot the whole thing was busted. " Oh,.
ihakes," khidlie, " sure you and Drum --
'frond stood 'with your great long hlack
as, like two preachers and wereafeared
.0 Say a word." Sloan retorted that
Our Pad" did not act very potitely be -
ere hire. Howland. " Our Pad" replied
cares for wiromin e What the.
as- do I care for n-irinniu ?" Shane jump,
ip on a coal ail barrel saying, '' Boyle,
-ees have done farshrate and don't
elarrei now. We have the Registry
efice and welt keep it. for they are the
iteht kind, of boys. They are good 0113 -
enters of mine." He spoke much in.
;eaiet.y of Mrs., Headley's well -kept and
etdish-iooking tavern,. and added, "I
.'vt: naart that wishes tdelive aaicl let live,
ad I. hope ta see e -very house in Blyth
well painted as thia before next new
earn 1thov, boys come in all and wet
er &lay." Hurrah, then, for the Blyth
Legistry offiee as firm here Dow- as the „
tele af Cashel. If any of your people- e
rant arty deputation bush:less in Toronto.
Ih.ate the right men for it hert. They
ql1 be ready at the shortest notice, only
,fthiring their expenses paid and a very'
eiderate additional censideratiao. e
E. e.1 H.
Harriston.
6G E1/VIM-IL-1"1LjS is a newonter-
rise for our go-ahead little town._
homaa Sloan, of Htillett, and Robert
'ougiast formerlY of Kinineree, have pur-
lased a very fine half -acre lot, in the.
ilhse of a trianoie • upon Mill -street.
_ e
hey are nuking preparations for build;
inunesitately, and are determined to,
aharle heavily ia the egg business when.
telaeasou arrive. ir. loan is going
4a.vt a number. of tenement hoeses ofl
re above; lot, which is very suitable for:
ie purpose. Mr. Siam is a keen
t rewit business man, weit fitted. for his
•eniat undertaking, whielo we have
nry conticl&nce, will be a success. Mr.
,ean and Mr. DouglaS are both well
veep, to many reacierS , Of the Ex--
ht-oseine'S RIGHTS, -011 Friday even -
last, a laughable scene was. wi tneSsett
the parlor ot Ailarrela- Hotel, -wheee a
-Lieber of ladies were sitting, among
horn was Maderta Wileon, the fertune-
ller. In a few minutes, a number Of
eita came in, when a 1 the ladies left
it Madam WilSon.. After the social
nes wae oue of the gents: Mr.
gees, eurnmercial tra.veler from Ham -
ore got ieto cove -creation evith hl re-
".ilson. He had said hat a few worde,
hen he eressii-y end c welly insuned the
iy.e • 4 k
NOW tO9ki. vurv nii.tly for a few
reaule, them rieitie to her feet, she ad-
't.s.Fied, Mr. .lonce as follows : " Sir I
huAnnd dame, who. if he had, t'he
weuld be too hnnul to hire such Se
NI/ aS rat to scratch him ;- if he was
ee living, he would thraeli hoe soundly
r such an hisult, but, thank Provi-
tree, he hoe lefte wife that can do it.'
„lit!), these remarks, Mrs. NVileon. first
* hina under ane eer, then under the
-
her, and then, -svith a straight blow
me the shoulder, left a beauty -spot, -
Ruud Mr. Jones' eye. This, she sera-
ennan'a rights.
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AFORTH, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1872.
tie Nuran ev,xiva5itor
xz4 pumasEED
EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
IN SEAFORTH.
Temas.-$1.50 per year in advance, or. $2 at the
end of the year.
Advertircillg Rates.
TRANSIENT.
First insertiOn,iper line, 8 cents; stibsequent in
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CONTRACT' RATES. ,
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one year< 35 00
„ half 6i ...... ..
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.. 0000
" " months .. •
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half " ... . • .... . 12 00
31nonths ...... 800
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Business Cards, (6 lines and under, year.1 4.00
I 'Advertisements a' Strayed, Lost, Fonnd, &c.,
'net exeeeding 10 lines -first month, $1 ; after first
mouth, 50 cents each month.
Advertisements of FARMS and REAL ESTATP
!or sale, not exceetling-15_lines-first month, $1 50;
each. eubsequent month, 75 cants.
Births, Marriages, Deaths-Qratis.
AdvertiseMents without speeitie directions will
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McLEAN BROT.1-1 S
Minus 'Y. McLnarr, Pablisters.
McLEA-N.
BUSINESS DIRECTOR.
•-rs
'p C. FAIR, M. D.,,Membor Royal College Sur-
-1-v• geons and Licentiate Royal College Physician,
Younraufton; _Licentiate of Midwifery, ; (Lately
from. St. 'Phomas's Hospital, London, England,
and the Royal Irtfirinary, Edinburgh.) Office and
Ite.sidence-Dr. Vercoe's old stand, SEAFORTH.
Calls promptly atter dectto itt all -hours. 216*
TIA'iTED MITCHELL, M. D., Graduate of Vieto-'
ria College, Physician, Surgeon etc.. eta.,
Kr60.witx, ONT..-Coroner of the Cowley of Huron.
Office and residence, at Thompson_ & Stanley's..
