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The Huron Expositor, 1872-06-21, Page 1- JuNt 4, 1872. riosemixamilmiimmogimmema 14 ILL'S itannia llouse,, OITORTE KN ROT Tt it. yr' A FULL STOCK OP ey Cottons, Grey Sheetiugs, White Cottons, White Sheetium ipe Shirting's, Cheek Shirtings, Jeans, Prints, Ginghams, In Plain Ana Figured. MW COLORED LOSTRES, LUSTRE BROCADES, ATTEENS, Ti k()PLINS, ADE POPLI NS, ± and Coloreel Silks. _ jE 4YOKOR Met:lame Moths in colors. LL good asSortment of. Fancy Goods, 1 'Laces, _ Gloves, Hosiery Parasols, Ties, Collars, Cheraisettes, Sewed Muslins. THE MILLI Y 14T ARTIVI NT, (radar the charge of Miss Brent, from Mr. ;ohm EaI Toronto)• is especially attractive, being: supplied with stock of the latest styles, and the Utmost attention rimy be relied on in fdlingordem- , "Persian Stripa Sliawr And the neWed patterns- in SILK, CLOTH & VELVETEEN, a A1ATTLES. : The supply of Clotho and Tweeds ig largo, svf all orders for clothing- will be satisfactorilly Diouf' The usual assortment in GENTS' FURNIS df Shirts, Drawers, T1e1 s Collars, Fronts, Glovol' Hosiery, ote. Fult, Cloth, Silk, Straw, Leghorn and rall#11/5.7 Caps in Cloth, Oil, Silk, eta. READY - MADE CLOTHING., BOOTS AND SHOES. A good supply a Groceries always on bait Special value in Teas will be given. A good ste_fro: to choose trona, good value for the raoney", gws:4„.. Marked in plain figures, and, only one Price, the principles closely a411ered Tre HILL:b BRITANNIA lIOUSE., somegios1m-rmic7r: VOLIME 5, NO. f2 9. Wilf[011.E NO. 437. 1111 ITLE EC.A.1L. SEAF Qj.S1111.1;13, .113., Physician, Surgeon 1-3• &c., Graduate of T -wont° UniTersity,,Assoei- ate Coroner for the Co nty of Huron, Wroxeter, 285-18e Ontatio. pANID MITCHELL. , M. D., Graduate of Vict.§- ri9, college, Phys tan, Surgeon, etc.. °CC tiNsunn, ONT.—Coren r of. the County of Hurogi., hompsOn Stanley's. Once and residence, at t1L W. B. SMITH Physician, Surgeon, 'etc. Ofilce—Opposito cott Iivbertson's G_roce_ry, 58, Stain street, Sealer*. TAXES STEWART, M. D., C. 5T., Graduate of go McGill, University, Montreal, Physician, Sur- geon, etc.. Cede° and I esidence—Brucefiekl. T1" L. VERCOB, it. D., C. M., Ph-ysician, Sur- • geon, to.: 011ie and Residence, corner of blarket and High stree s, next to the Planing Will imp, CAMPBELL, Croner for the County. Office and -Residence, over Corby's corner store, Main atreet, Seaforth. 011ie° hours, from 11 to 4, each Aay, and au day Saturday. 159 . TO the inhabitants oi Seaforth and surrounding country. Dr. J. Q. BULL having been called through sickness in hill; family, to suspend business lor some time in thiq place, has pleasure in an- . nouncing to the public, that threnigh a kind Pro- vidence he has boon Ipermitted to return to the rooms formerly occupied by him, over Mr. A. G. -11 street, where he intends , and will be pleased to see many 110W ones as may favor perations performed, accord- ing to thalatest appr ved style and fees as low as le he found elscwherer Ofalce boars fipm 8 A. M. to 5 r. 224 LEGAL. T tEET, Sone tor, Winghani, bas been ap- t/ • pointed Agent fo • the Colonial SeonritieS Coin- s also Agent for 'several pri- orouto, who loan Money at s. Interest payable yearly. 1871. 213 THE FAR WEST, Corresiionclenceof the kttr011 EXPOSitar. ALBANY, GENTRY. COUNTY, MO.,- s 4sine 8, 1872. - 1 When I wrote You last, 11 intended to .have written you again long ere this time, but we are hustled. and. jostled lieDougairs Store, permanently to roma -.bis old patrons and as bira with a call. All pony of England, he vate Capitalists of _very reasonable rat Charges moderate. Wjurheni, Dec. 15 McCAUGHEY & oi_ArEsTE'D, Barristers, At- around so continuously. in the tempestu- ous and flactuatiug battle, of life and " struggle fOr existence," that it is only at intervals of, relaxation, avhile the wheels of life "gang doon hill wi' skirl- ing glee," that we have time to think of, and much less -hold Communion with, old friends, consequently many are lost sight of in life's changes ,and fortune's vicissi- tudes; hence it we did. not keep fresh con- quests in that discordant empire of the affections, dropping alike the smalls Smiled. and soulless, the small -hearted and heartless, and retaining only those who have souls large enou,gW to prove a ancl ,not another " ofigin," and. hearts that beat in unison with the "big heart Of humanity," there would be many a Robinson Ciusoe in this world of ours. It is now about a year since I came "West" and the judgmentI first form- ed and opinion I expressed