T)R. W. R. SMITH, Physieian, Surgeon,- etc.
--1-• Office -Opposite Scott Robertson's Grocery,
Vain street, Seaforth.• , '53
TAMES STEWART, M. D., C. M., Graduat./a of
" MeGill, University, Montreal, Physioian, Sur -
soon,• etc. Orrice and Residence -13=61101d.
TT L. VEROOE, .1.!: D., O. M., Physician, Sur-
--1--1 • goon, etc. Office and Residence, corner of
ydarket and High streets, net to the Planing Mill.
CAMPBELL, Coroner for the County. Office
and Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main
street, Seaforth. Oftice hours, frown to 4, each
• day, and all day Saturday. •159
.Ii1E14A
:1" 31.L.T.MT, Solicitor, Winglin.m, h s been ap-
(-' • pointed Agent for the Colonial Semi ities Com-
pany of England, he is also :\.gent for {several pri-
vate Capitaliste of Toronto, N.11.10 loan Money at
1. verY, reasonable rates. Interest paYable yearly.
Charges moderate.
Wingham, Doe. 15, 1871. 213 _
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•
lacCAUGHILY & 110LMEST D, Barristers, AI-
torrteys at Law, Soiicibort in Chancery and
Insolvency, .Notaries Public and Conveyancers?
Bolieitors for the E. C. Bank, Seaforth. Agents 11
the Canada Life Asettrance Company, •
N. B.-$30,000 to lend. at 8 per cent. Farms,
• Tfousee and Lots for sale. I 53\
161tENSON & MEYER, Barristers and AttWrneys
fa LW, Solieitors in Chancery and Insolvency,
Conveyancers, Notaries Public, ete. Offices.Spai-
forthand Wroxeter. S23,000 of Peivate Funds to
invest at once, at Eight nor cent. Interest, pityable
yearly.• 53 \,
• JAS. 11. BENSON. •R. W. C. zrzrnii:
110TE
Tc/e0X% HOTEL, (Late.. Sbilrp's.Y The under-
siE,med begs to thank the public) for the liberpl
• patronage awarded to him in times past in -.the
• hotel businese, and also to infor,ra 'them thathe hit's
:nein resumed business in the above startdAx6ere
he will be happy to have a call 'from old friends, -
and many new ones. •
126 • '
• THOMASKNOX,
INCE OF WALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,
C. J. McCUTCREON, Proprietor. FOst-class
accommodation for travellers. The Bar is sup-
plied with the very best liquors and cigars. Good
stabling attached. The stage leaves this House
every day for Wingharn.
• illstRITISH EXCHANGE HOTEL, .Goderieh, Ont.,
Proprietor; J. S. Wrf,t.faxs, (late
• of American Hotel, Warsaw, N.Y.,) .11.Ianager. This
• hotel bas reeently been newly furnished, and re-
fitted throughout, and' is now one of the most,com-
• fortable and commodious in the Province. Good
• Sample Room's fer Commercial Travellers.
Terms liberal. ,• 123
ItilSCJELLANEOUi4.1
TA. SHARP'S LIVERY & SALE STABLES.'
• Office -At Murray's Hotel, Seaferth. Good
Horses and drst-this Conveyances alwaYs on hand.
SHARP'S LIVERY STABLII, -YIAINI STREET,
Seaforth. ' First-class Horses and Carriages.
always on luind itt reasonable terms. •
R. L. SHARP, -Proprietor.
3011N RRIGRAM, Exehange Broker, and Rall-
y" WaY Tieket Agent, Houghton's Hotil, oppositeG. '
T: Railway Station, Seaforth, Ont Theaugh
Tickets issued to all points iu the Western States,
California. and Red River, at reduced rates, aff.orcllug
. the greatest facilities to Emigrants. ALl_nacessary
Information given respecting Land Agencies, db.
Greenbacks, Bemis, Cpupons and uneurrent Menai,
Gold and Silver Coin, bought and sold at bestrates.
OR. COOPER, Conveyancer, Commissioner 10* Queen's Benah, Insurance and General Agent.
• Agent for the following Fire; Life and Aceident
• 'aarance Companies : The Beaver and Toronto Mri.-
tual and the Western Fire Insurance Companies,
.the Reliance if A‘ssurance, and the Hartford Ac-
•cident In:gamic° Contilauy.
MONEY TO LOAN onreal estate S,ecnritY•
All orders by mail or othe.rwise prompt), attend-
ed to. Office, opposite. Ross' Tailor Shop, '
• 3.86-41 AINLE1 v
• irp I. CHURCHILL, VETERINARY SURGEON
-s- • (Member of the Ontario VeterinarycOollege;)
• Legs to intiraete to the inbabitauts of Seaforth
•-end surrounihng country, that he has opened
kan t
flice in Seaforth, where he mny be consulted e
atonally or by -letter, on the Diseases of Horses, Cat-
itle, etc. Having received a regolar and practieal
edruiation, andhaving been an the Diploma ,
4:21 tEe Veterinary Collegeof Ontario, T. J. Churchill
Jima emu confidence of giving satisfaction to all
who may employ him.