of my ftist impressions of this country, I have not changed. it is destined yet to be the home of teeming millions, and although I ani now in what we call the "Far West " in Canada, the people here talk of• going "West" of the "Far West" the same as when 1_ started., and one thous- and miles farther West they do the same, till the golden rays of old Sol are lostin the coral -crested waves of that ocean of fable, tradition and wealth. There is territory, agricultural, miner- al and other.resources here to make a dozen first-class empires, either ancient or modern, and posterity, I presume, will witness another 'political convulsion in this country, ere the traces of the last have been effacecl or erased, that .will shake her to her eternal foundations, and from whiCh half-a-clozert empires, republics or kingdoms may be born. in a day, for the elements of -combustion still slumber,are generating, and are sedu- lously cultivated here, and only require time for the accumulating forces to Ma- ture and focus on some national- subjecla of importance enotigh to break party lines and sever party interests, when, if those demands are not granted, what- ever they May be, the Ameriaans as a -people willnnsheath the sword to obtain them, for there is too little respect for the central power and chief magistrate, and the central power not powerful and arbitrary enough to Oyerawe sedition till it has again, with banners, taken the field.. The elements of revolution shun- ber in any people who do not respect the central power, and when one "figure- head" is put up by one "in" to -day and another by another "ring " to -mor- row, for eVerythin,g pertaining to Ameri- can politics is , wrought by rings, ,ancl when that " figure -head " is itoalay the man who saved the nation from dismem- berment, to -morrow the man who advo- cated peaceful dismemberment, next day a statesmtn and next again a knave is on the " pole ;" and. lastly; a negro in the person of Fred. Douglass is well up the flagstaff, with Victoria C. Woodheill, screeching piteously at the bottoin, it is easY to iina,gine that such changes keep the people in a continual turmoil, and thA without a brazen serpent on the and wet and plan backward,- consid plant—June 1st. TI -IE MIGRATORY tomeys at Lam , Solieitors in Chancery- and insolvencv Netari Solieiters for the R. the CanadaLife As N.B.-4)30,000 to - Souses and, Lots fo 1 s Public and Conveyancers. . Bank, Seaforth. gentsAo once Company, lend at 8 per cent. Farms, sale. 53 izmisoN & la R, Barristers and Attorneys 2-' at Law, Sancho •s in Chancery and Insolvency, ?i 'es Public, etc. OtliceS— e $23,000 of Private Funds to- ght per cent. Interest, payable 53 ii: w. c. TTIEVElt. Conveyancers, .1..ota ferth and WroXeter. invest at once, at E yearly. ET. BENSON. OTE1..S. The country from every State try in the old W() POMMERCI.AL OTEL, Abaleyville, Ont., WU. • ‘1 ANNETT, Pr. prietor. This Hotel is under Blithely new mann rement and has been thorongly .renovated. The Lar is supplied -with the best Liquors and Cigar . - Good Stabliug and atbeuthie llostlers. A First class Livery in connection. 228 TE-NOX'S HOTEL, (tate Sharp's.) The under- signed. begs te thank the gublie for the liberal patronage awardeld-to him in times past in the hotel business, and also inform theta that he has again resumed buSiness in the above stand, where lie will be happy t have a call from old friends, and many n.aw on s. 126 TEE0111AS KNOX. RINCE OF IN ALES HOTEL, Clinton, Ont.,' C., J. McCUT • accommodation f RTH, FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1872. ing and vegetation is rabic corn is yet to ATURE OF THE PEOPL • settled with peo , e n the union and coal-, la andthe new, and all alike seem to hay, partaken of the same mov ing chspositi ing continually 01 there is such a choose from and temperature and it is little woode State best, the n is the meanest pi SO on. You not men who have li- ent States and c such ; not a day waggons loaded goods, cattle am pass on to Kau "bursted," and souti or Iowa: that those peopl amount of Worl schooner "---Whi gon.