11/34:34F:xcns-A. Smith, V. S., Principal Onta-
rio Tetesinary College; • Professor BuZirland, Dr.
Therbure, Dr. Bowel, and — M. D:, & V. S.
Termite/ea Medicines constantly on hand.
AJJ calls promptlyatVeuderlte.
Office-Carirtiehael's Hotel,,Seaforth. 182-21n
aposimm.,,wwwwiimmosimionammismags
$10,000..—MONEY TO LEND
m.
irEEP. above =no; t to Lend,' in, tuns of Five
•L‘ Hundred Dollars- And upwards rates of ih-
tercet from 71 to 8 I'er cent. Interest payable
yearly or half yearly. "
,AMOS W. RAY,
Lot 7, Con. 1, Grey.
Atorriaank P. 0. 218-13
TO -31
Teeday can sing of yes erday,
Songs tender, tied ith sorrow;
Nit mute she.co wird rig the way--
, kllebeautiful formorrow !
H r face is full • f pro s becies
er .lips have sti I N aholden,
A d gazing in h r ad ant eyes
oug tannic, sihinc golden.
ler athwa.y stands,
th
evi le empty hands,
fn ition.
s resent, gone,
ost beguiling;
•fo ever 'drawn
far off smiling?
• if pe rapt besid
sks. nothing bu
d turriscat nifbf
dreaniin o
A'beauty! s�'fl
) lost fleet am.
'Why are our he rt
y that tran re,
NN hy.is,it that
•etv faith th
0 is it that an
omes Heave
e will come
nder the sa
Al asp us as
tel weathell
RL SPEND%
or March.
• i
w delays
an borrow?
e clays
good -morrow?
th o alarms,
ow portal,
or tal grins, •
u unortal !
a per's Magazene
WHERE TO Fl
From the Re or
We receive mo e Ott
•find tithe to anss er fro
tating migration, nc11 na,
to select that secti.nlwb
greatest inchiceme ts
dicate wide-sprea nd
for new homes. W
several miestione, o full
we may. as follow :
I. There is no o e hpo
• conibioes every d siriabl
with the absence o all t
able. , Where the Oil is
neer is apt to be p....pot
'ague or some oth r for
orcle ; where you have
awe, , you will pro ably
fuel laid fencing; there
milcl winters, yo • will
sera ers, with a s pera.
sect ife. • The Ga eo of
must have be& ocate
herni
11.
les
shall
mold
are
hand
a leeTYT%
6
ph ere.
A healthy t os
ssential than • ferti
your fields be bl ck
if you must ie ha
adly needed b tw
es. Do not or et
home.
You canIlyle 't
the f r South ; yon et
with ess exhaustiap. i 1. ti
hide; that one cap or
per N eek in Minn ' o a
and xe-rtion . than e c
hones per week 1fl1.113 of
IV Vicinity to co 1,i
corm eratien, eve1. tho
shout be open fo en
Even though you nee t
farmi ge yon shoulld ‘giv
.partl ' underlaid i ti.
iron r other ores, h ag
pect ieVer to dig tdid m
same is true -of wat
e V. The divers attact
mend tions of van ii le
roue ly iedicated a filo
HICAN : ekbund. nc
ber, largely Whte
o nahigable .Nra,
by *tiering la
INOIS : Soil ex
Tribune.
rs than weecan
persons media
urally auxions
eh proffers the
'hese letters in-
arnest inquiry
spond to their
and clearly as
of -earth which
characteristic
at are treniesir-
ichest, the pio-
• d to fever and
of bilious als-
o forest to clear
pay dearly fer
ou have short,
lave long dry,
undance of ine
Eden, we inter,
• in the other
• I
ere is hardly
e soil. • In vain
with vegetable-
ing when yOu
en the ploW-
hia in choosii*
less labor in
o more labor. ,
e North.*' We
seventy. hours
ith less fatigne
n work forty
he Gulf States.
. an important
igh no mines
years to come.
live Wholly by 1
emore for laud
Oat. So val e
you may e
It them. • The
r- o er„ • s
hie
of tin
cess
pored
tIL
imb
defici
railro
' IN
timb
adnai
vorin
iron nd steel precinct on
• Wrcoesen : Much o
good. and e timber a
nearl • covering the
mine of eshnet pramis
a far * Sate fee wh
corn •
good
but tis
ea.
ee
ons or recom-
alities maybe
s :
and exoellenee
ne ; ready a6-
; climate te
iegly fertil .
r rapidly growing were it has been
nt ; a mu1tip1i6itet of cepplet
ds ; cehtialloc tici
I.A.NA. : A very f ir distribetion of
r and grass ; ab Ind nt de sosits of
able Block co 1 " mthe west, -fe-
e, rapid and v st • evelotiment Of
,
but also much
un ant and good,
no th half ; iron
in J he north-east;
at, middling for
Millions of ac s • good soil and
imber still untalt,en I
NESOTA : Sever, a d• protracted,
eady, equable mint TS, With three
°rifest r months of goo4i• el, dding'especi-
allu-ly avorable to be -ng and vvoud-
getti g ; good soil of woed and prairie
achni ably interbletide I, e.pecially invit-
ing el lture fot wheat ndl oats.
lin A : Barely infe too to, Illindis in
fertili y, and the beat St 'te in the Union
fo\s, Indian corn -her rat iee rolling &hi
siden blY, While . thos of Illinoi 3 are (in
the a erage) too flat. Ti ber' in Iewit,
fair. No _pine in cith r tate.