--generally ture and goods, HT•ION, Proprietor. Firs ss r travellers. The Bar is sup - best liquors and eigars. Good The stage haves this Reuse •rham. - 204-41 plied with the ver stabling' attached every day for W" ilAVE letELL'S LIVE - Y STA.BLES, SEAFORTH, Ont. -L.' Good Horses" nd. Comfortable 'Vehicles, always on hand. Pavel able Arrangements made with ors. All orders left 1-ktXriox's omptly attended to. TABLES 1—Third door North_ of in Street. TE0mAs BELL, Proprietor-. Commercial Tray .HorEL, will bo p ' OFFICE AND linor's Hotel, M 22/ 11, a), large portion be-. this!sinove, and where. extent of country to 80hyaried. quality of cettery -to choose, from,• ed. one man thinks one xt you speak to saye it ce be Over lived in, and infreqnently meet with ed in..26‘ancl 30 differ - n give yen a history of asses but • a number of with all the worldly a box full of chickens, as or are coming back going to settle in Mis- It is needless to say never possess any great lly goods. A "prairie e canvass covered wag - olds wife, family, furni- nd even the inclemency of winter does not stop this raigratien ; 'hey :will .g.o al waggon and sto‘ the roof, and cce side, never stop nada. Those p mice and some ness, have no -i home and tip which wealth' They are con a crop in- each Relent. Nor confined to thef all 4sses part one 'branch. of morrow he is a ot which neit and next wee and both bet fresh field, or o in Albany but 1. came here, o (11E11,161i.NIE0 rp T. CHURCHLUL,N-ETERINARY SURGEON -L.' (Member of the Ontario Veterinary College,) begs to intimate to the inhabitants of Seaforth and surrounding country, that he has opened an Office in Seaforth,_where he may be consulted per- sonally or by letter, on the Diseases- of Horses, Cat- tle, et.I. Having received a regular and practical education and having been awarded the Diploma of the Veterinary College a Ontario, T. J. Churchill has every confidence ,of giving satisfaction to all who may eraploYhnn REFERENCES-r:A. Smith, V. S., Principal Onta- rio Veterinm-v College; Professor Buckland., Dr. Therhurn, liowd, and — M. D., V. S. Veterinary Medicines constantly ou hand. - All calls promptlpatteuded to. OftIce—CarrnichAel's Hotel, Seaforth. 182-2in ATETERDTArlY SURGEON.—D. McN1UGHT, v V. S., begs to announce to the inhabitants of Seatorth and . urrounding country that he has been awarded t e diploma of the Ontario Voterin- aryOullege, an is now prepared to treat diseases of Horses and rttle au& all domestic animals. He has opened_ on. tlice connection with his horse - shoeing shop, whore he win _be 'found ready to at- tend to cans. Diseases of the feet specially at- tended to. netidence, office and shop in the roar of Killoran yiva's new store. All kinds of Vet- erinary Medic' -es kept- constantly on hand. Charges raaii0 ' 229 ALEXI‘ND 11 HUNTER, Licensed Auetioneer, . Commissioner in queen's Bench, and, Loan and G.eneral Agent.— or the following Compardes, -viz.: Cranbrook Grey P.O, Sales attended on. moderate term Conveyancer, Also, Agent i Huron and Er' e laoan Society, London ; Farmeib and Mechanic. 3 SavingS and Loan Company, Toren- . to; Loyal In. nrance Company of Liverpool and . Lonclon,-Fire and Life; Ontario Mutual Fire In- surance Comp my and the -Agricultural Insurance Company. Any amount of money to locen-ut, low rates of interest. Several good FFins for 'Sal - cheap. , 224-6m — - - --------- fl R. COOPE'R, Conveyancer, Commissioner in = `-'• Queen's Bench, Insurance and General Agent, Agent for the Freeh.old Permanent. 131tilding and Savings Socie y of Toronto, whose rates are as 1ONv as any Canape y doing business in Canada. Appli- cations for I. ans promptly attended to. OFFICE.. opposite Ross' Tailor Shop, 186-tf AINLEYVILLE. ng with a stove in the e pipe standing throfigh k and eat by the fire - sing at taverns as in Ca- ‘ople, from their appear- imes wretched - lea of the comforts a a unperceived manner in nd property accumulate. mually on the mtive, tate generally being suf. this continuous change rming community alone;. ke of it. A man is in industry to -day and to- partn,er in a new pursuits, er party know anything, the firm is bursted" ke themselves to Some cupation. Scarcely a firm as changed bands ince e year ago. England with more wisdom and prudence hesitates to commit the act of suicide that was demanded at her hands by the authoritieS at Washington. He believed, in short, that we had yielded to an in- tolerant political spirit towards this conn - try on the part of the United States to an extent- that we ought not to have dome , The course we had taken would bring upon us disrespect instead of re- apect as a people, and our `yielding so Much Would -only result before long in our beirte called Upon to yield something more. I He might be wrong in these views, but they were conscientiously held. With these few words regarding the two great measures of, the session, measures which gave the session an im- -portance -above aarasweess. Railways ale being pushed. eas and west in everi direction and. Many of them sivindle he people hugely; lin still railways are n w a necessity, and aeople Will have th at any price. taxes are high and olitics too. The i.iesent Presidential =test. will _prove: -.A very exciting one. The Canadians of the "Dominion" are all well and ,doing well. Dr. II rable has comraenced prac- tice again ,in 'hetopa, Labette cannty, Kansas. go anon. • 0. Pi Q. other sessions since would appeal in sup - to those who would clecisioa in their hands. j incl.