• NE RASE.A . Abund nee of Public Land
that ay be taken b s ttlers on pay-
ment of $20 per qua terlsection for sur-\
veyin and title -paper '• ueh of it good
for gr in, cattle, and hee .
• KA 'SAS : Capital oil 1 for greet or.
gain; timber fair • t e bast, rather
scent in the west settlena fast; and
well rovqled with ra•lioads..
k
ko soutte : Much ' gi och 'soil yet 11710C-
cupie, , especially in 1 e 'eouthern half, of
the S ate •; iron and 14a& in large quan-
tities • good promise t�f ether minerals
' AR - NsAs : Quite 14 rieli as Missouri,
with1 ar more land u occupied and for
sale ery c eapa lt ld climate. • Rail-
road (level° inent jut beginning, but.
certa to be rapid. and general.
• e'ciTseoi.. AS : Mdilions of acres'of unoccupi-
fair i in
fsoorsf es etveerionycs
cattle raised at a co
wool arcily costs 10
eetto I wheat, and. fn
ed in bundance and
sectio s quite.healthy
fevers aggravated by
physi
theeureth less labor
hal one.Xistence
.
tbilare ci
mate no fevers consumption, asthma.,
Coeeeano : Pure el and healthful cli-
imate, if not t o deeply seated ;
itis, etc:, yield o the influence of
cattle a,y be fed and fatted exclusively
on ev. d grass, . but should have shelter
and a month's hay provided for each
winte ; soil good, but rcquires ii'riga
tion ; rops good whe e irrigated, with a
good h nee market at nd in. the mines,
eap ; - timber quite
; glass universal;
t o $1 per head;
cents per pound;
ran _corn produc-
ery cheap.; some
others subject to
ad water. • Mere
n be - retaintaitied
than elsewhere in
- I. •
JMcLAi B1101111E11S,
• $1 50 a Year, in advance.
which are steadily expanding.; 'timber
scarce ; coal • abundant; probab y the
best loca ion for Woolgrowing on the
continent • daily communicate° by
through r dreads WitleSt. Louis n the
• one hand, Omaha and Chicago, Sa t Lake
and Calif retie, on the other; ettling-
rapidly.
--To tl e above ractical infor ation
respectingj the ton titles in. the Jnited
States w ere ham s may be f�4id, we
(EXPOSITOR) •add th following regarding
Manitoba and the North-west, ethither
the eyes of mady Canadianss a e now
turning: •
Maerrrone : Soil marvelously fertile,
producing wheat, o ts, barley and other
grains in large quantity and sPlendici
quality.; land mostly prairie and easily
brought nuclei. cult-tvation. Climate very
healthy, bit cold and winters lone; wood
tether scarce ; coral said to be plenty,
but not at present utilized.
-.no en
Dining 'th anz;I:Tanese States -
Dusky . orms are seen kueeline upon
the mats f all the surrounding apart-
ments, bu ' they do not gaze upon us
callously, nor do they, indeed, appear
vividly CO scions of our presence. They
are, we di coyer, simply men in waiting.
Five of th in rise, thread their way noise-
lessly amo gtheir fellows,' and .speedily
. return; b axing each a small. tray,_ con-
• taining o r first course. The • little
'diehee are all precisely -alike, and are ar-
ranged int entically. We mutually bow
and sleep r, split nun chopsticks apart,
and set enfork---ecior Japanese friends
with ease Endenhigoe, we somewhat hesi-
tatingly, a id rintewithoutmisgivinebs as
to our abil ty to tahlethe unaccustomed
utensils to nroper eccount. . In fact, it
rapidly be omes apelarent that -the -sense
of onr han s. Of little eniploYment is so
excessivel dainty that unless Weinvoke
instructioni we shall: be able to make no ,
way at all. Frankness being absolutely
e, with • perhaps needless
necessary, we make a great .virtue of it,
and clecla1
vehemence that it really is useless, and
that, `after il1, We 'cannot do it, and that
we Inuit_ t row %ourselves upon thenon-
sideration f Our host, *because we shall
certainly s arve -unless we are told how
to proceed. Candor begets candor, and our
beaming la tertainer; just as if he -were
annOuricin a hitherto unsuspected feet,
and as if w ;had not marked: and enjoyed
it all the ire, observes that hefound
himself in the senile awkward position
-when he di ed with Ile. And here Master
Yega,wa, the interp eter,- develops him-
self in the quality of a hamorist. . As
one of us is really steuegling quite hope-
lessly with his .slenifer - sticks,. - which
seem to' have 1111 ire epenclent activity of
t
their own, darting t iemselves any where
but in the directionaimed. at by, their'
holder, arid, frustrating almost everehof-
fert to prol ct them mouthward, Yegahva,
proffers. c unsel. r Imitate me," 'he
says, and begins e*clring and peckieg
bits of food of all sizes; with an accuracy
ot movement almost mechanical. Asiif
anybody cioulct imitate thim, off -hand !