* AN Bit OTIIKE.11 S, P abiishers. Si 50 a Year, -in advance. asmasswena awais weeks ago of the same disease. His on search being made she was -blind sus - widow is now suffering from the same disease. -- A naeeting of the Conservative _As- sociation of South Huron will be held. , at Dixon's- Hotel, Bruceheld, on Moe, ay, June 24, at 12 o'clock noon. —A yearling ewe belonging to George McQuirm, of Nissouri, gave birth to one lamb on the 1st cif May, and one week after gave birth two more. -- An attempt will be made by some enterprisiag residents Of New Ilambur,g, Ont. to establish a carpet inkrinfactery iu that village. —Rev. Mr. Benson, one of the dele- gates of the M. E. Church of Canada to all the General Conforence of the lifethodist Confederation, he Episcopal Church of the United States, port of his views lately closed at Brooklyn, was offered. soon have the $6,000 to become pastor of one of their churches, bat 'refused. Mr. Benson is presiding eiderofthe London District. Canada. It iastated in Ministerial journals that Sir JOhn Macdonald, Sir Francis Hinck -s, and Dr. Tupper intend. stamping the < Province diiring the approaching elector- al campaign. . —A machine for milking cows has now been invented, and is advertised for sale in the Woodstock and Ingersoll papers. It is claimed for this machine that a cow can be milked with it effectually, in four or five minutes. it is self acting, easy of application, and can be used by any person, however ignorant of milking. pole the gaze of the people. will never be steady nor their wounds healed. Bat excuse this political digression, for there will soon be nothing but politics on the American brain, and we are apt to • --The body of a man minus one hand and with a fractured skull was exhumed some distance in the rear of Spencer's brewery, Brantford, on the llth inst. A. laborer noticed from the a.ppearance of the ground. that a grave had evidently been made at a comparatively recent date, and upon removing a thin portion of earth discovered a rude box containing the partially decomposed, body. By many the remains are supposed to be those of the miasieg man Sword, who disappeared from Burford so mysteriously some time ago. The estimated expenditure for the County of iHuron, for County purposes, for the current, year is but $23,060, while that of the County of Perth is set down at $78,908.60. —Mr. Hacking, late of the Listowel Banner, has purchased the Guelph Ackaertiser, and takes possession on July lst. The Reporter says the potato bugs are in high glee in Galt, and. are "going for" the young vines in an exceedingly lively manner. —Money must be scarce in INTsliaa.o. The corner stone of the new church was raiSed few days ago, and the coins de- poSited beneath, amounting to 80 cents, stolen. - —, The splendid farm of Mr. James Callin, lot 26, Sth colacession, North Factsthope, County of Perth, 100 acres, was sold by him a few clays since to his brother, Mr. John Galina for the hand- some sum of $6,000. Mr. Mack nzie's Last Speech. A BRIEF EVIEW OF THE SESSI0k, 011 the, las day but one of the late Parliament, Ir. Mackenzie, in a brief speech, reviel ed the salient, features of the session. : . Hon. Mr. IACKENZIE said he had in- tended to na ke some remarks upon the policy of the overnment during the ses- sion, but at this late hour of the clay, and with SO N cry few members present, he ; would net make any extended re- marks. The were on the eve of a gener- al election, nd .his impression was that he could. se ure, at fill events. a much more apprec ative audience, and a ni.uch larger =diet. say, withont in his view, \he could. pos I ter. ) He k passing a go the House b marks now• fore, that h the session important i country ; i penditure. NA ed; import, from tho which that tioned by t endeavored what he be departure liamentary large major ty of the House decided in a ie case -; manner he and from. was about be more or less affected by the tempests that -whirl, eddy, and howl around us; but to return to practical issues, I will first speak of THE COUNTRY. it would. be bard to .find a finer tract of countl.y than that which. lies north of the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad and south of the Burlington and Missou- ri River Railroad. It is well watered, not with wells but strea,ms,and there is plenty of timber for present require- ments at least. The prairies are gener- ally high and•rolling, with the exception -of the bottom lands, softened by the al- hivialdenosits en the banks of the rivers. This land is very rich, but there is gen- erally a good deal of siekness Spring and. Fall M thoseplaces. The chief produets JOHN EDI way Tiek t Agent, Houghton's Hotel, opposite G. T. Railway Station, Sea:forth, Ont. Through Til-ets issued to all points in the Western States, California aud Red River, at. reduced, rates, affording the greatest facilities to Emigrants. All necessary information given respeeting Land _A.geneies, 'ole. Greenbacks, Coupons and uncurrent Gold, and SU\ er Coin, bought and seld at bestrates. • HAM, Exehange Broker, and Rail: of the colmtry are COM, OutS and pota- toes, a,nd in the stoc4 line, hogs and cattle. Wheat does not appear to be a sure crop in those counties, although some farmers always get &good crop. In the fruit line, Northern Missouri is al-' most equal to Southern Illinois. Apples, Owns, -pears, peaches, grapes, cherries, gooseberries, currants, strawberries'etc., thrive anA grow maanificently with those who have taste and energy enough to cultivate them, whiela few of the native -Missourians have, but eastern people and• 'anaclians are honorable exceptions. They .0 -her ideas of life and life's com- corn " dodgers," pork and crops are not much cul- nently, it is not • Horses anced— _ T1101180:>, -I- OFFICE, quiet Hors tP'S LIVERY AND SAIF, STABLES. kt, Murray's Hotel, Seaforth. Good rst-claSs Conve.yances always on hand. 'S LIVERY, CLINTON.- AT COAIALERCT AT, HOTEL. Good and First -Class Vehicles aways on ham'. C knveyanoes furnished to Commercial Travellers reasonable rates. 221 JOIIN THO:ASON. aesarsinso BOARDING. TT comaiDAY has leased the largo and corn- '-`•• reoclio- s house, on the Salt Works Grounds, adjoiniug thus a ppardin Railway Station, and has fitted it up -house. Good table and comfortable rooms. Pt. sons wishing a pleasant boarding- house shoulc apply, as there are at present a few TacauzieH. ransient boarders acconamodated at less than hotel rates. have forts tha molasses. , Ito tivated, and, _ con known whether they'0J1d do well or not; but I have seen and Noiged water and musk melons 40, 50 and6QI lbs. weight, grown hi Gentry 0ouutya d pumpkins and. squashes .are generally limited to the SlZe of the field ad the streneth of the enclosure. THE CLIMATE. The heat in summer is very debilitat- ing, and during the months of June, July and August the people here live, move and. have a being and that is about all that can be said of them. The languid • and oppressed expression is depicted on every countenance, ancl as a natural con -j - sequence .the tendency is to stimulation, which makes matters worse. The rainy season is a very unpleasant one, and the reads then become very bad and almost impassable, but they dry about as quick as they get muddy. We had one week's sleighing between Christmas ancl New Years, and various flurries of snow with afiercucg cold winds during the winter, with bard frost. The ground being frozen to the depth of several feet. This spring has been fully a month later than usual, the weather continuing cold ce ;• and, perhaps, he might any disrespect tc the House, mach better audience than ibly have to -day. (Laugh- iew that- he would be tres- d deal upon the patienceof making • any extended re - he would merely say, there-. looked upon the catenta of as exceedingly imp the coming results portant in the enorn --The eatiniated expenditure in Guelph this year is $45,429.20, and. the estimated reventie on a levy of 15 mills on the dollar $39,150.07, leaving a de - licit of $6,270.13, Guelph as a town has been considered prosperous, but this exhibit must be very far from satisfac- tory. — M. Da Costa, of the firm of Da Costa & arbadoes, is on a visit to Canada. Co.,He has made a heavy purchase of Canadian cloth from D. McInnes & Co., of Hamilton, for the Barbadoes raarket. pended from a sapling in .the bush. by means of her apron, life being exthict, —It is rumored that Sir A. T. Galt and fainity intend spending a few of the summer months G-oderich. — A new mail route has been