'The result of the first endeeyor to do SO
is a consul trewn ;with Japanese edibles.
"No, leo." says Yegtava, with steel -trap
smartness, "I said, ' Imitate me ;' but
you never saw me do that ; you are
Wrong.. Excuse me, but you are wholly
wrong: and always will be wrengtlinlets
you do as ll do." Which, of caftan, ,ek-
cites'a proper _amount of innocent.mlwth,
for we are in the in od to be merry, and
easily excited to laughter. But present-
ly, although .we cal not twirl our sticks
with any tl ingiike tho amazing rapidity
of our tutors, we contrive to Seri?* our-
selves after . a certain complex method of
our own, aa d are enabled to 'ascertain the
quality of hat is. Set before us. • First,
we explore the -contents of a lacquered
bowl, whi 4. i contains a delicate soup,
spiced with sea Wee and.aroraatic herbs.
It is Weakit othe .wiSe commendable.
Other diehe are constructed, with curi-
bus faney a el singu ar ingenuity, to re-
present nut iature gardens, with mounds
and ponds, 'fortresses with turrets and
moats -the „ effects /of landscape and
architectur being produced by skilful
arrangemen of th n slices of fish • or
vegetables, ,fand variously colored, rtce.
Each -vale is a iitti pichtre. I observ-
ecl that alth ugh preserved: fruits, boiled
chestnuts, 1 ainboo - ihOOtS . and. other
pertly orna ental and .partfy appetizing
conniments • he scattered: about, the sub-
stance of this'course is rice and raw fish.
Raw fish ! distinctly recall a series of
thrilling ern tions during the first battle
scene at whi hit was ever my fortune to
assist, and I know i 16 on record in the
annoas of Franconia that I, personally,
once crossed the tree that spans the
I
Flume. 1 once went up in a baloon,
though not very far and I have on two
or three, occasions foand myself accident-
ally . face to face, in theatres and in
ehoroughfaxTs, with the Prince of Erie.
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a hese all. were m morable sensations;
*ILA 110W; co ifrontin ' and confronted by
raw fish'as an arttc e of diet, I learn the
full depth, breadth. and vastness of the
meaning of tipe wor courage, and gain a
new interpretation o the phrase which I
have often li Yhtly u. ed, but never until
now eoniple ly gras ed ancl tinderstood.
-true pli sical- aid. moral heroisna.
Shall it be c one? 'an it be clone? It.
must be. do e ! $1.17 s clone ! And is it .
utterly.revo ing an untenable ? Hardily
so. Do q li -e itet en? *Truly, not too
well.- But willing y admit it might be
worse, especially as t is deftly mitigated
by pungent soy: do not know its
name, but it is like almon in aspect, and
in taste jlike nothin , in my particular
prior e hriOce. 1t is soft and gela-
tinous, and, after all, the flavor of the
thick Bence ttith which itis enriched is
. .
perhaps prey lent ab1ove every thing else.
The struggle Once w 11 Over, we feel that
we have enco ntere boldly and conquer-
ed bravely. No future possibilities have
. any terror for us. Nor is there any
further occa. iotefor such uncomfortable
eraotion. T ii preliminary course hav-
ing been partly, and only partly, dispos-
ecl of -Japanese hospitality supplying
at least thr d times as Much of every
article as is intended to, be eaten -five
Other servitors shoot from their spheres,
z
nniaminasersset
and, after briskly clearing the table, pro-
duce anether asuortnient of finely
vet ought lacquer -ware and procelaio
dishes,containing this time a thick broth,
not unlike. a Massachusetts chowder,
compounded of fish, prawns, small slices of
chickens, and. -sundry , vegetables with
• subordinate plates of spices, coniection-
ary. and innuraerable piquant stimulants
to appetite which I could hardly dis-
tinguish at the time, and. which I certain-
ly can not now remember in detail.
Successive courses, each introduced ap-
parently by five fresh attendants -the
extraordinary number of which led us al-
most think that Hiroswa must have bor-
rowed his Lord of Chosin's retinue for
the occasion -made us acquainted with
still other varieties of soups, and with
endlesa changes of composite pot-pourris
. which it is very fortunately unnecessary
to enumerate, became it is impossible.
It may berecorded, however, that no
less than thirteen times the spaces be-
fore us were cleared away and refilled,
each change being distinguished by some
new form of sparkling fluid -beer, Chain;
pagn ; soda -water, I.cen't say what not.
The jjartaality of the Japanese for all
liquots of a babbling and effervescent
'character is remarkable. • The foam of
ale to them isteestacy, and the froth of
Champagne is rapture It is pot the
quality of the draught, but the fizz, that
tits their fancy. I have actually and.
positively known a party of Japanese
yaconins to take with them upen a long
country excursion a quantity of nedlitz,
which they mixed:with sugar and water,
and drank as a luxurious beverage.