establish- ed between Goderich and the Post Offices on Lake Superior. The first mail left by the Manitoba on Saturday morning last. Tivh:ydawyisll. bp despatched regularly every — The Waterloo CountyJail is tenant- less and. the Jailor idle. At the County Court, Beilin, last week, not a single case was •entered for trial. —The Goderich Signal is intOmecl. by parties who visited the lake pbore on Sunday last, that the drift woiid which was driven in ,by the wind on that day, was covered. with Myriads of Colorado beetles, -which are so destruetive to the potato. -- The Ala,bama claims Diffliculty ni a Nutshell. hich the House had s ortant ; to the. ous ex- motion- , above all, in his View, meonstitutional maaner in expenditure had been 'Baile- e Reuse. He ha,d, himself - as far as ,he could, to 'check. ieved conecientiously to be a rom sound principlee of Par, Goverument ; but a very tile to his view of t hat decision of the o appeal to the cot th those who agreed. at appeal would b The Stratford iBeacon says: Rev, Charles Leven, ,A., from whom Stratford Will be scirry indeed to part, has been set doam in the report of the stationing committee for Seaforth. In M. Leven the neighboring town will have a scholarly, Christian gentleman.' -- The congregation of the Presbyter- ian Church at Port Dover have introduc- ed an elegant Cabinet organ into their churchawhicli has greatly increased the interest in the religious services.1 • --In the report of the Waterloo Rouse of Industry for the past year it is stated that the average number of inmates has been 59, and that the cost of their sup- port has: been $2,397, exclusive of in- terest or outlay in purchase of farm and outbuildings, viz : $1,648, whish makes the totalcost $4,045. —Wm. Pierce, of Delaware, was killed on Thursday evening, about three miles from London, on the Wharncliffe road. Heiwas drawing a load of goods for a storekeeper in Delaware, and slipped from the boxes under the wagon, the wheel passing over his head and killing him instantly. Ile was intoxicated. Ile leaves a wife and six children totally un• provided for. — The London Free Press says: -The currant worm ries with the Golorado bug in. 'keeping the farmers around this section in perspiration. The clrouth of last montb, the profuse rains of the past week or two, and other minor troubles, are causing considerable growling aniong those who never have anything to suit them in this world. The only thing that prevents a general revolt among this croaking class is the present price they receive for their wool. A sad accident occurred near Wat- ford, in the township of Warwick, on Friday last, resulting in the death of- Williamason of James Stewart. drawing gravel, some of them had been racing. and he slipped from the wagon, his head going between the spokes of one of the hind. wheels, is which .position he was dragged round for about 80 rods, breakine his necks, He only survived a a short time. The folloWina ioorrespondence shows the present condition of a long dispute between two neighbors : - Dear Bull : Some time ago your wagon ran into my buzgy, at the,turnpiko gate, and broke one shaft and knocked. four spokes out of the left wheel. What are you going to 'do about it ? Truly yours, . JoNsin-Laar Sagas. Dear Smith : I don't see that I ought to pay the damage done by the wagon. In facts I had. lent it to a relation of yours. But, as You say I ani responsible, I agree to leave it to Hans .Breitmana who keeps the toll -gate, to say whether I ought to pay the danaages. Yours truly, JOHN BLL. ' Dear Bull : agree to kaareit to Breh- m= Truly yours, - JONATHAN SMITH. common. as views. T upon withi was contei the issue that they to the caa ment by tl regard. to s believed a try like.oi ituatecl to louse he utry, in with his decided , a very short time, and he t to rest the whole case, upon of that appeal. He believed ad done incale,ulabl§ damage se of constitutional! Govern - e course they' had p irsued in veral matters this sesision. Ho the same time that .11 a exam- rs, where the peoplel are hab- self-government, t ey would generally appreciate morefully the "reasons p t forth by the Opposition for the course they had been pleased to take upon son e of these matters. It had been chaa (Tod against them -that they certain motions in regard to acific Railway in a plait hos- undertaking itself. That he denied. During the whole of entary life, especially during since the discussion of their der of political exis ence first had made the great tile to th invariabl his