Thirteen times, as I have Observed, we
were called upon to practically honor
our entertainer's bounty; and then, just
when a dark despair and dread began to
hover over us, we were relieved by a
courtly apolgyfor the meagreness of the
repast, accompanied by a regretful ap-
prehension that we had not enjoyed suf-
ficient cheer. And here began another act
of that fine impromptu comedy, examples
of which I have given above, the theme -
this time being the respective merits of
American and Japanese dinners, which
was only interrupted by the entrance of
five new tray -bearers -I'll swear they were
entirely new, and had not before appear-
ed -with- pots of charming fresh and
fragrant tea, and little cases containine.
native tobacco and. the tiny pipes of the
coontry, It was all over, aria, meta-
phorically, we breathed more freely, al-
though, in simple fact, it was difficult '
for us to breath at all. -Iiterper' s llfag-
aZine fior elf arch.
-.. lb •
Canada.
It is: claimed that- the first Sunday
School in America was started in Brock-
ville, Ont, in 1811.
- Mr. David. Goldie's Greenfield Mills,
near Ayr. Waterloo, grind yearly about
150,000 bushels of wheat, making about
35,000 'barrels of flour. This is one of
the most extensive flouring establish -
Merits in the Dominion. .
-- A young man in. Strathroy last
week skated On the millpond in that
'place, six and one-h&lf miles in 31
minutes. This is considered pretty fast
skating. . •,
-Farmers' Clubs are springing up
rapidly in _many tAviiship.A. Fullerton
has taken the lead, and meetinge of the
Society are regularly held, and. matters
in regard to agriculture fully and profit-
ably discassed, • In the Avonbatik set-
tlement of Downie, a- club is esta,blished,
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and also one in Hibbert.
-A public vaccinator has been ap-
pointed in Brantford, whose dutY it is to
gratuitously vaccinate all yvho are too
poor or too stingy to have that operation
performed at their own expense.
- A Mr. Smith, of London, Ont., has
invented a new mode of preparing fuei.
• it is claimed that a ton of fuel prepared -
by Mr. Smith's plan will last as long,
and give as great' a heat as two tons of
coal. • This fuel is to be manufactured,
in London on a large scale, and will be
sold at from $5 to $6 per ton. • ,
=Mr. Pardee. M. P. P. for Larnbton,
has been seriously ill in Toronto for some
days, and has not yet sufficiently recover-
ed tO be removed home.
--- The Dominion Parliament have been
summoned to meet for the dispatch of
business on the eleventh day of April.
According to law the meeting of Parlia-
ment.cculd only have been postponed
two days longer, so that the Govern-
ment have delayed meeting the House
as long as the constitution worelcl allow
them.
-Asad affair is reported frora Prince
Edward • Island. Two boys finding
oh the road a bottle containing a poison-
ous liquor, chant- it, believing it to be
brandy. The mother of one of the boys
also drank of it, under the some mistake,
and the, sped
edy eath of all three was the
result.
• -- It is proposed to extend the Galt,
Doon and Berlin Railway to Waterloo
village. A bill has passed the Legiela-
tuin authorizing this extension, and,
much to the disgust of Berlin, the pro-
ject is likely to be successful.
- Tuesday hst • was observed he
Strathroy as a holidaytand day of thanks-
giving for the recovery of the Prince of
Wales. In pursuance of a proclamation
issued by the Mayor business was com-
• pletely sutpencled. 1
- The Nine Helms Movement has re-
ceived its death blow so far as Hamilton
is concerned. Its manufacturers, build-
ers and other tradesmen to the number
of one hundred and forty-four, and com-
prising the laegest establishments have
signed a document opposing the move-
ment declaring it to be disastrous alike
to employers and employees.
- Mr. Benjamin hlabee's saw -mil' 1 at
Ingersol was burnt last week, witb
• several thousand feet of lumber.
CP
--- There are six Americans in. the
Canadian Parliament -Messrs. J. M.
Currier, Aquilla Walsh, Joseph Ryrnal,
John II. Pope, J. Y. Bowu, and L. II.
Holton. Mr. Currierrepresents the capital
of Canada; Mr. Walsh is.the.Chief Com-
missioner of the great• InterciolonialeRail-
way ; Mr. Pope is Minister of Agr,icul-
ture and Statistics, Mr. R) mal is the
• wit ef the House, and Mr. Holton was
MiHowland) Governor of Ontario, is also an
Athneisritcearnip.f Finance. The Hon. W. P.
- Rev. F. W. Farris, Paris, was pre-
sented with a handsome gold watch by
the ladieS of Dumfries street Presbyter-
ian Church, on Wednesday evening, the
14th olt,, th ei first anniversary of his
settlement in the congregation.
- A destruCtive fire took place in the
village oij Harliston on Thursday ef last
week, w ich completely destroyed Al-
lan's new hotel, and the entire block in
which it Was situated. The loss is heavy.
The origin of the fire unknown.
-There is scarcely a particle of snow
in 'Toronto or vicinity. The etreets of
the city are dry and dusty. There has
• been but little snow in this part of the
country aring the present season. East
of Stratford, on the Grand TrUnk Rail-
way, the know in the fields continues get-
ting grasztually less, until upon nearing
Toronto t disappears entirely. Large
fields of fi.1l wheat lie bare, and exposed
to the fro t, and consequently present a
very pc&j appearance.
•-The emi-weekly Huron Signal is to
be discon. mued on the 1st of March'and
, the form of the -weekly changed from
an eight tio a four page paper. We trust
the ch an es -to be inaugurated by our con-
temporar many conduce to its increased
'prosperit .
-- A la a0e and most influential meet -
inn composed of the principal manufac-
turers, b ilders, contractors and others,
was held n' Hamilton on Tuesday even-
ing, Feb. 20th, -to consider -what course
should be adopted in relation to the pre-
sent nine hours movement. About one
hundred gentlemen were present, and.
the greatest unanimity of opinion pre-
vailed. h'he general expression of opin-
ion was, fiat the .adoption of the nine
hours' syetem wouldi be ruinous to the
business of the city, and tend greatly to
retard its progress and future advanee-
ment, and that the movement must be
resisted, as it was already preventing
contracts from being undertaeten for the
erection otfbuildings and other enterpris-
es next s ring. • .
- A s tl. event, which cast a gloom
over a re pectable family in Stephen oc-
curred laSt week. A son of Mr. Jahms
_Rodgers, a steady young man, • went
with his team to draw saw logs in
the neigh iorhood of Tilsonbtug. When
he lefthcjnae be was in excellent health,
• on Frida night he felt a little unwell,
but the i disposition appeared -hi -be too
slight to arrant sending for his friends,
and on the following Smiday he died.
The qret 'intimation the family received
of the matter was a telegram announc-
ing his death. The body was brouy,he
home for 4ntermerit.
• ,- The 't. ThomanThepateh states that
about tw weeks ago John Haggart, a
lad fourlleen years of age, who was
brought e we from, London last stammer
by Miss McPherson, and was employed
by Mr. 3 E. Martin, farmer in South
. -e
Dorchest a got up in the night and took
$72 in oney and a -watch and nimbi
from Mr. Martin's bedroom. flthen
went to the stable and rode as ontone
of Martin's horses, which he turned
adrift a short distance from the house,
as he fouid it too cold to ride. He was
apprehended the next day and tried be-
fore His Honor Judge Hughes, on Satur-
day ladn
, ad sentenced to four years m
the Refor atory prison. .
- On uesday last, a child about five
'years old, son of Mr. Duncan Mc elpine,
of Ailsa raig, had a. very narrow escape
from cleat . The family, it appears, were
enganed i altering some of theirdomestic
• atrangem nts, and. with that object,
were rem ving a few attieles of furniture
froth a let er to an upper room, when the
little fells) v, with hscrew in his mouth
undertoe to assist them, and receiving a
slight hu t which caused him to cry, the
screw wa drawn into the windpipe and
held ther For some time the utmost/
efforts of he parents failed to dislodge it.
and it waonly at the critical moment
that they succeeded in doing so -suffoca-
tion bein then imminent.
nation. After a vote of thanks to Mr.
Grahanij the meeting cliepersed. A col-
lection- as taken up maid of the Sabbath
School library.
est Ole
1:10w a Man Feels When he
Freezes. •
Last night, Dr. J. T. McMillan, a
young dentist of thinpLece, who -was re-
turnint'a frona a visit to North Middle-
town, ai small country village in this
county (Situated about ten miles north-
east of here), was found by a negro man
employed by Mr. Frank Ford, and who
was returning home from Paris, about
half -past nine o'clock, in an, iniensible
condition, and almost frozen to, death.
We give, the doctor's creel account of his
journey,and his eniraculoue -escape from
• the icy Clutches of the grim Monster
" I started from North Mid-dletown nt
half -past six o'clock, withsuffieient wrap-
ping, as 1 thought, to protect me from
cold. 4fter having proceeded about
three mi. es on my journey, my feet be-
eame ve y cold. By stamping my feet
upon th floor ef the buggy I imagined I
was perfectly warm, as my feet troubled,
me no longer, and the cold sensations
through my body ceased. I, however,
felt dull and. sleepy, like a'man who is
drunk, I didn't care for anything. At
this poirt I. believe I began to freeze,
and ought to have known it, but felt so
comfcrtable that I did not examine my
situation. • After °I had driven about
three miles further my hatwas blown off,
but, beieg in -a hurry to reach Paris, I
did not Stop o hunt for it. When T had -
proceeded. perhaps a mile further, letting
the reins lie in the bottom of the buggy,
and paying no attention to iny driving,
my horse shied off the side of the road
and ran -upon arockpiie. I then at-
tempted to get the lines and pull him off.
*hen.I discovered I had lost the entire -
use a my right, and. could barely use the
left hand, with this one I attemptedto
pull hine off the rocks, but, the buggy °
wheels being locked. I could not do it.
I then got out of my buggy, and in do-
ing so ntruck • the bridge of my nose -
across the wheel and cut it eeverely.. I
then went to the head of my horse, took
hold of the bit and attenlpted to null
round, but he would not move. • I then
Commenced to unharness him, with the
expectation of pulling the buggy off the
rocks myself, feeling all the time very
sleepy. When 1 had almost completed
the task of mihitchiug the horse from
the buggy the desire for sleep became so
great that I could bear it no longer, and.
laid. down -upon the peke beside the
horse and went to sleep. I -must have
lain there some fifteen or thirty minutes,
when I was arceised by the ,boy m'ho
found me. Upon his asking me where
he should take me. I told him to Paris, .
still not !being aware of my critical con-
dition. Upon- arriying in Paris my feet
were put in cold water, ovhiela entirely, I
think, cared them, as they -do not h -art
tile this enonaing. My left hand does
not cause me much pain, and 1 think
will be all right in a few days, but my
right hand was badly frozen, nothing
seemed to do 'it any good, and I am
afraid I Shall lose three, if not all four,
of my fingers. Last night when I ar-
rived in Paris I could give no account of
myself, but this morning I remember
enery incident." -Paris (4.) Con Gin-
cinnati Inquirer..