Parlia the perioc sent o 1 took speech o that it w Railway. to the pr dicl not to procee hacl chos sanction against t ac --The Toronto Grey and Bruce 00131 - pally have comple'ted the work of pur- phasing the right of .way for their yoad between Mount Forest and Harriston, —The Canada Presbyterian Qhurch Assembly, which. met this year in* Ham- ilton, adjourned on Friday, to meet in Toronto on the first Tuessla.y in June next year. Mr. Henry Volker, of the town- ship of Downie, in the County of Perth, has it field. of ilax the average length of which is two feet'. -- The equalized value of the tosvn of Stratfoid is $500,000, of Mitchell $140,- 000, and of Listowel $50,000. --Lord and Lady Lisgar have left Ot- tawa for good. They_ have gone to Montreal, where they propose spending a few weeks -with friends prior to taking their departure for England. Dear Smith : I went , to Breitman's this morning and he showed me the bill sent in by Mr. Shads. your attorney. He says that by the injury to your buggy you were stopped from going to tolin, where you might have made $500,000 by a speculation in mess pork. Lle has put in a bill for $500,007.50. I ivould. not object to tht $7.50 for repeals to the buggy, but the rest of the claim is ri diculous. Yours, Ita some portions of the townships surrouudiug Strathroy there has been rather too much rairt, but on the whole the late showers have had rather a favor- able effect. The fall wheat is very good Msome places, and in others very poor; on the whole indications are that it wil not be up to the average; The Sprine crops are exceedingly promising, and the meadows magnificent. The prospects of a plentiful- crop of fruit were never better than this summer. — On Sunday evening a most disgrace- ful outratee was committed in the town- ship of t)Pilkington. It ,appears that soine four or five young, men -with masks on, drove a flock of sheep into the garden of: Mr. Daniel Cornish. lie hearing the sheep in the garden came down to drive them out, when he was :seized, beaten, and a liberal coat of tar applied. Ms wife, hearing his cries, came out, and she was treated in a similar manner. —The election of members of the Medical Council of .Ontario took place on Wednesday of last week. The election is by means of voting. papers sent in by the regularly qualified practitioners. In this territorial division composed of the counties of i‘lidillesex, 'Elgin, the city of London and the counties of Huron and • — Mr, Lewis Ross, a wealthy mer- chant of Port Hope, has been chosen as the Reform candidate for East Disrham. Mr. Kirchoffer, a lawyer, of the same town, has been nominated. as the Con- servative candidate for the same con- stituency. Two young. lads, one 10 and the other eight years of age. sons of - Rev. John Brown, Presbyterian minister, of Newmarket, while bathing on Monday last got into the water beyond their depth and before assistance arrived one was cl'rownecl, and the other was taken he had taken the N lONV, as his from the water in -an insensible condition. Confederation woUld show, — Thepo a 0 t t buo. has already. become 0 9 1 )ortant to haVe a Pacific very- troublesome in the vicinity of Hebb-ved it wS essential country, but he Strathroy, and it is feared. that the crop sperity of a. )elic:ve it was a in the way the n to proceed, and in t cl by Parliament; It was o at course that he had propose(' JoiaN Bum,. .Dear Lir: It don't make- any differ- ence about the amount in the bill. We have laft its to Breitman to say what's right. Yours, JONATHAN SMITH. Dear -Sr.' I will not leave any such claim to Breitman ; he cannot wider - stand it ; indeed, he hardly understands English and might give a smashing aw$rd aaain.st moon your ridiculous cla --i-ours truly, JOHN tULL. Dear Bull : Don't lets us lquaerel about it. My attorney's claim does seem to be a little ridiculous. AB. My friends tell me so. Let us both say ,to Brehm= that it is ridiculous, and then leave the matter to him. Yours truly, JONATH.AN SMITH. Dear Sir : Since yon admit it is ri- diculous, you had better withdraw it. I will pay anything that Brehm= says for repairing the buggy, but will not put it in any fellow's power to bankrupt Yours, etc., JoHN Sir : If I were to withdiaw my claim, people would laugh at me.i I stick to it, if it is ridiculous. the buggy; will lose the money onit Not at all yours, jONAT &num —Philatlelpliia Age. • "Wesleyan Metkodi Inents- The following shows' ministers of the NA. 4 11., Goderich District, as arranged at the late Conference: t ApPoint- he stations of inarch, in. the Godericb—Wan. Blackstoek. Perth, the choice of the profession again Clinton—J. Graham. I Londesboro—J.Oiane reelected almost -unanimously, only one who was Holmesville—Wm.SmJltl fell on Dr. Hyde, of Stratford, vote being cast against him—a proof of .Senafeoartyh, M.I ; D. Ken- ! 