• Hibbert.
CHURCH INDUCTION AT CROMARTY.
The induction of the Rev. Peter Scott,
to the pastoral charge of the congrega-
tion of the Canada Presbyterian Church,
at Cromarty, will take place on Tuesday,
the 5th of March, services comm-encing
at 2 o'clock. • This congregation have,
since the resignation of their former
pastor, Rev, Mr. Fotheringliara, been.
without a regular pastor'and we are
pleased to learn that they have now suc-
ceeded securing the eerviees of a gen-
tleman so co'mpetent to fill the position
Tva,cated by the formeresteenied. pastor.
A church soiree will also be held on the
evening a the same day, when several
talented speakers will be present to ad-
dress the meeting. There will also be a
good elloir in attendance to discourse
sweet mtisic.
COMPLIMENTARY SUPPE fz.--A number
of the friends of the Warden for Perth
and Reeve of Hibbert, Mr. Thos. King,
in and about Cromarty and Staffa, invit-
ed that gentleman to partake of an oyster
&upper with them at Stella, on the even-
ing of Monday - of last week. A large
number A the prominent gentlemeu of
the, village were in attendance and a.
pleasant time was spent, -
Lectur
On Fri
Mr. Grah
a lecture'
on the c
reverend
pleasant
youth, bo
-His cou
Fiteshire,
the effect
was a S
practicall
what it• N
power.
labors in
account
on Thomas Chalmers.
ay evening, Feb. 23rd, Rev.
m, of Egmonciville, delivered
n the Duff Chureli'McKillop;
lebrated Dr. Chaliners. The
ecturer in his usual happy and
anner sketched, - First -His
hood, and college life. Second
se while minister of Kihneny,
showing the difference between
of his preaching so long as he
ranger to the grace of God,
and experimentally, and
as after he had experienced its
hird-He followed him in his
Glasgow, anch,gave a graphic
f the effect produced by his
astronomi al discourses, • "when the
merchant liefb his counter and the clerk
his desk,' -in order to hear them. He
traced hisj labors toproraote the ameliora-
tion of tjie condition of the poor in
Glasgow. • Dr. Chalmers' idea was that
all the m ans for the support of the poor
should be ut of the charity of the giver,
and spont neous. If any one had friends
able and illing to help, by all means kb
them do it. If he had none, or they were
either not able or not Willing, then let
relief be granted out of the fund 3, but let
it be at first temporary. Fourth -He
described his labors when Professor of
Moral Ph osephy, at St. Andrews, and
of Theolo y at Edinburgh, and passed. a
high eul eium npon his labors in the
cause of church. extension. His death
Occurred i 1847, while the Free Church
Assernbly were in session. The day on
which his funeral occurred was hazy, as
if nature iad. designed that all other ob-
jects sho Id he excluded from view, so
that men ight concentrate their minds
on the on object before them. • Ile was
• followed his last resting place in the
Grange emetery by a very large con-
course of ople, by the nainisters of the
Free Chu ch in them Geneva gowns, and
the magistrates in their red cloaks, and
though only a Presbyterian -minister he
was buriek1 amidst the tears of a whole
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21101Tia,
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS. -The Muni-
cipal Coencil of the township of Morris
met on titre 24th ult., pursuant- to ad-
journment, at Clark's School House.
Present W. 3. R. Holmes, Reeve ; •
Donald Scott, Deputy Reeve; Messrs.
Johnston and. Miller, Councillors. The
minetes of the last meeting were read
and pasSed. The following accounts -
were ordered to be paid. viz : James Mc -
Gill's order for $143 50 being the eighth
and last annual instalment on the Arm-
strong' bridge. William Drummond,
Si 44, being for taxes refunded on Lot
72, Blyth, for 1868, whicti he had paid
twice. It was resolved that the Toni
Hall be built to the weet of School House
No. 3, on the north half Lot 15, Conces-
sion 6, and that Mr. Clark's offer of
quarter of an acre of land for the sum of
$20 for a sitebe accepted, and that the
Clerk be empowered to get the deedfrorn
Mr. Clark. ' The tenders for the erection
of the said hall were opened, Mr.
Brown's being the lowest, it was resolv-
ed that A. Brown's tender for the erec-
tion of the Town Hall, according to plan
and. specification, for the sum of $459 50,
be accepted. The petition of MT. P.
Kelly for aid to the establishment of a
Mechanics' Inistitute Blyth Was heard,
and $2() granted thereto. The Auditors,
report Was received and adopted. The
Council then adjourned to meet again at
the same place on the first Saturday in
May not, for the Court of Revision and
other Council business.
W CLEGG Clerk.'
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