11 necessary rnment way his amen talents and had spoken. ith regard t session, early in and he h the cou He belie would. f tain wh. herself had do That de We wer the other great matter of the he Treaty, he took the view he summer that be took now, (1,no'reason whatever to regret se he had taken in the House. ,ed it was one that the country Lly sustain. It was yet uncer- her Entfland would. humiliate s we had been asked. to do and ,in order to get the Treaty. ended on events now proceeding. in haste to humiliate ourselves; will pe entirely destroyed by tne pests. The crops are being nipped off as rapidly .as they make their appearance above ground. —Mr. Edward Blake, Preinier of On- o is at present suffering from ill heat For this reason he has declined a very pre ing invitation from the peo- ple of North a2nark, to visit. Perth and deliver an addre'as on the political af- fairs of the conntr His Physicians have'forbidden him to Ice any exer- tions in any way that are ne absolutely' necessary. ta the confidence reposed m him by his medical brethren. —The close of the Wesleyan Confer- ence has been marred by a painful event. Rev. E. White died in the General Hos- pital, Montreal, of malignant small pox, and waS buried the same day. He came back to Ontario from British Columbia a feW months ago. He went to England in March or April for the benefit of his health. He returned very recently via New York, and came direct to Montreal. Ilia wife joined him front Ontario in time to minister comfort to him in his dying hours. The chil lien have not seen their father since h left for Eng- land. The disease was no doubt con- tracthd on board the steamer. —Rev. Mr. Punshon declined re-nomi- The following shows the appointments London First --James Hannon; Ben- jamin). Keefer; J. Latimer, London Second—Alex. eLongford ; R. CoTupper. —Mr. Henry \\Ilion, respec farmer of the township of Whitchurch; and three of his children died on Satur- day of small -pox. One child died, four le Mitchell—S. Wilson ; J, Hurlbut. Stratford—Wm. Hensler Harmony--JOhn Fisher. Bayfield—J. Tallman, Dungannon—C. Bristol. Kincardine—G. Mitchel10 B. A. _Bervie—A. Milliken; L.Illices - Tiverton—One to be sent. TeesVater—J. McCartney; Ainleyville-11. Davy ; J. McCarron., D. Johnston. Trowbridge—J. Hangla Howick—Wm. Hawiae s S. Sellery. Winghana--G. Komedy ; R. Burns. Lucknow-11. Kellem. C. LAVELL, M. A., Chairman. Wm. 11.A.wicn, Financial Sec. Hughes ; A. 'on, M. A. nation to the Chairma,nship of the Wes- leyan Conference. Mr. Punshon propos- es returning to England this year. Rev-. Dr. Rice was cleated Ghairman of t e nference. for the London District — Mr. John Stevens, of London Town. 1 London South--:\' . F. English. .ship, grew in his garden this year, a Loudon,Nortia--eJ. lIarris rhubarb stalk: 61- inches in thickness St. Thomas—Geol N. Dickson. and 21 inches in length, and from the Yarmouth—T. Hadavin,, root to the tip of the leaf is 34 inches, Ingersoll—Dr, Freshman ; KcInnedy. Salford—T. Crews. St. Marys—WT. Jeffers, D. . Kirls.ton—C. Stringfellow; J. 7.NIcNair. Aylmer—Wm. Aymes ; A. Edwards. Fingal---L-Andrew Edwards. Tyrconnell--Edward Cragg. Westminster—David. Clapison. Port Stanley—P. Gernaan ; Robt. Hall. Mount Brydges—Henry Reid. Exeter—Wm. Lund; Wm. Kettlewell. Kippen—James Hobby. Lucan—james E. Dyer; Ailsa Craig—Richard Williams. Nissouri—C. Cookman ; J. Turner. Belmont—H. M. Lean; G. Calvert. Dorchester—J. Kennedy. Muncey—E. Evans, D. D.; A. Salt. Oneida—W. Cross. ; - E. Eveais, Chairman, A. LANGFORD, Financial SOC. earn_ and the width of the leaf is 52 inches. This is the champion ihubarb of the season' ; one of these stalks alone would make a pie almost sufficient for a, volunteer camp. —Rev. Dr. Proudfoot, of London has been appointed. Lecturer in Homiletics in Knox College for next session, at a salary of 5500; and. Rev. Wine Cochrane, M.A., of Brantford, has receWed the ap- pointment of Home and Foreign Mission Agent of the Canada Presbyterian Church, at a salary of $1,600 a year, ex- clusive of expenses. — Last Monday morning the wife of Mr. Alexander lOth concession, Kinloss, went out to the woods in search he mows. When her husband. return- ed to -his dinner she was missing, and. ,